Good Morning All!

Haven't posted in a couple of days. Took hubby to the dr. and they have no clue what's causing the blackouts. He wants to say it's some sort of fainting spell. (Do people faint with their eyes open???) Maybe caused by over tiredness or dehydration. The EEG was normal. He urged lots of water, plenty of sleep, and that hubby really shouldn't be working out in the sun or heat with the adderall. (Too late, but what else is he supposed to do?) And if it happens again call him immediatly with details of what he was doing prior the blackout during and after. Hubby stayed home yesterday with his very first migraine spell. Welcome to MY everyday life with those :rolleyes:

Back up to 210 with all the stress. I admit I did not have such a good eating day on saturday or sunday. I decided that I would cut the diet for 2 days. That was a big mistake. I had gotten down to 204!!!!!!!!!! (Sweated like mad at Ozzfest!!) So I vow no more laxing about. I will allow myself a small slice of my B-day cake on the 6th but will eat pristinely everyday beforehand and afterwards.

Anagram-I'm truely sorry for your loss. I'm sending you prayers of strength and hope for the days ahead.
My father died this week (29th) 17 years ago when I was 6. I know that you are thankful for having so much time with your mom. I look back on my situation and realize that I never really got to know my father being so young and all. I know what he was to me, but what was he to the everyday world?

Here's to a better week:sumo:

ZOOM!
 

Gotta walk before the next rain shower.

Glad Monday went well for you Anagram, that is as well as that can go. You have a lot of mental support here. (now couldn't that be misinterpretted? I mean in it's stongest sense like telepathy and vibes)

Dollar it is a good thing that your daughter cried for help. She's got to be a strong person and she certainly has a mom who loves her. Is she the one who posted with you here last year? :grouphug:

Worst dream...that I was being buried in a grand piano case...ALIVE! I was trying to scratch my way out through the top and scared the bee-jesus out of my parents in the next room....I was actually standing up in bed and scratching the wall between our rooms and screaming. It was only a few days before juries (final playing exams) in my 1st or 2nd year of University and I think I was a little stressed. I play the piano. :^:

Frogger! Fast gain, really fast loss. You're doing great.

ZADIE WOO, woo, woo! After we worry so intensely it's like what was that all about. You are indispensible and your bosses recognized that!:cb: :cp:

Eydie and Punkin! :cp: Wisps in the wind!

EOM of month :goodvibes: to you Arabella.

Well coffee is done. I need to feed the turkeys (I'm not related...they are white and gobble) and hit the pavement!

Ceara

Hello all!

Server down this am so I am popping in this way.

Visit w/ Sil went well. DH and SiL had a long chat and the upshot is that everyone is going thru something, no matter how much their life looks compared to yours.

Which makes me think of saying that you might think is kind of goofy " The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because you water it"--

Which I guess means, if I take more care of my own life, it will look better--or something like that....

I need a question-- any ideas!?!

Take care all!

Good morning, dear Losers.

It's recommitment time for me. I'm off to the pool this morning and back OP with water and food to try to shed excess water by Thursday so I can see how much damage I've dealt me the last six weeks. I don't think it's going to be terribly bad (wishful thinking).

To help me the first few days, I've signed on with our Empress on the 7 day challenge.

Still not caught up on prior posts and too busy so far today to try. Will check in later and see if I can get a couple more read.

Howdy,
I am giving up coffee. This will make it a very long day, but I figured the best time is when I am in a good mood.

Last night I celebrated with my boyfriend, my best friend from school and my friends gin and tonic. Jeeze, now I remember why I do not drink on a regular basis.

I have net been able to weigh myself in the past couple of weeks becuase my boyfriend has still not returned the scale. Lets just say I am not holding out much hope that the numbers are going down right now. But I think things are going to turn arround for me now that I am less stressed.

It is amazing to hear about everyone shrinking so much. Wow. Good stuff.

At any rate, I must get back to work.

Wonderful Me Wednesday!
 

Hello all!

Server still erratic- am posting a short one and hoping to come back......
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Thought of the day :

"We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released."

---Jean Houston


Question of the day :

"If a friend of yours is doing something illegal, would you confront him/her?
What if it was a coworker? "
--Table Topics

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Did well again yesterday -- used some Flex points but it was for 3 apples so I feel good that I'll be able to resist the sugar cravngs today. Its amazing the difference mentally when you know you could have it if you wanted to-- !!

Anagram- Glad to see you-- Thanks for the PM reply. Am glad you had your siblings and DH with you. Here's another (((((((HUG)))))))

Going to post now before I can't!

Can't believe I was completely MIA yesterday!

Getting my PartyLite biz going has expended, and continues to expend, and amazing amount of mental energy. I woke up at 2am thinking about ideas... :dz: I'm tiiiiiired!!!!! (but it's nice to be excited about something - great distraction!)

Went to my first WW meeting in 2 years last night for the new program. I was so angry & frustrated by the time I left I was clenching my jaws. The leader lost control of the meeting 5 minutes into it, everyone was talking, no one could hear anything, he spent 5 minutes talking to one woman about a question on the new program that I'm sure EVERYONE needed to hear - but they were too busy talking amongst themselves... Maybe I've just become a WW snob since I was a leader for so long, but my goodness, it was a chore to sit there for 45 minutes! Then I still had to go home and teach myself the program because the leader had me (and most others) completely lost in the new Getting Started book and new points register.

Then.... (mini rant follows)
They acknowleged on paper the 20.3 pounds I've lost since my last weigh in, but only in the sense that *that* is what I weigh now - "and it's not really a loss, but a restarting point" (huh?). Then they utterly *refused* to document that my starting weight was 250.9, call me petty, but I'd like to track my 50+ pound loss. I asked that last night's weigh in be kept in my *current* Lifetime weigh in book and they refused, saying because I hadn't kept coming every month I had to restart (hello?!?!? I'm LIFETIME, I don't "restart" my membership!), and not only that, but she said (and I quote) "the 50 pound loss doesn't count because you quit coming every month". Doesn't count???? Riiiiiight... :rolleyes: I have a feeling it'll be another 2 years before I show up there again, and then I'm just going to get that new program and LEAVE! :dz:

Ok, sorry, rant over....

Frogger, I'll keep my fingers crossed that DH spell was just a case of too hot, too dehydrated and a med reaction to the sun. At least these are things you can somewhat control! Keep a good eye on that man o' yours though! :mag:

Anagram, stress not over any gains - it'll come back off. I don't think you qualify as "normal" if you worry about gaining weight when you're loosing a parent... Good to see you back, and feeling pretty good. :yes:

Zadie, good luck on the coffee quittin'. Are you going to warn your co-workers?? :lol:

Everyone, :wave: and :grouphug:, I need to get some work done, so that I can work on my other work.... :dizzy:

Toodles,
Terri

Hello,
Oh Punkinseed, That sounds so frustrating, but I could not help chuckling a bit becuase they were just so dumb. Hoh could anyone say that losing 50 pounds does not count? Why would they do that? The more you lose the more effective they look and besides it would be emotionally frustrating to hear that.

I am having another pretty good day. The coffee thing is not being too easy. I think that long term I will probably drink some, but learn to limit myself to a cup a day or something. Yes the coworkers have been warned, otherwise I would have no excuse for almost falling asleep during meetings.

QOD: it depends on what the illegal thing is. honestly, there are some things that are technically illegal that are just a load of hooey, and mostly those are the laws people do not even know about. On the other hand, there are many things that I would confront people on whether they were friends or coworkers. There are also some things, like downloading music that I would not confront people on becuase it is just do darm common.

At any rate, back to work.

P.S. Frogger, hope your dh finds out what's causing his blackouts! That's very worrying! And, yes, I do think people faint with their eyes open. I've observed this, but I'm not a medical person, so I can't say for sure.

Thanks you guys... I really wasn't looking for any kudos from WW - I get enough that here, and it means a LOT more to me. What I wanted was, well, what *I wanted* and they were just dense, and the perfect example of crappy, insensitive customer service.
Yes Zadie, I did end up with a tense laugh during it all, out of amazement. I was hoping they didn't treat everyone like that (I'm sure they do though) because *if I'd been a new member*, or returning and planning to go weekly - what they did would've completely changed my mind.
You don't need to give people a reason or excuse to not go to WW and get healthy! Most will take *any* reason and run with it - I've seen it happen.

Ok, I'm going to share some specifics on the new WW plan - if they don't like it they can sue me, I'll counter-sue on my grounds of mental anguish and being held for 45 minutes against my will... (forgot to mention the leader stopping the meeting to ask people why they were leaving in the middle of the meeting :rolleyes: so I didn't dare get up!). Zadie, would you do me the honor of being my counsel should I need it? :lol: :judge:

Anywho...

The FlexPoints are the same as the other points - they're counted and calculated the same. If you use them for a dulce de leche, it'd be the same points regardless of if you used your target points, or FlexPoints to count it. Does that make sense? A point is a point is a point - regardless of where it's put in your registar.
So, if you get "up to" 24 target points, and you blow all 35 flexpoints in one day, you did, indeed, nosh on 59 points in one day. However, you'd have only the "up to" 24 target points every day for the rest of the week, which I'd think would balance out the food-fest and you'd probably still have a *small* loss. However, I don't think, if I were WW, that I'd be advising that kind of over indulgences weekly. Smacks too much of a binge...

I hate how they keep track of the flexpoints though - too confusing, and if you use up the 1 box they give you and still have the "check book" to write your food in - say you can get 2 or 3 weeks in that thing - what do you do??
I'll be making my own little check-off sheets to use...

That being said - I *do* like the tone of the new program. It's more plainly said "moderation is key". They don't threaten sudden obesity if you don't eat all your points allowed like they used to, and they even say it's ok now and then to *not* reach your target points. They even, shock of all shocks, say it's the weekly average of what you eat that's important, not necessarily the day-to-day intake.

Like I said to Bo-Beena last night, I'll play the game, see how it goes, see if I like it, and if I don't, I'll be goin' back to the ol' Points system I know n' love...

Terri

Punkin, thanks for that info and your take on it! I am rather intriqued by the plan (or maybe I just want that electronic gizmo). If you get hauled off to jail for posting this, we'll all visit with a file cake, in case Zadie can't get you off!

I cannot believe that leader stopped the meeting to ask why everyone was leaving. If that were my first meeting, I know that'd put me off WW for life!

I remember a class I took a few years ago about anti-woman "coding" in literature and media. It was by the women's studies department and the instructor took most of the time telling us we didn't respect her because she wore "soft" clothes, we skipped classes, we didn't take women's studies seriously, and more in that vein. She third degreed people if they even looked like they were being too casual about the class or if they didn't like "soft" clothes or if they weren't in class the week before. Everyone was extremely uncomfortable (of course, I, being the person I am, lambasted her in front of the class one day and she escalated the war even more in my case). Obviously, we complained to the department, which made the woman more paranoid. (She gave me an "A," though! :) )

That sounds a little bit like your WW leader. I think you should complain to a higher authority. Don't let this ruin WW for you; WW is a part of your life and you have given much service to it and it supports your efforts to be healthy. You owe it to yourself (not to mention the others who this bad leader is going to let down in the future), to report his behavior (wherever is the proper place, dunno about that).

Hi all!

Punkin! Yes, please do not stop at the one meeting- take it a higher level-- sounds as though the leader hadnt been lifetime very long and his perspective is short.
I'd also make a point of the way the meeting fell apart.
Not good for member retention either.
I would try the cool, calm collected route so you've got a real chance that they'll listen to you.
and then just hit them w/ valid argument after valid argument ( just couldnt write "Point" -seemed too silly w/ WW's points).

As I'm only on online member, not sure what type of "paper journal/register" their handing out. Do know, that at least some of the etools are available to members who go to meetings. I have access to an electronic journal which has to be set up w/ what you eat but no more awkward than when you're looking up foods you don't know the values.
But most folks I know have their own notebook or organizer for journalling-- Took me a little while to share my own little notebook because I thought I was t he only one who needed more room to write than the little papers gave me. --

Yes, I remember lots of rules that now seem so rigid-- citrus every morning-- fish 5 times a week--

I don't know a whole lot about the politics of WW's but I do find that the plan is best I've ever seen it. And thank goodness, THE BIG PICTURE is finally the emphasis instead of each 24 hr period.

I have friends who dislike WW's because there are too many choices- they even like the idea of programs w/ prepackaged food--
That might work for me for awhile -- like maybe A LITTLE WHILE-

But this is all IMHO and I am not upset if folks don't like WW's.
I know it made the difference for me and although I havent lost since last spring, I 've only gained about 5 lbs-- which must mean, I've learned something- .... but the Flex plan makes so much sense to me mentally--

What does bother me is that so many people on the WW's boards are afraid they will gain -- and how many are asking- what if I don't eat my mininum -- will I still lose faster?
This again proves to me that we are still locked in the grip that healthy eating = starving.

Anyway--
There is no excuse to intimidate, belittle or otherwise be less than welcoming to any member ESPECIALLY a Lifetime member.
I'd report them-- they're not going to know what the real reason is why you stopped going if you don't-- and how many others who don't know how WW's is supposed to be will go away thinking the wrong thing??

Time for me to get off the soapbox-- I guess I'm catching up from my server being down.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Good luck Zadie w/ the coffee- I started drinking it again-
trying to limit to 2-3 cups and I am enjoying it!

Kaylets, thanks for supplying the Jean Houston quote. I've always admired her. She wrote a lovely little book on dogs recently!

Punkin, I'm glad you're enjoying your PartyLite venture. Yes, it sounds like some High Weirdness going on at the WW meeting. Maybe they're just jealous of your stunning achievements--I'm sure that's it.;)

zadie k---I'm late, but congrats on getting the job. What a relief for you!

I've been doing so well, but today I crashed and burned at work food-wise. I was preparing, arranging, serving, or clearing away food for the last 12 hours at work and sugar-lust came over me and I indulged. Boy Howdy, did I indulge!!!:o
The good news is I feel so bad now that it'll be no problem getting back on track tomorrow. Can't wait!!!