300+ And Ready To Try Again...........#175
 

WELCOME

We are a group of people who are working together to lose our excess weight.
We are on different plans and are of different sizes.
We want to invite everyone to join us in our journey.
We share laughter and tears.
We share what works for us and what doesn't.
We recently started a Topic of the Day.

Monday........Motivation Monday
Tuesday.......Tuesday Tips
Wednesday..... Weigh ins / Wacky/ Way to go Wednnesday
Thursday......Thankful Thursday
Friday........Friday Facials, Fingernails and Fun
Saturday.......Sit-up Saturdays - any physical activity
Sunday.........Soup and Salad Sunday - recipes

These are not required topics ...just ideas to share. We have found them very helpful. We also share heartaches and fears...joys and celebrations.

Please feel free to jump right in with us.
And be sure to check if there is a second page. We don't want anyone to miss any posts.

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Hello Everyone!
 

Do any of you know where you can 'test' yourself to see what would be the best/easiest diet to do that you would actully have a chance of following?

I have to do something but can't seem to settle on any one diet. Don't say WW because I have tried that twice and NEVER lost, I know many love it and it works for them but not me....so any other ideas....

I just got home and am still tired from the weekend....glad you are back, Michelle and Tina....

I probably won't start a "strict" diet plan until July 1st (after vacation) but want to start planning...building anticipation...getting ready....

Hi everyone! :wave: WOW! Here I've missed a whole thread and a half again. It doesn't pay to be away.

I missed WI (not Wisconsin) this morning because my foster sister asked me to go to court with her. I think I told you all that her brother is sueing her for 1/2 of the house she is living in because it is in both their names and the mother is dead. He was executor of the estate and never did his job. Also he had fineggled (sp?) his name onto all of his mother's accounts before her death so rather than all of the monies being divided equally as his mother intended, he has slowly transferred all of the funds over the years out of her accounts and into his and anything that was left at her death he is claiming is his because the accounts were all joint. It's a mess and now she has to put the house up for sale. She has nowhere to go. She has been working as a missionary in the city, working to feed and cloth the homeless and now she'll be homeless in 30 days unless some miracle happens. My heart bleeds for her.

It was another movie weekend for us. I had to do counts for Insomnia again, but we were able to see The Sum of All Fears. It's the one based on the Tom Clancy novel. If you liked Clear and Present Danger and Hunt for Red October you will surely like this one.

We also saw Undercover Brother and I'm sorry Malia, but it was 2 hours that we will never get back! :( It had some funny stuff in it, but, in my humble opinion, is better left for the $3 video rental than the $8.25 per ticket theatre viewing.

Honey is out of town. He is working in Mexico until Thursday. The youngest is dropping by this week so he can fly out on Thursday to St. Louis for a conference. It's just me and the oldest holding down the fort here. That should mean my food will be good because he goes to school every night, but I'm not counting any chickens here. My track record hasn't been all that great lately! :o

I have included too many whogees and it won't let me post. So this will be part 1, please look for part 2 if you can stand anymore!

Part 2
 

Katrina: Your positive energy is contagious, keep it up. * I'm glad the moth balls are working out. Like I said, mom swears by them for all those little varments!

Baylee: I know this comment is a whole thread overdue, but dang, girl, you finally got it! We're all here, going through the same things and we just all like each others company anyway! How 'bout that!!!! :D "Anybody know where a person can buy those belts or pool flotation devices? " They're called boobs, Baylee, just boobs! :lol: Sorry, I couldn't resist! :D

LuckyLadyBug: I'm on your journey with you! Count me in! * WOW, good question. I don't have the vaguest idea how you would go about determining a diet plan. Most everyone I know does it by trial and error. I guess it sort of depends on what you think is important to you and how involved you want a plan to be (like how much keeping track you want to do) and if you have any real feelings for some of the hype (fact or fictional?) like Atkins being hard on organs because of your body not being able to process so much protein, or diets that rely on supplements, or even cost factors. Sorry, not much help here. :(

2cute: I'm glad you got your daughter moved. One down, one to go! :lol: It sounds like you're back on a roll. I'm so happy for you! We get so miserable when we have one crash after another. It's hard to get back on the road. It looks like you're doing ok again. Good for you!

Mary: Still counting the anniversary of dates! That's so cute! :) Eating on the run does it to me too, every time. If I take the time to cook dinner at home, I can pretty much stay OP, but it's the fast food and eating out that have been my recent downfall.

Malia: Sounds like you're having a great time with your niece and family. It's good to have you back.

Duckie: As has been said, don't let not doing well OP keep you from your friends. We're here sharing a bottle of water no matter what shape we're in. Just having a chat. Don't stay away, we miss you. * How is your boyfriend's job going? Are things easing up a bit for you now? I hope all is going better.

Tina: What a sweet honey you have. Just the kind of things we all need to hear and you get it first hand. Treasure that, my friend. I'm glad you're here to stay. * Your 'boob' stories are hysterical. It couldn't happen any better than that, your boob ringing while you're talking to the boss! Aye yey!!! Nice save with the watch story though, I gotta say. Quick thinking.

It's so great to have this place back up and working. It was sooooo worth staying up to 4:45 AM to catch up! :yawn: I do have to go though. I'm supposed to be writing reports, and what am I doing???? PROCRASTINATING.......again! :o I've gotta run. Now that I've stayed up this late I need to finish because I'll never get up in the morning to get them done before deadline. Love :love: to all!

"It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top." - Virginia Wolf

Tina.... I am Honored being your "Bosom Buddy" :lol: :love:
I am so glad you are BACK !!!!

Michelle.... today is the tomorrow you talked about yesterday. ;)
Get you lovely little butt back in here.

Hmmm.... tina's boobs and Michelles butt... who wants to bring back their belly. LOL

Thin.... you didn't leave us... but you have been gone a lot.
Glad to see you back. Keep us posted on the movies.
I will still go see any movie... I will just go to the $2 theatre and see them. Still cheaper than renting... and they show NEW releases. I am very lucky there.

Lucky... yes I have taken a written test to determine what diet plan you should follow. In fact .. I think it was posted here in our thread. It seemed to work for many of us. who posted that ???

tina... that was quick thinking on the ringing boob. LOL
I would have been speechless. LOL
It sounds like you are making PROGRESS on your food plan.
Now hang onto that "Attitude of Gratitude" and you will be back losing again.
Thanks also for starting the new thread.

Okay ladies.. I will have to get back to the rest of you.
This has covered everyone on this new thread.

Today on Oprah is Dr Phil .... the topic is "we are what we say we are" How to CHANGE that negative talk about ourselves.
It is a rerun... but still good advice.

Tuesday Tips.
Baby steps
Attitude of Gratitude
Progress not perfection
Practice makes Progress
Brush your teeth often
Drink that water
Get off your butt and do something physical

Terrific Tuesday!
 

OH MY!!! I does my heart good to see everyone, back and posting...:love: This place does feel like a big coffee klatch sometimes...just to come in and share what's going on in our lives...and what it takes to get us through the day...and maybe by the way, how the ol' diet is going...

VENTING PORTION OF THIS POST COMING UP...

Earlier this morning (while at work) I spent a good portion of my time in the ER...when the hospital is filled to capacity, the ER has to hold in-patients down there...which means I have to go do my thing and whip all their charts together...Like anywhere else, you have your really good workers and then you have your lazy, good for nothing, @#%$# types...Unfortunately, sometimes nurses fall into that category...(no offense, Baylee, I'm sure you know what I mean!) I worked with this worthless, undeserving of the hefty paycheck that she receives, lazy nurse last night...I'm still burning! I really try not to hang on to anger, but man, she pissed me off! I was swamped with patients all over the hospital, when I finally got down to her, she sat there, with her newspaper, reading...with a pile of charts just waiting for me. She had done NOTHING!!!! I spoke not a word, and went straight to my work, while she alternated between making her shopping list, cleaning out her purse and even knocking off a few zzzzzs. No patient care either...she seemed a bit miffed when the monitor alarms would go off. This woman makes about $65.00/hr and had the nerve to just sit there! No exageration...with ICU rates and incentive pay they really make that much...to sit and sleep while I bust my butt for the mere pittance that I make...Anyway, the point of all that was to say that they had this HUGE tray of brownies down there...I was so tempted, especially when I was fuming...but I thought...NO WAY is that cow gonna upset me enough to blow my day before it even starts...so that's all I have to say about that...WHEW! Glad I got that off my chest!

That was a roundabout way of patting myself on the back! I fully intend to make this a perfect day.

But for now, I must roust my son out of bed...he's a tired puppy this AM...see you all later

Ok today is the day!!

I have had 4 glasses of water and 5 pts so far. I think I am going to go into the crash diet mode to get me started. Well at least I will start my day out that way so when I do eat something it won't be that plus whatever else it was that I already ate! Does that make sense to you all?

OK...next news! I have decided to go back to school for nursing. Can you stand it! LOL Me a nurse!! I signed up and paid for a course in Algebra because I never had it in high school and need it before I can take chemistry. I have a mental block for algebra. There are just soooo many things to remember to get to the answer. Uuugghh!! I have to take my first exam sometime next week but I am aiming for tomorrow since John will be home and I won't have to pay a sitter.

I also filed for financial aid for the fall semester. Does anyone know anything about how that works? Its based on last years income so my expected family contribution would be $191 but since I am on unemployment this year the financial aid office will take that into consideration. Now do I have to reapply for January semester or does this application cover september and january semesters? SO many questions!! At least this is keeping me busy so I won't eat myself into oblivion again!

Kat what exactly do you do for work? At first I thought you were a nurse too like Baylee!

Well I better get offa here so I can concentrate on my ALGEBRA! I'll catch you all later!
Michelle

Michelle... I am so proud of you. You will have some tough times ahead of you... but you can do this... and you will make a Wonderful nurse. I don't have any knowledge of financial aid stuff. I will try to remember to ask my DIL. but she was a single mom... and lost her aid when she married my son.
I am sooo glad to see you back with us.

Kat... glad you came here and got that off your chest. It was so appropriate since we have been on the subject of boobs lately. :lol: Chest/boobs.... stupid coworker/boob ... get it. :lol:

I was reading another site and read this and wanted to share it...

Quote: "2cute, I've read some of your other posts with the "Practice makes progress" saying, and I always liked that phrase. I think that perfectionism not only makes us feel bad when we fall short, but it makes us feel paranoid when we're actually doing well! "


Paranoid when we are doing well./failure when doing bad
I knew all too well about the failure aspect... but it did open my eyes to "fear" when doing well. Fear of failing.

Well... if you change your focus to just improving your health, improving your mind set, improving your food choices.... it is not so black and white.

Okay... I have not only been staying on program all day :D ....
I have also been very productive. :smug:
I am out of here to get back to my rare but welcomed productivity.
:wave:

I'm baaaack!!!

I have a plan here...for today anyway...whenever I feel the need to put something in my mouth I make myself a great big mug of hot herbal tea with equal! So far today I have 6 glasses of water in and have only used 8 points. I will have a nice chicken dinner with chicken thighs marinated in FF italian dessing cooked on the grill and a plate FULL of veggies!! I WILL eat the skin off one piece of chicken and discard the rest! I have to have some skin or it wouldn't be worth eating chicken, NO?

Baylee....I am going for a two year RN but will then do the RN to BSN thing. More money with the BSN. Are you an RN or LPN or BSN?

2Cute...John and I aren't married. Thats a sore spot with me...a long story for another time...but anyway without him I qualify for some financial aid but if we get married then most likely I won't qualify so he is off the hook temporarily! Lucky him! Huh? I wouldn't be able to go back to school without the aid!

Tina your stories had me pee'ing my pants! I guess I live a boring life because nothing like that has ever happened to me! I love the ringing boob story the best! I'm so glad you came back...you inspired me to do the same! Things are going to be hectic for me with school and the baby right now and if I go back to work on top of that...but I will hopefully be too busy to even think about food! One of my problems is when I am trying to lose I am always thinking about FOOD....WHY? I hate that about myself!!

Kat.....UGH! 4:45? I hope you are sleeping now! My little guy woke up yesterday at 4 a.m. and wouldn't go back to sleep. So needless to say...mommy was up with him! I was so wired yesterday!

Lucky have you tried the slim fast? I was thinking of trying that this week to see if I can do it. Mostly just try to keep foods low in fat and sugars. And watch your portions....that is my biggest problem...one portion of pasta is only a 1/2 cup...that is NOTHING on your plate if you like quantity unless of course you fill it with veggies which I try to do. I try to make half my plate veggies so it looks like alot of food and the fiber fills me up!

Ok its back to hitting the books right now! I am just about finished with my last assignment then I need to rewrite my notes on index cards and then review them for the practice test! Hopefully I will get all that done tonight and be able to review my cards before I go for the actual test! I AM SCARED!

TTFN....I love you guys! Michelle

Okay ladies.... I have been working sooooo hard here. Cleaning, washing, folding, the list goes on and on. My "reward" is to sneak in here and get to read all of your posts every couple of hours.

And what a great reward it was this time. :D

Baylee... your food plan sure sounds like a good one to me.
Sensible... realistic, and long term liveability.
Please keep telling us how wonderful swimming is... hopefully in time it will get me back to my swimming too.

Someone needs to tell that "glorified assistant" that answering a persons call for help is called "humane". Grrrrrr I have a real sore spot for those "glorified assistant" types. I have seen my dad totaly ignored because it wasn't "their" job. :mad:


Michelle....your marinated chicken sounds yummy.:T
What is a BSN ??? I know RN and LPN.
I would say your chances for financial aid is going to be really good being a single mother. Take advantage of it all. There is a real shortage of nurses too .... so you should have a job waiting for you when you finish. They are offering all sorts of sign on bonuses here... just not enough nurses to go around.

Okay ladies... my reward time is over. Back to being a slave here. :lol: I must admit... it feels good to be productive today.
It also helps to stay on program. Even though I want to eat... I still feel good about myself so it is easier to resist.
When I am lazy and let crap pile up... I just don't like me... and then I say to heck with everything. It is almost as if I "can't" work. :rolleyes:
got to run... love you all too. :wave:
probably will be back in a couple of hours again. LOL

Good afternoon...

Oh, I'm feeling much better now...I slept for about 5 hours straight! Heaven!

Lucky, I came across this earlier today...thought of you and your quest for the "right" diet...see what you think...

Secrets of Successful Weight Loss

No Special Diets, Programs Necessary
By Jennifer Warner

May 10, 2002 -- The secret of losing weight and keeping it off isn't really a secret at all -- no fad diet, no special fat-burning pill, no celebrity-endorsed weight-loss organization. The largest survey ever on long-term weight loss shows that most successful weight-loss veterans did it all on their own, without using expensive commercial diet programs, dietary supplements, special foods or meal substitutes, or drugs.

~~The survey, conducted and published by Consumer Reports, questioned more than 32,000 dieters and found 83% of those who had kept the extra pounds off from more than a year did it without any gimmicks. In fact, just 14% of those who kept the weight off for more than five years ever signed up with Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, or other commercial diet programs, and even fewer used meal replacements such as Slim Fast. (I've read there is as much sugar in SlimFast as there is in a can of coke!)

~~Researchers say their findings debunk the conviction that you need help from a diet guru or special meal plan to lose weight. And the biggest contributor to dieting success may not be what you eat anyway, but burning those calories with a regular exercise routine.

~~Eight out of 10 of the successful dieters who tried exercising three or more times a week ranked it as their No. 1 dieting strategy. Although walking was the most popular form of exercise for long-term success, nearly 30% added weight lifting to their routine to increase calorie-burning muscle mass.

~~But not everyone who tries to lose weight is successful at it. Only about a quarter of the dieters shed at least 10% of their starting weight and kept it off for at least a year, a standard definition of weight-loss success.

~~Researchers say there is no one-size-fits-all diet plan for everyone, but the survey did reveal some general tips and strategies that served the weigh-loss achievers well.

*Control your blood sugar. Refined carbohydrates create a surge in insulin that makes blood sugar levels plummet and leaves you feeling hungry. Substitute whole grains and high-fiber foods for white bread, potatoes, and pasta.
*Pack on the protein. Eating enough lean protein at each meal can make you feel full and slows the absorption of food.
*Fool yourself with volume. Adding water-filled vegetables and fruits can trick you into feeling full because you can eat more than with calorie-dense foods.
*Don't deny fat. Eating fat-free cookies, pretzels, and other treats that contain refined carbohydrates can lead to bingeing. Instead, allow yourself up to 30% of your daily calories to come from fat, particularly mono- and poly-unsaturated vegetable oils, nuts, and fish oil.
*Stay with it. More than half the dieting success stories in the survey said they applied these strategies to their diets every day.

Seems so straightforward, doesn't it? Anyway, I thought it was interesting...not much we haven't seen before, but some things bear repeating!

I'd better break this into two posts...I did want to write a few replies...back in a sec....

Me again...like a bad penny, I keep turning up! I have to make this quick (haha) I have a ton of stuff to do and, as usual, little time to do it in! So here goes...

2cute...I think of being here as a "reward" too! "Course I haven't done anything yet, TODAY, to reward myself for, but I will! A BSN is an RN with a bachelor of science in nursing degree. I HATE that "It's not my job" attitude...isn't taking care of patients a nurses job?? OHHH don't get me started again!

Michelle...you sound so pumped up! Good for you and good luck with school. (ugh...algebra!) I am what used to be called a "unit secretary" although, recently, at my hospital, they decided to change that title to "Health Unit Coordinator,"
Usually each nurses station has a US, excuse me...HUC...who answers the phones and call lights, charts vital signs, interprets and transcribes doctor's orders, schedules diagnostic testing, phones in consults...etc etc etc...AT NIGHT, in my humble hospital anyway, there is ONE secretary on to cover the house. Whenever a patient is admitted, I go to that floor and put the chart together, take off the orders and all that THAT entails. It gets a little hairy when EVERYONE starts calling me at once...and some get highly insulted if I don't go to THEM first! :p It's not a hard job, just stressful at times...Nights is easier than days because you don't have all the distractions such as obnoxious doctors, ALL the other departments, visitors...etc. So when you become a nurse, be KIND to the unit secretary! (And she'll be kind to you!!) ;) Right, Baylee?

Thin...how very fortunate your foster sister is to have you! Isn't it amazing the lengths people will go to for money. How sad. I hope things work out well for her. Um...up til 4:45 AM?? I guess with hubby away, you have to find SOMETHING to do!

Tina...oh you of the amazing, ringing breasts! I just have to tell you that your husband is a treasure...take good care of him...and take good care of yourself too! (and those boobs!)

Whoa, look at the time...gotta go...I am going to the gym tonight while my son is at scouts...need to grab some stuff...see you all later.

:wave:

Hi everyone! :wave: It looks like everyone is having a great day! That's so good. Gosh, it's wonderful to have most of our wayward souls back! :D It sure is lonely here when any of our friends are missing.

I finally hit the bed this morning 10 minutes to 6! Slept in until about 10:45. I had to get up and go to work. :(

Food is still not good, so we'll not discuss that. After all, we're just chatting, right???? :o

2cute: WOW, it sounds like your head is back in the right place. Work with that natural high, it's a wonderful thing! * I never thought of the paranoid of failure part either. But it sure sounds logical to me.

Katrina: It's good that you have a level head. I would have been screaming bloody murder about that lazy @$$ nurse! * Congratulations on passing the brownies. You done good! * The piece on successful weightloss was very good. You're right, nothing really new, but how easily we forget and need to be reminded.

Michelle: WOW, going back to school! Good for you! As far as financial aid, I do know a bit about that. The best I can tell you is that you will need to fill out what they call a FAFSA form. You can either file electronically or on a paper form. Find out all about it at www.fafsa.ed.gov . What happens is you fill out a FAFSA in the like February or March (it depends on your state's requirements) the Fed's only need it by July 1 so you still have time. The one you fill out now will be good for aid for the fall of 2002 and spring of 2003 when you do the whole process again. It sounds like you've already done it since you already know what your family contribution amount is. The form asks for all kinds of info like your income tax return figures and investments, bank balances, etc. Then what happens is the Feds send their calculations to the college financial aid office and they work on getting you some funds in the form of grants and scholarships. There are also some loans available, some better than others, as well as work/study programs. I hope I helped rather than confusing you more. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Baylee: Good for you committing to the pool. You go girl. I love to swim but haven't in alot of years. I bet it feels wonderful.

I'm gonna run. You all behave.

Grrrrrrrr.....I am so mad!
 

I am typing in bold, because I am very very angry. I have forever learned my lesson. I will never ever ever type a post again without writing it offline and then copying and pasting! I just typed this huge post, with replys to everyone....I have been working on it for over an hour and my connection to AOL was lost and I lost everything!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
I'm too mad to type it all over again...............but I will be back tonight. I will be typing it offline though. I love you all. Thanks for listening to my gripe.


Tina

Boy I leave a few days and this site fills up
How is everyone. I am soso food hasn't been great but what else is new. We got our books mailed out today so thats over with. They are selling slowly.
Glad to see so many here.
I don't have any Tuesday tips only don't do as I do eat on the run.
see all of you later

Hi guys !!!!

Tina .. I also have AOL and I did not read it all the last time I got knocked off line... but it said if I keep getting knocked off line to go to "Keyword" and enter "disconnect". I never have tried it. I am always in a hurry when I get knocked off line and ususally just stay off. I think you can disconnect that automatic sign-off. It always happens when you wrrite a longggg post because it doesn't show any activity while you are writing... and if you are like me... i can write for an hour easily. What makes me mad is... it will ask "do you want to stay online?" and I always say yes... but after 2-3 times they knock me off anyways. :rolleyes:

Mary... ggood to see you back with us. I think your food has been good enough to lose you some weight lately. You seem to be one of those sslow but steady losers.

Thin... you have been keeping my kind of hours. Poor thing.
I can't get enough sleep lately. Took 2 naps yesterday and today. :eek: And I have been in bed by midnight too. Something must be trying to happen to me. ???

And as far as "we won't discuss my food".... WRONG !!!!
Yes we will. :lol:
I don't expect perfection... but WE are going to improve our eating habits TOGETHER. Remember our committment to each other. We are going to meet and share our before pictures.

Thin... just leave something on your plate .... or order grilled instead of fried... or drink water instead of diet pop... Any progress is a step in the right direction. Then take that progress and build from there. YOU CAN DO THIS !!!!

Michelle... check into programs that "pay you" while you go to school. I had a friend... and they not only paid for her schooling... they also paid her livinnng expenses too.

Kat.... you are my "lucky penny"... you know the saying....
"find a penny.. pick it up.. and all day long... you'll have good luck"
You are our "LUCKY PENNY" ;)

okay... LPN is under an RN. where does BSN rank?
I had guessed that stood for bachelor of science.. but never heard of it before. Which are you going for again??
By the way... I am really proud of you for all of your exercising too.

I think I got to everyone who has posted since my last posting.
If I missed someone... it is truly an accident.
well ladies... I want to get off of here and get busy in my kitchen again. I bet you never thought that where I have been working all day. :lol: I am ALWAYS trying to clean my kitchen. :rolleyes:

Tomorrow is Way to go Wednesday for me.
Thin... I want to hear some bragging from you... you hear me. LOL
I had tons to brag about today... but I intend to make NEW bragging events tomorrow.
:wave:

Hi everyone,

My diet has been a disaster. I seemed to have lost that "diet" feeling. People around me are "amazed". I've hit rock bottom today. I don't know what's happening. I injured my shoulder body surfing on Saturday. It shouldn't stop me from doing march to fitness, but it did. Well hopefully if I keep writing about it, I'll stick to my goals.

To do list for 6/5/02:
~weigh
~measure
~drink eight glasses water
~eat two fruits
~exercise

Tina, your boob stories are hilarious. I love the cell phone incident the best. My coworker keeps her money in her bra, it's funny watching her make change. :lol:

Lucky, good luck in finding the right eating plan for you. I have to detox first. Start from square one, but it'll have to be from now.

Take care,
Malia

Way to Go Wednesday!
 

Oh, there's lots of positive energy flowing throught this board these past few days! Can you feel it? I can!

I think that I may have evolved my approach to this whole diet thing...I have not weighed myself in weeks and have no intention of doing so until I feel a difference...then again, maybe not until I feel a significant difference! I find that when I have a "good" weigh in, I tend to stop dead in my tracks and proceed to gain that back and then a few more for good measure. I'm not going to be a slave to the numbers and that goes for counting points too. I KNOW what to eat and how much and how often. I'm going to focus more on daily exercise and eating well...lots of veggies and fruit, lean protein and whole grains. I'm going to allow myself some indulgences, with the stipulation that not unless I have exercised. I am taking my vitamins and drinking my water. This approach has got to become a way of life. That's it! Seems simple enough...:rolleyes:

Last night I took an Aquacize class, thanks for the inspiration, Baylee! I was picturing you right there in the pool with me! You too, 2cute! There were all shapes and sizes there. What a workout!! Is it possoble to sweat in the pool?? I was! Today I'm off to Curves...I need a quick workout and then off to run some errands before I crash...

Malia...Good plan! Just writing down the goals makes them tangible and easier to follow, I think. You can do it!

2cute...BSNs "rank" higher than RNs in terms of money, they are paid more per hour...though not much more. In terms of advancement, the BSN is more highly regarded, though I've met some pretty dumb people in possession of a BSN.
Hey! What's this about you "getting lucky" by "picking me up??" Don't let my husband find out! (PS thanks, that was sweet!)

Thin...Just keep on "chatting" here...these good vibes will seep in and you'll be back on the right track in no time!

Tina...I have learned the hard way to always "copy" right before I'm ready to post and have that just in case...too many lost posts...very frustrating...I'm wondering if any good "boob" stories were lost...please say no!

Mary...I don't know how you arent a beanpole with all the woek you do! YOur energy is inspiring! Can you bottle it and send me some?

Uh oh, I'm falling asleep at the computer again! Must rest for a few (must go to plan "B" for exercise...(meaning...later, dudes!)

:wave:

Good morning everyone. I don't have anything special to say. I only know that I seem to do bettter if I share my life here. It is not that any problems are solved here, or that you guys phsycially prevent me from eating... but I seemed to be doing better the more I post. Even through my bad times too. If I isolate... I gain. Soooooo here I am....with nothing special to say... but saying it anyway. ;)

I have just awakened.. so I do not have any "way to go" yet... but I am going to. :D My goal this day is to get my "paperwork" under control again. :rolleyes:
I worked on all the house cleaning yesterday... today I am tackling my kitchen counters full of newspapers, coupons, bills, insurance papers from the wreck, thank you cards from funeral, graduation cards, belated birthday and wedding cards, the list goes on and on. I am counting each topic I listed above as an accomplishment. I am awarding myself a "way to go" for each one completed. It will give me a sense of many accomplishments rather than an unending chore.

malia.... You are just going through an ebb tide. It is the cycle of life. In and out... in and out. You will be fine as long as you remember it is just temporary and no big deal. Relax and it will come back to you sooner.

Kat... I used that theory of weighing when I "feel" a difference.
For me it was a BIG mistake. :eek: What happens with me is I never lose weight and inches at the same time. So what that means is... if I am losing inches and "feeling" skinny... then I am NOT losing pounds. :rolleyes: Don't ask me why... it just seems to be a fact of life for me. It is actually a good thing.

I am sooooo happy you went to aquacize. You and Baylee almost have me back into the pool again. :D I just wrote a newcomer this morning how I read, read, and read here about others successes... and how that inspires me to do it too.
I am going to be out of town again this weekend.... but hopefully next week will be my first day back too. Please keep sharing your successes.

And I got a hoot from your "picking you up and getting lucky" :lol:
That was sooo funny. :D

Speaking of lucky.... where the heck are you ?????

I am out of here... I will probably will be back in a couple of hours to regain my sanity. :lol:
Today is day 6 of back on program.
I am full of baby steps this week. :smug:

AAHHHHHHH!
 

Good morning!
I smell like chlorine again.:) It seems that no matter how much I shower & use lotion, the chlorine smell stays in my skin. But, actually, I kind of like the smell. It reminds me of the soothing water. Kat, glad you took the "plunge" 2cute, you're next!
I weighed myself this morning on my digital scales and it said I weigh 2 pounds more than I did on Monday. NO WAY!
So, I'm not going to use that scales any more. I'll use my old regular bathroom scales. Only problem is, it weighs 11 pounds LESS than the digital ones. But it doesn't give you a different weight every time you step on it. So, I'll try waiting a couple of weeks. I know that I'm eating healthy foods, so what the Hey!

Kat, I love the article SECRETS FOR SUCCESSFUL WEIGHT LOSS.
I have copied and pasted it into one of the forums on my board.
I have a gazillion articles on weight loss, exercise and health.

Malia, it will be there again. Be patient for a couple of days. And be sure to come here every day. I hope your shoulder isn't too badly injured. Take care.

Hi Thin, the foods will get better if you come on in and talk about them.

Lucky, how are you doing? Have you decided on a plan yet, or are you just going to go with a balanced diet in moderation?
What ever you decide, be sure to keep posting here. It helps. And PLEASE don't do this;
I work with a woman who has lost 66 pounds the last time she said how much she had lost. But she has lost more since then. She was taking some drops called EOLA (?). Anyway, she was looking very nice. But, now she wants to lose 17 MORE pounds, and she is starting to look like a boy. She looks gaunt. Big baggy clothes, and she has no a$$ anymore. Another woman (whom I think might be just a tad bit jealous of the original weight loss of this girl) asked her last night what she eats in a typical day, and she said, " a salad" . That's it! She'll kill herself! She has a very physically active job at work, JANITOR, and she says that she uses a stepper a lot at home. I hope she hasn't gotten herself into a jam here. Although she says her hubby has lost about 65 lbs too and that things have never been better with them.
I think that's where you ladies who have significant others are luckier than us singles.
And now I'll bet I get some answers saying OH NO BAYLEE, YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT THAT!!:D

2cute and Kat and Mary, where do you dig all that energy up from? I must just have a lazy-type personality. And besides that, I hate housework.

Alright Michelle, do you have the algebra down yet? I'm proud of you. Keep up the good work.

And Theresa, Susie, Tania (Duckie),.....I miss you guys.

I just thought of something. Remember the relative who is always rubber necking? Well, I haven't heard ONE WORD from anyone in that family since I expressed my feelings about them playing lookie lou's into my life. I guess they don't need to use yahoo messenger or send e-mails anymore because they are keeping track of my life by coming here and reading. No wonder they don't lose weight. They live in front of their PC's.

Well, I hope you all have a wonderful ON PROGRAM day today. :love: :wave: Baylee


I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that.
Your mind must know it has to get down to work.

Pearl Buck
(1892-1973, American Novelist)

UUUGGHHH! I'm so frustrated!

I called the testing center this morning to make sure the instructor sent the test over. I am doing the distance learning class for this algebra. Well the lady said yes we have it here. So...John takes Andrew with him to the bank, I review my notes and grab my assignments to hand in and off I go 12 miles to campus in this dreaded humidity! I park miles away...walk in this dreaded humidity to the testing center and what does the dumb B*TCH tell me. Oh, we don't have that test here yet! UUUGGHH!! Talk about wanting to KILL someone! So pissed off I march my rear out of there and right to the library to email the instructor who hasn't answered anyone's questions for over 24 hours now. I was trying to be nice but I know it didn't all come out that way. So...now I will have to go through all of that on Saturday IF she gets the test over there by then!

I'm not going to eat my frustration away...I am going to go into the kitchen and make myself a nice low point lunch and eat it slowly with a hot cup of herbal tea and then just keep reviewing my notes and maybe attempt to go on and start tackling the next section.

I will come back here later and read the posts and catch up to you all!

TTFN Michelle

Hi guys... sorry I haven't been back sooner.

I wasted most of my morning. Got some bad news and then just could never get into gear. My sister (the one who was just diagnosed with her 3rd bout of cancer) was put into the hospital last night. She is undergoing cancer treatment and her immune system is very very low. Well she went to a wedding out into the boonies and they think she got salmonella from the well water there. She has been very very ill ever since... and they finally had to hospitalize her. She has no immune system to fight it off.
This sister is the main caregiver to my parents. This raining humid weather we are having here is doing a number on my mom and her enfizemia(sp?). She is really struggling to breathe. My dad was told he could not go home and he is totally depressed over that. He had hoped to get to come home Friday.
So ... you guessed it.... I am on my way to Missouri. I should have left immediately but like I said... I am sooo far behind on my paper work I had to get the "most important" stuff caught up.
I still do not have my car back. They say now next week... but that is what they said last week. :rolleyes: The doctor called today and said my ultra sound came back fine except for gall stones. She wanted to set me up with a surgeon ... and I told her no. ... not yet. I will have to be in a LOT more pain than this.

well friends... I have to get going. I just wanted to let you I will be gone for a while.
When and if I get back... I am heading out to help my other daughter get her new home set up. I may be gone a week. :eek: I just don't know. I can use her computer if I stay with her. Anyway... I love you all....and I will miss you.
I pray you all have success with your food this next week.
I also pray I will come back and tell all of you that I am STILL on program.

2cute sorry about your sister. Hope she is better soon.

Katrina: I don't have that much energy. I push myself. My house is a mess and poor dh hasn't had a good meal all week but he doesn't complain. I go good all day but when I get home I drop.

McDonalds has a new item called a grilled chicken flat bread I got one today it was wonderful it had chicken, grilled onions, cheese, tomato and onions folded in a flat bread.:T

well I better go rest my feet.

Mary that new McDonalds chicken is 10 points if you are doing WW! I haven't heard of them yet here so I don't know if they are worth it. What do you think?

I am so tired tonight. As soon as my little guy falls asleep I am going to bed myself. It is so hot and humid here today. It wipes me out! Plus I have the period from H^ll right now. Its been here 11 days now with no sign of stopping soon!

I promise I will try to catch up to you all tomorrow! I have been having good food and water days so thats a plus!

2Cute...sorry to hear about your sister. Hurry back...we will miss you! Be careful!

Ok TTFN Michelle

Michelle
I don't do any certain program But it was very good

Hey girls.......
 

Hey girls! :wave:

How are you sweetpeas?! Good , I hope. I guess you can see I'm over my mad spell! :lol: But I am typing this offline right now. Get ready for something earthshattering: I stayed OP yesterday and all day today!! Shocking, huh? Don't get me wrong though........it has not been easy. In fact, it has been darn hard, but I have done it. I am taking my baby steps......baby steps. I'm not pushing myself too hard right now, because I know what will happen if do. I'm taking it day by day. I haven't done my exercise video in I don't know how long, but I am hoping to do it at least once by Friday. That is a small goal for me. To just do my exercise video at least ONCE by Friday. Ok, here we go. On to individual replys:

Thin: Sounds like you are working hard girl! Either that, or goofing off! :lol: What are you doing, going to bed at 6:00am!? You sound like me.........always burning the midnight oil. And yes, we are just chatting....as you well know, none of us are perfect here.

Mary: How are you doing today? Hope things are going well with you and family. How is your son doing? Did he get a job? I've missed you while I was gone.

Malia: I sure do know where your at, sweetie. It is so easy to lose that "losin" feeling, isn't it? Stay strong, we can do this..........together. Sorry you hurt yourself surfing....feel better.

Kat: Wow.....how smart you are! If only it was that easy to do! I know how you feel though, about the number game. It doesn't matter how much I tell myself that I am doing it for my health, and it doesn't what that scale says.......let's be honest. It does matter. I mean, no matter what we say..............and what the obvious health benefits are, WE WANT TO SEE THAT NUMBER GO DOWN. But it is a double edged sword. If it doesn't go down enough, (or what we see as enough) then we despair and overeat.....if we lose alot, (or more than we expected) then we think it gives us a little extra room and we STILL overeat! :lol: What to do? What to do?

2cute: This is something you said in one of your last posts: "Good morning everyone. I don't have anything special to say. I only know that I seem to do bettter if I share my life here. It is not that any problems are solved here, or that you guys phsycially prevent me from eating... but I seemed to be doing better the more I post. Even through my bad times too. If I isolate... I gain. Soooooo here I am....with nothing special to say... but saying it anyway." <<<<Do you know how much that means to me? That is why I came back. Just for that reason. You guys are the invisible person holding my hand, helping me make my choices......bad or good. Sometimes I do have something special to say, sometimes I don't. Sometimes I just want to share a funny story and sometimes I come here for strength. But the most important thing is that I come here. Thanks so much for being a part of my family. Also, sorry to hear about your sister and we know you have to do what you have to do, just try not to be gone too long. We will miss you. :(

Baylee: Aaaaah, the smell of chlorine! Nothing like it, huh? I can't tell you how long it's been since I've been in a swimming pool. Oh, I've been to the lake and stuff like that, but not been in a pool in a long long time. Are you taking water arobics classes or just going to the pool? I've been wanting to take water arobics for quite awhile at the Y.......just kept saying, "Well, I'll wait till I lose more weight." :rolleyes: Glad your taking the bull by the horns sweetie. I LOVE to swim..........if only I could make my bathtub bigger! :lol:

Michelle: So sorry to hear about the test girl! That really stinks. So proud of you though for not letting it get to you. And let me say this: I am so happy to see you back. Even though I knew you would come back all along. You have a fire and a desire, and I can see it.....even through cyberspace. So happy to see you back and posting. We can do this.........together. You don't have to be perfect.....Lord knows I'm not. But we're friends, and friends can make it through anything together. Also, the McGrilled chicken, (if that is the one you are talking about) is awesome. It is the best grilled chicken around, but it is 10 pts. (with mayo) If you leave the mayo off, it is 7 pts. I personally like Arby's light roast chicken deluxe. It is great and only 5 pts.

Ladybug: How are you doing? How is your weather? Good, I hope. Ours has been horrendous. It is really hot during the day and then we have had alot of rain at night. Actually, we had a full blown storm yesterday......complete with thunder, lightning and hail! So glad that one of my kids forgot to shut our french doors in the kitchen all the way and walked in to a flooded kitchen floor yesterday! What a mess.

Well, my friends.....I hope I haven't forgotten anyone, although I'm sure I have. I don't mean to, but it happens sometimes! For those of you I forgot, I'm sorry! I'm lucky I got this post finished at all...........between kids coming in and wanting something and dh bugging the crap out of me. Hope you all have a super duper night and an even better tomorrow. See you later! :love:

Tina :wave:

Hi everyone! :wave: Another crazy busy day. Boy, I sound like a broken record. I'm sorry! :o

Tina: Good girl! You are making progress! It's so wonderful to have you back!! * No, I'm not goofing off, I'm working! I have a slew of evaluations to be done by the end of the week and the phone calls and e-mails are not stopping with job offers. So busy, busy, busy.

Mary: It sounds like you've been really busy with all those books to sell and mail. I bet you'll be glad when that project is over. * I haven't seen those new chicken's here yet. Although I have to say that there's nothing at Mickey D's right now that I really like so I haven't been in awhile.

2cute: I'm so sorry to hear about all your family members falling apart at the same time. What a worry for you about their care. I wish you well and a safe journey. * I appreciate the pep talk on the 'progress', but remember, it's my 'progress' over previous behaviors that has allowed me to maintain all this time. I need to move just a little closer to 'perfection' to move some more of this weight off these bones.

Malia: Body surfing??? You go girl! I guess you would have to know how to do all that good stuff living in Hawaii though. I don't know why I'm surprised.

Katrina: I can relate to the 'stop dead in my tracks' after a good weigh in. What the heck is that about? I do it every time. It's good to know someone else does too. It doesn't make it right, but at least I know I'm not alone.

Baylee: Good for you getting in the pool. You go girl!

Michelle: Oh honey, just when you were all prepared for the test. Doesn't that frost ya??? All the anxiety and everything and then the let down to just do it all again later. Good for you not eating your way through this one. * That flatbread chicken would probably be 7 points if you hold the cheese. I wonder if it has mayo on it too. If so, holding that will knock off another point.

Gotta go. :yawn: It's a quarter to 3 in the morning and I've about had it. DH comes home from Texas tomorrow so no more late nights for me. It's back to showers and a bed partner. :lol:
See you all later.

Hi everyone,

2cute, take care of yourself and family. It's strikes me how sickness strikes this time of year. You get consumed with visiting family in the hospital and walk out the door to a beautiful summer day. If you can, spend as much time as you can with them. You'll never regret it. My mom got bitten by a centipede on memorial day weekend. It got infected and she's on antibiotics. Well, she got the runs and thought she had the stomach flu. Didn't eat and started to lose control. It's been clorox, clorox, clorox. I'm upset, it was the antibiotics and the pharmacist did not advise her. She's weak from not eating. It brought back my dad's illness and the helpless feeling I had fighting old age and illness.

Day one of my new challenge:

It was a success. I have a "hunger" headache. Good sign, withdrawing from sugar.

Met these goals today:
*Drank 64oz water
*Foodmover to a "T"
*Exercised
*No sugar, no soda, no chocolate

Tomorrow is Thursday. Another week gone. I've been enjoying my garden. Yesterday I ate dinner outside and stayed out until 7:30pm. It was very relaxing.

Have a wonderful Thursday,
Malia

Hello ladies how are all my friends today?
I am getting my hair cut today and an associate and I are going to sort through all the genealogy boxes we were given.
I sold 4 books yesterday. We are getting lots of comments on the book. All good so far.

Hope all of you have a great day I'm off to get a shower and eat breakfast. My blueberries are getting ready I picked a bowl full the first of the week.

Catch you all later.