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Hello!!!!!

I started this new thread because my sister in law and I have a major goal coming up and we will need all the encouragement we can get!!! We're going to Atlantis over Labor Day weekend so we have about 13 weeks to get ready for it!!

We've been on here for other things and just love how motivational and supportive everyone is. This is a great place to keep each other on track since I live in Tennessee and she lives in Georgia.

Thanks!!!!

TexasCherry,

Hey, sounds like your trip will be alot of fun and something worth working towards. 13 weeks is going to fly by so hang on!!!

Well I did great yesterday with my food until we went to Target. I went to Starbucks and got a small Mint Chocolate Chip Frappuccino thingy with whipped cream piled high and I ate the whole thing. Oh well..just start over today.

I didn't eat breakfast at home but I ate one serving of fruit and a Very small blueberry muffin someone made in our Sunday school class. We both did really well at lunch, we were already out which usually means we're going out, but we went home and ate there. I found the Progresso Lite soups and they're great. The entire can has 1 gram of fat and 160 calories!!! I can do that and it's actually filling. So I've been doing that for lunch with a small roll on the side.

My biggest hurdle right now is laying off the Diet Cokes!!! If we go to the store, I'll by a 12 pack and drink them within 3 or 4 days...I need to cut back drastically. I know that my "addiction" to them is hindering my success because I'm not drinking enough water.
So that's my goal this week, slowly ween myself off the cokes and drinking more water.

I didn't get to the gym yesterday but I did 30 minutes of cardio in the garage. I rented a movie and I put it on in the garage and worked out while I watched it. I could have gone longer, but it was crazy hot in there!

I'm planning on going to the gym but if I don't, I'll work out in the garage again.

Hope you're weekend is going good!!

Hi, Texascherry:

Welcome to Diettalk and the Journal forum. That is a great incentive to make yourself healthier, planning a trip with your SIL.

Just take it a day at a time, exercise whenever you can, and keep track of what you eat.

Is your SIL a member of Diettalk, too? Just curious.

Best of luck to you on your weight-loss journey.

Texas, I love watching movies while doing treadmills or elliptics, great idea. Keep up the good work.

Hey ya'll!!

Thanks so much for the encouragement!! My sister in law and I have been on here for about a year or so and we had a different thread on here.

I love getting on here and reading what other people have done to overcome some of the same challenges that I'm having. I worked for a weight loss program for a while and was very successful with it but once I quit working and went back to school, all of my bad habits came back...quickly!!! So I know what to do, I just HAVE to do it!

My sister in law is VandyGirl so you'll see her on here as well.

Thanks for the support! good luck on your journey!!

Hi, Texascherry! Love your upbeat attitude and know you'll reach your goal and have a great trip! Enjoy your day today.

Good morning!

I did really well yesterday with my food. Then Jeremy bought me a new KitchenAid Mixer and I went to town making chocolate chip cookies. I ate 4 cookies and then packed the rest of them up and I'm taking them to my neighbors. I love to bake but I'll just start giving whatever I make to other people. I did pretty good though...I would never have stopped at 4 cookies (they're small too) I would probably still be in the kitchen eating!!

I'm going to do my weight training in the garage today and then later I'm going to the gym to do cardio. I might ride my bike to the gym since it's only about a mile...burn some extra calories and save on gas and save the planet!

My husband is out of town this week so I'll have plenty of time to work out.
Just keep moving!

Hi there!
Sounds like you are off to a great start! I want one of the kitchenaid mixers, I have registered for one, hopefully I will have one come October!

As for the pop...what if you kept the 12 pack out in the hot garage, and in the morning put 1 or 2 in the fridge. Would you be more likely to stop once those 2 were gone, or would you go for the hot can/bottle of pop? Then you can ease off, allow 2 cans a day this week, then one a day next week. However you need to do it.

What kind of workouts do you do in the garage? Do you have weights/bike/treadmill?
Since your hubby is gone, maybe move inside where it's cooler. Walk or jog in place while watching tv, then do crunches or push ups during commercials. It's a good way to get in some cardio without having to leave!

We have very similar goals! I am getting married a month after your trip, and want to get down to around 150 (or below would be nice!). We can totally do this!

Yowsa! You've drummed up quite an audience for us, lol! :laugh:

Well, I had my barium swallow study today and I got my band inflated again, although not quite as much. So, the next few days will be interesting. I am excited to have it back though...this weekend was crazy! Definitely reverted back to old eating habits immediately.

Okay, well my eating is pretty well controlled by the band (so long as I have it, lol) and my Jenny Craig weigh-ins so my biggest thing is the exercise. So today I am either going to do one of my exercise tapes or take a long walk outside. I will post back before 6:00 p.m. EST with what I did. :whip:

YAY!!! It's back! Was there any slippage or was it just too tight?
A long walk would be nice...once the heat has gone away! It's so hot here and it's only noon. A girl from church asked me to go to the Jimmy Floyd to go swimming...HAHAHA!! This girl is about a size 1 and most of the people at that pool are the high school girls so there's not a chance I'm going with her now...maybe in a month.

Anyway, keep me updated.

You are not going to believe this but I just left my computer and my apartment for some exercise...ON PURPOSE. :ex:

Well, I knew I had to do something before 6:00 p.m. or else you would rally our diettalk audience to form an angry mob and hunt me down (I'm kidding there, but you are motivation), so I went online to check the weather, well...scattered thunderstorms are moving in this afternoon, so I put on my sneakers and got a move on it!

I live about a mile from the downtown hospital where I work 3 days a week (the other hospital is about 4 miles away), so it has really been disgusting me that I have been driving there. So, I fished out a pedometer and walked down there. It was great! It's hot out there and I'm sweating, but it was great! Part of my walk is along the canal which is kind of nice and the rest was an easy straight shot to the hospital. It took me about 15 minutes to get there and according to the pedometer wasn't even a full mile.

So, now I know how long it should take me to get there in the mornings and I'm going to make it my routine to walk to work when I'm downtown (Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays). It will be good for the environment, my car, my wallet (even less gas!), and my weight loss. If I walk to and from work at least 3 times a week that will be an easy way to rack up about 5 extra miles a week. That has to be good, right? I think so.

Okay, my main exercise goal is to walk at least 10 miles a week until Atlantis. I should get in about 5 miles with my new plan of walking to work 3 days a week and I will work to get the other miles in on my 3 days off of work with Tuesdays as my likely day off from exercise.

Good job on the walking Vandy!!!

YOU ROCK!!!!!! That is a fantastic goal! 10 miles a week until Atlantis will definitely help with your goals and your wallet!

I worked out in the garage with the weights and in about 30 minutes I'm going to the gym with Tuesday to do my cardio. I ate 2 more cookies but I gave the rest away so they're all gone now. I have to bake another apple pie on Thursday for Laura and Chris. They're moving into an apartment until they finish building their house. I thought it would be nice to have something yummy their first night there.

I'm off to the gym and to wash clothes.
Keep up the great work!!!!!!!!!!

Well, last night on a whim, I spent the rest of my graduation money on a Wii and Wii Fit. I saw the video and heard some friends talking about it, so I got one! I had to order it though because the stores were out, so it should be here about Friday (and then I leave for CA on Monday, lol). I am really excited!

I know its not for major weight loss, but you can do yoga, some strength training, some aerobics, and balance training. I can't wait to play it. Everyone says its great.

I want one of those Wii Fits!!!!!!! I keep seeing the commercial and I think Jeremy wants one of those too. Maybe I can convince him to get one. I would love to do the yoga on there. Every little bit helps with the weightloss.

Tuesday and I went to Jackson's last night and I got one of those pomegranate martini's...yummy!!!!!! I wanted the one with the gummy worms but they were out of worms! I'll have to go back sometime.

I haven't been to the gym yet but I'm going around 3 or so. It's sooooo hot here, it's about 90 already.

Well maybe now that I will have a Wii Fit you will actually come and visit me! And maybe Jeremy will come for the Wii games. I'm not going to hold my breath though.

Listen, missy, don't you tell me how hot it is way up north there in TN. I don't want to hear it! lol

I'm glad you guys went to Jackson's. That was always one of my favorite places. So nice to sit out on their patio and have a good cocktail.

I am anxious to get out of work today...I have had a couple of no-shows, so now I have about 2 hours to kill just waiting to go home.

Hey girls,

LadyWendy started a Wii fit challenge here at diettalk. You two should join.

HAHA!! I am totally allowed to talk about how hot it is!!! I'm from SOUTH TEXAS!! I KNOW HOT!!! Just wait I'll be spending almost a month in Texas in July...talk about HOT!

I really do want to come visit you. I just need to figure out what days would work out the best. Maybe in August...since I know we don't have travel plans for that month. I definitely want to use the Wii!!!!!!!! Now I really need Jeremy to go buy one. I'll tell him when he gets back. Did I tell you that the trip next July is PARIS!!!!!!!

I WANT TO GO TO PARIS FOR FREE!!!!!!!!!!! I mean HELLO! All expense paid trip to Europe sounds freakin fantastic to me. I guess now I have to learn French.

I'm going to the gym. I have to keep telling myself that. I will go to the gym today. Tuesday isn't going until later so I'll go with her later.

Nancy - I might join the Wii Fit challenge once my Wii arrives. It is in transit and should be here by the end of the week, I am so excited!

Becky - Wow, I hope you guys get to go to Paris! That would be great!

Well, I walked to work this morning in my FitFlops. I don't know if FitFlops really do anything for your tush or not, but they are pretty comfy and very supportive. The pedometer today says it was only about .7 miles. I can't believe I have been so close and was driving. 8-|

My eating yesterday was kind of up and down. I had my carnation instant breakfast in the morning, which is great. Then I forgot my lunch. I bought a microwavable bowl of healthy choice soup, which I thought was a good choice. Then later I ate a pack of Reese Sticks candy. :( Then I went home and throughout the evening had an odd variety of food including a pizza lean pocket, 5 baked chicken nuggets, JC cheese curls, and JC cheesecake. Wow, who thinks I need to have my band tightened a little?? :wave: I do!

So today, I remembered my lunch, but forgot to eat breakfast. Ugh!!! I can already hear the Reese Sticks calling to me. I've got to get my eating together again. That "weekend off" from the band slipped me back into some old habits very quickly.

The positive is that I stuck to my plan and walked to work today! I am going to feel good about that at least.

WooHOO!!! Great job on walking to work!!!!!! I want those fitflops!!! Jeremy wouldn't buy them for me, he said they wouldn't work and they were too expensive. So you let me know if you notice a difference and I'll go buy them myself!

Now that you'll be getting the exercise on track, the food will follow. Do you think you need it filled again or is it just like you said, that weekend off took you off track? I just don't want you to get sick again!! That must have really sucked.

I did so so yesterday. I woke up late so I didn't eat breakfast, then instead of eating something here I went to Sonic and got a burger with tots and the usual drink. The funny thing is, i ordered the diet vanilla coke and the lady tells me "you do know there's sugar in there"? I just laughed and said yes. Of course I know!!! That's why I'm here...I don't want the healthy crap I have at home woman! So after that the appeal of the entire meal wasn't there anymore. So then I decided that for dinner I would just have a salad. So I went to Publix and bought a premade one and one of those new Bountiful dressings from Wishbone and ate that. It was actually pretty good.

I did my 35 minutes of cardio yesterday and then I watered and pulled weeds from all of the flower beds. I was down this morning. So I'll go to the gym with Tuesday later today.

I'm off to take a shower. Hope you have a great day!!

Well, I think I have both been off track and need a slight tightening of the band. I need to make better choices, definitely, but I also feel like I am able to eat more quantity than I am should be. I called my doctor, but sounds like he wants to wait a little bit. 8-|

Well, I walked home (going to have to do a lot of extra walking to make the 10 miles a week), but don't ask me what I ate for lunch today because it was about as far away from the JC lunch I brought that I could get. So let's see, I started walking on Monday, so I've got 4 days to do 7.1 miles in, thats doable. :whip:

Listen missy, remember my Bath & Body connection?! Tell me what size/color of FitFlop you want and I will get them for a steal. :D

SIZE 8 and BLACK OR RED!!!!!!!! I'll send ya a check!!

Well I won't ask what you had for lunch if you don't ask what I had for lunch! It wasn't that bad actually. I met my friend at a Mexican food place and I had 3 soft tacos with grilled beef and pico de gallo. I didn't put anything sour cream or guacamole and I only had 2 bites of rice and no beans. It was a much better choice than I normally would have made...lots of cheese, guac, sour cream, some kind of sauce...yummy!

I went to the gym and I did about 20 minutes of weights and 30 minutes of cardio. I actually RAN today!! I told myself that I was slowly going to increase my cardio so today I did it....I ran for 1 minute. Not a lot but for me it felt like 3 hours. I just need to keep adding little bursts like that and then increase the time and I should see some nice results.

I know my long term goal is Atlantis but I need to be down atleast 10 pounds by the time we leave for Texas and maybe even down a pant size. I would love that so that's my new short term goal. I have one month to lose 10 pounds and a pant size!

Dinner tonight is one of those Progresso Lite soups. They're so super good and there's no meat in them....just veggies and noodles.

I'm off to make dinner. Hope you have a good night!!

Hey There!

Great job on adding the burst of running! :up:

I went to JC for my weigh-in and I was down a little over 4 lbs since last time I was in (a couple of weeks ago). I was down more with the band fiasco at home, but I know that was water weight from getting sick. So, I'm good with that. I will be out of town all next week, so my next weigh-in will be in 2 weeks.

Hey!!!

4 pounds down is still great! How's it going with the walking to work? Do you leave early enough in the morning that it's not 115 degrees outside? That would be a good idea.

You're going to California next week right? I can't remember. How do you think you'll do out there?

I hate when Jeremy goes out of town...I do so poorly with my eating when he's not here to watch me!!!! I can't wait til he gets home tomorrow. I also think our air conditioner is going out or it just can't keep up with how hot it's been lately.

I'm going to the gym with Tuesday later and I'm going to try some running again. I thought about doing water aerobics because that would force me to put on a bathing suit and take a long, hard look at what I would look like in Atlantis! I did the water aerobics in Corpus and saw some great results. We'll see.

I'm off to vacuum.

Man, it is hot out there! The weather channel says that its 97 degrees, but feels like 101.

I checked the weather and figured I would wait until after 5 to do some outdoor walking because after 5 it cools down and will only feel like 99 degrees outside, lol. But it is my day off and I want to do laundry, so I figured I would go out for a quick, short walk to the bank for some quarters.

Well, I got to the bank and felt so good, I decided I would walk to the VA Hospital. So, I got there and felt so good, I decided I would walk around the VA hospital grounds. So, I did. And then I realized it was REALLY HOT OUTSIDE. So, I made my way back and now I am back in my apt. ~1.7 miles later sweating up a storm. :sweat: It was so hot that before I left I got a bottle of water out of the fridge and I tried to drink it on the way back and the water was so hot it was disgusting.

Yes, when I walk to work I go so early that so far it hasn't been crazy hot. We'll see what July and August are like. I haven't had any trouble leaving in time to walk to work because I live so close and when you drive you have to park so far away, that it actually takes me about the same time to get there!

Okay, well, I am going to go guzzle some more water, jump in the shower and add these sweaty clothes to the laundry pile.

Oh, I almost forgot...my JC girl gave me Lemon Cake instead of Chocolate. X-(

I realized that my post ignored about 85% of your post, so I needed to add some things!

Yes, I am going to CA all next week Monday-Friday. I have no idea how I will do. They are providing food and whatnot, but I think being a CA company the choices will prob be pretty healthy (I'm guessing). I am planning on still getting my walking in no matter what. The hotel seems pretty nice, so I would bet they have a gym.

Water Aerobics would be fun, I bet. I've never done it, but if I were you, I totally would. Do you think Tuesday would like it?

You're doing such an amazing job with the walking!!! It's going to make such a huge difference in your results. I wish it wasn't so hot out there, it would make it so much easier and I would be willing to do more if it was cooler.

I don't think Tuesday will do the water aerobics...she's into hardcore training. She might though, I'll see if I can convince her.

LEMON INSTEAD OF CHOCOLATE??????? WHAT THE HECK!!!!!! I would demand a refund and a month's worth of chocolate cake for free! Don't they check off the food with you like we do at our centre? That eliminates alot of the mix ups but not all of them. Crazy people!

You go do your laundry and I'm going to sit on the couch.

Just wanted to update real quick as I walked downtown to meet some friends for dinner. It wasn't quite a mile, but I'm adding it in. I have 3 more days to get in another 4.9 miles, I can do it!

That's awesome!! I wish we lived somewhere that I could walk to dinner....walk anywhere!!!

I did great with my food and activity yesterday until dinner. I went to Chili's with Tuesday and had a couple of chips and salsa and for dinner I had the southwestern eggrolls. Not the best choice but I did it anyway. Thank goodness Jeremy comes home today!!

So the AC is definitely out. It's been 88 degrees inside the house for 2 full days now. Jeremy told me to turn it off and this morning I checked and it actually cooled it down...to 84! I can't wait for the Ac guy to get here.

I'm going to Murfreesboro to help Laura move into their temporary apartment. That should be some of a workout and sweatshop since it's supposed to be about 95 today. Then I'm going to the gym with Tuesday.

At least you were brave enough to post your dinner choice...notice how I conveniently left that part out of my "hey, I walked to dinner" post? :secret:

Well, I walked to work this morning! Another .6 miles to add in (with another .6 coming this afternoon). I got my Wii Fit last night and should get the actual Wii today. I am so excited!!

That stinks about your AC, I hope the guy comes soon and its an easy fix especially with your house being so new. Maybe somebody stole your copper!! Thats a big issue here. Some security guard at a metal yard was killed down here a few days ago and like 3,000 lbs of copper was stolen.

Well, I am sort of getting this walking thing down. I am a little disappointed that I was so tired yesterday from just walking not even 3 miles total all day. That doesn't seem very far and makes me realize how out of shape I am. I keep telling myself the heat doesn't help, but I really think its more than that. Oh well, the only way to get better is to keep going, right? Right!

4.2 miles to go before Monday...

Keep on moving little shoe in the city!! 3.6 more miles between now and Sunday night! I can do this!

RIGHT!!! KEEP GOING...IT GETS BETTER!!!!!! Atleast I think it does. This is the first time I've ever actually stuck with an exercise program and so far I can't see many results.

I helped Laura move today and it was sooooo hot!!! They have an upstairs apartment!!!!! I went up and down those stairs about 35 times...hauling heavy boxes and sweating like a pig! Ugh! It was so gross. Then I went to eat Mexican for lunch. I didn't do so bad, I got a grilled pork loin with rice and black beans and grilled vegetables. I didn't eat the rice and only ate about half the beans. Then we went right back to moving stuff. I'm sure I worked it off.

I went to the Bath and Body Works there in the Boro and bought a new one of those lip gloss things...the one with shea butter. I like it.

Anyway, Jeremy just landed so I better clean things up a bit. I'll talk to ya later.

Wii Fit is great!!!

It was so easy to set-up and I did a total of 61 minutes today! I did 2 short runs, tons of step aerobics...I unlocked advanced aerobics and free step which is a program where you can do step aerobics while watching tv, the Wii remote keeps your pace on track.

I also did some balance tests, but found out that my balance pretty much sucks.

I LOVE IT!

Wow you are a good friend to help her move especially in the heat. I bet you are exhausted.

I'm soooo jealous!!!! That sounds like something I would love!! You are totally rockin' this exercise thing...keep it going and you'll be at your goal in no time.

I am exhausted from the moving but being in the heat at the house is horrible. I think we might go get a hotel room because it's unbearable. I'll burn calories just sitting here and sweating! GROSS!!!

I hope the AC guy comes soon! Last year when I first moved here and my air conditioner didn't really work (or when I had it on, still didn't work but cost about $320/mo), I would sit directly in front of my stand up fan at home and not move. It was miserable. Wow, I am glad I'm out of that place!

Well, walked to work again today. The route I normally take is up some stairs in the back of my building to the canal path and then the canal to the bridge to the street the hospital is on. Well, today I went out back and the gate at the top of the stairs was locked up. :( So, I had to walk around the building. I was worried that it would make me a few minutes late, but I still made it on time. I think walking is faster than driving actually. I only have to wait for 1 cross-walk and when I drive there are like 3 red lights plus you have to park way out back.

I am feeling really good about my increased exercise, but my food choices have been very poor. Yesterday a girl from the doctor's office called and said they still wanted to wait a couple of weeks to see what my weight loss does. I wanted to say, "what weight loss, I am gaining!" but since I am going out of town and couldn't get in before I leave anyway, I was just like, "fine." So, I go in on the 17th.

Right now the band is so loose that I can't even tell its in there. I have no restriction and can eat anything at all and any quantity of it. I can chug water or whatever else I am drinking while eating. They think I am trying to live with the band too tight, but I had to go to meetings before the surgery where people with the band would discuss their eating style. I also had to meet with a nutritionist who actually has the band and she discussed what I would and would not be able to eat.

Both at the meeting and with the nutrionist, they informed me that I would not be able to drink while eating. I remember this because that is such a pleasant sensation to follow a bite with a drink, that I knew I would miss it. The nutritionist also laid out a plate with the amount of food my stomach would be able to hold and it was a very small amount. Approximately 1 cup, I believe. I also remember people at the meeting saying that they couldn't eat bread or pasta or much rice because those things tend to be doughy-er in the stomach and just fill you up and sit there because its hard to digest through the band.

Last night I had 2 pieces of Papa Johns pizza with a regular Mello Yello. Plus 2 breadsticks! Now, I fully realize that I am responsible for the TERRIBLE food decisions I have been making :lapd: BUT if the band were doing its job, NO WAY would I be able to eat all of that bready food AND wash it down with a soda.

I am frustrated because it took so long to get the band, then the band was empty for like 5 weeks or more, then finally the band was perfect and I was losing weight when the fiasco occurred and now the Dr. has an opinion of me and won't believe the things I tell him. X-(

Sorry...just had to vent a little...ok, a lot!

That sucks!!!! I would think you would know better than the doctor as to what you were able to eat and drink. Maybe you should talk to the nutritionist and tell them what's going on with your eating. Eating pizza and regular Mellow Yellow is not allowed!!!!!!! Just like I'm not allowed to eat mexican food, fast food or anything with icing!!! Of course we're responsible for the terrible eating that we do, but we're the only ones who can change it too.

I'm the same way though...I eat what I want, not what I know I should be eating. It's just so frustrating. We just need to make sure we stick with the exercising. You're doing such an amazing job with the walking. It's just fantastic.

We had the air fixed. It was a leak in the coil so we were low on freon. Of course, the coil has to be replaced for $400!!! Oh well it's worth it. Living in a house without air for 3 days was enough!

I'm off to take a shower and get ready to go to the Boro.

Yeah, I am definitely the one that got the pizza and regular coke and put it in my mouth, lol...but I got the band so that when I break down and eat those types of food, I would be physically unable to eat very much of it.

Anyway, call me crazy, but the band feels a little tighter today. I don't know why it would take a couple of weeks to "take" but maybe they know what they are talking about, lol...we'll see how it goes this next week.

Well, I am going to be gone until Friday. I plan on making better choices with my eating and getting my walking in. The hotel definitely has a fitness center and my co-workers who have gone to this thing before say the hotel is in a nice area with lots of shopping around and that they felt safe walking around at nighttime.

I will miss posting on here!!! Don't forget about me!!

Well, there is a lot of stuff I need to do today including getting in 2.2 walking miles! So, I had better get going. :D

Just got back from a 2.2 mile walk which means... I made it to 10 miles this week! :koala:

Whoo hoo!!!! 10 miles...YOU ROCK!!! That is so awesome. What a great start to your goals.

Well I haven't been to the gym since Thursday but I'm still down about 3 pounds. We went to dinner with Chris and Laura on Saturday and I have been sick ever since. So I haven't been able to eat. I'm going to take this as a jump start to my weight loss and keep up with the small portion sizes I've been eating.

I went to the park this evening with Tuesday and walked a mile. It felt good to just get out of the house for a little bit. I think I'm getting better.

Have a great time in Cali!!!

Hey!
So I think I'm 100% better but I'm still not pushing it. I went to the park with Tuesday again and walked a mile. It wasn't much but at least I was moving.

For breakfast I had a cup of cereal with my skim milk.
Lunch I had a cup of Progresso Lite soup..one cup has 60 calories and .5 grams of fat!
Dinner I had a baked chicken breast with sauteed squash..I just used Pam to cook it
I had one FiberOne bar as a snack & strawberries with fat free whipped cream

I've done okay so far but I just hope I don't go back to over indulging in my food. I'm really focused on hitting my goal for the Bahamas. We booked our flight already.
I think we're all flying on different flights but I know your parents get in about 5 minutes before or after we do.

We have to keep going!!!

Hey!
So my food has been great but my exercise is slacking. I just haven't been to the gym all week with Tuesday. I have walked atleast a mile 3 days this week but it's not what I'm used to. I'm going to the gym tonight with Jeremy so I can really get my cardio in there.

I'm going to start doing the Body for Life weight training program so that I can start toning up. I just have to remember that when I start lifting, I may gain weight and I don't have to panic!!! IT'S OKAY!!!! As long as I keep my food going.

I probably shouldn't have bought that mixer. I've been baking like crazy! Today I took that Apple Cake recipe (the one I made you at Thanksgiving) and made it into muffins!!! OhMYGOODNESS they are delicious. Of course, I'll be giving those away promptly!

Anyway, hope you're having fun in California!!!

I just got back from doing my 35 minutes of cardio. Man, you take a few days off and it is brutal getting back on there!! I feel great though. I'm glad I went, I almost just sank down into the couch.:lil:

My food was great today.
Breakfast was my usual cereal.
Lunch was a cup of soup with a roll
Dinner was a bowl of pasta
Snacks: 2 of those muffins and some strawberries

I'm trying and that's all that matter!

I'm back!!!

Wow, flying fat is no fun at all. I hope I am significantly smaller for the Bahamas flight. I was like so paranoid that everyone in the terminal was thinking, "God, I hope I don't have to sit next to her..." Then the whole flight I'm like looking at my big legs taking up the whole seat while the tiny girl next to me has all that room to scoot around within her seat. 8-| I am just going to keep telling myself that the next time I fly I will be a little smaller and even smaller the next time, and the next, etc. etc.

Well, California was a good time. The classes were good, the weather was good, and the food was...well, it tasted really good. Not so good on my body. Also not so good on my body was the lack of walking. I am going to walk as much as I can today and tomorrow, but will really have to do some work to make my goal.

I can't wait to go back to see my doctor so I can convince him to fill up my band some more. Just a few more days.

I read some really good books on the planes. One was called The Poisonwood Bible and the other was a lighter, easier read called The Last Summer of You and Me. I will bring them to you sometime...you would especially like the last summer one because it is one of those summer beach readers that you can finish in a day without Jeremy yelling at you, haha. But it was like really romantic but sad and sometimes I read those books and its a little depressing. Do you ever get that way? Maybe I should ask you after you've read that one, lol. A summer beach read that is depressing...hmmm...

Hey! Where'd you go?

Well, I have been super duper lazy today. Crazy lazy. I didn't do anything spectacular yesterday either other than work. I did get a lousy 1.2 miles in yesterday, but only because I walked to work and back.

I'm trying to eat better since I've been back. Yesterday at work didn't go so well, but dinner was good. So far today I've had my JC food. Right now I am trying to fight the urge to order pizza (ugh...pizza is so easy and does not require me to leave my home!!!!) and settle for the JC stuff I have in my freezer. I will let you know who wins. Why is it so easy to forget all the pains of being overweight when you have a craving?? X-(

JC food won, Thank God!

WHOOHOO!!! Go JENNY!!!

It is very easy to forget everything when you're craving something. I can't explain it. I think I need to go get me some Jenny food but I don't feel like driving out there and I don't feel like seeing Paula.

Between yesterday and today I blew it. I made apple pie and cupcakes from scratch and took them to a bridal shower last night. I ate a few cupcakes and a piece of pie, a hamburger and some pasta salad. Then today we went to Grandaddy's and ate like crap again. I'm never going to hit my goal if we keep going to these things!!

Why can't people serve Jenny food at their parties?

Anyway, Tuesday is back so we'll get back into the gym. I have two weeks until a canoe trip with my super skinny friends from Sunday school and it would be nice to lose a little bit before then. We'll see.

Just gotta keep going.

Hey! Your mom was telling everyone about the possible car you might get!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!

Yeah, that car sounds like a good deal. The air conditioning will really come in handy if it works out.

Well, yesterday was okay. My friend Lisa came down to Atlanta for a wedding and we met up in Athens, GA for the day yesterday. We had a really good time. She is moving to Denmark at the end of the month and even though I didn't see her much when she was in San Diego, I am feeling a sense of like loss to know I will see her even less. We ate lunch where I had crab cakes and a salad and then later at a cafe a small chocolate chip cookie. We did a fair share of walking, although I didn't think to try and quantify it.

I've got a lot of walking to do this week.

I am tired this morning for some reason. Didn't get to bed until kind of late, I guess. I go to see my doctor this afternoon...I hope he fills my band up a little. I will let you know. Okay....back to work!

I threw away the leftover cupcakes last night. It was hard but I knew I had to or I would continue to eat them. There's still apple pie left but that doesn't tempt me the way icing does. I did my work out yesterday and I had the best motivation to keep going. I go to the gym with Tuesday who is tiny and a runner and when we got there, my friend Melissa was there and she is also a huge runner and could be a SHAPE model. So walking along side them made me feel like a cow.

Tuesday and I are going back to our cardio weight training class tomorrow night so I can start getting toned up. The gym is going to have a cardio kickboxing class sometime real soon and I want to do that.

Anyway, I'm off to clean the house. Jeremy has a coworker coming over later and didn't tell me until about 1 in the morning! Can you believe him??

I might be going to Newburgh to stay with your mom whenever she has her gallbladder removed. She'll be in some pain and probably won't want to move around a whole lot.

Have a great day!

OUCH OUCH OUCH!!!!! That's all I have to say right now. I went to that Pilates class and it kicked my butt!!!!!!!! I had no idea it was going to be that hard or that long!!! I did 30 minutes of cardio and then an hour of Pilates. I'm totally stepping it up right now.

I HAVE TO LOSE THIS WEIGHT!!! I AM MISERABLE AT THE WEIGHT I AM!!!!!!!!

So why don't I just stop eating the crap that I eat?? Because it tasts so freakin good.
I'm taking it to the next level now. I have my eye on the prize...a bathing suit in the Bahamas!!!

Ugh...what I would give to be your weight!!! You are like my goal!!! But anyway...

My day has been pretty good so far. I can feel a difference in my stomach, but can tell that it was not as tight as before right now. That is fine though. This might be better. He said to give it a couple of weeks to see what its really going to be like, so we'll see. :)

I have been really, really tired the past couple of days with very little reason. Right after I got back from California, I was not sleeping very much, I guess because of the time difference. I wonder if it is catching up to me now? Who knows. Tomorrow is supposed to be my day off, but I have to come in to see some implant patients. At least it will be something I enjoy and I don't have to stay very long, I don't think.

The walk to work was really nice this morning. For some strange reason, the humidity is really low today and it felt sooo good. I will be doing some walking this evening as I will need to get in gear just to make this week's 10 miles. I've also been doing my Wii Fit some and my Wii Fit age has come down to 27 - it started at 39!!!

I am feeling a little down today. Jeremy keeps asking me if I have booked my flight yet, but the flights were so expensive for me, I wasn't able to afford it (like over $750 for a decent flight that doesn't have me sitting in the Atlanta airport for 10 hours). Dad said he had some air miles he could use, so he is looking into that, but I feel bad taking his miles. I am thinking that I don't really need to go to Atlantis anyway.

That would be nice of you to go stay with Mom. I was talking to her about how this kind of makes all her past stomach issues make sense.

YOU HAVE TO GO TO ATLANTIS!!!!!! Take your dad's miles!!!!!!! I wonder why it's so expensive for you, Jeremy and I both go our tickets for a total of $850. It wouldn't be the same without you.

That Wii Fit sounds fantastic. I've heard some really really great stuff about it. I didn't know you could see how "old" you were. I think Jeremy needs to buy one of those.

I'm going to a different class tonight. I'm going to try and do a different class atleast 3 days a week and continue to do my 30 minutes of cardio everyday. If I can do that, I know I'll see results. I just have to make sure that I keep it up while I'm in Texas. I'm going to buy some Jenny food when my mom goes that way I can stay on track with the food. The hard part will be the exercise. I'll have to make sure I stay active.

We'll see!

So I thought i hurt earlier...now I'm REALLY hurting! I went to the cardio/weight training class and the instructor had changed things up a bit and it was a lot harder than I remembered. I feel great though, I'm sure I'll be sore tomorrow.

Anyway, Jeremy found some flights out of Atlanta for less than $400 round trip or one that was $450. He said to go to Kayak.com if you want to try that. We really want you to go!!

Really?? What were the times on those trips? Because anything I've seen even in the $500 area is like terrible times. Plus I'm trying to go from Augusta.

I'm not sure what the times were, Jeremy was going the look up. I think he looked in augusta as well and found something but I'm not sure. He went to the Kayak.com and found them and another site that he uses. He could tell you better. He really wants you to go!

Oh yeah..I really want you to go too!!

Hello!

Well I thought I wasn't going to work out today but I went with Jeremy at 8. I was so freakin tired from yesterday but I did 40 minutes on the ellyptical tonight. I did 3 miles, burned 418 calories and sweat like a dog!!!! I feel great!!! I'm glad I went.

I went to look at houses with Tuesday today and I found 3 that I would loooove to have!!! They are fantastic. You could have your own room and bathroom when you come visit! They were actually reasonably priced and that's very odd in Lebanon. I'm taking Jeremy to see them on Saturday.

Anyway, I think I'll go to bed now.

Where are you!!! You're missing in action...come back to me!

I told Tuesday last night that I would go to the gym with her this morning. I got up and got ready. I thought we were just going to do our usual cardio but then she tells me there's a Pilates class. So we did 30 minutes of cardio and then made our way to the class. We set up all of our stuff and then the instructor says "welcome to ADVANCED PILATES!!!" WHAT THE HELL!!!!! It started off crazy hard but towards the end it was great. I fell off the ball doing one of the moves and I thought I would die! Fortunately, I wasn't the only one.

Anyway, i'm looking forward to seeing some results. We'll see.

Wow! You have been doing awesome!

I have not been doing very good at all. The past couple of days I have felt very strange. Last night I had bilateral roaring (roaring meaning a whooshing noise) tinnitus for about 10 minutes which completely freaked me out. It was pretty loud. I actually thought it was water running somewhere, but then I plugged up my ears and it got louder.

I have also been very very tired the past couple of days. I'm talking like cannot get out of bed in the morning and wanting to get in bed at like 7 p.m. I came in to work yesterday, even though it was my day off, because I had some cochlear implant patients to see. I drove to the hospital both yesterday and today because I felt wearied out even by the thought of the very short and easy walk. I am hoping to snap out of it soon.

My exercise has been non-existant and my food has just been okay. I am not binging and when I go home at night I am eating my JC food, but yesterday and today I went to lunch with some people over at the hospital cafeteria next door (the hospital's next door is much better than ours). Both days I had a taco salad with cheese, rice, beans, the works.

I am just feeling a little depressed lately and I can't put my finger on why. I really hope to snap out of it because the time is ticking down to Atlantis. Jeremy left me a voicemail about checking in with each other...you should tell him to get on here with us. I don't know if he would, but he is welcome.

A friend of mine in Columbia, SC invited me over tonight for a party, but it is like over an hour's drive each way and I work both today and tomorrow. So, I would drive just to be there for a couple of hours and I feel so tired that the thought of it seems exhausting. Plus I told another friend I would come see her at the mall tonight. I don't know what I'm going to do.

Anyway, I'm still here, just checking in. I hope my next post will be more hopeful.

I've been exhausted too but then I can't sleep at night. I wonder what the deal is with you. You should ask a doctor...I know you don't have diabetes but maybe you need Rozerem.

Are you lonely down in Georgia?? When I come back from Texas I PROMISE that I will come visit you. I promise. I'll even go with out Jeremy.

You just have to keep going with the food and the exercise. That's what I'm learning. Take one day at a time and if you fall off the wagon, then get back on it. We can do this.

I must be crazy...I went back to the gym and did another 30 minutes of cardio/weights. I did some of the leg machines because I can't get my inner thighs to go away!! So I'm hoping that will help.

Jeremy is grilling some steaks tonight and I'm making a Two-Corn Polenta with Tomatoes, Basil and Cheese...I've never tried it so we'll see how it turns out.
I need to make something good so he'll go willingly to look at those houses tomorrow.
WWW.SPENCECREEK.COM will show you the houses, I like the Hemingway, Armstrong and Ericsson. The Ericsson is my favorite but I think it might be too big...4,000 square feet.

I'm off to make dinner.

Hey Girl,

Those houses looked really nice. Let me know how Jeremy likes them.

Well, I am feeling a little bit better today. I don't really get lonely down here. I have some friends that I hang out with once in a while, but I do miss seeing my good friends that know me a little better. Maybe seeing Moranda and Lisa back to back kind of reminded me that my friends here aren't like best friends. I also just think I was in kind of a slump. I am doing really well at work and I think that makes me feel better, but I also wonder whats in store for me in the next few years. Like will I still be here? And if not here, then where? Oh well, anyway...

Today I woke up and have been cleaning my apartment, that makes me feel better. Yesterday I went to McDonalds for lunch. I had brought my JC lunch, but I told myself I was just going to walk over and get a diet coke...but when I was there, I got the chicken fingers meal. The only good news is that yesterday I could really tell my band felt tighter and I was really full by the chicken alone. But, I did save the fries and eat them later. 8-|

I went to the store after work and got a bunch of fruit. I think what really brings me down is my sugar cravings. So everytime I want to go for something sweet, I'm going to try to have some fruit and see if that helps.

Okay, well I am just checking in. I am going to get back to cleaning. I am going to go downstairs and walk on the treadmill today, so I'll come back and post my miles and my Wii Fit time.

Did 2.1 miles on the treadmill downstairs. Took me about 32 minutes and 30 seconds (my speed varied between 3.6 and 3.7).

I had to change my exercise goal to include a couple more miles a week to make up for last week's complete miss and this week's funk. I am still going to get all of the miles done! I will do this! :whip: I also discovered that it is much easier to walk inside than in the mega-heat outside (although a bit more boring).

Okay, I'm going to eat some dinner and then plan to get in some Wii Fit time this evening. My food has been really good today. Maybe I am out of my funk!

Got in 30 minutes on the Wii Fit tonight.

I did regular hoola hoop, advanced hoop, boxing (twice), advanced step, and then some balance exercises. The boxing one was a new choice for me tonight (it unlocks new activities once you reach certain time levels) and I loved it, it was fun...advanced hoop was new for me too and that one was really taxing! lol I was surprised by how much my legs were burning at the end of that one.

Okay...goodnight!

Hey!! Great job on the exercising!! Maybe your funk is over!
I really need to try that Wii Fit!!

On Tuesday our gym is starting the Cardio Kickboxing and I can't wait to try that. They have full gloves and kick pads. I think that'll be great if it doesn't kill me.

I didn't go to the gym this weekend because I was so sore from the classes I did last week.Tomorrow starts another intense week.

I think I'm off to bed. Goodnight!

Hello!

So I went to the gym today and did my 30 minutes of cardio but I did not want to be there. You know those days where you know you should but you just can't bring yourself to get motivated? Well I had that day but then I went online and looked at the calories and fat grams in the McDonald's cheeseburger and fries I ate last night and that got me motivated!!!!!!

So we'll see how the rest of this week goes. I hope you're having a great week!

Hello!

I just got back from the gym and I feel pretty good. I did 30 minutes of my cardio but I cranked up the resistance and the incline thingy and really worked it today. I was realllly sweaty which I HATE but I know it's good to sweat.

I went to eat lunch with Laura today and we went to a Mexican restaurant. I did soooo good! I didn't eat a single freakin chip!!! It took some MAJOR will power to not lunge across the table and down the entire basket. I ordered a black bean taco salad, it had the beans, salad, tomato, shredded mozzarella cheese, a dab of sour cream and guac. I probably shouldn't have had the sour cream and guac but I think I did okay. I made up for those two things by not having the chips and salsa.

Anyway, you need to be on here everyday!!!! I don't like talking to myself!!!!! I need to know how you're doing and how you like the Wii!

I hope you're doing great. We can do this!!!!

LOL Sorry! I actually tried to post something this morning, but I got pulled away from the computer and by the time I came back the computer had logged me off.

I did a Wii Body Test the other day and it weighed me over 3 lbs down since last time (and my home scale confirmed)! So that was great. My BMI came down too and my Wii Fit age went from 27 to 22 (I started at 39). So that was great!

My food was okay today. I did get a Mello Yello from the coke machine this morning bc I missed breakfast and I was hungry/thirsty. I drank about half of it and then dumped the rest out. Even half was a lot of sugar and empty calories, though. Poor planning leads to poor choics on my part. I ate my JC lunch but then had 1 regular (not big, not small) chocolate chip cookie. On my way home, I wanted to stop by the grocery store to get something sugary, but I didn't. I made it home and stuck to my JC dinner. So, stepped off the plan today for 1/2 a mello yello and a chocolate chip cookie. Could have been worse and I didn't let it ruin my dinner.

My JC weigh-in is 10 am Thursday.

Good job!! I know how hard it is to not give in to a craving!!! I had the same problem tonight. I was craving something sooooo badly but we didn't have anything so I just went outside to water my flowers and then when that didn't work, I came inside and started cleaning. Then I remembered that I had those FiberOne yogurts and that actually satisfied me. They're really very good and the strawberry are sweet.

Good job with the weight loss too! That's a big confidence booster I'm sure. Just keep going. You did great with getting back on track with your Jc food. I went to the JC here and bought my mom the Creative Recipe cookbook and it looks like it's going to be great. It takes your JC food and shows you how to change it up and add things so it's not the same thing day after day. I'm going to try it out when I'm in Texas.

I'm going to bed. Have a great day tomorrow!!

I looooove my FITFLOPS!!!!! Thank you so much!!! I got them today and I haven't taken them off yet. I'll let you know if they work or not.

I was our shopping all day with Tuesday and we ate at Panera Bread. I did so so, half of a greek salad and a cup of turkey chili. Could have been worse!
We walked around for about 4 hours and then we went to the gym but we only did 20 minutes of cardio. We both were feeling kinda lazy. tomorrow I'll step it up.

I'm having a Mary Kay openhouse tomorrow to showcase all of the new Mineral Powder makeup! I am soooo excited!

So I'm off to bake some chicken!

Yay! I'm so glad you like your FitFlops. When I got them, the girls at the store were kind of like shocked that I liked them. One said she thought they were uncomfortable, but I think they are soooo comfy. I don't know if I am burning calories or toning, but I do feel more supported when walking. Anyway, glad you got them!!!

I think I'll get a pair for Mom in case we wear ours in the Bahamas, she will want some too.

Well, I told you already, but JC had me down 6 lbs since the last time I was there. Yay! I might make my Atlantis goal after all!

I also walked 2 miles this morning. I'm going to try to get in another 2 this afternoon/evening.

Sounds like you made good choices at Panera. It would be easy to go wrong at that place (yummy bread and baked goods). When we would go study there, I would get the black bean soup. It was good and I think its not too bad for you either.

Well....yesterday afternoon became a "cheat" day for me. I ended up having a piece of Oreo pie and later went to a movie with a friend and got candy. Somehow the scale had not moved this morning, but I know sometimes it takes a day to catch up. Oh, silly me to reward weight loss with food.

Only thing to do is get back on the program today! Didn't walk any extra miles yesterday because I was super tired after the movie. By the way, we went to see The Happening. It was TERRIBLE!!!!!!!!! Do not see this movie.

Alrighty, well I had better have some more miles to post this evening!

I wish you had told me you were going to see that!! I've heard it is the most aweful movie! Complete waste of time and money. I'm surprised because I usually like his movies but I heard it was even more confusing than usual and you don't know any more at the end than you did at the beginning. I know I won't be watching it.

I didn't work out at the gym yesterday but I was on my feet from 8 in the morning until about 7 at night. I had the Mary Kay openhouse and I was cleaning, baking, hosting...being tired. I went to sleep at about 10 and I was out. I woke up in the same position I went to bed in.

I'll go today and see what happens.

Ack! Cheat Day becomes 2 days!!

Yesterday I was working with my friend, Alex. We went to go have lunch together and I suggested the hospital-next-door's cafeteria. We got over there and he was like, "let's go to mcdonalds." So guess what? Yep, I went to McDonalds. And did I get something reasonable involving grilled chicken???

NOPE! Got the chicken nuggets meal. Dipped them in ranch. THEN I had totally forgotten, but a bunch of us from work were going out to dinner. They picked this place and I had never been there before. We went and its a local place known for being "beyond casual" seafood. Did I get something grilled???

NOPE! Fried shrip. French Fries. Thats right. :help:

When I got home, I was sooo tired and went to bed almost immediately.

I will eat my JC food today. I will walk today. I will not put on the weight I just lost!!!!!! :whip: That Monday morning Wii Body Test is coming up very quickly!!!! I need to get it together pronto!

So yesterday we canoed 11 miles down the Caney Fork!!!!!!! I am soooooo tired. Of course, Jeremy and I came home and ordered pizza! So what I probably lost while canoeing, I gained by eating that crap. Then I came home from church today and ate the last two pieces. What is wrong with me???

I just have to start alllllllll freakin over again...but what else is new. Jeremy and I are going to the gym today to try and work off some of this crap.

At least you guys did something active to offset most if not all of the pizza. Sounds like a lot of fun.

I have eaten junk again today and have not walked any the past couple of days! Ugh..what happened to me???

The only good thing is that I have been active today cleaning out a bunch of boxes that have never been unpacked. I moved to such a small place, I didn't have room for a lot of my stuff but I didn't bother to get rid of it because I didn't know if I was going to be staying. But now that I know I am staying, I want to get more settled. A co-worker of mine has a sister who is having a yard sale for Juvenile Diabetes, so I have loaded up my car to take a bunch of stuff over there. Once you see my place and how far it is to my car, you will understand that was at least a partial work-out. I definitely worked up a sweat.

Come see me down here!!!!

I'll try to come see you!!! I just don't know when I'll get a chance! I'll be gone almost all of July and then we'll be gone 3 weekends in August. I'm working on it!!!

Good job on cleaning out boxes and getting rid of stuff. I usually have a hard time getting rid of stuff that people bought me but I've gotten better at it. I get rid of it so people can buy me knew stuff!! hehe

Tomorrow I will be back on track. That's the key, getting back up when I knock myself down.

Well I FINALLY got back down to the lowest I've been so far!!! It's taken 2 weeks but we had a whole bunch of crap in between. Lots of eating out, Father's Day, bridal showers...etc. Too much!! Now I have to go to Texas and try my hardest to NOT eat at Whataburger everyday or eat Mexican food 3 times a day. I think it'll be better this time because my mom's on JC and I can get some food.

We'll see how it goes.
What's going on in your world??

Hey there!
So I haven't done bad these past two days. Yesterday I went to an Asian place with Tuesday and I got steamed white rice with seafood in a garlic sauce but I didn't eat everything. Then I did good for the rest of the day. Today I've done great with my food except for I've been snacking a little bit...just some Wheat thins (reduced fat..of course) and that's about it.

Tuesday wasn't able to work out today so I waited until Jeremy was going. I kinda like it better later at night because it's not as hot and not as crowded. I'm going in the morning tomorrow so hopefully it'll be cooler. I can't stand when it's burning up in there, I know I sweat more and burn more calories but I hate it.

We're leaving for Texas on Thursday and I have to make sure my mom understands that this is not going to be a free-for-all! Just today she named off all these places that we should eat and I had to tell her that we can only eat out ONCE A WEEK!

I just have to remember that I am working towards Atlantis and I have a goal!

Did you hear me screaming this morning? If you didn't, I'm very surprised. I got on the scale this morning and I was UP TWO POUNDS!!!!! TWO FREAKIN POUNDS!! I haven't eaten anything that would make me gain two pounds and I've been working out!
Jeremy said I need to get my thyroid checked because this is 3 months of working out and eating better and I haven't seen anything.

I am so beyond frustrated! I feel like I should just eat whatever the hell I feel like since what I'm doing isn't working. BUT...I won't. I just have to keep doing what I'm doing.

Well, I probably didn't hear you screaming over my scale screaming, "hey, remember me?!?"

I don't want to know what I weigh right now. I think I am even going to put off my JC appt this week because Lord knows I haven't been eating my JC food. Ugh. I was so successful for a couple of weeks and then this week QUICKLY slipped out of whack.

Must...get...back...on track.....must stop....stuffing face...endlessly....

We are a mess!!!! What are we doing??? We know what we're working towards and we keep blowing it! Why WHy Why???? Let's just take a step back and evaluate the situation.
We know that eating the crap we eat is not going to get us any closer to our goals but we do it anyway. From now on, everytime I eat something that isn't on my lowfat plan, I'm going to post the calories and fat grams so I can see it. Better watch out...I might do it to you too!! I'm dangerous!

Anyway, today has been a good food day. Breakfast was my normal cereal, lunch was a chicken breast sandwich with nothing on it and I had a Laughing Cow cheese wedge(delicious by the way) with 10 reduced fat Wheat Thins. Dinner I'm just going to have a bowl of soup and a roll. Does that sound like I'm eating crap??? Doesn't to me! So why would I gain weight if that's what I eat almost everyday!!!!!!!!

I'm going to the gym tonight even though I really, really, really, really, really don't want to go.
UGH! I'm going to finish packing!

I had a pretty good day yesterday. Was able to control my cravings and eat things I had around the house, which were good. I picked up some of that laughing cow cheese the other day and I love it too. I got the lite swiss and the lite french onion. It's good.

I haven't walked or been on Wii Fit lately though. I'm going to change that this weekend. Time's flying and I'm just watching it go.

Hey! So here we are in Texas. We haven't eaten horribly, I think we've just eaten more than we should have. So today, I ate Silverdollar pankcakes and will continue to eat JC throughout the day. I can't spend the next 2 weeks over eating. Jeremy went running this morning and I think he lost about 5 pounds in water weight...Hello 110% Humidity!! I guess he forgot what a South Texas summer was like. 95 degrees at 10 a.m. with that much humidity equals...hell.

Anyway, I'll try to keep you updated on what I'm getting into down here.
Hope you're doing great!

I'm not doing so great up here! Yesterday was an okay day. Today we had a staff meeting and some vendors came in and brought us food (this is not legal, people!!). I had 1/2 of a cinnamon roll from Panera Bread. Then the next vendor brought us lunch. We had wraps and I ate about 1/2 plus some pasta salad.

I am still up about 3 lbs from my last JC weigh-in. And who knows how long its been since my little shoe has moved.

My weight chart hasn't moved in months! Months!! I can't do this anymore. I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't. I work out, I eat good, I get no results. I might as well eat whatever the hell I want and forget about it.

I'm so depressed. I'm going to bed.

I am depressed too!!! I have sabotaged myself...what am I doing?!?!!!!!?!??

I need to get with it again. DESPERATELY. HELP ME!!!!

Hey! I finally got to a computer. I'm at my brother's house in San Antonio.
Food has actually been okay because my sister in law doesn't eat bad and she eats very little so I don't want to look like a cow when I eat.

Exercise? Don't get me started. the only thing I have been doing is walking a lot. We were walking allllll day yesterday. We left the house at 10 in the morning and walked around different places until about 9 that night. My legs were sore!

We'll see how it goes while I'm at the convention!

Keep going!!

So the past week and a half I have been pretty depressed regarding my weight. I have not been exercising like I was and I have not been eating great. I've been getting on my scale here at home and been frightened by the number and haven't made it to JC in 2 weeks.

Well anyway, a little over a week ago when I stepped on my scale at home, it was acting funny...at first it wouldn't start up and then it had me re-enter my info (height, gender) and then it weighed me up 14 lbs!!!! I was horrified and this probably played into my depression for the past week.

Today I decided that it was time to do a body test and face the facts with my Wii Fit, which I had not weighed myself on in over a week. Well....let me just say that I'm throwing out the bathroom scale because its clearly BROKEN! Wii told me that I was the same weight I was the last time I went to JC and down 2.4 lbs since my last Wii Fit body test.

Geez.

Hey!

I always wonder about our scale. Sometimes I want to go to stores and open all of their scales and see what I weigh. If I were you, I would just go by the Wii and the JC scale. You can't be afraid to go to JC though, that's how most of my clients got into trouble. They thought they didn't do well one week so they skipped, then another week and when they finally went back in, they had usually gained about 5-10 pounds back because they weren't being held accountable. It's scary to see the number after a week of not doing Jenny but you have to know where you are so you can keep going towards your goal.

I weighed myself this morning and I'm up about 1 pound. Not too bad considering what I've eaten. Of course, I've been really active with the baby, we walked ALL friggin' day yesterday and I've only been eating my 3 meals a day...NO SNACKING!

I know I won't be where I wanted to be for the Atlantis trip but I'm going to try my hardest to get as close as possible. We still have time to lose more weight and get in a little better shape, we can't just give up because we've had a couple of bad weeks.

We can do this!!!!!! Think of how great we'll feel come Christmas time!! We'll be taking a thousand pictures of ourselves and making sure everyone knows how good we look!

This will be short since my last one was too long. I had a Jenny breakfast, a Jenny lunch and then a Jenny snack today. I was Really GOOD! I declined the McDonalds, the TGI Friday's, Chilis, EVERYTHING so that I could be good. BUT..I'm going to dinner with my parents tonight. We're going to this Chinese place and I know what to get there so it shouldn't be too bad. I'll let you know!

Hey There! Sounds like you are doing very well in Texas!

I am not sure if I am going to go back to JC any time soon or not. They just really let me down there and I just felt like I was giving them money and they were not really doing anything for me. I went to the grocery store and loaded up with some lean cuisine and weight watchers stuff that I like. I also got these toasted wheat thins made from veggies and they are really good. Today for lunch I had tuna with a little lite mayo on those crackers and it really filled me up. Anyway, I am going to think JC over for a bit.

I did my Wii today and it weighed me about the same as yesterday. I am not going to weigh everyday, but I wanted to make sure yesterday wasn't a fluke after the conflicting scale issues. I am going to throw out my bathroom scale today.

The Lean Cuisine's and stuff like that are just as good. It's all about portion control. Just make sure you drink a lot more water because they have a lot of sodium in them. JC food was regulated to work in our program so it had the right amount.

I think you should weigh once a week. It will be better than seeing the scale fluctuate everyday. I'll do the same.

I'm off to watch tv.

I went to see the doctor yesterday and he put some more fluid in the band. It feels a lot better today. I notice that I have to eat much slower and can only sip water while eating. Last night I had some tuna fish on those wheat thins crackers for dinner and it filled me up for the rest of the night, which is great for me.

I have been Wii Fit-ing again and now I just need to get my little shoe moving across that cityscape again. I think I may be coming out of my slump!

I'm baaaaack!!!!!!!! I got back last night and I am exhausted! I had a great time but I am so ready to get back to my normal routine.

The great news is....I LOST a pound!!!!! I was in Texas for 2 full weeks and I ate everything and anything I wanted!!!!! The Mary Kay Seminar was good though because I didn't snack and we walked miles and miles everyday! This is a great start to getting back into my work outs.

Anyway, I'm off to plant more flowers in the 98 degree heat.

Hey Congrats on the pound!!!!

I have not been on the scale in awhile...I should do that tomorrow morning. My eating has been more in control since having the band fill. I eat slower and less and stay full for much longer. I still need to get back on the exercise wagon though. I will do my Wii Fit, but not go downstairs to the treadmill, which I really want to get back in the habit of doing. I have been really tired lately...maybe I need some provigil.

Hey! So I decided that I was going back on Slimfast this week and I wish I would have done this 6months ago! I started the week at 189 and today I woke up and I'm at 186.2! I've only been to the gym once because I figured that since going everyday didn't give me a single friggin' result, I'm only going to go every other day. I'm not going to kill myself.

So hopefully I'll be able to keep losing with the Slimfast. We have a very short amount of time before the Bahamas and I need to do everything I can.

I'm glad you got the band filled some. Maybe you do need Provigil. You should talk to your doctor. I've been exhausted since we got home and I can't figure it out. I haven't done anything so I don't have a reason to be tired. Maybe I'm just trying to catch up on the sleep I lost in Texas.

I'm off to water the flowers. Have a great day!

I am amazed at my progress this week! I don't officially weigh in until Monday but I'm down 3.2 pounds already! I've been doing the Slimfast and watching what I eat, I've gone to the gym twice and I'm going tomorrow.

I'm kicking myself for not doing this from the beginning but I'll take what I can get. I would love to lose another 15 pounds by the time we leave and if I did that then I would be where I was two years ago at our wedding!! That would be fantastic.

You can't forget about me on here!! You need to check in everyday otherwise I come to the site and get disappointed that you haven't posted! I need you on here!!!!!!

Wow!! Congrats on the weight loss!!! Maybe the slimfast just pushed you over the edge (like those quarters in the arcade, you know?) and now all your hard work is paying off. :dn

I did a Wii Body Test today (first one in a week) and found that I was down 4.2 lbs since last time!!! Yay! I def credit it to the band fill. I can tell I am getting fuller faster and staying fuller longer. And I have mostly been eating tuna with those Veggie crackers because it tastes good and goes down easy.

WHoo Hoo!!! We're both doing great!! Let's just keep it up. We really can do this.

I don't think we have anything coming up that would get me off track so I should be okay from now until then. We are going to the Brickyard this weekend but that should be okay. I know I'll do LOTS of walking! We're sitting in the first straightaway so it's waaaaaaay past where we sit for Indy. Fortunately, we're going with Chris and Laura and they park a lot closer than we normally do.

Anyway, I'm going to eat something.

Hope you are having a good time this weekend! I also hope everyone wears their earplugs!!!!

My enthusiasm is ebbing back and I am excited to see what I can do in one month before we go to Bahamas! Since the Wii showed the unexpected loss, I am excited to think of what kind of difference I can make if I really work hard this month!

YAY!! Lindsey's back!!

Jeremy and I went out last night for dinner and then somehow it turned out to be an all nighter. We met some people out at Chili's and then we all decided to go bar hopping...in Lebanon. Not very many choices but it was 3 a.m. when we got back.

We ate at Chili's and I got those little burgers and ate 3 out of 4 and a few fries and I was down a pound this morning! I'll be damned. I wasn't drinking so that may have helped. Then today I went to lunch and shopping with Tuesday and we ate at Mimi's Cafe in the Boro. I got a sweet and sour coconut shrimp with an asian peanut coleslaw and they brought me less than an appetizer portion! Which was good but the darn thing was $9! So I saw that they had bread pudding and I got one. It was yummy!!

I'll start my workouts again on Monday.

Hey There! Yesterday I ate a bunch of junk while at work (M&Ms, Mt. Dew), but I got on my Wii Fit this morning to find that I have lost another .7 lbs since the last time I weighed (3 days ago), which put me at an even 40 lbs down from my pre-surgery weight. I would love to lose another 10-20 before Atlantis.

Got on the Wii Fit this morning and was down another 1.3 lbs! :dn

YAY!!!!! You're doing great!

I think the key to both of our success will be to stay away from things like the Mountain Dew/Cokes, M&M/Bread Pudding, Fast food/cupcakes!!! It eventually will catch up to us even if we're still watching what we eat.

I did okay yesteday at the race. We didn't eat much, two sandwiches and some reduced fat Wheat thins but I was still up this morning. Could be because I only drank diet coke and no water...I'm hoping I'm retaining water. We'll see.

The race was a joke. They did competition yellows every 10 laps because the tires were going to explode if they did any more laps than that. So instead of a race, we got 10 lap shoot outs and a competition between the pitcrews to see who could get the drivers out faster. It was stupid. The good thing was we sat in the straightaway under the shade..yay! That was nice but you couldn't see much and if it had been a good race that would have been disappointing.

Anyway, keep up the great work. You're doing awesome.

HELLO!!! Are you out there?????!! Where is my friend? I need you on here!!!!!

Hello Pattie good to hearfrom you. It sounds like we have the same struggles. I need muscles to I wish that I could firure out how to help my stomach muscles my stomach muscles have dropped and I have trouble with them not wanting to support me to. I thank you for the idea of the elastic bands where did you hear about that I would like to know more about it. I am open to any thing that would help me. Right now I have not found any thing that helps me. I do some walking around but very little, when I do move around I have to use a walker. Keepup your exercises . what ever you can do is a step to having better and stronger muscles.


:) cindy

I'm totally here!

I've been doing alright, but staying away from the scale because its that TOM. So, I'll have to check it out in a few days. I have been good about bringing my lunch to work lately. I get those Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh turkey lunch meat packs. It has a resealable container, so I just throw the whole container in my lunch box with a fork. I eat the turkey and sometimes put some laughing cow light swiss on a veggie wheat thin.

I still have the occasional Mt. Dew though...I will work on cutting that down and then out.

Other than that, not too much new to report here. I have been on the Wii, but I still need to go downstairs and do the treadmill. 8-|

Hi Cindy, I think you may have posted in the wrong place because I don't know Pattie, but thanks for stopping by! Hope all is going well with you! :)

Hey!
Nothing new to report here either. I've been to the gym 4 times this week and I might go tomorrow. I haven't lost a single ounce this week. It's killing me!

I signed up for my classes at MTSU today and I'm sure I'll lose about 20 pounds after walking that campus. It was ridiculous how hot it was today...right at 100 degrees and there was no shade! I was not happy. I absolutely hate sweating in my nice clothes.

Anyway, I'm off to make dinner. Talk to ya later!

Lindsey! I give up on you!! It's been over a week since you posted on here. You're going to have to call me to check in from now on.

Hey there!
Well I was thinking about going down there to help you paint your table but you're never on here so I guess you're not interested.

It's too busy this month to get down there. I didn't think we were going to be this busy but turns out I was wrong. We're not slowing down at all this month so hopefully September will be a quiet month.

I've been doing my workouts lately and eating right and I lost 2 pounds this week. I'm starting to seea few results but not a whole lot. I'm really dreading putting on a bathing suit in 20 days. Actually..I have to buy a bathing suit first. We're going to the Boro tomorrow to see if we can find one for cheap since it's pretty much the off season. I think it might help if I get a tan. My legs glow in the dark right now so that wouldn't be good. I don't want to blind people in the Bahamas.

Anyway, you need to get on here sometime and update this!!

Okay, I'm here. Sorry, I haven't been on here!

Well, my band has been extra tight the past few days and this has been making things difficult to eat again. I am thinking of calling the doctor if this continues.

Weight loss is still the same. Also dreading the bathing suit...not sure I'll be able to do it.

Not much else to report. The getting sick and not eating has made me pretty tired the past couple of days.

YAY!!!!!!!!! You're back! I sure have missed you. It gets so lonely on here without you.

I found a bathing suit at Belk's and it came with a matching sarong which I think will really be useful. That way I can walk around and not feel weird. All of the bathing suits are on sale since it's almost out of season. You may be able to find something for cheap.

I don't plan on spending the entire time in a bathing suit so I hope we can do other things. We are going snorkling aren't we???? I'm very excited about that because I've never done that.

The weight loss has been the same here too. Not much is changing.
If you go back to the doctor and tell him it's tight do you think he'll loosen it again? Wasn't that a bad thing the last time?? Do you still think the band was the best way to go or do you think the gastric would have been better?

I'm glad you're back on here!!!

In regards to the band v. the bypass thing...I don't think the bypass would be much better. I think the bypass would be like having a really tight band all the time with no wiggle room. Plus, there are just more possible serious complications with the bypass (even though you never see THAT side on TV). You know, if you think about it, my surgery was just a little over 5 months ago and in that time I have lost 42 lbs. While I get impatient sometimes and have to go in more for adjustments, overall its still been a really good thing.

Before my surgery, I had a real issue with binge eating. I mean, a serious problem that I could not control. I would go to the store and buy a box (or two, seriously) of little debbie snack cakes or hostess cakes or donuts or whatever else was 99.9% sugar and go home and polish them off right away. When I was in Nashville, I would go to Harris Teeter and get 2 of their cake slices. I had like go-to foods for binging. And thats not counting dinner or whatever else I would eat that day. I would literally eat until I felt sick. I feel like before the surgery my stomach was bottomless. I remember you and me going to Olive Garden and I could eat like 6 breadsticks PLUS spaghetti and be ready for dessert! There was just no satisfying point where my stomach said, "I'm full now! Stop eating!"

Even though I get a little too tight at times, I don't have the binging problems or bottomless pit problems anymore and thats just honestly such a relief. Last night I saw a commercial for some fast food place that has a buffalo chicken sandwich and for a minute I like reminised about how I used to pop into a fast food place and enjoy a fried chicken sandwich and fries or whatever. Now I can't really eat bread and chicken can be a little tough on my tighter days and just a few french fries would fill me up and then I would be worried that I didn't get my protein in...its just funny how much things have changed.

My diet hasn't suddenly morphed into only perfectly healthy things, but the things I do eat are healthier and the portions are considerably less. I go to the grocery once a week (or every other week) instead of my daily trips and I actually eat the things I buy and they actually last more than 1 day, lol. Like for example, I will eat tuna, but mix it with mayo. Sometimes I cook up some lean ground beef with taco seasoning, mix some cheese and taco sauce in, and then dip some fritos in it. Like those aren't the healthiest things ever, but its better than all the fast food I used to eat and my portions are much smaller. I also eat a lot of soups.

I don't even crave cake-y sweets anymore because it is so uncomfortable to eat them. Last Saturday, I forgot my band for a minute and was so hungry, I ran to the vending machine at work. I bought Oreo Cakesters (which are gross even if I had been able to eat them ok, do not eat these things), took one bite and knew I was in trouble. I will spare you the details, but let's just say that lesson will be enough to last me awhile (until I forget the band again, maybe).

The only bad thing about the band is that crispy thin things like potato chips or some candy go down nice and easy.

Anyway, when I get down another 20-30, I know I will just be feeling so much better about myself. This is getting really long, so I am going to post it and then reply to the other stuff.

Well, I have a bathing suit, I'm just not sure I will want to put it on, lol! I may hang out in the casino the whole time.

I haven't heard anything about snorkeling, but I am sure you hear more about things than I do. I know you can snorkel at Atlantis. They have a pool with stocked fish (no scary ones, lol) and I'm sure there are places to snorkel if you want to go out in the real ocean.

Okay, I am going to try to lose 5-9 lbs before we go! I am going to get my butt back on that treadmill and kick it up a notch on the Wii-ing. :)

Today I had some tomato soup for lunch and tonight I ventured some solid food again and am now successfully eating some turkey! Maybe my band is calming down a bit. :)

Yay!!!! I'm glad you're able to eat again! That's always a good thing.

I didn't work out today. I just didn't feel like going over there. It's been really hot inside the gym and it makes it that much more miserable. I mean, I hate being there to begin with and if you add extra heat then I reallllly hate being there. I'll go tomorrow.

Only Jeremy mentioned going snorkling when we go. He said that ya'll had done it before and that we probably would do it. Other than that, I haven't heard any plans for the trip. I'm sure I'll be in the casino with you for a bit of the time. I'll try my luck with their machines and maybe this time I'll win something. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

I'm going to do laundry. I have a ton to do before we leave for Chattanooga this weekend.

Hey Chicky, just checking in...my weight has been the same the past few days according to Wii. My eating has been much better, no more getting sick.

This is going to sound kind of gross, but I have taken to eating Hillshire Farm turkey and chicken lunch meats with a fork right out of the plastic container for lunch and sometimes dinner. It tastes good, it goes down easy, its low cal/low fat, and a great source of protein.

I haven't gotten my butt on the treadmill yet! I have to get that going!

Eating turkey right out of the box doesn't sound gross at all...I do that all the time. I love it.

My weight has stayed the same as well. Nothing surprising. Of course, it's that TOM and I'm retaining a lot of water so we'll see how it goes when that stops. We're going to Chattanooga tomorrow for Home Team but I won't use that as an excuse to eat like crap. I don't think I could...I'm usually so self conscious at these thing because all of the other wives are super skinny and they've had children!! I think it'll be okay.

I'm excited about the Bahamas. I can't wait to get there and go to the casino! I just know that I'm going to win big!!..or lose all of Jeremy's money.

I'm going to pack for tomorrow. Have a great weekend!

Hello! My ear is feeling better. Do I owe you a service charge for your help?

We had a great time in Chattanooga and we ate some really awesome food. I thought for sure I would have gained at least 3 pounds but surprisingly I was exactly the same as when I left.

So I guess we have 10 tens until the Bahamas and I'm no where near where I wanted to be. I've lost about 10 pounds but it hasn't made a difference. I know it's still a loss and I'm happy about it but I don't have anything to show for it. I haven't gone down a size, I don't see or feel a difference and I'm so sick of working out everday I could scream. Actually, I did scream the other day and that felt great. I just hate not seeing the results I think I should be seeing after 6 months of working out almost EVERY SINGLE FREAKING DAY!!! I should be super skinny and fit by now. I very rarely cheat on my diet so it's not like I'm working out and then eating crap all day.

So I guess my new goal is Christmas...again! This year I will be at 150. That's 30 pounds between now and then. I would hope that if I keep doing what I'm doing I'll be able to get there or at least get damn close to it.

Anyway, I'm going to clean something. Have a great day!

Hey there chickadee! I know how you feel. I have definitely lost some weight, but not as much as I would have liked and certainly not enough to make me feel good about going to a tropical destination.

I am just trying to focus on how lucky we are to be able to get together and take a family vacation rather than how gross I will feel next to you guys at the pools.

Christmas will be another goal for me too, I will have to think on what my goal will be for that.

I have a business trip this week and of course our vacation coming up. I am again not looking forward to how fat I will feel/look/be on the plane rides. Ugh...flying fat is the WORST. You have no idea. :(

Well, the deadline for submitting an application for the local biggest loser is Sept. 1st, so I am hoping that means they will make a decision shortly after that. I am really getting my hopes up here. A personal trainer plus my more controlled eating would be like the perfect ticket.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you get picked for the Biggest Loser!!! That would be totally awesome.

I haven't worked out yet today but instead of going to the gym I'm going to work out in the garage. I can atleast get some cardio in there. I just put on a movie and try not to focus on time. We'll see.

I had a Mary Kay facial this morning with two ladies. It was a lot of fun and one of the ladies scheduled another party. YAY!
School starts on Monday and I'm not really looking forward to it. I'm not as excited this time around. Probably because I know it's going to be harder. I'm sure I'll be okay.

Anyway, I'm going to the garage to try and work out!

Wow, we were on the 3rd page! I can't go out of town anymore...well, except for to the bahamas, lol....anyway, I walked to work today again! Mainly because I lost my car keys somewhere in my apartment in my sleepy stupor last night and could not find them this morning....but does the why really matter? lol...so it only adds up to about 1.2 miles roundtrip, but its still a little activity.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR.JOHNSON!!!!! We're so gonna celebrate in the Bahamas! I didn't send your gift to your place, I'll just give it to you when we get there.

So remember that time that I didn't work out for a week and ate out 5 times and then gained 3 pounds right before I left for a tropical vacation?? Yeah...I did that last week. Now I'm just pissed at myself. I worked so friggin' hard to get to where I was and in one week I'm amazed how fast it can come back on. I'm not eating again until we get to the Bahamas. I have to work out for about 5 hours a day too.

Anyway, I start school today and we're supposed to have really bad storms. I hate walking across campus in pouring down rain...it's one of the things on my hate list.

Have a great day!!

Thanks for the birthday wishes! I had a pretty quiet day. I got my hair trimmed (and paid too much for it).

I lost like 5 lbs in Denver somehow, but I think it was just dehydration because since I've been back at least 2 lbs have come back. Plus, I think I have developed a Mt. Dew addiction!!! Nooooo!!! I will use my time in the Bahamas to try and break me of that.

I did notice that flying was slightly easier this time. Of course, if I were like 70 lbs lighter it would be a whole lot easier, but baby steps, I guess.

Hello! Are you getting ready for Thursday???? I don't think I'll be able to sleep tomorrow night. I am suuuuper excited. YAY!!

My first day of school was okay. I'll be getting a lot of walking in because my classes seem like they're miles apart. I have to get there reallllly early so that I can actually find parking! Yesterday I parked in a teacher spot because I was running late(after looking for a parking spot for 15 minutes!) and I just didn't really care if they gave me a ticket. They didn't thankfully. I can't wait for people to start dropping classes and freeing up parking spots.

Anyway, I'm going to do some laundry. Hope you're having a great day!

So I guess I had too many Miami Vice, Pina Coladas and Conch Frittars!!! I was up 2.5 pounds this morning. Damnit it was worth it! I had such a great time and I can't wait to go back.

Now it's back to reality. I was up until 11 doing homework and I still have a ton left to do today. The house is a wreck now and it was so clean before we left. I don't know how it takes us about 15 minutes to destroy all the hard work I do.

Anyway, have a great week!!

Wow...Atlantis was sooo much fun. Luckily (miraculously?) I didn't gain weight over the trip.

Should we start a new journal? Skinny Holidays or Christmas or something? I need to make (and stick to) some goals for Christmas. If I play my cards right and work hard, I could be down like 30 lbs by then.

I am going to make out some goals and then I think we should start afresh. :D

Hey! Great job on the no weight gain!! You did really well while we were there.

I got my bridesmaid's dress and it fits but it would look Fantastic if I lost about 15 pounds and have it tailored. That means by October 15, I need to lose 15 pounds. I think I can do that. It's over a month and even if I don't lose all of the weight, I'll be working out and losing inches.

I'm going to really step up my work out routine. I'm going to be doing my usually cardio but I'm going to add a water aerobics class two or three times a week. I HAVE to do this. I went to the doctor and she said that before I should consider having a baby I should lose about 30 pounds. I guess that could be one form of motivation. The other is just to be healthy and happy with myself. I still find myself comparing my body to other people and that's just never a good idea. I'm not built like everyone else so I have to be happy with what I've got.

Anyway, I could go on and on but I won't. I hope you have a great week!!
Let's start a new Skinny Christmas thread!!!

I give up!!!!!!! I even had Jeremy try to figure out how to start a new thread and we can't find it!!!!!!!! So you'll have to start it! DAMNIT!!!!