Not too bad with eating today. But I am going out to dinner again tonight, my sisters work Christmas party. Late notice so I was unable to do my 3mile WATP due to time crunch. But I'm going to do the 1-mile right now before I go. I love how fast it is to do it. I really have a hard time finding an excuse not to do it. And I feel as though I have really done something afterward. I'm going to try not to splurge too badly on the food tonight. I'll let you know tomorrow.

Hope to hear from everyone soon.

Emjay

Hi Everyone,

I havent been here in a couple of days. I've been doing pretty good with the eating thing, except I had a couple of cookies yesterday... :nono: Yesterday my Dad and I went to Sears (he wants to lose some weight too) and he bought an eliptical machine and a really nice exercise bike.. I couldnt believe it, so I am super excited to be able to actually do this stuff at home instead of going to the gym.

Miki, good job on the not splurging at your christmas thing :carrot:

Well I just wanted to check in and say Hi to everyone.. Have a good day!

Good morning all.

Didn't get a chance to stop in yesterday. It was due to laziness, lol. Spent yesterday going out for breakfast (standard Saturday am activity), then came home to "clean" (ha ha ha ha ha), watched TV, fell asleep, then did a run out to Walmart (had to visit the local evil corporation to pick up some makeup), then out to the company Christmas Party. It was a nice party, the food was very good (turkey was really nicely done)...then we went out for coffee after. Exciting eh? Oh yea, I stayed up until 3:00 am loading all my favourite songs from my CDs into my Ipod shuffle. It's the smallest, cheapest Ipod you can buy (no screen, 512 mb)...and it still ate all the music I had with room for more. Amazing.

Good news for me today...2 lbs dead and gone. Well, I tend to go up and down and up and down...so I hope this is down for good. It does mean I'm no longer fighting with the same 2 lbs...this is a NEW 2lbs! So, I am pretty happy for now.

Allison, I'm excited for you about the machines. I tried an eliptical once...hurt my knees, but an amazing workout for my heart. The bike sounds nice too, I'm happy for you!

Emjay, how was the Christmas Party? Hope you had fun. I did splurge a little at mine...I had a dessert and 2 drinky poos! It was a chocollate/rasberry mouse (moose? lol). I enjoyed it though, I won't let it kill my will for the rest of the week. Hope you had fun at yours too.

Miki, good job not giving in to the treats at the event. I have never seen a fried twinkie in real life...but I saw one on TV and it looked weird. I've always been glad they haven't made it big here in Calgary...because I would have to try it just to see what it was like (& if it was good I'd be in trouble, lol).

Well, today is a day of cleaning (no really, this time I have to). Laundry is on the go & ready to be switched over. Have a great day all!

I have done very well with food today. Most of the day I was on a holiday home tour in the town I live in, so really no time to eat. Came home ravished and had a deli ham sandwich with a slice of mozzarella cheese on the super healthy wheat bread (you know the kind that one slice weighs about 3 lbs.) and a few tortilla chips. Haven't excercised yet today but did a ton of walking on the tour, I still plan on getting my 1-mile WATP in yet though.

WW, Congratulations on the weight loss, that is great. Keep up the good work! You sound like you hate house work as much as I do. I dread it and have to force myself to do it usually. I think it is why I entertain so much, then I have to clean, lol.

Allison, I am so jealous of you for getting an eliptical machine. I would love one, it is my favorite thing at the gym (when I used to go). If you spend any amount of time on that daily you will be in great shape in no time.

Miki, Congrats on not overdoing it at the christmas thing. I'm with WW I have never tried a fried twinky before and I don't think I ever will. It sounds dangerous! Have you ever had one? Are they good? I have a friend that has never tried a krispy kreme donut before, how smart is that? Unfortunately I have and I love them and ususally cannot eat just one. Sometimes it makes sense not to try something for the first time if you know it is bad. Easier said than done though.

Hello to everyone else! Hope you are all fine.

Emjay

Hey there!
Once again I am running sooo late this morning! Another quick post but just had to let ya'll know about my weigh-today...I lost 4 lbs!:goodscale :dancer: Skipping that twinkie was definitely worth it and by the way, I have never tried one. Just couldnt seem to give up that many calories for it altho they looked really good. They're on a stck like a corndog, deep fried in a batter then sprinkled with powdered sugar. Like they arent already fattening, lets add flour and grease:lol: and more sugar.

Congrats to everyone else also. Sounds like the group is doing great. At least so far even the ones of us (like me) who cheated or splurged some still know to get right back on track! That's the key...not to give up even when we mess up.

Anyway, already going to be late for work so better run.

Later!
MIKI

:bravo: Miki!! That's awesome!!! 4 pounds is definatley a pretty big accomplishment! Congratulations! :carrot:

Not much time to type right now. Didn't excercise yesterday but I better make myself tonight. I will feel awful if I don't. Did ok with eating all day today, until dinner. Four pieces of pizza, that's right I said four. Did I mention I love pizza and I was over hungry, didn't get an afternoon snack in.

Well anyways, Congratulations Miki. Four lbs. that is awesome. I hope I can do half that well tomorrow with my weigh in. Keep up the good work.

Emjay

Hello all, just popping in for my daily check in. Did very well with the eating today...actually I think I haven't eaten enough. I'm at just over 1000 calories for the day, and I usually diet on 1500...so I need to pop something into my mouth to throw a few hundred more cals in (hello non-fat ice cream sandwich!). I went shopping at lunch, and can't eat any food at my desk that is cooked, or gives off a food smell (or people will complain)....so lunch was 2 oranges, a banana, an apple pear, a juice box and a bag of snow peas. Normally I'd have a bagel or sandwich with that...but didn't have one nearby and no time to run to the kitchen.

Tonight we had Taco's for dinner, with ground turkey instead of beef. I thought I was killing myself with the calories, but it turns out the shells I bought only have 150 cals, 6 g fat & 10 mg salt for every 3 taco shells. Wow, nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be. I guess they must be baked instead of deep fried.

Way to go Miki! 4 lbs. is really great. I'm going to dream about that twinkie man...I loved them as a child...how nice of them to make them even fattier for my adulthood, lol.

Emjay, forgive the pizza. I'm the same way with it. I can't just have one slice and usually end up eating way too much of it. It is one of my favourite foods...especially greek pizza (I love olives & feta cheese).

Allison, any word on when your dad's exercise equipment will arrive? I'm excited for you!

Well, I should get to work on the dishes. If I leave it too late...they will still be there tomorrow, lol. Have a good night everyone.

Hi Everyone,

Just thought I would check in and say Hello. I didn't do so good with the food thing today. I snacked a lot, and not on healthy stuff either. I am going on the new exercise equipment tonight though, so it will help a little.

WW - Way to go on the calories for today! :carrot: We already have the exercise equipment, and my Dad is setting it up tonight. I'm so excited, I am going to use it as soon as I get home.

Emjay - Don't worry too much about the pizza... I'm in love with pizza too... I can never eat just one piece. Oh well. :dunno:

It is really cold today (about 7 degrees) which is never good. I hate winter by the way.

Well I hope everybody's day was good. I will stop in tomorrow and say hi! Have a great day! :crazy:

Hi again everybody :)

Emjay, pizza is a major temptation for me too. Finger foods, chip/dip, pizza....all that kind of stuff is what I LOVE! Just get in some exercise tonight and you'll do fine. Good luck on your weigh-in!:crossed:

WW, way to go on 2 more lbs gone! I'm envious that you have to actually look for more calories to make sure you get enough..I never have that problem.:dizzy: If you dont mind me asking...what kind of ipod did you get, where and what price range? I would love to have one but know nothing about them.

Allison, how cool your dad is buying not one but two pieces of exercise equipment! Maybe you two could challenge each other to make it interesting.;)

My sister and I walked 2 miles this morning at 6am. It was 22 degrees out. I had on a pair of jeans with a pair of sweatpants over them. I had on a long sleeved-shirt under a sweat jacket underneath a coat. Both of us had those toboggans (sp?) that cover your whole face with just the eyes showing. I'm sure we were scary looking. :lol: By the time we started the second mile tho, we were unzipping and peeling back the masks.

For lunch I had more soup but I didnt even find time to heat it up until almost 4:00 this afternoon. I had a banana for breakfast. Tonight I pan fried some boneless breakfast pork chops, just a little oil and onions, no flour. With that we had green beans and stewed squash. For dessert I had a fat free chocolate pudding.

Where is Linda, Debbie, Cwbydeb, Yogini, Shawna and Sea?? I hope they are all doing ok. Ya'll come back and join us!:comp: ( I hope I didnt forget anyone.)

Well, I still want to try to do my AirWalker and I havent ironed for tomorrow yet so I better get off here.

Bye for now
Miki

Just Checking In
 

Hi All I Tought I Would Check In To See How Everyone Was Doing ? Fine Here Been Watching What I Eat And Excercising. Have A Silly Cold And Been So Tired Lately. Anyways Is Everyone Staying On Task? Hope So If Not Just Remember 1 Day At A Time And If You Fall Off Jump Back On...

Hi Brandy, It is so nice to hear from you again. I'm glad your are doing well and hope you are feeling better soon. I think we are all doing great, we are moving in the right direction and losing weight. I hope you can pop in more often we would love it.

Miki, Brrr, 22 degrees. That is what it is here in MI. Is that unusual in Arkansas? All you are missing is the fluffy white stuff (snow). Well you are braver than me, I'm have been walking inside for weeks now. Keep it up!

Well today was my weigh in and I lost 2 lbs. I was so relieved (excited). Makes me want to keep going even more. Off to a good start already today with food and already did the 2-mile WATP.

WW, Good for you looking for calories. I'm with Miki it will never happen to me. But that is cool you are keeping good track so you can get enough cals in so you can lose weight. Keep it up!

Allison, How was the new equipment? What kind of elliptical trainer did you get and do you like it? If I buy anything it would be that. But I have heard not to buy too cheap of one because only the more expensive hold up. Let me know what you think. Thanks.

Hope everyone else is great.

Emjay

Hi Everyone! :) How is your day going?? I just got to work... I don't really feel all that well... but I did use the new exercise equipment last night. It was awesome!

Miki- That would be pretty cool for me and my Dad to challenge eachother, I will definatley bring that up to him. You are definatley brave for still walking outside in that weather! It is about 5 degrees here... brr :D

Emjay- The new equipment is awesome! The exercise bike is a really nice one (schwinn brand) and I really like it. The elliptical machine is a nordic-track, it is also really nice, probably the nicest one we saw. I agree with you about not buying too cheap, you might as well invest in something nice.

Well I just wanted to check in and say Hi. I hope everyone has a great day!! :D

Hello everyone! Thought I would pop in quick before my condo meeting starts. They usually run kind of late so I don't think I'll make it back online tonight.

Hey Brandy, good to hear from ya. Hope that cold goes away soon. Tis the flu season! (I've already had a bought despite my flu shot, lol). Lots of rest and feel better soon.

Emjay, congrats on the loss. Good job, good job, good job. You get a dancing carrot for that! :carrot:

Glad to hear the exercise equipment is already there & set up Allison. Sounds like you are having fun with it.

Today, my eating was rushed. I shopped at lunch time again, so for lunch snacked on an egg salad sandwich & potato salad. While one or the other would have been fine, together they pushed my calorie intake up to almost 200 (combined with all the fruits & veggies I ate today). It was a bad choice to have 2 items with so much mayonaise in them. So....I only have 300 cals left for the day. I seriously doubt dinner will only be 300 cals, so I'm looking at going over today. Oh well...it will balance out from yesterday, lol.

Well, I've got to get my paperwork together & head to that meeting. Talk to you all tomorrow!

Hello everyone:D

Brandy, welcome back! Sorry to hear you arent feeling well. Hope you get better soon.

Emjay, Hooray for 2 more lbs gone!:cheer: And to think we doubted ourselves just a couple of weeks ago. We can do this! As for the weather, honestly we never know what to expect here. It gets pretty cold at times during the winter but we rarely get snow and if we do, most of the time it doesnt stick. We get more ice then snow..YUCK. So far no precipitation at all, just cold. But last week the temp was in the 70s every day.:cool: It could easily be that warm again by Christmas. Cant plan in advance what to wear. Even in Spring, if you choose a summery Easter dress you may freeze to death or stick with long sleeves and it may be 80 degrees.

WW, you made me want to get some Nonfat Ice Cream bars. I forgot yesterday and today until I past by your post again. I gotta get me some tomorrow for nightime snacks.

Allison, you'll have to let us know what challenge you come up with for you and your Dad. Sometimes a challenge makes us lots more determined. We need to come up with some for us in here too.

I didnt get to walk this morning. My sister is having problems with her foot so she thought she better rest it today. Going to do my AirWalker in a little while. I did 20 min last night in addition to my 2 miles yesterday morning. Today I had a banana for breakfast, soup for lunch and tonight I cooked a big skillet of boneless skinless chicken breast strips w/onions and bell pepper and wrapped it in 2 whole wheat tortillas. Also had some whole kernel corn with it and a Fat Free pudding cup afterward. I'm actually too full right now.

Well, I think I'm going to check out ebay for a few minutes until I feel like I'm not to full to exercise. Talk to ya'll again soon!

Miki

PS....I keep forgetting to bring it up again but there is still a chatroom in here. Is there a time we could all meet there sometime? I think it would be fun. I dont know how I didnt see the icon for it at the top of this page. I even called myself looking there and missed it! But I checked it out and it still works.

Hello!

I had to stop back in because I realized I didn't answer your (Miki) questions about my ipod.

I have the Ipod Shuffle. It is the smallest, most basic version of ipod you can get. It retails in Canada for $129 CDN, but I've seen it on Itunes.com for $99, I'm assuming that must be American dollars. I've posted a link below so you can see what it looks like (you might have to copy & paste the link). I have the 512 MB version, but if you want to pay a bit more you can get a 1GB version. It does not have all the bells and whistles, for example, there is no screen. Honestly though, I find it quite liveable without the screen. I never needed one on my old walkmans from years before, so I certainly don't need one on my ipod.

I can fit about 120 songs on my 512 MB ipod. That's more than I need (I have 95 songs on it right now). I find it really easy to use, but make sure you follow the manual when you first load the software and all that. It plugs directly into my USB port. It works faster with USB 2.0, but I find it works fine with the USB 1.1 ports on my PC. It does require a fairly recent Operating System, only works with Windows XP or Windows 2000, so users of ME or earlier are kind of out of luck. It also works with MAC, but I'm not sure which version.

The think I like about the Shuffle is it's very basic. I open up my itunes software, put a music CD into it, select the songs I want to load, then load it into the software. Then, I plug the ipod into my USB port. After about 20 seconds a "Liesa's Ipod" icon comes up on the left, and I drag & drop the songs onto the icon. They load into the ipod, and they automatically convert my music files into a format that the ipod can read. The ipod shuffle is really not much different from a USB Memory stick...it just has player controls. Plus, I can set it to either play the music in the order it is loaded, or I can select it to "shuffle" the music, so it plays random order.

Okay...that's all I got, I should go now. I was just outside getting some dinner, and it's -23 C right now (about -9 F). BRRRRRRRRRR! Me ears are frozen!

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Hello everyone I would like to join your group here! It sounds like a lot of motivation and support and thats what I need. I have been maintaining for awhile at one wt. up or down a few lbs. But its time to get serious and lose a bit more I have 10lbs more I would like to shake off before spring. So I am trying to get motivated to do so. I have to go battle the snow covered roads to get to work in the city about 24 miles away. But I will jump on again later to get introduced better. I look forward to having this accountablity daily to lose my wt. and stay focused. Thanks,
Carol

Hello all,

Well I have sattelite internet and I just had to trudge thru about a foot of snow around my house (down a hill) to clean the snow off of it. It is the second time this year I have had to do that since the snow fell. Coming back up the hill is pretty good excercise, I'm sure I will have to do it more. So far that is all the excercise I have gotten for the day. But I plan on doing my 1 or 2 mile WATP. I haven't decided yet. I also have to go to the grocery store which I am not looking fwd to. I just can't get motivated today. I have spent most of the AM wrapping christmas gifts.

Welcome Carol, We look forward to your imput in our group. I'm from MI and dealing w/ snow covered roads right now too. We are getting dumped on right now as are you I think. Well great to hear from you. Come back soon and tell us more about yourself.

Hope everyone is having a great day...

Emjay

I am back again too!!!
 

My name is Errica and I have been a member of this site for quite a few years now. I gained alot of weight when I was pregnant with my daughter (In 1999) and lost most of it in 2001. It is now nearing the end 2005 and will be going into 2006 and I have gained all of it back plus an additional 34 pounds. Due to illness, stress and I stopped exercising. This is the heaviest that I have ever been and I definitely ready to lose weight. I just weighed myself today and I am gonna need all of the support and a buddies I can get. I do have a realistic goal date but I am more into cooking and eating healthier foods. Next summer I will be a major milestone "age 35". It's all or nothing because I am tired of yo-you dieting!!!;)

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Erricah,

Welcome back! Isn't it so frustrating when you lose weight and then gain it back again? I think that is the case for some of us on this thread. It is for me, I lost 70 lbs. about 7 yrs. ago and have gained all of it back. That is why I'm here. I got so sick of eating unhealthy and not excercising. So far I have found so much support here and it has made this journey easier to begin. Was this site instrumental for your weight loss in '01'?

Well anyways, it is good to have you here. Hope to hear from you soon...

Emjay

Hello all. Don't have much to update you with today. Eating was fine, exercise was fine...same old boring day, lol. Work was major busy today, feel like I'm falling apart sometimes, lol.

Welcome Carol, we all could always use more support, so glad to see you jump in. 10 lbs. by spring sounds like a pretty reasonable goal, I'll bet you make it!

Hello Errica, good to see you. I know what you mean with the gaining back. I've lost & gained so many times I couldn't possibly keep track, lol. But, this is the farthest I've gotten so far, so I think I'll go all the way this time. Glad you are here to do it too. We all hear you on the yo-yo dieting.

Emjay, that's quite the self serve internet service you have there, lol. Sorry, I shouldn't make fun. Being a snow hater (good think I live in Canada eh?), I should be pouring all my sympathy on you for having to dip your feet into the snow. I hope you don't have to do it too many times this year!

Well all, it's getting late here, so I should think about trudging on off to bed. Talk to you all tomorrow.

Thanks for the warm welcome.
Miki what is an airwalker? I am looking for some type of exercise equipment for home. I just don't seem to be going to the gym with the snow and all.
Yesterday I didn't have time to introduce myself really. I am a young 51 year old gram. I have 3 lovely grown children and 4 grandchildren. I don't feel like a gram yet. I love the kids and they keep me going thats for sure. They are 9,6,5 and 4. Thank goodness they live with in 5 min. and thats great. My son and his wife live in Hawaii and if all goes well I will visit with my hubby in the spring. So I would love to be 10lbs. lighter. It doesn't sound like a lot of wt. but yet it is the lbs. don't come off so easy. I have been on the sites for awhile now and pretty much at this time maintaining my previous loss. I lost around 10lbs and several inches. But still need and want to lose some more. Christmas is here and thats a tough time to lose. I am just going to try to maintain and if a loss comes thats great. I calorie count that works best for me. A few weeks ago I went off the computer and my sites no so good I over ate and didn't make great food choices. So here I am back on and I have been gaining some control ever since. I just need to be accountable or junk just gets in my way. I slip and fall not good at all for this young gram... I look forward to getting to know all of you. I work a full time job and have many hobbies.... Too many to keep up with! I love to camp, cook and bake, knit, quilt, crochet, make soap, kayak and go to the casino when I can. Never time to be bored. Oh and I am still paying for my degree late bloomer! Thats it! Thanks again for the warm greetings!

Yes, Emjay this site along with doing the Atkins diet and going to the gym 3 days a week faithfully, was instrumental in assisting me in weight. I went from 255 to 205. It stayed off for 4 months. After that, I lost my job and my daughter became sick and that was it. For the last year and a half, I have been dealing with illness (myself now) and personal stress and I am gaining, gaining and gaining. I've got to stop.
My menses has been irregular for the last five months and that has also thrown my body completely out of wack. I have been having these intense cravings for sweets. I can't follow the Atkins Diet (the first two weeks) because it is too much protein in my body. I am incorporating just enough carbs in my diet so it doesn't hurt me. I get a terrible pain in my side whenever I eat alot of protein and no carbs. As along as I eat healthy foods with carbs then I am ok.

We had our first snowfall earlier this week and it is suppose to snow again tomorrow.

Hi all,

Didn't do too bad eating wise today. Went out to dinner w/ a friend and only had a grilled chicken salad and dinner roll. And it wasn't only because it was a skinny friend either. It does feel nice not to leave a restaurant feeling over full and sick though. Did my 1-mile WATP tape. I think I will be snowed in the house tomorrow (actually today) so I don't have any excuse not to do a longer one.

Hope everyone is doing well...

MJ

I did really well eating today, however, it is 7:30PM and I am feeling hungry or feeling like eating anyways. I hope I don't blow a pretty darn good day. I have a Christmas party tomorrow night so I need to be good today for a little indulgance tomorrow. I did a 20 minute Windsor pilates tape today. I just can't force myself to enjoy pilates. I'm convinced it is only for the 110 pounders on the video. I find it painfull (back and neck), but I do feel the burn in my abs when I'm finished. But overall I feel worse after than before. I think I may try it again after I've dropped about 20 lbs or so. Has anyone else tried it?

Where is everyone??? Hope to hear from y'all soon...

MJ

Girls I had my christmas party last night. THe food wasn't to good and I did a lot of dancing first time in years. So I can count yesterday as a good day even with the baking I did. Today I am going out with the girl friends to finish shopping, seal a meal my cookies, dinner and a play out tonight. This sure is a busy weekend. Our weather is awesome no snow coming down. Roads are just wet. So I will take advantage and get out while I can. My nephew is in the play he is a senior at his high school. I am taking his gram as she doesn't drive. We will have italian food for dinner. That will be hard to keep the cals down so I will attempt to eat healthy the rest of the day. To try and keep my calories to 1500 or so. My dancing at my work christmas party had to count for some great calories burning. Hope your all doing well and I have even figured out a plan for this next monday to exercise. That has been my down fall lately.
Carol

Hello ladies. I'm still here, lol. Been missing for a couple of days though. I'm disappointed to say I didn't lose anything this week. I shouldn't let it get me down, because my weight loss moves very slowly so this is actually quite normal. I can't help but let it bug me a tiny bit though.

Went to the dr. yesterday. Nothing important, just the annual check up. The resident that saw me was quite impressed with my weight loss (the dr. office didn't know I've been losing since they saw me last year). He was even happier with how slow it was going, he was quite excited about it and said I was doing it right. I told him it could take me 3 weeks just to lose a lb. sometimes, and he quite liked that. He said the lifestyle changes will make a bigger difference than actual dieting, and that they tended to stick more. With my method it would be harder for me to gain it all back than if I were to just take 60 lbs off in six months and then go back to normal eating habits. He said it was the hardest method because people get discouraged when they hit the plateaus, but as long as you didn't lose the motivation it would always work out fine. So, that made me feel good.

Emjay, I've never tried Pilates. It looks so hard. A girl at work wanted me to go to Yoga class with her, but she said they make you stand on your head on the very first class. I can't even imagine the pain my neck would be in, so I passed. Instead, I prefer the Rodney Yee AM Yoga video/dvd for beginners. By no means is it any kind of yoga workout, it is just gentle stretching (and I even found that difficult, lol). But, after using it for a while it gets easier to stretch farther and farther. Plus, I don't feel like I am doing anything dangerous to myself that will cause pain. My legs were a bit sore after the first few tries, but just because they weren't used to stretching. I've accepted I will never be a yoga goddess, lol. But, I will be able to build my flexibility slowly with this tape...good enough for me.

Carol, sounds like you had some fun at the party. All that dancing would tire me out, lol. Enjoy your busy weekend!

Well, I need to work on cleaning today, I don't want to do it tomorrow. I'll talk to you all later!

Hi everybody. Wow, missing just two days gets me way behind on reading posts! Took me awhile to get caught up. Welcome to the newbies, Carol and Erricah:wave:

Well, my eating has still been pretty good this week but I missed two days of exercise I think. I've been cheating and looking at the scales as usual and I dont think I have lost anything this week. Of course, altho I check many times during the week, I never count it as my real weigh-in until Monday morning. Still got a little while to maybe lose a lb.:^: Going to the mall tomorrow so that should get in some walking.

Carol, my AirWalker is similar to the "Gazelle" you see advertised on television. You move your arms and legs at the same time. You just glide your feet back and forth so there isnt a big strain on your knees like on a stair stepper or something and it's much easier than a treadmill to me. It's not hard to do, almost feels like it's too easy to accomplish anything but my husband and I both have used it before and lost 50 lbs in 6 months. (which I've now gained most of back which is why I'm here now..See, Erricah, you're definitely with the right group!). Anyway, when I first got it, it seemed sooo easy at first but it gets your heart rate up and by 5 minutes I thought I was dying I was so tired. Being so overweight at the time, I honestly could only do 5 minutes the first time. I eventually worked up to an hr. Now I usually do 30 minutes each time. I like walking outdoors best, but when I cant do that, I love my AirWalker. It's in my living room so I can watch TV or listen to CD's. I bought it off QVC Shopping Network for around 100.00. ( I think the brand name is XL Gliders)

WW, thanks for the info on the ipod. I'd love to have one but guess it'll have to wait for now..I havent even started on my Christmas shopping yet! Hopefully will tomorrow. How cool your doctor actually bragged on you...I always dread going.

Emjay, I couldnt help but laugh at you trudging through the snow to thaw out your internet.:lol: It reminded me of myself. We live in the middle of nowhere, 15 miles out of town and before we got Dish Network, we had one of those huge satellites outside. One winter, it was frozen solid and we were going stir crazy. My husband and I went out and chiseled through inches of ice all over this huge thing to get to watch TV. It took forever. We were freezing to death and it was lightly sleeting the whole time. I know people driving by thought we had lost our minds. lol.

Erricah, the last time I got serious and lost weight, which was 2 yrs ago, I was about to reach the "40" milestone. That's what really motivated me to lose the weight. I was thrilled at losing over 50 lbs but here I am again, having to relose over 20 of those plus some. I didnt reach my ultimate goal last time, but I am going to stick with this and with 3FC until I do. I am determined that I am not going to gain and lose the same weight again.

Carol, your party sounds like lots of fun. I'm envious..I had a work party last night and it was BORING. Hubby's is next weekend and his usually tend to be much more entertaining than mine.

Guess I better get off here. Need to check on a couple of Ebay bids that will be over shortly. So far I have lost 3 different items this week because my bid was $1.00 short but I forgot to get online and check before the time was up. Aggravating! My 16 yr old, Josh, only wears certain name brands and Ebay has great deals on them sometimes. ( My 14 yr old, Luke, couldnt care less where his clothes come from..like they say, they are as different as daylight and dark in every aspect) Anyway, I'll try to check in tomorrow night but if not, I'll be back by Monday.

Bye for now
Miki

Hi all....I'm so far behind with all the posts. It's been crazy, like you're not all super busy too, I just get so stressed out and find it hard to do anything. Did manage to get the house decorated and 6 trees up and decorated. My son needs to get his tree decorated and then we still need to find a 3ft live for the front porch. Trying to get some cookies baked, sighh, did 3 types today and about 5 to go. I'm only doing single batches this year. Weightloss is depressing as usual :( Was happy yesterday after coming in from shoveling, heck scales had me down like 5 lbs, course I'd not ate or drank anything before going out so obviously was dehydrated. Now today I'm 9 lbs heavier than that weight and 5 lbs heavier than this morning's weight. I just hate how my body is and yeah I know I should stay off the darn scales more than every 10 minutes, ha.

Well just wanted to say hi to everyone and tell everyone to keep up the good work :)

Debbie

Hi Debbie! You must have posted right behind me tonight. I left, went to Ebay, came back and there was your post. Girl, we gotta stay off those stupid scales!! :dizzy: Doesnt it drive you crazy how they can change within minutes??:?: I mean, there is no way we could gain 9 lbs overnight! I am just like you but I just cant stand not looking. And then when I look, even tho I know I've stayed on track, if I show a slight gain or no loss, it ruins my mood and I get really discouraged. On the other hand, if I know I've cheated and not exercised and done terribly, yet the scale shows down a lb or two or even the same, I feel fine because of what it says even tho I know I havent done right! Ridiculous that I actually let the scale determine how I feel whether or not it is truthful or not. I mean, come on...If Ive eaten junk all week, but the scale says I lost a lb or stayed the same, should I really be feeling all smug like it wasnt that bad?? Nooo..I should be feeling bad because I know inside that I did not stay on track and the weight is going to show up..it's just a little slow occasionally. Honestly, we shouldnt let the scale judge us...we should judge ourselves based on how well we've really done. (Ok, that little sermon was just for me..lol) It really gets to be an obsession with me tho.

6 Christmas trees? Now I really feel bad...I havent gotten my ONE up yet!:p Just seems like time has just sneaked up on me and I am so behind. It'll be over before I realize the season is really here.

Well, heading to bed now. Christmas shopping tomorrow and hoping to really get into the spirit of things and get lots done. Goodnight everyone!

Miki

Hi all,

Overindulged a bit at the christmas party I attended tonight. But I did 3-mile watp tape. So, hopefully it equalls out. I plan on doing 2-mile tomorrow. Otherwise been doing quite well with food. I'm becoming more in the mindset that I don't need food all the time or to be happy or to celebrate or anything else except nutrition and fuel.

WW, Good for you for maintaining. I think your doc is right slower is better. I usually lose pretty slow too, I am anxious to get some weight off right away though so I hope I con't. at a pace. And then join you with the slow but sure.

Carol and Miki, I'm right w/ both of you, I have to learn to stay off the darn scale. It makes me crazy watching it go up and down between AM and PM. Plus I don't think my scale is the most accurate, I can step on it 3 times consecutively and it will show 3 different weights sometimes. I think that is because it's digital. At any rate I need to just say "no" to the scale unless it is Tuesday AM. Good luck teaching an old dog a new trick...

Carol, Good for you for staying on track at your party. And getting in the extra excercise w/ the dancing (it's Kirstie Allie's secret weight loss tool you know). Hope your busy weekend is going great.

Erricah, Hope to hear from you soon.

Am I forgetting anyone??? Well I have to finishing baking for a cookie exchange I am hosting tomorrow. Don't worry I plan on giving almost all my cookies away...

Emjay

Hi Everyone!
Just rejoined the site here and recommitted myself :wave: I will post more about me later ... just wanted to touch base with everyone.

I am also coming back to the 3FC site after being AWOL for quite some time ... I have been a member of WW on and off for - oh - my entire life (it seems). I am 48 and 5'6". I have lost and gained about 3 people in my lifetime (and I am tired of draggin' them all around with me!).

I re-joined WW in October of this year and did really well the first two weeks ... then I crashed and I have been totally out of control since then. I've gone to meetings and told myself that I was committed to getting back on track - but I wasn't :( NOW I AM!! I know that I can do this, especially with the help of my 3FC buddies :grouphug:. I am determined NOT to be a fat 50!
I WILL BE A FABULOUS, FIT 50 :encore:

I am a nurse and work part time at our local hospital. I usually work two or three days a week but on different shifts. I will try to visit here everyday - but may not post daily (sure will try to!) ...SO, If it takes me a day or so to respond to anyone ~ you'll understand why ;)

Good Luck to Everyone! I know that we can do this and have a much slimmer 2006 :newyear:

Cathy

Hi Everyone!! :wave: How are you all doing? I haven't been online for a few days, it just feels weird to not post for a couple days. I also had my work christmas party on friday, it was so much fun, and I didn't eat too much junk either... although I had way too much to drink which is never good :barf:

Well I got my Walk away the Pounds DVD's in the mail on Friday and I used the 1-mile one yesterday, I really liked it a lot. This morning I did 15 minutes on the elliptical... that thing kicks my butt!! :rofl: It is a very good workout though. Me and my Dad both did the bike and the elliptical together this morning then we switched from one to the other... it is always easier to have someone to talk to when you are working out.

It is really cold here again today, and it is snowing pretty hard.. :shocksn: but oh well I guess that's winter in Wisconsin for ya.

About how many calories do you guys eat in a day? I am thinking about trying to watch my calories more. I don't know though :dunno: Do most of you only weigh yourself on a certain day of the week? That sounds like a good plan.

:welcome: to Debbie, Cathy, Erricah, and Carol!! I hope you are all doing good, and I am looking forward to getting to know ya'll better.

Well I just wanted to check in and say Hi! I will post tomorrow. Have a good day! :D

Well didn't do the greatest w/ food today. But I haven't stepped on the scale today, mostly because I don't dare. I don't have a good feeling about my weigh in Tues. I will be ecstatic if I maintain. Did my 1-mile WATP today, hopefully will do more tomorrow. Had a cookie exchange at my house today, I have to get my bounty boxed up and given away immediately so I don't eat too many.

Welcome Cathy, your story sounds similar to a lot of us here. I think you will do well at this site. I have joined WW on more than a few occasions and never found it to be all that effective for me. The constant counting of points felt so restrictive to me, I don't like to think about it that much. So glad to have you join our group, talk to you soon.

Allison, So glad to hear that you liked your watp tape. You are really fortunate to have so many options when it comes to excercise. Hey at one point I found a website that someone posted on 3fc to go to to calculate how many cals you should have daily to lose weight. It was for post-partum mothers but they said anyone can use it because there was a question "are you breastfeeding" and if you answered no it calculated normally. Obviously breastfeeding moms need more. It went by your age, weight, and height. If I find it again I will direct you to it. That's cool that you had a good time at your party. I am a social drinker too and it's a struggle when you are trying to lose weight, especially around the holidays. Oh well, if you get drunk enough you don't have to worry about eating too much the next day, lol.

Miki, Good luck with weigh in tomorrow. I know you'll do great!

Hope everyone else is doing well. Talk to you soon.

MJ

Hi Everybody.:) Welcome Cathy!:welcome2:

Just got home from the mall. Did ok with my eating. Had an order of Bourbon Chicken w/Fried Rice for lunch in the mall then had a salad tonight. Oh and had a yogurt breakfast bar for breakfast. Walked several hrs at the mall but still plan on exercising before bedtime. I'm hoping for a loss even if a slight one tomorrow.:crossed:

Allison, I try to stay around 1500 calories but most days I dont actually take time to figure them up to make sure I did. I used to log everything in Fitday.com. My official weigh-in day is Monday mornings but I cheat all thru the week by sneaking peaks.:sssh: It's a bad habit I know and several of us here have it. Even tho I cheat, I only count Monday's weight as my real one and that's the one I use for my tracker. I do that because my scales literally can change in 5 minutes at times. I figure once a week at the exact time is more dependable than lots of fluctuating times all through the week.

I dont have time to post individually to everyone but sounds like we're all still determined to stick together and lose this weight. I know with all of ya'll motivating and inspiring me, I can do it. I'm really excited we have gotten such a great group working together. I know I couldnt do this alone!

Hope you all have a good Monday.
Miki

Brandy thanks for the reminder to just jump right back on. I burned a lot of calories with dancing at my christmas party. But sunday was a different day sampling christmas cookies. Oh so bad! There all bagged up and put away now so hopefully I can jump back in. I have planned on healthy choices for breakfast and lunch, christmas party after work at a clients group home. So I hopefully can make some good choices. I won't stay too long but want to go. I am also going to get to the gym today. That is something I need to do. I realized this is something I have to do 3 times a week so today is #1. I will be trying to be more accoutable in this area...It will help balance the extra calories that are so difficult at this time of year. My breakfast and lunches have to be low cal, low fat! And exercise 3 times a wk. thats my plan to survive.

Hello Everyone,

I am so bad when it comes to not posting ---- I forget to -----. I will make a commitment to post everyday. That's where the positive reinforcement came from when I was losing weight the last time. Christmas is not too far away and I still haven't went christmas shopping yet. I do this every year!!!!!!
I was really stressed out this weekend and I didn't lose any weight but I know I gained. I refuse to get on the scale because I know that I will be disappointed. I didn't drink any water either. Sodas and food was my buddies. Even my children left me alone. I am feeling alot better now that I have gotten my feelings out in the open. I need to learn how to handle stress alot better than I do now.

Hi Everyone! :wave: I hope everyone's day is going good! I am not doing too good today for eating... there is SOO much junk food around our office with the holidays, everyone has candy at there desks.. and AHH! :crazy: I am also working a 10 hour day today... so it will be a long one considering I got here at 11am and it's now 2:30pm and I work until 9pm :stress:

I did the 2-mile WATP dvd last night, I absolutley love it! I am super excited. I think I am going to start weighing myself on Mondays only. That way I can see the overall results of that week. It sounds like a good plan to me. I am also going to go on the exercise equipment when I get home tonight.

Miki- Thanks for the advice about calories and trying to weigh yourself only once a week. :goodscale

Erricah- I'm sorry that you didn't have that great of a weekend. Don't let one slip-up ruin your plans! Just jump right back on! :wl:

cacmsc- sounds like your plan to survive is a good one! :goodluck:

Well I hope the rest of everyone's day is good! Talk to you guys later! :carrot:

Allison I also put in a longer day with a christmas party at the group home. I feel its important to try to attend. But it was all the way on the other side of town 11 hr. day isn't so fun. Which was 45 min. from home. My case load is all over the place. I didn't eat to much as far as portion control. I had that but the choices were tough lost of southern cooks, but boy was it good. First year I made it to this house usally the weather is too bad. I did have a healthy breakfast with oatmeal and a salad and soup for lunch. The thing is to try and balance out the calories. 1500 can go pretty far most of the time with healthy choices available. I will try my best to stay a bit lower today 1400 to make up for yesterday. Christmas cookies are all in the freezer and I managed to make my peanut brittle last night after work. I am shipping my gifts off to Hawaii on thurs. So that means finishing up the touches on those gifts. Take care everyone and I agree with the doctor slow is sometimes better in changes habits for good. Also that is what my doctor also recommented when I was last there. Slow loss is more permanent results. Thats not a problem as nothing I have done results in a fast loss. They say do something for 10 days and it becomes part of a routine.

Bad news! Today is weigh in for me and I am up 2 lbs. Yuck! I am disappointed but not surprised. Oh well, I will do better next week.

I feel for you girls w/ your long work days and work parties. And the dreaded treats every where you look in the office. That was always a huge temptation for me. Sounds like you guys are doing well though. Keep it up!

MJ