I promised myself a new picture and a new journal for 2003. Here's the journal, the picture to be updated soon.

Tomorrow I begin again, remotivated and re-energized. Holidays are done, the office move is almost done, my sister (who did NOT notice I've lost weight) and family have come and gone, and now I'm ready to go.

Rick :x bought me the auto-delivery Leslie Sansone tapes from QVC tonight. He wouldn't take no for an answer. So every 60 days for the next year I'll get two new tapes to sweat at and over, I can hardly wait!

Are you guys ready? I've got enough :whip: to go around, I've been crocheting them. ;)

My resolution, if you want to call it that, is to lose as close to 100 pounds as I can this year. Wanna watch?

:wave:

Hi Julie
You look GREAT... I can tell from your new picture that you have lost...AND yes I wanna watch you lose 100 as I do too...:D heck I'll even take 60...
You are doing great and lookin good... so :D

Laura:hug:

Thanks!!!!

:hug: all around!!

Hello Julie and Happy New Year. your picture is great. you can definitly see the weight loss.

I am happy the holidays are over and ready to start again tommorow too. i will be glad to watch you shed the pounds this year and you can watch me. i want to lose 66 pounds to make my goal.

this will be our year to do it. I feel it.
we can do it.

much success tommorow and throughout the new year!

WOW Julie. Your new picture is amazing. You have lost a lot of weight in your face for sure. You are looking great.:up: and yes I do want to watch. Thanks for the invite.

You will love the tapes I'm sure. Rick is so supportive of you. Let him do what ever he wants to. It makes him feel like an important part of your diet. He wants to contribute to your needs. When he is not looking you can roll your eyes. LOL That is so sweet of him.

My sister didn't notice my weight loss till I had lost almost 40 pounds. She was standing there when someone else noticed me and then joined in the conversation. She would stop by the house to visit but around my house I wear baggy sweats and T-shirts so I am not upset about it.

I hope you loaded those whips with rocks or something. A plain crotched whip won't hurt too much. No pain no gain right??

Your looking great girl. Let the fun begin.

Mini

here you are ! I was posting in your old journal and getting worried about you :)

Your new picture looks :super: your weight loss really shows!

Yes I will be here and yes I will watch you lose your weight!

You WILL do this ! :)

Jade

HAPPY NEW YEAR, JULIE!

What a wonderful picture! I can definately see that you have lost weight.

Yes, I do want to watch you lose as I will be losing right along side of you!

Here's to a new, wonderfully, positively, successful year!:cheers:

Julie

Hi all you wonderful generous people! I don't look that great in the picture, now cut that out! Rick is threatening a photo shoot to get a nicer one, but it is better than the last, I'll admit that.

I decided to number each day as I go, hence 'Day 1' at the top. I'm feeling very motivated today, and we'll see later on when I hit 'Day 247' how I feel about seeing it up there. Whew.... By the way, did I mention that I'm planning on losing 100 pounds this year? If at all possible?

Rick isn't feeling well tonight, residual cancer problems that make us nervous and tense. He's sleeping on the couch right now so I won't do much more than post here and get back out there. He's on permanent disability for a reason, and the good far outweighs the bad... He'll call his doctor soon I know, I can only press so far. Even I'm not anxious for him to call... And yes we do know that it's probably nothing, hopefully nothing, prayerfully nothing, but we still worry, and I will have a hard time sleeping for a while.

Anyway, I did exercise tonight, the one mile walk. Rick didn't join me but cheered me on from the couch until he dozed off. Poor sweetie.

I won't weigh until Monday, unless I get really really brave over the weekend. I know I gained and I'm afraid to see how much, but it won't be around for long.

I hope everyone has a good evening!

:wave:

Julie,

Keep your chin up. Let Rick know he is in our prayers.

you can lose 100 this year! If you break it down, it is only 1.92 pounds a week.....that seems pretty good to me. Just remember I will be losing right beside you.

Have a wonderful day!
Julie

Julie - Please tell Rick he is in my prayers.
Praying for you too sweetie :)

Let us know how he is doing please.

Jade

Hi Julie,
What enthusiasm!! I believe you can lose that 100 lbs......I will be your cheerleader OK???? I would like to lose close to 100 lbs too....all that hopping around cheering for you is definitely a plus in the weight loss area for ME:D

On a serious note...I will be praying for your sweetie Rick and for you to get through this period of illness. I know it is hard being chronically ill and it is hard being the loved one and care giver of someone with chronic illness. God does listen to us though. Keep your chin up!


Love,


Vickie:coach:


"ARE YOU GONNA KEEP YOUR WORD TO YOURSELF OR NOT??" fitness trainer Bob Greene

Hello,

Just dropped by to say hello and wish you a great weekend.
you've come so far Julie and are such an inspiration to me in times when i am losing my grip. thanks for being there always as a good friend. take care.

I did spend a good bit of the evening praying and watching Rick sleep... I finally convinced him to get off the couch and to lay down in bed so he could be comfortable. I sat beside him and crocheted and listened to him breathe. A few rough spots in the night and he feels much better today, praise the Lord. We know the tumor is dead, but it certainly doesn't stop my heart from skipping a beat or two when he starts to tell me of his pains.

We had snow today, tiny little spots of it that have since blown away and disappeared. I know Minnie is sick of snow, but I can't help be be excited to see it come down, even the tiny stuff. NOT that I want huge drifts of it, I can't imagine trying to work in that kind of mess.

I exercised again today, goodie for me. I'm eager for my new tapes to get here, though I need to concentrate more on getting back into the swing of things first. Cart before the horse, that's me.

Oh yes, and my other big news for the evening is that TOM #3 in four weeks came today... I was sort of expecting it, I knew it would be around in a few days. Lesson to be learned, stick with birth control pills when they work, don't go messing with a good thing!! I'm paying for it now, but at least the water retention seems to be at a minium this time. Thank goodness!!!

Hope everyone is having a great evening and stays warm... it's about 26° here and windy. No plans for tomorrow other than to stay inside and enjoy a fire in the fireplace.

:wave:

Hello Julie,

Yes i am sick of this snow. we got quite a bit of it. it is also icy under the snow. makes driving hard and i hate the cold. i even hated it when i was a kid too.
i dont go out much when its cold except to get into the car to go somewhere.

good job on the exercise. i have been exercsing too. feels so good afterwards too.

take care and enjoy that fireplace too.

Howdy all...

Just a quickie, it got late quicker than I thought it would.

YES! I did exercise today. I didn't want to but I did, even chased Rick out of the living room so I could. I'd love to attempt the 2 mile walk by the middle of next week, if I can. I am nervous about my back but SICK of being fat so something will give one way or another. At least I have new tapes coming.

We didn't do much today, even getting up extra extra late at 11:00 this morning. No, no funny stuff going on Marn, I've got my TOM after all. I said to Rick it was as if we took a nap after waking up this morning. He was stressed around 6:45, so I rubbed his forehead and tried to relax it him back to sleep. It took a while but as he drifted back off before I did, it must have worked. REALLY well to stay in bed until 11:00!! I-)

It's movie night, not sure what we're watching but hopefully it will be a funny one. I feel, at least at the moment, like kicking myself in the butt tomorrow and exercising all day. We'll see what happens. Motivation and reality are different things sometimes.

Hope everyone is doing well, I'll spend a bit more time online tomorrow and catch up on entries.

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Hi Julie!!!

Sorry to be MIA and just seen you started a new journal for the NEW YEAR and I'm SOOOO proud of your motivation now. You CAN do this and everyone is so motivated for the new year that I think its safe to put my ole :whip: away for a few weeks anyway. Now you got me all motivated to get back on track. I've been putting BAD stuff in my mouth lately but I have not slacked off the exercising so I think so far that has saved me.

Sorry to hear that Rick was sick. Hope he gets to feeling better soon and is up and doing those walking tapes with you again.

How many tapes does Leslie have out??? I haven't researched anymore but to get 2 a month for the rest of the year. WOW.....you will definitely drop those 100#'s like that this year!

Well, off to browse around a little more. I've been popping in chit chat but haven't made it around to journals for awhile. I guess busy week with the new niece being born and then my baby's 1st b-day party. Now I have toys strung from one end of the house to the other and he would rather play with his baby lotion bottle or household stuff. 8-|

Well, take care and good luck on the exercising tomorrow!!!! I have one more Christmas function to attend tomorrow and we get to see Mini too.

Julie, hope that Rick is feeling better soon...my prayers are with you both.

You have some super motivation right now...it is so good to have that down in writing....then on the less motivated days you can go back and reread your journal and encourage yourself!

Way to go!

YES!!!!!!!! I am so :super: proud of you!! :D

You are doing wonderful with your exercises!

OK - lady that's it - move over and make some room for me - you got me wanting to exercise too ( again ) your exercise buddy is back - watch out Leslie - Julie and I will burn up your tapes lol ;)

Note* Julie if you are not 100% comfortable with the 1 mile tape, I would not suggest you move on yet to her 2 miler. I know its tempting, but think of it this way - if you hurt your back again you will have another set back, if you wait a week or so you won't - just a thought :)

Jade

Hi all you wonderful people!

Today is a gorgeous day, all of 48° outside and bright sunshine. The kind of day I'd love to do some work outside but who knows what. Not like I can plant things right now, but I'd love to. Rick and I have been looking at sub-zero type roses lately, drooling all over the place. Even if we bought any, I doubt we'd plant them now, I don't know.

I lost a half a pound overnight, not bad with pizza for dinner last night. Good 'ol Leslie! I'm creeping back down to my stat weight, and I am eager to see those numbers hit the 240's. Jade, there's always room for you, don't worry. And yes, I feel the same way about the two mile tape today, my hips are killing me today!! Rick said the other day that I step much wider on those sidesteps than the women on the tapes do... not sure about that myself, but I feel it this morning. Either that or I slept really crooked last night.

Cari, thanks for stopping by. I need to find your journal, hoping you have one. Thank you for your concern for Rick, 80% of the time he's pretty darn good, just does things sometimes slower than most people would do. The other 20% of the time is the depressing scary time, and usually is only a few days a month of real worry. And to be honest, I'd rather have him here to worry about and be frightened for than not have him around at all.

Marn, glad to see you as always! It's two tapes every two months, which gives me enough time to get good and comfortable with them. Not enough time to get sick of them. Plus I can always go back to the mile walks, just for fun. I'm glad your baby had a good party, and yes I know what you mean about him having more fun with lotion bottles. My sister's kids always loved playing in the empty boxes on Christmas morning than with the actual things they had in them.

Rick and I have to run out and get my "concrete blocks", the Kashi GoLean bars. Rick's favorite term for them. They are getting hard to find in my area, not sure what I'm going to do if the stores stop stocking them. One of those and an apple at lunch tend to keep me full and happy all day at work. Of course, I still wish I had a Wendy's chicken sandwish to bite into, or a large container of fries. When we get back home I'll begin water in earnest and take a water pill. Tomorrow on the scales should be interesting.

Be back later I'm sure...

:wave:

:) Gosh Girlly Girl... Looks like your doing FAB!!!!! It getting me pumped for my morning Treadmill jont.

I'm going for 88 pounds off my bod this year!

We WILL DO THIS. 2003 is the year of FREE..............

Hope your hubby feels better. I'll will put him on my prayer list.

(((HUGS)))

Hope that Rick is feeling better today Julie. I suffer from some nasty chronic illness myself, so I do have an idea about the emotional struggles that go along with that.

I do have 2 journals...one for exercise and one for more general thoughts. the thread names are in my signature...only problem is that I was new to DT when I started these threads, so they aren't necessarily where you would expect to find them.

My exercise journal is gotta move...in the exercise forum.

My more general journal is the incredible shrinking woman site....in the weigh-in forum...go figure, I said i was new at the time lol.

I would love to have you visit!

You are doing great, and it is very motivating to cheer along with someone else.

WAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!! I have to go to work tomorrow and I don't want to!!! :c( :c( I like it much better here, not there! Boo hiss!

Rick and I went up to the store today, then took a 30 mile scenic route home, the long way around. Sunday drivers, that was us. Very nice though, and we decided to do that every so often. Drive as far as we can in 2 hours, then see what we can see. Sounds like fun and not terribly expensive either. Fun stuff with my sweetie, I like it!

I exercised after watching the World's Strongest Woman competition on ESPN with Rick this afternoon. :( After watching these women lift 1700 cars behind their backs for 50 seconds I felt rather wimpy barely managing 2 pound weights during the one mile walk tape. However, I was adequately motivated to exercise, who wouldn't be after that? NOT that I want to lift 1700 pound cars mind you!

Off to read some journals, hope everyone is having a good evening!

:wave:

Sounds like a fun day Julie. I agree, spending time doing something fun with our sweetie's is always a bonus.

Good for you on responding to the show with exercise....so many times I have sat and watched and wished...but wishing never makes it so.., results take hard work and you are doing it!

Hi Julie
Haven't visited ya in awhile. Looks like you are becoming a Leslie while I have been away!! :D Good for you!! You will do this.
I myself need to get back into the swing of Leslie. I bet she misses me..what do you think.:(
Glad to hear Rick is feeling better. Tell him there are squirrels to be rid of, so he better get better..:)
We had a dinner at Grandma's today and I am so full, I could pop..I bet tomorrows weigh in goes up for me..Last one for the year so I have time now to work to goal. I want to lose 53 pounds this year. When spring gets here I will start walking again.I HOPE!
Glad to hear you all doing ok.
Have a good week
Laura

Hey Julie,
So good to hear that your Rick is feeling better. You show such compassion and love for him in your posts :) Thats nice to see.

Looks like the exercise is going good. I am hoping to pick up a set of Leslie Sansone tapes next weekend. I am so excited about it.

A sunday drive sounds so good. Haven't done that in a long time.

Don't worry too much about the scales in the morning. You will reach your goal !!! But thank God those holidays are done for again, lol!!

Vickie:coach:

Julie,
Hope you are having a wonderful day. Sounds like you weekend was great! You are slowly giving me the motivation to exercise again. What tapes do you use to walk with?

Later,
Julie

Hope your work passes by like a breeze.

And by the end of this year you will be stronger.......

(((HUGS))))

Glad your hubby is feeling better.

Hello!

I was so tired by the time I got home that I could hardly keep my eyes open during dinner. Steamed veggies, yum! We sat on the couch after and I crocheted until I almost but not quite dozed off watching The Simpsons. then it was up and at 'em. Walk walk walk walk walk walk walk... I've got Leslie running through my head saying "One..... two...... three...... four...... alright, walk!! Very nice! Open up the feet.... Feet in a new position ask different muscles to move.... Very good!" :tongue: I think I need those new tapes to hurry up and get here!

By the way, if you ever decide to buy new fertilizer and get a "fish fertilizer", even it the bottle says "deodorized" DO NOT BELIEVE IT!! Whew!!! Almost enough to make my eyes water, Rick will be using this stuff outside. My violets better be thankful, that's all I can say.

Cari - I have to get off the couch and move, this will never happen if I sit there. I don't like it, but I think the hardest part is the getting up. Once I get started I keep going. So far at least! ;)

Laura - Leslie does miss you, I can hear her crying all the time. In fact, she was on QVC the other night, begging you to return to her. Actually, she was on QVC last week, and a woman called, practically crying, and said that she'd lost 127 pounds in the last year doing the mile walks. Can you imagine that? Even more motivation for all!

Vickie - you aren't kidding about the holidays. I was very anxious for them to pass so I could get back into my routine. Rick is wonderful to me and I'm incredibly lucky to have him. My life would be empty without him. I don't even like to think about it, it is very upsetting to me to even consider it. :-s But that is my little anxiety right now, don't worry, he's doing fine as I knew he would.

Julie - Watch out, once I latch on to you I don't let go. I can't be exercising all by myself out there! I'm using the Leslie Sansone Walk Away the Pounds 1, 2, and 3 mile walking videotapes. Walmart usually has them but you can find them on QVC or eBay too. Rick just ordered a big set for me from QVC of her tapes, I can hardly wait to get the first set.

maximum - Thank you! My day wasn't terribly bad, the usualy irriations I can do nothing about. At least its over and only four more days until I don't have to go for two. Yippee!

Hope everyone has a great evening, and remember to step double-time into the kitchen if you're getting a treat. Make it a good one though, and I mean good.

:wave:

YOU GO GIRL!

You are doing great on the exercising. I am in search for a CD that I can use when I walk around the neighborhood. When I walk, I walk 2 miles. I was using a Kathy Smith tape but the tape player broke and we bought a CD walkman instead....now I need to find CD's to go in it. I liked the Kathy Smith because she would talk periodically and remind you about stance and breathing etc. I just can't find her in a CD. Everything I find is only cassette tape. I have a DVD of hers but felt like a idiot while I do it so I stopped. Was gonna wake up this am and walk but decided against it because of weather....freeze warning for this am here in Sunny FL....go figure. High today is only gonna be 61 and tomorrow is 58.....can't wait til summer!

Have a wonderful day
Julie

OK OK - geeeeeees make me feel guilty here and then bring a whip over to my journal huh? I get the idea Julie lol ;)

Thanks for "pushing" me - please keep it up I need it!!!!!!!!!

I am :super: proud of you!

PS: how is Rick feeling ?

Jade

Hiya!

I lost another half pound overnight! That makes a pound since Friday, and I'm even carrying 4,948 gallons of water weight right now. I can hardly wait until Saturday when TOM is over and I can see where I'm really at!

Today was boring boring boring blah at work, I wished all day I could come home. I made a not so great dinner tonight because by the time I got home, I was downright depressed so I stress-cooked (is that a word?) and will probably pay for it tomorrow. Lots of water and an apple in a bit, that might help.

Julie, go to QVC and check out item number F5226. It's a set of 3 cd's by Leslie, the walking ones. She had them on the show the other night and I was very tempted, but since it's so cold here I opted for the videos. Have to be practical, you know!

I'm sorry Jade, hope I'm not pushing too hard! If it's any consolation my muscles are yelling at me when I start to exercise. They are not happy with me but oh well. One of these days it won't be so uncomfortable to workout, I HOPE!!

Rick is doing very well the last few days, just as we knew he would. He has good and bad days, and the bad are bad enough to get me to worrying, even if I know better sometimes. We're on the upswing now, so I'm thankful and feeling mighty blessed.

Have a grand evening everyone and stay warm!

:wave:

Julie,
Way to go with the 1/2 lb loss. Any loss is good when TOM is around. :laugh:
I am so glad to hear that Rick is doing good again. I know it is scary for you when he is not feeling well. My sweetie has extemely high blood pressure and I am a basket case everytime he gets a bad headache or even complains that he is not feeling well. I am always afraid he will have a stroke. And he is so stubborn about getting medical care. He wants me to take care of my diabetes and see my doctor regularly but he won't seek care with his. :c(
Men.....8-| !!!!!!!!!!


Vickie:coach:

Appreciate the help on the cd's. Will go and check it out. TOM visited my house too this week. I definately know about the 4,948 gallons of extra water...just keep plugging away.. you are doing a great job with your exercise. I too will be doing great with the exercise (when I decide to start LOL:D )

Glad to hear that Rick is doing better. Hope it continues. Stay focused. You can do it!

Later, Julie

Hello Julie,

we need to start a TOM club(LOL) as mine came too. but still doing good.
why is it htat men are so stubborn with medical care. my hubby is the same. if i am sick he forces me to see a doctor but for him he lets his health go.
i guess its a "guy thing"

well glad Rick feels better. Takec care and have a good day!

Ok, WHO STARTED THIS????????

I too have TOM.........grrrrrrrrrrrr :tomato:

I know - lets blame it on Mad - shes not been around for awhile, so we'll blame her lol ;)

:super: job Julie on weight loss and with TOM around to boot! Wish we could boot him lol

I am a little sore, but not as sore as I thought I would be.

I still am no wheres near ready to move up to the 2 mile one - what did you decided about that?

So happy to hear Rick is feeling better!

Jade

Jade's Journal (http://diettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27294)

Hey julie just checkin on you. Sorry your work was so boring. I've been working out of my house for about 5 years now, and the co. I work for is slowly closing. And then I'll hve to go out into the real world and look for something.:( Which I have no idea what I would do. Been working for this co. for 17 years.

Another good reason for me to lose this weight.

Congrats on loss. And glad to hear Rick is feeling better!

If you're happy and you know it clap your hands.....

The only good thing about exercising is that you feel great afterward, no matter how much you dread it beforehand. And I do feel better now, though I was hearing little whispers of "It would only be one day, one day wouldn't hurt" running through my head before I started. I'm one day shy of a solid week, I'm struggling every day not to stop.

Lost another 1.5 pounds this morning!!!! :dn :dn Nobody can tell me why, maybe I'm only down to 2,913 gallons of water weight now. That's my 2.5 since last Friday towards V-Day goal, hoping for another pound or so by Saturday. Greedy, aren't I? I have 1.5 pounds to go to get back to my stat weight.

Dinner tonight was a salmon filet, medium baked potato (with butter :( ) but NO bread! And corn for my veggie, not exactly the best vegetable choice but better than none at all. Two Kashi bars at work today as I seemed to be really hungry. I wish now that I'd realized at the time that maybe my metabolism was kicking in for a change. Could be, hunh? PLUS, I've had nearly 144 oz of water so far today, and will possibly squeeze in another 24 before bedtime. I found 24 oz bottles rather than the 20 oz ones I'd been refilling. It's amazing what a difference that extra 4 oz makes when I'm getting in my water. I don't notice it and before I know it I'm racing for the bathroom.

Vickie - We're very much alike then when it comes to men and their health. I keep telling him to call his internist but it hasn't happened yet. I'm afraid sometimes of what it will take to get him to call.

Julie - let me know if you decide to order those cd's, I'm very curious about them. Lucky for you I write down tons of QVC item numbers, I've got numbers for everything!

Minnie - what I want to know is who is the lead female? I hope it's not me, it could be since TOM visited me twice this month. ACK!!

Jade - in the back of my head I want to attempt the 2 mile on Friday afternoon. We'll see how it goes. Probably if I do it will be with no weights and lots of prayers. And I will only do it the one time this weekend, not wanting to rush into another backache. I'll keep you posted.

Maximum - what is your name, if you don't mind my asking? Good luck on the job hunt, Rick and I are both trying to find something to work at from home that isn't advertised on a telephone pole, if you get my meaning. Good luck to all of us!

Have a great evening all, heading for journals now.

:wave:

well Julie....whilst reading a few other journals i have seen that you are exercising up a storm so wanted to stop in and say AWESOME JOB!!!!!!!
sore muscles are ok with me, at least i know i worked hard....think of them as badges of honour lol...someone tried to tell me that once about stretch marks after having kids i dont buy it :tomato:
anyway just wanted to say i think you are doing great!
hugs bell :)

Hello Julie,

good for you with the exercise. I too, must force myself to do it but afterwards i feel great. the last few days i havent even had to force myself to do it either. i actually have been looking forward to it and enjoying it.

well hope you have a good day and keep wearing out the rug running to the bathroom. all the water is so good for you. i already worn out our rug from all the running i do. the only negative for me with the water is getting up several times a night to go to the bathroom but its worth it. "no pain,no gain"

take care my friend and i hope you get your pedometer. you will have fun with it like me.

LOL bell....If stretch marks were badges of honor....I'd be retired and a millionaire from all the battle wounds that came from that army! LOL

:cheer:
WAY TO GO JULIE! You are doing a great job! And No bread for dinner! That too is my downfall....I love bread!
I don't know if I will be getting the cd's or not. $ is tight right now so I am going to have to save it without hubby knowing.

Keep up the good work
Julie
I too have tom visiting my house. How the heck are you losing so fast with the visitor here. Amazing!

Looky you gettin all fit anf trim.... Way to go..... Hey how are those balance bars? I'm sure you will get hungrier from working out. And you know what I've noticed WHEN.. I'm working out consistantly, is that you sweat easier.. O'well like Minnie said no pain no gain. Water it's good for you, and even gets you to get up and do a squat. :bubbles: Its funny you should ask me what my name is........ its.......:hop: Jenny:hop:

HOWDY!!

Yes, I'm still happy, what is it about me being happy all the time? I'm good and motivated right now I guess. My coworkers (princess) don't get that I'm serious, they all still offer all kinds of sweet treats to me. When I say no, they tell me "oh, just one, it's not so bad, come on!" Rotten little brats!! What ever happened to the coworkers who helped me out by telling me all the stuff had dog hair in it?? 8-}

My first set of Leslie tapes came today, the morning mile walk with abs and the evening mile walk with legs. Rick got to pick which one for me to do as I couldn't decide. Legs was the winner, and I LOVE IT!! It's about a 20 minute mile, more work for the legs than the upper body. Good fast pace similar to the regular 2 mile walk. Tomorrow night I'll do the morning walk with abs. Oh yeah, and there was a 12 minute bit at the end of her doing leg strength exercises. I tried, I promise! I managed most of the reps but not all. I'll continue to work up to all of them.

No weight loss today, I was extra good though so fingers crossed for tomorrow.

Bell - Thanks so much for stopping by! I should certainly be sore tomorrow after the new tape. And I do look forward to it, don't worry.

Minnie - I'll do my best to look forward to exercise tomorrow. It was easier tonight with new tapes to anticipate. I'll think of you and be excited though. ;)

Julie - Just tuck the number away somewhere safe for a while, they won't change it and should offer the cd's for some time. I felt like it was a brand new product for her so they shouldn't run out anytime soon. And believe me, I know the feeling, money is always tight around here. I should be used to it by now.

Jenny - Do you mind if I call you Jenny? :) Try and see if you can find the Kashi GoLean bars, I like in particular the Malted Chocolate Crisp one. Is it malted, is it crispy. Sort of. Very very packed with fiber and protein, about 6g of fiber and 13g of protein. I do make it my lunch with an apple, orange, or banana. And yes, I'm hungry all the time now. Went to bed hungry last night and have been all day. Come on metabolism!!

Have a great evening everyone!

:wave:

Hello Julie!! :D

I'm here, I'm here!! Darn c.p. problems with it getting hot and shutting down on me and working every other night doesn't help as I'm usually sleeping or working seems like this week.

CONGRATS on the loss!!!! And you know me...............A HUGE CONGRATS on all that exercise you have been doing! Could you please give me your address so I can mail you my :whip: so you can use it on ME NOW!!! Please........lol! Well, actually I'm exercising ok just not eating too good. Had chinese tonight and hubby has the flu which you know what will be knocking on my door soon!

Ok......TOM club...........(this is for you Jade, hee heee) If you don't see me around know that I am ALWAYS watching! hee hee :tomato: My TOM is in full force with me too and I think we can officially blame it on Julie this time around but I'll get ya next time!!!

I'm so proud of you for getting all that exercise going and I know you will make your V-day goal. We CAN do this, now if I could just get back into the eating good habit again. Starting tomorrow I'm back on full force and hope to lose some of this darn water weight that everyone has this week seems like.

Just wanted to let you know that I'm still around. Everyone is ok other then hubby and my tummy is starting to feel a little queasy too. The boys are fine for now so I'm sure this is just the beginning to one HORRIBLE week from me so if you don't hear from me for awhile know that I'm somewhere cleaning up body fluids (vomit only, get that mind out of the gutter :o ) and I will be back with you shortly.

Take care and tell Rick "hi". Enjoy those Leslie tapes. I've been back on my 8 minute Tae Bo tape now.

Oh, Bell.....heee heeee..............that is exactly what I call my stretch marks (from being pregnant with my boys) NOT the ones from being plain ole fat.........are "BADGES OF HONOR" and I look at them like that.......only positive thing you can say about them I guess!! Thought that was funny that someone else told you that too!

Take care Julie, now that I've addressed everyone else in your journal. Sorry, but got to run before my c.p. shuts down and I don't get this posted. Good luck on weigh in Monday! YOU CAN DO IT!!

Julie,
Where the heck are you finding all this energy? Will you give me some of it? All this exercising you are doing is making ME tired. lol
Glad to hear you are so motivated. At least someone is....too bad it is not me. When you get that whip from marn will you use it on me too?

Julie

Dog Hair? Yuck! I have one better - Corinna here from DT told me when I want to eat a no no food picture is crawling with maggots!!! GROSS!!!!!!!!

The scales won't go down every day my friend - don't we wish lol :)

That does not mean your not making progress!

Your new tapes sound wonderful....

Jade

Hello hello!

Another day done here in Georgia. My sweetie took me to work so he could have the car today; his website is finally getting some business and he had the first of many (I hope) boxes to ship out so he wanted to go to the post office. He surprised me when he picked me up by handing me a grocery list all crossed off - he went and did the shopping while I was still at work!! :x A very nice surprise for me, though I can't help but feel guilty that he did it by himself. And we do go grocery shopping together most every week, the only times I've gone by myself is when he wasn't feeling well. He's very very sweet to me.

I did the morning mile walk with abs this evening. It seemed very easy, at least the walking part did. Almost like running in place, and I just broke a sweat toward the end of it. I liked it though, and can use it on days when I just don't feel like exercising. My heart was beating like crazy (safely mind you) and so even if I don't feel like it was a good muscular workout, it was still a good quick aerobic workout which is just as important. The abs part is very difficult for me. My waist (not that I have one yet) is still too big for me to be very successful at crunches, and the exercises for the abs will just have to be something I work toward. Even five or six at a time is better than none, right? I hope, I hope!

Marney - I'm so glad to see you again! Sorry to hear about your computer acting up. Sounds like the fan is going out, call around and see who can fix it quickly and easily. Ours went out in Rick's computer last year and it cost about $125 to repair, not a problem since. The bummer was that the repair guy was a liar and the promised 3 day turn around ended up being 3 weeks. You know, the classic "the part is still on order" line. Even though when we called he said he had one in stock. Anyway, call around it should be fixable, don't worry. Hope you aren't getting sick too!

Julie - You realize though that all my energy comes after I exercise. I do come here on occasion and read journals before I exercise, but feel so blah and unmotivated that I don't usually post then. After I exercise I feel good about myself and just plain good, so I sound all happy. Not really all that bad I suppose.. ;)

Jade - Not much progress today I'm afraid. No drop again and dinner was not that good fat and calorie wise so I'm not expecting an improvement tomorrow morning. We'll see. Fingers crossed for good measure but I'm trying to be practical.

Hope everyone has a great evening!

Happy Friday!! :D

:wave:

Hello Julie,

great job on the exercise. the AB crunches are hard and just do as many as you can and before long you will do more and more.

your man sounds so sweet to do all the shopping. i do all of ours or we go together if the kids arent home but i dont let him go himself cuz i fear what hed buy and bring home. LOL

i actually enjoy doing the grocery shopping anyways.

my co-workers are the same. my one friend who is thin anyways always will say oh one candy wont hurt or a piece of cake. so i hear you on that issue. just stick to your guns and dont listen to them. keep picturing the dog hair in the stuff. LOL

well have a great weekend and take care.

I got to change my stat weight this morning! :bow: Only by a half pound but OH GOODIE!! Lost 2 pounds overnight, maybe I do love that new ab workout! :dn And the good thing is that I'm on my way in just a minute to do it again this morning. It is the morning mile after all. Evening mile to follow later.

I think I'm giddy, I had been feeling a bit down because I came to a standstill. I was beginning to worry that I was not doing enough. Now I'm not quite as worried as I was. :whip: myself into shape, and change my attitude at the same time. 27.5 lost total! :dn

V-Day challenge, here I come!!

:wave:

Be back later!

Julie,

2 lbs? That's wonderful!!!! :cheer: Congratulations and keep up the good work. I know you'll reach your goal.

I set a goal this year of 50 lbs. for myself. I've started walking every day...between a mile and two miles. It depends on whether I have the dogs with me. (Taking the dogs gives me an upper body workout too. Pinky doesn't understand the word heel...lol)

I look forward to watching you shed those pounds (and shedding several myself). :up:

I'm beat! I just got done with the evening mile walk, and I did the morning mile earlier. My legs are complaining big time. I thought for a while there I wouldn't be able to finish the evening mile, but finally they warmed up enough that I could do it all. With a slight interruption when I knocked over my water bottle... :doh: Not counting the spill towards my total for the day, don't worry. I'm only around 96 ounces so far, I WILL get in another 48 before bedtime.

Had a huge bowl of Kashi for breakfast/lunch today, and pizza for dinner tonight. Here's hoping the scales are nice to me in the morning!

Badelle - thanks for stopping by! Tell the dog(s) to at least pull you up a nice hill for added workout effect. Why not? :D

Bye for now..
:wave:

Julie - Thank you for always taking time to stop by my journal :)

This means so much to me my friend!

GREAT news about recent weight loss!!! :D

and exercise wise - WOW! your doing :super:

You CAN do this!!!!

Jade

I am super tired this morning. I guess all that exercise? Plus, I gained a stupid pound but I'm sure that's from the pizza... what else can I expect? Hoping to find some motivation to go out and exercise this morning, but it'll have to be a lot. I really just want to climb back into bed and sleep until 1:30 or so.

Jade - hope you're feeling better, I'll swing by your journal and see. You were up awfully early this morning which makes me even MORE tired!

Rick is bringing me coffee, I sure hope it helps.

~o)

Julie,
Sometimes weight just flucuates and it isn't even your fault so don't be so hard on yourself girl. YOU ARE DOING GREAT!!!!
Look at the exercise you do in a day.....I envy you.
Tell Rick howdy from us and we are glad he is feeling well too.
Now, go get some rest. :)

Vickie:coach: :dn

Julie,

I'll be glad to let you borrow Pinky for a while. She'll pull you all over town...LOL. Honestly, I think it's completely ok to take a day every once in a while and spend it in bed. It kind of gives the body time to say "Aaaah!" before you put it back into the torture the next day...ha.

You're doing great. Keep up the good work.

Hello its me again Margaret....:D

You are doing great and I bet your pound gain was a hump of fat that you have now turn into muscle....:D with all that cising you have been doing...keep going...
I know what you meant by feeling tired today. I kinda had a touch of the ole flu bug..So I laid around all dang day..Oh well I have a long week ahead so had to rest up..
Good Luck tomorrow on the v-day weigh in..We are all going to make it.
Tata for now...:wave: :wave:
Laura

Hi Julie ~

Kiddo, I have to tell you, I know that the exercise is good for me, in more ways than one. But I do take a day off at least once a week. And sometimes even 2 days, just never 2 in a row. That's when I find it even harder to get up and get moving again.

You know, you are a very friendly and supportive girl, but today it's time to relax and allow us to bouy you up a little, ok?

You've done really super well so far. And I know darn tootin you aren't about to throw it all away because of one lazy day.

I hope the sun was shining for you and that every moment was a happy one.

Keep smiling............ :)
Sandie

Just checking up on you. I see you were a bit tired yesterday. Hope you are feeling better today. I think you are doing great with all the exercising you are doing. Keep up the good work...Just wanted to let you know that as I laid in bed this am I was thinking of you and Jade wishing I had laid out my clothes to go walking this am. I think I am finally getting the energy to exercise again. You guys are getting to me finally! Thanks a bunch.

:coach: ITS PROBABLY JUST WATER.........

I'm sure you didn't gain a pound of FAT back. Just water!

Its no biggy just pound the water and see a new day ahead.

AND GET OFF YOUR SCALE..........[-X
Don't let that little liar Break you.

Ok now HUGS:hug:

Dito

Don't let that little liar Break you.

Julie, Once in awhile - just once in awhile my friend - give yourself a break :rose:

You are WAY too hard on yourself.

Do I need to hunt Rick down and have him make you see you are doing wonderful and that you need to be kinder to yourself? I will ya know! ;)

Your going to have a few ups my friend, don't let them upset you like this. Your going to have 100 downs this year remember???

Don't let a few ups here and there bother you so much......

You can't lose every day and once in awhile for no good reason other then we are human, we may even have a gain.....

Please know I am here for you :)

Jade

You guys are really good at reading between the lines! I didn't think I felt as bad as I sounded but as the day wore on it did turn into a bit of depression. I can't believe how tired I was yesterday, I don't think I ever really felt awake. Thank you all for being so sweet and kind to me with your postings. I never did exercise, and was feeling guilty to come and write that today but you've all given me great reasons for why I didn't so I won't bother to explain. You're all right.

I do feel a bit better today, woke up all bloated and couldn't figure out why. Weigh in day too, bummer of all bummers. PLUS work! Sheesh! I may weigh again tomorrow, fingers crossed tightly and hope for better. I've done really well with my water, I'll have had 120 oz by the time I get offline here, and probably another 24oz (I refill bottles) by bedtime. Quick, how many 8oz cups is that? 18 - wowsers!

So, anyway, steamed veggies with cheese for dinner tonight, lunch was a GoLean bar and an apple, and obviously all the water I can drink. Surely something will look better in the morning. I DID exercise tonight, muscles complaining. Funny that the first night with my new tapes I had no problems, but now my muscles know what to expect and are definitely complaining. I just keep reminding myself that I LOVED the tapes the first time I did them. No turning back now!

I bet your pound gain was a hump of fat that you have now turn into muscle.... Laura, you made me laugh!! Thank you! I've got lots of humps of fat, I wonder which one will go next?? ;)

I'm giving a collective

THANK YOU!

to everyone who posted yesterday and today. It means more than I can ever say to come back to so many messages and good wishes. Thank you so much!

:hug: to all..

hey Julie,
Just remember one thing.....being here for each other is what makes this whole thing work. We are here for you today and you will be here for us tomorrow.... and on...and on...and on.
TOGETHER we will all be successful.


Love and friendship,


Vickie:coach: :dn

Hey Julie,

I'm so glad to hear you're feeling better. Those down days are so much easier to take when you have others around you to support you.

How in the world do you drink 120 oz. of water a day??? I try and try and am ecstatic if I can get 64 oz. down. I know I need it, just can't seem to get it down. Any suggestions?

Talk to you soon.

Julie,
I am just passing through reading journals and thought I'd pop in and say hi:wave: I couldn't help but notice the amount of water you drink.LOL Girl, I drink about 72ozs. a day and I've almost moved all my stuff to the bathroom. Here I was thinking about cutting down some and then I've read how much you drink. WOW!!! If I drunk that much my bed would be moved to the bathroom as well:laugh: You are one brave lady, drinking that much water.hehehe

~:water: ~

Glad to hear you are doing better. We all have those days and that is why we are here. To keep us motivated even when we don't necessarily feel very motivated.

So here you go :whip: :coach: GET BACK IN GEAR GIRL!
Just giving you a tase of what you give me LOL Knocks me right back on track.

Well, gotta go get some water....somehow I feel I don't drink enough now.LOL I gotta catch up to you somehow Julie

Take care my friend
Julie

:ribbon: The Ribbon of WATER.....

You go Girl.... All I can say is DE-AM! I think some Babywipes would be in need.

I'm glad your feeling better. We will be free in 2003.....

so happy your feeling better today :rose:

Jade

Water, hunh? And here I really and truly thought you guys were right up there with me, even blasting past me. My trick is that I refill bottles all day long, I rotate through 3 24 oz bottles, empty one, fill it up and back in the fridge. Each bottle is numbered and I keep track that way how much I do. At work, I'm incredibly lucky in that my boss pays to have a water cooler in the office, and doesn't mind us refilling our bottles five or six times a day. Two in the morning, one at lunch, two in the afternoon. Usually one or two in the evenings when I get home. I found 24 oz bottles which work great and take no time to get me to my goal.

Nobody knows why I don't live in the bathroom... Rick is even wondering why that is. Probably because I wait almost until the point of pain to go. Most likely because I'm alone in my work area and there is no one to cover for me if a patient comes to check out. I wait to go, in other words.

When I first started here at DT, I found a great thread by DJ all about water -
http://www.diettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23508

Check it out, I've kept it in mind all along and I know that's helped too.

Anyway, on to other stuff... I did exercise tonight, not that I wanted to. Even decided not to but then felt guilty about it, plus realized that if I let myself not do it tonight, it would be harder to do tomorrow. I had phone calls galore and by the time they were done it seemed too late to start. I did it though, goodie for me.

The wretched monster let me have a half pound this morning, so now I'm back to 255.5. I was retaining water again like a dam in Holland, still can't figure out why. I'd take a water pill but then I really would be running for the bathroom at work, and that is very difficult at times. Eager for Saturday, if I'm still water girl then I'll take one for sure.

Thanks again to all your kind comments, which made me laugh while Rick was laughing at my "skinny" feet. Teach me to speak wistfully while looking at my toes. X-( Sounds like I'll be getting lots of foot massages in the near future! ;)

Okay everyone, get a 20 oz bottle and drink up! Be careful though, I'll be prompting you to get a second or third one next.

:water:

Aww Your Welcome...;)
Gee, your lucky you have several humps, I have one HUGE one!!But it's 51 pounds lighter to carry around...:D
Keep smiling your doing GREAT!! NO FEAR!!
:hug: Laura

Hey Girl,
You know what I just found out from this water site???? Whoa, you'd never believe it,,no I'd never believe it.LOL Here, I thought I was doing real good drinking 72 ozs. of water a day. Lo and behold this tells me with 75 minutes of exercise I did today, I should have drunk 93 ozs. of water.haha Folks, I guess my bed will just have to be moved on to the bathroom or the bathroom moved to my bedroom:D Or just sleep on the potty!!! I just think maybe cut the exercise down a bit. Reckon that will help me out?????

~Laughing out Loud:laugh:

Hello Julie,''good job on the exercise.
yes once you put it off its harder to do it later. so you did the right thing.

you put alot of effort into this and it will be all worth it in the end.

your doing so well.

the water is a great plus. never can get enough,. nice of your boss with the wate cooler. i use tap water at work and use a soda cup with a lid and use a straw. i add ice and keep it in the cheese drawer where its chilly and it stays icy all day.

hope you have a good day tommorow and take care,

Well, I have heard that once you replenish your body of the water it was lacking before that you no longer "live in the bathroom" Kinda like a dry sponge...If you place a dry sponge under running water...initially the water runs off the sponge and the sponge remains somewhat dry...over time the sponge soaks up more water and there is less run off. I thought that was a good analogy.

thanks for the link Julie

will check back later
julie

Whats this with skinny feet? And your hubby touchin them???


HMMM?:)

Hi Julie,
Stopping in to say howdy again......done with my pity party for the time being :D

I drink lots of water too but I buy cheap bottled water (Walmart) and set a certain number of bottles I have to consume each day. I mark the bottles...1..2..3..4..5..6.. and so on and I know I must drink them all before this day ends. Its a easy way for me to finish up the water I need cause I don't want to open the fridge in the morning and see bottle # 6 or 7 still sitting there. And I sure don't want Kenny seeing that I didn't finish a goal...although I am sure he would be very sweet and supportive, like always.
Its also a great way to keep track of just how much I have drank.

I get Kenny to give me foot massages some times but he always tries to tickle. LOL!!!



Vickie:coach: :dn

Hiya!

Got another half pound from wretched monster, at least I'm back to my stat weight, again. I have ultra-high hopes for tomorrow morning, fingers and toes crossed in anticipation.

I did better about exercising tonight. I didn't exactly want to do it, but I didn't rebel against it either. Maybe it will finally get to be routine again and I won't dread it so much every evening. I hope. Today at lunch I caught myself doing side steps for five or ten minutes while talking to the nurses. Didn't realize I was doing it, but got a nice pace going and even brought up my heart rate a little. The crazy thing was the nobody commented on the wacky woman bopping from side to side in the middle of the hallway.

Laura - you aren't kidding I've got plenty of humps... But mine are 27.5 pounds lighter so I'm slowly catching up! Congratulations on 51!!

Linda - Don't you dare cut back on the exercise, you just drink an extra bottle of water! :whip: And you will remember that article because it's good advice and makes sense. I hope it helps.

Minnie - thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!!

Julie - that does make sense, I really did live in the bathroom in the beginning but now not so much. And I sure am spongy! ;)

Jenny - okay, the embarrassing skinny feet thing. I'm guessing I'm not the only one who has looked in a mirror and said "I don't think I'm as heavy as I used to be, my neck looks skinnier, my chin a little higher" etc. Well last evening, silly woman that I am, I was sitting here at the computer. While waiting for a page to load I glanced down at my foot and thought for sure it seemed not quite so much of a clod-hopper as it used to be. A tiny bit more slender. Big mistake was in saying that out loud: Honey, I think my foot is a little skinnier! Now Rick is usually very supportive and agrees with everything I say in regards to dieting, but this of course was hilarious and he burst out laughing. To save face, the only thing I could do was pretend to pout, which also kept me from laughing too. And as punishment for laughing at me, he has to rub my feet now, though he usually does anyway. But I pout while he does it... :)

Vicky - you and I are on the same track with the water. It's much easier that way, hunh? Ease up to a bigger bottle when you're ready, you won't notice the difference I promise.

Have a great evening, I'm off to read journals...

:wave:

Hello Julie,

great job on the exercise especially after working all day.
for me i have to do it in the morning or it hangs over my head all day and after work im too tired and too busy to fit it in but a routine will make it easier for you. i know it did for me.

each day gets easier and i dont have to push myself to do it now cuz i actually am enjoying it.
(never thought id say that)

well have a great night getting your feet rubbed. my hubby is still working:(
so our'date" will have to wait.

good-night!!!

:rofl:
hey, I think my feet are getting skinnier....maybe my dh will start rubbing them....fat chance (no pun intended) LOL

Side stepping at work...how funny.....good to see you are really into this and are staying motivated though. Thing for me is that everyone here at work already thinks I am crazy so I guess I could side step til my legs fall off and they would think it is normal for me. maybe I should try it! LOL

Just to let you know.....did 10 on the stair climber last night! Gonna try it again tonigh if I am not too sore. Right now it is kinda hard to sit if you know what I mean!:D

I have fat feet with super short toes no matter what my weight is lol

They look like those tiny little fat sausages lol :tomato:

GREAT about exercise and weight loss!!!!!!! :cheer:

Jade

Ahh Julie,
You mean no one commented on your little two step dance???LOL Hey Girl, you working with patients are surpose to be gentle and here you are in diettalk using your little whip on us all.;)I did pretty good yesterday and today, yes mam, I did! I got in 105 minutes of exercise yesterday and 90 minutes today. Yepeee!!! :dn I was so shouting happy! Okay let's get ready for another day of exercise............

~1,2,3,:ex: :lift:

Feeling blah tonight, not sure why. Actually, I do know why. It snowed today, lovely beautiful snow. But of course I'm stressing about whether or not I can make it to work in the morning, so I can't even really enjoy how pretty everything is. Not that I want to go to work, but I left stuff there by accident that I will need by Monday and it's such a long story... I travel between two offices, tomorrow I should be in the same place I was at today, but Monday I will be in a different office. My boss will not be particularly thrilled that I left that stuff there (hence my feeling of stress), but if it hadn't snowed it would have been fine for me to leave those things there. I just wasn't thinking.

Snow here in Georgia is a funny thing, we get it only two or three times a year. Not many people know how to drive in it (myself included if it gets really bad), and there are so few salt and sand trucks, forget about snow plows. In 1993 a mere five inches of snow shut down the city of Atlanta for three days. Can you imagine only five inches doing that Minnie and Jade? So the measly little one inch we got today (with lots of sleet and ice for good measure) shut down roads, schools, and offices. It will probably freeze overnight and making driving a nightmare.

An interesting thing happened today, during lunch two of the nurses and I went out (in 31°) and trekked up our own Hell Hill. They aren't just in Kansas you know. My legs hurt!! It's a lot steeper than it looks, and boy was the wind cold! I did not exercise this evening because I know I got it in really well today at lunch, and frankly I just don't believe that I could even do a single side step, much less a knee lift. But it was fun (once I could breathe again) and we'll try to do it a few times a week unless it gets really cold. Julie - no excuses now girl!! :whip:

This morning the scale was stuck at 255. I was just so happy that it didn't go up I wasn't upset too much that it didn't go down. Maybe tomorrow, and certainly this weekend. If I had exercised, I know it would drop in the morning for sure. Someone should have :whip: me right when I got home today!

Have a great evening everyone, stay warm!

:snow:

Howdy.....:wave:
I know how ya are feeling about the snow. We got our first hit with it last night..:( we got about 3 inches..I am so ready for spring and flowers.
Your humps are leaving and that is wonderful...You are doing great..I bet you hit -30 my Monday...:D

Hope you have a good Friday!
Laura

Hi Julie!!

Way to go on getting back to your PRE-HOLIDAY weight. That is great and you have done it quickly. You are doing a great job and don't get down and you definitely do NOT need :whip: YET and you know me when I see that someone needs it, then I'm not shy about using it.

Keep up the good work and let Rick rub those skinny feet of yours and all the other SKINNIER parts of your body now that is 27.5# lighter! :o Your looking good and I don't know if I told you that I love your new pic and you can definitely tell your loss.

Well, better post this quick before I get shut down. Take care and take a break, let Rick rub those tooties and drink that water!! hee hee

Hell Hill??
We don't have many of those in Kansas. Today my kids were out of school for a snow day and so excited that this was the first snow of the year. No big hills around here so we just tied a rope the sled and the back of the pick em up truck and drove around the pasture. They had a blast!!! The redneck ways of sledding.

I am sure I could find a hell hill if I really looked for one. But who wants to find one? Not I. :tongue: They are too painful. I don't like pain. Hee hee

I bet if Rick rubs those feet of yours more often, he will rub the fat right off of them. You can tell him that just to get some extra rubs in. He is a man he won't know weather it is true or not. :D

Have a great Friday. See ya in chit chat . Mini

I lost a pound! Yippee and thank the Lord!!

28.5 now. In honor of my loss, I'm wearing to work a top I haven't been able to get into in two years. YIPPEE!!

:D :D

See you after work!

:dn
YOU GO GIRL! Keep up the good work!

Julie

Hi there, it's me again...


I had a nice day in my size-smaller top today, even though nobody knew it but me. I did tell Renita and she was appropriately enthused, as was my Rick so I was happy.

We went and ate at Ryans today, which is a buffet-style restaurant. I did pretty well, only filled my plate once and didn't quite finish all of it. Normally I would have gone back for seconds plus dessert. And yes, I did have a fat free frozen yogurt ice cream cone, not quite as good as a big chunch of chocolate cake, but it did the trick. No dinner tonight, just cereal so I think I'll be okay. Tomorrow I'm taking a water pill to get rid of this water weight I'm toting around, and apparently in charge of the water challenge so watch out. I'll be racing for the bathroom like a crazy woman.

Laura - It was windy enough last night that the snow was pretty much gone by morning, other than were it had started to melt a little and turned to ice. Rick drove me to work and there were a good number of patches on the road to be careful of. There are so few salt trucks to go around that it just becomes a nightmare to try to go anywhere when it snows. I'm glad this one is done, now it's just supposed to get really cold tonight. Somewhere around 7° or so for us when it's been hovering around 20° for lows the past few weeks.

Marney - Thanks for dropping in when your computer lets you play. My skinny feet are sore today, along with my shins and the back of my thighs. That hill we climbed was torture, and I didn't even bother to try to exercise again. I can't imagine doing those movements when it's painful just to walk. I will do them in the morning though, no excuses.

Mary - Sorry honey, I was typing quickly and put the wrong state. It's Marn's and Laura's hell hill I was referring to in Missouri. Be glad you don't have one near you, they are a nightmare! And I've got to walk it at least twice next week!! :c(

Julie - Thanks for the nanna, I was so excited this morning I had to rush in and tell all about it.

Off to read journals...

Stay warm!!

:wave:

Hi Julie,
You are doing so good. I am proud of you. I will get kicked into gear eventually.....



Vickie:coach: :dn

Good morning all...


It was 8° when I got up to see what the mutt was barking about at 5:00 am. It was 7:30am before I went out to yell at the dogs roaming through our back yard. Now we're up, Rick being lucky enough to be able to sleep through the dogs barking but not me yelling at them.

I stepped on the scale this morning and have lost another pound!! Nobody knows why as I haven't exercised in two days trying to recooperate from Hell Hill. I'll take it though, and be very happy about it. Only .5# to go to hit 30# total!!! FINALLY!! Rick wants a pumpkin pie today so I'll be happy to make him one, but will stick to a Smart Ones dessert if necessary.

Are you all ready for water today??? Start drinking up. I'm going to get cup of coffee and then I'm right there with you. :whip:

Have a good day, I'll check back in every so often to see how we're all doing.

Stay warm!!

:snow:

WAY TO GO JULIE on another 1# gone!! Wow, soon you will be at -30#!!! :whip: :balloons: :up:

Your doing great and I bet you feel so good. Way to go on wearing the size smaller shirt to work. I've been wearing a size smaller scrub to work and I bet I smile like this guy :D and everyone wonders what I'm up too but I don't dare mention that I'm in a size smaller outfit today.......they would think I'm nuts!!

Way to go again and definitely celebrate with a Smart Ones desert. You deserve it!!

Ok.....just noticed on my post above that I must have a habit on posting the "WHIP" as I swear I hit the party dude and up came the whip. My computer is just trained to go to that one but I guess I'll just say "COME ON WHIP THOSE 30#'s AWAY" :whip:

I like the whip Marney, that's great!!

:wave:

what did I miss ? what water challenge? :tomato: fill me in please.

GREAT about weight loss Julie :cheer: wonderful news!!!!!! :)

Jade

Hi Coach,
I just finished choking down my 96 ounces of water......tomorrow I will do my best to get one more bottle down but I cannot drink another drop tonight, lol!!!



Vickie:coach: :dn

Hey there Julie!! Dang, way to go on the water intake today. You are truly the winner today!! :ribbon:

I did get 108 oz's in so that is really good for me since I've been slacking for a month or so in the water department. I bet you keep Rick up all night trotting back & forth to the bathroom. Thank goodness my hubby is at work tonight so I can sleep on his side of the bed so I don't have to walk the long way around the bed to get to the bathroom cause I will have no time for that nonsense tonight!! :D

Well, I'm pumped up and BLOATED for tomorrow's challenge. Are you going to up our water intake tomorrow, coach??? :(

Thanks for being our water coach in the challenge Julie. You are a great coach cause I drank 100oz today. Hope I can keep it up.

I am soooo happy to hear you are down another pound. :dn Glad someone is loosing. It sure aint me here latley. But I know your water tricks are gonna change that. Right?
Have a great Sunday. Mini:D

Hi all...

Just checking in this morning before I go off to eat my bowl of Kashi and start a shawl I'm crocheting for my grandmother. I did the housework already this morning, and watered all my violets so I'm ready to sit my butt on the couch and stitch away.

Everyone did fabulous with their water yesterday, you guys are great! Same goal for today because there is no reason to torture yourselves, 96 oz MINIMUM but more if you can. Big :hug: to all of you for participating. Jade, it's not too late to join in, start lifting that water bottle and before you know it your eyes will be swimming in your head like the rest of us.

The scale was a tiny bit mean to me today, I went up .5 of a pound. I was expecting that though, lasagna for dinner last night. Actually I was expecting more so I'm rather surprised. Not sure what I'm doing for dinner tonight but it had better be good to make up for last night. Oh yeah... I made Rick that pumpkin pie and for me I had a Smart Ones strawberry cheesecake dessert. VERY good, 140 calories and 4 grams of fat. I don't need dessert every night or even every week anymore, but since he had the pie I thought I would indulge too. It's very good and so now if anyone needs a little treat that's pretty safe you have an idea.

Start drinking water now girlies, and if you feel really bloated take a water pill if you've got one. I'm off to have some cereal after I check a few journals.

:wave:

Hey Julie!!

Don't worry about that pesky .5# it will be gone tomorrow I'm sure. Well, its not even noon yet and I've managed to down 72 oz's so far!! :D I'm doing good so I'm going to try to drink as much as I can to see how much I can do.

Mmmmm, that strawberry cheesecake sounds good. I'll have to try one of them.

Well, I'm off to do some exercising and more water!! :water: :water: :ex: and more :water:

Hello Julie,

i too had lasagna last night when me and hubby went out for dinner. he did too. maybe it was lasagna night.LOL

your doing great on all the water. i must increase my intake.

i am off tommorow cuz kids dont have school so i will work on the water bit and plan to do a good amount of exercise too.

take care and talk to you soon.

I don't want to go to work!!!! I say that every week but it seems like I always have to!!!! WAH!!!

So here's a funny thought, one that had me give a little gasp of shock.... by the time spring and summer rolls around, I could lose enough weight to be wearing (or at least fitting into) a size 16. What is that, a large? I have no idea. But I have NO CLOTHES in that size. Looks like it's going to be layaway city at Wally World for me. Kind of exciting. I know everyone is thinking about bathing suits, but it just never clicked with me that this applies to me too. I knew it did, but maybe it never seemed possible.

This week I know I will hit 30 pounds lost. If I'm lucky, I'll make it to 32 or so. Another 20 pounds and I will be in those 16's and won't that just be unbeliveable. Who wants to be my crunch coach and make me do my crunches every day? If I know someone is going to ask then I'll be sure to do them. My folks will be coming in spring to visit from Florida and I will be noticeably thinner when they get here. HA - another mini goal!! The Parent Challenge!! :D

As if that's not challenge enough!

:wave:

You are doing great and yes you are going to hit the -30..You will be looking really good by the time mom and dad come so dint worry!! Something to work for..
Oh when you get to the 50 mark the swimsuit will come into thinking I promise. I'm thinking that is all for the time being..:D

See ya tomorrow you little fish you..I am floating around my office tonight. I went to the movies and in the middle of the movie I had to pee and I couldn't hold it no longer. Well I have never peed so long in my life...I was like hurry up I'm missing the movie...I bet I peed a gallon...NO JOKE!! :) So it must be working..
I will take the crunch coach job as I need to be doing more anyways..I'll do them with ya.. My belly is the area I'm working on...
Well have a good Monday, be thinking of you and your water bottle...
Little

Now I haven't weighed today, I will tomorrow. I am water weight girl again, maybe I'm going to have yet another period this month? Who knows... I've never retained so much water in my life, but it was too depressing when I woke up this morning so I didn't weigh. I'm sorry. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Laura - I'll be glad to let you be my crunch coach. Knowing someone would leap to the chance to :whip: me I did 10 crunches for 10 seconds each, and then 15 (what would you call them) pelvic lifts. I figured since I was down on the floor anyway... We were laughing today at work that everytime Leslie says "tighten up your abs", I can't breathe. The only way I can do that is to hold my breath, and I'm even tempted to let my hands help. So 10 for 10 was good for me, and about all I could do for the first real day. What else you do suggest :coach:?

Hope everyone has a wonderful evening, I'm getting offline early to watch a movie with my sweetie - O Brother, Where Art Thou? We saw it for the first time a couple of weeks ago and loved it, now we want to watch it again to see what we missed.

:wave:

Hi Julie,
I got a whopping 96 ounces in again today. Tomorrow I will try for one more bottle.
Enjoy your movie. I think I am gonna go on to bed....headache.



Vickie:coach: :dn

Julie, Julie, Julie. Dear sweet Julie.
I missed you in chit chat so had to come over here to see what is going on with you.


Now Now Now Julie you can't do that. You have to weigh in on Monday's no matter what. Sorry Charlie. We think weighing in on Monday's helps us all keep better control on the weekends. Now let's say you weigh today heavier than last week, just think of the powwwwww of a loss you will have next week. See so it all works out in the end that you are the winner of being a looser. Any time you gain, all you have to do is explain and we will understand.

I don't understand with all the water you have been drinking why you would be retaining water. This makes me think you are over doing it maybe. Are you? I know your electrolytes can be knocked out of wack when you drink too much water.
I know TOM is not a welcomed when dieting especially, but you can't let him get you down. He will be gone soon and all things turn back to normal so just hang in there. OK?
I am worried about you as you can tell. Tomorrow I want a :D on your pretty little face no matter what the scales say OK? You are doing great and we will not let you get down in the dumps. That is against the rules. Only I am allowed to do
that. :laugh: LOL Just kidding. We all have those moments I know. That is what we are here for so snap to it girl. We need our water :coach: to keep us floating. If you don't crack your whip on me I will think I can get by with it. You are a great coach.
Check in with us tomorrow with your weight so we can do a tally. I am at a big fat zero for the week and I am in disbelief over that after all the water I have been downing. Sometimes it don't seem like it works on me.
See ya tomorrow. Hope you enjoyed your movie. I loved that movie too.

:hug: Mini

Hi there Julie!:wave: Just thought I would stop in and say hello you take a very pretty picture :) Congratulations on losing almost 30 pounds now! That is awesome! I'm new here so I'm just trying to get to know people and learn what is working for them... good luck!:dn

:(


Well wah. Now I'm all chastised and I can't continue blissfully on like I've been good or did well when I certainly wasn't. I went and posted my stupid weight, grumble grumble grumble... wah.

I did my exercises and my ab crunches this evening, at least I did that much. I don't know what to do about my water, I just drink it. I don't know what is too much Mini. There are 128 ounces of water in a gallon jug, surely 128 is not a bad amount of water to drink. I'll have to go research it I guess. Who knows....

I just had all kinds of fun searching google for "too much water in diet" and such things. Unfortunately I can't find a concrete answer to the question. Most sites say even 8-8oz glasses is too much, just myth!!! The only thing I found is that it does mention in a couple of places that too much water can cause water retention, and in very high doses (two or three gallons a day) can lower the sodium content in a body to near fatal levels. I don't drink nearly that much water!! Yes to electrolytes being whackified as well.

I'll cut back some, no more than 100 - 120 oz a day, and then if I'm still thirsty I'll just sip rather than drink the water. That will be easy to maintain, I can't stand ice water to drink, just cold water, so ice water it is.

The really sad thing is that I spend about 45 minutes hunting for an answer to the "too much" question and ended up just as confused as I was, if not more. This does not mean the water challenge is over, by the way. No fair giving up now!!

:tomato:

Hey there! I don't think you have to worry.. I mean if you are drinking the water because you are thirsty it's ok but if you are forcing it down that can't be healthy .. but if you are so thirsty that you can't sleep at night for having to get up to use the girls room maybe it's time to see your doctor? Hope we don't need to worry about you over there! You take care of you!!!!:hug:

And hey.. your stats look great to me.. you are down a lot of weight and if you are here journalling it's only a matter of time before you have even more good news to report! We believe in ya!:cheer:

Hey Julie!!

Well, I posted in chit chat about the water intake. I used to guzzle water down (remember that) and I had problems of gaining weight next day after drinking an excessive amount of water and especially around TOM time then all that water I drank the day before just sloshed around on me for several days before I could get it off me. I even take a water pill once daily and it still never got the water weight off. I would say 100 oz's is a great amount in a day's time and just quit before late at night. I can drink during day but if after 6 p.m. (which I go to bed very late 1 or 2 a.m.) I quit drinking. That is just what happened to me and I know that electrolytes can get out of whack quick when you flush your system. I got to where I would get dizzy, almost fainted and very, very weak and I cut back on my water intake and I've never done that again. Just my experience and I seen the topic being discussed so here I am. :D Don't over do as I don't want you having same thing happen to me and do NOT feel ashamed or guilty about reporting a gain. We are here for you when you lose or when you gain. Just know that we are all in the same boat and I can say that I gained 1# from yesterday too. So I'm right there with you but by golly we are going to kick this weight come weigh in in chit chat Monday!!!

Take care

PS: I love to weigh in on Monday's because I'm usually off on weekends and that is the HARDEST time for me being good so I manage to behave myself when I know that weigh day is approaching quickly plus I can have my weekly treat any time after Monday's weigh in but I make Thursday my cut off day for my treat which usually entails going out to eat as you know all to well (chinese night was tonight, yumm, yumm) Now I will pay dearly tomorrow, mark my words! :(

Oh, congrats on the 1# loss from last week's weigh in. That is great too and I bet next time you weigh will be a completely different story.

I hit 30 pounds again this morning...

Fingers crossed that I don't gain again. If I can make the girls at work walk the hill with me today than we will, plus exercise tonight.

Be back later.

:wave:

:cheer: :dn :hop: :cheers: CONGRATULATIONS JULIE!!!!

You did good. Keep up the good work. 30#'s gone is wonderful. I hope you keep :D all day long. You deserve a treat. Maybe Rick can rub your feet tonight huh?

Mini

WOO-HOO!!!!!You go girl, on that 30 pound lost!!!:cheers: Okay, you are doing good on those crunches, but DO NOT skip to many days of some form of exercise:whip: even if it's bending down trying to touch you skinny toes ten times.LOL
Sorry, I haven't been in here in a day or two, but grandson has been here and took over my computer(sigh) Is this when the water challenge came in?? Here, I thought I was doing jam dandy good when I got in 80ozs. of water yesterday.LOL Back to try again today.haha. I have also read that there are people with certain health problems that drinking a large amount of water could hurt them (Just thought I'd throw that one in, being you're studying on water)
Okay Julie,,Drink your water and do that exercise:lift: today! I know you have no problem with water, so concetrate on your exercise!
I've read where you are talking about good days and bad days with Rick. What is wrong? I'm glad he's better!
And I know you just LOVED that romantic Sunday ride!

~hugs,

Hey Julie.....Thought I would stop in and see how your doing? I meant to stop by yesterday and the day before, but you post early and your journal goes somewheres, cause I can never get to you from page to page. Anywhoos. Looks like your still taking care of yourself at thats what counts. YIPPERooos on making it to 30. Wow.... I ENVY, In fact I'm green from jealousy.... LOL

:hug: to you......

:D Wow -30!! That is wonderful!! :D You are doing GREAT!! Here comes -40!! You can do it.. We all have faith in ya ..We all have ups and downs here, no matter what we are right here to cheer ya on to victory!!
I am so proud of you!

Have a great week and smile all week as you are 30 lighter!
Little

Hello Julie,

i drink water as im thirsty. i used to force it down but stopped doing that. i think our bodies let us know when we are thirsty just as we have signs to when we are truly hungry and if we follow what our bodies tell us then we will do fine.

your doing great. keep hanging on and take care.

I did exercise today, I promise. I have been exercising, don't worry. Today I started with the hike up Hell Hill, a good steep hill with my friend Krissy. We did a good job and it was easier this time than it was the last. I did my morning mile walk this evening, along with 10 crunches and 20 pelvic lifts. For me this is a LOT of exercising. I doubt I'll see results tomorrow but I'm certainly not giving up. Left over lasagna for dinner tonight.. :c( I tried to be good, I promise!!


Marney - Luckily I've never felt weak or dizzy, though maybe now that I say that in the very beginning of increasing water I did a bit. Not now though, not for several weeks. And I do feel ashamed and guilty when I report a gain, can't help it. It's part of why I come here, for accountability. I can excuse myself all day long for gaining, but it's harder with you guys. I still feel a bit down about it, can't help it. I know I naturally fluctuate, but it does not help when the top of the curve hits every Monday like clockwork. Makes me feel rather like a failure that even though I did lose for the week, I can't manage to keep it off for even a day or two... and yes, I know I fluctuate. I never said feelings have to make sense ya know! :o


Mary - Rick will most certainly be rubbing my feet tonight, as after dinner he planted himself on the couch to copy a fight. Not that I minded that, it's extra income. What I did mind was the beautiful array of SIX remote controls, all lined up neat as you please on my side of the sofa. So I pouted and sulked until he moved them and I could sit down beside him. You don't think that means I'm hormonal tonight, do you? Could have just picked them up and moved them myself, but that would be too easy.


Linda - Exercise yes, water yes, fingers crossed, absolutely. I'm glad to have hit 30 pounds but I hit it on Saturday too... who knows how many times I will have to hit it before it sticks. Rick had cancer about 2 years ago, and is in remission and on permanent disability. Therefore we have good and bad days, and the bad days scare the crap out of us. I'm very thankful that he is allowed to stay home because of the disability, I doubt there is a boss in the world that would tolerate about two days a week out. Certainly can't plan which two days, you know?


maximum - It's only early to you Cali girls, here it's about 8:46 and getting colder every minute. And you may be jealous of me for hitting 30#, but I'm jealous of you for seeing the end to the terrible 200's any second now. Wanna trade?? ;)


Laura - thank you thank you thank you. You can't imagine how much I rely on you girlies.


Minnie - I tried to do better today on monitoring my water intake. It makes sense to think I'm retaining water because I'm flooding out what little salt I get in my diet. Gotta have a little I guess. So I cut back some (only 120 at work, then ice water for the evening which I'll drink REALLY slow) and we'll see over the next week if it makes a difference.

Hope everyone has a good evening and stays warm!

:wave:

Hi Julie,
You did a great job with exercise. Hell Hill sounds very interesting...lol!!! Northern Indiana..where I used to live is pretty flat. But I live in Southern Indiana now and we have a few hills I would call Hell Hill if I hiked them.
Kenny and I went hiking in a nearby national forest once and those trails can get pretty challenging. LOL!!
Good luck with the water intake.....


Vickie:coach: :dn

Hiya!

I woke up this morning at 3:30 to go to the bathroom (imagine that - though I did cut back on the water when I got home yesterday) and thought it looked very bright outside. We always leave the front porch light on as we have a flag flying. When I looked outside there was snow on the ground and more coming down. Very very windy, too. So when I could finally fall asleep after stressing about work today, it was almost 4:30 and I had nightmares galore. When I woke up I decided I'd call the office manager and ask her about the roads, and then tell her that I didn't think I'd make it, which is true. It was still snowing, still windy, but about 1½ inches on the ground and the roadbed was/is icy. Remember, we have way too few salt/gravel trucks to go around, and I know for a fact they will not come back to our neighborhood. Lucky me the phone rang at 6:30, Susan calling to tell me to stay home at least until 1:30 and we'll see how it goes then. I'm thinking no, it won't be any better up here and why bother? I've got vacation time if I have to take it.

So today I'm home for a surprise day off, lucky lucky me. It's very cold, about 10° in the sunshine and still windy. I did go out for a few minutes first thing this morning to feed the birds and the wind is terrible. My Michigan blood is thin now after too many years in the south, I'll just stay indoors thank you very much.

I hope everyone has a good warm day, stay inside and keep a fire burning if you can! I'll be back later...

:snow:

I just came from the living room; I had to see what the temperature is right now. It's still incredibly windy, and while we didn't get much snow it's still there. Grover the mutt is thrilled to be inside this evening, and I am glad he is too. I feel badly for all the dogs who stay outside in this kind of weather. We have a no-pets clause on our lease so we bring him in only when the weather is really bad. Rick fed him as a stray, so now we have a dog.

I've spent the day sitting on my butt and crocheting, except I did exercise as promised. I spent a little bit of time playing at fitday, so here's my food totals for the day:

Calories Eaten Today
source grams cals %total
Total: 1152
Fat: 33 293 27%
Sat: 6 57 5%
Poly: 2 17 2%
Mono: 3 30 3%
Carbs: 191 636 57%
Fiber: 31 0 0%
Protein: 44 177 16%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%

Now I only wish when I enter my exercise for the day that the calories burned were higher. Seems like an awful lot of work for such a little return!

Stay warm tonight, and help me not to have to go to work tomorrow! Not sure how you guys can manage that, but we're all pretty resourceful, I'm sure you can come up with something!

:wave:

Julie
Glad you got the day off.Kinda nice to just set at home some days. We got some snow yesterday and the roads were kinda slick. I went ahead and went to work but took Hubby's 4x4 to work so we made it there and back ok. Now today is so cold. The kids had a late start today and again tomorrow at school due to the below 0 temps. I hate WINTER!!

Take care and see ya around.
Little

Hi Julie!!

WOW, congrats on 30# loss that is terrific!!! :D You'll be on to -40 and into the 240's soon! You can do it and I hope your experiment with a little less water helps you out.

Look at all those exercises!! I just did some stair stepping and it felt pretty good to do the tonight and I managed 1200-1300 (I think I lost count so I know I did at least 1200 reps) at one time. I might do the 2 mile WAP later too to get this pesky pound off me!

I am so happy you found a "hell hill" and that me and Little are not alone on the journey. I can't wait for it to warm up so I can take that "hell hill" I bet we can jog up it this year! hee hee I hope anyways.

We got snow yesterday too and it was a slow ride to work last night for me and especially slow on way home this morning. The wind chills were -15 to -25 below. Each radio station was different ya know so not sure how cold the wind chill actually was but it was pretty darn cold out there! BRRRRR :snow:

Have a great night!

Julie dear girl,,,I know you was tickled pink to get to stay in your warm cozy house today and not have to get out in this icy weather! Brrrrrrrr:snow: Lucky, lucky you getting that snow!!!! I'm in Alabama, so maybe we're next for the snow!!! I'll agree, bring those animals in or make sure a warm place is fixed up for them...
GUESS WHAT????? I DID IT!!! YESSSSSS! I reached a 100ozs. with my water intake today! I am s-o-o proud of myself! Now I know all of you are probarbly drinking more then that and saying wow,,no big deal.LOL But it is for me, I've been trying since November:D I've been a good girl for a day! Do I get a 5 star, ribbon or whatever you get for accomplishments??? This is a BIG accomplishment for me...Thanks Coach!!!

~friends,

You must live in Northern Georgia? My mom lives in Peachtree City and she said the were getting flurrys of snow.

Good for you for keeping up your excersice. Don't you feel good when your done?

Hope you have a Great weekend. Remember weigh is on Monday! See ya on the down side

A day off is always nice to have :D

and you still did your exercises - WONDERFUL! :cheer:

the burn looks small in numbers my friend - but who is it that is in a smaller size shirt? Oh I know who - YOU! :)

You will win this battle!

I need some prayers - details are in my journal when you have some time please.

http://diettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=251599#post251599

Jade

I'm very grumpy this evening. Rick bought me a new printer for my computer, and somehow in hooking it up I've killed the power switch on the tower. X-(

I'm not in the happiest frame of mind right now, so I'm opting to skip posting in journals this evening. You guys don't want me to, trust me. I'm using Rick's computer and that isn't a problem, it's just the aggravation and irritation and shear STUPIDITY of having to take the computer to someone to have them fix it when it worked just fine 10 minutes ago!!!!!!!! Well, more than 10 minutes but you get the point.

Maybe tomorrow will be better... of course, we have to take it somewhere so I'm sure I won't be thrilled about that.

:c(

Hello Julie,

sorry about the puter problems.
the comoputer is so great and yet a big headache sometimes too.
hope you get it fixed soon.

take care and have a good weekend.

try not to get your blood pressure raised too.

Poor, poor, Julie (pout) Girl, you are making me cry too! Please, please use Ricks computer and come back! I miss your coaching, your lil ole whip and your praises and your humor and your laughter and SHOULD I GO ON????? See, how much you are missed tonight????? Boo-hoooooooooo!!!!:( :-s

Hi Julie! Way to go on losing the first 30 pounds!:dn Hope you get the comp going again and it doesn't cost too much! Have a great day!:wave:

Julie,
So sorry about the computer problems.....I totally understand this cause I wasn't sure I would have a computer today. My sweetie and his brother worked on HIS computer all day long and it took my computer down too cause they are linked together. Then when they got done, mine wouldn't log onto the internet. But they know better than to leave me without computer access so here I am, lol!!!!
Missing you already. Please hurry back...and enjoy your superbowl sunday!!!!


Vickie:coach: :dn

I'm still feeling down about the computer. Yesterday morning we dropped it off to get fixed, the guy thinks he'll have it done sometime tomorrow afternoon. You have to understand, there hasn't been a single time that I've tried to do something on the computer that hasn't resulted in hours and hours of trying to fix an unrelated problem. In this case the guy said it was probably just a power surge from unplugging the tower, and that even a lightning storm could have done the same thing. Just a coincidence. Well, I'm sick of coincidences, and I'm swearing off system improvements on any computer in the forseeable future.

So now today I finally spent a little time online, but I'm just not interested for more than a few minutes at a stretch. Thanks to all that came and posted, I do appreciate it.

I'll be back tomorrow morning to weigh in, not expecting any kind of miracles but I will report in. I did wear an 18/20 top yesterday that I haven't been able to fit into in over 2 years. It fit really well too, and I can't wait to wear it again.

Have a good evening...

:wave:

Welcome back Julie!! Glad to see ya!!


Vickie:coach: :dn

Hello Julie,

I know you are frustrated over the puter but you will be smiling again when your sitting in front of it typing to us.

you should feel proud to fit in the smaller size top. and hope it makes you smile.

take care and enjoy the day.

Oh, How I can RElate.. THere have been times I have wanted to pick it up and HUCK it Across the room or out the WINDOW! But... Whatcha going to do. ITs your best and worst Friend.

:cheer: Fitting into your shirt :cheer: What a awesome feeling!

Julie,
Sorry you are having computer problems. It will get better eventually. I understand how frustrating it can be though. I used to swear that my computer was possessed by evil spirits.


See ya,


Vickie:coach: :dn

I feel a tiny bit better this evening, though I hate to admit to it. I've still got a good amount of apprehension about the computer repair guy. Rick called him this afternoon and the guy said, "Call back around 11:00 in the morning and I'll give you the disposition." Sounds like lots of $$$$$ to me, but we'll see. I'm not taking comfort in the fact that he sort of promised us it would be fixed by this afternoon. grumble grumble grumble....

I did my exercises tonight, ate really well and have done so-so on my water. I left my water bottle at home again and it is so hard for me to get in my water when I have to drink from cups. I'm just about there though, and will be fine to call it quits now.

Calories Eaten Today
source grams cals %total
Total: 1028
Fat: 32 285 28%
Sat: 13 114 11%
Poly: 3 28 3%
Mono: 6 58 6%
Carbs: 161 557 55%
Fiber: 22 0 0%
Protein: 41 164 16%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%

Gotta love fitday!

Okay, my goal for tomorrow is to be as chipper and cheerful as Bettyboop. Wish me luck, I do have to go to work tomorrow!!

:wave:

Julie girl,
You are a bright, cheerful, funny person! Believe it!!!!! You do believe me, don't you??LOL It's that ole sorry puter and that bad repair man and all the other run arounds that's not bright, cheerful and funnyX-( LoL Hope you get that puter of yours up and running soon!

~friends,

Hey Julie!

Sorry to hear about your c/p problems and I can REALLY relate as I'm about to break down and buy me a new one. Darn things!

Way to go on getting into the 18/20 shirt. I bet you were :D big time and I bet you looked really good!

Just wanted to check in on you and I can see your still plugging along doing all those exercises? Any new tapes lately??

Take care!

Hi gang...

Here I am, sitting here waiting for the State of the Union speech and trying not to fall asleep. Rick and I decided we'd rather hear what the President had to say himself, instead of listening to interpretations of what the media thinks he said. Probably a lot smarter that way.

I was right about the computer guy, Rick called him this morning and said it would be AT LEAST $200 to fix the power switch. Rick said no thanks. The computer itself is an older model, and even with the modem, monitor, mouse etc, we paid around $147 or so total. So Rick called the people we won it from on eBay and they will honor the warranty that came with it. The bad part is that they are in Maine, but even then the shipping will be less than $200 and it will not cost us anything but that to send it - we were hoping to avoid that shipping fee but oh well. So now I continue to be irritated for a week or three until it comes back and I can forget that it even happened.

Thanks to Marn and Linda for stopping by. I'm still doing okay with my exercise, though I have to admit I didn't do any tonight. I may squeeze some in before bedtime, but dinner was so late tonight after we went to pick up the computer. I've been getting a stitch in my side when I exercise after eating and it hurts like you know what. I'm a wimp, can't help it. Maybe after the prez, if not, I'll do extra tomorrow to make up for it. I shouldn't be late getting home tomorrow.

Have a good warm evening...

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Julie, Julie,,,
You and I have to get those exercise shoes on and go girl:whip: We are slacking up!!! Not good! Bad, Bad girls!!!!!LOL I think we both whipped out about the same time..I have slacked up as well...Tell Rick to P-L-E-A-S-E give computer to you when your home,,,p-l-e-a-s-e!!!!!! Well, I tried! Did it work?????? Just have to stay tuned to see.....Lol;)

I'm having a time of it, that's for sure. I'm really unmotivated right now. I have continually lost the same darn three pounds for the last three weeks. I lose it and gain it back, lose it and gain it back. I can't get past it and I'm not at all happy. Every Monday is weigh day and it's so darn depressing to me now and I don't feel like I'm making any difference in my fat life.

I know a lot of this is hormones which I can't do anything about except wait it out, next week will be better. I just do not want to do anything to help myself at all. I didn't come to DT yesterday because it just seemed so hard and so pointless.

I'm wondering what happened, I used to be all happy and excited every day. Now it's all so blah and I can't be enthused about anything. You'd think finally being able to wear 18/20's comfortably would motivate me, but it doesn't seem to be working so far.

If anyone cares to try to motivate me again I'd appreciate it, but even Rick didn't try to 'make' me exercise tonight. I think I just need lots of hugs more than whips and kicks.

damn hormones......

ok Julie you asked for it so i will bring on the whips and the hugs but sorry no kicks.

:whip: :whip: :hug: :hug:

beleive me i know about feeling unmotivated cuz thats me right now but please think of this as positive of the 3 pound thing cuz although you keep gaining it back you also keep losing it.
for me i gain and i gain real fast and then i gain more then i finally lose a bit and gain it back. for me its an endless cycle and wanting to just quit.'
but we cannot do that.
this is our year remember? summer is around the corner and we do wanna look good or at least alot better than last yr.
i lost alot in the begining of this and then gained and lost and now am where i was in the summer and i should be way further but setback after setback and binge after binge hasnt let me get where i want to be yet,.
you will get your drive back and think of all the nice summer clothes you can wear and not feel uncomfortable wearing.

i am with you 100%. take care and hang on,.

Hi there Julie :wave: You CAN get past it. Deep breathing. YOU are making a huge difference! Look at you all in all you are down about 30 pounds!!!! That's Awesome! I challenge you to put a box on your scale and fill it up with junk until the scale reads 30 pounds and walk around with that for a while .. I'm betting you'll just love putting that down again. You will be able to wear a satisfaction smile all day long because you know you can put that down now and you don't have to pack it around all day like you used to. So you've had your ups and downs.. so what.. you had other things going on in your life which made losing weight at that time impossible.. move on. Today is a new day. Each and every minute can be a new start if we make up our minds it will be. People begine to become successful the minute they decide to be.

4 frogs are sitting on a log. 3 decide to jump off. Ho