:D Morning Ladies :coffee:. Well I was feeling really good about myself yesterday until..... I was playing butterfly with my baby. She had her wings on and we were "flying" around the family room. My ds was taking pictures of the baby but he also got a picture of me bent over putting on the babies wings :yikes:. Now I'm not stupid I know I'm big but I just don't feel like I'm THAT big. Know what I mean? It really depressed me. I feel like things are going so slow :snail: and I'm never going to get there. I am however feeling better today I just can't look at anymore pictures :lol:.

Angel - trust me wal-mart also gets alot of my money. I spread it out pretty evenly to all stores in my area :lol:. I hope you have alot of fun camping.

Annie - did you have the Japenese hair straightening thing done or was it something else? I know you asked angel but just fyi SAHM means stay at home mom. Have a great one girlie!!!

lookin - glad to hear about kitty :D and so glad you got some answers from your doctor. Reading your post gave me goose bumps because of the way you feel. I feel the same way ;).

clipclop - Great job with brunch yesterday and good luck studying for you 2 test. I just have to say better you than me. I hated school :^:.

hotcup - you talk about what ever you want trust me I'm interested in it all. That's how we get to know you :D.

Talk to you chicks later.

Howdy, howdy, howdy! :wave: (What movie is that saying from?) :o Anywhoo, I am excited as I've got the day off. I've done quite a bit so far. Sent the kids to school (YIPPEE!). Did 1-mile WATP... went and did a bit of grocery shopping, and bought a food scale. For the life of me, I have no idea how to calculate what I see on my plate into ounces. Yes, I'm THAT dumb! HAHA I know. :o

One thing I did differently was eat normally for breakfast this morning. I bought, for the first time, some of those Egg Beaters. Decided to try some scrambled eggs (with bit of scallion, green pepper, and a couple pinches of cheese.) WOW, was that awesome! I don't have to feel guilty when I get a craving for an omelet. :cheer:

Lookin2- Way to go on the 3 pounds! :bravo: The workout equipment sounds great. Wish I had something like that in our building. Would be great to just get away from the desk for awhile.

Clipclop- Sure wish I was where you are. All we've had for the past month here is rain and more :rain: Blah. It's becoming sort of depressing, really. Clouds all day. The sun did come out after a quick downpour last night, and I have to say I didn't mind that as there was this magnificent rainbow you could see right off our deck.

Momx- Don't feel so bad about the pictures. Just know that one day, you'll reach your goal and you won't have to feel bad about it. Keep your chin up high. I know the process of trying to lose weight is slow, but it's the healthy way. Just keep coming back here everyday and keep going. YOU CAN DO IT! :) Also, no Japanese technique. They use the new Matrix system. It stinks, but it sure worked!

Well, I'm off to go clean this palace and finish the laundry. Going to try and do some weight lifting also.

Have a great day everyone. :dancer:

Hi everyone!
Sorry I haven't posted in a while :( I've been feeling kind of bummed out :( it just feels like it is going to take for ever to loose all this weight :( Just one of those days I guess.

I read some one here was from California so I just wanted to say HI neighbor! I'm from Los Angeles.

Well I just wanted to congratulate all who have lost more weight :)

MoonRay

Momx3 & Moonray ~ Hear you soundin so down, and I feel that way too sometimes. I know what I think I look like when I look in the mirror, and then I see a snapshot of recent and a want to :barf: or :cry: Then I eat and eat and eat until I feel sick, and I lay on the couch and feel worse. It it soooo hard. I am a comfort eater and I would rather just go to bed and sleep away days at a time because I so upset with myself for cheating, or not doing some exercise, or feeling like I let my self down.

There are times when I wish I could just take a knife and shave off my top tummy roll and a little off my thighs and underarms, just like slimming pie crust. It is summer here now in the midwest, and the tanktops and spaghetti strap shirts are all getting pulled out, and I just want to barf when I throw one on to garden and it looks like I have coin purses hanging from my armpits.

Then I realize, some of my weight is genetic, some of it was the choices that I made. Why I want to lose my weight, why I want to be healthy. I want to be able to tie my shoes without having to hold my breath. I want to be able to pick something off the car floor that I have dropped without doing yoga and cramping up and sweating like a pig. Small goals. I want the seatbelt to fit me properly instead of chaffing across my belly and digging into my neck.

I want all of us PICs to be healthy. Whether we maintain or lose, or plateau, or fall off the wagon, cheat a little or a lot, or pass out in an all-you-can-eat buffet, we are together. I can speak for me, but I love you all for who you are and for being there for me, and I am going to be there for you....This feeling too shall pass. It doesn't feel like it, but the best weight loss is the gradual weight loss, and making changes in your lifestyle for the better.

We are all in this together. We have all got each other's backs, and nobody is going to leave anyone hanging because they had a bad day, or a hard day, or their calories were higher than they wanted, or you weren't able to exercise because of other things.

It really is okay. Please, everyone, buckle your seatbelts. We are going to have bumpy rides, but we have each other. All the trials and tribulations, honest ears, and shoulders to cry on, lean on, heck, blow your nose on mine if you need to. It's all right (I've got plenty of shoulder room...got football shoulders from my dad) LOL

Hang tough my devoted PIC divas. baby steps are better than no steps at all.
Stay with us. We can keep each other in check, and don't anyone feel all alone. We are learning from each other and growing from each other, and you gals are absolutely amazing, and growing in members all the time.

It's the little moments that make life big. Celebrate your life. Celebrate the little moments...passing up a piece of cake, or driving past that mcdonalds, or switching to low-fat salad dressing, or choosing a wrap instead of white bread, going for the grilled chix instead of deep-fried.

DONT GIVE UP...cherish those little things that are going to make reaching that goal even more grand.

I'm here every step of the way....we are all are.

Hugs to all :grouphug: :df: :df: :df: :df: :df: :df: :df: :df:

I believe that dragonflies are good luck....so here are a whole bunch.
Have a wonderful Memorial weekend. Look at the little baby steps, not just the mountain you want to climb....WE CAN DO IT

Wow
 

Does that Looking2lose RAWK or what? :cool: Where do you get all that wisdom from? You're wise beyond your years kid ;) . Your post was amazing. I'm so freakin' glad I found this thread. You guys make my day! Thank you Looking2lose and thank all of you for inspiring, motivating and listening to me.

I'm at work and the custodian saw me pacing my "Caged Turtle Circles" here at work (carrying my radio in case I get a call) and brought me a step stool. He's hearing impaired and "signed" to me that I should do steps in front of the radio/tv. What a sweet guy. I think I'll go hit him with something heavy now. :lol:

Mary (being held captive at work for eight hours) But I'll work out at the office gym before I leave for home at Midnight. Go TURTLE GO!!! :D

Hi Everyone! I'm Back!
 

Well it only took me 2 hours to read all the posts from the past week, LOL. Congrats to all the losers. You guys have had such good luck with Tanita scales I'm thinking of going out and getting one too. They seem to be telling everyone something they want to hear.

I missed you guys while I was away and thought of you often. I did pretty well on carbs although when I entered my food into fitday today, boy did I eat a lot of calories! You can actually do okay eating out on a low carb diet. I found that quite a few restaurants actually had low carb items identified on the menu and even if they didn't, and you asked, they were more than willing to accomodate you. I had one day that I kind of "fell off the wagon" and had about 100 grams of carbs. I will have to tell you about this because it will be a surprise about what got me after nearly 3 months of being so good. However, the day after that I literally felt physically ill, like I had the flu or something. I don't think it was psychological either (like from guilt). I think eating trash made me feel sick! So I learned my lesson and got right back on program.

This was a medical conference, as you know, and I have some interesting stuff to tell you that I learned pertaining to diet but first I want to tell you about my little slip. I went to a couple of dinner programs which I don't usually do because they are sponsored by pharmaceutical companies and I usually am bothered by that ethically but this time there were so many great topics at this conference that I had to go to some of these programs in order to fit in everything I wanted to hear. At any rate, when you show up for the program, your salad and your desert are already sitting there in front of you. I managed to pass up cheesecake and lemon souffle that were literally sitting right under my nose. What got me was a mocha mint chip frappacino from starbucks. I took one sip and thought, "oh my gosh, this thing has real sugar in it." I almost threw it out and I probably should have but no, I drank the whole thing. I love coffee. We live and learn.

I went to two really intersting lectures that you guys would be interested in. One was on carbohydrate craving in mood disorders. Some depressed patients, particularly ones with seasonal affective disorder report carbohydrate cravings at a very high rate. They are trying to find the biological markers for this. More interesting, in that same lecture, a researcher from Univ of Penn. told us about an animal model of sugar addiction. Yes, you heard right. He has created a rat model of sugar addiction that looks neurochemically just like any other addictive substance, cocaine, heroin, alcohol, you name it. This is how we study addictions so that we can create better treatments for them in humans. He can get rats to selectively self administer sugar in the exact same way. They also seem to experience withdrawal and cravings, very similar to other addictive substances. So if you think you are addicted to highly refined sugar products, you probably are. Stay tuned!. Also, insulin resistance was a hot topic this year because some of the drugs that we prescribe a lot are causing a big increase in metabolic syndrome in a group of patients who haven't traditionally had this problem before (schizophrenics). We had world famous endocrinologists giving lectures on glucose and insulin metabolism. One of the scarier things mentioned was some preliminary studies that look like hyperinsulinemia may be a precursor to Alzheimer's disease. Again, stay tuned for more data. There was not enough discussion about a need to encourage patients to change their diet which I found disappointing but hopefully that will come with time.

There is more to tell you but I don't want you to have to spend 2 hours reading my post so I'll stop for now. I'm praying I at least didn't gain anything while I was away. I'll let you know tomorrow.

thats really interesting stuff.. when i went to the endocrinolgist even tho i dont have diabetes he said they are treating obesity with a diabetes drug called metformin.. at first it just did away with all my sugar cravings but i think now my body has adjusted to the medication..

but any ways it helps your body control your sugar levels... and Re; the neurotransmitters.. the drugs phen fen worked in a similar fashion by increasing your bodys serotonin levels which in turn killed ur appetite... there is a supplement on the market called 5-htp that will up ur serotonin levels in ur body..

its not a drug (5-htp) but an amino acid that occurs naturally in your body .. tho some of us are just running low..

Oh...my...god... Lookin, if that wasn't what I, myself needed to read tonight, I don't know what was. That post was absolutely AMAZING!! :cp: Thank you so much, my god, I feel as though I'm near tears, and as I was reading it, I swear to God almighty, I had goose bumps. I came on the computer feeling pretty bad tonight (ate too much for din-din but am okay with cal count as it was good stuff, but again ate too much) and layed down. Woke up 2 hours later with a migraine, and thought "I need cake." Instead I came online and read your post. Instantly, my craving for something sweet was gone. Thank you sooooo much EVERYONE again for allowing me to join such a wonderful support group. I sincerely feel lucky to have women like you all around to give me encouragement, answer my questions, make me laugh, and keep me in check.

:grouphug:

Petra- thank you for sharing all of that information. Not only do I get the things I mentioned above, but I'm constantly learning here.

One thing I might mention is a book endorsed on Oprah few weeks ago. It's called "YOU: The Owner's Manual" by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet Oz. I've just started reading it and it's amazing the information they share, and what's even better is that they explain everything with a humorous twist and it's very easy to understand. I've been a nurse for 10 years and I must say I'm even learning things. Very intersting stuff. :)

Anywho, gonna go pop a movie in. Have a super, duper weekend.

Annie - I LOVE your new avatar. Great job on your exercise today.

Petra - Thanks for all the info. I always knew I was addicted to ice cream. If I eat it one day I will just keep eating it every night. For awhile it was ice cream with crushed oreos every single night. I could'nt stop myself I had to have it. Now when I think about it it makes me sick but if I was to eat it tonight I can guarantee I would be eating in tomorrow too.

Hotcup - I hope you enjoyed your step stool. The poor guy was just trying to help :rofl:.

Moon - I'm in Sacramento. I go to Ventura a couple of times a year for my job. I love it down there!!! It's right on the ocean (not that I get to spend much time on the beach) and sooo beautiful.

Lookin - I got on the computer to see if anything was going on right before I was supposed to pick up my son from school and you made me late. I was so overwhelmed by what you wrote. Even now 4 hours later it is still bringing tears to my eyes just to think about it. So right now I'm blowing my nose on your shoulder o.k.

I am so glad I found all of you because I don't know if I could do it on my own. There is noboby in my life that is as heavy as me and would understand what I go through everyday. They don't get that I use humor to cover my pain and even on a good day there is pain because I just don't feel normal. I FEEL NORMAL HERE WITH YOU!! So I want to thank all of you for being here because without you life would be so much more painful.

Good morning everyone. Well, I guess I am paying the price for my indiscretion. I gained 3 lbs. TOM also came to my house which probably isn't helping but I have yet another reminder of why you don't drink mint mocha frappacinos from Starbucks!

If you are wondering what I am doing up at this hour, the dog sitter got up at 5:00 so the dogs decided that I should get up at 5:00 today and pounced on me. As you know, I have 2 big dogs and they are hard to ignore when they pounce.

Curlylocks-welcome to our group. It is nice to have another low carber/good carb person. I have been the only low carber so far. I don't know how much of the older posts you have read but let me introduce myself. My real name is Mary. I am a physician. I am board certified in internal medicine and psychiatry although I mostly practice psychiatry these days which probably explains my previous post a little better. I have developed an interest in addictions although I'm not formally trained in it. I seem to have the personality for it and a lot of the patients have developed medical problems along the way and I am much more comfortable dealing with patients who have both serious medical problems and psychiatric problems than many psychiatrists.

Looking2Lose--thank you for your inspirational words. I also hope your kitty is doing better. My Golden Retriever, Buddy, was diagnosed with cancer almost exactly one year ago. I was devastated because my dogs are like my kids. I ended up taking him down to the Univ. of Penn. where he spent a week and had major surgery which we hope was curative for him. I was fortunate that there was a major veterinary center within driving distance of me and that I had the resources to be able to do that because it wasn't cheap. I also have some medical advice for you to discuss with your doctor. PCOS is one of the conditions associated with hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance. You have heard metformin mentioned a couple of times. It is one of the medications that is sometimes used, particularly in PCOS to try to improve insulin sensitivity in patients even before diabetes develops. Chromium picolinate, particularly at relatively high doses, like 400 micrograms a day is another supplement that has been studied in diabetics to try to improve insulin sensitivity and seems to be safe and effective. Of course, talk to your doctor first but that might be another option for you.

Talk to ya'll later.

Good Morning Partners !! Hope you are all enjoying the start to your long weekend.

I am enjoying my morning :coffee2: and thought I would check in with my friends. Looks to be another gorgeous day here.. sun is shining.. birds are singing.. and I am inside doing homework.. :p ahhh well there is always tomorrow !

New food find... you may already have these in the States, but I bought some Cadbury's Thins at the grocery store the other day. They are 100 calories, 5g of fat and only 2 points on WW. They are basically a very thin version of the Cadbury's chocolate bar :T and just big enough to cure that chocolate craving.

MOMX3 ~ pictures.. ya gotta love them...NOT ! We went out for a few work functions and one of my coworkers took pictures.. they are now on a collage hanging in the office.. arggg Great motivator, but not nice to look at in the meantime.

ANNIE ~ love your new blue rose. I saw that episode on Oprah where they talked about that book and had the authors on... it was very informative. Thanks for the recommended read. One of these days I will be able to read books for enjoyment.. right now reading about accounting stuff isn't all that entertaining !

MOONRAY ~ keep your chin up and a smile on your face :) It may take a long time to reach your goal, but enjoy the journey along the way. A few years ago I lost 120 lbs... yet here I am losing most of it again... because i took it too fast.. i dealt with the eating issue.. but not the emotional side.. and as soon as i let my guard down the emotional side took over and i put the weight back on. This time i am going to take it slowly and the weight will come off it will just take a lot longer..but i won't have to do this again so it will all be worth it !

LOOKING2LOSE ~ what can i say.. WOW !! a truly motivational and inspiring post. thank you ... okay group hug :grouphug:

HOTCUPOJAVA ~ sounds like you are getting lots of support at work.. enjoy your step stool :D Keep up the great work that you are doing !

PETRA ~ Welcome Home ! Sounds like your conference went well and you got lots of good information.. thanks for sharing. Sorry to hear about your gain and that dreaded starbucks drink.. but great job staying away from the desserts, the lemon souffle would probably have gotten me !

Okay ladies.. have a wonderful day and take care !!

Captive Audience Again
 

Yup, stuck at work again. AC is making it too cold and my fingers feel stiff.
:( But as soon as I'm done saying hello to all my PIC Chick Divas, I'm going to grab a portable radio and start pacing my "Caged Turtle Circles." Yesterday/last night I ended up with 2.5 miles, but I know that's wrong because most of the mile that I did on the office gym's treadmill didn't showup on my pedometer. But anyway, I'm racking up some mileage here. I guess that's a good thing, yeah, it's a good thing.

I hope you're all enjoying your holiday week end. Looks like the weather will be a bust here in West Virginia. Cloudy and scattered showers. Oh well, a holiday is still a holiday whether it rains or not. I may be getting Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday AND Thursday off if my boss has his way. He doesn't like it when people are close to having maximum vacation and he likes to see it knocked down. Encouraging me to take the days. Whooo hooo... don't gots to tell Da Turtle twice! :lol: Pooh Bear wanted to go camping before it got too hot. Well, we may have our chance, but it may rain on us. Still nice though. Sound of rain on a tent, the smell of rain, camp fire... .ahhhhh deep breath through your nose. Isn't it great to be alive?

No TOPS meeting this week, but I'll weigh in and count that as the official weight for the week. I'll talk to you all soon. Smile... :D

Just a quick note!
 

Howdy Everone on this fine Memorial Day Weekend!!!

I went to WI in this morning. We didn't have a meeting our leader was sick! I LOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THought I blew it...because I really didn't get a chance to exercise last week. I am down another 1.5lbs for a total of 11.YIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Anyway, I promised my little sweetheart we would ride bikes so I am off!
Check in later.
Lisa
Wyoming

Yay!
 

Awesome loss. Great job. :cp:

Did I scare everyone off? Seems like everyone went into hiding since I came back. I know its just the weekend. Congrats Lisa. You are doing great! Sorry you are stuck at work Mary but make the most of it. Get some exercise in.

I did get a Tanita scale today and it did give a better number but I will save it for next week. So if it looks like I lost a lot of weight next week, just keep that in mind. It is really neat, it gives you % body fat and body water. It tells me I'm obese, LOL. I suppose that is one of those things I can look forward to seeing change.

Hope everyone is having a good holiday weekend. Mine has been pretty quiet so far. Getting caught up on laundry and stuff like that.

Evening Ladies - I'm having a lazy one today. I don't work out on Saturday's its my only day off so I took a nap with the baby which I NEVER do. The reason I don't do it is it makes me feel tired for the rest of the day which it did. Oh well tomorrow is another day. I'm going to a BBQ at my mom's tomorrow so I have to exercise early to make sure I get it in.

Petra - I bet that 3 lbs is all from TOM. He decided to come to my house today. I got a Tanita scale but have not actually started using it yet because of TOM. I don't want to scare myself :fr:.

Clipclop - I am familiar with Cadbury's (lived in England for a total of about 6 years and it's very popular there) but I don't think I have seen what you are talking about here. Then again I'm staying away for that section of the stores so I don't tempt myself:m: :cookie:. If I had one that would lead to 2. I have alot of willpower until I give in to something like that then I would cave.

Hotcup - I want to go camping. Actually I bought the baby a lifevest today so maybe we will take the boat out next weekend.

Lisa - Great job on the weight loss :dance:. You are doing so well!!!!

curly the climber!
 

ooooooooooo my aching body! let me tell ya'll what i did yesterday! Im so proud of myself! First let me explain that where i live is at sea level and everything is flat....

I hiked "the star trail" in roanoke it goes down the side of a mountain... and it also goes back up!!! the elevation is 1800 foot!!

in total @ 6 miles id say but the climbing up was the killer! and I am asthmatic.. But took our time.. rested along the way

And i did it!!!!!! on my way home I stopped and had the regular cheeseburger at mcdonalds cuz I earned that bad boy!!!!!!

and yep I even had the bread!!! hahaha


the pic tho not real clear shows how high up we were!

Good Morning- :coffee:

Just wanted to say "Hello" to everyone here. Just a quick note that this morning was my WI and I'm down 2lbs! YIPPEE! I was excited, but at the same time, AGAIN realized how slow this is going to go.

I'm going to stick with it, though! Thanks to all of you for nudging me along these past days and weeks. :thanks:


Lisa- Way to go on the loss! Every bit helps! :cheer:

Petra- I just bought my Tanita last Saturday. Tis the reason for my WI today. It was pretty accurate when I tested it, and I figure it's right, as I should have lost around 2 lbs this week. It also tells me body fat (that's another depressing number), but will be interesting to also see that one go down, down, down.

ClipClop- Mmmmm, Cadbury Chocolate. Only 100 calories, I will have to check it out! Thanks!

Momx- Have a fun time at your BBQ! :dancer:

See ya all on da flip side! :wave:

another quick one!
 

Howdy all,
Last night we watched my stepson's girls... I had a 3 month old and a very active 2 year old for the night! Oh My! I forgot what it was like to have a baby in the house. LOL I think my stepson and family stay up late because both the girls didn't go to sleep until midnight. Our weather is cold again! YUCK!!

Mallissa and I had a nice day together yesterday. We went to the Y and swam and then went on a nice long bike ride. We have a trail (the greenway) that goes through the city. It starts at the end of my street. I have only been on it a few times walking. It has bridges and tunnels. Mallissa thought it was really kewl but we both were tired when we finished our 3 miles. SHe hasn't learned to use the down to help her go up in places. She still has training wheels on her bike and hopefully by the end of summer she will have them off.

Annie: I will take any LOSS!! It is slow going but in the long run we all will be better off.

Curlylocks: Great walk. Most of our elevation is up!! I also have asthma. Most of the time it doesn't bother me as much but with everything in bloom.. it really gets to me at times.

Momx3: Sunday is my lazy day. If I can exercise I do and use another day that I know I will be busier as my skip the exercise. I am trying to get it in 4-5 times a week. Last week, I didn't feel as well because I didn't exercise very much but I am trying not to park in the closest parking space, or walking around the block to get the mail, or the other night at the mall, Mallissa and I parked on the opposite end of where we were going so I could walk to the store. Not formal exercise but does help because any movement is good movement. Last night, Sklyer, Mallissa and I danced for a few songs being silly. LOL. I am sure we looked funny but we had fun. THe girls were laughing at me. LOL

Petra: Glad you are back. Don't worry about the gain, just get back on the horse!! Interesting stuff on PCOS. I also have it and had a hystro at 30. Didn't cure some of the problems but I love not having TOM. My dh does a radio show and he talks about addiction all the time and another group I am on, Grandparents raising Grandchildren the subject of addiction is a big factor in why we are raising our children's children.(some of you may have guessed that Mallissa is my adoptived child. She is biologically my stepson's daughter but has always lived with us. He doesn't have addiction problems, just stupidity and the wrong picker in women. After 4 years he is back in our lives and things are going well) Meth is a big problem in this state as well as many places in the country. Mallissa's bio mom has a meth addiction. I do have to ask you if you don't mind. What do you think about play therapy? In the past, Mallissa has participated in it to work out some issues and she is starting back for a "tune up" this week? I find it interesting but it can be subjective.

Mary: our weather is always horrible on Memorial Day. Seen a lot of campers going to the mountains to freeze their butts off. We can have snow in the mountains any month of the years. Yes, it has snowed on the 4th of July. The year dh and I got married our outdoor wedding was moved because of the snow and it was June 5th. So on the plains we can get the snow into June and as early as August as well. We didn't have a WW meeting but did have weigh in. They didn't charge us. Told me I could come back to the later meeting if I wanted. Many of us just talked around the scale. LOL Glad you can get in your exercise at work and even get paid to do it. LOL I am normally the only one in my office during the day so I can get a little in but I don't "count" it. It is my bonus.

Clipclop: Luckily I don't have to have chocolate but sounds like a great find. Great advice to Moonray!! WOW, 120lbs. I do think this is the 2nd..3rd...4th...5th..time around for most of us! We all just need to take it one day at a time.

Lookin: WOW...WOW...WOW!! Great advice too. You are smokin!!

Well, Baby is cryng, dh is pulling out what little hair he has left and I hear pitter patter of feets up stairs. SO I need to close quickly.

Everyone have a great day!!
Lisa
Wyoming

Good Morning Partners !! Here's hoping you all have a wonderful Sunday. I actually slept in a bit this morning.. which is very unusual for me. So just enjoying my morning :coffee: and checking in to see how you are all doing.

Didn't get up to anything exciting yesterday, and today probably won't be much different. It is another warm morning, so will probably stay inside and stay cool. That is definately one thing I look forward to after losing the weight... not walking a few blocks and breaking out in a sweat because it is warm out.

HOTCUPOJAVA ~ how did those caged turtle circles go.. sounds like you get lots of mileage in during your shift.. good job ! Hope you get your extended long weekend and you get to go camping. Good luck with your WI :crossed:

LISA ~ great job on your loss of 1.5 lbs.. you have been doing so well on program.. keep it up you are inspiring the rest of us :cb:

PETRA ~ sounds like everyone is having great success with the Tanita scale.. and I sure you will have the same. The board seems to be pretty quiet on the weekends but then goes like wildfire during the week, so I don't think you scared anyone off :)

MOMX3 ~ i know what you mean about napping during the day, it tends to make me more tired then I started out being. Hope you have a wonderful BBQ and got a chance to get your exercise in as well.

CURLYLOCKS ~ great job on your hike !!

ANNIE ~ great job on the loss of 2 lbs :cp: This group seems to be losing consistently, that is great to see. Yes, it will be slow... but just think you have to live those days anyway.. and I know myself I would rather live them being healthy !

I found this quote that I thought I would share.. it seems to fit as we are all wishing this journey would go faster...

"Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway." ~ Unknown Author

Have a great day my friends and I will talk to you all soon :D

Hi everyone!! My name is Paige and I would like to join in. I participate in 2 other threads but they have been pretty slow lately. Although this is a very long thread everyone seems to be keeping up with it. It seems like a thread starts off strong and then in dewindles down. I was up bright and early this morining when a thunder storm came rolling in so I had time to check out your thread. Here are my stats:

Name: Paige
Age: Just turned 40 Ugh!!!
location: Texas
Marital status: married almost 12 years
highest weight: 298
current weight: 257
goal weight: 175
current size: 20/22
goal size: 10/12
kids: DS age 6 and DD age 4
pets: cocker spaniel
diet: WW since last week in January'05 I started a 15 week at work program and we had 21 people at work participating. Now that that program has ended I have been going to a WW center for the past 2 weeks with a friend from work.

My life is very hectic between work and running around with my kids that it has been difficult to find time for "me". Until a few months ago my life revolved around convenience. When we ate it usually was either handed to us through a window or arrived at out door. I have to say the biggest change has been that I am cooking probably for the first time!! I usually cook on the weekends and then freeze things for the week. Then each night I only have to heat it up and fix a salad or a veggie. I am still struggling with exerise but I am hoping to really get a handle on that. I have 10 weeks to really get this focused on before work gets hectic again. I have 2 slow weeks at work coming up and then a 6 week vacation and then 2 more slow weeks and then things will be crazy again. So I am hoping to get myself on a really good exercise routine so that when things get hectic again it will be easier to stick with it. As a matter of fact I am going to get Bob Greene's 12 week body makeover today while I am out. I hear it is a pretty intense program.

It amazes me that I let myself get to this point. I have achieved alot in my life and I often feel like a failure because I can't get a handle on my weight. My weight over shadows all my other accomplishments and it makes me sad to think that this is what often defines who I am through my eyes and those of others. My main motivation for losing this weight is for my kids. Thank god they don't have a weight problem and I want to keep it that way. They are also wanting me to take them to the pool and water parks...me in a swimsuit in public....not a chance in h***!!!!!!!! So I am on my way to a healthier me and next summer we will have a season pass to Splashtown!!!!!!
I am feeling really good about WW and it doesn't really even feel like dieting...it is just making better choices. I can have whatever I want as long as I count it or modify the ingredients.

Anyway....enough of my ramble! I look forward to getting to know all of you as we continue this journey!!

Welcome Paige. You will fit right in. There are several others doing WW on this thread. Don't be put off by the slow weekend either, this thread is very busy during the week.

I'm not having a good day. My program is fine, it is everything else. In fact, I have lost all the weight I gained while I was away or from TOM or whatever. I went to church at 8:00 and it was a good thing because I was reading and I didn't know it until I showed up. Then after church I decided to work in my yard for awhile. I have invisible fence for my dogs which is a nice thing most of the time but today it backfired on me. I decided it was a good day to get the dogs washed. I like to take them to a local pet store that has a dog wash (make the mess there rather than in your house). I decided to take Buddy, the Golden first but Kobe (the lab) was having a fit that he wasn't getting to go. Kobe decided to run into the street with his electronic collar on and got himself shocked. I then had to retrieve him and get him into the house, tail between his legs and all. Then when I came home with Buddy and was ready to take Kobe, I put his leash on and couldn't get him to leave the front porch. I tried and tried but that dog was not going anywhere! I guess it will be awhile before he leaves my property again and if I want him bathed it will have to be in my bathtub.

If that wasn't enough, I then decided to make lunch. I grilled some chicken breasts yesterday to make chicken salad today. I was chopping away and suddenly chopped my finger instead. I was bleeding like a stuck pig! I couldn't get it to stop. I went outside and my neighbor was working on his yard and I asked him to take me to the ER. After about an hour it finally stopped bleeding. They offered me a choice--stitches or glue. I took the glue because it is quicker. Hopefully there won't be anymore mishaps today.

Curlylocks--love the picture. I used to live in Charlottesville.

Lisa--I don't work with kids so I don't have much of an opinion on play therapy. I think some of our therapists who do work with kids use it. We have a whole play room set up. That is great of you to be raising your granddaughter.

Clipclop--another saying like that is from a Billy Joel song I like. "you know that when the truth is told, you can get what you want, or you can just get old." Try to have a little fun this weekend too, although I guess it isn't a holiday for you.

Everyone else, keep up the good work. I'll try not to chop any more fingers. Talk to you later.

Hey Paige... Ya know what U arent a failure at losing weight... Look at all the great changes u have made! U have your family eating healthier... Dont look back and torture yourself with blame... live for the moment.. just focus on each day at a time and the days will grown into months..

as far as the water park.... maybe its my old age of 44, but I have come to a conclusion... I am not going to put my life on hold till i can fit into a certain clothing size..

when i go places i see lots of people overweight.. some more than me some less... but we sure arent the only ones ... ...

SO id go this summer, wear ur suit with a big long t shirt if u are uncomfortable .. u would be surprised how many people are so worried about "how they look in their swimsuit" that they dont have time to worry about how u are looking in yours..

Looking2Loose- THANK YOU all of you, for your support and your kind words. I know I'm not alone and you all know more than anyone else what I'm going through. I know I can do this, we can all do this! 1 lb at a time.

Kpe- WELCOME :) I'm sure you'll find this is a great group :D and welcome back Petra65 :)

congrats to all who lost weight! I'm going to wait untill the 13th for my next weigh in, I know I was bummed out and I didn't eat as healthy as I should have but I didn't binge I don't thing I can go back to eating junk like I did before.

MoonRay

Thanks!!! if u want to pm me your email addy, I'll send ya the full size version..

Good Morning Partners !! Just a quick post this morning as I needed to let you all in on my good news.

I lost another 3.9 lbs. YAHOO give that girl a new flashly flower. :cb:

Paige ~ welcome to the group.. you will love it here !!

Petra ~ sounds like you had a run of bad luck yesterday.. hope your Kobe and your finger are doing better today. I also have a Kobe, but he is just a little terrier.

MoonRay ~ glad to see you posting again. You/We can do this !!

Okay I better get to work. Take care and keep on keeping on :)

Good morning-

Well, I went way over my calories yesterday. I knew there'd be days like those, but I'm putting myself back up on the horse today. It's FINALLY a gorgeous day here. Hopefully the sunshine will bring me out of this mental funk I'm in. All I've seen for days and weeks is clouds and rain. :blah:

Welcome to the group Paige. This is a very supportive and encouraging group of gals.

Petra- Hope your finger is okay. Don't get discouraged about the weigh-in. That dreaded TOM does a number on our bodies.

Does everyone else find it easier to be good during the week versus the weekend? I find myself being very disciplined in my eating and exercise throughout the week, only to let myself "go" a little during the weekend. I'm mostly talking about food consumption versus exercise. I have been exercising everyday and feel like I'm doing good there, but yesterday! WOOO, I wanted to eat everything in site.

I mowed the lawn yesterday and I went way past my target heart rate to 174. :yikes: We have an incline to the yard which really pushed that workout of mowing the lawn into something more than JUST mowing a lawn. LOL

Anywho, I hope everyone has a superb day. :) :grouphug:

ClipClop, you snuck in on me while I was typing! WAY TO GO! Congratulations on the 3.9!!


:cheer: :bravo:


Ummm, what's a flashy flower? :?:

Morning Ladies :coffee2:. Well I did'nt get my exercise in yesterday. Not feeling so well with TOM. I did'nt eat my best yesterday :cbg: but still did better then I normally would have so I'm not beating myself up to bad :rollpin:.

Curlylocks - Great job on the hike and an even better job on the attitude about not doing what you want because of the way you look ;). You are right!!!

Annie - way to go on the 2 lbs :cp:. I have the reverse problem on the weekend. My eating is usually fine but I don't want to exercise. Good for you getting right back on the horse.

Lisa - I hope you are getting some rest after watching the babies. I know they can keep you busy at our age :lol:.

Clipclop - That is a great quote and oh so true. Way to go on the 3.9 lbs :cb:. You are doing so well girlie!!!!

kpe - Welcome!! Welcome!! You sound alot like me in the way you describe yourself and the way you think others see you. Just know you are a beautiful person on the inside and out and you can come here with anything :grouphug:.

Petra - Oh My!!! What a horrible day you had :( . I hope things for you and your puppy are going better today. And to think you got hurt trying to make yourself something healthy :dizzy:.

Moon - Hi hun :wave:. You keep up your hard work. You are doing just fine.

I'll check in with you guys later. Hope everyone has a great day!!!

Thanks for the welcome!
 

Good morning ladies!!! Thank you all for the warm welcome. My son woke up early this morning so I played around changing my avatar/signature and even got brave enough to post a picture in my profile...that is a huge step for me!!

The weather has been rainy and probably will be for the next few weeks so we might take the kids to see a movie today. I think we are all getting cabin fever! The kids had wanted to go to the pool but it looks like mother nature isn't going to cooperate.

Petra-Your poor Kobe! I guess that is what they mean by learning the hard way!!! I don't know about your plan...but, I don't think fingers are on mine! I hope your finger is feeling better.

ClipClop- Congrats on the 3.9lbs!!! That is awesome!!

Annie- I find that I do better when I'm at work then I do at home. I don't know if it is due to too much free time or too many snacks (for the kids) around the house...but weekends are hard for me as well!!! I have had a hard time this weekend because it has been rainy and stormy so it has been hard to get out of the house and do anything. I didn't do to bad but I did 1point and 2point myself to death this weekend on stupid snacky foods.

curlylocks- Thanks for the encouragement...sometimes it just helps hearing someone else say what we really already know!!!

momx3- Don't let TOM get the best of you...hang in there.

Well I need to fix lunch for my crew so we can get a move on if we are going to get to the movie. I look forward to getting to know all of you better.

Hello everyone and Welcome Paige!! Hope everyone is going well!! Congrats to everyone who has lost!! I have hed a busy weekend!! Lots of BBQ and get togethers and today is my 7th Anniversary!! so we are going to dinner and movie!! I changed my weigh day to Friday so I will let you know then!! Hope everyone has a great day!

Annie - Sorry I missed your question before about the flashy flower. We are doing 1 flower for every 5 lbs lost.

Hello everyone. I am having a much better day today, although I haven't tried to take Kobe anywhere off the property, LOL. Congrats to Clipclop on the loss. Keep up the good work. Everyone is so motivated on this thread, it is great to see.

Happy anniversary to Sunshine.

I haven't been motivated to do much today but I did create a website with some pictures I took here and there. If anyone is interested, the website is: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze81s9x/ There is even a picture of me in there but it isn't obvious. Java-there are some turtle pictures. I stuck to pictures that I personally took. I have some professional ones of the dogs but I didn't include them.

Paige--no, no fingers on my program either although I am eating plenty of protein, LOL.

I have been visiting the protein power website and stirring up some controversy there because I have been asking questions about the credentials of the doctors who wrote the program. I don't know if anyone else has every been to that website or not. I think it is a good program, obviously, I just didn't check my brain at the door.

Talk to you later.

Yikes where's the girls at.. our post just about fell off the bottom of the support group thread ! You must all be enjoying your long weekend.

I had a rather emotional day at work today. One of my co-workers lost her husband this weekend. We aren't sure of all the details of how it happened, but it was some sort of accident and he was only 40 :?: Certainly makes you sit back and think about life. We are a small and close group at work, so this really hit us all pretty hard.

On a positive note though one of the ladies brought in some donuts for the section and I didn't have any.. no emotional eating for me.. big progress on my part.

ANNIE ~ the hardest part when we fall is to pick ourselves up and carrying on. Great Job !! I know for me when I fell before that was an excuse to quit.. so good for you for getting back on the horse.. GIDDYUP !!

KPE ~ love your avatar.. love your picture !! We look forward to you taking many more big steps with us!

SUNSHINE ~ happy anniversary !! Next week I will be celebrating my 4th.

MOMx3 ~ don't beat yourself too much !! I am pretty bad with exercise right now.. in fact it is non existant.. but I figure if I am eating properly that is one big step in the right direction and the exercise will come. Keep up the great work you have been doing

PETRA ~ love the pictures, thanks for sharing. Those are some wonderful animal pictures. Glad to hear that you are having a better day !!

ANGEL EYES ~ hope you had fun camping !

JENNIE, LISA, HOTCUPOJAVA, DEE, MOONRAY, LOOKING2LOSE - hope you are all doing well and hope to see you soon !

Well I am off to start dinner. Take care and TTYS.

hi Everyone,
I just got back from a weekend trip. And did I ever fall off the wagon. oh my goodness....I will get back on tomorrow. We went to Baltimore to visit my best friend from college. That is where I went to school so of course I wanted to eat at soem of my old favorites but what made it bad was that she didn't have any fresh kinds of food in the house so I was snacking all day on bad stuff. But now I am back with a bad case of indigestion and ready to get back going tomorrow. at least it was only a couple of days. how bad could the damage have been. I did manage an hour long work out and pilates one day while I was there.
I'm gonna try and catch up on the tread but I jsut needed to check in and gget back in the swing of things asap.
Jennie

:D Good Morning PIC DIVAS!!

I am trying to read through all the posts I missed over the weekend. I did pretty good being the holiday weekend and 3 days of nonstructured cubicle eating. Did a lot of yardwork, so it is pretty again. Planted new grass, put in some flowers. I love being outside and gardening and landscaping.

Anywhoo...meds must me be working because I am down to 278 by docs scale this a.m. Was 280 when I went on Thursday, and this morning...ta da.

The words from my other post came from my heart. They are all stuck in my soul and I wanted you all to know i know how it feels to have 3 digits for a weight and the first one is a 3, or putting on your favorite outfit and thinking you like darn good, then you see the snapshot someone took and you just want to cry and scream because that is not the way you see yourself.

Society can be not so kind (to put it mildly) I know what it is like to take my young godchildren to the amusement park and not be able to fit into a ride they really want to go on, or to go to a restaurant and worry about where to sit just in case I might not fit in the booths comfortably enough or if my heiny is going to hang off the chair, to eat my salad with my diet coke as other people stare at me and young people snicker. It sucks to say the least and I get angry. I get angry when I am walking around the yard and my shorts are creeping up in the front from thigh-friction, but then I think 'who cares' at least I am moving!!!

You hang in there everyone...We are going to kick it into gear together. WE CAN DO IT. Remember that old saying "There's no I in TEAM." We are in control, we go a plan we got a goal, we got each other.

Stay strong, stay true, I will talk to you all soon.

Hugs and hugs and hugs and hugs!!!!! ~L2L ;)

Good Day Partners ! The board is pretty quiet today, hope you are all doing okay !!!

I took a few days off work to study as I have a quiz tonight and an exam on Thursday, so just taking a break.

JENNIE ~ Welcome Back !! I am sure you will be right back to your plan in no time.

LOOKING2LOSE ~ glad that you had a good weekend. Sounds like you got lots accomplished in your yard. I live in a condominium so we have gardners.. probably a good thing as I don't have a green thumb at all ! Congrats on the lower number on the scale :cp:

hope you are all having a great day and hope to see everyone soon !!

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hello everybody!!! :wave: !!!!! I'm baaacckkk!!!.. I'm sorry I've been gone so long :( .. shame shame on me.. (now everyone get in a single file line and give me a swift kick in my :censored: ) I have to catch up on 4 pages of posts so I'm not "replying" to any one person at this time.. I'm soo sorry that I "jumped" off the wagon.. I've been cheating for over 1 whole week now.. but I'm back in my mind frame and I will weight myself tomorrow morning to see exactly how much damage I have done to all my hard work..

on a good note: I bought myself a new grill and plan on eating a whole lot of grilled chicken breasts and steamed veggies (I'm cutting down on carbs).. and sometime this week, I will get my hubby to but my treadmill in our bedroom so I can use it.. my sister in law (that I was doing this with) jumped off the wagon, and doesnt want to get back on, but I am determined to do this for myself.. (even though it didnt seem like it for this passed week).. well my PIC CHIC DIVA's.. I'm at my crappy job, and my lunch break is almost over, so I must let you go for now, but I will try to post tonight from home (while looking for a new job).. hope you are having a wonderful day, and I can't wait to catch up and see how wonderful you all are doing..

LOVE YA!

Howdy Everyone!
 

Howdy Everyone,
I am not MIA!! I just have been real busy and this is the first moment I had to post!! My weekend was very very busy!

Friday night: took Mallissa to the mall. I finally bought my shoes. Actually I bought 2 pairs of shoes! Good sale at Penney's. I also bought the girls some clothes and spent way to much $$$. Mallissa wanted to go to Claires and they were having a put 10 items in a bag for $5.00. She had a bday party to go to so she got 1 bag for her and 1 bag for her best friend. Then off to Wally World..where I also spent too much money.. What I bought Mallissa's friend as a gift..I had to buy her one too. LOL I guess the spoiled princess shirt I got her fit. LOL

Saturday, I went to WW, no meeting but I did weigh in. I did lose a little bit.(1.5lb) Surprise. LOL It will go away in its own time, I am not stressing over the scale. Mallissa and I went swimming in the afternoon and then did a 3 mile bike ride. It felt good. Mallissa loved the Greenway and it was pretty easy for her to do. If you want to take a look here is the link http://www.cheyennecity.org/greenway_map.htm

Saturday night, we watched my stepson babies. OH MY, I forgot what it was like to have a 2 year old and a 3 month old in the house. The baby kept us up until midnight and I slept in on Sunday morning. I was glad to send them home.

I actually don't remember what I did Sunday other than take Mallissa to her bday party. It rained all day so not much of anything.

Memorial Day: We did the dead flowers on the dead graves. (dh's family tradition, don't mean to offend anyone) but not my way of spending the morning. It was made even more fun by the fact it poured on us and it was cold. I don't ever remember there being a nice Memorial Day. Then out to my sis in laws for early dinner BBQ. YES IN THE RAIN!! I ate too much but considering it was my only meal of the day, I stayed in my points. LOL I didn't eat cake or a brownie. Actually my stepdaughter made the brownies and surely they couldn't be good..actually if she knew I was eating one she probalby would of put posion in it j ust for me. LOL Dave got to spend the day with his "adult" kids and his grandkids so I guess it wasn't too bad. WE got home at about 5pm..I was tired so I got things ready to start my week again. Glad it is a short week.

Mallissa has a sleep over with her best friend tonight. YIPEEEEEE for me. LOL I am going for a bike ride since our weather is nice again.

Hope everyone is having a great day.
Lisa
Wyoming

Hello everyone-

All day I've walked around thinking it was Monday. It FELT like a Monday. Go figure. :tired:

At any rate, I did well yesterday as far as calories go. I only went over my 1500 by about 53 calories. Plus I did the WATP 1 mile. I tried the 2-mile on Saturday and about croaked. I don't think my body is quite ready for that yet. I did make it through the workout, but I was close to passing out! LOL

I did the 1-mile this morning before work, and I intend to lift some weights after I'm done posting here. I've only got 753 calories so far today, and that's including dinner. Might have some strawberries and perhaps some Raisin Bran (to get in my milk for today.)

Momx- Thanks for letting me in on what the little flowers meant. I can't wait to get one myself! :)

Kpe- Hello! I also find I do better at work, as I'm usually pretty busy and not thinking about food! HAHA I've already told my kids I will be buying less crappy snacks, and if they don't like it, then they don't have to eat anything. More fruits and lower-fat crackers is what I've been buying. I did buy some Rice Krispy Bars on Friday, and I shouldn't have. :( BUT, I won't let little slip-ups give me a reason to quit AGAIN!

Hi Sunshine- Happy Belated Anniversary. Hope it was special. :)

Petra- Just wanted to say the pictures were spectacular. And your dogs are absolutely beautiful. I'm a huge animal lover of MOST sorts. ;) I can do without snakes and bats. :lol:

Jennie- Way to go on getting back on the wagon! A little slipup is never an excuse to give up. NOT THIS TIME ANYWAY! Keep going!

Lookin2- Thanks again for all of your encouraging words. It really did help the other day. :thanx:

ClipClop- As I said above, I won't let any "fall" prevent me from losing weight this time. For far too long, I've used that as one of the excuses to give up. I WON'T do that again! GIPPYUP!

Deerod- Welcome back. Have fun catching up. I have a hard time with just 2 pages of posts. LOL We grill alot. Fat drips off the food, and you aren't using any oil to cook the food in. It's perfect and delicious. If you like fish, grilled salmon with garlic powder and a little salt and pepper is excellent.

Lisa- You are one busy gal! Sounds like you have a great time with Mallissa. Perhaps I should ask my daughter Carly to join me for walks. She's 9, and is a very active girl. She does, however like to spend time with her neighbor hood friends after dinner and homework. Perhaps I'll ask her.

*takes deep breath* Wow, that was like writing a short story! :lol:

I'm off to lift some weights. Have a great night. It's HUMP day already tomorrow. YIPPEE!