hi jess.. glad you are feeling bettah!!! Take it easy till you feel like better.

Kery, before i started this diet i bought a polka dot bikini.. it has served as great motivation for me. I have it hanging in my bathroom so whenever i get the urge to eat something not good for me i go look at it. And just imagine having to wear it all flubby lol. That puts an end to whatever i was wanting to eat!!
Things are going good here. Just busy busy busy. Sidney(my 9 yr old) had her first softball game last night. She played catcher for the first time ever. Tagged 3 out coming into home. She ROCKED! I think I'm gonna buy her her own gear though. The ones the team has doesnt quite cover her knees when she squats down.(she's tall and SKINNY) That cant be safe. I know expensive but I havent seen her excited about playing a position for a while and if she loves this I'll get her whatever she wants. LOL i'm such a pushover mommy!
The diet is going well. Sticking to plan thanks to that bikini hanging there staring at me lol. I walk every day with skinny Kim (have to differentiate which kim now lol) Although i think I need to add more exercise in. I just lack the motivation to make time and do it on my own. I did great going to the gym, but I just hate the idea of paying 1000 a year for the privilage of going to a place to be gawked at. I'm not one of those women that wear make up and nice clothes to work out and I hate the idea that I'm being checked out while i'm dripping in sweat. That and only the old guys hit on me LOL. Apparently the mommy side of me is attractive to the geriatric fellows.
Well I need to get moving today. I'll check back in with everyone later.

Lynn - she has me on specific items each day - I'm to eat 4x's a day except for my fruit and veggie day, then I only eat 3x's that day.

I'm sorry about your daughter. I'm assuming she doesn't want anything to do with you? I just don't understand why she would be so mad at you trying to find her? *shrug*

Hey girls!

Lynn- Were you trying to find her? Or you just wanted to check out the pictures? If shes posting them on the web, they're not secret pictures! I can see it from both sides though.

Kery- Welcome back chicka!!

Goddesskim-That reminds me of that commercial. Something like, "litty bitty, teeny weeny yellow polkadot bikini, that she wore for the first time today"! So cute! I totally understand on the gym thing. I dont like to be around anyone!

Ok, so Lynn and I are BOTH pmsing. I have a HUGE pimple on my forehead. Lovely.
I felt really sick all day long. Not sure why. Nic and I have not used protection at all. So, Im a little freaked out. I would be totally excited though!
Diet went well today. I had major cravings. So, I started cleaning. Now that was fun :)

Ill talk to yall later...

Love,
Deanne

Deanne~ no protection? ut oh... do I hear rock a bye baby in the back ground????
I tried to get pregnant when I was your age. We tried for a year and nothing happened. We decided to move and since that was such a huge expense, we thought we'd try a again a year later. Well I got pregnant two months later WITH protection!! Go figure!

Newest Kim~~ My daughter is away at college and we typically are very very close. She seems to think I'm lurking on the web looking at what she is doing. I am not. I have however looked at webshots sight, which btw deanne had said is public domain. :)

I wish I would get my period as I am sooo sluggish.. grrrrr

http://community.webshots.com/user/watersedge286-date
the secret pictures of Jamie's college life

A poka dot bikini..at this rate, I'll be wearing a poka dot moo-moo....

Lol a polkadot moo moo....thats great! Everyone else should be pmsing here pretty soon. We all have it at pretty much the same time. Ugh...I dont feel bloated yet but I cant wait til I do :) Yeah right...

Lynn...her secret life?? Shes not naked in any of those pictures. Shes not doing anything dirty. They're on a public website. She has no reason to be mad at all. I think it might bother me a little if my mom was "looking" for me online. BUT I would get over it!

Ok, I hope this will be a good day. Yesterday went good except for the cravings. We went to Chilis and I ordered a salad with balsamic vinegarette. It was SOOO good. I also had mashed potatos with turkey bacon on them. Not bad. The ladie there said that they put 2.5 lbs of butter for every 10 lbs of potatoes!! Woah. I had about 1 1/2 cups of mashed potatoes. So, its really not that much butter. My goodness, thats alot of butter though.

Ok, going to eat breakfast.

Love y'all,
Deanne

Hi Vixens! I made it through my careting job and I didnt' cheat a bit! YEAA! I have been too busy to exercise beside the walk that Kim and I do in the mornings. Hopefully next week wont be as busy!

Lynn, you are so funny..........a polka dot moo moo! :lol: You made me crack up!

I think I am pmsing too. My periods are so screwed up I don't know what is going on, but I am sooooo hungry lately! So, that is what it has to be.

Deanne, hmmmmm, keep us informed! I wanna know what is going on with you girl!

Well, I am tired and I am going to bed.
I will check in tomorrow when I am not so tired.

Good Saturday Morning
 

Good Morning Vixens,
Its an early morning for me, I am here at work for our Zoo run, I had to be here at 5:30am, thats crazy on a saturday morning. But im here with a smile too :D . well did good yesterday till i got home :mad: we bar bqued so i had some fajita AND a small burger. You know i cant help to call my self a fat*ss when i do that.
If i could just stay at work 24/7 i would be so skinny, cause i can stick with it there.

I have been pretty moody here lately, so i think its about to be my time.

I feel so lonely here at work, no one is in the office, they are all out in the park. :?:

Well i guess i will try to find something to do, talk to you ladies later, bye bye.

Jessica

Hey Diane, welcome to Curvy Vixens. I see you are in Weatherford, TX, I live in Arlington but was raised and work in Fort worth at the zoo. You will be able to find plenty of support here, this is the best support group. I have freinds that live in weatherford expecting a baby in about 4 or 5 weeks. I had just went to a baby shower i week ago at a park right by the courthouse in weatherford.
Its so exciting to have a fellow texan here, yay! Well hope to talk to you soon.

Jessica :cool:

Howdy Diane!! and welcome...

I had to laugh when you said you leave your purse in the car when you are at walmart. That store is just tooo dangerous. I was there yesterday buy my mom some birthday present plants for her garden and of course I had to buy some myself.

It is pouring here in upstate NY, the plan today is to go see amityville horrow and then go to walmart!! LOL Actually we need a new grill as we are grilling tomorrow for my mom's 65th birthday. Jamie is coming home tomorrow with Mike ( she wants grams to meet him)

Goals for today~
1. Drink all of my water
2. Eat all servings of fruits and vegis

Here's wish you all a happy and healthy saturday

Oh how I miss Walmart. I couldnt imagine having one over here! I swear, everytime I call my mom, shes in walmart!
Diane- Welcome to the boards. So, you're on Atkins? Do you like it?

Lynn- Sorry about the rain...we dont get that here :) Hehe. How are you liking Mike??

Today, I did great on my food. I had oatmeal and an apple for breakfast. I had the best lunch. I had Amys cheese enchiladas and 1/4 cup of Uncle Bens 90 second Spanish Rice. It was soooo good!! I couldnt believe the store had that rice. I feel like we're 10 years behind the U.S.. I also had an apple for a snack and I always eat fruit about and hour before dinner. So, Im eating watermelon cubes. My favorite fruit. Not sure what Im having for dinner. I bought a whole bunch of Lean Cuisines. So thats what Ill probably have. Ive had ALOT of water today. Yay!

How is everyone else doing? How is your day so far?

Pmsing is causing a major slug effect. I even took a nap today. Hopefully, I will be able to sleep tonight. We'll see. If not, I can stay up and talk to y'all, right? :)

Love,
Deanne

I AM SO BORED, i hate having to work on my off day.

Deanne- sounds like you are doing so well. I love walmart, but i dont think i could live without Target. I can live in Target.

Well i have done good so far, i am eating an apple right now, lalalala there is just nothing exciting going on here, except for people yelling at me on the phone, but thats my job lol.

talk to you all later

Jessica :cool: :cool: :cool:

Omg, I love Target. I order stuff from the website all the time!! Inexpensive but it doesnt look like it. Even their clothes are cute.
Jessica- Do you have any kind of messenger? Or maybe we can get in the chat room?

i am at work so i dont have any type of messenger, how do you logg into chat, cause i try and it never connects me.

Well, I didnt even think about the fact that Im on my downstairs computer and we dont have java on it. You have to have java to chat. Anyway, Ill just keep posting on here.
Hows work so far? I would LOVE to work at a zoo.

Oh I love Target too, they are building one in our town right now. It will be July though before it is open.

Jessica sorry you are so bored. How long do you have to work?

Thanks for the welcome Lynn and Deanne. Have patience with me it will take me awhile to get everybody straight.

I went to Wally World and did 30 minutes of walking and about the same shopping. :( Since I decided to get back on Atkins of course I didn't have a thing in the house to eat, so had to restock. I swear there is just the two of us and I spend a fortune at the grocery store, seems the more I try not to the more I spend. :?:

My goals for today are:

Drink my water
Walk :cheer: I did it!!
Eat low carb

I think I am going to go take a little nap, I have been up forever. I will talk to you all later.

Hugs, Diane

Diane- we were posting at the same time. Good for you on walking!

My mom said that they built a SUPER target right outside of Jackson. Not fair! They would build it right after I leave.

Ok, my meal is in the microwave. Mmmm...pasta.

Love,
Deanne

Jessica, sorry you are bored out of your mind. It must be driving you nuts. Hang in there..this too shall pass!

Diane! WELCOME! :wave: I think you will like it here. It does make you accountable being in a support group. It is also very inspiring to hear stories from everyone doing well. I am on South Beach Diet and I love it. I am in my forth week. I weigh in on Mondays. I use to be a scale freak. I would get on it every day and get discouraged. Now it is once a week. The results are much better.

I love Walmart and Target. We just got a new Walmart here a couple months ago. I am in a small town, so you have to plan on extra time going in there cause you will run into everyone you know. I like though. Target is my all time fav. They have such affordable cute things.

I have done great today.....I went on a walk. GoddessKim (my neighbor for those of you who don't know) is at the ball park all day with her girls, so I asked my 9 year old daughter if she wanted to go.....she jumped at it. We had some good talk time and her pace was great! I catered that rehersal dinner last night and didn't eat any of the left overs. That is usually when we sit and eat, when it is over. I didnt touch it. YEA! It was all very fattening, starchy foods. I didn't touch the nanner puddin either!!! Glad that is over though. I am working on my water intake for the day. YUCK! and am getting ready to get a bite for lunch. You ladies have a great day!

Good Job kim on resisting, i use to work catering events and some of the food was sooo good, and i didnt get it very often so of course i would eat it, but look where that got me :mad: lol.

Yea i love working here at the zoo, i love the people, but since its a non profit organization pay is not good at all. So pretty much if you work out here its only because you love it, not because of the pay. Thats why i am trying to look for a job right now, i have a interview next week ;) i hoe i get it, its more pay and more proffessional.

I wish i could go home, my sister is out and about and i wanted to spend time with my puppy mojo.

lol i meant to say i hope i get it, i am not calling anyone a hoe :lol:

Good job Kim!! I would have had a hard time if I was catering.

Jessica, good luck on your interview. Im sure you'll do great.

I just ate dinner...a Stouffers frozen dinner. It was 9 points but well worth every bite. Believe me, its all gone! That brings me to 2 points over my target points. Not bad since Im trying to eat all of my extra points each week. I may have some fruit before i go to bed too. If I can keep my eyes open long enough. Its funny, Im on an awesome schedule right now. I feel better about myself. But, by 8:30pm, Im in a coma. Hehe...

Ok, ill post tomorrow. I hope y'all have a great day. Be healthy! And happy!

Love,
Deanne

Hello Vixens! Everyone having a good week-end so far? :)

Deanne - Thanks for sharing the experience! I can't wait now, I want these clothes to be here, between my hands, so that I can look at them as a constant reminder! :D I'm sure it can work better than just knowing that "someday, I'll have these clothes".

Diane - Welcome in! I hope you can drop the pounds you wish to drop for the baby showers :)

Little lesson of the day: next time that I go at the restaurant, I need to check the size of their salads first. The one they served me as <i>entrée</i> was HUGE, and I couldn't even finish my main meal after that (fortunately, said meal was a piece of duck, so it's not like I forced myself to gobble down French fries). I couldn't even squeeze a dessert in my stomach, which tells a lot :lol:

Talk to you later Deanne.

Kery- Duck? i dont think i have ever tried it. Yea when i go to restaraunts ive noticed those salads are getting bigger and bigger. and you have to have dessert, what did you have?

I think i may be able to leave, someone is coming to fill in, yay im so excited. I am starving i think i may have boston market.

Well if i dont say bye later, bye for now

Jessica

Oh I bet Jessica...you know you were callin us hoes!

Love,
Deanne

lol your crazy deanne. ;)

Does this mean our next thread will be called Curvey Hoes? :lol:

Jessica - I didn't have dessert, actually :) My BF and I anyway needed to depart earlier, as we had friends coming over and taking + eating a dessert would've made us late (with said friends waiting at the door under the rain). So this plus the lack of hunger gave me a good opportunity to not eat an ice-cream or something. I didn't even <i>want</i> one, in fact, which was a nice feeling.

DUCK!!! I owned a pet duck.... she was killed in feb by a fox :mad:
I won't rattle ya too much Kery... but she was our family pet...:(.. the best pet I ever had...
reminds me of the afflec commerical.....

We went to see the amityville horror and it was very scary. I jumped out of my seat twice.. :devil:

Hey curvy hoes...oh, i mean VIXENS...:)

Last night when I was posting, something was wrong with the thread on my screen. Some of the posts werent showing up. Anyway, I missed what Kery was saying. So, Kery, that must've been a HUGE salad!! At least you didnt eat those french fries...or dessert! See, so it was a good thing. That poor poor duck. Ducks are sooo cute!!

Ok, how did everyone do on their eating yesterday??

Love,
Deanne

Oh yes Deanne, it was a huge one. I really didn't expect such a size, I thought it'd be some kind of small mixed salade, some lettuce, one egg, a few bits of ham and cheese, nothing more. Yuck. Even though it was a salad and it was very tasty, I still have the same feeling that I had when binging on packs of cookies and other things like that. I think I don't like feeling that full! :lol:

Good Sunday Morning
 

Good morning Vixens....brrrrrr it is cold here this morning in Texas very unusual for this time of the year.

Today is a combined birthday party for my 3 yr. old and 14 yr. old Grandsons. My daughters husband has a huge family and they celebrate everyones birthday big time. There should be around 50 or more people there. I come from a nearly non existent family, my parents died when I was 6 and 7, nine months apart. I had an older sister by 12 yrs. so she and her hubby adopted me when I was 8 yrs. old. She passed away in 2000, so I felt as if I lost my Mom, Sister and my very best friend. We lived in the same town and were together all the time and that began my weight gain journey. She died of lung cancer at the age of 60 and I smoked also so 3 wks. after she died I laid them down which was the best decision I could have ever made but I packed on the lbs. I don't know how I got on this subject. :?: Well anyway back to the party I have got to have some major will power not to eat a piece of cake since sweets are my downfall. :(

I did really well yesterday with my eating but got on the scale this morning :o and I am up 2 lbs. I know, I know stay off the scale and that is something else I am going to have to work on. I have been put on a new antidepressant and it is known to cause weight gain, so I am weaning myself off of it and going to see if I can go without them. I have been on several for over 20 yrs. and I think I will try to get off them if I can.....we will see. I had a partial hysterectomy when I was 21 but I still go through pms even at this age and it always comes close to the last of the month. My eyes are swollen and I have a big zit on my nose, of course that would happen right before the birthday party. :o

Ok I have rattled on enough this morning, have a good day everyone. It is nearly 6 am so think I will get up and go to WMart and do my walking before it gets busy. Yesterday those dang shoppers kept getting in my way. :lol:

Hey girls!!

Kery- Do you have Tesco brands in France? I know they have them in the UK but some of our stores import their products here. I love them!

Diane- Im sure you will do just fine at the party. Just have the willpower! All have to do is get through it! Oh and if you dont mind me asking, what kind of antidepressant are you on? Im on Effexor. I have been on numerous other kinds though. Its been hard to find the right one for me.

Ok, y'all have a great day! I think Im going to go get some movies.

Love,
Deanne

No I don't mind you asking Deanne, I am on Lexapro. I am so hoping I can do without any medication at all, time will tell.

Have a good one girls, as you can see I haven't got off my butt yet to go walk.

Hugs, Diane

Hey! I was on Lexapro almost 2 years ago. It didnt work for me though. I have heard very good things about it. I have been on Effexor now for a week. I really like it. Its the only antidepressant that has suppressed my appetite. It gives me this huge energy burst. Anyway, how long ago did you get on lexapro?

Love,
Deanne

Oh where did you get your pictures of the lady running? That is too funny!

Good Morning Vixens, well i am back here at work :mad: , i would much rather be at home in bed. It is really chilly here in tx. Yesterday all day it was kind of cold and then this morning, thats wierd, but we always get wierd weather here in tx, could be 80 degrees one day, then the next morning it is snowing, it happened on easter here lol. But we love it right Diane. :p

Well yesterday when i got off of work, i went with my sister to her hair dresser and just watched her get her hair done, then we went to eat at a mexican restaraunt, i really didnt like it too much, which is wierd cause i absolutely love mexican food. Then we went to my grandma's and i fell asleep. Then just went home and waited for joe to get home (my boyfreind). I didnt eat anything that night just didnt really want anything.

I was just wondering, how do you know if you need antidepressants? from the dr? or just the way you feel? Well i will be here all day, so looking forward to hearing from you all.

Jessica