My daughter is a size 00 if you can belive that. She's 5'2 and all of 85lbs soaking wet. Finding jeans is such a PAIN!!!

Hey girls!! I have decided to try something different. Nic is working night shifts. He leaves for work at 8pm and gets home at about 6am. Now, when I get on his schedule and we wake up in the evening, it makes me want dinner rather than breakfast. So, Ill eat dinner and then end up overeating throughout the night. So, I decided to have my dinner when I wake up in the evening. Then, have my "lunch" about 4-5 hours later(with a light snack in between meals). Then, have breakfast with Nic when he gets home at 6am. I know this is backwards. I just think that it will work. I tried it tonight and so far so good. I will have a light breakfast when Nic gets home. I have heard that not eating heavy before you sleep is better for you anyway. So, having a large meal when I do get up will hopefully give me more energy throughout my day. Is this confusing?? Do you think it will be ok to do this?? I will still be at 22 points.

Anyway, I finally let the hedgehog go. I felt so bad that he had been in a cage. If he was bought from a pet store, that would be different. They are raised in cages. This one wasnt. So, Nic took him back to where he was found because he probably has a little home there. Im still hoping for my rabbit :)

Oh I tried a great frozen dinner tonight. It wasnt a healthy one. It was 9 points but I still have plenty left for the rest of my meals. It was a Stouffer's Rigatoni noodles with pesto sauce and roasted white meat chicken. Im a pesto freak. I have mastered the art of making it. This meal had very good pesto!! I added some tomatoes to it. Yummy.

Karen- How are things going with the diet??

Lynn- Im going to go to the WW site and find out how many points they are. Ill be right back. By the way, I added you to my aol buddy list.

Love,
Deanne

Hi deanne,
Thanx for adding me to your list I'll do the same.. you can reach me also on itzmontana, that is my other sn.
I worked 12 hour night shifts for 8 years. I know exactly what you are doing and it worked great for me. I lost 45 pounds. I think it is great you are on the same schedule as nic, this way you can spend time together. It does get hard staying up all night only to sleep in the day time. Your sense of time gets thrown off. Is nic doing this for good? or does he schedule change again???
I found out tonight that a good friend of heather's has been drinking, she is 15 ( so is heather). I asked heather about it and she knew about it. Heather states she has never touch a drop of booze and doesn't have the desire to. Apparantly these kids are drinking mikes hard lemonade, it throws off the parents as it looks like regular lemonade. This kid is a good kid!! Plays softball, cheerleading and is a great student.I'm so shocked by this!! Now do I tell the parent?????? I feel like i'm in a very bad position. Heather said this girl has gotten mixed with a bad group of girls and they dare each other to do things. We live in a very small town and I know eventually this mom will find out, but I don't want to be the one to tell her! I'll have to sleep on it..
good night..

Deanne, AWE! I am sure Brillo is happier with his regained freedom. You were probably right in doing so. I know the cat is missing him! Here is hoping that you will get a cadberry bunny. I think it is great that you are getting on the same schedule as the hubby. I hope it works out for you!

Lynn! You will make the right decision. I have a 13 year old son (will be 14 in July) and I am so not looking forward to this. Personally, If it were my child, I would hope that another parent would let me know. Actually, I would be upset if I found out another parent knew and didn't tell me. Tough place to be in though. I don't envy you. I know my time is coming! UGH! :fr:

I have guzzled all the water I can stand for the day. I am sure I will be up all night peeing! :dizzy:

Gotta go get some zzzzzzzzzz's. I am keeping the other kims (goddesskim) little one tomorrow. Can't keep up without rest! That is for sure!

Good morning vixens,
Deanne, you did the right thing with brillo, I know it is hard, but you knew deep down that he needed to be free. That is the most unselfish act!

I'm going to tell the parent about this kid's drinking. I think I'm going to stop Heather from going to all these house parties for awhile.She can go to the movies, mall and have kids here as I know what they are doing. I'm so shocked at some of these parents who think... " well my kid is home, so what if they have a wine cooler"
We have a very open household here. We talk about everything, Jim and I try to allow the kids to make most of their descions, we feel they will best learn by them if they experience them. I'm so appauled by some parent's attitudes. Alot of the kids that my daughter is friends with, I thought we were on same page as the parents, come to find out these parents are way to free. Your child isn't your friend!! They need guidence.

The weather is warm and sunny here.. warm I mean 60 degrees that is a heat wave for upstate NY this time of year...
post latah..

It's good to see everyone's weight loss tickers going down. It's so inspiring!

This morning I was at the 30 pounds lost mark and I was so excited but then I started thinking about a friend of mine who lost 30 pounds two years ago and she gained it all back. It makes me nervous.

I guess you can't get too cocky about it and start thinking you can treat yourself to a little more because I'm thinking a little more become a little more again and again. How else do you get back to gaining 30 pounds?

This is new to me so if someone here has lost a lot of weight and gained it back could share their struggle it would help.

Thanks!

Hiya soccer,
I think it is harder to maintain then to lose. Losing, you stick with the plan and slowly it comes off. To maintain, what are the proper calories?Is there a plan to maintain? The weight loss plan usually goes out the window and we don't know what to do for maintance.

I maintained a large weight loss for years by exercising. I ate very healthy and ate what I wanted ( like pizza) once a week. Then my life changed and the stressors were so overwhelming that I just didn't care. I also suffer depression and with that the gain came on quickly.
I have learned that we are all human and we can't say "I'll never eat this or that". We will and we have to stop feeling guility about it. Even if the loss is slow, it is still a loss.
My good friend needed to lose a 100 pounds. She knew if she dieted she would go off and that would be it. She ate healthy and ate about 1800 calories with a loss of a pound a week. She slowly lowered her calories to 1450 and still lost about a pound a week. It took her two years and she is 100 pounds lighter. She tells everyone she never dieted, she just choose better choices. Now she eats about 1900 calories a day and maintains. What she did makes sense, but I am always looking for the 'quick fix'. I want five pounds off in a week. I know this is unrealistic but I WANT it!
I love your quote in your siggy, small victories matter too.. you betcha!. To see the face of my friend getting on a roller coaster is priceless. Taking her daughter to the movies and fitting comfortably in a seat made me want to cry. Small victories lead to large ones, one baby step atta time.....

Whoa, this has grown. I hadnt been on in a couple of days and we have a whole new thread, thats great. Well i weighed in on monday and lost 4 pounds, i was so excited. Now if i can just keep it up i will be at my goal in no time. Well hope everyone is doing well. Deanne, that hedgehog is cute, lol kind of makes you laugh. Well talk to everyone soon.

Jessica

Hey chickas...

Lynn- Everything that you say is so inspiring for me!! I have been up and down the past 2 weeks and its driving me crazy! As soon as I feel that Im back on track, I seem to get off of it. I eat so well during the day and then at night...thats out the window. I need more willpower!!

Soccer- 30 lbs...thats awesome! Are there any tips that you can give to us?

Jessica- Congrats on losing 4lbs! The hedgehog was very cute. I just felt too bad having him in a cage. :)

Anyway, today I did great! Then, tonight I wasnt even hungry and ate french fries and chicken!! What is the deal? I eat out of boredom. So, I am building a website. Its something I have never done. I wanted something that I could channel that hunger into. Go to the pc instead of the fridge. The website is going to be mainly about losing weight. I will put a weekly journal on it after my Weekly weigh ins. Im also going to add all of my pictures to it. Its faster to upload them to the site than to the photo site that i have them on. Anyway, when Im finished, ill give y'all the link.

So, funny story. Back in september, I wrote a letter to a military newspaper. I was so mad that they had put on the front cover a small article about a beheading in Iraq and then a huge article about the Emmy awards. I really never thought that it would be published. Anyway, my dad sends this email to me saying that he had done a search on Ask Jeeves and the letter showed up. I made sure to put my maiden name on it so that Nic wouldnt get any crap at work. The paper has an office here where he knows all of the people there. So, check it out...its the 4th one down. http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...9&archive=true

Ok, will check in later. I hope you all are doing well.

Love,
Deanne

Ok, there haven't been many posts today! I hope you are all too busy exercising!! :tread: Kim and I walked this morning between rain showers. The weather here is really nasty.

Lynn- please let us know what the other kids parents say when you talk to them. I hope they believe you and are willing to do something about it. You are right about some parents attitudes. They should act like the parent and not their buddy. They will have tons of friends in their lifetime. Only one true set of parents. Sad, isn't it?

Soccergirl- I have lost and gained also. My problem was going back to my old way of eating. What in the world makes us think that we won't gain it back? There has to be permanent changes. That is my biggest fear too. I am afraid I won't be able to say no to all the stuff that made me fat to begin with. But I also have learned from my mistakes, I hope. Hang in there.You are doing great! I think the fear of gaining it back is what took me so long to try again. I can lose it, but can I keep it off this time? I am going to go back and look at pictures of myself at this weight (even though there aren't many)! That way I always know what I DON'T want to look like again. It is so hard to do. Don't let fear stand in your way though.

Jessica - YEA! That is awesome! I weighed in Monday also and lost 5. Feels so good doesn't it?? Way to go! :dancer:

Deanne- good for you doing the website. That is something great to put some energy into. Loved the article too. That is crazy! What in the world were they thinking? Good for you for speaking your mind!

Well, gotta go find something for dinner.
Later Vixens! :wave:

Hi vixens!

I am still here in the background, more or less. I have been super busy at work lately--and the class I am in right now is intense. So I haven't had much time to check-in! Just wanted you all to know I am still around. It's nearly 2am, just finished some homework--now I need to go to bed before another killer day at work. Ugh! Needless to say the stress hasn't been helpful with my eating patterns. That always gets me! And I keep thinking I have to get myself on track--for good. But somedays it is so hard! Help! Tomorrow is a new day!

aloha vixens :p
deanne~ I'm glad I was aspiring to you. Please please give me the link to your web page.. I'd love to read it.Good for you on speaking your mind. Loved the article and thanx for sharing.
karen~~ stop this stress now!! I know things get so hectic... sigh.. That is the circle of life isn't it?? Good luck in your class.
Kim~~ I will let you know what the parents say. I'm getting up my nerve. I have a new dilema now. Heather is interested in this boy ( boy? he isn't a boy, he is 18) He goes to another school and lives in the next town from us. She told me they met through a friend and have been talking on the phone. I googled his name and got his website ( heather doesn't know). This kid is wild!! He drinks and smokes and apparantly has a few girls interested in him. He has met a girl from the next state over and sees her from time to time. He wrote he was in a bad car accident last year and nearly died. I don't think this guy is for my daughter. Now what? fess up and tell her I found out about him, or simply say no when he comes knocking at my door. The drama never ends... :?:
Hi jessica!!!! :D

write latah vixens...

vixens, I broke down and went shopping at the new torrid's in the mall
USA
(12 - 28*) USA
(0 - 4) UK / Australia Europe Japan
12 0 12 / 14 38 / 40 9 / 11
14 / 16 1 16 / 18 42 / 44 13 / 15
18 / 20 2 20 / 22 46 / 48 17 / 19
22 / 24 3 24 / 26 50 / 52 21 / 23
26 / 28* 4 28 / 30 54 / 56 25 / 27
*Size 28 in selected styles only.
they had this conversation of sizes, Hope this helps with the confusion
I bough a green dress with a bandana print and a black and white skirt.


http://www.torrid.com/store/product_...0Print%20Skirt

oh man Lynn, your in quite a dilema. I dont think i would let her go and hang out with him. But not really sure what to do in that situation. That skirt is so so cute.


Well i had a good day yesterday, ate good, worked out good. But when i got home, by boyfreind wanted to go to a sports bar. So i ate chicken nachos there :mad: not good. So i was very upset with myself. So today my goal is to not give into temptation and eat what i have planned out for the day. Well hope everyone is having a good day so far. Hey Deanne cant wait to see your website, im sure it will be great.

Jessica

Hey girls!

Kim- I talked to my Mom and she said the weather there is awful. She said there was a tornado in Brandon. I worry about her sometimes. There honestly is nothing here weather-wise that threatens us. Except the occasional sand storm in the desert.

Karen- You sound stressed! We're here for you, you know that :)

Lynn- You are so sneaky!! I would be too though. I have no clue what you should do. I don't have kids yet. I what I would want my Mom to do if I were your daughter is to talk to me about it. I just dont know how you should approach it. Im sorry I cant help you more! By the way, I like that skirt.

Ok, Its about 5pm here...just hanging out with Nic before he has to leave for work. So far so good on the diet. I need a favor from y'all. Night time is my temptation for fatty foods. Please...if I get that temptation, Im getting on 3fatchicks. I have my lean cuisine ready. If I can get through tonight, I think i can get back on track 100%. Ok, Im going to take a long bath.

Love
Deanne

Hello all! Sorry to dissappear on you. Had a bad week last week, and was up 1.2 at WI Monday. YUCK! Just been reading along, but not posting much. I have managed to jump back on the WW wagon and have had a fantastic week so far!

Going back to read more...

I am going to vent a bit, hope noone minds.....

Am I strong enough to lose weight? Am I strong enough not to eat the cookies in the cookie jar? Am I strong enough to take care of myself?

I don't want to spend another summer embarrassed of myself. I don't want to spend time at the pool watching my children play ---- but not going near the water myself. I don't want to go to another of my dhs work events wondering if he is embarrassed of his fat wife. I don't want to be embarrassed of myself any longer.

Am I strong enough, committed enough to eat the right foods? Am I strong enough to live my life in the present and not keep holding off till I weigh 150, 140, 130? Am I strong enough to be myself now so that I can lose the weight? Sometimes I wonder that I need to embrace the me that I am now to become the me that I want to be.

Thanks for listening.

Lynn --- my sister is going thru something similiar with her 15 year old dd. Mollie likes a guy at her work who is 19, high school drop out, had his car shot up by gang bangers, will be spending a month in jail for reckless driving and to top it off he is an illegal alien. But Mollie is convinced he just needs a 'friend'. What do you do? My sister feels that to completely go to war against the guy is to make this a Romeo and Juliet sitiation, but there is no way they are going to condone it. Teen age girls are so tough to raise.

Hiya vixens
Deanne.~. we are here for ya girlie!! Just get through tonight... (( sending ya willpower vibes)) I'll be here my time around 9ish.. that would make you 5am... LOL.. hmmm

back to me~I have those same feelings. Do I really have what it takes to lose weight for good this time. Do I have the energy to NOT eat the cookies.. ((( well last week, no infact). This is a constant battle, but in the end we will win the war. Small changes lead to big. Keep the faith.. Thanx for the insight about your sister with her daughter, it is such a hard age, they aren't babies but not yet adults... This too shall pass..

dina~~ howdy vixen.. what is up with you??

Jessica~~ shake off those chicken nachos, today is a new day. It is ok to eat what we want at times, because this is life. As long as we recover and move on.. You can do it.

I am planning an anniversary party for my friends this summer. I am having a blast planning this with other friends of ours. My friend lisa is low key, conservative and shy. I can't wait to see her face when 50 people yell surprise. Her hubby a few weeks ago took her to an "adult shop". It had cutesy stuff, like playing cards, and choclate lolipops shaped like well you know... she was mortified!!
so my inviation starts like this ( of course I can't send this to family only close friends )
Come celebrate the anniversary of Lisa and Fred
a rumor is going around their sex life is dead
Fred took Lisa to 'Giggles' to buy her a toy
Lisa said to Fred, "My what a dirty boy"
I'm still working on the rest...
I think she is going to kill me.. LOL...

Lynn...that is going to be hilarious!!!
Oh, did you send me pictures to my email address?? Someone sent them from a cell phone from sprint. I have no clue who the girl is!

Love,
Deanne

Lynn, as far as your daughter goes I'd steer her to his web site. If you can maybe ask her if she thinks he might have a web site since so many kids do nowadays.. help her to stumble onto it. Maybe it will give her insight into who this kid really is. I know, slippery slope, but its better for her to know now then find out to late. I wouldn't take a stand and say no you absolutely cant go out with him, but I'd definately make it so it would be a chaperoned event lol. If she insists on dating him, then say "fine we'll make it a double date..you and him, me and your dad.." she if she's still into him. I have 4 daughters and I'm trying to come up with ways to torture them as they grow up lol.
Kim

Hi DEANNE~ No I didn't send you pics... hmmmm now who did???

Thanx Kim.. for the advice I might just have to do that!! good Idea...

hello???? am I the only one posting.. OMG.. I'm afraid to be alone....

You're not alone.. I'm just slow waking up this morning lol

picture of hubby's mistress... :lol:

LOL Well at least you know who he's spending his time with...

:D Good Morning to all. Well today is a big day for me, i have a job interview hope i do ok. I have a job but need a better paying, and alittle closer to home. worked out last night. But then ate a bowl of cereal. I need to get rid of my night cravings. Any ideas? well hope everyone has a happy friday!

Jessica

I'm a bit frustrated with my scale over the last few days. I've been eating on plan.. no sugar no bad carbs and it's not moving. I know it's that time of month and thats probably whats holding it up, but still.. its very frustrating to be doing everything right (at least i hope) and get no results... my official weigh in is not until monday so hopefully i'll be over the bloat by then.. arrrrrgggghhhhhhhhhhhhh lol

hi jessica..
good luck with the job interview.... ((hugz)).. I save some points for night sneaking ( I mean snacking). I've read not to eat after a certain time, but that isn't going to work for me. I have yogart or fruit, a cereal bar, or a choclate fudge pop at night. Sometimes I make a bag of jiffy pop 94% fat free popcorn and eat the whole bag!!

kim~~could be water weight, I can gain three pounds by just eating salty foods even if i'm on plan. Don't sweat it, do what you are doing. Don't weigh yourself till after aunt flow comes. This way you won't be disappointed.

I have to drive an hour to the doctor for Heather, she goes to a specialist for pediatric urology. She has interstital cystitis with a spastic bladder muscle. She is doing biofeed back there for relaxation as she has constant burning. She has six sessions for the next six weeks. The traveling there is not fun, it is on a windy small parkway. By the time I get there my nail marks are indented in the steering wheel.

Tonight is our annual monthly pokeno game. The excitment of my month. We play with 12 girls and each of us takes a month and host's. We buy a 10 dollar gift wrapped and we play for gifts. It is soo much fun, alil food, alil wine... usually I over eat at these games. Tonight I'm bringing popcorn for the hostess to pop for me and at dessert ill bring blueberries and strawberries.
Have a great friday vixens..
stay healthy
LYNN~~

Hi Everyone! Kim and I just got back from our walk. It is a bit cool and very cloudy here. I wish the sun would come out! I have not been drinking as much water as I need to. I am really going to try to do better today. UGH! I hate water.

Jessica, I wish you the best of luck with the interview. Night time snacking for me is the worst. If I would just go to bed and not stay up it would help. I am a night owl though. I can't help it. I have done good though. I guess it is 'boredom' eating.

Lynn, hope Heathers appointment goes well. And the drive too.

Well, we are finishing out an upstairs room and the AC people are here. Better go for now. I hope you are all a bunch of 'losers' today!

Total pts for the day 25
water four glasses
no exercise~

Hey chicks...Sorry I havent been posting too much lately. Ive just been feeling UGH lately. Anyway, Ill post in a little while. I hope everyone is doing great!

Love,
Deanne

Hi Vixens~

I guess I have been in Deanne's boat--feeling UGH lately. I have been second guessing my ability to stick with a diet. And boy is that super frustrating. Because in actuality I just have to do it for my health, and the fact that I just can't stand the way I look and feel. It's so BLAH! How to get out of a funk? That is the question. Why does this happen? It's such a cycle. I do really well for a week, maybe 2 or 3. Once I even did really well for 3 months straight. Then I start to feel like a failure when I start taking on the bad habits. And I start to question my own ability to stick with eating healthy. And then I get depressed because I think "WHY DO I DO THIS?" Because the irony is that I always feel really bad when I start to fall off the wagon, and not single day goes by when I forget how much I want to look and feel healthy. In fact I constantly think about it. But at the same time, especially when I get really stressed (which has been a reality lately with too much on my plate) I think impulsively too. For some stupid reason, it feels good to eat some foods at the end of a long day and I am feeling too hungry. And darn it, I know part of the problem is the old pattern of letting myself feel too hungry. Hello, what is wrong with this picture?

So I have to reflect on the good things I have done--not beat myself up. I successfully kept drinking diet soda and all my water. I still went to the gym and joined in my water aerobics class. And yesterday when I think about it, I think I did make several good choices (low fat breakfast, lunch, healthy snack). Dinner crept up on me--and bingo I fell off the wagon with a trip to a chinese buffet w/ the kids. Although, I didn't fill up--and left feeling comfortably full. So that actually wasn't all bad. So I am easing my way back to a good pattern. Because darn it, I am worth it! This really is like a bad drug addiction. I own my problem, but finding the road to recovery in healthy eating is extremely difficult when I need my drug of choice to survive. I can't just toss food out the door. I have to retrain and rethink how I will use it to survive.

So that's the scoop ladies....I needed to get that off my chest. Thanks for listening and letting me vent. I really do love this group, and even when I am not posting I think about y'all. I am glad to see that many of you are doing so well. And even if any of you are stumbling (like me), sometimes I think that is the best time to post--because Lord knows we all need to lean on someone somtimes. And who better to lean on then our gal-pal "Curvy Vixens" who are on a similar journey!

I am going to go freshen up and get ready for a beautiful Spring day--the weather is awesome. I am actually headed to an auction. I love to check out auctions every once in a while--it's like a treasure hunt. And I am all about finding a good treasure!

Hope you are having a healthy and happy day!

Hey girls....I wonder if we're all in this "funk". The posts are getting far and few between. Where is everyone??

Karen- Everything that you wrote is everything that I have felt lately. I do great for a while and then bam! Im back where I started. We just really have to get back on track. I seem to do really well during the day. Then, I stay up late at night and eat. Then, the next day I feel terrible. Lets do something about this!!

To everyone else, I miss y'all. Its weird not getting on here and reading about everyones day.

Love,
Deanne

I know, I was wondering where everyone has been lately. I actually had to work for 2 days for an apparently insane person so I've been a bit stressed out myself. I did manage not to let it get to me so much that i broke my diet. I'm still kicking my scale instead of getting onto it. I'm praying that by the next weigh in I'll be down at least a little. I've worked so hard sticking to the strict phase of this diet I'd be so disappointed to not get some tangeable results. I know that it's just been that time of month, but still, why does it have to wreak so much havoc on our bodies?? My 12 year old handles her period better than i do lol.. sad isnt it.. Anyway I know how you all feel with your funk. I've lived thru it for most of my life and all i can say is just ride it out ladies it will get better. If you can keep your head above water and just keep doing your daily activities (i know sometimes you have to make yourself) it will get better. The funk will pass and you will feel better about yourself and your decisions. I know its hard, but I know you are all strong women and you can do it.. **** if i can do it anyone can lol..
Well I hope everyone has a fabulous day..

:grouphug: ((HUGZ DEANNE AND KAREN)
I wish I had the answers. If only we could bottle up willpower and sprinkle it on when are willpower starts waning.I went 8 months of totally commiting myself to my plan and shed the weight I wanted. I was so amazed at myself, better yet, hubby couldn't beleive it. This was a girl who went straight to the dessert menu :cookie: for a main meal and ordered grilled cheese with chili fries for dessert :cbg: . I ate mountains of food. I was active, was going to nursing school, danced and was in a hiking club, but eating like that sooned caught up to me and I was over 200 pounds in a blink of an eye. I found weight watchers and in 8 months was at goal. I maintained this for years by 'watching' what I ate and giving myself a day off. My 'day offs' became DAY'S OFF. Soon I started bingeing, then I didn't care.
All of us are suspectable to over eating and that makes it hard to stay on a plan. If we were alcoholics we could stay away from bars, parties and such, but we have to eat to live~!
I made the mistake of buying weight watchers friendly foods when I started, but they weren't lynn friendly. I can't have lowfat icecream or baked chips, or anything sweet and gooey in the house. I can't control myself~ I once ate 6 skinney cows, I had thought it was 12 pts but when I added it together it was 15, that is insane!! :yikes:
All you can do is wake up and get through breakfast, then lunch, then dinner. Take one meal at a time and then it will be day one, day two, etc. :hun:

I played cards last night and for the first time in a year I was on plan. I ate popcorn and carrots. The hostess made my fave choclate cake and I had notta peice! I felt bad that she went out of her way for me, but I had to stay on track, I knew if I had one peice that would be it, I'd binge.Have a great day all, the sun is out here and I'm going to enjoy it!!

Hello Vixens :)

Haven't posted much lately myself, although I've been touring the forums regularly. I'm struggling with the weather currently - meaning, it's dark, cold, rainy, and my body is litterally screaming for sugar and hot, filling foods, so the past days have been rather hard. I did well on exercising, but eating-wise, all I can say is *gasp* :( I'm trying to fall back on my feet... it's hard. perhaps it's just one of these phases where I'm fed up with not eating what I was used to eat before, although, even though I want these foods, my body doesn't tolerate them as before. Well, I really don't expect any weight loss by Monday (the day I weigh myself), I'm simply hoping now that I didn't ruin things too much by eating like I did this week :mad:

Karen, Deanne... I guess it was that time of the year or whatever for us to fall in the wrong boat, huh? Let's hold hands and get back on plan together? ;)

On the other hand, I went to the doc this morning, for a general check-up, and we talked of the whole "eating better and exercising" thing, as he had my files previously and could see that I had lost weight in the past three months. This gave me some courage again to go on, it's like it's allowing me to look ahead again and realize that no, all of this is NOT in vain. Really, it's not. I think this is what we need to keep in mind, as hard as it is at times... the purpose is noble and useful, so to say :)

Ok, well I hate to break the chain here, but I feel great. I have stuck to my walking and diet. I feel like I have lost some more weight. I will find out Monday. I AM going to lose plenty more by summer! I don't care what the heck I have to do!!!!! I simply refuse to puke ever time I put on a bathing suit! And I wear one lots in the summer. We have a pool, we go to the lake almost every weekend. All our family get togethers are at the lake and dang it! I am NOT going to feel like a pig this year!!!!!!!!! I know I won't be at goal, but I will lots less than I am now, and I will feel good about myself. I am thinking about getting a yoga video I have heard about on another thread, and keep walking and doing what I am doing! Even if the scales don't go down this week, I know they will the next. You girls perk up! Come on, I don't want to do this alone. I want to get on here and read how GREAT everyone is doing very soon! It is spring! Summer is coming!!!!!!!!! I am going to go for now, Lots to do. but I will be posting again today or tonight.

atta girl girl.. I'm with ya girly... this day three for me eating really healthy, veggies, fruits, yogart...
I too won't be at goal this summer, but I will feel and look better then I did last summer..
I"m tired of wearing the skirted bathing suits with foofoo flowers on it.. I want a cute tankini
I have a few goals for myself.
massage at ten pounds
makeover at 30
and a naval peircing at goal
I know we can all do this....

lynn whose noshing on carrots...:)

I'm definately not throwing in the towel.. I'm sure that if my ******ed scale doesnt reflect a loss this week then next week will be a big loss. I just get frustrated over the damn period bloat.. i know i know, it's just water weight, but trust me, when you cant get your darn pants to zip up without having a bulge at the top it gets discouraging lol I'm planning for my goals already too. We're going to see Evita at the end of July and I plan to buy a killer dress for the occasion.. I'll be wearing a much smaller size by then and I can get one that will knock the husbands socks off :D

ATTA GIRL KIM! Dat's the spirit. This is a life change not a diet!!! remember diet is a FOUR LETTAH WORD!