Hi Turtles and welcome to Asatch!!!!
Choosewell, I've got a great idea. Why don't you just call wherever you are right now "rockbottom" and don't worry about falling deeper? You're doing so many great things for yourself with walking up a storm and tracking it and water and veggies. Seems to me that Fritos have crept into your posts a couple of times lately and maybe it's time for that bag to stay in the supermarket for awhile and give you less of a temptation? I say this with loads of :grouphug: because I hear you and feel you wanting to lose weight and willing to do everything to make that happen. Hey, a tip from my WW leader from the mtg. today: Think about the one thing that you really want from losing weight--have you got it in mind? Visualize it--now bring that vision up each and every time you want to eat something that you know won't be a wise choice. I hope this helps and I'm sending mega :goodvibes: to you and us all.

If this is harsh, I apologize for heaven knows I am none too spiffy in this business of losing weight. I honestly feel that these last two weeks have been exhausting and I probably lost some weight because I was too tired to snack. (But to be completly honest I did try really hard--and even had oatmeal for lunch at the hospital because all the other choices weren't close to Core foods) So, I am happy today. At my WI I lost another 1.6# and am only 2 full pounds away from the weight I lost in my first year in rejoining WW's in 2000 when I lost 25# and thought I had the world on a string. Well, the string snapped, I gained back all 25, rejoined again and again and have been dealing with the same stupid pounds over and over again without even breaking onederland. However, I digress--the good news is that I have lost plenty of weight and am doing well with Core. I do feel fuller and that's a huge help. Running up and down steps has been very revealing and I can see how much that kind of exercise helps me. Enough about me!! I do go on and on.

Choosie,
Great good luck with your reading buddy. He's lucky to have you as a tutor. Let us know how this all progresses. Reading is such a wonderful gift. You're kind to share your ability with him. :bravo:
Lauren,
This is the Lauren I know and love. Yes! You've got plans that will lead to weight loss. Hey, do you still have those friends you used to like to walk with? Are they still in your WW's group? I remember that worked out very well for you. Good for you for figuring things out and planning to leave if need be if food at mtgs. etc. gets to be too much. Glad you enjoyed your vacation and sorry the food was tough. We're all getting better at this.

Gotta run,
Caught a miserable cold and had to come home from dd's home yesterday. Plan on getting back there on Friday and I'll aim to get some step climbing in there too. My other dd was able to come and help his sister for a bit, so I hope the little guy and all involved over there finally get some sleep.

You all take care. The holidays are coming up and our Halloween Challenge is fast approaching. If I keep on keepin' on, I'll be okay. I am envisioning a lower triglyceride number on my medical chart to keep my eating in line.

Good luck to us all, :high:

Love,
Judy
234.6/211.6/thinner on my way to onederland

Afterthought:
chow instead of ciao? Absolutely hysterical. Choosie I hope you do write a book because I'll buy it and you can autograph it for me.
Love,
Judy

Hi everyone!

Sounds like you all are doing well - so congrats on that!

I got to curves 3x so far this week - before work has been much better than after.

At my w/i I was down .2# this week. Not much - but as long as I seen a -# in my book it keeps me on track and re-focussed for the week. BF has been making all kinds of excuses for not walking at night & the more I try to get after him the stubborner he is - anyway, he is having some blood tests done & I am hoping the doctor will suggest he lose some weight. I know it is up to me to keep OP but when there is always so much junk food around & bf is sitting eating chips & chocolate bars it makes it really hard to keep saying no.

Keep up the good work & talk to you soon.

Bandit, I too am surrounded by junk food (in my case, mostly just while at work, though we have a few things in the house, too), and it really does just come down to focusing on what YOU want most. I hope your bf does make healthier choices for both your sakes; it's exhausting having temptations around all the time!

Alissa, thanks for the explanation. :) With three young ones, sounds like you have your hands full!

Judy, I always love your posts. Wow, you're only 2 pounds away from virgin fat territory!!!!!! WOO-HOO!!!!! You go, girl! Don't even THINK about slowing down now. I loved your tip about picturing something concrete that you want from weight loss. I'm going to do that, and change it every so often. Certainly I have some clothing items I want to fit into; maybe I'll hang different items in my bedroom and rotate them so I can see them each day. And I think I'll picture low blood pressure readings! :D And maybe dancing and running up steps. And effortlessly sliding into tiny airline seats. And ...

Didn't do super well yesterday at the project party but didn't do horribly for the day as a whole. I'm tracking, I'm counting. This is typically my hardest day of the week (Thursday) because I work from home, and I use food to procrastinate. If I stay out of the kitchen, I do much better. So I think I may take my laptop to Barnes and Noble and do my work there this afternoon! It's a beautiful day here. October is such an amazing month.

As for Halloween ... I'll do my usual thing. I'll buy candy on the day itself; I'll buy something I don't like; and I'll make sure we have practically none left at the end of the evening by dumping huge quantities into the last trick-or-treaters' bags. They always look so amazed and happy when we do that! :)

Onward and downward,

Lauren

Seems like ages since I've been in here.

Welcome Alissa! You're in the right place for ongoing support.

Choosie - Congratulations on your certification! Now you are on the way to helping someone in one of the best ways possible! What level is your student on? How have your sessions been so far? It sounds as if your Halloween Challenge has been great. Tracking consistently is one of the hardest things to do.

The Halloween Challenge is drawing to a close. I have done well with the journalling, less well with eating only one portion. I have periods where I do well and then there's the majority of the time. :lol: It's not quite that bad, but there's always room for an improvement.

I am thinking of goals for the next period of time - maybe from Halloween until the first of the year. I must have goals during the holidays. I can't believe that it's that time of year already.

Gotta run now. Happy to see Lauren, Bandit and Judy checking in with frequency.

Hi Turtles,
Lots of challenges this weekend starting with my kids coming in this weekend, big Halloween party, and then Halloween itself with all sorts of tempting candy. Dh bought it today so it hasn't been a temptation till now. I have to keep on visualizing what I want and keep that uppermost in my thoughts.

Good luck to all of us and the challenges we face.
Love
Judy
234.6/211.6/thinner :cool:

Happy Halloween!

Now, who do I have to thank for more than a month of writing down steps, veg and water? Wasn't that Swanie? Thank you, thank you. This week was stellar (I'm looking at my date book): 4 days out of the last 7 I made more than 12 K steps, and only had one day each that I didn't make water or veg goals. BUT I wrote 'em all down.

Judy, what a concept..leave the fritos at the Albertson's? You know you are right, I have an image of what I would be at 1xx lbs. (anything that doesn't start with a 2 basically...) anyway, it's a white t-shirt tucked into snug jeans, my old 150-170 uniform. Is that ridiculous? So simple. I'm going to work on a visualization for this month.

To everyone: here comes November, another opportunity to shine and develop our healthiest selves. Hats off to the turtles.

I'll be at nano if you need me, and I have no idea what I'm writing YET>..6 hours to start...

choosewell.

Congratulations Choosie on your stellar writing down of steps, veggies, and water. Wow! That's great. Good luck with Nano. Next year I *really* mean to do Nano. Seems like I said that last year.

I met my Halloween challenge and feel great about it. I did slip up here and there over this past weekend, but I'm on track today and am hoping that 35 points covers some of my missteps. This week a crew is coming in to redo our kitchen and eating will be challenging, but not impossible. I'm figuring that fruit and cooked chicken or canned tuna will work out fine. I am going to knock off any fluff weight that happened this weekend and be just fine. Do you hear me? I'm shouting! My dh got rid of Halloween candy, all party treats are gone and I'm ready to continue this fall season of holiday after holiday.

Swania, are you going to start us off on a Thanksgiving Challenge? I'm up for it.

Everybody have a good day!
Love,
Judy
234.6/211.6/thinner to onederland:grouphug:

Time for a new thread, tortoise ones. See you there.

-- Lauren