[lady06498]

Nita,

I am sorry they haven't found your brother in law yet. I have you all in my prayers. I hope they find him soon and he is safe. Let us know. I know this is an emotional time for you. Pray a lot and think of your well being. You are a strong person. Hang in there.

Linlin,

Did you get back on track yet? I know you can do this. You have the willpower to do this. Don't let one screwed up weekend take over and sabatoge you. Just take the bull by the horns and get back on track. Everyday is a new day filled with new and exciting choices made by us. We are the ones that determine how our day will go no one else.

Summer,

How are you doing? You didn't say. Are you ready for weigh in tomorrow? Staying warm?

Wendy,

Congratulations girl. I will be here for you with some thoughts for you. You are doing great. Congrats on the loss to. You will make a great leader. You have what it takes and you care. Just don't get discouraged if people don't lose during the year. You can only support then you can't do the work for them. I had a hard time with that thought myself. It will be a great year for you.

Eleni,

How are you doing?

I am doing good. Except my scale is up once again. I am looking at what I am doing. I have to watch my points once again I guess. Even though I am getting tons of veggies and fruits everyday I am going over in points and didn't realize it. But they are all healthy choices. And low fat food choices. I am back to drinking my water to hopefully release some of the water that my muscles are holding from working out so much. I hope this takes care of the scale for my weigh in tomorrow. If not at least my stomach is going down so that is a good thing. I won't give up just wish the scale would go down is all. It will happen in time I guess.

Have a great day and make healthy choices everyone. We can do this.

Sherri

[Linlin]

Good afternoon,

It is cold here too. We are supposed to get about a foot of snow tonight. Maybe we will have a snow day tomorrow. I can use a break. March Break is only a few days away though and then I will be off for a week.

Sherri - thanks for the encouragement. I did get back on track yesterday. I have to make sure I journal though, that really helps me. Also I will start rowing again tonight. Sherri, how many carbs are you eating? I find that if I have too many I gain or retain weight.

Nita- you are in my thoughts. Keep thinking good things and hang in there.

Wendy- congratulations on being leader. We will help in any way we can.

Eleni- how are you? Keep going!

Does anyone watch a program called Taking It Off. I follows the lives of about 8 people trying different methods of trying to lose weight. It is interesting.

Have a good day everyone. Happy Fat Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday and Pancake Tuesday!

[lady06498]

Linlin,

That show sounds interesting. But it must be a show on cable or from a satelite dish. We have neither. But if we did I would love to watch it.

Good for you for getting back on track.

As for the carbs I am not eating that many at all.

Sherri

[Wild Rose]

It is cold here too. I hope it doesn't keep people from coming out for elections tonight. I was having nightmares last night that no one came, so it must be on my mind.

I had salad for lunch today, with deli sliced ham and roast beef. We are also getting some awesome strawberries in from California that are so good!! I am hoping to be down at weigh-in tonight, but I don't know. If I am, it will not be much...I am up and down little bits each week.

Keep warm everyone...it seems to be wintery weather almost everywhere in North America.

[FLgal]

Hi Everyone,

Wendy...Congratulations on being elected leader. I know that you will be a good leader. Congratulations on the loss, too.

Linlin....What station carries the program "Taking it Off"? I would be interested in seeing it.

Sherri...Thanks for all the encouraging words. You are good for all of us.

Eleni...I'm looking forward to seeing you at SRD. Hope you are doing good this week.

Coco...How are you doing?

Summer and wild Rose.......Good luck at weigh-in tonight.

I'm staying on track. I log everything that I eat in my program and it keeps track of the calories and all the nutrients that I get, so I know that I'm eating well-balanced. I log all my exercise into it too. It tells me how many calories that my exercise burns off.

Today is day 4 that my BIL has been missing and there is no news of him yet. He is 74 years old and worked as a greeter for Wal-mart in Fredericksburg, VA. He clocked out of work at 6:30 AM, Sat. morning and hasn't been seen since. We are all praying that he will be found soon.

Nita

[Linlin]

I have watched it on several different channels. We have a satalite. I have seen it on The Learning Channel TLC and the Discoery Health Channel. I am not sure if it is a Canadian thing. I also saw to good shows on Discovery called Obesity and Diet Wars. I am going to bring them in for program one night.

Sherri - I don't know what to suggest. Try to count your points again. Try to shake things up a bit. I know they say that one day go to your max point and then one day to the low end. Vary things so you don't get in a rut. Good Luck.

[shortstack]

Thanks everyone for the congrats.
Nita-i keep thinking of you and your family in my prayers. I know he can be found. Try and keep busy. When I'm really upset, i know not a good thing, I bake. If i can give it away, i'm ok.
Sherri- Several things could be going on, water weight, muscle, and possible too many calories. Hard to pin point it cuz you've been doing all of them. Try keeping track of points again, and may be how much calories you are burning. http://www.makingfitterbodies.com/sslycalorieburn.htm
I know you are doing the right things, and I know you know to focus. So hang in there and try different stuff. We've all been there. And sometime just waiting will break through.
Linlin-our discovery channel has a show like that. I'm not exactly sure of the name, and i haven't watched it. I go to bed early, or I forget it's on, or I think another show i like is on, something like that.
Eleni and summer, christian, Penny, Wild Rose, Mickey, and everyone. You can do it. Take care and get busy with it.