im back...................... ive got a kidney infection, ive eatin so little and ive lost my botty lol its slowly coming off but im gainin weight on my tummy, i can keep it off for a while id rather lose to butt, and then lose my tummy then gain a butty, lol.

i really need to get back on track i start tech school monday, ehh.  i dont have energey to even get on the bike at this moment.   any body have any advice????????

 
As Deb said "measure, weigh and log your intake" and drink lots of water!  The food portions and fat content is the most important but you also need to follow an exercise program.  The exercise is my worst downfall.  I keep telling myself that I will start as soon as I loose a little more weight so I won't be so uncomfortable.  I've lost 11 lbs so far but still having trouble with my joints - can't stand or walk for very long.

Good luck and stick with it!

Carolyn

 ok i will i just need to find time between playing housewife for my fiance at the moment, ill go pick up a scale tomorrow for me and my food. :D.  im hoping to be down to a 12 by july, im an 18 now. My well by then husband will be leaving to go to our next duty station. so i want to be healthy and smaller.

 Well, girls, I did it.  I weighed in this morning.  I've done so poorly that I skipped the last 2.  Last time I weighed in, I had gained 3 pounds and crossed back to the 150's. I almost didn't weigh in again because it's TOM, and I knew it wouldn't be pretty...it wasn't. I was up to 153, but honestly I expected it to be sooooo much worse.  I think just knowing it's not as bad helps. I don't feel like I've blown it beyond all repair.  I can do this.  I've done ok this week, and I'm going to continue to work hard.  My goal is to be back into the 140's by the time we go for family portraits on the 20th. I'll just have to work extra hard at the water thing.  When it's TOM I have morning sickness (not just in the morning), and drinking water does NOT help. Good luck to you all. Lynne and Deb - Keep up the good work.

 {{{Jen}}},

It's just a minor obstacle, you can get past it and get back on track. How did Hanna treat you on Saturday?

It was mostly a wind event here with just some branches down, not much else.

Lynne, please let us know how the surgeon appt. went.

Toni, please check in, thinking about you and wondering how you are doing.

Hi all - sorry I have not been around.  I'm fine, just busy and a bit crazed right now.  Part of the busy-ness is that I am job shopping right now and that always keeps you busy.  Not unemployed YET, but could be between now and the end of the year.  And the market in So Cal is so bad it won't be easy to find something as good.  But that's life.  Thankfully I'm the second income and we don't have kids so we won't be in the poorhouse if I'm out of work, at least not right away!

I'll catch up on the thread one of these days.  Hope everyone is surviving the weather on the east coast and gulf!

Toni

 Deb - Thanks for the encouragement. I think I'm getting back to where I need to be. Hannah just gave us a good soaking and put pine straw all over the street.  It really wasn't bad here...in fact, we were able to go out car shopping on Saturday. We traded in our mini-van for a 12 passenger.  Now the kids can spread out, and the lack of arguement has been quite refreshing! We'll see how they do on our road trip this weekend. The best part is that we got a really good deal and were able to knock about $65 off of our monthly payment.

Toni - Sorry about the job situation.  Seems things are just tough all over these days.  We have 1 income, my husband is on commission, and things have been SLOW at his work this past month.  I know God is in control, and everything is going to be ok, but sometimes it's still hard not to worry. Let us know how the job search goes.  I know it's going to work out well for you.

Take care everyone. Friday's just around the corner!

 Toni, so glad to hear your doing ok. Sorry about the job situation, I'm sure you'll find something soon.

Jen, don't get discouraged, you of all people know this is how the roller coaster diet thing works. You'll get back on track.

Deb, looks like your almost at your goal, you go girl!!!

Well, saw the surgeon on monday, talked about how things are and the bottom line is, I still have many months of recovery ahead of me. He did give me this medication though for the pain twinges I 've been getting in my lower back. I don't know I guess I'm not a very patient person.

I did good at weigh in Monday, lost 4lb. That's a whopping 5lb total in 2 weeks, whoo hoooooooooooo!!!  lol

It's so slow going. I'm waiting to hear from a nutritionist, my primary called and supposedly called someone who is suppose to call me. I just love waiting around to hear from doctors, like I have nothing else to do. I have done one thing that I think has been a big help for me losing,  i have completely stopped eating after 7p.m. Ususally around 8 I'm back in the kitchen either eating leftovers (not that there's leftovers often with 3 boys) or I'm looking for a snack. So I figure if I stay out of the kitchen altogether I'll avoid overeating. That's the first thing and apparently it works. The next step is trying to control the hunger, when I've eaten dinner, I go back for seconds, I'm still hungry. That's the hard part for me. Also there still is no physical activity.

Anyway, glad you girls survived Hanna.

Lynne

 Hello girls,

How are you all doing? I'm sure busy with school, and homework. I know I've been keeping busy.

I went to see a nutritionist and she gave me some really good input on my situation. CARBS !!!  I have been eating to much. I couldn't believe it when we started going over my eating habits. I have been overloading on carbs, totally not even keeping track at all of the carbs. So, I will begin a whole new regiman on monday. I have to go grocery shopping yet and I have bare necessities in the fridge right now. I was glad that I found out about the carbs.

Hope you all have a nice weekend.

Lynne

 Just checking in - been EXTREMELY busy the past week. We got a deal on wood laminate flooring, so decided to put it in the boys' bedrooms. Which means ripping up carpet, removing base moulding and painting the rooms. While we're at it, I decided to switch the boys' rooms. So, one room is emptied, carpet removed, base moulding removed, room and trim painted. With the exception of emptying the room, I did everything myself.

Tomorrow it's DH's turn. He gets to install the laminate.

I'm getting too old for this home improvement stuff. Up and down the ladder and the painting is taking its toll on my back and hands.

I'm still losing! I'm so thrilled since I haven't really been paying too much attention to my eating due to the mayhem in the house! Between the reno and little one's football practices/games, I'm in a million places at once.

Another 13 or so pounds and I will meet my revised long term goal of 125.

Lynne,

So glad you have found what has been keeping you from losing. Hope you have a good loss this week!

Jen,

How is your plan going? I hope you are back on track now that the kids are back in school.

Toni,

How are you doing?

 Hello, everyone. Well, Deb, to answer your question, I've continued to do horribly. I've been so frustrated and disgusted, but for some reason, I've been out of control, and I feel like crap.  Last week was especially rough.  On Wednesday, my 4 year old had an allergic reaction to something and ended up in the hospital. That was followed by more reactions and dr. visits on  Thursday and Friday. Did I mention we were supposed to leave for vacation on Friday? Bad news is we didn't get our vacation. Good news is that 1) my daughter is doing much better and 2) we took our vacation money and bought a Wii.   Let's just say, I got lots of exercise over the weekend. Between that and rearranging our bedroom and dining room, I'm so sore I can hardly wiggle.  Anyhow, part of rearranging the bedroom included moving stuff around in the closet. That gave me time to look at all these clothes that I can now fit into (and a few things I'd like to fit into) and to get rid of clothes that are now too big (that I never want to wear again).  I spent some time reflecting on how far God has brought me, and I'm determined to never go back.  So today was back on the straight and narrow. I've done well (considering I haven't done my grocery shopping yet), and I plan to exercise tonight. I need you guys to be my "Jiminy Cricket" and keep me honest.  Don't cut me any slack. Every time you're on here, ask me if I'm behaving.  I have a ladies' retreat to go to in 6 1/2 weeks.  I'd love to be 145 by then.  I don't know yet how much I've gained, because I've avoided the scale like the plague, but I'm going to weigh in on Wednesday and let you guys know how far I need to go to reach that goal.

 So good to hear from you girls. Jen, are you behaving girl? Sounds like everyone is doing pretty good. I say a nutritionist again yesterday and 2 wks. ago on my first visit I weighed in at a whopping 274 !!! I have never been this heavy in my life and I am so disgusted about it. Anyway, I lost 3#s according to their scale. i need to figure out a way to stay motivated to do this. I fall off track so easily.  I need to start really journaling everything she said. I am so not good at that. Just an fyi about my back, still having pain, don't go back to see the doctor for 2 months.

Behave this weekend Jen, Hey Deb, still going strong, you'll be at your goal in no time !!!

Toni, are you good?

Lynne

 Lynne,

Congrats on the 3lb loss! You CAN do it. I might not post back to you right away, but you are in my thoughts. I want you to do this. You will feel so much better and it will help with the back pain.

I think I have hit another plateau. I'm not worried about it though because I can feel myself shrinking. I put on a favorite T-shirt I haven't worn in a while, over the weekend and it was SWIMMING on me. I couldn't believe it. Even the T-shirts I bought over the summer are starting to get big on me. I'll have to whip out the tape measure and see how many inches I've lost since last time.

Jen,

Are you back on track or do I need to come up there and kick some butt?

Toni,

Where are you girl? You behaving yourself?

 Hey, everyone.

Lynne - Keep up the good work. You're doing great!

Deb - I think I need a butt kicking.  I don't know what my problem is.  I'll do well for a couple of days and then just fall apart.  I think I need to get a new bottle of alli and start over.  Problem is, w/the economy the way it is, it's definitely affecting my husband's business, so I don't really have the money for alli right now.  I think that may be part of my problem.  I'm kind of stressed out right now. He's stressed right now.  We've kind of been at each other's throats. We both know we don't mean it. I'm starting a new business venture as well. I don't know if I'm allowed to use company names one here, but it rhymes with shmAVON.  Also, I'm babysitting my friends little girl for the next several weeks, and my baby isn't taking it well at all! Lots of screaming in my house these days.  I just need to quit letting all that affect me.  Stay on me, guys. I need your support.

 Hello ladies....

well ive been off alli for a month due to health probs, i had a very bad kidny infection and stones fun, lol, i will just be getting back on it this week but i gained a good amount of weight while off it im now 227 ehh thats the number ive never wanted to see in my life im only about 5'3 5'4, so right now i feel like crap. ive been eating better but my body has no idea what to do with the fats in the healthy foods so its been storing it, i was on a comp swimmiers diet for 6 years, so eating a salad instead of the staek has throwen my body off so bad, ive had more side effects with the healtier eating then the pasta. bugers, ect type stuff ive eatin..... im not aloud to work out till i no longer have pain in my back for 3 days or more, well i go two days then its back it feels like an endless cycle.  

Anybody want to give me that good kick in the butt, lol