Today we went to an area festival to celebrate our love for hummingbirds. It was a blast, and though I couldn't get pictures of hummingbirds I took a few crowd photos to show the turnout and excitement. I took one of Mr. Me, and then it was my turn to say cheese.

And then we came home and I pulled the pictures off the camera and couldn't believe the woman who stood smiling into the sun. I said a few choice words, and Mr. Me said some very sweet and encouraging words in return. I said more words and he replied in a very loving way. I know that I'm incredibly lucky to be loved by a man who loves me for me, and the number on the scale is very low down on the list of concerns for him.

I decided that knowing what the scale says, which I have known for a very long time, well, it just doesn't mean anything if I'm not willing to pay attention to it. And I haven't been. But a photograph is irrefutable proof; I can't very well ignore that. So I'm not going to any longer.

With Mr. Me cheering me on, I signed up for Weight Watchers tonight, the Flex Plan. I'm not a go-to-meetings kind of gal, but there is accountability here and there and I'm happy for it. I can count the numbers and watch them go down!!!

Its great you have decided to give it a go, I'm looking forward to reading about your progress. Good Luck witht he weight loss.

Mrs. Me,

:welcome: You'll find a lot of support here. Making the decision to start WW is a good one.

Good luck on your weight loss.

HI :wave: & :welcome:

I love your user name ! :D

Maybe consider starting a journal here at DT - it is a great way to get to know others ( by visiting theirs ) and for us to know you ( by visiting yours ) :)

Beth :dn

If you keep a photographic record of your progress it will help to keep you motivated. I had a friend share a photograph she had taken of me 14 months ago when I was 150 pounds heavier and it made me realize why in the past I only wanted to be behind the camera and not in front of it. Best of success to you, WW is a good program, I follow a modified version of my own and have friends who have done very well on WW.

Hi, Mrs. Me, welcome to Diettalk.

I am sure you will find lots of friendly support and encouragement here as you journey to a more healthy weight. You have taken that all-important first step, so just keep going. Evidently Mr. Me will be a great help to you, and that is wonderful.

Just take it a day at a time. You didn't gain the weight overnight, you will not lose it overnight, unfortunately. We all wish for that magic pill that helps us lose those lbs. without any effort, but it hasn't been invented as yet.

Keep smiling -

Thank you everyone! I fell asleep last night feeling optimistic that if nothing else, if I don't lose the weight at least I'll be eating heathier. Mr. Me and I are self-employed, we work at home, and it is so easy not to worry about what I'm putting in my mouth. I don't have the accountability of friends and co-workers to keep me on track. But it was such an eye opener to see that photo yesterday, and then when I counted the points for all the crap I ate yesterday! :-& Bleh! I can't change the past but I can change the future.

Last night I told Mr. Me that I'd like him to take a picture of me every week. I can have the inspiration a few months from now when I've been in Plateau City for so long I'm wanting to give up. I'm also going to do the tape meaure thing every week or two as well, since muscle weighs more than fat. Let's face it, I've got no muscle and I know it! Leslie Sansone and I are going to become great friends again! Plus, in October I'm tentatively scheduled to visit family in Michigan that I haven't seen in over a year. I will still be much heavier than I wish I was, but I won't be as heavy as I am today. I'm glad I'm getting started now, and I'll have the pictures to remind me of what it could have been like if I feel any pangs of guilt or discomfort.

Thank you all again for your warm welcome and encouragement. I'll be browsing around, getting to know folks and making friends. I need you guys!


After I'm done here my plan for this morning:

Exercise - 1 mile Walk Away the Pounds
Change sheets on the bed - gymnastics if nothing else :laugh:
Wash the dog - another form of exercise (chasing her sorry butt all over the place)
Shower!

Hi, Mrs. Me!!!! :wave: I love your determination!!! You are bound to sail right through this journey to your goal and hoping that it is a rewarding and enjoyable one for ya. Mr. Me sounds like a keeper!!!

I'm also a big Leslie fan ... she's motivating and fun.

Thanks Athletea!

:sweat: I just got done with my first One Mile Walk in at least 10,000 years. I might be exaggerating, it could be more like 5,427 years, but in any case I did it. My hips and upper arms are screaming at me, I believe I heard one fatty muscle say, "Holy crap, she found the Leslie DVD we hid!!" and then burst into tears. :mus: I can live with that. :laugh:

Now, where's that stinky dog? :ninja:

Good job, Mrs. Me!!! :cheer: :dn :up:

You CAN do it. And you WILL.

hugs,
Judy

Thank you Judy!

Today ended up being mostly an unexpected car day. We decided to go for a drive and were away from home for almost five hours. No real water (too hard to stop for multiple bathroom breaks) and obviously very little opportunity to keep moving, much less exercise. It was a good day though; Mr. Me works very hard all week and is cooped up here in the house most of the time. I'm glad we were able to get out for a while today, most weekends he just works straight on through without stopping.

I'm not sure how well I did with dinner, Mr. Me wanted Mexican and we went to our favorite restaurant. I was pretty certain we would go so checked points on my usual choices and ate accordingly. I'll like it better when I can cook for myself, here we come Monday night! http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/broccoli.gif

I had my weekly phone conversation with Mom who lives in Florida. She wasn't particularly enthusiastic that I joined WW. Not unsupportive, but I was hoping for a little 'yippee and yay' attitude and it didn't happen. I probably shouldn't have said anything but we tend to talk about everything and I wouldn't have been able to keep it a secret if I wanted to. And I don't. Because I'm huge and she's going to be seeing me in a couple of months for the first time in a year. She's going to internally freak. So I guess if she knows I've been dieting and exercising then she won't freak quite so much, internally or not. I hope. :sigh:

In any case, I did my exercise today, drank lots of water - not sure how much but most of it was before lunch. Dinner maybe wasn't so good but breakfast and lunch were only 7 points and I'll definitely do better the rest of this week.

Sundays are my weigh days. It's going to be a really long week. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/faint.gif

Sundays are my weigh days. It's going to be a really long week. Mrs. Me,

I see by your Profile remarks, that your interests include "crochet, crochet, crochet".

If you could gradually fit in some of that pleasant pastime while strolling about, the increased activity, while modest at first, once it became as much as two or three hours a day (and it might take a month to work up to that level), would burn a respectable number of calories (versus crocheting while sitting), and of course the bonus is that it gets you out of the house and away from temptation (the kitchen).

Just a thought. If you're keen on visible measures of progress, you could clip on a pedometer, and post your progress on a calendar.

rD

Hello Mrs Me! Good for you making the changes needed. You'll meet great people here!! Too bad your mom didn't give you bunches of kudos for starting WW. I think it's a great program, although I'm not on it. But everyone who is seems to have no complaints!!! Good for you!!

Melinda :D

Hi, Mrs.Me -

Your mom should be proud of starting Weight Watchers. No, I'm not a member, but I know it presents a balanced program and lots of support.

Good luck -

Thanks guys and gals, I do feel better after reading your thoughtful comments. Mom means well and I'm sure didn't realize she might squash my excitement. Besides, I don't really think she believes WW isn't a good option. She's a tough one to figure out sometimes. She's been doing Leslie Sansone videos for a couple of years now after I introduced them to her on my last diet attempt, and I'm sure some of her reticence is the knowledge that I didn't follow through the last time. Or that maybe she's been doing pretty good on her own without outside help. I need it though, I know that.

I'm a little headachy tonight, maybe due to a severe cut in sugar and caffeine intake. Maybe just the weather. Tired too.

We watched SuperSize Me tonight, hadn't seen that before. Definitely an interesting movie to watch when you've just started a diet. I'm not at all interested in my usual Wendy's fix. Thanks for the added motivation, Mr. Spurlock! :laugh:

Ugh I've got to get moving today and I'm so tired. We've got to return the rental car by noon and I need to come up with some sort of grocery list, besides doing all my usual morning cleaning routine. And I will exercise too, I'm not skipping it because I know I won't do it after we come back home. There always seems to be so many other things that need to be done in my usual routine that it's hard to shove something else into the middle of it. Exercise is going to get firmly planted though, I can't afford not to do it.

Off to make the bed and clean the kitchen... Drink lots of water and exercise too.

If only I could wake up!

You're doin' great, Mrs. Me!!! Keep goin' ... I love your little smilie with the hair blowin' in the wind ... you will make that goal!!!

Thanks again Athletea, I really appreciate the encouragement! :D The little smiley is one of my favorites too, she follows me almost everywhere.

We just got home from returning the rental car and grocery shopping. Mr. Me doesn't usually go with me to the store and I'm glad to have him along when he does, I enjoy his company (and he carries the bags for me, a definite plus! http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/hee.gif ). I had figured out a menu before we left the house this morning which always makes shopping easier. I'll still end up going back to the store mid-week, I always do, but the bulk of the week's meals are out of the way now. I stocked up on some Smart Ones for me to have for lunches most days. I'm not a big lunch eater, I tend to not want to have to cook something so those entrees will be great. And we were good and didn't get (fast) food out while we were gone but came home to eat lunch instead. I also bought some FF yogurt to have for snacks and desserts.

I'm finding it pretty easy to stay well within my points so far. Of course, it's only been two days and I've got plenty to work with since I'm so heavy. But I back tracked and figured out points for the few days before I started and I'm only consuming about a third of what I was eating before. I've got my fingers crossed that the scale will reflect the changes on Sunday, I'm bound not to step on it until then because I don't think I can handle the disappointment.

I did exercise this morning as promised to myself, and I am starting to feel it in my hips and shoulders. I can't wait to get the aches and pains part over, the next couple of days are going to be uncomfortable for sure. But it'll be a good kind of discomfort so if I complain I don't really mean it.

Hey Mrs. Me - thought I'd drop in to congratulate you on all the positive changes you're making! Cutting your food intake by 1/3 and staying within points is :super:. As for those aches and pains... think of them as badges of honor, and wear them with pride. :)

(I tried to envision crocheting and walking at the same time, but... I think r-D must be more coordinated than I am. :laugh:)

Thank you Anne!

I think the only way I could do it is if I had a music stand like they use in marching bands - something attached to me that would hold the pattern. Other than that I just wouldn't have enough hands! :laugh: I'm definitely not that coordinated.

Now, if I knew the pattern by heart and it wasn't a big project... :D

I've done all this before you know. The dieting, the watering (of me), the journaling. The WW thing is new, I've never done WW before so I'm extremely hopeful. But I bring all this up to say that the last go round I was so incredibly sick of the bathroom wallpaper I was anxious to rip it down and paint. I never did that. Already now, after two days of massive water drinking I'm more than ready to make some plans again. That bathroom is too ugly to be spending so much time in there!! :laugh:

(I tried to envision crocheting and walking at the same time, but... I think r-D must be more coordinated than I am. :laugh:)anne2,

Well, of course I brought it up as a way for Mrs. Me to inch into something more active like walking, rather than sitting around crocheting. It's not so much the calories being burned (which would be quite respectable once you're logging two or three hours a day of pleasant strolling), as getting away from the kitchen.

There's nothing harder than "not" doing something (like eating). If you can find a substitute activity, preferrably a new one (perhaps daily walking?), it's far easier to cast off eating habits you'd like to disappear.

rD

ps. I used to knit (but only for a dozen hours total, and never really grew to like it). My Mom was keen on crocheting, and would pass many a time while watching Soap Operas, doing projects (she's long past that now, but still uses her favourite, a fancy blanket). I just figured if the pattern were simple enough, it could be done while walking.

If it were complicated, a dodge around needing to carry a pattern stand, would be to tape record the sequence while you're doing it inside and reading aloud from the pattern, until it's about to repeat. Then carry a walkman and listen to your own instructions while continuing it during walking. But the main point would be to get out and be establishing a firm habit of doing something new, as a substitute for giving up something old.

r-D, you have to know that the crazy woman inside of me spent a lot of time trying to invision walking and working on the doily, snowflakes or pet blanket I'm working on at various times right now. :D I LOVE the idea, any time I can squeeze in more fiber work is a happy time for me. I mean, I spent a LOT of time trying to figure out how best to do it. Plus, since my exercise routine at the moment consists of leaping around the room to a Leslie Sansone mile walk, you can imagine the tangled mess I'd have if I gave it a try... but believe me, if I could I would! :laugh:

........ Plus, since my exercise routine at the moment consists of leaping around the room to a Leslie Sansone mile walk, you can imagine the tangled mess I'd have if I gave it a try... but believe me, if I could I would! :laugh:Mrs. Me,

Three hours of strolling around, burns off more calories than a half hour's vigourous aerobic routine, and at far less risk to the joints.

Of course I had not envisioned you trying anything more active than merely strolling around while crocheting, and yes, I do appreciate the built-in desire to make the most of your time. 'Upright time is calorie burning time', so exercise need not necessarily be limited to sessions of 'leaping around the room'.

rD

Three hours of strolling around, burns off more calories than a half hour's vigourous aerobic routine, and at far less risk to the joints...
'Upright time is calorie burning time', so exercise need not necessarily be limited to sessions of 'leaping around the room'.

rD

I'm working on it, I promise, just as fast as I can. My daily routine doesn't include as much strolling around time as I'd like to have, but I make the most out of the walking time I do have... not just using a videotape but that is part of it. As I get settled into rearranging my usual schedule, figuring out what works best and when, then hopefully I can rely on more low impact forms of exercise. In the meantime, I'm doing the best I can with the time I have each day.

perhaps rD means to be helpful, but gosh, I think it sounds pretty darn critical to say "do something active instead of crocheting." --Hmm, perhaps rD should do something active instead of time spent on the computer??? (sorry if that sounds mean of me, but sheesh...)

Down time is good time, especially if it is, like crocheting, down time that generally can't be spent with food in hand. When I crocheted, it was always as a "multitask"--listening to music, chatting with friends, watching TV; and it kept food outta' my mitts during times (all of the above list) when I *would* have been eating, if it weren't for my crochet. So? Eh, great advice, but right now, my emphasis, were I in your shoes, would be on the eating component. The last thing you want to do is spend 24 hours on the treadmill and get an injury that'll sideline you from all the marathons you'll run as a skinny gal. Work activity in gradually, be healthy, get healthier! It's a fabulous upward spiral, done correctly!!

I'm also a WW-er, though I don't do meetings, and I don't really do my flex points...I eat at my alotted points, daily, that is it. About once a week I may go over in my points, but it's been fabulously successful, this go around (and I am pretty darn active, though I do love my quilting and reading :D) --whereas, when I went to meetings, I sucked. Failed. Gained. I used every blasted flexpoint I had, and more (ooooh, activity points!! EAT MORE!!! "whattya mean, I GAINED???") My partner scoffed when I joined WW, my mom and sister were sort of ambivalent (my sister had done WW and had similar results to my first attempt) --but I'm making 'em believers! You do the same. Smile, count your points, watch the numbers go down!

YOU CAN DOO IT!!

(and Welcome to Journals, by the way :wave: )

Thank you thank you thank you Jessica, I very much appreciate everything you've said!! Particularly regarding the WW allotted points and meetings. There are no close meetings to me (or the WW site doesn't know about them, I'm still waiting on our once a week local paper to check for an ad) and I made the decision to go for it anyway, without the meetings and having Mr. Me and the websites (WW and here) for my support. AND, so far - we're talking the third day now, I have no illusions - I've been able to stay within my allotted points with no problems. So now I'm burning a few calories doing a happy dance this morning to hear of your successes which can only motivate my own. :dn

I don't get to spend near as much time as I wish I could crocheting. But if the television is on and I find myself sitting there rather than in here in front of the computer (we have an online business) then I am crocheting. I manage not to eat while I crochet pretty easily - I love to crochet and eating takes time away from that. In the evenings, usually around 8pm, we are settling down to watch a movie together and I crochet then. I tend not to have dessert though Mr. Me does. Not because I'm noble and too good to have it, but eating something wastes crocheting time. Can't have that! :laugh:

I think crocheting is wonderful and it does keep your hands to busy to eat. I like to read, which unfortunately, you can eat doing.
I've managed to stop that behavior though.

Congrats on your exercise. Any exercise is good (unless it's high impact) Gets the heart a pumpin.
I hate exercise, but once I start, I love it. Then I hate it again... weird.

Anyway,
Thanks for stopping in my journal. Nice to see you there.

Have a wonderful day.

Dar

Mrs. Me, you are doin' great!!! :cheer: I love the needle arts, too, and would not have lost my original weight without benefit of shuttle tatting ... soothin' to the nerves and I defy anyone to shuttle tat and eat at the same time ... or crochet and eat at the same time. :laugh: There's nothing wrong with kickin' back, relaxin' and crocheting or whatever you like to do, you deserve it and should enjoy it to the hilt!

Thank you fleurange and Athleta!

I hate exercise, but once I start, I love it. Then I hate it again... weird.

I'm the same way. I feel great right now because I just finished the tape, and as the day goes by I'll try to fit it in again. Except I don't really want to, you know? And I do have to get prescriptions for Mr. Me today, so I will do a lot of on-purpose getting lost and wandering around the store and parking lot just to keep the calories moving.

Atheleta, shuttle tatting scares the crap out of me! Not that I've tried it mind you. :D Give me a hook and I'm fine and dandy, but looking at those shuttles confuses me to no end. One of these days I'd like to try though, I just have so many crochet projects in the back of my mind I haven't taken the time to learn anything new.


Mr. Me came in while I was walking with Leslie and gave me a kiss on the cheek. He timed it really well with some kicks so he was safe standing beside me. He said he was really proud of me, as I'm sweating and red faced he said I was doing a great job and he was proud of me. What more can a girl ask out of her fella?

Mrs. Me, if ya ever wanna tat and don't wanna do shuttle, there's always needle tatting, which is way easier ... it's similar to crochet ... and in the ol' days there was also cro-tattin' ... which is kind of a hybrid. But I love crochet as well ... maybe you could post pics of some of your projects on this journal. It really IS related to weight management/fitness, as all things we do to live a healthy balanced life are related to each other. Have a great day!

Hi, Mrs. Me:

I am a fellow crochet enthusiast, but I have never tried to crochet while walking. And I don't plan to try, either. But I find that using a crochet hook to make something lovely helps keep my hands out of the refrigerator in the evenings.

I also knit and do needlepoint.

You are doing great with your exercise. Keep up the good work.

OOPS! I didn't mean to sound critical of r-D's idea - I just honestly am not the sort of person who could pull that off. You should see what my crochet attempts look like while I'm sitting still! Add walking, and we'd have one big woolly mess on our hands. :laugh:

I agree that crafts are a great way to keep occupied without snacking! I'm thinking about signing up for knitting lessons, to give my hands something to do during quiet time.

I'm glad you're getting into the one-mile workout. That's so sweet about your hubby sneaking a kiss between the kicks. Those Leslie Sansone videos are terrific, especially if you're just getting started or need to worry about impact. She's a very sympathetic instructor, imo. (r-D, Sansone doesn't do the sort of intense aerobics you may have been thinking about - her stuff is based on walking, with added variations to incorporate upper body).

Keep at it, Mrs. Me, you're doing :super:

Hello Mrs. Me! I wanted to stop by and say hello. I have been enjoying your journal so far! Your hubby sounds so sweet and cute. I'm glad you have such a fine husband!! And congrats to you on starting a new eating and exercising regime. That is awesome. Even if you don't get support from you mom, you will definitely find it here! :)

I'm glad another fellow crafter has joined our group! You should post some pics of your projects. I tried one crochet afgan, and it turned out ok, but I gave it away. I am more into quilting.

Have a terrific day, Mrs. Me, and keep it up! You're doing awesome. I'm sending you good scale vibes for Sunday!!!

Wow, thanks ladies! It's so nice to see such kind thoughts in my journal.

maybe you could post pics of some of your projects on this journal. It really IS related to weight management/fitness, as all things we do to live a healthy balanced life are related to each other. Have a great day!

I will not too long in the future I'm sure. I tend to get pretty blabby about projects once I finish them. :D

I am a fellow crochet enthusiast, but I have never tried to crochet while walking. And I don't plan to try, either. But I find that using a crochet hook to make something lovely helps keep my hands out of the refrigerator in the evenings.

I also knit and do needlepoint.

You are doing great with your exercise. Keep up the good work.

Thank so much! I did get to crochet for a little while this afternoon, sitting down mind you. :laugh: It was the first time since Friday so I'm pretty happy. I think I go through withdrawal if I miss it for too long. I don't know how to knit either but it's also on my list of things to do in the future.

I agree that crafts are a great way to keep occupied without snacking! I'm thinking about signing up for knitting lessons, to give my hands something to do during quiet time.

I'm glad you're getting into the one-mile workout. That's so sweet about your hubby sneaking a kiss between the kicks. Those Leslie Sansone videos are terrific, especially if you're just getting started or need to worry about impact. She's a very sympathetic instructor, imo.

I'm wondering if that is why I failed at my last attempt at weight loss. I didn't have anything to occupy myself during those quiet times. Now crocheting is almost a reward most days if I can find the time to do it. I just put exercising before the crocheting so I have even more to reward myself for.

Hello Mrs. Me! I wanted to stop by and say hello. I have been enjoying your journal so far! Your hubby sounds so sweet and cute. I'm glad you have such a fine husband!! And congrats to you on starting a new eating and exercising regime. That is awesome. Even if you don't get support from you mom, you will definitely find it here! images/smilies/smile.gif

I'm glad another fellow crafter has joined our group! You should post some pics of your projects. I tried one crochet afgan, and it turned out ok, but I gave it away. I am more into quilting.

Thanks so much rikkij! I'd love to quilt, my mother does and there are so many beautiful patterns out there to do. Yes, I know, but another thing on my wish to do list. I can't help it, I'm craft-addicted!!

And I'm Mr. Me's biggest fan, hands down. He hasn't done a Leslie tape with me yet but he's incredibly encouraging and supportive. Usually he'll do a few minutes beside me and steal a kiss on the cheek just when I begin to think he won't. I couldn't do this without him.

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We are getting ready for a post office run and then to the store to pick up the prescriptions for Mr. Me. I was going to go this morning but something made me decide to wait until this afternoon, I can't recall just now what that thing was. In any case, the A/C doesn't work in my car and while I could take Mr. Me's car which does have A/C I'm much more comfortable driving mine and so I just sit and bake while running errands. He made some calls today about getting it repaired (it's '93 Mazda Protege, paid for and not new enough that I love spending a ton of money to get it repaired but I'm not going to argue too much) and hopefully by the end of next week I will be able to stay cool in my car. I can hardly wait. IN THE MEANTIME, he's taking me on the errands today in his car which will be nice. I've got a chicken/rice thing in the crockpot (6 pts a serving, I'm happy) so dinner will be waiting when we get home.

In other words (and there were a lot of them), I've got to fly but will be back later to catch up on journals and things. I hope everyone is having a great day and drinking lots of water!

....... (r-D, Sansone doesn't do the sort of intense aerobics you may have been thinking about - her stuff is based on walking, with added variations to incorporate upper body).anne2,

Guess I took Mrs. Me's earlier remark "my exercise routine at the moment consists of leaping around the room to a Leslie Sansone mile walk" too seriously then.

My Aunt completely reversed her type 2 diabetes and got off her meds, through a concerted walking program (and for her, most of the benefit was simply getting away from the kitchen -- she was literally a continual 'snacker', as earlier she'd always have something at hand when we went to visit her). Weather permitting, I've always felt that getting outdoors beats an indoor routine, most times.

(It might bend the copyright rules, but tape recording the Sansone routines for personal use to enjoy while out walking, would be another approach, as crocheting during walking is sounding like it's impractical for all but the simplest projects.)

rD

Just wanted to say HEY Mrs. Me - and say it looks like you're doing great!

Thanks Rabbit!

We just got done eating dinner and I'm all giddy because though I feel full I know most of it is because I ate about a cup each of steamed broccoli and cauliflower before starting on the chicken and rice stuff. All of which was very good but usually I'd just eat the chicken and rice and skip the vegetables. I'm now celebrating with a cup of coffee and two teaspoons of Suisse Mocha for a treat. The points aren't bad and I've missed my usual caffeine fix. I've been drinking tea the last couple of days but it just isn't the same. I'm still well within alloted points for the day, I'm happy with everything I had to eat today and my exercises.

I just hope I feel the same way a couple months from now!

Hiya Mrs. Me,

I just wanted to Pop in and Say Hello and that I have been reading your post and your doing an Awsome Job :cheer: Keep up the Great Work....


Cat :o

Hello and welcome to DT!

I will keep my response to being about YOU! Thank you for visiting my journal. I think a 30 minute WATP tape could lead to bigger and better things.. or not.. depending on what your goals are.

It's all about YOUR goals.. if your goals is about getting more fit.. intensity versus length is the way to go... If your goal is about it _never_ getting easier and less tedious.. then.. that's an odd goal to have. ;) I think you are doing great and YES! It will hurt less as time goes on!

I look forward to reading about your journey.

Corinna

Hi Corinna and Cat, thanks for stopping by my journal!

I'm already looking forward to exercising tomorrow, for the record. :D Each day so far has gotten a little bit easier; my sad little muscles are remembering what to do and how to do it. It's about time I say. By the end of the week they will stop their complaining and then I might move on to the Two Mile walk... or maybe wait another week. I'm not rushing my sedentary self too fast, I want to keep exercising, not have to take a break from it from an injury.

In the meantime, I'm looking forward to it, absolutely... at least until about 30 minutes before I start. Then I dread it for a little while until it's over again. :laugh:

Good night all!

Hi Mrs. Me,

I'm glad to see you are sticking with it. The hardest part about doing the walk away the pounds is getting started. Once I get going on it, I'm ok, and it feels pretty good.

Hang in there, you're doing good!! :D

Mostly, I really like to exercise--once I'm doing it--but I am a professional procrastinator about it. That Nike slogan? Oh, yeah...Just Do It. :)

I jumped on and off the scale this morning, just to see. I'm not telling what it said but it smiled and winked at me most delightfully and told me I was doing very well. It's so nice when an object that has the power to do both good and evil chooses to wake you up with a cheery Goooooood Mooooorning!!! I know it won't always be so happy to see me so I'll cherish the good days as they come.

So I'm motivated to get started this morning, get moving and get to work. I had a very nice email from my mother this morning:

3 days probably sounds like "baby steps" but that's 3 days you've put toward your goals. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/cheer.gif Just remember you didn't put that weight on in 3 days. Keep going!!!

She's a good Mom. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/heartpump.gif

I miss coffee too :c( .Hey, nice of you to drop by and say "Hello" so am saying "hello" back.

Off I go to clean and exercise and clean some more. Thank you Kitty81, Jessica, and Jumpsoda for dropping by my journal. I hope you all have a great day today!

Hi Mrs. Me! I'm glad you got such a nice email from your mom. And how cool that the scale is saying you're going in the right direction. Keep it up! And I'm proud of you for eating the veggies this time. That was one thing that was really hard for me. To start eating veggies (instead of candy. Just ask Jump. I'm addicted to Skittles.)

Have another great day! :)

Hey Mrs. Me, good to hear you received a warm welcome from your scale!

I'm glad you're enjoying the Sansone video, and keeping motivated. IMO, the best type of exercise is the exercise you enjoy enough to do consistently. Outdoors, indoors, whatever floats your fitness boat, not what someone else says you should do.

Your mom said it best in her email - the past three days are something to be proud of. She sounds like a wonderful woman. :)

You're doing fabulous, Mrs. Me. Have a terrific day!

Hi Rikki & Anne! http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/hi.gif

I got interrupted somewhat while walking with Leslie and the gang this morning. My sister called, finally, to talk about my joining WW. She's joined about a year ago and it's a very long story... basically she didn't do the plan so it didn't work. Of course. She likes her glasses of wine in the evenings too much to give them up, which is also another very long story. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/sigh.gif So we talked for a little while as I kept up the workout pace (but couldn't do the arm stuff, it was too hard to do while holding the phone) and when it was over I called her back. We talked for about an hour, me trying to be encouraging and motivate her to try again. I'm hopeful but I think it would take big successes on my part in order for her to do anything about it. She needs to lose about 40 pounds to hit her proper weight on the charts and of course would like to but just hasn't made the decision to go for it. Hopefully soon, if only to get her to stop drinking quite so much.

Mr. Me and I talked for a long time after I got off the phone with my sister. I cried a little because that's just what I do, can't help it. I do feel better after talking with him though, I always do. He seems to magically know just the right things to say to let me feel good or at least better about myself.

I know I can't base my diet success on the hopes of her stopping drinking, that is foolish on my part. But I'll allow myself to work a little harder with her in mind if she can use me as any sort of inspiration.

I ate my Smart Ones lunch and a yogurt after Mr. Me and I talked and have polished off a liter bottle of water since then. I am contemplating running Leslie again as I don't feel like I got the full benefit but have too many things to do that I couldn't do while on the phone with my sister.

This day is just going to fly past and I won't have accomplished a thing!!!!! http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/oops.gif

Hi, Mrs. Me!!! Thanks for droppin' by my journal yesterday and I just wanted to say "hello" and congrats on that Demon Scale :lil: winkin' 'n smilin' at thee!!!! You're really off to the races on this journey and seem to have such a great mindset about it that I don't see how ANYTHING can stop ya from succeeding!!!

And I bet you motivate sis more than ya think just by carin' about her and continuing to believe in your own success. :)

I love your interesting smilie collection, BTW!!!

Thank you Athletea, I really appreciate it. And I've collected the smilies here and there. I use them on other forums and feel naked without them.

Yesterday was a pretty crappy day. I was in a blue mood after talking to my sister for the rest of the day, even wanted some cheesecake but didn't eat it. Wanting it is okay, eating it isn't. And there is one in the freezer chest that I can tell is going to torture the crap out of me if I don't get it out of there soon. It's just too good to throw away but I suspect I'm going to have to toss it.

Today I feel better. I didn't trip on the scale so I have no idea but I was within alloted points yesterday as I have been all along. I suspect I am at least on track or lost a little more. I'll know for sure on Sunday.

I did try to exercise again in the afternoon, but my legs told me in very clear terms that while I may have felt like I didn't get any benefit out of the phone call/exercise routine yesterday, I did. They felt like I'd run a marathon earlier in the day so I stopped pretty quickly. I'm not about to make exercise a torture, and I did keep up the pace even while I was on the phone. It was just the arm stuff I couldn't do.

Time to grab my water bottle http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/waterbottle.gif and get to exercising. I've got a load of laundry I need to check on too.

Hi Mrs. Me! I know what you mean about having treats in the house. Maybe instead of tossing it, you could take it to a neighbor or something. That way SOMEONE would get to enjoy it, and you don't have to eat it! Just a thought.

Sorry you were in a blue mood yesterday. I hate it when those moods strike. Sometimes it's hard to get out of them! Hope you have a better day today. You're still doing great. Keep up the good work.

Your icons are so cool - how do I add them into my post? I have a frog I would love to use here but don't know how to add it.

That is sad about your sister.......but you are there for her and that is important even if it may not seem like it at the time.

Beth :dn

Hi Rikki and Beth! Thanks for stopping by! Beth, I sent you a PM about the smilies and how to post them. I hope it helps and let me know if it doesn't.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/yawn.gif I'm tired tonight. We had a good day, one of our dogs ran away late last night but came back today. We got his run fixed up so he can't break loose again. He has been sleeping most of the day after his night of rampant I can only imagine what he was doing. I had to go to Home Depot for a few things and ran into Kroger next door and was thrilled to find the WW magazine. I'd been looking for it and Kroger was my last shot, so now I know where to find it until my subscription kicks in.

Point wise I did good today, didn't go over my Points, exercised and even hustled through Home Depot and Kroger for the hour or more that I was there to squeeze in a little more exercise time. This evening though the power went out during a thunderstorm http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/storm.gif and Mr. Me and I ended up playing Uno by candlelight until it came back on around 10:30. I had bought a couple different Smart Ones desserts to have on occasion and we both decided we'd have a chocolate eclair. I dug out two from the deep freeze and set them out to thaw. By the time they were edible Mr. Me decided he didn't want his. My old mentality kicked in - "well, I can't refreeze it and I don't want to throw it away so I might as well eat it, I'll still be within Points so it's okay." And so I did eat it. And I was right, I am still within Points - but I've got the worst upset stomach I've had in some time!! http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/yuck.gif I definitely won't be doing that again any time soon! That's what they make refrigerators for, even if the power wasn't on it would have been okay for a day or two. Bleh. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/rolleye.gif

Hi Mrs Me.
just stopping in to say g'day..ww is such a wonderful program..i used ww to lose my weight and keep it off..i think because its very commonsense is what makes it really workable.. 2 of my neighbours have just joined and are doing great with it!
i am sure that your sister will get some inspiration from you when she is ready.as with anything the more you want someone to do something the more than may rebel against the idea..i know thats what i have done in the past.
Keep up the great work.
hugs bell :)

Hi, Mrs. Me!!! You're doin' great, sorry thou hast had a stomach ache from the extra WW treat, hope you feel better!!! Glad thy dog came back, I had to smile about the picture of him sleepin' off his night o' wild abandon ... or whatever he did!!! Have a great day!

Hi Bell and Atheleta! http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/hi.gif Thanks for the encouragement! I'm feeling better this morning, slept like a log (or a resting dog) and am still trying to wake up.

I 'tripped' over the scale again this morning. It's being really nice to me, like double digit nice to me and it hasn't even been a week yet. Do you think I should buy it flowers? Maybe a new car? Flowers are cheaper, I'll get a nice vase and set them right by the scale so it can see them. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/daisies.gif I'll save the car for when I've been plateauing for three weeks and ready to try something bigger.

I know this level of loss will taper down to the safe two pounds or less a week soon enough. The rate I'm losing right now only proves to me how unbelieveably bad I was eating up until Sunday. If it was even remotely good I wouldn't lose this fast, I'm sure of it.


We were going to have dinner out tonight, now I think it is going to be tomorrow night since the power was out so long yesterday. Our work day tends to have odd hours and the outage hit some of them and maybe rescheduled the plans. In either case I already know what I'm going to eat and the points attached. I think I'm going to skip any WW desserts though. Just to be safe.

Time to exercise!!

Hello from south Georgia! My you sound like you have really turned a corner in your life and ready to take controll of this weight/lifestyle. GOOD FOR YOU! You sound so STRONG emotionally, you must feel so proud at the changes you have made. We have lived in Georgia 12 yrs last June, we really enjoy it(although the summers are killers) keep those changes in place and slowly add to the workout, you will hit the goal you have set.

Hey Mrs Me, congrats on the friendly scale results! I'm afraid I don't have any good advice re: gifts for scales, as I've never bought mine anything. They've never deserved it. :laugh: Sorry about the power outage and tummy ache, but it sounds like you are doing a :super: job with the changes you're making. You GO, Mrs. Me!

Hi Judith and Anne! I'm glad you stopped by my journal, thanks for the kind words.

I had another nice talk with Mr. Me about my dieting and WW and I felt very optimistic and positive after. He's my best cheerleader, hands down. He doesn't mind listening to me babble on endlessly about my goals and hopes and dreams thank goodness. I couldn't do this without his support.

We did end up going out for dinner tonight but to a different restaurant than I thought. I was as careful as I could be and added up points after I came home. Not too bad, and I'm enjoying a cup of coffee with creamer and Suisse Mocha. I'm still under the allowed for the day by a whopping .5 of a point. I know I can go over legally, but it's kind of nice to know that I'm full and comfortable staying just below the target than sneaking over once in a while.

Congrats on staying under... just under. I know it you are to far under that's no good either. Damned if you do damned if you don't. LOL.

So glad Mr. Me is so supportive. That makes such a big difference.

Must be off.

Have a great night

Dar

re gifts for scales--I promised mine I'd give it less bulk to weigh :D--and it was relieved (You're doing a superduper job, good for you! A little under, from what I've discovered, can be okay, a lot under seems to stall the scales, and a lot OVER makes the scales reverse direction. but you're doing :up: super great, so keep on doing whatever you're doing!)

:super: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yippee ! you go girl ! :cheer:

Beth :dn

Thank you Fleurange, Jessica and Beth! It's nice to see your bright and shining faces and kind words in my journal this morning, except maybe you're all asleep right now? :) Thanks very much for the encouragement, it helps to know I have a support system in place and you all are a very big part of it.

I'm up early this morning to exercise, shower, eat breakfast and then head to town for various odds and ends. I need sugar; I'm making hummingbird nectar every day, most days about 3 or 4 cups at a time and I barely have enough left to make 1 cup. I'm not a baker so the only time a year I buy sugar is hummingbird time so for some reason I can't ever remember to buy any at the store, and now the babies are fledging nests and I'm busy busy busy keeping them fed. Last night we counted 12 hummingbirds zooming around our feeders, and according to our local Hummingbird Study Group I can multiply that number by 6 to get a number closer to the actual count zooming around the backyard, give or take a few birds. No wonder I'm so busy! I also need to buy another four cup feeder, obviously!

Time to exercise, thank goodness Mr. Me got up when I did or he'd have a very rude wake up alarm! :laugh:

The scales were really nice to me. 302 this morning! http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/dance.gif Thirteen pounds lost in the first week and I'm really happy. I know a LOT of it is water weight, my feet were swollen nearly every day before I started and they haven't been since Wednesday, my rings fit a better too. Truly, I don't care if it's all water weight and no fat loss, it still represents a positive change for me and I'm proud of it.

I always think that if people have water weight to lose, then losing it is good, no? Weigt is weight is weight.. (if you're doing it in a healthy manner)

Congrats!

Corinna

Hi CapeCodCoy and Corinna! Thanks so much for the encouragement, I can never have too much!!

CapeCodCoy ~ I'm not a big fan of exercising either but I know it's the only way I'm going to get anywhere. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/hyper.gif Plus it's good for me, I've spent too much of the last year sitting on my butt. I want to move and feel good darn it! I'm tired of swollen feet and aching knees and hips. Blech! So I do it and like it while I do it. Until the time comes to do it again. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/hee.gif

Corinna ~ I do agree, weight is weight is weight. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/clap.gif So long as it stays off I don't care what it was when I got rid of it. I bought two 5 lb packages of sugar yesterday for making hummingbird nectar so I've got a good idea just how much weight 13 pounds feels like. I'm pretty impressed with myself right now. :laugh:


Speaking of exercising, this morning I tried a different Leslie 1 mile walk workout (the Express version). I didn't care for it so much. No real arm work and I felt the difference big time. So after finishing it and while I was still warm I popped in my other Leslie dvd and did the other 1 mile walk. If you'd told me I was going to do that when I started I would have laughed like crazy, but instead I found myself doing not one but two miles today. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/woohoo2.gif I'm not about to make a habit out of that, but I'm pretty proud of myself for doing it. I don't really think I'm physically up to doing a 2 mile walk yet, I don't want to risk hurting myself. But give me another couple of weeks and I'll be there and eyeballing the 3 mile walks.

I also had a great talk with my mom this evening about my weight loss. She's maybe going to join WW and do it with me, or at the very least follow my lead and read the free stuff on the site. Either way is fine with me, I'm just glad to have her support. I knew she'd come around eventually.

Yey there, Mrs. Me!!! Wow, I just turn my back for a sec 'n ye'all go 'n lose 13 POUNDS!!! Huzzah!!! :cheer: Hurray!!! That's fantastic ... and I also agree that weight is weight ... we do drop water weight first but that's a huge step in the process that will get ya to goal!!! Ye're gonna make it all the way, Mrs. Me!!!!

I guarantee!!!! (That's a sayin' some friends from Louisiana used to use ... it means YOWZA, YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY AND NOTHIN' CAN STOP YE NOW)!!!

Have some potassium:

:dn :dn :dn x 4 (12 pounds) PLUS :dn (one pound) = 13!!!!!!

It's sad, I like the dancing banana!

Does your mom need to lose much weight?

Congrats on doing the extra mile! I have a slight (just a little) addiction to working out... So I think it's alllllll good!

Corinna

Thanks Athletea and Corinna! I'm not sure how much weight my mother needs to lose, I do know she is wearing a 1x or XL depending on the item of clothing so of course not nearly as much as I do. She does the Leslie walks too.

I'm up and ready to exercise this morning. After a bit we're taking my car in to have the a/c fixed, oh joy of all joys. I want to be cooler in the car, but the thought of the hit to my pocketbook is downright scary. It'll be done on Wednesday I think, so I'll get to be chauffered around by Mr. Me for a few days.

Grocery shopping this afternoon! Will my pocketbook ever survive?? :laugh:

Hi Mrs. Me!

CONGRATS ON 13 LBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:cheer: :dn :party: :1stprize: :up:

Keep up the fantastic work!

YOU GO, YOU!!! :dn:

(what a fabulous weigh in!!!)

Congratulations on the weight loss. You must feel wonderful and in control.

Carol

Tonight as I was putting our dinner plates on the table I was struck by how much green there was on mine. I'm not a big green fan ya know, so the very fact that I have been eating vegetables for dinner every night for the last 10 days is a HUGE deal. Mr. Me has already commented on it a few times. Tonight I made a WW recipe, the stuffed chicken breasts (http://www.weightwatchers.com/food/rcp/index.aspx?recipeId=53891) with spinach and feta cheese (4 pts), steamed a cup each of broccoli and cauliflower to split with Mr. Me and had a small salad on the side with iceberg lettuce and more fresh spinach. Green green green green! Not that I'm complaining mind you. I'm stuffed to the gills with good food and very little points for dinner. Yay me!

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Oh, and Mr. Me is pretty much doing WW too, he just doesn't realize the degree to which he is dieting. Don't tell him!

Hi Mrs Me...I love your user name and your journal...You are doing super....Keep up the great work and you will be there before you know it... :)

super attitude...Oh..and I promise not to tell Mr Me he is really dieting too :laugh:

Take care
Lulu

Thanks ladies! Mr. Me likes to drizzle a little olive oil over his steamed vegetables but I eat mine plain. I guess if I can't have the cheese I won't try anything else. And that FF cheese just won't melt! :laugh:

spray some pam in a pan ( har har - tounge twister ) and dice up some garlic and add to your vegs and say YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Your doing :super:

Beth :dn

Hey MrsMe!
i was looking for a chicken recipe earlier this afternoon and i wish i had of come and seen your journal..the stuffed chicken recipe sounds delicious..i am going to try that later in the week..i already have lemon and rosemary marinated chicken cooking now and it smells divine!!!
my hubby also lost weight when i was doing ww..he didnt even know he was doing the program..its another wonderful by- product of us getting healthy..the partners benefit as well..
sounds like you are doing great!
hugs bell :)

Hey Beth and Bell! Beth, that sounds like a good idea and Bell, the chicken was fabulous!


I'm sitting here with feet itching to walk in and step on the scale. I'm doing my best to resist. I changed my weigh day from Sunday to Wednesday and feel like I should weigh today. Of course it hasn't been a week yet so there is hardly any point. WW won't let me enter my weight until next week anyway so I should just be good and wait. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/snail.gif It's going to be a long week until next Wednesday, I know I won't make it.

There is a remote possibility that my car will be ready today. I'm trying to count on it.

:wave:

that chicken does sound yumm...and you know, WW wants you to have Olive Oil every day...A small amount of fat helps your body to utilize all the nutrients...

glad that the chicken was yum, MrsMe! mine was too!!!
I hope that your car is ready today.
hugs bell :)

Gawd... I think I would die if I had to wait to weigh. I'm a scale jumper through and through.

I only weigh once a month at Curves, but I'm on mine everyday.

When I fry my veggies, I spray my pan with Pam, and sprinke garlic powder in it. Then add my veggies and mix. ( I may use olive oil and do the same, once in a while)

Have a good one

Dar

Hey Mrs Me.

I had a little time to waste and popped into your journal. Man 13 pounds? In a week? That cannot be all water weight. Good job! I'm glad that WW is working for you. My parents are totally unsupportive about the whole diet thing, they always have been. This time I just decided not to mention it. When my mom makes comments like "Hey, you've lost weight, what are you doing? I've never seen you exercise (thanks mom)" I just say "oh, I eat less" I eat more when she stresses out about my weight and this way she cant tell me that I am going to give up soon. I'm sure that once your mom sees that you are serious about this, she'll get more supportive.

-kelsey

ps. I love crocheting too! I make hats and scarves for my friends (weird thing to do at age 18) but in the winter snuggling up with a half finished scarf with a blanket around you is just as comforting as a bowl of soup.. or two.

Wow, lots of comments! Thanks Jessica, Bell, fleurange and Kelsey!


I use olive oil when I cook, salmon in particular. Yum! I'm tempted to drizzle a little over my veggies but haven't done it yet. One of these days I'm going to add a little garlic though, you all are giving me great ideas!

I did step on the scale today - it was down another 2 pounds so 300 lbs! I kind of feel like I'm cheating to change my stats (ya know, because it isn't "official" 8-|) but probably will before the night is over. I told Mr. Me that I would definitely weigh on Friday again, kind of a midway point and plus before the weekend. I know we're going to Cracker Barrel Friday night for dinner, I just need to research those points.

I think my mother has come around, though I suspect she still has a few reservations. She did say she was impressed with the first week 13 lb loss enough to consider joining WW with me. She was planning to look for the WW magazine to see if it was what she wanted to do. My sister still struggles with her diet. She wants to know about points so I look up points for her. She hasn't lost any weight in almost three weeks. She still doesn't acknowledge that the volume of alcohol she drinks might be a reason she isn't losing. I've told her the points, pointed her in the right direction and that's all I can do. In the meantime I just keep doing my stuff and hope she either gets PO'd enough to do it seriously or at least realizes she isn't going to get there the way she's going about it.

I got grumpy with Mr. Me today when he questioned the use of the phrase "results not typical" in WW magazine in the Successes section. Grumpy enough that it ruined my evening which was a stupid thing to get irritated about. Suffice to say I told him that when I lost my weight I wanted to be both in the magazine and online, holding a sign over my head that says "RESULTS NOT TYPICAL" in flashing letters (and they best flash in the magazine too). If I'm going to work my gigantic butt off for this then I want the works. :D I don't know that he agreed with my logic but he stopped debating it with me. I shouldn't have let it upset me so much but I guess I'm a bit touchy about it. Wonder why? :laugh:

hmm, interesting question to ponder.
I know in my case, I'd prob get upset because that phrase could be an"in" or a "plausable excuse" for futue failure.
When questioned about it, I would feel someone is calling on my excuse before I could use it. Best part is, if I failed, I know I'd never say "well those results weren't even typical anyway" but at the time, it was something to hang on to for a "just in case" moment.
Like I said, this is how I see it for me.
I've failed at so many diets that deep down, I get excuses ready for why this latest one will fail. I don't conciously think about it, but I know I've got the excuses ready in there somewhere.

Note about MOM.

I don't knw how things are with you and your mom, but I'll tell you a short story about mine.
My mom loves me, of that I have no doubt. I find my mom tries very hard to keep me fat and she doesn't even know it. She buys "goodies" for the kids and tells me to just stay out of them. She KNOWS I can't do that.
I had joined a gym and was doing well. She joined too then I started relying on her for rides (I didn't drive at the time) and when she stopped going, so did I.
There are many other times too.
My point, be careful she isn't trying to hold you back subconciously. My mom, though she says she supports me and wants me to lose weight, is very comfortable with me the way I am. I think she's afraid I'll change if my body shrinks.
This may or may not be true for you. In fact, it may be true your mom may be comfortable the way she is. She may not like it, but she knows it and it's safe.
Know what I mean?

Ok, I'm rambeling.

Shut me up LOL

Have a good one

Dar

Good morning! I'm sitting here chatting with my sister on IM (she lives out of state), talking diets and sick kids and hurricanes.

fleurange ~ I think Mr. Me agrees with you somewhat, particularly "because that phrase could be an"in" or a "plausable excuse" for futue failure." That's just about what he said. My feeling was, and I acknowledged then and now I have nothing to back this up with, that we all know that a good number of people who start a diet never finish it for a multitude of reasons. I've certainly done that myself several times over. The other thought I had was that in most cases when you read the success stories, the person gives a couple little tips on what helped them lose the weight. Not necessarily WW tips, just things they discovered on their own. "Results not typical" could apply to that as well, though that is probably a stretch. In any case, what it seems to say to me from WW standpoint is, "Don't blame us if this diet doesn't work for you like it did for this person". I can live with that, we're the ones responsible ultimately for what we do with the information they give us, and how we interpret it is how we use it to lose weight. In any case, I'm over it today. Whether I'm right or he's right doesn't matter so much any more. I'm still moving forward toward my goal.

CapeCodCoy ~ My mom is doing better, I had another nice email from her this morning. Still haven't answered it but she's at work so I won't get in trouble. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/cutewink.gif She did WW years ago without much success, and then with my sister doing it (or not really doing it but thinking she did) last year I can understand why Mom had some reservations. The more it works for me the better it will be.

My sister and I had our usual "how many points is this" talk this morning. If nothing else she's going to realize she just has to do it herself rather than hoping I'll tell her good things after the fact. It just remains to be seen whether she is willing to do it or not. I play along, I'm easy that way.


Ugh, I've got to get moving. Time for exercise. Still no car, maybe it will be ready this afternoon but I'm not holding my breath.

Wow, look at ye go, Mrs. Me!!!! :cheer: :dn :cheer:

"Results not typical," indeed!!! You've got this down pat ... love the recipes you've been postin' ... clicked on the chicken with feta and spinach and saved it ... I used to buy a frozen Greek pizza (made with white flour so I don't eat it anymore) and just love that combo ... the chicken sounds good.

See ya. Keep truckin' ...

Hi Mrs. Me! Congrats on another 2 lbs! I have never been to the Cracker Barrel. Is it good? There is one in Lincoln (160 miles East) but my hubby has never wanted to stop there before. Oh well.

Sometimes it's hard not to let comments our loved ones make bother us. My DH always told me I was sexy, even at my heaviest. Now, he tells me that he noticed I was getting bigger, and he was sad. He was getting ready to step in and make me lose weight, but I made the decision before he said anything. I know he loves me and would never intentionally hurt me, but it was sort of hurtful to hear him say he thought I was fat, and not sexy as he once claimed!!! Oh well. Hubbies. Gotta love 'em!

And a story about MY mom: When I was little, my younger sister was a skinny little stick (she still is). Anyway, she said once to her, "Oh, you're a skinny as a twig!" I asked my mom if I was as skinny as a twig too, and she looked at me and said "No." Youch! But she's very supportive of me now, which is very nice. In fact, she and my other sister are doing WW together. It's cool.

Anyway, sorry for the hijack :ninja: Have a great day, Mrs. Me! :)

Mmmmmmm I'm stuffed. Dinner was a baked potato, cut into pieces, steamed broccoli and cauliflower laid out amongst the potato pieces with mild cheddar and monterrey jack cheese melting on top. Boy was that good! I need to get a food scale one of these days but the total points would only be affected by the size of the potato. I did measure the cheese into a measuring cup before I added it to the plates. Yum!

Athletea, that chicken really was good, and easy to fix too.

rikkij, Cracker Barrel is good if you like the southern country style of cooking. Not exactly WW/diet fare but it's workable. They did add a low-carb menu come to think of it. I forgot about that! They're usually along the major highways so the next time you're on a road trip maybe you can talk your husband into it. They serve breakfast all day long too. AND they have a great gift shop, that alone is worth stopping in even if you don't eat.

The mechanic called this afternoon to say the car was ready, I couldn't believe it. So we rushed around doing our errands and ended up there about 30 minutes before they closed. It's so nice to have my car back again! AND it's cold air in there, colder than I thought it would be. Unfortunately the dingbat didn't turn the key off in the ignition all they way, left it set in the position where the air and radio still work though the engine wasn't running. Who knows how long it was like that but of course a dead battery was the result. We jumped it right off without a problem; he tried to insist that the battery was old but we only bought it about six months ago. Good try dude. At least he wasn't trying to get us to buy one from him! You can bet my confidence in his abilities dropped a little after that, and Mr. Me made sure that he stayed behind me on the way home in case I had any other problems but we were fine. I hope the A/C lasts a long long time now.

The best part so far? I lost 13 pounds my first week on WW. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/bow.gif

The worst part so far? I lost 13 pounds my first week on WW. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/oops.gif


What's the difference? It means I'm playing mind games with myself. I KNOW I can't maintain a 13 pound weight loss every week. It isn't safe and I'd be sicker than sick in very short order. But I'm bummed every time I step on the scale and it hasn't moved. I lost two pounds this week so far and you'd think I'd be thrilled with that, and I am. But some part of me isn't impressed by it because I lost 13 pounds last week. Even though I do know better.

I think I need to trick myself into not weighing every morning. If I only weigh once a week than I won't have a whole week's worth of self doubt to haunt me. The only thing I can think of to do is drink a ton of water before I leave the bedroom in the morning. We each keep large insulated mugs of ice water by our sides throughout the day, so I could grab it and start drinking first thing as soon as my feet hit the floor. Our scale is in the kitchen so it might work. I won't want to weigh if I've already started my water intake for the day. It's the only thing I can think of.

In any case, I'm sitting here sweating after exercising which is good. It took a while for me to feel glad that I exercised today. The mind games again. Why bother if the scales won't go down... I'm nowhere near to quitting, I just have to figure out a way to work around myself and keep going. Kisses from Mr. Me after each exercise session definitely help; he tells me he's proud of me every time I finish. Last night I ordered a couple of exercise DVDs from QVC with a credit I had on account there. I was saving it for clothes but decided I'd work toward a smaller size before I ordered anything else. Hopefully they'll be here early next week. I think one of them is the same as one of my Leslie videos, but the video is crappy after rewinding it over and over again through the years. The other is a Denise Austin DVD.

In the meantime, I'm off to track my points and do some housework. Stop giving yourself a hard time Mrs. Me, you're doing just fine! http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/cheer.gif

Mrs. Me, that's a super idea about drinking lots o' :water: right off the bat to short circuit the desire to step on the scale too often! :up: Wish I'd thought of that years ago ... you're a genius!!! :cheer:

Nothing too much to report this morning. I'm heading over to WW in a minute to see how many activity points you get from killing mosquitos because I've killed three since I've been awake. I'm very irritated!

Oh... and I still stepped on the scale Athletea. At least I'd had a lot of water to keep me from worrying about it too much. Ugh.

Have Mr.Me hide your scales and only bring them out once a week :)

Beth :dn

i was so bad with the scales at one point that hubby took them to work with him in his car everyday..in the end i threw them in the trash and then weighed once a week at my meeting.
the urge to weigh too often and to get discouraged if we dont lose as much as the week before is common..dont let it get the better of you my friend.. you can do it..you are doing it!
hugs bell :)

LOL Beth, but Mr. Me isn't the best hider. He doesn't remember half the time where he puts things so we may never find it again if he does or I could trip over it 5 minutes after he moves it. Putting them in the car might well be the best option Bell. :laugh: Because apparently I haven't learned not to step on them yet. Bleh. It makes me doubt what I'm doing, like maybe I'm not doing this or that or the other right. It doesn't make me want to quit but it is discouraging. So I'm still exercising, still counting my points every day and trying not to think too much about the small picture but the big one. The big one will take a while to finish so it doesn't matter so much what one week out of 52+ is so long as the trend is down.

I got my WW At Home kit in the mail on Friday and spent some time reading over the materials. Yesterday morning I attempted the exercise DVD that came with it. The light intensity workout was fine for me, I could keep up just fine. What I couldn't keep up with was the dance type exercise moves. :dn I laughed and laughed and laughed. Mr. Me will like it when I finally get rhythm. Yep, the banana is more coordinated than I am.

I've already eaten breakfast, now I'm going to watch the weather for a while about Katrina. I can't believe she's a Cat 5 this morning!

Maybe this is true for you, Mrs. Me: movin' the scale, for me, just makes me think it isn't accurate ... I have to keep it in the same place all the time or I think the reading is off, so I keep it in a closet I don't ever go into except for the weigh-in ... then I go in there the same time every Sunday morning (9 a.m. or as close as possible) and weigh myself ... I never even open the door at other times. :laugh: You're doin' great!

OH THE EVIL PLATEAU! Those are the hardest times! When the diet is going well and you are following it religiously, but the weight stops coming off.

WATER this will help wash away those pounds. Everytime you think about weighing yourself drink a full glass. If you actually get on the scale drink a glass. If you are thinking about eating and truly are not hungry drink a glass. If you sneeze drink a glass. if you realize your car is low on gas and you have to go to the gas station. Drink a glass. If you think you have drank too much water and might float away Drink a glass!

When you are done reading this drink a glass of water.

oliviaabbey

Congrats on your first weigh in! Woo hoo!

I like Cracker Barrel's biscuits.. Mmmmmm.. Oh and the apple butter was good.

Not a fan of the dumplings, though.

Ummm, would you believe I have never had a grit? (women in Atlanta laughed at me because they are called grits and I corrected her saying that if I have never tried them, I can use the word in the singular.. heheh)

Corinna

Thanks Athletea, oliviaabbey and Corinna! :D

We've been busy watching the weather reports out of Louisiana this morning, and as a result I'm getting a late start on my day. My thoughts are a little overwhelmed with the news and darned if I can think of a thing to say. I just finished breakfast and am heading out to get ready to exercise. And empty the dishwasher and feed the dogs and make the bed and all the other lovely things that need to get done on a daily basis around here.

Maybe I'll do better later on today and come back.

Your doing :super:

Beth :dn

Hey Mrs. Me - congrats on the 13 pounds!!!! That's phenomenal. I know you had mixed feelings at first, but it sounds like you're adjusting with a positive, realistic, stick-to-it attitude. :cheer: As for the coordination with the WW dvd, well, you can't possibly be doing any worse than I did the first time I tried a cardio salsa tape. Cha-cha, cha-cha, mambo, spin, mambo, spin, hip thrust, cha-cha - WHAT?!?!? :laugh:

P.S. Thanks for the offer of the yapping beagle last week. Next time I have to visit family, I'll let you know in advance and take him with me on the plane.

Hi Beth and Anne, thanks for stopping by. :)

I went to the grocery store for a few things today and Mr. Me met me on the driveway to help carry things in. There are four stair steps to the front door and usually I have to sort of pull myself up by the railing to get up there. After exercising for all but two days of the last two weeks, I was able to walk up the stairs like a regular person! No huffing or puffing or grabbing onto the doorknob to make that last step!

The best part though, is that I didn't notice it but Mr. Me did. After we walked into the house he told me how I just walked up and opened the door, no big deal. But we both knew it kind of is a big deal at least for me. I'm tempted to go out there and try it again just to see for myself! :o)


I've been spending free time watching the news and being amazed at the images I see today. Depressing is a good word for it.

Tomorrow is weigh-day. I'm nervously optimistic. I haven't stepped on the scale since yesterday (longest period so far) so anything is possible. I know I haven't gained, but it would be soooooooo nice to get out of the 300's!

*:bell: *bling! bling! bling!* sending all kinds of happy scale glitter your way...(and YAY!!! On the progress so far!) :cheer:--whatever happens tomorrow, you're takng huge strides as first steps now...you know that, right? :)

Thanks Jessica! I'm still getting into the swing of things, but yeah, I know I'm getting there. The thing is that even though I may talk like I'm down and bummed about how things are going, in reality I'm still doing what I should be doing to make improvements. I don't even want to slip up and be bad. So I'm fine, doing pretty good I think and trying my best not to worry too much from day to day. I should just make my goal for two pounds a week and not worry about the other 150 I need to lose. :laugh:

fingers crossed for tomorrows weigh in :)
thats awesome about not huffing and puffing and even better that Mr Me noticed.. you will have many more wonderful milestones like that i am certain..
hugs bell :)

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/cloud9.gif Two pounds! http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/dance.gif

And I'm thrilled because it means I'm out of the 300's, even if just barely! I'll take it and do a happy dance around the house (thereby burning even more calories). Lesson learned, I won't worry so much about the scale during the week now.

17 lbs since 8/13! Yay me!!! http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/highfive.gif

yeah you is right! Good for you, you must be so proud of how you have taken control and made the changes needed . You will be such a positive role model for others..

WAY TO GO MRS ME!!!!! And look at how nice those stats look! That's a FABULOUS Result!!!!!
:dn :dn :dn (happy bananas!)

So :super: way to go ! :cheer:

Look at you !!!! Your doing this ! :mus:

Beth :dn

Hey Mrs. Me, CONGRATS on getting out of the 300s, and DOUBLE CONGRATS on the exercise results (easily walking up the stairs)! You are rocking the Diettalk block. Do that funky happy dance! :cheer:

WOW! good for you!! :cheer:

Way to go. Keep up the great work.

Bye bye 300s forever!!

Dar

Thank you all so much!! Yesterday my feet felt light on the floor and I was so relieved to see the scale move in a good direction. I was starting to worry there for a while! http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/clap.gif I definitely am happier today than I had been. Another week or two and I'll be past the blahs of NOT losing 13 pounds every week and I definitely won't worry so much. I'm just thrilled with 2 pounds a week, that'll be great.

It doesn't hurt to add that I probably could claim another pound this morning if I wanted. I can't wait until I lose enough that my digital scale will start working for me again. Hopefully soon, and then I won't have to play these guessing games. Two pounds I can see easily, but one is a tougher call on the dial scale.

You are doing super...It is so nice to see someone working as hard as you are and doing so well :)

Take care... Lulu

Congratulations on breaking the 300 barrier. I know you must be doing that happy dance.

Carol

Hi Mrs. Me! I saw you're out of the 300s!!! HOORAY!!!! That is awesome! Keep up the super work!!!!!!! I am so proud of you! :1stprize:

WTG, Mrs. Me!!! :cheer: You are doing so well and have broken that 300 barrier ... you're unstoppable!!!

Thank you thank you thank you!! It's safe to say that motivation has kicked in and for at least this week I'm eagerly exercising and anticipating another loss in the coming week. For example, I'm down another pound for certain this morning, so 18lbs lost since 8/13. If that won't keep me moving then I don't know what will. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/dance.gif

As soon as Mr. Me is awake enough for me to exercise I'm going to do so. We are going grocery shopping today for a week's worth of good food and hope to keep from driving around so much and save some gas. It's just too expensive right now for the likes of us. We planned out a menu and wrote down all the essentials. Now it is just to be determined what we forgot (there's always something).

Hey Mrs. Me - congrats on the extra pound down today!!! Wow, you're doing phenomenal.

I hear ya re: gas prices. Maybe we should start carpooling to the grocery store... load the neighbors into the truck and put a U-Haul behind it for everyone's food. :laugh:

Thanks ladies! I do like that gas idea Anne, excepting my neighbors think nothing of driving up and down the street in never ending circuits for who knows what reason. I live in a very rural area, maybe just lack of anything to do? CCC, we saw gas here as high as $3.20 which I considered a miracle as the radio was reporting gouging in Atlanta at $6. I figured for sure they'd be up around $4 or higher here (about 70 miles north) just because they figured they could get by with it. We were lucky to get it Wednesday night for $2.99 and I'm going to do very little driving if I can help it to make it last.

I'm tired tonight. Only 9:25pm and I feel like I could go to bed easily any time now. We did a lot of walking today at Wal-Mart, that is probably a big part of it. More than my usual day's worth by the pedometer. We walked all over the store and managed to get most everything we need. The only things I'll need to buy mid-week are the usual things; broccoli, eggs, and shampoo for Mr. Me because Wal-Mart didn't have the kind he likes. Maybe I'll need popcorn by then too.

I'm hungry right now, I think hunger just because of being so tired. I think this is the first time since I've started WW that I've been hungry at night. If it doesn't let up in a half hour or so I'll go grab a yogurt to eat. Oh what the heck, I'll go get it now. Maybe that will help. It better because I'm not eating another bite of anything. I'm only 2.5 points over for the day but my massive amount of Activity Points for the day more than covers it. Water water water water water.

You're amazin' Mrs. M!!!! :cheer: I love readin' about how hard you are workin' and that it's really payin' off fer ye!!! You've got incredible focus and are really dedicated to your journey, yet you are not starvin' yourself or overdoin' the exercise, just staying consistent and working hard. Congratulations on your latest good weigh-in. It's great to see those numbers on Demon Scale :lil: go further and further away from the "turning points" isn't it ... each digit makes us more and more motivated and confirms that this is a lifetime commitment, not just a "diet."

Keep goin' Mrs. M!!!!

Oh just you wait until I hit 20 pounds lost which is only one more pound away!! I'll be doing a big happy dance for that one! I lost another pound this morning, happy happy me. 19 pounds since 8/13, can you believe it!! Three weeks!!! http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/dance.gif http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/dance.gif http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/dance.gif I told Mr. Me that when I hit 20 pounds I was going to the grocery store to heft up a 20 pound sack of potatos and feel how much weight I've lost so far.

Yes, I am incredibly motivated right now. I can't wait to get moving this morning, start exercising and know I'm making progress. :dn

way to go !!!!! :cheer:

19 lbs gone !!!!! :D

Beth :dn

that's *so* cool!! you're rockin'-smokin' now!!!!!! :dn

Have a super week, Mrs. Me!!! Keep goin' ... you're on fire!!!!

thats cool about lifting the potatoes!!!! you are almost at that 20 pound mark!
Keep up the AWESOME work!
hugs bell :)

-20 lbs! I couldn't believe it when I stepped on the scale this morning, I thought for sure it wouldn't move from yesterday.


I really really really really really really love Weight Watchers!!


Thanks everyone for stopping by with so much encouragement, it really makes such a difference to my day!

WOW LOOK AT YOU GO MRS. ME!!!

What an awesome accomplishment!! I'm so proud of you. Get to that store and lift those potatoes. I do that at the gym sometimes. I pick up a 35 lb barbell and see how much extra weight I was carrying around. My knees thank me!! :D

Keep up the awesome work.

YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

GO GIRL ! :cheer:

I start the flex plan tomorrow - kinda on my own, ( I don't offically belong to WW ) so if you don't mind I'll look towards you as one of my question people lol - OK?

I got a WW calculator from ebay that came today to help me keep track of my points and such.

Beth :dn

Congratulations on the loss. Sucess really is a great motivater

Carol

Congratulations on the hugely successful weigh-in, Mrs. Me!!!! :cheer:

Onward & downward!!!!

Awesome achievement on reaching your 20 pound mark..i agree with you ww is such a great program..so much about commonsense and you dont need a degree to work out how to follow it :)
Keep up the wonderful work.
hugs bell :)

We really do miss you! Come back ASAP!

I hope everything is OK - your missed :hug:

Beth :dn

Gosh, I didn't realize I had been gone so long. A wonky computer, hormones and TOM conspired to keep me away for longer than I meant. When the computer did work and I thought about it I was too bleh to post anything that would sound positive or supportive. You all would have thought I was giving up or just being a pill in general. I greatly appreciate all the posts though in the last week, it's very nice to be missed. You guys are great!

Even with TOM and hormones, particularly the hormones, trying their hardest to get me to make bad food choices I DIDN'T!!! I managed to exercise all but two days when I just couldn't face the thought of it and stayed within my points all week long. And as a result, even with the past week being TOM week I still have a great loss to show for the week. I'm down 23 pounds as of this morning, another three pound loss. I don't think I'm going to make my 10% goal weight by the time I go to Michigan on 10/2 (provided we actually do get to go), but I'm going to end up being very close. I'll be happy no matter what it is.

Today is also the one month anniversary of joining WW. I think 23 pounds is a pretty good weight loss for one month. I know I couldn't have done that well on my own.

Mrs. Me, that is a GREAT accomplishment. Happy one month anniversary! ANd also congrats for sticking with it. Many, MANY people would have given up and made excuses, but you've shown you can and will stick to it!!! Keep up the fantastic work. Looking forward to hearing more success.

What would you be doing in Michigan? Vacation?

Have a great day! :D

Thanks Rikki! We're hoping to go to Michigian in order to visit my grandparents and assorted aunts and cousins. My mother and I try to go every year if we can, hopefully we can make it this year. It's still up in the air even though the date we're planning to go is two weeks away because of weather and gas concerns. I may not know for sure until a few days before we are to leave.


I went grocery shopping this morning and bought no treats of any kind for myself. Just apples. This is big news, I've managed to buy something dessert or treat-like weekly in the month since starting WW. Today, nothing. Goodie for me. Now if I can just remember to put them in the refrigerator to get cold then I have a nice snack. I take my WW Points Slider with me and any time I get remotely tempted by something that looks like maybe I could eat it if I skip a meal, I check the nutritional information and leave the package on the shelf. A two point snack is one thing, but a five point snack can just stay there in the store. I don't need it that much. I will buy a couple boxes of the 100 Calorie Packs to take on the trip to Michigan rather than the usual candy bars that make their way into the car. Those are two points each, I can live with that. Plus I saw a Keebler brand with 100 calorie packs of Pecan Sandies. Shortbread, yum! I can't find a link for those.


We went out to eat tonight at Cracker Barrel as usual. They're getting all their fall and Christmas stuff out in the gift shop. All kinds of cute clothing I wouldn't mind to own if I could wear it. And they do have my size now but I don't plan on being this size next year so why spend the money?


Oh yes, I'm definitely motivated.

One of these days I'll be able to actually read journals beside just my own. I have no idea where my time is going lately.

You're doin' great, Mrs. Me!!!! Glad you are "back" posting again and, yes, 23 pounds in a month is a fantastic loss and you've done it in a healthy fashion without depriving yourself unduly or starvin' ... kudos, Mrs. Me!!! :cheer:

Hey Mrs. Me - how did I miss this a couple of days ago? 23 POUNDS!!! Holy guacamole, that's awesome. What a way to celebrate your first month WW anniversary.
:dn :cheer: :jn

Hope you're able to get up to Michigan. Your shopping strategies are terrific, and it's so fab that you're already planning good car snacks instead of candy bars. Man, you are one motivated lady.

Athletea, Anne2 and CapeCodCoy, good morning and thank you so much for stopping by. Can I tell you that the scale was nice to me again this morning or do we want to talk about something else?

24.5 pounds gone as of this morning. And we ate huge last night, a really big meal (but good for me meal) so I thought for sure no way the scale was going to move. Maybe that apple did the trick. :laugh:

The dog woke me up not too long after the sun rose this morning, much earlier than I wanted since it was nearly 1:00am before we went to sleep last night. One of those good nights of staying up and talking, cuddling and laughing. I'm tired though, very very tired.

I can't believe I'm almost out of the 290's. Mr. Me thinks that this time next year I'll be the skinny one in the family. Skinnier than my always the skinny one sister. I figure if I make my 50lbs by New Year's goal she will end up on a water fast for a week in a desperate attempt to lose any weight at all. One of these days she's going to admit that her ideas of what a diet and healthy eating plan aren't so much a diet and heathly eating plan and get serious about it. I don't care if she does WW or something else, there are plenty of good plans out there. I don't think any of them would suggest the drinking or skipping meals though. I'm pretty certain (absolutely) that any safe diet would slap her hands for that. I hope she figures it out soon. I don't even care if she diets, it's just something she wants to do. She doesn't need to lose that much weight, not like me.

Hi Mrs. Me!!! Wow, congrats to you! 24.5!! Amazing!!

I think you're right about how unsafe water fasts, skpping meals, etc. is not healthy. The healthy way is slower, but much better, and more permanent! Kudos to you on being such a good example.

You're doing awesome! :D

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/bow.gif Not only did I jump out of the 290's, I made a 1.5 pound inroad into the 280's. That 10% goal by 10/1/05 is starting to look a little more possible, though I will be very close. 26.5 pounds lost so far; if I went to WW meetings I'd be getting a little 25 pounds lost magnet today. I guess I'll have to make my own. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/cloud9.gif

I need to remember this when I think to myself, "I really am tired of eating broccoli every day". Guess what it gets you woman? Eat the broccoli!

Now, I'm off to email mother and sister with the weigh-in results for the week. I expect a phone call from my sister sometime today.

Congrats Mrs. Me! That is fantastic news!!! :cheer:

You have done such an awesome job, and I'm very proud of you! Keep up the great work!

Did you decide if you are going to Michigan? I guess gas prices have gone down by quite a bit. We're still paying way too much, but at least it's gone down here by about 50 cents, so that's nice.

so did you make yourself a 25 lb magnet!!!!!! you are really working the program girl, and look at the wonderful results you are getting. i am thrilled for you..i laughed when i reead about you taking your points calculator shopping when you were tempted by something..i used to do that too..its amazing how even some supposedly healthy snacks are not healthy at all..good for you on hunting down the healthy, low cal snacks.
hugs bell :)

Rikki, we are planning on going to Michigan. I had an email from my mother last night and then she called tonight to say she'd called my grandparents to (finally) let them know. All of 10 days notice, too. My grandmother called not too long after Mom did and she was all excited, said she'd known all along we were coming but of course there was no way she could. I probably didn't sound as wistful as I should have on the phone whenever she asked if Mr. Me and I could come for a visit. Gas prices have dropped down considerably here, to $2.54 a gallon this morning at one station. Not that we're thrilled with the price but it's a lot better than $3.00. Now we're just watching Rita to see what effect she has on them; hopefully not too bad but I'm not holding my breath.

Hi Bell! I love my points slider, I need to get another one in case I lose it. It's made it really easy to keep me from buying something I shouldn't eat, or even just if I'm curious. So many things aren't just worth it any more. I love that!!

No magnet yet, but next time I go to Michaels I'm going to have to get crafty and make one. I'll do a 10% magnet too, I'm not about to be left out of anything. :)

We are leaving for Michigan a week from Saturday (the 1st). My mother will be here from Florida around this time on the 30th, and then the whole of Saturday will be spent driving. It makes me tired already just to think about it!

Hi, Mrs. Me. Good for you on the weight loss.

And have fun on your trip to Michigan. Can I come along? The fall colors are so wonderful this time of year. I miss all the reds and oranges and rusts. Here in Wyoming we get mostly yellows for our fall colors.

Keep smiling -

You are really doin' great. Congrats on the successful weigh-in!!!! I always get inspired comin' to your journal, Mrs. Me, because you have such a determined attitude and it's workin' for ya. Trek on ...

gas/petrol prices suck here in Australia too...its getting ridiculous..people must think we are made of money..the price has gone up 30 cents a litre in the past few months! it stinks!
glad that you are going to make yourself both magnets.
hugs bell :)

I remember when gas was 79 cents a gallon. I used to have this '78 Honda Civic that got 40 miles to the gallon (then some witch rear ended me and totalled it!!! YARG!) and I could go FOREVER on one tank of gas. Those were the days... (I sound like a granny!)

Glad you are going to Michigan. Have a great time! I"ll be moving around that same time, so I dont' know if I can wish you a Bon Voyage! But keep up the great work, and have a great day! :D

It's up to $2.75 ish as of last evening. Hopefully it won't go up too much more but I'm not counting on it.

Yesterday I was, for me, the ultimate in lazy. I didn't want to exercise because I didn't feel like getting hot and sweaty so soon after my shower the day before. That is NOT a good excuse Mrs. Me! It worked at the time, but I'd like to kick myself for it today. I did do some arm work with four pound weights (which is heavy enough for the likes of me right now) so I wasn't completely sloth-like, but no excuses today.

Mr. Me is in the living room, watching Hurricane Rita news with the sound off. It would be nice and quiet in there. I could just go snuggle up against him and have a little snooze. That sounds wonderful!

But I will exercise today, no skipping allowed!

:wave: Have fun in Michigan. :)

Corinna

Hi, Mrs. Me!!! :wave: Hey, s'ok to skip a day of exercise now and then and you don't really need an excuse ... you've earned it! :) In fact, the tiny tears that we make in muscle tissue when we do resistance exercise heals during rest, not during exercise, and the healin' is what makes the muscle grow. Well, I know ya know that and didn't mean to sound preachy but just mean that I think you're doin' great! :cheer:

way to go on your loss !!!!!! :cheer:

Enjoy your trip :)

Beth :dn

Athletea, thank you! I didn't feel you were being preachy at all, that was good information I hadn't realized before. I knew I didn't necessarily have to exercise every day, but never really thought about the whys and why nots. And I'm not exercising every day anyway, but usually I have actual reasons why I chose not to exercise on a particular day. Marathon grocery shopping, too much cleaning, TOM, etc. This time I was just lazy, plain and simple. I did exercise today though and am glad of it.

Thanks Corinna and Beth, I'm eager to go and eager still to come back from Michigan. Mr. Me is my very best and dearest friend in the entire world and he can't make this trip with us. I'm going to miss him incredibly much while I'm gone and count the minutes until I'm back home again.

I had a nice talk with my sister this afternoon while I tried very hard to clean the kitchen for my mother's pending arrival. I ended up showing her the website I set up in order to track my weight loss progress. Cried like a baby too, it was very hard for me to show her those photos. Not so hard to show anyone else, but family is definitely hard. Anybody else want to see the fat woman who is typing out these words? I'm not wanting to link it up here for Google to spider and publish to the world, but send me a PM and I'll give you the link. There are photos that Mr. Me took of me yesterday to show my weight loss so far, and I have to admit that I can definitely see a difference no matter how hard I try to be objective and not see it.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/missusme/banghead.gif

I keep losing the same damn pound over and over again this week. 26.5... 25.5... 26.5... 25.5 The scale has turned into a big tease and I refuse to stress over it. Much. Truly, I'm not. The weight is going to come off and if it isn't this week it will be next week and the week after and the week after that... I've stayed within my points but feel as if I've been eating too much food lately.

Truth to tell, I've cut back on my veggies without really thinking about it. I was eating a LOT more last week. I will do better today. I've been trying to find a way to flavor the broccoli somehow that makes it taste better or just different without adding points (cheese). Nothing seems to be right to me yet, but I keep trying.

Tonight we're having grouper for dinner (unless Mr. Me decides he doesn't want fish and whisks me away to someplace glamorous for food like Cracker Barrel). Maybe I should run to the store and buy some salad fixins too. I like lettuce but it doesn't always like me so I haven't bought any in a while.

great losses, Mrs Me--don't get discouraged, yet...you know the losses will slow, but the key is to keep your actions consistent with good results-whether you're seeing them or not :D

Thanks for sending me the link to your home page..i love the in progress pic..you look so happy in it..it needs a caption at the bottom... "Look at me...i am doing it"..you can certainly tell the difference!
Have a great weekend.
hugs bell :)

Ooo, I want to see the link! :)

Don't beat yourself up! You're still rockin'! Keep it up! :D

I'd like to see your link also Mrs. M! You are very inspiring!!!

Re broc, if you like creamy soups, you could whir it in a blender with some low fat milk and seasonings (mostly I skip the milk and add some mushrooms). I use the Magic Bullet mini blender (as seen on TV!) ... I hate veggies but it's good as soup. The MB has microwaveable cups so you can cook the broc in a little water, then stick it on the power unit and blend to creamy soup ... you can do it the other way, too, blend first, then cook. But it also works quite well in a regular blender.

I know this sounds odd but way back when I could not eat a lot of solid food due to eating disorders, I would make vegetable smoothies, using the same principle with broc and other veggies ... would also use a cottage cheese (fat free) base or soymilk ... fat free milk works but whips like cream so it's not as good for this ... and drink it cold.

But if you just don't want soup or smoothies (I know it sounds odd but again, vegetable smoothies are really good), you could get some of that powdered butter flavored cheese substitute ... the name escapes me ... they have it in the spice section with the butter substitute and it's 5 cals per sprinkle and use that to add flavor ... BUT ... also a tiny bit of grated fat free cheese (or even full fat if it's a small amount and your doc allows you to eat saturated fat) or parmesan cheese will not add very many calories and the benefit of eating the broc is worth cutting back somewhere else.

Raw broc is also quite good as a snack with any number of low cal dippers. You can also chop it in a blender and mix with ground turkey and stuff for turkey burgers or meatloaf, using what