Greetings and Happy Thursday to you all!

Rainy, sleety mess here in the midwest, snow one minute and then sleet the next with some rain thrown in for good measure!

Judy: Yeah, I get the whole thing about how holidays end up being days instead of a single day, we do that here as well. This year I sent as much as I could home with everyone, gave the stuff that remained here a few days and then dumped it. I hate to waste but I am tried of this battle and need to act accordingly.
So sorry to hear about your DIL's pain, that is no fun at all and I hope that things take a turn for the better for you all!

Bandit: how was your holiday in the DR? So pretty there and I am sure you had a great time!

Ariana: A huge congrats on your marriage and your promotions! Wow you have been so busy and still managed to keep things under control with a minimal gain, very impressive! Again, thrilled that you are back to posting on this site!

Cherry: Hope you are felling well and doing great!

So good to hear from you, Princess. This site is picking up again as we all try to do our best.
I'm walking about 4-5 days a week for almost 2 miles. I walk with a buddy and we get our emotional drudgery out of the way while we walk......good for body and mind! We also think a lot alike even though she is much younger, but we're good buddies.

Princess, I've thrown food away because I still think it's better to do that than to have tempting foods in the house for those moments when I "need"
to eat something.

I do like Simple Start and having the protein of some sort at breakfast, lunch, and dinner all help me.

Best wishes to everyone!!!! Keep on chiming in. We can and will do this.
Judy

Hi everyone - been busy up here & I enjoyed my holiday very much. It was very hot but I love that so was all good.

Hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving holiday & good for you all throwing out the extra food. I have trouble with that & always feel bad overeating it instead. So good job.

Holidays are quickly approaching & the dinners started last Friday. I have another one tonight (ladies only) and tomorrow my office dinner which is very fancy. My strategy is to be very picky with apps (which are usually very high calorie) and make good choices elsewhere.

All - nice to hear from everyone & lets all enjoy the season.

Great hearing from you, Bandit.
Yes, enjoy the dinners especially with your good strategy! This is a very nice time of year.

I lost 1.8# today which was my Thanksgiving gain, so.............if you follow me.................I'm right back to where I was. this week I want to get another pound or so off. I really need to break 200# by January.

Good luck to us all. :cheers: :love: :cheer: :exercise:
Judy

Greetings All!

Yeah we are in high holiday gear here as well and everything is becoming overwhelming fast!

Just a quick hello to all and have a great day!

I'll go to WW's meeting tomorrow. then two of my buddies from there are heading out to lunch, then back to one of their houses for coffee and dessert.
I'll watch the dessert and be careful. it will be a good day.

Wishing the best to all the Turtles. Chime in when you can and keep thinking skinny thoughts.
Judy
Hoping to lose a bit this week at tomorrow's WI

Judy - Hope your weigh in goes well. Looks like you are really putting effort in to your weight loss. I sent you a message.

Nice to see everyone - Bandit, Ariana, and Princess. Keep up the good work.

I am trying to lose around 15 to 20 pounds. Due to meds for my stomach and depression I put some of my weight back on, but I am not going back to were I started from.

Hi Turtles,
I went to my mtg. and lost 1.6 pounds. I am so happy. the scale is so close to tipping under 200#. i am 200.2# today. Now my job will be to hold onto that loss and and keep it going down. Maybe there is a better time of the year to do that, but I'm doing my best. Isn't it weird how we can be off program and the very next day something clicks and we are back on program?

Best of luck to everyone.
Cherry, I received your message. Good luck to you. You will not go back to where you were. You are going to work on this every day and do well.

Enjoy the holidays, gals. We are a lovely group of people.
Judy
234.6/200.2/199 and thinner :cool:

Hi turtles - just winding down at work for the holidays, lots of parties & dinners out & shopping.

The weather has been great for getting around & finishing up before the holidays, so thankful for that.

Just wanted to wish my turtles friends a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

All - take care, stay safe, enjoy your family & friends!

Bandit, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you too.
Happy Holidays and best wishes for all good things for all of us.

Wouldn't it be worth working toward to reach goal this year? I know we can all do it. let's really try.

My dh and I will celebrate our forty-ninth anniversary tomorrow. Isn't that a hoot? Honestly, it feels like we got married yesterday and here we are.

Best to all of you.
Judy

Hello to everyone. Hope you had a good weekend.

Judy- the 27th is my anniversary to. We have been married 11 years this year.

I have been having sinus trouble for months and I think it may be due to a food allergy but I am not sure. I will probably need to look into that. Blah!

Cherry, how nice that we share an anniversary. It was such a beautiful time of the year to get married. Decorations everywhere. Just so pretty.

Sorry about the sinus trouble. Good luck with figuring out what is causing it.

To all the turtles,
best of everything in the New Year.

I love coming here and seeing new posts. Tomorrow I'll start another thread since we are slightly over 50 messages.

Good luck to us all!
Judy
I'm going to my WW mtg. tomorrow and think it's a good way to start the New Year.

Hi turtles

Hope you are all ready for a Happy New Year!!
I didn't see a new section for 2015 so chiming in here for now.

I wish all my turtles a great 2015 & hope we are all successful with
our goals.

Today I am starting a workout programme & am committing to 3 times/week. Have been doing a weekly meditation class which I am loving -
and some of it is discussing life challenges & how to deal with everything in a more positive way. So really enjoying that.

All - good luck at the scales & lets make this the best "Turtle" year ever!

Bandit, no one was chiming in. Glad you did so. I'll start a new thread right now.
Best to all the Turtles!!!
Judy