[equinet]

Good morning everyone!!!

I had my meeting last night and gained again, but I have been good for the last couple of days and I am staying that way so next week should be good.

I also joined a challenge with a few of our other members and whoever loses the most by April 11 wins all of the money we submit each week - $120 ($30 each). I know I could use that about that time.

I also came to a few conclusions about myself the other day and I realizd that I wasn't truly committed to myself and that I had to change. I am tying each day to do that. I have to work on it right now, but gradually it should become easier.

I hope that everyone has a great day!!!

Alannah

[lady06498]

Hi Alannah,

You beat me to it. I was just going to start the thread because no one had.LOL

I am so glad to hear that you took the time to figure out what was going on. It really makes a difference doesn't it? When you figure it out then you can move on. You are doing great. Don't worry about the gain. I had gains also. But I was going through the same things as you. I wasn't committed to me either. That is what happens when we get off track. And now that I finally realize that it should be easier the next time I fall. I didn't know that this time until the end. But this whole journey is a learning experience for us. I am learning things everyday that I never knew before.

I just learned something new on dr. phil yesterday. For those that didn't see it. See if this situation sounds familiar. I could never figure this out about my husband. He was so great when I first started my journey. Don't get me wrong he still is helpful in some ways. Like he still does measure my food for me when he fixes my plate. And because he has seen me do it so much he automatically knows how much I have. But the part that he isn't doing good in is offering me food. When I first started this journey he never offered me food or insisted just take a bite it isn't going to kill you. And now he does that all the time. He is forever trying to get me in subtle ways to eat more.

Yesterday dr. phil said to remember that the people in our lives are going to constantly try to sobatage your way of living eventually. He is right. I never thought of it that way. He said that when you start losing weight and people start to notice and you start making your own decisions and start being your own person that the others don't like it. That you have conformed to their way of living and now you have formed a new way for you.
So I don't think that my husband is thinking in these terms but it is happening. Don't get me wrong he isn't constantly trying to shove food into me. Just like if there is junk food around he will say have some. I will say no. Or like to chocolate. He will try to feed it to me. It is very hard to keep saying no and to be strong all the time. Sometimes I do give in just to get him to stop. But I only have a bite or a small pc of something. But 90% of the time I still just say no. Especially if it is the unwise food choice for our group.

So yes it is hard after you start losing to deal with the people around you. They stop supporting you 100% after awhile.

But that is where we have to say to ourselves that we are doing this for us and that we will stick to our plan and it makes us a better person inside and out.

Alannah that is good that you have the $ challange going on right now. Good luck with it. Now that you are back on track you will have no problem winning it. I lost my $ challange and it was $87.00. But I was off track and even the $ didn't force me to do good until I fixed the problem within me.

I am proud to say that I did go out to dinner last night and I did great. I got a steak and only ate 1/2 of it. Yeah for me. Then I had some of johns fish which he insisted about. But I figured fish was low fat.LOL Then I had only 3 potato skins with bacon and cheese instead of all of them. And because I ate them I never touched my baked potato and I did have 1 roll. Then the salad I ate with only the dressing they gave me and I didn't add any more and then I had only a 1/2 pc of apple crisp and I didn't get the ice cream with it. So that is a lot of changes for me when I go out. I am happy with the choices I made and I didn't sobatage my plan yesterday because of it. So I am proud of me for it. Plus I had a great time.

I hope everyone had a great valentine's day.

Have a great day everyone.

Sherri

[Dimples]

Good Morning everyone,

Just a quick post before heading out to work.....I went to my meeting last night and was down 3 pounds. We didn't have a lot out last night but we had a great time. We have a stuffed bear called Paddy Bear and each week someone takes him home and writes a story on how their week was. My name was drawn so I have Paddy this week. Next week I have to read my story out to everyone. I am not a good writer so will see how it turns out.
Alannah.....the challenge you have sounds like fun. It will definitely be an incentive. I think it is great you have discovered what was somewhat holding you back. That is a huge breakthrough.
Sherri....congrats on doing well at supper last night. It is hard but it starts to come naturally at times. I agree about people who care about you trying to sabotage. My husband supports me trying to lose weight but still focuses on food. If I don't want something he will sometimes try to convince me that "just this once" is okay. He is not doing that nearly as much anymore (thank goodness). He also wants to do something nice by buying me a treat like he used to do. I appreciate it but would rather he do something nice by doing one of the household chores that I don't like or something like that. He is coming around.
I rambled on longer than I wanted too but wanted to pop in and say hi. Hope everyone has a great day.

Marie



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Morning all.
Your supper last night sounded great Sherri and you did great.
I had a call back from the area supervisor for TOPS and have found one very close to me but it is on mon nights. I am tied up every monday until the end of Feb. so I will start the first monday of march. It is close enough to walk to so I am looking forward to that. Also I do not need a dr. certificate until I want to become KOPS (as someone did mention ) so that is fine. I'm certainly not close to that for awhile.
Everyone have a good day....later.....donna

[Dimples]

Donna......that is great that you are going to start in March. I have not regretted joining TOPS at all. My chapter is so supportive and have helped me tremendously. I looked at your profile and we are fairly close to each other....I live in Calgary.

Marie

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[lady06498]

Hi all,

Well I had a great night. I lost 3 1/4 lbs tonight. I felt great about that. I also got a charm for losing weight for 4 weeks in a row. So that was nice also. I now have 4 charms and next month I will get my charm braclet. So that is worth waiting for. I am at 9 3/4 lbs lost. With tonights weigh in that puts me at losing a total of 10 1/2 lbs since I joined tops. That is great. Not bad since the week before thanksgiving.

Have a great night.

Sherri