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[Camilla]

Hang in there Teresa! My mom had to go on prednisone for her sinus trouble so I understand what you are talking about- that steriod does crazy things to a person's body. Sorry to hear about your DIL- hope good news follows close behind the bad! I'm an emotional eater as well- but you cant let it get the best of you- have your couple of days to cope with everything that is going on and then start eating sensibly again. You can do it!

Hope everyone has a decent wkd- Im going out sat night with my girlfriends, I plan on keeping my alcohol consumption to a minimum. Maybe I can be the DD. We'll see how it goes.

[rican3]

Oh Teresa I feel for you and your family right now. I know when you have a good support system around you things are so much better. Thank God you ddil has you and your husband there for her and your son. Sometimes people forget about how the husband also needs support at this terrible time in thier lives. I wil be praying for you all............

[Teresa3]

Thanks, I'm trying to keep it together. We did get some encouraging news about our ddil. The doctors told them the cancer is in the ducts and in situ, which means they do not think it has spread; but they won't know for sure until after the surgery. They don't have to do it until December, so the kids are coming to spend Thanksgiving with us in Palm Springs! So we are very happy we're going to get to spend some relaxing time with them before all this happens. She feels getting away for a few days and just trying to relax will be good for her.

So I started back up on the prednisone yesterday, and felt energized but my diet flew out the window. I have to get myself to eat more protein instead of all the other stuff. It's going to be a real trial. Camilla, I am an emotional eater for sure. I like your idea of realizing I need a couple days to get it out of my system and then get back to the program! That feels like excellent advice. I hope you are doing well on low carb, and the weekend doesn't cause you to go off. Weekends are always so hard!

Kathleen, thanks for your prayers--they really do help! Hope you are having a fun weekend with the family and the lodge.

Corrisann, hope you are not exhausted from a rough work week, and are getting some needed rest and relaxation this weekend!

Catch y'all later. T.

[rican3]

Everybodys so busy right now! I wanted to say a quick hello and let you know I am thinking of you all. Teresa I hope your trip goes well. I know you will enjoy the kids in Palm Springs!
Corrisann I hope you get a day off for Thanksgiving and maybe you will get to go where someone can cook for you since you have been working all these crazy hours!
Camille are you cooking or going somewhere?
My daughter is cooking at her new house, should be fun. I am glad it is close to my house so we can get those forgotten things you did not know you needed!
I don't know if I will get to check back this week but I wanted to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving!!

[MI CHICK]

Sorry I've not been around but I only have a couple hours before & after work that I am not in bed sleeping or driving to work. Am trying to be greatful for the extra hours but I am tired. They will continue thru Dec.....
I have done so bad the last 4 days. It's stress for sure. Dh's job, then our van dying, & all the hours. Dh is off picking up ds from campus for the Thanksgiving weekend. He had to wait till I got in from work & I feel bad about him having to make the 3hr round trip drive this late! We will be eating at my moms, & with her being 79 we will eat whatever she fixes & be happy. I know it will not be a Thanksgiving spread. I then work Fri thru the next couple weeks w/o a day off.....I'm afraid we are all going to loose track of each other over the holidays w/Teresa off to Palm Springs & me off to the nut house....let's try to not let that happen. I was doing good before with all your support!!!
So sorry to hear about you dil Teresa! Glad you are getting this time with them! Sounds like she's in as good of a spot as you can be in that situation.
Kathleen have a great time at dd's new home! Nice that they are close but not down the hall....!!!
How are you Camilla?? Hard to party with friends & stay sensible isn't it?? But you can do it if you really want to get rid of the lbs!!
I'm outta here to get clothes & lunch ready for tomorrow. Need to take the time & look for something good for lunch not just throwing whatever in a bag & eat it tomorrow smacking my head saying should have packed better...

corrisann

[Teresa3]

Hi, Everybody--

Hope you all had a very happy Thanksgiving. We are having a lovely time here in Palm Springs. The weather is great, and it's relaxing. But, like you, Corrisann, I too have been very "bad" the last week due to traveling and the holiday. So we are going to have to get it together after the company leaves, eh!!

Encouraging news on our dil--doctors are optimistic, and she is feeling that way too. She will be having the surgery sometime in December. We feel blessed to have been able to spend the holiday with her and her family, and be supportive. She feels well and is naturally shocked and distressed, but handling it very well. We're glad she's had a chance to relax a bit and have a change of scenery.

I have been having a bit of trouble with the wireless network here, so if you don't hear from me from time to time don't think I've given up! I'll stay in touch as much as possible.

Kathleen, you all must have had a great time inaugurating your daughter's kitchen! Hope you all had a wonderful time.

Corrisann, sorry to hear you're so busy and stressed out! Hope you had a nice visit with your ds and a happy holiday. Now we all have to struggle to get back on track, huh! It's tempting to want to just keep blowing it all the way to Christmas now! Let's nobody do that--let's be strong!

No pigging out this weekend, okay? (talking to myself) Teresa

[Teresa3]

Oooh, the Monday after Thanksgiving weekend! The scale is way up! Well, I have no one to blame but myself At least I had a decent breakfast. It's so darn hard to go back to cutting out carbs when you've just had a glorious pigout. (I was not able to heed my own admonition for the weekend. ) Hope you all have been doing better than I have! T.

[MI CHICK]

Hello to you all!!!
Hope everyone has been having a good life these past weeks! Such good news on your dil Teresa! And Christmas is almost on us, I swear. These 65hr weeks are just sucking up my life....dh is still doing job hunting.
Father in law is in the hospital now...

My eating is all over the place. Surprise surprise....LOL!!!
I'm too tired to be together but I have not thrown in the towel and I am hoping you guys haven't either. Am too scared to go anywhere near the scale. I did buy some lc candy today so that I can have a snack with a cup of tea in the evening at my clients.

Have to run ladies as I've been home 30min & need to go to bed in another hour so have to get my food packed etc
corrisann

[rican3]

Oh Ladies,
We are all so busy these past and next few weeks. I will also try not to give up. I maintained over the weekend but haven't done it low carb but I have been watching what I eat. Kind of like what Corrisann has been doing. If I eat one thing I stay away from another! Anyway I am glad we are at least touching "base" and not losing track of each other over this holiday season. I hope you get a reprieve soon Corrisann! And Teresa I know you are having a great time in Palm Springs with all those great restaurants!! Just beware of the dessert table! And I will try to lay off the bread. I really miss the good bread. And at this time of the year so many people make homemade tamales!! Even my daughter and I make them. They are great presents for her to give her aunt and uncles families and I can't tell her no when she wants to make the effort. We will get through it, but it won't be easy!! So many temptations so little will power!! If I can just stay the same I will be very happy! Talk to you soon, Kathleen

[Teresa3]

Hi, Gals--

Looks like we're all in the same boat re the eating right now. Too many temptations, stress, etc. I have gained back almost 7 lbs. in a very short period of time! I just can't seem to get myself back on the protein wagon. Would much rather eat bread and pasta right now. So I'm just trying to watch portions now and not gain any more weight until I can get up the desire to go back on the plan.

Kathleen, we love holiday tamales, too! I wish I could be there to sample yours--I bet they are really delicious! It must be a fun thing to do with your family for the holidays.

Corrisann, I hope you are hanging in there! Somehow we'll all get through this and hopefully will still be better off than we were last year! You seemed to be getting good at watching portion control--that's what I have to work on now. It's the bad thing about low carb; when you go off, if you haven't trained yourself in eating carbs, you can really go hog wild! I can't believe how good bread tastes now! So I have to cut back on other things as you have done. Til later, Teresa

[MI CHICK]

Hey ladies I actually have a few hours at home this morning before I head off in the snow & slush to work.

Hope you all haven't given up!!! I have really missed the on going daily support & I'm sure you must be too.

So sorry to hear about the 7lbs Teresa. Holidays & vacations are so hard!! Read the other day that the average weight gain over the holidays is 7lbs....so you're done--no more gaining!!! LOL!!! Hope you are having a good time that doesn't involve bread & pasta! Getting in any exercise w/dh?? Walking the beach maybe

Kathleen are you busy job hunting around all the holidays with kids?? Being a cook like me the holidays are harder I think cause we love to cook all these wonderful holiday foods. Yum!! Fortunetly (sp?) for me I'm working too many hours to cook anything period! I do have Christmas day & eve off. My brother & wife are going to be in from WY for the week of Christmas & I'm sorry to only get Christmas day with them.

Camille--here you joined us for support right at the moment that we seemed to have fallen apart!! Sorry! Hope you are doing well despite us

I got on the scale this morning for the first time in....what was our last weigh in?? 3 weeks ago?? Anyway I am at 233, so I was happy to see that. I really had idea where I was. Starchs are cheaper than the proteins & fresh veggies are so I am eating more of them than I should. But I'm trying real hard to keep my calorie count low & am having 3 fruits a day. Discovered the stairwell is next to the elevator in my clients building so I have been walking the 3 flights of stairs every time I need to go somewhere in the building for her. Not much but a bit of exercise.

Well ladies I need to get a move on. Miss you all!! Let's try really hard to not be 10lbs heavier come January!!!!
corrisann

[Teresa3]

Hey, congratulations, Corrisann!!! I guess being on the run so much must be burning a lot of calories! Bravo for not stress-overeating through the burden of extra work and the holidays! Amazing! I bet you are really happy.

I wish I had such good news to report, but, not! I have given in to temptation too much here. But now the grandkids have left, and we have 2 weeks left with no one to take out to dinner, so I am renewing my effort today. I hear you on the fruit. I think I am going to try the basic low carb plan but adding some fruit with the salads and see if that helps my sweet cravings. It just seems healthier to do it that way, if the sugar doesn't make me hungrier. So, going to try protein with lots of fresh vegetables and fruit. If that doesn't work, I'll go back to induction. I am up 8 lbs. this morning, how awful! I've just gone crazy here, but hopefully what went on fast will come off fast. LOL!

Kathleen, have you been having some of the same problems? If so, we've got to get back on the program before we regain it all! Hope you have not been as out of control as I have! Never mind, the goal can be reached!

Let's all keep tryin--we're better off than we were this time last year! T.

[MI CHICK]

Had a good day taking lots of celery/cucumber slices/chicken breast/tuna salad/2 apples & an orange to
cover my 12hr shift. Enjoyed every bite. Came home & ate about 8 cheap & not very tasty cookies.....

Gonna be a long month huh girls.....I am making Christmas dinner & db an sin are coming in from WY. Need something simple & quick but holiday yummy. Best thing would be a big pan of lasagna that I could make up on the 24th & stick in the fridg til I baked it the 25th. Big green salad & a platter stacked with garlic bread. Think I'll use the Dreamfields pasta---was it good in the lasagna Kathleen?? SIL said she would make the desserts at her moms house as that's the more time consuming dish. Course that leaves no left overs for folks to pick at later on in the day. Hate that I'm not going to have the fun of the holiday cooking!!! I do have Dec 8th & am looking forward to decorating & putting up the tree.
What is going on with you all??
corrisann

[Teresa3]

Hi, All--

Feel for you re the cookie caper, Corrisann! Have been on some binges here myself, although have done well the past couple of days and am down 3 lbs. This due to going back to low carb except adding in fruits. I think it has helped sudue my sweet cravings. And I have been eating more often so I don't get too hungry. Hope I can stay on track now. I didn't bring my tight jeans down here, so I went out and bought another pair, plus a couple of nice tops. They have way better shops down here--uh-oh! Sure hope this tactic works!

This is a really busy time of year for all of us. Our dil is having her surgery next week, and we get ready to go back up north. Then Christmas, not my favorite holiday, I'm afraid. It would be nice if it could be about getting together with loved ones; I could certainly do without the commercialism. I have really cut way back in recent years. It's a little painful, but great to not have to clean up a bunch of decorations you didn't feel obliged to put up!

Lasagna sounds like a wonderful Christmas meal--everyone will love that, and you can make it ahead and it often tastes better after it sits awhile anyway! It's got so much flavor the kind of pasta you use probably won't be noticed!

Hope you are weathering the snow all right. We're due for a big storm on the west coast in a day or two. I hope my living room skylights don't leak again, because I'm not home to put buckets under them!

I did well for lunch and dinner today. No binges because I ate melon with cottage cheese for snack, and I put apples and oranges into my dinner salad. I hope I have hit on a solution here!

Hope we all are managing to stay mostly on track during these weeks leading up to Christmas! Catch ya later, Teresa

[MI CHICK]

Hear you on the fruit Teresa. I've been having 3 fruits a day. Course I still have been having starches that I shouldn't cause 1) I want them 2) they are cheap & filling.
Tonight we had a lean pork loin chop baked potato & apple slices. So that wasn't too horrible. But last nite I
had bread with toast with more toast & a orange....LOL!!!
I need AA for breadaholics! I am more than satisified to eat 3-4 slices of toast w/butter & a piece of fruit and call it
dinner. I think this might work for some folks but my system just turns all that bread to fat....LOL!!!
Hoping for the best for dil's sugery! Stress & the holidays all rolled together....you've got your work cut out for you Teresa!!!
And Kathleen did you eat a platter & a half of tamales & now don't want to come visit us???? We don't care--come back & own up to it even if you know you aren't getting anywhere till Jan 3rd!! Cause that date is coming & boy are we going to need each others support...LOL!!!
I'm on the long hours thru the end of the month. Sure hope they end then! Even though I can't complain as I need the bigger pay checks. Fuel pump went on the car yesterday so that cost $800. Sometimes life just keeps throwing one thing after another at you---happens to us all.
Enjoy your Sun ladies!! I will be back to work.

[Teresa3]

Oh, man, Corrisann--just when you're starting to get a little ahead your car has to go out on you! bummer!

Talk about bread, though--today I've had 4 pieces of raisin toast, and 2 pieces of sourdough french bread, all with lots of butter! I am soooo off the wagon right now. It must be holiday blues. Dh has not been feeling well lately so I am stuck in Palm Springs with nothing to do except stay home and eat and eat and eat! My feet aren't good enough to go do any shopping, and I don't believe in that anyway, so I just don't know what to do with myself. Don't like to read, and he gets upset if I want to go to a movie or something. I am sooo ready for the holidays to get over with and I can try to get my life back together!

At least you have work to do, Corrisann, and are healthy enough to do it! I know it's hard, but it can be a blessing in disguise...but I do hope your dh finds work soon, so you don't have to work such long hours! You deserve a break! It must be nearly impossible to get work during December, though.

Hey, Kathleen--what's up with you? You must be incredibly busy getting ready for the holidays with all your family. Hope all is going well. We sure miss you! Catch y'all later, T.

[Teresa3]

Well, I am going to try really hard to get back on induction starting tomorrow. This has just gone on tooo long and tooo far! I'm looking sooo fat again, and I don't like it! Corrisann, and Kathleen, I hope you're doing a lot better than I am! Teresa

[rican3]

Well, well, surprise surprise, I am not doing well either!! It must be like you said Teresa, the holidays.......But why do we use that as an excuse?? I can't seem to get off the carbs right now either!! I am not working either so that really makes for a total disaster. I am going to lunch with the girls and taking my grandkids to Mickey D’s and such horrible things!! Shopping a little eating a lot! I don’t even go crazy for sweets but have been tasting everything!! I know when the 1st rolls around, just as Corrisann said we are all going to be crying together, but at least we will be together. We will really need it! Teresa I hope you do well with induction today, I just can’t get back on track. It seems so hard to stay away from all the “goodies” and really that’s just bread and potatoes for me. They all taste so good. I wonder how I am ever going to get over the feel good so I can look good! I am probably weighing 258 right now and don’t want to gain another pound but don’t know how to discipline myself. Do you think there is a magic potion to help me? The bad part is last month I was mad at myself for gaining and this month I am still 5 lbs off and don’t care!! I need help!! I don’t want to throw in the towel so that is why I am back today. Plus the fact I was missing you guys. It is so weird to bond with people you have never met but feel so lost when we are not communicating. So even if we are all in the pits with our new way of eating right now, I want to still keep in touch so when we are ready to jump back on we will have support! I hope we all come to our senses before we gain everything back and have to start all over again. We all know how hard it was to get those pounds off and how easy it is to put them back on. And that’s something else not fair!! They should be hard to go back on these hips!! Anyway ladies I will be writing more in the coming days and just maybe we can get this holiday thing turned around!!(One can only hope!)

Kathleen

[MI CHICK]

Well Kathleen it's so good to from you!!! Even if it's just misery loves company.....I know mine is stress eating & it's all at nite in that hour & a half that I have before I have to go to bed to get up & do it all again. Makes me mad after I did so good all thru the vacation stuff. I'm an idiot & know it when I'm eating something stupid at 9:45pm.......& it is funny the bonds we can make with todays technology!!! Let's try to keep sanity & contact over the next couple weeks. I have no parties etc to attend as I'm at work thru everything so I should be able to be good w/o those kind of temptations.
Don't know why we want it so much sometimes & not at all other times?????
Well I'm out the door to work

[Teresa3]

Well, we are definitely in the same boat, Kathleen! Let's hope we can stay afloat somehow and not sink back down to where we were before we started! If you are only up 5 lbs. that would be tremendous! I am up 8 or 9! But I don't want to get all the way back to where I started from, and I'm hoping that if I start back on induction I will lose most of that fairly quickly, LOL!

I don't know what the solution is except to not get so mad at ourselves that we just throw in the towel. We know how bad we feel when we gain the weight back, and we know this is a very common experience for everybody who tries to lose weight. I keep telling myself I can eat bread, etc., if I just keep the portions reasonable, like how other people seem to do that. But once I start eating it, and it tastes sooo good, I just can't stop at one piece; I just stuff myself.

I guess that's why LC works, because when you eat carbs your blood sugar goes up and your insulin goes up and you just crave more and more! At least for those of us who have a blood sugar problem. But I am trying to do induction with a little fruit added, so I can feel like I have an eating plan that I could follow for a longer period of time. If I still am too hungry, I'll have to go back to no fruit.

I also am trying to get myself focussed back on how I want to look; and ask myself what's more important, what I eat or how I want to feel. It's just so danged hard with these holidays and everybody overindulging! All I can say, Kathleen, is, just don't give up entirely, and keep communicating. If you have to wait it out until the first of January, that's OK. You won't be alone!

Yesterday I threw away the bread and the raisin bran (love it) and the leftover dessert in preparation to try (again) to get back on LC this morning. Had 2 eggs and 2 bacon, with a little grapefruit. It's one meal at a time! You know, if you can even just do a few meals on LC it helps!

It's so good to hear from you Kathleen, and I'm sorry about your job. Maybe something will pop up for you after the first of the year. How about getting your girlfriends you lunch with to go walking with you? Or get them to go LC too! Everybody's going to need to lose those holiday lbs.

Corrisann, how are you surviving out there with your work plus shopping and preparing for the holidays? Let's all stay in touch! Teresa

[rican3]

Good Morning,
I just wanted to share the good news. I got another job! I start on Monday and it's much like my previous one for the Navy. I will have to make the longer drive (about 37 miles ) but it should be pretty stable for a few years! I was so happy I had to share. How did you guys do yesterday? I am up 2 lbs today so I need to get a grip soon! I hope the fruit is helping ya'll! Will try to check in later. I have to go get ink for the printer so I can download the new hire packet!
Kathleen

[Teresa3]

Hooray, Kathleen! That's great news! And you start soon. Hopefully this will help chase any blues away and you can get back to your (more or less) normal WOE. Although, we still have Christmas and New Year's to contend with!

I keep trying to get back on LC, and did well yesterday, but today we went to lunch and they had these soft, warm cheese rolls... I just don't have the will to resist such things! I just have to keep trying, or I'd be up even more. I'm up about 7 lbs. right now. I think it will be easier for me to lose when we get back home and I can get back into my routine of where and how I normally eat.

Anyway I still weigh less than I did this time last year, so will be heading into the New Year with less to lose than last year, I hope! Are you only up 2 lbs. or 7 lbs., Kathleen? That's not bad at all!

Corrisann, how're you doing? Cheers, Teresa

[MI CHICK]

Congrats on the new job Kathleen!!!! Too bad about the longer commute though. Working should help with your eating too since you'll be gone from the kitchen all day!!

DH has a job we believe!!! They called & welcomed him to the team & said they will put together a package to offer him & call early next week with it. So we're hoping nothing strange happens where they never call back...LOL!! In MI's job market you trust nothing! So we're not telling anyone just yet....

I am still tied into the 12h