Just a quickie:

Well, not sure if it's being ill, but I've lost another pound since yesterday so the cookies must not ahve made any difference at all. There was some mix left so I made up five more but I have not had any!

We are taking them to my parents' house. My mum is diabetic and these have no sugar in them so she wanted ot try them and maybe make some for herself.


So, now I am in ONE-DERLAND!!!!!!!!!!!

Only just but still - 199.5 pounds!!! Half a pound to go till I have demolished my Valentine's Day goal!!

I couldn't believe it when I got on the scales - I had to weigh myself three times and it said the same every time before I would believe it wasn't a glitch!

just a quick check in to give GarnetFairy a huge hug we all get our up days and down days hun, and dont worry bout bringin us down with ya...most of the time we dont need much help gettin there lol. we are here for u good days and bad, u feel free to tell us ur tales of woe anytime...remember its better to talk than bottle things up and comfort eat. take a day off and get back on track tomorow.
think im gonna take day off too, woke up this morning feeling like death warmed up think iv caught that cold thats doin the rounds, could do with spending the day in bed, dont think my 6yr old would like that idea tho haha!
(tall and thin....i wish hahaha!)

Robsia - Glad to here you can have your cookies and eat two. ha ha pun intended. Congrats on the loss.

Andrews mum- Thank you so much for your kind words, it is nice to know someone out there cares!

Lois - You go baggy butt!! My elastic is not stretched to the hilt any more so I must be losing somewhere around the area. But I think it will be a long time before my butt bags...that sounds like weird luggage, I heard of erotic cakes but erotic luggage???

Yay Lois - WTG!!!!

It really is great to watch your clothes getting baggier and baggier and pull all those great clothes out of your wardrobe that you never thought you'de able to wear again. I have a few slinky little numbers I hung on to "just in case".

I'm hoping they won't be TOO out of fashion when I slim into them!!

garnetfairy - so sorry to hear you're feeling down! I know it must seem like a long way but you're doing great, really! You've done 25% of your goal already, and you must have worked so hard to get there. ((((hugs))))

Robisa....that is fantastic......I'm so happy for you!
199.5......ok what is your next goal?

good for you! :hugs:

Thought I'd better jump in and announce myself before I lost you again. I was busy reading through all the posts in this thread and had made it about half way, when my connection went down, and for some reason (my stupidity most likely we do tend to have these "senior" moments once in a while) you aren't where I thought you were . It took me about 5 minutes to hunt you down.

Anyway, here I am and I hope you've got room for a grandmother in with all you young chickies. I live in a little town in northern Nova Scotia although I'm originally from Toronto, Ontario. Now that I've retired, I'll probably go back to Ontario eventually although life is definitely slower-paced down here but I've got relatives in Ontario and I tend to miss them. One of my sons and his family is in Ontario. The older son is in Alberta with his brood.

I've been looking for a nice active group to chat with. Like a number of you, I need to lose over 100. I seem to have lost the same 30 to 40 a number of times and get soooo depressed when I put it back on again. Maybe this time it will stay gone, along with a big bunch of its nasty, ugly buddies.

The older we get, the more troublesome our health issues become. I have arthritis that makes it difficult to get any proper exercise happening and that makes for slow weight loss. Biggest hindrance (next to sheer lack of will power) is my diabetes. Although fairly well controlled, it takes a lot of medication to do it (three oral drugs plus insulin). Insulin has two major purposes in the body -- it lets the muscle cells use glucose, of course, but it also helps the fat cells get and store fat more easily -- it is extremely good at that part of its job. I know I'd be able to control the diabetes with a lot less medication if I could lose this weight. I don't mind taking the pills but, boy, I hate those needles.

Sorry, I don't mean to bend everybody's ear completely out of shape and I especially don't mean to whine. I'm really a pretty "up" person most of the time. Must be getting tired . . . we old ones need our sleep you know. If this story has a moral at all, it is this . . . get rid of the extra weight now gang . . . it will never be easier. It's good to know that you are all on the right track.

Hopefully I'll find this site again tomorrow and regularly thereafter. You sound like such a fun and dedicated group, I'm really looking forward to being in on this year-long adventure with you.

Linda... I greeted you at the over 50 group,so your not alone. We have a great group of friends here, and always room for one more.

Garnetfairy.....I'm so sorry to hear you are so blue. It will get better, my friend. We all will have good days and bad days....and this is the place to share how you are feeling. Happy Birthday by the way.... I know your Birthday is coming up, but I forgot what day it is....Hope today is a better day for you...

Lois...Baggy jeans...Love the sound of that... You go girl!!!!

Lori...So sorry to hear you have that nasty flu bug. It's a terrible way to lose weight. Hope you fill better soon.

Robsia...Good for you. Have a cookie, and send the rest someplace else...and you still lost weight...

I got up early and went to town to do some grocery shopping. I was out of broccoli, mushrooms, lettus, and fresh fruit. The gotta to have to be able to stay on program. Got back too late to have breakfast, so had a lite lunch since we were having friends over for a surprise Birthday celebration for our foster daughter. I did pretty good. I made sloppy joes, cole slaw and baked potatoe chips. I measured everything out, so I stayed within my points. I had enough left over to have a small piece of cake and 1/2 cup of fat free frozen yogurt. I could of ate more, but I didn't. Just thinking that I have lost 10 lbs already, put that idea right out of my head.
Hope all of you are having a wonderful weekend...

Cheryl

hi,my name is bren.
I have at least 100 pounds to lose.
Need support,and encouragement to do this,
hope I can join in,and be an encouragement to you
all. thanks mookie-bren.

Linda - Welcome to the forum. Sorry to hear about your health problems! One of the reasons I am losing weight is because I am scared of getting diabetes. I have enough problems on my plate without having that one. It runs heavy in both sides of my family and at my weight I am just asking for it. I hope you are able to get down to where you dont need to use the needles or any of the medication. I am sure you can do it!

Cheryl - thanks for the birthday wishes - it is on the 29th (tomorrow) I will be 43. I am proud of you for resisting temptation and staying within your points!! I asked not to have cake for my birthday so it will be easier for me.

Welcome Bren, we encourage each other all the time! it is a good thread to join, it is usually pretty active and we are all losing weight!

In fact I dont weigh in until Tuesday officially but my mom bought me a shirt and a pair of pants at an estate sale and they both fit. The shirt is 3x and is a bit big on me and the pants are....drum roll...22s hurray! way down from the 32s. I could not believe it when I tried them on and they fit. when I stand up the pockets dont gape but they do some when I sit down but everywhere else they fit just fine even the waist. So that made me feel good! Still down but that made me feel good.

tomorow is my official weigh in day but i sneaked a peek at the scales this morning..thought being down a pound or 2 wood motivate me onto that treadmill, gosh its hard to get ur butt in gear and get exercising wen u'v got a cold and ur head feels like it weighs a ton! anyway...i am still the same as last weeks weight, im not happy, iv mostly been really good had 1 or 2 slips but i though i would have lost a pound or 2 from all the exercise. i messed up my treadmill routine cos i tryed upping my speed to 5.5km/hr but could only last 5mins so the next day went back to 4.5 and hav been struggling to do 20mins i was doing really well and made it to 30 but seem to have gone back a step. i bought a gym ball/stability ball and reebok gymball dvd and although i cant do most of the exercises on the dvd yet i have been building up my situps, can now do 20reps. now i might be more able to deal with the scales not moving if i was having sum other non scale victorys but so far theres been nothing...my jeans arent feeling any looser, i havnt noticed any bagginess, no1s commented on weight loss, nothing. argh its sooooo frustrating its so much hard work and for wot??? i dont have the patience or the will power to do this for months before it makes any difference. i really wanna go and eat loads of junky fatty bad foods right now and then go back to bed. but im not going to... well im gonna try anyway haha!!
right thats enough of me ranting, sorry im feeling sorry for myself right now

Andrew's mum - what kind of eating plan are you following - is it possible you are still eating too much for it to make a difference? Can you give us a sample daily menu?

Welcome to Linda and Bren!

Garnetfairy - congrats on getting into smaller pants!!

News from me - I went shopping this morning and, after my success at getting into my old 16 jeans the other day, I bought a pair of Next 16 jeans on sale for only £10. Now, Next are notorious for having small sizes so I didn't think for a second that they would actually fit - but I thought I'd have something to shrink into that are actually trendy!!

Well, I just tried them on and they went on my legs, not tight, they went over my bum and my hips and I actually managed to fasten them.

Now it was a "lying on the bed, pulling in as hard as I can and rolls of flab hanging over" fasten but they still fastened!! However, I can't actually wear them as when I stand up I feel like I'm being bisected and they're under more pressure than I don't know what - but they fastened!

Anyway, maybe 10 more pounds or so and they will fit a bit better. And I have something to look forward to getting into now. I was impressed with the quality though - the denim is really nice and soft.

I hadn't lost anything this morning but it's TOM so I shouldn't expect too much. A 3.5 lb loss the week before TOM is pretty good anyway - more than I expected.