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~~ Thin Wannabees Chit Chat #15 ~~
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Hello and welcome to the Thin Wannabees! :cheer: We are a friendly group of ladies who have one thing in common. We are all working together toward our goal of being healthier in our daily lifestyles and to lose weight. There are all different ages and backgrounds here and we all have different ways of losing our weight. We all love to have fun and laugh, but we also give a lot of support, encouragement and motivation for one another, not just in weight loss, but in all of our daily joys and struggles. Everyone has their ups and downs and we’ll be here with you thru both! Please feel free to post with us - just jump right in and believe me, you will be welcomed with open arms. The more the merrier! So please join us and let's work together towards a healthier us!! :gossip: Please feel free to check out our website and learn more about us at: The Thin Group |
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OK EVERYONE - ROLLCALL!!!!! I'M YELLING AT YOU - CAN YOU HEAR ME????? SHARON SLYVIA SHERRY DEBBIE CAROL SHERIDAN STACIE (GONNA BE 150) BRANDY ANNIE MEL (ALLENS MOM) TEAHONEY GONNA LOSE IT AGAIN CJ MISSY (ANYONE I MISSED)!!! Please step up and be NOTICED! We miss you! JOIN the Easter Challenge - time is passing fast! I EXPECT TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL REAL SOON!!! Love, CJ |
I'm hear. ::Standing to be noticed::
Nothing new going on here with me. Still searching for work. Just applied for another job yesterday for the local school district. It would be as a secretary for the elementary(1st and 2nd graders). It would be a great job to have. You have the same hours basically as your kids and holidays. I am really hoping that they call me. :crossed: I am definitely drinking more water. I just couldn't get enough of it last night. It tasted so good to me. I am hoping that I will drink more today. Just taking it day by day. I just want to get in my own place so I can get back to normal and start a more regular deit plan. I am planning on going for a couple long walks the next few days. It's suppose to be upper 50's today and lower 60's tomorrow. I am going to get out and walk all that I can before the rain comes back. So where's everyone else? How are things going? Miss you all. Annie |
Okay, I joined the Easter challenge. I've been doing very well with my eating and exercise. I love feeling this way and don't understand why I ever stopped but that's water under the bridge. What's done is done, I'm just glad to be back in my groove.
Hope everyone is having a great Friday. |
Here I Am-front And Center!
Hi CJ and everyone else,
Yes I am still here, bean meaning to post and saw CJ's Roll Call and decided to get my butt in here, so don't worry CJ, never fear I am here! :jig: SO much has been going on, besides working at H & R Block quite a bit, Ken had an accident on Saturday. We were at our daughter, Kelly's and he was putting some curtains up and somehow his knee bucked when he stepped on a chair and he fell backwards. To break his fall he put his right hand behind him, right into a box of glass sconces and candles Kelly had there as she just moved into their new house. He was cut really deeply right into the center of the palm of his hand. We rushed him to the hosptal and they stitched him up, until he could go to the hand specialist. Yesterday he had to have surgery on his hand. I guess he really messed up his hand, severed completely 2 tendons to his right middle finger, and severed 3 sensory nerves and an artery as well-which is why he bled so much in the ER. The doctor repaired everything but the artory to his hand, and says it had clotted off and you only need one artory I guess. So all is well, he is on lots pain killers and so far is in good spirits so far. But he may be off work for a few months and has to have physical therapy 3 times a week in the meantime. They said it will take maybe 9 months to a year to get back to being able to use it almost the way he did before, and he may still have some numbness in some fingers. The thing is he is right handed and some things are really awkward for him, but he is really trying. Boy when it rains it pours doesn't it? :rain: Other than that I am doing good. I will join the Easter Challenge after I post this. I have been doing pretty good, stayed the same for the last couple of weeks, even though I have been doing everything right, but this past week I finally had a 3 1/4 pound loss, thank goodness. Maybe I was in a plateau or something. :shrug: But now as of Wednesday I have lost 41 lbs so I am happy about that. AnnieFannie-Hang in there, you will find a job yet. Don't give up, we will all be keeping our fingers crossed for you. That is good that you are filling in at work.Good job on drinking the water, I too have been not real good about that these last few days, but am really trying. The walking is sure to help you on your way too. No, we won't let you leave us, you are stuck with us Wannabee's. LOL :tantrum: Like it or not and I think you will like it! MissyW-A great big welcome to you and I am sure you jumped right in. You will love this group and fit right in, we are a warm and friendly bunch as you say. We are here to support, encourage and motive you as well. I am a former Michigander as well, born in Detroit and raised in Mt. Clemens, Michigan. I know you have heard of Detroit, but have you heard about Mt. Clemens? We moved to Indiana about 12 yrs ago for my husbands job. I know you are going to be ONE HOT CHICK, :belly: How wonderful that your sweet hubby gets up and walks with you at that ungodly hour, what a guy! teahoney-Hey there girlfriend, glad you are back again. We have missed you much. Please don't get discouraged about what you gained back. I too had at one time lost 42 lbs and gained all but 12 of it back, but here I am finally getting it off again. YOU CAN DO THIS! WE WILL DO THIS TOGETHER.Just remember to take it a day at a time and it is all up to you. We are all with you. :cheer: lil mommi77-Hi to you and welcome as well, hope you will stick around and post with us, you will love it here. :welcome2: gonnaloseitagain/Dee-Wow you have been doing fantastic, glad the Dr had found the combination to help you out. Wow you have lost 50 lbs, how wonderful, I know you are doing the happy dance arn't you? :dance: Sherry-Where are you Sher Bear? We miss you, I know you must be really busy with work and the family, but post when you can cause WE MISS YOU SO MUCH! Hope all is well with you and things are going your way. Here is a hug for you (((((((((((((((((HUG))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) :df: CJ-Thanks for the roll call, I am here and hopefully we can get everyone else back too. I know we all go times when we either are too busy to post or are in a funk-remember those times yrs ago when that happened to you? But thanks for keeping things together. Love you! Hope that 5 yr old doesn't wear you out too much, but what exercise you will get with running around. LOL :running: Sylvia-Yoo Hoo where are you too girlfriend, we miss and love you too. (((((((((((((((((HUG FOR YOU TOO))))))))))))))))))))))) Hope all is wonderful with you too and little Nico is doing fantastic. :spin: Well everyone, I am off to go to the Easter Challenge. Love you guys! Sharon :grouphug: |
Hey everyone,
I would like to say that I have lost more weight, but I haven't! May have even put on a pound or so. I hate falling off the wagon. If it were an Olympic sport, I would have more gold than Midas! However, I'm not going to quit quitting. Hopefully, I will be able to shorten the times in between. This only lasted for 4 days. It ususally happens when my life gets hectic, well crazy hectic anyways. The middle of last week, my new puppy ate something that gave him the runs, everytime we came home the crate would be poopy and so would he. I am so sick of cleaning up crap! That and I have over extended myself in the area of school/church volunteering. Then when I am "bad" on a Thursday, I have this mentality that I might as wait until Monday to start over. Which fat girl in history made up that rule? I did get up and walk this a.m. and that always helps me to stay on track! I really enjoy walking outside, but Michigan weather is weird. Yesterday it was 60 degrees out at 6:00 a.m., then we had a tornado watch all day long and this morning it was 25 degrees, with 30 mile an hour wind gusts and 2 inches of snow on the ground! I walked anyhow, it is either dedication or insanity! Hope everyone is having a great week. Love, Missy |
I'm here guys - just been busy! But thought I better report in - hope everyone is doing fine - sure wish you would ALL report in!
Sharon: So sorry to hear of Ken's mishap! Hope he is doing ok .. well, as well as he can be under the circumstances! Did you get my email??? Give Ken my love, sounds like he has a long year ahead of him. He'll be in our thoughts and prayers. Great going on the 3 1/5 lb loss! I think I am on a plateau myself cuz I have been good! Missy: Ok girl .. if you are bad on Thursday DON'T wait til Monday to get back on the wagon - get back on it Friday! You can do this! Good job on the walking tho! We got more snow too! I'm so tired of it now - I'm ready for spring! We still have so much snow I don't think it will ever melt! LOL Annie: How are you doing with your water and walking? Glad you posted - keep in touch! Teahoney: Glad to hear from you too - hope you're still "in your groove" ... doing well with your eating and exercising? Keep on Keep on! I heard from Sherry - her BP is doing well now - she is on some new medication. They have their house on the market and have purchased a home in Kentucky she is busy fixing that up but won't be moving in until next month. I told her to hurry back and post - hope we hear from her soon! MISS YOU SHERRY! OK ... now have to run. Got some errands to take care of - will check back later - hope to hear from someone ... HELLOOOOOOOOOO - where is everyone??? Later... Love, CJ |
Good Morning all. I hope everything is going well for everyone.
Sharon: So sorry to hear about Ken. I sure do things get better. Missy: Keep on trying. You can't give up. I feel like quitting right now, but I'm not going too. I am just taking it day by day and know that it's going to hit me that I need to do it and I have to start now. No more excuses. It's just hard right now with living with my parents and everything else going on in my life, but I am ready to lose the weight. TeaHoney: WB> It's great to see ya back. Keep on moving. Don't let the setbacks get ya down. Just have to keep on moving forward. You can do it.:carrot: Well, today and tomorrow I am filling in at H & R Block while the Office Manager goes to Illinios to visit family. Her grandmother is in the hospital again and she wanted to see her. So I have Emily in here with me because I had no one to watch her. I wish there was a TV here so she could watch it because I don't seem to be doing a good job of entertaining her right now. Plus it doesn't help that she's getting over being sick so she's still a bit irritable. I'm also sick so that doesn't make a good combination right now. Well, the DH seems to be liking his new job. Not sure if I told you all, but he got a job. Yea. :carrot: :carrot: :D He started on Wednesday. He wasn't sure about it after the first day but he came home yesterday and he says that he likes it. That's great to know. He is working 1st shift for a couple of weeks to get trained and then he is going to be put onto 3rd shift. I'm not sure how that is going to work right now, but I am sure we will deal with whatever comes our way. I still haven't heard anything about a job. I am feeling so useless right now. Maybe a little jealous that the hubby has a job and I don't. I am used to being the one that brings home the money and now I just feel like I am worthless. We both applied at Manpower and I haven't heard a thing from them. I guess they don't like me. I wish the minimum wage was more here. It's only 5.15/ hr. I don't know how people can survive off of that. Still trying to get up the nerve to ask the ex if I can see the kids. The guy scares me so I haven't tried to talk to him yet. I know I need to, but I just don't have the courage to do it. I am nothing but a chicken. I was told I wasn't going to get to see or talk to them anyways. Atleast that is what he told my mother back in December when he found out that I was in town. He thought I was just here to visit for Christmas. What a surprise when he found out that I was going to be living here. I know he doesn't like it, but I just wish he could let the past be the past and try to think of the kids and not be so dang selfish and just think of himself. That's what it comes down too. He just wants to make me miserable and he doesn't care if it hurts the kids or not. He doesn't care for them. The things that I have heard and the way he treats them kids. I wish I could tell you. He is a mean ,selfish, evil man that doesn't deserve to have such beautiful children. I'll never forgive myself for leaving them. But I wasn't thinking at the time. :( :( Well, I haven't been eating well at all. Been drinking water daily, but just feel like I am getting out of control with my eating habits. I just need to get my life back on track, but that just doesn't seem to be happening. I think I need therapy to help me become a stronger person. I am like a rug. I let people walk all over me. I know that has to do with my weight and having very low self-esteem. I just want to stand up for myself and let my feelings be heard, but I am just a chicken when it comes down to it all. Ok.. enough rambling. I'm sure I have said more then you all want to know, but thanks for letting me get things off of my chest. It really helps. You guys are so great. I hope you all have a good day. Hugs, Annie |
Hi guys,
Just saw some of you had posted and thought I would post before I go to beddy bye in a few. Annie-So sorry about your job situation still and your ex and how he is treating you. Don't get down on yourself for what you did in the past. You can't go back, but you can make the best of right now. I don't see how he can deny the kids trying to have a relationship with you. Everyone makes mistakes and I hope you can get the courage up to talk to him, maybe he has changed his mind and is thinking the kids need to see their Mother now. I sure hope things work out for you, we are all here for you don't forget that. Here is a big hug for you, my H & R Block buddy. :hug: Missy-Good job on refusing to quite quitting. Don't give up on yourself, you can do this. Even when you mess up all is not lost, just get right back on the bandwagon and try to do your best. I am proud of you for getting up and walking too, that is sure to help you out. :running: CJ-I sent your email reply back to you, should have gotten it by now. Glad you have heard from Sherry and hope she can post as soon as she can and let us know how she is doing too. WE MISS AND LOVE YOU SHERRY! Thanks for the update on her. :cp: OK I am going to bed and will post again soon. :rolleyes: Love you, Sassy Sharon |
im new - not sure where to start
hi everyone,
i dont know where to start. I tried looking for a newbie thread. maybe i missed it. I didnt post in other threads after reading. etc. so feel free to move my post. haha I did read a lot of the success stories first. i love the before/afters. i mod an unrelated board so i know how cool it is to get to know the regulars and i admire all of you who post. I guess im looking for support or direction to the right thread until i get the hang of it here. I have had food issues as long as i can remember. i lost over 50lbs before so i guess im bitter/frustrated at why i havent been able to do it again now. On my current unexplained mission thus far I have lost 13 pounds. I realize the connection with depression (for me). I know everything there is to know about how (eat less calories/burn more calories). I think as the pounds shed I will grow more motivated. I think the key here is if I am writing about it to you guys I will have something to look back on because i really havent got into the daily food journals etc. And i know i have a lot of places to improve on but i take them one at a time. My personal biggest influence is a stray dog i found. I didnt want a dog (or think i could have one) in my tiny place but i walk with her 3 miles a day now. (before i would have just been sleeping). I wont bother to go into more details now until i find the right forum/thread to post in but im very happy to be down 13 so far with about 40 ish more to go. And it's been REALLY slow this time. but I think I am coming to terms with that. thanks for letting me vent. xx00 Dani |
Welcome Danigirl:
There are lots and lots of threads here on the forum to choose - you are now posting in The Thin Wannabees under Clubs and Groups ... if you wish to stay here with us we are most happy to have you stay and join us! Of course, you can post in more than one thread if you wish. Our group is of course a support group also, we just have our own space separate from some of the other threads. So please feel free to join us, post often, we'd love to get to know you. Right now we are in TW chit chat #15 and will go to #16 after 30 posts. So, if you choose, please don't lose us, and come back and join in with us. Good luck on your journey to losing lbs ... we're all struggling with the same thing, so there's lots of support here, and on any of the threads you choose to join in with. Hope to hear more from you. Love, CJ |
Welcome Danigirl.
You've come to a great place. Like CJ said, you can post here and other threads too if you like. I post here as well as on the 30 something group. I love getting to know everyone and sharing my ups and downs. It's great to get so much encouragement and support from everyone. I always thought I could do this on my own, but after coming here I realize that I can share myself and not feel bad about myself. I am not judged here. Sometimes I think the DH thinks I am crazy and why can't he help me with my weight loss. It's just that he's not a woman. He might know what it is like to be slightly overweight, but not what it is like to be a woman. It just feel move comfortable here. I hope you post with us often. Good luck on your weightloss journey. See you around in the forums. Hugs, Annie:hug: |
Glad to report that I am down 1 pound for my weigh-in today. Last week was really hectic for me so I didn't get in as much exercise as I would have liked. And although I didn't overeat there were a couple of days of not the best food choices. So considering, one pound is great. I have two weeks to lose 3 pounds so that I can reach my March goal of ten pounds. I know I can do that.
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Teahoney - Good for you! It has been so long since I actually made a goal and reached it that I can't remember what it feels like! You seems to be doing really well on your exercise o'meter too. Keep up the good work.
Well, yesterday was the first day of Spring. Did anyone inform Mother Nature of that little tidbit because I'm starting to think she didn't get the memo. Walking this a.m. was "numbing" and my face was killing me when we got back. I am really looking forward to walking in a pair of shorts, but that is probably a ways from happening. I am really cravings something sweet and it will not go away. It has been like this for about 24 hours now. I don't think my period is near and I hardly ever eat sweets, let alone crave them. I'm more of a cheeto or movie popcorn kind of girl. Any ideas of some low point or least amount of damage chocolate things I could have. (5 Reese's sound delicious, but maybe not such a good idea). Hey maybe a soft serve ice cream from McDonald's. That is only 3 points. Maybe I'll go to Mickey D's for lunch. Well, I don't have much to say, I just didn't want to continue being a non-participant. Everybody - Have a wonderful and blessed week. Love, Missy |
Hi everyone! Just checking in real quick .. hubby and I went away for a couple days for our anniversary - just got out of the hot tub and am ready for bed but wanted to come in and post first.
Teahoney: hey, 1 lb is great! good job! Sounds like you have the right train of thought so keep up the good work ... Missy: I say if you are craving something sweet that bad you should just have something! They say that if you have a chocolate craving, you should go for a really good piece of chocolate and savor every bite! I hope you won't be a non-partisipant for long - we would miss you. Keep trying - you'll get back on track again - and go enjoy a nice piece of good chocolate! a big HELLO to all our "missing in action" people - hope you all return SOON! I'll be back tomorrow ... Love, CJ |
Hi everyone.
Just wanted to say hi. I'm actually excited because we might have an apartment. Yea. Now I just need to get a job and things would be really great. My dad actually found out about it. I guess it's the same apartment that he and my mom lived in when I was born. How weird is that. But he got her down to about 350/month and heat, water and garbage are included. I am so excited. I really hope we get it. I am going to look at it, but I will take it because I just want to get out of my parents hair and maybe this will work better for my diet ect. Well, that's it. Totally stink on my eating. Seems like I am eating everything in sight or that I can find. I hate it, but the stress just kills me and I just can't seem to think straight. Wish me luck. Hugs to all, Annie |
Just popping in to say hello .. not much to say - obviously no one else does either!
Annie: Luck to you on the apartment! Sounds great, hope you get it. Let us know. I think once you get your own place you'll get yourself back on a good way of eating. Don't stress out too much. Keep us posted and once again - good luck! EVERYONE! Where are you all ??????? Come back! Come back! It's lonely in here! Well, hope you all have a great Sunday .. and sure hope to hear from everyone SOON! Love, CJ |
Yesterday was my weigh-in and it showed a gain of three pounds and I know that it can't possibly be fat weight. For some reason I seem to be retaining water so I'm upping the water intake and hopefully I can't knock this thing out now.
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Evening all ... just a quick one here. Just got out of my hot tub - had a nice long hot soak and I feel greeeeeat!
Teahoney: Don't fret too much about that 3 lbs gain - it's probably just a water gain like you said - hang in there, it'll come back off! I'm hanging at the same weight and I've been really trying! OK .. off I go. get my jammies on and join my hubby at the table - we're working on a real killer of a jigsaw puzzle! Later.... Love, CJ |
Hi Ya'll
I'm Becky Jo in northern Idaho (and a native Texan). I've been struggling with my weight since giving birth to my son 9 years ago at the age of 33. I thought I was fat in my 30s, but now that I'm in my 40s, it's like what the heck is happening to my body!?! It's not all bad news. I've lost 25 lbs. since January and continuing to lose 2-3 lbs. a week following a sensible (and realistic) diet and excercise program. Although I'm having success, I can see that I need support and encouragement from people with the same issues as me (well maybe not ALL of my issues). My husband is awesome and a great cheerleader for me, but it downright irritates me that he can cut out his 3rd helping of chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes and lose that extra 10 lbs. around the middle. Most of my girlfriends are thin and have no perception of what it's like to have a real weight problem even though one of them was complaining the other day that she couldn't zip her size 6 jeans (like I'm supposed to feel sorry for her).
I'm looking forward to getting to know the gals on this thread. It seems to me there's a lot of encouragment going on around here, and I'm anxious to get in on it. Becky Jo "I'm still a hot babe. It just comes in flashes now." Paula Deen |
Howdy Becky. Welcome to the group.
So I got the apartment and we get to move in this Saturday. I am going to get the key early so we can go in and do some cleaning before we do. No one has lived in it in a year so I want to freshen it up a bit so it feels clean. We don't have much to move in it, but it will be ours and we won't have to feel so uptight and constrained. I am nervous because it's just I want to be able to pay all the bills and do it on our own. I just don't to fall on my face. Well, still looking for a job. I am hoping to find something soon. I just can't work 3rds because hubby is going to be starting 3rds next week after finishing up his training. It's hard because if I work 1st I have to have a babysitter and if I work 2nd I have to have someone watch her depending on how late I work because he has to be at work by 10 pm so he'll have to leave somewhere between 9:30 to 9:40. So much stress it makes me just want to eat and eat. Doesn't even matter if I am hungry. I just keep stuffing my face. Well, I am hoping the stress goes down to a minimum. Wish me luck. Take care. Hope you are all having a good week. Annie:hug: |
WELCOME TO THE GROUP BECKY! I hope you will post with us often so we can get to know you. Our gals here get a little scarce at times but there is always someone here. Glad to have you join us!
Annie: Yeah! You got the apartment - how neat! Now some of your stress is gone cuz you will have your own place .. and in time you will find a job also - everything will fall into place, you'll see. See - things are falling into place - maybe not as fast as you want but ... 1) hubby got a job 2) you now have your own place and 3) you will find a job too and it will be the right one. I've been working on getting the rest of our stuff ready to have our taxes done .. going downstate tomorrow with our accountant - thank heaven that will be done for another year! I hate doing this every year! Going to a special dinner at the Casino hotel Thursday nite - and we are going to spend the nite too .. that will be fun. Well .. not much to say right now - sure hope ya all show up soon - where are you guys?? Do I have to do another rollcall??? I promise you, it won't be pretty - LOL Later guys, Love, CJ |
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Thank you all for the warm welcome!
Boy did I fall off the wagon today! I've lost 30 lbs. since January by eliminating wheat from my diet and making sure the bulk of my carb intake is from complex carbohydrates. Thursday, my 7 year old daughter, her best friend and her mother, and I went to a British tea room for lunch (it's spring break here). I have to say it was a lovely place and we all had a lot of fun being "fancy". However, everything they served us was loaded to the hilt with simple carbs and as the saying goes, "When in Rome.....". Since we live in "Hooterville", we had to drive 45 minutes to the big city. After eating finger sandwiches, scones, and cake, I was almost in a coma by the time we got home. I'll admit, I've cheated a little here and there. I had to have a slice of my birthday cake, and have had one or two Krispy Kremes, but nothing too drastic. I was amazed at how doing such a big cheat made me feel almost drugged. Upon regaining consciousness, I realized that's how I used to feel almost every afternoon before I started eating healthy, and I don't like it. If that's not incentive to stay faithful to my new eating habits, I don't know what is. So for dinner I had 6 oz. of grilled salmon, a salad, and a small baked sweet potato with a drizzle of butter. Eating healthy is so satisfying (well, most of the time). All in all, it was a pretty good day. I mentioned to the other mom that I was looking for a workout buddy/accountbility partner to join Curves with me. She was so excited because she'd been wanting to join. but didn't want to go alone. I need someone to guilt me into working out consistently, since I really don't like to exercise, or even sweat for that matter. I hope everyone has a good weekend! Take care and God Bless! Becky Jo |
Good morning everyone - wherever you all are!
Becky: Good job on losing 30 lbs since January! You go girl. Don't get to down on your self for going off track for one day ... I'm sure by now you are back OP .. Good luck on joining Curves .. I'm like your mother - I would not like to do it alone. I would probably join if I had someone to join with me but I don't so guess I won't be joining. I'm bad on exercising .. I have the treadmill and need to get myself on it! Have a great weekend everyone! Love, CJ |
Hi guys here I am!
Boy I see that we have some new Wannabee's. That is great! :dancer:
Danigirl-A great big welcome to you. :welcome: I hope that you will stick around, this is a great group. As far as your lost and gained weight, that happened to me as well. I had lost a total of 43 pounds a few years ago and managed to gain all but 13 pounds back. I was pretty frustrated about that, but took things a step at a time and have managed to lost those 43 pounds again as of Wednesday's Weight Watchers meeting. So I am happy about that, but it took time and I just did my best and didn't try to crash diet or anything like that. So hang in there you are on your way. Hope you can come back and let us know how you are doing. BeckyJo-Hello to you too, glad you decided to join our wonderful group. :welcome3: First of all congratulations on your 25 pound weight loss. That is a great accomplishment. All that hard work you have done has paid off big time. I know the feeling about your husband, my husband is the same way, all he has to do is cut our his Little Debbies and ice cream at night and he loses weight. Not fair at all. Don't worry about when you fell off your program, just keep doing like you did and jump right back on the bandwagon. I go to Curves and just love it so by all means join. I didn't sign up with anyone else, but I have met so many nice ladies there. CJ-I hope you had a great anniversary, where did you guys end up going to celebrate that wonderful event? How did your tax preparation go? Are you getting lots of $ back, I sure hope so. That would be nice, than you can take it to the casino and win big. :lucky: AnnieFannie-Congratulations on your new apartment, that is so cool that it is the same on you lived in before. How neat is that? I know you are glad to have a place to call your own. Just hang in there on the job search, you will get one and everything will work out, but I have been know to do some stress related eating myself. Just do the best you can, that's all you can do. :flow2: Misty-I find when I crave some chocolate, the best thing I can do is just have that chocolate. But I make it a really good grade of chocolate if I can, like Godiva or at least Hershey's. :chockiss: As far as the popcorn cravings, I buy those individual bags of popcorn and they usually do the trick for me. teahoney-I'll bet the weight gain is water related. I find that when I don't drink my water like I should-up I go! Try to drink lots and lots of water and that should do the trick. You are doing really great I think. :cheer: Me! I have been doing great. I had been wanting to post sooner, but have been so busy working at H & R Block. But I am finally done as of the other day. I am presently at my Air Force daughter's, Tracy's place in Illinois with my other daughter, Kelly and son, Dan. Now if we just had our other Air Force son, Alan in California here, we would be all together. We are having fun and I am enjoying the kids. Hubby, Ken is home watching brother, Jerry this weekend. Since he is on oxygen, it is hard to travel with him. But he is good hands I know. :) I have been doing great weight wise, I have been working really hard on my WW program and am happy to be down once again 43 pounds. Things are starting to fit me again. I have been going to Curves almost every day and it is finally starting to pay off, but it has been a long time coming after going to my WW meetings so long and just going up and down. :encore: But the best news of all is that next Friday, April 7th, my husband and I will going on our first cruise. I am so excited, our 4 wonderful grown kids gave it to us for our 30th anniversary, which was on Dec 13th. I keep forgetting to tell you about it. They all presented us our gift certificate on New Years Eve, and were we ever surprised too. I started crying, cause I really didn't ever expect that from them. We are going on a 7 day cruise to Montego Bay, Jamaica, Georgetown, Grand Cayman Island than to Coumezel and Costa Maya, Mexico. We are going a couple of days early to see my brother in Boca Raton, Florida so we will be going out of Fort Lauderdale. Than we will come back and spend Easter with him and my sister in law. I am getting so excited and still can't believe we are going. :dance: I have been going through my things for things to wear on the cruise, before I buy anything. Since I have been losing weight, my clothes are fitting so much better and I have also been tanning for the last few months at where I work out. Many people I talked to who have been on cruises have suggested I should get a base tan at least, so I won't burn like a lobster in the hot sun there, be miserable and have my trip ruined. I have never ever went to a tannning bed before so this is a new experience for me. I usually just stay white all year long. LOL My poor husband, Ken, besides what happened to his hand a few weeks ago when he went through that surgery to repair some tendons he had cut, something else happened. He called me while I was at work last Saturday and said to come home because he thinks he broke his baby toe on the ottoman. Sure enought, after the x-ray, it was indeed broken. So now he has a splint on his right hand, where he had the surgery and on his left foot there is a velcro shoe type shoe, they just taped the baby toe to the next one that's all they can do. He wanted to cancel the trip, but I talked him into going anyways. We just won't do real active things, but we will still have a good time. I guess I had better keep him away from the rail at least, or tie a rope around his leg, with all the bad luck he has been having lately. :eek: Talk to you guys later, have a good weekend everyone. Sassy Sharon :grouphug: |
The Spring time change is always a difficult switch for me, but it will be nice to have more sunshine during my waking hours. Life is certainly filled with trade-offs! What we choose to put in our mouths is no exception!
I'm going to join Curves this afternoon! I went shopping on Saturday since my clothes are getting baggy on me. The plus size clothes are a little too big and the misses clothes are a little too snug (a big improvement from the sz. 20 I used to wear. Hopefully, getting into a regular workout routine will help me cross the line into the misses department, not to mention get rid of the "jigglies". Have a great Monday everybody! Becky Jo |
Hi Everyone!!
Last time I was here this group was called the Thin Group!! LOL What happened??
Hi CJ!!! Hope that you are doing well. Sylvia!! How's everything going? Hope OK? Sharon!! I love ya...... My name is Chrissy and I don't remember the last time that I posted on the Thin Group. I guess that it has been years!! Still need to lose weight. Who doesn't eh?? But I am happy. I am engaged to be married sometime next year. I have 2 daughters. One is getting married this September. Been very busy. Started my own health care agency 3 years ago. Just got back from a cruise in Greece!! For all that I don't know, good luck on your weight loss. This is an excellent group to come to for support. Take care all!! Love, Chrissy :carrot: |
Goodbye all!
I just wanted to post and tell everyone goodbye. We are packing and getting ready to leave on our cruise tomorrow morning. I can't wait and am so excited and am happy to be finally able to be going at long last.
Ken's foot is better, in fact we went out to Walmart tonight and he got a sandal with velco strapping that he is comfortable in and he says it looks much better than that stupid shoe velcro type thingie the hospital gave him when he broke his toe a couple of weeks ago. His hand is getting better too and he still has the splint on, but he will be doing his therapy on his own on the ship. He should be alright and he even managed to tie his shoe the other day. Yippee! Chrissy-Hello sister in law, so glad you posted here, sorry I didn't get to talk to you on the phone, all is well with us, getting ready for our cruise. Jerry is doing well and son, Dan is will talk good care of him and hopefully he will not have a breathing attack and go to he hospital. He should be good since he just got our from his over night visit last night. Glad you are doing well. For anyone who doesn't know Chrissy she was married to my brother, Rick who was killed and she is my best friend and I just love her so much. I am happy for her that she is finally getting some happiness with a great guy. I am looking forward to having him in our family so much. His name is Rick too, that is a special name I tell you. Hope you had a great time on your trip to Greece and I will talk to you when I get back. Well everyone, will talk to you when I get back, which will be after the 18th of April. Love you, Sharon :dancer: |
Just wanted to post a quick Hi.
We have been living in our apartment for about a week now. I'm slowly adjusting to it. Just always feels strange living in some place new when are used to something else. I've been trying to get into a routine, but it's hard. I am walking everyday even if it is only a mile. I am trying to do little exercises here and there like sit ups etc. Hopefully, by tomorrow we are going to have some furniture in the apartment. My parents are giving us their 2 lazy boy(they've had them for years) plus possible the couch if it fits. My mom wants to get all new furniture for the living room. I am so thankful that they are helping us so much. I can't wait to get more settled so I can show them how much I appreciate all they have done for us. It means the world to me. I hope you are doing well. Have fun on the cruise Sassy. I hope all goes well and you two have a terrific time. :) Well, I suppose I should get going. I have errands I need to run today. Take care. Hugs to all. Love, Annie |
Chrissy:
Hi there! So good to hear from you. I'm so glad that everything is going so good for you! You certainly deserve it after all you've been thru - Congratulations on your engagement! I hope to hear from you more - it has been too long. Sharon: Well, I hope you are having a ball on your cruise! I'm sure you are! Enjoy and can't wait to hear all about it when you get home. Sorry to hear of Ken's broken toe! I do know how that hurst as I have broken my big toe twice in my life! Not a good thing that's for sure. Annie: Glad to hear you're getting settled into your apartment. That is nice of your parents to give you their sofa and loungers .. I'm sure they do know how appreciative you are for their help. Good job on the walking .. that's more than I've been doing. Keep up the good work. Where have all our newbies gone? Missy? Becky? Teahoney? and our oldies - Sherry? Carol? Debbie? I miss you all - sure wish you would come back! Well, I'm out of here ... baby sitting again today for my 5-yr old Carley. It's going to be a long day - will have her until 9pm! Hope to see some action in here soon! Love, CJ |
Hey Guys,
Sorry I have been gone. Actually, I haven't been. I read all of your posts, but I just don't write 'cause I'm pissed off that I regained the five pounds I lost for the Easter challenge and am right back were I started. My avoidance behavior is a sure sign I'm being "naughty" and don't wanna talk about it! LOL, I'm like a little kid. C.J.: Okay, I'm ready to try again with the Bikini Challenge, but ya know 130 don't look the same at 40 as it did at 20! :mag: Gravity is the arch enemy of the middle aged woman! Nothing like having to put on a pair of shorts and a tank top to motivate you into losing weight. Becky: So how is it going with Curves? I used to be a member years ago when they first came to town. I liked it. Don't know why I stopped. Probably just lazy! Sassy: I am green with jealousy! But I do hope that you had a wonderful time. Where did you go? My husband and I went to Jamaica in November to an all inclusive resort and I never wanted to come home again. I still think about it all the time. I hope your trip was just as great (and that your husband refrained from injuring himself further!) Annie: Congrats on the new apartment! I'll bet that is nice, especially having your own space! How is the job situation going? Find anything you really like or are you still temping? TeaHoney: Are you practicing avoidance behavior like me? What's going on in your world? I think my puppy is finally potty trained (knock on wood) and that it soooo wonderful! However, had I known how time consuming and tied down I would be with a dog, I might have bought my son a hamster. Sometimes it is worse than having a child. Someone always has to go home for lunch, can't go away for the weekend, blah, blah, blah! One of my pastor's asked me to be in charge of this humungous women's retreat coming up at the end of the month. It was an honor to be asked and planning it has been fun, but now that it is looming upon me, I'm scared that the weekend will bite the dust and no one will have any fun. I'm my own worst critic. How can they not have a blast? The weekend is kidless, husbandless, houseworkless and is filled with shopping, food, makeovers and midnight pool parties. They better have fun or they can all kiss my butt! Ha! That sounded real Christian, didn't it!:D Hope y'all have a great week and a blessed Easter. Love, Missy |
Hi there! :wave:
I know it's been a while since I posted here. I think about you guys all the time and I finally have some time to post. I've been on WW since December 22, 2005 and have lost close to 30 pounds. I am really trying to make sure this is the year I lose this weight. I had tried for many years, just ask CJ and Sharon, to lose it but never have. This time, I decided it was my time to concentrate on myself rather than everyone else. I know it sounds selfish but if I dont' take care of myself, who will? As for exercise, I try to walk every day. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I walk 4 miles and I love it. I can't believe I just wrote that! :lol: My eating is better, I have somehow become addicted to balsamic vinegar. I put it on almost everything so I guess there are worse things I could be addicted to. Nico is now 2 and a half and quite the handful. He thinks that the sofa is a great place to use as a diving board. He really, really keeps me busy. I have to watch him all the time or else he makes a giant mess. I am also trying to potty train him and it's been h*ll. I think he's going to be the only high schooler still in diapers. :lol: CJ- I see you are still being a brat! I miss you chickie, I really do. I think about you and Sharon quite a bit. Sharon- How are you my friend? Like I said to CJ, I think about the both of you often. I still have the e-mail with your phone number so I may surprise you one day with a phone call. Chrissy- How are you beautiful lady! Congratulations on your engagement! Wow, you are going to be a bride and mother of the bride in the same year! I miss your e-mails. You send some really good ones. A big hello to all those I didn't mention by name. I'm off to bed. I promise not to wait so long until my next post. Sylvia |
Hello everyone.
I thought I would just drop by and say hi. Where is everyone? I hope you all had a good Easter. Mine was pretty quiet. I didn't get any candy which I am so thankful for. I got a cute little duck and a chirping chickie. Oh so cute. I did have a job interview this week. Well, I suppose you would call it that, but it was much more relaxed then the last one that I had. I don't know if I'll get it. I am actually torn right now. It's part-time. It would be 3 hours a day M-F and more if it were busier and I was needed. I'm torn because it's office help for one of the local funeral homes. The plus side is that it up the street from our apartment. About a 1 1/2 blocks which is great. I just don't know if it's something that I want to do. I just hate to take it and then find something else that would be more hours or full-time. I didn't ask how much they paid. I know it shouldn't matter, but I am basing working there how much they would pay. I just want to make sure I have enough to pay my obligations and still help out around the house. I know what it is like to be the only one to pay the bills. And I want to help if just a little. Well, nothing much is going on here. I still have no clue as to what I weigh. I am not sure if it's a good thing or not. I am going to have to get off of my butt and get on a scale so I can update my ticker. :crossed: Hoping that it will be in favor and I hit Onderland. That would be such a ego booster for me right now. Ok.. I should get ready for bed. Probably not. I think I am going to go and play on pogo for just a bit. Take care all. :hug: Annie |
Well - happy Thursday after EASTER everyone! Hope everyone had a great EASTER and are now prepared to work harder to get our bodies ready for the "swimsuits"!!!!! YES, WE CAN DO IT!!!!!
Sorry I haven't been around much ... been really busy taking care of my 5-yr old Carley while her grandparents were in Florida .. they are back home now so I returned her to them - LOL. She is soooo cute, but she sure does have the energy bunny beat! Also, my sister from California was here last week so I spent as much time with her as I could .. don't get to see her too often. SLYVIA!!!! You go girl - WTG on your 30 lbs loss!!! And, oh my, so good to hear from you! Please don't stay away so long next time ... and keep up the great work on your wt loss - you're doing marvelouse darling - marvelous! Missy: Don't quick posting because you regained your 5 lbs - just get right back up on that wagon and keep on trying! But keep on posting too - we miss you when you are not here! I should talk - I haven't been posting either! I didn't gain any but I didn't lose any either! So, am starting again TODAY! I'm going to start a daily food thread - starting today. Good luck on your woman's retreat - I'm sure you will do a great job and you all will have a lot of fun! Annie: Good luck on your new job if you get it if you decide to take it. Even if you don't I'm sure something good will come up for you. Good job on not eating any candy for EASTER ... I had a few pieces myself ... So you play on Pogo? I used to a long time ago but I went to ION and go there to play bingo sometimes ... Well ... am off to start a new thread - #16 - I hope some of our "missing members" return soon! I will also start a "bathing suit" challgenge. Come and join me! SEE YOU ON #16!!! Love, CJ |
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