Congratulations Morrigan!! Great, great news! I know how you feel, unfortunatley...I was sick the whole time with both my boys (I know, just what you wanted to hear) The sea-bands helped me too-- took the edge off and they are cheap enough to definitely try. What helped my queasies the most was eating protein...forget crackers! (in my case) Try some lower- fat choices...cottage cheese would be great if you like it. Meat and cheese...scrambled eggs.
I gave into McDonald cheeseburgers waaaay to many times and gained too much with both of them...Don't know if there will be a next time to do it "right". I also felt too awful to exercise much, but I think if I'd have forced myself to do something it probably would have helped to. Good luck!!

Well, I'm starting my streak over today...Had a terrible eating and no exercise day yesterday-- too embarressed to even tell you about it! But today so far so good...

Hey everyone....just a quick message to you all.....please post on the thread for your daily food intake and exercise routines....whether you are ashamed or not.....if your ok with what your doing....who is anyone else to judge.....I dont think any of us are in the right to judge.....and I think reading what others do whether it be a bad day or a good day....post away.....because it helps others find new ideas!!!!....Not all of us are going to have PERFECT days.....so please please please.....post what you do daily.....it helps to see it on the big screen too....not just your small journals......!!!

Take care....LisaL

Hey Kids....Morrigan....How exciting....when I heard that news I had to throw up my arms and shout....oops didn't mean to say throw up!!!! Ha ha just a little morning sickness joke there morrigan....you know me, always the joker! Wow, now the fun begins!!!!

Welp, my WW weigh in went really well....4.4 for a total of 10.6 in the first two weeks....Angel, I was afraid to start, too....but I really think that it was the best decision I could have made....I no longer have guilt when I eat....I can manage the points and remain guilt free....It is great!

I am feeling much better....boy was I down and out for two days....I never miss school....and I missed two days! Yikes....Well, gotta go drink some H2O...Yippee Skippy! Later Gators Jh

Wow....drum roll for Joanie!! Over 10lbs in 3 weeks, EXCELLENT!!

I look forward to my weigh in on Saturday. Today I felt very 'needy' for some reason, and ate at the top end of my pt range. So for 29 pts....thats alot of food!!! It could be a little more stress with having a sick boy home for 2 days with dull grey skies and rain. Funny how he started to feel better when the tv came on or when it was 4 pm and his friends came home from school...??? I've decided I don't like to be couped up,.....bring on the sunshine!! I will have to keep that in check for other days. Why is it that the weather affects us so? Tommorow is another day, and I know with better planning I'll be back with a better journal/food day...(afterall, my weigh in is Sat...and I want a good loss!!.. lol ) Hope everyone had a good day. tc

Wow....that is so freaking awesome Joanie.....good for you girl....I bet your gleaming with excitement.....and feeling much better already!!!

angel.....well I missed ya again last night....not sure if you showed but my darn MIL was yapping to me so bad I couldnt keep up along with trying to find pirate pictures so I can make Jesse's bday party invites!!!...I will check in to chat this am though!!!

How is everyone else doing?
TOM has subsided mostly and weigh in was this morning.....I am down to 173.5lbs....I have not seen this weight since the day I had Jesse.....I was 172 the day I had him.....so I am close to that day.....!!!....I just hope it keeps coming off....I dont care if it comes off slowly from now on....but as long as I dont see the scales rise....I am doing alright!!!!

Hoping everyone else is having a great week....and have GREAT weekends.....take care....LisaL

hello all.
congrats joanie and mom2-and everyone else who is losing so well.
yesterday was just a rather dismal day all around for me. i shall count today as yet another day 1. this morning, i really wanted a bowl of ice cream for bfast, but i resisted. i also resisted the urge to go back to bed for another hour before work. i figured that being up just getting small things done around the house was better for me than sleeping-a few calories burned is better than none! i am trying hard to keep in mind that each time we make a good choice, it makes it that much easier to keep doing it, and vice versa.
last night i had an odd dream about being fitted for a formal dress and realizing that in order to fit into it on time (for what? i have no idea) i would have to work really hard at losing weight. when i woke up and was thinking about it, it took me a while to realize it was not real. but, i am trying to keep that sense of motivation with me. winning over the ice cream (and then melting it down the drain) took a lot, but i feel stronger for it. i have now had my sane lunch. here's hoping for dinner. i am going to keep thinking about the feelign i had in the dream-i really can't describe it, but it was another "click". ah well. hope you are all having good days.

take care, all

sychie....good for you on being in control enough to let the ice cream melt away down the drain and not in your mouth.....that must have took a lot!!!

Talk later on.....gotta go to Sam's club tonight to get a bunch of stuff and to home depot to make some shelving for Jesse's movies....Kail has figured out how to get them on the other shelf so they are all tucked in his closet until we can make higher up shelves......take care....LisaL

Hello, all...

Sorry I have not posted in so long but it has been a REALLY crazy week for me & I just have not had the time! Yesterday was my grandpa's 90th bday & between working, running back & forth to the hospital which is 45 min. away, being a wife & mom I just have not had any time for the computer.
Thanks to all for your concern about Poppa. He had a stroke on Monday evening & lost the use of his right hand, left leg & lost his speech & swallow functions as well. But seems to be getting a little bit more alert every day.

Now...on to news about me...sorry, but no personals today because since I haven't been online since Monday, I had about 50 posts to read & that's a little overwhelming to try to respond to! Anyway...I weighed in this morning...DRUMROLL PLEASE... to find that I had lost EIGHT POUNDS!!!! HAPPY DANCE, HAPPY DANCE, MAJOR, MAJOR HAPPY DANCE!!! Apparently all that running around I've been doing has paid off !!I've also been trying to squeeze in a walk at night as a second excercise session ...doing fairly well at that. I slept in today & didn't get up & sweat this morning...you know I've been up till 10 3 nites in a row because of going to the hospital...& for some reason, it's just not quite as easy to get up at 4 as it is when I go to sleep at 7! And what is also almost as exciting as the loss is that I was able to wear jeans today! I haven't been able to wear jeans for probably close to a year ! Now, I realize most people wouldn't be too excited about wearing a size 24 jeans... but JEANS... I could fit into JEANS instead of those ugly old stretch pants... Now granted, they were a little tight & I was definitely ready to change when I got home from work...but I'm still excited that I was able to wear jeans.

Sorry for rambling about the jeans...By the way, I don't know about the food journal thing...it would probably gross you all out...I have a tendency to do weird stuff like eat popcorn for breakfast...especially on the weekends...I'll have to think about it I guess.

I gotta sign off now, just wanted to take a second & update everyone...

Have a great weekend, I'll try to check in tomorrow.

Staci
268/250/130??

Hey Gals and Pals....still going strong...I loved reading your food journals to see how other people use their points or calories and how they get through the day....everyone's battles ar so very different and yet so similar. My weigh in day is going to be next Tuesday and I am trying to be perfect until then. I've been running the kids around and I stayed up to watch the opening ceremonies of the Olympics....that coupled with the lingering cold, I am exhausted....so I am off to bed....plus, I don't eat while I sleep!!!! See ya tomorrow ...be good! Jh

Good morning everyone....sorry I havent posted all weekend but I am somewhat busy getting things together for Jesse's birthday party in a couple of weeks....we will be gone the week before for his vacation so I have to get as much done now as I can!!!

How is everyone surviving the weekend? I had an awful day yesterday foodwise.....I wasnt hungry all day and then when I ate...I wanted to eat all the wrong things....but I stayed at my pt range and didnt go over which is fine by me!!!

I will post more later tonight as I still need to go and post 2 or 3 days worth of food journals.....hoping you all have had a great weekend....and CONGRATS TO THE LOSERS!!!

Take care....LisaL

Hey girls...I was over on the buddy up threads....and noticed a group led by snoball and they had a challenge for Valentines day like we did....I wonder if they would be up to challenge our group to a St Pat's day challenge?!?!?!?!!! If ya'll think we should challenge them.....say YEPPERS and I will post a message to them asking if they are game as a group to challenge our group at a 100% ALL HONESTY challenge!!!!

Talk later....LisaL

Down a half pound, putting me a long way away from my St. V. goal weight, which I reset several times anyway, so I'm happy enough!

I only weigh in on Sundays, so this is the end of my St. V. challenge to me. I'm now challenging myself to go 10 pounds lower by St. Pat's Party Day and to stay sane waiting to see if I'm going to move or not, which depends on whether I get the job a certain paper keeps dangling in front of me. If so, I go, if not I stay.

Momto2: Not sure whether I'll join, but I say go for the challenge with the other board. Best get a'going, L'il Leprechaun Ladies (or Laddies if there be any out there), as St. Pat's Party is only five weeks away. That's five weeks to find that skinny pot o'goal at the end of the weight management rainbow.

To All: You are a great group o' streakers and I find it amazin' how you hang on to your dreams and goals through all kinds of ups and downs. Congratulations to all of us! Happy Valentine's Day. Don't forget to eat some chocolate (or better yet, vanilla).

Hey ladies....how are ya?

I got a pm from Marlana and she said her puter had been down and she is back up and running and had time to conjer up a challenge for st pats day....she said she will try to post it tomorrow morning.....PLEASE join in on it girls.....we as a group have the will to make a group goal happen......I know it!!!

crone....congrats on the half pound loss....and dont be hard on yourself about not making your mini challenge goal.....you gave it your best shot and thats what counts......and I sure do hope you join in with us...even if you pledge to lose a pound....at least you will still be a part of the group!!!

angel.....I will try to make it into chat tonight...not sure though....got a couple of movies to watch.....but I will come into chat around 9am tomorrow if I dont see ya tonight.....tell L sweetpea and the others I said hello!!!....7lbs down the drain eh......good for you.....have you made your challenge pledge yet for this st v day challenge???? You must have or your pretty darn close!!!

Gotta go start dinner.....will post my journal either later on tonight or first thing tomorrow morning......hope all is well with all of you!!!....LisaL

Hi Ladies. Boy....yesterday just never seemed like it was going to end....and all I did was eat all day!!! I was just really really hungry all day. I planned what I was going to eat, and then ate it and some, but still managed to stay in my pt range. Thank heavens for a low pt supper, that way all my snacky stuff could fit into my day. I even had one pt left over...(lol, honestly don't know how THAT HAPPENED!!, but I'll take it) Today, is back to better eating and planning. HOpe everyone is doing well, and hope to see those journals on the other food/journal thread. Writing every little bit down sure keeps you honest!! tc

hello all. seems a bit quiet out there.
things are ok here, i guess. getting a cold. doing ok on the food; didn't make it to the gym this morning as i had to come into work early. did a short but pretty good worout yesterday, and some yoga in the evening. i managed to just eat the lunch i brought today and not to give in to the urge to go out for fast food. i'm getting better each day, i like to think.
i hope you are all doing well.
bleh. i'm ready for a nap!