I found another really good website tonight. Been there looking around and it has a WW points counter too. shhhh(I think its a secret)

www.stormpc.com/ww/

Night girls

Sandy I'm here!! I had to work late tonight....and I have a killer of a headache again today! Don't know whats up with that!!

Was it Deon that asked about WATP? That is Leslie Sansone's Walk Away The Pounds video tape. Its walking in your living room in a small space so there is no excuse not to get your exercise in..even if its raining or snowing! LOL I have the DVD and my DVD player is NOT hooked up so I have an excuse! LOL...Now if I got off my duff and tried to hook it up myself instead of waiting for my DH to do it then I could use my DVD again!

Anyways....Miss TINA!! Here goes my turn to kick YOUR hiney into gear...the raisins are good for you...and sorry you consumed the whole darned bag but get it out of your system now because I am on my way to catch up and surpass your marvelous weight loss...I weighed in this morning on my way to work and I lost 10 lbs on my first week back! And I just have to say one other thing to you....OH MY GOD GIRLFRIEND...WHAT A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR CURRENT PHOTOS...YOU ARE LOOKING SOOOO GOOD ALREADY!! I sat here and said DANM...that girl is doing awesome...I am jealous!!! So now you need to get back up on that horse and ride forward so I have some competion here!!

I have one other thing to tell you all before I bail and head for bed...I went to weigh today at the morning meeting that I went to last fall...and when I went in there was this elderly lady there that I didn't recognize until I heard her voice...we use to sit together for the meetings every week and she sure does look good. She lost 73 lbs....if it wasn't for her voice I wouldn't have recognized her...and like Sara says...one year from now you will wish you had started!! If only I had stuck to it back then I wouldn't have this much to lose today!!

With that said...TTFN Love you guys!! Michelle

:bravo: :cb: Michelle, you rock chick-ee-pooh!!!:bravo: :cb:

Wow 10 lbs.....what a loss. Keep up the good work. And I also listen and repeat that saying of Sara's all the time....about a year from now.....I'm on my way....and so are all of you.

Sounds to me like the chicks here on this thread are gonna have one awesome March.

Love and hugs,
Sandy

Hey Chicks
 

It finally got into the 30's and wasn't snowing so I got in my 2 mile walk. It takes me 40 min but I did it.

Does anyone, (Sara, probably) know what the ratio should be miles to minutes? Ya know what I am asking? I want a goal. Plus the faster I get the further I can go, right! :?:

Glad to see everyone doing so well.

Michelle, any good "give me back our money" work stories??

Mary, relatives - - - what can you do? Don't resort to eating!

2Cute, what do you mean feeling weird? Are you taking on my issues?:s:

Deon, do you do machine quilting or stitch by hand? I want to start machine quilting but now I won't do it until next Winter. Too much yard work in the Spring, Summer and Fall.

Here is a picture of me! :D

You ladies are the biggest bunch of yappers!
 

Everything is peachy keen here. My food has been good since my "binge" on Tuesday night... right back on track! It's funny (not ha-ha, but STRANGE) that I can be so disappointed in myself for eating too much when my weight never climbed out of the 130s. Hmm... I think the disappointment I feel at those times has very little to do with "the number" that is my weight, but the feeling of losing control momentarily. For me, this whole journey has been about GAINING control...

Anyhoo, a friend of mine from highschool, who I haven't seen in almost a year, is coming to visit for the weekend tomorrow. (Last time I saw her I was 250 pounds.) She just started WW last week so I'm happy to have company that will be HAPPY to have all the healthy stuff I make around here to eat! PLUS... talking about dieting has become second nature to me so I'm sure we'll chat contentedly for hours! :)

Ummm.... Michelle!!! 10 POUNDS?! CRAZINESS! Congratulations chickie! When you decide to start with a bang... you BANG! :D

Lucky: I'm not sure what the ratio SHOULD be but why don't you just walk it quickly, time yourself, and then try to beat yourself the next day! Beating my personal best is something I strive for! (Although my exercise has not been great in the last few weeks... I'm SOOO looking forward to warmer weather!)

Sandy: I've decided I'm not speaking to you! :mad: I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE those yogurt covered pretzels and I've been craving them ever since you mentioned them! :lol: Hmmm... someone say something to make me crave lettuce! :lol: Congratulations on your two pound loss, btw! That's absolutely wonderful... isn't it GREAT to see those numbers coming down?!

Okay. Gotta scoot for this evening! Almost time for beddie-bye!

Sara :)
Highest Weight: 270
Current Weight: 138

:cb:
Well ladies, do you see that dancin banana, that's me. I'm down 4 lbs. :cloud9:I am so excited. :cb: I'm on my way. Some bad news though, my brother gained a pound and he is quitting. I so hoped it would click for him but he must not be ready right now.:( Maybe another time.

Lucky: love the photo! Your a cutie. :D Yes I do sew it on the machine I don't do your traditional quilting, No patterns or direction or anything, just flyin by the seat of my pants. But hey it looks good thats all I care about.:cool:

Michelle::bravo: Way to go! It feels great don't it?!

I found out just tonight what the WATP is they were talking about it at the meeting. But thanks anyway.

My mom was down 3 lbs. tonight also. I just thought I would throw that in. she is the one that got me started the first time.:angel:

Well I am off to bed and am going to have skinny dreams. :grouphug: :chockiss: To all!

362/358/160

good morning...
 

Hidey Ho ladies. I figured I better post tonight because I don't know if I will have time in the morning. My two daughters and I are going to Missouri together to see my parents. We will come home tomorrow too because my sister is flying back in here tomorrow night and spending the night. It is 2 hours there and 2 hours back.

Michelle ... My daughter was telling me about an older woman at her WW meeting that has lost 76lbs.... but she did it .3, .5, .7 each week. She was the true turtle that kept on keeping on when the rest of us quit because we weren't losing fast enough. What a great example of true success !!!!! I admire her sooooo much.
Congratulations on your 10lbs !!!! That is AWESOME !!!!

Sara... somehow I missed Sandys comments about yogurt covered pretzels. I LOVE THEM TOO !!!! I used to often stop at a half way point to my parents and get them as a snack while driving. Now I am mad at you. :lol: And I have to drive there tomorrow !!! :eek:

Lucky... congrats on your walking !!!! As the old saying goes...
"ACTION speaks louder than words" Way to go girl.!!!!
I think 20 minutes is an average for one mile. But I agree with Sara... make your goal to beat your own time.
Do any of you ride exercise bikes? I knew a girl and her goal was to ride her bike to the cities of her cyber friends. Like if it is 200 miles to Marys house , that was her first goal.... then another 300 miles to Thinthinkers. Walking would take an awful long time... but you could say 1 mile walking equals 10 miles. Then she charted it on a map she made. I always wanted to do that but I just can't walk yet. Hmmm... did that make any sense????

Mary .... don't you just love those darn GS cookies. :T
I am very fortunate that I have not seen a single box yet.
Temptation is my worst enemy. LOL Although right now... I don't think even Girl Scout cookies could get me to cheat.
I don't know what spark has been lit under my butt.... but I don't want to cheat... NO MATTER WHAT !!!!! I am not going to take chances and play russian roulette with this new outlook. :no:

Deon... I liked your thankful Thursday list... looked pretty much like mine. :high:
As for one of your quotes....Nope !!!! :no: :no: I HATE their :censored: honesty. :lol:
But I still love the stupid kids anyways. (well most of the time) :^:
CONGRATULATIONS on your 4 pounds !!!!

Sandy... I need to add a few of your Thankful Thursdays to my list.
And I am really thankful for your new avatar too. LOL
I did not like that last one. I don't know why... it was spooky or something to me. I got the concept of it... but ... but.... I don't know what..... I just did not like it. :shrug:

Steph... have I provided you with plenty to read??? LOL
I cannot imagine climbing stairs like you do. I can barely manuver the one step onto my front porch. :o I could NEVER have a laundry room downstairs.

Thin.... I know you have a lot of stairs too. How do you do it???
You even have an upstairs too don't you ??? God bless you!!!
I miss your old avatar too... remember the hershey kiss??
He was soooooo cute.... just like you.

Tina.... Yogurt raisins..... yogurt pretzels.... YOU GUYS ARE TORTURING ME !!!!!
I am going to have to tape my mouth shut on my drive tomorrow for sure. :tape:
I could always justify the yogurt raisins because that was a fruit serving. :lol:

I hope I have gotten to everyone who posted on this thread.
I am not ignoring you if I missed you... I just missed you. It is late.
J-ann... I see you peeking. ;)

I have got to go. Hopefully I will be in tomorrow night... but with all of the company I will have I just don't know.
But I will promise you this.....

I will return CHEAT FREE !!!!!

Enthusiasm and determination are two of the best weight loss tools you can have.

My dearest Cyber Friends,
Good morning to you all. Today is a brand new day and I still feel great. I will meet my goals slowly but surely. Like everyone says you did not put it on in a week it aint coming off in one. I am thankful for the 18#'s that are gone!
Work is good, we finally got our state contract we have been waiting for, so that means more work for everyone including me! So first I will add Tuesdays on to my work week, then I will be a real full week working person....M-F that is. Then I will add an hour on each day as needed. I did get a fancy new title (office politics) I am now still the office manager but my title is EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR. I shorten it on the letters I send out or anything else to just Executive Assistant!! Soon I will get help in the office for the phones and stuff adn can get my work done better. I have to go to training on the 27th to learn how to do all the state billing and stuff (oh yippee). But, I have to admit after being an at home mom for 10 years I love working, and I still love my job and my boss! We just get along so good. I also got a brandy new desk too.....lol, gonna give the old one to whoever has to come in to make calls and stuff for work.:lol: And thank goodness today is payday!! We went to a 2 week pay schedule and the first time is a pain, but it will be okay! Easier on me, only have to do payroll everyother week now.:)
Well girlies, I will try to pop in again later from work, if we arnt too busy. But, if I don't make it in that means I should have tons of stuff to read when I get home right????:?: :D

:grouphug:'s & :chockiss: 's
Sandy

Lucky you precious little angel you! Thats MY picture...my mommy gave me that picture of me when I was littler!! LOL I think the goal for walking is a 15 minute mile...I think thats in the prevention magazine but I'm not 100% sure about it....so don't quote me!! Ok you want a "GIVE ME BACK MY MONEY STORY"....lets see...last night we worked till 8 pm doing collection calls and I called this guys home number for the umpteenth time and she said she didn't know when he would be home, I asked if he was at work and she said I dont' know...he may be at his parttime job can I take a message...I said yes you can...as a matter of fact you can tell him that Michelle called and if I don't hear from him by noon tomorrow I am sending the constable to his place of employment (major gross violation according to the collection laws here mind you) however, not 5 minutes later was that phone ringing and he was calling to make arrangements to pay off his debt! I have been trying to get ahold of him since Jan. 3rd! Sucker!! Sorry...but I need my money...you took it from me now give it back..I didnt' have an excuse when I gave it to you now I don't expect one back when its time to pay it back...you signed a legally binding contract....so get to it! LOL

Deon congrats on the 4 lb loss! Great job..now if we could just lose 4 lbs a week till we are done that would be awesome...but not realistic!! Like 2Cute said...that lady kept plugging away with 1/2 lb losses and she made it to 76 lbs gone! I think alot of us are going to do this!! 2003 the year for ME!

2Cute...have fun with your girls...and DON'T YOU DARE STOP FOR THOSE PRETZELS! Unless however, you just have one serving size and count them however you are doing your plan so they fit in! Remember...deprivation is the root of all evil when it comes to a healthy eating plan!!

Sandy congrats on the job!

Sara, sometimes we are so hard on ourselves...just put the bad food day behind you and remember we are never going to be perfect...you have done such a great job! Having a splurge is normal, just don't let it control your eating for the rest of your life like it did in the past...you know what you did and you are fixing it now...thats what counts!! Staying in control for the majority of the time!! Like I said before..deprivation is the root of all evil!! Anyways, have fun with your friend..you're success will encourage her to continue with her weightloss efforts once she sees how wonderful you look!

Well my little guy has gotten the swiffer out of the closet and is trying to swiffer the carpet in the livingroom! I should go give him a hand!

TTFN Michelle

Yippee lots for me to read this morning!:) You gals got talkative last night. Boy my legs are sore today, but it kinda feels good. It's been awhile since I was that active. I drank all my water too. I'm aiming for 100 fl. oz. per day. I also had no soda at all yesterday. Food could've been better, but I'm not stressing over it. Michelle- congrats on the 10 lbs. Way to go! You always seem to have a big loss your first week. If I remember correctly, you lost about that much the last time too, right? That's got to be a major motivator. I always get motivated when I see a big loss. Makes me want to keep on going. Sandy- congrats on the new title. Sounds important. It's also great that you like your boss. Makes going to work so much easier and enjoyable. 2 cute- have fun with your daughters in Missouri and try not to give in to those pretzels.:lol: Deon- congrats on your loss as well. Sorry your brother is not sticking with it, but it's great that you are going with your mom. The support is great. Sara- have fun with your company. I'm sure she will love all your healthy stuff. Lucky- love the picture. If I missed anyone, I'm sorry. There were a lot of posts to remember. Well chickies, I have some cleaning to do before I go pick up my son, so I'll be back later. Hopefully there will be something for me to read and respond to.:p
Steph:D

Just wanted to read before I left. :D
Have a great day ladies and remember ... today is .....

FUN FRIDAY !!!!!!!
:cb: :dance: :dancer: :cp: :flow2: :twirly: :hat: :wave:

2Cute's last post made me smile!
 

:) :) :)

Sara :)

Thanks 2cute....
 

I will remember that today is Fun Friday and think I will go get my hair trimmed today. She said to come back in 6-8 weeks and next weekend will actually be 6 weeks, but I will be in Bristol next weekend, (yup, :yes: another race) so I think I will go ahead and get it done. It's starting to feel a little long. That thought actually cracks me up seeing as just 5 short weeks ago, it was down to by butt.

Thanks so much Michelle for that kick in the arse. :drill: I needed it. Sometimes it's so easy to lose sight of your goals and dreams and just say, "What the heck?" I am so proud of you and your 10 lbs. gone. That's my girl. :smug:

CONGRATS to Deon too. I am so proud of you. 4 lbs. gone! :bravo: Sounds like you are on a roll!

Lucky: So good to see you my little angel. I sure do miss you, but if we still get a post here and there, that's fine with me. Well, not fine....:sorry: but I'll take it. On the mile per minute ratio, the average is 15 minutes per mile, but that's a pretty fast pace. Just take your time and go at your own pace and you'll be just fine. {{hugs}}

2cute: Have fun on your trip and be good. Sorry I tempted you with the yogurt raisins. :T I have had just about every brand of them on the market and the kind I get at Walmart is by FAR the best. The brand is Mariani and the yogurt on them is very thick...it almost tastes like white chocolate. I have to be very careful with them...as I've demonstrated. :tape:

Steph: It's real good to have you back with us. I wondered what happened to you. Seems like you have got things back in control too. Good for you. :balloons:

Sandy: Congrats on the fancy schmansy new title. :smug: Will you still be talking to us little peons now? :lol: Just kidding. I love you girl. In case I haven't said so lately, I am so proud of you for that 18 lbs. gone. Keep up the good work sweetie.

Sara: Hope you and your friend have a nice time visiting. I bet her head will swirl around her shoulders when she sees you! VA VA VA VOOM! :eek: Revel in all that success. You deserve it.

J-ann: I'm so sorry to hear that you're leaving us. :( This is the only thread that I post on and I still have a hard time keeping up sometimes, so I understand. Just remember that we are always here if you need us.

Mary: Good to hear from you too. I understand what you're saying about your brother. Sometimes you get so bogged down by your own life, it's hard to take on the problems of others. Keep your head up.

Ok gals....I'm out of here for now. I have loads of laundry to do and I'm gettting ready to do my 3 mile WATP. In addition to all the other things I'm trying to do to change my life, I have also been letting my nails grow out. Now, that may not seem like a big deal to you, but seeing as I have bitten my nails since I was 7, (or as long as I can remember) it is a very big deal to me. They are looking very nice and I am very proud of them and ME for not biting them. I am also attaching a couple of pictures. Some of you may have seen them before, but I looking at them is very inspiring to me. The first one was taken about 9 years ago and I'm calling it my "before" picture. I keep this picture on my fridge "eye level" so that I will see it whenever I open the door and it influences the choices I make once inside. The next one was taken just last weekend. It is not my "after" picture, because I'm not even close to being done yet! :strong:

Have a great day ladies and I love you bunches! :grouphug:

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Tina!
 

There is such a difference between the two pics! Your face looks so much lighter (and brighter) in the second one! Ya know... come to think of it, you look YOUNGER now then you did 9 years ago! Amazing! Very pretty picture...

You're doing awesome!

Sara :)

:wave: Hi there chick-ee-poohs,
I'm still at work, but had a minute to pop on in. The day has flown by. We did some major cleaning of the office and got my new desk together and organized!! The boss went to open a case so I got free reighn of the office and whallla, I choose to pop in and say hello to all of you!!!
Fun friday???? I do get paid today:s: but I guess I better be good and pay some bills.....then we will see whats left over to play with.
Gotta run for now, but you know I will be back in a while. But this does give Deon something to read till I can post again.

:grouphug: 's & :chockiss: 's
~~Sandy~~