scales are the devil melissa :devil: you did great this month, but next month will be better. i think it will be for all of us because we are getting more and more into a new lifestyle as time goes by.
well i am hoping to get to the gym today. hopefully the past couple days of being op will have paid off :)

Melissa, do you take your measurements? This would be a good time to do a check in that way, bet you've lost inches ;) I hope the ex didn't give you trouble today.

Sandi, welcome back and huge congrats on the fitting your britches! keep going and they will be falling to your ankles soon :lol:

Ice, I wanna go dancing too :D that is one thing I miss, now that it's impossible with the kids. Great exercise as well.

I kinda blew it last night, but today is a new day and I'm moving forward. This is November and no way will I make my Thanksgiving goal, but I'm focused and want to get as close as possible.

Theresa

I haven't taken any measurements. I think I will have mom do it tomorrow since I have to go there to pick up her check for my son's fundraiser. I know I used to be a size 26 dress and now I am in an 18 for pants. The 20's I had I just put into the charity bin because they are just so baggy I am afraid they will fall off and they just don't look even remotely good anymore. They were snug on my the end of August when I went to the fair. I know it is coming I just would like the numbers to reflect it. I just need to get the logical side of my brain to talk to the emotional side and tell it to knock it off. I know I got my knickers in a knot too since I have to go back in to see the dr. on wednesday and I hate going and getting on the scale even though I know it is lower than the last time she saw me. I have another week of errends to do just about everyday of the week again. I try to lump things together when I can but it just isn't happening for me this week. Thanks for all the encouragement gals.
melissa

I just found these two recipes while looking for recipes- This one sounds so good although i don't think I'd add the sourcream unitl the end- I have had issues with sour cream in a crock pot curdling. This is on the menu for tomorrow


Chicken Stroganoff
Makes 6 servings
Ingredients

1 pound frozen boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 can fat free cream of mushroom soup
16 oz. carton fat free sour cream
1 envelope dry onion soup mix
Put frozen chicken in bottom of crockpot. Mix soup, sour cream,
onion soup mix and pour over chicken. Cook on low for 7 hours.
Makes 6 servings. 4 WW points per serving.
(serve it over rice or noodles, but be sure to add those points

and this one I made today and oh my I had to hide them in the very bottom of the deep freeze I told hubby only 1 per day - I halved the recipe so i wouldn't have them hanging around- and i used all natural PB with no sugar added or oil
Peanut butter cups
1 (8 oz.) Container Fat Free Cool Whip
1/3 Cup Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter
1/4 Cup Hershey's Light Chocolate Syrup

Line a 12 cupcake pan with foil liners. Combine 1 Cup of cool whip with the peanut butter with a whisk. Fold in remaining cool whip. Divide the mixture into the liners evenly (approx. 2 1/2 tablespoons each). Top each cup with 1 teaspoon of chocolate syrup. Freeze. After frozen, remove from pan and place in a freezer bag or container. These are best eaten with a spoon.
Serves: 12
Per Serving: 73 Calories; 2g Fat (29.4% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 10g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 51mg Sodium
Points:2

WOW Melissa you are gonna be in onederland soon! you go girl!!! and vent away- that's what we are here for!
Theresa-love the poem and I printed it out and stuck it to my mirror where i put all kinds of inspirational stuff.
Well I am off to make soup- have a craving for WW veggie soup today.
Have a good day all!

Sandi, that stroganoff sounds yummy, wish I had the ingredients I'd make it tonight. Maybe tomorrow.

I have been OP today and haven't even touched the candy. It's easy now, nothing much that I crave today since I pulled out all the flavored tootsie rolls and ate them yesterday :ink: I think there was like 8 of them :ink: but now it's not an issue...until tomorrow night anyway *sigh*

I"m not energetic today, very drained and ho-hum, and I think it's because I ate bad yesterday. Hopefully tomorrow I'll feel better for TOT again.

Theresa

The dancing :dance:was fun and great exercise like you siad, so I just finished burning a dance mix cd, so I can shake my groove thing :dancer: everyday. it has 18 songs and its 57 minutes long. So I figure if I can do that a couple times a week, it would be great exercise and fun, :cheer: and I can work on my dance moves for next time I go out.
Lets all forget about October and consentrate on November. :dizzy:

I am going to bed now, but wanted to post that I made it to bedtime completely OP in every way :carrot: that is an accomplishment for me, just to get back to it. If I can do 8 miles tomorrow then I will meet my October goal to finish milestone 6 on the walking. I will do it, because come on, i can't miss that goal by just a few miles how depressing would that be!

Theresa

Happy Halloween ladies!!!! I am going to do my best to stay out of the candy

Theresa

The weekend was tough. with company and lots of good food. I was fine till Saturday, at about midnight when I finished off the sherbet I served for dessert. :devil: Then it was leftovers on Sunday. Not a weekend for a loss, but not a gain either. :cp:
My friend whom I hadn't ween in 2 weeks, fussed at how much thinner I look. Not good, It doesn't empower me, just puts me on edge.
Happy Halloween to all. Stay out of the candy. :devil: It will only make you feel miserable tomorrow. Easy for me to say, cause no one ever comes up our long driveway so I don't have to buy anything.

I did it!!

I waited until today to weigh myself because it's the last day of the month and when I stepped on the scale I saw my magic number 150!!!

I am so excited!!

This definitely gives me the motivation to stay away from the candy. We don't get trick or treaters out here except for relatives' little ones because we are so far in the middle of nowhere that nobody else brings their kids out here. But we always buy an assortment of things for nieces, nephews, my kids, etc...and we end up with lots of leftover candy. I know I won't touch it now!! Last year on Halloween I ate so much junk I felt sick....NEVER AGAIN!

Now comes the really hard part for me...I'd like to stay between 147 - 155 and never go over or under. I don't really have any desire to lose any more. Most of my 6's are too big and it's really hard to find 4's in long lenghts, and I'm starting to look a little bony which I don't like. So....maintenance here I come. This is where I've completely blown it and gained almost everything back twice before. This time I WILL DO IT! I am enjoying being thin way too much to let myself blow it again.

Happy Halloween everybody!! Step away from the candy if you are tempted! You don't want that junk!


My November goals:
MAINTAIN!!!
Exercise of some kind at least 40 to 60 minutes per day 6 days per week

I'm also going to try to add in some weight lifting a few times a week. I have to be careful about that not to set of my back problems, so we will see how it goes.

YAY Theresa! You rock!! :carrot: Ok Everyone else rocks too! :carrot: Kayelle You so Rock!!! See the mood is contagious :lol: We all are awesome !

Oh congratulations!!!!!!! You might check out the maintenance section of the site and see if there are helpful things in there. I have never gotten to the maintenance part. When I get to about 150 I am planning on joining WW to lose the last bit and so I can get the maintenance information too. Bonus is I will become a lifetime member too. You deserve a huge pat on the back for all your hard work!

Well I figured out what part of my problem was or is I should say. Every now and then I get hit with the lonelies and the I hate being single junk. Basically it is a fancy word for a pity party. I have felt frustrated over the month with not making the losses I felt I wanted to make for the month also and that didn't help me either. I still kind of feel bleckie about the whole thing but now that I have it figured out, I can deal with it and just move on. Life is what it is and there are seasons throughout. Right now I am alone and at least I am hanging out with a pretty kewl person-lol and it also beats the alternative. I would rather be alone than living with my ex-that is far worse. Raining like crazy here today and I am going to have to drag the kids around in it. I guess I will be taking Josh to the school tonight instead as I am not tramping around out in the rain. I would rather buy them each their own bag of candy and call it good.

Everyone stay out of the candy!
Melissa

Kayelle-You are fabulous. Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!
Laura

:balloons: :balloons::balloons::balloons::balloons::balloons: :balloons:

:bravo: YOU ROCK KAYELLE, YOU SKINNY MINNIE :hat: Throw yourself a party, you deserve it! I have no idea how to maintain, but apparently I am good at it since I rarely loose or gain these days ;) You are such an inspiration to those of us still struggling to get there.

Theresa

Congratulations Kay! You must be floating on cloud 9 today...way to go! :woo: