Welcome Cindy!! Glad you have decided to join us! this is a great group if I say so myself. As Tina said, we are one happy family! We have people from all over. I'm from Texas, I live about 30 miles north of Dallas.

Ok Ladies, it's that time again. I need to refocus and start getting rid of some of this weight. I plan to watch what I eat and start eating healthier.

Kady, you are an inspiration for me!!! Did you make Lifetime yet?

Tina, thanks for starting the thread years ago!

Tammy, How are you feeling today? Enjoy that shrimp tonight!

Cindy, once again we are glad that you have joined us.

Hope you have a great New Year's Eve!

Susan

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

It's the start of a brand new year & I hope it will be a good one for all.

It's a nice sunny day here in Edmonton although a little cool compared to you lucky people in the south. Tina, while you're turning on your a/c I'm turning up the heat. We finally got a little snow so everything looks nice & clean.

Two of my sons will be here today my oldest who lives south of us in Calgary will be up with his wife next weekend.

I'm still trying to watch what I eat & have also quit smoking again. I'm on day 22 of being a non-smoker.

Well, have a great New Year everyone & I will be here often .

maureen

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!
I can't believe that it is already the beginning of a new year, AGAIN! Where do they seem to go? It seems like yesterday I was still a kid (even though at 40, I still act like one :) )

Maureen, congratulations on day 22 of no smoking!! You should be very proud of yourself. Have fun with your family!

Hope everyone has a GREAT day!
Susan

Hi everyone,
My goal is really a dress size. I would like to be a size 12, right now I'm a 20 (depending on the dress). I think if I weighed 140, that would be it for me.
I'm doing ww at home for the moment, jounaling on-line, etc. My biggest trap seems to be eating under stress. I can go a whole day on the program, but get stressed and undo it all.
I did do ww a few years ago and lost 30 lbs. I should not have quit when I quit losing. I hope I will stick with it this time!

Happy New Year!!!! Did y'all make resolutions and plan on keeping them????? :)

Maureen, you are doing super not smoking.

Viola, you have your mind set on losing to a size 12 and I believe you'll do it!!!!!!

Sis, is your mother still in the hospital? I've been thinking about you both.

Tammy, I hope you are feeling lots better. Do not overdo at Curves .

Cindy, we haven't heard from you in a few days. Please post!

Susan, Did Pat's band play super on New Year's Eve? Of course, Pat would have to tell you if they did. ;)

Kady, are you snowed in now? It got down to freezing north of Houston last night. It was soooo cold in the livingroom last night. I'm not a cold weather person. :D

I wish all of us good wishes and good luck this month.

Tina
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Howdy All,

My resolution is to get in better shape both mentally and physically!! This means "I plan to take care of myself"!!!! Does anyone else have a resolution for the new year?

Tina, Pat said the club was very crowded on New Year's Eve. When I asked how it was... I got the usual "it was ok." Which means it was great. :)

Hope everyone is having a super day!

Susan

My mom got to come home yesterday. She's doing better but she will have to be on some antibiotics for another week or so. Hopefully this will be her only bout with pneumonia this year. Thanks so much for thinking of us. :) It's going to be a long road but we'll make it with Gods help. Have a great week end....Sis

Sis,

I'm so happy for you that your mom is doing better and is now at home. Just being home will make her feel so much better. You both are still in my prayers. Keep us posted on her progress and thank you for letting us know how she is doing.


Susan

Hi,
How is everyone doing?
I had an atrocious weekend, food-wise. :(
I think I ate everything that didn't eat me first. :(

Tomorrow, I'm going to begin again journaling. Every bite that goes into my mouth will be written down.

Tina

Hi girls.....it's been awhile since I've posted, sounds like you are all doing great!

Congrats on being smoke free so long Maureen!! You're doing great so far.

Susan, glad to hear that your doing much better since your knee surgery...are you still seeing the physical therapist?

Tina, how'd your food day go today? Did you write everything down like you wanted to? Don't let one "atrocious" day get you down... that's an interesting word and hard to spell :D..


I myself let one bad day turn into lots of bad days...which resulted in me not posting any more, and ended up not loosing, but gaining weight... I never even stepped on a scale til after xmas...scary :) but have decided to give it another shot.. and that's what I'm doing. Weighed in on 12/28...and have been journalling this whole time. I am down 8 pounds since then!!
I didn't make any New Year's Res. cause I didn't want to break any, but I am hoping to get the weight off finally and keep it off.

Well that's about a novels worth of chattering for one night. Hope everyone has a great rest of the week!!
Dee

Hello Dee!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are very welcome back at this site.
(Did I spell "atrocious" wrong? :lol: There's probably a spell checker here but I don't know where.)
Your weight loss shows you can do this. You can do this!
Please-----post often.

Today, Tuesday, is the start of my journaling. Also, I'm going to get on my exercise bike today for a little while. I've been nursing a very sore, bruised little toe. I have barely been able to walk on it. (While mopping, a picture frame fell hitting my little toe with the corner of the frame. Ouch...it's been black and blue.)

Good luck to everyone today.
Tina

Welcome Back Dee!! We've missed you!!! We are here for each other!!!

How is everyone doing with their resolutions? I'm doing ok on mine!

Dee, I'm like you are..... if I have a bad food day, it turns into a bad food week. :( Then I feel real quilty and eat some more! You've done great getting after it again. Way to go girl!!!! :bravo:

Maureen, how many days of no smoking is it now? Keep up the good work!!

Tina, how is the journaling going? Poor baby with that hurt toe!!! Soak it in warm epsom salt. It will take some of the swelling and brusing out of it. I promise it will feel better!!

Tammy, did you go back to school? How is that bronchitis? I hope you are finally over it now!!

Sis, how is your mom? I hope improving each day!!

As for me, I'm doing ok. I'm now able to start working my way down to 1 crutch. Honestly, I'm a little nervous (they say it's normal). I'll know on Friday if I can go back to work 1/2 day next week.

Susan

Thanks for the welcome back!

You spelled that word right Tina, I'd never have got it right (I copied what you typed).... that little toe sounds painful... see how dangerous house work can be :). Good luck on journalling!

Be careful Susan walking around with your crutch. I bet you'll be glad to get back to normal life activities even if it is just going back to work for part days.

I'm not gonna write much, I've been sick for 2 days (even missed work which is rare) so I need to rest up, but I also need to do some of that dangerous house work as I have company coming over in a few days... so it's gonna be slow cleaning with lots of rest breaks...and no mopping :D

Dee

Good day!

Dee, I hope you feel better soon!

Susan, are you using just one crutch today?

Tammy----where are you girl? I hope you are feeling fine now.

I'm still journaling. Yea for me!!!!
I'm trying something different this week. I am not eating any starch (bread, pasta, cereal, etc.) at breakfast or lunch. I'm waiting until the evening meal. Now, I don't know if that will help but it sure can't hurt. Today, I feel less stuffy. We''ll see. I'll let y'all know if it makes a difference in the scale results.

We are so happy to have so many new "faces" on our threads.

Tina
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Sorry that I haven't posted or read messages for a while. Not even sure when the last time was. We had shrimp on New Year's Eve as usual. It was yummy!

Went back to school 1/6. My kids were so good it scared me!! They were good yesterday and today too. Wonder what happened to them over break?

I still have not started journaling. I keep saying that I'm going to do it, but I don't. I'm still using my inhalers, but I'm feeling much better. The cough isn't as fierce as it once was. It's still there though.

Today after school, some of us got together and did the 1-mile Walk off the Pounds video. We're going to reserve Tues. Wed. Thurs. for that, and we'll just try to make it at least 2 of the nights. Dumb me, after I did that, I went to Curves and did a complete workout. Never again until I am in better shape and healthier!!!! I can hardly move. I took a long shower when I got home, and plan to take some Tylenol before I go to bed. Sure was a dumb move. I'll plan better the next time. Only one of those things per day!!

Weigh in tomorrow. Hopefully it's down from last week for all of us.