Just checking in to see how everyone's day is going so far. I got my exercise in, so I was good in that regard, but I ate half a bag of chips, so I guess that cancels out my efforts, LOL!!
MichelleK: I have cable access too and you are so right!! It is soooo much quicker!!! A couple of times, that service has been down and I have had to log on the "old fashioned" way, lol!! Geesh!! Talk about a long time!!! I am too impatient
Lucky: I hope that you are feeling better today! In answer to your question about when everyone exercises, I am definitely a morning person. I have the most energy and I know if I put if off til afternoon, it simply will NOT get done! What do you do for weights?
2cute: Way to go on your willpower!!! That is great that you didn't give in to the popcorn urge. I would have cracked for sure. Love the movie theatre popcorn. I just adore Reese Witherspoon. She is too cute! LOL about falling asleep!!! Sorry to hear about your mom. Is is something serious?? I sure hope not!! Good luck with that!
j-ann: Those darn donuts will get you every time!!:donut: I hope you are doing better now Will it be tough for you to give up your morning coffee? I just gotta have my coffee!!
Grannie: So sorry to hear about your friend. I hope that everything gets better with her soon! I sure relate to the wanting to eat constantly. Grrrrrr.....
Baylee: As I have stated, you can count me in on the wanting to eat too much. I am glad that you have been inspired to break out of this, though! That is good!
Hope the rest of the week goes better for everyone! I am off to clean my office....gulp!!
Sweetpea... Ditto on Shell's comments; we all know all too well how you're feeling. It sounds, though, like you've come to a pretty firm conclusion; you want/need to lose the weight before you're 47. What it takes is a firm committment to your goal. You know what you need and you have to do WHATEVER it takes to reach it. Throw ANY junkie foods and ANY overly tempting foods that cause you to overeat away! (Yeah 2Cute!) Fill your fridge with fruits, vegetables, water bottles, sugar-free jellos, small portions of lean meats, etc. It's awesome you were walking the other day; make it a habit every night after dinner. AND, I know this is radical but's it's really helped me, get away from that TV... maybe cancel cable and use the $$ for a gym membership...or new clothes a size or two smaller... WHATEVER it takes!
J-Ann... It's good you recognised that coffee was a trigger for you! Now... stay away from it! If I was working in an office, I'd take 4 or 5-500 ml bottles of water (with lemon added) with me everyday and I'd keep them in the fridge and get one ANYTIME I felt like snacking. I already do that at home! J-ANN... You've already come so far. DON'T make this opportunity a time for looking back with an "if only"... IF ONLY I'd finished losing the weight then. IF ONLY I'd dieted then when I was so much closer to my goal. I KNOW I've said this a thousand times but this is my absolute favorite bit of dieting wisdom: "A year from now, you will wish you had started today!"
So... anyone else wanna me to lecture them from way up top of my high-horse?!
Baylee... It IS strange what triggers the little quirks in our brain, eh? I'm glad your friend inspired you to keep at it! It's definitely worth it!
Lucky... Ohh! Hope you get some time to nurture yourself tonight. Everybody needs to baby themselves and renew their spirit. Take time to realise what it is you want in this life and figure out exactly what you need to do to reach those goals.
Mary... Glad to hear your friend is doing better even if she isn't 100% yet. Hope your meeting went well!
Michelle... Sigh. Not today either! I'm hoping for tomorrow because I have the day off and I can pour over the material for hours if it arrives!
2Cute... Wow. Your life is really hectic right now. I wish I could do something for you... like lend you some of my sleep! I hope your mother is okay; keep us posted.
Shell... I'm SO glad you joined our little group. You already seem to fit in so well and you provide awesome support! If you ARE up for chatting in real time; lemme know. We could schedule a time to meet in the chat rooms. I'm home tomorrow during the day! (I'm NOT a morning person though!)
Okay, before I close this wordy chapter in my book, lemme just say this. I am 2 days late and slightly worried. Yikes... now that I say it, it's TOO real! Wish me luck ladies... I'm not ready to be a mother!
Oh but Sara....motherhood is the most awesome experience you will EVER have! I love it!! Its a feeling way to hard to describe! Awesome is only putting it mildly!! I'm really disappointed in the mail system! You should have had that by now! they said 2-7 days! Buggers! I am waiting impatiently for some of my school books to arrive! I ordered the rest yesterday via mail....so I know they won't come till late next week. I try to forget about the stuff then I am surprised when it actually does arrive!
I have to admit that I ate a mcdonald's cheeseburger and small fry today. I have to go add it to my journal and count the points. I am making that low carb spaghetti for dinner tonight. I'll let you know how it tastes! I put sauce and sausage in the crockpot this morning and it smells soooo good in here!
Well cutie patooties....I gotta run and do some laundry and pick up the toys...I'll be back to post to y'all later!!
I see were having a little trouble with the cookie monster, don't we all have bad time's of the month that the cravings are just unbearable. Don't get discourage!!!
Sara I just need to respond to you bein 2 days late, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, go out and get a test, at least it would ease your mind, and you won't keep us in such suspense. You know what, I don't think anyone's really ever ready to be a mom, it's a learning process, and you shouldn't have to worry about it, if you want to have kids, anytimes a good time. I always said I didn't want to have kids, and I got pregnant, and thought I wasn't ready, but your motherly insticts kick in, you do what you have to do and there's always a way to supply and get what your baby needs. When people tell me their waiting till their finiacially ready, I always say your never finacially ready but you'll always find a way to get what your baby needs. Just my thought's, hope everything works out the way you hope it to. I think you would be a wonderful mom.
I have the hugest craving for a chocolate bar right now, I don't know If I can resist, I'll have a bottle of water first and see if that chases the craving away.
Here's a link to an amazing lady's journal, some of you may have read it before, she post's every Saturday with her new weigh in and her weekly journal, this journal is the one that got me moving and losing back in January. She's my Hero,
Alison if your reading this hope you don't mind, me posting you link here. Alisons Journal
Sara, THANKS for the lecture. I do keep water at work and I drink it all. About 80 oz. during the day. I'm pulling myself away from my pity party and getting on with losing weight. So There! I must have missed somethng somewhere. Do you suspect your preggers? Get thee to a drug store and do a test. Inquiring minds want to know!
Ladies, I hope this isn't considered selling/advertising. I've found a wonderful, no ads, magazine about food and good health. It's called "Eating Well". Apparently it's been published before and has just come back to life. It's really neat. Great recipes and articles and discussions on what's right and wrong about the foods we eat. Comes out quarterly. Nope I don't work for them. They have a website too. I'll let you guess what the URL is.
Where is everyone, I'm all yappy today and there's nobody out there to listen.!!!
Anyways just wanted to post and let you all know that the chocolate bar did not make it's way into my mouth, instead I opted for Strawberry Twizzlers, at 161 cal and .5 grams of fat, I think I made the right choice. I'm proud of myself.
You DID make a great choice!! Kudos to you for overcoming your chocolate temptation!! I, too, have been craving chocolate today--BIG TIME!!! Luckily, I don't have any in the house.
Good for you! All the small steps add up to BIG things!
Thanks for your kind words. I wanted to say that I hope that things work out the way YOU would like them to in regard to any future children. IMHO, though, from what I have seen from you on these boards, which I know isn't a whole lot given that I haven't been here long, but you are very down to earth and caring and supportive. I think you will make a wonderful mom and you shouldn't worry about that!!! If that even IS your worry. Maybe your cycle is disrupted because of all your weight loss?? That can happen. Keeping my fingers crossed that it works out the way you would like. If not, then you will deal cuz you will have to
Good luck!! Are you going to get a test?! Keep us posted!
Dinner is over and later I will have an apple. I had a very good eating day. I did not walk today as I got busy around the house as soon as I got up this morning. I'm sure I walked more than had I went for a walk. Tomorrow though I am out the door!!!
Duckie thanks for moving my post over. I am still new at this and have the CRS problem.
Sara thanks again for telling me about this place. I already feel like I am gettting the willpower I need just by reading everyone's post. I am determined to be fit and healthy!!
Sounds like we all have the same challenges...hmm, wonder if skinny people have issues???
Chocolate? I resisted chocolate today too! One of the girls in the office had a bowl of hershy kisses on her desk! She kept asking me if I wanted a kiss and I would say YEAH but not that kind!
My little baby boy is outside playing in the dirt and his daddy is a dud tonight and has gone to bed already! He is beat! All those hours at work have finally caught up to him. At least he has tomorrow off to rest!
Ok update on the Low Carb pasta...I have 3 pkgs here if anyone wants to try it! I have one spaghetti, one elbow mac and one twisty type...first come first serve just email me at mlkotula2comcast.net with your mailing address!
Great to hear that your day was a good one in terms of eating!! That is just as important as the exercise
As for thin people having issues--yup. I have a few friends who are very very thin and they hate that just as much as I hate being overweight. Sometimes it is hard for me to feel sorry for them, LOL!!! Just kidding. One of them feels very self-conscious because she thinks her legs are skin and bones. So, I guess we all have our issues.
Keep a positive attitude and vow to get the exercise in in the morning You CAN do it!!! Tomorrow is a new day...
I read some of the journal that you put a link up for. Wow!!! She is one amazing lady. I haven't had time to read it in it's entirety, but from what I saw she did one heck of a job!!!
Thanks for telling us about this. It truly is inspirational
How is everyone doing today?
A couple of times, that service has been down and I have had to log on the "old fashioned" way, lol!! Geesh!! Talk about a long time!!! I am too impatient
Will it be tough for you to give up your morning coffee? I just gotta have my coffee!! 
Hi Ladies!
If I was working in an office, I'd take 4 or 5-500 ml bottles of water (with lemon added) with me everyday and I'd keep them in the fridge and get one ANYTIME I felt like snacking. I already do that at home! J-ANN... You've already come so far. DON'T make this opportunity a time for looking back with an "if only"... IF ONLY I'd finished losing the weight then. IF ONLY I'd dieted then when I was so much closer to my goal. I KNOW I've said this a thousand times but this is my absolute favorite bit of dieting wisdom: "A year from now, you will wish you had started today!"
I've found a wonderful, no ads, magazine about food and good health. It's called "Eating Well". Apparently it's been published before and has just come back to life. It's really neat. Great recipes and articles and discussions on what's right and wrong about the foods we eat. Comes out quarterly. Nope I don't work for them. 
Hi Duckie...
I, too, have been craving chocolate today--BIG TIME!!! Luckily, I don't have any in the house. 
Maybe your cycle is disrupted because of all your weight loss?? That can happen. Keeping my fingers crossed that it works out the way you would like. If not, then you will deal cuz you will have to
Sara...I forgot....
