Hi All
The last few days have been not so good food wise. Way too much eating a little of this and little of that and it all adds up. Today is about 1800 calories, not enough to gain, but not a loss either. I feel fat and full. The weather here is awful. It rains and rains and since we work at home, I haven't left in 2 days, not even to get the mail at the post office. I think that makes things worse. I shouldn't be complaining after so many people have had real weather disasaters.

I was ok at the shower Sunday. The food was truly awful, chicken marsala, wings, eggplant parm and a salad so that was easy. The cake wasn't too terrible and I had 2 little bites and tossed it. But then we had company for dinner and I ate bread and butter. My DH made chicken and rice with tomatoes and veggies and I ate that too, even tho I don't really like chicken.
I am whining a lot, but i really will stick to my goals as of right now.
Tomorrow is another day, as Scarlett of the 18 inch waist would say.
Melissa, I am glad the report turned out to be harmless.
Theresa, hope you and the kids feel better quickly.
It sounds like we are all fighting the blahs.
Laura

I had several of those myself last week-hidious mine were though. We have another storm kicking up right now and I do believe my Halloween decoration just blew off the house. It was really lovely today earlier and nice and warm out which was a nice change from all the rain we were having. I agree with Scarlett's philosophy as far as weight loss goes. I think that is one of the things that is going to see us through. That is one of the main things I think that is different for me this time. Before when I would have a bad day or even week, I would just give up and go back to the same old yucky way of eating and gain even more weight. This time, I just put my past behind me and just start over like it is the beginning. I am hoping that the episodes will get fewer and fewer as I go along. I just keep reminding myself I am breaking about a 30 yr habit and unlike booze, you can't just walk away from food and never touch it again. In fact, our society constantly bombards us with food and I can't thing of any function that doesn't serve food. Just takes time and patience and I believe we will all reach our goals.
melissa

i wish i could use scarlett's weight loss method.. eat bbq all day and then make mammy pull the hello out of my corset strings until i was the desired size. but then again, those were the days before bikinis. :lol:
with the help of light bread and sugar free syrup, i have rediscovered my love of french toast. i had always thought it would forever be on the forbidden food list but then i realized i could make it diet friendly. yay!
i glad cps didn't care about the complaint melissa. but if i were in your position i would probably set the neighbors' house on fire. you handle everything so well.. it's really remarkable.
my gym got a new scale, so at least i have some accurate idea of my weight. but it's two pounds more than the old one, so i'm bitter. i am so sick to death of scales.
i really should go to bed. this staying up all night playing the pirate video game is just not normal. it is so addictive.

Good morning All
I am going to be OP!!!!!!!!
I made a protein packed breakfast, egg scrambled with veggies, feta cheese and turkey sausage, (which I microwave first in a paper towel to get out the fat.) So I can't say I'm hungry and start going off. There are no valid reasons except for emotional instability, addidictive personality disaorder, self destructive behavior, fear of being thin, etc etc and they are really all bullcrap. Thin people eat because they are hungry and they stop when they are not and they can enjoy food, but not use it. That's who I will pretend to be today.
I am also going to clean up the kitchen and put all the stuff they accumulates on the counters away, so it will look untouchable, and I won't want to mess it up with food til dinner time.
I hope I don't sound too nuts this early in the day.
Laura

Laura good plan for the day, cleaning the counter will keep you busy and busy bees don't think as much about food.

Cadwell, you can make bbq diet friendly as well, and not need corset strings the next day. Carb Options bbq sauce cuts out all sugar added into every other brand--I literally read the labels on every single kind, it was a job, but this is the only one that does not add in sugar. I can actually understand everything on the label :lol: 2 T is 10 calories and 3 g carbs, no fat. I eat way more than 2 T though ;) and it tastes just as good as the others as well, imo.

Laura, not leaving the house can have a huge difference in how you feel and how much you want to eat. I am the queen homebody and I notice when I stay cooped up too long I start wanting to munch. I think it's boredom of doing the same things over and over. When I get out, take the kids out for some fun or something, that munchy feeling goes away.

KayElle...one more little pound! You'll have to do more than a dance when you hit that goal! Do you have something planned?

I am feeling better today, though Allie is home from school again, should be back to that tomorrow I hope. My plan is LAUNDRY it's a huge explosion in the bathroom closet that has to be reckoned with. My dryer was acting up, and it took like 4 hours to dry a very small load, and our loads are never small. Someone told me how to fix it, very simple, so it should get over quicker today.

Theresa

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Laura

I can relate to hating the scale. I have a love hate relationship with it too. I know I shouldn't let it govern me as much as it does and maybe some of that will disipate as I get closer to the real me. I did get to move my ticker down 2 woohoo. My scale is acting kind of weird and it could be from all the abuse it has gotten from the kids. If it doesn't straighten out, I will have a buy a new one and try and keep it protected from the kids.

No Laura you don't sound too nuts no matter what time of the day. Most of this weight loss thing is mind games with yourself anyway truthfully. I have done what some might consider nutty but you know what? If it keeps me OP and from eating things I don't need, then I will opt for being a little nutty.

Everyone have a great OP day!
Melissa

Well crud, I just found out I have to see my dr. next week in order to refill my blood pressure meds and she was trying to talk me into a pap too. I thought I was good until January and wanted to surprise her with more weight gone. I know she will be happy with what I have done but I wanted it to be really dramatic when I went in. I think the last time she saw me I was like 238 or something like that. I hate going to the dr.
melissa

that bbq sauce sounds really good. i will have try it.
i also make a massive backup of laundry to do. my house is a disaster area. i just did the dishes, but i know there will be grips more in just a few hours. dh eats constantly. it is rare for a day to end around here without the sink overflowing. it is pretty hard to be on a diet when he determines what to eat based on maximum calories versus me looking for food with the lowest. i know lifting weights requires a lot of food, but geez louise! three dinners?!?

Josh would eat three meals if it was something he liked and he doesn't lift weights at all. It would drive me nuts though too. I had a wonderful conference for Josh today and it was so refreshing! Got three more cupboards cleaned out and papered. Speaking of eating, the kids are chewing on my ankles so I best get them fed.
melissa

:sp: the kids have every nerve shot and I feel like hiding in the closet with something sweet, except we have nothing sweet, thankfully. I made rice and chicken in the crockpot for them and ended up eating it for my supper as well, too frazzled to cook something separate. Rice isn't the best thing ever, but it was portioned and I'm nowhere near stuffed so it's okay for tonight. They are just crying and fussying over everything, allll daaayyy looonnngg and I can't take much more. They didn't want me to put them down, just sit with them all day and if I moved they screamed it seemed. I did get on the gazelle and put in some time, let them cry themselves out because I was going to explode with the tension.

Hubby was supposed to come home this afternoon, but took a load to NY instead :mad: of course, he shut up my complaining about it real quick when he said "if I don't do this, we can't afford to pass up next week's load and I won't be there to help with trick or treat on Monday." Okay, I can't do TOT without him, so I shut up. I still could have really used a bubble bath while he sat with the kids. That's totally selfish considering he is sick today as I was yesterday, and he is out in the truck working through it.

Other than the rice, I've been OP and got in 4 miles of tension relief, 2 miles at a time. THEY BETTER SLEEP VERY GOOD TONIGHT BECAUSE MOMMY IS TIRED. And even as I type this I know that Melissa goes through much more on a daily basis...and Melissa you are a special angel here on earth. I need a break :(

Okay, enough, sorry to rant but I feel better now in some weird way ;)

Theresa

Hey Everyone! I am not gonna try and respond to everyone's successes and down days with this post- it would take 3 pages since i haven't been here for a while. I did read lots and catch up-

well last week was the last time i posted and i was BLAH but Friday I got back on track and even had an adventure to the big city with hubby ( he was sent with paint as they had sent the wrong kind earlier- it took us 2 & 1/2 hours to go 70 miles - it was rush hour... only took 45 to get back and then Saturday we went shopping and was gone all day and then Saturday night hit - I became so sick Saturday Night that i don't remember Sunday - except i slept alot and hubby called the dr. and he made me drink lots of gatorade. Hurricane Wilma visited Monday and we were ok here - lots of rain and wind but just tree limbs down except ... at my hubby's grandparents they got a tree - I mean a big tree thru their modular home.. like right across and crushing it tree

I got to a dr. on Tuesday after another day of not really being able to eat and after tests i guess it's a gallbladder/pancreas/ liver issue. I need to see a specialist and i can barely keep anything down these last few days- jello and toast. still weak and woozy but will get better after a while . I was waited on and spent time reading and a friend sent all these WW books and recipes books for me to look at so that was ok-
I am so glad to be better enough to be back - i have missed everyone so much . You all made me laugh today and cry and understand and want to send hugs and sympathy.
So I will try to keep up now-
I am really not able to exercise- i have lost 4 pounds in 3 days - not that i would recommend this to anyone in any way- being sick is not fun.
:grouphug: to all- thank you for being here
Sandy :dizzy:

I feel for you Theresa-your day sounds like mine daily pretty much. Odessa has discovered screaming oh joy. Nothing wrong with rice, especially if it is brown-it is actually healthy for you and a staple grain for alot of cultures. TOT should prove interesting for me. I am taking the kids to a school thing and the girls will just have to be in their stroller so I can keep tabs on everyone. I doubt I can talk Mom into coming with lol. I got the latest left behind movie in the mail today so I can hardly wait for bedtime for the kids so I can watch it. I am glad I went out and raked those leaves in a pile when I did cause it is just pouring now. I am debating on whether I feel like cleaning out one more cupboard or not. Verdict is still out. Hope bedtime comes soon for your kids Theresa.
melissa

Sandy we must have been posting at the same time! I am so sorry to hear you are so under the weather and my prayers are with you that you recover quickly. I just got the latest WW cookbook and there are quite a few recipes in there I want to try. The girls are willing guinea pigs but Josh never likes what I cook. I saw in the last WW magazine that the 2006 book is coming out soon but I will have to wait on that one for a bit. Christmas is coming faster than I am willing to admit and I need to start getting ready for that-ugh.
Melissa

Sandi, sorry you are so sick :grouphug: I hope the specialist can fix ya up real soon. Just be careful, some of those sick pounds might reappear when you get better and start eating real food again.

I have had a rotten night. Just after I got both kids to sleep, the glass fixture on the ceiling fan in the kitchen fell and busted all over the floor, making a horrible noise and waking Ty up again :mad: 1 second sooner and it would have landed right on the top of my head, that would not have been good. It's nearly midnight and they are just now both asleep, hopefully for the final time. I still have to get Ty up off the floor and into his bed, he likes to lay right in the middle of the floor and fall asleep for some reason, but his room isn't carpeted and I don't leave him there all night.

I have am shopping tomorrow to get all the winter goodies for the kids, hats and gloves, long johns, all that jazz. Hope it goes better than today...though if the kids are as fussy as they were today it will be worse.

Theresa