Happy Monday everyone!
Sorry to hear you're not feeling well, Karen. That darn pollen!!
Well, I didn't pay very close attention to my diet this weekend, but I didn't do too bad. I had a couple of cupcakes here and there, and had pizza one night, but overall, it wasn't awful. I just know I can do better.
Now I'm ready to start a new week...let's hear it ladies....
DIE FAT CELLS, DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday again & time for a few good days!! My weekend wasn't terrible, no cakes or cookies, but I snacked way more than I should have. I also went to IHOP with my mom last Friday for breakfast before a day of shopping. I love IHOP 
I'm trying for three no-cheat days before weigh in 
DIE FAT CELLS DIE!!!!!!
-Lisa
Two not so healthy dinners for me this weekend, but otherwise not too bad. I am supposed to go out for dinner with a friend tonight. I hope I can make some healthy choices...I hope!
My weekend wasn't too bad but today is looking to be terrible. Had to take the dog to the Vet last night (on a Sunday) there was something really wrong with her eye, turns out she's fine but I'm going to be doing Eye cream & drops and pills for the next week. Then I had a panic attack at 11:30 last night because my mom's having surgeory this Friday. Look at my ticker tape to see the reason for my attack. And to top it all off my cat (I've had for 11 years and got from my mom) was missing all night long, which is hard to do because she's and inside cat.
So all that whining adds up to - I got no sleep and therefore will be sustaining myself on coffee for the rest of the day. Isn't it an appetite suppressant - maybe at very least I won't eat my worries away.
Thanks for listening - I feel a little lighter.
Amber, sorry to hear about your troubles! I am sure it puts a little damper on your vacation. I hope your animals are safe and I will keep your mom in my thoughts.
I had a pretty good weekend, I think. Saturday we took the kids to ag fest (kind of a farm festival) but I packed lunch. DH and kids got ice cream and I didn't. Oh but I did eat chocolate covered raisins. For dinner we had burgers so the cheese was probably the worst thing there and the bacon. And then I had cake that I made for my nieces 6 & 1/2 birthday (any reason for a cake) but really I wanted to try the rbc...wasn't a big hit. Sunday I went on a 13 mile walk with my team for training then we went to tgif's for lunch and all ate off the light menu. And today we went to a kids place and while everyone had pizza I had a chicken wrap and a couple bites of pizza...had to get the taste. So I suppose it was pretty good for once.
Welcome nanaraquel, this is an excellent place for support and motivation. Glad you found us.
Amber, sorry your having troubles. Hopefully things will calm down before your trip so you can relax. If not just have a couple drinks and you'll be fine =D
I'm sure your moms surgery will be a success and you youll have nothing to worry about!
Amber, your mom will be in my prayers. I hope things settle down for you so you can enjoy your vacation.
I haven't done that great this week, but I have been on steroids for 5 days now and haven't gained anything. WOOHOO!!! I can totally deal with not losing while I'm on them, but I expected to gain. So I guess I really am doing pretty good. It's funny how your perceptions can change. Now if I have one cupcake, I feel awful. Before, I would have 3!!
C'mon ladies...I hope we're not losing steam....I'm bumping us up!!!
Let's get geared up for a fantastic NO CHEAT WEDNESDAY tomorrow!!!
OMG I so need a no cheat wednesday. After being good and walking so much I was up 2 lbs so today I ate the pb & j sandwich I've been craving (2 of them, but I have small bread) a bunch of peanuts (1/2 cup shelled is 13g of fat =( ) and chicken wings for dinner...a ton of them.
Kind of dumb, the scale is up so I pig out. Tomorrow is a new day!
Let's hear your war cry ladies
DIE FAT CELLS DIE!!!!!!!!
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I do the same thing, Casey!! It's almost like, well, why bother.
We need to stay focused!! Never give up! Forgive ourselves for the little indulgences without going off the deep end.
Here we go....
DIE FAT CELLS DIE!!!!!!!
Kind of dumb, the scale is up so I pig out.
I totally do that too. It's terrible, but I can't help myself. When I have one piece of cake or whatever, I feel like crap, and that feeds into my emotional eating issues. Ugh! I'm scared to weigh in tomorrow 
DD & I are going to cupcake class tonight, I guess it's a new Wilton thing where we do 6 cupcakes out of their cupcake book. It's only one night & DD was so excited about it that I signed both of us up for it. So I'm making cupcakes today!
-Lisa
On the mindless snacking thing. I'm pretty good until dinner time. I wait until I'm hungry to make dinner but then I find I snack while I make dinner. It's probably one the worst habits I have and makes me feel so bad.
I've had it!! 
The washing machine just flooded my kitchen, I have Laminate floors(water is a big no no) and after driving to pick up my FIL's shop vac, something is missing on it and it sprayed MUD all over the rest of the kitchen and left a lovely odor of gasoline behind.
Have you guys ever seen that movie, Mr. Mom with Michael Keaton? That first day he has with all the repair men and the Vaccuume cleaner. I'd fit right into that right about now. I don't think I'm going to have to worry about over eating on my trip I'm just going to have a large fruity cocktail in my hand the entire time! 
What is this? The week to have rotten luck, or what.
I got into work this morning ready to do about a half dozen or more letters that my supervisor gave me to do. Guess who calls telling me that I did not do anything yesterday because his rotten letters were not done. I guess I could have lied to him and told him they were done. I had Court work to do. Petitions, dictation to file, hearing notices to get out.
Then he says that he wants to meet with me at 3:00. Ok 3:00, fine, I will take in the work I did yesterday and refresh his memory. But no, not good enough for him. He isn't able to make 3:00 today, sends an e-mail and cc's HIS supervisor that "he is going to meet with me and have my job description with him."
I e-mailed back asking that he invite the supervisor. After all, he did bring him into this (I didn't say that to him) He e-mails back, "I will not, I am the supervisor!"
Now maybe I over-reacted, but I e-mailed him back and cc'd his supervisor that with a note saying that I thought he made some unfair and untrue accusations about my work.
Anyway, now I am in fear of my job because this jerk is. . . well, being a jerk. I have no idea what he has against me, either. And I never told him I would not do his letters, stupid as they were, and totally unrelated to work.
BTW, this is a "minister" doing this to me.
I need prayers that I don't end up losing my job because of this idiot. My job is the major income in our family.
Please, ladies, let's all pray for strength for each other and take a deep breath and HANG IN THERE! Things are bound to get better, at least for you, possibly worse for me. All depends on what the "new supervisor" decides he wants to do.
Wow, Amber and Karen, I'm so sorry to hear you're having such a bad week. It's so hard to focus on weight when you have so many bigger problems going on. I've had a weepy whiny day myself, my back is just getting worse and worse.
We're a sad little group today, aren't we??
But, back on the horse, we can do this. We start a new week tomorrow, so maybe our luck will turn!!
Well, here's the morning I've been dreading! I haven't been counting my calories this week, and it feels like I've been eating everything in sight the last couple of days.
But I guess I didn't do too bad, I lost a pound. I can't walk or exercise at all anymore because of my back, so things are going to get a little tough. I haven't been able to cut out the snacking, but I'm eating things like cottage cheese, rice cakes, cold cereal. And I'm pretty much living on wraps and salads. So I just need to tighten up on the snacking and maybe I'll be okay.
I can't remember my goals for last week, but considering how my health has gone downhill, I don't think they apply. My only goal now is to continue the low cal diet and keep my spirits up!!
Of course, yesterday I got my very first Magic Line pans and I'm dying to make a cake!!! I guess someone's getting a freebie! My sis's birthday is tomorrow...lucky her! 
Oh man, Amber, it sounds like you need that vacation!! Maybe we should all chip in and have that drink with you
Karen - what can I say but good luck. I think your boss needs a swift kick in the behind. I wouldn't hesitate to talk to his supervisor.
Weigh in - not as bad as I thought it would be. I lost that darn pound I gained last week & am back to 150. 10 pounds to go! Of course I have 10 cupcakes sitting in my kitchen right now I really need to stop snacking. I do great all day until about 2:00. Then I get hungry - actual stomach growling hungry - and eat too much. I need to go back to just eating an apple or other fruit & telling myself that dinner isn't far off & I'm not going to die before then if I don't eat.
DIE FAT CELLS DIE!!!!!
Shellie - Congrats on your new pans!!
-Lisa
Shellie I'd put in for a back transplant (if only right)
Karen sorry to here about your troubles, but I will admit when I read your post I was relieved it wasn't just me the world seems to be after (it's after us all) 
I've lost 1.5 lbs this week which isn't too bad considering I haven't been doing much in the way of exercise. Found out my Sis is exercising but having trouble with the food part, we'd be set if we could combine our forces into one body.
Finally it's vacation time. I won't even glance over at the parts of my floor that are obviously damaged, I've got 'til 2:00 to finish everything then I'm officially off duty (even from motherhood) So you all have a wonderful weekend I'll be back Monday, hopefully renewed and relaxed and ready to fight those nasty little fat cells with a vengence.
Amber, I hope you have a fantastic vacation!! You definitely deserve it! Have a fruity drink for us!
Hey, we need a cheerleader!! Any volunteers?
At weigh in this morning I was 156.8. That is down three pounds (probably stress related).
BTW my job is still secure. Supervisor decided that he didn't want to go there or something. We had the meeting but my former supervisor sat in and with the third party like I thought he had to listen to what I had to say. I just think he thought I would just sit there and take whatever from him.
Now if everybody else's week will get better now.
Shelly, I am sorry to hear about your back.
Amber have a nice vacation!
Rember, moderation in all things!
Sorry, just to let you know, my goals this week all went up in smoke.
I am back to drinking Coke. I think the sugar is a crutch for me.
Will post new goals tomorrow.
Hi! Sorry I didnt weigh in on Thursday. Well I did weigh in, I just didnt get around to reporting! I got really wrapped up in the last cake I did for this weekend and then I was super busy this weekend. Anywho..I weighed 150.4. So that was down about .6. At least it wasnt up anyway! I ate out a bunch since then unfortunately.
Hello every one, my name is Tina. I'm 34year old, mother of a 13 year old girl and 5 year old son. Im 5 '1' 1/2 and I weight 167lbs athletic built. I love to get back down to 135lbs...its hard when you taste every single thing you make. my 1st goal is to lose 7lbs by the end of the month, or lose a dress size. well good luck to every one. and hope to hear from you soon...
Welcome, Tina. Good to "meet" you.
Merissa, down .6 is good! I am personally beginning to wonder if my scale is messed up. I don't think so, it is fairly new (I bought it last year, I didn't own one.)
Well, another Monday. I wonder what nice "surprises" are in store for me this week Keep up the good work, all!
Happy Monday everyone!! Welcome, Tina!! Awesome Thomas cake, Merissa! Is that the one that kept you so busy this weekend? Hey Katie, sounds like you're on the right track...would you like to be our cheerleader this week? I don't think we have one.
I had a bad weekend, the steroids finally got the best of me! I ate ALL DAY yesterday! And I have the upset tummy to prove it. But it's a new week, I'm finished with this round of steroids and this time they're actually helping my back. So my outlook is much better. And I have to decorate 3 cakes tonight when I get home from work, so I will not only not have time to snack, I might not even have time for dinner!!
good monday morning! Welcome Tina! Sorry you are having troubles shellie! I feel like such a broken record! I am really going to try this week! LOL! I finally broke down and got some new clothes a little while back before I went on vacation because my other summer stuff felt too small. Anyway now the new stuff I bought is starting to feel a little small! UGH! Why is food so good???
Ugh. I ate all day yesterday too, and I don't have the excuse of being on drugs! I just ate, and ate, and ate. All bad stuff too, like donuts & ice cream, and then we had waffles for dinner 
Back to the drawing board!!! I need to have an awesome 5 days, because we're going to have 2 cakes this weekend. I need to make a cake for Fondant & Gumpaste class on Sunday, and DD wants to make (and decorate) me a seperate cake for mother's day. I really do appreciate the sentiment, and can't tell her not to make it, but I don't need 2 cakes in the house by Sunday afternoon
Welcome Tina!
DIE FAT CELLS DIE!!!! It's almost bathing suit season - EEK!!!!
-Lisa
I feel your pain, Lisa! My DH (who not long ago asked me to stop making so many cakes...because he doesn't like them!) told me last night that he's really hungry for cake and I spent all weekend baking for other people and he didn't get any... so I'll be making us a cake this coming weekend. He'll probably have one piece, and I'll eat most of it! He want me to try to duplicate the flavor of the Hurricane mixed drink...so maybe it'll be really bad and I won't want it.
I'M BACK!!! Oh my goodness I feel like I've been on a whirlwind. I ate a LOT but I tried to make decent choices and I'm certain I walked 5-6 miles a day, my feet will testify to that. I had a wonderful time but it was not one of those vacations where you sit and relax - guess that one's coming the first week in June when we hit the beach.
Any way after spending 4 days squeezing in and out of tiny airplane seats and being swamped with a crowd, DH has jumped on the bandwagon. He's upping the grocery budget and wants to start eating better - Yay!! no more cooking healthy for me and cooking something else for them. Needless to say I am going into overdrive, the end of the month is rapidly aproaching and I REALLY need that pedicure!
Well got to go tackle Mount Wash-more just wanted to say 'Hi' and Keep up the hard work - it's 4 days 'til weigh in. And of course......
DIE FAT CELLS DIE!!!!!!
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