LOL!! That comment made me chuckle Susan! Maybe we could print out Connie's post and stick it to our fridges!!??!!
WOOHOO!!! Down 1/2 pound....this is the first time I've actually gone down in weeks, so I'm very excited, and it has spurred me on!
Karen, I think you've done a great job! Some cheerleaders challenge us every day, and others don't. Be encouraged by the fact that I lost 1/2 a pound this week, because you challenged us to implement our strategies! Lori, it's your turn this week!!!
I can't think of any act of kindness that I did today. That makes me sound awful! I will work on it tomorrow.
I had one cake order for yesterday, and 4 more over the weekend! This is probably my busiest weekend ever! AND one of them is a shoe/shoebox cake - my first gumpaste shoe...I'm a bit nervous!
Morning all!
I seem to be holding steady. No loss, no gain. For weeks.
My act of kindness is actually a lot of little acts. I hold doors for people, help people pick things up if they have dropped them, and several other little things like directions if possible, things like that. I really do try to be kind and considerate of people if I can. I find that it makes me feel better to be able to be kind to others as I can. Around here it seems as if everybody is just so centered around themselves that they barely notice that there is another human on the planet.
As for not doing an act of kindness yesterday, Sonia, it all depends on where you are and what you are doing. You might not have had an opportunity. If you stayed home you did not have the chance to be around others most likely. Besides, I find it hard to believe that you did not do a kindness for your family. That counts, too.
Have a great day, all!
I truly forgot all about weighing in the morning. I doubt if there is much change though. I did get back to the gym. havent worked out since saturday. Mostly because DH was in Mexico for work, so it was hard to get out with 3 kids. Could my random act of kindness be that I havent killed the kids while he was gone? LOL. Just kidding, it wasnt too bad. As my reward I am going out with friends tonight. The challenge being that I order something light. A nice salad sounds good.
I will try to make today a day for an act of kindness! It shouldnt be hard, right?? LOL!
You're right, Karen....I guess as a mother I'm doing acts of kindness all the time! I think I was trying to find something "out of the ordinary".
Hi Everyone~
Well...I haven't done well, food wise. It's really hard for me to confess this because I've been on such a good food plan for almost 6 months and I haven't had problems. Now exercise...that's a whole 'nother story!
And what I realize in retrospect is that I have to be very very careful on Wednesday nights when I eat with my friends. Always before, when I've eaten off my plan, I've prepared for it and gotten right back to eating healthy without a problem. But not this week. This tells me maybe I'm bored and need to add new foods to my diet. It started with those darn chips Wednesday evening. I swear they were so good, especially with that cheese sauce on them! I obsessed about them all day yesterday and then bought a bag after work and had them with cheese. Again. Almost the whole bag. Not an obscene amount of cheese, I threw a lot away, but enough to make me blush. Sigh. I feel very unsuccessful. And of course, I'm up ANOTHER pound and a half this morning. So today, I'm back on track, I'm forcing myself and determined to eat well. I always bring my food to work so that's not a problem, the good choices are right in front of me. I just don't want to go sliding down and undo what I've done. I really want to be on top of it. Next Wednesday we're going out for sushi, always very low fat, so that's good. I'm thinking that I might have to decline some Wednesdays if I'm not having a good day. I know this isn't reasonable, I know it isn't, and I'm not looking for sympathy...but I feel like such a failure. I just need to get a grip on things.
And also...my home computer power cord blew up, I'm lucky it didn't fry the computer. But it's almost 4 years old and I can't find another power cord that's compatible, so I'm without, which is very frustrating. I don't want to buy a new computer now because of the financial situation beginning in January, where I won't have a paying job (just a working job, LOL!). This is a long way to say that, at least for now, I won't be checking in over the weekends.
Susan, the best of us slip up now and again. You have been doing great! Don't let it get you down.
Maybe you should go for a bit more variety in your diet. You haven't been completely depriving yourself, have you? That just leads to an eventual binge.
Well, better go for now. Have a great day all!
Karen
Karen, I wouldn't say I'm depriving myself. I stay in my calorie range and try to eat healthy foods. So I'm not "starving" myself in terms of numbers, but there have been days when I've been hungry. I am going to vary a bit more, find a few things that I like. Tonight I'm going to saute spinach and broccoli with cooking spray, garlic, and maybe some fresh basil, I haven't done that before.
Well, here I am at work, checking in over the weekend...couldn't resist. OK, I'm now only 1.5 pounds away from my lowest weight (in the past 6 months). So I'm feeling a bit better and more encouraged, I just DO NOT want this to be a runaway train, that's my take away lesson. If I get 3-4 pounds above what I've been, I know I need to buckle down, I'll remember this for the rest of my life!
Karen...the spinach I cooked last night was FABULOUS! I just dumped the whole 10 oz package, still frozen, into a frying pan, put a few drops of water on it, sprayed it heavily with olive oil Pam, added some chopped garlic from a jar, and sauteed it. I cannot believe how good it was, I ate the whole thing, 4 servings, for under 100 calories. I highly recommend it. I'm off to the grocery store today to buy more spinach!
Have a great weekend!
Well, spinach is one vegetable that I just can't eat without mixing into a casserole! I'm pleased you've found something that will help you, Susan! After all, we can't have you crumble now - you seem to be the one holding us together at the moment!!
Hello Everyone
I haven't had time to check in I weighed myself Thurs and no change. Another busy weekend with a few occasion cakes and three weddings. All of these and my husband went away for a fishing trip. But my inlaws and Dad helped out!
I love spinach!!!!
Don't worry Susan you will be back on track before you know it!
Hi All~
Thank you (again and always!) for your support. I am back on track and this morning, I hit a new low for me of 34 pounds lost...but I won't count it unless it lasts til Wednesday! Actually, it's so hot here, not only am I glad to be at work, I'm not very hungry these days, hard to muster up an appetite in this heat. I've given up on my oatmeal and now have Fiber 1 cereal with yogurt in the mornings, I can't stomach the heat of the oatmeal.
A friend and I went up in the hills yesterday and took photos of flowers and old villas. There are gorgeous hydrangea of every color growing around here, I'm going to try and post them on my spark page and if I do, I'll let you know. I hope everyone had a good weekend...
Good morning all!
Susan, glad to hear you are out of your "slump." Be glad to let you have the air conditionining in this office. Someone had it 65 degrees in here this morning when I came in.
I had a decent weekend and am now looking forward to the next one. Anybody have any special plans? I have a cake to do for my father's birthday this week. Hopefully someone can entice my sisters to come for Dad's birthday. They don't ever seem to want to show up at all.
Have a great day, everybody. I'll try to check in later.
Karen
I'm on call this weekend, so I have to stay close. And I'm trying to save money for next year (what was I thinking when I made THAT decision, just kidding!), so I'm trying to not do much anyway. The only things I have planned before I leave are a 5 day trip to Paris in October with 3 girlfriends (our goodbye tour) and at some point, taking the train down to Rome for the weekend to see the Sistine Chapel, which I have seen since I was a teen and had no appreciation for at that time.
But...the really terrific thing I'm doing this weekend is going to stay at a friend's house Friday-Monday and she has air conditioning! Ahhh...the difference 5 miles will make in me being cool!
hi ladies well, Saturday I had to help dh move my fil's furniture around and OH MY was I sore on Sunday and exhausted today. I'm still trying to get things in order (he gave us his old bedroom suite).
Wednesday we are leaving to go to Kentucky until Sunday to visit my dh's grandfather. SO I have to get my room BACK into order, pack and get the dog to the vet all by tomorrow b/c we leave at 4am for our 12 hour drive on Wednesday. The kids are so excited so that's good. SO I won't be on much (sorry)
Hey, where's everyone been? Hopefully having fun somewhere!
Today's my No Cheat Tuesday, so far, so good. I just ate a tomato and avocado sandwich (actually 2, I have enough calories to do that today) and I have blueberries for my afternoon snack. But I was up 1.5 pounds this morning, despite having a good day yesterday! So I've deleted pickles for today, I love them on my sandwich but I had them yesterday and wonder if that's the problem. Tomorrow night my Posse and I are going to eat sushi, so that'll be a good Wednesday night choice for me, it's so very low cal.
It poured, I mean buckets, overnight and early morning, so I think it'll be a bit cooler today, I have poked a toe out since about 7:15 when it was still raining.
Good morning,
It's been pouring buckets here for the last couple weeks. Bad storms and a lot of people without power. Thankfully we are not without. It did blink a couple times last night.
I definately haven't been anywhere having fun. Chained right to my desk doing hearing notices. Lots of continued cases. I figure on average these judges are seeing each kid about tent times before deciding on the case. I had on kid, a rapist and prospective murderer (he actually strangled one of his therapists until she blacked out) that they kept in the detentention home for almost a year before deciding to send him to a secured placement. I figure that put a lot of people in danger.
Anyway, just checking in. Talk to you all later. Have a great day!
Cvigil, you are more than welcome, it's never too late! You can have your own "rules"; we have a "No Cheat" day on Wednesday (I do mine on Tuesday) and weigh in day on Thursday. You can report your weight or not, your choice, and/or you can report your loss gains. Usually one of us takes on a cheerleader role for the week, which involves supporting the group, however, we all do that regularly. Do you mind adding your first name to the bottom of your posts (you can do it so it shows up each time without having to write it in) so we can call you by name? Welcome!
Sigh...for the first time in a very long time, I've gained on my weigh in day, I'm up 1/2 pound. I know it's "only" half a pound, I think my disappointment is more psychological than anything. The good news is that I'm finally figuring out my new pedometer, so I'm much more conscious in trying to work toward 10,000 steps a day and that helps. I'm ready to get out of this 5 week plateau! I've been bouncing around the same 3-4 pounds for that long...hopefully soon. How is everyone?
Hi all!
Welcome cvigil. It's good to have you join us!
I haven't posted much over the last few days because I was so busy with cakes. I had about 3 hours' sleep Thursday night, 4 hours Friday night, and 1 hour Saturday night!!!! I've spent the last couple of days catching up on sleep! It makes me wonder whether it's all worth it sometimes!
Hope you have a lovely trip Connie....and your kids cope ok with that long drive 
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It's been pouring down by the bucketloads here too, but we're in the middle of winter! It was a bit difficult trying to deliver cakes in the pouring rain on the weekend!
Karen, I don't think I'd cope in your job. I'd find it pretty freaky, I think.
Susan, 1/2 a pound is ok, you've been doing so well and have to expect to not always go down! Keep up the great work!
I started the week with determination, but haven't done as well as I'd hoped. Found out on the weekend that one of my best friends from high school, (along with her sisters) is going to be back here in Tassie next weekend, and anybody is invited to go visit them for afternoon tea. That makes me a bit nervous, as I haven't seen her for about 12 years, and I was much thinner then!
Hi all! Just checking in. I am not getting notices lately. Anyway...same old same old. Doing okay on the exercise, so-so on the eating. I have vacation coming up next weekend...didn't lose that weight like i had planned 
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ugg. My youngest just erased everything I wrote here. Well I am too lazy to retype.
LOL: I hope everyone is well! I will just leave it at that.
Just to Northern Michigan with my DH family. "Up North" is what Michiganders call it! LOL! Little stressed about it here. Too many people in one house (8 kids ages 7 and under, 8 adults). I really wanted to do cabins or something. I need my space, the kids need some down time from eachother too. I know everyone is going to be shushing the older kids because the little ones will need naps....oh don't get me started again! Sorry, just venting. Oh and my SIL wants to plan each and every minute of every day before we even arrive! She sent out this email suggesting something like:
Monday: so and so prepare breakfast
9 am: We all go for a hike
10 am: so and so do a craft with the kids
11 am: we all go to the beach
Noon: so and so makes lunch
1 pm: nap time..you get the idea. I am not really exaggerating here 
I can't!
Sorry. I am sure it will be fun. No more venting, I am just going to try and have a great time with the kids.
Well hello all! I weighed myself today, (Iknow it's early, but I wanted to get it over with) it was better than I thought it was going to be by 6 lbs! I'm still way heavy and have about 50 lbs to go but I am not crying into my pillow. Ya know? So I thank you all for your support and wish you all the best. I'll be waiting to hear from you a soon. Oh, 1 ? where do you get those cute little scales to count down your weight and such?
Thanks,
Charity (yes that's my real name) in Colorado
Merissa...I'm not telling you anything you don't already know...that's NOT a vacation!! I'll be thinking about you and wishing you a speedy return home!
Charity, go to www.tickerfactory.com and you can create your own slider...it's really fun when you get to change them!
OK, I'm off later this afternoon to go on my own "vacation" 10 minutes from here where the air conditioning lives!
Also...I don't feel so bad about my 1/2 pound because I'm down that much this morning, plus I started my period yesterday afternoon, so it all makes sense.
LOL! I know, not a vacation! Oh well. My DH family is like swiss family robinson when it comes to this stuff. I am an only child, I guess I am just not used to spending vacations with anyone but my immediate family. I just don't like to have to make plans and appease so many people. My family is cool though. It will be fun, but I just wish I had some space!
welcome charity!
Today is my cheerleader duties if I am not mistaken! Hmm what words of wisdom do I have to share?? Gosh I feel like I am fresh out!
I'll be back. DH made me breakfast.
Hello everyone I weighed myself today and I'm not down any again. I'm not supprised as I don't have a minute to myself to think of what I should be doing. I'm thnking there may be some relief (maybe) at the end of the month.
Welcome Charity!!
I hope your trip turns out wonderfull Merissa.
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