Good Evening to y'all...or should I say a very late Happy St. Paddy's day to you all. Not that us Southern chicks really know a whole lot about that! You know how hard it is to find a green beer in South Carolina??
Whew........I am so far behind in the postings. It looks like a lot has been happening on the thread and that makes me very happy! We are in for the night and yes we did find some green beer! So DH is asleep and after tossing and turning for a while, I thought I would jump on the computer for a while and see how all of you are doing!
DNR....your baby grand daughter Jordan is just beautiful! You are going to have such fun spoiling her to death! Think of all the cute little girl things you can buy for her! What fun! And that is awesome that your friend noticed your weight loss! But girl....you need to go out and buy those pants now! No one should be walking around with rolled up waistbands and crotches hanging down around their knees! Buy some cheap ones at Walmart or somewhere. My friend who lost 100+ pounds did all her shopping at the Salvation Army stores as she was dropping sizes. That way she could feel OK about getting different things as she was losing. And she seemed to get some very cute outfits for mere dollars!
Jeanne...hope you made it through you MRI without incident. Maybe now you can figure out what is wrong and get yourself on the path to healing. Snow......you are still having snow! It has been so beautiful here that I can not believe it. Right now it is 61 degrees outside and very calm. We had a beautiful sunny day. Rain and 50 degrees is forcasted for this weekend. Hope some of that weather makes it way to you!
Hey Fictionalme....welcome. I love your name! Congratulations on the 14# lost. And welcome to the board. Very glad to have you!
Rahkstar.....Congratulations on the 1.8# I am doing the happy dance for you!
Lilion......boy, can I relate to you about being done being the "fat one" in the group. I have three sisters and growing up, the one closest to me was always taller and skinner...not that I was fat...even in the high school, I weighed like 115#. But I was still heavier than my sister. But now, we have all put on weight and my dream..and I know this is petty...is to be smaller than her! And I have to admit, is a small, and I do mean small, motivating factor for me. I am not there yet, but am determined to get myself there some day! And I loved your picture of your son? I am assuming and your dogs. My grandmother had boston terriors! And your son is just plain beautiful.....not that he would like hearing that! But he is!
As for days off plan.....I think you need to take some days or meals off if you want to do this for life. I just have had a string of them lately...need to get my rear end back in gear and coming here and reading all that you guys have done and are doing, gets me back in the right frame of mind.
Well enough rambling.......so happy St. Paddys day! May you all find your pot of gold... at the end of your rainbow! And may all your weeds be wildflowers... ..or something like that! Ok, now the green beer is talking! LOL
i stayed in -- too many psychos driving around los angeles on st. patty's day. but i had fun here, too!
thanks for the happy dance..it made my day!
i'm swiftly approaching a point where i will be thinner than a friend of mine, who last year lost a lot of weight herself and became thinner than me. she's already kind of being weird about it. i just keep having to remind myself that it's not really about ME, so much as her insecurities. and that doesn't make her a bad person, it just makes her human, you know?
it's worked so far. but i swear if she offers me baked goods one more time...
oh, who'm i kidding. i'll probably nibble on them.
Hey everyone ,,,hi,,and happy Monday,,,to you all,!!!!
I did have my MRI on friday,,,wow,,I had a good friend go with me and I took one and a half happy pills on the way,,never even felt it,,,ha,,then when I saw the MRI machine I took an other half,,,,she stayed right next to the machine the whole time,,,(wonderful person) anyway they put a towel over my eyes and ear plugs and I made it through,,,,so now am waiting for the results,,,then Friday when I got home I had to hurry and get to work and got a phone message that my daughter in law had been trying to reach me,,,,well my grandson was admitted to the children hospital in Spokane,,almost 3 hours from here,,,this whole thing started with what they thought was chicken pox,,,turned out it wasn't ,,,Friday night we got about 4 more inches of snow,,,,,( can stop already )we left Saturday morning and stayed saturday night,,,,still running test,,,and stilll don't know what it is ,,,,so am waiting now to hear some answers on the test they ran yesterday before we left,,,,he won't use one leg at all,,,at first it was both so that has gotten better,,,they also live 3 hours away the other way,,so they are staying up there with him,,,,I felt so bad leaving yesterday,,but my husband had to work today,,,Damian is only 2 years old and **** on wheels,, ha ha,,,,I will keep you posted ,,,I did terrible on ww this week-end so am back on track and not even looking at the scale,, ha ,,,,later you all thanks so much for caring and always reponding to my posts ,,,even when i ramble,,,you a great bunch of people and I am so so so glad that I have found you all,,,,congrats to the ww losses I read about,,,,take care,,,Jeanne
Hmmm...seems I haven't posted here for a few days! Forgive me...I get lost!
The weekend was less than stellar when it comes to food. In fact, despite all my determination and resolve, St Patty's day was uncountable on the point's front. We went out for the traditional Italian St. Patrick's day dinner! To our credit, DH and I split the salad, entree and dessert. To our shame, we split a large salad smothered in shrimp, ham, provel cheese and creamy italian dressing, linguini with livers and mushrooms with cream sauce and carrot cake. Sad when the healthiest thing you eat is the dessert! But Saturday I did better and by Sunday I was back fully OP. In fact, last night I was under a couple of points.
I've finally gotten back on the cursed eliptical. After much huffing and puffing I got 10 minutes in last night! Now to keep it up!
Jeanne: I'm SO SORRY to read about your grandson! I'm sending good thoughts his way and prayers another direction! Hope you have good news soon!
Well, I've been spending WAY too much time on the internet at work and I'm paying the price in backlog...so I have to run. I'll check back again though!
Good morning and thanks for the kind words ,,we recieved a message on the recorder when we were out last night and they think he might be released today some time,,,,so am keeping a good thought,,,
Stayed on program pretty good yesterday,,,but am finding it hard to do with the stress so high,,,,so I keep reminding my self that I really am not starving,,,ha ha,,,just is my mind,,,,
Well this is just a drive by have lots to do today,,,,wed my work week starts again,,,,take care,,,,you all have a wonderful day,,,,oh and wow your dinner Lilion sounds like heaven,,,ummmmmm,,,,lucky you,,,glad you are back on program also,,,,,later,,Jeanne
WI today was a exercise in patience! For the last two days I'd been checking (yes - scale junkie) and weighed 244.8. Today I get on the scale at 8 a.m. for the official WI and I see 245.8! Grrrr! So I had a cup of coffee, did a bit of work, tried again at 9:30 - 245.2. So I had another cup of coffee while trying to get a bit more work done and tried again at 11 - 244.4. I stopped at that point.
So I maintained, which was better than expected! I'll take it after my fattening food week!
maintaining rocks! at least it's not a gain, right? woo-hoo for improving our metabolisms so that even if we have a fattening week, we can survive!
weigh in was awesome today - down 2.4 pounds, bringing my total to 21.4! i could not be happier to finally cross that 20 pound threshold.
also, tonight i made the turkey cutlets with cherry sauce recipe that came in my week 10 info. oh, my, god. soooo good. i did substitute chicken breast for turkey breast, because hey, that's what i have in the house.
I am going to make this short, but I really wanted to check in with all you. I stayed up way too late last night and then worked way too hard at work today, followed by guitar lessons, followed by choir rehearsal so after about 15 hours being on the run, I need to get to bed!
Rahkstar....Sorry your friend is being "weird" about your weight loss. I think we all compare ourselves to others and sometimes we find ourselves lacking! I know that sometimes I look at what my patients weigh and think..now do I look that heavy? And of course I don't want to think I do but the reality is that I do! My DH husband had a doctor's appointment yesterday and then came home and said, "I weighed less than 200# today, something I have not done in a long time." Now he is over six feet tall............and at my 5"4' height, I outweigh him by 50#! Doesn't make me feel too good about things but I guess in a way, it is good because it makes me determined to get rid of the weight once and for all! and a big WooHoo for your 2.4 loss! You rock girl!
Jeanne...I am glad you got through your MRI without incident! Sorry to hear about your grandson...what did they ever determine was wrong with him. Glad to hear in your later post that he is doing better!
Lilion....sounds like you had a great St. Paddy's day! You are my inspiration when I fall off program.......I try to do what you do and jump right back on with the next meal or day!
Ok ladies...off to bed! Everyone have a great Thursday!
Good morning ,,,,I thought for sure that I posted yesterday,,,do you think the it could have gotten eaten ?,,ha ha,,,reallly ?,,,
My grandson is home and no they never did find out what it was,,,strange,,they do think it might be a one time flare up of some kind of of the joints ?,,,,sounds strange to me but am so so glad he is alright and doing well,,,
I worked yesterday and REALLY had a hard time staying on program,,,usually it is much easier at work,,,for some reason it just was hard,,,am hoping for a better day today,,,have a ww pizza that I will take and that should help me today,,,
The sun is out and more snow is melting and it is giving me hope that spring really is around the corner,,,,I am so ready,,,lol,,
Congrats on the wt losses I read about,,,I am so happy for you,,,I seem to be stuck on 21 pound loss for a while now,,,am also doing the scale thing again,,,,lol,,
I still haven't gotten the results of the MRI yet,,,wonder how long it takes ?
Well gotta run have work today and a few things to get done before I leave,,,I hope you all have a wonderful day,,,and I hope the sun is shinning where ever you are,,,,later,,Jeanne
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Not that us Southern chicks really know a whole lot about that! You know how hard it is to find a green beer in South Carolina??
We are in for the night and yes we did find some green beer!
So DH is asleep and after tossing and turning for a while, I thought I would jump on the computer for a while and see how all of you are doing!
Buy some cheap ones at Walmart or somewhere. My friend who lost 100+ pounds did all her shopping at the Salvation Army stores as she was dropping sizes. That way she could feel OK about getting different things as she was losing. And she seemed to get some very cute outfits for mere dollars!
I love your name! Congratulations on the 14# lost. And welcome to the board. Very glad to have you!
May you all find your pot of gold...
at the end of your rainbow! And may all your weeds be wildflowers...
..or something like that! Ok, now the green beer is talking! LOL 
To our credit, DH and I split the salad, entree and dessert. To our shame, we split a large salad smothered in shrimp, ham, provel cheese and creamy italian dressing, linguini with livers and mushrooms with cream sauce and carrot cake. Sad when the healthiest thing you eat is the dessert! 
But Saturday I did better and by Sunday I was back fully OP. In fact, last night I was under a couple of points.
eliptical. After much huffing and puffing I got 10 minutes in last night! Now to keep it up! 
