What great idea! Though Victoria's Secret isn't quite my style, I do much the same with other sources. Tear pages out of catalogs and magazines. That sort of thing. And ... I have my "trousseau," a collection of clothes in smaller sizes that I have packed away in a trunk with lavender sachets. :) When I see something so lovely that I just cannot pass by, I buy it for my trousseau. Every once in a while it's good to take these things out to look at them, think about how they'll look on me -- all very encouraging when Haagen-Daz is calling my name! :D

Welcome to Pixie Dust!

Welcome to Gilder!

AprilPepper, congrads on sticking with your plan! Isn't it great how small changes can have such lovely effects? Keep up the good work, girl!

FM, you are so right about support -- no one does anything alone, really. Everybody needs a boost now and then.

How's it going, Scorchin? You sure burned up those calories! Whew!

Britt Leigh, congrads on your 5lb loss! That is great news!

Diane! thanks for the info on Splenda.

Everybody take care, 'k?

HEY CHICKS!!!!!.................
Good morning to everyone,

And welcome to Pixie Dust, happy to see you here.
Just jump in with anything you want to ask or say...

I'm thinking about getting one of those pedometers to help me keep track of my steps, a visual is a good thing for me.
Plus Larry cut me out a path going up our big hill and Jackeddy and I are walking up there a few times a week, saw a black snake the other day<<<shiver>>> but I like having them around, (they are pretty shy),'cause all these moles on our land.
I need a cat.

The Victoria secret site is a great idea, If I could have a bod 1/2 as nice as some of those gals....
I do put pics on my fridge of clothes and women whose bodies look nice to me, makes me think every time I open the door.

My Smoothie....
1/2 cup of frozen Blueberries
5 frozen or fresh strawberries
1 container of ff yogurt,any flavor
a good chunk @ 1/2 cup silken tofu
a good splash of pulpy OJ
6 cubes of ice
Blend the heck out of it.
Makes 2 good size servings

We drink this on the weekends when Larry is home and it fills us up and the tofu gives us protein.
It stays with us as a full breakfast would.
Larry will have a piece of Whole wheat toast with his.

Here's a challenge....for the next week..if your plan allows...
Eat a serving of some kind of fruit 4 times this week if you eat none.
If you are already eating fruit...have at least one serving a day. 3-4 if possible.
Also sometimes frozen is a great deal on berries if the fresh is expensive or looking a little tired.
Try to get in the habit of eating a piece of fruit INSTEAD of a sugary or junky snack,
this may help if you have family members around that you have to buy snacks for and you are tempted.
It may also be a good influence on the family to see you munching on fruit.
If you have kids. while they are watching TV, go in the kitchen and slice an apple on the plate, spread a little peanut butter on each slice and hand them the plate,then just walk away.

Get some dixie cups, the bathroom paper kind and some posicle sticks, blend up some fruit and yogurt with a little sf ff pudding mix and pour into the cup and freeze with the sticks.
Or ask your mom if she has one of those tupperware popsicle makers.
Try and make this challenge a family project.

Make it a healthy day....
Diane

Todays weighin....1 and 1/2 pesky lbs gone.
La LA la laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

Not as much as last time but a litlle bit of stress around this week, getting used to the changes with Larry gone all week.

GOOD MORNING APRIL CHICKS!!!

Had the chance to change my signature this morning. Notice that it looks a little "lighter" than before? :)

Wow, and with drinking this water... No more killer leg cramps! It was getting to the point where the cramps would wake me up in the middle of the night. Sometimes if I even stretched "wrong" I would get a cramp in my foot. Not since I started drinking the water! (I already take two Viactiv calcium chews a day, so I know I'm getting the calcium.)

This is going to be an awesome journey, ladies... thanks for taking it along with me.

Have a GREAT day!
Cheryl

Thats great Cheryl, water is key to all of this, also my skin always looks better when its hydrated. Flush out those nasty toxins.
If you do get a leg cramp, try pointing your foot as hard as you can up towards your knee, sometimes this helps to stretch it out.
But hopefully they will all now be gone.

Gilder is beautiful.
I love living in Ohio, don't you???
I'm in the southern ohio woods,lots of hills here, we have land surrounded by state forrest, no one can ever move in behind us...yeah...
Diane

Ohio is good, but I'm getting a "Sinus Valley" dose of it today (headache caused by the weather). The area where you are is gorgeous, especially in the Spring and Fall. "Up North" (Xenia, close to Dayton), we live in a log house that has woods, plus a little bit of pasture land. But, all in all, Ohio is a good place to live.

Oh, and stretching toward the knee? I know that trick, but then I would get a cramp somewhere else! Hopefully those are gone now.

Hiya
 

AFTERNOON YA'LL
FM- Cool Idea on the VS thing :^:
I have to exercise for atleast 30mins a day everyday doctor said so. I go to my curcuit training 3days a week(didn't go today feel bad about it), pilates, treadmill, stationairy bike, and just small lil exercises I can do, stair climbing, walking,and I also just ordered the slim in 6 videos which are very hard but do the job (borrowed them from a friend). Here is what I did yesterday.
Home Training: 16mins 160cals
Pilates: 20mins 100cals
Treadmill: 20mins 180cals
stair climbing: 6mins 60cals
Cheryl- GREAT JOB ON THE Weight loss and good job on drinking more water. ;)
diana- GOOD JOB ON the 1 and half lbs :)
Everyone keep up the great work....... :dizzy: :dizzy: :dizzy:

Hello girls!! welcome to Pixie..... ok I lost 2.5 more pounds so that leaves me with 5lbs lost since we started....yay! Boy, Heather, you are a big motivator for exercising!!! after everything you have been through and you can burn all those calories a day!! congrats to everyone on weight loss..... FM glad to see you, started to wonder.....the idea about victoria secret.....I have my own variation, I have Marilyn Monroe all over my house and thats my motivation, she was so beautiful, but not as skinny and sickly looking as starlets and models today. she still had curves and thats how I want to be. If not this halloween then next I will hopefully where a costume of her and look good!!!! And with all of you guys for support I know I can do it!!! (it sounds silly, but I love halloween and dressing up for parties :) ) Diane I think I will try out that smoothy, its sounds yummy and I love smoothies!!! talk to you all soon

Everyone Should Celebrate
 

Congratulations to everyone!!! It seems like we are all doing so well. Or as Diane put it "Everyone is kicking ***!!!!!!!!!!!!" Yes we are kicking ***.

Jamie- Congratulations on your 5 pounds gone forever. That is great. I agree with you Marilyn Monroe is beautiful. And most men that I talk to say they prefer her body type to these half starved "little girls" as my hubby says. I am also a big halloween fan. I think you will definately be turning heads as Marilyn.

Heather- You really are an inspiration for exercise. You are definately going to be firmer by the end of this month. Good luck with your drs appt. tomorrow. It is tomorrow right? Anyway, if it is good luck I hope it goes well. I will be thinking of you.

Cheryl- How exciting! a new addition to your signature line. Congratulations. I am still working on the more water. I don't know why I am so resistant to it. But I'm glad you are getting your water in. And Gilder is beautiful.

Hi Diane- 1.5 down 1.5 less to go. Yay!!!! It is so hard to lose weight during any major transition so you must just be doing awesome.

April- You sound very happy. I hope things are going well for you. Congratulations on getting rid of the soda. It must have been a hard week on you with the caffeine and sugar withdrawal. But now that you did it I bet you feel pretty good.

Well, I hope everyone else is doing well.

Take Care
FM

hey gals, It looks like everyone's having so much success, its wonderful! My little goofy scale gave me such a thrill this morning, too bad it was obviously messed up!!! ( It said I was 9 lbs lighter since yesterday....lol...) It was nice to see, but it wasn't reality...too bad. The reality is I was 2 lbs heavier ( or is this too a mistake???...time for a new scale I think) But I am pretty sure its the PMS water gain thing ( or could be the hotdog I ate last night, seems like I always retain water the day after a hotdog) I am getting ALOT of extra water in today, but it hasn't been leaving my body as quickly as it normally would...frustrating.

I got in some great exercise this morning, and I am really tired from it. We dug out a plot for a garden. It was a little more demanding a project than we anticipated, and its not done yet, but I was smiling the whole time, thinking of those fresh tomatoes, and zucchinis in my future!

Anyways, its been a good day here, I'm glad to see everybody else is doing good too!

Lisa

hi everyone
 

congrats to all :bravo: sounds like we are all on the right track i weigh in tomorrow and am so close to NOT using the 200 marker on the scale :) . if not this week then next week for sure :smug: . it is a struggle but going good so far. i was eating when it was time (buzzer goes off at work...eat ....or hubby wants lunch i would eat too, even tho i was not hungry yet) now i am waiting till i am trully hungry and i am eating healthy... bran cereal, banana, skim milk instead of biscuts and gravy or eggs, home fries, bacon, and toast. for lunch i will have lite turkey sandwich , yogert, fruit or cottage cheese, fruit, and pretzels instead of buger and fries. you get the picture. anyway i am not hungry at all and am keeping it to around 1200 to 1350 calories. so far i am losing this way :cp: if it stops working then i will need to figure out something else. not too much of an exerciser yet :nono: . i try to walk some but am on my feet at work all day and dont really like to walk once my butt hits the recliner . but if that is what it takes then i will do it.

hope everyone else keeps up the good work

Talk to you LIGHTER!!!
Peg

Heather I want to come hang out with you and work out!!

Cheryl...Larry was working in dayton today, over by Best Buy, theres some parking lot they are paving.He's from Springfield, I moved up here from NC to be with him and we stayed there for 2 and 1/2 years before moving down here, he goes up there and lives during the week for work.

Jamie..thats 5 lbs for me too...wooo hooo
Larry says the same thing about women wanting to get too skinny he always says Marilyn had it about right, nice and healthy and sexy.

Fm- I am so happy your having some regular time here with us now.

April...VERY proud of you,you sound totally different than when we first talked, that phospherous in the soda is **** on your bones also so thats another benefit in giving them up.

Lisa...I'm getting a new scale this one is EVIL it plays tricks on me too, Larry will get me a nice one for my BD.
When TOM is here for a visit I usually gain 3-5 lbs, but after they go away...well most of the time they did, sometimes they decided to stay.
Gardening is such good exercise and then after you get the other benefits.
NOTHING like homegrown veggies.

Hang in there CHICKS, make it the best day you can,
Diane

Hiya Peg...
your post got on while I was still typing my last one.

Sounds like your doing great, eating good and healthy.
I know how it is being on your feet all day, but as you get a little lighter it will get easier.
As far as the exercise how about some light free weights??
Good for upper body and stregnth training so as you lose it won't be muscle mass.

And speaking of pretzels...I had some sourdough nuggets the other night with some good mustard..I had forgotten how much I liked them.

keep up that good work you're doing.
Diane

You know, since a couple of you have mentioned caffeine withdrawal, I wonder if this headache I've had for the last couple of days isn't that? I usually have a cup (or two) of coffee at night (I can drink coffee and go right to bed), but I've been having 2 - 3 sodas during the day (Diet Mtn Dew). I quit that cold turkey yesterday. Hmmm... Does anyone know how long that lasts?

You guys are great! Just knowing I have some place where I can come and kick back... it's just great!