Thank you so much for helping with the pictures Curly. You Rock!!! I wanted everyone to see them because that's one of my insecurites. You know letting people see you at your worst. It's one thing to come on her and tell you guys how much I weigh and another all together to show you how much I weigh!! Anyway the first one was taken the end of April when I started my journey. The second was taken the end of July and the third was taken the end of October. I see the biggest difference between the one taken in July and October after I started SB :D .

Petra - Welcome to ONEderland my friend!!! I know you are not making it official but I am so proud of you because I know how hard you have been working. :cheer: :encore: :woo: :bravo:

Hotcup - Good for you on two counts. #1 sleeping in (I am sooo jealous) and #2 not eating (although your right you probably should have had something).

iwmonn - Thanks Again!!

Valerie - I use the WATP tapes with the weighted balls. I had the abs dvd but somehow it got broke. I love them!!

Curly - I really hope that you are right about staying away from the white stuff. I do want to be able to have a treat every once in awhile though KWIM. Thanks Again for your help!!

Hi everyone!

I spent the day at an adoption show but my fosters didn't find a home this week.

Mom do you know where I can get the balls for the WATP dvd? How much to they add to your workout?

I hope everyone is having a good day. I'm OP and even had to watch people eating Mcdonalds burgers and fries at the show but said no thanks. I was practically drooling over the fries!

I'm going to do my WATP dvd now.

Alright ladies. The nut flavors of the week are maple pecans, butter spiced almonds, and smokin chili peanuts :lol:

I managed to drag my sorry butt to the gym and did my weights and walked on the treadmill for half an hour. I even got the incline up some more. My ankle is starting to feel a little better. I think I am even more motivated now that onederland is in sight.

What is up with Lisa? She hasn't been here in over a week I don't think.

Valerie - I got mine as a box set but I think you could use any weights. The balls are 2 pounds.

Petra - Maple pecans & butter spiced almonds! Yuuummm!!!

Good Evening Partners

Just wanted to drop in and congratulate the Woneder Twins ~ Mom and Petra :bravo: A true inspiration to us all to become Big Losers !!!

Hope everyone had a good weekend and here's to a wonderful week ahead.

~ Teri :hat:

Monday Again!
 

uggh back to work this week... my desk should be real scary.. I havent been there since wednesday!

Well at least it will be a short week... holiday friday!! Feeling much better.. but still a little bit of a cough..

And i am gonna head back to my circuit training tonite!

the monster scale is still hanging at 240 and change

Have a great day !!!

Well I'm back up to 200 again this morning. I guess that is why it isn't official until Friday.

What does KWIM mean? Can't figure that one out.

I'm sorry if I'm raining on anyone's parade here but I want you to keep it real. I am trying to get over that idea of "occasional treats" when I get to goal partly because it is part of that "dieting is temporary" mentality. The other part is a mental attitude that says "I've worked so hard, I DESERVE a treat." The truth is "I've worked so hard, I DESERVE to maintain this weight loss for the rest of my life!" And if that means I never eat refined sugar again, than so be it. Now maybe you are not the addict that I am but everytime I have convinced myself that I can have an occasional cookie, or brownie, or slice of cake, it has been the beginning of the end for me. I lost 50 lbs about 3 years ago, but once I started letting that stuff back into my life, it was all over baby! Next thing I knew, I was scarfing down boxes of cookies and stopping at the grocery store on my lunch break to buy half pound bags of M&M's. If you have more self control than that, I'm thrilled for you, but I know that I don't. I have a hard time imaging ever allowing myself sweets right now because I am afraid of what will happen to me.

Hey Everyone,
its monday :eek: and a rough one for me. I didn't do much this weekend but it was hard to get up.
I lost another 1/2 pound ahhh.....will I ever reach onderland. At this rate, in about 2 months. j/k hopefully by thanksgiving.
Petra, I hear what you are saying about the occasional treat. Though I feel like I should be able to fit things I like into my plan, if I can't control my self, its better to just skip it.
I did really well all week with the halloween candy, not a single piece then friday night, I decided I had been so good, I could handel one, I could use my extra activity points, but, one led to 2 and 3, then 4, luckily they were the small ones but it did start a mini binge that I really had to reign my self in on so it didn't get out of control. If I had just not done that, I maybe would have lost more than .5 or I wouldn't have felt so upset with myself. But now I know to not even have one.

Mom, your pics look great. I didn't do before pics, I have some just candid kind of ones, I'll have to dig them out and do a comparison once I hit 199!!!

Curly, I found my old WW weigh in book, and the last date on it was 8/5, and it was 211 so its been 3 months and I havn't lost 10 pounds. What is with this slowness. We can do it though, hopefully we will both hit the next decade of pounds soon.

hotcup, good job skiping the night time snack. that is a hardone. I almost always want a snack when i get in the house.

Val, have fun with the WATP. Be careful with the green curry, its not awful for you but the coconut milk which makes it so good, is pretty high in calories. I still get it once in a while but watch my serving size.

Iwmonn, how it giong?

TEB, good to see ya, how are things?

Lisa, Dee, L2L, everyone else I"m forgetting, Hi ;)
Have a good Monday,
Jennie

if anyone is interested in trying to supplement your diet with protein powders...

the new avon sale booklet campaigns 24/25 is offering the sugar free "slim well" protein powder for $2.99 each reduced from 12.99 i guess it wasnt a big seller for them...

2 net carbs, 4.5 g fat, 110 cal for the vanilla.... and 2 net carbs, 5g fat, for the chocolate, each container has 8 servings

the protein powder is usually pretty pricey to buy anywhere... so this would be a good chance to get some and try it out it offers 10g of protein in a serving..

I got off my butt and worked out Friday, Saturday and Sunday!! I want to at least work out 5 days a week so that's my goal this week.

Petra - KWIM = Know What I Mean. I totally understand where your coming from about not doing treats but I don't want to never ever be able to have a piece of birthday cake. I will try it and see what it does to me. If it causes to many cravings and I can't get back on track then I will know not to do it again but I just can't imagine not being able to have a treat every once in a great while. I don't plan on going off of South Beach.

Jennie - I had Halloween candy around me to so I feel your pain. I know that I CAN'T have that stuff on SB and also I wanted it but I did'nt crave it like I used to.

Curly - Good luck at work. I hope you catch up fast!

TLB - Thanks Girl!!

Hi PIC's! I'm so happy today! I am down 2.5 pounds this week!!!

I had my curves monthly weigh in today which says I've lost 10.2 pounds in the last month and a total of 23 pounds!

I've also lost 9 inches in the last month which brings me to a total of 33.75 inches lost! when they put my new star on the board at curves I was amazed to see I was the biggest loser there so far :)

Petra...I'm the same way. As soon as I saw my report from curves today my first though was I deserve a treat for doing so well! This is so ingrained in me. Since I was a kid my family always celebrated with food. Accomplish something.. go out to a dinner.

wahhhhhhhhhhhhh! everyones left the 40's but me!!!!!


way to go Val! :cheer: :cheer::cheer:

Thank you curly! :) You're so close! It felt good to see that 3!

Valerie u have earned four blinking flowers now!!! 1 blinkin flower for each 5 lbs

Dont ask me why .. since its been @ 2 months since i had a diet soda but i bought one at work today>> at first taste it was like syrup then it reminded me of mildew (????) so i ended up dumpin it out and filling the bottle with water..

Valerie, That is fantastic! Look at all the success on this thread! I'm amazed! Curly, I think we will see a 3 any day now.

My other articles on the NWCR came in. I'm reading "Promoting long-term weight control: does dieting consistency matter?" This one is really about people who allow themselves "cheat days" although they didn't call it that. Here's the paragraph that explains the study
"The present study utilized the NWCR to examine whether maintaining the same diet regimen across the week and year promotes weight control or if dieting more strictly on weekdays and/or nonholidays is more conducive to long-term maintenance. Conceptually, it is not clear which pattern to recommend to patients. Allowing some flexibility on weekends, holidays, and vacations might reduce boredom, a major precipitant to dieting lapses, and be more realistic froma long-term perspective. However, flexibility might also increase exposure to high-risk situations, creating more opportunity for loss of control."

I don't know, this seems like a no brainer to me, but they felt compelled to do a study to look at it. "There was a linear relationship between scores on dieting consistency questions and weight change over one year with smaller changes in those who reported more consistency. Participants who reported a consistent diet across the week were 1.5 times more likely to maintain their weight within 5 lbs over the subsequent year than those who dieted more strictly on weekdays. A similar relationship emerged between dieting across the year and subsequent weight regain.

Conclusion: Dieting consistency appears to be a behavioral strategy that predicts subsequent long-term weight loss maintenance."

Cheating matters! And it looks like having built in "cheat days" as a strategy is probably not a good idea because it sets you up for problems over the long haul. Something to keep in mind.