Hi again everyone. I'm depressed! I wanted to be slim for Christmas but once again I've left it too late. You would think I would learn after 30 years! It's only three weeks away and I feel like giving up but I know that if I do I will only get more depressed. So I need your help and encouragement. I want to lose a few pounds before Christmas and keep them off over the holidays.How am I going to do it? Any bright ideas?
If any one wants to find out a little about the area in Northern Ireland where I live go to www.moyle-council.org/ (sorry I don't know how to link it)
Maria, Andy, Anne, Marsha So good to meet you all. We have fun on this board. Slavika is a good storyteller. By the way, loved the mall lady.
Anne So, I guess, the "wee" is used a wee bit in Ireland, huh?
Maria Australia sounds so exotic to me. It is just the opposite of our seasons, so it would take a while to get used to. But, as long as you can crank up the old AC, sounds great. Did you see any part of the Olympics? And do you know much about the aborigines? Kathy ? is the track star who just won my heart. Your country did a great job on the big spectacular.
Talking about Christmas traditions--our family just does the same as most people--get together with family. We have our children and families for Christmas Eve day. Then I and my husband go to my sister's for Christmas Day. We have so many parks that are lit up for Christmas, we just travel to see the sights, at least once during the holidays. And shopping and eating are all a part of the holidays.
We are going to have a new grandchild in July of next year. Hope, Slavika, that I get to do some of the "Princess" things you have described so eloquently. So far, we have done only "princely" things.
Glenda
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Anne: Dont give up! Keep trying. Doesnt matter if you lose it all before Christmas. Just keep going and lose what ever comes off. You will be happier if you do. Its not a race but a life style change.
Glenda: Congrats on the new baby in July! What fun! Will be nice if it is a "Princess"
Sorry guys but raisins no way no how. Never. I always pick them out if I find them.
I do buy them DH loves them.
g'day all 8.50 Tuesday morning.
Yet another lovely day in store other than we have not had rain for some 6 weeks, were supposed to have had some last weekend but it never happened. I am glad I now have a small garden, easy to keep watered and not as expensive, my excess water bills used to be horrendous.
Anne I don't have any suggestions about being slim by Xmas all I can say is that I am NOT slim but 20 pounds lighter than last Christmas If I can manage a further 20lbs by Christmas 2001 I will be thrilled.
Glenda I am pleased you liked the Olympics. I was in Sydney a week before the Olympics and did go to the official Olympic Athletic trials that were held at the stadium. It was fantastic. Adelaide is a long way from Sydney so the actual Olympics I saw on TV like you all did. Kathy Freeman is the track star you talk of and yes she certainly did Australia and her Aboriginal community proud. The relations between white australians and aboriginal australians still has a way to go. For many years they were treated like second rate citizens however there is now a strong push for reconcilliation but people have long memories and it is probably still a way off yet.
I have been surprised that not many seem to be aware of the Paralympics for the disabled. It was held at the same place 2 weeks after the able bodied Olympics. Talk about inspiring, it was just unbelievable how these athletes managed their physical disabilities and put in some incredible performances. Wheelchair basketball was probably one of the most exciting sports to watch.
Have a terrific day all
Cheers
Maria
Anne I will have a peek at your suggested website. I have never been to Ireland but I believe it to be quite beautiful. DH is rather keen on sampling the genuine Guiness
Anne Please don't join the ranks of people who put their weight loss and health on the back burner for the holidays. Just keep doing something in the right direction. Journaling is a great way to at least know what it is that is going into your mouth. Then if you can add exercise just 20 minutes a day . This way hopefully you won't back slide. Are you doing points?? Maybe just adding a few extra points on some days when there is a lot going on . Keep some good snacks handy popcorn, celery , crispy crunchy green or red bell peppers. You can use some fat free ranch dressing for dipping if you aren't happy with them plain. Also fruit Apples are great, but so are dried apricots, raisins are good for a sweet tooth. Do you have a Food Companion look it over and see if there is something that you may have forgotten about that you like and is low in points. The main thing is never , never give up.
Sorry to lecture. But I don't want to see you give up. To many people make that choice and are the ones who begin again in January with way more weight to lose than if they just stuck it out.
Ok mouth is shut
Hi gals, I am back from Las Vegas. I was hoping to return fabulously wealthy, but that just didn't happen . We went there on a 30 Hour Express Bus Trip that turned out to be the Bus Trip From ****. We went with another couple, and really had a great time in Vegas. The day we arrived, we went to see the Freemont Street Experience and believe it or not, we ran into my hubbies sister and her husband. Neither of us had any idea the other would be there. There was so much to see and do, we could have stayed longer.
A big welcome to Maria, Andy, Anne and Marsha. Always great to get to know new gals, looking forward to your posts.
Glenda I read back and had to respond to your question about Canada Medicare. We had a great thing going here for a very long time. However, there has been so many Govt. cut-backs in funding. Also, a lot of our doctors, technicians, & medical researchers have moved on to the US because they can make more money there. Here they are paid per visit and there is a set fee for family doctors, specialists etc. We have no idea what the future holds for our Medicare. Too bad it all comes down to the almighty dollar.
My Christmas traditions are partly from my Mother's Polish background and my Dad's Austrian background. My Mom used to do Christmas Eve, and my SIL and I would trade off every Christmas day. Now, Mom can't do it anymore so I have taken over Christmas eve as well.
...I just had to respond to the prunes and raisins...love them .
I am doing the hand sewing on the quilted tree skirt tonight. I am stitching the binding down, and then Slavika and I will be off to get some fancy ties and embellishments. It has been a fun project. Sorry Lily...just didn't get around to doing yours..LOL.
I will come back later and tell you all about the Bus Trip From ****, you will never believe what we went through .
WELCOME BACK TRUDY guess you won't be taking any bus trips in the near future. LOL. ANNE thank you for showing us a little of your homeland. It sounds absolutely lovely. Looks like you get a lot of tourists to the area. About the weight loss. Here's what I think we should all do. We should do the best we can not to GAIN weight during this holiday season so that we don't have to LOSE any additional weight after the holiday season. This is a happy and joyous time of the year. We all have lots of things to do and to look forward to and if we are not quite as thin this Christmas as we would have liked, we are going to look dam good by next Christmas. Anne just keep going to WW and writing in your journal, staying within your points range and the weight WILL come off. If you need some recipes or some ideas for new treats just ask~~~~~~we got. Come here too, everyday, and talk to us, we are all in this big boat together. It's funny because as I sit here in my computer room/sewing room I try to amagine where you sit when you are at your computer, a world away from me. I bet your room looks better then mine~~~~~I bet everybody's computer room looks better then mine. Boy have I ever got a lot junk. Who posted something about "DEJUNKING " their house, well that's what I need. CAL I think it's about time you paid us a visit again. How are you doing? and DONNA geez where are you, did you fall off the planet? DEE are you stopping by to read the posts? How are you feeling?
Hi MARSHA it will be you me and my Mall Lady and we will all be wearing gold anklets. GLENDA I have to admit having the "Princess" is a lot of fun. She is much different then her brother. She is very much the "girl" (well usually). You could NOT have had a tea party with the boy. But she loves to have to them and wishes to be called, uhum...."Madame". LILY I forgot to tell you we did make it to Texas, and we are on our way to California. Now if Trudy would quit wasting time on looooooooong bus trips your tree skirt would have been finished.
Night all.
OK Slavika
Here I am!
We were at Disneyland and then I was attending a conference in Long Beach. And yes, i stayed OP the whole time. It took some work and lots of water but I just kept the goal in mind. In Disneyland everytime I was tempted I noticed someone very overweight eating the snack I wanted - I remembered how far I've come and was inspired to stay OP.
It is going to take work to get through the holidays. The See's candy box was out on the conference table at work today. So I brought in a veggie tray I do not intend to deprive myself - just select my indulgences very carefully. I didn't weigh in on Sat as we were still travelling so I hope I have a loss this week! (I want to hit that 90 lbs off - I was only 1/2 lb away at last weigh in.
Welcome to Maria, Andy, Anne & Marsha This is a great site with lots of wonderful women. Some are at goal, some are just starting (or starting again!) and some are in progress. Lots of support, and humor and wonderful sharing.
What I still need to get committed to is exercise. I'm taking baby steps but doing a little more each week. I must admit it is easier with "only" 100 lbs left to lose...
I'm with you Slavika I want to be old and slim too!
This weekend we have a neighborhood Christmas tradition. Our neighborhood women fund raise and then shop for needy children that we "adopt for the holidays" These are the children that we hit the sales the day after Thanksgiving to shop for. Then this weekend we have a wrapping party. It is a wonderful tradition- we eqat gab and wrap. We sing and play carols. We even have a new generation of our daughters helping.
As far as our family we have my DH's family over on christmas eve and then save Christmas Day for my family. This year it will just be my mother, DH DD and me as the rest of my cousins and Aunt are in the mountains (my Mom couldn't handle the trip). We always open stockings - yes even for the "old folks" and we have brunch before joining the rest of the family. Karen Well my dear I'm way behind you. I still have lots of presents to buy & wrap. The good news is that I will have the week before Christmas off so I can go mega shopping! This weekend we'll do the tree (alas no new skirt LOL)
Well I need to head to bed. I have work tomorrow - retirement looks really good but not yet!
Good Morning everyone! Anne I checked out the website you posted about Ireland. I would love to go there someday. Just hang in there! You may not lose as much by Christmas as you are thinking of by Christmas but you can lose.
Lily, I am looking for the red chili recipe. I know I have it written down somewhere. I’ve been making it for so long that I no longer measure anything, but I know I started with a recipe! I’ll post the recipe for posole too, just in case someone wants to give it a try.
Hello Trudy and Margot, nice to meet you. Trudy I flew to Las Vegas for Thanksgiving. My daughter lives there. It’s way to far from here for a bus trip!
Survivor, congrats on the new grandbaby on the way. What a lot of fun you are going to have!
Slavika, I checked out the north pole site. What decadent recipes. I did see a few I thought I could modify so I’m going to give it a whirl and I will let you know!
Karen, how long have you been a leader. I always thought I would enjoy that but I’ve never made it to goal so I could give it a try!
Flaggies, what kind of food was serving for an African meal?
I probably missed someone, sorry but this is getting to be a fun thread! I’ll be back and catch the rest of you later!
Oh yes! I was fine yesterday until after supper and I ate Chrsitmas goodies from my tea for dessert so I ended up over points. I simply must become more vigilant!
Phill
------------------ "Our life is frittered away by detail...simplify, simplify." - Henry David Thoreau, author (1817-1862).
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Thanks to all you lovely ladies Lily,Flaggies,Karen, Slavika, Phill and anyone else who took the time to give me advice, lectures and support.After visiting this site today I am more determined than ever to stay on track before, during and after Christmas. I really do believe we can do this with each others support. Isn't it great to be able to sit and type your problems into a computer and get help from caring people from the other side of the world that don't even know you. Someone mentioned, think it was Slavika, about trying to imagine the other ladies sitting at their computers. It's quite hard to do but I too believe that everyone else has probably got a much nicer room than I do. I was the one who started to DE-JUNK last week.I got my kitchen cupboards done, all the out of date food stuffs thrown out. I would really need to start on this room next and that will keep me busy and I won't have so much time to eat.LOL
Flaggies - Our weather seems to be the opposite to yours - we have had rain for about the last 6 weeks.
Margot - that is a brilliant weight loss. You must so pleased with yourself.
Trudy - can't wait to hear about 'the bus trip from ****'
Glenda - congratulations on the news of a new grandchild in July. That is really something to look forward to.
Thanks to all you lovely ladies Lily,Flaggies,Karen, Slavika, Phill and anyone else who took the time to give me advice, lectures and support.After visiting this site today I am more determined than ever to stay on track before, during and after Christmas. I really do believe we can do this with each others support. Isn't it great to be able to sit and type your problems into a computer and get help from caring people from the other side of the world that don't even know you. Someone mentioned, think it was Slavika, about trying to imagine the other ladies sitting at their computers. It's quite hard to do but I too believe that everyone else has probably got a much nicer room than I do. I was the one who started to DE-JUNK last week.I got my kitchen cupboards done, all the out of date food stuffs thrown out. I would really need to start on this room next and that will keep me busy and I won't have so much time to eat.LOL
Flaggies - Our weather seems to be the opposite to yours - we have had rain for about the last 6 weeks.
Margot - that is a brilliant weight loss. You must so pleased with yourself.
Trudy - can't wait to hear about 'the bus trip from ****'
Glenda - congratulations on the news of a new grandchild in July. That is really something to look forward to.
All the very best everyone.
"BEING DEFEATED IS OFTEN A TEMPORARY CONDITION. GIVING UP IS WHAT MAKES IT PERMANENT"
Maria: Lucky you for gettig to see some of the Olympics. One day I would like to see some of them. Wouldnt mind going to SLC and seeing some. Will have to see.
Trudy: Welcome back! Sounds like you had fun in Las Vegas. And I thought you were working hard on my tree skirt. Alas.... Cant wait to hear about the fun Bus trip.
Slavika: Dont know but my Puter room is pretty messy to. I did dejunked it about a month ago and now its junked again! Never ending! Been to the Northpole before. Its a great web site. Just stay away from the recipes! I did start DeJunking other areas of my house this weekend tho. DH loves coffee cups. We have oh lets say 1,000,000. Dont tell him, but now we only have 500,000.
Cal: Welcome back! Did you see the snow fall? Its the new thing I was trying to think of. Its a show at night they have. Good for you staying OP thru all you have going on! Im sure when you WI you will have passed that 90 # mark!
Anne: Listen to all the good advise. You can get thru the hoildays! Checked out the Web site to. Would love to go there some day to. Have so many places I want to go and see.
Phill: Yep Karen is "our" Local Leader. She has lots of good advise for us!
Cal Walker - I am always happy to hear from you because you usually have a positive thing or two to say about losing weight. Awfully proud of you for making good choices at your meeting. And that trick about finding a very heavy person eating the snack you would love--that is a good one. You can see where you could so easily be.
Trudy - I don't understand a 30 hour express bus trip. Were you just gone 30 hours or were you on the bus for 30 hours. Sounds from ****, all right. But once you got there you had a good time. Seeing you SIL must have been fun. So, your Medicare is for everyone--ours is only for those over 65, I believe. The almighty dollar governs everything, doesn't it? I have had so much illness and treatment with cancer that I with insurance have spent a fortune.
Karen - You have the right advice. Take control now so that in January (which isn't lovely and happy anyway) we can all feel better, rather than lousy about ourselves. You must be a good leader.
Maria - I know during the Olympics that they talked about the paralympics that were going to take place, but we just never saw any coverage of them at all. Of course, we don't have cable, but I never heard anything from anyone about them. I am sure they must have been pretty awe-inspiring. I love the Olympics always and watch every single little thing. I know a lot of people don't like it, but I really get into the lives of everyone when they spotlight them.
Last night my boss took our office to The Madrigal here on campus. It is a production of a mideval meal and entertainment regarding Christmas. Students sing and juggle and spoof you a lot with "English" talk and they dress in period clothes. It is so much fun. We are served courses and I must say that after fruit, bread, and soup, I was ready to quit. That is unusual for me, but this morning I was so proud of myself.
Glenda
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G'day everone,
Everything very much the same still at this end of the world.
I am very pleased I am still managing to remain fairly well OP. I do have a few functions on over the next few weeks to test me
Glenda it is a great feeling if you manage to do the right thing whilst out, your feast sounded great.
To all who enquired about what we ate at the African luncheon. All the recipes came out of a book by Dorinda Haffner. Many years ago when she first started out she used to do dinner parties in your own home. I was lucky enough to go to one. The two most memorable things were the stories she told and she taught us how to scoop food with your hands. She is just a really fun loving person who has become very successful.
You may want to have a look at her website and try one of her recipes. http://www.dorindahafner.com/books.html
Have a great day all
Cheers
Maria
. We went there on a 30 Hour Express Bus Trip that turned out to be the Bus Trip From **** 
. We went with another couple, and really had a great time in Vegas. The day we arrived, we went to see the Freemont Street Experience and believe it or not, we ran into my hubbies sister and her husband. Neither of us had any idea the other would be there. There was so much to see and do, we could have stayed longer.
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