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....

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!!!!

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?????

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!! 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. 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 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.

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

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)

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 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. 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.

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.

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 and let you all know I was thinking of you all . Keep on posting.

Hey Y'all! (Sorry you can take me out of the South, but you can't take the South out of me ) 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.