The "All I Want For Christmas Crew" 189 days to go!!!!!!

[Lisa Rae]

MORNING ALL!!!!

Hope everyone is enjoying their Father's Day and are ready for another great week! I thought..since Melly asked me to start this weeks thread..we could do something diffrent to start the week. So..we all know there are big milestones to loseing weight and getting healthy. However, that means sometimes we forget the little ones. I want everyone to name 2 small changes in their life since low-carb, so we can all reamember how truly important those baby steps can be

1. I never have to look for the closest parking space now..as I used to huff and puff from the car to the mall.

2. I used to sweat all the time! Now I can enjoy the amazing California weather..without having to wear long sleeves or sweet 24/7 all summer long!

Ok..so let's see..I got on the scale and have lost 2 lbs. I'm still at least 2 1/2 up from my high goal weight.so am trying to figure out where to go from here. Today is going to be a really hard day..and the hubbe get's to eat whatever he wants..and he's already been talking pizza or chinese! Ugggg. I do fine as long as I'm not around this stuff...but once it's in the house..not good. I will try and stick to my Stillman's menu for the day....but it's not going to be easy.

Fingers crossed and mouth Duct Tapped Shut!!!!!!

[Loner]

Lisa, wtg on your loss

not sure about the 2 things........will have to think on that one!

have a great l/c day and thanks for starting the thread!

[Lisa Rae]

Loner,

First of todays hurdles down

I made sausage, bacon and low-carb pancakes...and they LOVED it. It was easy enough to just eat my eggs..as I can't do any soy ( causes my back and leg problems to flare) so no temptation at all.

Dinner and the popcorn movie part of the night..white knuckle city!

[goalinsight]

I sneak hard boiled eggs into the movies...just peel before I leave and tuck them in my purse. Diet coke or diet rootbeer and boiled eggs.

[pooticus]

happy father's day to all. i celebrated denny's father's day by yelling at him...how special. he appreciated it greatly too!

lisa thanks for starting the thread! ok 2 things i appreciate? i dont have the screaming hungries nearly as often anymore cuz my blood sugar is more stable. another thing is that it's easy to see this as a lifelong way of living now because of being on track and not having the rollercoaster ride. (and here's the secret one i always love...drum roll please...it's easier to wipe my ass!!! )

ok lisa u can do it today hon. gosh it's got to be so hard doing this with non-lc people around...it's hard enough some days to do it with both of us on it. i sooo wanted a baked potato to go with our ribeyes and broccoli tonite but i resisted at the store and we're having blue cheese and bacon salad, broccoli and ribeyes. yum.

longways i bet ur the most popular girl at the movies when u open ur bag of boiled eggs in the movie theater and unleash the sulfur cloud from the eggs out of the bag! omg! i'm laughin so hard. do people think u've farted when u open the bag??

[goalinsight]

Fortunately my staunch stuck up appearance and the totally repulsive weight as well as my long modest dresses and my "47" children generally preclude questions.
LOL!
OR maybe they are soooo busy speculating and gossiping already that they do not notice the stench?!
OR maybe the farmer community I live in already stinks from red-neck mannners and dirty farm shoes.....

Either way - I think I am safe!

[NEWmelody30]

Lisa-WAY TO GO ON THE 2 LBS!!!!!!! What is your low goal?

Two things I am thankful for since low carbing: HMMMMMMM........

1. Way less mood swings and headaches.......still B&#CHY though...part of being a RED HEAD and a scorpion. Not my fault....LOL!!!

2. I am starting to feel as sexy on the outside as I feel on the inside and when my hubby tells me I am beautiful......I believe it!!!!!

You are a brave woman Long.....very funny too!!!!

I had a great weekend!!!! My two older daughters were with their dad for the weekend, so we left the baby with my mother in law and went to the fair that is in town. Thought I would have a hard time eating good there, but I did great. Shared a diet rootbeer with the hubby and we each had a bison smokie on a stick.....no buns baby!!!!!! I was sooooo proud of myself and my man. And I didn't feel ripped off at all.

Everyone have a great night!!! It is weigh in for me tomorrow.

[Pizzamama]

Good Sunday Evening All!

Just caught up on all the posts from this week Now to pooped to post much

Sounds like everyone is doing great

Sherry ~ too funny about the eggs in the movies LMAO

Crazy party night last night...downtown has a cruise-in every Sat. night all summer, and the first one of course is the biggie...we had a great time then all came back to our house for bon-fire and corn-hole game til like 3:30 in the morning and I am still feeling the pain

Didn't even make it to my dad's for fathers day til like 7:00 tonight...we got him a new 3-tier fountain for his pool ~ we got him one like 5 years ago and it's just starting to leak and act up....he loved it!

Well gonna go hit the sheets ~ tonight there is a strong warm breeze, we keep saying it feels like an evening on vacation at the beach even though we're stuck here in Ohio Can't complain too much though we had a beautiful hot sunny weekend!

Take care all and I'll be back in tomorrow afterwork ya alls!!!

[Melly]

Morning Ladies!!!!
Congrats to everyone......sounds like everyone is doing great....Lisa 2 lbs is great.....I know you were getting frustrated and that has got to be encouraging for the week ahead. Thanks for getting us started this week.

I really intended to get in here and post when I got home yesterday but OMG I was sooooooo tired. I got home and unloaded the car and then unpacked and then took a nap. I didn't want to get up when I did but I had to pick Darrell up from the airport and had to get up. When we got home from the airport we both crashed again. LONG WEEKEND!!!

2 changes in my life since lowcarb..... Well the biggest one is the friends and relationships that I have found here on this site. Priceless!!! And another, since we are talking movies, is that I actually fit into the seats at the movie theatre. I remember taking Aliyah to see Cinderella at a local theatre....it was a play, and I was so embarrassed....I did not fit in the seats!! I am also thankful that I am healthier and can be more active with my daughter doing things that she likes to do.

I will check back in later from work but it is tiem for the shower now.

[NEWmelody30]

Workout done. I was up at 5am....felt good. I did 2 DVD's from Jillian Michaels.....she is a mean woman...lol. I was pouring sweat for 50 minutes straight. What a great feeling to get through that. One was with weights and cardio and the other was kick boxing...which I love .

Weigh in went great as well...I am down another 3 lbs. Made my goal for the week and am ready to have an awesome week with everyone here!!!

I have had my protein shake with flaxseed for breaky and am goal to get some laundry done now that the girls have left on the bus.

Everyone have a great day!!!!

[Lisa Rae]

Morning all,

Well, it sure was a mixed bag yesterday I can tell you that!!

I'll start with the good news ( for once) I didn't eat a single thing off Stillman's yesterday! Let me tell ya..it was not easy..I really struggled to make it through. I just kept thinking about how had it was to even get those 2 lbs off..and I know popcorn and or pizza would have easily set me back 3-5 lbs (average gain for a cheat now)

Ok..bad news..


First..I got a call from Jake's dad...totally insane rambling about how I have distroyed his relationship..how I am talking about him...rambling on and on about 42 dofrent topics. Ok..well for those that don't know..Jakes dad is an addict and re-offender. He ends up in jail at least 2x's a year for mostly violent offenses. Apparently when he didn't have me to hit..he simply moved on to strangers in bars. Lucky for me I didn't answer the phone..so I have it all on voice mail. He sounded really crazy. I didn't even tell Jake..as he hasn't even gotten a call from his dad in over a year now. The whole thng makes me sad and exhausted!

Next..ugg..this one is hard. We went to go do our bi-weekly cleaning of my sons hamster cage..and she is very very sick. I honestly didn't hink she would last the night she looked so bad. I believe she has diabetis ( from all I have read) and I think she is taking a turn for the worst. This is absolutly the worst part of being a mom. I can't imagine she is going to survive this..and Jake is a mess.

Ok..well off for my run..I hope you alll had a less dramatic Father's Day then I did! (LOL)

[Loner]

ok, i figured out one thing that i have heard in chat and realized that it has happened to me....

1 while at parties and picnics all weekend, i was looking for things i can have to eat, not fretting the things i cound not.

2. and the big E of course. if you told me 3 years ago that i would be an addict (again) i would not have believed it. at least its something healthy this time around

[Melly]

Lisa sorry to hear.......on both counts!!! I guess sine you heard from him he is "out". You and I are so much alike it is skeery. Aliyah has not heard from her dad in nearly 2 years now and as far as she is concerned Darrell is and will always be her daddy. She doesn't EVER mention her biological dad and wants nothing to do with him. When he does call, every blue moon, I usually do not even tell her because he is usually drunk or something along those lines. The last time he called and wanted to talk to her he started the conversation, which was the first conversation in over a year, out with why don't you call me blah blah blah. Well Aliyah let him have it. She told him that it was not her responsibility to stay in touch with him and that she was a kid and if he were interested in having a relationship with her HE should be the one to make sure it happens. I really do not like for them to talk because he doesn't talk to her like she is a child and is not always appropriate. I have tried to explain that to him but he just doesn't get it. Now don't get me wrong, if she wanted to talk to him I would have no problem with it but she doesn't and so I don't bring it up and I usually tell him she is not around when he calls.

Sounds like you may be having funeral services soon. Poor Jake. Those things are so hard and even more so when you have kids. I don't envy you

I was a good girl at my reunion.....except for the alcohol part. I did have some cocktails and was surprised when I got home to see that it didn't hurt me that bad.....up 3 lbs but also TOM came while I was gone so I am not complaining.

[Lisa Rae]

Melody,

Didn't answer your "high gaol" question!

I try and stay between 143-145. I'm sitting at 147.5 today...so not bad. I have been bouncing from 153 ( ekkkkk) to 145 this whole year. So really trying to hit 145 and stay!

[luvdanrs]

Hello everyone... what a weekend... I had it off? I moved the entire house into storage by myself... so I dont think I was really off ...oh and cleaned it.
But that is now behind me and big weight off of my shoulder.
I ate clean all weekend except that I did up my carbs some and yesterday I made green bean chicken casserole which has lots of cheese in it!! And yep it showed on the scale this morning but that is because I also over ate on it. Will keep on going on and see what happens. I made enuff to last me for my next 3 16 hour shifts so I hope it wont make me keep gaining. I also brough salad, eggs and shrimp.
Hope everyone has a great low carb day today...

[Loner]

Welcome home Melly !!!!!

[Melly]

Loner.........I missed you too

[NEWmelody30]

I just finished doing my ABS, I did 25 min Windsor Pilates. It took my abs 2 days to recover from this last week. I would like to do it three times a week so we shall see how I do this time.

Lisa- Sounds like you had a rough weekend. I guess things we go through only make us stronger when it comes to exes. I hope he doesn't cause you to much grief. Does he live in the same city as you?

As for the hampster....sorry to hear she is not well. How old is your son? I am such a softy when it comes to animals. I hope your son and you will be ok. Poor little thing.


Melly- Sounds like you kept things under control and this week you will be able to get that 3 lbs off and lose a few on top of that. Take care.

[NEWmelody30]

I really like number one. I am going to think like that from now on. Geez I love this board!!! It is so full of smart women.

Have a great day!!!!

Originally Posted by Loner2

ok, i figured out one thing that i have heard in chat and realized that it has happened to me....

1 while at parties and picnics all weekend, i was looking for things i can have to eat, not fretting the things i cound not.

2. and the big E of course. if you told me 3 years ago that i would be an addict (again) i would not have believed it. at least its something healthy this time around

[Loner]

Originally Posted by NEWmelody30

I really like number one. I am going to think like that from now on. Geez I love this board!!! It is so full of smart women.

Have a great day!!!!

Melody, i cant take credit for it tough...i think i may have heard it from melly in chat .....(our leader )...but just realized that I have adopted to it for the most part!

oh btw another reason to come to chat....to learn from those wonderful admins

[Melly]

Oh WOW!!!!! I am not worthy But I have been known to tlel people that very thing......for me personally I have found that it IS better to focus on what I CAN have and not what I CAN'T have!!! No point in crying over something that you can't have......there are many more things that you can have......WOO HOO!!!!!

[goalinsight]

My two small changes....
1) less medication
2) able to do more with my family - like go to Mexico on a mission trip...

[Pizzamama]

My 2 small changes:

l. Way confident in front of crowds ~ feel so good in all my clothes and swimsuit (2pc no doubt ) and love to buy new clothes now!

2. Like someone else said about the parking spots ~ I used to get obbsessed over circling the parking lot to find the closest spot ~ now I look at it differently as exercise!

[Loner]

i wil never stop looking for the closest spot

[sinny]

hi guys

Congrats to everyone on being so stronge over the weekend.


Lisa sorry to hear about Jakes hamster