Queen Newbies 12/6-12/12

[momscows]

We keep seeing everyone on here needing a pen pal and some suppport, well we're here to help.... The worst thing is for a newbie to post and not get a response so we're beating you all to the punch. If you want someone to stay on your back and make sure you're following the program, we can help you with that. We have a group of people who keep us in line and we do the same for them.. If you need some support or someone to talk to this is the place for you. We want to make sure that anyone who really wants to lose weight gets the help they need. Leave your mark and we will do whatever we can to help. Also if you want to email any of us here, here is a list of our addresses:

mzfpg - mzfpg@yahoo.com

momscows - tarmc@hopper.net

Sonnya ( good2bequeen's other addy) - queensonnya@yahoo.com

Also for you information, we now have a yahoo group. The name is Queen Newbies. We us the group to do a chat every Sunday night at 6:00 pm central time. So come and join us there also.

[momscows]

Good morning Queens. It is time to post your exercise challenge sessions. I did not make mine this week only 2 sessions. I am making up for it today, I have already had one. I will try to exercise everyday next week. I could use the excuse that I was sick most of the week. But I am not. NO more excuses. I just did not make it.

Viv - If you are out there please don't leave!!!!!!!!!! We love you!!!


Everyone have a great day and I will talk to you all later.

Teresa

[momscows]

I need everyone to continue to post on the old thread for right now. Viv is having a hard time and if we start the new thread we may lose her and she may not get our messages to her. So if you will go back to the old post and post there for a while.

Thank you
Teresa

[cutevic]

HELLO QUEENS

Just checking in with you girls. I've been MIA because of a new man in my life and with holiday things. As of saturday I've lost 110 lbs I still don't believe it.

I just want to thank you all for being there for me...giving me the support and motivation that I need.

Everybody keep up the good work. I'll get back later.

[mzfpg]

WAY TO GO VICKI. I am so glad to hear that. You are the weight loss leader so far and look at you new man, new you. You better not get MIA again we need you to keep giving us all the advice you can.

As for the exercise challenge. I made my three times this week but it was not what I wanted to do.
I danced for 2 hours on Tues.
Shoveled snow for 1/2 on Weds.
And today I will do my walking tape for 1/2 hour.

I'm mad I didnt get anything in on Thursday or Friday but I will get my butt in gear. Work is killing me right now. I know you all love the holiday time but for us in retail it is a nightmare.

I just want to let you all know that I am transferring the post from the old thread for Viv. I want to make sure that she see's them.

[mzfpg]

i am doing really bad: cheating, not excercising, eating a lot, not drinking water. i just lost motivation. i will not post until i get back in track becasue i do not want to be here just complaining about how week i am and all that. I will see you guys again when i can come to this post and say :" hey i love this and i am feling great" right now i just hate it
viv

[mzfpg]

VIVIANA!!!!!!!!
Yes that was a YELL!!! Don't you dare go anywhere. If you do we will hunt you down. That is what this place is for. We are all here for the good, bad, and yes ,the sometimes ugly of losing weight. Do you think you are the first one of us who has had a hard time? Well, I can for one assure you that you are not. If it hadn't been for this group I never would have stayed on the program this long. This is the first time I have gone past 6 weeks on a diet. So don't you dare leave us when you need us the most. And we need you also. So now you can't leave us. So there!!!!!!!! We love you. And if you every need to just grip, cry or anything else I am here for you.

Machon, since being on Atkins I find that I am not eating as much and some days go all day without eating. I too have found that before I must have just eaten to be eating.

Liz - do post us some more recipes. I have a Christmas party for our clients Monday night and I am suspose to bring a dish and I have no idea what it will be. I told them it would be something wonderful and low carb. So send me something good.

To everyone else a great big HELLO.



Teresa

[mzfpg]

VIVIANA
Don't you dare go any where. You keep posting because that is what we are here for. You can do it. I have been there a couple of weeks ago. We Love you so don't go and wait until you are doing better.

I am here to listen you can complain to me all you want, you hear me.

talk to you soon.

[mzfpg]

VIVIAN!!!!!!!
Ok everyone has been nice to you and telling you not to leave, well you know I'm here to give you the facts. You have lost your mind. Yep I said it you've lost your mind. Like everyone said do you think your the first person to cheat? Do you think your the first person to have a bad time with a diet. Well your crazy and I'm here to tell you your not the first person.

First I want you to stop feeling sorry for yourself because that's not going to do anything but make you eat more. And what is this about not posting anymore. We are family and when one of us is in trouble we are all in trouble. I'm mad at you. Yep I said it again. I'm mad that you dont have faith in us to help you through this. You have been hanging out with us forever and you have been helping other people with all their issues and when you have one you put your head between your legs and you run. Well get your butt back here so we can help you. I think I have been too nice to you all lately and you havent gotten any kicks in the butt. Like Teresa said we are not going to let you go so dont you try to run. You come back here and you tell us first off what you've been eating? Then you need to tell us why? Then you need to check in with us everyday until we get you back on induction? Last you need to let us help you.

Viv you have done so much to help so many people here. You have given advice and you have been with us from the very beginning. Dont you run out on us now and run out on all the people that you have helped and will help. You keep us on our toes, hell I wouldnt be here if I couldnt check in with all of you to keep me on track. Yeah I've cheated, yeah I wasnt drinking water, and yeah I thought about quiting. Then one of you made me come back and I did. Well it's your turn to come back.

You are a Queen and Queen's do not give up or quit. Dont make us take your crown back.

[mzfpg]

More of my yelling
Viv- I see you made your thanksgiving goal. A lot of people did not do that. You've lost 20lbs and your going to start cheating. Ok I'm getting mad. You better get your butt back here and post.

[mzfpg]

Viv
Keep on posting Viv.....Everyone is here to help.

If you need to complain, vent, be happy, whine, you name it, go ahead and do it. We are all here to help each other stay focused. Sometimes it gets blurry, but hang in there.

I did not exercise yesterday. I will today. I am going to walk again today.

Gotta go run a kid to basketball practice. You all have a great day.

Cheryl

[mzfpg]

Viv {{{HUGS}}}

[mzfpg]

Ok I'm done posting all the messages that you all sent to Viv. Girl if you dont see how much we all care for you I dont know what else we can do. I'm tired of just moving all the post. By the way I will post Viv's e-mail so you all can send her a note later today. I need to find it first.

[cutevic]

Viv

Please keep posting. We are all here for you no matter what. Let us help you any way we can. Believe me at one point or another we all have been where you are now. You can get back on track...you owe it to yourself to be healthy and happy.

[mayimba]

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. I'm doing ok, getting sick I guess, running slight fever and achy. But woe is still in control. Ate nothing but meats and salad today. And sugar free koolaid.

Other than that staying in tonight-too chilly out. Yes, even in Florida

Later all. Joan

[Lizett]

VIVIANA hope u come back..i felt like quiting so mant times but i just have to keep coming back and fighting this...and everyone always helps me

even if we are busy just e mail us and we will always reply
I know we havent been writing alot but we r still here

PS i exercised twice this week thats all

[SoUtahGoddess]

Please don't leave!! We are here to help you!

I only exercised one time this week. Not feeling well really made it hard for me to get motivated. I will concentrate on getting it in this next week. I really need to exercise to try and break this stall I'm in. I am still in ketosis but just don't seem to be losing anything. Hopefully the exercise will kick start things for me.

Hope y'all had a great day!

Stacy

[mylittleangel]

I never want to see anyone in pain or with such struggle, but have to admit seeing what Viviana is dealing with has me realizing that I am sooooooo not alone. I thought that I was not comming here because I was busy...truth be told...after Thanksgiving I got back to me pre Thanksgiving weight, but have been cheating every day...and last week I only went to Curves once...and I had to force my butt there that day. I have been moody and avoiding this and lots of other things. I have been drinking more soda than water and have been a grouch with my hubby not to mention all of the closset eating. I stepped on the scale this morning and found that I still haven't gained praise god, but my butt is back in gear as of this moment....I will go to the old thread and post to Viv...but just wanted to say thanks for all of the awesome support you give everyone, because reading it just kicked my butt back in gear.
Love ya all
Tammie

[mzfpg]

It appears that the Queens have probably hit the roughest time yet. I didnt think the holiday time would hit everyone so hard but as I can see from reading the post it has. We have all fallen, no just Viv, not just Tammie, but all of us. I posted the question what have we been slacking on and I guess the number one thing we all should have put is posting on this site and getting the support we need. I am as much to blame as everyone else and as long as we're being honest I think I need to make some confessions as well.

Number one, I feel like Tammie I stopped posting as much because of the guilt. The guilt that I was eating bad foods and I knew I shouldnt be. The fact that I was trying to justify it by the scale. The same way I've told everyone not to justify success by the scale I was trying to justify cheating by the scale. I have been eating one carb meal a day. I havent gained anything and I'm actually still losing so I thought it was ok. As for going to Curves, Tammie your one time is better than me. I have not been in three weeks and counting. I know i've come to far to turn back but I have to admit I am not doing what I need to do. I'm eating ice cream everyday and yeah it's low carb but I use to just use it as a reward, now it's all the time. I've even been craving breads and things which lets me know that the sugar is taking over my thoughts.

We've lost a lot of people and the sad thing is I know we've lost them because they've started cheating. Well instead of me working out which I should have been doing anyway I should have signed up not to fall off the wagon. I'm more mad at myself than anything because I've come so far. So Viv believe me girl you were not alone. Your cry for help was just a wake up call for a lot of us. Funny how we hide from the boards when we cheat when this is where we need to come to confess. I'm not perfect and I dont think any of us are so I admit this is my biggest mess up on the WOE so far, but guess what. If this is my biggest mess up with almost 40 pounds lost and I realize it and I will keep going, well then I've already succeeded.

We are all looking for inspiration or that one thing to get us going again. Viv you are my inspiration. So everyone let's confess our sins this week for all of you who have them. This is the confession platform, for after you confess them, the party will begin again and we will be the queens that the board has grown to love

[mzfpg]

[momscows]

I too ;must confess all my miss deads. Ok one day I ate not one bowl of mint choc. chip ice cream but 4 total for that day. For three days straight I ate cinnomond (sp) rolls. And not just one or two but the whole damn roll. That is just the tip of the ice berge. I went for 5 days that All I did was eat. I don't think I ate one thing that was legal. But now I am done with that. I am back on track. I have been following the program for5 days straight. I have not had one thing that I wasn't suspose to have.

Viv - I am so glad that you came back. I have to second Machons your call for help was one for all of us I think. It made me for one go back and look hard at my self and start to be honest with my self.

Tammie - glad you are back and doesn't it feel god to know that you are not alone?

Machon - like you I have not posted much as of late because of the guilt too. But now that everyone is confessing our sins maybe we will be back up t the 100 post again.

Hey girls are we chatting to night? I hope so. I think we could all use it. Hope to talk to you all later tonight.

Teresa

[cutevic]

Hello Queens

I can feel the pain in you all. I wish that I could take it all away. The best thing I can do is to be a shoulder to cry on. We all know what it takes to succeed with this woe...if you fall off the wagon...dust yourself off and get back on. We are only human...and we will make a lot of mistakes and bad choices before it's all said and done. We have to learn to roll with the punches. We all have the strenght that God gave us to be and do whatever we set our minds to and Queens we can do this.
We must help each other.

Another thing that I think (just my opinion) is not to schedule any more cheat days. To me that's setting yourself up for failure. I think that if you do cheat...it's better spur of the moment than a planned cheat. This woe/wol has to be engrained in your head. We all got to be where we are because of the cheat foods.
So we have to tell ourselves...what's more important...a moment of a good taste in our mouths...or a lifetime of being sexy and healthy? The choice is ours alone.

I hope I haven't offended anybody. It's not that i have the corner market on this woe...it's because I live this everyday. I didn't want to be like I was anymore...I was determined to lose weight this time...I was going by the book. I've tried so many diets before and failed...and continued having more and more illinesses.
He$$ I'm 50 years old...how many more chances am I gonna get?
So I made up my mind...this is it. This woe is my new life and I will do anything and everything in my power to keep it.

So much for the long winded observation (for a lack of a better word)

We can do this QUEENS because we have each other.

[mayimba]

Cutevic, you have just kicked my butt back into gear. Wow, that was a great message...so much so I read it twice. Today I was bad, Not too mad at myself though cause I refuse to hate myself and give up anymore.

Ate good super lo carb breakfast but sank the rest of the day!!! But tomorrow is a whole new day and I'm not giving up. It's back to induction for me tomorrow I almost gave up like Viv did but I know everyone on here cares and I don't want to let anyone or myself down!

Thanks to everyone that keeps on posting and making everyone feel like part of the family.

Joan

[cqueen]

GUESS WHAT???????? This is a whole new week. I am going to make a menu for my week and go grocery shopping AND I am going to start on induction this week AND I am going to try with all my might to stick with it............

That is what I did in the beginning and had success with it. Then slowly started to fall, not a crash just a little stumble. I feel rejuvinated this week and YES I CAN DO IT.

I got my 3 x of exercise in last week. It was like pulling teeth but I did it.

Every single one of you's are an inspiration just by posting and sharing what's going on with yourselves. If you stumble and fall or even crash, get up, dust off and try again.

ok, everyone BUCKLE DOWN and lets have a great week!!!!!!!!!

[waunakeewoman]

Wow!! Reading the last few messages was VERY inspirational--thank you ALL!!!

I love this WOE because I feel so much better and I can eat until I'm not hungry and I'm still losing weight--albeit not as fast as I hoped I would.

I walked 25 min. yesterday, but will try to improve the amount of time and the number of days this week.

I'm down again this AM--HURRAY!!! New stats: 203/189/145--out of the 90's!!!

Another bonus I have found with this WOE--my DH is much happier about my cooking and enjoys the recipes I've tried.

All this and weight loss, too!

Thanks to all who keep posting and reminding us to keep trying.

[Lizett]

Well I know everyone is pretty depressed and i feel a little guilty for being way to happy...in a time like this
I weighed in today and im down to 195 lbs...ive lost 10 lbs in 2 weeks

As for all of us we really need to be here for eachother and no matter what if we lose if we gain we are always here even if it involves personal problems also...this is not JUST a weightloss BB
we are here as friends and trust me you guys push me everyday to be down to 170lbs..and ohhh my im almost there but even if i get down to 170lbs im always going to be here..YOU cant get rid of me LOL

anyways see you all soon

[mytie123]

Well I am posting My exercise for last week.

Monday threw Friday I did each day:
30 minutes on the tredmill
1 mile on the stationary bike
10 set ups
and a bunch of stretches

then on Saturday I did everything and add another mile on the bike. Sunday and Monday took the day off.

I will be home tomarrow.