The "All I Want For Christmas Crew" 134 days to go!!!

[Melly]

Good Morning Ladies
I am happy to say I am back to my siggy weight this morning.......long week but I stayed faithful and worked hard. TOM is scheduled to make an appearance this week so we will see how it goes

I am off to watch Celebrity Fit Club.......bbl and check back in

[Loner]

Went to moms birthday party yesterday and had a fabulous time. My nieces place is like a country club!

Mom had a wonder full time too even though she kept fogetting it was for her birthday! We didnt get her back until 10:30 last night.

I woke up late today for my 7 am walk date but Sunday is supposed to be my day off anyway so no big deal if i was late. I ate really well yesterday, hot dogs, cheese burgers, sausage....(no rolls of course) i also passed up a huge varaiety of homeade desserts choc pie, pistacio pie, apple cranbury pie, brownies, sugar cookies with peanut butter ladiebugs on top....i could go on and on.

i had 2 glasses of wine waterd down, and 3 morsels of choc chips i picked off a plate...... those were the off plan things. I didnt get to weigh in this a.m. as i usually do on sunday since i woke up late and had to run out the door.

this morning i had some blueberry coffee w/cream, a choc diet soda, and soynut butter (1 net carb)....have ALOT of house work to get started on. have a great day!

[goalinsight]

Down three more pounds - not gonna make my goal....but I am gonna give it a run for the $$.
Love to all...TTFN!

[Loner]

WTG Melly and sherri

[heather2578]

Hey again everyone!

Melly, I ya too!! Did ya'll have fun watching American Graffiti? I've never seen it.

Sherry Woohoo!!

Loner, great job passing up the sweets yesterday. Glad you all had fun at your mom's birthday!

I went grocery shopping this morning. $120 But I did get some more Airbourne, Zicam and Vitamin C, which are all expensive. I am determined I'm not going to get full blown sick even though I've been congested for a few days. Sheesh these kids and their germs.

Tonight I'm heading to my folks' for dinner. Should be fun! How's everyone else doing??

[Melly]

Loner sounds like you had a great time!!! Good job on passin.......it's a good feeling

Sherry congrats.......you might not make goal but you are getting closer and doing awesome

Heather those little darlins just like to share I have the gorcery store on my list of things to do today I HATE grocery shopping. Aliyah didn't really like the movie but we watched it together anyway.

It has been nice having her back home....she and Reesey are attached at the hip. She brought everyone gifts from St. Louis. She brought Reesey 2 sqeaky toys which she LOVES, she brought me a beautiful bracelet and she brought Darrell a bag of scones. The story behind the scones is that Darrell is always teasing her, calling her the Princess and often asks her if she wants tea and scones

So Darrell and I made a bet this morning to see who can lose the most weight by this time next week. He is 223 and I am 229.5. He eats like a slob....nothing but sugar and junk food. I spent the last week doing stillmans and plan to do another week this week. The bet is that if he loses he has to clean my whole house the way I want it cleaned If I lose he gets Direct TV with NFL ticket. I am a HUGE football fan so the way I look at it I win either way

[Lisa Rae]

Big Congrats ladies!!!!

What a lovely way to start the new thread!

I was up a few lbs this week..but am now back to 145. I also realized TOM was due yesterday...so may be back down to mid-goal by next Sunday.

My back is definatly on the mend. I'm taking it easy..but have to go do my nails today..I popped off 2 over the weekend..and my hands are a mess!

Ok..so off to check a few posts..and a few minutes of chat before getting my day going.

[heather2578]

Originally Posted by Melly

So Darrell and I made a bet this morning to see who can lose the most weight by this time next week. He is 223 and I am 229.5. He eats like a slob....nothing but sugar and junk food. I spent the last week doing stillmans and plan to do another week this week. The bet is that if he loses he has to clean my whole house the way I want it cleaned If I lose he gets Direct TV with NFL ticket. I am a HUGE football fan so the way I look at it I win either way

Good job Melly!! Oh, but you know men do lose at a faster pace than women. Plus, if he has been eating a lot of carbs he'll have more water weight to lose too, so if he actually tries I wouldn't be surprised if he lost a ton this week.

[Melly]

Heather I know what you mean....Lisa told me I must be crazy cuz men lose faster and not just that but Tom will be visiting this week so I may be doomed!!! But wither way it will get Darrell eating healthier this week wchich is good and even if I lose I LOVE football and NFL means we get ALL the games

OK girls a little light bulb went on in my head this morning And I want to ask everyones opinion about something.........

What do you guys think about renaming this thread. I mean it has been going on for over 2 years and a couple Christmas' have come and gone and I don't really think it is a "Christmas" challenge persay but rather a group of girls that have become close and love to support each other. So what do you all think about coming up with a new name?

I would appreciate eeryones input and some suggestions for a new name. If anyone is against it we can leave it just as it is but my thoughts were that when Christmas gets here I don't plan to stop posting with all of you.........so what do you think?

Be creative...........this could be fun

[heather2578]

The All I want FOREVER crew?

[Melly]

Great suggestion Heather!!!

We can vote after we all come up with names........let's have some fun with this

[Pizzamama]

Great idea Melly ~ my wheels will be turning!

[goalinsight]

GREAT idea Melly!

[Loner]

im not very creative

[Pizzamama]

Thick & Thin * Friends Til The End

[Melly]

Great idea Pizzmama.......that really sums it up.......friends sticking by each other thru thick and thin (no pun intended) and supporting each other thru whatever no matter what

C'mon Lori you can think of something and you too Sherry. We have all week to figure it out.....we will start next Sunday on the next thread.

[Melly]

Another 1 1/2 gone!!!! Who can complain about weightloss AND no appetite? Gotta love it!!!

I am losing the bet but I don't mind....I am still losing!!!!! Darrell lost 2.5 and I lost 1.5!!! I'm stll ok with that because I am losing and I know I will continue to lose but more importantly Darrell will quit after this week is gone and we all know what happens then

I will check back in later from work

[Loner]

Easy Monday

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it was a real easy monday at the gym today. i pulled up front at 5:17, sat there until 5:25, drove home and was back in bed till 6:30

[Lisa Rae]

One Week at a time
Friends to the end
The Crazy Crowd
Suport Unlimited
Ladies of the night ( ok..maybe not! LOL)
Check-in, stay thin

Ok..well it's still early..I'll be back with more after the coffee kicks- in

I don't know about all of you..but I never came here as a "christmas challenge" I never set that kind of goal for myself..as I never wanted to metally not make a challenge to myself. So I always set weight goals..with no time limit. I think our main focus has been smaller reachable goals from week to week..so I'm cool with changing the title and making it more about "us"

[Loner]

see i dont need to be creative, i have lisa !

i like - support unlimited or check in/stay thin

[Melly]

Originally Posted by Lisa Rae

One Week at a time
Friends to the end
The Crazy Crowd
Suport Unlimited
Ladies of the night ( ok..maybe not! LOL)
Check-in, stay thin

Ok..well it's still early..I'll be back with more after the coffee kicks- in

I don't know about all of you..but I never came here as a "christmas challenge" I never set that kind of goal for myself..as I never wanted to metally not make a challenge to myself. So I always set weight goals..with no time limit. I think our main focus has been smaller reachable goals from week to week..so I'm cool with changing the title and making it more about "us"

OMG how funny.........I started a thread several months ago that was titled Support Unlimited.......it was moving strong for a long while and then just kind of fizzled out. One thing I love about this group of girls is that most of us have been here for a long time and are here for the long haul......going way past Christmas

Loner what was up with the parking lot thing?

[CARLINI]

Hi ladies! I hope everyone had a great weekend

I have meetings this AM at work but I'll be back later when I get a chance to catch up.

[Melly]

Originally Posted by CARLINI

Hi ladies! I hope everyone had a great weekend

I have meetings this AM at work but I'll be back later when I get a chance to catch up.

We will be waiting for you

[CARLINI]

Well, I just got my reality check.

Work is sponsoring a health fare so I just had my blood pressure and cholesterol checked. In all my life I've never had high BP. A few weeks ago when I gave blood it was high but we thought it was cause I was nervous about giving blood (first time). Anyhoo, it was high again today and they checked it twice. They told me I need to get a Dr. here and get it checked out. They even make me sign something saying I would make an appt. My cholesterol is high too. And here's the kicker...they gave me pamphlet about surgical weight loss!!! This is all so frightening for me! I've been overweight but never really had any weight loss problems as a result. Now it seems like it's catching up to me. I have a history of family heart disease and I'm just scared now!

Melly~Congrats on the 1.5lb loss!!! I know it feels so good to lose! Where was your daughter? I think renaming the challenge would be good. Unfortunately I don't have any suggestions I'm not creative. I'll leave that up to you fine ladies.

Lisa~I have to say I admire you for taking off the weight and KEEPING it off! It's so hard to do and there are only a few that I've seen do it successfully. Congrats to you!

Heather~I think tonight we're meeting up with a friend for drinks. Right now I feel like I need a few.

Well, I'm off like an old prom dress. Catch ya guys later!

[Melly]

Deb I have never had either of those problems UNTIL I was at my heaviest and actually had to go on BP meds......losing weight helped. I didn't take the meds long and have not had a problem since. As for the weightloss surgery.....we both know you can do this without taking such drastic measures....don't even think about it sweety......you are not that heavy and it would break my heart for you to have that surgery and get smaller than me No seriously.....there are so many complications and you are too young to go thru that......YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!!! Aliyah was in St. Louis with her Grammy.......they are home now and she is back to being bored

[Pizzamama]

Hi Everyone

I seriously didn't think I could make it thru work today, soooo dang tired plus the one and only girl I work with volunteered to take the week off (threatening layoffs) to save my arse, how nice of her, she's been there for like 12 years (on and off) to my 8mths we just need to singley space the work out for maybe 2 weeks so we got a game plan going over the weekend and told our boss the plan and he's soooo cool with it then again he's cool with anything we throw his way