I overslept this morning and totally forgot about weigh in. I'll do it in the morning. I just refuse to step on that scale in the afternoons, I always weigh more!
I FINALLY joined the pool today, so maybe embarrassment about being in a bathing suit in public will motivate me!
Girls...I am not doing well today. I was practicing for my first wedding cake and it did not go well. I can feel the stress now. I ended up eating a piece of the practice cake (I was going to take it to the inlaws tomorrow) but I was too embarrassed by it and frustrated taht I sat down with a piece. blech.
I think I did ok yesterday. No cookouts, no junk or some big spread of bad food. Just a bad dinner for ourselves. Anyway I think I maintained.
I keep going to bed way too late. I mean to get up in the mornings to exercise. If I exercised I'd have more energy to get up in the mornings and get it done. It's a vicious cycle but it's gotta start/stop somewhere.
I actually got in a bathing suit today in front of people, it took awhile to be comfortable but I had to get over it.
I wish I could say I forgot weigh -in. Or I was too busy, but the truth is I am so disappointed and embarrassed to say I sit here still at 132. No loss but a 1 lb. gain! I graised like cattle on the 4th. I mean everything went in my mouth I could put in it. 
So I am ashamed of myself.
But I shall do what I know I need to:
GET UP AND DO IT ALL OVER!!!!!!
Thanks to my self talk that is, I thought to myself:
O.K. So youre still at 132, well, you've been higher than 232 so buck up and quit B&*^Hing!!!!
Get your cellulite up and move it!
So I will drink my water.
So I will walk my miles.
So I will eat better.
So I will love myself and embrace my roundness for being what it is and know of all the people to hide form my fellow, "puttin down the cake club" members arent the ones.
We are all here to help each other.
So this week I will help everyone I can, do what ever I can and forget about myself for awhile. Now I will do what I said, water, walking, watching what I put in my mouth,
But my focus will be on others and I know I cant go wrong then.
Besides, I know at 120 I should keep moving and grooving to keep up my weight, I'd hate to loose too much ya know!!!! 
I think I lost a pound this week, down (again) to 153. *sigh* I was soooo good this week, I met all my goals, and the only bad thing I ate was some chocolate chip pie on Wednesday. I guess I'm kind of frustrated that I did so good most of the week & only lost 1 pound. But it's better than gaining. Goals for this week will be the same:
-treadmill 5 times
-no snacking unless it's fruit or vegetable
-64 oz water every day
I think I'm going to use the same challenge I used before, because it's something I want to do to keep me on track - write down every single thing you put in your mouth. Also, be sure to note serving sizes of what you're eating. If you want a handful of pretzels, that's fine, just take the time to look on the bag & see how many pretzels = one serving and how many calories it is. A lot of the time that's enough to make me not want it anymore.
If we get stressed about something, go exercise! Take a walk around the block instead of reaching for that delicious piece of cake. Find some chore to do around the house first and then see if you still want to eat. There are always carpets to be vacuumed or dishes to put away in my house, so those are things I do when I feel the urge to eat.
DIE FAT CELLS DIE!!!! Let's all be losers this week!!!!
-Lisa
I keep going to bed way too late. I mean to get up in the mornings to exercise. If I exercised I'd have more energy to get up in the mornings and get it done. It's a vicious cycle but it's gotta start/stop somewhere.
I have the same problem!! The ONLY time I have to exercise is first thing in the morning, but I just can't get out of bed!! I KNOW that once I start, I'll feel so much better and will pop out of bed with no problem, but I just can't get started.
We're going to the pool tomorrow. I tried on my bathing suit, and it's bad, but not as bad as I thought it would be.
Anyone got any ideas to help me get my booty out of bed in the mornings? DH gets up earlier than me, if I could just get up with him, I'd have plenty of time, but I sleep like the dead and my new meds are making me sleep even harder, so he can't wake me up. I've got to get moving somehow!!
Ok ladies, let's not forget what we're doing just because it's the weekend! We are off to the farmers market again today for fresh corn & to see what other veggies & fruits they have.
Let's have a great losing weekend 
-Lisa
I have arrived!!!!!!
I made vanilla caramel cup cakes and caramel butter cream dream icing and french vanilla b.c.d and I only taste 1 naked cup cake and 1 finger of caramel icing since it was first time making it. 
But that's it! I made a small ccc and a cup cake bouquet/basket thingy for a friend and didn't eat hardly anything!
Now if I can do that Ladies you can be LOOSERS THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!
Lemme hear ya say it.............
DIE FAT CELLS.......D-I-E!!!!!!!!!
Anyone got any ideas to help me get my booty out of bed in the mornings? DH gets up earlier than me, if I could just get up with him, I'd have plenty of time, but I sleep like the dead and my new meds are making me sleep even harder, so he can't wake me up. I've got to get moving somehow!!
I have an alarm setting on my cell phone. I set it to vibrate and stick it in my pillow. You wake up to a soft buzz and the wierdest sensation that's hard to ignore. Now if only I hadn't figured out how to use the snooze I'd be doing great.
Way to go Tuesday. I kind of feel like you have to try it when it's new otherwise it could taste like a$$ and you'd never know. I don't trust my family either they'd hate to hurt my feelings. So a "taste" for quality control is good but managing to only "taste" is great!!
I have an alarm setting on my cell phone. I set it to vibrate and stick it in my pillow. You wake up to a soft buzz and the wierdest sensation that's hard to ignore. Now if only I hadn't figured out how to use the snooze I'd be doing great.
Love that idea!! I always use the alarms on my cell phone, never thought of sticking it in my pillow!! The one day I got up early this week, DH handed me my phone before he left, so I couldn't ignore it.
I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow, we're off to the pool at 9 am, so I'll have to get up early and get that workout in. A swim will be extra refreshing after that!
I gardened all day yesterday. That was a workout in itself. The backs of my legs are sore today. I have to start on DD's cake for her going away party. I am making two. One is going to be a sugar free one for the diabetics.
Did get three meals in yesterday and had oatmeal this morning for breakfast. Not sure what we are doing today. Hubby has the day off.
Allright girls, it's Monday again. I didn't do too badly this weekend until DH bought an apple pie at Sam's Club yesterday. I had one very small (by my usual standards) slice. I'm going to tell him that he needs to finish the rest of it today so it's not sitting here staring at me
We'll just forget about everything that happened over the weekend and focus on having an awesome week
DIE FAT CELLS, DIE!!!!!!!!
-Lisa
I did so so on saturday as I made my new recipe ccs. Did so -so yesterday...ate 2 nfsc yesterday as we went walking through the zoo for 2 hours!!!!!! whew!!!! 2 toddlers walking through the zoo with a 14 year old was some zoo trip!!!!! But the kids loved it and it was exercise for all of us!!!!
Now let's keep this fat cell melting train goin girls!!!!!!!
Too many parties this weekend...I did not do so well I guess. I didnt think I ate like a hog or anything but the scale thinks I did. I guess I just cant eat like I used to !
I did pretty well yesterday until dinner when I was starving and ate everything and a piece of pie too <insert smilie for being so full you want to puke>
Oh well. Today I'm making some mini-wondermold cakes for the Harry Potter movie tomorrow & Thursday I'm making cupcakes for cupcake class that night. I just hope I can control myself like Tuesday & just eat one!
So how is everyone else doing? Drinking water? Exercising? At least I can say that for myself, I have been on the treadmill every day so hopefully I won't be too horrified at weigh-in.
-Lisa
P.S. I recently read an article about that Alle(sp?) drug that supposedly blocks the fat from being absorbed, and apparently lots of people are having some pretty nasty side effects. Makes me more determined to do this on my own even if it is soooo frustrating!
I did pretty well yesterday until dinner when I was starving and ate everything and a piece of pie too
<insert smilie for being so full you want to puke>Oh well. Today I'm making some mini-wondermold cakes for the Harry Potter movie tomorrow & Thursday I'm making cupcakes for cupcake class that night. I just hope I can control myself like Tuesday & just eat one!
So how is everyone else doing? Drinking water? Exercising? At least I can say that for myself, I have been on the treadmill every day so hopefully I won't be too horrified at weigh-in.
-Lisa
P.S. I recently read an article about that Alle(sp?) drug that supposedly blocks the fat from being absorbed, and apparently lots of people are having some pretty nasty side effects. Makes me more determined to do this on my own even if it is soooo frustrating!
OOOOOOOOOHHH, I too have heard of some rather nasty side effects too.
YUCK! I was very bad yesterday. PERIOD! I ate nfsc with antonia's icing, I ate 3 pieces of cajun fried chicken I made, made in oven not really fried! Then I chowed on pretzels while watching tv with the DH and kids!!! um a lot of them. 
So I had better work my butt off today and tomorrow.
This has been one of those bad weeks. Too many parties, too many leftovers, gain a little weight, get frustrated, eat some more.
I had a dream last night that I was in a competition with some friends for weight loss and I was really into it. I wish I could enter something like that in real life. Especially if there was money involved 
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Nasty side effects from the alli? I wondered about how that stuff would do. Might as well let the other people be the guinea pigs!! Really the only way to do this is to change our lifestyle.
I am constantly saying to myself if I had just stuck with it a couple of months ago, I would be at my goal weight by now!!
HOW BAD DO WE WANT IT???!!! LET'S DO THIS!!
DIE FAT CELLS!
Ladies, you're depressing me. I found out yesterday my 16yo neice is doing WW. She's not heavy by any means but she's been sucked into the brainwashing.
Put down the cookies/cupcakes, turn off the tv/computer put all your magazines away and do something fun. It's like writers block, get your mind on something else and it'll pass.
Howdy ladies! I hope you all had a good 4th and all. And if any of you had a cake stake in the 7/7/07 wedding madness, you came out unscathed! 
I wish I could report how well I behaved these past few day, and how I only made good food choices.... 
Yeah, made a cake for the 4th, and couldn't leave the frosting alone (damn that Creme Royal goodness), found out there were gonna be more people than planned so I had to throw some NFSC & a chocolate cake (Mafioso from here) together rather fast. The NFSC sensed the stress, and some sacrificed themeselves in their vain attemps to calm me down. They were tasty though! Went to visit my parents, and just couldn't handle all the temping morsels in their house, chocolate zucchini bread, spinach and artichoke chips, cake, wine, wine, and more wine! Then, for the 4 hour drive home, DH loads up on junk, hot fries (my fave!), candies, Cool Ranch Doritos... AHHHH 
I'm so going to be paying for it all come weigh in... All I can hope is that a couple days of good eating and lots of pool time can undo the damage.
I had a dream last night that I was in a competition with some friends for weight loss and I was really into it. I wish I could enter something like that in real life. Especially if there was money involved
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You know, I'm kinda doing something like this, a bet with another friend who wants to lose weight. She's currently kicking my a4&! She's lost over 20. However, I do have to admit to entering into this bet in an attempt to get her to loose the weight. Of our close ground of three, she is the only singleton, and, though I love her more than my luggage, her complaints about being single and overweight while us other two had the DH's & DC's while taking no steps to lose the weight were getting a little grating. But don't get me wrong, I still don't wanna lose the bet, just the weight!
Just gotta get re-motivated!
Hey guys hope my last post didn't come out bitchy. I just could see the guilt snowballing over all the TLC's (tastes, licks, crumbs) It's a new week, we can't undo what we've done but we sure can try harder next time.
Good luck for weigh in everyone.
I am constantly saying to myself if I had just stuck with it a couple of months ago, I would be at my goal weight by now!!
OMG...I have been saying that for like 5 years. When will I learn.
My weekend was...hmmm, I don't remember . I know Saturday was bad.
Oh well, I just ordered my bridesmaid dress for my step-sisters wedding in Aug....TOO SMALL...so I have to get going with this.
Is it already weigh in tomorrow. I just read all the "new week" posts and it makes me feel like it's monday. I'll probably weigh the same.
I'm leaving on Saturday...6 hrs in a car with 5 kids...I'll try not to eat junk. And then all that time at home with a family who likes to eat..and a wedding!!!
Good luck at weigh in tomorrow!
I'm leaving on Saturday...6 hrs in a car with 5 kids..
Oh my gosh, that's enough to make anyone stress eat Good luck!
I totally blanked on no-cheat Wednesday & had a turkey burger & fries for a late lunch/early dinner, and had some cake & jelly beans last night. I forgot to weigh in before I ate this morning and I refuse to after eating & drinking. It's really amazing how you gain a pound or so from drinking something - DH tests it all the time at work; he walks a mile with his class, weighs himself, drinks a bottle of water & weighs himself again and he's gained at least a pound. I will weigh in tomorrow and hope for the best!
-Lisa
I completely forgot weigh in myself this week. I forgot everything, this week has just been so looooooooooooong. I thought it was Friday today and then I was thinking it was Wednesday.
As predicted I didn't get to they gym all week this week and we don't have any money at all. Tomarrow is payday and I have no idea how we are going to make this money stretch to even get hubby to work this next two weeks.
I also got busy and skipped dinner yesterday. I have been doing awful with the not eating. I think I skipped breakfast just about every day this week.
On a different (and unrelated) note, I made my cakes and froze them because they will need to be carved out. I will be using a buttercream between the layers. Can I assemble them while frozen or ddo I need to carve them then thaw them before assembling the layers with the buttercream?
I have been a bad bad girl this week. i dont know what came over me! It didnt help that there were too many parties. But that really isnt an excuse, I need to learn to compensate for that. Anyway I almost didnt weigh in because I was scared too, or maybe embarrassed. I was going to use my "get out of weigh in free" card (someone said we had one right?) But I guess I need those numbers to stare me in the face. So hear it goes 154.4! How does one join a weight LOSS group and continue to gain weight? I didnt meet any goals. I really had wanted to lose some weight before my family reunion this weekend becasue it was kind of a beachy event. But it looks like it will be a little chilly, so I might actually get out of that. But I still have a water park thing planned with DH family next month. So i have 5 weeks. Can I actually stick with this?
Goals will be the same. I just have to do this.
THE TIME IS NOW!
Otter: as far as you cake carving, what I do is freeze the layers, fill with buttercream and stack the layers. Then I carve while frozen. I then do my crumb coat and then usually let them thaw out completely before final icing/fondant and stacking tiers. Did that answer your question? what are you making?
otter wait till merissa gets on here, she's really good at the carved cake thing. I have no experience there. I wish I would win the lottery so I could send all I know money to help along...seems like so many I know are in worse need than me. Not that I'm well off mind you!
I am praying for you otter, God sees and will provide.
Well, i was up 1 pound to 133. But I also had a monthly visitor show up this morn so it maybe the water from that.
But I know I have walked my butt off this week and drank all my water, so some maybe better muscle definition, I have noticed my legs look more trim and less giggly. So I am declaring this a good week also lost 1 inch in waist too!!!!!!!
We CAN DO THIS GIRLS!!!!!!
Keep going....we are stronger than any old flobby fat cells!!!!
I also have until aug 4th to loose 13 lbs because we are having allour musician friends over a picnic in the park type thing in our neighborhood pool house with swimming pool and dancing and no kids after 8 so I NEED TO LOOSE THIS!!!!!!
COME ON GIRLS FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well Tuesday, that will be a challenge, but it is probably doable! How about we make it a pact to ACTUALLY loose some weight for our events!! I know we will feel good about ourselves if we really make the effort. My goal is 10 pounds by August 9 when my MIL and FIL come for a visit.
Here is my goal and I need you all to keep me focused. You can harp on me about it, I wont get mad, I need a little direction.
I will loose 10 pounds (to weigh 144) by August 9.
I AM SO WITH YOU MERISSA!!!!!
I am actually frightened by the idea of not only a suit day but to dance in my suit?????
omgosh!!!!!! THAT IS TERRIFYING TO ME!!!!!
Anyone else need a big kick in the pants? Dance in front of a full length mirror in your swim suit!
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