[looking2lose]

Hi everyone:

I missed everyone so much. I hope you all had a wonderful turkey day. I want to thank {{{IWMONN}}}} for the beautiful dragonfly and writing. It is incredibly beautiful, and I am at work bawling my eyes out...

Today, I weighed myself... Back to 288. The highest I have been about 10 years, but its okay. I threw out all the junk food in our house on Saturday, and went grocery shopping properly. I planned out my meals for the whole week....Measured all my body parts and started a chart. Got up early and did my 20 minute RS Blast-Off video to get me back on track. (Its 7:40 in the morning and I already have 3 glasses of water in).

to all. I have to get back to work, and I need to get through some more of those posts...

Thank you all for thinking of me.
Take care of all of yous!
L2L

[curlylocks]

sounds like you are making good changes L2L....


great to have u back.. Now we just need to find that Turtle!

[petra65]

Wow, quiet day here. Where is everyone? I've been decorating for the holiday. Have my Christmas tree up and a couple strings of lights.

[angel-eyes]

Hey girls....

WELCOME BACK L2L!!!! Sounds like a great KICK OFF to your week!!! Bet it felt good throwing out all that junk...and cleaning up your pantry also!!

Today was errand day for me. I did make it to the gym for my workout and then did 45 min on the treadmill for my cardio. Tommorow marks my start of week 4 for Jillians workouts. Gosh...some of those are still killers for me!! You'd think I'd be used to them by now, but I keep up'png my weights. I spent a lovely 1 hr 45min at the dentist today getting the start to a new crown. Yes...you may call me Queen Angel-eyes from now on!!! I am soooo nervous when it comes to dentist's ...chaulk it up to a really bad experience, but she was ever so gentle. Little teeny tiny hands and really wasn't that bad.

Woohoo.....Petra almost has all of her new couch!!! Hey....how's the celebrity dog, Buddy doing? hehe...very cool!! Try to track down a copy of that.

Speaking of Turtle......I pm'd her to see where they heck she was hiding her shell and she replied back that she's just been VERY BUSY at work these days. She says hi to everyone and will try to pop in soon.

TLB....congratulations on the 3 lb loss!!! WOOHOOO!!!

Jobaby....Zoey.....Valerie.....How y'all doing? We need to see those posts people!!!

[iwmonn]

Hi Everyone,

I've had a couple ummmm.... challenging days. And I didn't rise to the challenge I guess. I know I'm doing so much better than I was doing several months ago. Not snacking on everything and anything that looked good to me at the moment. I feel like that, alone, is a key to the weight I've already lost. Not that the 'better' style of eating my actual meals didn't help, cuz it most certainly did . I just mean I'm not stuffing an additional 1000 calories into my face every day....... anyways, today I faltered and had a pastry, and yesterday I had a bag of Calabee's snap peas (which sound good for you til I tell you they are snap peas cooked in oil so they're like fluffy lil potato chips).... lot's of calories... carbs, fat. All around not good. My rationalization?.... I'm going to be going to weightwatchers starting Wed nite. Not very bright huh? *bangin my head against the wall*...
I got my Four Corners Book in the mail tonight too YAYYYYY.... Petra, can it be used in conjunction with weightwatchers? I don't know anything about either program - yet. I feel like WW will be good mostely cuz I will be kind of held accountable by real-time people. Hopefully it won't be toooo much pressure for me. So tonight I'm making a renewed commitment to myself, right here in front of all of you! Thanks

AngelEyes~ Keep that rolling pin handy here too, k? hehehe... and keep up the great work with jillians workouts. Thanks for pm'ing Turtle. I almost did it a couple nites ago, but I got called away from my computer and forgot to get back to it.

Petra~ Thanks for the tip on the book. I've read a few pages and it sounds good. Heh, I almost tried sardines for lunch today. I don't know why i have such hesitation. I used to love them..... ????

JoBaby~ Hey! How was your first day OP? Hope you had a good one. Remember, post often. You'll get a lot of support and great ideas from this group.

L2L~ Welcome back! I'm glad you liked the treasure I found for you. And I'm really glad you came back to see it. Hope to see you here again soon, and often.

TLB~ Congrats on those 3 lbs!! woooHOOOOO. Thanks for fitting in a little post! It's always great to hear how you're doing.

Curly, Val, Zoey, Turtle, & all the other PIC's

[Valerie Joy]

I wrote a message here earlier but I guess it didn't go through? I lost 5 pounds on my weekly weigh in. I was only at 1 pound last week so I guess it evens out.


Dee good luck with WW!


Hope everyone had a good day!

[iwmonn]

((((((((((Val)))))))))) Congratulations! 5 lbs! WOWWW

[curlylocks]

Good morning Pic's!

Val & TLB: way to go girlies!

Iwmonn: We can't change everything in a few weeks... the important thing is not leting the old habits take over & getting right back to eating healthy!! as far as WW i think the "core" program is similar to South Beach..

Angel: Dentists>>> YUCK i had a bad experience with a root canal before plus I have TMJ so i can't stand for them to have my mouth cranked open for a long time... ewwww just reading ur post gives me the dental willies!

Petra: sounds like u have the christmas spirit! so far the only decorating I have done is for my web page.. its all ready for christmas!

Jobaby: how's it going/

all missing pic's "come on down!"

today i am off work.. have a job interview at 10.. then gonna head into workout.. so i will catch ya'll later!

[petra65]

Good morning PICs. Today is my nursing home day so I don't have to fly out the door. My scale seems to be going the wrong direction recently which has me a little frustrated. Not sure what that is all about except maybe too many calories. I heard back from the trainer at my gym and she is willing to work with me. We have a date for the 7th to start learning Slow Burn.

Val-you are on fire. Way to go girl.

Teri-I think you are going to have your 15 lbs off way before Christmas

L2L-nice to see you again. Please come back and post often. We miss your humor.

Angel-I can't stand going to the dentist either. I feel bad for dentists because probably most of their patients can't stand being there. Can you imagine having a job like that?

Dee-Like Curly said, Core is very similar to Southbeach so you could probably incorporate a lot of Four Corners principles and even their recipes into the core plan. That would probably be the better plan for you from a health standpoint (it will actually address the insulin resistance) but you should choose the plan you think you can stick to because that is what really matters.

Jobaby-check in. Helps keep you on the straight and narrow.

Where is Mom and Jennie? Haven't heard from them for awhile. Wonder how the body for life is coming along? I want to know more about that program so maybe Mom could post a message telling us about it. I haven't read that book, LOL.

[jennie934]

Hey ladies,
I've been soooo busy at work Ahhh! plus, now I share the computer with someone so I can't be on it all the time
So thanksgiving was OK. I wasn't fabulous but I did stick to my plan to not over eat. I had a .2 gain blames it on the small piece of pie, but then the next day I got my period so it could have just been water weight. we'll see next week what happens.
I'm on week 2 of the Jillian weight training. Hard but fun. I've been getting up and doing it in the morning. But them I'm so hungry all day. its hard not to over eat but I"m trying.
goood to see all of you. I can't be on to long.
Jennie

[angel-eyes]

Hey ....good morning PIC"S!!!

I plum forgot to weigh in yesterday amid my errand day and dentist woes....I am up .5 lb Not too worried about it, I'm in no real race. The main thing for me is the healthy eating (its all about better choices for me) and keeping the sugar sweets in check. Once I get going on the sugar...lookout!!! Took me awhile to figure that one out though. Dh has today off (first day off in 2 weeks) so I'm really going to enjoy it!!! Its also my ds bday. hehe...I had to laugh, he had a morning band practice at 7:30 am today(in preparation for the Christmas concert) and he actually thought that the teacher would let him skip the practice because it was his birthday!!...haha...god love him for trying!!!

Valerie.....Congratulations on the 5 lb loss!!! woohoo you are on fire!!

[~zoey~]

Greetings PICs,

I am home again for a bit. I survived TG OK, and I learned while traveling that Wendy's serves chili for 200 or 300 cals depending on size of serving, so I had that while DH had a burger and fries.

We are leaving on Fri. to go to my sister's 4th wedding. DH says that she is going to keep at it until she gets it right! At least this time I don't have to be the oldest bridesmaid in IA, like I was for her last wedding! lol.

Petra.....I hope that the rest of your couch arrives soon. You are on the ball with the Christmas decorations.

Jobaby.....WELCOME. You will like it here.

L2L.....Welcome back!

TLB.....3 pounds! Good for you.

Turtle.....Don't work too hard. We miss you.

Lisa_W.....We miss you too.

Angel.....Sounds like you are doing well with Jillian's workouts.

Valerie.....A falling down skirt and 5 pounds! Good going.

Jennie.....Good luck with the Jillian workouts. Hope that you are not too sore.

Iwmonn...We all have problems with potato chips and other temptations. Good luck with WW.

Curly.....Hi! You doin' OK?

Hello to any PICs that I missed.

zoey

[curlylocks]

4th wedding... geez i'd just like to have one someday!

[petra65]

I've already given up on the wedding Curly.

I got the remainder of my sofa in the mail today so I finally got to sit on it. I like it. I'll try to take a picture this week so you guys can see it. I don't know if the boys have tried it out yet or not, LOL

[iwmonn]

Goooood Evening Girls,

I hope everyone is doing good tonight. I'm still in the blahhhs, but slowly pulling myself out. I'll be back to normal in no time... (bye bye TOM )

I've been reading the Four Corners book today. It does sound like a good plan so far. I've actually learned a few things I didn't know (heh, which came as no surprise to me), and some of the things I've read have me confused. I'm going to work the WW program, mainly cuz of dh.... I don't think I can get him to work Four Corners with me. Altho I'm sure I can work some of the ideas from the book into WW... We shall see........

Petra~ Glad to hear you finally got your entire couch. LOL... You're right, I don't think my cats could ruin them!!! hmmmmm only 4 years til we get the car paid off..... Thta's great your trainer will work with you like that. I hope the slow burn gets you out of the gain pattern!

Zoey~ LOL my grandma was married 7 times!!!! The last one was 34 years. I guess some people feel the need for lot's of practice before the real thing I think a lot of the fast food places now carry some items for those of us who are horizontally challenged. Wendys chili is yummmmy too. *sigh* The closest fast food of any kind is like 60 miles from here. I think that's a good thing for me Glad to hear your trip was good.

Jennie~ Nice to see you again GF! Good job to you for workin' Jillians program! Can't wait to hear how you do as you get more into it.

AngelEyes~ LOL I love your attitude!!! BTW, don't think I'm really weird, but I love going to the dentist!!!! I'd go have a root canal over a dr exam any day!! (sorry petra, nothing personal hehehehe)

I"m waiting patiently for the final episode of TBL!!!! DH & I are gonna have it out tho. He's already announced he wants to see Dr Phil tonight and he will have the remote... ggrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
MEN.
Who wants a wedding?!?!?!?!?!?!

ttys PIC's. Y'all have a great day!