Thanks for the welcome, everyone! Redhare, yes, it stinks but I had to have a complete attitude overhaul to deal with it. It got me off my butt to strengthen my back muscles, which has helped me lose weight, too. Mostly, it's just surprising how powerful the mind is...I generally just ignore it.
Merissa, I LOVE the challenge. I've gotten better lately about planning, especially planning snacks. I (try to) have mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks, which I don't usually have, but because of that I'm NEVER hungry, so the temptation to overeat or to eat something "bad" is (almost) gone. It's tough planning meals when the rest of the family doesn't want or need to diet, but I've been able to work around it so far. My standby if they're eating something really bad for me is a big salad with some chicken or lean beef in it.
Hi Friends~
Good challenge Merissa, I need better planning.
Oh, I made a big mistake last night by eating too much junk. Every once in a while I do this and maybe in a weird way, it's just what I need. Because I felt crappy all night long and even when I woke up this morning, I still don't feel good. So that'll teach me! All I need to do is remember this and then I won't feel tempted to make poor choices again.
I'm just hanging out this weekend, no plans because I'm trying to save money. I'm going to Tuscany next month for a long weekend to visit with a friend from the States who will be there for a couple of weeks and traveling to Paris in October for 5 days, so I really need to save my pennies. but I'm very happy to just hang out...
Just checking in quickly. For those of us in the states, these holiday weekends are tough! lots or reasons to eat! I guess I have done alright...for a weekend.
Last night we went to a free showing of The Waterhorse." It played right on the beach (lake Michigan) It was pretty cool to sit on the sand and watch a movie. The kids were really tired though!
I think we might hit the beach today. It is gonna be hot!
Hi Friends~
I'm trying to get all the information I can about the hurricane, I'm so worried. I guess it just hit landfall, and was downgraded to a Category 2, but there seem to be problems with the water going over the levees and the Industrial Canal. I'm from New Orleans and it just makes me so sad to see this again. Keep safe thoughts for all the residents of the Gulf Coast...
Susan,
New Orleans was spared the worst this time. They say the residents will be going home sooner than at first they thought they would. One levee had a leak and some water went over others, but it was not as bad a Katrina.
I took Friday off and had a nice 4-day weekend. Didn't want to get up to come in this morning. The plan was to take today off but hubby went to the dentist for the fitting on his replacement appliance and they said he needs another surgery. Of course, we have to wait because on Friday the secretary went home early and the dentist couldn't schedule the appointment!? We will have to wait for a call from them so they can tell us when they are scheduling the appoointment. Which means that I have to be prepared to be off at any time during the week. And we had plans to find a car this week. We'll see how that turns out.
Well, gotta get to work now.
Sorry to hear your DH needs more surgery!! I am sure that is disappointing! Good luck finding a car, too.
Well the oldest is off to school this morning. I will take my middle son to his first day of Kindergarten this morning and tomorrow he will start riding the bus...sniff. I am excited though. Maybe there will be less stress in my life now...meaning less eating! I know I stress-eat.
So today's challenge is to define your triggers! Then if you can, figure out how to solve them.
I'll start.
Stress: Stay tuned in with my emotions. Know that I am eating out of stress and not hunger. If I need to eat, find something low calorie
Bordom: Keep busy!
Busy: Plan meals ahead of time!
Parties: Survey all the food, decide what I am going to have, don't go back for seconds.
Merissa, WOO HOOOO! Back to school in Michigan. I'm with ya, except I took my youngest to his !st day of High School. Didn't know weather to cry or do cartwheels, I've had at least one kid in school for the last 28 years. Anyway, enjoy every minute, they grow up so fast.
Good challanges.
Sorry to hear of your hubby's additional surgery Karen. Hope he's at the last of it all.
Praying for New Orleans!
Oh, here's the cake that I had at the fair
Beatiful cake Alaina!
Susan, it is nice to relax huh? We have not had that in so long I dont know what that is. I took last Friday off so DBF and I could have a day to ourselves, but turned out the took his grandmother to the hospital so we spent the afternoon with family anyway. Maybe this weekend.....most likely not!! LOL
My trigger is
boredom: I find that when I am bored I eat, sometimes I dont realize that I am eating until it is in my mouth. So I will start to put what ever it is that I got down instead of eat it anyway. Maybe in time I will realize it when I reach for it and stop myself.
sorry I have been MIA again, only 2 more weeks of Law class then I have decided to take a week off.
There has been so much going on here and I know that I am missing things.
I know we have some come backers lately and for the life of me I cant remember their names, sorry but welcome back!!
OK gotta work and hopefully study!
Morning ladies....
Alaina gorgeous cake!!!!!
My trigger I would say is loneliness. I notice I eat more sweets and stuff on nights when dh has to work late at the office. If he is home I can tend to ignore the cravings now we do have ice cream every now and then but we've gotten better about that. BUT last night he had to work late and I ate a piece of chess cake (family recipe thing dh makes) and a king size take 5 bar... I know it was bad but I didn't care! BUT afterwards I did feel some guilt especially over the holiday weekend I did pretty good but not great so I did 150 crunches plus 6 sets of 8 of other ab exercises. MAYBE that counteracted all of my damage that I just ingested.
Well, Tabitha (my dd) is at school and I barely got a kiss good bye she was said b/c it looks like it's about to pour down rain so I was prepping her that they may not get to go outside but she's still loving school.... She has an 'assignment' for us to do together. It's an All about me book due next week. I can't wait ot make it I love scrapbooking and such so it will be decked out LMAO... I want to try and have the cover done by the time she gets home from school to surprise her and then she can work w/ me on the rest which she'll love b/c she'll get to use my scrapbooking tools (that I dont' normally let her use)
AWE Connie
That is great, have fun with her, I love to scrap book too and I have had NO time for that lately either!
Lovely cake! How did it do at the fair?
My son just got on the bus for the first time! I think I might just go to the school and spy on him when he gets off the bus.... 
He was excited and I hardly got a picture of him getting on the bus. He just jumped right on. He has to do an "all about me" page for an assignment too!!
Hey ladies....sorry I've been mia for soooo long. I was home for about 2 weeks with very limited internet access.
Welcome back Shellie! Congrats on the weight loss! That is awesome!!!!
I keep going up but not too much. Once we get our school routine down I'm going to add exercise in the morning.
My son started grade 1 yesterday....he was gone all day. Taking the bus home he gets here at 3:45.
I can tell it's going to be lonely for awhile.
Hope everyone is doing well.
I read your dh needs more surgery Karen. That sucks! Hopefully this is the last of it!
I like your challenge Merissa.
My trigger is definitely boredome. Lately I find myself looking in the cupboards and then having to tell myself 'You're not hungry, you don't need to eat' and then I find something else to do. It's a challenge.
I'll try to catch up more later....have errands to run.
OK another big trigger is that time of the month. I realized that as I sit here with chips. I am hungry!!! I get so flippin hungry and there is no controlling it for a week!!! I already ate my yogurt and my plum.
Merissa and Casey the bus ACK I don't think I could do that! Of course I still only let a select ppl drive my kids around I know I'm overprotective but hey I can so I will. I understand sometimes you don't have a choice but OH MY how my heart would be aching to watch them get on a bus KUDOS to you for surviving that moment!
Ok well it's FINALLY time to go and get Tabitha so I'll ttyl ladies
This just confirms how insane our school system is...my kids have been in school 3 weeks already!!
Yikes...I fell off the wagon for chocolate chip cookies tonight. At least I stopped at 3.
My trigger is DH. When he's not around, I do fine, but when he's home he's constantly snacking (and convincing me to make cookies) and it's a terrible temptation. He's supportive, but not so supportive that he's gonna give up the goodies. (even though he could stand to lose even more than me)
I'm thinking about going another round on my Tae Bo 8 day diet. I did it about a month ago and lost 11 lbs in 8 days. (and kept every ounce off, too) It's very high protein, low carb, and not good for long term dieting, but it's awesome to kick your metabolism into gear. I think I need another boost. Let me know if anyone's interested and I can email you the info. I'm trying to get the girls at work to do it with me, too...it's SO much easier when you're not the only one!
Oooh, Shellie I am totally interested. I need something to kick start my habits/routine. My sister always starts of with Michael Thurman but I am up for 11 lbs in 8 days.
I keep telling myself I'm going to eat better and less (portion wise) and keep a journal but the pages are still blank.
Today wasn't too bad I think (if I journaled it I would know).
Hi My Friends~
I'm so discouraged...I'm not giving up, but I had to say that. I'm just NOT losing weight anymore. And the longer I don't lose, the less stringent my eating becomes because I just think..."why do I care? It's not working, so I'll just eat this..." So Shellie, welcome back, and I'd love to join you and Casey on the Tae Bo 8 Day...do you have to have the Tae Bo workouts to do it? If so, I'd have to get them. You can email me instructions at: [email protected]. Thank you!
Casey, I would never recognize you if I saw you on the street...every photo of you looks so different! It's nice to see your face up close.
All you moms are cracking me up...I can't help but think I'd be doing the Happy Dance if my kids were off to school! But I can't truly understand...
My trigger is anger or frustration. I'm going to be more cognizant of this now that you've brought it up Merissa. I don't necessarily need to stop the anger, I just need to stop the eating behavior that results from it!
My home computer finally said its last goodbyes the other day and died with a burning smell emitting from it. So until I buy a new one (which I was hoping to avoid because of the no salary thing next year), I can only log on at work.
Lots of interesting posts this morning 
!
In Michigan we don't start school until after labor day because they hope people will spend more money on tourism...! They have done that in my town for years, but recently Michigan just mandated it. (I think it is different for private and perhaps charter schools though). I LOVE the bus! With 3 kids, driving them all over the place...not for me. I'd have to drive to school 3 times a day MWF and 5 times T & TH (little one is going to be in preschool). Our bus driver is really sweet and the bus pulls right up to my house.
Love to hear more about your tae bo plan, shellie! 11 pounds in a week certainly would get the excitment flowing!
Well Susan, I feel for you. Maybe if you switched it up and tried something new...give your body a little shocker... Just remember that you are more than a 1/3 of the way to your goal!
I've been doing really well the last couple of days. I weighed in a 155 this morning. my goal this week is keep on track! I am in the habit of being all gung ho for 2 days and then bad for 7...LOL!
Morning all!
Hubby had his second surgery yesterday and did much better (most likely because they didn't have to yank out all the teeth). He is out looking for a car today.
My trigger is definately boredom, and walking past the bakery in the morning. I don't have the willpower to stop walking past the bakery, but I do try to keep myself busy. Problem then is that I forget to eat altogether.
I have been very busy making baby gifts for the past couple weeks. I know of three babies on the way.
Completely forgot that today is Thursday. Didn't weigh in.
Shellie, i'd love a copy of your diet, too, maybe you should just post it here!! Are there vegetarian options, though, cause I don't eat much meat at all!
I haven't been on lately because I had BIL and wife and kids staying last weekend, then DH decided to pull my computer to bits (and it's still in bits 
) and now I'm working on cakes for the weekend.
Susan, you're listed as this week's cheerleader! Are ya feeling up to it?? Maybe we should all do Shellie's diet
I'm not sure what you would describe my trigger as - it's not boredom, because I don't have time to get bored, but maybe depression/frustration from the mundane tasks of being a mother/housewife! Also, money issues have been a big problem over the last 12 months, and I know that has definitely cause me to overeat, so I guess that trigger is stress.
Shelly I am interested too. Can you send on my CC email or would you need my personal one?
Susan, hang in there I remember a bit ago that you had the same senario going, then you started to loose again. Try changing your diet, and adding in strength training if you can. Did your gym ever get completed? I know they were doing renovations and you stopped going.
I forgot to weigh in too, will do tomorrow morning.
Have a great day everyone
Casey, you sound like me....if I would just journal I would know how I was eating! I still have blank pages also..
Morning all..
Susan, you have been doing great chin up you will get there.
Karen glad to hear your dh is doing well. Good luck w/ the car thing (I hate car shopping)..
Well, I did 3 sets of 50 crunches this am. I have a hard time doing all 150 at once so I do 50 then go to the floor and do other ab exercises then do 50 more crunches (on the ball) and then to the floor and then again more crunches. I wish I could just push thru the 150 the other day I made it to 100 but it wasn't happening today.
Headache update ~ I'm about out of my antidepressant medicine that the neurologist gave me and my headaches haven't changed at all. Still have one everyday and in fact some days are worse than before I had another day of the sensation that my tongue is swollen and I'm slurring but I'm not REALLY slurring just have the sensation of it. Also dh has been working CRAZY hours for like 3 weeks now and its REALLY starting to effect my mood. I watched 2 chick flicks last night (BIG MISTAKE) b/c now I'm all sad and I won't see dh until Saturday night and that's only b/c we have a wedding to go to. He says next week will be better - fingers crossed on that!
Today is thursday we are almost thru this week - I know it's been tough for some but we should all be proud of ourselves for trying and to cut ourselves some slack as we always give everyone in our lives slack except ourselves.
Connie, hang in there you are amazing to be able to deal with the head aches, kids and still work out!!!
Well I had my Dr apt for my little piggy toe, while it is healing nicely, I still have to wear my black shoe and can not workout for 3 more weeks. I think I may scream!!!
Connie and Michelle, sorry to hear you guys are having problems. Headaches are the worst! Hang in there Michelle, you'll be back to your cute shoes and workouts in no time!
My computer is being a big ol' turd right now and won't let me scan my diet. I'm going to get DH to take a look at it in the morning and see if he can sweet talk it into working. As soon as I can get it scanned, I will post it here. If worse comes to worse, I'll type it, but it's one of those diets that tells you what to eat every minute for 8 days, so I'm going to try to avoid all that typing!!
I hope I'm remembering all the questions...you do not have to do the Tae Bo workouts during the diet, but when I lost the 11, I was doing Tae Bo Amped Fat Burn XLerator every day. But my mom didn't work out and still lost 7 lbs, so the workout helps, but it's not necessary. As far as vegetarian, I don't know. It's a high protein diet, so it requires A LOT of meat. I suppose you could sub soy products or something else with about the same proteins. I had to do a lot of subbing because I'm such a picky eater, but it worked out.
I'm glad you guys are excited about it with me, so far I have only gotten one girl at work to commit.
Hey, do we still do weekly weigh ins? What day is that? For what it's worth, I weighed 189 last Thurs and 186 today. Making progress, woohoo!! Especially since I haven't worked out all week...I had a nasty chest cold and have been lazy since I recovered. 
Ok, I finally broke down, ok... maybe not broke down.. I'll say... I finally decided that I need to take control back in my life and Stop letting the weight control me.
I joined WW today... yea!! Thats a BIG step for me. Really the big step for me was admitting to myself that I was overweight and actually had a problem. Now I am on the road to correction of that problem.
I dont know how I ever missed this board, but I am hoping that you have room for anoother.
I need help.
(ok, that was another BIG step, too...)
DessertDiva, we always have room for more! Welcome, this thread was started in December 2006, interrupted and lost during the crash, and now we're back in business again. We provide support and encouragement to one another, everyone kind of does their own thing. We have loose guidelines; many of us weigh in and report (if you want) your changes on Thursdays. We try and have Wednesday as a "No Cheat" day, whatever that means to you. We have a weekly cheerleader assignment which rotates on Thursdays, it's a job with no rules. I'm of the mind we don't completely need it, but most people like it. And Sonia, yes, I'll take my turn this week, no problem, thank you for reminding me. What is your first name?
OK, as your cheerleader this week, let's break this down into small, do-able tasks. We've learned that eating breakfast is most important in order to lose weight. Do you always eat breakfast? What do you eat? What keeps you full? What doesn't work? Who can commit to eating breakfast a minimum of 5x weekly?
In warm weather, I eat 3 servings of Fiber 1 cereal with a carton of Yoplait non-fat yogurt for a total of 280 calories. In cool weather, I eat 2 servings of steel cut oatmeal, also for a total of 280 calories. I know some don't like to use that many calories in the morning, but it really helps keep me on track. I eat breakfast 7x week, I really have to do it, it helps so much. Now I'm looking for new ideas. My weight loss has stalled and I'm wondering if it's because I'm eating too many carbs. So, what's your strategy?
Welcome Dessertdiva!
Shellie, weve still been weighing in Thursdays (for most of us) but whatever meets your needs is fine. I think we have strayed away from our more "formal" group...cheerleading, goal writing, goal reporting, weighing in. Lately it has been looser as Susan said, more of a support group I'd say. Either way, it is nice to have friends!
Good challenge Susan! I ususally don't have a problem with breakfast. I eat breakfast most days. I don't have a lot of cravings in the morning so I can usually stay on track. I usually eat egg beaters and sometimes turkey bacon or sausage. Or perhaps some very high fiber cereal. I do try to cut back on the carbs when I am "trying"....LOL! So if I am going to eat them, I'd rather eat ones with lots of fiber and eat it early in the day.
As for your weight stalling, susan, maybe you could try a low carb diet for a couple of weeks. Many of them will have a kick start plan, eating little carbs for 1 or 2 weeks. Then generally you add them back in. Obviously you shouldnt do it for long term, but it is great for plateaus. I have done it a couple of times with pretty good results. I am doing it this week and I have lost 3 pounds so far. Shellies taebo must be similar.
Good morning everyone
Welcome Dessertdiva, we always have room for anyone who wants the support group!
I like the cheerleader, the challenges keep things fresh at least for me.
Susan I usually eat breakfast, I like having grape nuts and yogurt, that is my favorite and I need to go buy some more grape nuts. I tried the Kashi crunch cereal, but found some of the chunks are so hard I couldnt chew it at all, had to throw it away. I will go back to grape nuts. On the weekends I am not that good. DBF likes to go to Waffle House, and if any of you know anything about Waffle House they do not cook light!!! He also likes IHOP and Villiage Inn, at least at these places I have a better time finding something a bit better.
I agree with Merissa, Susan. Try to change you diet, cutting some carbs adding in more fruit, vegis and protein. See if that helps.
Well since I cant workout for 3 more weeks I will be weight lifting and strength training. I dont like strength training, dont really know why......
I think I find it boring. Perhaps I need to find a routine that will keep my interest. However I cant do anything that will put pressure on my foot so things like squats and lunges are out, which is what I had been doing for about 4 days, Dr didnt like that!!!
OK gotta get to work. Have a great day and great weekend everyone
HAPPY LOOSING
Breakfast. Whats that again?
IF and I really mean, IF I eat breakfast, it usually is whatever crappy kids cereal we have int the house that I fed my kids and maybe a yogurt, if I remember. When I was really faithful to my diet, I used to drink a smoothie mader from fresh fruit, whey, orange juice and honey and a hard boiled egg. I need to get back into that routene.
I am following the 80/20 program (6 days on, low to no carbs or starch, cut sugars and small portions, 1 "cheat" day ... one bad food) I walk for an hour every morning, have done that for 2 wks now, and I am starting a pilates program.
I seem to have it all figured out, its just the motivation and staying on track that gets me every time. OH and this whole baking cupcakes and cookie thing I do...ugh. I have taught myself that 1 taste ( come on girls, you know you all taste your goods while preparing) is equal to1 point. If I calculate it that way, I can mark it out of my allowences, which has cut me back on dipping in...lol.
I track and weigh on Mondays..the one NOT busy night of my week. I can always report on Thursdays too.
You girls are going to be a huge support and help for me and I cannot wait to continue my journey with all of you.
By the way, I'm Darby :>)
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