Hello all! You guys all did so good with your eating, way to go!!:cp:

I have no one but myself to blame for my eating :ink: :yikes: I've got to just accept it and realize I can only do better tomorrow. My husband opted to work a 2nd shift for OT today and my son went home with my parents yesterday. this morning wasn't too bad, my husband and I went to get our Christmas tree. Ended up being a little more $$$ than had hoped but, am pleased to say he and I worked ok together (for once, ha) and got the 14' beast in the stand, in the house and now ready to be decorated. It's pretty cool how big it is, hopefully it'll fall out good and been a good pick. THEN...we ate leftovers......and I've pretty much been in bed ever since after lunch when he left for work.

Now I need to find some energy and do some house cleaning :tantrum: and maybe get some energy and do the 2 mile walk tape. I did manage to do the tape yesterday morning. Had my mom do it with me. I think maybe I'll get her one for Christmas. I'd really like to see my mom lose, she has been up/down her entire life and is probably 100 lbs over weight. She's a breast cancer survivor, 6 yrs I believe now, and has some other health issues and her drs are begging her to change her eating habits and lower her weight. I"d like to have her around for many more years, not to mention my son ADORES her!

Yes, I like the idea of putting on other music while doing the tapes. I was hoping to be able to play the tape and have the music come through on the dvd player but if I switch the auxillary to dvd/cd well then no picture appears on the tv screen as the tv is now searching for that input source. Whole thing is confusing and irritating and I'm not about to ask Brian to see if he can figure something else out on that mess because what it took to get it to work now was a nightmare. So I had thought about using my son's walkman and doing it, well gee after finding it, ain't it broke, grrrr. So.... that's on my Santa list, course I need a new cell phone so my husband sent me a link last evening of a couple new phones with mp3 players, that might be cool. Anyone heard, seen, used or know anything about them?

Ok, I've been procrastinating enough, plus my dogs are whinning for food, you'd think they'd be starving or something, gosh what a life!

Big Congrats again to everyone for keeping on track:bravo: I can only hope for a better day ahead.

Debbie

Ok, confession time:^: I have a few retractions to make concerning yesterday. Ok so I didnt have the desserts at lunch...welllll, I ended up going BACK to my Dad's and ate a huge piece of pecan pie!! Then I didnt feel like exercising so I didnt get any in at all except that few min of basketball.:( Planned on doing some before work this morning, but my son had twin friends over and they slept in the living room where my AirWalker is. I didnt want to wake them up so I didnt do it. (again) I still havent ruled out doing it tonight. Just have to see how the night goes. There are 3 people in my Dept at work, and today one was out of town and the other came in but 5 min later was sick and vomiting. I told her to GOOOO!! I didnt want that stuff! That meant I had it all to do by myself and I'm tired. 10 hr day and I never took a break once, not for lunch or anything. Did not have one bite of anything until I got home tonight around 6:30. (not that I needed it after yesterday!) Had my soup and salad again when I got home. It's not that I love soup so much, it's just that I made such a big batch that I've been eating on it for days.

The eating I did yesterday should teach me a lesson. I felt really yuck by bedtime. I had so much more energy and felt better in general the days when I was eating right. I could tell a huge difference yesterday. Tomorrow we have our other 2 get-togethers. I'm going to try to stick to turkey and veggies at lunch. Going to skip the heavy stuff if I can possibly resist it. Tomorrow night we're having lighter foods like chip/dip, chicken salad sandwiches, etc. Of course there'll be plenty of desserts also. It's really easier for me to pass those up than the chip/dip. I LOVE chips/dip...I cant even keep them in the house because I can demolish them all in one sitting.

Lynda, I love this place too! I'm so glad you all joined me here.:) Congrats on another 1.5 lb!

Debbie, you're on the ball. I havent even thought about getting my Christmas tree out yet. I got one of those fiber optic ones last year. It was a $199 tree and I got it for 20.00 at a store that was going out of business.

Emjay, good for you for doing your WATP tape even on Thanksgiving:bravo: I think if you copy and paste this link in your address bar, you'll be on the page where it tells how to do the tracker.
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56332
It sounded complicated at first but really wasnt. I think they're cute.

Have any of you ever gone into the chat room here?( if there is still one here..I guess I should check that out) When I used to come here before, there was a chat room just for members of 3FC. If it's still here, we should set up a time maybe at least once a week when we could all meet there to chat together! I think it would be fun!

Brandy and Shawna, missed ya'll today! Hope I didnt leave anyone out. If so, it was completely unintentional. I love hearing from ALL of you!

Better go for now.

Miki

Hey, Emjay, I dont think you even need to copy and paste that link...just click on it right there in my post and it should take you there.

Hello Ladies! I post in the TOPS and Support forums, usually listing my food and exercise daily and wanted to jump in here too.

I have done really well since starting my plan towards a healthier me...losing over 20 pounds in under a month but I feel so hormonal that I can't stop feeling like I have bloated up 10 POUNDS :o and I am worried about my weigh-in on Wednesday. I've been haing a losing streak (5.25 pounds last week!) and I don't want to stop losing! Even if it's 1/2 a pound on Wednesday I will be grateful. I have been exercising but feel like I need to step it up even more to continue my losses. I guess I am just stressed out and feeling worried about regaining weight. Anyone relate?

Hi Everyone,

I am so glad I did not host either Thanksgiving dinners yesterday, because I had no left overs today. Usually I'm eating the very stuff we fear for 2 or 3 days after. But I did have some guests over tonight and we ordered pizza, not too much better I guess. But I have vowed to myself not to eat any leftover pizza tomorrow. What my husband doesn't eat tomorrow is going in the trash. Pizza is a big temptation for me.

I did not excercise today, unless you consider day after Thanksgiving shopping excercise. I did make a point to park quite far from the doors of the stores I went to so I would have to walk more. I definately will do my WATP tape tomorrow. And my friend is bringing her 3 boys over to my house tomorrow to go sledding. I plan on participating in the fun. Trudging thru the snow up hill is great excercise, of course you Canada girls already know that. Ha ha.

Debbie, That is great that your mother is a breast cancer survivor. I think it is awesome when someone beats cancer. It sounds like you two could really stick together and be successful with weight loss. It is cool to have an excercise buddy, makes it less boring. I have been thinking about an MP3 player as well but don't know much about them. I'm not very savvy when it comes to downloading music. Best of luck to you for a great day tomorrow...

Miki, I think I got my weight tracker right I guess I will see after this post. Thanks for the info.

Yogini, Congratulations on your 20 lb. weight loss. Unfortunately I am just starting on my weight loss journey (for the second time in my life) so I haven't had that fear of regaining yet. But definately remember it from the past. Try not to dwell too much I'm sure it won't be as bad as you fear. Wow, how are you losing over 5 lbs. in a week. I will have to look at your other posts and take some pointers. Thanks for joining in.

Lynda, Congratulations on your weight loss. Keep up the good work.

Shawna, Good for you for going to the gym. Keep it up.

Brandy, hope to hear from you soon.

Emjay

I just started really focusing on my weight loss at the beginning of the month. I have lost 21 pounds since the beginning of November. Basically I don't eat after dark, I drink a gallon of water a day, I exercise every day for at least 30 minutes (but most days it's an hour or more) and I eat a cholesterol-free, plant-based diet (I am vegan and eat no animal products). I have lost the weight by doing all of this and being really STRICT about making ONLY the healthiest food choices. It's not easy to "always" make the best choices and the fear of regaining is partly due to that I think.

Woops, I ate the pizza a swore I wouldn't for lunch. But I did the 3-mile WATP, yay... Wow, I think that tape is really intense. Has anyone else done it and feel the same? Or.. am I just that out of shape. I will probably only do the 1 or 2 mile tomorrow. Like I said before, my focus is going to be more on doing it EVERY day if possible and not so much the duration. Not yet anyways.

Well I hope everyone is having a good day. And I will talk to y'all soon.

EMJAY

Hello.....not too bad of a day today. Unfortunately didn't get any exercise in, did get some cleaning done this morning and Brian helped out which was really nice. Son had swim practice, make-up from Thurs, so my parents brought him back down for that and then we did a little running here/there. I was able to pick up 10 more sets of lights for the tree, lol, figure I"ll probably need about 14 or more to decorate this beast. It's cool though having this huge tree towering over you.

3 mile WATP tape, yep I've done them and even when I was doing them faithfully and in pretty good physical shape (so my husband said) I'd be dragging till the end and sweating up a storm. It was definately a good work-out. I really need to figure a way to push myself back into them -- really need to find a way to find some other music to play with the tapes, music is a big motivator to me. Even when I clean I need to have some good music blarring in the background.

Well, my parents have left again with our son. So now it's just me and Brian. He says he'd like to go out and get a movie, I'd really like to just stay put, think I'd like to take a nice HOT bath, now that sounds relaxing.:cloud9:

Tomorrow I want to try to

a)EXERCISE, hopefully 2 mile walk, maybe try the 3 again, naa don't think I'm ready for that yet. That's usually what happens I go back in full-force and then I end up hating it even more than already do because I kill myself and
b)drink lots of water!

Debbie

Hello,

My day hasn't been too bad, other than I went out to a restaurant for a breakfast buffet this AM. I didn't do too bad there though, better than I would have in the recent past. Bagel for lunch, nothing for dinner yet. Did the 1-mile WATP tape and I may do it again before I go to bed. After doing the 3-mile yesterday I feel kind of guilty only doing the 1 today. My first weigh in is Tuesday and I am kind of excited because I think I have lost. Actually I know I have because I have been cheating and looking at the scale, I have to stop doing that. It can get you in trouble by being so obsessed with it. Next week I will try not to peek.

Debbie, I hope your day went well. did you get the tree all decorated. Mine is up but undecorated at this point. It is one of the pre-lit ones, so no lights to contend with though. Do you have a portable CD player or radio that you can use to do the WATP with? So you don't have to listen to them drone on and maybe spice it up again.

Where is everyone else???????


Emjay

Hi everybody! I posted last on Friday night so I've only missed one day in here really, but it seems like forever! I missed everybody:hug: Just doesnt seem right to skip a day posting.

Sounds like from the other posts that everyone is doing well so far. My weigh-in is tomorrow. Until today I've felt like I've lost, but today for some reason, I dont feel that way. Probably what I ate. Made a big pot of chili today and it was kinda salty. Kinda "bloated" feeling like I've retained water or something. Plus had those 2 get-togethers yesterday. (wore the tight pants again) I did do 45 minutes on my Air Walker this morning, though. I still havent gotten around to taking my measurements. I want to do that tonight or tomorrow because I know alot of times, there may not show a loss on the scale but an inch or two can be gone anyway.

Emjay, I'm like you...I get totally obsessed with the stupid scale instead of going by how I feel. Yesterday and even this morning, I showed a loss but tonight I showed right back to 120 so I'll be disappointed if it's still the same in the morning. (see how obsessed? I even check sometimes more than once a day!) Whoops!! 120????:rofl: OMG!!!!! Dont I wish?? Meant to type 220..sorry.:lol:

Debbie, if you found time for that HOT bath, I am sooo jealous!! :p :D Did you fit in exercise today and drink your water? I'm TERRIBLE at the water drinking and I know it makes a big difference.

Yogini, nice to meet ya.:wave: 21 lbs in such a short time is a huge accomplishment...way to go. I've been trying to cut back alot on meat...what are some things you eat alot? When I have meat, I try not to have a starch with it. I have a hard time thinking of menus for the week because it just seems natural to eat meat and potatoes or meat and rice or meat and pasta etc. I've been having fruit for breakfast every morning.

Well, I think I'll go jump back on the Air Walker. I like to know I've done it the night before in case I'm too sleepy to do it in the mornings. If I"m not too sleepy, then it's good too cuz I get in an extra workout.

Hope you all have a good Monday!

Miki

hello ladies.I am new here. This is actually my second post (yeah!) I decided I need to get healthy before it's to late. and I need to find a way to push myself alittle, in the right direction of course.

A little about me...... I am 35 married 2 kids (15,12) and just made the biggest change in my life 5 months ago, we all moved from california to Arkansas! Since I am a huge creature of habit, needless to say I am all out of whack!

But the way I see it being here, far away from my friends I will have no excuses to go out to eat all the time, besides where the heck are the restruants anyway!?!? (lol)
OK, enough for now. I will be reading and hopefully make my self accountable!
deb~

Right back at ya, Miki :carrot:

I eat a LOT of beans and lentils! High fiber and protein, low fat BEANS and LENTILS! :carrot: I even eat them for breakfast ;) I focus on eating "beans and greens"...lots of veggies (especially green and cruciferous ones) and some things like Hemp Protein Powder are staples of mine. Basically I eat for health, first and foremost and for pleasure secondly. It's working so far! The bigest challenge for me is cutting out the fat...I've been doing it but I CRAVE fat! I LOVE a big bowl of brown rice with soy sauce and a little vegan margarine! I haven't had anything like that all month. I am going to be experimenting with adding in a small portion of those things on my "high calorie" day and see what happens. Part of me feels like I am an addict and I have to stay away from such things completely, lest I awaken the fat/sugar/salt monster! :dizzy:

Welcome Deb,

I'm glad you joined us. I think you will really love this website. So far (a little over a week) it has given me a lot of motivation that I was lacking. I hope it does the same for you. Hope to hear back from you soon.

Hello to everyone else, not much time to post now. I will check back in later.

Emjay

Well, a week has gone by already and that only means one thing....weight in night. ARgh. I'm scared. I've been doing so well, and yet last week I only lost half a pound. Sooo, I'm just hoping this week will be an AWESOME loss..I'll post once I'm home.

Hello everyone, just think positive Shawna, good luck. Congrads!!!! to you Yogini, 21 pounds fantastic, keep up the good work. You are very motivated, you will help keep us on track. Can you tell me more about the Hemp Protein Powder, how do you eat it, where do you buy it??
Lynda

Check out my ticker ladies!!!! Down 2.5 pounds this week...woohoo. I am so glad that my hard work paid off.

Hello Ladies!
 

Hello Ladies! Thought I would drop in on your thread & check it out. Thanks for the invite Miki.

A little background for you all: I am 35, and have lost 37 lbs. over the past year. I get 60 minutes of walking in each day (walk to & from work), and do pretty well with the food on most days. What I suck at is drinking all my water. Right now my biggest challenge is losing & re-gaining the same 2 lbs. over the past couple of months. Sometimes it comes back even if there is no good reason. So, I'm really trying to tighten my belt and get more strict with myself. I would like to get back into a regular weight loss again (I still have 48 more to lose!).

Miki, that Fit For Life thing sounds interesting. Right now I just count my calories & watch my fat & salt, but I already only eat fruit until noon...just because I like fruit for breakfast.

Yogini, my brother's gf is a Vegan. Do you have any good reliable internet sources for vegan dinner recipes? She is always a part of our family gatherings and with Christmas dinners coming up soon, I'd like to participate by providing some of the vegan dishes we will need (to give my mom a break from some of the cooking).

Well, talk to you ladies later!

Hi everybody...this will be short and sweet...got a headache and going to try to get to bed early. Today was weigh-in at our house. I lost 2 lbs. That's an accomplishment I guess for Thanksgiving week, but I was a little irritated...my son and hubby both lost more than me and they both cheated LOTS!! (not just Thanksgiving Day either) Plus hubby has not exercised ONCE! Just not fair that it comes off quicker for men.:p He lost 3 lbs and my son, Luke who is 13, lost 5. Luke needs to lose about 40 lbs. He's a big boy...well over 200 lbs and 5 ft.9 inches tall already. I was actually proud for him because honestly I'd rather him lose than me. Kids can be cruel, ya know, especially at that age.

Congrats to everyone else who lost this week! Anyone who may not have, DONT GIVE UP! All of us will have down times.

Oh sorry CwbyDeb, just noticed your post as I was scrolling down.:welcome3: I'm in Arkansas also...been here my entire life. My cousin (and best friend)who also lived here her entire life just moved to CA 2 yrs ago. Strange huh? lol. It's like ya'll traded places. What part of AR are you in? S.E. corner here. We're glad to have you join our group. Drop in anytime!

Dont really have time for individual posts to everyone. I'll post more soon tho.

Miki

Shawna, 2.5 lbs. that is awesome. You're right, hard work does pay off, especially with weight loss. Keep it up girl.

Miki, I am so proud of you. I can't beleive it 2 lbs. over Thanksgiving week?!? Imagine, just a week ago you and I were discussing how we would just like to maintain over the holidays. Nope not going to happen, we're gonna lose. That will be such a nice headstart for the whole new years resolution business. Wonderful news about your hubby and son too, however, don't ever compare yourself with a man when it comes to weight loss. It just doesn't work.

WW, Hello and welcome to you. The 37 lbs. you have already lost will be a great motivator for the rest of us. And maybe we can help motivate you to continue losing. Hope to hear from you soon.

Hello to everyone else. Hope everything is going well.

Emjay

Hi Everyone!! :carrot:

I was just reading some of your posts, and it seems like a good group to be a part of. I need some motivation. You all seem like such nice, supportive people... and I would like to get to know ya'll.

A little bit about me...

I am 19 (almost 20) years old and I live in Central Wisconsin. I am 5'10 and I weigh about 160 pounds. I guess this is a normal weight range.. but I would like to get into shape and start eating healthier. I also have Type 1 (juvenille) diabetes (had it since i was 12).. yeah that is the kind that requires daily injections.. :tantrum: . I also have thyroid disease and Addison's disease (very low blood pressure due to the failure of some gland.. :?:) I actually just got out of the partying phase.. that was not good for my health and basically it just got old. I go to the gym at least 3 times a week with a friend from work.. we have been going for about 2 months (we get a free membership through work) and I love the way I feel after working out. I work at an insurance company in a call center... it is a good job, I will eventually go back to school... probably for nursing.. but I just needed a break after high school. Also, my boyfriend is in the Marines, I just flew down to North Carolina to visit him about 3 weeks ago. We've been together for about 8 months. It's really hard being away from him.

Well anyways, sorry I was blabbing on... enough about me. I would really enjoy getting to know all of you!! Thanks for listening... and I am here for any of you.. I am a pretty good listener! :shrug:

I've definitely found the group for me :comp: The more I read your posts, the more I see I'm not that abnormal in my thoughts and actions. Especially enjoyed the scale obsession, ha, there can't possibly be someone more obsessed with those stupid scales than me. Explain to me how I can get on the scales one day and the next morning I'm down 7 lbs!!! I know, everyone says it's water retention. But boy talk about depressing seeing the scales go up like that. I'm so horrible with the scales that for awhile I'd make my husband hide the scales, and then when he'd be off doing something else and I'd get the need to just know, I'd be tearing the house apart till I found them. Now that's obsessed :dizzy:

Miki I totally hear you about trying to lose and have the hubby not even try and weightloss :stress: We've been married 16 years and all the years I've know him, yep he's worn the same size and been within the same 10 lbs up/down. Soooo jealous here :tantrum: I hear you about your son and how cruel kids can be. My son is 8, soon to be 9 (1/10) and I just hate how he's taking after me, he's 4'6" and 115 lbs. I so badly didn't want him to live the same feelings of inadequacy because he doesn't fit the "perfect" world mold. I often question why couldn't he have taken after his dad who has never had a weight issue. He gets decent exercise,we have him in a swim club which requires two nights a week of hour long practices and they are constant back and forth doing laps. I got in that pool once and thought hey this doesn't look that hard, thought I can do this :strong: Well.....half way down one length (25 yrd) I was dead :yikes: So it's definitely good exercise for him. He just eats too much, he eats like an adult and I just don't know how to lower his amounts as he's truly hungry, he doesn't do much snacking and we try not to keep bad stuff in the house that often. Unfortunately if it's there I can't just have a little, I've got to eat it until it's gone. Hope you're feeling better today.

Well, I've finished my first 32 oz cup and of course I've gotta run run run now and then back at it -- I'm at work.

Hope everyone has a great day! :)

Debbie

Well today was my weigh in day. And here is the good news. I am down 3 lbs. Yippee. I really didn't think I could do it when I started on this website a little over a week ago. Okay, does anyone know how to efficiently adjust the weight loss tracker so it doesn't change all of them throughout my posts? Is that possible? In other words, do you have to totally redo it everytime you want to update it? I would appreciate any help I could get with this. Thanks.

Welcome Allison, It sounds like you are off to a great start with excersice and all. I am 34 and I would tell anyone your age to start an excercise regime now and continue it for the rest of your life. And maybe you won't ever get fat like me. It sounds like diet will be an important part of your life too, with the health obstacles you have. Good thing you have your head on straight. Oh yeah, the nursing thing sounds great too, go for it.

Debbie, I am glad to hear you are getting motivated. I'm a water-retainer too and I think people like us should stick to our program and only look at the scale once a week. If you can do it, I can...

Hello to everyone else, hope your day is going great.

Emjay

Hi Everyone!

I hope everyone's day is going good so far! ;) Mine's pretty good. I did alright today with the trying to eat healthier thing. For breakfast I had some Raisin Bran and a glass of milk, then for lunch I had a turkey sandwich on wheat bread, and for snacks I had an apple and an orange. I slipped up once and I ate some chocolate :p I am going to go the gym tomorrow after work. I didn't go today because the roads are pretty bad here. I will do the gazelle when I get home though.

Last night I ordered Leslie Sasones' walk away the Pounds dvd pack. I've heard some good things about it, and since I live in Wisconsin, and it is winter, It will be nice to be able to do some exercise in my own home.

Well I just wanted to check in and say Hi to everyone! Hope you are all good! :wave:

Hi everybody!:D

Ok, our group is growing by leaps and bounds (which I love by the way), and I am having trouble keeping all the names straight. We have 2 Debbie's right? If ya'll dont mind, I am going to use the "user Id's" instead of real names so I can keep straight who said what and who I"m replying too. Is that ok?

That said....Welcome Sweetn'Crazy.:balloons: I think it'll be great to have the input of someone younger than the rest of us. Sounds like you are much wiser than I ever was at your age. Stick with what you're learning now and you won't have the struggle the rest of us are having later in life. I promise you'll be glad you did. 160 lbs sounds like a good weight for your height. I am just under 5 ft 8 inches and my goal is to be around that or a little under. Way to go with your gym workouts and eating healthy! I know you must miss your boyfriend lots so until he's able to be home, you can always come visit with us.:)

Emjay, 3 lbs??!! Whooohoo! You did awesome for a Thanksgiving week! I'm so excited we actually did better than just "maintaining". Who woulda thought it? :lol: Oh, on the tracker thing, what I did was just went to where that first signature code was..ya know the one you used to make it in the first place? When you go back in there under "user cp" just choose "edit signature." Then on it, I just deleted that last number replacing it with my current weight. Then just be sure to save it. Didnt have to recopy and paste. It will change on all your posts at that time, though, past or present. I only know that because way back when I added this pic to mine, one day I went back in my old thread a few months to look something up from a previous post and there was a pic on it also. When I did my tracker, I noticed it was on the posts all the way back to the beginning of this thread also, not just the one from that day.

WannaB...I laughed so hard at your post.:rofl: I've done the same thing having the scales hid...I've even tried to hide them from myself thinking if I put them out of sight, I'd leave them alone. Nope doesnt work. I understand what you're saying about your son getting exercise and still being overweight. I believe it has got to be partly genetics because my older son, Josh who is 2 yrs older than Luke, is also 5 ft 9 but only weighs 160. Ok, they have the same parents and I've never fed them different foods but one is slim and the other overweight...over 60 lbs difference between them. My husband's father is tall and slim exactly like Josh while his grandfather was built identical to Luke. Seems unfair huh?

How did everyone else's day go? Havent heard from WW, Shawna, Homemade, Cwbydeb or Yogini today yet.

I have one son sitting here waiting to use the net and the other waiting for the phone (we have dialup) so I guess I better go for now. I swear teenage boys are as bad as teenage girls;)

Talk again soon
Miki

Hello all!

Emjay...congrats on the loss! Good job. Miki, I'm glad I'm not the only one that gets confused on the names easily. Until I get the hang of it, hope everyone is cool with me occasionally mis-spelling your name....I'll get it sooner or later. Yeah, it's okay to call me Wonder Woman, or WW for short. That's my real name anyway :D Just kidding.

Today was a busy day at work. Only got 1/2 my workout as I had to take the bus home today to speed up the process. I was only home for a couple of hours before I had to go back again. Yuck...I really hate going in at night for a project. I guess it's not too bad. There is a 3-hour minimum on overtime, and I only had to work for 35 minutes...but I still get paid for the entire 3 hours (mmmm.....christmas money).

I ate pretty well today. Also, tonight I tried a recipe for mini cranberry phyllo tarts from a Diabetic living magazine. (I'm not diabetic, but my mom is so I'm trying to learn some new treats for her). They are great, only 29 cals per tart with 0 fat. Okay...they are really small, but quite yummy. The only thing is I need to work on the phyllo dough part. It's kind of hard to get it to all stick together properly. Oh well, practice makes perfect!

Anyways...I am going to go surf around a bit more. Talk to you all later!

May I join you, ladies? I am 47 and a returning 3fc. I'd lost 44 lbs earlier this year, but after weighing last night, I discovered that about 18 of them found me since August. So I'm back, because the accountability and encouragement of 3fc makes a huge difference for my efforts.

I am diabetic and have long had a thyroid condition. Learning that my little bro also now is facing diabetes sort of made me put my head back on regarding the carelessness of my own eating habits. I can't afford to put my head in the sand about my health (especially if it is really cocoa and sugar instead of sand).

I can do well if I exercise and stay COMPLETELY away from chocolate. It shouldn't be so hard, but it is. My DH has suggested that perhaps my absolute craving chocolate is from being allergic to it. Given how many other allergies I have, he may have a point.

I just got back from the gym where I did 32 minutes (204 cal ) on the treadmill. I like to listen to a praise tape while I walk. My eating plan includes eating every three hours to keep my blood glucose levels stable (ff yogurt or fruit between regular meals). That seems to keep away the diet headaches I'd struggled with so badly when I'd tried to diet before. I try for at least 1/2 gallon of water a day. I splurge once a week for a guilt free dinner out to keep myself from feeling deprived.

Thanks!

May I join you, ladies? I am 47 and a returning 3fc. I'd lost 44 lbs earlier this year, but after weighing last night, I discovered that about 18 of them found me since August. So I'm back, because the accountability and encouragement of 3fc makes a huge difference for my efforts.

I am diabetic and have long had a thyroid condition. Learning that my little bro also now is facing diabetes sort of made me put my head back on regarding the carelessness of my own eating habits. I can't afford to put my head in the sand about my health (especially if it is really cocoa and sugar instead of sand).

I can do well if I exercise and stay COMPLETELY away from chocolate. It shouldn't be so hard, but it is. My DH has suggested that perhaps my absolute craving chocolate is from being allergic to it. Given how many other allergies I have, he may have a point.

I just got back from the gym where I did 32 minutes (204 cal ) on the treadmill. I like to listen to a praise tape while I walk. My eating plan includes eating every three hours to keep my blood glucose levels stable (ff yogurt or fruit between regular meals). That seems to keep away the diet headaches I'd struggled with so badly when I'd tried to diet before. I try for at least 1/2 gallon of water a day. I splurge once a week for a guilt free dinner out to keep myself from feeling deprived.

Thanks!

Hello Everyone!!

How is everyone today?? I'm alright. I hope everyone else is doing good.

Thanks for the warm :welcome3: Miki ! I hope I can get some guidance from all of you. I just really want to get on the right track to be healthy. I am on my break at work right now and I am eating an apple. I don't really feel good today though, I have kind of a headache.

Well I just wanted to say Hi to everyone. I hope you are all doing good! Also a big :welcome2: to Sea. I am also diabetic, so it will be nice to talk to you because I also have thyroid disease.

Well I will talk to you all tomorrow ~~ Have a good day! :D

Ok, I"m bent over and ready for it....somebody me that cyber kick I deserve:^: I'm still at work, it's almost 7 pm...I've been here since 8 am once again with no lunch break. I'll be here probably at least another hour. Not that I'm really busy, just at the moment I'm having to wait for something to print that takes FOREVER and cant leave until I'm sure it finishes. Anyway, I had a banana and apple for breakfast and had my homeade vegetable soup again for lunch but that was before noon. My co-worker and I are starving soooo...she looks in the breakroom and all there was to eat was CAKE! Guess you know what happened next huh...yes we ate a piece of it. :o (in fact, to make matters worse, I just stopped typing for a second to finish the last bite:s: ) But dont kick too hard ok? 7 hrs is a long time to wait to eat!:dizzy:

I hope everyone else has more will power than I have! Brenda and I are not good influences on each other. If one of us gives in, it's over.:dizzy: I'm only having salad when I get home tho...and not one full of cheese and ham either..I promise.

:welcome2: SEA....glad you joined us! I recently gained back half of what I had lost also so you'll definitely fit in here.

Well since I'm at work, I better end for now. Probably wont get a chance to post again once I"m home but I'll be back tomorrow.

Bye for now
Miki

Miki,

I have that same EXACT problem! :halfempty I have NO will power. If it's around me, I will probably end up eating it. That is what I'm really trying to work on! It feels like I am always hungry too.. weird huh? I hope I can do this.. I just really need some motivation.. I am trying though... Well I am at work at bored... but I suppose I should go process claims or something... Talk to ya'll later! :scooter:

:nono: Okay Miki...there is your cyberkick! Well, it's only a tiny one because:
A) you didn't eat all day and by then were probably pretty hungry...in those circumstances cake would have looked great to me too and B) you had a cheating buddy with you...that always makes cake go down easier, lol. Hey, forgive yourself, it was just one piece, and your calorie levels were probably pretty low to start with. Dang! I suck at this cyberkicking thing, lol.

I did pretty good today foodwise. My big cheat was some potato salad, but I did stop at one serving...I love potatos and can't say no to them (they are my cake...I must have them). I made steak for dinner, but kept it small. Also, I broiled it instead of frying. Did I drink my water? Heck no! Exercise was bad today, it was finally too cold for me to walk to work, so 60 minutes of potential exercise down the tube. I thought in my head I would do some work on the bike to make it up, but I didn't.

Welcome to the new ladies on this thread. As there are many diabetics here, I am wondering if anohne knows of any good Christmas baking recipes? I want to make some treats for my mom this christmas (she's a type 2). That's actually the #1 reason why I'm doing this weight loss thing...I really want to avoid diabetes, it's been such a challenge for my mom that it opened my eyes a bit (her mom had it too...and I was well on my way).

Well...talk to you all tomorrow! Hope everyone has a great OP day!

I know I deserved it so....Thanks for that strict reprimand WW...;) Ok, there is a shower this morning at work for a co-worker getting married next week, but I am NOT going to eat any cake this time. I am having a veggie sub from Subway...already have it planned. Besides, I ate cake because it was all that was available..I would MUCH rather have potatoes like you. I prefer real food any day to sweets. Give me steak, fried chicken, slice of pizza or chip/dip or whatever instead of cakes and cookies any time.

When I got home last night, I had salad of lettuce, spinach, carrots, black olives, bacon bits and FF Cheese with FF Ranch dressing. Oh and some corn on the cob, no salt or butter added. Then later believe it or not, I actually did 30 min on my AirWalker. I honestly didnt think I could do it because I was really tired but I made it. All in all, I dont think the cake did too much harm. (this time...dont wanna make it a habit tho)

Sn'Crazy, we just have to stick together with the will power thing. If we start to eat we have to remember, "If I do, I will have to confess to the 'chicks' and possibly suffer one of WW's terrible cyber kicks.":lol: (thanks for not being too hard on me, WW:) ) Remember..Accountability!

Hope to hear from everyone else again soon. It's almost 7 and I havent made it to the shower yet and have to be at work by 8...it's a 15 min drive so I better get in a hurry. Everyone have a good day!

Miki

Hey, I took a shower and used deodorant too so why does it look like everyone has left me here all by myself??? :?:
Strange coming and finding that noone has posted today but me..what's up with that??

Foodwise has been pretty good today. Havent exercised yet but about to. Have no excuse since I dont need to use the time replying to any new posts:p

Hope everyone had a good day! Check in soon..I miss everybody.

Miki

Hello! I am here with my fierce cyberkicking powers, lol.

Miki...you are a fellow potato lover! I eat them quite a bit, but find I have to be careful because they can easily get me in trouble. When I started a year ago, I had to cut potato chips down to a 0. It was the hardest sacrafice ever. It's like that commercial, "betcha can't eat just one"....well, no, I can't just eat one, I require the entire bag. A year later, I can dip my hand into the bowl without gorging...but it's still hard.

Posting late today. Got off work and had to drive across town to pick up a package. Once I got said package....I realized I forgot my purse at the office...so back across town we go. Eeep. Then, groceries, then make dinner, now it's relaxing time and it's almost 9:00!

I feel bad tonight too. A kid came to my door trying to sell a newspaper subscription. He started by giving me a free paper. Inside I'm rolling my eyes, but I figure he's a young boy, I'll let him give his speech. I politely decline the sales pitch. He presses on. I say no thanks..this time firmly. He wants to know why. I explain I buy my paper on the way to work and I don't need a subscription. He continues to hound. I hear 3 different prepared speeches from him on why I should buy a paper. The kid would not take no for an answer. Meanwhile, my cat is poking her head through trying to get out into the halll, my dinner in the oven is done & I need to get it out...and still this kid won't stop with the speeches or even listen when I say no. I really don't want a subscription...the paper will arrive at my door long after I leave for work, and it will get stolen to boot (I'm in an apartment building). Finally, frustrated...I just say "you know what? Here you go...", then I set the "free" newspaper on the floor, say goodbye & close the door. I wasn't mean, I didn't yell or anything, but I really had to go and I can only say no so many times. But...I'm racked with guilt. I closed the door on a kid! Okay, he wasn't in the door or anything, lol...but I feel bad that I couldn't make him understand my answer was final without having to take that kind of a step. This is probably the kids first job ever...I can't stop feeling racked with guilt for ending the conversation so abruptly.

Honestly though...the newpaper calls quite often, and it drives me crazy. Not to mention, I have one hundred million telemarketers constantly calling (Saturday mornings are the worst, I can get 6 calls from different companies in the space of one morning).

So...am I a bad person? I just can't take all these constant sales pitches!

Whew, this post is kind of long, so I'll end it here. Signing off...racked with guilt...

OMG! I just got on this site, LOGGED IN, typed my post (a lengthy one I may add), went to submit my reply and it said I was not logged in and took me to a spot to log in which I did but my post is nowhere to be found. Argh!

Now I am tired of typing and ready for bed. So in a nut shell:

Welcome back Sea, so glad to have you join us. We need all the help and support we can get. And hopefully we can support you too.

WW, I think you were far nicer to the saleskid than most people would have been, especially after a long day. Hopefully he learned a lesson from you and can spare himself a far more harsh experience with someone else.

Miki, No guilt about the cake yesterday. Guilt can be destructive when dieting. You are doing great!

Excersice for me today was line dance lessons. I tell you what, that works up a sweat.

Hope everyone else is doing fine.

Emjay

hello guys, sorry been really busy at work, glad to read all the new posts and see all the great new people, way to go!!!! together we can do this, I weighed in tonight at TOPS and I am down again, only 1/2 pound but I will take it, I received a charm for losing 5 pounds, my first one. Welcome Sea.
Well I have to confuss too, I made my husband go out and buy me some fried chicken, he couldn't believe it even, but you know I have been very good for the past couple of weeks I thought just this one time wouldn't be too bad, what I found was I really didn't enjoy it as much as I thought i would. I find I am really thinking of the food I put into my body more and not wanting some of the greasy foods I usually want, that is my downfall, not cakes, cookies or sweets, the greasier and saltier the better.
Anyway I guess if you's are giving out cyber kicks, I had better bend over, hehe

Lynda

Lynda, Congratulations on the weight loss. That is awesome! I agree with you I have been physically feeling much better since I have been more conscience of the food I am eating. And then when you slip up and eat one bad thing you regret it. But...deprivation isn't good either, sometimes you have to feed your cravings so they don't get out of hand. Good job on the weight loss.

Emjay

Hello ladies.

Well, got home from work much earlier today. Yay! It's Friday! I love Friday, in fact, I love Friday the best when it's 4:30. I don't have to come in and work at all this weekend...I'm going to shut my cell phone off. :carrot:

Don't know why I'm in such a good mood. Maybe because Christmas is coming, and I've got a lot of shopping done. Still a lot more to do though.

Today I was pretty behaved with food. Fruit for breaky, fruit & a bagel for lunch, going to have a tiny little steak with veggies for dinner. I did dip into the chips & salsa, but only a handful of chips. Plus, they are organic chips and fairly healthy salsa, so only a tiny little cyberkick for me. I rented The Skeleton Key to watch tonight....so I'm guessing it will be a snacking on popcorn kind of night.

Lynda, I understand what you said about not enjoying the greasy chicken as much as you had anticipated. I went McDonalds free for one entire year (it started when I watched SuperSize Me last year). In fact, I didn't go to any of the big fast-food burger chains. Well, I had McDonalds for the first time last October when we were in Montreal. I was really shocked with how bland it tasted. The fries didn't taste anything like I remember, nor did the Big Mac. In fact...I found it had very little taste at all...so I haven't been back. Sometimes all it takes is a little time to break the addiction...then you realize it was nothing like you remembered.

Congrats on the loss by the way. Good Job!

Hi all,

Didn't do too bad w/ food today, until dinner. Went out to dinner to a grill your own steak restaurant with the hubby. We split a steak and I eat very little of it, but I overdo a little on the fried potatoes and sauteed (in butter) portabello mushrooms. Oh yeah and a few mixed drinks (with diet coke though). I made sure I did the 1 mile WATP before we went. I'm going to try to do the 3-mile tomorrow.

Hope everyone had a great Friday!

Emjay

p.s. I have to rent supersize me. Can you beleive I have yet to see it?!?!

Hi everybody. Glad to come back and find lots of posts! I didnt make it in here myself yesterday. Had a busy day at work then last night we had a town Christmas thing where all the merchants stay open later with sales, and churches and organizations have booths set up down the streets with things like homemade chili, hot chocolate, fried twinkies etc. Didnt splurge on anything except the hot chocolate. Afterward, my friend Brenda and I went to Western Sizzlin and had chicken tips w/bell peppers/onions and asked to have our potato replaced with salad. It was really good and I was glad we didnt give in to fast food or the stuff at the square.

Never got in any exercise yesterday but we walked alot at the Christmas function. Havent done any yet today either but I will before the night's end. I'm really feeling good about Monday's weigh-in. I have eaten and exercised better this last week than I have in over 6 months.

I dont really have time to address any individual posts but I'm really glad to hear from all of you. Hope you all have a great weekend and I'll check in again before the weekend is over.

Miki