[lady06498]

Hi ladies I guess I am the first one here today so I will start the thread.

Hotcupofjava,

Hey girl you can turn this around. Make sure you take it easy on your leg. A strain can take a while to heal. Glad to hear that you are back in control again with your plan. I am like everyone else here this week out of control. I am up this week. No weigh in for me but my scale is up 5 lbs. You are doing great keep up the great work and focus on your goals. You can do this.

Belle,

Congrats on getting back on track. Tonight is your weigh in. Are the scales being good to you today? I am sure you will have a loss you are doing great to. That is good that you are so creative. I am sure the woman will love all the things you are making for her. You are a great person. Keep up the great work.

Eleni,

I am so glad that you are enjoying yourself so far and getting to see your family on the way. Don't worry about the beach walking because next year you will be back down there with all the others that are walking. You are doing great keep up the great work. Just remember no matter where we are it is still our choice as to what we put in our mouths. Remember your saying if it is to be it is up to ME! You can stay in control. Try not to concentrate on the food. Concentrate on the fun you are having and the new freinds you are meeting. You can do this you have what it takes.

As for me I have been so busy this week that I have let my priority go as well. Belle you say busy is good for you. I agree if you keep your mind focused on the goal at all times. I let my focus go this week and my scale is up 5 lbs. I didn't weigh in yesterday because I just made my 10% last week and didn't want to go back and weigh in and lose it. Sounds stupid but it is just how I feel. The lady didn't come today for weigh in so I will weigh in next week and I will have a loss from last week. I got busy and stopped writing down what I ate. That was the first mistake. With me if I don't write down, measure my food and count points I gain. So I started writing down what I eat today. I will get back to my 20-22 pts. When I was doing it before it was paying off. Yes it is a pain sometimes especially when you are not home and I haven't been home much at all this week. But the payoff is so much greater because I do lose weight daily when I keep track of everything. So it is more important for me to get to goal and stay there then it is to say I am not going to write down what I eat. It isn't like it takes a lot of time to do it. Just a matter of a couple of minutes. So I am going to make this week the week to get back on track and put my goals of the weightloss first.
As far as the real estate thing the property I wanted to buy is gone. He accepted an offer on it already found out yesterday. I am ok with that. I have finally figured out how they actually do it with no money down and I am starting a new way of thinking today. I am still going to make this happen and I won't give up. It is too important to me like the weightloss. This is for me to make me happy and to help my family financially. So I think I am on the right track now just have to make it happen. Just like anything that we want in our lives it won't happen unless we make it happen. So I have a new plan and I will start working that today. I won't quit. If I quit I certainly won't meet my goals. If I keep going I could actually make it happen.
I helped my parents move on tuesday. The 3 of us got just about everything moved out and almost everything settled. It was a great feeling of accomplishment. It was a lot of hard work but it was great to see the outcome. We are going to finish up tomorrow so I will be gone all day tomorrow as well. But I will be bringing my notebook to write down what I eat that is for sure. Plus they will have water hopefully by now. Today they are supposed to get their certificate of occupancy to actually be able to stay there tonight. That is if everything passes inspection. I couldn't drink much water at all on tuesday because with no water came no bathroom. So that didn't help much. I got back to drinking my water yesterday. Plus I have it in my head that I can eat anywhere even if it is a out and it is up to me to make the healthy choices. No matter where we go we can always eat healthy. We don't but that was our choice. So I choose to stick with my points and eat healthy. I did eat great on tues even though I ate out for lunch and dinner. Had a 1/2 wheat turkey and ham with no cheese and mustard sub from subway for lunch. Then for dinner I had a tossed salad with grilled chicken in it with lite italian dressing and a cheeseburger no fries. So I did make great choices. I just think not drinking the water and all the heavy lifting I did made it so I didn't lose any weight. But at least I stopped gaining which is a great thing. Now I just have to go back down and the scale will be down tomorrow for sure.
I did go to the Dr's on tuesday as well for my stomach problems. I am going in for surgery on May 9 to do a laproscopy. We are going to do that first before just doing a hysterectomy. Not sure what he will find when he goes in. It is my ovaries and my uterus that are causing the pain. So we will see. I will let you know what happens from there.
Other then that not much else going on. I am still studying my course. I haven't had a lot of time this week for it but I am back to it today. I need to read and listen to the whole course each time I study I learn so much more and get even more motivated to make this happen which is a great thing.

Well you all have a great day now that I have wrote a book. Remember

IF IT IS TO BE IT IS UP TO ME! Thanks Eleni for that saying it is so true.

Sherri

[Hotcupojava]

My food, water AND exercise have been excellent, but my evil scale at home is still showing that I'm up. I'm not letting it get me down, because I know I'm living and moving right. My leg is much better. Obviously just a strain and not an actual pull or injury. Flat feet or not, maybe I should wear shoes when I work out with my insane sister. LOL.

Last night I walked way over 1 1/2 miles at work on my lunch break and today I did one mile of the WATP, and I used hand weights instead of the belt. My water is good again. Maybe it'll come off later in the week, hey, as long as it's before Monday's weigh in, I'll be happy.

Hang in there all, Friday is on it's way!