I'm cautiously hopeful right now that it is a pulled muscle since I am a bit better today and have a bit more range of mobility. But gosh this has been painful and nerve wracking! After I finish this post I will be paying some bills then going back to bed and applying more heat to my abdomen. Being in bed so much just for one day is already driving me crazy but it's gotta be done. I've already cancelled all my plans I had for this week and this coming weekend. My hubby was so good and cooked dinner and fixed my plate for me and brought it to me in bed and cleaned the kitchen too. Whatever I needed he brought to me last night. He's been pretty worried too I think. I will not be working out though for awhile so I can heal and honestly I'm scared to now! To compenstate I am trying to think and see how I can modify my eating and go to 1200 calories alone. I've done it before and lost weight that way very slowly. But it's better than nothing. Have a great day all!

188.8 today...yay...

HI ANNE ....good to see you!

HI BRAT ....better!

Working closer to home but a lot of work to do!

I'm weighing in at 216 today. So I am doing good so far on food/calories and no exercise. I'm better than what I was physically but progress is slow. Still keeping my fingers crossed that it's a strained muscle. I did find and qualify for some affordable private health insurance through my new university so I now do have insurance yay. So that is a big load off my mind. I'm going to give myself another week or so to try to heal and go from there.

EZMONEY- Been laying off the beers have you? hehe :-) Good job.

Bye team!

HEY TEAM ~

Well I hit 188.8 again today...much better than the 191 over the week-end!

I should lose another on Friday...prepping tomorrow with NO FOOD for my colonoscopy on Friday....

always a pleasure!...NOT!!

Proud of you BRAT!....but beer today ....zero tomorrow with the prep....dang!

Be good

Gary-- Have fun with that one!! What a way to lose a few.

Did BL DVD tonight..good for the butt. 176.6 today..looking for it to go down after TOM. Life is just full of twists and turns these days. I want a better life!!!

Hi TEAM ~

Going in for the procedure this morning...

Prep work was a pain, as always with this stuff....the no eating for food all day yesterday wasn't too bad....

it would of been nice if the job I was working on wasn't sandwiched between a P.F. Changs and a J.B. Brewery....In-N-Out behind me and Ruby's Diner in front....oh the smells!!

Good news....190.6 yesterday morning ~ 185.6 this morning...

now to try and keep that extra bonus off as I work on a few more.

MINDY ~ Hugs and prayers towards the better life you are asking for!

Be Good TEAM

Good morning everyone! Had first grandbaby this week. WOW!!!! And I lost weight!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful on plan weekend. My grandmother has her pacemaker worked on today please help me pray for her.

Gary-Whoo.. what a way to lose weight. Hope the test goes well and all is clear.

Mtiger- I just said a prayer for you so that you can achieve the better life that you are looking for.

Toobig-Wow a baby in the family, congrats! Prayers for your grandma. My great grandmother has a pace maker and it does wonders for her.

As for me.. I'm hanging in there at 216. I went back to the doctor this morning and it is not a hernia and it is not a pulled muscle. It is in fact a massive infection in my stomach/belly button area and it's possibly staph. So it is a potentially serious infection if I'm not careful and I will be on meds for it for awhile. But no surgery is the great news since no hernia. So I am very relieved. But I am still supposed to take it easy until I start feeling better and etc. So hopefully in about ten days I'll be back to my old self pain free and knot free in my stomach. Have a great weekend team!

Hope you get better fast!

BRAT ~ HUGS!

Hi TOO BIG

Well...dang...those pounds came all back overnight....

190 this morning....

Colonoscopy went well (?) doc found 1 medium size polyps but said it looked fine but sent to lab...

Angie and I hit Soup Plantation for dinner....I had a nice salad and then had the small bowls of 6 soups...yep I said 6..lol....I had 3 beers for the day

hope the weight this morning is sodium....

Working the BBQ this afternoon for 3 hours at the Viking Fest with my wife/daughter/dil like we do every year for my ex-wife....will be tons of fun...

now all I have to do is stay away from too much beer and samples of sausage I will be cooking...

Pray for me!

Be Good

Went out to eat last night to get out of the house and to have a date with hubby.. We went to Genghi's and then stopped by the Cheesecake factory and hubby got dessert to go while I waited in the truck since sitting upright at dinner had made me start to hurt again and wear me out. I don't think I was quite ready for our outing last night but getting out of the house for some fun also felt good. I'm at 216 this morning again. Then we got a movie on the way home too. I fell asleep halfway through the movie and I finally got to sleep on my side without too much discomfort. Last night is the first night in a week that I've slept really well and wasn't woken up by pain. I'll be spending the day doing homework so have a great day team!

Waiting on TOM. Should have been yesterday, but no. Hopefully today. Need to get it over so I can lose this weight gain. 178.6 today!! Yikes!!!

Did Bootcamp the other night at school. Was really sore yesterday. So we did Cardio MAx last night. Man...not doing those DVD's all summer shows.
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Thanks for the well wishes guys. I need to figure this out. It won't be easy.

Gary- congrats on surviving the procedure. Viking Fest???

Brat- Get feeling better!!

Lord have mercy!! I know TOM is in the house but 180.6 today...really??? You have got to be kidding. That is like a 7 pound gain. Unthinkable. Guess I will have to wait and see what the next week holds. Gonna work out like a madman and see if I can at least get back down to below 175. Crap!!!

HI TEAM :)

Well crud...I weighed in at 190 this morning....but...I have an excuse ;)

I had to work the Viking Fest yesterday for the ex....my wife and daughter, sil and dil....we were on the BBQ for 5 hours....

so working the BBQ means you get very hot and thirsty...beer is available and plenty comes free for volunteers...I have a designated driver at all times in Angie ....we BBQ polska kielbasa and grill onions...we work next to a booth that serves lamb sausage...cheese pitas and lamb/burger/onions wrapped in phyllo dough....we have for years...we get along great...they love to give us free samples...

so you see...it's not my fault!

And now my homemade pizza is ready...Angie has tomatoes and spinach....mine is loaded with pepperoni...at least it is turkey....

I need work!

be good :hug:

Hope everyone has a good week

Back to doing some heavy duty DVD's. I worked hard tonight. I am pissed that I gained 7...yep7..pounds before TOM. How can that even happen. Now I want them gone...like now!!! I am begining to feel like I will always be in the 170's someplace. Distressing.

Sunday 190 ~ Monday 191 ~ today 187.8.....

heck I can't figure this stuff out but I must be sweating off some calories from the heat wave that is crushing us here!

I'm still here in spirit. I'm just taking a break and trying to focus on getting better. The infection I've had has turned out to be a pretty serious staph infection and it's kicking my behind right now. Plus TOM is here and it's not pretty. Have a good one guys!

HUGS for my TEAM!

Hey guys.. I found us all the way on PAGE THREE! Come on guys! I'm still hanging in there but am in need of some encouragement and we can't do that if we are on page THREE! I have a surgeon's appointment on Tuesday morning since this staph infection isn't going away and there is something impacted or stuck in the belly button area. So I'm not working out strenously for right now due to being a bit scared to. My doctor made the procedure that I will have sound really easy. Hopefully it is something as simple as an in office procedure or a small day surgery. I'll know more on Tuesday. Have a great Sunday guys!

Prayers BRAT!

Back from camping but short on time....

Be good.....I wasn't!....lol....

will "weigh" the damage in the morning!

I hope everyone is doing well! I've been eating the same, that's gotta stop! I joined my 5K and it is November 7! It's to raise money for lung cancer research. I don't know if I'm allowed to post a donation link here but if anyone is interested in sponsoring me that would be great!

I hope everyone is making better choices than me! If I can get to the gym tomorrow I will be ECSTATIC!

What is everyone going to do this week that will put you in the right direction? I'm going to drink more water and get more sleep!

Finally got away from 210.5 and weighed in at 208.5 this morning! That is half way for me. Thanks for all the support gang.

Brat I am praying for you to be better soon.

Thanks all for the well wishes and prayers. It appears to have worked. I just got home from the surgeon's office and we were able to remove the infected tissue with a small in office procedure! So now it just needs time to heal. I am a bit uncomfortable and sore again but that is to be expected. I have a follow up appointment in two weeks but hopefully this is the tunnel that leads to the light and the end! I am up to ahem 219 because I've been pretty stressed about medical bills and have succumbed to eating emotionally. Have a great day!

Glad to hear things are looking up Brat

177's still. YUCK!!! and WHY????

187-89 and NO TIME!

I will finishe the building I am on, for the most part, Friday and be more available...I think....I just never know with my boss...thought I would be good here for time until he gave me the work schedule.....aaarrrrggghhhh!

We were on PAGE THREE AGAIN GUYS! Come on guys! We have to keep this going while our FEARLESS LEADER GARY is away! I hope everyone had a good weekend. Mine was OK. I'm just spending it being thankful for being able to have the means to pay debt off from hubby's job doing so well despite being unemployed myself. I celebrated today paying off another credit card and finishing all prescriptions for that nasty staph infection by ordering pizza hut. But back on the wagon tomorrow morning. Have a great night!

Had funeral for uncle yesterday. My family is dieing off on me. And all so young.

HI GALS :^:

Sorry I haven't been posting. I was actually working close to home the last 3 weeks but was swamped with "stress"....usually doesn't happen to me at work. We were just under such a time commitment to finish w/o overtime and my boss really wanted me to keep the crew a couple of guys short for the budget....that the carpenters before me blew by 2 months! Being the next guy the weight falls to me....

All is good today, the job came in under my alloted budget and I am getting a day off now to regroup and catch my breath :carrot:

I have stayed between 187-189.8 all month. I have taken some small steps to lower my calories by buying more "light-weight" soups for my lunches instead of the chunky kind. I am limiting myself to 3 beers a day and water/coffee.

I have been getting a few walks in the last couple of weeks....something I missed for a few weeks with stuff happening.

BRAT ~So glad you are feeling better and are paying some of the debt down...a good move to take weight off in more than one situation ;)

TOOBIG ~ I am so sorry to hear that. We lost a husband of a good friend of ours yesterday (older fellow) and today I read an old high school friend I hadn't talked to in 8 years passed away :(

Be good TEAM :)

Glad to see you back and sorry to hear about your loss.

Toobig and Gary- So sorry for your losses.

Gary- I love those chunky soups too myself. But they are calorie heavy! Good job on making the switch. We are trying to lighten our load financially as well to help with stress and debt is sneaky and just worms its way into every aspect of life. We have paid off all 3 of my credit cards recently. Now moving onto the bigger debt we have.

I have come to a conclusion about working out. I'm still not cleared completely medically to go back to working out. The swelling in my abdomen is finally gone and all the other signs of infection are gone. I just have one bruise left and it's gonna take awhile for it go away. Anyways my conclusion is that for me to work out on a daily basis I need to go back to one of the great loves in my life which is dancing. Before I got ill with this staph infection I had been trying to do treadmills, biking, circuit training and hating every minute of it! Anyways night night!

GEESH!! Things have gotten busy this week. Took Monday off to work on the barn...that was fun!! We are MEAP testing at school...huge deal. WOrking out late every night, but getting it in. Weight is up and I want to hurt something. I seriously do not know what to do differently. I think I will be in the 170's for the rest of my life. Ladies..Keep up the good work. Any ideas or suggestions...send them my way.

I still am pretty off track. I'm still eating off plan and am tired still so still am resting/sleeping a lot. My body just still feels pretty beat up from the staph infection and the procedure I had to have so I'm giving myself a bit of leeway for right now. I was proud of myself yesterday. Had a yogurt for breakfast then chicken salad for lunch then dinner went out to eat. So I had two good meals out of 3 lol. Have a good day!

Hey all.. Where did everyone go!? I hope all had a good weekend. My weekend was spent again resting and recovering from the week and getting ready for this week once again. I'm still sleeping a lot at times so I'm still kind of taking it easy. I finally have no more bruising now on my abdomen visible so that's something! Hope all is well with everyone!

Brat- Glad to hear you are feeling better!

Everything here is pretty good. Ya'll may remember when my dad got sick with liver problems? Anyways, he has been living seven hours away from me and the rest of our family and now he is moving closer. This is going to make my life harder as I try to help care for him but I am thrilled to be able to do it. Change is hard!

Toobig-That is a worthy thing to change your life for. Change is hard for sure. Just simply being there for a loved one who is ill is hard but yet you get a lot of memories out of it both good and bad. Despite all the stress and juggling my mom's illness caused me, I don't have regrets at all and just have a lot of memories. :-)

Hope all is well with everyone. I woke up feeling a bit under the weather due to allergies I'm hoping. One day it's pretty cool here then the next day it's super warm so I think my sinuses just don't know what the heck is going on with the weather right now despite it being so nice. Have a great day!

Thanks for the support, I'm sure glad to have people around who understand. I am looking forward to having my dad close. Hope you have a good day, I recommend allergy doctors. I went through two years of shots and they really helped.

Hi TEAM ~

Sorry to leave you so abruptly but my boss sent me out of town w/o notice and no computer! I came home tonight but will go back and work all week-end and next week...I may catch up a bit tomorrow night after I come home...

weight is the same...will weigh in tomorrow morning at 3:30am before i head out...will let you know if there is good news..lol...

My prayers are with you and your concerns as you all are always on my prayer list!

be good

Things have been really nuts around here. Work has been busy,giving the MEAP test to my class. Staff meetings, working out after school etc. Then there have been family birthday get togethers and band concerts etc. Then one night I found out my sister has stage breast cancer. Devastating!!!! She is mad and freaked out and not handling it well. She is having surgery on Wed, which includes removing her lymph nodes. Needless to say..it has been a tough week. Keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

TOM is on the way.so weight is out the window. Nothing is happening anyway, so :dunno: