[Eleni]

Another early morning for me. If I could get better sleep I would be a real ball of fire. Iwanted to sleep in as I have to get up at 4:25 every work day . But I woke up at 4;30 and got up at 5. Tired of tossing and turning all night.
But I am still doing so much better. My daughter Angel and her boyfriend came over yesterday and did a bunch of stuff in house that is too hard for me to do. Even my grand daughter Brianna helped. She got paid they didn't.Except I did feed them lunch. They were a lot of help. I am getting so much done in house.
I am doing excellant on my eating also. I am now on day 5 of no eating between meals. Or more specific. Nothing after lunch and nothing after supper. After supper is the biggy. Thursday I did have 1 boiled egg when I first got home. And scale is showing it.I have never been able to do this before. Hope it lasts long enough to get a good start. SO far it is working well.
I just need to get some exercise going of some sort. Will work on that next. Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.

[shortstack]

Eleni-i'm so glad to hear that you are doing so much better. Way to get busy, and get stuff done. And congrats, on the eatting thing, or should I say not eating thing. . Take the exercise small, and work in everyday. Small. Making small changes, seem to keep with me more, because i'm not thinking about diet all the time. Like last night we went to a party, I had some corn bread, and a few chips, and the rest was meat. Haven't gotten on the scale this morning to see the damage, cuz i did have some captain morgan last night. But then the acid reflux kicked in and we were home by 10. I'm not sure if the couple of cig i had while drinking kicked it in, or if the captain morgan kicked it in, had the same problem at the hockey game on wednesday. I guess for me the two won't go hand in hand anymore. Sounds like I just need to give them both totally up.

I go Thursday for a scope to see whats going on with the acid reflux. Little nervous. But i will be fine.

Dad wants to take all of us to dinner soon. Which is strange, cuz he can't always make it to the bathroom. So I can't figure this one out. I have to call them. Best time for us will be after the 19th of October. I've got something planned for the next 3 weekends. Plus halloween, and everything else. Wow, i can surely tell that the month of October will fly by tooooooo.

Sherri- keep thinking heathy for that baby. I understand the stress stuff, but somethings aren't in our control, and we just have to roll with it, till it gets to the point that we can do something about it. Take a few deep breaths, and think about not overeatting for the baby.

Everyone else hi, and i hope that you are successfull in your journey this week. Getting through one day at a time, and on the willpower with Dr. Phil. I like the saying that he had about doing, I think maybe will power isn't the word that works. But maybe strength, endurence, and wanting. So right on the part that if we want something bad enough it's worth the work. I keep remembering going after my current job. I hadn't been that deteremined, yet scared to get something in a long time. I did all the things that I could think of at the time of getting the job. Getting that job has changed my life in so many ways. Some hard stuff, but yet worth it, because I've gained so much. So I guess if i think about what i will gain when i lose this weight, that will help me stay on track. Oh i'm babbling.
Sorry ladies. You guys just bring out the best in me.

[FLgal]

Hi Everyone,

Where has the day gone? Seems like it was short to me.

Good Going Eleni, on 5 days without eating between meals. That is great! I need to make some changes too, but haven't decided which should be the first step. Glad you are feeling better. And I hope you do decide to walk across stage as leader next year. Leaders work hard for the chapter and it is nice to get a little recognitition. It makes it more interesting for you chapter, also, to be able to cheer when you cross the stage.

The rally yesterday was good. Mostly people got awards for what they did during the summer. Best Loser, Perfect attendance, New Kops, Pen Pals that lost, etc. Also skits and songs. Our chapter did a song about our "Dear Waistline". We put small pillows under our shirts and when we came to the part about "excess poundage -- it fell off me", we pulled out the pillows and dropped them on the floor. Everyone laughed, so it went over good. My pen pal and I each made a necklace, one bead for each pound we lost since last March when we became pen pals. She had about 6 beads and I had 8. We wore our necklaces and the area Captain asked us to tell everyone about it. The chapters also shared some good incentives they used in their chapters. And I enjoyed spending the day with dear friends from my chapter.

Hope you all had a good day. There is a movie coming on TV tonight that I want to watch if I can stay awake through it. I'm like you, Eleni, I've gotten up early for so long that I cannot sleep in when I don't have to get up. I took a couple of aspirin last night to help me sleep, so I slept in this morning until almost 6:30.

Nita