greetings earthlings! Thank you so much for the support girls, you mean the world to me. I did better today, even with birthday cake at work. I didn't eat much else, and I rode about 12 miles on my bike. Sweaty girl! Hee Haw! And, I started my journal based on some good advice It's good to hear from all of you.... I'm feeling much better now. Also, my binge put right back where I was a week ago, so It's only a pound and a half. And you know what? It's comin off this week, plus another pound and a half. Take that fat demon poo poo head!!!

We are stronger than food. And there is no reason to give in to the little demon who tries to tell us it's ok to eat the stuff that keeps us this way. The thin girl I swallowed, has had enough. It's war!

love, Jen

Woo-Hoo Jenni! You tell 'em! Love your attitude. I swallowed a fat girl myself, and I'm trying my derndest to get her back. Excellent distanceon the bike! Is tt a real bike, or stationary? I remember you were worried about walking in the neighborhood, so does this mean that you got yourself some stuff? I'm asking Santa for stuff myself. Have a great day girls! Today we get to be inspired by Jenni!!

Did I say I swallowed a fat girl... man, I'm still barely awake I guess. I swallowed a thin girl.

I knew you could get up and start over Jen. This time around I know we will all do it for good. Yikes, I have to weigh in tomorrow. I am nervous,not because I have been bad but I lost 6 pounds week 1 and 3 pounds week2 so I know it is gonna taper off and start getting harder to lose and I just don't want to get depressed if it isn't a significant loss. I alos don't want to go back to the 1 1/2 hourd of exercise 7 days a week that I had to do to lose the 135 pounds in the first place.It was hard.

Good job Jenn!

I will be weighin in at the docs today. I am going to weigh myself at work first and then see what their scale says. Of course I will pick the lowest one. HEE-HEE-HEE!!!

Keep it up girls! Ya'll are doing tee-rific!
AngieMe, don't you dare get discouraged! You will keep losing. If it happens that you get stuck, it's only temporary. Keep drinking lots of water! It really helps. And remind yourself it's not ok to cheat. Now, I don't mean we can't ever have anything good. But we PLAN for it. Don't go nuts and eat the whole carton of ice cream (yes I've done it.... it was a smaller carton, but still...)
We can't do this if we deny ourselves every good thing, but just make sure you plan for it, and stick to portion size. It makes things easier to know that maybe you can save a few calories for that fudgesicle, or cookie after supper..... yum.

Anyway, I've lost 1.5 pounds in 2 weeks, but I'm still trying. And I've had a few setbacks.... you just keep on going!

The bike is stationary, so I get to watch my fave tv shows, and my little girl is starting to become less clingy, so I can ride without her in my lap. Ok I'm getting long winded again. Keep you chins up girlss, and remember, soon we'll all have only 1 chin

Just kidding. I hope I didn't offend, I'm just feeling corny tonight.
Love you,
Jen E Bean

Jenni, It's a good thing when you gt corny. Becasue, you're picking us up when we start to get shakey here. Glad you're stationary biking... sweat it up girl! And I agre with portion control, and saivny our small cheats. CONGRATS ON 1.5 POUNDS OF YOU GONE FOREVER!!What ag ood start, and with your positive attitude, you can probably lose that much each week. That's the healthy way to lose, not 10 pounds of water each week, but about 2 pounds of real fat. SO, you're on the right track. I'm maintaining lately. I think it's the aerobics i'm doing. I think I'm getting muscle now, and even though I"m still wanting to lose weight, I"m at a plateau because of exercise. And, I"m not really doing good with food. NO bad, but not cutting really far back, to increase fat loss. Oh well. Good job Jenni!

Great job Jenni!!! I did my weigh in today and I lost 1.5 pounds this week for a grand total of 10.5 pounds this month.Only 66 more pounds to go!!!YIPPEE!! Jen, I loved the chins joke...Hopefully everyone has a sense of humor,afterall our diet sight is called 3 fat chicks*GRIN*.

I don't know if you guys know this or not but I credit all of you with helping me stay on track this time. I come on here and check out everyones journals and posts in the evening.(My munchie time) so I don't eat.THANK YOU FOR BEING MY FRIENDS!!!

I'm so proud of you girls!! And remember, muscle weighs more than fat. Sometimes you have to go by the way your clothes are fitting (or falling off) I did pretty good today. Resisted temptation at least 5 times. I didn't get to bike, because we were busy with or pumpkins. We have a skeleton and a cat. I'm taking the kids to the church festival tomorrow night, so I probably won't get to bike....Oh! wait! It's ER night. Yep, those kids are going down at 8 and I'm on the bike for CSI and ER. woo hoo! Now that's incentive right?

Keep it up gals, and happy halloween tomorow!

Love, Jen

Jenni! You are such a bundle of hapiness and light girl! I love to see your posts! And where do you get those emoticons (critters)? I"m so proud that you're planning your day to the T, and even if you can't exercise, you're trying to get it into your day. Oh, and it's definitely my night for TV too -- CSI and ER... love it! Another incentive for me too, to get a bike! That's some serious peddling huh!

AngieME: Your victories are ours too! When we see people achieve something, I think we all feel great inside, and it motivates us, that we can do it too, even in bad times.

KempyD: How'd your weigh in go? And are you part of WW or something? Or do you just limit yourself to weighing yourself a thome, once per week? What's the weigh in? ( I hate scales). Hope you're plugging along!

As for me: I'm stressed, exhausted, even after a long nights sleep. There's been stuff at work, and i"m on edge all the time. I did go to aerobics last night, and sweated more than ever before, My cousin, who goes with me, commented that I was melting, I said "Good! I could use some melting!" It's terribly cold rainy and windy here, and that's depressing me. I'm taking today off of work to deal with hubby's health care stuff. I need a respite. Ugh! Plow on Girls!

I don't want to talk about the weigh in. I have put back on the 3.5 I lost and they brought 2 with them. I guess it will take a little more on my part. I blame this on my hubby (not really) our dog just came back from duck school and we leaves to go out of town. I am not used to haveing to get her fed and let her out and put her in the pen when I leave. To top it all off she started her first heat. YIKES!!! I have always had cats the were fixed. I don't know what to do and of course I am going through this by myself. When I get up in the morning I don't have enought time to get her ready and get myself to the gym. What am I going to do when ew have kids. I am falling apart with a dog.

That is too bad kempyd, you sound like you are under alot of stress right now.Keep your chin up. When is your hubby coming home? Do you have time in the evenings to walk your dog? That way the dog will get his attention and you will get some exercise. I had a scary experience walking the dogs this morning... At the end of our walk is a trailer with an Akita mix who sounds like he wants to kill us through the window so I don't go all the way down anymore. Well today we were walking the dogs and were almost to where we turn around and I could see something on the sidewalk...It was that damn dog crouching down and watching us(Like a cat does when it is stalking a bird or something) I stopped dead and told my husband to look so we tried to turn around and my JRT sees the dog well he thinks he is big so he wants to go see the dog and we are trying to turn around without letting that dog get near. The Akita stands up and takes a couple of steps towards us so I yell NO<STAY and we start up the hill. Needless to say It didn't take long to get up the hill so I am sure with all the adrenaline I was pumping I got in a good workout. I don't know what it is with loose dogs and this neighborhood!!!

Hubby will be home tonight. I walk her when I get home from work but i have to rush b/c of the time change. I hate this stupid time change. Does anyone know why we do it? I have to be done b4 dark b/c we have no street lights in my subdivision and all I can think about is snakes on the road at night.

uughh, I hate snakes!!! Do you have big ones? I know the time change has screwed me up too. It gets dark here before 5:00 now.I really hate not being able to walk at night too.During the summer I love walking in the dark but we don't have any sidewalks up by my house so I don't really dare to do it.

The only one that I have seen was adead one right at the entrance to the subdivision. I try to steer clear if I can. Our back yard backs up to a rather boggy area. I am sure there are some creepy crawly things back there. My cat has brought moles and mice to me so I know some sort of preditor has to be there.