Cacmsc- I am with you about most likely not meeting my goal but having been motivated to do alot more.

Intrigued- I know you can do it hang in there. I will join you in your challenge. I challenge myself to lose 7 lbs by June 8.


I weighed in today and lost another lb. That puts me at 159. Iam happy to see the 150's but I'm still so close to 160 that it bums me out. I have accepted I may not be 155 by next friday. However, I am going to strive to get as close to possible as I can. 9 lbs since April 25 is not that bad.

Yesterday I got my walk in and I have 5 more miles to go between today and tomorrow. I am hoping to go over my goal there.

Have a great day ladies.
Nikki

P.S I was finally able to upload my pictures look here--> http://nikki128.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?

I am still not sure the grey dress will wrk but I hope if I lose a couple of more lbs I will feel more comfy in it.

Cooo Nikki, let's do it...

Today I got up and had cereal with skim milk and some fruit.. I'm going to go work out after work and then come home and eat a salad and a apple and perhaps a sandwhich as well...

Way to go.. just for the record my goal is 153 by june 8. I had 2 eggs this morning and 64 ounces of water so far. Tonight I will post everything I ate and allof my exercise.

I look forward to the challenge with you :)

Nikki

Good Afternoon Everyone, Hope; you're having a good day! Calorie wise and emotionally too!

Judy, Good to see you back! The vaction sounds lovely! Nothing like lying on a beach and listening to the surf! So...relaxing! Now, vacation over, back to work!

Nikki, You don't have to have breakfast food for breakfast! What ever you like that is healthy and will jump start the metabolism is fine! How about a smoothie? Fruit and milk would be great! A piece of leftover pizza? It's just bread and tomatoe sauce and cheese after all! I Love breakfast! I usually have a piece of cranberry/walnut toast with peanutbutter, or an omlet and wholewheat toast, or oatmeal with all the fixins! As for the weight loss goal, The usual rule is about 2 lb a week. It's hard to lose any more than that, and not good for you either. Thanks for sharing the picture! You are a beautiful girl already and will look stunning when you reach your goal!

cacsmc, So you fell off the wagon and over did huh? Well, we're here to help you back on! I guess we just have to remember how it felt to eat things we shouldn't have and not reach out goals! Was it worth it? Usually not! For the dress for the wedding, they are making little half sweaters now that tie in the front. I know i'm not describing them right. But they are cute and would keep you warmer and look cute! They make them in lots of different materials.

Intrigued, I hadn't posted for awhile and somewhere in the mist, I missed you! Glad you're here! I'm sure you can meet your goal!

Take care, Freda

Freda-
I understand that and as I said I will be happy if I lose another 2 lbs by next friday. I know that I won't see 155 but I will take 157 :) That cranberry walnut bread sounds yummy where do you get it?

Nikki

Nikki and Intrigued--I would like to join you in a June 8th mini-goal. If I work my program I would definitely lose five pounds by then. I've been avoiding my scale because I know I'll have to move my ticker the wrong direction:( but having buddies in a mini-goal will help me get over it and move on.

Carol, I hoep you have fun at the wedding, I know you'll look good! And don't worry about the slip-up--maybe you just need a new 'starter,' like Marie's Jeep.

Freda, I'm with you on mixing up what you eat for b'fast, especially if you're watching the carbs. In some countries, they have a simple soup and a piece of smoked meat for breakfast. Pizza sounds like more fun, though.

Marie, I hope you're enjoying your long weekend. Are you starting any new craft projects? I'll be grocery shopping and catching up on chores. If anyone dropped in me unexpectedly, I'd die of shame, my place is such a pit. I'll also find time to workout and contemplate my mini-goal.

Tonight I'm going to the Nationals-Orioles game. I brought some carrots and almonds to snack on, and I'll pick up a sandwich on the way there. The concessions are terrible at RFK, so luckily it's not so tempting to buy junk food there.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend--judy

Woohoo we have another challenge to motivate us !

Nikki

Hey Everyone... well yesterday I did well.. I walked 2 miles which took me about 47 mins on the treadmill! It was a great workout and I felt great after!!

I had a salad and some lasgna for dinner.. with water....

Today I am going to eat a bowl of cereal and an apple and I have a mtg. at 1 that will serve spaghetti, garlic bread, and cake AHHHH but I'm going to eat small and I'll also drink a huge glass of water b4 eating to fill me up so I won' eat that much! Yayyy this is going to work this time! It has to.. 5 lbs by June 8th, Here I come! :carrot:

Way to go Intrigued ...

Yesterday I did real good again and I walked another 2 miles. I have 1 1/2 miles to walk today to meet my 21 mile goal for this week. I just had a breakfast with 26 grams of protein. That should hold me until I eat a snack then a nice dinner probably a salad.

Nikki

:D Hi everyone!!! I'm back and feel like I've been gone forever, not just a couple days. On Thursday, there was a planned power outage during the night. No big deal. But apparently the power company forgot to tell the phone company that provides the DSL in my area. Blew up their equipment. So the DSL was out of service. At 6:30 am this morning I called Qwest and they said they didn't know when it would be fixed but they were working on it. So I played with the TV and got SUCKED into an infomercial. Turbo Jam DVD pack is now on it's way. :) I decided that while I'm trying to lose more quickly, I need to bump up the exercise from the walking. So I bought it. Shame on me. Looks sort of fun and once I lose about 35 pounds, I'll probably back off the higher intensity exercise back to the walking which I love. So then, after I finally get off the phone with the Turbo Jam lady, I see my internet has resurrected. YEAH!!!!!! :D :D Happy me!!!!

So anyway, yesterday am was the the weighin. I was so excited that I lost another pound since Tuesday. That's 6 pounds since the May 27th goal. YEAH!!! All I wanted to do was tell my friends here at 3FC and I couldn't. :mad: I was a sad camper yesterday - internet wise. Weight loss wise I was doing the happy dance for hours. :carrot: :carrot: :carrot:

Yesterday's eating, exercise and food was right on track so I'm doing good. I don't think I'll make the 10 pounds by May 27th - probably 8 pounds since I'm averaging 1.5 pounds per week. I'll sure take that. :)

The June 8th mini - goal - hmm. What should I try for??? With my average loss of 1.5 pounds, that would be about 4.5 pounds. So why not reach for the stars and aim for 5 pounds??? I'm onbaord for another challenge. My longer range challenge is July 17th when I'm going back to Minnesota to visit family. I'd like to lose 13 pounds by then. That would be awesome. Since my Turbo Jam should be here by the end of the week or so, I think it's doable.

Judy, no new crafts. I've been a slug lately on being creative. Yesterday I watched a bunch of TV (bad me) and did a little cleaning (ggod me). Today I'm catching up on the news of the world since I was darn isolated yesterday. Blew me away how alone I felt without the internet. Today I'm going to work on some stained glass though. BTW, so glad you're back. And I'm really glad you enjoyed your trip and feel better.

Carol, jump back on board, chickie. But don't fret, a day or too of bad choices isn't a horrible thing. Do enjoy the wedding. BTW, the Jeep is back on board and happy as a clam. DH is driving it this weekend to test it out. But it's a smart Jeep, it would never die for it's mechanic. ;)

Nikki, I love the pictures. Wow have you come a long way. No, reach around and give yourself a pat on the back - that's from me. You are doing so GREAT!!!!

Freda, I too take if for granted that the Jeep and the rest of the fleet will work nicely. DH is a mechanic by schooling (never employed with it since he went into the military instead) but the Jeep is just being tempermental. I guess it didn't like that it's engine was to be rebuilt. Funny thing, the two problems I had this past week weren't due to the rebuild. It's an old Jeep (1976) so of course it's going to have it's days. It just looks like a new Jeep. :) BTW, hills are okay, mountain inclines are mean. They really make me breath hard. There are days I just wish for flat. But since I love living in the mountains, I guess that wish will never happen.

Intrigued, I'm with Freda - I don't remember your first post. So I'm sorry I didn't welcome you earlier. WELCOME!!!! Good job on the treadmill and drinking the H2O.

Well, that's about it. I'm so happy my DSL is back!!!!
Marie

Marie-

Congrats on your loss ! Another challenge is definitely in order. I am on board as well with a 5 lb loss. Right now I am at 159 so its 154 by June 8. Let me know how that dvd is when you get it. I can't wait until the fall when I can hopefully do aerobics again. As for the May 27 challenge I am now aiming to be 157 by Friday. Yesterday I was very good I had a south beach wrap for breakfast and we went to a south western restaurant for dinner. I actualy managed to stay on task something I haven't done in ages at a restaurant. I had a salad which contained lettuce, fresh salsa, some chopped up tomatoes, cucumbers, cheese and some steak and chopped olives. Pretty healthy overall. The only thing I messed up on was drinking all the water. When I am at the stores I can't drink tons of water it makes me need to go to often. I made my 21 mile goal this week for the second week. Today I start over.

Have a good one and keep up the work

Nikki

Hi Nikki, Great Job at the restaurant. It feels pretty great to stay on track when out, doesn't it? I still feel like I won something big when we went out for Mother's Day and I chose the low cal menu when everything looked like heaven. :) Way to go on the 21 miles for the week. I was thinking of going into town and getting a pedometer since you like yours so much.

I made an icky dinner last night. I thought I'd look for a new chicken recipe and found an orange chicken breast marinade on Allrecipes.com. It was yucky!!! Luckily I had made the rest of my family homemade Au Gratin potatoes and they ate those. I forced the chicken down the hatch so I'd have the protein and definitely enjoyed my salad. Sometimes trying new recipes isn't a good idea.

It's rainy/yucky here today so I exercised indoors this a.m. It was nice. I really do like the WATP DVD. Maybe getting the Turbo Jam DVDs wasn't a great idea. There's a 30 day money back guarantee so if I don't like them, I'll send them back. Ah, the dilemmas. :)

Well, not much going on here today. DH is still working this weekend and that's no fun. But we both have tomorrow off so that's good.

TTYL.
Marie

Marie - What is the WATP dvd?
I've never heard of it

Nikki

It's Leslie Sansone's Walk Away the Pounds series. I do the Advanced walk for 3 miles. I do like it a lot.

I tried to get new aerobic tennis shoes for when the Turbo Jam DVDs arrive but nothing felt even slightly good without my orthotics. So I decided to just see how it goes with what i have. I also forgot to get the pedometer. Oops.

Marie

Oh cool I have orthodics as well they are a big Pain!

Nikki

I like the idea of the mini goal, count me in that's 2 days before my birthday so to get 5 lbs off would be great.

Well girls I am back and my knee is killing me this a.m.. I danced so much at the wedding. It was wonderful the food was also a big hit with everyone too. Fun to see all the relatives etc...I let loose and now I am paying for it. We also had a family gathering yesterday. The polish weddings go on for 3 days sort of. So today I did get on the scale not so happy though. I have to say I am up so now I am glad we are starting a new mission. Cause I NEED it too! I am going to set my goal for 6.5lbs. That way it will make up for what I put back on this time around. I have to say its not easy with parties and weddings. Today my friends birthday and we are going for her favorite chinese. So I am eating a lite breakfast and will becareful this evening for dinner. I have sauce in the crock pot cooking slow all day. I am going to measure my pasta to not over do. I also won't have an egg roll today or anything fried for lunch. So hopefully I will see some changes. Thanks for all you support I need it right now. I ended up using a shawl that was lite wt. and had velvet blk. roses on it and fringe it came from Itlay. It was a gift from my daughter future father in law when he went away. Lots of shawls and sweaters and little jackets at the wedding. We have had such cold weather. This weekend is our first camping for the season burr! Though its suppose to warm up to 70's. I hope so. The kids come home on the 8th so thats another goal to lose wt. by then would be nice. With all the dancing I am surprised I gained kind of. But I have let in lots of goodies, cheeses, etc. So today will be a start back day. Lots of water too. To all of you that loss congrats!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep it up now I have to catch up with all of you. Lots of hard work ahead one step at a time though. Some of it may be due to salty foods as well but at any rate a number is a number. Wish I were one of those skinny girls that could eat everything and never worry. I think I was at about 16 then life hanged. No sense in drowning, time to pick myself up! Back on track today! I will try to balance my lunch out. No real exercise today with the knee thing. I have to give it a few days to calm down. 5 years ago I had surgery on it. I tend to forget it then it comes back to haunt me a bit. Oh well had getting old and I won't let it come easily without a fight! Have a super day and I will work on my intake. I am going to journal my whole week! Camp food will have to be healthy for me. Lots of fresh veggies maybe shiskabos with veggies and chicken or shrimp. I will need to preplan to make it all work out. The folks we go with are really food lovers.

cacmsc- Hang in there girl. I would be more concerned with taking care of that knee. As for the chinese lunch , if you eat steamed food and white rice it should not be to bad.

Yesterday I did pretty good again. I had eggs for lunch, a yogurt for lunch, 1 serving of chips for 150 calories as a snack and a salad for dinner. I walked 6,000 steps its a start for the week.


Have a great day ladies
Nikki

Sigh...I'm moving my ticker up four pounds. My June 8 goal is to lose at least five pounds. I had nothing in the frig besides ice water and condiments, so I did major grocery shopping, and bought lots of fresh veggies, lean protein and dairy. Although I had some great food on vacation, it feels good to have home-cooked meals. I made a big pot of spicy veggie soup and threw in some shrimp, and also made spaghetti surprise (spaghetti squash instead of pasta). I'm already lighter than I was late last week (239.5!!!!:( ), and I'm feeling good about meeting this goal and starting the summer off right.

Marie, I love Turbo Jam. The moves are fun, and not too hard on my knees. I like to mix up my videos to keep out of the rut my body gets into once it's mastered one routine. Let me know what you think!

Carol, I'm glad you had fun at the wedding! I used to love dancing. I don't dance much now, so I'm self-conscious when the opportunity arises. I will be on the Gulf Coast next month, and I'll see a friend there who loves zydeco dancing, so I'd better get over it! Anyway, I know that you'll make up for lost ground, you're my role model for journaling.

Hope everyone else is having a good Monday--judy

judy- Hang in there. Vacations are real hard to maintain while on. I think this june 8 challenge will motivate us all !


Nikki

Hi Every one,

Niki, sounds like you've got the eating program down! Good for you. You'll meet your goal for sure if you keep it up!

Marie, hope you enjoy the new tape. Give it a chance. Lots of times the moves seem difficult intill you get used to them. Changing exercise keeps you on your toes and reves up the matabolism! I know what you mean about making a recipe and it not turning out the way you want! That is just so annoying. I try a lot of recipes from magazines and cookbooks that look good and sound good, but they taste:not so good! You didn't get it from cooking light did you? Let me know!!!! I find most of their recipes pretty good.


cacsmc, Sounds like a fun wedding! Been a long time since I danced all night! Not sure this old body would hold up either! It is harder to stay on course with weddings and parties and holidays! But, there will always be weddings and parties and holidays! We have to decide if it's worth over eating and gaining weight and taking the set back. I know you will work hard to meet your new goal.

Judy, I always get tired of eating out when I'm away for awhile also. It's wonderful, but then you really crave somel homemade food! I made soup over the weekend too! It's still cold here and it sounded really good. And it's always good to have some in the fridge frozen for later when you don't feel like making anything! And your comment reminded me of something some one said "dance like no one is watching, eat like someone is". Go have fun with your friend and dance up a storm!

Make it a good day, Freda

Hi everyone, this is the last day of my 4 day weekend. I'm ready to go back to work. I get a little bored. Not a lot, just a little. DH had the day off too so we went hiking iwth the doggies. Got lots of exercise. I've been right on plan with everything. Hopefully tomorrow's weigh in will show the effort.

I bought a 2.0 USB card for my DH's computer. My iPod only works with 2.0 and we had only 1.1 USB in the house so I was using my work computer to update my iPod. So anyway, I got the card to work and the iPod is happily connected to the home computer. YEAH!!!

I went outside and dug up 21 strawberry plants for a co-worker. I have the strawberry garden from h*ll that grows like a weed (I'm really not complaining). There are runners everywhere and the garden itself is thick as a lawn. So anyway, I told my co-worker I'd bring him some plants. I thought 21 of them would start him out. Unfortunately I didn't make a dent in thinning them out. I just can't weed them out - killing a sweet little plant would kill me.

Carol, good luck and you'll get on track in no time. Take it easy on the knee.

Judy, I'll let you know about Turbo Jam, I've had regrets since I bought it but there is a money back guarantee so I should be okay. Also, sorry about the tracker going up. You'll get it back down and as long as you had a good time on vacation, it was worth it.

Chaarli, welcome to the new challenge. Five pounds would be a great Birthday present for you. :)

Nikki, I love my orthotics since they relieve bone spur pain, but they're horrible to aerobics in. When I hike or walk outside, they're fine, just when I'm going from side to side they bad. I'll try the trial and error when the DVDs get here.

Freda, the recipe was from online. There's very little chance you'll run across it so you should be safe. I really like that saying - I've heard it before but it's great to re-read over and over again.

Oh, I found a good product. It's American Heritage Fat Free American cheese slices. There's 30 cals per slice and it was good on a burger last night. It melts nicely so today I put it in my tomato soup and it was great. Kraft also makes basically the same thing. They also have a sharp cheddar and a swiss.
Marie

Not a good weekend or start to the week today. I messed up a WHOLE LOT.. but tomorrow I plan to get back on track so I guess that's more important than my mess up huh.. I am still going for my 5lb goal by June 8th! I gotta make it happen so I gotta buckle down...

Morning Everyone-

Marie- My orthodics can be a pain especially when I want to wear nice shoes lol. I wear them and pay later. That cheese sounds good. yesterday I went to the grocery store and picked up some almonds to snack on. I almost passed out when I saw the price 5.79 YIKES.

Intrigued- Hang in there. You can probably climb out of the funk rather quickly.


As for me , I did good I saw 158 on the scale today. It is not my offcial weigh in day so I won't change my ticker. However, thats 1 lb for the June 8 challenge and the 9th lb for the May 27 challenge. I am hoping to get to 157 by Friday. I will have lost 10 lbs since April 27 then. I was trying for 12 but I will take 10.


Have a great day

Nikki

I'm still adjusting to the whole getting-up-in-the-morning-and-getting-moving thing. It was nice to get dressed at 9AM and stroll downstairs in time for the last of the continental breakfast...I've been lingering in bed too long to work out in the morning, so I'll set my alarm tomorrow and put a big "No Excuses" sticky on top of it. But I'm planning my meals in advance, and going to Curves again, so we're getting there. I keep forgetting to log my food, though, and I have to go back at the end of the day and write it all down.

Freda, I like to cook up soups, chickens, roasts, etc., on Sundays and freeze them in smaller servings for lunches later on. I don't like eating the same lunches and dinners every day. I don't think I could deal with "cabbage-soup" diets or whatever. Being a restaurant critic is one of my dream jobs...as long as I could afford a personal trainer:carrot:


Nikki, good work on losing another pound..you can do this! And Intrigued, every day is a clean slate, and you have a dozen chances to make a good decision every day. No worries!

judy

Hi Everyone!!! Nikki great job on the 9 pounds!!! You are doing so good. I lost another .5 pound so that was good. I'm up to 6.5 for the May 27th goal.

I exercised this am before work. Eeks. I don't like 5:15 am. Much too early, but it needed to be done. I'm going to do it again tomorrow and Thursday.

Work is icky. That's just a concise way to put it. Surfing there isn't easy anymore so I have to write in the evenings. Except I have to be available tomorrow and Thurs evening for computer problems during school conferences. I don't know what in HADES I should be available for but I get to work 13 hour days. As I said, work was icky - only going to get worse for the next two days.

Nikki, I hear you on the orthotics. When I where my sandals, I pay. Not big tim since I bought $$$$ ones that my podiatrist recommended but I can tell. I think I have to ocme up with some solution for doing aerobics because going side to side with the WATP DVD this morning was irritating with the orthotics.

Judy, I could never do a "one thing to eat" diet. Never, no way. I life variety. I read recently that more successful dieters limit their tastes to just a few foods (on MSNBC) and thought there was no way. What would you do when you had a craving that had to be satisfied. Limited foods would never work for me long term. Good luck getting the food log going and getting up in the morning withou excuses.

Intrigued, good luck getting back on track. You can do it.

Well that's about it. Icky day but I stayed totally on course - I guess it wasn't such a bad day after all. :)
Marie

Well girls yesterday was the worst day at work in a long time. Everyone was on edge girls disagreeing and crying what the heck. I thought I worked in a human service field where we solve problems and help people. I got myself in trouble for a few min. just listening to a coworkers problems. What the heck. I left the office for a meeting came back and it was like combat war time. I hope today is better and that everyone grew up over night. Hah hah! I have to keep a sense of humor through it all and try to just listen. The boss did say she was sorry to me as I really wasn't involved. That was growth on her part. At any rate hopefully it is better today no one needs that stress and it pushes me over the edge. I didn't do to bad in the intake department except for a handful of chips at 150. I must of had the same craving as Nikki. By the way your doing wonderful Nikki keep it up. Marie you too. Everyone else hang in there! My falling off the boat for a bit was tough but I am trying to swim and float to reach my goal for 6/8. I will do the scale on friday this week. My knee is still a bit off I would like to do the lakes today. I might if my interview for housing with a client is over at a good time. I worked over last night so the time I will flex on friday. We are off to camp this weekend hopefully it warms up. Cool here. I have set the menu for being pretty healthy. I am also taking healthy snacks for me and I am going to prepack some of them just for an easy grab and when its gone its gone. I will get some hiking in as well. Judy I thank you for saying I motivate you. That was sweet. I am going to look back on my journal for the week I lost and try to repeat the week with exercise and food intakes. Why not it worked and its all layed out for me. Intrigued sometimes it is hard to get a jump start but when you start to see some results its like gold well worth the hard work and wow do you feel great. That is the motivation to continue. Just hang in here the support helps us all stay aboard. We sometimes get off course but are quick to return to safety and support of our peers. Thanks everyone for your support. Marie your flying girl! Freda you always have such good advice and comments.

Morning -

MMarie- If you come up with a solution for aerboics let me now. Congrats on the loss.

Cacmsc- sorry you had such a bad day yesterday. We are always here for suport.

I had a good day overall yesterday. Breakfast was yogurt and water melon, lunch was salad and dinner was 4 links of sausage. However, last night close to bed I grabbed a cup of popcorn and woke up feeling bloated from the salt. Of course the scale was back up a bit but I am sure by Friday I will see 157 as long as I stay away from salt. 2 days to go Ahhhhhhh!

Today I looked in the mirror and for the first time in a long time I was not disgusted by what I saw. I am finally starting to like how I look. I know when I reach my goal and maybe even before I will have so much more confidence.
Nikki

Nikki, what you said about the mirror was really powerful! I hope you'll continue to smile when you see your own image. For a lot of reasons, not all to do with weight, I've never liked to see my own photo, and I'm still learning (at the ripe old age of 48) not to frown at myself in the mirror. I'm so glad that you're feeling better about your looks. I am too, slowly but surely.

Marie and Carol, I'm sorry to hear that you're having a rough time at work. You both seem so calmed and centered, I hope that the bs just flows past you and doesn't make you crazy.

Chaarli, Freda, Intrigued, et al, hope you're doing okay. Maureen, Jules, Tired, I miss you, come back:(

I did get up in time this morning for a TurboJam workout. I've been eating on program again today, but I enjoyed a really good piece of high-quality chocolate a co-worker brought in, with no remorse. I'll let Thursday's be my official "weigh-in" day as far as my ticker's concerned, but it looks like I'm down a pound since Monday, so no more treats, back to the carrots!:D

judy

Judy - Way to go about not having remorse. Also congrats on the loss.

I am down tonight cause I messed up I got stressed and grabbed some chips like 10. I did not have a bunch but its still to many. When I get stressed I still fall back on eating ocassionally:(

Nikki

I'm still trying.. I need to be consistent.. I will go well one day then the next do horrible with my eating... any tips?

Nikki thank you for your thoughts. It was a better day yesterday and I think my accomplishment to help my new client with housing has been solved. Today I will know for sure. My coworkers in the housing dept. just were in ah of how badly this girls living situtation is currently ( interview meeting for housing). I am so glad someone is finally giving us a break and making a move to help. This case is unusual for us to get more needs than the norm etc. heart breaking. But I think its working out for the best. Hurray! Thank God I pushed forward and didn't just sit back waiting it could of ended much worse for her. At any rate I am feeling pretty good about it.
My intake was better choices I did get into a little hot ham. Most likely high sodium level. But all in all a good day cals a bit high 1550. But not awful food choices just hungry I guess stress! Hurray for you Nikki on your feeling better about yourself its a great feeling huh? You are doing great!!!!!!!!!!!! Your going to meet your goal! I bet! If not darn close. Good for you. At any rate I won't meet mine but I am doing better than if I didn't have it. Lots of celebrations for me over that month so I am not feeling to bad. I could be in worse shape my clothes still fit well. I am trying to pack healthy foods for camp and lots of water, fruit, veggies with light dip and I will scoop a serving not just dip. I bought some of those cal. free individual pkts. of lemonade crystal light. For when I want something special to drink.
Nikki times will come by when you will grab a few chips or something else shake it off and move on. Most likely it won't make a difference just don't get into a habit of it. I recently, have enjoyed a low cal 100 yogurt nonfat added 10 little choc. dk. chips and some almonds it is a nice treat and totally acceptable. Judy yah it was tough with the stress at work. I finally told the boss if it all starts in again I am out of the office for the day working. Actually today I will be most of the day and friday as well. I only have to work til 2:30 on friday as I have worked later 2 nights. If we do an emergency move with my client I may have to work later tonight. I am not sure if this is going to fly 100% yet but I sure got the upper hands attention with it just don't know how it will all play out. I can't get over how long it took me. Thank God nothing bad has happened yet. Stress is still a bit high today til this is completed. Take care and Judy your a beautiful person and must have a special glow look harder in that mirror you will see it for sure. Keep moving forward thats all we can do to accomplish our goal and be healthier for it. I hope to Kayak this weekend its going to be beautiful out. Camper is almost packed for the season. The kids are going out with us on the 9th and 10th. We will be going to the Enchanted Cookie Factory but I will do my best to only have alittle.

Carol, thank you, you are very sweet. Your clients are lucky to have you on their team. We are, too!

Intrigued--There's a book I read a few years ago, Thin for Life, that really made a difference for me. It made me focus on not setting myself up for failure, by having a realistic eating plan that I could stick to indefinitely, instead of only celery sticks. It includes stories from dozens of people who lost a lot of weight and kept it off. The book helped me realize that different things work for different people, and that it would take time to figure out what would work for me over the long term. Anyway, maybe the book can help you figure out what would work consistently for you.

Today is Ticker Day, so I changed my ticker--down two pounds, need three more to reach the June 8 goal.

Later--judy

Judy - congrats on the 2 pounds:carrot: :carrot: :carrot:

Judy congrats on the 2lbs. Just think 2lbs. thats a great one! I am down .5 but would of done better but the last 2 days added in too much bread. Bagels and sandwiches. I guess I am lucky I lost anything. I am off to camp today after work. Still waiting to get my girl placed on my caseload. I will feel better when that is completed. Yesterday was a higher than normal stress day again. This week I had to deal with a lot of extras not fun stuff at all. I hate these types of weeks but sometimes the results are good and thats what I am there for. At any rate I am trying to take some healthy choices with me camping and will try not to let what others are eating get in my way. Its easy to slip up when everyone else is munching away. So I will pick up some baked tortilla chips and salsa and measure out the amt. of chips per serving and try not to place myself to close to the munchers. Oh give me strength. I have 4lbs. to lose before the 8th. I can do it if I try hard enough I know. So forward I go. 1.5 is part of my loss from earlier just think if I had kept it off to start with! Huh! Oh well its life at least I am moving forward and have a goal in mind. I will get some exercise in this weekend with walking etc. Still have to go get my fishing license and some groceries on the way home from work. We hope to be on the road by 5. Its only 45 min. to an hr. to camp. Have a great weekend and lets keep moving forward no more backwards for me@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

Morning-

Well today is the day. I weighed in at 158. That is a loss of 9 lbs since April 27. I am happy that I lost but at the same time bumed I did not make it to at least 10 lbs. Oh well 4 lbs to go by june 8. Maybe I can make that goal. If not I won't make any specific goals but rather continue to lose. I can't help but wonder if I did everything I could have. I really thought I would see 157 today. :(

Nikki

Hey Nikki - 9 pounds is awesome. I doubt there was anything more you could do.

Carol, congrats on the .5 pounds. That's the right direction, right?!?!? So you're on your way. Have fun camping this weekend and good luck keeping the munchies at bay. I'm not good on trips so I hope you have better luck than me.

Judy, 2 pounds is great. Way to go.

Today was my weighin and I'm on top of the world. I lost 1.5 pounds since Tuesday for a total of 8 pounds since I started for the May 27th goal. I dind't make 10 but I was losing an average of 1.5 pounds per week so it wasn't going to happen. But this past week, I lost 2 pounds os I'm very happy.

Nikki, I tried buying som Dr. Scholl Sports Gel insoles for my old tennis shoes and they feel better, but I think I'm going to run back to town and buy the shoes I tried on on Sunday. The right foot had felt awesome and the left was okay. I'll let you know. I haven't gotten the Turbo Jam stuff yet, but I still don't know if I want it. Luckily they have a money back guarantee. :)

Work was busy and yucky this week. I had to work on Wednesday evening and didn't last night. Just very busy. So being able to come home on time yesterday made me fulfill my promis I made to my doggies yesterday morning. I told them if i could get out of working last night, I'd take them out walking (I had been doing the WATP DVD's every morning). So DH and I took them to the mountain and went hiking after work. They were so happy and it was wonderful. Chilly, but wonderful.

I have 5 days off and I'm looking forward to it. Work this week was aggravating to say the least. So I definitely don't want to go back.

Well, that's it. I'm just a happy camper today.
Marie

Marie - congrats on the 8 pounds. We tried and came damn near close. Now onto the June 8 goal 13 days left. I have 4 lbs to go in 13 days.

Nikki

Nikki, wow, nine pounds in four weeks:carrot: :carrot: :carrot: . That's an average of over 2 lbs. a week. From what I can tell from reading other threads, it's hard for anyone to to lose much more than a pound a week (on average) over a couple of months or more, so maybe you shouldn't be bummed at all! Congratulations!

And Marie, you are kickin' butt, too! Way to go. Once you get the orthotics figured out, there will be no stopping you. Have you asked the folks at the local runner's shoe store for advice?

Carol, have fun camping! What with the stressful week you had, this probably couldn't have come at a better time.

I am going to take care of some paperwork this weekend, play Home Spa and watch movies. And buy a couple of workout bras that fit! I live near Arlington Cemetary, so although I'm generally kind of anti-military, I can't help but think about the point of this 'holiday,' so I'll also take time to think about people I know who've passed away since this time last year.

Be well--judy

Hi Everyone :wave: I'd like to join your daily check-in if I may? I was doing a weekly check in but that thread was discontinued :(. I find it very helpful to check in and post my loss (or gain :o) each week. I think a daily check-in would be even more helpful :)

My official weigh-in day is Friday and today I'm at 189. I'm trying to get my weight loss going again as I've been losing very slowly and even plateuing for weeks and weeks, which gets very frustrating. I would love to be down to 180 by my birthday in August.

I've just started eating more protein and have increased my calories to 1600, so we'll see how that works out.

I'm looking forward to posting on this thread and meeting some new friends here. :D

P.S. Marie - I noticed you are in Klamath Falls. Our son goes to school there at O.I.T. and will be graduating next month. I'm in Portland, OR, so we're almost neighbors!