Spooktacular Slim Down-Turkey Take-off
 

OK my weigh in today i was 242... which means i lost a total of 9 lbs on the halloween challenge..

Gearing up for the Turkey Take off .. and have set my goal at 12 lbs

Iv'e had my week of no exercise so now its time to get back to business..

Just a quick checkin before I get started on some housework... :barf: There is so much dust in my living room that I could gather it all up and make nice scarves for my friends!! LOL

I set up my Turkey Take-Off Ticker...for 11 pounds. I go to my first TOPS meeting on Tuesday night, and I am really looking forward to it (DGF is still steaming....went to the store last night and picked up some Lean Cuisines for lunch...and some different things....like fruit and vegetables...I could hear her gruntin, I could have done that for you...well, the stoves getting cobwebs, and my heiny is getting bigger..fine thanks LMAO).

Gobble Gobble Goal....here I come. Tomorrow morning, I will start getting back into the swing of my exercise program with Richard in the a.m. Better wear loose fitting clothes, cuz the rubbin of my extremities may start sparking!! :devil: hehehe.

I woke up today with this sense of "Get the :censored: of out my way, this train is pullin out!!"

Have a great day all. I have a Halloween family party today, but I have promised myself I am not going to graze :moo: I am going to choose sensible portions on a sensible plate, and no second helpings...I need nourishment for lunch, not gut rot!

Take care ladies, talk to you soon.

(see, I think I found my sense of humor...funny the things that happen when you put your focus on yourself, huh?)

Hugs to all!

p.s. ~~CURLEY~~ Master of animation and artistry, will you please help me find a dragonfly avatar? I am missing the boat on finding one, and making it fit in the avatar dimensions. Whenever you have time. Thank you. ;)

Morning Pic-a Chick-a's !!!

Who was the one with the pizza :jeno: temptation? I found this good pizza in the frozen food isle and the numbers are pretty good considering its...PIZZA!! ww pts come out to 2pts per 1/6 slice. Cal=140; fat=5gr; carb=15gr; fibre=8gr and protein=13gr. It is a 4 cheese/whole wheat crust made by A.C. LaRocco. I had to fight my boys off of eating it, so that says something!!! :D

ZING ZING....the challenge is all but over!!! :) I'll weigh in tommorow and see what the tally is. GOBBLE GOBBLE!!...is everyone in for the next challenge?

Curly........You did an excellent job on that website! Quite talented you are!!

L2L.....WHOA...Everyone get out of HER WAY!!! :coach: GF, you are PUMPED!!! Who care about your friend, this is ALL ABOUT YOU!!! Have fun at the halloween party, and just like you said.....one plate, and resonable portions. Another tip that I do....is as soon as you're done, either discard your plate/utensils or put your napkin on top to signal that you're done. YOU CAN DO THIS!!!

Valerie......Pumpkins and squirrels? who knew? Did you have a good time last night with going out? Gosh, its been ages since dh and I went out. Hazards of moving to a new place and trying to find a sitter.

I went to Curves yesterday morning so I'm finally getting back into it :carrot:. Now though TOM decided to come and visit so I feel like crap!! That also means that my weight it going to be up tomorrow when I weigh in. Oh well it also means that next week I'll be back down. I would like to be down 8 for the Turkey Take-Off. I will create a ticker when I weigh tomorrow.

I am finally getting around to fixing up our bedroom. I went out yesterday and got a new bedspread, shams, pillow, bed skirt and curtains but I need to get some more of the curtains. One of the windows is bigger then I thought!! Now all I have to do is get the baby out of our room and back into hers.

I am going to take the baby to the mall today for Trick or Treat Street. She is going to be Snow White. Sooo Cute!!

Angel - ME, ME!! I have been craving pizza. I have been buying the boboli whole wheat pizza shells and making my own pizza.

L2L - You go Girl!!! Don't let anything stop you now!

Curly - Excellent job on the 9 lbs lost for the Halloween Challenge :lol:. It's to bad you found the Gazelle after the fact. The page for the soaps is amazing!!!

Petra - I love hearing about all the new nuts your coming up with!! I like some of the 70's clothes. I was just telling my dd the other day that if I would have saved my clothes from back then she would be the best dressed girl in school. ;)

iwmonn - I know what you mean about this group!! It has been busy since the first day it was started. We are not on the second page very often.

Valerie - Sorry to hear about that lady blowing you off!!! That sucks! Have fun at the concert.

Dee - Congratulations on the 4 lbs lost!!! It's great to see back.

Hotcup - Perhaps the nice police officer just wanted to flirt a little bit!! Something about that whole scene just does'nt pan out KWIM??


Angel - So sorry to hear about the little one being sick! There is nothing worse then a sick child. I hope he feels better soon.

TTYL Ladies.

thanks momx3, lmao makes me feel better about that letter i got sayin i wasnt qualified enuff to be a receptionist.. umm i have 2 aa degrees one in accounting, 1 in business management, i am now an admin asst. and had a 3.8 gpa in college but .. im not qualified enuff to answer phones and make coffee roflmao...

its all who u know where i live...

L2L: sent av to your yahoo addy..

Hi everyone!

I didn't go out last night. Unfortunatly while walking yesterday I rolled my foot on a stick and when catching myself I jerked my back. It's been really bad today. When I get up it's really hard to straighten my back out. My butt is really swollen and hard with inflamation. I'm thinking maybe I need to see a regular doctor about this. I'm keeping up with icing the area.

My weigh day is tomorrow but I checked today and I went up 4 pounds in a day! I'm going to be up on my weigh in tomorrow and there is no reason for it? I've been good with the eating.

I was wondering I just got my period yesterday. Does that cause you to gain weight? Or possibly my really inflamed muscles in my back and butt are causing a weight gain?

I hope everyone is having a nice sunday. I'm just at home nursing my painful back.

Valerie-I think you better go to a doctor, that doesn't sound good. Sounds like you might have torn something. Yes, your period and the inflammation may both have caused you to retain fluid and made your weight go up so don't worry about it. Get yourself healthy.

I made my butternut squash soup but I think I used too much chicken broth for the amount of squash I had so it was a little thinner than I like but the flavor was pretty good.

I went to the gym and did all the weights which took about 25 minutes. Then keeping in line with Jillian's philosophy that it only pays to spend at least an hour in the gym, I walked on the treadmill for 35 minutes but I didn't crank the incline up as high as I usually do. Hopefully, I didn't hurt my ankle much more than it already was.

I got 2 new diet books today--The Mediterranean Diet, and Dr. Phil. Believe it or not, I haven't read Dr. Phil yet. I started with the Mediterranean one. Mostly it is a lot of nutrition information. Most diet books are light on the nutrtion and this one goes overboard I think. They are also really harping on "saturated fat is bad for you and causes heart disease." Even the studies they are quoting were all done in people eating high carb diets--that's the whole problem with that argument. There is no proof that eating a lot of saturated fat on a low carb diet leads to high cholesterol and heart disease (big nutritional controversy). In fact, most people on low carb diets actually have their cholesterol levels go down even if they are eating a lot of saturated fat. I'll let you know how mine turns out because I eat a lot of saturated fat. I'll get off my soap box now.

yep i read that u can have the fat.. as long as u are not eating it with carbs or sugars

L2L: a few dragon flies

What a beautiful kitty!!

Curly what a sweetie! She looks just like my Iko!

Here's my other two feline kids.... Micah & Myah

awwww I love kitties! We had 5, but are now down to 2. If hubby had his way I think we would adopt every one that is featured in the weekly local paper by the humane society. When the oldest is gone, I'm thinking of a puppy. After having to give my dog away years ago cuz I couldn't find a rental that would accept dogs, I swore I'd never get one til I owned a home.... it's time! A lil Chocolate Lab *nods* or a Vizsla. i dunno... hopefully Annie my older cat will be around a while longer.

Happy Sunday to everyone!!!!
:grouphug:

Hello
 

Hi Chickies! How goes it with you and and your Sunday evenings?

Love the kitty photos, Curly. What sweeties!

Paid all my bills, had lunch at Subway, went to Barnes & Noble to order my Barenaked Ladies DVD by using my gift certificate card (I only had to add $4.46 of my own money) then went grocery shopping. The Barenaked Ladies DVD has to be shipped to my house instead of the store for some weird reason. :shrug: But as long as I get it...
We were supposed to clean house and move furniture today, but so far... all we've done is run around all over town, play on line and watch TV. Ooops.

I want in on this Turkey challenge, I really do. I'm just not sure how to start. I'd like to request a motivational kick in the pants, please. Don't hold back, I'm tough, I can take it (aim low I'm pretty short... just don't hit my knee). I'm tough, yeah, but I just can't seem to get my feet back under me. I'm thinking step one would be to plan something out, step two: give up drinking so much diet pop. Yadda yadda yadda :yawn: Any suggestions? :^:

Yes, I am up at this hour of the morning
 

My dogs don't realize we changed the clocks, so they came to rustle me out of bed at 5 am. However, they are confused because I let them out but I didn't feed them breakfast yet. :lol:

When I woke up this morning, I was wishing I hadn't walked on that treadmill yesterday. My ankle isn't feeling so good today. :eek: I should get my elastic brace for it finally and that should help. If I get home from work in time, I will try to go to pilates. That doesn't usually bother my feet.

Turtle-my suggestion is that you make a small doable goal for yourself like 5 lbs or less so you don't get overwhelmed.

I think the :censored: is about to hit the fan over on the biggest loser forum. I think this is the longest gap in posts from the person calling herself "Jillian Michaels" and I don't think it is a coincidence. It will be interesting to see how the moderators handle this. Right now it looks like they are hoping this will fizzle out on its own, and maybe it will.

Yep gonna get back to my circuit training this evening.. umm told myself i was gonna walk this morning.. but my motivation just wasnt there this morning! lol would help if chai wasnt fast asleep by the electric heater!

i am thinking i will go back to phase 1 sb for a kick start!

dont count that piece of cake i had last nite.. but i figured i may as well get it out of my system before i buckle down again!

ok gotta get my rear in gear .. have a great day everyone!

Hey Ladies,
busy weekend here. I had my WI, I'm down .6 but I can't move my tracker yet. ahhh....this week I want to do better. I was totally about getting on the right track, and then I messed up last night. I don't know why, I went shopping and it was like I wanted to taste some of everything I had just bought. that is so weird and so bad. all in all, I had a bite of a Luna bar, a few of these bread kind of things that are made out of brown rice, hummus, and some birthday cake that was left over. I think the cake is what did it for me. ahhh, I wish my sister would just throw that thing away.
Anyway, today is a new day, oatmeal and an apple for breakfast, and I brought some ratatouille, and some of those mini quiche kind of things that curly gave us the recipe for, I made them with eggs, veggie sausage, cheese, onion, and peppers. They are very yummy together. I really want to get under 200 but I just feel like I am sabotaging my self every week.
I skipped out on the jog this morning, I looked at my log, an I haven’t taken a break from exercise for 2 weeks straight. I’m going to try and do something light tonight, like yoga or Pilates.
I hope everyone has a good Halloween. I am scared of all the candy my son is going to get. I might try and convince him to leave it at my parents.
Ttyl
Jennie

:lol: Happy Halloween Everyone!!

A BIG thank you to Curly for the avatar...I LOVE IT, its absolutely perfect. I cannot make it stay animated on this site...but it is beautiful.

How is everyone today? Looks like everyone so far really did great with the Spooktacular Halloween Challenge and is ready to buckle down for the Turkey-Takeoff... I actually sat down last night and planned out what to eat for today. I can't do the whole week, cuz it'll freak me out :eek: So, one day at a time....baby steps.

I actually managed to eat half of a bagle with fat-free veggie cream cheese (I knew it was bagel day at work for halloween from the boss...so I planned for it). I filled up the 64-ouncer full of water....sipping as I go.

I feel good today, really good. I have passed up the cookies, and baked bars with the butterscotch ships, and the gummy worm chocolate cake, and the carmel apples, and the chocolate chip cookies, and the chocolate and peanut-covered pretzels, and gave my treatsy bag of chocolate from the boss to my neighbor to hide in her purse and take home (she is a skinny whip of a thing...but she also is so supportive to me).

I even measured the 1 teaspoon of powdered creamer for my coffee. WHOO-HOO.

Watch out, cuz I'm going to be dropping some of this junk in my trunk on the Highway to Health.

L2L is back... and I feel my sense of humor coming back.... :joker: :joker: :joker:

:ebike: This afternoon I will Dance My Pants Off....

but for now, I must return to cube life and type :comp: :twirly:

Have a wonderful day my fellow PICs. ((Hugs))

Morning Ladies!! This has to be really quick because I am at work but I wanted to update you all on my weight this morning so you will know where I am for the Turkey Take-Off. My weight this morning was 199.6 so I am rounding up to 200. It was nice to see that 1 in front though!!!

L2l: CHECK BACK ON PAGE 126 u have 5 more avs also

Monday (it's my Sunday)
 

About to change my weight (up to the sad gain as of late) tracker. And then we're tearing into our cleaning and furniture rearranging. I even bought cleaning supplies and organizational tools. Gotta run. Gotta change that tracker. :(

A shout out to all my PIC Diva Chicks. :p
L2L I'm right back with YOU! :carrot:

Hey Pic's!!! :wave: How is everyone today? I see alot have already popped in before starting their day. I weighed in today and had to blink my eyes....I thought I was seeing a mirage....hehe, I lost 6 lbs!!!! Couldn't believe it!!!, but YES ITS TRUE!!! That makes my spooktackular total for 19.5 lbs!!!! BOOOYAAAA!!!!!! :cheer: My turkey takeoff goal is going to be a nice well rounded 6 lbs, as it is one month. :) Hope everyone has a great time tonight if you're dressing up or just taking the kids out. Stay out of the goodies though!!! :devil:

Petra.....Say it isn't so? :nono: Could have an imposter been trying to be the real Jillian? thats SCANDALOUS!!! LOL.... Hope not. And if it is? no big whoop, I still enjoy the book and the workouts.

Well ladies, I'm having a quiet afternoon. Shhhhh! Don't tell anyone. I came home a little early and have to pray my pager doesn't go off again before 4:30.

Mom-Congrats!!! You are the first to make it to 200. :dance: :dance: I'm right behind you. Hoping it will be this week.

Angel- 16 lbs! You are on fire girl! :flame: Must be all those Winning by Losing workouts.

L2L and Turtle-glad to have you both back and committed to yourselves. One day at a time is the only thing we have. Sometimes we have to take it one hour at a time.

Well my luck just ran out ladies. I have to run back to the hospital! Hopefully I'll get home in time to go to pilates but right now I"m not sure. :(

Hi Pic's!

Happy Halloween!!! :carrot:

I can't wait to get my first trick or treater!

Congrats to everyone loosing weight! You all are doing great!

Unfortunatly today was my weekly weigh in and I was up a pound. It's really fustrating because I was good last week staying right around 1400 calories a day. Maybe it's because of my period. Not a good day to have a setback with that candy staring me in the face. I'll stay strong though! :lol:

:wizard:

Check in before bed
 

Whew. We worked like maniacs on the house today. Jay tore apart the kitchen while I tossed out my old litter boxes, disassembled the electric litter box, cleaned and disinfected it and mopped the hallway. I want to ensure that Elvis won't get sick too. BTW, he's got an appoinment next Monday for tests and shots. Then we BOTH tore up the living room and rearranged a bunch of stuff. I got ONE trick-or-treater, but that's more than the last five years combined. I bought crappy, sour candy so I wouldn't be tempted to eat it. I'm taking the rest to work with me. In nearly fourteen years of law enforcement, I've learned that police officers will eat anything you bring in. :lol:

I didn't drink any pop today, I tried to keep it lite, I journaled everything and I think I did pretty good. It's a step in the right direction, anyway.

At the thrift store, I found a bunch of exercise and step AUDIO tapes. I wonder what in the world those are going to be. I'm hoping it's music I can step to (maybe on my trampoline) and Jay talked me into buying to reread the J. R. R. Tolkien novels in the hobbit series. Guess I'll be delving into the underworld for a few weeks. :lol:

I hope you all enjoyed your week ends and your Halloween. I'm BAAAAACK. :)

sounds like u had a busy day turtle!! good going on the food... great to have u back!!!

Good morning ladies. The doggies allowed me to sleep until 5:30 this morning so I think we are making a little progress. I also go to the nursing home today so I don't have to be there at the crack of dawn either.

I did get my ankle brace yesterday and I think it is helpful. I missed pilates last night which I was bummed about.

I took my nuts to work yesterday to 2 offices. They went over pretty well. The general consensus was that the cajun ones should be hotter so I may have to retry that recipe with more cayenne.

I lost 11 of the 12 lbs planned on the Halloween challenge so I guess I'm pretty happy with that. I think my goal for this month is reasonable as well. I would like to have lost 50 by the end of the calendar year.

I've started reading Dr. Phil. There are a couple other ladies just now reading it on the Dr. Phil thread so I'm reading along with them. I thought it might be more interesting this way. I also ordered a couple books from Amazon. One is Staying Power which is by the Eades (authors of Protein Power). It is a book on maintenace. I'm not there yet but I thought when I cross the 50 lb mark would be a good time to start thinking about it. The other is one called Slow Burn. It's actually a fitness book that the Eades wrote with some fitness guy. It's apparently some intense workout you only need to do once or twice a week. I'll let you know after I check it out. Some of the people on the protein power board do it. I'm actually thinking about getting some personal training time at the gym so I want to have some idea about what I want to do with it. Maybe my Christmas present to myself.

i really enjoyed the Eades book Petra... I will have to check the library to see if they have those titles..

me & chai had a nice walk this morning.... & i went back to my circuit training last nite.. i feel powerful this morning! lol

I think it is interesting Curly. I think we know our own bodies best and should probably listen to our gut instincts about what works for us. I have been allowing myself some extra carbs and my scale has been creeping up a little so obviously that isn't going to work. It's back to PPWAV (protein power with a vengence) as they say on the protein power board.

I'm not through the Dr. Phil book yet but when I think about what it has taken me to get to this point, I think there are probably less than 7 keys to successful weight loss. I think he is breaking some of them down into smaller steps but I'll let you know.

Hey Ladies,
Well I made it threw Halloween OK. Before we went out, I ate an apple so I wasn't starving. And we planed to end the night at my parents for roasted chicken, brown rice, and veggies. While we were out, I had 1/2 a fun size snickers, my son opened it took a bite then didn't want it so I finished that, and 1 gummy hotdog, very small. That was it. I am very proud of myself for not eating any more. Now the bucket is in the house but I think if I just completly obstain, it won't be as hard as trying to have one and prevent a binge. Plus my sister finished the birthday cake last night so no more sweet temptaions!
I did a shorter jog this moring so I could get in 20 minutes of pilates. It was still an hour of excersise but just 2 different things. I really miss doing my pilates.

Mom, yeah :carrot: you made it first into wonderland. I would totally not round that one up. :woo: good for you!

Petra, you are like a library of weightloss books. I got that Jillian M. book, its kind of weird to read, its like she is just talking, I am almost at the part about the excersie. the other parts were interesting but basically, they say what I already know. I bet, you see that a lot in books, they say similar things.

Curly, you cats look like mine. He was a stray I got when I lived in Baltimore, maybe they are related, I'll send a pic when I get one on the computer. I'm glad you found Mallie.

Hotcup, good thrift store finds. I went thrifting this weekend but most of the stores were full of college kids looking of costumes. I don't like crowds in my thriftstores so I basically walked right out.

Val, how were the trickertreaters? I always go up like 4 pounds at my TOM. don't worry, I ussually freak out and then some one reminds me it happens every month and the next week I lose a lot.

Angel, good job on the loss. that is great. I'm going to try and start the winning by losing work outs. I'm a little hesitant because I enjoy my cardio so much. Have you seen a big difference yet?

L2l- good jog on your commitment. its hard to not get the support you want from the people you want it from. it don't really tell my family and friends much about my weight loss journey, they are relatively supportive and when I ask then not to sabatoge me theyussually listen, but I save it for here and at WW where people can really relate and be supportive.

Dee, Lisa, TEB, Zoey, Iwmonn, jhiraqua, and any other PIC's I've missed. Have a good one,
Jennie

Mumble, shuffle, growl
 

Every morning I wake up with my face, particularly my eyes, swollen horribly and a headache. I'd guess that's allergies, eh? :dz: Coffee seems to help anyway.

Well, I had a few pieces of candy last night. I don't normally find candy getting the best of me, and I buy candy that I don't like (sour) but I wanted something and I thought "I'll just eat the cherry ones" well, while watching Medium, I ate more than a few and more than just the cherry ones. My first day and I'm eating candy? WTH? :rolleyes: It's normally fats and salts that get me, not candy. FATS. I guess I have enemies in the food world at every turn. But I'm still feeling kind of strong despite that minor set back.

It was nice waking up to the house looking so much better. The kitchen is all rearranged. Jay took a shelf out of the living room that was full of turtles, and put it in the kitchen for canned goods, freeing up space in the cabinets. But now I've got a chair full of wayward turtles. :o And a basket full of the stuff that was on my computer desk, as well as another desk full of stuff. Where does all this crap come from? Flylady calls this a hotspot. I'll work on it the rest of the week. Elvis has an appointment on Monday at the new vet I just love. I'm hoping he'll show negative, or in the early stages of FL and be able to be vaccinated. But in my opinion, he's a carrier and immune. He has outlived every cat I've had in the last 17 or 19 years! Every last one of them.

I still have seven audio cassettes to listen to (all exercise ones). I'm hoping they're just great beats to work out to, they're called: Super Step Power Mix-1, Step Power Mix 8, Best Step Power Mix 2, Step Power Mix Volume 5, Interval-Circuit Power Mix 3, Super Step Power Mix 3, and Power Collection 1995. I guess someone cleaned their closet out, eh? I also got a microwave vegetable steamer for fifty cents. I was going to give it to my sister (still might), but if it works good, maybe I'll keep it. Jay grilled some chicken breasts last night, so that's what I'll take in my lunch and a WW dinner, lf popcorn, water and sf Kool-aid. Go Turtle go!

And good news? Elvis finds his new litter box agreeable. Jay suggested that having three litter boxes for ONE cat was just making work for myself and confusing to the cat. So I threw the two out at the bottom of the steps and tore the electric one apart, scrubing and disinfecting every inch of it. He had to go while I had it torn apart and peed where the other two used to be (not his fault) but since he hadn't used it all night and I was worried that he wasn't going to accept it. But this morning after a drink and his canned food, he was wandering around, I picked him up, loved him, cooed to him and put him in the electric one. SUCCESS! You CAN teach an old cat tricks! :lol:

Okay, here's hoping your Tuesday is a pleasant and productive one. I'll check in from work and catch up to you all individually (I'll have my list of all of you because I keep you in my food journal ;) ) TTFN I've got to get a few things done before work. :carrot:

Exercise and water NEXT!

Good morning everyone!

I had a really fun day yesterday with the trick or treaters! I got about 50 kids and only 10 wanted candy and the rest took glowsticks. I didn't eat one piece of candy!!

Petra.. My body always tells me to eat more carb. I don't believe it! I do still have a fair about of carbs. 40% of my calories comes from them. I do try to have low glycimic carbs and keep away from the chips! Congrats on your halloween challenge!

Jennie... thanks for telling me your weight goes up at the TOM. I was so fustrated yesterday about that! Hopefully by next week my weight will be down to 240 or under.

Hope you all have a great day :)

Hi everyone.... I see we all survived Halloween!!! Dh and I had so much fun....we dress up every year and last night we were Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Dh's costume was a riot.....an all in one suit with bright red shorts attached, tail out the back. My costume came complete with mouse ears/headband, red crinolin polka dot dress and bright yellow patent shoes!!! What a riot. I laughed so much at dh, I almost peed my pants. FUNNY!!! :lol:

Valerie.....yeah, TOM can do all sorts. Mine is alot of cramping and extra puffiness around the tummy area. I always expect to see at least 3 lbs extra when he visits. Hope you feel better soon!!

Hotcup.....Its still the season for allergies here also. I was expecting a bit of relief now, but nope...my car is still covered in yellow pollen powder. Funny about your litter exploits.....me too. My cat is so old she often misses the box and I am left with messes to clean up on the concrete (laundry room floor). My vet suggested I change to an no frills unscented type and voila!!! most of her messes are now BACK in her boxes. I feel like a new woman now!!! (sorry about the nature of this post to all you non-cat owners...lol)

Jennie......I must be doing something right with Jillians book because yesterday another person came up to me and started to talk about what I was doing, and what book I kept referring back to. I am feeling stronger and sleeper a whole lot better!!! By the time 10:30 rolls around, its beddy bye for me now. Your halloween meal sounded sooo yummy. Might have to roast me a chicken soon!!

Have a great day PIC's!!! :carrot:

Angel eyes your costume sounds really cute!! I had a headband to put glowstick on that looked like mice ears. I thought I looked like a big round mouse :lol:

Hey Now PIC pals,

You all survived Halloween I see. Yayyy. As usual, we had no trick or treaters but ol' dh had no problem getting rid of the candies he got for them- just in case, hehehe. OK, I did have 2 bite size Mounds, but mostley stuck to my nuts (Thanks Petra) ;), and sugarless jello for sweets. TOM is visiting my house these days... and I hate how he sneaks up unscheduled and unannounced. Guess I should expect the unexpected at my gawky age :shrug: I don't trust my new home scale, so I'll weigh in again when I go see the podiatrist on Thursday. I need to get back into the exercise really bad. I stopped cuz of the toe, then i got the major CRUD... I'm so much better now, still can't do a lot without getting way out of breath but I'm sure my one mile walk video is doable for me...... TODAY! Water is becoming 2nd nature to me now. I have to laugh that 1/2 gal of milk will almost go out of date in our frige now. I used to have to buy about 2-2 1/2 gallons per week. I miss my milk, but i'm making choices. If I choose to have bread, potato or rice with my dinner, then i get no milk... etc. hmmmm I guess I should be done ramblin' now :dizzy:

Val~ how's your back feeling? Hey did you hear Leah got married a couple weeks ago?? Anyways, good luck this week GF! HUGGGSSSSSSS. oh, how were The Samples? I'v heard them before and if I recall they had a 'different' sound.

Turtle~ It's wonderful to see you getting back in the groove. I'm sure you're gonna LOVE only one litter box lol. I got started cleaning the stove this morning... ack it gets so ickky I don't know why I let it get so bad. I really hate white appliances. Heck, dh is retired, HE should be the one to clean it... *snort* yeah right heheheh.

AngelEyes~ Congrats on 6 WooHOOOOO pounds!!! You are becoming an inspiration! Keep workin' hun! I wish I would have done a costume this year. First Halloween I've had to work in a few years, but I was so under the weather the week leading up I didn't think about putting anything together. Oh well, next year :)

Curley~ Feeling powerful is a wonderful feeling! Stick with that circuit training cuz it makes you happy. :carrot: Way to go!!!

OK, Time to get back to the stove. To all the P'sIC I didn't get to personally, Well I love you all too!!!!!
Good luck today to all, keep OP and have a wonderful Day :grouphug:

(((Dee))) I'm glad you're feeling a bit better! I feel like I've warded off a couple colds this season with airborne and zicam.

My back is still very sore I had to reschedule my chiro app till thursday because I got a tutoring job today.

How is CA. I miss the ocean! The lake is a poor substitute! Did you see my pictures from my CA vacation in august? It was foggy just about everyday there. We did go swimming and it was COLD! http://bouncintigger5.tripod.com/california/

I hope everyone else is having a great day! I just killed a craving with crystal light in selser water! Yum :)

Turtle Hard at work!
 

:lol: Yeah right. That's a good one Turtle hard at work :lol: :lol: :lol: Oh my side! Stop, you're killing me. :lol3: :joker:

I got to see Valerie Joy! Good to meet ya, lady. I'm glad you're here. :)

Iwmonn: I'm glad the toe and your Major Crud ( :drill:
hey, I think I worked with him once back when I worked for the state police. Get it? Major Crud :dizzy: ) are better and you're ready to start back. Good news, because so am I. Let's do disssss :carrot:

Angel-eyes: I got a kick out of hearing about your costumes. It's so great that you two like having fun like that. Jay "Pooh Bear" and I were going to dress up: like each other, but got busy cleaning house and ended up too tired. :( Maybe next year.

Jennie934: Way to go on planning for that meal by eating an apple first and then for making such a healthy choice. Great job. I'm proud of you.

Petra: How goes it up there, neighbor? I was going to say I smelled your nuts cooking all the way down here in West Virginia, but no matter how old I get that still makes me giggle and snicker. I guess I'll never grow up. How's the ankle? I considered a knee brace (and bought an elastic one), but my legs are too huge to find one that fits. :( But it's getting SOOOOO much better. :carrot:


Curlylocks: I'm glad you went back to what was working best for you, with the circuit training. You're an inspiration to me with all that exercise. But I sure wish it would rub off on me. Could you slide some vibes my way? I'm very proud of you lady. :coffee2:

Okay, here's who I think I missed:
Zoey: I know she was just here a minute ago
Jhiraqua: How's it going, girl?
Purple Rose 1964: It's been a while. You okay?
Jackie56808: Hello?
Deerod: Buddy buddy... keep on posting. You're going to make it.
Momx3 (Did I hear you made it to ONE-derland? Will you save me a seat?Great job!!!)
TeaElleBee: I think she was here a bit ago too.
LisaWY: How was your Halloween?
L2L: Come out and play, you magnificent dragon fly, you.
~~Sunshine~~: Come back!
MoonRay: You come back too!

Seriously, if any of you see someone I missed, please tell me so I can add them. I don't want to leave ANYONE out. I need each and every one of you for support and motivation and well, 'cause we're partners in crime here. :grouphug:

Turtle: thanks... lol umm dont know how determined i am.. think having a dog helps in the mornings cuz they make ya get up and go out ... even when ya dont want to!
There ya go .. get ya a doggy, since ya work u could get one maybe at least a yr old cuz they usually are house trained... and older dogs usually are the last to be adopted!

p.s. this has been an announcement from your local animal shelter!

I'm comming up there one weekend! may have to wait till spring now tho!

Good morning ladies. I'm sitting here drinking my yogurt smoothie and my coffee.

Curly-I was thinking that since you enjoyed protein power so much, you might be interested in Dr. Mike's blog. He has an easy to read writing style and comments on everything from current events to recently published medical articles to food. Some others might find it interesting too. http://blog.proteinpower.com/drmike/ His wife, Mary Dan also has a blog but she doesn't write as often as he does or on as many topics.

I'm enjoying the Dr. Phil book a little more than I thought I would. Some of it is very straight forward from the standpoint of psychology--techniques that most of us are very familiar with and use all the time, but he has some little worksheets in there and questionnaires that are useful and get you thinking. Am I the last person on the planet to read this book? Turtle-if you haven't read this book, you might want to pick it up. It is all about getting your head in the right place. I'm not sure I would even pay attention to the food plan part (which I think is only 1 chapter in the entire book)

Iwmonn-have you tried the carb countdown milk? I've never been one to drink milk straight but I use it all the time for other things and find it no different than regular milk with a much more acceptable carb count. It is more expensive so I don't think you'll be consuming 2 gallons a week but you might be able to have some.

Hope everyone else has a nice day and all our stragglers come back and post. We miss you.