Lauren - congrats on making it to onderland!! That is great news.
Princess - hope your new job is going well and you are staying OP
Judy - hi there! Chime back in when you can
Had fun at my Tops meeting last night - almost everyone dressed up, which was nice. I was BIggest Loser based on last week's w/i so was happy with that. Was down 1/2# for this week - will try to do better next week.
No more pie/doughnuts for sure.
Challenge for us all is halloweeen treats. Just try and keep it under control.
I am not buying my candy until tomorrow since I have day off. Too tempting having it sit in house beforehand.
Ladies: do any of you have an etools code you could give me? I can't find my week one book and I wanted to sign up for it. I was looking at my cupboards...Fry's just had a double/triple coupon deal, and I have all this food...I was thinking I might splurge for the WW etools so I can search for recipes by ingredient and use up some goodies without splurging on points.
Otherwise today is okay. Tired. Going riding for several hours this weekend, so I skipped working out today. Riding is a good workout, but I won't be able to move Sunday. Ah well. It will be worth it.
Bandit -- congrats on your loss. 1/2# the week of Halloween is AWESOME.
Hey ladies. Hope you had a good weekend. Two pieces of good news, one minor, one major.
Minor good news: I found my activation code for e-tools, so, never mind. I have what I need there.
Major good news: I don't know if I told you, but before I left for Chicago (beginning of October), none of my jeans from winter 2007 fit. I was quite unhappy about that, as I'm sure you can understand. Feeling optimistic this morning, I tried on a pair -- and they fit comfortably. I thought -- maybe it's a fluke, it's just this pair! So I tried on another pair. Same result. ::Big grin:: So I'm feeling (understandably) triumphant.
ANYWAY. Have a good evening ladies. TTYL. Let me know how your Halloween went...
Ariana - that is great news about the jeans! Good going - really must make you feel good.
Halloween was fun - my gf came over for dinner and made a shrimp stir-fry
and I handed out candy til 9 pm & she went home & my neighbour came over and was going to late-night bingo with her mother-in-law so I decided to go as well.
We both dressed up - I went as the devil and she was a skeleton & I ended up winning $1,000 on a 3 line game - so that was very exciting.
Raked leaves for 4 hours over the weekend & my butt and back are sore.
Going swimming tonight with neighbour and will have a hot-tub, so that should help make me feel better.
I have done very well over weekend with my menus & hoping for a loss at Tops this Wednesday.
Hope all you other ladies survived the Halloween treats. Almost all of my candy is gone & the rest I put in my dd bedroom since she has a sweet tooth.
Have a great OP week & lets all lose some weight!!!
Hi! Sorry I've been missing, but it's been crazy around here! My ds finds himself in a bad situation and we're trying to help. It requires a lot of emotion and sadness and I've been eating up a storm. I'm hoping to get a pot of soup on the stove and get back on track. It's okay that I keep slipping because I will get this done (weight loss) one day at a time.
First of all, Lauren :
This is such very good news. I am so happy for you that you've made it into onederland. What a wonderful accomplishment. Lots of determination and hard work and finding what works for you all added up to a great weight loss. You are so encouraging to me that I may be able to tackle this and see some progress! Congrats!
Ariana, weigh to go and that your jeans fit. Nothing tastes better than looking cool in jeans. Hey, you rock!
Bandit, keep up the good work. Joining Tops really has worked for you. Weigh to go! I love your attitude and hard work. Also big congrats on winning $1,000! That is an extremely nice payoff!
Princess, how are you doing with your new job and everything? I'm sending to you.
I'm not doing great, but am putting myself on track today and may even head to an extra WW meeting tonight. I need to put myself first and I just got a call that I need to babysit my grandson tomorrow. I've got to put a good spin on this and make sure that I go there with an eating plan.
Hey, thanks for the support. I love this group and how we help each other.
Take care and be well!
Judy
Ladies: I am so bad. I felt exhausted when I woke up, so I took the day off, went back to bed until 10, then cleaned until 4. Skipped my workout, but I'll get it in on T/W/F, now, because my date for Friday night was move to Thursday night. My house is all clean (I'm having a party Saturday), the cake is ordered, and I'll be sure to get some veggies and chop some fresh fruit for the party. I finished the evening by sewing from 4-7:30; I finished one of the two PJ's for my mom, and I need another 2-3 hours to finish the other pair. Then all I have left are the (many) blankets. Ahem. At least Christmas is not for two months-ish. :P
Bandit -- Re the jeans: thank you, it feels wonderful indeed. Congrats and your winnings, and remember, the yard work was painful, but it burned calories too. Small mercies and all that. :P Good luck at Tops Wednesday.
Judy: RE the jeans: thanks for the congrats. I'm thrilled. Re your son: I am sorry to hear about the family troubles. I think, in stressful times it's important to forgive yourself, pick yourself up off the floor and start again. Feeling guilty about overeating produces one of our least favorite downward spirals. So forget about that. Soup is a good start, but find something to reduce your stress. I'd quilt and work-out, you would... fill in the blank with something you love. It could help reduce your stress and make it easier not to overeat. Also remember that, as someone who has been doing this for a while, your idea of over-eating is probably different than it was before, and so, don't be so hard on yourself. You're doing what's important: recognizing the issue, strategizing, moving on.
Hi Turtles, :
Ariana, thanks for the pep talk. It always helps to have someone else put things in perspective! Hey, you had a wonderful day away from work. Good luck on your date--and a party--your social life is sounding great.
I regrouped yesterday, kept telling myself that I can do this. I've had a lot of experience lately with vereating, weighing myself, figuring out how to repair the damage, and doing the damage repair, then getting better figures on the scale: So yesterday I wasn't depressed about the food. I figured out what would fill me in and be on the lower points side. I tracked and in the meantime I got the house back in shape by doing quite a bit of housework.
I've also started decorating for Thanksgiving which will be here in USA in about three weeks. I stepped on the scale and the major gain is gone.
My next challenge is to keep the scale going downward. I can do this.
Hey, I'm going to start another thread, so I'll see you all at Bale of Turtles Being Thankful--207.
Judy
Whee!
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that your jeans fit. Nothing tastes better than looking cool in jeans. 
to you.
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vereating, weighing myself, figuring out how to repair the damage, and doing the damage repair, then getting better figures on the scale: So yesterday I wasn't depressed about the food. I figured out what would fill me in and be on the lower points side. I tracked and in the meantime I got the house back in shape by doing quite a bit of housework.
