like a bad penny...
 

...I just keep turning up! I just had my lunch and I'm sitting here, re-grouping, trying to decide what to do next. I went out this morning and bought some wreaths and my pine roping for around the windows. I really need to get into the garage and look for the Christmas lights, but that is a very daunting proposition...too messy and scary out there. Dh is on nights this week so I guess I let him sleep for now. (as opposed to telling him to go find the lights!) I think I'll get caught up on some wrapping while the kids are still at school.

I'm going to give myself a little pat on the back here. I had cookie dough in the fridge for a few days now, waiting for me to finish baking it! Today, I rolled it up, dipped the balls in cinnamon and sugar and baked the whole batch. I did taste two small ones, just to "make sure they were OK!" :lol: They were! The point is, I stopped at two, but I think I would not have even eaten them if I was not hungry. You hear it all the time, "Don't shop on an empty stomach," well let me just add to that..."NEVER bake cookies on an empty stomach!" :cookie: :cookie: 'Nuff said.
I'm still low carbing, my God, there is SUCH a difference in how I feel. There are absolutely no cravings! I sat there last night, amazed, thinking, WOW, I am really not hungry!** I am not craving anything...even though I know there are still Hershey's miniatures and kisses :chockiss: in my pantry.

**Not that hunger ever has anything to do with what and when I eat...usually I'll just eat it if I know its there!

So, I'm feeling good about all that. :yes:

Sara...I'm with Thin...so glad there was no need for you to answer a call, but proud of your involvement in such a worthy pursuit.

Thin...Thank you so much for posting all that info! Always good to read and reinforce good advice!

2cute...you probably don't get much more sleep that I do, with the crazy hours that you keep! My phone rings all morning too...grrr...

Susie...do you want me to PM you the list of names to join in our exchange? BTW, your son is adorable! Enjoy your days off and rejoice in that 1/2 pound...that is an accomplishment this time of year!

Duckie...so sorry about your water woes! That's rough. (kind of funny, though, picturing your little guy, having fun, splashing around!)

Lucky...EXCUSE ME? whatcha tawkin 'bout??? Not clearheaded, MOI? I don't know what you mean...what were we talking about, again?

Tina...that restaurant sounds great! You had my mouth watering there! We LOVE Chinese food around here...must look for a Mongolian BBQ, never been to one, but I have heard of them. :T I have one of those bands if you want it, God knows I haven't used it in years, but I hung on to it! Just in case I got the urge...you know...I'd be happy to mail it to you...need anything else? A step, Ab-Roller, videos? I could open up a frickin' gym with all the almost new, hardly ever used stuff I have here! Anyone else?

Baylee...when those guys are done eith your attic, coudja send 'em over here to clean out my garage so I can find my Xmas lights?? Thanks...'preciate it!

Mary...I love your picture, there you are, with all your books!
Any applicants for the job?

Tontoy...hey! where ya been? Good luck with WI. (not Wisconsin!)

Steph...what's up? How is your end of the Garden State?

Michelle...busy busy girl...come say hi one of these days!

Syn...don't be a stranger, pop in and see us more often! I must say, that was good advice that our Miss Thin gave you...try to get out of the house and just be around people and enjoy the season. Easy to give advice, I know, but I want you to take care of yourself and be happy.

Please forgive me if I missed anyone...I have been on here WAY too long...once again...gotta go!

Love to all

Sara I got your card and your beautiful.
Thin- I know where Marine City is. Peter had a GG Uncle that settled there.
I applied for the job today two others have applied.

Very sleepy...
 

Just taking a second to post. Today has been EXTREMELY busy and I'm on a crisis line shift all night. From what I gather, the midnight to 8am shift is generally quiet (save in an emergency) so I SHOULD be able to sleep... unless I'm too wrapped up in thinking about possible calls!

You chickies are so sweet to me re: my picture I included in the cards. I felt happy with the way I looked that night... something I could never say 100 and some odd pounds ago!

Baylee: Before and after pics?! I'm not AFTER yet... still approximately 17 pounds from my goal (I'll find out tomorrow morning's WI). Any pics of me now will just be PROGRESS pics!

Duckie: I'm happy that you've gotten yourself settled (at least somewhat) into your new place! I admire how quickly you took care of everything! I can't imagine having to pack up and be outta my house by next month! Hopefully you'll soon be able to relax and enjoy Christmas. I'm surprised you haven't gotten my card yet either. I sent them all at the same time and you'd think, being the only other Canadian in the exchange, you'd be the first to get it! Lemme know when you do! I'm still waiting for my first card to arrive too!

Thin & Kat: Thanks for the support about the crisis lines. Hopefully no one needs it tonight either!

*yawn* I gotta go veg now! :)

Sara :)

Ok you all....just a quickie to let you know I sent out my cards today but I'm sorry to say I didn't get to include a picture. I will get one done and send them out after Christmas.

I had to work till 8 tonight and I have to work tomorrow on my day off....I could use the overtime money right now. But the bad thing is we are suppose to have an ice storm tomorrow morning! At least I only live 5 miles away!

Ok gotta get to bed before I drop! TTFN MIchelle

This is my first mean post.......
 

Ok, Kat, Lucky, and Baylee ........are you guys gonna let me work myself into a frazzle all by myself? This is your *NEW* :drill: speaking and I demand some action! WE all said that beginning December 1st, that we were making a change..........for the better! We will NOT get mired down in this Holiday cooking and ol' stinkin thinkin! We can do this. Has Sara taught us nothing? If I can do this, you can do this. Come on guys........take my hand. Not just the above mentioned, but ALL of you. I have so much faith in us and I KNOW we can do anything that we set our mind to. If you have been doing well, then please ignore the above instructions......if you've been slacking, then grab ahold and let's get going. :dancer: Where do I get all this enthusiasm and motivation you might ask? Well, first of all............FROM YOU GUYS!

Secondly, have you checked out the new stats? Guess who went to WI (not Wisconsin) tonight and lost 9 pounds last week?!!!!

:goodvibes :high: :dancer: :balloons: :yikes: :lucky:

This is my second nice post.....
 

Hey guys! Now that we got that :drill: out of the way, let me tell you about my night. I went to WI (not Wisconsin) ;) and I stepped on the scales and I noticed my leader was looking kinda funny and she grabbed the calculator and said, "Yes, that's right." Of course I was dying to know, so I looked at my stats and said, "No way!" And she said, "Yep, (cause this is Tennessee you know) :lol: you lost 9 pounds this week." Now granted I did gain 5.4 last week, but as she pointed out, even with the gain, in the last two weeks, I've lost 3.6. She said I must have been retaining last week. Retaining what? I can only guess. A three pound bowl of butter? :lol:

You guys know that I was only playing around in the above post. Everyone has to do this on their own, (so to speak) and every once in awhile, in addition to love and support need a little kick in the butt or a little :high:. Please know I am always here for all of you to give you both. I guess I just got overly excited. :^: I don't even remember walking back out to the car. I think I floated.

Anyways, that's all for now. I'm off for the next four days and I plan on taking full advantage of them. Tomorrow, I am RESTING. I will not stress out, will not insist on cleaning this messy house, will not try to do all the things I can't do while I'm working. I am going to take it easy and not do a gosh darn thing. I think after working the last ten days in a row, I deserve it.
I'm gonna crawl up on the couch with my nice warm blanket and read a good book tomorrow or maybe take a nice long bubble bath. Who knows? I might just sleep all day. All I know is......I need a little ME time and I hardly ever get that.

Take care my lovelies and I will see you tomorrow. :love:

going out of town for a few days
 

This hopefully will be short since I got no sleep in 2 days and I have to drive to Missouri Wed in the morning to take my mom to the doctor. I won't be back until Friday or Saturday. Don't talk about me while I am gone. LOL

Tina... that drill sergant :drill: wasn't talking to me. I have been a pretty good girl. (wish they had that girl with the halo back instead of the angel flying) CONGRATULATIONS on your 9 pounds being gone. Way to go girl !!!

I got my cards in the mail!!!!
I still can't believe I am doing this. LOL
I did not give Sara my address until the "last minute".
I was not going to participate at all... and then I decided to
"just send cards" ... it sounded kind of fun. :twirly:
Now I have gone to "sending photos" :eek:
Not only photos... but a "full body" picture !!!! :yikes: LOL

I have to confess... I was going to cut it down to only a head shot and pretend it was a billfold size. LOL
Then I decided you guys were all adults and you could handle my chest too. :lol: LOL LOL.
Then my daughter said...(in a somber voice)

"Mom, let them know 'all' of you".
I almost starting crying. :cry: :cry:

I was soooo ashamed of "all of me".
There are very few people here who have ever weighed as much as I weighed....if any.... 350++
Sometimes I wonder why we even call it 300+ when so few weigh 300 ?? LOL .... but I wouldn't trade a single one of you "skinny" women for all the 300++++ gals in town.

I just want "us" to be here for any that might show up.
It is important to feel like you "belong". It is important for us to stay before/during/and after our weight loss. "We" need to be here for those who have not found us yet. Our successes will be "their" HOPE. Just like your successes are my hope... I hope my perseverence and lifes experiences help someone too.

Whoa... I have gotten way off the path here.
This is getting too deep. LOL

Sara... You may not have gotten some of the cards if everyone did not put extra postage on your card. The postman told me it cost extra to mail to Canada. I did not know that. I have the correct postage, so mine should get there soon.

Hey ladies... have I told you lately how much I love you???
Well... I do. Like I said... I would not have had the courage to send those pictures to just anyone. In fact... I have told Sara not to give out my address to anyone else. I guess I need to tell all of you since you all have my address too.
My mailbox is closed to anyone who does not already have it.
Not that I don't want to be as helpful as possible...I DO... but it took many many posts, and shared stories of struggles and victories for me to reach that place of "trust".
I have been hurt many times over my lifetime due to my size.
I don't "trust" anyone anymore. But I have come to trust you.

Oh yes... one more thing. Please do NOT tell me how beautiful I am. LOL I really hate that. (not that I am... you guys are just nice like that) . I think it has to due with being "judged" for soooooooo many years.
It is okay to say how "cute" I am though. :lol: After all... that is my name and my affirmation. 2cute2Bfat :smug:

See you all Friday or Saturday. Remember... don't talk about me while I am gone.

NOW THAT 2CUTE IS GONE...
 

Anyone have some juicy gossip to dish out about her?! :lol:

Btw, 2Cute, I have a genuinely fuzzy-feeling inside that you trust us like you do. I feel the same way about all of you! :love:

TINA!TINA! ...

YOU ARE AMAZING! :cp: 9 pounds down in a week?! Woohoo! I'd say that makes you officially ON TRACK! I'm so proud of you! Go Tina, GO TINA! WOOOHOOO! :D

Yep. Been up since 5:15 am. Got my first call on the crisis lines... glad that's under my belt.

Okay. Gotta send an email to the center and then hopefully I can catcha couple of more hours of shut-eye! See ya shortly for WI Wendesday!

Sara :)

Good work 2Cute 9 pounds is great.

Good morning ladies!

I have been sick for the last week fighting off a cold, I have managed to make it into work. They are doing massive layoffs at my company, but luckily I survived this one. I also had some good news when I got on the scale this morning. I am down another two pounds. That finally gets me in the 220's. I am so proud of myself but I was worried because I went over a couple of points on Saturday. I have a long way to go but I know I and we all can make it.

Congratulations Tina! Wow! I wish I could loose nine pounds. Everyone is doing fantastic.

Have a great day!

Tonya
244/228/150

first of all...
 

YES, DRILL SAR-GENT! said in best Forrest Gump voice.
THANK YOU SIR, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER? :drill:

Tina, you are one tough cookie! And don't go apologizing and getting all wishy washy on us, after a good old fashioned butt kickin'!!!!! That's what we need!! (right, Lucky? Tell her!) And, by the way, re: 9 lbs gone? Holy $#!T! I could diet and exercise til the :moo:s come home and not lose 9 lbs in a week!! WAY TO GO, Sarge!! :cp:

Baylee...ahem...whatever do you mean?? I have some reputation around here! Do you really think that I would come up with some double entendre there about a man ...yeah baby...coming...wink wink...in a couple of minutes?...guffaw, chortle, choke...what kind of person would be that immature??? gee...let me think!

2cute...Your post was SO touching! I really appreciate your honesty. I want to comment more, but I can't think or see straight at this point...
must sleep...zzzzzzzzzzzzz :sorry: :tired: :yawn: :faint: :sssh:

I'll be back...
that's not a threat, that's a promise!:nono:

hey everyone. I got cards from Kat, Michelle, and Lucky today. I wrote out my cards today and will mail them tomorrow. No picture though I promise I will send one out after the holidays. Tina- 9 pounds Way to go! That's awesome. Duckie- glad that you finally got your housing under control before the holidays. Congrats to you to Tonya on your 2 lbs and being in the 220's. 2cute- don't be so hard on yourself. The size of your body doesn't matter so much as the size of your heart. We are all here to support unconditionally. I can't wait to finally be able to put faces to some of the people who have become an important part of my life. Well that's enough talking from me. Gotta go get some wrapping done.
Steph

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