Today is Tuesday and it seems to be going okay so far...
Started my day with a bowl of special K..I am loving this stuff...
and excercised 45 minutes...You guys I swear this board is my motivation. Tomorrow will be one full week excercising and eating right...and I swear I can feel the difference in myself. I have way more energy and I am just happier. I am gonna weigh in on FRIDAYS...cuz then at least if I have a gain it is still my favorite day of the week..

I still havent touched pies..GO ME!! I am soooo proud of myself. If you guys only knew how I love SWEETS....

Well just thought I would check in for the day...by the way I am a size 16-18-20 depends on who makes them those 16's are way too tight now though...so I should just leave them out....(although I plan to be in them soon... I would love to be a 10-12

Goodbye for now

Mary

Catherine - I pray that your family works something out. It's so unfair that the whole burden is falling on you and your dh. Here is a site that has pretty pictures and nice sayings, and I hope it cheers you up:

www.mayyoubeblessedmovie.com

Nori - good morning! Can the website where you track tell you how many calories you need per day for your weight/height/activity level, etc.? I keep seeing different things, and I'd love to make the real mathematical equation for how I can lose weight. I feel like it would be more precise for me than counting points.

Mo - good luck getting to the grocery! It's hard having a hundred errands to run like that, and remember that we're worth good, wholesome food.

Mary - good vibes to you! Thanks for keeeping us posted! You'll be back in a smaller size before you know it.

Danielle - lol - that desert heat is NO joke! Glad to see you're on the right track and doing so well! Keep up the great work!

Everyone, have a great day!

Good afternoon gals! Well I am down 7 pounds from my weigh in yesterday. My husband says he can see a difference. that makews me feel a litlle better on the weight gain. I am not going to track it, I am going to get back down to what I was. I go to the trainer tomorrow. I am looking forward to it. Of course after that we bring my FIL home. Everyone keeps telling us to put him in Depends. I try to explain to them that he does not pee his pants, he just stands up and pees on the floor. What fun! We could get a bed alarm. But then of course whoever had night duty with him would be up all night. Like I get any sleep as it is. None of his family wants to offer any kind of help. They just send get well cards. If it wasn't for my FIL's brother we would be able to sell the land. He is just a whole another story in himself. My husband called the Sherriffs dept. on him the other day. Did I ever tell you he is a convicted murderer who shot his wife? Has a whole lot of guns in his house but we have no reason yet for the sheriff's dept. to enter his house. The sheriff did say if he acted up he would get a search warrant. Well, anyways it seems everyone is doing well. I will do personals later on this week. After FIL comes back. Hope everyone has a good day!
Catherine

Hi ladies:

Catherine: boy you have your hands full! Have fun at the trainers today.

I don't want to jinx myself but I'm actually starting to feel that I'm ready to start dieting again. I went grocery shopping last night (after the dentist ) and got some frozen dinners and healthy food to start off with. DH asked last night if I could start writing down all our food again like we were doing in the beginning so I printed out our weekly food journals.

After getting my teeth cleaned for a full hour the hygienist said I need another hour appointment to get them up to par! I guess I had more tartar than I thought. I don't have dental insurance so I told them no x-rays and I'd have to come back for another cleaning and to have a filling replaced when I'm done paying for my last two visits!

My lack of exercise is affecting me, I can feel my hip starting to hurt again and it had been so good for so long, now I'm realizing how good I really felt when I was losing and moving. It's easy to forget the pains you had. I need to remember this in hopes of it giving me motivation. A friend of mine said she's going to start walking at 5 a.m. I don't think I could get up that early...I need to do something though. Keep sending your motivation girls. I think I'll go browse through the "Success Stories" for a while.

Check back later. Mo

I am here but feeling kinda blah today....already excercised...probably gonna relax most of the day...try to sqeeze one workout in at night...

Mary

Catherine - my prayers are with you and your family. What a rough time you're going through. Yay for getting rid of the 7 lbs!!!

Mo - are you feeling your motivation again? I went on a walk last night and it made me feel so good. It was nicer than the gym, and was a great way to put a spring back into things!

Mary - what's new with you?

Nori - where are you???

Danielle? Elizabeth? Katie? Serena? and everyone else I'm missing, come out come out wherever you are!

Hello ladies! Well, I got to go roller skating today. It was not very busy and I enjoyed myself so much. My legs are still sore form the other day with the trainer. Hopefully, I will not be so sore tomorrow. I am getting close to the end of my training sessions. He is showing me now more of the exercises I could do with the ball. I do not mind doing crunches on them at all. They still work, but they are not as hard to do. I am looking forward to my last three sessions. My time on the elliptical has increased so I am very happy. That was one of my goals when I started with the trainer. Everything else is not so great but I do not really want to go inot it now. I am holding it together though. Hope all of you are well. Have a great week.
Catherine

Catherine - I'm so glad you're holding strong. Keep up the great work. Our thoughts are with you.

Where is everyone?? Come out, come out, wherever you are!

Hi girls. Sorry to be MIA, this weekend was ultra busy and today more of the same. I don't have alot of time right now to do personals, I'm in the middle of cooking dinner but wanted to come by and share my good news. I had WI today and lost another 2.1 pounds for the week. I was thrilled to see 2lbs gone! Exercise is slow going but I'm trying desperately to be patient with myself. bought a pilates dvd today so we'll see if I can get into that, my sister swears by the stuff. I'll keep ya'll posted.

Hope everyone is well, it's been very quiet here. I was shocked to see no one has hardly been here for a few days! Stay strong ladies, you are worth every step on this journey!

Hey there - I've been MIA too. It's been soooo beautiful here and I've been ding tons of yardwork, putting in my garden and planting flowers. FUN!!

Danielle - I swear by Pilates also. You actually burn quite a few calories doing it as well - it's hard yet relaxing to me? I love Winsor Pilates system. I don't seem to lose any "faster" doing Pilates, but the inches come off faster since adding it in. Congrats on the weight loss!

My exercise was a little off this past week because I am in a big push to get the yard good. We are having an engagement party in a couple weeks here. One of my sisters got engaged in January. Her fiancee in from Norway and just got all of his paperwork done so he can move here now. Anyways, after I get the yard done, I got to do spring cleaning in the hourse. Think I might bring in Merry Maids or someone like that for some help. I know they don't do windows and "detail work", so I'll get Dh to help me too.

I'm down 1.5 pounds this week. Good since my exercise was down, I got my period yesterday and ate chocolate every day last week. Moderation is the key...

Catherine - you're in my thoughts. I hope and pray you get some relief quickly in your home situations.

Hello everyone!

Hi Elizabeth,
My daughter and I are on the diet journey of 2006 too. She is 11 yrs old. Her and I started TOPS (take Off Pounds Sensibly) on Janruary 3rd of this year. She has lost 23 1/2 pounds and I have lost 56 3/4 pounds. I am now the leader of TOPS. It is great be able to lose weight with someone, my daughter encourages me and tell me when i am eating the wrong thing and visa versa. We have weigh in tonight.

Good luck with your diet journey.

Nancy

Hello ladies:

I guess I wasn't the only one MIA! I took Friday off to recover from the casino Thursday night so I was busy at work yesterday. I have been bad eating so I won't bore you with the gorey details. However after reading all the losses....congrats to you all!!!, I hope to get some inspiration, motivation and any other "ation" I can find here.

It's funny you were writing about pilates because my hip has been killing me (maybe the weather?) and I was thinking I should be doing my pilates, it really helps the back/hip area for me.

No time for personals so I'll check back tomorrow and will hopefully be eating better.

Take care. Mo

P.S. Nori, I can't believe you went down so many lbs these last few weeks!!! That's super.

To you Nancy, so glad to have you here! You have been an inspiration and yet we have just met. Everyone has been kind if busy the last few days. You will get to meet all of us eventually! Posting is my relaxation from my everyday life which is why I seem to be the only one replying right now. Anyhow, I am glad that everyone is enjoying the wonderful weather. It is beautiful here also. If my DH would clear the garden area I would begin to plant. Well, my weight is still holding, exercise is going well. It is the eating that is killing me in more ways than one. Hope everyone else is doing better! Well, I am with my trainer tomorrow cannot wait. I am real curious to see what my BMI ratio is when he does my final assessment. My legs are darn close to being completely solid. If only my butt and gut could be that solid. Oh well! Hope to hear from all of you, and that springfever does not take us all away. Nancy looking forward to hearing from you again.
LOL to all of you! Catherine

WOOHOO!!! My teeth are about the only solid thing on my body!

Mo - I am sort of shocked that I've kept losing weight these past couple weeks as well. I expected to maintain. I think it must be all the exercise I have done? Also, remember I'm a lot bigger than most of you here and have more to lose - so I can lose easier now than I will in 30 pounds, say. Over than past week or so I've stopped counting calories and am focusing on "Intuitive Eating" - eating only when honestly hungry, not having foods on a "bad" list, focusing on portion control and trying to stay away from all binging. We'll see how it goes. I may return to counting calories. I didn't set out to stop or anything - I just got so busy and not online so much. I did all my tracking at Nutridiary.com. I'm eating basically the same foods as before. Just not being so "exact" in the math.

Yes, welcome Nancy! THat's great about your dd too!!