Hey Tessa, good to see you back!!!! and on such a nice recovery.
Weigh to go!

Gotta run guys, but I keep on checking in every day.
Judy
234.6/191.4/170's by 9'30

Thanks Tessa you have me wanting to try Zumba several of my friends and family do it. But I have no coordination what so ever. Today has been a better day. I am still drained but I figured it was just that time. AT least I am not bloated. No other updates. Hope you all have a goodnight.

Yum, WW pot roast sounds yummy. Time to get out the slow cooker again. Yay. Glad to see you did so well with exercise, KimL. Glad to hear from you and the :

I had a non-: today, but I knew I would. Up another 1.6#. Not at all fun. My dh wanted to eat lunch out at a Greek restaurant. Food was super salty and my gyro was probably packed with fat. I saved the salad for later and I only ate 1/2the pita, but still. I have been sabotaging myself at night. I'm not hungry or craving food, and yet I'm seeking it out. It doesn't make me feel better. My meeting was very good this morning, so I'm counting on that to keep me going. Also, my dh needs to be very careful this week because he has a doc appt. coming up. Sooooooo, all combined I am going to do well this week.
1. Stop the gain
2. Keep telling myself every hour that I can do this!

Best wishes to you all. Keep on chiming in!
Judy
234.6/193/170's by 9/30

I've been using the slow cooker a lot lately since it's been cool and rainy here. So nice to come home from work to a house that smells like delicious food!

I didn't avoid the donuts altogether (I wanted a treat), but I did have a Timbit (donut hole) instead of a donut for a fraction of the points. It also helped that there was a big fruit tray to have a snack from instead.

Zumba looks like such a fun workout. I might have to try it some time soon.

Oh! I completely forgot to share this news - I hit my first goal this week of losing 5% of my starting weight! It felt great to hit that first milestone. I've set a new mini-goal for 10% of starting weight lost.

Happy hump day!

peanutt, congrats on reaching 5%!!!! Very exciting when goals become reality! Well done on the donuts too! Luckily (thankfully) I haven't been tempted by them yet. Sadly, I'd do just about anything for a maple bar.

Kim, Zumba is da bestest isn't it? Thrilled to have an activity that is so much stinkin' fun - cuz it's more like a night out dancing - just at a gym! Yeah, I'm with ya - I joined a gym too. Took the plunge....
Fingers crossed that Friday's weigh in is a spectacular one!

life4evr - my best friend is self-admittedly only semi-coordinated and has been loving Zumba. The best part of it is, that they keep the same songs/routines for a while so you get a chance to learn them and get good at them. Once they change something (like they did on us last night) EVERYONE is lost right along with you! LOL! The first two classes we kinda exercised, but mostly stood there laughing in confusion...

Judy, so have you sat and thought about what exactly is happening at night that's making you want to go to the kitchen for something? Been reading that "Women Food and God" book and have learned tons. Maybe it's boredom?

Well, best be gettin' back to work. Can't seem to get the office cat to make the phone calls...

Tes

Hi turtles:

Princess - glad you are feeling better this week.

Life - Nice job on your weight loss, that is terrific!

Judy - So glad your had a good meeting, sometimes that is just the thing that shifts our thinking and gets us back on track. You have done so well, so get back to it!

Tessa - nice to see you back posting with us again. Zumba is something I have never tried, but it sounds like it would be great.

Kim - Nice job on hiking and your gym membership should keep you on schedule.

Peanut - congrats on reaching your 1st goal - awesome!

I have been completely OP this week and hoping for a loss at the scales tomorrow. But I have not been getting in exercise, which I need so much.

Hope everyone else is doing well and can post when they have time.

Also - I am going to watch the new Survivor tonight, haven't watched that since Season 1 and tribes are divided by age, so should be interesting.

Have a good evening!

Bandit, oh yeah, I'm toutin' Zumba like I'm recruiting for a cult or something!

Fingers crossed, said cult o' funky moves will have me below the 200 mark next week. Haven't seen those numbers in awhile....


Toodles turtles!

Tessa

Wow, we're jumping again. Or are we Zumba-ing again? Glad everyone likes the Zumba. I haven't tried it, but my dds have. Right now my dh and I are happy to be back on the boardwalk. I'll need orthotics in my sneakers to help with a bunion and I hope that does the trick since I really do like to walk (and I see what happens to people as they age without having gotten in some exercise).

Peanutt, : and and and for meeitn your first goal! Weigh to go. You're doing great.

Tessa, yes, I have been thinking about tthe dopey night time eating. I think it stems from the good and bad side of losing weight. When I lose weight, some things happen in relationships, etc. that aren't always pleasant. I've been overweight for a long time and people expect me to stay there. Then sometimes I beat myself up for no reason and then I eat.
I'm working on it.

Bandit, here's to a : and and for being OP all week. Yeah, it's good to get the exercise in, but being OP is most important, in my opinion.

Tessa, here's hoping for a : at your WI also. Breaking 200# felt so marvelous to me. I told my leader, "I'll never see that number again------and I meant it!" I hope it happens for you this week. Weigh to go, girl!

Princess, I hope you are feeling better and doing well.

Cherry, how are you?

Mrs. Thanos, how are you doing?

To all our newbies and oldies, keep on keepin' on. We're doing great!
Today I have made a commitment to do my toning tape 3Xweekly as well as my walking. They should help me stop the gain and then start losing again.
Judy
234.6/193/170's by 9/30

Hi everyone and happy Wedensday to you all!

Wow, it is seriously hoping around here! I feel so out of the loop because I can not get on this site at work anymore <stamps feet!> The fire wall must have been upgraded or something... I can only get so far then some kind of double add thing gets in my way and everything locks up. Oh well, I can still get on at home!

Food has not been so good for me this week and I have not exercised at all! I am still not feeling great and the med's are not really doing much for me except making me hungry... groan! Like I need help in THAT department!

Zumba is fun! D-DIL and I took a class and had a good time. That class is not longer available and I have never been able to find one that was done so cheaply... she only charged 5.00 a class! That is hard to beat... I think the gym offer "latin heat" classes but I have not checked into those yet... maybe something to think about.

I have been using my crockpot also, it is not cold and rainy here but it sure makes dinner easy... LOL. They are calling for rain tonight though and we need it badly!

Congrat's to those that lost... Chin up to those that did not... tomorrow is judgement day for me... at the rate I am going on these med's I might just break their scale

Have a great evening everyone!
Princess

Oh Princess, I hear you! I almost didn't get on the scale today at my mtg., but I've done that too often in the past three months and decided to own up to it and do better. I'm trying Core----the three women I encouraged to try it last week all lost weight !!!!!!! While I went on my own stupid way to manage to gain weight again. I've got it figured out pretty well, nothing I want to discuss on the internet, but I think I've got a good handle. Sooooooo, good luck and : to you. Feel better and we'll all get this going.
Judy

Well today my eating has been horrible. Tomorrow is another day right. I need to renew my gym membership and actually use it. I was so much sanier when I did work out regularly. It was my "quiet time" for lack of a better term. Tomorrow is a clinical day so I will be up and moving. Hope everyone is doing well.


ETA: Had to do some proofreading and editing. Must be getting sleepy.

Hi Life4evr, yeah, we all have days like that now and again. Tomorrow will be better.
Judy :