Hiya Everyone!! gosh this place is so busy i cant keep up lol.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TINA well done you, dont think i could be so disciplined on my bday.

well iv been doing ok so far this week, staying on programme as far as food goes but excercise i seem to hav undone all my hard work so im slowly building it back up again. im getting a lil better each day which is good.
as well as treadmill a couple times a day iv started situps on a stability ball, anyone got any ideas how many reps i should be doing? also wos thinking bout getting a set of small dumbells anyone know of any vids/dvds showing how to use them?

welcome Stacey, always inspirational to see ppls before and after pics.

reps on body ball!
 

My paper that came with mine says 12 reps!

Happy Friday!
 

Good morning chickies! Yesterday I really pushed myself on the treadmill. I usually walk on sp. 3 for 30 minutes going a distance of 1.5 miles burning 155 calories. I managed to sprint/run on sp. 6 a few times and I went 1.66 miles, burned 191 calories in 30 minutes. The plus is that I'm not that sore this morning, but I was lastnight!

Paula, thanks for the survival tips! I must say getting my mom on a bike would be halarious!! (planning family activites) The last time I got her on a bike she was in the ditch more times than she went straight. We were just talking about it last weekend that we should try again (she visits every weekend), she said if she could get an adult size tricycle she would. Now there's a picture! :D

AndrewsMum, it's nice to see that your feeling better and getting back on track. Looks like your ready to get down and dirty with excercise. Go gettem' girl! Thanks for the birthday wishes. The real test comes this weekend when mom comes, she always comes with a chocolate cake that's so rich it sticks to the roof of your mouth! For this year, I enjoyed hubbys version. Next year, I may be a little more leanient. :p

stayce, you're making me even more anxious for the BL dvd! :D I would have thought it would be here in Canada by now also. Last weekend I checked in Walmart for the ?? time! I finally built up the nerve to ask for it for fear of overlooking it. (I was too embarassed to ask b4, cuz I didn't want them to look me up and down and think in their head, "girl, you be needing it!") :o But they told me that they couldn't give me a date, cuz they didn't get a date from whoever sends this stuff. And there was no way in finding out. I was D-R-A-I-N-E-D! :( So now I resorted to going to Walmart.CA and comparing it to Walmart.COM. On Walmart.COM it says its in stock but can't find it on Walmart.CA. I guess that is how I'll know it's in. I don't feel comfortable with ordering it online, never did like the idea of giving a credit card #.

Anyways, I must be going to the mill! I'll check back later!
~Tina
:hug:

Oh I was a good girl today!!!

One of the girls at work is leaving and today was her last day and she brought in cream cakes for all the staff!!!!

Everyone else was stuffing themselves with eclairs and doughnuts etc all the time complaining that there were so many calories and they would never lose weight this way and I sat there with my glass of water feeling smug that I had willpower and they didn't!!

*sigh*

OK - a cream cake would have been nice but right now the desire to be slim outweighs the desire to eat the cream cake.

*is proud*

Good For You!!!!
 

Hello out there . . . I'm not having a really great day today, (diabetes related problems :( ) but, never fear, I will get over it. Nothing keeps me down for long. :)

Oh Tina . . . I so know how you feel. We are soooo sloooooow in getting things in Canada sometimes. I'm not sure if you could order it from Walmart.com for delivery to a Canadian store. You might want to inquire at your local store. Sometimes ordering from the US can get pretty costly because Canada Customs likes to tack on taxes, duties, and special fees.

Paula . . . Your post contains a lot of good advice. Planning ahead is definitely not one of my strong points.

Andrewsmum . . . Stability ball? I need someone to hold it stable? Once saw a frame-like thing to keep it in when not using it. I wonder if you could actually make use of it while in that frame? Congrats on the real loss. Give that mean old carpet demon :devil: a swift kick for that false reading.

Robsia . . . Wow, is that willpower of yours soon going to be on the market in a pill-form? You will make a fortune, girl. I'd gladly pay Canada Customs all the fees it wants to get that overseas delivery. Very impressive! :hug:

Stayce . . . Just dump chocolate chips into your favourite biscuit recipe. The very best thing (IMO) in chocolate chips mixed into my favourite home-made shortbread. Unfortunately, with or without the chocolate, shortbread cannot be considered a "diet" food. You can seriously reduce the fat and sugar in just about anything you bake --- but not shortbread.

Have a great weekend, if I don't see you before. Keep up the great work everybody. :carrot:

Stacye....Yeah your broke your plateau. So happy for you. :carrot: :carrot:

Tina...Great job on the exercising.:tread: Wish I had your energy. LOL

Robsia...So proud of your willpower. Doughnuts :hun: sounds soooo yummy, but being thinner is better. :D

Paula...:woo: on your 2 pounds gone forever.

Lois...Good job on the exercising. :ebike: Just squeezing and sweating all those fat cells out. WTG!

Linda...Sorry to hear you are having problems with your diabetis. My husband is having problems as well. He can't get his blood sugar below 140, and he doesn't want to go on insulin. :( Hope you feel better soon. :hug:

I have had a very good day even though the weather here was close to blizzard condition. I needed to get the porch shoveled off, but the wind took care of that. :D Exercise was cleaning and mopping floors today, getting the wash done, so I can relax the rest of the weekend. Stayed within my points, and when I had a sweet tooth attack :devil: I had a couple WW mini bars for 1 point each. I just can't bare to eat another veggie today. :p
Hope we all have a good weekend and stay on program.

Big :hug: to you all,

Cheryl

NEW MEMBER needs support!!!!!
 

Hi britchick - welcome to the board!!

I have found this forum to be a great support through the tricky bits, you can come and vent and moan and everyone is so supportive!! This is the mot I've lost in years of trying since 1997, when I hit my alltime low, only to put it all back on again and more. Been trying to lose it ever since, but with the girls' help, I might just do it this time.

Well, I finally broke my plateau and lost 0.6 this morning. It's not much but I'll take it!!

I have got a new toy too - I bought myself a new laptop so i can sit downstairs and surf. I did have a very old laptop but I bought ot off ebay a few years ago and it is very very old and slow. My daughter can't even play her games on it because it can't cope with them so the new laptop is for her also. Well, it belong to me but she can use it! She was all for claiming it as hers when I bought it but I made it clear it was mine!!

Anyway, that's my non-diet related news ;)

These stories are so awesome. What keeps you all motivated throughout the weight loss process?

Well, right now, the motivation is the desire to be slim.

People diet successfully when the desire to lose weight is stronger than the desire to eat the bad stuff. People go off the wagon when the desire to eat the bad stuff is stronger than thedesire to be slim.

Both desires are there, it's just than one is stronger than the other at any one time.

angie
 

hello
am angie i have just started exnical orlistat i have been over weight for a good few years now n would really like some support anyone out there can mail me i would like that ive about 4 stone to lose thanks angie liverpool uk

Wow . . . britchick, Angie Mull, Lola6 . . . :wel3fc: Hope you like it here as much as the rest of us. Looks like we're having a mini British invasion . . . Here's a big :hug: from another member of the Commonwealth. Where are you from, Lola?

Have a great day, everyone. Catch you all later. :carrot: