[summer8386]

'Morning Ladies,

Well, my bad habits lately really caught up with me last night. I gained 3/4# so I am now that much out of lee-way. Can't blame anyone but me.. ....and I KNOW better....that's what is so disgusting!!! I'm back on that horse and am determined to ride proudly off into the sunset! I did get on the bike yesterday for 3 miles and need to keep up the physical activity....that is soooooo important!!!!

Sherri, I hope your hunger was able to be controlled. It is so hard once your body and mind get into that mood during the day. I usually have to restart the next day, after no food touches my tongue for a few hours. You are such an inspiration to us here......keep up your great determination!

Eleni, How are you doing??? Hope all is well.

Stephanie, Have a happy, healthy birth experience with your new babe today. Induction isn't always pleasant, but the end result will put the babe in your arms....and move you forward to your future slimmer profile. Now THAT is something!!!!

Angel 23, WELCOME to our group. We do have wonderful, caring members here to suppliment our TOPS chapters. In fact, some of us get more support here than at our meetings. We would have ONE AWESOME chapter if we were able to all attend one together!!!!!!

Shelley, you will lose that 1/4# in no time. Don't forget to drink that water!!!!!

Wenday, Congrats on your loss and you should feel better now that that duct is unblocked and the gallbladder gone. Been there, done that myself....and I don't miss it.

Joanne, You can go to www.tops.org to find out more about TOPS. A few of the main things are that your health care professional determines your goal weight, not a chart. Everyone's circumstances are unique, therefore their goal weight might be also. We also are a non-profit organization unlike weight watchers. That is why the cost is so low....we are all volunteers and everyone should share info at the meetings. You are free to follow what ever eating program works for you and there are other members on the board that are doing the WW program. Each chapter is different so you might want to visit each one in your area before joining to make sure the 'fit' is right. The cost is definitely right and I hope you find a great chapter to join. If you need more info.....please don't hesitate to ask.....we are always happy to help.

To all those that have meetings tonight.....may the steel monster be kind when you step on it. Take care everyone and here is to healthier lifestyles to us all............!!!!!

TOPS Hugs,
Summer

[shortstack]

beautiful day in Michigan. Hope all is well with everybody. Go back to the doctor today. We've been walking a little bit. We also have our family reunion this Sunday, and since we aren't up North, I guess we will go. My family is totally hillbilly. Cornbread, greenbeans (the good way), we also have some good stuff (healthy). Ah, it's once a year. I'll be fine.

Summer, thanks. I sure do feel better. Hang in there, you can get that 3/4# off in no time.

Shelly- you lose that 1/4# too. Just remember one day at a time.

Angel-welcome. The ladies here are great. It's really great having you here. These ladies will help you in so many ways. You can get this weight off. We all can.

Sherri-hope all is well with you today. Take care and thanks for the cards. They really picked me up.

Penny- missing you, hope all is well

Eleni-you too. Hang in there you guys.

Remember what Bob says, "CAN WE DO IT, YES WE CAN."

[lady06498]

Welcome Angel,

We encourage all to stop in. That is great that you have been in tops for so long. It hasn't even been a year for me yet.LOL
But I am so glad that I joined. You can get to goal. Welcome to our group and stop in daily and get to know us all as we get to know you. The better we know each other the better we can support one another.

Congratulations on getting loser of the week. That is a great feeling isn't it. I got that quite a few times when I first started. And it made me feel great. I am losing again but I just came out of a 2-3 month slump and gained back what I did lose when I first joined. I am on to bigger and better things and will reach my goal this time.

Welcome aboard.

Shelly,

Sorry to hear that you are home sick. It must be terrible. I am not that close with my family but my parents do live right down the street 3 doors down. And my one sister lives around the corner. But we live in the country and there are corn fields all around so it is a long corner.LOL

But I wouldn't ever want to move because I would be lost if I wasn't here. My husband would love to pick up and move to florida or somewhere south. But I don't want to. I have lived her all my life except for 1 year and I like it here. I want my daughter to grow up here also. We are not city people at all.LOL I love the country but we are not so far out that we don't have any stores around either. We are only 10 min from town and that has grown in the past 5 years.

Just come here and we will keep you company. Glad you had a good yard sale. It is exciting starting something new just for you isn't it? That is why I love my job here at home. It is just for me and I made the decision all by myself to take it. And I love it.

Good luck with selling your tupperware.


Stephanie,

You should have had that baby by now. Good luck with everything. I was induced by my daughter and ended up with a C section. Yes it was scary at the time but I am glad they did it. We both came out healthy and that is all that matter.
Once this is over then like summer said you can concentrate on your new family and the skinnier version of you.

Let us know when you get home and how everything went. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Wendy,

How is everything going on the homefront? Is brandon home yet? Don't overdo it. Have a great time at the family reunion. It is only one day you will be fine.

Summer,

I am so glad to hear that you are back on that horse. With your exercising you will be doing all week you can lose that 3/4 lb this week. The exercise and water helped you lose the last time. You have come too far and you know what you have to do I know. Just remember we are here for you. Take the reigns and you are in the drivers seat back to your goal. Have a great day on plan.

I am eating low today. Weigh in tonight. I hope I come in with another loss. It has been a good week only since monday so we will see. I have also done exercising to. But I won't worry if the scale goes up because I did eat all weekend and it was my fault.

Have a great day and great weigh in everyone.

Sherri

[mompen]

Hi Ladies! Sorry I have not posted as much lately. I have been so caught up in the house building process again, that I put my health on the back burner AGAIN! But I am back on plan after the long hard weekend! They appraised our land yesterday so I should hear from the bank today or tomorrow about the value. And then it should be just a few weeks before we have our first draw of money to start building. It is a hard difficult process I know. And we might be moving in with my inlaws to help save money to keep the price of the house down. It is totalling up way pass the amount we can afford, so we are doing everything possible to stay within our budget!

Well enough about me, I hope everyone has a great weigh in tonight! I will post later when I have more time Penny

[Eleni]

I had a 1/2# gain which is not good but it could have been a lot worse.I was expecting it to be more.
Time for me to go to bed.Hope all have a good day tomorrow.

[lady06498]

Hi All,

Well I broke my good record. I gained 3/4 lb tonight. But I know that it might be muscle also. I did do a total of 3 hours of toning with the buns of steal tape this week. Also I ate way over points all weekend. So that didn't help at all.

Starting on sat. morning I am back on plan and I am going to start back with my step exercises tomorrow. I am not waiting for that. I was losing weight and inches doing it. I didn't lose any inches this week. So I am going back to what works. And sticking to my points works for me. I also started another challange tonight for our group. They wanted another one. But this one is going to run for 4 weeks but we are going to have a winner each week. I am happy about that because I will only be there for 2 weeks of the challange. So I do have a chance to win at least in the first 2 weeks. I plan to stick with my points no matter what. I have to lose this weight. I weigh more now then I did last year at this time. That isn't good. Plus I don't like the way my clothes fit. A bigger size and tight.

Eleni,

That isn't much of a gain. You can lose that this week. I gained more then you and you thought you were doing so bad.LOL Keep your chin up and take it one day at a time. You will get there.

Penny,

Glad that things are starting to come together for you on the house. Sorry it is costing you more though. Do what you have to do to save money. If it means moving in with the inlaws then do it. It won't be forever. Think of all the money you can save by doing that.
I am glad you are back on plan again.LOL We all keep starting over don't we. At least we don't give up. And just think one of these days we might even get to goal.

Keep up the great work, drink your water this week and get off your butt and exercise this week and you will have a great loss next week.

Sherri

[Lara H]

Hi everyone... I'm back from vacation, sorry to hear about all the gains, but will say that I seem to have had one too... thankfully I have til Tuesday to try and get it back down.

I'm not sure how it happened because I ate right on program the whole time (except for one incident with some really good italian bread that I couldn't resist. Normally I don't eat wheat so maybe I can fool myself into believing it was all because of the bread. But really I'm starting to think maybe I just ate in larger portions than I normally do at home.

Oh well... whatever it was I am back on track as of today.


hope everyone had a good Thursday.

Lara