Scales are still up this morning at 227. This sucks!!! I am so frustrated!!! I stayed on plan yesterday with food, chugged lots of water and got my walk in. All of that for what?????? Crappy Scales!!! Makes me want to scream.

:stress: :tantrum: :bomb: :yikes: :rollpin: :shrug: :cry: :(

*creeps back into thread shamefacedly*

Hi - sorry!!

I know I've been MIA for ages. I've been busy and also not so well. Had a nasty tooth infection last week which had the happy side effect of helping me to lose 4 lbs! Sadly 2 lbs of WWW appeared on Monday as TOM is due Sunday so I'm trying to shift that this week too.

But I'm doing pretty well - I've been posting in the featherweight forum, which feels so good!

My parents have a big party on the 14th October for their Ruby Wedding and it's in the day so I had to find an outfit suitable to a glam daytime 'do'. Had loads of sparkly stuff for evening but all I had for daytime is my work suits and that's boring.

So I went out shopping on Saturday and found the most gorgeous cream trouser suit in a size 12!! (That's 10 in the US!) I would never have been seen dead in a cream trouser suit before. Now my thighs are still a bit wobbly but these pants are wide leg so they skim over the wibbly bits. The jacket is really unusual - it looks normal from the front, but, below the collar, the back is open at the top and buttons down the back too.

I'm hoping I don't look like a big cream elephant - it looked really nice in the shop. And I still have almost 2 weeks to lose a few more pounds by then.

So things are pretty good - I just wish I could snap my fingers and these last few pounds would just disappear! I figure it'll take me till about Christmas, which will mean it's taken a whole year of my life to lose this weight. I just hope I can keep it off!!

Just a quick fly-by post...the scale read 218.2 this morning!! I was shocked (and happy!) Let's hope it wasn't a fluke!

Hello all you lovely ladies. It has been one heck of a day at work. :fr: Thankfully, i am quitting this job and starting a new one next friday...CANT WAIT. I will not miss bimbo one single bit. So i am excited about that.

I am doing well on program this week. Due to job stress this morning i had to force myself to eat lunch today. I was just so upset with bimbo that my hands were shaking and the whole bit. But i knew if i didnt eat, i would binge once i got home, so i ate a wonderful salad with lots of veggies. So i am happy about that.

The scales are still showing me 2 pounds up from friday's weighin but that is okay. TOM is here and i still have 2 days til weigh in. So we shall see.

Jelynn-Congrats on the good weigh in. :cp: If your scale or body is anything like mine it will go back up for a few days but it will come right back down in a few days, so dont get upset if it goes up just a tad before settling on that number. My scale does that EVERY week.

Robbin-I feel your pain. That is where i was just a few weeks ago. :hug: I am trying to think of something encouraging to say but all i can come up with is to just keep on keeping on and know that the scale will catch up with you eventually. Dont give up or give in...although, i know it sucks. You are too funny though, :rofl: threatening to run your scale over with a truck. :rofl: I love it. At least you are down a pound from the day before...that scale is going in the right direction...just grin and bear it a few more days and i bet your patience will be rewarded.

Ok, back to work for me.

Happy Wednesday!
 

Hey ladies, I just realized I didn't post yesterday! Things are pretty so-so for me. My dear Aunt Flo has shown her ugly face today and I suppose that would explain the scales being at 213 this morning. I'm loving the water aerobics and meeting some great ladies who are by the in the same boat as me. It's turning out to be quite fun, very exhausting but fun!

Stacy, glad to hear Olivia is on the mend! I so get what you mean it seems like we finally are getting over the "side effects" of AF when we have to have her come visit again. It bites! And yes, men are definitely spoiled! LOL!

Shyla, I have Alyssa's birthday coming on the 21st. I'm already starting to prepare...hehe! I know how much it can take out of your day, hang in there...you're doing okay! I too know what it feels like to have a melt down and know exactly what you feel like afterwards cause I just had one last week. Time heals all wounds and it also helps you feel more like getting back on track! Come on girl!

Tammy, it's great to hear from you. I almost thought that we were dumped, glad to know that you're still with us. Way to go keeping on project, every little effort goes hand in hand with success! I feel ya on the bathing suit, if you haven't heard already I just joined water aerobics classes. I'm glad we're in the deep end! hahaha!

HI fly-by Louie! Hope you're having a great day and things with Anna are still going strong! :)

Robbin, I wish I could follow my own advice I'm about to give you....throw you're scale out the window! haha! Get some of that anger out that you have towards it. Wouldn't that feel so good??!! But I know we live in reality, so that wouldn't be a likely solution. You're going through a rough spot, you've been through them before and you've beaten them. Just hang on and keep at it, you know things will go in your favor!

Hey Robsia, nice to see you again. You know you'll have to model that amazing sounding suit for us. Congrats!

Emily, woo hoo! "Weigh" to go! Congratulations, all that hard t-tapping is certainly paying off. Good going and keep it up! Love hearing inspiration like this!

Have a great day ladies! Make it worth it even if you feel you don't want to! I have to wonder about Erin, Ryanmi and Cheryl, missing you guys!

TTFN!
~Tina

Hello, oh, i am SO bummed. I was working on my ellipitical...i had a REALLY crappy day at work...being a good girl and taking it all out on the ellipitical and it broke. Just flat out lost resistence. This is the second time this has happened. I read a review not too long ago that talked about Reeboks Rbels being notorious for that...so i guess there was some substance to the article. I got it fixed last time for around $150 in parts and labor...that was just a year ago...i really dont want to pay that again on a machine that i bought 2 years ago for $600. Now what am i supposed to do? I have made an apt to check out a new gym in my area but if it is too pricey i am not going to be able to do it. Oh well. Me and ds are going to go over there and check it out on saturday i guess, but that doesnt help me during the rest of my week. Tomorrow is a full work day and i know i will never go to the gym after work. This is my last week of work where i am now...THANK GOD. so i start my new job next week and i was already tinkering with the idea of a gym since i will just be working 2 days a week, so maybe this is a sign that this gym is where i am supposed to be. Just very upset that i was only 15 minutes into my workout. Thank goodness i had already done my core secrets balance ball, then had moved on to the ellipitical and was half way through before it quit, but still...it is 2 days til weigh in.

Tina-Glad you are liking the water aerobics...that sounds like fun and its nice to be doing something different. Well, my scale probably will not look so good on friday either...TOM came 3 days early. :(

Well, i just had to vent about my dang ellipitical. Boo hoo

Good morning ladies, how is everyone doing? Pretty good here but I am aggravated with myself. Here is why. You all have been listening to me moan for the past few days about how the scales were up and I was not happy about it. Well today they are back to my normal ticker weight, which makes me happy. Which in turn aggravates me with myself. Why do I let the scales determine my mood? Am I so shallow that I place all importance on the scales? There are other things in my life that are GREAT, and I will loose this weight I am determined to. I need a new mindset, I have to stop letting the scale determine my mood.

Tammy – I hope you have fun on your trip, even thought it is business, I know that a brake from cooking and cleaning must be great.

Fly By Louie – Hope everything is going well for you.

Stacy – I didn’t know kids got scarlet fever anymore, how weird. I would have been very upset about her getting it because someone sent their kid to school sick too. I just can’t stand it when parents do that. Glad she is doing better. Thank you for all of the encouragement yesterday. It really helps to come here and have you ladies on my side.

Emily – Sounds like you are sticking to plan, and those scales are showing your hard work. Keep it up.

Robsia – How great to be able to post in the featherweight forum. You are going to have to take pics of yourself in your new suit and post them it sounds gorgeous.

Tina – Don’t you just hate TOM, LOL, my husband has an Uncle Tom and whenever I say TOM is here and I hate him he looks at me like I am a wacko. I hate the weird weight it always adds to the scales.

Well I guess I had better get my rear in gear and get to work. Check back later.

Morning Gals :wave:

A quick check in for me before I head out to the office. We have been conducting interviews over the past few days, so by the time I get home at night I have been pretty drained. 2 more today, so hopefully it won't be as bad.

Well I better get a move on or hubby will be leaving without me. Have a great day :hug:

Happy Thursday!
 

Afternoon chickies! The scale came down a tad to 212 this morning, which was weird because I totally slacked on water yesterday. I have an extra long weekend which starts today. Alyssa has no school tomorrow and none on Monday due to Thanksgiving. Yes I said Thanksgiving...MMMMMmmmmmm...Thanksgiving dinner. I would love to sit down to a wonderful home cooked big meal like that, but the thing I'm trying to convince my hubby to forgoe the turkey dinner and go outta town. Not sure how that's going to go yet. I did my water aerobics again today, boy..I feel like I've been put through the ringer. My muscles are sure feeling it, but that's good. I might, just might start to tone up.

Stacy, ahhh man that sucks about the elliptical. I have read something about that too, the Reebok brand name that is. I hope you're able to join a gym, I think you'll rock it! But I understand the rates can be a little hard to get over when you're so used to working out at home for free! I'm feeling a little like that myself. I bought ten sessions for $36...so over rated.

Robbin, unfortunately I fall into the category of letting the scale determine my mood too. If things don't seem to be moving along then I feel depleted and frustrated and all I want to do is wallow in it. But we both know to get different results we'll have to work for it even harder. Glad to hear you hit ticker today, that's great news!

Hey Louie, wow girl you've been busy! Hope you're having a more relaxed day today!

Have a great day ladies! I wish us all success before the weekend hits to keep us going down the right track through the weekend.

TTFN!
~Tina

Hey girls. I'm here & not doing so good. It's our anniversary today, so we went out last night. Ate out & had drinks. I've, in my mind, given myself thru the weekend to be bad. Since I KNOW I'm having pizza & cupcakes on Saturday for the twins birthday party... I just want this to be over with and get back on track! Just a few more days of "bad"... gosh, I hope it comes off again quick!

Well i changed my ticker, i *think* i lost a pound. I dont know what the deal was with the scale. :shrug: I weighed 2 pounds less yesterday morning. Then by night time was only up .5 (which is good for me at night), then this morning i step on the scale...up 3 pounds. Step on the scale again, in disbelief, it says i lost 3 pounds. Ok, so now i pace the house. Pace, pace, pace. Go back to the scale...telling myself, this is it, what i weigh is what i put down. It says i lost 1 pound. So that is what i am sticking with for the week. Dang it. With the scale being that nutty...i just dont know what the actual number is, so i feel like i am guessing, like i am frauding myself or something. Whatever, i think it is just crazy because I am in full swing of TOM and it came 3 days early and i couldnt do my elliptical last night, :blah: I think i am just going to block out this week in my head and look forward to my gym visit and put all my energy and focus into next week.

Shyla-Sometimes it is just like the world is fighting your healthy plan. I can relate, with it being TOM AND my ellipitical biting the dust...it has been an up hill battle for me too. It sounds very nice though to have a hot date with dh, that one sounds worth the cals. :cheers: In your situation, sometimes i think the best thing is like your doing, you just go with it and know that you will get back on track when the smoke clears. I am sure whatever you put back on will be back off in no time. Maybe it will do your metabolism good to raise those cals for a while, just to shock it by dropping them back down when your body least expects it.

Tina-Mmmm Thanksgiving. My kids are out of school today and all next week too, fall break. I am looking forward to spending the week with them. I just cant pass up Thanksgiving. I love for my house to be full of people :gossip: , the smell of my house after cooking all day, i just love the whole thing. My favorite time of the year. I am really, really going to try to cut corners here and there to be able to get to that gym. I am cutting my hours back from 30 a week to 16 a week starting next week, so now that i have time to go to the GYM, i only hope i have the cash to go to the gym, ha ha. I used to go when i was a SAHM and i LOVED it. But lost track of my priorities when i started working again. So hopefully this can put things back in perspective.

Louie- Hey gal, hope the interviews went well. Hang in there, its Friday. :D

Ribbin-I have a membership to that club...you know, the one where the scale determines your mood. :devil: I am as fussy as a wet hen today because of my scales indecision and my pants are tight, whereas they were fine earlier this week, due to TOM I am sure. I didnt know kids got Scarlet fever anymore either. WHen the doc told me that, i felt like i had stepped back in time...that just seemed like 1800's stuff to me. Scared the heck out of me.

Ok gals, thanks for listening to me fuss and moan.

Good morning ladies, in another good mood today due to scales...........LOL oh well I will just take the good mood and run with it. Scales said 224 this morning and I am now gonna take it, it is time to change the ticker.

I have done pretty good on exercising this week got in my walk 3 times and plan on jumping on the trampoline tonight. Hubby will be gone all weekend and I am gonna be running like crazy tomorrow and will probably end up at McDonalds at one point or another. Actually I am hoping to convince myself to stop at Subway before taking the kids on to McD's that way I will not eat "bad" for the whole weekend and maybe will have a good reading on Monday. Cross your fingers for me that I have the willpower.

Well better get to work. Have a great day.

Good morning all,

I’m going to try to catch up a bit. I’ve been reading but have had no time to post lately.

Robbin, Yes, Like Stacy and you, I’m a member of the scale mood club too. I’m still traveling so I haven’t weighed this week, but I will be very lucky if I’ve maintained this week. I suspect I will be in a foul mood come Sunday morning when I weigh in. I’m glad to see that you’ve had a loss today and your mood has improved.

Stacy, With your scale going down two days in a row (although up on another weigh in) I bet you’ll see another loss again really soon. That’s how mine seem to work. Bummer on the elliptical breaking. It would be hard to decide whether to put more money into repairing it if it doesn’t hold up for more than a year between repairs. Congrats on the new job. I hope the gym looks good. Maybe that will be the right direction to go. How is DD by now? My school does the same thing. Send your kids to school sick and at the end of the year they get an award. Does that make sense?

Shyla – Happy anniversary, belated. Hope you enjoyed your night out with DH.

Hi Tina, The water aerobics class sounds like a lot of fun. I had forgotten how much I loved being in the pool until this trip. I hope you have a nice Thanksgiving weekend. Have you talked DH into going out of town yet? No way I’m dumping you ladies either, by the way.;)

Hi Louie, Good to hear from you.

Emily, I just read that the scales dropped for you earlier this week. Yoohoo! Is DH back home? Good for you for NOT turning to food during stress.

Robsia, The trouser suit sounds lovely. I hope you can post a photo of you in it. Size 10, wowsie!

My calorie count has been consistently in the 2500 calories per day range this week and I know that is way too high. Why is it so hard to resist FREE food? I head back home tomorrow and I plan to pull out my food scales, measuring cups and spoons, etc. Back to measuring every bite, at least for the next two weeks, then I have another business trip. I feel a little out of control this week, so I must rein that in right away. Talk to you all later. :wave:

Evening Ladies...Sorry I was MIA for the past week, but I have had the weekend/week from **** with the FD's. Can't go into details, but it was serious enough that they were suspended from school for three days and we had to go before the school board Wednesday night because they wanted to expell them for the remainder of the school year. We had one FD removed from our home so the other one can stay in school now. I have been so stressed out that I have had a migrain for a week, pain between my shoulder blades and I broke out on my neck and chest with what look likes ringworm, but isn't. All stressed related.
After maintaining my weight for two weeks, I have eaten everything and anything that isn't nailed down, so I'm up two pounds.:( Hope to be back on track and destressed by Monday. Bought a new laptop computer today, so I'm hoping hubby will have it up and running by tomorrow so I won't have to use the old dinosaur. I'll be back tomorrow to catch up on reading all of the post and posting personals. Sounds like everyone is doing great.
Cheryl

Morning Chicks :wave:

Hope everyone survived the week and is looking forward to a great weekend. Even better for me is that it is a long weekend.. yes Turkey Day up in here in Canada, so have Monday off :D

FFMother paid me a visit this week and I am down another 2 lbs. I have made myself a ticker and just going to tackle 20 lbs at a time, so I am almost half way to my first mini goal.

Cheryl ~ great to see you, but sorry that you had to go through such a rough week :hug: A new laptop, yeah for you !! I love my laptop and just bought my hubby one a few weeks ago.

Tammy ~ travelling can be so hard on the old calories, but I know that you will get right back on track.

Robbin ~ your persistence paid off.. well done on tackling the scale demon :devil:

Stacy ~ a pound's a pound..and looks like you only have 2 more before another dragonfly. Good for you !!!

Robsia ~ good to see you !

Tina ~ Happy Thanksgiving :turkey: Hope you get lots of time with family and get enjoy a good turkey dinner.

Well I am off to brew me some :coffee: and tackle some reading. Have a great day and TTYS :hug:

I'm just on my way out of town for the weekend, but wanted to check in since I'm not sure I'll have computer access at the in-laws.

Happy Thanksgiving to all the Canadians! (or transplants like me, lol) Remember it's just a day with yummy food, get a walk in and drink lots of water. And Tuesday is the start of a great new week. I'm still going to try for a loss, even if it's small.

Yes, my DH is home now and doing much better. Lip is still a bit swollen, but going down every day and almost looks normal (hee hee). Not a fun experience though.

Well, still have lots to do before leaving (did get my 30 minutes in on the treadmill already though!)

Take care all.

Good Morning :wave:

I found us over on the second page this morning... everyone must be having a busy weekend.

So far my weekend has consisted of trying to catch up on my reading for my leadership program, walking the dog, and watching the shows that I had taped last week.

Today won't be much different, although I have been tasked with getting the pumpkin pie for dinner tomorrow night, so I will have to make a trip to Costco at some point today.

I hear the jug boiling so I must go make my :coffee: Have a great day :hug:

Good morning ladies,

Cheryl, So sorry to hear of your troubles with FDs. I know how easy it is to let stress mess up our food, but I hope this week is better for you. I just got a new laptop too (well it is from work, but as the system admin, I intend to use it for all my personal stuff as well so I only have to use one computer, not several).

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our Canadian friends! Hope you all have a great holiday.

Louie, Congrats on the 2 lbs. The FFM is sure staying busy, I hope she makes it down to Mississippi this week. What type of leadership program are you involved in?

Emily, Glad to hear that DH is recovering. Hope you have a nice time at your in-laws. Good plan to get walking and drink lots of water. And keeping in mind that it's just one day (maybe even one meal). We aren't going to gain weight based on one meal anyway. (Thank goodness!)

Well, I'm back home and I was able to weigh today. I've maintained at 229. Now I'm back to cutting my calories and I'm ready to start losing weight again. I've been at 229 for almost three weeks, so I'm ready to see it move down again. Have a great rest of weekend!

HEY GIRLIES!!

Just a quick pop in, been to long to read up on everything in the couple of minutes I've got. Lots going on around here, work is getting complicated, and so is life, but isn't that how it goes!!! Weight is stuck at my ticker, have been a little above and very briefly a little below, but even this morning i was at my ticker weight.

Hope all is well with everyone and hope to be back to regular posting in the next week or two!

Hey girls just a quick pop in to say good morning. Glad to see everyone here and sorry to hear of your problems Cheryl. Tammy I am glad you maintained through out your trip, that is a big victory. Louie did you get a good pie? Emily did you have fun at the in-laws?

Well ladies I didn't do too bad over the weekend I even got in exercies which I never do on weekends. The scales were good to me and never went up, This mornings reading was 224, however yesterday they were better at 223. Maybe by tomorrow they will be back down there and I can change the ticker again. I had a great NSV on saturday at the little ones football game with having more than one person ask me how much I had lost telling me how great I look. YAY.:carrot:
Well better get to work. I will try to get back later on.

Good Morning Ladies :wave:

Hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend. Today being the stat holiday I am just relaxing in my PJ's, sipping my morning :coffee: and looking out the window at the beautiful fall leaves. I love the time of year !!

Robbin ~ yes, I got a nice looking pumpkin pie. The taste test will be tonight. Looking forward to a nice turkey dinner with family. Good job on maintaining over the weekend. Weekends can certainly pose problems for me at times. And a NSV to go along with it .. YAHOO :D

Erin ~ so nice to see you :hug: Hope all is well, although sounds like you have been really busy. Look forward to your return !!

Tammy ~ In the summer I wrote the national exam to become a CMA (certified management accountant). I passed both parts of the exam, so now I must go through their leadership program. Basically they know from the exams that you have what it takes to become a CMA, now they just want to see that you can apply it. So I have to do presentations, write reports etc. Congrats on maintaining while you were away !!

To all the other chicks ~ hope you are doing well and taking care :hug:

Have a great Monday and TTYS :D

monday rush
 

Good morning. I am off to a fantastic start for the week. As most of you know, my ellpitical died on me last week. Well i went and checked in to a gym really close to my house and it is only $50 a month for me and my son, dh wont go, so i just inquired about ds and myself. So i am loving that. I signed up and had the BEST workout. :lifter: My arms feel so light and like i can feel their every move. I love the feeling a gym gives you. I worked out for a little over an hour and the time just flew by, half weights, half cardio. I really needed this after a not so great weekend...ok, a really bad weekend. Could have been worse, but basically, i like to keep it at around 1700 cals on the weekend and i was more like 2000 both days. So surely i can make up for it by friday. I am trying some calorie cycling though. If i can keep it at 1700 on the weekend and 1400 during the week i will be happy. Then unlimited cals (within reason) on friday.

My last day at my job was friday. Know what that means??? No more bimbo. Lets all do a "no more bimbo" cheer :cheer2:

Happy Thanksgiving to all my northern friends. :thanks1:

Robbin- Good deal on the NSV. :dancer: ..it is so nice to know that all that work is noticable to others.

Jtammy- Wow, good job on maintaining while out of town. :carrot: That is excellent. I bet you will have a big loss this week.


Jelynn-Glad to hear dh is doing better. :getwell:

Ok chickies, lets make it a great week. My goals for the week are to make it to gym all week, stay under 1400 cals, and drink LOTS of water.

Evening Ladies...Sorry I never made it back here over the weekend, but the new laptop wouldn't let us into our sights. We ended taking it back to where we bought it and they worked on it for 1 1/2 hours and couldn't get it to work so they exchanged the laptop for a new one.

Things are slowly getting better with the one remaining FD and I'm back on track with my weight loss. I can still make my goal of weighing below 300 by January 1st if I get my butt in gear.:carrot: :carrot: Project ME starts tomorrow, girls!

Cheryl

Gosh, I haven't been here since thursday! Friday I babysat my neighbors little one. Which was a busy day in itself. But then my sister came with her kids for a night because it was my nieces b-day. It all went down hill from there. We went out to dinner (East side Marios) and then to a movie. The next day I got all prepared to out of town till yesterday. So I've totally blown my course but I am back on plan as of this morning. I've already did my water aerobics class and keeping everything I eat in line and getting plenty of water. I could get down and all discouraged by what the scale read this morning...but I'm taking it as LiFe! Sometimes we're up, and a lot of the time we're down. As long as I know it will come back off and work at it I'm a.o.k.!

Has anyone ever read "the Sugar Solution"? It's basically helping you live a healthier life (aka lose weight) by balancing your sugar levels. It makes a lot of sense as I read it but practicing it successfully in my life... well we'll see. It's a lot of watching your carbs, making sure they're whole grain and eating fresh wholesome fruits and veggies and of course lean protein. Because if you don't watch how your blood sugar often spikes and drops you could be in for a endless cyle of cravings and the nasty side effect of becoming insulin resistant. It sounds really interesting. Anyhow, now that I've bored you to death...LOL!

Hope you had a great day!
Tina

Hey girls! Only have a minute, as its already 9pm, and I still need to sort thru some paperwork on my desk here. I indulged all weekend, but got back on track yesterday, and the scale says 227. So up a pound (or a few - I think I DID hit 224 ONCE, but never changed my ticker). But that's not bad, considering. I worked out yesterday & today, and hope to drop this weight back down ASAP! Will check back in soon!

*hugs* to you all!

Hey girls just a quick note from me, I am running late this morning. I am sorry I wasnt here yesterday, I was home with Mark(my youngest) he has strep and kept me running all day. It looks like it is going to be an extreamly busy day here at work also I have a pile of stuff to catch up on and a nasty note from my boss on a very little mistake I made and I will probably get wrote up for it, he is so anal about everything. I am starting to think about looking for a new job.

Just wanted to let you all know the scales have been very nice to me and are reading 222. YAY!!!

Hey Everyone! Hope everyone had a nice weekend (even if it is already Wednesday, lol!) We were in Red Deer at the in-laws and had a nice Thanksgiving and I came home to a loss! I was psyched! I did really good at watching portions and drinking water all weekend. But still ate everything. DH and I even went to the movie one night and shared popcorn :)
Weigh-in this morning was 217. I'm thrilled since that is less than I got to when I was losing last spring. So now I'm into new weight again.

Tina- Sugar Solution sounds really interesting. I think it's true that we need to keep blood sugar level- (ie. eating snacks between meals). I've done a lot of reading about that on the t-tapp forums too. Her exercises are all about that too.

Tammy- I think maintaining that long while away is phenomenal!! :cp: I'm sure you'll be on the road to losing again really soon.

Stacy- have fun at your new gym! Sounds awesome.

Robbin- sorry about your sick son- hope he's better today. And your boss doesn't sound nice at all!

Shawn- way to get back on track after the weekend. That's what we all have to do if we want this weight loss to happen, eh!

Cheryl- you can do this!!

:wave: hey to Erin and Louie and anyone else I missed!

Wow! I had completely lost this thread and am glad I found it today. I'll be reading back to catch up on everyone. i am doing great. Down to 224 lbs now, i think I was 239 the last time I posted here. So I am thrilled about that. Still working hard on this weight loss thing, and wanting to be close to Onderland by Jan 1. I hope all is well with everyone, keep up the great work!

Good morning chickies! Feeling pretty good today, scales are starting to come back down after last weekends "time off". Went to water aerobics this morning and there was NO instructor, so I thought I'd get in anyways and try to do what I've learned. But one of the ladies who has been going quite a lot longer than me took over and did a class, boy I think she worked us harder than the instructor! LOL! I feel good though.

Shyla, great job with getting back into the groove. It seems really hard at first like you have to drag yourself to do it sometimes, but feels good afterwards.

Robbin, how is Mark today? Sounds like you were doing a lot of running around yesterday cause it showed up on the scales this morning!! Woo HoO! You're doing awesome girl! Oh yeah...tell your boss to kiss your hiney!!

Emily, way to go! Having a loss coming through Thanksgiving weekend. Now there's something to strive for! Great job! I think the sugar solution really makes sense. Here's a blurp from the book: "Use the glycemic index (GI), which ranks foods based on how quickly they cause blood sugar to rise. Foods with a low GI are converted to glucose more slowly than those with a medium or high GI. The result, a slower rise in insulin and blood sugar, which discourages fat storage. Because they stay in your system longer, fiber-rich, low-GI foods promote sateity, curbing your appetite to discourage overeating and weight gain. Fiber, good fats, and "good carbs" are cornerstones of The Sugar Solution smart eating plan because they also help make cells more insulin sensitive. Generally speaking you'll replace fiber-poor refined carbohydrates with slow-digesting, unrefined carbohydrates, add good fats and good carbs, learn how to control portions, and eat smaller meals throughout the day. The result: Cells take in more glucose, so there's less left over to get stored as fat.

Hi Kreen! Nice to see you again, glad to see you're still doing awesome. Great to hear! Keep up that wonderful effort and you'll meet your goal by Jan. 1st no sweat!

I better get some lunch I got a little girl here tugging at my arm! Have a great day ladies!

~Tina

Hey there gals. I have been doing well this week. I have been at the high end of my max all week but i think it is the additional exercise at the gym making me hungry. Do you all do that? After 30 minutes of weight training then 30 minutes of cardio...i am not really hungry but then after lunch...i am STARVING from about 1-4...i am not giving in to it :nono: ...hoping it levels out. But i am doing a lot of healthy grazing during those hours. Usually i like to be at 1350 cals a day, since the gym i am right at 1500 a day. Not bad, but i dont want to counteract the extra exercise either. But i am loving the gym though. My body feels great. Looking forward to weigh in on friday.

Tina- My scale is on the way down too from the weekend. Geeze, i go through this every week. It usualy takes me til wed to get back to ticker weight. I *try* to tell myself that the extra calories on the weekend keeps my metabolism guessing and keeps it from getting complacent. ;) ha ha. I have a bunch of books about glycemic index...DH was diagnosed with "pre" diabetes, and i have high insulin...so i am all about watching your sugar. I think that stuff is right on the money too. I have noticed the less sugar/simple carbs i eat the less i crave sugar. When i used to eat lots of carbs, i craved lots of carbs and i was SO sleepy all the time. Now days, even on splurge days, i rarely go for something sweet. I dont even crave sweet tea anymore and that is something i used to could drink a gallon a day of. Just not interested anymore. DH has lost weight because of my change in cooking and since we have cut out the sweets, at his last check up he was no longer in the prediabeties category anymore. Very cool.

Kreen-Good job on the weight loss girl. :bravo: Way to go. Glad you came back for a visit.

Jelynn- Wow, coming back after Thanksgiving at a lower weight??? :carrot: Heck yeah, excellent job.

Robbin- Sorry to hear you have a sick little one. Mine just got over the same thing. They bounce back so quickly. By what you are saying about your boss, it sounds like you work at the same place that i just quit. :p I dont miss it either. The nit picking and blowing stuff out of proportion will kill you. It used to amaze me, the things he would fuss about where i worked. I think sometimes they are just bored. WIth your scales being so nice i am going to come over to your house and use YOUR scales.

Shyla- Keep up the working out and that scale will be back down to 224 before you know it.

Cheryl- Glad you are up and running again. I hate technical difficulties. I am SO technologically challenged, it is sad. But at least you know that even the experts couldnt fix your problem. Sorry to hear about all the family stress you are having right now...but like you said, you can definately make your goal by New years. :cheer2: I have a new years goal too. I have 20 pounds to go to reach it. I love mini goals...they really keep me striving.

Ok, well i am looking out the window and it is windy and leaves are rustling...it is calling to me. I think i will go walk the yard and fill my birdfeeders.

Hey guys - I'm frustrated / disgusted with myself this morning. Last night, DH decided we'd just order pizza, and I went TOTALLY overboard and got an appetizer & pasta dish (a little local italian place). And fed into that "sure, I deserve to indulge / whats one day gonna hurt / overdo it to take advantage of the situation" mindset .... AGAIN....

I have GOT to get back on track for real. A few days of "really bad" per week EVERY WEEK is not helping!! I know it's because the past few weeks have been so busy, both at home & work... but I also know what I need to do. MEAL PLAN. I *hate* to cook, espec. if DH are looking at each other saying "so what's for dinner". So this weekend, I need to sit down & plan out quick & easy meals. Like grilled chicken salads. Because by the time I pickup the kids, go to the gym, and then come home & cook, it's getting late!

Sorry, ladies. Just needed to vent this a.m. I need to get this train under control!

Hope you all have an "in-control" day! *hugs*

Morning Gals :wave:

Just a fly by this morning as I get ready to head out the door to work.

Scale is up a bit this week, but I am holding out for some downward movement before Sunday.. come on scale !!!

Hope everyone has a great day.. and Friday is just around the corner :D

Hi ladies,

Today is one of those days that I don’t want to be at work….. So I guess I’m gonna waste time today and chat with yall a bit. ;) My kids are out of school today and tomorrow and I would love to be home with them. Both tonight and tomorrow night are football games, so I’m really looking forward to working in the concession stand tonight. :p How stupid to schedule football games during our fall break. I really hate that, I would have loved to have done something FUN these four days instead. :mad:

The scales haven’t loved me this week either. This morning I weighed from 225 to 233 depending which time I weighed. Somedays I can be really anal about them, like this morning. I must have stepped on and off the scale 20 times, trying to get an average weight. I was really hoping to see a loss today, as the scales have been hinting at it for the last two days.

Louie, I’m not familiar with the CMA exam. But I googled it to find out a bit more about it so now I can say I’ve heard of it at least and know the definition. ;) (I :love: google and wikipedia!) Congratulations on passing the exam, I’m sure that’s a great step professionally. I love fall too by the way. After our brutal summers here fall is such a pleasant time of year. Mind you, we don’t have much of the beautiful fall colors that others get, but I just enjoy the weather.

Stacy, I’m glad to hear the gym is working out for you. I’m sure you will be building those muscles and burning more and more calories. Do you find that you have to eat more protein while lifting to keep from being hungry? I’ve heard other people who are doing weight training say that, but I have no actual experience.

Tina, I haven’t read “the Sugar Solution” but that is the way I eat now (low on the glycemic index) . I am a converted sugar addict and I know that for me sugar is a no-no. Your water aerobics class sounds cool. It sounds like it would be fun enough you might not mind “exercise”.

Shyla, I know you can get back in control. Using this weekend to plan meals sounds like a great idea. That is something I have to do too, because it is too easy to slip if I can’t find anything in the house to eat/ don’t have time to cook/ am too busy to start supper on time/ etc. etc. Vent all you need to, we understand.

Robbin, I hope Mark has recovered. Sorry about the anal boss, jeesh…. 222 on the scales, wow!

Emily, Good for you for getting your weight loss into virgin territory, and while on holiday too. :carrot: That definitely deserves a carrot.

Kreen, You are making fabulous progress. I’m hoping to hit onederland in January, but I’ll have to kick it up some for that to happen. But girl, you are sure moving along.

Take care ladies!

Morning Ladies...I tried to get here lastnight to post, but the sites on the laptop won't let me in. GGGrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! I'm on the old dinosaur, so if I can get in using it, then there is something still wrong with the laptop. Went to WW yesterday and I'm up 4 lbs, I'm so disgusted with myself to let the stress get to me, that I go back to my emotional eating. I'm back on track with watching what I eat, journaling; which I haven't done in two weeks and exercising. No time to do personals right now, but I'll be back later on this afternoon to do that. I need to feed my Hubby and get him off to work. Have a great afternoon.:hug:

Cheryl

Happy Friday the 13th to you all...Thought I would pop-in before Hubby and I leave for the weekend. Have a Foster Parent Confrence to go to. Can't wait for some alone time with my better half and no FD around. Finally back in control with my eating and things are much better in our home.

No time for personals this morning...I still have to pack and Hubby is biting at the bit to get on the computer as well, so I guess I will be nice and let him have it. Have a great weekend and I'll chat with you all on Sunday.

Cheryl

Good morning. Where has everyone been. Good news this morning, lost 2.6 pounds this week. :cloud9: That puts me halfway to my New Years goal...so i am tickled. Only .4 away from adding another dragonfly. Such a relief to know that all that hard work at the gym paid off and it wasnt even that bad. It really fires me up for the coming week. :flame:

Cheryl-Have a good weekend dear...i know that time with dh can be precious. :cofdate: Dont worry about the 4 pounds...just let it motivate you to get back on track.

Jtammy-My kids were off for fall break all this week too. It was a nice break but gosh, when i am home with them, it seems like i eat, eat, eat. So it will be nice to get back into a groove again. What is the deal with the scale fluctuating like that all in a matter of 10 minutes :shrug: ...i just dont get it. It makes me want to scream. I usually end up going with the middle of the road...but then i have doubts ALL WEEK, wondering if i guessed right. Very Frustrating but maybe it is setting you up for a loss. I do get hungrier going to the gym. I am trying to fight the urges and it got easier as the week went on. The first couple of days seems like i constantly had something in my mouth...i just made sure it was something healthy and low cal.

Louie-Sending fairy fat mother your way for you sunday weigh in.

Shyla-We all need a splurge meal once in a while...the problem is when your splurge meals get a little too often...i have a bad habit of doing that...especially on the weekend or like you, when dh starts in with the pizza crap. Planning is key for me too. I have noticed the days that i screw it up are the days when the cubbards are bare and it is the busiest time of the day. Stock that kitchen woman and have some back up meals planned for when life gets a little too busy. Now if i could just practice what i preach. ha ha. ;)

Ok ladies. Have a good friday. :carrot:

Hey girls sorry I haven’t been here very much lately. Things have been very hectic for me. :stress: I have been swamped at work then with my little one being sick in the beginning of the week then football practice for him last night and on top of all that is my Volunteer Work. I have managed to get some walking in this week and the scales are being pretty good. Yesterday they had popped back up to 223 but today they are back to 222, YAY!!! :carrot: Maybe I will be able to control myself this weekend and not cheat at all.

Emily – A loss over a holiday is absolutely wonderful and shows great willpower. Keep it up:woohoo:

Kreen – Welcome back, and congrats on all of your losses.:woohoo:

Tina – You don’t know how bad I want to tell the boss to kiss my hiney but well………………..I guess I wont.

Stacy – if you think that coming over and using my scales would help you are more than welcome to do just that. But with all of the working :lifter: out you do I am sure your scales will be dropping any day now.

Shawn – Sorry to hear you are having such a rough week. Maybe if you sit and do your meal planning then grill a bunch of chicken breast you can make your evenings easier. Just grill the chicken then put it in baggies and toss in the fridge, when the evening comes pull out some chicken chop it up and toss on a salad or slice it and sauté some green peppers and onions with it and you have quick fajita’s and if you use low carb low fat tortillas its very healthy. I usually buy a bunch of :chicken: chicken and different marinades on Saturday then on Sunday grill it all up and have my meat for the whole week. It makes the evening much easier. And there are lots of things you can do with your grilled chicken.

Louie – I am :cheer2: rooting for the scales to drop for you.

Tammy - Did you have fun working the concession stand? Don’t you just hate having to go to work when the kids are at home? I have such a hard time thinking about work when I want to be at home with the family. Sorry to hear the scales are being a bit :sorry: cranky with you. I will keep my fingers crossed that they decide to drop.

Cheryl – hope you have a good time with your :love: hubby this weekend. Glad you are getting back on track.

Well girls I guess I better try to get some work done but it is so hard cause the boss is out of town LOL.
Check back later.:wave:

Hi girls, Just a quick one. A meeting at work was cancelled for today, so I asked for the day off since the kids are off. We're all going to the state fair today. I'm planning to go ahead and splurge on a chicken on a stick. (I might change my mind, but that's the plan now). I'm putting an apple in my purse in case I get the munchies. I don't want to be tempted by a funnel cake or a fried snickers bar.

Scales finally showed a loss this morning. They bounced back and forth between 227 and 226 (2 or 3 pound loss), so I'm claiming the 227 since it showed up more often than 226. Maybe 226 isn't too far around the corner.

Cheryl, I hope you have a good weekend. It sounds like you and dh need some time away from all the stresses of home.

Stacy, Congrats on another loss. You will hit your new years goal with no problem. I bet you'll fly past it way ahead of time. I agree that it is harder when I'm home with the kids. Anything that changes my routine makes it a little more challenging to stay on course. We only had two days of fall break. DId you all have a full week?

Robbin, Your week sounds so busy. Don't you love chicken breast? They are so versatile, so quick, and so low calorie too? :) Actually, I hate working in the concession stand, and I have to go back tonight :mad:. Oh well, only two more games after tonight (:crossed: I know I shouldn't hope this, but I hope we DON'T go into play-offs).

Have a great day!

Happy Friday everyone! Had to show off my avatar I can only use today, lol.
Planning a night out with girlfriends tonight, but already know what I'm going to order so should be fine. I'll indulge in a bite or 2 of a couple appetizers, but no dessert and sticking to diet coke!!

Glad you get a day off, Tammy and have fun at the fair! (and the concession stand tonight, lol)

Cheryl, Robbin, and Stacy- have a fantastic weekend!! (and all the rest of ya'all too!)

Happy Saturday ladies! Sorry I haven't been here these past two days. I'll come back later in the day to explain. But for now I just wanted to pop in to report I'm down to 210 Woopee!! Considering I'm came back weighing 215 from my little excursion last weekend. I'm so stoked! And oh yeah, hubby bought me an elliptical yesterday so I'll probably spend a lot of time putting it together.

Chat later girlies! Hope you're all having a great day so far!
~Tina