Hello everyone, I'm back, tired and with lots of dirty cloths to wash. I just wanted to report that I drove back last Thursday and weighed in with a loss of 2.25 pounds. I have 2 weigh in's to go to get that charm for 10 weeks in a row without gaining, and without missing a meeting. I've got so much to lose that I'm playing a little game with myself to not miss a meeting and to turtle or lose every week. Congrats to everyone else who has lost since I've been gone. If you've went the other way this is a different week. We must never give up. I hope everyone has had a good week end. I'll be back when I have more time.
Belle

You are doing so good. so happy for you. keep it up its working. a very good idea. I was still in leeway this week. when i get to my lowest going for another goal.. so working towards that. have a great week. LaDean

Belle,

Congrats on having a loss after being on your mini vacation. Did you have a good time? I hope so. You really showed control while gone and it showed at the scale. Way to goal girl. You are doing great. Hey if you have to trick yourself to lose then that is fine. Whatever it takes right? Keep up the great work and let us know how your vacation went.

Ladean,

How are you doing today? That is great that you were in leeway. That is a huge accomplishment. I know it must be so hard to stay there when you are a KOP. It isn't easy in any part of the weightloss world. Even if you are at goal you always have to keep working at it to stay there and sometimes I would think it is harder to stay there then to get there in the first place. I am proud of you. Keep going and you will be able to set another goal soon. How many lbs to go to get to the lowest?

Christie,

I am so proud of you girl for not eating the cookies. I know you have had a hard weekend with the food and wanting to eat so badly. You aren't giving in and I am so proud of you girl for that. Just think by the time I get there to see you we will both be looking great and feeling great and have so much more confidence in ourselves because we are taking control of our lives.
I hope to find out that you didn't give in today as well because of boredom. I know I tend to eat when I am bored to. But you can get through this and you have the girls to help you and the bracelet to. You are stronger then the cravings. You can do this girl.

As for me I have been so busy on the phone most of the week. I have good news to report. I have been pre-approved to buy my aunt's mom's house. The only thing is that I have to have it appraised and there is so much garbage around and in the house that we have to get rid of it if I am going to get a good appraisal on the place. Plus fix the broken windows. We are going to be working on that part of it this week hopefully. So it will be another busy week.
I promised a girl in my group that I wouldn't weigh in again here at home until monday. It is killing me so I put my scale in the back of my car on wednesday and I haven't weighed since. I am so afraid of stepping on that thing tomorrow. Isn't that stupid? To let a scale make you feel like that. It isn't even a person for gods sake. I have been doing great at my points. I have been writing down everything I eat and I have been staying within the plan so that is good. I should have a loss tomorrow. I will let you know.
I took my son to the dr yesterday because he had junk draining out of his ear and they dr said that when that happens they usually have an ear infection. Well he doesn't and his lungs are clear so that is good. He checked out ok. It is probably from the teething his doing. I had myself checked out while I was there and I have acute bronchitis. So I started an antibiotic today for that. I am beat. I have been so busy with this real estate thing on the phone it isn't funny.
My husband and I spent the day together on Friday it was wonderful. We had a great day. I actually ate great when we went out for lunch. I didn't stray from my plan. It would have been so easy to do but I wanted my goal more then just stuffing my face. Normally I wouldn't have done that. So that is a big change for me. I just have to keep that up.

I hope you all had a great weekend. Tomorrow is another start to a new week. Lets make this week a great one. Make plans for you and do it. You are worth it.

Sherri