Ok, I finally did it....just finished doing 30 minutes on my AirWalker :D Now that I made myself do it once, it shouldnt be so hard to keep it up. Just seems if I ever miss a day or two, It is soooo hard to get back into it!

Had a grilled chicken sandwich for lunch today and tonight had stir fried vegetables with chicken breast cooked with it.

Zapphire, glad you made it back. I know from experience that this site is a great way to stay on track. When I quit posting before, before I knew it, I had regained almost all I lost. I love the accountability.(even when I have to confess instead of giving a positive report)

Leigh, way to go increasing your walks around the building. I'm terrible at journaling but I always hear it's a big help.

Emjay, shipping off your leftover cookies is a big achievment! Not sure I could have done it...good thing I didnt bake any, huh? lol Glad to hear you maintained. I'm still waiting until this next Monday to weigh. Hopefully if I did gain during Christmas, I'll have it back off by then.

WW, it was good to hear from you again. It was definitely busy around here also. Glad to hear you're back at your walking. I just got back to exercise also after taking a week off. (of course, tons of walking at the mall should count for something right?lol)

Where is everyone else?:?: Hope all of you are able to join us again very soon. We miss ya'll!

Miki

Hello all.

Well, trying to get back into the groove of posting every day. I started journalling my food again too. 2 days of staying within my calorie limits.

Emjay, good job shipping off the cookies. My sister gave me cookies for christmas, wish I could say I did the same thing with them, lol. Lucky for me, DH was happy to polish off a good amount of them.

Zapphire...I'm also feeling "fluffier". I can definitely feel the christmas weight and it doesn't feel good! But, I feel really motivated now that the holidays are out of the way. I'm sure I'll take it off again soon enough. Must be that January 1 optimism creeping in, lol.

Miki...good job on throwing yourself back onto the airwalker. It is hard to get the routine started again, but I think we will all get into it again over the coming weeks.

Well, I should get going. I'm reformatting my main PC right now (I'm on my crappy laptop right now). For Christmas this year, Internet Santa gave me a Trojan Virus! And, that nice little trojan invited all his little virus and spyware programs in for a party, lol. Tried to clean up the mess...but there are just way too many virus' and various spyware programs in there to get. Plus, I think the trojan copied itself over and over again in my system because nothing gets rid of it (took 2 days of playing with Norton just to get it to recognize the problem). So...happy me! Sometimes I just don't understand how this stuff gets in. I have a firewall with my router, I have Adaware that I use regularly, Windows has a built in firewall, plus I have Norton and keep it updated regularly...I don't download any illegal music or questionable files....sheesh how does this stuff get in?

Hope you all have a great night, talk to you all tomorrow!

Wow, I am so proud of all of us for getting this ball rolling before the new year. I myself am exstatic that I have actually lost 4 lbs. before Jan. 1. Usually I make my resolution on Jan 2 and then have no momentum to go with it so it never works. Not this year! Good for us... I have already done my 2-mile watp today and plan to do it tomorrow as well and the day after that and the day after that. Hopefully I don't have too many adult beverages on new years eve so I feel like a mega workout on Jan. 1.

WW, Good luck w/ your pc. If that happened to me I'd have to buy a new computer, I'm no where near as techy as you sound. Who am I kidding I need to buy a new computer (still running windows 98) anyways. Maybe I will sometime in 06, lol.

Have a great day everyone.

MJ

Hello all! I'm posting from my freshly formatted PC! It's now all nice and clean and shiny, just how I like it. Yes, emjay, I am a bit techy. I work in IT and although I work mostly with phone systems...I have to do double duty as a PC tech too (I don't have any formal training though...I'm on the "learn as you go" program, lol).

Wow, 4lbs. gone for emjay before Jan 1...congratulations! A dancing carrot for you! :carrot: (I'll use any excuse to use the dancing carrot).

Well, after a few days back at counting calories, I am already starting to feel less "fluffy". Pants not so tight around the waist...I think I've shed some of the Christmas bloat (not the lbs...just the bloat). I have to admit, it feels really good to get back to fruits, veggies and grains. My body seems to be craving them after eating so poorly the last couple of weeks.

Went grocery shopping tonight...and went $40 over budget. Ouch. Had to be done though, we were really getting low on lots of things. Carrying it all up 3 flights of stairs was a good workout too. Wish there were kids living in my building...I'd pay them 5 or 10 bucks to haul my stuff up for me each week (I'm so lazy sometimes).

Well, hope everyone is doing well and had a great Christmas!

Whew! Just finished exercising again. :ebike: Now that I've actually done it two days in a row, I think I'll be able to stay with it. Emjay, I'm like you...I'm so glad we all got started before the New Year! Even those of us who gained had already lost some before Christmas so we're still ahead of the norm. We have a head start on everyone who will be making their New Year's Resolutions. Somehow those seem to always get broken so I'm glad we're already on our way and making progress.

WW, carrying bags of groceries up 3 flights is a workout for sure! I got tired just from reading about it. lol Glad you got your PC all cleaned up. A few months back, I had lots of problems and had to completely restore my Win XP. I was really nervous doing it but didnt have the money to have it done either. Thankfully, everything turned out fine and it works much better now. Seriously, how do those things get in there?? I have all the things you mentioned also....Adaware, Norton, etc etc. Seems nothing can completely catch everything.:no:

I hope everyone else gets back soon. I'm anxious to hear how everyone is doing. Hope ya'll all had a nice Christmas holiday!:present:

I have to work late tomorrow. It's month end, quarter end and Year end all at once...YUCK!! I will be working a minimum of 12 hrs so I'm not sure I'll get back in here for a day or two.

In case I dont get back here before then, Happy New Year everyone!!!!!!!!!:newyear: :cheers:

Miki

Oh forgot one more thing:

I knew I couldnt wait until Monday to weigh! I weighed today and didnt lose but didnt gain either. (unless I gained but lost it in the last few days) I guess I'll be satisfied with maintaining because I definitely did my share of eating during Christmas.

Holidays are over now so maintaining is no longer an option...I gotta get back into LOSING! Will be hard for me tomorrow because one of our co-workers is leaving so we're having potluck. Another is leaving next Fri so another potluck! There will be tons of good things to eat. Hope I can refrain from overindulging!

Anyway, just wanted to share that.

Miki

Miki, What did you decide about the job promotion? I almost forgot about that but have been wondering since you said that.

Hello all.

Weighed in this morning...and 1 Christmas pound is gone, three more to go! I'm really quite pleased to remove one so quickly, plunging so quickly back into the fruits, veggies & exercising really helped.

Last night we went out with some friends to see The Chronicles of Narnia. I enjoyed it. I don't think it was as great as some blockbusters of the past...but still pretty good. Kids will like it (older kids though...the smalls could get scared by all the fighting, there are some battle scenes).

So, for the first time in years I have my dh all to myself for New Years Eve...and I have no idea what to do. Bars are not a good option for us. The celebration at the zoo is all sold out (darn, I really wanted to do that), and for the first time in years, none of my friends are having New Years Eve parties (I'm sure dh's friends are...but that's not an option, lol).

So...what the heck do grown ups that don't want to get drunk do for New Years Eve? I'm thinking movie...that's really all that comes to mind.

So...what are you all doing for New Years Eve?

I'm going to get myself pulled together now and go out for a walk. The weather here today is amazing! Talk to you all tomorrow.

Happy New Year to everyone!

WW,

Congratulations on the pound gone! You are right, that was quick. I for one am glad the holidays are over. Well, except for tonight. I am going to my sisters house for a party, more like a game night actually. She is doing a murder/mystery theme. We all have characters and there will be clues and you have to figure out who done it. I've never had experience w/ this but it sounds fun. I don't think that portion of the party will take long and then on to games. People will probably play cards, Balderdash is a favorite of this group, and I got Scene It for Christmas and can't wait to play that. I don't want to get drunk tonight at all cuz I really want to workout tomorrow and that would not be possible if I overindulged. I am going to enjoy some champagne at midnight and maybe a Kahlua and Cream or two earlier (I know terrible for fat and calories but I love them and to me they are not intoxicating). I also plan on NOT overeating. I am bringing turkey wraps so I know I will have one sensible option. Last year this same group went to a hotel where the room, dinner, party, champagne, and breakfast were included in one price and we loved it. We had intended to do the same this year but my brother-in-law had spine surgery right b4 Christmas and cannot travel in the car so we decided to go to him instead. But if I was in your boat w/ nowhere to go I would probably rent a few movies, make something I enjoyed for dinner (maybe pick up some shrimp cocktail) and thouroughly enjoy a quiet evening at home. Actually it sounds great to me. Well whatever you do enjoy it. Talk to you later.

MJ

Hello everyone.

Well, dh & I decided to take in a movie on New Years Eve. We saw The Producers, which I thought was really cute. It was like going to broadway, but in the movie theatre. Then, when we got home, a movie we like was playing on TV. Can't remember the name of it....it's a war movie, basically a sniper battle between the Russians & the Germans...Jude Law is in it. We've seen it on TV a hundred thousand times...and each time it's on it draws us in again. Then, opened a bottle of wine at midnight, happy new years kiss, then back to the movie, lol.

Emjay, your party plans sounded like a lot of fun, how did it go? Don't feel guilty about the drinky poos...sounds yummy, and you have done so well this holiday!

Well, this is my last day of vacation. Back to the grind of normal life and work tomorrow. So, I'll spend my last day cleaning up the Christmas stuff. I'm going to sign off now and get that Christmas tree packed away.

Hope everyone had a safe and Happy New Years!

hee hee hee...we got moved and I didn't even notice.

Our thread is now located in Support Forum / Support Groups. We have a new little home!

Boy...am I slow or what?

Hi Everyone! :D

I hope everyone is off to a great new year. Well my boyfriend left this morning.. but he is coming back in 9 days. :carrot: I miss him already though. :( Anyways it sounds like everyone is doing pretty good. I didnt gain any weight and I actually lost 2 more pounds!! Yipee! :carrot: On Saturday night my blood sugar went really low and I had a seizure.. which sucks so I still don't feel all that great. I am thinking about going back on the insulin pump. Well I just wanted to check in.. I've missedd you guys.. It feels like forever since I last wrote! I better do some work, talk to ya'll later! :smug:

Hi all,

I'm doing good. I got in a 1-mile watp today and 2-mile yesterday. I have been doing pretty good w/ food, probably could have gotten a little more h20 in this weekend. Tomorrow is weigh-in, I'm feeling fairly confident. So glad the holiday parties are out of the way and things can get back to normal.

WW, Sounds like a nice new years eve. Mine was ok too, I pretty much stayed on track w/ the drinks and food too so I was happy. I got all my Christmas stuff boxed up too now just have to haul it all down to the basement (yuck).

Allison, Yikes, that sounds terrible about Sat. night. Does that happen often? Do you have to go seek medical attention when it does? Well anyway, congratulations about the weight loss. We missed you too.

Where is everyone else:mag: ????

mj

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hello everyone ,i haven't been here in a while well i was here had a long post written then it said i wasn't long in (ugh) and i was but i haven't had much time to be online with the kids home (they want the computer lol) well last week i went to ww and i lost 2.2 pounds couldn't belive it and i thought i gained well i hope it keeps going down , i started to walking on my tread mill this week been doing 20 mins and riding my x-bike 10 on that and boy was my back hurting but it will quit in a few days i hope well have to go talk at ya'll later oh and happy new year to all:)

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Hello ladies:

I read some of your posts and see that most have common ages and weight goals. I'll introduce myself first, Maureen from Connecticut, 38, married and have two children boy 11, girl 9 and work full time. I've dieted in the past WW and Atkins. I'm thinking of doing something similar to a WW plan. Increasing my fruits and veggies and cutting back on fat and sugar. My husband wants to do it as well so that should help. I need to lose about 50 lbs for now. I haven't weighed myself in months but I figure I'm between 210 and 220 which is my all-time high :( I'll weigh in this week. I was slow at work today and came upon this website. It looks similar to atkinsfriends.com which I used to be a member of. I enjoy the support and socializing on a board. Can you tell me is it alright if I/we post some of our daily menus to share ideas or do you prefer to keep your menus private because of people doing different types of diets?

I need a day or so to get myself organized and prepared with some health food and then I'll start posting daily. Each diet has ended with me always gaining my weight back (usually 30 pounds)...I know, I know, I'm not alone with this! This time around I'm going to try to add some exercise which will be a first for me. I suffer from a bad back/hip but I received a pilates machine recently and it seemed to help...although I haven't been on it in weeks :o

I'm looking forward to chatting with everyone and sharing success stories! Are you all from down South? When I have more time, I'll try to read back further, hope I'm not being rude to any men on the thread, but it appeared to be all women from my quick look.

Maureen