Shyla, we must have posted at the same time. Sounds like you'll be having a house full. Enjoy your family! Hope to see you when you get a chance!

Morning Gals and TGIF !!

Just a quick fly by for me this morning before I head out the door to work. I will definately take some time this weekend to go back and read all the posts and get caught up !!

Hope you all have an enjoyable friday :)~

Hey gals, Good scale news. I am down 1.8 this week. I was REALLY nervous about this week. I have done well all week but the scale didnt reflect that til this morning and with all the stress, i just didnt know what to expect.

I also have a couple of NSV. I have a shirt that i wear over a sleeve less shirt, it has always fit UNbuttoned, but never been able to button around my hips/bottom of my gut (my widest area). This morning i put it on and IT BUTTONED and it wasnt even a tight button. WOOOHOOO. Then a lady at work that i dont even talk to much told me should could really tell i was losing weight. Its great to hear it from people who know your losing weight but when someone tells you that doesnt even know your trying...that is an awesome feeling.

I wanted to thank all of you for helping me deal with bimbo all week. I know it is a bit off topic but i am SO reactionary. Usually i would have been knee deep in icecream and chocolate right now, i chose a different tack this time around with exercising instead of eating. Thank you all so much for your guidance and support. The soga still continues with bimbo but at least i feel i have learned how to react a different way that i did in the past. Boy, the stress sure gave my elliptical some abuse this week.

Tammy-I do the same thing with my scale at home. It will vary by up to 4 pounds. I dont know if it is how i stand on it or the floor but geeze, it can sure make you want to pull your hair out. I weighed 3 times this morning, ranging from losing 2 pounds to even gaining 2 pounds. I went and paced around the house wondering what to do. THen i decided, okay, the next weight is what i am going with. So luckily it was the exact same weight as the first time i weighed. So i went with that one. I dont know what WWW stands for either but i think you are right about it being something water weight.

Michelle-Hello. This is a great group. Look forward to losing weight with you.

Shyla-Hope you have a good visit with your family. And try to stay strong during the visit. I know when my inlaws come to town, its lots of treats for the kids and going out to eat with the family. Temptation is hard for me at a resturant.

Tina-Camping for me can be VERY good or VERY bad. Smores=bad. Lots of hiking=good. I have been thinking of taking the kids and hubby to a cabin on the lake instead of camping. I think if i can stay away from the camp fire, i can do without the smores while still getting to enjoy nature. I am just not strong enough yet to say no to smores when i KNOW my kids would make 500 of them.

Everybody buckle down and think healthy for the weekend. THis is my hardest part of the week...especially with a cookout day on monday.

Ok just a quick pop in for me for now but I will be back later.

I did really well on eating and getting in some good exercise yesterday. I forgot about not weighing till next saturday and got on the scales this morning and they still say 231.

You girls are right about WWW having to do with water weight. WWW stands for Wierd Water Weight. Just something that was said in a post once and we picked up on it. We also have a fairy fat mother that we like to pass around in times of desperation.

Well better get to work.

Hey girlies, just popping in to say that I'll be leaving this evening for camping. I'll be back on Sunday. Thanks Stacy for the idea of hiking. I remember that the camp ground we're going to has some awesome hiking trails around the lake. You can be sure that I'll be making good use of them!

Have an awesome weekend ladies and I'll check in with you all when I get back. This is the last hoo-rahhhHHh before really getting the nose back to the grindstone.

~Tina

Evening Ladies...Just a quick pop-in since it is getting late and I have been on the run all day and I'm ready for bed.

Robbin...I stepped on the scales this morning and I'm down another 2lbs, that's a total of 3 in two days.:carrot: :carrot: I'll try not to step on it again till next Saturday, except for my WW weigh in on Wednesday. I just won't tell you the result till Saturday.:D

Erin...My hubby pulled something in his lower back last Saturday and can hardly walk. Plus he leans to the right and has to stand in a door way and try to stand staight doing his exercises they have him doing. Doesn't look like he will be going to work on Monday, but off for another week.

I'll be back tomorrow to finish up doing personals. Hope you all have a wonderful, safe Labor Day weekend.:hug:

Cheryl

Evening ladies!!! Well started this reply yesterday and am just now getting around to finishing it! SO some of the replies will cover several things!

Robbin - I am going to give you a half-hearted yes on the challenge, my husband has surgery this week and i am expecting high stress not to mention a routine totally gone to pot, but i need to get back to my ticker and below and fast! I am going to do my best! You are doing awesome with all the walking, i am sure you will see results soon!

Louie - Okay not quite a fly by this time!! Challenge for halloween, hmm let me think on that one, i need to have a good goal to work for and today is 9/1 so i may join up a little late, if that is okay!

Stacy - WHOOOHOOOO on exercising your way through an incredibly stressful event, wow, i can't imagine the emotional rollercoaster you are riding right now! Hopefully bimbo will begin to see the light soon or she will see the cleavage i guess would be a better way to put it! As for the hot tea thing yes i actually have a "weight loss" tea from celestial seasonings that is really good. Got it at a health food store. It does seem to get me through the hump sometimes. I haven't had any lately, will have to break that out again! My scale was varying as much as 10 pounds in one weighing session, needless to say tossed it and got a new one, i am just too type A to deal with that one! OH almost forgot, great job on the 1.8!!

Jtammy - I hate you are fighting the scale crazies too, i did the same spot on the floor technique and still got all over the place needless to say it is in the garbage now and i am much happier! I had heard that about manufacturers changing the actual size of clothes but found it so depressing i refused to believe it. Oh well, maybe it will work to my favor since i am trying to get in a 14 by december 29th and am at a 18-20 right now!

Michelle1964 - hey girlie, so glad to see you come by! Hope all is well with you! Stop by again soon and fill us in on how things are going!

Kreen - hope the scales are kind to you and your hard work pays off!

Shawn - I hope the entertaining is fun for you, i know the clean thing! I can make myself nuts trying to clean the house for family!

Tina - sorry you didn't get to walk yesterday! Take advantage of the camping and do lots of walking and bike riding. We may actually end up doing some of the same thigns this weekend. Mother in law is camping about 4 miles from my house, so i can leave kids and get a little me time without feeling too guilty. Plus its a really nice campground and i like hanging out there.

Well ladies, i have to say i have been a little scale obsessed since i now have one that weighs me accurately and checked where i was tonight compared to this morning and i was down .4 and that was shortly after eating dinner! So i am hoping when i weigh in the morning i will be at least back to the 238.8 i was when i started on the new scale. I up to 18 min on the elliptical and still trying to do the pilates DVD so feel like the scale should start cooperating pretty soon here. I am just too scale obsessed to not weigh until next saturday but i am really considering doing every other day for the week. Also i am making lasagna to satisfy a craving i have been having for a while. I make it without a recipe and put lots of cheese in it. I am having salad with it and will skip the bread i am making with it but this is my opening of college football treat. Alabama plays at 6:00 and i invited my MIL and BIL to come watch. We are trying to hook the BIL up with a girl we go to church with and this may be a good chance to get them together. I plan on only having a real small portion and then getting rid of the rest so lets see if i can keep with it! So is the challenge on???? i am having a hard time coming up with the 1 week goal, like i said it may just be only weighing every other day this week. or maybe to do 20 min or 3 miles on the elliptical 2 times by the end of the week. HMMMM, what are ya'll gonna do?

Well bed time for me, getting sleepy! Been a long time since 4am! Hope ya'll have a fantastic weekend and will check in later.

Cheryl - we must have been posting at the same time! Hate to hear that about hubby! Back pain is the worst! Are they using the McKenzie approach with his therapy, (repeated motion exercises)?? Can be very effective. What kind of work does he do? Has he had MRI or anything like that, is he having leg symptoms??? OKAY SOOO SORRY!!! PT mode took over there for minute!!!! Well a couple minutes! Enough about that, CONGRATS :carrot: :hug: and a big whooohoooo on the weight loss. that is huge! I am excited for you! Does that get all the vacation weight off and then some? Rest well and see ya later! Erin

Good Morning All...:wave: :wave:

Well, the semester is finally underway, and things in my neck of the woods are getting back to normal-whatever that is!!! As with every year, I have stories I could tell...some people just floor me. :?: :) I had one girl want to pay "a little somthin' towards my bill every week-you know, kinda like a motel?" (it took everything I had to keep it together) ...a family that was very concerned about whether our residence halls provided toilet paper-and the quality of said paper (we do-standard two-ply for those interested...) and yesterday I had an irritating student that continually chewed on and flipped a toothpick around in his mouth the entire time he was trying to discuss his quite large very delinquent bill with me...after the second time of asking him to please take it out of his mouth, because I couldn't understand him, I stuck my hand out, made him spit it out in my hand and then I threw it away! The best? When he left, he actually went to my garbage to try and retrieve it, explaining to me that my garbage was "fresh"! :barf: :barf: OMG...

But anyway...my grandma is still hanging on, for those that have asked and wondered (thank you for the thoughts). What for, I have no idea :shrug: , but hopefully soon her suffering will be over...:?:

Get this-I have been wanting a recumbent exercise bike for a couple of years now...so a week or so, I bought one and had it shipped here. It arrived Wednesday evening, and I was so excited. I figured it couldn't be that hard to put together, and there are only a few big pieces, so I took everything out of the box, and started to read the instructions, and...NO SCREWS!!! :mad: There are supposed to be about 36 screws for it...I got 4! I tore everything apart thinking they had to be somewhere, but no luck! So...now this thing is sitting unassembled in my living room while I wait for the screw-pack to arrive. My luck!

Robbin, count me in on the Saturday weigh. Same as Cheryl though, I have to have the office weigh on Wednesday, so I'll just keep it to myself until Saturday! This will be a good way to kick-start into gear again...over the past couple of weeks I've slacked a bit-maintained though, but ordering lunches/dinners with being so busy...i'm ready to be back on plan!:carrot:

Erin, sounds like you are rockin' and rollin' regardless of what the scale says...way to go!!! :hug: :cp:

Cheryl, Hope your husband's back is feeling a bit better-back pain is the worst! And congrats on the losing...that vacation weight surely is long gone and then some...:high:

Louie, I'll do a Halloween challenge-as long as I don't have to dress up...I HATE Halloween! Hope things are getting back to normal for you as well...:hug:

Tina, Hope the camping is a fun weekend! I have never, ever camped, nor do I intend to...my idea of camping is Holiday Inn!!! :) Keep us posted on your daughter's starting school-my niece just started first grade. She is a bit concerned because ahe has not gotten any homework yet-I can't stop laughing!!! :D

Shyla, Sounds like you will have a house full-it also sounds like you're doing awesome on plan...keep it up girl-and BTW, thanks for the MySpace add! :woo:

Michelle!!! Good to see you popped in-how are things with your Mom going??:hug:

Get'n Healthy, welcome!!! I've been reading your plight with the "bimbette" and I have two words for you...hot sauce. :flame: A few drops in the center of the seat of her chair (assuming it's apolstered) will ensure she is "uncomfortable" and running for the restroom all day :rofl: ...OR...you could get one of those cardboard air-freshners that hang in cars, (cheap ones that smell really bad??) and tape it flat against the underside of her desk where no one could see...just stink her out! :lol3: The laxitave brownies are good too, but God Forbid anyone else get a hold of one...

Tammy and Kreen, welcome to you both as well...looking forward to getting to know you both! :wave: :cb: :flow1: :woo: :dancer:

Well...is this post long enough? yes, I believe so...off to laundry, chores, and napping!!! Thank God for the three-day weekend! Woo Hoo!!!!!:woo: :woo:

Missed you Gals-:hug:

Hope you all are having a good weekend. I am loving 3 days off. Spent some quality time exercising with the kids. They didnt even know it was exercise. We raced swimming laps in my fathers pool yesterday while he was out of town. My son had the job of babysitting my dads dogs...man talk about spoiled. Then today i took the kids to the batting cages. Batting cages are pricey but a good way to release some frustrations. I had bimbo's face plastered on all the balls i hit, ha ha. Swimming laps was hard. My legs were dying after just a lap. DH had to teach me how to do lap swimming. I am a good swimmer and all but apparently lap swimming is different than just swimming across the pool. ha ha

CHeryl- WTG on the weight loss WOW that is impressive. Your poor hubby. I have done that exact same thing before...nothing worked but giving my body time to relax and the medication Flextra..it worked better than any of the analgesics.

Elem-Oh my gosh. I know what you mean about being too type A for the scale to vary that much. And i cant weigh only once a week too...i have to do it AT LEAST once a day. But that is more addictive personality than type A for me. ha ha.

Ryanmi-Your students sound hilarous. I was a teacher at a college and boy, they keep you on your toes huh? I LOVE LOVE LOVE your hot sauce idea. I have never heard of that, i am just grinning like a cheshire cat right now. cant wait til tuesday back at the office.

Hey ladies! Just a quick checkin. My company left today about noon, and my in-laws cancelled for tomorrow, so we're just taking it easy. The house is a disaster after guests (was visiting, so didn't pick up after the 2-year old twins of mine), but I figure we'll slowly get it back in order.

Didn't count points yesterday or today, but feel like I ate reasonably. No major splurges or anything. I'm tempted to go back & add them up, but I don't think I will. Just planning to get back to counting tomorrow. Scale shows 233.8, so pleased it's not up.

Planning to workout tomorrow. DH said the Y was open, and I'm a bit surprised, but will take advantage of it. Didn't work out all last week, since sick, and am still coughing when the medicine wears off, but think my body can handle it now. Will feel good to be moving again, and will hopefully get that scale moving again!

My mouth tastes all icky from some of the medicine I'm taking... it's driving me nuts! That comment seems random, but just needed to ***** about it. LOL

Okay, well I'll check back in later on. Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend, and resisting any temptations!! :hug:

Hi Friends! I lost about 2.3 lbs this week so I am really happy about it. My short term goal is to get out of the 230s this month. I can't wait. Congrats to all who lost/maintained, and to the others, let's make the coming month count, ok! We can do it!

Evening Ladies...As you can see I never made it back here yesterday, the weekend is busier than I thought it would be. My friend came over yesterday and I'm teaching her to quilt, so we spent yesterday cutting her fabric. It's a typical Labor Day Weekend for North Dakota. Haven't had anything but rain and cooler temps since Friday. Today was very nice and I hope we have the same tomorrow, so we can get the yard mowed. I'm still doing great following the core plan, haven't been hungry between meals.

Ryanmi...Thank you for sharing your first week of College students. I had a very good laugh.:rofl: Loved all your "What to do to Bimbo" ideas. The hot sauce was a good one!!!

Stacy...Great job getting some fun exercising in with the kids. How many Bimbo balls did you hit?

Shawn...Sounds like you had a busy weekend and you did excellent food wise. Glad you are feeling better.

Erin...Hubby is about the same.:( He is doing repeated motion exercises. No to MRI and leg symptons. He does have three more days of thearpy this week
and I hope that does the trick. My hubby is a Correction Officer, so he is on his feet all day. No, I still have one more pound to get down to pre-vacation weight, but I'm probably all ready there, but I told Robbin I wouldn't weigh till Saturday. It's taken everything I've got not to step on the scale this morning.

Louie...I'm up for a challenge. I need to get my rear in gear and get back to regular exercise, so I will do some sort of exercise five days a week.:carrot:

Michelle...Glad you dropped by to say Hello, miss you!:hug: How is your mother doing?

Tina...I'm with Ryanmi, my idea of camping is a nice hotel with room service. Hope you have a great time and get lots of hiking in.

Kreen...Congrats on 2.3 lbs for the week. Way to go!!!:carrot: :carrot:

Getting late chickies, so I'm off to dreamland.

Cheryl

Good Morning Chicks !! So much for sitting down and trying to catch this weekend. It is now Monday morning and I am just getting around to reading the notes from this weekend.

Sounds like everyone is keeping busy. Congrats to those of you who have had visits from the fairy fat mother. Could you please direct her towards my house if you see her !!

Tomorrow morning I am going to have an official WI and then decide on my halloween goal. I think I will make myself a ticker to keep track and motivated.

Well I am off to brew me some coffee and get my day started. Hope you are all enjoying a long weekend. Take care and TTYS :hug:

Morning girls! I got back lastnight from camping. Let's just say I took my last hoo-rah a little too seriously and didn't behave so well when it came to food choices. But I did go walking/hiking twice, paddle boat 3 times and berry picking once. So I did try to fit in as much activity as I could. But gosh this summer has been terrible as far as moving that scale number in a downward motion. Time to pull up my socks and work hard for the one week goal of getting to ticker weight.

Stacy, woo-hoo at least someone is having some victories. Congrats on your loss and your NSV that is really great. You must feel so proud of yourself, and you should!

Cheryl, amazing getting that scale down 3lbs. in two days! You are smokin'! Ouch! You're hubby sounds like he's in terrible agony.

Erin, you have to have little endulgences once in a while just to keep yourself sane! Hope you enjoyed your lasagna and was able to keep it at a portion size you wanted. Not sure if I could...hehe! Also hope your little match-making scheme was pulled off, what fun! Let us know how that turned out.

Ryanmi, thanks for the chuckle! I had to laugh reading about some the characters that graced the front of your desk. I sure hope they put those missing screws through express post. That had to bite hard when you couldn't find them. My daughter is up singing about the day being too long already, it's 9:30 AM!! She's just a little excited about kindergarten ...understatement!

Shyla, glad you had a good visit with your family. You'll be standing beside a few of us making a good start back at this week. Enjoy your workout at the Y, remember to ease yourself back into it..don't want start a hacking fit all over again.

Congratulations Kreen! That is a really good loss! Keep up the great work.

Best start the day and get cracking. Got some camp fire smellin' clothes that need freshing up. Have a great day!

~Tina

Afternoon Ladies...A very lazy Labor Day for us. I did get up early and got three hours of sewing in before the rest of the family got up. Hubby and I took an afternoon nap while watching a movie. Hehe, so much for the movie. I did rent Phat Girlz, and I really liked it. If you get a chance to rent it, do! Right now I'm watching the new season of "Ellen". It's been a very long summer with reruns.

Louie...Time flys when you get a few days off to relax. Sending the fairy fat mother your way for a little dusting.:wizard: I'm going to try and make a new exercising ticker for the challenge. See what I come up with.

Tina...I'm bad, I couldn't help stepping on the scales this morning and I did it while vacuuming. Hehe!! I told my hubby I wasn't going to weigh till Saturday and he said OK. Well my scales talk and everyone in the house within hearing range can hear them, sooooooo stepped on the scales for a quick peek with the vacuume running. I'm down to my vacation weight. Doing the happy dance:carrot: :carrot: Glad you had a good time camping. I can hear the excitement in your house with the first day fo school coming up tomorrow. She will be bouncing off the walls till you put her to bed tonight. Soak it all up, they grow up in a blink of an eye.

Well I need to go and see if the burgers have thawed. Hubby is going to try and BBQ tonight and I need to cut the watermelon up. Have a great evening and if I get a chance I check back later.

Cheryl

Just a quick check in to celebrate! I hopped on the scale today, and it said 230.8.... no way! I weighed 4 times and 3 times it said that. I couldn't believe it, after not tracking my points the past few days. Woot! Just changed my ticker, and am so excited!

Didn't go workout today after all. It's been raining all day, and it's 4:20 and I'm still in my pajamas :) I DO want to get 3 workouts in this week, so will try to go tomorrow night.

Okay, need to get a few things done before the twins come home from grandmas. Will check back in later!

Hi ladies

Well, a busy week - on Thursday my daughter and I went to the Pleasure Beach, out local theme park, as they were selling unlimited ride wristbands at half price. It was raining so we got a bit wet but that's OK. And then on Saturday we went to the Sandcastle - a water play place with tons of slides and water rollercoasters, which was great fun.

And I looked at myself in the mirror and I could honestly say I was quite pleased with what I saw - still bulges around the tummy and upper thighs but mostly I was pleased. And I tell you what - there were a lot of women bigger than me, and some of them were even wearing bikinis. I do have a bikini - I bought my first ever one this summer but I am still too self-conscious of my crepe paper stretch marked tummy to actually wear it in public.

So my daughter was back to school today - in Year One!! And she started gymnastic classes this evening too, which she loved.[ All our family tend to be on the chubby side and, although she's not fat, she isn't skinny either so I thought if I can get her into something athletic now, it will stand her in good stead later on.

And - WONDERFUL news - I have almost lost the 6.5 pounds I put on during my holiday - all but 0.2 lb - which is nothing. before I went away I was 158.5 and this morning I was 158.7. So I was dancing this morning as you can imagine.

AND - as if that wasn't enough - I am being interviewed by our local paper. The paper has a women's pullout every Tuesday where they discuss girly stuff like diet and weight loss and fashion etc. I had a thought that we girls who are doing it ourselves, rather than belong to WW or SW or stuff like that, have it really hard as we have no support network at all. Even family anf frtiends get a bit sick of us going on all the time about our diet.

So I hit on the idea of forming a support group for DIY dieters. We'd do the usual stuff like weekly weigh-in but there wouldn't be a plan per se and it would be free (aside from a tea and coffee fund). Basically we'd just be a group of ladies getting together once a week for a natter and to swap recipes and tips and stuff and to help each other when things don't quite go according to plan. Anyway, spo i emeiled the editor of the pullout and told her my idea and she wants to run a story on it, to help me get the group started. So she's coming tomorrow - I've had to find a 'before' picture, which was horrible - I found a really nasty one:

http://www.cheapsheetmusic.co.uk/before2.jpg

And they sending a photographer to take a 'during' picture so I have to look all sexy.

Michelle - I like your idea of a September challenge - not sure what mine is yet, I'll have to think about that.

Shawn - YAY - congrats on the loss!! Tell me about having a messy house. I have been tidying today as my dd is back at school - and I have the reporter coming tomorrow - frantically trying to get into all the little crooks and nannies!

Tina - I'm exactly the same on having a poor summer weight loss wise. I put it down to not working and sleeping more - basically not burning up as many calories as before. Oh, and probably eating just a little too much ice cream! So, now school is starting again for me, I hope to see a steady downward trend. Mind you, I think we have both HAD a loss over summer, even if it's not as much as we might have liked, so, we're doing good kid!

Cheryl - Fantastic on being back to your pre-vacation weight - I'm right there with you!

Louie - I don't think I said hi to you before so, hi! Definitely do a ticker - it's the highlight of my day updating my ticker when I've had a loss. OK - does that make me just sound like I have a really sad life? :)

Kreen - congrats on your great loss! You will surely be out of the 230s by the end of September - you're almost there now!

Stacy - how is lap swimming different from just swimming across the pool? I am curious now. When I go swimming I just do lengths up and down and see how many I can do in half an hour. Is it with the whole turning somersaults at each end? I don't bother with that.

OK - sorry I haven't gone back through all 4 pages to reply but I do read all the posts I really do. Sorry if I missed anyone out!

Just a quick check-in. Two lbs lost as of today's weigh-in. :cheer: Lately they have been coming few and far between, and we had a family reunion Saturday and a cookout to make the weekend more challenging.

I hope everyone had a great 3 day weekend. (Well, I don't know if our Canadian and British friends on the thread had a 3 day weekend, I guess not...) Back to work/school/etc tomorrow. Talk to you all later.

Good morning. Hope you all had a good labor day. I stayed pretty close to being within range, although i didnt do one lick of exercise yesterday. I just felt blah all day.

Do any of you notice that after a day of not doing so well, the scale will not reflect it for a couple more days? I was just wondering if it was just me. Like if i splurge on friday, the scale will be great saturday and i will get this false sense of hope, ha ha and then monday and tuesday, BAM...up like 3 pounds. After 3 days of doing great. Very frustrating. I wonder if it just takes my body a couple of days to metabolize it and turn it into water or fat.

Shyla, hope you had a good visit with the family. I dont count my cals when i am off either. I just make sure to get back on with a vengence and let the past be the past. That is AWESOME about your loss DESPITE being sick and having family in...WOW, WTG.

Ryanmi-I hear you. I am all about fall. Bring it on. I like your Mini challenge idea. I think mine will be to walk my drive way 5 times before bed...i have a long drive way. That way, i will at least get 15 minutes of walking in a day, aside from the other exercise i do.

Robsia-That is just the best feeling, that moment when you catch a glance of yourself and think, wow, not so bad. Just puts a little lift in your step for the whole rest of the day. The lap swimming versus just playing with the kids swimming is different for me in that, when i am just going here and there in the pool, my feet are lower in the water and my head it not in or under the water and i am breathing the whole time. For lap swimming my feet are level to my head and my head is under/in the water the whole time except for when i turn my head to take a breath.

Kreen- That is awesome 2.3. That is about the loss that i strive for each week. Nice job.

Cheryl- WTG on the scale victory. Woohoo that is a good feeling. I hit quite a few bimbo balls. It took me a few pitches to warm up. But once i did i was happy. Man swinging a bat uses weird muscles. I love it though. I would like to invest in some sort of pitching machine. It really takes out the frustrations.

Tina-Even though you may have done a little too much in the food, you had a very active weekend, maybe that will outweigh it. Hope your daughter has a good first day of school. Its bittersweet to send those babies off to school.

Tammy-That is awesome but especially impressive after such a food oriented weekend. Big victory.

Ok, back to work.

WahhHHhhhh....my baby started kindergarden! How can you help not getting a little sentimental about it. She was so good and soOOOoo excited. I was the only one a little nervous...isn't that crazy!?

Cheryl, it's extremely hard to stay off the scale when you're an everydayer. Congrats on getting back to your pre-vacation weight! That is great! Had to laugh you did while the vacuum cleaner was still running..hehe!

Shyla, woo hoo! Good job with the SV.

Ryanmi, there is so much that I want to get back into during the month of Sept. I think my goal will be getting back on my old course and no MORE SLACKING!

Robsia, how exciting to be interviewed for you local paper. Sounds like you had a lot of mummy and daughter time before school gets back in. Great fun. Congrats on getting back down to your pre-vacation weight also. I for one am glad that school has started and I can get back into routine. Something about summer that makes it hard to stick to your schedule. I guess the good news is that I'm maintaining.

Tammy, awesome weigh in girl! Congrats! We had a labor day long weekend also. I spent it camping, one last time before school.

Stacy, if I've learned one thing during this weight loss about my body...is that I'll never figure it out! There are so many factors as to why you could show some upage on the scale, but I highly doubt it was your cheat on friday. It takes a deficeit of 3500 calories to lose one pound and it would take that many to gain it. Which like I said I highly doubt you did that in one cheat. It has to be water retention, just drink lots of water to try to "flush" it out. Thanks for the encouragement about my weekend btw! :)

Well, I guess I better make good use of a quiet house and get something done. Talk to you all later! Have a great day!

~Tina

Tina, Hope you're doing okay. Both my kids were excited when they started kindergarten too. Mom was the one in tears.......

Just know that she'll be home soon ready to tell you all about her first day of school. When my DS (now 14) came home from his first day of school, he was full of news. I remarked, "well when you go back tomorrow blah blah blah..." He said, "you mean I have to go again tomorrow?". Apparently I hadn't explained that he would spend the next 15 - 20 years in school. :lol:

Evening Ladies...My hubby is feeling soooo much better today. Looks like he will go back to work on Friday. Spent most of today in town, so not much else going on. Still doing good following the core plan. Had lunch at Subway and I could only eat half of a 6" sub.:carrot: Gave the other half to my dog, Ozzy.:D
I have weight watchers tomorrow, so I'm excited to see what their scales say compared to mine.

Shawn...WhooHoo!!:carrot: :carrot: Great job on moving your ticker downward, and with company no less. Keep up the good work!!!

Ryanmi...My hubby got the VCR/DVD player hooked up this afternoon, so my mini challenge is back working out with Richard 5 days a week.:carrot:

Robsia...Congrats on getting back to your vacation weight. Good luck starting your weight loss group. I think it is an AWESOME idea.

Tammy...Congrats on your 2 pound loss. Don't you just love it when the fairy fat mother pays you a visit.

Stacy...It's our bodies, they do funny things and don't work like we think they should. If I splurge, I try to do it the day after my WW weigh-in. Give's me 6 days to work it off.

Tina...Hope you were snapping pictures through your tears of your daughter's first day at school. I know she had a wonderful day and I hope you did too.:hug: Tina, I had to weigh with the vacuum running, otherwise my hubby would of known and my dog always barks when he hears it talking.

Well chickies, I need to get to bed. See you all tomorrow.

Cheryl

Hey ladies, working on a post with personals but about to head out to take hubby to the hospital for abdominal hernia repair. He has High blood pressure and diabetes so they expect him to spend the night at least. If you are the praying type please pray, even if you are not, say a prayer for us! I really have been worried about this but have put it fully in God's hands and know that the outcome will be his will and we will make it through it whatever it is! Will update and do the personals soon! Ya'll have and awesome day and stay on track for all these goals we got going!!

Erin

Good morning ladies, sorry I wasn't here yesterday but I did not feel well and spent the whole day in bed. Today I am still not feeling very well but am at work and will be SWAMPED.

I didn't do very well with the food choices over the weekend but we did tons of walking so hopefully that will offset the eating. Spending the weekend with my mother in law and having to take care of the "poop thing" with my little boy was just to stressfull and I let myself be careless on food.

I am back on the wagon as of yesterday and will spend all week working my backside off to see how low I can get the scales by saturday.

Sorry I am not going to do personals but my time is short since I spent so much time reading and catching up on all of the post since Friday. I am not going to try to catch up with personals right now but will try to get them in tonight or tomorrow.

Check back later.

Hello all, Well some good news on the scale this morning. I dont know what the deal was but i was up anywhere from 3-5 pounds from my good weigh in on friday...but this morning i am back down to my friday weigh in weight so i am happy. Plus i will be getting a movie from netflix today and that will make my time on the elliptical go SO much faster. I tell myself i can only watch it while doing the elliptical. Works out pretty well and the time is much faster. Although, my heel spurs are KILLING me today. Throb, throb, throb. I have got to make an apt with a podiatrist.

Tina-How did the baby do at kindergarten? Are you off to a good start with eating this week being back from camping? I find that if i am off for a few days in a row it is a REAL effort to get back on. It seems the longer i am off the harder it is to get back on. Maybe with all the activities you did your metabolism will still be high. I think that is my problem, once i skip a couple of days of exercise AND eat poorly, i am just a drained blob. Gross.

Cheryl- So glad hubby is better. How did weight watchers go today? I do just like you with splurge days. My weigh in is friday morning and i usually have a splurge lunch that day, then i half splurge dinner, then it is back to the grind stone the next day. If i have a splurge now and then it keeps me from binging and feeling so deprived. If i know i CAN have it LATER, then i dont HAVE to have it TODAY.

Elem-I will pray for your hubby's surgery. My husband just had an umbilical hernia repair earlier this year.

Robbin-So sorry you werent feeling well. I hate to be sick and then be swamped at work the next day when you are still not at 100%. Glad you are back on the wagon today though with eating and exercising.

Ok, talk to you gals later.

Erin, I'm saying a prayer for you and your DH now. Hopefully he's out of surgery by now.

Robbin, I hope you get to feeling better soon. It's no fun to have to go to work when you're not feeling well.

Stacy, Good to hear that the scale is back to normal for you. Hope you enjoy your movie and exercise time tonight. That's a great idea, btw.

Cheryl, I had to laugh at your comment about weighing with the vaccum running. Now I know why I DON'T want a talking scale - I'll have to vaccum more often. :D

Robsia, any chance your local paper is online and we could see the write-up? I know what you mean about friends and family being sick of hearing about it. I've been on both ends - the one losing weight and the one having to hear about it - and I know I got tired of hearing others talk about it too. Now that I'm on this end of it I could talk and talk and talk about it.

Michelle, Have you gotten the screws for your bike yet? How disappointing to not have all of the pieces.

Shyla, congrats on your scale victory. That's wonderful.

Hi Kreen and Louie and everyone else. Hope you're having a great day.

I'm so tired today. As soon as I got home from work last night, I changed clothes, made a bowl of oatmeal and shoveled it down, and headed to the school to work in the concession stand. I am already counting the days down to the end of football season. The good (?!) news is that now I almost gag when opening one of those huge cans of fake cheese that goes with Nachos. A year ago I would have thought that looked good. Anyway, working in a school concession stand will cure you of wanting to eat concession stand food for life. :) Kinda kidding, but not really.... It was bathtime and bedtime for the kids as soon as we got home. By the time I get things settled in to relax a bit, it's way past my bedtime. Then up to exercise at 5:00 again this morning.

Hope everyone has a great on plan day. Talk to you all soon.

Afternoon Ladies...

Erin...Hubby and you are in my prayers. I have to have the same surgery, but won't till I'm below 250 lbs.

Robbin...Went to Weight Watchers today and had an AWESOME loss! It's killing me not to say how much. Since starting WW in January, this is the most I have loss so far. Saturday, hurry up and get here!!! Hope you are feeling better real soon.:hug: Always a bummer when you have to work and don't feel like it.:(

Stacey...Glad you had a nice surprise this morning and the scales were back down. Very good weigh-in at WW, but I can't say till Saturday.:tape:

Tammy...Glad I made you laugh about my scales. I also can't wait for volleyball to get over, but we go right into Basketball and then track. My complaint is all the driving I have to do. It's 26 miles round trip from my home to school and back. Five days a week gets expensive with the gas prices.

I've been gone all day, so I need to get a few things done before I have to pick up the FD from school. Be back later.

Cheryl

Hi Gals ~ just a quick fly by for me tonight. Just home from work and hubby is just about to put dinner on the table. Salmon.. yummy !!!

Hope you are all doing well and keeping the pace. Have a great evening and I will TTYS :hug:

Just a quick pop-in for me, too. Sorry I haven't done personals lately, but I think I'm still recuperating from being sick and having family stay with us. I'm still coughing now & then, but am on the tail end of it.

Worked out tonight, on the elliptical, but cut it back to 25 mins instead of 30, and just went slower in general. Hope my body can handle it, and not end up sick again!

Gonna run... it's late already here. Hope to stay longer soon! *hugs*

Hello there ladies, this will be a quick post but I will fit in a few small personals. I am feeling much better today but am very disappointed in myself for not getting any exercise in this week. Hopefully I have been doing well enough with my eating that when Saturday comes I will be able to say I have worked hard enough for the scales to match my ticker.

Stacy – I like your idea of exercising to a movie. We have been talking about doin the netflix thing, how is it? Is it worth it?

Tammy – I totally understand waiting for the end of football season, I have 3 boys that play, luckily 2 of them are on the same team. Glad you thing the cheese is yucky these days, that fake stuff has always been a downfall for me.

Cheryl – I can’t wait till Saturday to see how much you have lost, you sound so excited. I am hoping I at least get back to what the ticker says by Saturday.

Louie – Salmon sounds so gooooooood.

Shawn – hope you feel better real soon, I have just been there myself so understand what you are talking about.

Ryanmi – WOOOOHOOOOO for you, Congrats on the 4.4 lbs. I am doing a happy dance for you.

Well ladies I better get a runnin, I am still swamped with work, hopefully this year end stuff will be over soon.

Hello all, Doing pretty well today. I did 5 minutes more than i can normally do on the ellipitical last night. I LOVE it when i have a movie there to get my mind off how much i HATE exercising. I know that is terrible to say but i really dont like cardio. I do love the way i feel AFTER cardio though.

Tammy-Hectic nights with kids with drive you mad. We are having down time right now but my daughter is itching to get into cheerleading, so here we go again. I dont know how you get up to exercise that early but koodos to you. I just cannot get my muscles to move that early in the morning. I wish i could. I would LOVE to have the after workout feeling all day, instead of just the last couple of hours at night. I used to workout in the morning when i was a sahm but not anymore. ALthough, to exercise at night has its pro's too. I can sort of work out the days frustrations.

CHeryl-That is awesome that you had such a good weigh in. Dont you just love those weeks? I am eager to hear about your numbers.

Ryanmi-That is just incredible. Wow, that is such a good feeling to be able to move that ticker THAT much. Good for you. It is so good to hear news like that, it lets us all know that stalls do end. And yours ended with a doosey.

Robin-Yeah, that is what i do, Netflix. I LOVE it. Sometimes i will keep a movie for 2 weeks and not watch it, no late fee to worry about. No returning movies, never worry about your moving being sold out for the night. I just love it. Right now i watch Curb Your Enthusiasm on my laptop while i do cardio. It works out perfect since it is in little 30 minute shows. Works out perfect. For 2 movies at a time it is $16 bucks a month. You get them so quickly though within a day usually, so 2 is good for us. There are different plans though.

Ok, back to work for me.

Evening Ladies...Just a quick check-in...I have been trying to get rid of a really bad headache this afternoon. Think it was brought on by the farmers burning their fields and that stirs up my alergies. Be back tomorrow to do personals.

Robbin...You twisted my arm...I lost 4.7 lbs....Happy dance:carrot: :carrot:

See you all tomorrow. Hugs to you all:hug:

Cheryl

Hello Fabulous Chicks !!!

Just a quick check in for me to let you know that I am going to be out of town for a couple of days. I start my Leadership Program this weekend.. the last step in getting my accounting designation. I am leaving in the morning and will back Sunday, so I will talk to you all then.

Have a great weekend !!

Hello chickies! Just a quick pop in to let you I'm still around. Sorry I haven't been here much these past two days. Mom is staying with me again and there never seems to be enough time. I'll be back tomorrow for personals I promise! Take care!

Hey ladies! Down another pound here, for a total of 13! Need to change my ticker again! A bit surprised it's down, because I'm "over" my points for this week, but I guess by changing it up a bit, it's helping. *shrug*

Worked out again tonight... was so caught up in my magazine that I went 32 minutes instead of just 30. LOL. Then I went & did some crunches & some arm weights. It sure feels good to be back in my routine!

Sounds like the fairy fat mother is being good to ALL of us this week! Good job ladies! I'm so proud of us!

Cheryl - WOW! 4 pounds! That's awesome! Good thing you got a new scale or you'd never have known that!!

Tina - hope you are enjoying your visit, and still staying on track!

Louie - have a great trip, and we'll look forward to hearing how it went!

Stacy - good job on the extra 5 minutes! Every little bit helps! Good for you for stepping it up a bit!

Robbin - the week's not over yet! You can still fit some exercise in! Get moving, girl! :carrot: (this is, of course, assuming that you are feeling better).

Michelle - 4 pounds! Yay! That is awesome! You & Cheryl have hit the jackpot! Send some of that mojo my way!

Tammy - Hi there! I can't believe you exercise at 5am. Yikes! My DH exercises at 6am, but man, I just can't drag my butt outta bed early to exercise! More power to ya, girl!

Erin - how did DH's surgery go? Please keep us posted! :hug:

Okay - well gonna run go change my ticker now & surf a little bit before bed. Have a great Friday! :wave:

Good morning Ladies. How is it going for all of you, ok here I guess.

Cheryl OMG you did so good. I am so excited for you. That’s ok I cheated this morning and got on the scales and am sooooo disappointed, still says 231. Maybe for my “Official” weigh in tomorrow they will be down but I doubt it.

Stacy I am gonna have to get a routine going with a movie or something to get me to exercise. I did great last week on walking but this week I didn’t get a chance to fit it in. If things would just slow down a bit for me I would have the time. But with kids in sports and my volunteer work on top of my job I just cant find the time.

Shawn I really did try to get in some movement last night but by the time we got home it was almost 9 and I still had to give the little ones baths and help them with home work. Yeah it did not happen again…….

Well girls I am really disappointed in myself this week, but you know tomorrow is another day and another chance to work really hard at this. I think we are going to go dancing tonight and that is always good exercise. Maybe if I am really lucky the scales will be below 230 in the morning. Cross your fingers for me. LOL

Check back later………………………….

Good morning ladies. I dont know what i did right but at weigh in this morning, WOOHOO. Big victory for me. I have to spill the beans a day early, i am just too psyched. 3.2 pounds this week! Which is awesome in and of its self but on top of that, it puts me at my mini goal of 20 pounds lost. So double cheers. That is NOT what i was expecting. I missed a few days of exercise early in the week, then i went over my cals on monday...geeze, i am in shock. I guess i do like having bimbo around, she gives me incentive to work that ellipitical to death. You know what is crazy though, i am already nervous about next weeks weigh in. I swear i am wacko. I keep thinking, uh, this big of a loss this week means i will probably stall next week, blah blah blah. It is sad when you get on your own nerves. But oh well, i will rejoice today.

Tina-Enjoy your time with your mom, get back with us soon.

Cheryl-4.7 HOLY MOLY! That is awesome. I dont know how you waited to share that number at all. I would have been shouting it from the roof tops. Incredible.

Shyla-WTG gal. You are right the fairy fat mother is a very busy bee this week...and generous too. You are right about the every little bit helps. I was thinking, 5 extra minutes, thats not squat really...then i started thinking even just 5 extra minutes per work out, can equal out to a whole extra workout session. Like if i normally do 20 minutes, and i bump it up to 25, after just 4 days, i have an extra 20 minutes in. So THAT does make a difference. So, all in all, it is just how you look at it and it worked for me this week.

Ok, gotta get back to surf'n, uh, i mean work.