Well let me just say that this week was crappy in regards to my eating, I did some binging not a lot but had some cravings as it was that time. The ladies at work also were feeling it too as some were just wanting to eat in general. With the holiday coming up and the fact we are going to an amusement park this weekend my will power is out the window for the next 3 days. I plan on refocusing on Monday since we are having our weigh in a few weeks later. I can't let this hard work go out the window. I do know that I will not be eating as though I have never eaten before but I will not be so anti food either. I am about to get ready for work, I hope you all have a good weekend and a nice holiday. Talk to you all later.

Regina, I was so happy to see your post. I really had a feeling of - So it's not just me!! There must be something in the atmosphere ;) because this past week has been a real trial. And to add injury to insult, it's my TOM.:o I love what you wrote about your attitude about food this weekend. It's a great attitude to have and one that will make this work in the long run. Sounds like you have some fun plans for the weekend. My daughter and I are going to DC to see my parents. We're excited:carrot: . And BTW, she had a great time at the Wiggles. Is your Grandma still there? When exactly is your birthday? Well, I have a meeting to rush to, but good luck this weekend and ENJOY!!:hug:

well I am getting ready to head out the door to go to Ohio. I am ready to have a little fun, but right now my daughter is being quite moody and I am not having that at all, little miss attitude to the max. In regards to my visiting Grandma she has gone away...I refer that as TOM.

Well I am glad to know I haven't been the only one having issues with the food. I figure we are only human and if we want to eat it, then eat it but don't lose control you know what I mean. I have been having these dreams that I am thin, I look so nice and healthy. I only wish we had a button to change the way we have become inside and out.

Well Monday is right around the corner and I need to step my game up if I want to lose some more weight. 6 pounds lost isn't a worlds record so I need to get my toosh moving and refocus once again but this time do it for me instead of everyone else.

I hope you have a nice weekend and enjoyable holiday. Be safe and you asked when my birthday was Nicky, Sept 7. Well let me go get the car packed. Talk to you later.

I hope everyone is having a great Labor Day holiday weekend. I've been spending the time in DC with my parents. It started out rainy, an East coast hurricaine, but ended up quite nice. We went to my Dad's garden yesterday and picked beans, tomatoes, eggplant, carrots, bell peppers, okra, and bananna peppers. It was fantastic! And the best part is that I'm bringing a huge bag of veggies home with me!! That should help with the eating - nothing better than fresh from the garden veggies!!
Regina - I'm actually a little relieved to hear that your Grandma was your TOM. I thought that you just had a Grandma that you really didn't get along with and she was coming for an unwelcome visit. I wanted to ask what you had against your Grandma, but I didn't want to be rude. After all we don't get to choose our relatives and sometimes they really aren't the nicest people. Anyway, I hope you're having a great time in Ohio and that your daughter's attitude has adjusted.
Best of luck to everyone!!

Good Morning to you all-

In regards to my Grandma I do love her to death so do not fret, I don't think there is one relative I don't like, and you are right we can't choose our relatives. Ohio was awesome, we all had a great time. The weather was nice and the park was filled with so much fun. We got up there Saturday evening and spent the night and then headed to the park Sunday morning. We left there at 5:00. then headed home. My daughter did great too. I am glad you got to be around your parents Nicky, sounds like you had so much fun. I wish my parents lived close by to do that. So how has your weekend been going? Good I hope. So what delicious meals are you going to be serving with those tasty veggies?

Be on the look out Nicky for a PM from me either later today or tomorrow. It's an idea so let me know what you think o.k. Well let me close for now, I talk to you later. Any recipes you have that are easy to make?

Well today is Saturday and I am planning on going to the mall to spend the money I got for my birthday Thursday. At work they had a little get together with WW friendly food. It was nice. My husband and daughter took me out for dinner on Wednesday. Overall the week went great and I am back at my current weight that is displayed. Now my goal is to get past the 180's since I keep playing in this ball field.

Hope you all are doing good. Did anyone weigh in this week? How was it?

Well I need to work on my drinking of the H2O. I was doing good for a while but I need to step it up. I better start getting ready.

Today is Tuesday...where is everyone at? I am getting ready to head out to work. Things are going o.k. Just need to start taking my vitamins again. I am getting so tired during the day. My eating habits have been o.k. except this weekend, I didn't do too bad but it wasn't 100% WW either. We're only human right. Well I better go for now. Hope to hear from everyone soon.

Nicky...How are you? AND Cassy....you doing o.k.

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted. My computer at home never recovered from a power outage that we had :( and work has been completely insane.:o I went from not having enough work to having too much work for 3 people to do.:dizzy: But I think I have a handle on it now - at least to be able to check in. :)

I'm really sore today. I went White Water Rafting with a group of people from work yesterday. Nothing like seeing your boss in nothing but swim shorts and a life jacket. :p We had a great time, but I think we're all paying the price today. Even so, I would love to do it again (after my muscles have a chance to recover).

:woo: I hope you had a great birthday, Regina!!:gift::balloons: I finally responded to your PM, so you should have a message in your box.

Well I know it has been a long time since I last posted. My intention was to get us a new thread started but I have not had the time. I don't know if I mentioned but my daughter plays soccer, she plays on the Middle School team as well as a rec team plus she is in yearbook. So my weeks lately have been non stop and I am tired. I was so glad to get the phone call this morning at 7:10 that the game has been cancelled due to the weather, do you think I stayed in bed, nope I got up and started doing the motherly chores. Anyway my life has been hectic lately. My weightloss journey is stagnet. I know I need to exercise each day but I am so tired when I get home that I say forget it. I have been doing a weekly menu for my family and that has worked but I still want to snack periodically. Why can't I stay focused? Any suggestions?

Hope you all have a good weekend.

Things have been pretty busy around here too. I've been working on a big project at work and my boss has really been hounding me to get it finished. Now I'm pretty good at multitasking, but there's only so much one person can get accomplished!! Anyway, my daughter went to spend the weekend with my inlaws so I went into work and got it finished. So maybe I can get back on track with the whole weightloss thing.
I went to the grocery store yesterday and bought a lot of fruits and vegetables and good snacks. I haven't been excersising at all. In fact, I can't even take the bus and enjoy my walks anymore because the bus system has gotten so unreliable that I was late picking up my daughter from daycare. They charge $2 per minute and are not very nice about it. Plus it was traumatic for me sitting on the bus, completely out of control of the fact that I was late, watching people pull the stop cord making me later and later.

Regina - I like your idea of a weekly menu for the family. I'm glad that it's working for you. I think that maybe you should also schedule snacks in. I know that when I a little something every 3-4 hours I did much better with portion control. A small scheduled snack between breakfast and lunch and another between dinner and bedtime may help.

Hi everybody.. I don't know if anyone's even gonna be checking this thread, I see it's been a few weeks since there's been a post. Sorry I didn't post all summer!! I'm a bad girl... I know.. I did very very bad this summer :O(
My weight is up, way up!! I need to change my ticker, I'm gonna put it off as long as possible though :O) So are we gonna try and get our thread active again or what?!?! Holidays are comin' and I know we all want to lose a few pesky pounds before those family get togethers :O) Hope to hear from someone soon!! Hugs..

Hi cherrylatte!! It's good to hear from you. I still check in every once in a while - I guess it's the optimist in me. I am dreading the holiday season. My aunt (who has been overweight as long as I've known her) was quite rude to me about how much I weighed. I'm sure she meant well, but I still am self-conscious because of it and do not want to go back without a dramatic change. Now time has gotten away again. Maybe if we had some people up for a challenge... Well, best wishes!!

I definately worry about gaining weight this time of year, I especially do bad during October, with all the treats my kids' will be bringing home!!
My weight is already up from this summer binge :O(
I'm trying to get back on track, it seems harder and harder each time...
I know for sure I'll never resort to liquid diets again.. I regained every pound plus a few extra sooo quickly :O(
I should change my weight tracker!! But I'd rather not :O) Maybe another day....

Hello Hello
 

Hi there! I know I haven't posted in a while, for that I am dearly sorry. Soccer has taken over my life...I wish I was playing again, it's my daughter. Like I mentioned in an earlier post my daughter plays for the M.S team as well as a rec team and I think I have literally 1 day to breathe without ripping and running. Right now I am watching "The Biggest Loser"...I totally love that program.

The ladies at work are all getting ready to convert to doing the WW way of life. For some they are needing a change from the diets they are doing. I am glad there are more on board with WW at work. I decided to give it my all once again. I am determined to not fall off the wagon. The holidays are coming up and I am so wanting to stay focused an make healthy choices. It's weird because I have this feeling inside me that is different from all the other times I have tried to lose weight. I think in the past I was doing it for all the wrong reasons and doing it for others that if I failed it was o.k because it wasn't for me...am I making any sense. Anyway I am seriously making a conscious effort to stay on track. The one thing I know I need to incorporate with this plan is to exercise. I am hoping to start getting up a little earlier and head outside and walk and feel the crisp air in the morning. I am drinking my water at work. When we went to visit my dad in San Antonio, we went to Fiesta Texas well I am sure that we know that buying drinks can be pricey at an amusement park, well we bought one of those sippy cups that has the big straw in it. I fill that up about 2 1/2 times a day. The bathroom was my friend at the start of my consumption of that much water, but now I am seeing that bathroom far less.

I would like to keep this thread going as we still have that umph to get this fluffiness off of us. Let's pump it up and come up with a mini challenge. How does that sound. I am so game for that. We can do this!!!!:carrot: :carrot: :carrot:

We need to come up with our mini goals and what we hope to achieve in the timeframe we are alloting ourselves, but the most important thing is to be there for each other and to not beat ourselves up if we don't hit our target. What do you all say?????:hug:

Hi everyone. It's nice to be back!!! I changed my weight tracker :O( ..
What a bummer that was... So I'm really thinking about joining WW myself. That's a whole new idea for me, in the past I look for the fastest way to drop my pounds, of course I almost always regain my losses... So I'm sick and tired of the yo-yo dieting and I want to learn the proper way to lose weight, I really don't know any other type of diet besides the starvation/liquid diet... I finally am mature enough (I hope) to accept the fact that I need to change the way I percieve dieting and I need to change my way of eating for the rest of my life... How do you feel WW has helped you?? Is it reasonably priced?? Thanx for your input :O)

Hi Y'all! It's good to see posts!! ;)

Cherrylatte - Don't feel so bummed about changing your ticker. 59 pounds lost. That's quite an accomplishment! Be happy about that and forget about a small set back. You've still come a long way!! :carrot: :hug: I hear you on the October treats. I don't remember where I read it, but I read about one dieting mother who would have her children put their trick or treat candy bags outside of their bedroom doors when they went to bed Halloween night. Then she would switch the bags of candy for a non-food treat that she had bought for the kids - something they would really like. She would throw the candy out. :o That way, there was no candy for her and also the kids got something special without all of the candy (which isn't good for them either). It seemed harsh when I first read it, but the more I thought about it, the better I liked the idea. My daughter always turns into a little devil :devil: around Halloween because she gets so addicted to the candy. She's young enough now that if I started it now she probably wouldn't fuss too much.

Regina, it sounds like your daughter is really doing great with her soccer. I bet even though it takes up a lot of time it's great to see her out there being active and having fun. And if you're one of those soccer moms who runs up and down the field cheering her on, that can be quite a workout. :carrot:

I'm totally up for a challenge. I'm feeling pretty good about my life right now and I think a little weight loss challenge is just what I need. Here's what I see my goals as:
1) Drink more water (does anyone know just how much water we should be drinking? This has always been a problem for me.)
2) Exercise at least 5 times per week - 3x30min-1hour cardio and 2xweights
3) Eat at least 2 servings fruits and/or veggies with each meal

The owner of my gym tells everyone to drink half of their weight.. So I see you weigh 170, you need to drink 85oz of water daily.. I've found it's easier to consume more water if I can gradually increase my daily intake...like whatever I drink on a normal day, I'll increase that by 10oz, stay at this for 3 days until my body adjusts, then add another 10oz, wait 3 days and so on and so on.. Sounds silly, but this works for me.. It makes the bathroom trips less frequent too..
Thanx for your encouragement :O) It's greatly appreciated.. I'm very hard on myself,,, no accomplishment is ever enough for me!! I really don't feel as if I've accomplished much, my weight loss has been an on and off cycle for 6 years now.. I tend to lose 20 pounds then gain back 10, this is how I've lost all my weight, losing/gaining...and it's sooo frustrating because if I could just stay on the right path rather than continually falling back into my bad eating habits, I could weigh alot less right now... enough about me, I'm just ranting now :O)
My most current goals are ;
1. Eat less processed/sugary foods
2. Eat out less often
3. Exercise regularly
4. Keep a daily food journal

Well I finally made it home. First off let me say since I forgot to mention it this morning welcome back Crystal, great to hear from another sister.

Lately it has just been me and Nicky hanging on. I was considering starting a new thread for us but I think I will wait and see if more Sistas will follow us back here. About your question on WW. I like it because you can eat the foods you like. You can purchase the materials on ebay. There is a real good site to go to its www.dwlz.com. I started WW back in 2002 or 2003 can't remember, but I stopped going to the meetings. I have been on and off of it many times, but I am hoping this is it. Better yet I will make this my last time.

It's always great seeing my daughter play, though I love spending time with her and watching her grow in her sport, my domesticated side suffers sometimes as I tend to put house priorities on the back burner.

Anyway my water drinking it going well and with what you mentioned Crystal I would need to consume 94 ozs, yikes. I have heard that going over 8-10 glasses of water a day can hender your weightloss. I think that is something I learned from WW or another diet I was doing. I like drinking Crystal light lemonade.

Here are my mini-goals:
1. To drink my water intake for the day.
2. Journal my food intake each and everyday, no slacking on the weekends
3. To begin exercising 3-5 times a day depending on time
4. To make healthy WW choices
5. To be there for my sistas with praise, and motivation!!!

I better go for now, need to put a little something in my stomach. My weigh in is tomorrow, keep our fingers crossed. ;)

I know thae does sound like a ton of water to me too.. I've never accomplished more the 64oz in a day.. I'm so bad about that!!
I'm really interested in WW because I need to learn proper eating habits and get myself on the right path.. Thanx for your information, I'll look into that website..
I skipped the gym this morning, I have my kids' home for a 5 day weekend, it's always difficult for to get my exercise done with them home..
Excuses, I know!! I did journal my food though, that's a start... and I've made it to exercise 3 days this week and I'll go tomorrow for sure, so I've gotta stop being so hard on myself for missing today :O)
Talk later :O)

Hey Sistas! It's rainy and gloomy here today, but I'm still going to try and have a good day. My parents are coming down from DC tomorrow for a short visit. It should be fun, but I have a lot of cleaning to do just to make the house presentable - I'm not even talking clean :o

Regina, This is a great goal I'm going to steal it and add it to mine!;) It's easy to forget things like this when we're so focused on loosing weight. That's why I'm trying to focus less on loosing weight and more on changing my lifestyle to be healthier and happier. But that takes a lot of support since it is very slow and the results aren't so obvious all the time. That's why y'all are so important to me. Good luck on your weigh in! I've got my fingers crossed for you!!:)

Crystal, 64 oz is 8 glasses of water, so I'd say you're doing pretty good. And you exercised 3 times this week - that's more than lots of people do in a month. You mentioned you had kids. Remember when they were tiny babies and you were amazed and proud at the tiniest things - a smile, a coo, a burp? Try to think of your weightloss as a tiny baby and be happy about the little things - baby steps.

Well, I've got tons of work to do so I can try to get out of here early. I don't have internet at home anymore :( so I'll "see" y'all on Monday.
Have a Great Weekend!!

T.G.I.F !!!
Thanx much for your encouragement!!
So with the weekend just around the corner do you feel yourself losing some of your determination?? I get so bad on weekends, sometimes I wonder if my extra weight isn't all gained Sat-Sun!!! I'm sure I consume well over 2500 calories per day for those two days!! It's seems as if all my hard work over the entire week comes undone in these next two days :O(
I didn't drink very much water yesterday...But I did journal, and I'm on my way to the gym in a few minutes...
It's very gloomy outside here too :O( Yuk.. no outdoor activities for us this
weekend!!
Good luck with the weigh-in Regina :O)

Happy Weekend!!!
 

Well let's get down to business, since I have started on WW once again effective this Monday with 100% of my heart I started at 194 and finished this week at 189. I am really happy.

Let me tell you all about my day at work. First off lunch was bought for everyone at work in my department. We ordered from Old Chicago (Pizza/Pasta Place) anyway I was destined to not fall off the wagon. I ordered linguine with a roasted pepper marinara and it came with garlic bread which I told them to keep and a salad that came with croutons, lettuce mix and almonds which I told them to keep the croutons and almonds. I only ate half of the pasta and saved it for dinner when I got home. I was so proud of myself.

In regards to what you mentioned Crystal about the weekends. The weekends tend to be harder for me as the days are not structured like the rest of the week. I feel like I have no control on the weekends as weird as that may seem. I use to think that just because I had a loss on Friday that I was entitled to go and splurge. So needless to say that always threw me off the wagon. This is my first weekend with my new perspective on this weightloss journey of mine and I plan on doing good. I think we need to keep telling ourselves that we can do this and we can beat those little :devil: I know you can do this Crystal, just believe. I know we can all do this if we want it bad enough.

I have to agree with Nicky about looking at our weightloss journey as our own little baby. The baby has needs and must be looked at accordingly, why not look at ourselves the exact same way. There is no where that says that we are not entitled to a little pampering but rather than with food, let's go to the store and buy a CD, or some nail polish, perfume or whatever our hearts desire...let's take care of ourselves inside and out.

O.K Nicky would you like to come and clean my house too, I need to do that this weekend.:dizzy: Any big plans? Well we did have some but it doesn't look like we will be able to head out, so I thought I would get started on getting X-mas gifts together. We'll see though.

Well let me wrap it up for now. I'll check in tomorrow.

Have a good night.:hug:

Good Morning ladies,

I am up but would rather be in bed right now. We have a 8:45 soccer game today. I need some coffee. I just wanted to send out a little note to let you all know I'm thinking of you and we will all do fine this weekend with our eating and drinking....like George Michael's old song, "You gotta have faith". Take care and I'll check in later.

Survivor
 

Well the weekend came and went, and I survived. Yesterday we went out and about and I made breakfast earlier that morning- Pancakes. I had 2 pancakes, not gigantic ones with 3 strips ready to cook bacon and 1 cup of milk with 1/4 cup of lite syrup. Then for lunch/dinner my husband an daughter were wanting to go to O'Charley's so I ate a Grilled Chicken Sandwich instead of fries I had steamed brocolli. I am so proud of myself. Saturday I did just as good. So if I can do this for one weekend I know I can do it again.

How was everyone's weekend? I hope you all had a great one. Any weigh-ins? How are the mini-goals doing? I hope good. Well let me get off, I just wanted to share my experience with the whole FOOD DEMON :devil: and let you all know I was thinking of you all :hug: . Keep on posting.:carrot:

Hey Y'all! (Sorry you can take me out of the South, but you can't take the South out of me:D ) I hope everybody had a great weekend! I had a really good visit with my parents. I managed to get the house to look presentable just in the nick of time. We went to see a play put on at the College where I graduated. My daughter was completely mesmerized and stayed still and quiet for the first hour!! Then I had to take her out and we walked around the campus for a little while. It was strange being back there. I've changed so much, but it is still just the same - like a little time warp. I did pretty good with eating. Saturday I had black bean soup and 1/2 a veggie sandwich for lunch and pasta primavera for dinner. Sunday I made homemade chicken noodle soup with vegetables that my dad brought from his garden for a late lunch and 1/2 a chicken taco salad for dinner. I gave the other half to my husband because I just wasn't hungry anymore. I haven't been eating breakfast, which I know is a no-no, but I'm having trouble getting into the habit again. I can't find the time during the week and I'd rather sleep on the weekends.

Regina, You should be proud of yourself! I'm proud of you, too. You have been making great food choices. I have a hard time choosing the right things. Like the broccoli over fries, even though I love broccoli I feel like somehow I'm being jipped. Keep up the great work!!

Crystal, How are things going with you? Did you make it through the weekend allright? We had a pretty gloomy Saturday, but Sunday was beautiful. I've been meaning to ask, what gym do you go to?
Well, I'd better get to work.

Sorry I took awhile getting back with you!! I had the hardest time finding our thread :O( Wonder what's up with that?!?!
I did o.k. this weekend.. I did inuldge in some no-no foods but I kept my portions small enough that I'm hoping I didn't do any damage.. My weight isn't moving yet, kinda depressing...I've never tried to lose pounds this way before, I usually do a liquid diet or stick to 1200 calories a day.. But since I always gain back a large portion of my losses, I "think" I've my learned my lesson!! I'm finding it difficult not to slip back into my old routine though. I keep feeling as though I'm eating to much or not getting enough exercise.. This potion control is gonna take some getting used to for me.. I keep telling myself; I don't have to starve/exercise like a madwoman to lose some weight..
I exercise at PickUpThePace.. It's circuit training like at Curves.. It's open 24/7 so I never have any reason not get my workouts done!!
Congrats Regina on your loss :O) Don't ya feel great!?!?!
Have a great day girls'...

It sounds like you're really doing this weight loss thing better this time around. It is easier to do fad diets because the results are quick and they have the added bonus of an end. But really a lifestyle change is the only way to make a permanent change because, well it's permenant.
Last night I watched a new workout video. I would be disappointed because I just sat there and watched it and didn't do it, but I'm not. At least I fiinally took the shrink wrap off and put it in the DVD player. That's a step in the right direction.:)
Crystal, If you want you can subscribe to the thread. That way it will go into your User CP and you won't have to look for it. Just click on Thread Tools at the top of the thread and then Subscribe to Thread.

What a day!!!
 

Well today was a little hard for me as I was hungry at around 2:00 today. I ate my lunch, but my routine was thrown out of whack. We had an 8:00 meeting and I normally do not start eating my breakfast until about 8:45-9:00. So needless to say my whole day was off. I did stay within my point range but being hungry is no joke. I drank my water for the day but overall I am happy that I didn't fall off the wagon. I just need to plan accordingly for instances like this.

So how is everyone doing? Good I hope.
Crystal did you already start WW? I wasn't sure. Nicky I am glad your visit with your parents was a nice one. It's always good seeing family you know.

Well let me get my butt off of here and start foling some clothes, nice huh. I;ll catch up with you all tomorrow. Have a good night.:smug:

Hello, well tomorrow is another weigh in for me, keep your fingers crossed. I am thinking it might be about 1 1/2 lbs. Regardless every little bit helps you know. Right now I am dying my hair, nice huh! The things women go through to look beautiful....LOL!!! I just wanted to check in and see how everyone's week went. So when do you all do your weigh ins at home?

How are the mini goals doing? The only one I am struggling with is the whole exercise bit, I intend to get on it. Well let me go it's time to take this stuff out of my hair. I'll be here tomorrow.

Sorry, things have been crazy at work and I haven't been able to check in. But I haven't forgotten about y'all. I've actually been thinking about you alot! Anyway, I hope things are going well.

Regina, How did your weigh in go? I hope it was as good as or better than expected. I do my weigh ins at home, although I haven't really been weighing much recently because I feel like I'm not doing well enough to lose and I'd rather not depress myself with a bad weigh in.

I'm struggling with my goals. The water is hard as usual. I generally drink water so it's not the taste (or lack thereof) that I have a problem with. It's the accessibility during work hours. The exercise has been non-existant. But I have done well with eating fruits and vegetables. Although I've also eaten a lot of non fruits and vegetables so I don't know how good it's been for me.

Hello,

I just wanted to check in real quick to let you all know I am still out there. I will be going into further conversation with you all later this evening. I am heading out the door to go to work and wanted you all to know I was thinking of you.

Later!

Hi girls... Sorry it took me a few days to get back in touch!! I've been up and down with the flu for the last few days,, now my kids got my bug :O(
I've done fairly well considering my lack of energy... My weight is slowly going down.. That feels great!! I don't thinner yet, it's to soon I know, but I do feel less bloated :O) So I guess I'm doing something right.. Now if I can just stick with it this time around!!
I haven't joined WW yet, I've been putting all my extra money aside for Christmas.. Maybe after the holidays when money isn't an issue :O)
Hope you both have a great day...Crystal

Hey Everybody! Things at work have been really busy. Plus I'm trying yet another new medication so I've been really tired and haven't had the energy to come in early to do my "computer time". But here I am today. Overall, I think I'm doing well. I'm doing much better with the water, as my bathroom visits can attest to. And the fruits and vegetables are no trouble for me. Las night I made a pork stir fry with a chopped veggie salad. The chopped salad is diced zucchini, bell peppers, tomatoes, and red onion mixed in a bowl and tossed with vinegar (I used pear infused balsamic) and a tiny bit of extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper to taste. It's a recipe from my dad and all of the vegetables (except the onion) came from his garden. It was quite a treat. The exercise hasn't been going well, but I'm chalking that up to new medication sedation. I did do some ab workouts when I couldn't sleep one night. I guess if I got it all right in the beginning there wouldn't be anything to work on.
Thanks for checking in, Regina. I hope all is well with you. How's the soccer going?
Crystal, I hope you and your kids are feeling better soon. It really sounds like things are going better for you this time as far as your diet goes. That's great. Keep up the positive attitude and you should have little trouble sticking with it. Who know's, maybe you'll be able to do it withouth WW.
Well, have a great day!!!

Hey there :O) Thought I'd check in and see how everyone's weekend is going so far?? Mine isn't going bad, we're recovering from our flu bug,, just kinda hangin aroung the house catching up on some chores and watching Curious George with my kids'.. I hope everyone is doing well :O) Talk later girls'...

My life is going crazy
 

Well I am finally checking in. I know it has been a while and trust me I needed some advice earlier in the week but felt so ashamed and disappointed in myself that I didn't want to bring anyone else down with me.

How many times does one keep falling on their faces when it comes to losing weight? I swear I hate emotions and feelings because when things are going bad for me I tend to resort to food like that is going to make me feel better and all it does is make me feel worse.

This past week has been totally non WW to the max. I just wish I could stay on track for longer than 2 weeks you know. I am only hurting myself. My life is really in a mess right now and I am trying to pick myself up and focus on me for a change. I am so concerned about everyone else that I am neglecting me. I want to get to the point where my issues no longer take control of my will power. Maybe I was just meant to stay fat.

Hey Regina.. Don't be so hard on yourself!! Remember, we're all only human...we all screw up...sometimes alot... You sounded so much like me right now it's actually kind of comforting to know I'm not the only one who battles with my eating issues.. I've never had a problem ignoring my stomach hunger, but I can never ignore my brain hunger or my heart hunger!! I'm such an emotional, stress, anger, premenstrual, lonely, bored eater!! Whatever the emotional crisis or mood, I feed my face to get through it... It doesn't solve anything other than temporary relief. I've found alot of encouragement and helpful advice from these books I borrowed from a friend, they really opened my eyes to my own damaging behaviors and given me simple ways to end the self destructive patterns..
Life is hard,Food is easy..written by Linda Spangler
Breaking the fat pattern..written by Charles Stuart Platkin
I hope you'll look into these books, maybe they're available through your local library??

Hi guys! This has to be quick, but I wanted to check in. I was sick, then my daughter was sick, and now I'm really busy at work. But I've been thinking about y'all.
Regina, don't beat yourself up. Just pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and try again. Please don't feel like you can't come to us because you don't want to bring everybody down. After all, aren't we here for support?!? That's why we come here - to help each other and to get help.
Well, I hope things are going well and I"ll try to check in soon.

Hello Crystal and Nicki-

First off let me say thank you for the support. I am doing a little better and I know I will get through this, I always do. I did what you all said and brushed myself off and got back on the wagon on Monday with my eating. So far so good. I just need to take it one day at a time. I am thinking positive thoughts to get me through the day. Thanks again. I'll check in later tonight.

I'm glad to hear that you're doing better, Regina :hug: . Work is still insanely busy :dizzy: , but I think I'm getting used to it now so it's starting to feel more normal. One of the girls that helps me out is going to be out next week so we'll see how it goes :o

I'm getting pretty frustrated with the eating. I have been trying to eat really well, but I'm seeing no results at all. My clothes fit exactly the same and the scale (when I dare get on) isn't budging. I'm sure I need to add exercise, but I can't find the time for it (or the motivation).

How's it going with the goals? I'm drinking more water (probably still not enough, but I do what I can), definately getting my veggies, and still down on the exercise. One and a half out of three, is that glass half empty or half full?:halffull:

Hi... Nicki, maybe you've hit a plateu?? Try mixing things up in your diet, see if that helps any...Good luck, and don't give up!!
Hi Regina, It's good to see your feeling like your old self again!! Gaining the weight was a heck of a lot easier than taking it off!! But we can do this, just take one step at a time :O)