Hey ladies. I have been really tired 'cause the baby does'nt want to sleep right now. She goes through this every once in awhile. I am reading all of the posts just don't have the energy right now to post back but I am thinking about all of you everday. Keep up the great work.

Annie - Don't give up girl!! I bet some of the weight was water. I hate it when my friends get down so pull yourself up. You are doing so well!! Don't let one weekend break you. You are so much better than that and I am so proud of all the hard work you have been putting in. You can do this!!! Lean on us!!!

I will talk to everyone else tomorrow. Love you guys.

angel eyes: nope i am almost... almost 45 also!

clip clop: a new hair cut... will make ya feel like a new woman!

moonray: u go girl! u will show that Dr.!!!!


Petra: thanks for the cookbook info! i will check that out

lookingtolose: 2 lbs awesome!


Sunshine: if u were in Maryland, u would be sweatin even without the oldies lol its was 100 here yesterday!

Lisa: have u tried fit day? its really awesome and gret for tracking your food intake

Dee: HI there!


jennie934: I am gonna take your suggestion... and take a personal day today for myself!


skysthe limit: dont ya just love that new car smell?????


deer: I am lucky our office is pretty casual.. we only have to dress up when the big bosses are due to visit


Ok have a great day everyone!!

I tried the coffeecake. Once you get past the idea that it doesn't taste like regular coffee cake (how could it? It doesn't have regular flour in it?) I suppose it is a reasonable substitute. I cut it in half and put half in the freezer. The only really good low carb baked goods I have had so far is low carb cheese cake because the only thing you have to substitute is the sugar. When you get into flour substitutes, it gets a little wierd. Talk to you later.

Ugh tip to everyone if you ever live in Florida do not ever take a walk at 3pm. I took my walk yesturday with the boys then, the boys where fine my son was in the stroller (we all had water with us) he had the stroller top shading him, my stepson was walking like me, he looked fine nothing wrong with him. Well when we got back to the house I put my son in the bath and glanced in the mirror my face was tomato red! Well I finshed giving him a bath gave him more drink put him down for a nap. Ok speeding ahead later on that night I had the biggest mega headache I tried and tried to get rid of. It wasn't till after I woke up today that it was gone.

Curlylocks~Yes I know what ya mean .

Hi Everyone,
back to my scale saga, I decided that cold turkey was to harsh so I am letting my self WI at home on Wednsday morning, and evening if I like and then again before my WI at WW mabye saturday morning or something. that is way better than every day and yet I still get that piece of mind that I know how I am doing.

Did well yesterday. I jogged/walked on the dreadmill I did 4.5 miles. I am doing the couch to 5 K and its seems pretty good. at first I was putting the incline to high making it hard to keep up the jog but now I'm doing OK with the incline lower I do the first 1/2 at 3 and then the second 1/2 at 1. they say in the plan just to do 2 miles so I ussaully make sure I do that and then as much more as I can when it gets to hard, I just walk the rest of the way. It working, I'm building up stamina.

has any one tried the Quakes I think they are popcorn or rice cakes, they are so good and a serving is 1 point but unfortunatly last night i couldn't stop and had like 4 servings. they were the carmel ones yummmmm.....at least it wasn't chocolate or icecream!

Today is pretty busy. I keep puting this off that need to get done so I can go excersise. I am so busy and I still havn't found a way to nicely fit everything in my day. oh well such is life!

ttyl
Jennie

Howdy All,
I went to the Y last night but I didn't work out in the gym I did manage to swim in the pool and do 8 laps. (depends on what you call a lap..I count it is one time across and not across and back) The pool is olympic size so I felt that was good. I was breathing hard..and my hard felt like they were going to fall off when I was done! I also sort of participated in the water exercise class. Mallissa is now swimming without the turtle and loves to go back and forth between Dave and I.. so between her laps..I participated in water exercise. All in all..we had a nice time last night. Dave told me this morning..how much better he feels about going to the Y...he soaked in the hot tub, went to the sauna and then in the pool with us. THe gym was so busy and there was a wait at the treadmills that is why I skipped that part of my workout. Also a friend of mine from Florida called when we were walking into the gym.... she had went to the viewing for the baby that died last week and wanted to tell me about how our friend was holding up. I should of started walking around the park while I was talking to her but instead I sat on a bench outside the Y. (bad me!)

Jennie: I love those carmel rice cakes. I even tried the Safeway brand and those are good too and a lot cheaper! WOw good for you on the exercise!

Sky: As a Florida resident for 30 years..I know only too well about the sun there! I used to walk at night after dark when it was a little bit cooler. One thing I love about Wyoming..we only get a few "hot" days every summer. Where are you in Florida? I bought a new van for Christmas! Easiest car deal I ever did. We were in and out of the dealership in an hour!! Now, if I didn't have the payments...I would be happier. LOL Let's see..how many more years. LOL

curly: never have tried fit day. I have WW online that I paid for...3 months..not renewing..not worth it. LOL I did bring my paper journal today so I will start to try to do that!

MOmx3: It is hard when the kiddos don't sleep. Last night Mallissa was getting cranky at the pool. We were leaving early anyway because Dave don't like to stay until 8:30...but she wanted just 1 more minute. By the time we drove out of the parking lot, she was asleep in the car. Luckily, She gets a good shower and I bring her jammies. I put her to bed when we got home and she got a good nights sleep for a change. She can be a bear in the morning!

Petra: sorry the cake wasn't what you exspected. I don't have a sweet tooth, so I am easily giving up that part of the junk in my diet.

Annie: welcome back!! Just jump back on the horse and you will be fine. 1.8 gain is not that horrible! THink of what you might of gained if you were not at least aware with what you were doing. Sometimes we have to take a break and come back with a better state of mind that you can do this! Sometimes it leads to a bigger loss! Think posititve...... I should tell my walking story from the other day.. but I don't want to post online for everyone else to see. LOL but I learned a valuable lesson about walking and water! If I don't give up after that..u can do what you are doing..trust me!

Moonray: Hope school is going well! make sure you find time for you!!

As far as dressing up for work...I am glad I don't have to. I wear jeans and t-shirts. Somedays the only other people I see are the guys I work with. So it really doesn't matter. I have even worn my sweats to work at times. LOL

Hope everyone has a great day!! Check back in later!!
Lisa
Wyoming

Lisa~ I'm near Tampa.

GDay Partners ! arggg I hate missing a day with you guys, I get so far behind! Yesterday was busy busy, so I didn't get a chance to post. Hope everyone is having a good week.. we are almost half way to the weekend

I just arrived at work so will have to make this short. I will try and catch up with you all later this evening

CURLYLOCKS ~ yahooo girl.. we knew you could do it ! so do tell.. how was the date ?!?!?

JENNIE ~ oh the tales of the scale. You sound like me.. I always take a peak on about Thursday to see how I am doing.. gives me a chance to really pull it together before my monday WI if I have to.

LISA ~ good for you for getting the swimming in !

MOM ~ take care of yourself.. hopefully you will get some much need rest and relaxation !

PETRA ~ glad things are starting to slow down for you !

ANNIE ~ hang in their girl !! We are all here for you and know exactly what you are going through.. you will get through it

MOONRAY ~ hope school is going well.

okay, hope I haven't missed anyone, but I have a meeting in a couple of minutes so I have to sign off.

Hope you all have a great day

no date... he had to hop on the plane back to GA after his business meeting cuz there was an emergency with one of his projects... we are rescheduled for next wednesday! but my dress fits really good!

AnnieRN- YOU CAN DO THIS!! the weight gain is probably just water, you will be at your goal weight in no time! just stick to it!! You know we are all here for each other so there's plenty of shoulders to lean on and plenty of feet to kick

School is going well, I haven't been doing good on my excersise or water intake but I have been really good with the food I'm going to get a 1.5 litter water bottle so I can drink it through out the day and maybe re-fill it a couple of times because the ones they sell at school are tiny (one drink and it's all gone).

Hope you are all doing well and sticking to your plans

MoonRay

Thank you to EVERYONE who gave me the pep talk I needed.

I have no idea what has come over me these past days, but I am pushing myself to do the right things. It just seems harder to do this week than the past 4 weeks. After posting last night (and feeling so tired), I all of the sudden got a jolt of energy and cleaned the bathroom, my daughter's room, and did 3 loads of laundry. Betcha there were a few calories burned there, as I was sweating when I was done.

I have NOOOOOOOOOO idea how I would get through this without the help and support from all of you. I damn near came close to crying in reading all of your posts. I have to say I feel so LUCKY to have sailed into this website.

I am soooo full right now, as I made a chicken gumbo tonight. I did overeat, but it was pretty lo-cal (except the rice) , but am still only at just over 1000 cals for the day. I also haven't been drinking the water I should, but I will HOP right back on that wagon tomorrow and seek that attitude I had only 1 week ago.

Curlylocks- Sorry about the date, but as the old cliche goes, "good things come to those who wait."

Lisa- I think I speak for all of us that we want to hear your walking story.

Petra- I just made some brownies for the kids. Betcha they are good. At least low-carbers have SOME choice in "desserts." I suppose once you get used to the weirded-out flour, you may actually acquire a taste for it. And oh yeah, thanks for the BUTT kickin'!

Mom- As always, thanks for all of your great words of wisdom. Sorry about the baby not sleeping. Besides all the junk food I encountered at my bro's this weekend, was seeing my family altogether. One of my aunt's (mom's brother's wife, whose only 1 year older than I) had her 6 month old baby there the entire weekend. Let me tell you, I sucked up that little girl as much as I could. Been awhile for me and babies. Thanks again!

ClipClop- Hope things are going great for you!

Dee- A punker, eh? Never woulda pictured it, but I have one tattoo! Back in the day when I thought it was cool. Picture of a panda bear. I don't have pink hair yet, though. Great to have you back.

Moon- Thanks for the encouraging words. I hope that I am able to lend some support to you wonderful folks from time to time. Glad to hear school is going well. What are you studying?

If I missed anyone, not intentional. Hope everyone has a super night.

Oh yeah, this past weekend the family was talking about all of us going to Mexico next March. If that isn't a motivator to lose weight, I don't know what is.

Hi my friends . Well it has been a pretty rough day today. I don't know why but I'm thinking maybe because I have been at it 8 weeks and just need more food choices. I tend to stick to the same thing all the time. I went to the chiropractor today and had my back cracked 'cause I tend to get headaches (I think this is due to my very large ladies ).

Petra - when I did low carb the cheesecake was always my favorite too. I also ate alot of low carb candy bars but I can't think of the brand. Anyway they were good but I tend to eat to many .

Curly - I'm lucky to. It's jeans and tee shirts everday in my office. We don't deal with the public so who cares.

Jennie - Great job on the exercise program. You will be running a marathon before you know it .

Lisa - You can really tell your a mom when you have the idea to bring pj's to the gym just in case.

Clip - I know what you mean about missing a day. It's impossible to catch up . I'm glad though. I think alot of sites kind of fade over time and we are still going strong.

Moon - So glad to hear school is going well. Don't worry about everything else until you get settled in at school. You don't want to overwhelm yourself 'cause that is going to make it even harder

Annie - Yeah babies . I LOVE them. I would have another if dh would let me but he says he is to old. I also have a tattoo. It is two angels 1 girl 1 boy for my first two kids. I had to promise dh I would not get another one if we had another baby. He HATES them (tattoo's not babies). A really good friend of mine is moving to Hawaii this summer. Guess where I am going on vacation from now on. I lost 50 pounds in 5 months when I was going to Mexico. It truly is a motivator.

Hey Ladies,
Yesterday was so bad. Foodwise that is. I had to eat and run for lunch. I went to wholefoods (do you guys have those? we call the whole paycheck because its so expensive but sometimes when I want something specific I'll go) and got a wrap and a salad from the bar. It was good but I should have done one or the other. Something in there didn't seem to agree with me and I was bloated and feeling gross all day. Then we had a dinner meeting and the woman that orders the food always orders from this place that is so bad. They are OK once in a while but all the time no way. The quality is bad and they just send so much it makes me sick to look at it. Its middle eastern food and I love middle eastern food but good fresh stuff not this place she orders. Anyway I tried to go light and just have hummus, veggies, and pita. But it sent me over the edge I dont' know what is in that food but I just have to avoid it it makes me so sick. I was literally doubled over in pain. I feel bad because I complain about it all the time and its free and all but if we all hate it they are wasting their money buying it for us. And its not cheap. Once a visiting teacher actually got so sick she threw up and had to leave workshop. Anyway now I feel like

Mom, I know what you mean about the food choices. I get stuck in a rutt too. For a while I would have the same chopped salad for lunch with tuna or a veggie burger or something but it was basically the same. It was good and I got used to eating it but I also got bored. I get scared to do new things because the old stuff is working. I'm ussually pretty ok about dinner options but lunch and breakfast are always the same. It get to me. let me know if you think of anything new to try.

Annie, I'm glad to hear you are getting back on the plan. 1.8 is so minor, I gain that when I think I'm doing well and you went away. I'm sure it will come off soon.

Moon, get that water in. I hate those little bottles too. I feel like its a waste of plastic.

Sky, keep out of that hot sun! I know those headaches well. Its nice to be in the sun at first but after oh man!

Curly, yeah on the dress, you'll wow him when he get back in town.

Clipclop, Have fun at work.

Lisa, 8 laps in an olympic pool is a lot. I am no good at swimming laps and I can feel your wobbly arms after ward, its hard work...keep it up they ssay that is the best excersise there is.

Deerod, how ya doin girl? adjusting to your new job?

Petra, I tried a low carb reeses cup and actually threw it away after one bite. yuck, don't try it. what about a flowerless chocoalte cake? I've had those before and they I'm sure were high carb because of the sugar but I wonder if you used splenda instead it would probably be low card.

Hope I got everyone, I'll check in later.
Jennie

GDay Ladies !! Okay so much for catching up yesterday, I ended up going out for dinner with the gals from work and got home and flopped on the couch. Now I am back at work and then school tonight... somedays I feel like I am stuck in the script of Groundhog Day... round and round we go

CURLY ~ sorry to hear that you didn't have your date.... your dress will be fitting even better by the time it gets rescheduled !!

MOON ~ glad to hear that school is going well. You will get your schedule and water intake sorted out it will just take a little while, but definately a good idea investing in the water bottle !

ANNIE ~ I am doing well thanks ! Glad to hear that you are too ! I agree with you, this is such a strong group of women, it is making this whole dreadful process so much better. Keep up the great work that you are doing.

MOM ~ sounds like you and I are in the same rut... I tend to eat the same things day in and day out. I really need to switch it up a bit, but I find that if I am really busy it is just easier to rely on the good old standbys. If you think of any new alternatives let me know.

JENNIE ~ hope you are feeling better today !

Well kids I've got a pile of paper to get to. Have a great day and TTYS !!