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!

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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!

Hello Ladies. I hope everyone is having a wonderful day. I have been really tired today :yawn: and I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because of TOM. My tooth has also been bothering me :( . I can't wait to get the crown on. Anyway enough complaining.

Sunshine - Happy belated Anniversary. Mine's on Saturday. It will be my 6th but dh and I have actually been together for 17 years it just took 11 to make sure he was the right one for me :lol:.

Petra - shame on you for stirring the pot on the protein power website. That is just evil :devil: :lol:. Love your pictures the boys are beautiful.

Clipclop - I am so sorry to hear about your coworkers husband. It's really hard when someone is so young :( . Good job keeping away from the goodies though. You should be proud :smug:.

Jennie - Pick yourself up, dust yourself off and climb back on. You can do it!!! ;)

Lookin - I am so glad the medication is helping :D. Have I told you how glad I am that you are here? You say the things that I feel but can't express. Thank You so much. You really help me in so many ways :goodvibes. But you have to quit making me cry before I ruin your shirt :lol:.

Dee - So glad to see you back girl!!! You have been missed!!! Now don't you ever, ever leave us again ;). You don't need your sil you can do this with us. If you need help let us know and we will do everything we can just don't give up. YOU ARE WORTH IT!!!

Lisa - Great job on the 1.5 pounds :cb:. Stay strong you are doing great. I hope you enjoy your bike ride :ebike:.

Annie - I keep thinking it's Monday too. Is'nt it great. The week should fly by. I have Fridays off so I actually only have 2 day left Yeahhhhhhh!!!!

Have a great night ladies!!!!

Welcome back dee and Jennie. Glad to have you back. We all slip from time to time, the important thing is not to use it as an excuse to just bag the whole program. We just get back on the horse.

I had to pay the piper today for having been away for a week. My mailbox was overflowing with messages and labs and prescription requests. I went in an hour early and got home an hour and a half late just trying to get caught up. That is the one thing that almost makes it not worth going away. And of course, all but one patient showed up so I had no breaks in the day where I could get caught up. I am also on call today so my pager is going off-not a fun day in general. It will be over soon. As you all have pointed out, at least it is a short week and I am not working this weekend.

Glad you ladies liked my pictures, except maybe the naked guy, LOL.

well enough whining from my corner of the world. I guess I just need to get on with it. TTYS

Congrats to all who have lost weight this week :bravo:

Sunshine- Happy Anniversary hope the next 7 years are even better than the first 7 years of your marriage :D

I've heard so much talk about those WATP tapes I have borrowed my sisters, I will try to stick to 1 mile per day I need to get some sort of work out routine started. Have any of you tried the Dolphina Goddess work out tapes? they give you a good work out and are not that draining.

Well, I have lost 3 lbs, or so the scale says. I don't really see that I have lost the weight but I can't wear my pants with out a belt anymore so :D that's a good sign :D I think 10 more lbs and I'm going to have to change sizes.

Well I hope you are all having a good day

MoonRay

Hi Ladies,
Well, my first day back and all is going well. I still have bad indigestion. Weird, but yet another reason not to over eat. I went to the gym after work and got in 45 min/3.25 miles on the old dreadmill. I like the ellyptical better but they were all taken :mad:

Ok, all the Tanita scale ladies, I have one and I've had it for about a year and it has always been very accurate now all of a sudden, it is fluxuation up to 5 lbs. Like I'll weigh once, then weigh again and its different, I'm sure you all know how that is but I thought with the tanita, that wouldn't happen. Its one of the ones that does the fat % too. yuck I don't like to see that number :eek: anyway, have any of you had this kind of thing happen? I'm thinking, maybe I should change the battery and see I hope I didn't break it.

Moonray, good job on the loss. I still havn't lost a whole size but it will happen soon for both of us.

Petra, I liked the pics. My son really liked the giraffe ones. I hope you can take a break from all the catch up work.

Sunshine, Happy Aniversary! I hope you had a good time.

Clipclop, Good job on not giving into the emotional eating. That is a hard thing for me anytime times get tough, I seek comfort.

Lookin, thanks for all of the inspirational words and I'm glad the medicine is working and you are getting everything in check.

Dee, I'm glad you are back. forget about the SIL, I know we arn't there with you but we are hear for you!

Lisa, 1.5 is great :spin: thats not even slow that is great!

Annie, thanks for the support. Makr sure you get some more of your calories in. I don't have any left for the day but raisin bran sounds good!

I hope that I didn't miss anyone and if I did, holler at me and let me know!
Have a good evening and a good morning. Time for bed.
Jennie

:lol: :wave:Hi everyone

Just dropping a line to tell ya how I'm doing. As of tommorow I start my exercises and eating better. Hopefully I'll be able to get outside to do my excercising I think I want to try biking this time instead of walking or maybe some of both because I tend to get bored doing one thing only.
I just don't like doing excercises inside because I get embarressed:o, doing it in front of anyone but my son who is 2 and won't really tell. I don't like for anyone in my family to know I'm trying to loose weight since my mom will go over board and I just plan get embarressed :o when people make comments about it and me and such. I'm not sure if I'm just shy or just hate attention (I think it's the latter though :lol: ). My stepson who is 11 is a big mouth so if I do them in front of him or in his view he'll want to know why then it'll be all over the place even his friends would know :lol: . Oh well now ya know my problems anyways I'll quit babbling now :lol: .