In It For The Long Run #6
 

WELCOME TO "IN IT FOR THE LONG RUN".

We're still the same bunch of folks who posted in: "COUNTDOWN TO 250 AND BEYOND" but we chose a new name. We started with more than 100 lbs to lose and are doing our best to attain healthy bodies through weight loss and exercise.

Most of us are using Weight Watchers to help us along this road but we welcome anyone who is trying to successfully change to a healthy lifestyle.

Got a lot to lose? Pull up your keyboard and join us for fun, support,advice and just plain talk. We love to "see" new faces so jump right in.

j-ann

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Mornin' Ladies,

Got in a water workout last night. Sure slept well after that. :)

If it doesn't snow too much we're going up to Oswego, on Lake Ontario, for dinner. YUMMY. I'll have to be really good during the day. Fall is sure turning quickly to winter here too.

This had to be quick. Just needed to start the new thread. Work is calling.

j-ann

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Hello everyone. I can't remembered if I posted in the last day or so? I have been going absolutly crazy lately with work and home. Work crazyness seems to have ended or so, and Halloween is tomorrow so I think I'll be alright. There is one good thing for being this busy though - you don't have time to always think about food all the time. I think for the first time I know what it mean "oh I forgot to eat lunch or I was too busy to eat". It hasn't been that bad. Lunch ussually was a cup of soup and a piece of fruit eating at my desk. Anyway I don't want to sound like a whinner. How's everyone doing? I WI tomorrow so I guess I'll see where I'm at - I don't like to spoil the surprise and check the scale at home, I wait for the official WI. Guess I should get going the oldest daughter wants to make cookies for her class and I still have the pumkin to do. Take care and have a wonderfull Halloween all.
Dawna

Good Evening Ladies,

Glad to hear that other parts of the country are experiencing this cold weather. The snow yesterday really brought down alot of the leaves and just when they were looking so beautiful. Cold weather is forecasted for the rest of the week! I HATE WINTER!!
Jen..Ok, that explains the Fiber Fair. Pretty interesting stuff. We drive through Asheville several times a year on our way to South Carolina. I have a high school friend who lives in the Maggie Valley. I think that is pretty close to you. Sounds like you are gifted in the arts and crafts!
Terri...I think we all find comfort in food. Comfort that we need to search else where for. Feeding the ache inside is how one writer expressed emotional eating. You are right, when things are great and busy, I too don't find myself overeating, but when bored, stressed or anxious, first thing I do is eat. Again, putting my thoughts on paper will hopefully help me to feed my "ache inside" with something else besides food. Until then, all we can do is keep working at this issue one day at a time!
Well, better scoot. Have things to do before the night is too far gone! Remember, drink, drink, drink all that water! Chatty

Hello everyone! Hope everyone had a great day. I did fine wiht pionts today, but no exercise.

I'm gonn abe gone for a few days, so everyone have agreat rest of the week and a super weekend!

Good Halloween morning!!!

No time for much of a post this morning. I got up early to make a caramel apple pie to take to goodie day. I got to make a recipe I've been dying to try, other people get to eat it all and I get to sample it.

Here's something I posted in my journal this morning regarding the whole sabotage issue:

Originally Posted by :
In my head, I say I want to lose weight - want to look better, want to buy cuter clothes, want to be healthier, want to be fit, etc. But deep in my heart, ..... I don't want to achieve it bad enough to make the changes.

That was kind of a startling thought that I think had been floating around in my head but I wouldn't acknowledge. Its a sobering thought to think that if you sabotage yourself then you're not willing to work at achieving what you want - - therefore, do you really want to achieve it??

Now that I've owned up to that, I'll be thinking about if I really do want to achieve this and if so, what am I going to do.

:wave: Have a great day!

Good morning! :wave:

How did everyone survive the Halloween candy?? Quick, like a bunny, GET IT OUT OF THE HOUSE! I plan on packing up the leftovers and sending with DH to give the kids on his bus route a treat later on. I vow here and now, I will NOT eat any of it.

I did survive goodie day at work fairly well. I didn't eat breakfast so that I could sample some of the goodies. I was really disappointed to see that it was almost all sweet stuff and I wasn't that interested. I tried very small portions of some of it and then left it alone. Had to eat a turkey sandwich for lunch because of the icky feeling from the sweet stuff. But after that, I iddn't eat anything until dinner.

I think today we finally get sunsine. :dancer: :dance: That means the dogs can go outside during the day!!! Bear still has to be restrained to keep him from running and playing too hard but still they are going outside! Spoiled babies.

Bunny - That animal fiber fair sounds like a blast. We don't have anything like that in our area. And crocheting lessons. Keep those hands busy!! Thanks for the encouraging words too. I have the plantars fasciita or whatever problems as well. Yes, that stabbing pain when you first get up to walk; espeically when you get up in the morning is a telltale sign. I have a bone spur too so I ended up with cortizone shots and then surgery but other people I know just take anti-inflammatory and wear good shoes until the inflammation of the arch tendon goes away. Do you have flat feet??? (I do and that's why I have it) You need to be wearing shoes around the house and make sure all your shoes that you wear have arch support. Sorry if I sound like I'm practicing medicine, just been through this with the podiatrist and the woman at the specialty shoe store!! :D Take care of it so you can enjoy walking.

Everyone else - keep motivated, keep journalling, keep exercising and let's have fun with this!! Life is too short for drudgery.

Take care and have a great OP Friday!

My husband and I have taken to walking each night after dinner (again) - it helps us not feel bloated, I think. We've both become, almost at the same time, sensitive to dairy products which means if there's any dairy in dinner, walking really helps work the kinks out.

Chatty - The phone company considers us to be in Maggie Valley and the post office considers us to be in Waynesville - so I imagine I'm near to where your friend is. I don't consider myself so much talented as a jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none. It keeps me off the streets. ;)

Kira - I hope your days away are wonderful. We'll look forward to seeing you back.

J-ann - Did you end up at the lake for dinner? We've got snow flurries forcast for the weekend here - but I don't believe it. The leaves have just peaked and its all too beautiful for words!


Terri - as I get my medical information from WebMD (no insurance here), any advice is always welcome. *g* I'll begin wearing shoes around the house (ugh) post haste. I think most of mine have good arch support as I've always felt better with it than without - but I'll pay attention when buying from now on anyway. I'm not sure how to tell if m'feet are flat... but when I walk in water and then on pavement I leave classical footprints (where you see the ball, the toes, the heel and one side of the foot), which I think means they aren't. Ah, well - the joys of foot pain.

Hi guys well the official WI was much fun - a real let down. I thought I was doing so well and bang up 1 1/2 what a let down. I have had a day and a half of "what does it matter - who cares and all that self pitty" but I promise that tomorrow back on the program. I have to shake this out of my head and get back to the Thanksgiving challege. We had some snow flurries last night while out for halloween but nothing that stayed. I guess it will be any time now though. Take care all and talk to you real soon.

Can I join your group?
 

I would love to join your group.
You would not believe the rough time I am having with my food.
My high has been 390 and I am down to 299.
The problem is I did this 4 years ago and I am holding on for dear life.
I can't seem to get past the 300 mark!!!!!:?:
I am looking forward to getting to know you.
Yo yo sue

"Sleigh bells ring ....Are you listenin?"

Yup, it snowed yesterday and today. A good 4" on the ground, lots more just to the north. Where did Fall go????? Our trees are in full color and the ground is white. :) Quite a contrast.

JEN: I did go to dinner. We went to a lovely rest. right on the harbor and watched the Coast Guard go out on a night run while we ate. It was neat. I had a petite sirloin with baked potato and veggies and a nice salad. Mmmm.
Hope wearing shoes all the time helps your feet. I've found it helps me a lot. That and trusty ibuprofen. Kees don't work without it.


YOYO SUE: Welcome, glad you found us. If there's anything we can do to keep you focused. We'll do it!!! Darlin' you've lost ONE HUNDRED POUNDS. Don't you dare give up now. You've been so successful to date. :bravo:


DAWNA: 1.5 lbs a week is fantastic. That's about 6 lbs. a month As the old adage says: Slow and steady wins the race. You'll get there.

TERRI: THANK GOD our bag of left over cany is Mounds Bars. :cp: I hate the suckers. Coconut - YEECH! Hope Bear mends successfully this time. What a pain it must be to keep the 2 dogs apart and keep that frisky, young Rottie calm. Better you than me. :)

I did my water aerobics class this A.M. Has anyone tried CURVES? If you have, do you like it? We have one in our village and I'm thnking of visiting it.

Have a super, active OP weekend.

Hi all and welcome Sue. Thanks J-ann for the lovely words but I gained 1 1/2 lbs. Anyway I think I'm over that, back on the program right! A small step backwards dosn't ruin the whole thing. I have to start to journalize better, alot of the time it's just in my head and that doesn't work. So you got snow do you think it will stay. We had a dusting last night but it's all gone now. In the outskirts they have had a few inches for awhile now. I would like to stretch the fall out a little long though. Hope everyone has a wonderfull Sunday. Bye for now.

Morning, ladies!

Terri - thanks again for the footie hints. I've been walking to help it for a while now, and it does indeed help a bit. I find, for example, that I rarely get the stabbing pain thing when I get out bed first thing in the morning now. I hadn't been stretching my achilles tendons - but you can bet I will beginning today! Here's a picture of the colour here - prior to when it peaked. It was very, very overcast here while the colours peaked so I really don't have good pictures of that. *wah*

http://www.jenanne.com/1022fallcolor.jpg

Determined this time - Its hard, I know, to slip and have a gain - but, of course, realizing there was a problem, and deciding to fix it, is all you can really do. Its about health - not precisely which number you register on the scale each week. Go forth and be healthy! :)

J-ann - I'm all envious of your snow! It didn't snow here worth a diddly-darn last year at all. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a white (Thanksgiving? Christmas? New Year? whatever!) this year!

Yo-yo Sue - Welcome - we're glad you're here!

Today is work, work, worry, work and more worry. So I'm off to get started now. Y'all be good!

:smug: Just wanted to touch base with all you fine folks.
I have been on program Sunday and so far today.
Gave myself a MAJOR talking to and decided that 150 lbs. is nothing to play around with.:o
I have set up a plan to make 10% in 30 weeks (30 lbs.) which will put me through most of May. My losing rate is ridiculous at 50 years of age. I will be 270 be then and hope to make 250 by this time next year. I feel this is VERY reachable.:D
Have been enjoying your posts.
The scenery picture is just beautiful.
Have a great OP evening.

Hello! :wave:

Jen - Thanks so much for the picture. It certainly brightened my day to jump out here at lunch and see such a beautiful picture. We had lovely sunshine for awhile today. Driving to work through the lake area was gorgeous. Alas, it lasted only part of the day as we're due to have drizzle again tomorrow. I may hurt someone before this is all over with. :yikes:

Sue - Would you give me a major talking to as well???? :bravo: to you for setting your goal. Its really kind of irritating that this is so much harder after 40. My doc keeps telling me to get off what I want before 50 because it gets even worse. :fr: You're doing great so just keep plugging away.

I'm really struggling with making the right choices since I'm supposed to be practically chairbound. As if that gives me license to eat like a fool. I am trying to keep busy and its not that I'm snacking all day - just when I do it, its not the most OP friendly things. The scale keeps going up so I've got to stop that now. Double :yikes: :yikes:

Have a great day tomorrow!

Good morning, ladies!

Last night was the first of my week of planned meals. My husband picked the theme (chicken) and I planned dinner for the entire week using low point recipes from WW and Cooking Light and Light & Tasty.

Last night was a Chicken Pot Pie (basic ingredients were white corn, peas, carrots, onions, chicken and phyllo dough). He didn't care for it - he'd expected the individual pot pies I'd made last time we had 'em (which used refrigerator dough for the top crust). Both versions weigh in at about 6 pts.

Tonight we're having my low point, low fat Chicken Fajitas. Since this one is my own recipe, I can share. :) Here it is:

1 # chicken breasts

Marinate in:
1T olive oil
1/4 c lemon juice
1/4 c sherry
as much cayenne pepper as you can stand
1t garlic powder
1/2 t cumin

Cook so the juices drain (I use my Foreman Grill, I used to use a rack on a cookie sheet).

In the meantime, if you want onions or peppers with your fajitas, cook them in a skillet using cooking sherry instead of butter. You get the same sorta taste and feel when they are done, but none of the added calories!

Serve with FF tortillas, lettuce, tomatoes, LF or FF cheddar cheese, and mucho salsa.

Enjoy!

This recipe is different everytime I make it because I've been doin' it for so many years that I'll adjust to suit the tastes of the folks here. It all works out in the end, though.

Happy day to you all. :)

I'm back ladies!

Determined~ Hey it happens, you'll probably have lost that 1.5 and more this week. COuld it have had something to to witht he time of the month?

I totally went of the points system this weekend! I binged like a big dog. :( But, I am back on now, and justhope that it didn't hurt me too bad!
I'm gonna try to go work out today. Hope everyone has a great day!

Good morning! :wave:

Just a quick note as I should be balancing the checkbook and then off to work.

I did better with food yesterday. I haven't journalled it yet but I can still get that caught up. These cold drizzly days have been wrecking havoc on my evening activities. I have a permanent chill it seems and all I want to do is crawl under the covers. I know I'm not supposed to be exercising but the least I could do is stay awake! :o

Kira - What part of Missouri do you live in? I live in the KC area. Weekends can be a challenge. Hope you had a good workout!

Jen - Thanks for the recipe. Sounds wonderful. I think I'm making chicken enchiladas one night this week. Last night was chicken, broccoli, light parmesan sauce (Ragu) and fettucine. We skimp on the sauce but its pretty good.

Everyone have a great OP day!

Hi Ladies, :wave:

I was going to stop in and tell you I was going to lurk for a while and stop posting. But I guess I can't go that far. Some of you have been my support for more than a year and I know, in my heart, that I do need to come here. I've been treading water on my weight loss journey for WAY too long and lately I've let the whole program go to h##l.

Looks like I have to take that long hard look at myself :eek: and try to figure out why :idea: I'm letting such a good thing go bad. It seems I'm either very successful or completely self defeating. There's no middle ground for me, at least not right now. I know I've got to get back to meetings and back OP I'm just having a very hard time committing to it.

OK enough whining! :twirly: You gals seem to be getting it together ...DRAG ME ALONG TOO!

Today's big new:

My mother has, very unexpectedly, very delightedly, offered to pay for 10 WW sessions for me. I haven't attended in ages - and I'm looking forward to it. I expect the $ for WW to arrive in a week or 10 tens.

:)

J-ann - this is what I've been struggling with... and everytime I'm ready to quit lurking and give up, there you go posting and asking how I am and making me care about whether I continue on my wt loss journey.

You've lost FIFTY pounds. Egads! That's too much to give up on - but, when you've stalled, it seems like not enough to go forward for, I'm guessing (because I know that's how it feels for me).

I'm returning to meetings - after a long time away - in the next week or two (as soon as my meeting tickets show up). Can we lean on each other to make it happen for us? I'm great at leaning - and I think I can be good at providing you with some support in deep appreciation of your always there goodwill for me. :-)

Let's do this together - one small step at a time...

Determined~near Jefferson City. I have several friends from KC though! So howdy neighbor! :)

I actually got a workout in yesterday and am going to do so today as well. Today is my weigh in day...I think it'll be ok. I did very poorly Fri and Saturday.:( But I tried to be VERY good Sun-Wed.

Laides, I hope everyone has a great day!

Hi :wave: Everyone,

Well As you can see I can't stay away. I've been on vacation since last Friday and I've sone absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. You know what? I don't care. I've enjoyed every minute, even the rainy, snowy days. It's been nice to just hang out and not have to be somewhere every minute.

JEN: Thanks for the offer. I'll go back to meetings when you do and we can "watch" each other. Good for you thinking about exercise equip.:barbell: We have a treadmill but I hate it. Maybe another 75 or 100 lbs. down the road my knees will let me walk more, but not right now. The onset of cold weather has them achin'. I'll stick to my water exercises, at leastfor now.

TERRI: Fall does tend to send us to bed early doesn't it. It's dark out, and cold, and it's been soo damp that a nice, warm bed calls out to us as soon as the dishes are done. You might try giving in to it for a few ays. Then, maybe on the first nice night, you'll be awake and raring to go. :) Glad food is going well for you.

KIRA: Well, How'd you do at WI? Weekends are tough (for me lately every day has been.). Try your best to stay OP or keep you slps, basically correctable. Remember you can bank up to 10 pts. for a tough day.

Thought for the day: We often fear the thing we want the most.

j-ann
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J-Ann: I read your post and want you to know you are not alone in your feelings. I too was close to giving up until I read a post asking where I was. You have pulled me back several times. We're all here to pull you back. Seems like Jen, you and me have stalled out but at least we keep hanging in there. You have both accomplished alot and you don't want to regain it all. I've managed to maintain within the same range for a long time so maybe that is an accomplishment too. We just can't give up. This is a lifelong battle. Just focus on one thing - just one thing you want to gain control of and make it a goal. We can do this but we need each other. You keep me trying just by reading that you're all still here in this battle.

Jen - Woohoo for your mom!!!! Good luck with the meetings. You've accomplished a lot too. You've also been such an inspiration to me.

Kira - Good luck with the weigh-in! Good job with the workouts. Keep up your great efforts.

I'm beat and need to head to bed. Been trying to balance the checkbook and work on bills. :fr:

Have a great Friday!

Mom sent me the online receipt for her meeting ticket purchase last night. They'll arrive at my door within two weeks (per the email). I'm nervous and spending this week doing "housekeeping" for my visit - you know, eating religiously to lowest points, parking as far from buildings I need to go to as I can just for the walk, etc. Its as if my mom-in-law is visiting and I need to speed clean the house! LOL!

Terri - When you're done with your checkbook and bills, howzabout you come here next? ;) We've been having a terrible time with money lately - and its our own fault (plus, the economy!) because we do overspend on life's good stuff simply because we don't see the point to working if its not for the good stuff. Argh. (This is a whole other rant. Is there WW for your family budget out there somewhere? :D )

J-ann - We'll get through this, all of us together. That is the beauty of a board like this (or WW meetings, ideally). We come at first because we know that companionship makes succeeding easier. We stay for the same reason - plus, friendship, and coaching, and laughter, and tips and ... well, you get the idea.

Kira - You go, girl! Working out is my bug-a-boo. Be all proud of your self!

HI HI :wave:

A beautiful Saturday morning here! We're planning a lazy day of grocery shopping and house cleaning. I need to rake the leaves in the front. Its nice not to have to run all over the place for a change.

TOM finally came (late) and went so I've lost some two pounds and I'm getting back in control again. Just having the right attitude makes a huge difference.

Yesterday, DH came and took me out to lunch to a deli. I was very good and ordered a turkey reuben (FF and I love reubens). Okay, I don't love turkey reubens (turkey and sauerkraut are weird). Plus I ordered luscious fruit instead of chips. I ended back at the same deli for dinner as a few gals from work went to a chick movie. I ordered a chicken pepper saute on a baked potato. I ate the chicken and peppers and didn't eat all of the potato (it was huge). There was very little cheese so I figure it was a reasonable point meal. AND no popcorn or candy at the movie. Heck no, not after paying $8.50 for a ticket. :fr:

I finally got sort of caught up on all my paperwork. I've had all my bills paid on time - just haven't logged everything into the computer or balanced the checkbook in a while. Not sure how I got so far behind. Geez, I'm an accountant by trade so you'd think I'd do better. I think that by the time I get home and meet and greet the DH (he prefers to be first) and then the dogs and then get to eat; I'm too tired to get down here to work. Got to work on that.

I better get busy.

Bunny - Cleanse away!! Sounds like you're really getting motivated and rejuvenated towards being OP. Somtimes it takes a change to create new excitement. God bless your mama!!! I'm not too sure about my budget and meetings. I'm not too fond of the leaders here - but I will think about it.

Have a good weekend!

Well, yesterday was an exciting challenge! We were out all day long - which means I only ate in the car, or near the car. BUT we swithed from donuts to bananas, fast food to Subway (fast, but better for you), and I finally know the points in a steak taco so its back to soft tacos.

Yippee for me!

Terri - congrats on regaining some control over your weight. I feel the same right now just because I'm making the right eating choices again.

You are all the best - its amazing to me how truly motivational it is for me to come here, read (even if I don't always reply) and realize that I am not alone in this. My husband (who has never weighed more than 200 pounds) doesn't understand, my sister who has never weighed more than 175 doesn't always get it, but my friends here really and truly do understand why this is so damn hard ... and you help make it easier.

Hello! :wave:

Gosh, another weekend gone in a hurry. But, it was a good weekend foodwise. I definitely feel control within my grasps again. The church had a tailgate party after the service. It was bring your own meat and a side dish. I was surprised at how many women brought chips and store-bought cookies. What happened to church potlucks with lots of wonderful foods?? There was a good pasta salad that we ate along with my brocolli salad. Not much for dinner tonight. It was a wonderful time for us as we are relatively new in the church. Great time to meet people and make it our home.

I didn't accomplish much this weekend. My hip is still bothering me so I did a lot of laying around reading and taking naps. Won't I be spoiled by the time I can start exercising again???? :o

Jen, you said it very well about coming here for support. I feel the same way. My DH needs to lose about 30 pounds but refuses to try. He says he supports me but refuses to learn how he can help me. So its up to me to try to dodge all the challenges. I do myself enough harm and sometimes he makes it all the harder. And if he sees me eat something, he thinks I'm not trying and therefore why should he help me. I try to talk to him but then he just acts like he had a labotomy. Personally, I think DH doesn't really want me to lose weight. I think somehow its a threat to him - we love to cook and we love good food. I've tried to talk to him and frankly I'm tired of talking. He says he listens but then later acts like he doesn't know what I've been talking about. Coming here is what has kept me from giving up. Many times. Wow, that tured into a rant! :sorry:

Jen - :bravo: for the changes you are making. You'll be all revved up and ready for your first meeting. I'm so thrilled for you.

J-Ann - Are you lurking??? Come out, come out, wherever you are! You are definitely missed and we're here to help you get jump started. I started the online journal here and that has helped me head back towards the road of WW. Writing it all down really does help.

Where is everyone else?? We're here to give and receive support and we can't do that when we fall silent. I have been there too and when someone replies, then we know someone else is out there hearing our cries for help.

Ladies, the holidays will be fast upon us and lots of temptations. This isn't the time to give up or let down our guards. Let's get chatty and help each other.

I'm here. !!!!!

Hi Everybody,

Just finished a good OP dinner. We had friends in and my housemate (The one who cooks with a capital C. ) fixed an elk roast with baked sweet and/or white potatoes, brussels sprouts (not my personal favorite), salad, homemade pumpkin bread and a cake right out of this months Bon Appetite (sp) Mag., Pumpkin spice with caramel icing and nuts, dried cranberries and orange rind on the top. (I did the dishes while they ate dessert. No way did I want to start on that cake. I'd already done enough damage earlier in the day.) One more day and it's back to work. Tomorrow I've got to shop for lunches and get my act ready to really get together on Tuesday.

TERRI: I know what you mean. If I'm really OP I can usually say "I'll just have a little" or "I'm in a hurry I'll get something quick" but I'm not a cook. I'd be at loss, and I don't mean weight :), if I had a spouse who enjoyed meals and expected me to join right in. It's hard enough living in a house with someone who cooks "Sunday dinner" every night and spends her every spare minute in the kitchen because it's what she enjoys doing. (An aside: I live with a dear friend and her DH. I started out as weekend kennel help years ago and our friendship continued to grow so they offerd me a place in their household. As they are both quite a bit older than I it's worked out well as I can help with the stuff they can not easily do any longer. BTW my friend has never weighed more than 115, is now 75 and looks like, maybe 60, it's got to be good genes - she sure doesn't work at it! ) Keep plugging away and remember that if DH doesn't want you to lose the weight for him, you still need to do it for yourself. After all you do want to be around for a long time don't cha?

JEN: WOW lady, bananas and Subway. You're being strong. HURRAY!

YOOHOO, KIRA: You're being pretty quiet. How'd WI go?

SUE, DAWNA and anyone I've missed. Hey come on and chat..... How was your
weekend?

Talk to you tomorrow,

HI LADIES! :wave: :wave:

Guess What??

I think I'm coming out of my slump. For the first day in, I don't know how many, I'm still OP at 3:30 PM AND I'm still well within my point range and I'm journaling! I've gone shopping for lunches and juice, and yogurt for the week, to take to work tomorrow. I'm even considering obeying that little voice in my head that keeps saying "Get Thee To A Meeting". If I can keep myself psyched I'll go to the 5PM meeting in the village. This is a tough one cause I'll bet I've back slided about 20 - 25 lbs. Scarey thought huh?

You gals have been the BEST FRIENDS keeping my spirits up and sending encouragemnt when I really need it. THANK YOU ALL.

JEN: This may put me a week up on you meeting wise, but Im really ready to try again. WE WILL LOSE TOGETHER! I have no doubts.

Hope I can keep up this attitude. IT FEELS GOOD!

j-ann
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J-ann - it is absolutely thrilling to see you enthused again! I've been weighing at home - so I have a pretty good idea of how far I slid. And... like you, I'm keeping it together right now. My energy for this fight is returning - and dammitall, I'm gonna win. :) With you, and everyone here, its very doable.

Terri - Husbands are tricky things. I do think the people we love - and who love us - can be obstacles to the wt loss process. I don't see it most often as intentional - but change is always scary. Even good change. {{{hugs}}}

Tonight is a knitting guild meeting. I'm bringing water and a bag of pretzels for snackies. I'm making the swiss/bacon quiche from WW for dinner tonight (it smells wonderful).

Life is good.

Now we're cookin'!
 

:bravo:

I've got three points left for the day and plan on having a skinny cow as my treat. I've done very well today. I made myself a sandwich so I'd avoid the cafeteria temptations. I also put a few containers of carrots and grape tomatoes in the fridge so that all I have to do is grab and go. My big coo for the day is to have made through without hitting the vending machine or snitching a fun size candybar from the payroll dept. (they work for me so I can snitch!!! :lol: )

DH is roasting a chicken and making mashed potatoes along with carrots. Already logged into my online WW journal. I'll make sure half of the breast gets put up in the fridge for tomorrows lunch.

:dance: Its fun to be back OP! More importantly, it feels good to be positive about this whole journey again. Which I owe to my friends here.

I've decided that instead of attending weekly meetings, I am going to pretend like I'm going to a meeting. I will have weigh-in on Monday mornings and then I will login to the WW site and study the week's topic. And I will make a plan on how to incorporate that into the week. This week's topic is portion control. So I'll make sure I'm paying particular attention to portions and will get the scale out if necessary.

I better go take care of the laundry and get busy on paperwork. I've been having fun bagging up the pampered chef goodies that arrived today. Tomorrow I get to be Santa and deliver to everyone.

Jen & J-Ann: Good for both of you! You both have been so inspirational to me over the past year or so. Let's start kicking butt!!!

Have a great evening and OP day tomorrow.

Well, it was worse than even I thought. :yikes: I went to my 1st meeting in ages and I've put on another 23 lbs. God, I knew I was sucking in food but Geez .... It's a wonder I didn't do in my heart. No wonder my knees are aching more and more often.

Oh well, I'm going to do my best to get my act back together. Was OP yesterday and so far today. Wish me luck!

TERRI: GOOD FOR YOU! Iwish I was strong enough to commit (sp) to doing this without meetings, but as you can see, it didn't work for me. Portion control is the best place to start. Thanks for reminding me to go get some Skinny Cows.

J-ann - my coupons arrived which means I go face the music this Friday. *gulp*

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