Hey.everyone.thanks.for.putting.up.with.my.dots.I. might.be.able.to.get.a.keyboard.this.evening.from. my.hubby's.lil'sis.i'll.talk.more.later.then.cause .this.is.driving.me.crazy!

I tryed this a lil earlier and it disappeared. Prolly good my mood is better now. TOM is here and my head is splitting. Scale says I'm up 2 lbs. Great. Its the 1st time its shown a gain, ususally just no loss about this time. I seriously don't know what else to do. 2 lbs in three weeks in not cuttin' it.

Magdie~ I was referring to the exercise. I suppose your range is always there. Its just alot harder to use if your breathing isn't good. Great job on the elipical.
Judee~ Welcome!!
Ladynredd~ Yay! I'm so jealous!
Sunny~ CAn't wait to see it!
Ally~ Your.killin.me.:D

Hi Everyone!

Well, I "officially" started the challenge today. I have been counting calories and so far so good! I need to total it all on fitday, though.

Stevi- I always weigh a little more when I drink alcohol. It's just poison for me in terms of weight loss, which stinks. Flush your system out with tons of water and you'll be ok!

Magdie, Judee, Ladynredd, Sunny, Ally- Hi!!

Hi Rebel and Judee!!! :wave:

Here's my colorful welcome...
:balloons: :welcome: :balloons:


Hahaha...glad you guys are here. I love this thread - I really like everyone here! :)

Stevi - My daughter, she is three, loves looking at your son. Every time she sees his pic she just starts a giggling and a giggling.

ok.i.still.have.my.dots,however.i'm.going.to.start .exercising.and.dieting.starting.on.the.17th.....t hat's.when.i.get.back.from.women's.retreat.at.a.ch ristian.camp.and.if.any.of.yous.heard.of.one,try.i t!I.have.so.much.fun.however,it.is.a.baptist.churc h.so.they.are.a.bit.more.laid.back.and.you.can.att end.whatever.you.want.w/o.pressure.so.i.figured.i.would.start.after.a.nice .spiritual.vacation;like.a.fresh.new.start.blessin gs.to.all.of.u.and.i'll.try.to.get.that.keyboard.. ...........

Good Morning Ladies,

Well girls, weigh in day was today and it wasn't pretty. I had a one pound gain. URGHHHHHHHH. This is the first time in 5 months that I had a gain. Needless to say I'm a little frustrated. No a lot frustrated.:tantrum: Okay, Okay, my temper tantrum is over. Wow is this so incredibly hard. I knew losing weight wouldn't be easy but sometimes I just feel like throwing in the towel. Sorry for whinning, I'm just a lil bummed out today.


Ally-Hope you have a great time on your retreat. And don't worry about the dots I'm kinda used to it now. :)

Stevi-I know how you feel girl. Hang in there I know we can both get through this bump in the road. Let's just take a deep breath, refocus and keep plugging along.
Hey question for you. I am thinking about posting some pictures, what is the easiest way to do this. The pictures are on a CD right now, I just don't know how to put them on the computer and then post them here. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Maybe it would make me feel a little better to share some photos. I don't know.

Rebel-Good for you for officially starting the challenge today, Good Luck!!

Hope everyone else is having a fantastic day.

Talk to you all later.

Hey Angel - sorry to hear about your weigh - in. Just keep chugging. I just got out of my 3.5 week plateau so believe me, I KNOW how irritating the scale can be and since I didn't lose any inches which got me super bummed.

Here's some :hug:, hope you feel better! :)

Feeling much better...Sorry I was crabby.
 

Hey ladies!:hug:
I had a terrible day yesterday and then it got worse. Never fear I'm doing great today!:carrot: I'm pretty sure I was still really dehyrated yesterday due to all the sweating in rehearsal on Sun...Like a pig I say! My head was spliting yest but I feel really good today after 5 liters of water yest!! As my day progressed yest I ended up in a huge fight with my older sister. She had it comin' but that doesn't ease the pain of losing her. I usually keep my mouth shut because I know she will just dump me if I say something she doesn't like... and well, after she's called me every name in the book....I posted the details in the journal forum. Thats whats so wonderful though. The responses I got where absolutley heart warming and moved me a great deal. :grouphug: This place can be so amazing, I am grateful for it.
Tracey~ That is the sweetest thing...Tell her Logan gives her BIG (((HUGS)))):hug:
Angel~ After yesterday I am very modivated! I feel sooo much better! We'll do it together...."WONDER TWIN POWERS ACTIVATE!!! In the form of a skinny chick!!!" lol On my computer I can insert the disk and it automatically reads it and then I choose which program to save it with...I like photo manager. BUT There is the occassion that my DH takes 35 mil pics and gets the kodak disc this has to be manually run ( under run in your Start panel as H yeah just H) other wise it will just show you a slideshow as read only. Hope that helps!
Rebel~ POISON, Perfect word. I won't be doing that again...prolly ever! I log on Fitday too.
Ally~ I've always wanted to go on a spirtual retreat. I'm not very active in the church and all of my DH family are Catholic....fun bunch (no offense)
Sunni~ OoOoooOOooo Pretty.....:balloons:

Hey Ladies!

Stevi - sorry to hear about the argument with your sister. Hopefully you are better today! That's a lot of water you're drinking! Good for you!

Angel - don't worry! 1 pound is nothing and it's normal to go up and down - totally no worries! You are doing great...but then I know how frustrating it is...

I had a pretty good yesterday. I went to the gym after work only to find out that my membership expired and I can't workout until I renew. It got me a little upset because I've been going there on and off for two years and I'm going to renew ASAP but what do they care. So I drove home...and had some frozen yogurt on the way back... Luckily it didn't turn into a binge and I still stayed within my calorie limit.
I'm doing well today. I need to drink more H2O but other than that I'm doning OK.

Take care everyone and good luck!

A face with the name
 

So here it goes. Not sure if you will be able to see these but I'll give it a shot.
Sorry they are so small. It's the only way I could get it to work.
So anyways. This is me!
The first picture was at my cousins wedding in March(233). The second was on mother's day(220) and the last one was on 7-8-06 (211).
Now you can put a face with a name. Who's next???
Believe me it took a lot of nerve to be able to do this and a lot of time trying to find pictures of myself. I don't particularlly like the camera but I'm getting better.
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hello.everyone!
Angel-you're.doing.great!don't.worry.it's.impossibleto.NOT.lose.weight.if.you.keep.dieting.and.exercis ing.:)
Stevi-you.should.so.totally.try.to.go.if.you.feel.comfor table!if.u.didn't.live.so.far,i'd.invite.ya.to.com e.to.here:)
take.care.everyone!

Angel, you lost a lot of weight! You look so good now! What a difference! CONGRATULATIONS and keep going!

Angel, you look great in your latest pic! But I have to say, your middle pic (I think the 220 one?) is where I think you look the cutest!!! You have a great smile.

I won't leave you hanging I'll put up some pics of me too... :)

hey.i.had.a.?...is.there.anyway.we.can.make.our.ow n.page.kinda.like.myspace.but.it.can.be.viewed.her e.only.by.3fc.members?that.way.we.could.post.our.p ics.and.sigs.and.all.that.too...what.do.you.guys.t hink?