Thursday evening
 

Hi Y'all!
Well, I made it through a very tiring and busy day. I'm so lucky my 16 year old has a car and can now drive my daughter to and from her activities! I'm bushed and i'ts only 6:15 pm and I already have my nightgown on!
Have been staying up late this week as hubby has been working late and coming in late, have waited up for him and sat with him while he eats a very late dinner. But, tonight, I can't do that - I'll be in bed by 8:00, I think!
You all sound like you are doing great! So glad.
I agree with whoever said (too tired to remember!) that ww meetings are so important. There is something about being accountable to another person, getting weighed. The meetings are generally something that strikes me as if they KNOW who I am and what I am going through! Plus, I've made some acquantances and they are supportive as well!
I stayed on track quite well these last two days. I didn't end up working out yesterday, but did this morning. Tomorrow, I plan on working out VERY hard and plan on extra treadmill time as we'll be going away over the weekend.
I may not be posting on Saturday at all, but we'll see.
Thanks for the support guys! I think having this forum is equal to going to ww meetings, though I still need those as well!
Linda in NH

Yay for me! :-)

I went to WI yesterday instead of Saturday. I lost 3.5 lbs. Hurrah!!! :-) And I'm in the 180's for the first time since, well, February. Here's hoping those numbers keep going down.

Today and Saturday are going to be busy days-- no problems in terms of being active and staying away from food. Today I'm stuck in an inservice all Friday morning, and then Friday afternoon my work is hosting an open house/ giving tours. THEN (oh, joy!), I get to go home and do laundry. :dizzy: Saturday I'm going to the gym in the AM while DH takes his final; then I go back to work for another open house day (11-3), and then we need to be at a birthday picnic (bring your own grillables-- I plan on bringing beef and veggies, and will just eat that, so low-points) by 5. Sunday, we're going to go to church in the AM and then help out my mom in the PM. Basically, I won't have any "breathing room" (i.e., time when I'm bored and turning to food) until Sunday after 2pm. That will be my "I want to eat the kitchen table!" time.

Gas prices here shot up from $1.97 yesterday morning (I filled up for that price, thank God) to $2.19 yesterday after 12pm. Grrrrrrr. That's TOO EXPENSIVE, DARN IT!!!

Timberwolves made it to the Western Conference Championships . . . so we'll have to watch that game tonight. :-) That's all that they're talking about on the news right now, and DH is excited. So, go Wolves! Beat LA!

Hello Ladies,

Yesterday was a bad allergy day and today is starting out that way also.

I was a bit lazy yesterday, and only did 50 minutes of exercise instead of the 110 minutes I had planned. Dinner was not so stellar, so I am up a couple of pounds today. I know what it's from, and I know I will correct it this weekend with lots of working out with moving my friend tomorrow. I am going to get a McD's salad tomorrow, and then something light for dinner. Planning seems to take a lot of the sabotaging out of it for me.

Heather: Big congrats to you on your weigh in! How wonderful for you! I wish I was there with you in the 80's, but maybe by the end of the year for me. I'm so happy for you! That is great news! Sounds like a busy weekend for you also, but also sounds like fun. Think of me at your bbq when I will be lugging boxes up and down stairs! Eat a little more for me! :lol:

Linda: I hope you have a nice weekend with your guests. I am sure you are going to stay right on track and have a nice loss for your next weigh in on Tuesday! Stay on track and you will do just fine!

To everyone else, I hope you all have a great weekend. I'll be checking in on Sunday for the challenge results. I probably won't have time on Saturday, as I will be moving my friend all day and helping her unpack.

Sassy?? Julie???

Chach

hey y'all....just wanted to check in before I go missing for the weekend again....Heather congrats on the loss...hope to give everyone the same report from me on Tues weighin...I know I'll be down, it's just a matter of how much!!!
Went to quilting last night and had to dip into my flex pts....had two pts left when I left the house to go, and our hostess made jello cheesecake...and when she asked if we wanted some, my partner in crime and I kinda hesitated, and she said,"How come you two are always dieting when quilting is at MY house?", so we caved.....Thus the 8pt pc of heaven ate into some of my flex pts....first ones I used all week....oh well...tasted awesome...and we eat out alot on the weekends, so it's easier to stay within pts!
Well better get going....yak at y'all later,
Michelle

Saturday morning
 

Good morning everyone!
We'll be leaving on our trip to Rhode Island later on this morning, but wanted to make a post before leaving.
I'm going to try to do the best I can, but forgive myself if I stray off track. After all, it's not all that often that we go away and someone else does the cooking!
Congratulations on your loss, Heather! Keep at it! You're doing so well!
Gas prices aren't that high here in NH, but we are up to $2.03 in a few places, the cheapest around is $1.97. I hope they drop soon, it's really hard trying to afford gas as well as any treats right now. I fear our economy will suffer greatly if the prices continue to be this high. People have to buy gas, so they will cut back on extras if this continues. Yet, here in NH they announced that our unemployment is only at 3.6% yesterday, which is amazingly good. 75% of NH's business, though, is the tourist industry so if people cut back, our state will suffer greatly.
Chach, in a way I envy you helping someone move. More exercise for you and you get to help someone too! Sounds like you are always helping people.
Michelle, I am right "with you" when it comes to that cheesecake, sounds almost exactly like the kind of thing I went through earlier in the week. People do try to guilt you into eating if they take the time to prepare special foods. I'm going to try to file this type of situation in my memory so that I don't do that to others when they are trying to lose.
I guess what a GOOD hostess ought to do is have two choices, a low fat "good" choice as well as the "other"?
Who knows what my mother in law will have when we get there this weekend. One thing I did do was to buy two six packs of bottled water and seltzer to bring along. This way, I know there will be a few better drink choices.
I'll let you all know how the weekend goes when we get back.
Enjoy your weekend everyone!
Linda in NH

Saturday Morning
 

Hi

For some reason flex points don't work for me. Never did. I was super perfect all week on program and even left extra points because I knew we would be going out last night to a Portugese Restaurant. Well you guessed it, the scale is up today. But I am right back on program this morning. Not even going to think about it again.

Several of you mentioned gas prices. Does anyone but me remember the gas lines of the 70's. You couldn't get gas then and would gladly pay anything to get it and be able to get to work. I sat many days for 2 hours in long lines waiting for only $5.00 worth. If a gas station had a green flag you could fill up, if they had a yellow flag you only could get $5.00 worth and if they had a red flag no gas at all. And even then they only pumped gas at certain times. You couldn't go when you wanted to. Some stations pumped at 6 AM some 2 in the afternoon and some at 11 PM. What a joy that was. As much as I hate the price I don't want to go back to that.

Heather good job on the weight loss. Doesn't it feel so great when you can get down another 10 number incrument. Out of the 190's and into the 180's.

Linda have a great weekend. Hope the weather cooperates. We are expecting thunderstorms.

Hey Michelle and Chach. Talk at you later.

Sunday Check In
 

Surprise. I am down 3/4 lb. So weird after being up yesterday. But I'll take it.

Was right on program all week, except as I said yesterday for Friday night. Walked on the treadmill everyday. Drank my water intake. So it is off to another week. I'll try and check back later, but my friend and her husband are coming this afternoon. This was unexpected but I am happy about it.

Have a good one you all.

Hello Ladies,

First, challenge check in:

1. Water--excellent! I'm at approximately 96 oz a day.
2. Exercise--considering it took me 4 hours to get my friend moved, up and down stairs, and that I worked out every other day, I was 7/7 from last week. Finally, I don't dread exercise.
3. Leave a point a day--had several days that I left too many points. Will work on that this week.
4. Checking in: I think I only missed yesterday, but I think that was okay, because I had already made mention of it.
5. Weigh in: Got on the scales this morning and was down to 225 on my home scale. 2 pounds since last Sunday. I'm down 13.5 since the start of the challenge. Only 1.5 more to go in the next three weeks and I'm right on target. PMS and TOM are right around the corner, so am a bit worried, but not too horribly.

Moving was very strenuous, but a very good workout. Four hours, yes 4, of lifting up and down stairs. I was sweating more than I have in a long time. As a result, gained some muscle and was a little heavier on the scales this morning. I also understand that I have had two very good weeks for a loss, so my body needs to adjust a little to it.

I have had a very bad sweet tooth these last couple of days. Attended a bbq last night after moving, and was very tempted by all the baked ziti and cake. I had just about one cup of the ziti and then resisted the cake and had another portion of the fruit salad. It was tough, though. I ended up making a soda cake when I got home to help me with the sweet cravings.

I went to McD's for lunch yesterday. Had a crispy chicken Ceasar salad. I used my own 0 points dressing, so the salad was 7 points, but man, it was wonderful! Good portion, also. Got another pedometer, so I was a very happy camper.

The gas prices, well, it's funny because we are the ones that do so much exporting of it, you would think prices would be substanially lower, huh? It's $1.91 when I gasses up the Trailblazer yesterday. Ouch! Gotta love those SUV's and their gas tanks! I love my car, because I gas up once every two weeks and it's under $20. Love my Grand Am!

Dotti: Good job on the loss. I know it's a struggle when you get down to the last 20. I hope to join you there someday! I don't use flex points, either. I figure that the exercise points count enough and I can bank if I want to.

Linda: Great job on planning ahead for your visit. I wish you much luck and have been sending Skinny Vibes your way! I hope you have a nice visit and don't have to pay for it on the scales. I know you were anxious about it. Thanks, also, for your nice words. I do enjoy helping others, and think I would have a tremendous amount of spare time if I didn't volunteer or help others as much. I always figure if I have the time, money or energy to help, I'll do it. You get out of life what you put into it, and I don't ever want to be on the negative side of things!

Michelle: I just hate it when people make comments about dieting in front of others. I'm glad you had your friend there with you to help. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you weigh in. (Not too tightly, as I don't want a bigger gap to catch up with! heehee.)

Alright, gotta go finish up the laundry. The little big man is down for a nap, so I might do that also. Have finished three scarves today that I am knitting for the abused women's shelter. Need to get the rest of them done before my surgery in August. I want to have 100 to donate to the shelter before Winter hits. Everyone forgets the kids and that it's nice to have something to keep their necks warm while most of them are using public transportation. Plus, it keeps my hands busy and not feeding my face!

Happy Sunday!

Chach

Just a quick message. I'm back from my weekend away and was a BAD girl, but tomorrow is another day and I resume my work.
I have eaten quite a few extra items and didn't count points. It kind of felt very good to take a weekend "off" but I don't expect to see decent results at my weigh in on Tuesday. Oh well.
I'm not giving up, though!
Will catch up with all that you've had to say tomorrow.
Linda

Monday evening
 

Good evening buddies!
Not allot of posts from everyone today. Guess we're all pretty busy?
Just a quick update. Though I made a post saying I was "a bad girl" over the weekend, I guess I wasn't all that bad. At least the scale didn't move tremendously, but my scale is nuts anyway.
Today, I got right back on track and hope that my ww weigh in will be ok tomorrow, I'll let you all know.
Take care and have a good evening!
Linda

Hello, anyone?

Linda: Isn't it funny how we view "bad" now compared to what we used to eat? A bad weekend for me now is when I use flex points or don't work out. Bad about a year ago was a pizza, ice cream and candy bars. Funny how our perceptions change, isn't it?

Well, it's rainy and wet up here in Alaska. Nice kind of weather for me, as I am a native Oregonian and it rains 24/7 there!

Going to veg out and watch The Swan finale tonight. Yep, it's my guilty pleasure!

Hope you all have a nice Monday night!

Chach

okay ladies.....It's Monday night and time to get on here catch up with y'all....with the wedding quickly approaching, it's busy, busy, busy here!!!
Had to mention....Sat. night went out to eat at Applebee's and was thrilled about the new menu choices.....I had the grilled tilapia (fish), rice pilaf and grilled veggies....the whole meal was only 7 pts and sooooooo yummy, it was the best fish I've ever had!!! Then for dessert, I had the lemon cheesecake with berries for 5 pts...mmmmmmm. Applebee's will be seeing me at my every chance!!! lol
Then tonight we had Burger King.....yeah we eat out alot....lol....and I had the Savory Mustard Chicken Baguette...7.5 pts...ymmmmmmmm.
Well weigh in is tomorrow night at 5pm, and I've still haven't stepped on the scale at all.....that was Goal #3 for the week....check.
I've been getting all my water in....check.
And have journaled everything....check, check, check!!!
Well better get going, got some more pesky cakes to decorate!!!
Michelle

Being "bad" now vs. being "bad" before!
 

Chach, you are so right! I was "bad" this weekend, but the before and after Linda being bad are still 2 different people. I ate out several times over the weekend, including chicken nuggets and fries at MacDonalds (whoops) I had cake (and not soda cake) and even went for breakfast at Dunkin Doughnuts. However, I would have had two doughnuts before but this time had a bagel with cream cheese, I added the cream cheese sparingly as well. In the past, I'm sure the "old" Linda would have had cream instead of milk in her coffee as well.
The old Linda would have had two glasses of wine, instead of just one. The old Linda would have gotten candy from the vending machine at the rest area we stopped at, and instead got bottled water.
There were several choices I made that were "better", though not perfect.
I am still concerned that the scale will be up today when I weigh in, but I can move on and continue if that happens. Though, I so much want that scale to go down.
We'll see. As you guys know, my scale (which I continually get on, though not quite as much as before) is quite different from the one at ww. The attraction for me to get on my own scale seems silly to me, yet I still do it???

Chach, how did that Swan show turn out? Have to be honest that I got a bit sad about the theme as those people may be "ugly ducklings" but fixing what was wrong (according to who?) with them and then parading them around and pitting them against each other kind of turned me off. I was sad and wondered if they were made to think that being "pretty" was the answer to everything. Maybe I had the wrong impression, I never watched the show.
Well, I will post after my ww meeting later on.
Linda

Tuesday
 

Hi Gang,

BTW where has everyone of the old gang that started gone to. Oh LabMom, Cris hope you are ok. You too Sassy.

I guess we could all call ourselves "new" as we all are doing different things than our "old" selves. I like that concept. The new self doesn't do the bad things the way the old self would do it. Have to remember that when the going gets rough.

Exercise is going good, as is the water intake. Points are good also. Still can't stay away from the scale. What is the attraction?

Still haven't gotten to Applebee's. Am looking forward to trying their new ww menu. I see now that Ruby Tuesday's has a low cal menu. Have to check that one also.

I watched the Swan last night. I am amazed at what all those girls have gone through. I know they all felt themselves unattractive all their lives, but I don't think I could put myself through it.

I also watched the last show of Dr. Phil's weight loss challenge. I thought the final winner would either be Jim or Thomas. Boy did they all get some wonderful gifts. They all looked so good.

Have a great day ladies.

Good Tuesday morning, to everyone!!!
It's finally here, and week under my belt and can't wait to weigh in tonight!!!! I've accomplished all of this week's goals and now get to sit back and see how my work has paid off. Sat. is the big day, and then this whole wedding thing will be behind us, can't wait for that too!!! Am looking forward to playing "dress-up" with my new improved good attitude!!!
Hoping for this rain to end today, so I can get out and do something!!! We've had flooding around here, it's rained soooo much!! Looking forward to some sun!!
Well better get back to my cake decorating, just wanted to check in!
Michelle