I will have to watch for those next time I go shopping. Yummy and low calorie is always a plus. Well I had my second sunday in a row uneventful with the ex and I am happy about that. I ate too much again yesterday and it made me mad at myself but I am not giving up and just need to get my brain back where it needs to be. My arthritis was acting up bad yesterday too and that doesn't help my frame of mind either. Joke is that if the rest of the weight comes off, I am not supposed to be in so much pain all the time. Ibuprophen just doesn't cut it anymore and I really don't want to start the muscle relaxer stuff either because they are addicting and I need to always be sharp with the kids here. So back to the drawing board and I don't recommend the bananna muffins I made yesterday either. They are ok but nothing I will make again.
Melissa

Just a quick check in...tomorrow AM is the pumpkin patch trip with Allie's class...hayrides with twenty 2 year olds, what a joy :lol: oh, and I'm bringing Ty as well so I should ge plenty of exercise in that 4 hours.

I have written out my plan for the day, what to make for breakfast and lunch since it will have to be quick to fit around the trip. I went off plan a bit tonight but felt in control of every choice, every bite was conscious and intentional and I didn't even have the urge to splurge more. I have never had that control before, ever. One little treat and I'd be eating the entire kitchen. Not tonight, I felt in control and it was amazing.

Night all, hope more of us are around tomorrow.

Theresa

Forgot to give Melissa a hug and say hopefully the pain ends soon. My grandma had arthritis and it made me cry to watch her in pain, it was so horrible. I hope there is something to be done about it.

Theresa

Hi everyone and hope you are all having a great weekend!

cadwell those noodles sound great and I love pasta...I wonder if I can find them anywhere around here? Will have to look.

I am doing ok...kind of just feeling blah and tired which I think is related to cold and wet weather and TOM. I feel like I've really been overeating lately even though I've still been losing so I started entering my foods on fitday just to see because I haven't really been counting calories for quite a while now. Found out that I've been generally getting between 1200 - 1600 calories per day but I'm probably not getting near enough protein and I think I am even a little bit low on fat. I try to keep my fat intake under 30% but it's actually closer to 10% and I'm not sure if that's quite enough. I eat so many fruits and veggies and I feel so full all the time. For now I think I'll keep doing what I'm doing because it works but once I hit my goal I'm probably going to need to revamp a little bit and make sure that I'm getting enough protein. I hate to change anything because it's working and I feel good. It makes me nervous because maintenance is where I always run into problems.

Yesterday and today I forced myself to get on the nordic track because it was just too nasty to be outside. Hopefully tomorrow will be nice enough for a walk and raking some leaves.

Any plant experts around here?? I have a gorgeous fuchsia plant in a hanging pot that I'd like to overwinter instead of just letting it die and I'm not sure how to do it. I don't have a lot of luck with plants but I really like this one a lot.

yay! two more pounds gone! i don't understand this.. haven't really changed anything. maybe the tofu shirataki is magic. or maybe late nights of video game playing burn hella calories. whatever it is, woohoo!
hope you are feeling better melissa. i don't really have too much use for muscle relaxers. when i needed to take them for an injury last year, i found they didn't ease the pain but they just made me a little bit loopy. i am already pretty loopy, so not good.
kayelle, sounds like you are doing great. can't go wrong with fruit and veggies ;) i have the opposite problem with fat.. eat way too much of it :devil: i hope you can find those noodles -- they are awesome.

Good luck on the field trip. I did that when josh was in kindergarten and it was one adult per child since it was special ed and man I needed a nap by the time we were done. And thanks for the hug-I do feel a little better today. I am curious to see how I do when I have another 40 pounds off and how I feel.

Congrats on the pounds gone! My moto is never question when the scale goes down-just bask in the glory! They make me loopy too which is why I have been avoiding it like the plague. Too much going on around here to indulge in loopy although at times it is tempting!

Kayelle I think alot of it has to do with both TOM and the way the weather is. Here it has been raining or drizzling, dark and gloomy and when you had TOM to that factor you got a good reason for the blahs. Even though I still hurt a bit, I am going to ride my bike today for a bit. I have been so busy, I haven't been on it much and I need to burn some extra calories.

I did get rid of one of the pounds that I regained. I already know I am not making goal this month but I would at least like to break even so that is what I am focusing on and will just make november goal to be under 200 and TO STAY OP!!!! I am hoping there is a WW magazine shortly cause I need to skinny up Thanksgiving where I can. It is just me and the kids so I don't have to worry about anyone crabbin' at all. Well I have my son's shrink appointment and I have to go pick up the information on dennis from cps this morning too. That should make some interesting reading!
Melissa

Melissa, though I do not care for your ex and how he treats you, I do sincerely hope the report isn't anything seriously bad because it involves your son and I would hate even the possibility that his daddy is doing something horrible to him. I really hope it comes out okay.

Today was miserable. I was up half the night with Allie, she was congested and could barely breathe so we spent lots of time sitting in the bathroom. Then this AM everything that could possibly go wrong, did. Then at the pumpkin patch it was so cold, everyone's noses were running, lots of the kids (Allie included) were coughing and the teacher advised everyone one little boy has croup again, for the fourth time this year so far (which is how Allie got it before, probably). It was fun but cold, and then some little girl from another school group shoved her down from the top of a huge slide, she went face first into the dirt at the bottom. I was FURIOUS, and it was all I could do to not find the teachers who were NOT supervising and yank some hair out of her head. But I didn't, I got her up, dusted her off, she screamed out "SHE PUSHED ME!" and we proceeded to move all the kids on to the next amusement, getting away from the pushy ones.

It really did make me mad though, she could have been really hurt the way she fell. There were at least 20 kids in that group, and 2 teachers who were standing in one spot together, back behind everyone where they had no clue what was going on up on the slide. They were pushing each other down as well, and just being pure mean. I know, I know, kids get excited but you can't hurt other kids just to get down a damn slide.

Okay, enough venting. I feel now, after the fact, that I should have told the teachers and warned them to get their gang under control because just walking away and moving on might not have taught Allie to stand up for herself? I don't know, I just felt it was better to keep it light and happy for the kids, but I guess I could have said something so the teachers would know what was happening. It's hard sometimes knowing what to do and what to let go. The thing is a couple parents from our group saw it, but thought she fell, they didn't see the shove. I DID! and she actually shoved her 2 times, the first Allie stuck her arms out to the sides and caught her balance, then the girl shoved her again.

Okay, seriously enough venting. They came home, napped, and woke up burning with fevers. They are SICK and on Motrin Cold and my nose is acting up and I think I'm going to get it as well. We did have lots of fun though, before and after the pushing incident. It could have been worse, she could have been hurt or broken her glasses, or a bone, something like that.

Hubby bought 2 bags of mini candy bars then went to work and LEFT THEM HERE and I am so in the mood to devour them all. But I won't, I'm going to hide them out in the garage and forget about them....Seriously, I AM :lol:

Theresa

I am so sorry about your trip. Amazing how one bad apple spoils the barrel and it is no fun with sick kids, especially if you are coming down with it too. Did you get that bag put into the garage yet????

I got the report and it was that nasty neighbor and she said I was letting josh out after dark to ride his bike and riding in the morning with no shoes blah blah blah. She said she has to make her kids come in when josh is outside-yeah right. That is why they chase him all over the place and spit on him. They must be talented kids to spit 3 blocks away while inside. At least I know where their kids learn to lie and be nasty: Mommy is a great teacher-so that chapter is closed and I don't care and cps didn't care about it either. I fell down on my way in to my son's appointment and twisted my wrist and banged up my knee good too. Will teach me to look where I am going I guess but geez that hurts. The WW magazine did come today so I am in the process of reading it. I started with the inspiration stories since I think that is something I need right now to keep me motivated. My son's therapist said today that I was just getting skinnier and skinnier-must be some inches gone cause is sure aint pounds this month.
Melissa

Melissa, you have lost 44 lbs, of course you look thinner! That is so much to lose and keep off, don't give yourself so much grief. And it could very well be lost inches despite the scale, so be proud. So cps didn't pay attention to the complaint? And is that closed now or do you still have to worry about it? Is there a way to give them your side of it to clear your name?

Sadly, I don't think there was just one bad apple in the other school group. They were all shoving at each other and I saw one girl trip a boy and he fell face down in the hay pit and started crying. The teachers were just not watching, they were worried about making sure they stayed orderly in the line, and not watching what was going on elsewhere. They should be smarter...put one behind and one in front and they would have seen it all.

Theresa

Hi All!
Yes, I am still around, I have been feeling the same way as you all felt last week. Bleh!
Just not on plan foodwise at all. Have been exercising tho' so the weight is o.k.
I think the change in seasons here is to blame and we had a stretch of rain for like 9 days straight that didn;t help either.
I started TOM on Saturday and we were at a 40th B-Day party and couldn;t stop eating everthing in site! It was horrible!
I did check out the Yoga Booty DVD and I like it. Has all different stuff on it, meditation, yoga, cardio, so I think I will stick to it. The filming of it leaves something to be desired, they seem more concerned about showing the beautiful surroundings than filming the actual people exercising. So if you need up close views of ppl. to follow form, it may not be for you.
Congrats to all who have lost weight and stayed OP!! I hope to be back there with you soon!!!

There is no case. cps obviously saw the call for what it was-just someone trying to cause trouble and being malicious. Still makes me mad though that people have to be so stinking mean. You would think that teachers too would be watching kids more closely since they would be liable if anything happened-especially due to being negligent in watching them.

Tomorrow should prove interesting since I have two appointments for kids and need to make a milk run too. Still pretty swollen but I am not one to let that stop me. Cooking dinner and loading the dishwasher was fun. Well I am off to read lemony snicket to Josh-Personally I think this author has issues lol.
melissa

Well I lost what I had gained. The scale actually said down another two but I am not sure I buy it so will see what it says tomorrow and then go with it. I already set up my November weight goal and made it smaller than this month. If I pass it great, but if not, it is more attainable for me to do. My other goal is to not lose my head that week before TOM. I now see it is a pattern so it is time to get a game plan to avoid it next month. Hope to see you guys on the board soon. I was the last to post yesterday and the first to post today.
melissa

It must be change in the seasons, some are MIA and the rest of us are not up to full speed. I am SICK today, but have stayed OP eating wise. Just haven't exercised yet, but I plan to before bed, even if it's just one mile. I did eat a few little candy bars last night, then this AM threw them in the trash and took the bag out to the truck to go to the dump. I just can't have them in the house, so better to destroy them.

I can't breathe and my eyes keep watering, but it's just a cold so nothing a doctor can do about it.

:lol: :lol: He doesn't look like he's laughing does he? More like he's about to take a bite out of your arm. He fits how we all seem to be feeling though.

I almost had some yogurt covered pretzels with the kids a bit ago, but went on with my regularly scheduled nonfat yogurt snack and found I didn't want the pretzels after that, it did the sweet trick.

Theresa

Sorry to hear you are under the weather-we had that not long ago and it was awful. Good for you throwing them out. I am taking the kids to the local high school function for Halloween from 5-8p so I am not buying any candy at all. It will be about 830 by the time we get home and I will just leave the porch light out for any kids out that late, which they shouldn't be. I will just do my best to stay out of the candy the kids bring home. It should be ok, especially if I keep it in the cupboard and dole it out to them. Trying another new recipe tonight. Tamale caserole so we will see how it goes. I am so tired from all the running around and the poor girls are wiped out too and it will bed time early tonight. Hope to see more people come back soon.
melissa

Congrats on the loss, Melissa! Hope those extra two pounds are still gone tomorrow!

Sorry to hear you aren't feeling well, Theresa. Hopefully you will be feeling better tomorrow. Good job staying on your plan even though you aren't feeling the best!

I am feeling not quite so "blah". We have been having nicer weather, it's still cold but not raining at least, and TOM is gone so that is a plus.

Well, just checking in...looks like it was a quiet day here. I am off to a high school vocal concert tonight. There is something going on almost every night anymore.