Cheri, Way to go girl!! I knew you could do it! I have that happen sometimes, maybe it shakes up your metabolism so it doesnt know what to expect. :lol: I have to go buy some vitamins. I dont take them but I was thinking of starting since my cravings for peanut butter are so bad around my PMS time. Maybe I am missing something.

Dips, You will be in the 130's before you know it. You have been working super hard to get there. SOON!!!

Kempy, They are so cute. I love their names. How did you guys come up with the name Echo? Lexus is a cute name too.

Hey Ladies! I cheated a lot this weekend mostly on dessert stuff (Ben & Jerry were in da house, but at least it was the low-fat version :^: ) but I did fit in good eating otherwise and got to walk Sunday morning so it wasn't a total bust. Let's see, my son did have Pink eye and got some antibiotics to get rid of it, he's looking pretty normal today. I also took him to see a stage production of Dr. Suess' Green Eggs & Ham. It was a cute show and we enjoyed it. I also got some good news this morning about the "dog fight" incident. The Humane Society gave us the name of the other dog owner who asked that we contact him to make some kind of arrangements to get the vet bill paid. I haven't called him yet but it's a step in the right direction. I'm so dang busy with work it's not funny. Gotta keep up.

Cherie, woo-hoo on reaching 148! Happy meal and pizza diet~ I can dig it.

Dips that's a great positive attitude to have. Visible changes are a good indicator instead of just watching that number on the scale. I'm just jealous, you're on the cusp of the 130's AND you get to go to Disney World :p . I just got an email from a colleague who returned from a 3 week trip to Italy. Haven't asked her what part she visited but I'm sure she had a blast.

Kempy that's such a great picture. I love labs. I've always had a fondness for the chocolate ones (hmmmm, I wonder why that is??? :lol: ) We've always had some sort of lab-mix mutt, but never a purebred one. Maybe one day I'll get one as cute as Echo.

Angie, hope you're feeling better soon. I imagine twice glazed donuts and burnt cookies wouldn't sell too good huh? :D Good luck on getting your weight bench. Um, did I mention that mine is sitting outside collecting dust :o ?

Chris so glad you're safe and sound. Keep your chin up and everything will fall into place. House hunting too? That's exciting. I'm willing to bet you find your dream house and the little one will follow. :goodvibes:

Sandy!!!! Welcome back...I knew that bungee cord would snap you back on the wagon eventually. Let's do it! Good job on staying OP.

Emily how are you doing today? I'd love to visit China too, esp. the Great Wall. So much history to see.

To everyone else, hope you're doing great this fine Monday. Gotta run and pick up the boy from school. Take care!

Noelle, That is good that at least the people are going to be responsible enough to pay the vet bills. Hopefully anyway. How is Kai today? I hope your sons eye is doing better. I hate pink eye.

I got my weight bench!!!YEAH!!! It was funny because the guy said he has the same one at home it is pretty good for a cheap one and Jay says "well I figured I would buy the cheapest one I can find so I dont feel bad when I dont use it." :lol: He is a funny man. haha Now I need to rearrange the livingroom to squeeze it in.

I did good I went to the city tonight and then I came home and had chicken noodle soup and a fat free toasted cheese sandwich. YEAH for me!! I wanted junk food so bad because when i am sick I want to eat to get the nasty taste out of my mouth.

HI girls! Good news to report I weighed in today and I am down a 1lb. Maybe its just water but I dont care its a loss. I even had weekend full of bad food! That long walk yesterday may have had something to do with it. I really want to get a good digital scale. Is that what you guys have? I just can not wait to get to the 140's.
Angie I hope you feel better. I know the feeling about eating when you are sick. I just want a big bowl of ice cream.
Kempy I love the picture of the dogs. I hope you are having a good Monday. How are you doing? Check in when you have time.:)
Noelle I just hate that when Ben and Jerry show up!:lol: Glad your sons eye is better. Good luck with that vet bill.
Hi Dips and everyone else. Take care Julie

Julie, Yeah I have a digital scale at my house. I love it(maybe too much :lol: )

Ciao Ladies!

Well the hard part of the week [monday] is over and it's all gravy from here. Tomorrow is my first shipment, just clothes and small items, then friday its everything else! YAAAAY :D

Hi Julie- Good job on the pound loss. Not bad for a "bad food weekend" That seems to be the way to go these days :) I must say that I love my digital scale! I had the one with the dial before but I swear eventually those lines play tricks on your vision, whereas a digi- scale with give you the numbers plain as day! I say go for one, you'll love it.

Noelle- Old Ben& Jerry. right there when your vulnerable. But as you said, it was the low fat kind so don't sweat it. i'm so glad your boy is feeling better. And the owners want to elp with the vet bill??!! GIRL you need to make that call like yesterday!! All that money, you better get dialing, heck if your too busy I'll call the *******s myself :lol:

Angie- Good for you on getting your weight bench. I'm sure we have some fun stories ahead of us! Feel better soon, Hon, so you can get that evil PB out of your head. And I'm soooo happy you were good with food last night. It will pay off later, you'll see

Kempy- What beautiful dogs. And their such hams! hey look like they know how to work a camera :) Like Noelle, I'm crazy about the chcolate coats, they're so shiny and beautiful.

GEm- What's good, Chica? Are you being good on your plan? Let us know.

Cherie- How are you doing today? Moving forward and accomplishing great things, I would imagine :)

Hi RED- Always thinking of you and your beaming personality. Hope your week is off to a good start.

I have to [pretend to] work so I'll check in later

-Dips-

hi there everyone!
 

Ciao Ladies,

Well I'm stuck at work now, not because i have work to do but because I have no power in my room and it won't be on for another hour and a half. While I have so much time to kill I thought I'd pop in and see how you all are doing.


RED- So good to see you here. I know you're busy spreading sunshine and happiness around other posts...good for you! Wow, we will just miss eachother in NY. I touch down just 3 days after you leave then 2 days later I'll be in florida.Your schedule seems way more hectic than mine though. Oh well :( Hopefully oyr paths will cross on another occassion.
You CRACK ME UP! "no money....but got credit" :lol: Well just don't go crazy but you simply can't leave the city without a few items, it's against New York Law! You may not see your beaming personality but I can!! You're awesome, keep up the good work.

-Dips-

Good Morning! I just pinched the side of my knee in the weightbench. Now it is all swollen and it bruised instantly. OUCH! No pain no gain, right? :lol:

I weighed in this morning. Why? I dont know! The scales are still at 145 and I would normally be pissed but....My jeans feel so much better that I cant get mad. I am not going to weigh myself too much though where I am going to try to do weights. I may do it at the end of the month and then try to wait until the end of October before I do it again.

Angie you poor thing:o

Ouch! I bet that really hurt :( i don't knwo how you can avoid the scale, I know I can't for more than 2 days, sad huh. I know you'll find your focus again. Take good care of that knee.

Oh Angie.. hope you are ok!!!! Shame on that new bench to treat you like that! Good luck with staying off the scale... I think I look more forward to that each morning that I do anything else. And congrats about the way your jeans feel! That is great! This is what it's all about.. feeling better in your clothes!

Dips... glad your Monday is over.. I am glad mine is over for that matter.. I have two precious little girls who were stomping on my last nerve last night... :-) Today is much better! So you leave on your trip when? Sounds like it's getting close! How exciting!

WTG Julie on the weight loss! That is fantastic! I love my digital scale.... it only weighs by the half pound, but I really like know exactly what I should be.

Noelle... I second what everyone else has said... call call call!!! And they make low fat B & J??????? wow.... might have to look into that!

Kempy.. the dogs are beautiful... I love labs.... strong, beautiful animals!

Red... hope you have fun on your trip too..... see you in the other threads!

Well.. the scale was good to me today... but I really did alot of exercising yesterday, so maybe it was all sweat... :-) I did one hour on the treadmill, and actually jogged 30 minutes of it. I want to get back into jogging so badly, but need to lose a little more weight before I can comfortably put that kind of pressure on my knees. And last night... after my totally frustating night with my girls... (I was ready to throw one out the window... why can't she understand in the battle of the wills, I AM BIGGER, OLDER and I AM THE MOMMY!!!!! and she won't win?) Anyway... I went and did 30 minutes on the elliptical machine... so I relieved a little stress and did something healthy instead of eat.

Ok.. back to work.. have another payroll I have to run this morning!

Take care everyone!

Cherie

BTW... how can I make my photo small enough to fit here? I have tried and tried.. and I can't seem to make it small enough where you can still see it!

AUGH!! I finally got here. I am still alive and kickin'. I am just really working on this DU stuff. Joe and I want to have it all done by this weekend so that we can sit back and enjoy the weekend. Next Thrusday is the banquet and it couldn't be sooner.

I don't even own a scale so I have to use the one at work. By the time I remember to do it Ihave already gone through half of my day and there is no way that I am going to weight myself after I have eaten. :lol:

Angie I am so proud of you lifting weights. I know that once you get into the routine of lifting youvwill love your results.

Noelle that is a crazy bill. Echo just went to the vet and I freaked out b/c it was $85. I guess I should rethink that freakout. :lol:

Thanks for all of the nice things you guys said about the dogs. Lexus got ehr name b/c my in-laws had a BMW and a Merc. so they wanted to have a Lexus too. Echo is named after a wood nymph. Joe and I like mythological names. All of our pets have them.

:lol: Ain't that just my luck! I was seriously going to make a journal entry (which I haven't done for months since they switched the format) and when I click to go to the journals, they're offline for maintenance. Hmmmm, is that a sign? Seriously though, I'm going great during the week staying OP and not totally blowing it on weekends. This behavior may just stick this time around :crossed: . My sister and I were out walking yesterday and the guy who owns the pitbull was riding his bike. He pulls over and stops to ask how our dog was (which was nice) . Then I mention the vet bill and he said yeah, we can work something out. So this morning I am gonna hammer it out w/him and draw up a promissory note to make sure I get every last dime (hehe, don't mess w/collectors) .

Angie, :headache: take care of that knee. You've got to show your equipment who's boss--don't take that kind of treatment from inanimate objects! :s: Just joking around. I'm sure you'll get those nicely sculpted arms and legs you've been wanting.

Kempy I was out doing errands last week and I had to stop at a Curves center. The lady let me step on their scale and all I can say is :eek: ! The scale at the center weighed me 6 lbs more than my scale at home--and I make my scale at home +4 lbs to match my drs. one. It kind of makes me think that that particular scale preys on the minds of women who are sitting on the fence about joining the gym--as in, "I had no idea I weighed that much! I'd better start working out" . I'm not saying your scale does that, but that was just my experience there. OTOH I could just be in denial about how much I actually weigh :p . Scales--no matter where they are, are EVIL. :lol:

Cherie, kids, you can't strangle 'em, so you gotta love 'em. Do you have photo editing software on your computer? If you do you can resize the picture you're wanting to post. If not, you can PM me and I can resize it and send it back or post it for you.

Red, it's OK if sometimes it's all about you :) . We gotta take care of ourselves first right? You give it your all at the gym and make those silly men sweat. You could probably pick one of them up and do a couple of bench pressess with 'em :lol:. Ooooh, I hear ya on the shopping, gotta love it.

Dips, oh the anticipation :jig: . Any word on the job search?

Julie :dance: 1 lb is surely something to celebrate. Work it!

Hello to Sandy, Chris, Tonya, Holly, Emily, JackieO...everyone else if I've missed anyone. Have a great Tuesday. Be back later.

Hi everyone I did not get to post until late today.

Noelle Great job staying OP! Thats great. Good luck with the vet bill, do you think that guy was trying to blow you off? Hopefully not. SOmetimes I think vet bills are more expensive than regular people doctor visits.

Hi Kempy glad to see you posted. Your really busy with Ducks Unlimited huh? My hubby is a member but he did not make the annual banquet this year. Actually he really has not hunted in a while. I do that also, if I eat too much I won't weigh in.

Cherie great job on that treadmill. I never made it to one hour yet. The longest I have done is the the 40 minute range.

Angie hope your knee gets better. I bet you will really like your new equipment. At one point I started to lift light weights and within a couple of weeks only I saw improvement it my back of my arms. I should really get back to that and get rid of the fat and the flab on them!

Hey Dips almost time!! Are you going to miss Italy? I would really love to go there someday. It just sounds so nice and I love italian food. Hang in there!!

Well I gotta run. Hi Tonya, Red, Chris, Holly and hopefully I did not miss anyone. Take care everyone. Oh tonight I might have a treat I bought some skinny cow peanut butter and chocolate ice cream sandwiches and they only like have 140 cals!! Anyone ever try them? Julie

:yes: :T Skinny Cow PB & chocolate ice cream sands are very good. Very light and refreshing. yummy! :hun:

Ciao Ladies,

What a DAY!! I stayed up all night separating the stuff i'm sending rom the stuff i'm leaving only to have the movers, who did not understand english, pack up some of the junk anyways. I only had two hours of sleep and I was very aggitated (sp). After I went behind these guys picking things out of the boxes i still overlooked the fact that they packed my boots! So I had to break out my Cold weather boots which are big, rediculous and uncomfortable but I'll only be dealing with them for a little bit so it's all good but I'm so tired and I have to do this all over again for my second shipping on friday.

OKAY enough of my bickering:

Noelle- You can't imagine how anxious I am right now but I must say the job search is very slow. I haven't recieved any responses from the jobs I replied to. I'm thinking if I just make my presence known once I'm back in the states, it will be better.

Cherie- My vacation starts on the 19th but I get home in NY on the 16th so I'm just a couple of weeks away!! I'm sooooo happy. I miss my Fiance so much.

Julie- Yes I will miss Italy . I love it here. And yes the food is awesome! I really hope you get to go, it's a beautiful country. But I have been here for over 2 years so I have enough Italy in my heart to last me the rest of my life! I'm really anxious to be with my family again.

Well I'm going to leave work early today to get some sleep. I'm betting that I won't make it to the gym today but I know that once I ship out my Tv, VCR, DVD,Computer and stereo I'll be spending a lot more time there. GOSH I'm gonna miss the free gym. I can't even imagine paying to go to a gym! I'm so spoiled
Anyways, hi to my girls, Kempy, Red, Gem, Jackie, Summer and everyone else. I'f I forgot to mention you it's because I'm fatigued and heavily sedated.

-Dips-

hi all!
 

Hey! I have been so BAD the last 2 weeks. I have been exercising, but, have also been eating desserts, even though only 1 a day, it has taken its toll :(. I have scale shock this morning, weighing in at 148.5. Although, I did eat meatloaf and mashed potatoes for dinner last night, and still feel kinda full. I am sure that my stress levels have a lot to do with how I have been eating!! I am still laid off, have not received an unemployment check yet, our house deal is such a mess, the lawyer can't find the abstract, and is relying on the person who sold the land to our uncle (before we bought it), to bring him his copy so we can make a certified copy. The lawyer told me he doesn't have the time to chase down the abstract, even though he is the one who lost it in the first place! On the home front, my husband has been gone almost every day until 9 pm since Saturday, working on the land, and the kids and I have been here alone night and day. I am sooo stressed, it's no wonder I am gaining weight instead of losing! But, today, I decided that I am again going to give up ALL sweets, cold turkey. I think eating the slim fast meal on the go bars for breakfeast was a bad idea because they have so much sugar in them, they made me crave more! I do not want to gain any more weight, have already wasted a month's worth of weight loss. UGH. It is just so hard, I practically have to starve myself to lose any weight, and close to the same to not gain any of it back.

Kempy,

Hi! Your dogs are adorable! I know what you mean about not weighing yourself after you have eaten! I won't do it either, lol. I also do not like to weigh myself in the morning if I had a big dinner the night before because I am usually still full in the morning.

Noelle,

Hey! Sorry to hear your son had pink eye. We had a horrible bout of pink eye in our house when my daughter was a baby, and, unfortunately, all 3 of our children got it! Great job on staying OP. I NEED to get back on the wagon. I don't like feeling the way I do!

Angie,

Hi! WTG on the weight bench! Sorry to hear about your knee though. Be careful, they tend to attack, lol. When I used to go to the gym and use the hip adductor/abductor, I remember pinching my inner thigh so badly it was bruised for weeks.

Dips,

Hi! It's good to hear you are maintaining 140-141. I also cannot avoid the evil scale. Unfortunately, mine hasn't been so kind to me. Good luck on the job front, I understand your frustration, as I am currently laid off. I bet you are excited about coming home though!


Ok, gotta go and do some more walking...need to walk away the pounds, literally.

Hello to Cherie, Chris, redballoon, Julie, Gem, Emily, Tonya, Jackie, everyone else I missed! Send me some will power vibes, I am going to need them!

Holly

Good Morning!
 

Today is my bosses birthday, so everyone brought in some fingerfoods to snack on all day long. Luckily, they didn't keep it in our room, but moved it to the break room. This way, I won't have to be looking at it and smelling it all day long!

I am doing good.. staying OP and keeping up with my exercise. So, other than work... nothing much more to report! :-)

Holly.... (((((hugs))))) sounds like you are having a very rough patch.... sending out lots of willpower vibes to you!!!! Things will turn around!

Redballoon... a competiton huh? I used to date a powerlifer way back when and what they go through to get ready for a competition, well, I couldn't do it..... I am like you.. I will just be happy to get the fat off!

Dips... Not long now... good luck with the rest of your packing!! You will be seeing your sweetie before you know it! It's not that far away! Take care of yourself!

Hi Julie..... I started out doing 45 minutes on the treadmill.. and just decided to up it a mile.. so I did... and boy did my hips complain for about a week... but now, I think they are used to it and things are much better.

Noelle.. WTG you are doing a GREAT JOB!!!!! Keep it up!

Kempy.. I'm with Red.. what id DU?? dear uncle???? :-)

Ok... wish me luck and strong willpower today... lots and lots of food in there.... at least my coworker who is on a diet with me brought a veggie tray.. so if I need to munch, I can try that... it's just not the same as a nice warm bagel with cream cheese!!! YUM! :-)

Cherie

Holly, I am sorry you are so stressed right now. Things will get better soon, I promise. I can sympathise with you totally on the weight loss being so ridiculously hard for you because I am the exact same way. Eat nothing to lose and eat nothing to maintain. No snacking.No fat. My metabolism is the same as yours. It Sucks! Keep your chin up.

Red, I still have to look back too to see what everyone is up too. :lol: WOW! $200.00 for neutering? I havent had to have a cat fixed in a long time but I know it wasnt anywhere near that much.

Hey guys. I am at home sick today. I have been sitting here trying to read the posts but sitting up makes my stomach hurt. I am going to go lay back down. I hope I will ba back later.

Red and Photo DU is Duck's Unlimited. It is a land coservation organization. We do 2 banquets every year.

OK I am going to lay down. :Wave:

I thought it was 5 weeks....
 

But I found out about ten minutes ago, it is exactly 4 weeks from today I see my friend from California!!!!!!! So now I really have to be devoted to my commitment and goal to get that extra 10 pounds off that I am working on.. Ok.. I can say it's down to 9 now.. but that is still 9 to go. And after today... I have had such a stressful day here at work (rerunning payrolls that were screwed up yesterday) .. and they had a pot luck so I've just been wanting to eat and eat and eat.... (I have limited myself to the little smokies with cheese and the veggies... and I have stopped, so no more for the afternoon) well, I just need to get a grip and stick to my guns here.

So everyone.. I need your support and I will keep posting my progress in the next four weeks. So get ready! :-) He is also coming back for Thanksgiving... 4 weeks between the two visits so I will have yet ANOTHER mini goal for then as well! Right now.. I am really concentrating on getting to 138.00. One pound down.. 9 pounds to go! I am actually looking forward to my treadmill hour this afternoon! :-)

Kempy... get better soon hun.... it's terrible being sick. And good luck on the Duck Unlimited banquet.... that sounds like a lot of fun!

Ok.. back to work here.. (even though I have been on hold for what 10 minutes now???) Talk to you soon! 29 days and counting! :-) (can you tell I am excited about his visit?)

Cherie

Angie,

Thanks for the encouragement! I waited until 9 am this morning and reweighed myself. My stomach still felt full when I woke up, so, I thought maybe the #'s would change, and, lo and behold, the scale said 147.5...still not great, but, 1 pound less than 148.5.
I give you TONS of credit for being in the bakery field AND trying to lose and maintain the loss! It must be very difficult. Sweets are my weakness :).

Kempy,

Sorry you are ill! I hope you get feeling better soon. (((Kempy)))

Cherie,

How tall are you? Just wondering bc 108 is TINY!!! Good job on the loss thus far, and, I know you can lose the additional 9 pounds to reach 138! We should stick in this together! I am at 147.5, and, so desperately want to get into the 130's SOON!

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Holly

Good afternoon. My daughter called me this morning to go pick her up because she is sick. So off to the doctors and got the prescription and she refuses to take it(ear infection)!! I could slap her *** when she does this! She is 12 so it isnt like she is a baby who cant swallow any medicine. I tried mixing it with strawberries but NO!!! I have had a stressfull day to say the least. Yep, I have overeaten as well. I need to get a grip because we changed our camping reservations to Tropical Palms RV park right beside Disney. They have their pools open 24 hours a day and I would really like to feel comfortable enough to swim in front of people.

Kempy, Get better girl. I feel for you, but I bet you would take your medicine, huh? :lol:

Holly, thanks for the compliment. It is actually really hard to resist the treats when I have to make Peanut butter brownies because they are so good. Sweets are my weakness too.

Hey Everyone

Angie sounds like a rough day. Things will get better...and don't feel bad about the overeating just look past it and move on. You are so strong look how far you have come! You will reach your goal. God do I feel bad, I made chili tonight AGAIN, and ate way to much pasta and now I feel bloated and just plain guilty. Why did I do that?

Kempy hope you feel better soon. It seems like the cold and flu season is starting early:( .

Cherie you'll make it. What kind of eating plan are you on?

Holly I hear ya on the sweets! I am really craving them this week. Boy I would just love a frosted brownie right now:lol: .

Dips I bet you can not wait to see your family and friends. How exciting!:) And wait until they see how good you are looking.

Noelle the skinny cow bars were great! I can't wait to try the mint variety. I just don't want to eat all six of them every week.

Well take care everyone I sure hope I can keep this eating under control I just want to clean out my cupboards, must be tom coming to see me in the future. Bye Julie

Ciao Ladies,

After tommorow I will have sent all my furniture away so I'll be living out of a bag and mooching off my buddies for entertainment.
Right now my daily diet since tuesday has been chicken noodle soup and robitussin. I can't taste a darn thing and I'm congested like you wouldn't believe. I hate being sick but all i can do is keep working and let it run it's course.

Holly- I can't imagine how much stress you must be dealing with right now. We can all relate the the feeling of having to practically starve ourselves to lose wieght while gaining weight is as easy as pie [literally]. But even through this tough time I'm happy that you're still making good decisions about eating healthier, (giving up sweets). I really hope everything gets better for you and don't worry about the evil scale, slowly but surely you will become friends :)

Cherie- You are doing so well! Keep up the good work. And I hope you were able to avoid the boss' treats;) By the way, this must be some kind of friend if he has you all excited :flame: that was so bad :lol: but at your pace you should be looking fantastic after your 4 weeks are up

Red- A contest, huh! You're already a winner to me [ gosh that was mushy, very un-soldier like] seriously, though whatever you decide, i think it's cool that you have such a good support group at the gym. Speaking of which, the gym crush that I had has been deployed to Iraq. So now it's up to me to motivate myself :(
But then again i do have you guys:)

Kempy- It seems that we're all coming down wit something these days. Feel better soon and take plenty of drugs;)

Angie- Kids can be such brats! I know this, I have 8 siblings, 4 of which are girls and sometimes you just have to put your foot down [or in their a**] to get them to do things. As far as your plan is concerned, to echo what was said earlier, you've done so well and you've come so far, you have to stay focused.

Julie- What's up girly, Don't beat yourself up over the chili and pasta. We all lose it sometimes. Stressing over it will only make it worse.

I really have to force water down today because I don't like to eat or drink anything when I'm sick. I'm going to go to the gym later to see if I can sweat this cold out. I can't take it!

-Dips-

Good Morning!
 

It's not Friday yet??? sigh.... This has been such a long week at work for me.. I will be glad when it's over. I got most of my exercise in yesterday, however I was going to go and do the ellipitical machine last night, but my girls were still awake, and they had turned on their TV.. which is a HUGE no no. On top of that... I was recording the Bachelor in their room (they have the only VCR) and they turned it off to put their tape it!!!! This is the only time they have turned the TV on in who knows how long.. and it had to be when I was using it!!!! ARGH. Ok.. I am better.

Today, I am hoping my work will settle down, and I will get out of here a little early to go do my walking.

Dips... hope you get better soon! I just got over being sick for about two weeks.... bad stuff left after the first few days, but I've had a lingering cough that I can't get rid of. And yes.. you are right.. this is a very special friend! ;) I have been dating him for almost 16 months now. The last 11 of them he has been in California, so I don't get to see him as often as I would like.

Julie.. I am doing Phase two of the South Beach Diet... so far it's been pretty easy to follow, and I am happy with it. There are just times when I crave the bad things because I am a stressful/emotional eater. I am learning how to control those craves. Right now.. I am on day 8 of my 21 day challenge of not having ANY chocolate.. so I feel like I am at least accomplishing something!

Angie.. you are probably already in swimsuit shape!!! Just keep working out and you will keep looking better and better in it! And girl.. I hear ya about the daughter. I have one that it is just a battle of wills EVERYDAY.. and she is only 3 years OLD!! I kept telling myself the only reason she is alive is because of her strong will.. (she was a premature baby, 3 months early, weighed 1 pound 10 ounces at birth). But geeze.. sometimes it would be nice if she would learn who the boss is! :-)

Holly.... we are close, yes we should team up to keep each other motivated. You are only a half pound more than me, but SEVERAL INCHES TALLER!!! Hahaha.. I am 5'2" with a small frame. I know 108 is a lofty goal, my REAL goal is 118, however, I am going to shoot for 108 and get somewhere inbetween and allow myself a little bit of room on either side.

Kempy.. hope you are feeling better today!

Ok folks.. back to work for me.... This better be an EASIER DAY... I've had three Monday's in a row!!!!

Cherie

Cherie- Gotta love those long distance relationships. I've had one for 5 years. My military carreer hasn't been too romance- friendly but he stuck with me [thank god] and we can finally start our lives together. So I share your excitement!

-Dips-

uggggh hello ladies! It is SO hard to keep up , hi to all the new people!! :D

well my life is so hectic lately, my father has been ill, and he lives alone, so pretty much I have been trying to juggle him, work, my family, and sleep! I have also been trying to get him on medicaid because he has no health insurance, and this will send him bankrupt if we can't get some help. Man! it is HARD to fill out all this stuff in a timely fashion and get it all handled. I feel like the weight of the world is on my shoulders. I am too tired when I get home to cook, so I have been either preparing fast fattening stuff, or eating out, usually eating out, pizza, fast food, etc. Totally stress eating, I hate feeling this way. I don't feel like exercising or anything... lucky something is going my way somehow, because I have only gained one pound.


Anyhow, hopefullly everyone is better, I was able to read back some.. but there are like 8 pages for me to still read, lol! Angie take care of that injury, hope it feels bettter! Welcome Cherie! and Grats Dips on nearing the 130's! feels good no?! :)

hrm anyone else ? well Helllllllllo! I gotta run, hopefully it will be more than 2 weeks before I get to check in again :p


have nice weekend ladies!

Hey Tonya! I think what you are doing for your father is wonderful. I bet some people would just try to pawn off their parents on someone else. I would feel terrible doing that. I know is it hard to eat good when things are crazy but don't beat yourself up when you can't be perfect. Think about the wonderful thing that you are doing right now. Keep your chin up.

Sorry I have been a little scarce lately. I am going crazy with this DU stuff and then yesterday was no help being sick. I still don't feel 100% but I am back at work. I was fighting with the e-mail all day trying to get this program ent to the printers and I finally figured it out. Tha is one thing off of my back now. I have been off the exercise wagon for the last 2 days adn i dont think it will be making any stops on my street until next Monday. Oh well, life goes on.

I will be leaving work in a little while but I wanted to drop a line.
I hope you all are doing great and I will be back tomorrow.

Jackie are you still here?

Hey ladies. I'm soooooooo busy this week I'm glad it's just one more day. Wanted to pop in and confess that I had a terrible day stress eating yesterday (dealing with the documentation for the dog incident + the stupid guy is not returning my phone calls! :mad: ) and well, breakfast was not the best of choices today (spicy turkey sausage with rice) but I am committed and I plan on having a totally legal OP rest of day complete with some evening exercise.

Kempy, glad you're feeling better.

Dips, hope you get better soon--better to be sick now before you ship out, than to be sick on your vacation!

Angie, hope your daughter is better today and hope you're doing feeling better as well.

Tonya, glad you could pop in. You're doing great things for dad and I'm sure he appreciates it. Hang in there.

Cherie, I like your avatar--it's always good to put a face with the name and personality. Love the red hair! Sorry your Bachelor show got cut off.

Julie, :lol: yeah eating all 6 ice cream sandwiches would kind of defeat the purpose of low-fat huh? Enjoy everything, but in moderation--that's my motto.

I gotta split for now. :wave: Hello to everyone else, I'll try and make it back later but I feel like I'm in a pressure cooker! Oh yeah one more thing--with all the sickness going around, don't forget to get your flu shots this year! There's lots of vaccine to go around and it's supposed to be a particularly nasty strain this year--don't wanna get SARS (shudder) .

Take care all.

Hi Tonya I am glad to see you back! I am so sorry your father is ill. It is so nice you are there for him. I hope everything works out. Hang in there hon!

Noelle don't stress about the stress eating. We all do it sometimes. Me to often:o . Great job staying op the rest of the day.

Kempy glad to see you are feeling a little better.

Dips also I hope you get better soon. It is hard to be sick when you are busy and got alot on your mind. Get well!!!!

Cherie I watched the bachelor last night, Yes I admit I love that show. I would fill you in if you missed some of it!

Angie hope your daughter is taking her medicine. Hows the weightlifting going?

Take care everyone! Hi to all! Julie:)

Phew.. I'm tired! :-)
 

Hey Everyone..hope you all had a great Thursday.... Mine turned out good.. I got through another day of exercise and staying OP so I am very happy. I'm trying to give on last kick before September ends..

Julie thanks! I will try to watch the Bachelor this weekend... I did go to the website today and read what happened and who he picked... so I am pretty much up to speed.... but I will let you know if I missed anything important!

Noelle... sorry about your stressful day.... good plan you have of stopping it in its tracks and going back OP and exercising.... You are doing great! And the picture isn't the greatest.. but now you kinda know what I look like! :-)

Kempy take care of yourself and don't run yourself ragged! Get better!

Tonya you are a wonderful daughter... I know it's tough but just enjoy the time you have with him.... I really miss both of my parents now.... sending out prayers for him and you!

Dips.. yes.. it's exciting at times... and very frustating at others ... this long distance thing. I keep hoping that in a couple of years he will come back to this part of the states.. right now, he is needing to get out and be "single" for a while and run around and have fun etc..... so even though we are dating... we are not a couple per say.... he is free to date others as well as I... I just don't want to. And I don't think he has either... oh well... makes life interesting.

Ok... time to go get some rest.... Talk to you lovely ladies tomorrow!

Cherie

Good morning!! I have stayed OP for a few days, though yesterday was a BIG test of willpower. I took two of my children with me to the grocery store, and while going through the bulk foods section, they begged for candy. I almost gave in, but, realized that it isn't good for them, and, I would probably eat some, LOL. So, I bought dried banana chips, and the only one who liked them was my son. I know I like dried apples, and thought the bananas as well, but, BLECH :p , they were terrible! Last night the hubby was up to his "I am a man, so, of course, am going to saying something really really inappropriate, no matter what the topic" routine. I started to keep an exercise log, beginning 9/22/03, it reads like this: 9/22 walked 5 miles with WATP, 20 mins pilates (95 mins), 9/23 GFF circuit training, WATP 3 miles (65 mins), 9/24 WATP 7 miles, 20 mins pilates (125 mins), and 9/25 GFF circuit training, WATP 5 miles (95 mins). So, I showed my husband, and he says...you wasted all of that time exercising.....UGH, I coulda smacked him :rollpin: , . So, then I proceed to show him the results.....and he says, you are losing your curves, and I said, that's a good thing. See, he likes the curves, but, I told him to be patient, and he will see more tone in due time. Tonight I have the rehearsal for my best friend's wedding vow renewal (am maid of honor), and tomorrow is the wedding!

Cherie,

Good job on staying OP! I would say I am going to totally give September one last kick, but, I know with this ritzy Italian wedding tomorrow, there is going to be LOTS of yummy food!

Noelle,

I have never had the flu shot. Can you potentially get sick from the virus injected? My winter foe is usually bronchitis/pneumonia :(. I hear ya about the stress eating!

Tonya,

You are a great daughter! When my mom was ill, I, being the youngest of 7, and the only one with small children (all nieces and nephews were grown), seemed to be the one right by my mom's side. It is sooo important to cherish the time we have with our loved ones, and, it sounds like you are doing just that.
It seems like alot of us here are going through periods of stress eating for one reason or another, it's human, try not to beat yourself up (I should take my own advice in the future, LOL).

Angie,

Kids can be VERY stubborn! My youngest is our 2 year old daughter, and, boy, is she fiesty. Tells me no, runs away from me and giggles, throws holy fits, etc., our 3 year old has developed this whiny smart alic attitude (bothers hubby more than me), and our oldest at 6 1/2 is getting mouthy and encourages the younger ones to do things he KNOWS will get them into trouble!!

Dips,

I never had a long distance relationship. Almost got into one with a senior year flame after leaving high school, but, I was going upstate NY, and he was going out west, so, I knew it wouldn't have worked out. He wasn't ready to be serious about 1 girl, and, I could sense that. Now, he is going to be 28 this winter, and I will be 27, and I am married with 3 kids, and he is still single and dating.

Holly

Hey girls. I have missed so much. I am trying to get everything together for our trip this weekend so I have missed alot of the posts.

We tried everything to get the medecine in her...I put it in a strawberry smoothie,a slush puppy and the last bit of medecine left we held her down and put it in her mouth and she quickly spit it all over us. I could have smacked her so hard right then. Needless to say she didnt get ANY of the medecine and I told her fine then dont come *****ing to me when it gets worse. It pisses me off so bad because she is 12 and should be at least mature enough to do what HAS to be done. I really cant wait until they are all grown up.

Tonya, It is great that you are taking care of your dad.

Noelle, Stress eating? What's that? :lol: I have been bad all week myself. I plan a mini vacation and for some reason I feel that I can start it early with food. I am so screwed when we get ready to go to Florida. I will probably be swelled up like a marshmallow long before we ever get to the campground. Ouch a flu shot. YUCK YUCK

Holly,Hi. Keep exercising girl, you are doing great!

Jay has come down with my cold. I cant remember if I posted this or not but I changed our campground to Tropical Palms in Kissimmee. Now I have put us directly into the middle of the traffic. It is supposed to be one of the best campgrounds down there so I figured we might as well try it.

I have to go bake a couple of lasagnas for this weekend so I will try to check back before we leave.

PS: Cherie, Great picture!! You are very pretty! I like having a face to go with the name.

Ciao Ladies,

Oaky it's official, I have the most BORING rom on the entire base. I shipped every possible thing including my dear computer :( so I can only pop in at the office which is now my new home as I'll be watching the tv and cheching email.I also had to ship my digital scale so now I'm back to using my dial scale which I'll be happy to toss in the trash when I get ready to fly out of here. So now Im really feeling my transission now and it is so exciting :D

I really can't send out personal messages right now because i have to get ready for my farewell dinner and I'm living out of a bag right now so It's pretty hectic, But as soon as things are in order next week, I'll be sure to send my personal hello's

Later Girls.

-Dips-

Hello to Everyone!!! Sorry I have been gone for so long. Things at work have been hectic and I hadn't a chance to read all the posts. You have all been in my thoughts, though. It looks like I need to start posting regularly again because 1. It keeps me accountable, 2. I love the support and 3. It helps me retain my sanity. So I won't stay gone as long next time!!!!!

Dips- have a safe trip and I am so glad you are coming home. Welcome Back!!!!!

Ange- You have a great trip too!! Hope your daughter feels better soon!

Holly- Have fun at the wedding. Try to ignore the insensitive comments from others. I know it can be hard! Way to go on all that exercise!

Tonya- Your family is in my prayers.

Kempy- What's up girl? How is the bodyRX going?

PhotoGirl- I don't think I got the chance to meet you, but HI!!! I hope to hear more from you!! I gave up sugar 2.5 years ago and it really started the whole weight loss journey for me. I recently did South Beach to help move myself off my plateau. I was interested to see that you were doing Phase 2, and am hoping you have seen some good results. It definitely helped me to re focus myself and realize I was eating way too many starchy carbs (even though they were the good kind). Best of luck to you.

Noelle- Hey Girl!! try not to overwhelm yourself too much. You have a lot on your plate. Good luck with the dog/owner/humane society drama. I am thinking of you!!!!

To everyone else I missed, hope you are well. Talk to you soon!!

back on the wagon tomorrow -- for SURE!
 

Sunday!
 

Hey ladies.. just thought I would check in....

Things are going good for me... had my normal weekend diet of two pieces of pizza on Friday, and a McDonald's Happy Meal today with my girls. I figure if I just do that on the weekends, then I won't feel so deprived, and I can actually accomplish my goals for all the rest of the days. I am going to go do some work on the ellipitcal machine tonight, so I don't think I did too bad! :)

I have 27 more days to work on my goal of 10 pounds off, I am down 2, eight more to go! I still feel I can accomplish this! I've set some exercise goals on the one week challenge page, and it's about the same as last week, so that keeps me pretty honest and motivated about my workouts. I am really enjoying the changes that are being made, and I love finally being in this state of motivation and determination... seems once I get in this mode... it's so much easier!

Redballoon.. sounds like you had a great night! I just went to bed early.. haha... hope you start feeling better soon! Red, I am only 5'2" so even though the lowest I have ever been has been 111, I feel that if I stay committed, then perhaps I can get down to 108. My ideal range will be 108 - 118. I know 118 is doable, but I still had jigglies then, so I would just like to lean up after that and see what I can accomplish! I understand about feeling like you can't see yourself at any other weight.. I've been around the 150 mark for about the past 10 years... and now I think back and remember how big I used to think I was at 132... I have adjusted my way of thinking... and I think it's for the worst... I need to have that mentality back of feeling huge at 132 then I won't allow myself to get this far out of hand again. So that is what I am fighting for now...

Thanks Jackie... I am still doing mainly Phase one.. but allowing myself some phase foods onces a day, normally one serving of something. It keeps me on the diet, and not feeling deprived, and with the exercise I am doing, I am loosing weight. Once I get to my goal, I just have to remember the key is to maintain, not forget about everything I have learned and to forgo exercise. I just need to make it a part of my life and enjoy it all!

Dips... good luck!!! Have a great visit home!

Angie.. aww, thanks for the compliment! I hope you had a great trip this weekend... are you ready to get back on track this week?

chikitababe how did your weekend go? Did you enjoy yourself? And a big thumbs down to your hubby... they just don't get it sometimes.. I know he probably didn't mean anything negative by it... but you just gotta remember, they are guys.. and they don't tend to think too much before blurting out something, and it's normally stupid.

Ok... going to go and see if I can get my VCR that my daugther broke to work.... I will see you all tomorrow! :)

Cherie