[summer8386]

GOOD MORNING LADIES!!!!!

Can you feel those {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{VIBES}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}. They are there for the taking. Just grab on and lets have wonderful OP day.

It's after 1am and I'm sitting drinking my decaf. Everyone went to bed and I am loving it. OK, the dog is keeping me company, and she is a beautiful, mellow, border collie. She is a pure joy. Wish my life was as carefree as hers. She is very passive and she sees me as the alpha female in this household. Come to think about it, I think the whole family does. LOL!

Eleni, Christie and Sherri. THANK YOU for all the encouraging words of support. Each and EVERY one of them means so much!!!!! What dear friends I have here. There is no in chapter support to speak of .....

Eleni, I'm glad that you are taking care of yourself when you don't feel good. Hope you have a loss tonight and a big WAA-HOO for your better eating!!!

Christie, how are you doing???? I need company in the KOPS corner. Looking forward to having you join me soon.....if I can hang on!!

Sherri, WOW you are busy!!!!! Yes, this is such a tough time of year for eating and you might be smart to not stress about it now, but restarting after the New Year. Then, without all the temptations around, you will be able to focus more on what you should be doing .... and Megan's face when you tell her that you can go tubing!!!! Don't fret about the pizza.....you enjoyed it, consider it your work party, since you got that great bonus. I think you are making a wise investment in putting the money into those wonderful rewards that you are going to give yourself. Yes, they will just be waiting for you to accomplish your goals. I can 'see' you relaxing and being treated like a queen!!!! Have fun at Megan's preschool party today. Don't forget about your weighin though!!! Try to keep 'honest' on your TOPS days!!!! Oh, don't know if you noticed, but I think Kd 580 is trying to drum up business for her web site. I've noticed that she/he posted the same thing on other boards. For me, if I can't make a challange here, I'm not going to make it there either!! LOL!!! Thank you for your great support and all the encouraging words you have given me.

CC, I wrote you on your thread. What can I say.....WOW...WOW.....WOW!!!!!!!!!!

OK, my turn. I really debated about going to my meeting last night. Figured that if I didn't face the piper now, things would just keep spiraling out of control. I am 2.5#'s out of leeway and feel terrible. I have only 2 weeks to get back in......so I MUST DO THIS!!!!!!! What a time of year...AAAGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!! [that is a SCREAM!!]. Plus I was schedualed to do the program tonight...so that was another factor for my attendance. It was on holiday eating. In fact I used what CC posted last week and supplimented some additional information that I had that fit right in with those 5 ways. The chapter clapped when I was done and said that they enjoyed it. That is something that does NOT happen with our group...so that made me feel good. THANKS CC!!!!! When I stood and said the KOPS pledge, I said that I really didn't feel comfortable saying it, because I was not being an example. It's not easy to do when I'm the only KOPS in the chapter. One thing that I do feel good about is riding my bike. I did it 3 miles Monday and 4 miles both Tues and Wed. At least I'm trying to pull myself out of this. I plan on riding everyday!! Now to stay away from the tempting stuff and tremendously increase the water intake...

Hope all our other TOPS ladies are doing well....ciecie, bev, claire, penny, motivation, and all the others that haven't been around for a while and I can't remember your names...hey, the memory is only so good [ouch] LOLOL!!!

Well, it is time to start the day....let us know how you are.....no matter how brief. We all care here...and isn't it WONDERFUL??? Here's a salute to everyone!

TOPS Hugs,
Summer

[Eleni]

Hello all, Thought I would drop by before I go to my TOPS meeting. i don't expect a loss but am hoping for a turtle.
Summer- It was great talking to you. I think we have a lot in common. We think alike anyway
I think everyone is having problems during the holiday's. Go figure. We just have cakes,cookies candy,pies everywhere we go.
It is really hard to resist. And even when we do resist we feel deprived because others are eating all the good stuff. Really isn't fair but whoever said life was fair.
We will all have to just do our best to get thru the holidays. It is not worth ruing the holiday for. A new year is coming up and hopefully it wll be a better one. I plan on losing a min of 50# next year. And maybe more. It is time to get serious.
Hope you all have a nice evening. I think of you all often

[kermie]

Hi there gals! My first time here, have been a member of WW, and have "expired".....my local community centre is having a Tops Group beginning Jan. 23, and I'm looking forward to joining....

Will still use "point system", and have a different bunch of people, with a different prospective...will be good.

My son's getting married in July - and mom here, needs to lose 50 lbs., and get my cholesterol down....quick! I'm on meds for that and want to get "on the ball" soon.

I hope you are all enjoying the holiday season, and it's hard to think that this time next wk. all the running and dashing around will be over - and we can seriously get with the program....

Must begin my treadmilling tomorrow....just picked up my husband from the hospital, who had major foot surgery on Monday.

See you real soon!