[Eleni]

Today is weigh in for many of us. I am sure I am going to have a gain. But that is ok as I have already lost several pounds I gained while at SRD. So I will have a loss next week for sure.
Things are pretty quiet my way right now. Hope everyone has a good day.
My group likes the marbles too. I went back to January and put stones in for time and now we now keep it going. It is a wonderful visual aid to show that as a group we are losing. I will have to add them up again
Time for work

[shortstack]

Well good morning all. Things seem to be going well. Sherri-sorry i wasn't on last night. I'm starting to loose my voice. I wanted to call you and ended up sleeping till dinner. I hope all is going well with you. And you have a good time on vacation. Let me know when you get home. It's gonna be a long 2 weeks for me. Rest up, and do that getaway thing you hear of women taking. Do some focusing on you. Relax and have some fun. Take care and thinking of you.
Eleni-you might get a pleasant surprise. Sometimes that scale can be nice to us.
Not sure who wanted the points amount but yes your cereal can be zero. I often use fiber one. Has 14 gr. fiber. 80cal. 0 sugar, and 0 fat.
The chips. 2 points I do believe. Just had some Like them. I use them in my taco salad.
CC- I can understand your frustration girl, but wow. How awesome. Just think you will more than likely be there next week. What an accomplishment. So proud of you girl.
Christian, summer, penny, nita, maryann, and all the new ladies.
Hi, and welcome.
WE CAN DO THIS

[lady06498]

Eleni,

I am sure the scales won't be too bad for you tonight. The main thing is that you got right back on track. You are doing great. You are going in the right direction for sure. Good luck at weigh in.

Wendy,

Sorry to hear that you are losing your voice. What is wrong just a bad cold or what? I tried to reach you. I wish I had but I will call you while I am away. Then I can check on you.LOL You are doing great also. Congratulations on your loss again this week. Keep it up. You are doing all the right things.

Yes I called the woman I was supposed to clean for today to tell her I couldn't make it. Actually I asked her if it was okay that I didn't come. I am just way to busy finishing up last min things before we leave. This way I won't be rushed. All I have to do is take care of the older couple. I have to shop for them so they have food while I am away. But I am happy to say that their daughter is coming up to stay with them today while I am gone. Thank god. I couldn't bear knowing that they were there with no one to check on them. Especially since I just had her in the ER the other day all day. So they will be in good hands so that is a load off my mind.
I have packed all my measuring stuff and my salad bowl, my food chart so I can track my food and my exercise schedule. So I should be set.
Also my mom and I will be going to a spa when down there. They have an indoor and outdoor pool, aqua aerobics classes (which we are going to take together), full fitness center and free weights, and sauna. Sounds like a great place. So my mom and I are going to be going everyday while we are down there. Plus the hotel we reserved for tonight has a full fitness center it is a holiday inn. So hopefully we get there early enough so I can use it. I am really excited about going to the spa everyday. That is something I never get to do here. One we don't have the money and 2 I would have to pay someone to watch my daughter if I went. So this will be a treat for me. I took aqua aerobics a long time ago with my sister it was great. Plus It will be good for my mom. Not too hard on the muscles in the water.
I had to go out and buy new clothes yesterday. I wasn't happy with that. But I didn't have anything that fit me to take. So now I am well equiped.LOL The expensive way though. But I needed them and now I have them. But I definetly want to be smaller by july that is for sure.
My husband says I am not going on vacation to lose weight.LOL He sees this in a different way then I do. He doesn't get it. He is sick of hearing about the weightloss thing. I am to at times that is why I go off plan.LOL And why I am not at goal. But I will get there.
Eleni I agree with you about the smaller goals. I will set the time frame closer together. Like maybe starting out staying on plan one week at a time. That is about all I can handle I guess. I really have to work on staying on plan even when my world is upside down. But I lose focus and I don't think before I eat. That is my main problem I guess. I will try and do better in that dept.

You all have a great week. I will check in this afternoon before I leave. Keep up the great work.

CC,
Don't get down girl. I am so proud of you also. Look at how much you have lost so far. To go that many weeks and lose every week is amazing. I envy you girl. I wish I had what you did to succeed like that. You should be proud of your accomplishments. Just think you will be at your goal next week. I won't be here but I want to be the first to congratulate you. You are doing awesome. Are you going to change your goal weight before you reach it this week? Either way you have acheived a lot and you are a very special person.

Sherri

[Mouch]

Good morning, I hope you are all feeling well today.
Eleni, it sure is good to have you back again. Don't fret over the scales, it is only one week, and by next week you will have them back in submission again!!
Sherri, I sure hope you have a great time on your vacation. It sounds like you will. I know how you feel about buying new clothes when you are certain you will not be at this size forever. I determined I am not buying anything new this summer, even though everything from last year is getting too big. I just look and enjoy the bigness. But then, I am not really going away anywhere, and they are not too big to be falling off or anything. By the end of the summer they will, though!!
C.C., A hundred pounds!!!!! You are my hero. How long did it take you to lose that much weight? I know most of the ladies here know your story, but for us new ones, it would be great to hear it. Would you have time to tell us?
For those of you who are using WW Points as I am, there is a terrific site that you can go to that lists around 42 restuarants and the points for the items on their menu. I access it when I know I am going to go out, so I can make some decisions before I get there. It is amazing how some of the items have as many as 45 points, while other things you think would be high, are an acceptable number of points. This site also has listings of foods that are only one point, under specific headings like sweets, breads, etc.

[Mouch]

Well, I told you there is this terrific site, then forgot to tell you where it is! Chalk it up to old age. the site is www.myhq.com/public/p/a/pamm I hope some of you get the info you want from it. God bless. mary ann

[shortstack]

also try dottisweightlosszone.com

[lady06498]

Hey Maryann,

I use the points system also. I love Dotties site. That is where I got the points calculator and downloaded it. I use it to. It is no longer availble on the site though. WW made her take it off. But she has all the info you would ever want on that site also. It is neat though to check out other sites though. Especially for recipes and ideas and inspiration.

Have a great day.

Wendy,

How is the voice doing?

Sherri

[flatlander]

I am running out of time but I just wanted to say Hullo!

I brought up a really old post "Before and After" for mouch to read/see so I hope I don't confuse anyone.

I also posted the goofy picture my honey took of me to celebrate my almost 100lb loss.

My face is frozen and I am drooling all over my chin, very attractive! I am going to go for my run to speed up the unfreezing process, they told me at the dentist's that exercise helps. Is there anything exercise doesn't help?

Well ladies we are doing awesome lets keep our chins up and take one day at a time!

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