[Eleni]

Good morning, It is a crisp cold morning here in Florida. After the rain stopped yesterday the afternoon was beautiful. Then it went downhill. But it is nice to have cool weather " some". It never is cold long.
I did ok with my eating. I seem to be gradually getting better at just eating less and not doing so much eating when I am not really eating. Like I said I will be happy with 1# a week and any more is a bonus.
Hope everyone had a great weekend.
I have a lady that is willing to take the job of weight recorder so I will run for leader. No one else wants it so I will have no trouble winning the election.
As usual my husband is very supportive. He thinks TOPS is very good for me and any thing that will assure me going is fine by him.
Well I have to get ready for work.
Thinking of you all

[ferretsr1]

I know with my chapter - participation is low and trying to get anyone to run for office is hard. it's going to be interesting this election since all the people can do the same 'job'. our bylaws give only two terms for each position.

It sounds like you are doing well Eleni - a pound a week is perfect. Learning along the way is how to make the change life long.

Finally I have weigh in tonight. I dread it. We've been off since the monday before Christmas.

Faith

[lady06498]

Faith,

Don't be upset about weigh in tonight. Whatever the scale says make that your starting point for the new year then take it from there. You can't change the past you can only do what is right today. You can do this. Get your best attitude out of the closet and show it proud and true and you will do great. We are all here for you.

Eleni,

Sounds like you had a great weekend on plan. Glad to hear you are running for leader. You will make a great leader I know. You have lot to offer and you really care about your group. You are doing great with your plan. Keep up the great work. You are inching your way toward goal one day at a time just like the rest of us. Concentrate on today and you will do great.

I have had a good weekend myself. I didn't have any junk only on friday. So for one week I screwed up one day. But that is no big deal. It is done and over with and I have moved on and I made up for it this weekend by staying on plan. I have started to keep track on my eating and my points today finally. I think it will really help me. This way I really won't overeat. It is the only way I know of to not overeat even though I am not eating junk food. At least that will help by not eating the junk. I am eating my fruits again so that is good.

Have a great day everyone. How was your weekend to everyone else out there?

Sherri

[Eleni]

Our by-laws also say two terms but the co-ordinator can give permission for another term

[flatlander]

Eleni,
I know you will do a great job. I really like your attitude towards this year as well. You CAN achieve anything, just dream it, see it and stick to it. Your husband sounds wonderful. Mine says “Those girls are going to suck you in, don’t you be volunteering and getting stuck running the show.” Hmmmph, phoohey on him.

It is really warm here today, +7 C. The snow has almost all melted and it feels like I should be cleaning up the garden and pruning. No one can remember a winter this mild.
Loved your Greek Epiphany tradition post. We are close to Ukrainian Christmas here but as i am not Ukrainian I am safe from a second Christmas's worth of food.

Faith, good luck tonight!

Sherri, Keeping on fighting the good fight! What are points? You sound so upbeat and on track. How much do you have left to lose?

30 more pounds for me to reach my goal. I really want to make it happen this year.

I ran out of old goals so I have set some new ones:

Rollerblade (Never tried it, but I skate OK)
Run 5km (I mean run, not puff, pause, jog, walk, repeat)
Buy a really pretty sundress and some of those high lace up sandals
Become a KOPS
Get my realtor’s license

Hope it happens in that order. What are everyone else’s goals for this year?

Our meeting is tomorrow, and our recognition night is the 15th. Rumor has it that we are having a Birthday Party theme and our dinner will be hot dogs, burgers and cake. I will be very hungry afterwards if this is indeed true.
I bought a new outfit to wear, blue dress pants and a white sweater. I have no clothes anymore and I way am too cheap to buy new ones at this point, so this seemed like a good all around outfit.

Well, I have babbled on long enough,

Everyone, have a most magnificent, marvelous and ’mazing day!

CC

[summer8386]

Hi Ladies,

I posted a nice long post Friday and when I hit submit a 'thing' popped up saying the forum was down for 5 minutes...and I lost the post. I was so p******!!!!! Had a busy weekend and thought I'd pop in quick today since I will be gone most of tomorrow.

Eleni, the Greek event sounded nice. Would be interesting to see. Glad you are taking one day at a time and just cutting back on the amount of food should help you. Every little calorie adds up....so if we eat less....there will be fewer of them passing the lips. You may as well be leader since you keep track of what needs to be done. I have a difficult time keeping my mouth shut, after 6 years, when the leader misses something, so afterwards I privately remind her to add them to her notes for next week. I think she will run again this year. She is so happy that I help her out so much. Give Bill a {{{{HUG}}}} from me because of all the support he is to you.

Faith, hope the weigh in wasn't too bad. Like Eleni said, your coordinator should OK people to run for more than 2 years if no one else will hold the offices. Switching around is always ideal, but if the chapter is doing fine with the set up now, that is better than having a chapter fold because of people not wanting to hold specific jobs. There are usually exceptions for small chapters.

Sherri, glad to hear that you are staying OP. Keeping track of what we eat makes us so aware of what goes in the mouth. Like I told Eleni, those calories all add up.......

CC, I remember that I commented on how pretty you and that little black number were in the post that got lost. My almost 19yo snickered when she saw the pic of your son...at the shirt, not him. I think he's handsome, but what color are his eyes????? You have some nice goals, but I think the one where you will shine radiantly will be the day you make KOPS!!! [in the others, you will just sweat, get sunburnt or work ] You are well on your way to achieving them. Enjoy your awards evening....cake, uh???? I have to visit a chapter tomorrow night and they will be doing their final quarter ones. Should be fun.

I'm not sure what my scales will show. I haven't been eating too bad, but I'm up again. Not sure what is going on, but I do need to hit the water bottle more. Don't know why I slack off, because I do like water. Oh, the funny things we do!! I did walk 40-50 minutes with my friend Fri, Sat and Sun. Plan on doing it those same days for weeks to come. I am going to hop on my bike right now and do 20 min [4 miles]. Hope everyone continues to have a good day and I will chat later.

TOPS Hugs,
Summer