Hi all,

I'm going to make this short and sweet it's only 9pm and I'm beat. I did my 3-mile watp which I havent done in a long time. I thought I would be feeling more energetic since I have been working out almost everyday but I am still tired a lot. I know I should be eating better, more whole grains and veggies. I have been eating alot of fruit though, we have a large fruit basket at the house right now.

Allison, nice to hear from you. Sorry to hear you are ill but I'm glad you are enjoying your time with your boyfriend.

MJ

Hi all

Well, the sleep study wasnt so great. Luke had a stopped up nose but they insisted that he had to breathe only through his nose for this machine to work. They tried a strap under his chin to help keep his mouth closed. Around 10:45, I had to run to Walmart to get him some nose spray. (The sleep clinic isnt allowed to dispense meds even tho it's in the hospital) We were pretty much up most of the night. The few times I drifted off, Luke would wake me up to ask what time it was.:dizzy: He couldnt sleep and didnt think I should either evidently. Finally around 3 he got adjusted to everything, but they woke us up to go home at 5. (oh and again there was no cot..I had a stupid chair that was wide enough I could kinda curl up in but no way I could lay down) I went to bed around 5:30 when I got home, then got up at 8 to once again go shopping. Normally I can shop all day, 12 hrs even, but today I was exhausted. By 2:00 I thought I couldnt walk another step. It's almost 9 and like Emjay, I'm totally beat. Going to head to bed very soon. Honestly, not trying to sound like Scrooge, but it will be nice to get the holidays over with and be back in a normal routine.

Allison, hope you get to feeling better quickly. No fun to have your boyfriend home and be sick. Dont worry, we wont hold it against you if you cant find time to post while he's home.;)

Lots of southerners around here huh? Arkansas here. Southern food is definitely not the best for diets..lol

Well folks, I am outta here. Hope to get lots of rest tonight.

Bye for now
Miki

Hello all.

Just checking in to say Hi! before the holidays. Not sure I will get any time later. Tonight was Jim's b-day, so I took him out to a fancy restaurant. Tomorrow is a family gathering, next night..a family gathering...next night...a family gathering. My shopping is all done, but still have some baking to do.

So, I hope to stop in even briefly before Christmas, but if I don't, Merry Christmas to all! :hohoho:

Miki...you are not a scrooge. I am looking forward to returning to the normal routines of life as well.

Talk to you all later!

A normal life
 

Are those things still available?:?: When does the christmas tree get to leave again? :?: and :?: Who made the rule that you got to go shopping every day?:?: (I need to have a talk with that person)

I just want to say I hope all of yall have a great holidays and hope to talk to every one soon hugssssssssssss :hug: :carrot:


Leigh
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morning all
 

good morning everyone:) well ww went pretty good i've been on the flex for three days now and am feeling ok,i hope i'm doing it right , well today starts with all the dinners and vists to everyone:dizzy: yes i too will be glad to get the holidays over with , and get things back to normal so it will be easyier to watch what i eat , well i'm off to my mother inlaws house have a good day to all and merry x-mas :)

Hi all,

I'm going to the grocery store this AM, I hope I can beat the holiday rush and there is not a bazillion people there. Haven't worked out yet today but I definately will, it's my goal to not miss a day this weekend. I'll need all the help I can get w/ all the food floating around.

Miki, sorry the sleep study was miserable. I know those things are horribly inconvenient. Are they checking for apnea? I hope you are finally done shopping now!!!

Hoosierlady, Do you like the WW flex plan? I did the winning points but not the flex I'm curious about it. I do better when my food isn't so restricted. What part of Indiana are you from? I'm from Western Michigan, less than an hour from the IN border.

Leigh, I know I am already strategizing about when I will take my tree down as well. I think I may have a get-together next week w/ some friends I didn't have time to get together w/ b4 christmas so it may have to stay up for a while.

WW, Wow, you are gonna be busy this weekend. I hope you have a nice time.

Rivergal, Hope you have all the wrapping done and can relax now. Have a great weekend.

Shawna, What type of workout are you doing? I may have to try it to get a big weight loss too.

MJ

I got it....
 

I found a great way to stay away from the Mountian dews...Crystal lights "On the go " packs there good if any one is like me tryin to stay away from the drinks......I have not been doing my night time workout:mad: I need to get back on track. I have been eating more too so I need the "Cyber Kick" the holidays have got to go soon......:dizzy:


Leigh

Merry Christmas to all of you! I hope you have a great day! Don't worry about food today!

Emjay

Merry Christmas
 

Emjay I was force to get up at 4:30 in the morrin omg I hope you have a great day......


Leigh

weigh day
 

Ladies I found the 3 lbs that I lost on my last weigh in day. I will start again tomorrow on getting back on track with my goal. I hope the holidays where all good to all of you and you are all well and happy.....Its time to start again.....


Leigh

Leigh,

Don't get discouraged. The holidays are behind us now (well except for new years) and we can have a fresh start. Other than I have a fridge full of leftovers that are calling my name. I didn't work out yesterday but I did Fri. and Sat. and I'm going to today. It makes a huge difference for me.

MJ

emjay
 

I am going to walk 3 time around the building today... and I got back to my journal and I am going to keep closer tabs on what and how much I eat. Get back to my nightly workout....I am ready to get back on track..:carrot:


Leigh

I did it
 

I did 3 times around the building.....and :carrot: I did it in 30mins :carrot: I feel great now to get though the rest of the day. I lookin for a way to cook lighter. I want to get away from all the fried foods...

Leigh

Hello all.

I'm back after being missing most of the week. It was just too busy to check in, lol.

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

Leigh...don't worry about the 3 lbs. Time to start new. My total Christmas gain is 4 lbs. I'm kind of disappointed because last year I did a great job maintaining...but this time I didn't do so well. I'm kind of okay with it though because I feel really motivated again now that the holidays are behind me.

So, today was back to the grind with my 1 hour of walking. Will take me a few weeks to gain that ground back, but I can do it.

Hope to hear from you all soon!

Hi all,

Today is weigh in and I didn't lose anything, but I didn't gain anything either. I maintained so I am quite happy. I of course overate on Christmas day, I think if I would have been sensible maybe I could have lost, oh well. I packed up a plate full of cookies and candy that was given to us over the weekend and shipped it off to a friend who has a husband that will eat anything. It felt so good to get rid of it. I have to get serious now. I worked 8.5 hours today which is alot for me lately so I didn't work out today but I definately will tomorrow.

Hope everyone survived the holidays. Talk to you all soon.

MJ

I haven't posted in a while. Conection problems. I also moved..No scale and I feel terrible and have been depressed. I feel that I gained back all my weight. I feel fat,I feel "fluffier"..I just feel like if I have a suit that's suffocating me.

So... I'm back. No more!

welcome back
 

I can feel where you comein from......

Leigh

My goal for Apirl 1st
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Hello everybody! Hope you all had a Merry Christmas :)

I definitely overdid it foodwise and definitely UNDERdid it exercise-wise. Havent exercised today yet either and to be honest, it isnt looking promising that I'm going to. Back in that stupid rut again. Once I miss a few days, it's sooo hard getting back into my routine!

Dont worry, I will get back into it..just takes me a little while to get re-motivated. Hopefully ya'll will inspire me to get back on track ASAP.

Well, just wanted to check in. Nothing major to report. I'll be back tomorrow night. Night all.

Miki

Zapphire,

Welcome back. I hope if I ever stop posting on this site I have the sense to jump back on the wagon. Wow, looks like you have done great w/ your weight loss so far. I am very envious. Good luck with getting back on track. Check in with us when you can, we'll give you some motivation.

MJ

Thanks emjay. That's an old ticker. I thought I got rid of it! :dizzy: LOL!

Well,I couldn't have gained it all back.... And I did it once.. I can do it again! :carrot:

I will be checking back. I'm sick of feeling so dissappointed with myself.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Miki

Hello all.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Have a great day everyone.

MJ

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Miki

Oh forgot one more thing:

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

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

Anyway, just wanted to share that.

Miki

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

Hello all.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Happy New Year to everyone!

WW,

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

MJ

Hello everyone.

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

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

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

Hope everyone had a safe and Happy New Years!

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

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

Boy...am I slow or what?

Hi Everyone! :D

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

Hi all,

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

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

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

Where is everyone else:mag: ????

mj

hello
 

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

Hi, more room on your thread??
 

Hello ladies:

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

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

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

Maureen

Hello all.

Well, back to the grind today. I did very well with eating, and I have 5 glasses of water down so far...3 more to go!

Allison, sorry to hear about the seizure...I hope you didn't have to spend time in the hospital over the holidays.

Emjay, glad to hear you are doing good with the food/exercise. I agree...it's nice to have the pressure of the holidays gone.

Welcome back Hoosierlady. Congrats on the loss...pretty darn good considering the time of year!

Welcome to Maureen, happy to have you onboard. I can't specifically remember where everyone here is from...but I'm a cannuck, so nowhere near the south, lol. I'm in Calgary, Alberta (near the Rocky Mountains). I have no objection if you want to share your recipes. You will find I don't have a lot to share though...I'm a calorie counter...so don't have any special tricks up my sleeve...but will share if I try any recipes that rock. Glad to hear your husband wants to join you...it always helps to have the hubby on board!

Well, I'm going to sign off. DH is cooking dinner and he is almost done (bless his little heart). I'll talk to you all tomorrow!

Hi all,

Today was weigh day and I am down one pound. Not bad for a holiday week. Hopefully next week is better though. I don't remember if I mentioned but I will be in Florida for all of March and I really really want to be a good 20 lbs. thinner if not more. So hopefully w/ the holidays behind us I can kick it in gear. I would love to be in a size or two smaller by the time I leave, although I really don't want to try to buy summer clothes in MI in Feb. It's not easy, w/o spending a fortune anyway.

Hoosierlady, Welcome back! Congratulations on the weight loss that is awesome. Especially when you aren't expecting it, it gives you motivation to go on.

Maureen, Welcome. I'm from Michigan but we have a lot of southern gals here. You were right, no men posting. I don't mind if you post your menus I'm sure no one else will either. We are a pretty laid back bunch. I myself, am always looking for new ideas. Hope to hear from you soon.

WW, I'm so jealous your hubby is cooking. Mine never cooks, cleans, or does much around the house. He doesn't even grill, that's my department too. Oh well, can't have it all I guess.

Hope to hear from everyone else soon...

MJ

good morning
 

hello everyone,
welcome maureen glad to have here:)
allison hope your feeling better
emjay congrats on the weight lost , you can do it!!
ww my hubby cooks also but only once in a while (thats a good thing)..lol
well today is weigh in :( i hope i didn't gain i made it to a mile yesterday on my treadmill:D and my back is not hurting anymore don't know why but now i can move without aches lol well i'll write back when i get home after my ww meeting wish me luck:carrot:

a question
 

how do you all get your weight tracker on your post ?

Hoosierlady, Well if you have already created your tracker than you just find the crazy writing section that indicates it is for 3fc site, highlight it w/ you mouse, right click on it, choose copy, go back into userCP and choose edit signature, when that comes up highlight the crazy writing there, right click it and choose copy, after you have done that it will say update signature at the bottome click that. I hope this makes sense. Let me know if you have more questions.

Well I am on a good roll today. Already did my 3-mile watp. I have challenged myself to do the 3-mile everyday this week. Yikes. But I plan on doing it, so remind me if you don't see me post it everyday. Thanks.

MJ