Carol-
I am glad I am not alone with the scale issue LOL. I brought my scale with me this weekend you should have seen my boyfriends face :P I am happy to say I went to a Thai place last night and had 2 pieces ofa sushi roll and some salad. Usually when we go we get soup salad a main meal sushi and desert. I was very proud of myself for only having a small bit of food. It took alot of willpower but I kept thinking how bad I want to see the scale at 155. I am hoping I can do it before I start school (September 11).

Also as for my boyfriend it could very well be he is scared. He has always said he tends to like thick girls but I won't stop this journey I've come to far to not finish it. Next summer I am loking forward to being in a size 6!
Now I am a 10 so its not that far off.

Hope everyone has a great day !
Nikki

hi, ladies--

I went to bed early lat night and slept like a baby! I spent three evenings last week watching documentaries that made me sad and furious--two nights with Spike Lee's movie about New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, and then "The Boys of Baraka" on Thursday, about kids from Baltimore dealing with family and godawful school system in Baltimore. So I watched "Monk" last night and was in a much better mood! :D Got up early, meditated and did yoga. I'll be headed out to a party shortly, so I am putting on my game face, and eating a little soup before I head out.

I want to say something else about the BF's comment about 'obsessing.' Men aren't socialized like women are to keep judging their own looks, weight, 'flaws,' etc. Compare the ads and articles in men's and women's magazines, if you don't believe me. Plus, unless you're living in a hospital on a liquid diet, you have to be a little obsessive to change the patterns that make you overweight, because you have to deal with choices and temptations several times a day. I certainly think about food all the time, have thought about what I will and won't be eating several hours from now, etc. So even if Nikki's BF has no particular agenda or insecurities, it's not surprising to me that he's having a hard time relating to how much energy Nikki has to put into her journey. Anyone looking at my calendar, my little notes to myself, my books, videos, magazines, favorite websites (like this one), etc., might say the same thing about me, a woman my size who reads Shape and Fitness magazines! Sorry to go on so long about this. Nikki, you should do what you need to, in a healthful way, to reach your goals.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

judy

Hi girls~
Still having problems loading the pages in this site.:mad:
And it did it again~ I have just been writing a long message, with personals and all and it disappeared. :( :mad:
I'll have to try again tomorrow, I will write it in WORD and then copy and paste it here.
Marie, Judy, Carol, Penny, Nikki,~ you all have a good weekend.

Morning everyone, yesterday's party was great. Spendy since I served New York Strip steaks, but it was a great celebration that the witch is gone. The weather was warm and beautiful - great for a pool party. I rarely invite people over since I'm an introvert and my husband is even more so, but it just seemed right. I haven't logged my calories, but I'm guessing I was under for the day. Pretty strange - if I log the next day, I'm always under since I guess in my head and always round up.

An exercise nut??? Maybe, but the cool thing is I'm not doing it at all to lose weight. If I were, I'd take a day off since I'm basically lazy by nature. I do it because I'm bipolar and stopped all my meds last August. I use the exercise to stabilize my moods. I'm definitely happier and more calm when I exercise. The couple days that I didn't exercise before work this past spring, I was moody and edgy. Twice I even pulled an exercise DVD I have in my desk out and exercise there and solved the problem. So really, honestly it has nothing to do with weight loss. Nice benefit, yes, but definitely for my mental health.

I exercised before working yesterday, then had a very physical day building computer tables. I'm a little sore this morning. So I did a 1 mile easy walk and yoga. We're taking the doggies hiking in a little bit since they missed their weekly hike (they like running - not me). Then I have work to do from home. I'm going to swim later. It's definitely starting to cool off in the evenings so I'm getting the message summer is almost over. I need to enjoy the pool while I can.

Judy, I've had the same conversations with two male co-workers over the last few days. One just thinks I'm nuts for counting calories and the other was a "hefty" child (his word not mine) so he understands how important it is for me to change what I've been doing. It's been interesting listening to their perspective. Then there's my underweight son who goes "ooo, an extra 20 calories. Wow that will pack on the pounds..." He definitely doesn't get 20 calories here and there adds up and is what caused the problem all together. Luckily my DH does.

Nikki, great job on the .5. I'm so impressed you're a size 10 at around 160. I'm a size 14 at that weight. I get to a 10 when I'm 135 - my goal. Which BTW is now officially under 50 pounds. 49 to go...

Carol, I too had a co-worker whose hubby sabotaged her because he didn't want her to attract other guys. Flat out said that. Personally I don't think that was a problem since she cheated on him at least 3 times (that I know of). But it's amazing a guy's insecurities too. BTW, great job on the weight loss and staying strong through all your social events. That sure is hard.

Girlie, good luck with the site. Definitely cut and paste if you're having troubles. I did that for a while when I had a satellite connection. With DSL I stopped since I have good connection.

Marie

Carol - I hope you lose a whole pound too next time. I keep going up and down half a pound so I need to get focused and do whatever it takes to start losing consistently again. Did you find some good stuff at the garage sales? I haven't been to one this year and the season will soon be over. I used to do a lot of eBaying and made quite a bit of money selling stuff I found at garage sales and at thrift stores, etc. I had several good finds - one of the best ones was a plate I bought for $2 and sold for $420! One of my girlfriends volunteers at a clothing resale store and they get some really great stuff - lots of high end name brands. I like shopping there as I can find several really cute outfits for under $20. I've had lots of compliments on my clothes but it's my little secret where they came from ;).

Nikki - It's good to see you're still making healthy food choices, even though you've been under stress lately. Take your BF's comments with a grain of salt - I bet he likes your slimmer figure!

Judy - I envy you for sleeping like a baby - I can't remember when I last had a really good night's sleep. You're right about it being necessary to be a bit "obsessed" about losing weight in order to keep focused. I have to constantly remind myself why I'm doing this and I still slip up quite often.

Girlie - It must be frustrating for you to keep losing your posts. Good idea to put it into a Word doc and copy & paste. Hope you're doing well and staying on track.

Marie - Exercise is definitely a mood booster for me too. I'm still feeling weird from this bug or whatever so I haven't walked for a few days and I'm really missing it. Congrats on being under 50 lbs. to go! :carrot:

I had a little NSV the other day. Last Thursday was my annual day at the beach with some girlfriends so my DH went out for lunch at our favorite sushi bar and the waitress asked "where your son and daughter today?". She was a bit flustered when he told her I'm his wife! Needless to say, that didn't make him feel too good (he's 62 and I'm 57) but I felt great when he told me!!! :D

I've added a -7 lb. goal for Thanksgiving. Hope it will help keep me motivated.

Have a great week everyone!

Marie, congratulations on reaching a big milestone :carrot: of having less than 50 more to lose.

Girlie, keep trying to post!

Penny, isn't it nice when people genuinely think you're a lot younger than you are? I am terrible with gauging people's ages, but I'm still very pleased when someone thinks I'm still in my thirties.

I didn't have much in the way of healthy choices at the party, so I barely ate anything and left as early as I could. Today is a quiet day...preparing for one more crazy week at work before the official end of the summer (yikes!).

judy

Well I did a little ruff choice making yesterday. I went to have dinner with my SIL as hubby was off with a friend. We had chinese and yes it was fried. The rest of my day wasn't bad but I did have some cheese in the evening. A friend got back from Vac. and was so proud of his good finds he shared. Well the hubby isn't crazy over cheese so of course I ate it. So I was a bit worried to get on the scale today. I think I am okay but still didn't want to be disappointed so I will use the scale on wed. I am taking the oldest grandson to our state fair this afternoon. So healthy cereal for breakfast a salad for lunch already made and then I will save my cals for the fair as far as dinner goes. Gotta have my baked potatoe for sure. My grandpah and I used to always go get one. So I like to keep that tradation going and a choc. milk small. Its just part of the fair time and better than yesterdays choices. I will save about 1,000 cals for the fair time. So I should be fine. Balance is what I need to do. Also lots of walking while there so that will help too.
Nikki I also wear a size 10 most of the time now. I have a few 12's in pants but there cheaper brands or loose. That is a good feeling. I never will see a 6. But being 5'7'' and bigger boned a 10 is okay with me as long as I stay there. I now have purchase a few new things for myself including a smaller size bra. Good thing I could afford to lose there or I might of been in trouble. Some gals don't want to lose there. I have lost my wt. evenly I think which sure helps the overall look. I hope to someday try on a pr. of 8's and have them fit. If I continue to lose my extra 10lbs. it will happen I am sure. It would be great to do that by christmas but I think that is real wishful thinking on my part. I lose kind of slowly as I don't really give things up completly just cut back etc. That way I don't feel deprived in anyway. I have tried it other ways and it doesn't work for me. If I give it all up I sneak it or over eat it when I get the chance. This way I balance it in and don't go without just less of it.
Marie I forgot about your health concerns and I am so glad the exercise helps and that medication isn't needed. My niece whom had to take the meds never found a good solution that helped other than making her gain a lot of wt. Wish she had found the courage to try what you had. Keep it up your doing super.
Judy you are so right with your wisdom. I live with a husband whom has never had a wt. issue and never will. Its hard to even talk to him on this subject as he has no idea what its like or can even relate to my feelings. So its a subject I stay away from and just do my own thing. But thats okay I wish I had Maries support she gets from her hubby. Way to go Marie! But life goes on and sometimes we need to do whats best for us. I sometimes get the oh you don't cook like you used to etc. Yah and I am not going to either is what I think when he says that. I still make his favorites not as often though. Not so much pasta or potatoes etc. and he is a meat and potatoe man as little as he is. Go figure! He doesn't live for food though or even really think about it like me. Oh it makes the world go around different strokes for different folks.
Penny I will get that lb. off yet! You too! Together it will come off so lets go!
Elyn keep trying I had trouble again to. But just getting to the site.
Have a great day everyone make good choices and keep moving.

Good Morning everyone (well, afternoon for me but morning for you all)!

Slow start on monday as per usual but I am gaining momentum as the day wears on!

Short term goal is to be 115kg by November when I travel back to Indiana to see my family and friends.:turkey:

Long term goal is to be healthy. I really don't have an "ideal weight" so I just think 90kg (that isn't too daunting) but I would like to be somewhere around a size 10-14. For my 5'9") frame I think that is good.

Hope you all have a great day!!!:carrot: :D :hug: :wave: :goodvibes

/N

Nixie :wel3fc: :wel3fc:

Ok so today after being real good on my diet all week I weighed in gained 4 lbs !!!! I am in shock. I ate real good all week and drank all my water .When I went to 2 nice restaurants I ordered small side salads instead of real meals. I don't get what is going on ! I can't let this get me down though.

Nikki

Hi girls~
Finally found the culprit behind my problems loading pages on this site- one of my antispyware was blocking the pop ups from tribal fusion so I diasabled this feature and now everything is perfect.:)
Nikki~ don't worry about the 4 lbs. gain, probably just water. If you've been eating right then it's impossible to gain 4 pounds.
Cacmsc~ I hope you and your grandson had a great time at the state fair.
Judy~ I wish I have your will power to stick to healthy choices in a party, I always tend to eat what I want :devil: and then try to get back with my program the next day- oh well, that's probably why I'm overweight.:(
Penny~ Altho' I feel sorry for your husband, boy am I glad for your NSV!:carrot: I must also say that you have a great, unselfish husband who obviously loves you, otherwise he wouldn't have told you- he wanted you to feel great. Congrats on the .5 lb loss.:carrot: A loss is always better than a gain.
Marie~ good for you for losing that witch. It's nice that you were able to stop your medications. Exercise surely does wonders for the mood. Congrats on the 1.2lbs. WTG.:cheer:
Nixxie~ Welcome:welcome:

Welcome, Nixxie!

Nikki, ditto what Elyn says, don't freak out yet. Weight blips up and down for lots of reasons, especially salt and bloat (and it's August, after all), hormones and what's up digestively ;) on any given day. Plus your body is fighting back! This is where folks who rarely weigh themselves have an advantage over the folks who live and die by the scale.

Carol, congratulations on the smaller clothes! I appreciate your steady, grind-it-out approach to sticking with the journey for the long haul.

Elyn--I usually struggle to stay on program at a social event, I was surprised that I held off. I think the self-hypnosis is helping me rmember my goals at times like these. I'll have lots and lots of opportunities to practice, as my travel schedule will pick up again soon.

Ooops, gotta run--judy

Hi everyone-

Thanks for the support. I was so frustrated with the scale I left it at my boyfriends. I will continue to eat right without the threat of the scale. I will weigh myself Friday and not before. Also, I realize my Tom is due any day so that prob influenced my weight in addition to everything you ladies suggested.

Nikki

Welcome Nixxi! :welcome2: I have the same main goal as you - to be healthy. Losing weight at the same time is a nice side-effect! :lol:

Just a quick hi from me today. I've changed my breakfast and snacks as of today, so I hope that might help get the scale moving in the right direction again. I think I've had "calorie-creep" - not being 100% honest with my Nutridiary! I've been seriously thinking of giving my scale to our son to use for target practice. He has some new ammo to try out ;).

Hope everyone is doing well so far this week. Nikki - hang in there, as Girlie says, there's no way you could have gained 4 lbs. in such a short time other than water weight. It will come off when TOM's gone.

Hello everyone,
Well the fair was fun and my grandson and I had a good time. Marie wish you were there for a Purnia Champion dog show. Wow it was great and we loved it and free too. We did a lot of free shows and ck'd out all the animals including the colored chickens. After we asked and they rub them with kool-aid and water with a sponge. Crazy to have blue, purple etc. chickens just funky. I didn't do overly bad on cals but around 1650 just added them up. So for a fair day not to shabby. I agree with everyone else Nikki hang in there forget the scale #'s keep going forward and the end results gotta be there eventually. Do something good long enough its a no fail. Just crazy water wt. it happens to all of us sometime or another. Judy I am trying to adjust to a healthy well being and its working. I just talked to a friend about our menu for camp we are going for 4 days. I told her there were certain things I would bring for myself and the hubby, in order to help me stay on track. I won't be perfect but at least I will have some healthy choices with me. Including fresh salsa, baked torilla chips, baked potatoes, tomatoes and fresh veggies. It will all work out. Some how I have to make it through the four days with out being too bad. As I have come this far and feel the need to now not let go of it all for four days away. A positive attitude will help walks and some down healthy foods . Maybe they will all change with me to be healthier. Now that would be something huh??????????? Not a chance! Fresh fruit to go to. Well gotta go welcome to the newbies. I will catch up later on if I get a chance working late due to taking off part of yesterday.

Hello Everyone!

Nikki, don't worry about it. I am sure you gained muscle. I freak out when I get on the scale at my friends house and I have gained. I just go by how my clothes fit.

Doing pretty good. Walked yesterday. Slow start but good. Today it is pouring down rain so I biked more than I walked. I took the stairs to compensate for not being able to get out there and walk.

No soda today! WEE!!

Stayed under 2000cal yesterday so that is great!

Hope everyone is doing well! Keep up the good work girls!

Evening everyone! Life was so busy yesterday (the teacher's returned to work and I had to teach 3 inservices yesterday and today). Then DH had the night off so I never got to 3FC.

Nixxie, welcome. I'm guessing you're overseas from your 1st post, but where??? Do tell more. Inquiring minds and all. The goal of being healthy is the only one that I think will keep the weight off once it's gone.

Nikki, I'm am so sorry that the evil scale bit you. I admit, if mine said I gained 4 pounds and I was an angel, I'd have picked it up and then smashed it back on the floor. I do have a temper when it comes to the evil white square. They are so fickle. But you know you didn't gain 4 pounds of fat and that's all that counts. BTW, are you taking any meds for your medical disorder? I know that when I was on my bipolar meds, I gained without overeating. It was very irritating. just a thought to ponder.

Carol, the chickens sound delightful. I'm glad you had a good time at the fair. I'm looking forward to doing stuff like that with my grandson someday. today, he and I did go swimming. He likes me best in the pool, probably because I'm not nervous with him like everyone else is.

Judy, I just couldn't do what you do. All that travel. I'd weigh 500 pounds. When DH and I drive across the country, I say I eat my way across the country. On an airplane, what else is there to do but eat. Yeah, I think you're doing awesome!

Penny, please have your DS practice on Nikki's scale first. It needs to be taught a good lesson. BTW, good luck with the early day changes and I know what you mean of keeping stuff in their right portions. I keep my food scale on my microwave and randomly check what I'm taking. Sort of helps keep me honest. :)

Well oday was a mile post - I officially walked 100 miles (or jogged part) for the month of August. I figure I'll be at about 106-108 by Thursday. I've never gotten into the 3 digits before. My bank book is looking good. For those not knowing - I pay myself $1 for every mile and I'm saving up for a new projector for my home theater. I think I'm over $700 since I started in January.

Ok Nikki, my scale wasn't a cruel as yours, but I do think they're in cahoots. I gained a pound today. Since I log everything I eat as well as exercise, I know I didn't gain fat. But no matter what, I was bummed. So Nikki, we're compadres in this. :)
Marie

Girls the scales can be evil or nice just like that fairy tale reads. So becareful not to let them upset you too much. Hang in there your both doing great. I over ate a bit yesterday. Too much bread and now regret it I will avoid my scale and use it on thurs. morning before we go camping. Today will be a tempted day again as the company is buying lunch for us pizza and wings. I will limit myself and for dinner will have a salad with protein in it. Oh its never easy now is it. Marie your grandson is lucky to have a good gram. He will continue to learn more about you over the years and have great respect. We give them special values grams do play a special role in their lifes. Today I have a lot of paperwork to get done end of the month stuff. Then when I get home I need to pack for camp and prepare food to go. I was going to make chili before I go but then decided to do it there instead. Its not hard and I will precut the veggies ahead and add the spices so it can just be thrown together. I think smelling it cooking near a fire will be nice on a damp weekend trip. We are to get rain yuck. We are driving ourselves so if too much rain pack it up and call it a day. Time will tell! Have a great one and I will catch you all on tues. Have a lovely long weekend.

Hi everyone-

Marie- Sorry about your gain. You are doing awesome so don't let it get you down!


Carol - have fun on your trip.

I actually just started taking a pill at night. I wonder if that has anything to do with the gain. Since I dont have my scale with me I am hoping it will be good to me Monday. Maybe it needed a break LOL. Today is 1 week of me really watching what I eat again.

It is weigh in day for me and I've lost another measly 1 lb.:( - it is going sooooo slowly. :snail: I really need to see better results to keep me motivated. Oh well, better than gaining so I'll take it.
I guess I need to evaluate my menu, make some adjustments and see if I can speed up the weight loss just a little.
Carol~ have a great time, and I hope the weather will be nice for camping.
Judy~ may I ask what the travelling is all about- is it job related?
Marie, Penny, Nikki~ I'm sure the scale will soon move in the right direction.

NMarie~~I am in Sweden. Moved here from the great state of Indiana :p to live with my pun'kin affectionately known as TBS(The Big Swede) or The Hoofy Poofy Man:dizzy:

Been eating okay. No sweets except for my cereal in the mornings and my one cup of coffee a day. I am eating 6 small "meals" a day. Although the walking thing that I have been trying to do everyday has slacked off because all it has been doing is raining. Pouring. With a lot of wind. So I take the stairs at school...5 flights instead of the elevator. Only ate 3 pieces of bread this week(normally I eat a cheese sandwhich that is on a cheese baked roll everymorning). I stayed under 2000 cals monday and tuesday I was at 2010. Not sure about today. I was a little busy at school to remember to write down what I ate.

Hope everyone is well.

*back to the books*

Elyn- Way to go on your loss.

Nixxie- What are you going to school for?


Nikki

Help, I've fallen (off the wagon) and I can't get up!!!:devil: Well, yes I can. I've been so good for long, three weeks hardly a bit of refined flour or sugar. A couple of nights ago I had a big helping of whole wheat spaghetti, and I've been struggling ever since. Busy, busy at work. Grumpy about planning meals, whiny about figuring out nutritional values for Fitday....Today I had cookies (note the plural) left over from two days of meetings, and I've been craving sugar all afternoon. Even though I now have a slight headache, and my stomach is a little annoyed...I'm on my way to the baseball game (Nationals vs. Phillies) so I'm taking leftover wrap (lettuce and lox) with me, which is big and filling enough to keep me from indulging more....I hope. Well, I can't be perfect every day, but it's almost shocking to see how it feels to let the monster out of its cage!

It's good to hear from everyone. Elyn, most of the travel is for work. I'm with a national environmental nonprofit, plus I'm on a few boards of directors, so I'm usually at meetings or conferences somewhere at least once a month. I'm gong back to New Orleans in a few weeks, which is a bad place (or the perfect place) for a woman with a serious carb craving!

Gotta run off to RFK. Back tomorrow! Everyone is doing so well, keep it up!

judy

Judy - Hope you managed to give those sugar cravings the heave-ho! I get cravings after a carb binge too - even though I know over indulging in those foods makes me feel yukky. Wishing you a successful trip without too many temptations! :devil:

Nixxie - It sounds like you're on a good plan. Also, taking all those stairs is good exercise.

Nikki - Mean old scale!! No way have you gained fat. I hope the water weight comes off quickly for you. I recently read another post about someone who gains water weight when they eat a higher proportion of carbs (still within their daily calorie allowance). I'm going to watch my carb intake and see if it makes a difference.

Girlie - One pound loss is great! I'd be sooo happy to lose a pound this week. Best not to reduce your calories too much or your body make go on strike and not want to give up the weight.

Carol - Your trip to the fair with your grandson sounds like fun - I'd love to see some of those funky colored chickens! You're right - there's always so many temptations out there! I hope you have a nice time camping this weekend.

Marie - Congratulations on the 100 miles walked/jogged in August :cheer:
I'm sure the pound you gained will come off soon - you are doing everything right. Try shaking the scale a bit - it sometimes works for me! :lol:

I went to an Indian (Asian) buffet today for lunch with a girlfriend as a belated birthday celebration. I'm still feeling soooo stuffed. I think my tummy is rebelling against all that spicy stuff. I hope it gets better by tomorrow as I'm going on an all-day river cruise with some friends. More eating temptations involved there too - breakfast, lunch and a dessert in the p.m.! I think I'll need some willpower dust :dust: Here's some for you guys too in case you need it with the long weekend coming up :dust:

Hi Everyone, just a quick note to check and say things are going okay. I will be so happy when it's a week from Friday. The start of the school is physically hard. I'm beat tired.

Judy, you can do it - reign in those munchies. I know you can do it.

Penpal, good luck on the river cruise. Those types of hings alway over-feed people.

Carol, it's projected rain and you're still going. I know you were nuts. I'd either book myself a hotel or stay in my dry house. Yep, you're nuts.

Nixxie, you must stand out in Sweden with your dark hair. I grew up in Minnesota and there's a large Swedish population so my blonde hair and blue eyes were the norm.

Nikki, google the med you started taking and gets some real people's experiences with it. I'd google the name and weight gain and see what you get.

I'm beat, so that's it. I'll chat more later.
Marie

Nikki

I am studying Swedish. lol. It is a free program for all hmm..(I hate it when I can't think of the english word---invandrare is the swedish word) people who move here. You learn at your own pace. You must pass the Nationell test in order to get a good job(or so they say).

Penpal

Thanks. Although I was lazy today. I guess you gotta have one or two of those off days.

NMarie

Actually, not as much as you would think. I live in Malmö which is very heavily populated with different cultures. My boyfriend is swedish and he doesn't look "typical". Most of the people here are from other countries. The further north you get the more "typical" people look but that is slowly fading away as Sweden becomes more international.

Thank you for the will power dust I WILL need it for sure. I gained 1lb. according to my scale. Not surprised just kind of glad it wasn't more I have slipped in quite a few not so good choices lately. So this will give me a reality ck before I leave for camping this morning. I am packing fruit , alternative snacks and chicken breast, chili, hamburgers to be grilled, pita pockets ww, and baked crackers as I know I will have some cheese. I am going to try to count out my crackers etc. to ensure I don't over do. I also am going to get my plate and remove myself from sitting around the snacks etc. I am packing up some veggies and dip as well oh yes monitor the amt. of dip taken. I think that if I keep my recent loss in mind things will be okay. All food will be grilled, breakfast I will be careful with my friends bringing homefries. One scoop and thats it poo! Gotta keep a sense of humor with it all. Who knows maybe I will show a loss on monday. Hopefully that would be something a challenge for sure. I am packing just a few diet soda's and lots of water. Will have a few wines but not go crazy that goes with the cheese yah know gotta have a little. Everything in moderation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks everyone for your support Marie and Nikki we can beat this little scale lets go!!!!!!!!!! Marie I am a bit nuts your right but have decided if it rains saturday and continues for sunday that little blk. malibu is coming home! More the reason for the hubby and I to drive our own car. We are going with some friends and using their camper this weekend. So leaving will be easy no real packing up. Hopefully it won't come to that though. We are off this a.m..
Penny I will match you with 5lbs. for turkey day and add one more cause I gained back one. Man! Judy pasta does that to me too. That and white bread causes me to crave up a storm. I also made brownies and that got me too tues. dum mistake. So I am really lucky it was only a lb. just playing with fire I guess. Girlie congrats keep it up.
Nixxie look forward to getting to know you more. Sounds like the plan will work well just don't let the square thing discourage you. I need it to keep myself with a reality ck. and nice to see when the numbers go down for sure.
Off to go camping almost all packed few last min. things like making some tuna salad to stick in the pita pocket for lunches. Chat with yah all soon and I did pack my warm snuggle clothes along with my bathing suit. Be good!

Carol and Penny, I hope you have a lot of fun on your outings, and that you make good choices among the temptations.

I am working to get firmly back on program. Now that I've slipped, I'm "hungry" all the time. Because there's lots going on at work, I've been wakeful at night, and sleeping later, cutting into my workout time. I'm working from home tomorrow, while I wait for my new computer to arrive :dance: , so I'll have the better part of four days to clean up my act. I won't meet this month's goal, but it's possible that I'm still losing inches. I can look at my thighs and upper arms and see a little difference, and my 'short' walks to work are now 20-30 minutes long, so all in all I'm better off than a month ago.

Nikki, Elyn, Nixxi, Marie--I hope that the sun shines on you this weekend!

judy

Nixxie- that sounds like fun and a wise idea.

Judy- What kind of computer did you get?

I just finished eating a piece of chocolate.:nono: I'm trying not feel to bad. I have vicious pms and only ate half the bar. I still can't exercise but I may try doing the fitness ball after my TOM passes. I can manipulate that to be non weight bearing.


Nikki

Hi everyone, well the August numbers are in. I walked 84 miles, jogged 19 miles and swam 12 miles. And I took today off. Completely off. I dozed in for about a half hour (the alarm went off and I just laid there and enjoyed a quiet morning. Tomorrow I will workout again. But I was getting sore from too much activity and too much of my job. My calories averaged about 1460 and I lost 6 pounds. Not too shabby.

Nikki, good luck getting some exercise. Physical pain is not conducive to exercise. And don't worry about the chocolate. The moment's over so you must move on. BTW, I just looked at your ticker and you've lost 38 pounds. That is so AWESOME!!!

Carol, enjoy your trip. Sorry about the pound gain. I'm hoping my pound will disappear again since there was no reason for it to show up.

Judy, enjoy your new computer. I hope you like it and it gets rid of any posting problems here.

Nixxie, it's cool to learn another language. I bet it's easier while submerged in the culture. I learned French, german, and Spanish in college, but never really was immersed into any of them, hence I'm not fluent anymore.

Well, that's it. A new month tomorrow. But more importantly, weekend at 4:00. YEAH!!!
Marie

Just a quick check in for me as I'm up to my a** in alligators since I took the day off yesterday and need to catch up with work. Can't believe it's time to close out another month already!

I'm the same as last week 188.5 - I'm lucky I didn't gain with all the extra food temptations in the last several days.

Keep up the good work everyone and I hope you have a great weekend! :)

Hi Everyone, I hope your long weekend is great. I'm very happy the work week is over and that Monday is a holiday. I plan to relax.

I had the big whoosh. I've now lost 31.2 pounds. That's 4.2 pounds from Tuesday's weigh in. I knew I hadn't really "gained weight", just a bad wiegh in day. No matter, I'll take the loss. :)

I jogged 2 miles yesterday and walked one before work. Then I swam a quarter mile. This morning I jogged 1 mile and plan to take the doggies hiking (usually 2 miles).

DH is done with swing shift for a few months. Tueday he starts back on days. That should be very nice. Seeing one's spouse??? Pretty cool.

Have a great weekend.
Marie

Marie - Congratulations on the big whoosh! :cheer: :bravo: You're a real inspiration. Hope you have a relaxing weekend.

NMarie

It is a lot easier to learn it since I am here, but EVERYONE speaks english and they hear me struggle and instead of helping me with my swedish they just switch to english. In that reguard, it is a lot harder.


WEEE! I lost 1kg! :df: :df:

I hope everyone had a great weekend!! I am outta here to study and to go buy some shoes.

See ya all on monday!

Yaay, the sun is shining, after several gray and rainy days. Nikki, my new computer's here, a Dell OptiFlex PC (sounds like a pair of spiffy bifocals). Despite Marie's dislike of Dells, I chose it 'cuz it's our vendor of choice at work, so I can spend the next year paying it off through very modest payroll deductions (and no credit card interest). It is still in boxes. I spent part of Friday cleaning up my home office, and now I have to save my old documents onto discs and wipe the old hard drive clean. So perhaps I'll have everything set up by Labor day...or not, no rush.

I've been working on projects over the weekend. Last night I sorted through a backlog of photos, so I can spend a few evenings in front of the tube putting the good pictures into albums, instead of trying not to nosh. I'm having out of town guests next weekend, so I also have to do laundry and a lot of scrubbing.

Throughout all this busy-ness, I've been pondering what I can do to give a much-needed boost to my journey here. I posted a wanted ad on Craig's List for a rowing machine, and have gotten a few nibbles. Because I'm a bit worried about my arthritis and lack of range of motion, I'm looking into yoga programs that aren't in the yuppiest parts of DC (a steadily shrinking area!). I also talked with one of the integrative medicine clinics here, but they don't accept insurance and are way out of my price range, so I'm trying to find out if there's another option close by. I've been eating well and working out, and enjoying the cooler weather. I will continue stepping up my workouts to two most days, inspired by how wonderfully Marie's been sweating off the pounds! :carrot:

Nixxi and Penny, congrats to you, too. And Nikki, how did you manage to eat only half a chocolate bar? That deserves a hand, too!

Back to the projects. Then I'll treat myself to a little Home Spa, and an evening of HBO. Hey, it's not the most social weekend, but it's working for me! It's the last one I'll have at home to myself for a few weeks, so I'm going to enjoy it. Hope you all are enjoying yours, too!

judy

Hi Judy -

Congrats on the Dell. Your spa weekend sounds real relaxing.

I am at my boyfriends til tomorrow afternoon. I am bored out of my skull because he is sleeping. He has to go into work in and hour and a half so for the last 5 hours I have been in his brothers room reading up online and resting.


I will weigh in tomorrow and I am hoping to see a loss from last weeks gain to 162!

Nikki

Hi Ladies-

I hope everyone had a nice weekend. I had a good one managed to not eat alot all weekend. I weighed in this morning and weigh 161. One pound and change less then last monday. I just finally got my Tom from last week so I am hoping that after that passes I will lose another 2 or so. I am so frustrated right now. My mom decided to become anerexic since my father wants the seperation. PS she loses 35 lbs in 2 months and is now parading her skinny figure in my face borrowing all my skinny clothes which I will need soon and she wont give them back when I need them. I want to scream I am so mad at myself for not having better wil power I should have lost at least 10 lbs over the summer :(

Nikki

Nikki - Congratulations on the 1 lb. loss! :carrot: Sorry to hear your mom is being a pill and nicking your clothes! I always say you can choose your friends but not your relations! In my case, I'm a lot fonder of my dear old mum now that we're 3,000 miles apart!

I was bummed because I was up 1.5 lbs. to 190 over the weekend, but today I'm down again to 189. I've decided to really be more accurate in my food log and stick to my plan better. I've started a new online food log that I love, love, love - it's called spark people. It's way better than the program I was using before and they also have great support features and forums. Best of all - it's free!

I hope everyone had a great weekend and that we can all start a downward trend on the scale. :)

wow it took me a few tries to get on road runners on its way hurray! At any rate I am grateful to be here today and that the black bear on the mountain decided I didn't look so tasty. We hiked the Panther Mountain to late in the day and it was about his dinner time. As we started down the mountain we heard his growl and the four of us and the three dogs ran as fast as we possibly could jumping rocks, branches etc. The bottom of the mountain looked mighty fine. It was a great view from the top of 3 lakes but a bit risky at that time of day I guess. Anyways the babbling brook hike the next day was a nice and no bear to be seen. I was glad to get home to running water and a bathroom with flushing etc..... It was a bit rough eatting I thought was a bit high but thought I ran it all off til getting on the scales. Up a bit of extra and hope its mainly water wt. as foods were salty some beef jerky , shrimp grilled and potatoe chips, a little pie. Oh I guess now its serious time again. So I am starting in today to be good. But my exercise got me started and that alone feels great. Marie congrats, Judy congrats on the Dell, Nikki I feel bad mom is being so cruel. She isn't losing in a very good way and just remember taking it off slowly is better. Changing habit and making lifestyle changes is much better for your system than stravation or diet pills etc. So in the long run honey you win the race and we are all different lose in different ways so don't compare yourself. Hide your clothes as she lays them around and you will fit into them before you know it. So support is here and I can relate to your problem along with all the others.
Gotta go put my makeup on and off to work. There was an emergency and they tried to reach me but I was off to the mountains. Maybe they will learn how valuable I am when things happen. Thats two times in the past month when I am off sick or vac.
cc

Waaah, it's the day after Labor Day and I've been huddled in my office under a throw, with the space heater on! I wore a light jacket and closed shoes to work this morning :cry: It's chilly and wet outside but it's way too early for the building to have the heat on. I know it will warm up again in a few days, but still, this is a cruel way to inform me that the summer's officially over!

Carol, Yogi Bear was just trying to say hello, why did you run away?

Penny, I'll check out Spark. I've been working with the free Fitday for the past few weeks, but it's a little awkward for me to work with.

Nikki, congrats on continuing to lose despite the challenges! Too bad that your mom is pushing your buttons, but you don't have to let her into your head. In fact, let her strut around iin the clothes you can't wear yet, she probably needs something positive to latch onto under the circumstances. If I'd lost that much in two months, God knows I'd be insufferable! But that's an awful lot of weight to lose in a short period of time; when she starts eating normally again, she's risking gaining it back just as quickly.

It's weird, 'cuz although the scale is the same, or a pound or so heavier, I've been admiring my shoulders and upper arms, and my thighs are continuing to tighten up. I haven't gotten measured yet like I was supposed to--I'm putting it off, I'll be deflated if this is just my imagination. I promise to do it before leaving town next week. The chilly weather is reminding me that we're coming up on the hardest part of the year for me. I made beef stew on Sunday...it suddenly feels like potatoes and pot roast weather. I've found a good integrative clinic that's close to my job and has a weight-loss program that will stretch my resources but isn't impossible, especially if my flexible spending money will pay part of the cost.

Hope you all have a good short week!

judy

Good morning all. I agree with you Judy I froze in my office as well. We put a box in front of the air conditioner vent. Burr! It was warmer in the mountains I think. At any rate the first day back was interesting. I was a bit out of sorts with the way a matter was handled by a higher up. But I will get over it. Nothing I can do but I feel elderly people parents should be talked to with respect even if maybe you don't agree with them. I apologized for something someone else did because of the way they did it. The parent wasn't upset with me but very much so with the company. I feel customer service is big and so is respect. Oh well glad to get that off my chest thanks for being my backboard. Yesterday my intake wasn't too bad I did have chinese but chicken chow mein which I shared with my SIL. I will finish the rest for lunch today it was thick and gravy like lots of veggies and chicken breast. I did manage to watch my portions. I think the day ended within my calorie range. I tell you bouncing back is never easy. I did have a couple of cheese curds but boy their salty. That may of contributed to my scale wt. I will ck out that Spark. What exactly is the site called? How do I get on it? I get a little fed up with fitday as I guess it takes me too long. Hopefully this is shorter. Well I hope everyone else is doing fine. We are starting to get ready for colder weather. I hope to get the garage up before snow fall but if not at least a canvas shelter for my car and the hubbies truck. Oh waiting for others is never easy. We will get a regular contractor in the spring if its not done soon. I need to give the hubby his garage. Take care all. Oh its oatmeal weather again. I think that will be my breakfast today.