Paige: thanks for your reminders of the downfalls of medications for weight loss. I am with you on that one completly. I always have to remind myself when my friend is losing so much weight so easily that she isn't really going to be at a good point when the research study is over and no longer has acess to the medication. It's nice to here someone else say it as well, it kind of solidifies my thinking.
derry: I like your little saying about the horse!! It's funny b/c I feel so much more motivated this week and today to stay on track.
erica: I was there two with the not excercising but this week I am going to turn all that around.
Hello Ladies
I am now back from vacation. It was great and so relaxing for the most part.
It is really strange but I am motivated now. I couldn't get motivated for some reason and now I am. I think it is because the nicer weather is here, and I noticed the fruits and vegetables appear to be better now.
Good luck on your weigh ins and have a great night.
Paige, that is awesome that you are down 25 pounds. You should be proud of that. Have a great day everyone.
Great job posting and being accountable ladies.
Take Care
Ann
Wow......another thread and I am so busy. Forgive me for not keeping up with everyone, this week I am just all out, and extremely busy. Worse than usual. Things should slow down by Friday nite.
Paige- love the new picture! Congrats on the NSV with the shorts.
Linda- congrats on being so good at the quilting meeting. Glad you planned it so well and will power prevailed.
Laura- thanks for posting that recipe- sounds interesting. I love cooking with balsamic vinegar.
Erica- giving up chocolate and beer in one attempt?! Wow...but if each is a trouble food for you, then I am sure it is best to eliminate both for now. We all know how that goes.
LJ- were you selected for Jury duty? What kind of case is it (sometimes they tell you during selection).
Kim- welcome back......jump back in and join us. We all fall off the wagon from time to time,forgive yourself, and get back OP.
Hi Haylo, Pixie and Ann.
Sorry to be so brief....I will be gone all day tomorrow from 6am to 8pm on a class trip. Snuck in a meeting today. I was down for the 2nd week in a row.
Paige, the leader was Irene, who just did not click with me- nice lady, just not the best for me. She must be popular, as the meeting was packed- many must like her.
Gotta go....take care all!
Ginny
Laura, thanks for posting that recipe, sounds very refreshing. Maybe it will make a great Mother's Day weekend thing? My daughter asked what I wanted for Mother's Day and I said I wanted her to cook a meal for me and clean up afterwards. I think I scared her! Her eyes got big, but she ASKED me!!! : ) That is truly what I would like is to eat a mean in my own home (a WW friendly meal!) and not have to do all the work for a change. That is my idea of a nice mother's day!
Paige awesome about wearing those shorts! Congrats! Today must have been a daring day to try on stuff! I tried on my old pants that I used to wear for my official weigh in outfit when I was about 6 or 8 pounds lighter than I am right now and they did fit, but they were too tight for me to actually wear to my meeting, but I was thinking that it might not be too long before I can wear them again if I am a good girl. I haven't had these pants on since several months before my dad died. I tried them on a couple of months ago, they went on but didn't zip. So, I'm getting closer.
Haylo, I too want to try to exercise a bit more. I'm feeling like that may be exactly what I need to do in order to start to move the scale again.
I weighed in this afternoon, but only had a .2 loss, not much at all but at least it was something I guess? However, I am still UP as last week, I put on .8 so I am still more than 2 weeks ago. Things have slowed down and I want to accelerate them, I seem to be doing a very good job of maintaining - but I don't want to maintain, I want to continue to lose.
I also think that taking meds to try to lose weight is the wrong approach. We all know what the best approach truly is.
Great job with the journaling here, guys!
Ann, welcome back. Glad you are getting motivated too. We all need a great shot in the arm!
No problem with being brief, Ginny. A school trip will be a very long day. I hope you have your food all planned out. Remember to plan ahead.
Now, for my stuff.... I deviated a bit from what I had planned for lunch, but I ate well just the same. I went out late in the AM to get a haircut and I was starving by the time I got out. I stopped at a deli on the way home and got a fresh turkey (not deli processed stuff) sandwich with honey wheat bread, lettuce and tomato. No mayo, I put my own lite mayo on at home. It was a great sandwich. But, it was a big sandwich and I don't know how to count it, exactly. I gave it extra points and will end up with 3 flex points used for the day, however, I do have the flex points and that is what they are for.
I'm actually glad I got the sandwich, as I get so bored with the day to day lunches at home.
By the way, tomorrow I may not be on line much or able to post. I am taking a trip to Massachusetts for the day, visiting the cemetery and planning Mother's Day flowers for my mom. I really am bracing myself, but I want to do this. I hope I can handle it. My sister is meeting me and we are going to have lunch together. I've not seen her in awhile, so that will be nice at least.
Mother's day means something totally different when you don't have your mom anymore. For those of you who still have your own mom's, take the time to do something very special and show your appreciation on this special day. I was always nice to my mom on Mother's day, but I wish I had been even nicer.
Evening All!! Well Jury Duty is over, and I loved being there. I was called into 3 Trial Rooms and sat on one jury. The first group called at 8:30 I was called in. Today, to say the least, was a highlight for me. I am very much into all of that and a really big Court TV Trial fan. I loved all of it. Even being there all day was just fine for me. Many others were complaining. I was lovin' it.
So all went well, thanks. Even got a letter of thanks and a certificate.
Now.....as for my eating today...not so well. I did have the Kashi Fiber bar at about 12:30 and that was it. About 4:30 we had a break in the case and I was starving by then. So downstairs I went with the rest of the jury panel and we hit the vending machines. I had reese's pieces...yeah I know
but we had literally 6 minutes.
Got home about 6:30pm...had a sandwich and some kettle chips..yeah I know Poor planning...tomorrow it's back to work, so you know I'll be good.
I'm already planned.
I am a bit mentally exhausted, so I will say goodnight...and I'll be back tomorrow.
Hope you all have a great planned day... Bite it, write it, Snack it Track it.
Hello again everyone, well talk about motivation. I lost my pedometer today at work and as much as I wasn't in the mood to go excercise the loss of my pedometer motivated me to go get another from my gym and of course excercise. I did a short circuit class it was definatly a interesting one. Oh yeah and I got really motivated to keep excercising. They are having a contest at my gym and the computer randomly assigns you to teams, the top 2 teams and the top 2 individual with the most steps on their pedometers wins all these great prizes this contest starts in seven days. I know this will be a hard contest b/c there are so many people involved in it but I think it will motivate me to get moving a little more. That is not all. I got to talk to a personal trainer (since I lost my pedometer) today who told me that I had moved up to the next level. Our pedometers track us and after so many steps you move up a level and you can win gift cards and stuff, anyways besides earning more cash I earned 2 fitness assments and she was nice enough to through in personal training session. Of course she is probably hoping I will jump on the band wagon and fork out some money for some
more of these but I take what I can get for free. This is their way of motivating us, and believe our not I came out of there so excited.
I stayed pretty much on plan, I think I got into my flex points but I think after all that excercise i did to day it should balance out.
LJ, so you only had to be there for ONE day for jury duty? That was pretty easy. When I served on The Grand Jury, it was 2 - 3 days at a time over three months. It was amazing the number of cases we heard. We basically had to approve indictments for all the local police officers. We heard statements, reviewed evidence and either agreed or disagreed that a warrant would be issued. Some of those cases still haunt me. I also learned a great deal about what goes on in my own community, and was kind of surprised, particularly about drug use and people's stupidity in some cases. If they take away a person's license due to drunk driving, what the heck are they doing out there driving around - and with a car that clearly doesn't pass inspection or a car that is speeding, or even worse drunk again. E-gads!
I can see how that environment would totally throw off your eating. I would just forget it, move on and do better today. It really was emotionally exhausting when I did it a few years back.
Haylo, I like what you have talked about regarding this contest at the gym. One day, maybe I will join a gym. Right now, our finances are hurting a bit and I don't think it will be in the next couple of months, but I would truly benefit from membership, I know.
I need to get rolling soon and start my day. As I said last night, I'm going to the cemetery to plant flowers for mother's day. I am bracing myself for an emotional day and trying to think ahead to what eating will be part of it all. The "old" Linda would have gone right for a doughnut to help "deal" with such a day. I will stop for coffee before I get on the highway today, but no doughnuts allowed!
I will be meeting my sister for lunch and she doesn't have that long of a lunch hour, though she asked to take extra time today. She and I have chatted about "finding a place" near the cemetery to get lunch. So, without knowing what I will have, and where I will be, that is a hard thing. But, I just had a four point breakfast and planned dinner. So, maybe I can manage to find a decent salad or something like that?
Points allowance: 20 Day 4 of tracker, 12 flex points used so far
Breakfast:
1 cup Cheerios = 2
1 cup Calorie Countdown milk = 1
1/2 banana= 1
Total = 4
Dinner will be:
Pork loin (grilled, marinated in FF Italian dressing combined with 2 T Merlot) = 4
oven fried potatoes = 2 (I find the Alexia frozen ones, 1/4th of the package is two points, no trans fats, great taste)
peas = 2
Total points for dinner will be = 8
So, I will have 12 points accounted for. This gives me 8 points for lunch, but I would like to save 2 points for a WW dessert tonight, so I really only have 6 points. That would be OK if I were eating at home, but eating out does present a problem.
I'll probably use a few flex points. I won't have my healthy oils today, unless I find a salad with oil and vinegar for lunch. I could find a way to incorporate them in with dinner, I suppose? But, then I'll be adding MORE flex points to me day and I would prefer not to use them this way.
How are you guys doing as far as getting in those oils?
Well, my WI went very well last night. I was down 3.5 pounds. Now I did have shorts on, so that made me weigh less. But yesterday I also jogged 3.5 miles without stopping, and I think that really boosted my metabolism for the day. Now if I can just maintain it. I'm going to lunch today with my sister and kids, we're going to our favorite middle eastern restaurant, so I need to be careful. This saturday me and all my sisters and my mom are going on a wine tour, again, need to be good. At least it'll be a wine tasting and not beer!
haylo-thank you for talking about everything you're doing at your gym and walking. It really is inspiring and motivating, it's amazing that you're doing all of that!
L.J.- it's so hard to be out of routine isn't it? I think jury duty is mentally exhausting, and it's hard (at least for me) to be on program during those times.
Linda-thanks for what you said about mother's day. I just fired off an email to my sisters to think about how we can make it extra special for our mom during the wine tour. Mostly because my mom is completely emotionally cutoff from her own mother at the present time because of an incident that has happened in the last year. We've all been 100% behind her, but it'll be hard. And yay for you that were down....keep it going in the right direction
Paige-that is awesome about those shorts, what a feeling!
Ok, I'm off to see how many pts. a plate of chicken shwarma will be.
Congratulations to all of you. wow these posts are so motivating.
Linda, I hope today goes well for you. I wanted you to know that because of you I get my oils in every day. That is great you were down. Slow and steady wins the race. I keep remembering that because I want all my weight off now.
Erica, you are so close to goal. That is awesome about your weight loss and your run. Did you feel great after the run? Have a great day. I haven't had a shwarma in over a year. I remember they were so delicious.
Laura, thanks for the recipe. I hope you have a wonderful day with great choices.
L.J. I think you did well. I think if I only had six minutes I would have rushed to see how much I could get out of the vending machine just in case. I realize vending machines are not my friends. I like the bite it, write it, snack it track it. Yesterday I was going to have a bite of my DS french fries and gravy but didn't know how I would track it so I passed.
Paige, great NSV with the shorts, you are doing awesome.
Ginny, I hope your day goes well and the school trip is enjoyable for you too.
Haylo, I now use a pedometer all the time, I think it is because you talked about it before. I love it. It is exciting to see the steps add up. I think it is awesome you actually go to the gym. I have had gym memberships and I don't use them. I prefer to run outside.
Future pixie and Kim I hope you ladies are doing well and have a great day on plan.
Sorry if I missed anyone.
Thanks for all the posts and helping to motivate me.
Take Care
Ann
Hello Everyone!
I'm new to this site and still working my way around trying to find what will be the best place to 'settle in' ...if you know what I mean lol !
There are so many threads and groups available I think I should maybe just stick to one.
A little about me... I live in the UK and joined WW a few yrs ago which I sadly didnt stick with and have put back on a little of the weight I lost.
However...I have recently thrown out the now, ex-partner , and am looking to recalim my life, which means my figure as well hahaha.
I have around another 70 pounds to lose so thought it would be good to join somewhere like this where there is a good 'family' feeling.
Hi there unstablelady! That's quite a name you chose for yourself, I think you need to give us a nickname or your first name - as from what you said in your post, you are far from unstable and you have some great plans and ideas for yourself! We're exactly the right kind of place for you.
For example, I've had a very down day and I was practically dragging myself over to the computer to read and post here and then I read some of the other posts here and already, I am feeling better.
Firstly, Erica, YOU are my inspiration today, if you can do this I can do this! I can't believe you were down that much! Gosh, what great news. I hope you keep this off and, OMG, you are almost there at goal! You must be flying high! You go girl!!!!
And, Ann, I'm so glad I have been responsible for you getting in those oils. It's been hard for me as well. I actually didn't think I would have my oils today and I did with supper. By the way, I bought this darling glass bottle with a special pour spout to keep the olive oil out on the counter all the time. It looks pretty and the spout is non-drip. I see it out on the counter and it helps me to remember. Sometimes, I use my 2 teaspoons of oil to saute' veggie in, other times on salads. I think I am at an all-time record high of having that oil for about 3 weeks straight, each and every day. Perhaps that is a non-scale victory to report? (NSV for our newcomer) I know WW wants us to have those healthy oils, those milk servings and all the veggies, water, etc. that we are supposed to have for a reason. I strongly feel that one of the key elements of success is to take those things quite seriously. Obviously, "they" know what healthy guidelines are about and as I want to live longer, healthier, and not as an obese person, it is something that will make a huge difference for me. I've really learned to enjoy olive oil, and when I started this "battle" it was not a taste I enjoyed at all. Now, I kind of savor it. I did try it on a baked potato about a week ago and I was not a fan, though. : )
Today, all the best plans were made and I deviated. I didn't have what was planned and I ended up having to use a few extra flex points than I planned. But, it was a high emotional day that involved a great deal of crying. I miss mom so much. I hope that somewhere, she was smiling to know her two girls planted lovely flowers at her grave and that we thought of her. I still can't believe she is gone, it's been 14 months (18 since dad passed) and it seems like a dream, at times. For any of you who don't know (sorry to be such a drag tonight) she died very unexpectedly and suddenly. It's still like a surrealistic nightmare. But, I did well, I went there and I remembered and most importantly of all, I saw my sister and got a few hugs. We did this together and we plan to do this again for Father's Day week. If nothing else, we get to have an excuse to be sisters and see each other and I think mom and dad would be glad if they knew? Funny thing how seeing their names etched, with dates, on a headstone seems to make it so "real" when I can kind of put it all aside when I am going on with my day to day life. If I had to use this, somehow, to learn from (I always try to learn something each day) I could say that I truly need to think about those healthy guidelines seriously. When one parent dies from cancer and another from a presumed stroke (we never knew for sure what killed her) you have to consider dietary things and how heredity works. I need to get myself in gear and lose those last few pounds. They talk about body mass/fat % all the time. Mine is presently at 28% and needs to be 25 or below in order for me to be considered "healthy". So, time to get moving?
So, no exercise for me today (other than digging to plant some flowers) and I ate a few somewhat wrong choices, and I just got through saying it's time to get moving. I have to do better tomorrow.
I was so drained when I got home that I chose to cook the meal I planned for tonight tomorrow night. I got take out food, salads and chicken fingers. My daughter and I split the chicken fingers so the points impact was not all that bad and we added our own vinegar and oil vs. using unknown dressing.
So, today is over with. I did what I had to do and I am back in my own little "secure" world.
Time to veg out in front of the TV for awhile and hope for a happier day tomorrow. I'm not perfect, I know it.
Well I didn't make it to the gym, I stayed up very late last night watching the San Antonio Spurs play basketball all for a dissapointing loss. Of course if you are an Phoenix Suns fan then your mood is probably much better. So anyways, after work I came home a took a long nap. I feel a little guilty about not going but I know I needed sleep. Hmm, maybe I will ride the stationary bicycle here at my house while I watch american idol.
unstablelady: welcome
erica: congrats on your loss, I am glad my talk about the gym was inspiring and motivating. Your loss is inspring and motivating for me. I hear you on the expense of gym membership, I am lucky in that my school district pays for our gym membership.
newlifestyle: I am glad to hear you too are enjoying your pedometer. Like I told erica I am actually luck with my gym membership since the school district I work for pays for it, otherwise I don't know if I would belong to one either. It's funny b/c when I used to pay for it out of pocket I would hardly go, but this year for some strange reason I have been motivated to go b/c I am not paying for it and of course b/c of all the contest they are running. Doing things outdoors is always nice, it makes for a nice change of environment. I do enjoy things like that, except here in Texas sometimes just going outside makes you feel like you might melt from all the heat especially in the summer, so sometimes being inside is a little more comfortable temperature wise.
derry: it sounds like you had a very difficult day, I don't know what I would do without my parents still living. I am an only child so I am definatly very close to them. Don't worry that you deviated from plan, it was an emotional day for you and I think any one of us might have reacted the same way. I still get emotional when I think about my grandparents (on my dad's side who passed away some time ago) so I can definatly sympathize with you. I am glad that you got to spend time with you sister and that something good came our of your visit today. I have a cousin who is more like a sister to me then anything, unfortunatly she moved to Lousiana recently and I do miss her but it's nice know you have someone to share those experinces with. I hope things are better for you tomorrow.
Morning - I woke up at 5 a.m. and couldn't go back to sleep. I'm on my 3rd cup of coffee and I have some oatmeal in the microwave. I may actually eat breakfast at home instead of around 9 a.m. at work. Weigh in today.
I stopped at Meijers to pick up the strawberries for the salad last night and not a strawberry in sight. GGGRRRR. I couldn't even find a spot where they SHOULD be and that's frustrating because they are advertised at 3/$5 this week. I really think the strawberry salad sounds fab. I'll call them today to see what's up with that. You can't find a body to help you after 6 p.m. and I was there around 9:30 p.m.
Welcome Unstable Lady!
Nibs - how you doing? Hope you're back on track.
Good Morning and Hello to Linda, Haylo, ECMom, Erica, Ann, Paige and anyone else I may have forgotten. Hope your week is going well!
