Hello!

We've been having thunderstorms all morning so I haven't turned the computer on until now. Hope everybody is staying OP and enjoying the weekend!

Another busy week over with. Between all my kids extra activities and all the animals we have around here, I haven't really even had time to even think about eating anything bad. I also haven't had as much time to exercise, though. I've been walking at school on work days and I'm planning on getting some more time on the NordicTrack later on today but this gray dreary day is making me feel sluggish. I'll do it anyway because I know it'll make me feel better.

Well, my sister just got here so I'll try to catch up and post more later...just wanted to check in and say hi and I hope everybody is staying on track! We can all reach our goals!!

KayElle...you're only SIX POUNDS from your goal!!! EEEKKKK! How amazing does that feel? You are SO my inspiration, girl. How do you feel at this weight? Think it'll be maintenance phase next, or do you want to lose more after 150?

Melra, I totally agree about lunges...they are killer! That's what made my legs kill for 2 days after that biggest loser workout. I'm going to do it again tonight I think, now that my legs have recovered.

We have been helping some friends move into the house the last two days, and I am just beat. SO, much work and I wouldn't have done it if they weren't like our best friends ever. Eating has been crazy, since we worked so hard then basically ate at the end of the day...pizza two nights in a row :( I never want to see another pizza in my life, but they were buying for everyone who helped and I didn't complain. I did order myself a salad tonight and only had 1 small corner of the pizza, but I was so hungry from not eating all day I wanted to swallow the entire house when we got home. But, that's over now and back on track in the AM.

I am still at 250...for a month now. So, no chance of meeting the weight loss goal for the month I guess. But, I will meet the exercise goal so that's something.

Theresa

I just found out that on October 29th I will be going to some big party at a beach house with a bunch of people I don't know, in the 20-30 age group. I'm 28, but feel I'll be the fat lady in a crowd of mini skirts and thongs :( Hubby is playing with a band so I HAVE to go, come one like I trust him THAT much :lol: Now I'm on a mission. I have a month to knock some of this weight off and feel better about myself. Of course, can't loose enough to feel good in this situation, but I have to try my best. I just hate going to these things because I am so much heavier than everyone else, but I should feel better this time because I am making progress.

Theresa

omg I am so tired--another art fair this weekend and standing all day from 7:30am to 7:30pm. I had a hot dog all day. Feet hurt too bad to fix dinner and i can't even think about the exercise I was going to try to get in tonight. dh has been building a deck all day so I know he's not doing it. maybe i can get the 7 year old to get mama something to eat? lol.

Melissa~You are doing such a wonderful job toward your goal-Congratulations! I can't imagine how good about yourself you must feel right now! Keep it up!

Theresa~I always feel a bit embarrassed to admit how much vanity plays a part in my weight loss goals, but really I just want to be the one that looks good instead of the one trying to camoflauge myself. You have a month and you've been doing great on the exercise. You can make a difference! If your concerned about being on a plateau, maybe you could post your daily diet and we could offer feedback?

I'm not very disciplined with my diet right now. I don't feel like binging anymore, but I just don't want to taste a salad. I think I'm just too tired to bother with it lately and I'm more for convenience. I know I need to shape up though--figuratively and literally--esp if I want to even come close to my mini-goal. It seems so far away!

I'm here :wave: Just been crazed a bit and need to catch up. Sorry if I whine in this post.. I will try to be more positive But not tonight.. LOL
Yesterday (friday) was a BAD day- I ate so great all day until the truck broke down. Let me digress here a minute.. we have two vehicles but my hubby is rebuilding the engine on the one little by little as we can afford it. so when the truck broke it just kinda stunk.. he borrowed a car from his boss came and got me so I could get kids from school and he knew it was the starter and he could put in a rebuilt one for under 70.00 in about 30 minutes. well last night I was in such a mood because the auto store closes at noon on a Saturday and how to get there etc.. let alone 70.00 not really in the budget for the week.. and worry worry worry, worry about my oldest daughter again, worry about hubby's company and maybe layoffs.... so back to last night - I started nibbling.. and kept on nibbling.. and nibbled more.. so I kinda blew it last night and today wasn't so great either cause he thought the flywheel was gone too which would have been only 60.00 more but a heck of alot of trouble for him..and of course we fussed at each other - not a fight just a fuss.. so i just x'd out my food diary for the day and said onward to tomorrow.. but it wasn't the flywheel and the truck is up and running again. I am so thankful my hubby can work on cars.. but annoyed and MAD at myself for not handling something so minor better.
tomorrow is NOT a good day either. I have a totally full schedule and not enough time to accomplish what I need to do. this is the Sunday that once a month I have to work from 4 to 6 p.m. and it just throws off my schedule.
I hate when I have to rush around.
I'll be back to read posts better - sorry i am in a mood tonight..thanks for letting me vent..

I'm here too! :wave: This dang pc is still having fits. It lets me on for a few minutes and then freezes, acts like I'm disconnected? Then sometimes I can be on for hours? I can't wait till next month and a nice new pc :D

Melissa-Good going on your Sept goal! I can't wait to see 200 also, its been at least 15 years for me! I'm glad your SIL could make it to Amandas party. Good to hear that he's doing so well for himself. I hope Amandas party went well-Tell her 6 kids from Nevada said-

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMANDA!!:queen:

Kayelle- 6 pounds?!?! Oh, I so wish I were that close! Awesome job!

Theresa- Just give it time! When you are eating right and doing so much exercise, the weight has to come off! One day it will surprise you! Maybe right before the party :D Good Luck!

Melra-Good luck with the 7 year old :lol: It's got to be easier than trying to get my 17 yo son to do ANYTHING! :lol: I hope someone feeds you!

Sandisuze-Sorry about your weekend. I hope things are better now that your vehicle is fixed. Just take time to take a long deep breath and take care of yourself, don't get stressed!
Kinda hypocritical of me to say don't get stressed after my day! We have only been in this house 1 month(renting) and the real estate agent called today and wants an appointment to show the house on Monday :( There are not that many houses in this town to rent, I don't know where I will move if these people make an offer on the house. :stress: I've been cleaning all day so that they have a good impression, but I really just want to knock a couple holes in the walls and mess things up so that they don't want the house!! ;) The owner is really nice and said he would sell it to us first, but we have bad credit and it will be at least 6 months before we could do anything, so I don't know what to do. I didn't eat though, I think my stomach is too upset thinking about having to move again! It would be the 3rd time this year :cry: ! But if God wants us to move, he will provide us a house! I have to have faith!

I hope everyone has a GREAT tomorrow!!!

Kathy

Kathy, you are in a tough situation when it comes to selling a house and having nowhere else to go. You're doing great not eating out of stress. THink about it, what will packing on a couple pounds solve anyway? NOTHING. Keep cleaning girl...that burns calories!

Melra, my main reason for doing this is for myself but part of that is feeling confident and secure when around others...liking myself enough to be around others and feel I deserve their attention and respect. That is why I am sweating over this party. Doesn't help that I won't know anyone there but the band and I"m a shy person...could you guys believe I am shy in real life? :lol: Hubbies best friend is in the band too and I think his girlfriend will be there, and she's 7 months pregnant so I can hang out with her ;)

Sandi, my hubby fixes our cars as well and he's a godsend. I never have to go to the shop, just whine to him. It's wonderful, except when he's out on the road and I ahve a few days before he comes in, then I have to call FIL who is a mechanic by trade.

My back is seriously out of whack today guys. I'll have to go to the doctor. I did way too much cleaning in the house yesterday and finally it just gave out. I laid down and couldn't get back up it hurt so darn bad. Hubby fixed me up and I"m better today, but laying low. I'll cut calories down some and skip exercise :( this doesn't help get the scale unstuck, but with low calories it might be okay.
Theresa

I have been awol for a few days. Youngest son was acting up again, fighting with his new wife and she comes crying to me, and he doesn't answer the phone and when he does they say awful things to each other. And I worry that he is DUI. He won't admit that he needs help to deal with anger and when the craziness starts she knows just what to say to make it worse, so round and round we go. DH has been away for 12 days, so I am alone with this worry. Last night they got back together, spent the night here and just left. DH is expected any minute so maybe my life with resume in a normal way.
I only slipped of once and had a big dish of ice cream to calm my insanity. I didn't eat lunch or supper, so maybe calorie wise, I won't gain. I am not feeling guilty. I bought 2 containers of icecream, went over to my friend's house, and we sat and ate and talked for a long time. I had never confided any of my troubles to her before, and she was wonderful and helped me sort out some of my feelings towards my kids and what am I responsible for when they act out. So I feel better.
DH is returning to a completely messed up house and I don't care.
This was a big whine. Sorry.
Laura

Sunday is weigh in day for me and I'm down another pound! :cp:

Congratulations to everyone who has had a loss this week and a great big KEEP GOING to you if you didn't lose!

Well yesterday was a huge success and everyone had a good time. The scale stayed the same this morning so that was the bonus. Congrats suzy for another one gone! I am still trying to get the house back together and I will have this to do again in just a couple weeks when Odessa turns 3. I have two 2 yr olds at the moment.

I feel for you Laura with kids-like I always say it is much harder to be the parent of an adult child than any number of smaller children. Hard boundary to stay in or out of and most of the time we have to sit and watch even when we know they are making terrible life choices. One never stops being a mother no matter how old our children get. We all get our whines once in awhile-needs to be done.

I may be a bit awol myself. My son gave us all his cold and so most everyone is super cranky and I feel crappy myself. Tom and a cold-gotta love it. Everyone keep up the momentum here-we are winding down to the end of the month.
Melissa

Ohhh Melissa, did you have to remind me it's the end of the month already? I am still pouting I haven't lost a single pound ALL MONTH LONG. But it's okay, I'm still motivated to stay on track thanks to you all...without this group and seeing that it IS possible, this is about the time I would get frustrated and quit. Not going to do that this time, no way, I'm in for the long haul, frustrations and all.

Okay, I think I believe myself now, back to work. I'm giving away the leftovers from our yard sale to Freecycle and have had people in and out of here all day...it's as tiresome as having a yard sale, except this way I have to sort out who is coming for what and have it ready. It would have been easier to haul it to goodwill, but the garage is almost all cleared out and it looks so much nicer. I like giving stuff to people who need it, so Freecycle is fun. A girl came by collecting stuff for her church, they have an outreach program to the poor and homeless, and I was able to give her a ton of kids clothes, shoes, board games and books to take to them. So, I feel I've done some good today even if the scale still says 250.

Hubby suggested I take an Aleve for the back and it's been a miracle, I feel like it's not even hurt!

Theresa

Hi kids!

still here.not a very productive member but I think that's gonna be my new goal. I have been trying to make EVERYONE around me happy and it isn't working anyway so I might as well set aside some time to make me happy ya know.

I'll probably be reading more than posting though so I can catch up on what everyone here is doing.

I am going to Vegas with my two best girlfriend on the 24th of October and I REALLY wanna be down at least 20 lbs. putting me at 154. If I weighed 154 pounds I'd probably cry off at least another 4lbs just out of sheer happiness. I probably weighed that in junior high!

VEGAS VEGAS VEGAS VEGAS!

I can't wait!

Carrie

You know...I havent been perfect on this diet thing...far from it but I'm still trucking and after reading a bunch of these posts I am realizing I am not a big fat failure like I was feeling. Setbacks are just part of the journey, it's obviously just how you respond to them that makes the difference. I am proud of all of you and of me! We really ARE doin good!

Well, today is weigh-in day for me and I can't believe I FORGOT to weigh myself this morning! That NEVER happens! We got a new horse last night and it all came about so unexpectedly and fast and this morning when I woke up all I wanted to do was get out there and spend some time with her and I completely forgot about the scale! I only weigh right away when I get up so if I miss it then I don't do it at all for the day. It is TOM and I'm probably due for a little plateau anyway because I've been losing steadily for quite a few weeks now, so it was probably a good day to forget anyway.

I am still in shock that I'm so close to my goal, and to answer the question of whether or not I'll set a lower goal or stick with 150...well I'm pretty sure I'll stick with 150. Honestly right now I don't even know why I am so stuck on 150. I think I just have it in my head that is the weight I want to be so I keep working towards it. My husband is telling me I better start eating more because he can't afford to keep buying me clothes. I bought tons of 8's because that was my goal size...then they started getting too big and I bought a bunch of 6's. Now most of them are baggy. Tried on a few things in town earlier today and I am fitting in 4's!! I didn't even think my bones could fit in a size 4! The bad thing is it's hard to find 4's in long lengths and I won't wear anything that's not long on me. So I think I will try to stay right around 150 without going much below or above. I also found out I can no longer wear anything that says relaxed fit or easy fit...they just poof out and look goofy. That used to be all I ever looked for. And I love low-rise jeans now! I never even owned a pair before. It's so weird to be able to fit into the things that I am but it feels so amazing. All I can say to everybody that's struggling is don't give up because it is SO worth all the hard work. I don't ever remember feeling so good about myself and having so much confidence. If I can do this, anybody can do this. It's hard but all I did was just make up my mind that I was going to do it no matter what, no excuses, and stick to it no matter how I was feeling. A year ago right now I was wearing 22W's and they were snug...I can't even believe all the changes I made, inside and out, in less than a year. We can ALL do it. One thing I think, though, is that in order to lose weight a person has to quit beating themselves up for being overweight in the first place. Being heavy does not make a person ugly, bad, or unworthy. All along the way I had to keep telling myself that "I am worth it" until I finally believed it. I still have times where I think I'm not pretty enough, not funny enough, too shy, etc., but recognizing it and pulling myself out of those feelings has really helped me with the weight loss. It's easy to fill up your body with junk when you don't like yourself much. Self esteem has been a huge issue for me.

Something else I've noticed...this is the second month in a row that I've had a very light TOM with no cramping. I'm hoping that it's a long term benefit of the weight loss and not just a lucky couple of months. Normally I can always count on feeling pretty rotten for a day or two but it just hasn't been happening that way lately. Keeping my fingers crossed that it stays this way.

Theresa...I've had some really long plateaus along the way, followed by a big loss over a short amount of time, so don't let the "stuck scale" get you down. Stick with it and it will eventually move.

melra...a tiring weekend can really throw things off, just do what you can and you'll get through it. Hang in there and keep trying...the only way you can fail is to give up, and you are NOT going to give up, so you can only succeed.

sandisuze...hope you had a better day today. Glad the truck is up and running and I'm sure next time you'll be able to recognize and resist the stress nibbling. You can do this!

fancyfrog...sorry to hear about your house situation. My family was in that same predicament a few years ago and we were just distraught over it but it ended up being one of the best things that ever happened to us because we were able to buy the farm where I grew up and fix the house up and move into it. Hopefully something good will come of this upsetting situation for you, too.

LauraB...You can whine all you want here! That didn't really sound like you were whining anyway. I'm glad you were able to talk to somebody about everything and that you feel better.

Congratulations SuzyMc on the loss! That's awesome! Whoohoo!

Glad the party went well, Melissa, and congrats on keeping the scale the same through it! Hope you are feeling better soon and the cold doesn't last long.

You are right carrie-I think so many times we give up because of a flub and feel guilty blah blah blah when if we just shrug it off and get going again, the flubs become fewer and before you know it, you are at your goal weight and feeling awesome! I was thinking about this the other day. Do you think thin people never overeat? Of course they do! But and this is the biggy-they don't spend the next two weeks or months or years beating themselves up over it and go back to their normal way of eating which is why they don't get fat. I think that is a big key and why we are all still here and we are seeing differences in how we look and feel. I ate a bit more than I needed to yesterday but I never felt guilty about it and went right back to the way I eat today-well not really cause all I managed to eat today was some toast and an apple but only because I feel lousy.

KayElle I am so excited for you and can't wait to be standing where you are! I started out one pound more than you did and in high school I was 154 but very active so it didn't matter much what I ate. I got excited because for the first time when I renew my driver's lisence in February, I will actually be lower than my lie weight when I did it last time.

We are all going to do this!
Melissa