It was my birthday today, had a miserable day, fight with dh, fight with dd and now gearing up for a fight with ds when he gets home. I really wish the stress was working for me instead of against me, because i'd be so thin by now. I think I finally straightened out my daughter, had a big fight then a nice talk so it was not all bad. dh and I are being extremely polite right now, could be worse. Wish me luck with ds.

Snow - good luck on your vacation. I know you can do it

dolly - glad you are doing well and on track and cleaning two houses you are my hero.

trob - congrats on the 199, it is a beautiful number that I hope to see soon.

get n - keep it up, your in-laws will be in awe of your success.

Anyway I am still sitting around 205 so I guess my number stays the same, but considering exactly how bad this month has been I can live with that. Talk to you all soon.

Sunday!
 

Hi all!

I am back from vacation :cool: and I feel victorious--it was really hard at times--even tho my family is all pretty thin and eat well they do eat desserts and bread and potatoes--all stuff I am avoiding. And my sister told my dad I love coke--which I do--so he bought a whole bunch of those little tiny bottles that I love--and he put a six pack in a cooler for the train with ice! I didnt have even one! :carrot: I had one cheat meal with dessert and ate bread occaisionally. I think I ate more than I usually do but I did not binge and I felt really good about it. I dont think I lost any this week but I wont have the big 5-7 pound gain that I usually have after a vacation. Plus no sugar hangover. So I am sliding easily back into my usual eating routine now that I am back--no problem!

YOu all have been busy while I have been gone!

Card--thanks for the confidence--I really appreciate it! Sorry about all the family broughaha--stress makes it really hard to lose for me--even if I dont eat much my body wants to hang onto the weight.


Getnhealthy--you are an inspiration to us all with the regular workouts and the regular weight loss--a personal trainer once told me that having rest days makes you lose weight faster--so maybe you needed to be off from working out! And thanks for the willpower dust--I think it worked!

Dolly--my sister sometimes listens to books on tape while she works out--she really likes it!

Okay here I go--

Stacy----will lose 32--20 down--12 to go!
card-----will lose 20--4 down--16 to go!
trob ---- will lose 30-7 down--24 to go
Sno------will lose 36--7 down--29 to go!
Nawchem-goal 12lbs ----down 4
lachona---will lose 40--10 down--30 to go!
Dollypie---will lose 30--19 down--11 to go!
Bertine----will lose 25--6 down--19 to go!


I took out a few that have not written us in several weeks--if you come back please add yourself on!

I hope that everyone has had a great weekend so far. Our friends ended up not coming into town this weekend, blessing in disguise. I have so much to do before leaving on my trip next Saturday. I am trying to get all my clothes washed that I will be taking so I don't have to worry about that later this week. Also just trying to get DH ready for a being at home for a week by himself. He really is helpless. He is worried he will have no food and no clothes to wear. What did he do before we ever met I don't know....I weighed in today and am at 158! I am so excited. I am going to crank up my workouts this week b/c the following week I will probably not get much. I would like to lose another 2 lbs this week but will see. My goal is to not gain at all during my week in D.C.

card: Sorry you did not have such a Happy Birthday. Things will get better, I hope this weekend is better for you.

Sno: Way to go! You did great on vacation and no coke! See you can do it when you put your mind to it. You have given me the inspiration to do that on my vacation!

MOnday 9 weeks to go!
 

HI all:

well we are halfway there to New Years! Nine more weeks. boy it is going fast.

I didnt lose any last week but didnt gain so I guess that is okay--so I am still 7 down--I guess that is better than nothing! I will keep trying and keep my goals in mind. I can still lose 2 llbs a week if I keep it together! Which could be 18 lbs from now. A worthy goal.

so for this week I want to continue to eat low carb, work on building up my exercise slowly and stay mindful of my goals to lose weight! Lose 2 lbs by next monday! I can do it!

Dolly--great job on losing --you are at a great weight. It was a big breakthrough for me to not completely binge on vacation. It makes a big difference--like not having to start all over again!

Card--I forgot to say happy birthday--hope you plan something special for your self--it is really important to celebrate on your birthday even though you are having some challenges--let us know how that works out!

monday
 

Hey gang, fell off the wagon BIG TIME over the weekend. Saturday morning husband made biscuits, gravy, thick cut bacon...you name it, if it was fattening, he made it. I did well only eating one biscuit, one peice of bacon...basically just one of each but after everything was said and done....that came out to a 800 calorie breakfast. :fr: Did okay the rest of the day until the mail came...then the grand parents had mailed the kids loads of candy for halloween...butterfingers, 1000 grand bars, etc. At this point...not only had i fell off the wagon...but the wagon took off and left me sitting in the dirt. So i had 2 bites of a butterfinger, half of a 1000 grand...so okay it could have been worse but still...after a terrible breakfast...i really didnt need candy bars. :( Then comes sunday....pumpkin carving time. Which means roasted pumpkin seeds. The kids worked so hard on all that oil and salt on them...i of course at some. So basically you couldnt pay me to weigh today. I will hold off til AT LEAST wednesday. Especially considering i didnt get to the gym all weekend AND cant go tomorrow because of surgery (just some superficial cysts...but still under sedation)...so probably cant get back to gym until at least wednesday. But all in all, i am happy with today. Calories were great and water was great.

Plan for the week. :carrot:
1. Do at least 2 days of cardio (doesnt sound like much but with surgery, i will be doing good to get that in)
2. Eat less than 1400 cals a day for the rest of the week.
3. Lots of water.

Sno- That is AWESOME that you didnt gain on vacation. :bravo: That would definately be a first for me. WTG. Thanks for updating everyones weight loss progress.

Card- Sorry you had such a crummy b-day. :hug: With as much stress as you have had lately, i think staying the same is good...i bet once i stress is gone the weight will just fall off.

Dollypie- Good job on the scales. Keep it up gal. :carrot:

Ok, lots to do to get ready of being out of commision tomorrow.

Feeling better, I'll take what I can get these days. My weight is way up back to 211, I hope some of that is water weight. I did worse than fall off the wagon for the last week or so. Why is it so hard to take off and so easy to put back on? Anyway, 2 birthday parties at work on Friday. A miserable weekend of eating Halloween treats and a birthday party at work today and a Halloween party tomorrow. If I don't weight the same as a small elephant by the end of the week it will say alot for my will power. Wish me luck.

:witch: :haphal: :witch:

Good morning ladies,

So hear is my plan for the halloween candy at home. I have had is hidden the entry of the house is a cabinet. I never keep candy there so I don't think about going there to get it. Tomorrow morning I am going to send all the leftover candy to work with my husband to give to all the guys at the warehouse. Therefore it is out of my house and out of my hands and mouth. I was also only bought sweettarts, toostiepops, and toostie rolls for candy. So if I do have a little tonight, it won't be so loaded with fat just sugar.

Okay at work today we are having a halloween carnival to raise money for a charity. I volunteered for the apple bobbing booth. Okay I thought this would be best thing to volunteer for since it will #1 keep me busy and away from carmel corn and candy and #2 it is the only booth with a fruit! Do ya see my logic?...it's there in my mind. I am going to have alot of fun just mingling with coworkers and their kids so I won't have time for the sweet stuff.

Getnhealthy: I will be thinking about you today with your surgery. What a great attitude to have to get back to light exercise so soon!

Sno: I can't believe we are half way to New Year's as well, time flys doesn't it? You are doing great with your eating plan and getting back to exercising. No gain is a big accomplishment. Just think that is really the bigger part of this new lifestyle change. After we lose it we have to maintain it for the rest of our lives and that can be overwhelming to me sometimes. I try and take it one day at a time.

Card: Sorry to hear things are still so going your way. You are going to make it through all the parties though. Try and be the one you serves the cake though, so you can only cut a small piece. I do this because if I don't then I eat the big piece anyway. Remember we have all had our down times and 3FC was here to pick us up, we will are routing for you!

Well i survived surgery. My back where they removed a fairly deep cyst is more sore than i had anticipated. But i did okay on cals today though. Couldnt eat breakfast because of surgery so that freed up some cals for halloween. I ate a snack size candy bar and still ended up with only 1368 cals for the day. Works for me. I did fabulous on water today because of the dang IV...they put bags and bags of saline in me for hours...been running to the potty ever since. The main thing is the exercise...but i really think i will be able to go to the gym tomorrow :carrot: ...at least on the bike...hoping for ellipitical though.

Dollypie- I have similar techniques for halloween candy...i buy a bunch of stuff i dont like. The only problem is that my kids bring home a bunch of candy that i do like. :devil: So i look through it, take my pick of ONE snack size and that is it...oh, well and then sneak one and hide it until my splurge day. ha ha.

Card- I wish you luck. This week is a challenge for me too. I hope we can both make it through, like you said, weighing in less than a small elephant. :lol3:

Sno- I cant believe we are already 1/2 way through this challenge. That is cool. :cheer2: Lets me know i can meet my goal if i keep up the work. Sort of keeps me on track.

Ok, stay strong through all the candies this week ladies. :dust: Come on, we can do it.

Tuesday
 

Hi all:

had a cheat meal yesterday--felt like I needed it. Then today back on the wagon no problem--except I needed that will power dust from getnhealthy for sure--I was just craving some hot chocolate because I have tom--well I will have some herb tea instead.

getnhealthy--seems like a pretty mild going off plan! and you are right back on. sorry you arent feeling so great--it is good that you are taking care of yourself.
fortunately we dont get trick or treaters at our house so no excuse to have candy around--I know I would be struggling otherwise.

dolly--good plan for halloween--must minimize the damage! well make it to new years no matter what and it will be nice to see that we have made some progress towards our goals

card--you are so struggling with life stuff--it is amazing that you are still keeping on target with any kind of plan at all--I think it is great you still with us--stick with it and you will be where you want to be, just dont give up--one week will not make that much difference in the long run.

Keep it up ladies--next week it will be 8 weeks until new years--where do you want to be!!

Since DH and I moved into our new house, we knew there was alot of kids in the neighborhood, but oh my! Last night cars couldn't even drive down the street so many kids were out. DH had to run to the store to get more candy! It was fun though sat on the front porch giving out candy and eating our dinner inbetween. I picked up a rostisserie chicken and then sauteed some veggies. We had a great time will all the kids and seeing our neighbors, I think this is why we chose the neighborhood. Only had one toostie pop last night for dessert. I don't have to worry about leftover Halloween candy because we gave it all out last night! Hooray! Now I just have to make it through work with all the leftovers other people brought. I need to go get some mint gum to chew, that will keep me away from it.

Getnhealthy: Glad to hear all went well with your surgery, and only a snack size candy bar way to go. We all need a little treat on Halloween!

Sno: Have your tried the Nestle Low Carb hot chocolate with ff milk. It is actually pretty good. I like to have it every now and then when I have a chocolate craving

down and dumpy
 

Hey guys, well i am down in the dumps today. :stress: I had surgery on tuesday and havent been able to bounce back and exercise AT ALL. So now, no surprise, i am up 4 pounds from ticker weight. My weight usually goes up after weigh in and then eases back down by my next weigh, but i doubt it will do it this week. So now i am spiraling down into some sort of depressed, lazy mood. :( The more i lay around the house, still hurting from surgery, the more depressed i get. Now i have that little voice in the back of my head telling me to go ahead and eat whatever i want, since eating healthy isnt going to do any good this week anyway. I keep fighting that demon saying, eating healthy this week may not do any good, but i would rather lose the 4 that i am up than the 10 that i will be up if i let it go. So for now, i am still eating on plan....it is amazing what a difference exercise makes....in my weight AND my mood. Tomorrow is weigh in and i am just wanting it over with, hoping i feel good enough saturday to go exercise a bit. Kind of start the weigh in with a fresh start. I think if i can attack and get back on program with a bang on saturday i can blow those four pounds out of the water and still lose 8 pounds by thanksgiving....that is the goal anyway.

Sorry to be such a cry baby head today...just feeling really down...i am sure the analgesics arent helping my mood either.

Dollypie- That sounds like a lot of trick or treaters...we had numbers like that at our first house, with our new house we had 3 trick or treaters this year...i missed them. Good idea about chewing some strong gum...i do that a lot at work when the drug reps come into the docs office bringing all kinds of goodies.

Sno- Wow, only 8 weeks til new years...hmmm....where do i want to be? 16 pounds lighter (only 2 pounds a week), but like my goal was originally...i will be VERY happy just to lose 12 more. Especially with Thanksgiving and Christmas being in the mix. What about you? I know what you mean about craving hot chocolate. When we get a fire in the fire place it is like i HAVE TO have hot choc or hot apple cider in my hand. So i am stocked up on sugar free versions of both. They are pretty good.

Ok, feeling better just venting to you all. Thanks for listening.

Get n healthy: Don't give to the evil cravings you are having. Just keep a big glass of water at hand to sip on. Sorry to hear the recovery isn't going as well as you thought. If you are just watching tv at home keep your hands busy that will keep you from reaching for food also (sew, play solitaire, or even take a nap). I wouldn't even weigh yourself anymore until next week because it will just upset you and cause you to want and sabatoge yourself. You body may be holding on to alot of water weight from the stress of the surgery and didn't you say the pumped you full saline. Just a thought. You have been so strong, you can get through this.

thursday
 

Stacy--I can relate--I have had the worst tom and have not gotten up before noon yesterday and today--the heating pad has been my best friend. I had a stash of low carb chocolate which is helping and some low carb bread cause I only want to eat toast and tea. I just fitday my calores to see how I am doing since I know I am not really low carbin it today.

For me physical stuff really can sabotage the diet. But your body needs the rest especially if you are taking medications for pain etc. Dont worry--any weight gain you have is just water weight and will come off quickly.

I am pretty motivated so have not been overeating. I really want to see some more weight come off--it has been slow for me but at least I am still 7 lbs less than when we started! It could be 7 more easily. So I count my blessings.

I know coming on this forum really motivated me! It reminds me of what I want to do and how i want to change. Maybe I wont change as quickly as I want but it doesnt matter as long as the change happens.

Oh crud! I just realized Thanksgiving is three weeks away--I really need to get on it with the diet because i want to lose as much as possible before then.

Lets brainstorm as to how we want to eat on thanksg and keep it together!

Feeling much better now. I dont know why, must have had an estrogen moment earlier. Its just been too much this week. Between surgery and all that goes a long with it AND its TOM week...geeze. I might as well just throw the scale out the window til next week. But i stayed on plan with eating...did really well actually, so that makes me feel better and i am already looking forward to next week when i can get back on my exercise schedule with a vengence.

Dollypie- You were right on it...sitting at home watching tv all week. Driving me nuts. I am a go go go person. So i have been taking naps and going to bed early each night. Havent been hungry really...thank goodness. On this pain medicine...i am just not as hungry as usual...either that or i just dont have the energy to eat...just real sore and tired. oh and yes they did pump me full of saline. I think i will hold off on my weigh in tomorrow. maybe just wait til my BIG loss next week. ;) Thank you so much for your words of encouragement and you are right...i can get through this.

Sno-Gosh honey, i know what you mean about physical stuff getting you down. You are SO right about the 7 pounds you have lost being a big deal...that is my mentality...as long as that scale is going in the right direction, i dont care how little i lose at a time...Like you said, that scale can so easily go in the wrong direction. This site is a real help to me too. It is the only place i know where i can talk to people that are struggling with the same crap that i am. Some weeks are good some weeks are bad and there is always someone there to give you a hug...be it a good week or a bad week. Thanksgiving is SUPER close...i dread dealing with the in-laws and their supper skinny snobby ways. But anyway, for now i am happy.

Thanks guys, talk with you soon.

Friday
 

Okay so I have already spent 4500 on my teeth not covered by insurance this year and guess what, one of my back molars has a crack in it--I thought food was getting caught in it and then today it started hurting and I just looked and it has a big crack right across the top. Xmas will be thin this year!

Eating has gone well today so I cant be too unhappy. And TOM is nearly over so I am hoping for a decent weigh in on Mon tho I havent been exercising too much.

they were giving out pumpkin pie and coffee at the grocery store--I just got the coffee--what a pro!!:cool:

Had a bad night last night--didnt sleep that well.

But we got up some lights in the house--I like to have those little xmas lights in my living room for mood lighting and I replaced them this year--we use blue light bulbs and it is really pretty!

I am determined to have a great weekend and thinking about thanksgiving in three weeks I want to just really power thru for the next three weeks--no cheat days--and get as much lost as possible before the big banquet.

Stacy--glad you are feeling better--you are such a high energy person--I envy you. I never have had much energy.

Okay--goals for the weekend-stay on plan for real and get the exercise going!