Lois-That is it!!! Thank you!! I knew I wasn't going :crazy:! But I couldn't find it!!!

BTW I did a scale check (to make sure the pizza didn't get me) and I am down another lb!!!! yeah!!! That makes 19lbs lost!!

Hi, all. I just wanted to check in. I know I haven’t posted in a while. I do read all my e-mailed threads, and I keep up that way. It’s easy to pop my e-mail and get caught up. It’s harder to get on the computer to post. I’m sure you know what I mean. I want to say I am so glad to see everyone who gains as well as loses is still posting. That is such a support to me and I am sure everyone else, so thank you! Please keep posting even if you aren’t losing! Thank you thank you thank you!
I have nailed the food most days, but moving my rear to exercise still is my shortcoming. I am doing more than I did before, though. I guess I’m one of those baby step people. You gals are inspiring, so even my little bit is totally because of you all.

My goodness . . . I was about two pages behind. Sometimes things in here move at a furious pace . . . I love it, although it is hard to keep up.

You will be fitting into those pants in no time at all, Tina and pretty soon you'll be telling us about the 14's. Hey you don't need to worry about a little leftover turkey white-meat; so long as you stay away from the gravy and the stuffing. Funny . . . I love chicken, but think turkey only exists as a receptacle for stuffing :D so I definitely try to avoid cooking it very often.

Teahoney . . . new shoes (even sneakers) always give you a boost, don't they . . . enjoy and use them well.

Hleppala . . . wow, I'll never get that right over the long haul, so I'll just have to call you Heidi. Here is a great, big, welcoming :hug: for you. We've got a great bunch in here. Hope you'll love it as much as I do and that we'll be seeing less of you (but reading more) in no time. :)

Yep, Cassie, definitely water . . . and it will be gone again in no time. ;)

Mum . . . Wow, fantastic, wow, wow, wow. I can't think of anything else to say . . . :encore:

Mama . . . Oh, please don't you get sick, too. Make the cake and enjoy both it and your SV :stir:

I sooooo know what you mean about exercising, Eyesing. Not one of my best things either. But I do believe every little bit helps and so I try to do more little bits every day in the hope it will someday become a pleasant endeavour instead of a nasty chore.

Well, gang, I must go make a cup of tea. It's not nearly dinnertime yet and I feel the need of something and I love my tea. :coffee2: I like coffee too, but I really think we Canadians are almost as big with tea drinking as you British. Have a great evening everybody and here is a dose of :dust: to keep us going until tomorrow. See you soon. :carrot:

A great big :welcome: to Tricia, Tracy and Heidi! Look forward to getting to know you gals better as we work towards less of us!!

Lois, Robsia and Mum, WHOOOOO on your weight loss for the week. You gals are going to town on loosing the fatty fat.:dance: :dance: :dance: I sure hope I can report a loss on Wednesday.:D

I am feeling so much better today and think by tomorrow I will start exercising again. I really miss not working out with Richard and the gang.:workout: :ebike: Did I tell you girls that I got my new bras? It's so nice to have the girls back up where they belong.:rofl: Next are new walking shoes since spring is just around the corner.

Paula...the cake is 3 points if you cut the 9X13 pan into 15 servings. I made my cake into a jello poke cake. After I baked it and let it cool, poke holes with a fork. Mix sugar free jello with one cup boiling water. Pour over cake and chill. Frost with cool whip. Yummmy:hun:

Tina...You will be into those size 16 before you know it. Just keep doing what you have been doing.:carrot:

Well ladies, I need to get dinner started for my family. Have a good evening and I check back tomorrow.

Cheryl:hug:

hi gals, thank u for all the kind words, iv been feelin so good and telling everyone all day that im now down 23lbs!!

today my 6 yr old had his 1st football training session and even tho my opinion is biased he did very well for his 1st day!!

they had to do that kicking the ball round the cone markers (u can tell how footbally i am lol) and on his 2nd go he got the ball perfectly round all the markers!! in the footie match he handballed twice (forgot he wosnt goalie lol) he looked so cute and sooo grown up runnin round the football field (it wos indoor one is it still called the same )

by the end of the hour long session he wos totally shattered and starving hungry but cant wait till next week!!

hope u dont mind me sharing but for us it wos a big day, maybe u'll think well hes 6 he should be playin footie better than that by now but wen a lil boy doesnt hav a dad playin footie wiv him and takin him to matches (and a mum whos really not into runnin round after a ball lol) he hasnt played it that much (do playstation fifa games count!)
sorry for rambling but heck im feelin very proud of my lil guy

welcome to the gals who hav joined us, this is the best support group u will find-i for one would hav given up long ago if i didnt hav these gals behind me!

mama let us know how the cake turns out
eyesing, im the same with tryin to make myself excercise its hard work but the more u exercise the more fat u burn
tina, u'll be in those 16s in no time the rate ur goin...(hey im catchin u up!!)

well its 11pm here so im off to bed, need my beauty sleep so i can work out hard in the morning
Night y'all
XXX

Well, I finally got caught up on my reading, absolutely impossible to do personals (for me, now Tina probably could) so I will jump back in like this:

Hi Everybody! Welcome Newbies, Congratulations Losers (Reductionistas?), Of course it is water weight, come on now!! Sorry to hear about the Sicky-Sicks and their little ones. I hope that Doctor with the appointment making problem gets overbooked on his next vacation flight...grrrrr. I think that sounds like a grand performance for football practice, personally and of course you have to tell us! Gee, I hope your little girl gets to where she eats properly, that is really scary! Stay strong in the midst of her calories when she does get into eating! I think that the motivation clothes are a good idea although you all stay so motivated, I cannot think that you need them. But I am all for buying new clothes if you can. I am sure that you will get into your dress in time for your goal, just ease into the exercise and the inches will come off! Glad you found the cake recipe, I gave my copy to mom. I dont know if I would like a jello cake or not Cheryl, it sounds very different. I'm still adjusting to the idea of a soft drink cake. I hope you are really feeling better and no relapses like I kept having when I had it. Yes, I know, I probably infected everyone....humble apologies all around.

My brother is gone for 2 whole weeks HURRAY!! so that means no fast food for 2 weeks. I wont even have to be tempted. Saturday was the grand opening party at my gym. I signed up my son and his wife on my account and my mother signed up herself and my brother on her account. So now I have plenty of people to work out with. While I have not been eating on program, I have been exercising. I did have a bad scare the other day though by now it may be a truth rather than an interesting story.

I went to the gym with mom and brother and when I went into the women's locker room to weight the scale was gone. I always weigh in there because I weigh in sports bra, socks, and bike shorts...yeah, I know, not a pretty picture but anyway it is part of the story. So I go to the front desk to alert them to the scale-napping and was told they would look into it for me. Of coures they are always looking into something for me...I take customer service very literally...ha ha So, I had to weigh on the scale at the trainer's desk. I weighed almost a 2 pound gain. While I have been bad, at that point I did not think I had been THAT bad. Well, eventually it dawned on me that my sneakers weigh over a pound because I weighed them once. So that and the difference between scales makes me stay the same...which is all I can hope for the way I have been eating. Tomorrow is official weigh in day, if I get to go. We have to go to the library for mom to get help with her taxes...there will be someone there helping people, so if I get to go, fingers crossed I dont gain more than 2 pounds, preferably stay 284, but realistically 286, I hope. I cannot claim water weight either because I stopped talking to Aunt Flow when I was 25 (hysterectomy).

So, here I am again, hopeing that if I just keep on keeping up around here I will keep on program. I disappeared because I was kidnapped by Ebay and robbed...the rats even got me to take money out of my savings account....but no more! I have had enough. I have had more than I could afford really on ebay and off program. But I am now the proud owner of 4 giftbags full of assorted exercise tapes and DVDs. Along with some Richard Simmons books and cassettes. And stuff is still coming in the post. I think I am expecting 23 more packages....oops when i fall I fall hard and I have a weekness for auctions. I really need a block on my pc for ebay...ha

Take care everybody, I hope to be back soon, like after weigh in tomorrow.

Total Loss!
 

hey garnetfairy glad ur back with us! darn that demon scale! did u weigh in at the desk in ur bra and socks?! lol im a shopaholic too its terrible wenever im feeling emotional i either eat or shop and i can't comfort eat anymore so guess will have to shop sum more heehee!
paula, wow 357 we are doing brill!! and its a huge incentive to me if i think that without my loss this week it would be 350, thanks for doing the numbers again, are u gonna do it every week? do u want us to pm u or sumthin with our numbers so u dont have to look back 20 pages each time?

well i got a fab workout in this morning...in the middle of my tread session i upped my speed for 5mins so i did 5mins at 4.5km, 5mins at 5.5, and then 5mins at 4.5, will see if can up my speed in this evenings workout too.
i have to do a 15min session in the morning and the evening i cant yet do 30mins all at once lol but i do occasionally last 20 in the morning one.

catch ya laters ladies XXX

Morning all. I'm hoping I'll have a loss come Sunday so that I can be added to that list. I'm pretty tired this morning but slowly getting my energy. I'm so excited I finally got my sneakers and I can't wait to break them in today. They're pink and white and oh so snazzy. Hope everyone has a great day.

Mum- yes I am going to make it a weekly thing! I think it will be a good incentive for us! Don't you? I will do it every Monday night. So that when everyone wakes up on Tuesday it will be here! It would be great if you'll could PM me! It took me a long time last night cause I kept stopping to read!
It will also be good so if someone don't want to be in the numbers I will not add them! If I know I have your permission I can put it something like this:

Paula- 19
Mum-23
etc
etc

Another reason it would be good is I will not forget anyone! I am terribly forgetful I think my brain is having to work so hard to keep my heart pumping that i forgets everything else!LOL

Tina- when I was going back last night I saw where you said for us to check out your Avatar on you profile! You have changed too!

Teahoney- Your snickers sound great! Don't worry you will be on the list in no time!!!!
I will check back in later to see your thoughts about our group collective losses!:grouphug:

paula i totally agree with u its a brill idea, and monday is my weigh in day so thats perfect lol, and of course i dont mind u puttin my number down, its on my tracker anyway for all the world to see (well just my friends at 3fc really, cos in real life iv never told anyone how much i weigh lol)

tracy i love wot it says on ur signature, its so true 100lbs seems such a long way off but 10x10lbs is do-able.

well its pancake day so im off do make pancakes wiv my son....im sure gonna need sum will power to not binge, im sure i could eat 10 of them lol.

Happy Tuesday!
 

Good morning girls! Today the sun is shining beautifully, but the outside is a definite cold snap! I woke up with another 1/2 lb. dropped, but a couple hours later, Aunt Flow came to visit. I find it very odd how I was able to lose during this time. When exactly do you retain water before, during or after? If it were before it would explain how I slowed towards the end of last week (b4 my big dinner!), and dropped at the beginning of her visit.

Paula, you'll have to let us know how that cake turns out. You have really done a lot of work, a round of applause to you! What an amazing #! We've lost 52lbs since the last time. I will sure PM you monday to make it easier on you. Great idea, pat yourself of the back girl! About the pic, I plan to take another in about 4.5lbs. Hopefully there will be more of a difference.

sherry, nice to see you again. You are missed around here!

Linda, being originally from the eastern part of Canada, I can totally agree with the tea drinking. But up here in the west, it's coffee, coffee, coffee! Sometimes I can agree it smells good, but I'm not a big hot drink drinker. If it's going to be hot, it's going to be chocolate!

Cheryl, it's great to see up and so full of energy! Have a great time tackling the exercise today!

Mum, you sound like a really proud MUM! I know it can get so emotional watching your baby do big boy/girl things. They grow way too fast! My daughter's four and she's already acting like she's ten! She gets up every morning washes her face, brushes her teeth, get dressed and makes her bed. I didn't even have to ask, she likes being independent. And boy is she ever independent! Sometimes I feel she's getting to big to want mommy anymore. :( I'd say enjoy and brag him up all you want!

Garnet, sounds like you got your whole family in your corner! I sure wouldn't mind that! I really had to laugh because I had the same question as Mum. Did you forget yourself and go out and weigh at the trainers desk in your bra?!! hahaha

Tracey, work those shoes hard today! They sound too pretty, you gotta rough em' up! LOL Enjoy!

Did any of you watch the Bachelor last night?

Well I gott jet and get out of my workout clothes and pick up my daughter at preschool. Have a great day girls!

~Tina

Hello everybody. :hug: 's for everybody.

It's very cold here in Nova Scotia today. My friend had an early morning test at the hospital and doesn't drive so I took her. I thought we would freeze solid before the car got warmed up and that's with it living in the garage at night.

It's a great idea if we PM to Mama every Monday. At the rate I'm going, You can just keep me at "stayed the same" or "-0" until you finally get a PM from me. I refuse to own up to the 2 extra lbs that belong to the new scale and I'm not going to move my ticker until I've caught up (caught down?) to where it says I am again. Does that sentence make any sense? :dizzy: Hopefully, you know what I mean.

Sorry, gang, but I've got to go again. I've been running late all day and I'm really not sure why. Here's a hefty dose of :dust: to keep us revved-up through the rest of the evening. See you all tomorrow :carrot:

A tidbit of info...
 

I know that talking about TOM isn't exactly what anybody would agree to be a pleasant conversation. But I went looking for the answer to my question this afternoon and thought that I would share. The last bit of info. I added because I thought it would be a nice plus considering that TOM has no pluses!


I know that a woman's weight fluctuates within the menstral cycle due to water gain or loss.

Which part of the menstral cycle do most women weigh the least, and at which part do they weigh the most?

**Most women weigh the most a few days before the period and during the period. Then, it does not fluctuate.**

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Menstrual Cycle Link To Weight Loss
Exercising at particular times in the menstrual cycle could help women to lose more weight.

That's one of the initial discoveries made by University of Adelaide PhD student Leanne Redman, who is studying the little-known impact of the menstrual cycle on women's exercise.

Helps Burn Fat - Improve Metabolic Rate
Early results of her research show that exercising at the later menstrual phase could burn more fat and help women to feel less tired.

"Results suggest that exercise performance is improved during the later part of the menstrual cycle-that is, when circulating concentrations of ovarian hormones (oestrogen and progesterone) are high," she says.


Now isn't that something to look forward every month! NOT!!

~Tina