Diane! These recipes sound GREAT! Can't wait to try them. Always looking for something yummy to go with coffee.

Looking forward to participating here... Is it always the same thread? Or do you start a new one every week?

Thanks!

Thanks for the recipes, I think variety is a great way to stay motivated so you dont feel deprived of anything, or get bored and turn back to bad habits... ;) Also, thanks for the info on splenda, my mom is a diabetic and has been asking me to cook with it (before I started dieting I baked goodies all the time) I was a little leery because I thought it would taste different, but I think I will give it a try, if it saves that much calories why the heck not??? :D I will add it to my grocery list. Well I am off now, talk to you all soon......JAMIE

Hey Cheryl, welcome!!! I think we start a new thread when we get to 4 0r 5 pages, it always says april chicks............ I just follow Diane, she seems to be our "leader" ;) And thats fine by me, I need someone to kick my but into gear!!! :D

I hear you there, Girl! :) Glad to be here!

Hi April Chicks
 

Weight Watchers!
 

Happy And healthy!
 

Ralphmarie- The sugar subsitute though way lower in calories may be really high in aspertain? (spelling?). And that causes brain cancer and such, so be careful with it.

FindingMySelf- Yah your right, i think we are building a good fondation! Thats tottaly a great idea to all come in and remotivate!

scorchin- your a very strong girl. I hope everything goes well!

Welcome EVERYONE!
Hope we are all Happy and Healthy!.

Thats exactly why i use splenda it's not Nutra sweet...aspertame.
I've read quite a bit about that and gave up using that not long after it came out.
Splenda is sucralose....very close to actual sugar...sucrose..notice the closeness in spelling.
Although it is made from actual sugar it is not digested the same and causes NO spiking in blood sugar...thus recommended for diabetics.

Thank you for the point system, I may at maintenance try out WW, I live so far from everything it would be impractical to go to regular meetings, but heck with all of this on the net, you guys and books, I may really consider it.

FM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

We were a little worried about you, and your idea about commiting to sticking with each other is superb!!
Its hard to stay motivated all the time,but all is possible when you have good friends.
I like your new avatar...way better than the other one.

I am really pleased at the attitudes here, I really think that everyone is commited to this.
My husband told me i keep him young so there's some motivation for me...he's 59...but he's a hottie.

hi gals....i just wanted to check in...how is everybody???...im doing great....i have so upped my water intake..its like all i drink now..along with some crystal lite pink lemonade....i dont even like the taste of pepsi anymore....and i was downing that stuff by the case 3 weeks ago!!....i put on a pair of my jeans today that used to be really tight...guess what???they are not so tight anymore.....i can already feel the results and it makes me so happy!!....well tomorrow is wednesday...u ladies take care...and keep on losing.....april

HELLO YA"LL
 

Hey girls,
Everyone seems to having such great ideas......
Diana- Food recipes sounds so yummy
Fm- Great idea on committing ourself to each other
Cheryl-WELCOME!!!! :D
Apri- don't u love the feeling of not so tight pants
Well I burned 3537 calories this week not bad my goal was 3500 and exercised 485mins my goal was 350 so I kicked that ones booty hehe....
Tomorrow I get my measurements done before i go workout Ill post those tomorrow.
Heather :dizzy: :dizzy: :dizzy:

Everyone is KICKIN' ***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I always have the biggest smile when I read your posts,
WAY TO GO CHICKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Scorchin Rocks
 

Scorchin

Wow, you have inspired me to get my butt moving to the gym. You are doing awesome! Wow!

How many days a week do you work out? What is your routine?

I am sure that all of the exercise you are doing is going to help eliminate the cellulite you were talking about way back when.

Take Care,
FM

hello i'm new to the site and scorchin told me i should check out april chicks.....seems like a graet group for support....can i be part of it??

Welcome Pixie
 

Goodmorning everyone. Hope your day is going well.

Hi Pixie, We are glad to have you here. It is so wonderful to have such a great support group.

Just thought I would share a post I read on another site. I hope that person doesn't mind because I cant remember where I saw it to quote her. but....

- No matter what you weigh right now there is someone else somewhere who has set that weight as thier goal weight.-

When I read that it made me happy. Because it really is true. Things can always be worse. And if we stop and go back to our old habbits things can get even worse then they were when we started.

I keep trying to tell myself it is just a number. But I haven't got it through my head yet.

Anyway.....

On days like today when I need a little extra boost I have Victoria Secret set as my homepage. I am not comfortable right now with shopping although I know when I get my weight down I will shop shop shop. But I like to go shopping online and that site has a wish list area. So I pick out what I want in the size I want to be. And as I get more comfortable with my size I will maybe start to buy things off of my wish list here and there.

So you all have a great morning. I'm going shopping. :coffee:

Take Care,
FM