2Sexy,
just wanted to let you know- i love long posts, theres no way they make me fall asleep, just give me more to read!:) so did you go grocery shopping yet? do you just have 1 child? do you feed your family different food than you eat yourself? i sometimes will make two different things if i am making supper/lunch for my fiance and I - other times I just modify it, or leave it the same. (it won't kill him to eat healthy!)
is your tae bo Billy Blanks? (or whatever hes called!) thats the one i tried. i should try it again, now that i actually have some abs to work with- i found his instructions to tighten your abs/butt hard to follow...*L*
what staples do you try to keep on hand for healthy eating? i find i am constantly buying popcorn, fruit, yogurt, vegetables, and lite jello.
better run, look forward to hearing from you both soon!
~t~

I did it! I went on the treadmill for 45 min. I almost didnt because when I got down to the excersise room (its really tiny) some guy was down there on one of the treadmills they are really close together and he was watching basketball :dz: It was really uncomfortable but I forced myself to stay down there because I knew I wouldnt come back if I left. I also did some weights. :) I got a little freaked out this morning. I stepped on the scale for a little peek and had a gain I am hoping it is because of p.m.s sorry to be gross. I had a really good week so far so there is no other reason for this. I had this happen when I had chineese food 2 days in a row a couple of years ago when I was trying to loose, I was up 5 pounds :eek: that same 5 pounds was gone by the next week. I had chineese food this week but only once. I am tring to drink a ton of water to help combat it any suggestions :?: Good luck with your day Saskie. 2Sexy mabey I will see if I can get a tape from the library before I buy one. we are having a nice spring day here too I live in MN by the way. I better go before I write a book. :)

JustMe,
Great news about the treadmill- you must feel great! I have a theory that my home scale lies, so it stays in the closet most of the time, except for when I have a huge pig out and want to see if theres a major gain.
Do you have a exercise room where you live, or something? (apartment?)
MN is Minnesota, right? It was also very beautiful here today, even got above 0 degrees(Celsius) for awhile. Unfortunately, today is turning into the typical Thursday, and looking as though it could turn into a replay of last night. I had planned to have pizza tonight, which was ok- i had a personal shrimp/tomato with easy cheese. i think that it was a little bigger than I had planned, but still allotted it the same pts. ;0 now i am still hungy, and just finished trying to fix it with ff/sugar free jello. i still have plans for 2pts of popcorn, but am worried that will not be enough, and thats all i have pts for today...what i really want is the chocolate bar i wanted last night, but couldn't find...i am a maniac, obsessed with chocolate!!!! do either of you have a weakness for chocolate, or any other foods in specific? what do you do when you feel a binnge coming on? my plan is this: drink lots and lots of tea and water (to the point of feeling over full), do some work that needs to be finished tonight, go for a walk, and if i am still feeling crazy and compelled to eat i will eat a big bowl of All Bran with skim milk. anyway, you probably don't want to hear all this crap, but it helps if i clarify it someone who can maybe understand- my finace has no idea...he could eat a horse and lose 2 lbs! :)
i am oging to go try to deal with things!
hope you are both doing well! don't sweat the gain, justme, it will disappear as easily as it appeared- you have weigh in sat morning, right? suck back the water until then!
see ya!
~t~

Hi Saskie & 2Sexy :wave: My big weakness is salty things. If I have things like pretzels and tortilla chips around and the bag is open most likely I will be out of control. I joke about a blur between my hand and the bag:). Yes I live in Minnesota.I live in a condominium. There is an exercise room in the building.Saskie I hope the rest of thursday went better for you. I have drank so much water the past two days (especially today) I think I am going to explode. I hope my weigh in goes ok. I actually had a pretty good week . I hope that that gain I saw a couple days ago on my scale was just a fluke and I will be down ,I deserve it this time. Have a great weekend you guys.

JustMe,
Good luck at your weigh-in- even if the numbers don't show it, at least you know you have worked hard- sometimes thats even more important! I am totally turning my hunger and eating over pts into an experiment, and am allowing myself to eat in a very high range from now until weigh in on Tuesday. My body doesn't seem to gain easily, so I am curious to see what will happen if I intentionally eat high. I guess I will see!
Let us know how your weigh in goes!!

Hello! I am here! :) Justme I just love all the smileys and things you put on. Where did you get the butterfly from? Well sounds like you two have been chattery today. I get lots of good tips from you two. I wish I was as strong as you two are. I am hoping to get to go to my first meeting this Tuesday. It will make me allot more excited plus the new program will be a little better then the usual 123 that I have been doing forever.
I am enjoying a moment of silence my husband took my kids out to his music shop, to play his drums. I have two children a boy and a girl 2 and 6.
My favorite staple is the new mini rice cakes the caramel and the cheese. I also like tootsie sucker pops they are one point apiece so I eat chocolate flavor for a choc. craving or a cherry for a sweet craving. My worst downfalls are doritoes or chocolate.
You should see about renting a video the billy blanks videos should be at some video store or the library. I find music to be real motivating I should play it more it seems the t.v. is always on and I don't even watch it much I like movies mostly. My fav. this year is Where the heart is. Well chow for now.. Just Me, good luck with your weigh in. MW

2Sexy, good to hear from you! I also like those rice cakes, but they are too good- thats what started my high pts fest on Wednesday- instead of one pts worth, I ate the whole bag! (Still not bad, only 7 pts!) How many pts are the tootsie pop suckers? If I remember correctly, they are yummy! Wow, you must be busy with 2 kids and a husband. Does that make it more difficult to eat "healthy"?
Thats great that you are going to the meeting Tuesday! Just going and being accountable to yourself and the others helps me a lot! I also weigh in on Tuesdays, so we can freak out together! *L*
Better go get ready for work!
Have a great day!
~t~

Hi, I had my weigh in with mixed results. Good news no gain not so good no loss.I was bummed out at first because I had a really good week,but when I got home I tried on a pair of my old jeans and guess what they fit again!I guess I must be loosing in inches. 2Sexy to get the butterfly go to fun with icons it will explain how. I had a really hard time doing it.There is also a help section that explains it. They are refered to as avaters there. there are really cute ones on other sites but my computer wont let me download them. Or I just dont know what I am doing :s: Im glad to hear that you are going to meetings. I know I couldnt do it without them also the support from you two helps too. :) I also like the lollipops that your talking about. Today is my dads birthday so Im off to see him bye for now.

Hey! Thats great that you are losing inches, JustMe- thats just as good as losing lbs! That must have felt great when you put on your pants and they fit better!
I had a horrible eating day yesterday. It was going ok untiil midafternoon when I got Really hungry. I was at work, so it was okay. But after work, things got ugly! :( I ate a fairly healthy meal, but then went on a miny chocolate minge afterward. I had been planning to eat higher as an experiment, bbut instead of 26-34 pts, I ended up with 61! I am going to try to do some damage control by eating lower today and Monday, and continuing on as usual! Can't take it back, so I guess I better live with it!
I am off to work, hope to hear positive things from you both later!

Hi, I had kind of a out of control Saturday. I usually use it as my " free" day. Only I was a more free than usual. I have no idea what my points were for the day. Ever since I first started the program I used Saturdays as free days. I know it probably slowed the loss a little but for me it kept me sane. By free I dont mean go overboard, I still ate very healthy during the day but at night had a few drinks or ate pizza without worrying. At least you have the right attitude about your day and put it behind you. :)

Good morning! JustMe, I know how you feel about those free days- I have had an awful lot of themin the past few months....not to mention the last few days! :) Both Sat. and Sun. turned out to be very high pt days(60-70) and instead of doing damage control today, I have decided to let it be the day I eat what I like ALL day, not just in the evening. Its funny, though, some of the thinngs I want are still healthy- just bigger than they could be! Tomorrow is weigh in, and I will go anyway. I am going to give the tracking starting with supper a try, to see how it goes! I think a switch would be good for me!
JustMe, what kinds of drinks do you have on free days? Today I am having flavored Tim Hortons coffee, but my favorite is Brown Cows, Monkey's Lunches, and other "girly drinks" that are Super high in pts.
Better get moving...I still went for a walk today and did the gym, I am just eating lots! :)
Have a great day!!

Hello there. I must say that when I was a good ww girl. I always had whatever I wanted after my weigh in. Then started counting points the next morning helped me and I still lost allot of weight. Of course I have to lose it again but I gave up completely last time. I am excited to go to my first meeting tomorrow. It is a drive but worth it for me. It is so much more motivating to go and since it is a new program that will make it a little more exciting too. I am hoping my mother in law is going to go with me.

Can I ask how long did it take you two to lose the weight you have lost? I know it only took me eleven weeks to get to 146 from 164. But I have more to lose this time and I was in sunny Mesa Arizona then. We lived there for a year. Too big for me. Well chow for now, me

Saskie, My new favorite drink lately is Smirnoff Ice. It tastes like lemonade. I also like mudslides they are a chocolate drink. I have no idea how many points they are, but they are filling so I cant overdo it on them. What is in the drinks you were talking about? I hope your new way of tracking works out for you. congrats on fitting in your walk and getting to the gym. I hope things go ok at your meeting. :D 2Sexy It took me about 7 months to loose 38 pounds but another 1 1/2 months to realize my body wasnt going to loose that last 5 pounds. The people that weigh me convinced me of that. I think its great that you are going to meetings. I am sure it will make things easier for you ;) Well Im off for now this is my second time typing this post. I accidentally deleated the first one and had to start over. :( I dont type very fast. You two have a great night.

Hello, ladies! I am feeling sad :( today, because I have been an idiot lately- yesterday was the show stopper, I ate everything that popped into my head all day long. Tonight is weigh in, and I am going even though I could skip it. I figure I need to see where I am at, in order to make reparations!
2Sexy, I am very excited for you to go to your meeting today, thats great! do you think your mother in law will go with you?
JustMe, I have seen those Smirnoff drinks, but never tried them. I will have to some time! A Brown Cow has kalhua and milk(1/2 & 1/2 some places), a Monkey's Lunch is kalhua, milk, and creme de banana- I think! I had one of each last night, during my super high pts super out with friends. I also had mashed potatos, chicken cordon bleu, ceasar salad, garlic toast, and appetizers....early in the day I had a snickers bar, 1 c of Ben & Jerrys Ice Cream, and other things that were tasty but non- nutritional. Oh, will I pay tonight! *L*
I think (hope) that I am ready to get back on the plan, and trying out a new way of journaling starting tonight might help.
To answer your other question, 2sexy, I lost my first ~50lbs in 5 months, then have lost about 10 in the past almost 3 months. I have not been paying attention to the program as I should, and that has really affected my loss!
I just wanted to come back and add to my post- I had my first real gain tonight, 7.8lbs. Holy crap, I didn't know that was possible!!! Oh well, its the kick in the *** I needed, now I will work my butt off to get that off again, plus some!!!

Hello!!!!!!!!!! I made it, I went to my first meeting it was so nice. There was allot more people there then I had expected for such a small town. They were a lively bunch. Well the bad news is I was way up there on the scale 180. Of course I ate as much as my body could hold and then some :) And they ran out of those little slipper things so I had to weigh with my huge scetchers on. Oh well then my loss will be good next week. Did either of you buy the new winning points food books or do you use the ones from the 123. I was just thinking if I should buy the new ones. It is nice to see something new instead of the old stuff that I have worn out. Well we can start on a good track in the morning. goodnight. ME How do I add a signature to the bottom of my entry's?