hi angel hi krispy welcome back I missed you anybody know where geri is? food is pretty good. I didn't lose any last week. have 20 pounds to go til christmas goal of 200.

I just got back from the gym, and I need to find something to eat, because I havent eaten anything yet. My arms feel so shakey right now, from doing weights, but other than that, I have so much energy! Which is a nice change from my previous constant fatigue!

Ok guys are you avoiding me? hehe.
food has been so so this week I have really been hungry and have craved fast food bad. DH and I are going out tomorrow after I get off from work I have to work 3 hours at the library. Hope everyone comes back soon I need your support.

Hi everyone! :wave: I can't believe I've been AWOL for soooooo long. Please forgive me. I see that a number of my good friends are still here so that is encouraging. I apologize that I have not read a thing since I've been gone, so I won't be able to make personal comments to each of you. I would hope to catch up, but being gone for a month, doesn't make that an easy task. I think I'd rather not feel so overwhelmed and just start from here, if that's ok.

My food has been up and down since I left. No real progress, but no real setbacks either.

I think I wrote that DH and I had cancelled our anniversary trip to San Francisco. Instead we spent last week in little trips to places closer to home. Saturday and Sunday we started out in Fort Wayne, IN visiting some friends. Then Monday morning we left for Niagra Falls. What a wonderful trip! For those of you that live close enough to make just a couple of day get-away work for you, it is a wonderful entertainment value. We stayed at the Marriot Fallsview on the Canadian side. It was $169 US for 2 nights lodging, dinner for 2 one night and the breakfast bar for 2 both mornings. A great value. Our room had a king size bed and a jacuzzi tub. And the really neat part is that it is located on the cliff just above the Horseshoe Falls and the one whole wall of your room is windows. We were on the 16th floor and the view was breathtaking!!! :D

I am hoping to be back now on a regular basis, as I have really missed all of my friends here. My goal is 25 pounds by Christmas, so I need to get going!

Have a good day, my friends. I will talk with you later.

"Undoubtedly, we become what we envision." - Claude M. Bristol

Hey all!

Good to see ya back, Geri.
I'm afraid I've been kind of missing too...just posting here and there, and only a couple lines at a time.
Well, it's way too easy to be lazy at school, and I've gained some weight. I'm about 177 now. BOO, HISS! (I type this as I sit here eating chili and saltines. Oy!)

So I'm trying to get back into exercising...but I'll never mimic the stuff I did this summer :(
I'm done with my doctor's appointments for my fingers and he told me the swelling will still go down a little as I extend my ligaments and start using them. Soooo, this evening I'm taking my roommate with me to the weight room to see how much muscle tone I've lost in my left arm. Eek!

That's all I have to report for now...gonna finish my lunch and then see about going for a run...I NEED to do SOMETHING!

Its nice to have both of you back. I'm in a slump I haven't lost in 3 weeks hanging in there at 220. My son went back to work yesterday on the night shift :)
Dh is leaving tomorrow for Indiana for a few days.:(
I've been working off and on at the library and I have a sinus cold. welcome back talk more later

Hi everyone! :wave: I have been on such an eating binge this week, I'm just so upset with myself. Not upset enough to stop, apparently! :mad: It doesn't pay to be off kilter for a week, because it breeds more of the same! :( It's an ugly, vicious circle!

Hubby's in Germany this week so that may have something to do with my eating frenzy. Just don't do well with my soulmate out of town! :cry:

Mary: Hope you're doing better with hubby gone than I am. When's yours due back? Mine will be home tomorrow night.

Kelly: Hope that arm is doing well. There's no way that you could do as much activity during school as you did this summer. You were on the go 24/7.

Gotta run. I've been working alot this week and have to get to work on paperwork first thing in the morning.

I found this quote and it truly about sums things up for me these last couple of days. Hope you like it.

"As long as a person doesn't admit he is defeated, he is not defeated ----- he's just a little behind and isn't through fighting." - Darrell Royal, Texas football coach

Hi Geri
I don't do well when DH is gone either. He will be back today. I have had a lot going on this week. I ate lunch out Monday. I took my son to work Wed night and stopped by KFC and got a tender roast chic sand with potato wedges, and I ate some ice cream later. Thursday. I had to do a program at a aarp vip luncheon but they had turkey so I didn't do too bad. Last night I had ladies circle at church I ate a taco salad and a piece of cake and two peices of divinity fudge . I had already ate a salad at home. I seem to be stuck at 220 and can't get over the hump. I have really missed you guys and your support.
I have got to get back on the ball and lose this 20 pounds by christmas.
It seems like i have been craving fast food a lot lately. Its pizza right now. I can smell it .:)
Well I better go I have to eat breakfast and go shopping so DH will have something to eat. I am drinking my water.

I weighed myself this morning, and Im down to about 208. Only 9 more pounds until Im in the 100's! Im so thrilled, because I dont even know when the last time I wasnt in the 200's was. Im taking an exercise break today to do homework and stuff, but Ive been to the gym 3 times this week, and I plan on going tomorrow and Sunday. Ive been doing 1/2 hour on an eliptical trainer, 100 crunches, and weight machines for my arms. Im actually starting to see some faint signs of muscle definition! I cant wait until I can wear sleeveless shirts!

Hi ladies! :wave: It feels good to be back here on a regular basis again even though my eating is still way out of whack! :(

Honey is home! WooHoo! I'm doing a happy dance! :) :D :) :D I was really ticked that he didn't even call once to say he was there or he missed me and when I reached him on the cell phone after he landed I kindof let him have it! *shrugs* No souveniers for me, other than the hotel soap and shampoo! :mad: But he knew I was ticked so he brought me home 3 dozen carnations to try and make ammends. Ain't he sweet???

Mary: Sounds like you and I are kindof in the same boat. I have really been blowing it BIG time these last couple of weeks. I'd like to lose 25 by Christmas, but by the way it's going, it'll need to be 30 before too long!!! ARGH!!! Must get moving!!!

Krispy: Congrats! You're doing great! Glad to see you've been moving. That will really help take it off. Isn't it fun to be thinner than you can ever remember? I can't wait!

Guess I'm gonna run. You all behave.

Believe in yourself. And believe that there is a loving Source - a Sower of Dreams - just waiting to be asked to help you make your dreams come true." - from the Simple Abundance Companion

Hi ladies!
No good parties going on tonight, so I'm in.....eating Papa John's pizza as we speak. Oops??? Guess my food fell by the way-side too!!!
Congrats to Krispy...Mary and Geri and myself---COME ON LADIES, WE CAN DO THIS!!!!!
I'm looking for quick-to-make and cheap foods i can make in my microwave, again...any ideas, ladies? :(

Morning guys
I ate yogurt last night instead of ice cream so I guess i'm slowly soming back. DH and I are going to a movie today and out to eat oh well I can't win them all. Haven't eaten breakfast yet. don't know what I want. Can you all beleive that christmas is just 2 months away. I haven't even bought anything yet.
Well I'll go for now be back later on today.

Hi ladies! Just got back from the grocery store....$30 later! :rolleyes:
I can't afford this healthy eating crap! It's so much more expensive....especially since I have a meal plan that's basically useless for school! Argh.
Spending another night in, tonight...I don't like the whole dress-up-for-halloween thing, and the party tonight is costume. So for halloween I'm going to be me, in my pj's, on my bed, watching tv :lol:

Yahoo I lost 1 pound first i've lost in 3 weeks. just 20 pounds more and i'll be under 200.
Dh and I went to see KPAX yesterday It was good. We then went to Ryan's steak house I was pretty good. I had a big salad, 1 peice roast chic, T. Fried okra, butter beans, string beans, small chic fried steak with gravy, two rolls, diet coke, small slice lime icebox pie. :)

Hi again ladies! Well they convinced me to go out anyway last night, so now I'm WAY backed up on work I was going to do last night while everyone was out! EEP!
Had a chicken taco for lunch today....waiting for it to settle before I go for a run. My goal for the week is to do some activity Sun-Thurs, everyday. Let's see how it goes!