Smashlers: Hope your puppy is okay. It's hard when pets are sick , especially since they hide it so well so we don't realize it at first. As for my tools, I had heard apple cider vinegar is good. I used to have a little before each meal and it really seemed to work. I don't know why I haven't done it this time around, think I'll start again.

Geekmadre: I haven't followed the Wendie Plan yet. I am pretty stingy with my weekly points as it is, I think I might have a hard time using them all. But like others said, I am fairly erratic about using them so perhaps I am following a smaller version of the plan. Let us know how you're doing with.

Gooch: Sounds like you're having a tough week. Those are often our bi6ggest challenges when it comes to staying on plan. Kudos to you for continuing to check in here!

Daimere: Wow, a bellydancing flash mob. That's impressive! I have done neither of those. Sounds like you're having a blast and getting exercise at the same time. Yay!

SoMuchFattitude: Hills! Great for the butt! I have to walk up a huge hill every day when I get my mail. I can feel it burn every time and I love it. On the other hand, I do NOT like running up hills. And... are you eating your chia pet??!!!

I am doing okay. Still very depressed about finances. Getting used to only having one car to use. We need the car today so we all had to get up early to take hubby to work (my kids are too young to leave at home). We have so little room in our budget for extras as it is, I don't know how we'll ever come up with an extra $2-3k to fix the car. But I am thinking positively and trying not to let it get me too down. And I'm staying on plan, so that's pretty awesome.

Have a great rest of the week, everyone!!!

Yeah - I hate hills, let alone running them. This week has been brutal. Thank God today is my last day of running hills this week....just biking after today. I'll take it. And OMG these CHIA seeds are SO weird. They have such a weird texture, but they keep me full. I can't decide if I like them or not.

for your situation. Hang in there!

Race day for me tomorrow! Of course, being that this is Cleveland they are predicting snow. But I found the most fabulous pair of shamrock knee high socks so I should be good

Good luck with your race tomorrow Tudor!!! Fingers crossed for wrong forecasts and no snow!! But, if nothing else, you will be STYLING in your shamrock socks

I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm definitely in a funk and can't snap myself out of it! My weight has gone up since my lowest (probably like 12-15 pounds) and I can't seem to get it back off. I've had some things thrown in that get me out of my routine, but I've been trying to get back into things and I just can't. Something needs shaking up, but I can't figure out what. I don't necessarily feel that I'm eating anything significantly better or worse than before, but the weight has skyrocketed and isn't going back down.

I bought the AL a couple weeks ago (I was away last weekend, so wasn't at my meeting). My assessment is over and I am working hard to reach my goal of 4 points each day. Most days I am able to do that and am even above goal, but it's amazing to see how little percentage I hit during the day when I'm at work. I always felt like I was pretty active since I walk around the building a lot to go from classroom to classroom and just wandering around my own classroom helping kids with their work.

I'm hoping that having accurate representations of my activity daily will help get things moving again. My plan for this upcoming week (since I assume there will be a gain tomorrow at weigh in):

1) Meet AL goal every day....even if I can't make it to the gym.
2) TRACK TRACK TRACK!!!!
3) Really focus on serving sizes
4) Try to limit sugar as much as possible.

I obviously need something new/different since what's going on now obviously isn't working how I want it to be. Time to get back to basics and finally get excited/proud of my work again. I'm just so sick of being so close to this number that I hadn't seen in over a year!!!

If any of you lovely ladies have any advice/suggestions/commiseration stories, I would GREATLY appreciate it

Somuchfattitude it ssys 1 roll. Total serving 8. There are 8 ps inside so I guess its 3pts per roll/pair (its like a bagle sliced in the middle already.

tudor good luck!!

Ok I am heading to the gym but my problem is I cant find my membership card!!! Cant remember where I last put it.
Weighed unofficially today and I gained. I am getting frustrated now! I have reached my plateau once again (2nd time around. The first one was when I was in my 190s took me forever to get out of 190s). Now I am stuck at 183-185 like for 5 months now and its bad!! I know I need to do something right now. Especially coming april I will be going on vacation to california and florida. And it means eat-all-i-can-family-get-together. Driving me insane!!!!!. I was hoping I would be down by now because done with TOM. . Tomorrow is my official WI so I hope something happens (water retension from sore muscles maybe?)

myfavisblue ~ Can you show your license if you can't find your gym card? Hope you make it there

Chele615 just got home from the gym. Yup the guy was nice about it. I told him can he give me a new one. Of course it will cost me 5 bucks and its fine with me cause I really could not find it. He said no hurry just keep on looking for it and I might find it. Well I will try again.
Had a good workout. Ran for an hour.

Breakfast : oroweat thin roll 3pts, laughing cow 1pt, 2% reduced milk 1 cup 3pts

Still planning what to eat for lunch and dinner

Hello everyone! Sorry, for the lack of posting. We've had some people out at work (nasty stomach flu going around our area, everyone is puking) so I've just come off two weeks on call and I am ready to not hear that phone ring in the middle of the night.

So, as of Friday, I have officially completed 4 weeks on WW. And I'm down 12.8 lbs. I am so amazed at myself in what and how I'm eating (I don't know how I ate so much fast food), my activity, etc. But. I also felt this massive feeling of being let down. And how long is this going to take.

Where did these blahs come from? I did awesome and my brain is going "but you could have done better if you didn't have those beers two weeks ago!" or insert whatever choice I made that was still within my daily/weekly points limit.

jilu awesome on your loss!!! Woot woot!

Had my WI today. Yay! I lost all that water and after my TOM I lost 2.4! So happy. . Now I have to stay in focus in tracking what I stuff in my mouth lol(sometimes I am so lazy to track. bad me lol). Today I dipped into my WP but its ok I still have 37 left for the week. And I am making myself go to the gym twice on my 7 days working (usually when I am working I dont go to the gym. Only on my off days I go to the gym regularly. Like out of 7 days off I go 5 days). So I started that promise to myself yesterday and I did go and run for an hour. My next will be either monday or tuesday.

Hope you ladies are all doing fine. The weather here in houston is nice! Sunny and a little bit of cool breeze. Love it but bummed because I am working so will not be able to enjoy the nice weather outside.

Have a good weekend everyone!

Jilu: Congrats, you are making awesome progress! I totally know what you mean about being hard on yourself, saying you could have done better. But it's so NOT true. We are much harder on ourselves than we need to be. If you were reading someone else's post who had written what you wrote, you would be impressed too. We all have those down days, about everything not just weight loss, but realize it's temporary and keep plugging along. We can do this, yay!!!

myfavisblue: Yay, you are doing great, too! Wow, 7 days a week at the gym. That's the way to create a healthy habit! Glad to hear your weather is nice where you are. It's starting to feel like Spring here too, and warm weather is such a weight loss motivator for me. Even though I'm not even close to my goal, just knowing I've gotten a good start on my journey is very uplifting in the warmer months.

I was down another pound today at my meeting. And, my husband's car started so I was able to leave the parking lot, lol. We got season passes to Six Flags a couple months ago, and so we took the kids there for opening day today, for a few hours. My daughter, four, was so excited to ride the roller coaster in the kids area. Stood in line 45 minutes, and she's been talking about it for a month. We ask got buckled in and just before we left the station, she started crying. The whole ride, she kept yelling "I do NOT like this!" over and over. Poor thing, guess she's not ready for roller coasters yet. My son was already riding the bigger coasters with upside down loops by her age.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

forkeeps: Aww! Poor little girl! And congrats to you and myfavisblue on your losses!

jilu, I think those feelings are common! At least I get them. This is such a slow, arduous process... I just keep telling myself, though, that weight loss that comes off too quickly has the potential to come back on too quickly. And I do like that I CAN eat and drink what I want, as long as it is in moderation and not all the time. Makes the diet sustainable and even enjoyable. I will take not feeling deprived over having fast weight loss.

chele, all I can say is keep fighting! The scale can be a jerk sometimes, despite our best efforts. In the past, when I have hit funks like that, it has derailed my plan....like I would gain, stop tracking, then feel like it is impossible to get back into the WW 'zone'...and then spend the next few months putting the weight back on. Looks like you are not doing that! So good job and keep working

Tudor - Hope the race went well ...and I am a NE OH girl too!

So, I was at the grocery store tonight and considered having a treat since I still had a lot of weekly points left...but I didn't seem to want anything bad in my body. Passed on St Patrick's Day donuts, reese's pb eggs, and cookies....then considered Taco Bell for dinner...but nothing seemed worth it! This is a crazy mentality because I am usually a chocoholic.

Weighed in at 192.8 today...and I have to go down to 28 points! Happy for the loss, but don't like having to cut a point; I am glad we don't have to go any lower than 26

Happy St. Patricks Day! I am happy to say I did not find it necessary this year to get my annual Shamrock Shake



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straightahead: Great job dropping points, and pounds! Yikes, the shamrock shakes! Luckily I didn't crave them this year. I did, however, need to scoot very quickly past the Cadbury eggs every time I went to the grocery store. I have been good so far, until a friend placed one in my hand last night as a gift (she doesn't know I'm dieting). It's still in its wrapper so far...

I had dinner at my mom's today. She made my favorite dessert in the world, strawberry shortcake (and yes, she DOES know I'm dieting, grrrrrr). Yes, I had some. I am way over points today, but it's the second day of my point week so I'm good. This is my highest day since I started WW, I think I'm at 45. But I am very full, to the point of being uncomfortable. Time to wind down and go to bed, I think.

Happy Monday Morning everyone! Ugh, I am half way through my week and I don't think my weigh in will be a great one. I am SO CLOSE to my 10%, and its my 16th week this week, but GOLLY!!! I had too much fun when my sister was here, now I am just like "gimme that chicken leg! hows abouts another slice of bread?, hmph, I don't feel like working out blah blah blah". Stupid TOM. I have maintained pretty much all week.... I would LOVE to see a 1.4 lb drop to hit my short term goals... but... I doubt it!

Here's to a good rest of the week!

Good Morning!

My weigh in was cr@p on Saturday (up 1.2) but I was on my period and it randomly spiked Saturday morning. Annoying, but whatevs!

My brother's surgery got moved to Friday.

Training is getting longer, my nephew's schedules are getting busier, house hunting is getting more time consuming and I'm TIRED! PHEW!

The Baked Chicken Parmesan on Skinny Taste is fantastic - if you havent tried it!

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B: Chia/berry smoothie, vitatop, coffee (4pts)
L: Barley w/ tomato sauce and chicken breast (9pts)
D: Rotisserie Chicken w/ Bacon/Cheddar Mash, Roasted Green Beans and roll (19)
S: South Beach Extra Fiber Bar (3pts)

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