New and would like a buddy

[Teresa3]

Hi, Gals--

Wow, HB--congratulations on all the walking and having to take your belt in! What a great feeling! And so good to have the support of people around you who are taking notice! And, it doesn't hurt to have a cute doctor either, does it!

I've been seeing some of these weight loss shows recently that show the problems of the bariatric surgery, too. It's so sad, but you know, HB, those all seem to be people who were much more overweight than you, and they lost weight so rapidly. I think that's why the have the unbelievably loose skin. I really think that a slow to moderate weight loss with exercise will help keep your skin from drooping so badly. I really do think it's a side effect of that surgery. You're giving your body the nutrients it needs, and you are not going hungry--that's going to be a big help.

Isn't it a great feeling when you DECIDE what snack you're going to have, instead of feeling out of control? That's why I am so jazzed recently on having cheat-free days. I'm not even worrying about my amount of weight loss, because I know if I stick to the plan, it will come off eventually. but the greater joy is in feeling in control! Yay!

I changed my avatar today, because I got tired of looking at my pumpkin face from prednisone and being overweight. I'm down about 15 lbs. from the previous picture, which does show up in my face and small frame. Besides, it was a nice picture of Poodie! Not as adoring, though...

Corrisann, sorry to hear you're finding it difficult to get motivated. Hey, maybe you need to find a cute doctor to go to like HB does! It sounds like the stress of work and maybe the weather has got you a little down right now. But you are doing great by taking your own food! That's a big accomplishment! Now maybe you just need to find some lc snacks for evening solice. What about some lc ice cream, or sf jello? Didn't you have a great recipe for lc cheesecake, too? I have also made lc cocoa using hot water, cocoa powder, splenda, vanilla, and half n half. It's lc, low cal, and very comforting. Hope you get out of the doldrums soon.

I had another cheat-free day today! And I'm down another lb., so I'm happy. Weekends are always a challenge, though! You gals have a good one! T.

[HoneyBera]

These are a very good snack too! Mmmm! Tasty! And 0 carbs!

http://www.mtolivepickles.com/Compan...ePAKlabels.pdf

Oh Teresa, you look so GOOD in your avatar!!! What a payoff for all those "cheat free" days you've had!!!
You are doing so well!!

Last week I walked EVERY SINGLE DAY from the light rail to the yard. My "next door neighbor" here (another driver) is doing the light rail shuttle (for the other drivers coming in off the light rail) and comes by daily and rolls down the window, asking me as I walk along if I want a ride back to the yard. But each day I say, "No, thank you." She says she's proud of me. I do stop at these little cement planters and rest my back, but just for a few seconds; that backpack is heavy. Here is where I walk:
My walk on Baypointe.jpgSnow on the Mtns East View Milp..jpg

See the planters on the right of the first picture? That's where I sit. It's quite a walk! About a mile. Those planters are at several intervals. It's just perfect! The leaves are just starting to come out on some of the trees, and the air smells so good and fresh. You can hear the birds singing. It's very pleasant.

HB you are such an inspiration!!! Which I greatly need right now. Seem to have lost all the great motivation I had all summer Yet I know I must get this weight off before I have crept up to 300 & can't move.

Corrisann, I know just how you feel! I have been there, and in the not too distant past! If I am an inspiration to you, I couldn't be more pleased! That feeling of not being able to move or even breathe is just horrible. That's why I was (and still am) so grateful to have this WOE that actually WORKS at getting the pounds off without much sacrifice!

This weekend I am going home to work in the yard, rototill my weeds down, plant my new "Donut" peach tree, walk my dogs (my little loves), and COOK! (I have so much more energy now!!) I just bought 4 tri-tips, really nice HUGE ones UNTRIMMED! (THINK ROTISSERIE!!!!!) Plus (whisper to Teresa) I got some soup that I think isn't too bad, and I love to make soup/gravies with Campbell's Soup! It's a combo of soups, called Cream of Chicken AND Mushroom! It's in the truck in a grocery bag (and it's bloody cold out there ), but I think it only has 3-4 net carbs! Finding that soup was a "WHOOPEE" moment for me!! And the Cream of Asparagus isn't bad for carbs either. Maybe a small cup of hot soup for one of those "snacks" you were talking about. You could make it with chicken broth and/or heavy cream. Oh SLURP!!! I LOVE SOUP!

I also have a small box of CarbQuick now!! Chicken and Dumplings, Sausage "Gravy" and Bisquits!!! I understand you can even "bread" and fry chicken with that stuff!! I wonder how it would be to make "gravy" with it? My ds has a Special Olympics Bowling Banquet to go to with me on Sat. but the rest of my 4 days off are all mine.

Need to get some rest now...ttyl!

HB

[HoneyBera]

One last thing before I go...this has been bugging me for this whole "sign-up" (since Jan. 14th - and it will go on until April, when I bid on a new route!) and here it is, an actual picture of it, taken right out the bus door!!:
See's Candies.jpg

I go by this store on this side of the street twice a day!! And it is torture for me. I am a sucker (no pun intended) for See's Candies. It was my old binge food. I used to buy a 2 or a 5 lb. box of this lucious stuff and eat it to my head! And every day, more often than not, I am stuck at a long light right where you see, right across from not only the store, but if you look closely you can see the PICTURE of the BOX OF CHOCOLATES staring me in the face! So I took the picture out the door of the bus so I could "tattle" on See's Candies for making my life miserable!

SO THERE! Glad to have gotten that off my chest!

HB

[MI CHICK]

Good morning gal's!!
Well the 6-10" of snow did not happen yesterday so that was a grand relief!! We had a couple inches in the morning that made the commute to work very slow--took me an hour & an half to do a half hour drive.....but my new client & I did well together so the rest of the day went good. Hey HB if you really like your route do you have to put in for a new one??? Only had See's candy once several years ago--it was actually a free give away at a store (forgot which one) when you bought a certain $$ amount. The box laid on the counter for a few days cause we assumed it was some cheap nasty stuff...what a surprise when we opened it. Thank heavens we don't have it here LOL!!!!

Great new pic Teresa!! And there is a big difference in your face. And your dog is still cute!! When I pulled into my clients condo yesterday someone was out with their 9 week old puppy that was sooooo cute!!!! He is a pug beagle mix & what a doll he was!! I just had to stop & pet him! HB it will soon be time for a new pic of you too. You'll have to squeeze your babies in to yours too

Down another lb--how great Teresa!! Almost ready to get back into those smaller size jeans aye!! Maybe in time for your trip!! I keep thinking of how great I did on our 2 week vacation last year....after all that success to now be struggling so for nite time eating is so disgusting!!!!!

Weighed this a.m. & am back at 237. So now to keep going down. Just to get to 230 would give my knuckles some relief & allow me to wear several of my rings that won't go on these days. Have a birthday party tonight for a friends little girl that has just turned one--she's such a cutie pie!! But that means facing cake.....Will only be a few of us so you can't just slip by the cake w/o eating some. And after so many "dieting" attempts it has become embarrassing to say yet one more time, no thanks I've cut out sugars these days.....like bigger parties where you can slip past foods w/o folks paying any attention. But after I do a couple errands this morning I am set to get this week's food set up. That always helps me so much. Thank heavens for microwaves that allow us to reheat meals w/o them being dried out left overs!!!!

Well I need to email in my work hours & get out the door. Enjoy your bowling!! And your free time HB!!!!! Have a good weekend with your hubby Teresa. Maybe get in some walking with all the nice weather you all are starting to have, according to HB. Seems funny to think of you planting your peach tree this weekend......I'm looking out at winter wonder land here.

[HoneyBera]

I have been at this wgt. loss thing for 43 yrs! Even longer, if you count, "Honey, you have to take acrobats and dance b/c you are fat!" (which wasn't true!) My mom said that to me. She was/is a vicious and mean person, to the point of emotional and physical abuse all my life, and I've had to deal with those issues before I could let go of my obesity. But I think I am ready now. In fact, I am going to a party my mom will be at tonight, a FRIGGIN' DINNER , and I hope I am ok. I'm going to eat "0 carb" pork chops BEFORE I go, eat what I can eat on Atkins (and NOTHING MORE), and beg off eating anything more ("Funny. I'm not feeling too well. Sry."). It's my niece's birthday party. If I am asked if I've lost weight, I am going to say, "What?! Uh...no! But ty anyway!" and laugh it off. If my mom knows I'm losing weight she will become upset and jealous of me as she always has in the past. She is a real nutcake! She will turn herself inside out to sabotage me! And I won't have it!!!! I have already decided to cut her loose if she does ANYTHING to try and sabotage me!! I will not put up with that!!! PERIOD!!

I'll be ok.

That's a great party plan HB! And I wouldn't tell anyone, including your mom, too much about the Atkins diet. Folks drove me crazy with it so I just went about my business w/o saying a word. When I'd dropped 39lbs & couldn't act like I hadn't dropped 2 sizes I just said yeah I'm trying to whip myself into shape cause I'm turning 50 soon & folks laughed at that & let the subject drop. My dh's mom plays those games w/him & his sister. It is a sick terrible thing to play such mind games w/ your own children.....

Well, I'm in the soup again! I never went to that birthday party. That's how I avoided the problem of my mom and her ways of sabotaging me. I think I must be down 40 lbs. by now. Even I can see it in my face and legs and ESPECIALLY my waistline! I am eating approx. 2000-2500 calories LESS per day than I'm taking in, and since I'm doing Atkins, it's probably mostly fat. She'd have to be blind not to notice something, and that woman is anything but blind!

I have to go over to her house this weekend (another bone of contention) to pick up a table and chairs she's giving me. She is expecting "Fat 300+ lb. Honey" (that she can "tsk, tsk" about and who can make HER feel superior), and she's getting me, 40 lbs. lighter! This could rock her world, and not in a nice way! Believe me, she can get vicious when her world is rocked. "If Mama ain't happy, ain't NOBODY happy!!"

I guess it has to start sometime. I rarely see this woman. Not even on the holidays. But now it's like I can't avoid her! I'm invited to parties she attends, she's giving me her old furniture (a brand new, high quality dark oak gaming table with chairs, actually, that "just doesn't FIT in her new house" - she purchased another one and offered me the "old" one). But now I have to go pick it up or else she and dad will come to my house, and that will NEVER do! She waits until no one is looking and then breaks things. I have never stepped foot in her garage before, much less her house. I quit eating at her home YEARS ago. It wasn't worth the hassle (of her games and drama) and the feeling of being served by someone who loathed me... I just couldn't do it anymore. She never lets me participate. I was always the "poor relative", even now. As long as I'm "less than" in every way, she's ok (like a Black Widow spider is OK as long as you don't provoke them). But let me succeed, let me do well, and LOOK OUT!!! MAMA'S ON THE WARPATH!!!

I guess after a lifetime of abuse (both physical and emotional) I am still afraid of this woman's wrath, and I guess now is the time to face it. I've always been an upstart. It's all that saved me as a child. She doesn't DARE to physically hit me anymore. But her tongue is as sharp as ever. And she is so devious and clever, even at close to 80 yo. - and still meaner than a snake! Remember: she virtually GAVE my brother our family's multi-million dollar ranch, babysits for his kids, treats him like a KING, but for "Fat Honey" she moved into town within 0.9 (NINE TENTHS) of a mile from me and does drive-by complaint sessions: "How long has it been since your ds mowed your lawn?" or "You don't drive your van in the driveway. Why don't you sell it?" and on and on! She is NOT welcome INSIDE the house (small holes are poked in the walls [ball point pen size], drawers broken, items broken, etc. - SHE doesn't know how it happened), so she does OUTSIDE observations! OY! Because I had the audacity to buy a gorgeous, brand new home in town, she bought an even BIGGER one so she can gloat, but I won't "take the tour" of her house - why should I?! I was there for two years before her. She moved there to spite me! For me to be of normal weight would totally upset her applecart!

I'm going to need your support on this, please. It really helps to know you're there as I prepare to walk into the Lion's Den. It's my journey, but it helps to remember I am no longer alone. Nor am I an infant, a toddler, a pre-schooler this time. And if it gets too bad, I don't need her table and chairs that much either. BUT I DO NEED TO FINISH LOSING THIS WEIGHT, AND TO TAKE MY WALKS, AND TO RIDE MY TRIKE! THOSE are the important things!!

Maybe I don't need that table and chairs so badly. SHEESH.

HB

[Teresa3]

Hi, Gals--

Hey, Corrisann--congratulations on being down another lb.! Looks like staying on plan during the day is paying off for you even with the nighttime snacking. I'm sure one of these days you're going to feel a lift and be ready to go for it again.

I'm glad you like your new client! There's a bright spot! The snow muct be sooo hard to go out in. It's still heavy winter in MI. I imagine the extremely cold weather makes you want to eat. Hope it warms up soon!

I know how hard it is to tell people who offer you cake you're watching your weight again, but you could just say you're gonna have to pass. You don't owe anyone an explanation. But if you do have to provide one and don't want to say anything about low carb, you could just tell them you have to watch your blood sugar now. Everyone understands that! Anyway, it sounds like a fun party, so enjoy, and if you have one small piece of cake it won't be the end of the world.

Well, speaking of parties....HB, sorry things didn't work out with your mom. Uh, you have quite a challenge there (disaster is more like it!). I'm thinking I agree with your last thought, which is "maybe I don't need that table and chairs after all..." I really have no clue what to tell you, but I sure sympathize with you!

I LOL'd when I saw that photo of the See's candy store! Girl, you have challenges on all planes! Nothing to do but to thumb your nose at it all! I have to turn my head when I see one of those places, too. I've had my addiction experience with See's as well! Oh, and thanks for sending the pics of where you walk--that is so fun to see! It's just amazing the amount of exercise you've been able to accomplish in such a short period of time! Great Goin, HB!

Thanks for the compliment on my recent pic. Actually, the dog is hiding most of my fat! But I do look better since cutting down on the prednisone (down to just 3 mg. now) and losing some weight. I haven't got into those lower size jeans yet, though, Corrisann; but I have been getting them out of the drawer and trying them on. I can suck in and get em zipped, but the amount of gut that hangs over the top is just tooo much! People would think I was wearing a tire under my shirt or something. Y'all have a nice Sunday, T.

[HoneyBera]

Hi there!

Thanks for the compliment on my recent pic. Actually, the dog is hiding most of my fat!

T, I cracked up when I read that!!! I know you think you are SO fat, but I would kill to look like you!! Everything is so relative. I was over on fitday.com this morning, figuring out how long I'll probably be on this OWL/"close to Induction" phase...and the answer is A LOOOOONG TIME! April 2009!!!! I want to get down to 140 lbs. (and hopefully not be a lookalike with a shar-pei?) - and for some reason in doing that this morning, it seems like such a long ways off.

I have decided NOT to "take the bait" of the table and chairs my mom is offering me. She did loan me some money about a month ago (nice of her, but it [again] allows her to "feel superior" - it's all in the game), and I am going over to give her half of it back. (The other half I'll repay in Mar. '08) She can be sugar-sweet when she wants to be, but it always comes at a price. Heck of a way to be, but it's just how she is and I've stopped "waiting for Christmas" to come (like a change of attitude from HER) many, many years ago. The attitude adjustment has to come from me (like not to be so darned gullible and/or needy to continue to trust her even when she PROVES over and over again not to be trustworthy!) So now that I recognize her "kind gesture" as just bait to get me over there so she can "give me the tour" of her home, or guilt trip me ("Didn't I give you that nice table and chairs?"), I don't think I'll take them. The PRICE of them (free) is just much too high!!

Take Care!

HB

[HoneyBera]

Hi everyone!

I PLANTED MY DONUT PEACH TREE!!!!

I just had to share that. I so often procrastinate. But not this time. And it looks so cute sitting there, like a little stick right now, all patted down and mulched.

I saw my cutie-pie Dr. today. And I didn't lose a lb. for 2 ½ weeks!!! I don't know where I've gone wrong!

Have to get up at 2am. and go back to work. Had two floating holidays Mon & Tues. I'm loading up my trike to take back to work, where I will be staying to work overtime next weekend. So I'll be working straight through from 2/6-2/15 before my next day off. Need the money. And they pay us time and a half ALL DAY when we work our days off. I'll be crying all the way to the bank.

That is all.

HB

[Teresa3]

Hi, Gals--

Sorry, HB, about your weightloss stall. But don't worry about it--we all get hit by that sooner or later! If you take all the weight you're lost so far and average it out per week, I'm sure it is fabulous! I know you won't give up; it's a WOE.

Sounds like you've made some decisions about your mom that benefit you. And congratulations on taking your trike to work! Your determination to exercise is sooo admirable!

I've been a little under the weather with an arthritis flare and stomach trouble, but I have managed to stay on program!

Corrisann, I hope things are going well for you! Catch y'all later, Teresa

[MI CHICK]

Goodness here it is Wed Feb 5th already.....the days seem to just fly by!!

Seems like you are making good solid decisions HB. It's very hard to rise above that kind of family abuse & it seems like you are getting a handle on things. No one needs a table that bad & I'm glad you can work the over time & get her paid back next month. Hopefully you can never ever have to take anything from her again! Venting is a good thing so please feel free to do so anytime you need to. We want to see you sort things out & end up at 140 come April 2009!!! You had to level out somewhere along the line--your body has to balance out at some point. Enjoy your trike riding!! That should really help burn off some calories!!

I'm still playing games with myself & doing good, then blowing it at nite. Am only hurting myself but that doesn't seem to stop me. It's stupid & it's that kind of stupidity that made me fat in the first place. But I still am working hard at having good days....know it's 100% emotional eating---just wanting to baby myself & the only way to do that is with food. I'll get out of my pity party here soon & get on with things.

Well have to go get ready for work. HB enjoy your days off!! Teresa keep up with those good days cause March will be here before we know it!!!
corrisann

[Teresa3]

Hi, Gals--

Corrrisann, sorry to hear the nighttime eating is still getting you down. But you are right, when the time is right, and you are ready, you will get back on track. There is something that the eating is satisfying in you that is stronger than the desire to stop it or change it. Are you awfully tired at night? Maybe a nice hot relaxing bath would help. Are things OK w/dh I hope? It just sounds like you are not getting your needs met! Maybe you need something fun to do! But whatever the problem is, it's great you are staying on track during the day, so maybe it's not adding up to all that much on the scale. I'm still wondering if there aren't some legal snacks that would do the trick. Hope you feel better soon!

HB, hope you are enjoying our sunnier days and getting some walking and bike riding in! I went to the acupunturist this morning and felt so much better this afternoon I walked up a big hill, then rode my stationary bike this evening! Have fun! T.

[HoneyBera]

Hello, my friends!

I'm back to work now. Yesterday I got a ride back to the yard in the morning (they brought a van out to bring a driver to my relief point and I had already missed my train - I'm only human. ), BUT today I walked!

Sorry, HB, about your weightloss stall. But don't worry about it--we all get hit by that sooner or later! If you take all the weight you're lost so far and average it out per week, I'm sure it is fabulous! I know you won't give up; it's a WOE.

You're preaching to the choir, T. Yeah, I was sort of bummed out for a while, but I figure my body has been really shedding the weight SO FAST for SO LONG, and now it's just taking a long breath. <pant, pant!> I have re-doubled my efforts, almost back to Induction. And yes, Corrisann, my trike should help. I'm very near the SF Bay, and it's still quite breezy and cool here. BUT tomorrow it's supposed to be in the mid-60s and IN THE 70S by Saturday!! I AM BREAKING OUT THE TRIKE!!!!

Seems like you are making good solid decisions HB. It's very hard to rise above that kind of family abuse & it seems like you are getting a handle on things. No one needs a table that bad & I'm glad you can work the over time & get her paid back next month. Hopefully you can never ever have to take anything from her again!

Thank you, Corrisann! I've been trying to deal with this woman for over 60 years! Now for the upshot! SHE IS HAVING MY BROTHER AND NEPHEW BRING THE TABLE AND CHAIRS OVER TO MY HOUSE! My ds called me tonight in a panic! I said, "It's fine. Just accept it." Later I will thank her. Oh well. And that should be that. If it's not, that table and chairs can travel BACK to her house the same way it got to mine (I have a pickup) and she can dispose of it as she wishes. I do hope she isn't considering taking me on head on! I have been driving that bus for almost 20 years, dealing with the often difficult public, and she no longer is any match for me.

Venting is a good thing so please feel free to do so anytime you need to.

Dear Heart, I really appreciate that! Dealing with mom and her wrath that I feared deeply for years and years, and trying to just shrink away under a mountain of sheltering fat postponed my ability to lose weight. As long as I was "less than", she wouldn't get mad at me. She has NO IDEA that I am on Atkins and that I have lost 35lbs! She hasn't seen me. But once she catches on...look out, Nellie!! Let's hope that's far away in the future - I don't want to have to whack her nose with a newspaper while saying, "No!! BAD GIRL!!!! Enough!!" In fact, I may have to just end our relationship, and I would like to avoid that. After all, she IS my mother.

But I also do want to buy myself a summer dress, and some cute shoes, make a trip to Victoria's Secret, get a cute haircut, etc etc. I feel I am SO worth it! But I need encouragement, not sabotage.

I'm still playing games with myself & doing good, then blowing it at nite.

I'm still wondering if there aren't some legal snacks that would do the trick.

I just made up this recipe that might satisfy that! OH IT IS SOOO GOOD!!! I used Mission Carb Balance Flour Tortillas PLUS (made by Mission Foods, a subsidiary of Gruma Corp., Irving TX 75038 - MissionMenus.com :: Recipes and menus for the entire family). They have 7 net carbs, 11 fiber, but they taste just like the real thing!

Microwave one of these tortillas for 15 sec or so until it's soft and pliable. Then spread a scant teaspoonful of some sort of nut butter (cashew, peanut, or almond) on this soft warm tortilla, and put another scant teaspoonful of Smucker's Sugar Free Preserves (any flavor) on top of that, and tiny dots of butter. Roll it up like a burrito, and then fry it in hot oil/butter. IT CRISPS UP, and the filling melts! OMG!!! Now THAT is a satisfying snack, and it's legal as far as I know. Tastes like a sweet roll. And the entire thing is only 10 net carbs when made with almond butter and peach preserves.

I got some low carb ice cream last night. Now I can have "rootbeer floats" by using this terrific rootbeer made by Teddy's (with Sucralose!) and the 3 net carb lc vanilla ice cream! But it'll have to be tomorrow, b/c I am out of carbs and calories tonight. <sigh!>

Corrisann, when you get sick and tired of being sick and tired, you'll get it together. "You never fail until you quit trying." And we are here for you. You'll figure out the "why?" of it in your own time. You are watching yourself now. You care that you are night-eating. That's half the battle.

T, keep up the good work!

Bedtime now! 5 am comes early! Take care!

HB

[yellowhair11]

Hello, I would love to have a buddy to email daily, what we ate ( I need easy simple ideas), exercise if any, motivation, etc........I just started a diet and Im on day 5. I am 56yrs.-female-work full time as a bean counter at a major Seaport. I sit on my butt at a computer all day-I have problems in the evening with snacks and my tv/dvd's. I started Weight Watchers online, first time on this program. I want to start some form of exercise but I am so tired by the time I get home from work, now I have to cook as there are 2 others in the household...ewwwww, I am not a good cook although I think I would enjoy if I had more time. I need to lose 40lbs - geez its harder when your older !!! PM me is fine, Happy Friday !

[HoneyBera]

We are all doing some form of low carb, and not WW, but you are welcome anyhow.

All of us are about your age or older. We also are having some of the same problems as you are. Feel free to jump right in.

HoneyBera

[Teresa3]

Welcome, Y. As HB says, we all have about the same problems. so join right in. But I am a little confused--are you on WW now or lowcarb?

HB, those desserty type snacks you came up with sound divine! I wish I could have stuff like that, but I'm at the point where anything like that causes me to stall. Corrisann, you should try this, though--it sounds so delicious and sounds like a good substitute for you, and healthy, too!

HB, I can't believe the mom saga with the table and chairs! Unreal! You are a very strong and forgiving woman! I am going to pray for your mom to see the light and treat you the way a loving mom should!

I had one cheat this week, and I've been stalled for three days because of it. I'm back to losing really slowly now and feeling hungry and frustrated, but I guess it's just all part of the game! Gotta hang in there, right! Y'all have a great weekend--HB, I sure hope it does get that warm and you have a nice bike ride! Take care, T.

[yellowhair11]

Thks. for replying, well I probably am in the wrong place but you gals sound nice and fun. I must say maybe im doing the WW wrong because im sure low carb so far with the freakin points, I remember doing the very first Atkins whenever it started many yrs. ago. and you could eats lbs of meat which i love, I guess i did not look at Atkins this go around because I have to eat fruit-thats what eat at work and i am a black coffee fiend. ( That was a no no in the old original if I recall correctly ). HB- I got a kick out of your mother post - I can relate - she will probably get worse as she gets older or do a turnaround when she gets sick, my mom died last April. I was the bad, poor one of the lot, still poor. The candy store sign was a hoot- I bet it follows you too. One of my son's just moved back in with me so I basically live in my bedroom as im in a small freakin condo in Florida - he has overtaken the rest of the place and there is all this crap food i have to see everyday, chips, doritos, chocolate, pizza deliveries, chinese deliveries, ding dong, knock knock,..could it be a new diet product or exercise gadget i ordered...... no its wings and beer, wheeeee! The smell of the food seeps thru to my bedroom, "hey mom i just got a pizza, want some", me: no, im trying to lose weight.....Son : laughs hysterically and says " Yeah right" My apologies if im at the wrong place, just got overwhelmed at the site and saw the word pen pal.

[MI CHICK]

It's ok that you are following a different woe plan YH--we still need the same kind of support to achieve our goals!!
But it seems that you are a bit confused yourself & I think you'll screw up your losing if you are not clear what you should be eating. I'd say you need to read your beginning info over again. If you are doing WW our LC recipes will screw you up is the main problem I think. So just ignore that part & go for the support angle--I think we're pretty good at that part

Yes those rollups do sound good. Too much of that may be the reason you didn't show any lb lost this last time HB. When I used Atkins before & lost all the wgt I stalled & never lost anymore when I started using all those high carb substitutes. So I think my system has to either be a complete lc or a south beach or ww to work. Crossing over seemed to just screw me up.

Sorry to hear you've hit a dead span Teresa!! Hang in there--you know after a couple days your system will be back to where it should be. Some of us have sensative
systems--I wonder if in some ways that isn't why we are over weight??

I have still been doing good during the day & struggling at nite. Most that I eat is ok but my portions are way too big & even in lc you can't eat a zillion calories a day & expect too loose!! Made us Chicken Chalupas & they were great but I ate 2 huge servings....used the lc flat bread that I bought way back & put in the freezer like Kathern told us to do. They seemed fine, but next time I am going to use the Misson brand ones HB told us about.

Our lives & schedules are still pretty crazy here & I know that I'm responding to all of it with my eating....life can be pretty hectic/crazy for months & sometimes years at a time, as we all know & have lived thru, & I just can't eat until things clear up......I have to get a grip some how some way.

YH go back & read over some of the ways we've learned how to not actually tell folks we're trying to lose weight AGAIN......we've done it so often they only hold us back by expecting us to fail one more time......and we are all truly beliving that this is our final time of sorting our way thru our eating problems. I have taken a plate w/ slices of pizza & went off with it like I was going to the next room or table & just set it down & went back to get myself a drink & never went back to the plate. A couple times at home I went to the kitchen for my drink & dumped the pizza in the garbage & covered it up good & no one really paid attention to the fact that they never actually saw me eating the pizza or whatever the bad food was. It was easier than trying to explain that I was trying to loose wgt etc. Course those times of being so full of personal strength are not always the way we behave....but each time we do it is a big success for us to take note of!!

Well as usual I have to run cause our day is packed full....I soooo hate this always being on the run!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just can't tell you how it fights against my nature, & seeing things stacking up around the house just drives me crazy too!!!! I know whats in each stack but just can't seem to find the time to get the items to the place they belong & put away. Always feel bad for you HB that you have to clean up & get everything restored to order when you get home every other week!! The dryer is buzzing so I best put a halt on
Have a great weekend!!