QUEEN NEWBIE'S SEPTEMBER THREAD

[Lizett]

Well queens, another month and we keep plugging away! I dont have much to post regarding our weightloss journey. Just that as always we need to stick together and keep trying! im just grateful i have you girls to keep me on track and offer advice!

[Lizett]

Good morning Queens
Well ig ot back at 1 AM this morning and now im at work...I had a blast except for a incident were i was biking (not my strong exercise) and Husband made a mean remark at how he was just pretending it was hard for sympathy for me, well i let it all out infront of his parents and kept on biking without everyone. I made the 20 KM bike ride but had to get off the bike for most of the huge hills. I also did 22 kms of hiking in 2 days. so i did alot but i also ate offplan for 2 days of the 3...it was very hard! Im back on plan now and hope i havent gained but we will see in afew. Im completely exausted, I think i need some time off from travelling and inlaws. I just felt more like a outsider than usual on this trip especially since they have their traditions..as they come to this area often as a family...I seem to be more higher pace (hiking etc) then they are and they tooka bit of offence. I tried to explain that my legs will tighten if i stay still and that i wouldnt be able to keep biking/hiking if i stopped and took 3000 pictures ughhh!!!

Anyways enough compaining

Cassandra:Im glad you had a good trip, it seems you had better luck with inlaws than myself! No worries on gaining, im sure i gained a bit also! Together we can do this!!!!!

Lori: Where are ya???Everything ok? How was your long weekend?

[Pcola Girl]

Hi Lizett. I am here to with you ...

[Lizett]

Good morning

Well i didnt exercise today yet or yesterday...im still exausted from all the travelling and today i go up at 5 AM to drive husband to airport so im tired. I did eat on plan yesterday even with a dinner out so far today im doing good except i ate a little piece of a potato

I hope all you girls are doing good? please post soon!

PCOLA: Hey long time no chat. How are you? still on atkins? Hope all is well!

Cassandra, Lori: WHere are you girls??? whats new? whats up?

[Pcola Girl]

I did not do much exercise either, but did manage to get in a few minutes on my exercise bike. I got up this morning so stiff from all my arthritis so I get on my exercise bike for a few minutes, it helps to limber me up some so I can walk.

[thn1inside]

I didn't see the new thread yesterday, so I didn't post.

I'm still pretty busy, also. That, plus my dd is being quite the puter' hog here lately. She's on this site with pen pals, she checks it often. So now I have to wait for my turn to get on . I like it for her though so I'll keep waiting.

Liz: I am going to have to agree on the "time off from the in-laws" and such. Believe me, it can go real wrong if you are around them to much. I wouldn't worry to much about dh comment. I'm sure he was just joking, right?

I do get the outsider feeling though. I kind of felt that way myself when I was at dh reunion. He didn't make me feel that way but his family had more of a focus on talking to him. I'm the talker in our house, often talking for him. So that was a huge adjustment for me. But it wasn't bad, I just need to stop jabbering so much .

Lori: Where are you? I sure hope that things are going o.k. for you, I miss your posts. Check in when you get a minute to let us know how you're doing, k .

Well, today is another day of football practice. I'm thinking a nap might be in order to get me through it .

Hope you all enjoy the rest of the day.... Queens!


C

[Lizett]

Hey Hey
well i have 1 more hour of work and i cant wait, I got aquite a bit to do. I ahve to get some groceries, mow the lawn (maybe) and clean the house and do laundry. i decided i wont travel for a while as im exausted and miss just lounging at home on weekends. Im back on plan and hopefully will weigh in the same soon. I wont weigh in until maybe sunday??? as i still have tom and it usually takes me afew days to lose the weight i gained from travelling.
im excited to get home and just clean and then lounge....im exausted!!!

cassandra: I talked to Husband and he says he was joking which is not appropriate...at that time. Im still irked at him but now his family is acting a bit cold towards me because i told him off....I just couldnt keep it together unfortunetly so im not sure what they think of me now...which is a way upsets me because when my brother in law/ and husband is a freaking baby his mom always sucks up to him and makes him feel better but when i have issues the whole family brushes me off a bit...thats what makes me feel like a loser! So thats a new issue i gotta deal with before it gets outta control and ruins our relationship. Wow you sound super busy with the kids etc! Your wonder woman thats for sure!!!

Mary Hope your athritis feels better, im glad your biking is helping!


well queens im off to finish up some work and count down the minutes until i can leave!!! Im looking forward to buying some tea i tried a orange spice and it was awesome!!

[Lori P]

sorry Ive been mia since school started we are running non stop. We got a new puppy shes a mut but half trained she is a realy good dog. Well Ive been potty training still yesterday was not good she keep going in her pull up. But I did have a blow out with the exes mother.. I wrote them and told them until she is fully potty trained that they will have to come here and see her but they cant take her anywhere because I don't want them taking her to town and not going potty. Well that was an hour long conversation. She threw a fit saying we were trying to keep her from them. bla bla.. I had to get very blunt. So I guess she called the ex and told her and the ex chewed her out. But she hasn't called us so Im waiting for that day.

well eating has been horrible.. I eat whatever the kids eat. I haven't gained though. Well I didn't last week. I don't know about now.

My calander is packed this month. Natalie started dance lastnight. She had a great time. So dh took christopher to town and had a boys time. He got him a football. And ordered him some junior gold clubs off of ebay. Thursdays is gonna be a night for them to go to the driving range, since natalie gets to do dance. And me and halaynna will go shoppin. woohoo.

Well there really isn't much more to say. nothing else is happening just busy runnin. Im thinkin about gettin on the treadmill today. I really need to start excersizing. I bought two cheap excersize videos from ross.. but one is really stupid. the other I haven't watched yet. I will today though. Its a walking one. Mabey Ill like it.

well yall have a great one and ill check in in the morning .

[Lizett]

Good morning queens
well i exercised 30 mins so far today and ate on plan yesterday. I hope i havent gained but i will know on sunday when i weigh in. Not much to report, just getting some things in order for winter. I need a furnace cleaning, a quote for a new window and a quote for new basement carpet ughhh money money money eh???? Miles should be home tonight and leaving monday, so hopefully we can get some house stiff done, like putting silicone on the bathtub and varnishing the trim on the staircase....always something to do

Lori: Im glad to see you post again. I can see your busy WOW!!!! im sure you havent gained, I kow its hard to eat healthy when your busy! I hope your weekend slows down a bit?

MARY AND CASSANDRA: How are you girls???? keeping out of trouble???

[thn1inside]

Hey there,

Hope all is well in everybody's Queen land. Me? Well I can't complain. Still busy but I've decided that it comes with the territory, so I'm going to suck it up and enjoy the ride. This experience will be one that my kiddos will take with them through life. I'm happy to be here to enjoy it with them!

I have not been eating the best foods but I've not been eating a lot. I'm trying to control things that way for now. I lost all control with our trip, last weekend. I'm still trying to figure all of this out. I know other people do it all the time, these busy schedules. So I have no excuse! I woke up today and cooked some food for dinner. This way it is done and out of the way. I think I will keep doing this, that will help us eat better and me on plan. I'm sick of eating outside, my family seem to like my food better anyway.

My poor dh won't be catching a break anytime soon. With his new found coaching responsibilities, he will be busy everyday through next week. Work is also presenting him with some challenges, poor thing. I know he will pull through all of it though. Quitting is NOT apart of his nature.

Liz: I can see how you would be aggravated still. I would be too but at least we know it was a joke, even though it wasn't appropriate at the time. Dealing with in-laws can be difficult and taxing on a person. I have been battling for better then 15yrs with mine. My in-laws cater to their boys, also. Especially my DH since he is the youngest and the "golden child" of sorts. I survived it mainly by NOT dealing with them much as I did in the beginning. At first I had to battle him and them. He finally saw what I saw in them, after he took the blinders off. Now I can deal with them on my own terms because I only talk/go around them when I want to. Versus going just because DH wants me to. I feel so much more free now. And they have a better respect for me then they had early on. An aside to that is, our relationship started out in a very bitter place, for me and the in-laws. Things are much better healed now. But I still won't put up with CRAP...period!!!!

I say take a break for a while. Don't worry about what they think of you, that doesn't matter anyway. It only matters what DH thinks of yours and his relationship. And I'm sure it is only love, that he feels. You have to write your own story, not live a story that someone else writes for you and your life.... to you from someone who can totally relate to all that you are experiencing right now.

Lori: So nice to hear from you , I've missed you! Good to know that all is well and that you are just busy with life. I know just what you are living and I'm totally exhausted.

I understand about the whole food thing (read above). With our schedule being so hectic and wacky, especially since our trip last weekend, my diet has definitely been pushed aside. I'm just going to keep trying to watch how much I'm taking in and keep trying to make what I'm taking in as low carb as possible. I'm sure we both will get this thing figured out eventually. Hope your schedule will lighten up so that you can check in more often. We need you here .

Well I'm off to do SOMETHING, what? I have no clue yet, just something .

Hope you all have a great weekend. I will check back in on Monday.


and TTFN,
C

[Pcola Girl]

Lizett I am up some today and doing ok, just got out a hot tub soaking my sore body. That always makes it feel better.
Had a bowl of tuna sald for lunch, My hubby made it up last night so I could have it today. He knows how hard it is sometimes for me to stand and cook for myself anymore so he makes sure I have food in the fridge that I can just heat in the Micro-Wave.
It sure helps me alot.
I just want so much to finish losing this weight on me, it causes me so much pain in my hips and knees I can barely walk anymore without my walker.
I get mad at myself when I think of all theses years I allowed myself to become so overweight in the first place. I should have lost it as soon as I began gaining all it but I didn't.

Otherwise not much else going on with me today.

Have any of you seen on TV about the missing little Caylee here in Orlando Fla.? They have it on the Nancy Grace show every day and every evening. Just wondering if you all was keeping up with it.
The mom has been in jail for it but she has lied so much about it that no ones knows whats going on anymore.
I guess it will take finding where she put the childs body in order to get any closer from all this and get her(mom) on a murder conviction.

[mytie123]

I know long time no here from me! Lots been going on. But I am now under 200lbs. Hey lizette good job! Thats an old picture of me. will update soon as I get a new one.

[thn1inside]

Well I'm a little more rested after my weekend. We ended up NOT going to my in-laws to celebrate FIL's b-day. Things fell through at the last minute. It kind of worked out for us because we were pretty tired from going everyday with our boys and football.

I now feel a bit more refreshed and I'm ready to start my week again. First game is this Saturday, should be lots of fun for them.

Liz: How is everything? Did you get anywhere with your winter prep?

Lori: What's going on with you and your family? I'm sure you are still very busy. Hope this finds you doing well.

Mytie123: Not sure we've met but WELCOME BACK! Congrats to you on making it under 200, kutgw.

Well I'm off now to try and get some type of exercise done today. Yesterday we went out and did football conditioning and drills with the boys. We stayed out there for 3 hrs . I guess we had so much fun that we lost track of time. I was sure beat after it was over and apparently so was everyone else in the house. They were all napping by 3 or 4 pm yesterday. We had a good time!

I will chat with you Queens tomorrow.

to all,
C

[Lizett]

Good morning queens
well nothing new to report, I havent weighed in yet. Guess im a bit scared and also tired of weighing in every week. Not sure what i will do? I might weigh in less etc. I ate so so...had some lower carb pizza but not LOW LOW carb...I exercise just a bit not too much.
Miles is now back at work and i wont see him until wednesday.
Im a bit tired , i didnt sleep so well last night then had to get up early to drive miles to the airport.

Mary: I dont think you should get your self down on the past, all you can do now is change the future and present. You have lost some weight and im sure thats made a huge difference on your knees and hips. Dont give up, I know you can do this Your husband sounds great, I wish mine would get so involved in making me lunches

Mytie: WOW its so good to hear from you CONGRATS on the loss! wow under 200! now thats something to celebrate. So whats new? hows the married life? where do you live now???

Cassandra: I bet your still going full speed ahead eh? Hows the football coming along? is your husband still sane ??*laugh* I hope everyone is doing well. Ahh seems we posted almost at the same time! Husband and I did quite a bit but not all of the winterizing, we did ALOT of yard work and patched up the drive way but didnt get the gazebo put away or patio furniture as its still warm, maybe end of september we will get it done!


Lori: How are ya? still busy I bet? I also have bought some videos lately and they sucked *L* I havent done many videos lately or used my threadmill cause im still planning on renovating that room next month, im also changing a upstairs window and cleaning the furnace. I got a lot to do and a lot of money to spend eeeeks. There is always to much to do around a house eh?

well Queens i will check in later, I better get back to work.
Talk soon

Lizett

[thn1inside]

Morning Queens,

Hope all is well with everyone.

I'm here and all is so so with me. Nothing real new to chat about, still a bit sore from my Sunday's conditioning with my kids. I'm going to do some exercise today, just have not decided what I'm going to do, yet.

I woke up to late today. And I'm just getting around to taking something out for dinner. I'm probably going to have to buy a package of meat, my meat won't be thawed in time to cook before the boys head off to practice. I'd like to cook something, versus having to pick something up to eat.

Liz: I hope you get some relief from your exhaustion soon. My energy is in the tank, so I can truly sympathize with you. Hope you and Miles enjoy his home coming tomorrow.

Lori: How are you?

Well I'm off to get dinner ideas before heading to the store. I'm thinking that I will exercise when I return home from the store.

Have a great day, Queens!



C

[Lizett]

hey queens
well i didnt exercise yesterday, well i did help clean out 2 HUGE boxes of peppers for my mom, she makes chili sauce. It took 2.5 hours ughhh
Im still pretty exausted, i dont know whats wrong with me??? i sleep 8 hrs and still feel tired. I have a lot of weird dreams so that makes me wake up afew times a night!

i really dont have much to report, eating is better but not induction style...im still scared to weigh in *laugh* maybe tomorrow

Cassandra: I bet your still recovering, I would be too. Ims till trying to catch up on rest etc but seems im always tired! I undertsand the whole dinenr thing, I take stuff out then dont feel like eating the fish or chicken then i put it away...im frustrated and tired so i never cook much! which i end up eating nothing or nibbling on useless foods! so i deinetly need to get my stuff together. Hope you have a chance to exercise tonight

Lori, Mytie and Mary: Whats new? how is everyone?

[Pcola Girl]

Saw my doctor this morning with all my arthritis and got weighed to but I had only lost one pound. I was alittle disappointed in that because I thought I had lost more but I will take any loss, it will eventually all add up to a big weight loss one day.

Have not done any exercise today, didn't get home from the doctors until noon. I will get in the pool later this evening and do some of my water exercises.

Lizett like you, I get eight hours sleep to and still feel tired when I wake up. I do dream alot like you do to and that will wake me up, so maybe we are not getting the sleep we think we are.

I told my doctor about it so I have to go on the 19th. to get some blood work, sure hope it isn't anything serious. My arthritis I have is bad enough without anything else wrong with me.
Have you had any blood work done to see why you are like that? If so what did it say?

[Lori P]

Well this week did not start out good.... well as of friday... but mainly this week.. but anyways.. friday was the start of my exs weekend with the kids. Well my son had come home singing some very inapropriate songs...like that one that says like it like a lollypop.. and others from my exs wifes vehicle I guess she listens to that with the kids around. So ok when my son came in singin that I talked to both of the kids about how they aren't allowed to listen to that kind of stuff because it isn't appropriate, and I also talk to them about not watching anything over pg, I teach them that people aren't always gonna look after their best interest and that they are responsible in protecting what they hear and see if no one else is going to. Plus the lady has been signing my kids planners for school. Ok so what happens... my kids get there friday after school tell them that she cant sign the planner that their dad has to and that they cant listen to that kind of music.. and if something comes on they say they cant watch it. So she calls me and tells me that if I have a problem that I need to talk to her instead of talking to the kids first. I get really mad and tell her fine ill talk to you but I will talk to MY kids whenever I want about whatever I want to. Anyways... there was a whole long discussion. Well then the kids come home yesterday from school.. with her name signed in the planner again. I called my ex and had it out with him. He said he forged her name. I let him know how childish that was and in 10 years doesn't he want them to be able to look back on that and see his name showing he was involved in their education.... anyways.. that was a 2 hour conv. about everything... so Ive been stressed about what I should do about it. I mentioned him giving me the summer to and him have every weekend except for everyother sunday and then getting him when he can. Well that was out of the question. Well they don't know it but its gonna bite them in the but if they keep going on like this.... I just don't know what to do.

anyways eating is crappy.. my coffee maker finally works though.. yaya..

no excersize.. yet.. im so lazy lately... this schedule is wearing me out, but I do like doing things and not being at home constantly.. I did already buy a christmas prent for my sis.. im trying to buy something at least 2-3 times /month for christmas..

oh to add to our schedule me and dh are taking a financial class at out church on sundays t 4.. it really good we just started.. but its a real eye opener.

well I don't think there is anything else.

Liz: I wouldn't stress it with the inlaws... plus your hubbie isn't there often and when he is you do need your time with him.. it seems like all the time is beig used up by going and doing things with his family.. do yall ever do stuff with your side.. does he get along with them. Id talk to him and kinda cut down on time with them if its puttin a damper on things... time might heal things more... but you are around them often and its just gettin built up.

cassandra: wow 3 hours thats crazy...lol.. you go.. and im totally trying the portion control.. im just a pig..lol.. I know... its almost imposible to keep on track when your running all the time.. argg... mcds is so convinient.. and all those other fast food places.. and sorry i aint the type to get a taco salad and not eat it all.. cause I paid for it im eatin it..lol.... if im at home i can save it for later...

hello everyone else.. Im so glad to see more people in here..

[Lizett]

hey queens
Well i suprised myself yesterday, I walked on my threadmill for 1 hour yesterday! Burned 430 calories!
i ate well and i weighed in this morning at 166 Lbs, so im ok i will try and stick to 164/165 Lbs for now and see were i go with that

Not much going on, i slept ok last night...still a bit tired but better. Miles will be overnighting here at home for work. He arrives at 1 am ughhh so i wont get much sleep. I finally got my TV set up in my family room and my threadmill in a position so i can see it..so its much easier to watch TV and walk Im hoping to cancel my Gym membership as its expensive, it comes due in november.

Lori: Wow the ex and kids thing sounds crazy!!! I dont have very good advice because i dont have kids. sorry i hope it all works out. I agree with you, the music is not appropriate! and your ex should know that!
I hope you get to work out and relax a bit, your lif sounds crazy right now *laugh*

Mary: i had my blood work done a year ago and everything was fine, I think its cause im so overwhelmed with work etc my brain has problems shutting now! I hope your results are good One pound is good, better than gaining keep it up!

Cassandra: How are ya today????probably still busy eh?

[Lori P]

liz: ya its crazy.. more than I want to put up with but what can ya do..

well nothin new to report. Ive been orderin christmas stuff through avon its going good... I love christmas shopping.

how is everyone.

[Pcola Girl]

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I guess losing one pound is better than gaining one pound.
Just wish I could lose it faster though like I was doing early in my diet.

I just think my body is liking this size it is now.......Doesn't want to get of anymore of itself.....

[thn1inside]

Good Thursday Morning, Queens!

Sorry that I didn't get in here to post yesterday. I was fully intending to post but got side tracked each time. Plus, everyone else in my house seem to need more computer time then me . Aw well, I'm here today!

Nothing real new on my front.

I bbq'ed yesterday and then went for a quick bike ride with my kiddos. That was fun, I'm thinking of biking more for some exercise. Plus it will get my kids moving more, that's always a plus.

Liz: I'm sorry that you are feeling sleep deprived. I'm always that way, I can't seem to catch a break on my lack of energy.

Good for you on getting the room ready for exercise. I'm jealous, I have no room in this place to do anything like that. I'm still waiting for dh to install the punching bag. We also discussed taking a family karate class or something.

Lori: Drama, drama, drama..eh? It's always something to throw a monkey wrench in everything. But you do sound like you are handling all of it pretty well, good for you!

Looks like you're beating the crowd, so to speak, for your X-mas shopping. I should be doing that, too. My kids seem to want something more expensive every year. We have two b-day's coming up in October. I'll get started some time after that. Oh and I'm a BLACK FRIDAY kinda gal, too. That's usually my jackpot day.

Well I'm off to start my day. I have some running around to do this morning. Plus, I want to get a quick bike ride before practice.

Have a wonderful day, Queens. I'll chat again tomorrow.

,
C

[Pcola Girl]

All the exercise I have been getting lately is my eercise bike I have here in my office. I have to keep my legs exercised because if I don't they will stiffen up bad from the arthritis I have in my knees.

Who is already Christmas shopping? I don't even think of that until Dec. 1.
I am a last minute shopper.

Don't forget that today is 9-11. Let us not forget what happpened on that day to the World Trade center.

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