Topic : Maximizing Weight Loss Through the Tough Times

Hi Girls ..just on my way out for my morning constitutional with The Hound from Hell  !lol,just wanted to say can you believe that it was One year today since we all met (Karen Marion & Reen  oh &  Me!!) i was as i speak winging my way over to you all right now ) wish i was on my over to you right now ...( maybe we can all do it  again soon ! lol)...but on a sadder note my prayers & best wishes to all who suffered & are still suffering five years ago today ,,,9/11......Love to all Susie xxxxxx

 Well, I should never weigh on someone else's scale, even though it really MAY be a reality check.  The scale here said 187 to 189 depending on which time I stepped on it. Worse than my scale at home, both, the cheapest available. UGH. But I FEEL like I weigh and look  closer to 190 than 185, I tell you. How the heck did I get here?  I feel sad.  I will not beat up on myself.  I will  WORK on it.

Thank yousdo much DONNA for the quotes.  I like them both, the Jenny Craig AND the Oprah one.  They are so true.  And what you said is so right on, letting other things interfere with my number one priority, my health/weight. NO wonder I have so little energy hiking/hunting this year.  UGH.

I will be sad and not depressed and think positive and about the reality of my weight situation.

DONNA - You made me laugh with your "Stop and smell the... ashes". :<))))))  I will check one more hunting area this morning, it with be a pretty good hike, then come back to town to bathe, do errands and grocery shoppig then drive the two hours home. Poor old cat has been alone for two nights.

CHILLY - My heart is with you.

Lots of love to all,
Raven in SE Oregon

Yeap Raven many of us have been there girl. You can weigh all different numbers depending on the scales you use.  Okay ladies our mission today is to find a scale in town that weighs less!  Ready set go!!!! ((((((winking))))))))

 

Okay here we are on Monday Monday and probably Tuesday in other parts!  Raining here pretty good. I have some calls and paperwork to get copied and then I definetly need to do IE. I have done my PT just not the walking. Been at least 4 days I think. Not good. But today is a new day. We start/continue on our travels again today. Baby steps.

 

Have a great day everyone.

 

diana

I HEAR YOU RAVEN ABOUT THE SCALE..LAST YEAR I THOUGHT TOO I WAS HEAVIER THAN WHAT MY SCALE WAS READING...AND YEP I WAS...TO THE TUNE OF 22 POUNDS...A REAL WAKE UP CALL...WENT OUT AND BOUGHT A NEW ONE....BUT NOW I WEIGH WHEN OUT TOO AT THE DR'S..JUST TO KEEP A CHECK ON IT.

 

WELL LAST WEEK I DID FALTER WITH A BINGE...BEEN A LONG TIME...BUT AM FORTUNATE FOR THE OTHER GOOD DAYS HELPED ME TO LOSE ONE POUND..SO AM DOWN ONE POUND THIS MORNING. TIME TO START SOME IE TOO, MY CAST IS OFF AND MY ANKLE FEELS MUCH STRONGER....

 

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A HEALTHY AND SUCCESSFUL WEEK....

HUGS, KAREN

320/239.8/160

IT HAS INDEED BEEN 1 YEAR TODAY THAT WE ALL MET AND HAD A GREAT CELEBRATION....WAS TRULY A WONDERFUL TIME...THANKS REEN FOR HAVING US ALL....SMILING....

 

I THINK WE ALL ARE ALSO REFLECTING ON FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY....AND MAY TIME HAVE HEALED MANY BROKEN SPIRITS AND HEARTS.....HUGS, KAREN

THIS OF COURSE IS FROM MY PROSPECTIVE. . BUT I FEEL WHEN MARION AND I ACCOMPANIED BY OUR RESPECTIVE AND RESPECTABLE HUSBANDS, MET IN VANCOUVER AIRPORT, WE HIT IT OFF, NEITHER OF US KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT FROM EACH OTHER OR THE TWO OF YOU , KAREN AND SUSIE. . .WE STARTED WITH LAUGHS ,HUGS AND MUCH TALKING ALL AT ONCE. . THEN KAREN'S PLANE LANDED WITHIN THE HOUR AND AGAIN ANOTHER UPROAR IN VANCOUVER AIRPORT. .  .THEN SUSIE WITHIN THE HOUR SPORTING HER PINK FEATHERED TIARA. .  .WELL I WILL TELL YOU BOTH DON AND JIM TOOK OFF TO ANOTHER SEATING AREA AND PRETENDED NOT TO KNOW ANY OF US. . I CAN STILL SEE THEM SITTING THERE, AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THEY WERE THINKING. . JIM WAS PROBABLY THINKING. . GLAD IT IS YOU DON AND NOT ME. .  . LOL

 

WHAT A TERRIFIC TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. . VERY LITTLE ONE ON ONE  TIME AS WE WERE THE 4 MUSKETEERS AND WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO HIDE TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THAT FETE. .

 

MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS, AND WHAT WONDERFUL MEMORIES I HAVE STORED UP FROM THE EXPERIENCE, NOT THE MEMORIES OF STRUGGLING WITH THE SCALE AND THE PORTIONS AND THE IE. . . SO I HAVE FIGURED OUT  EXACTLY WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME. .  YES I AM STILL MINDING MY P'S AND Q'S ON THIS JOURNEY AND SEEING SOME FAVORABLE RESULTS, WHICH I AM VERY HAPPY ABOUT, BUT WITH OR WITHOUT THE SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT LOSS WE HAD A BONDING THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANY BETTER HAD THE FOUR OF US COMBINED WEIGHED 300 POUND LESS. .  .YES I REMEMBER ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, AS WELL AS 5 YEARS AGO TODAY, BOTH VERY VIVIDLY. . TRUST ME THE ONE TENDS TO BALANCE THE OTHER. . I HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR BECAUSE OF THESE BUDDIES. . . . HUGS AND BE KIND TO YOURSELVES. .  .REEN

WELL IT TOOK ME AWHILE TO GET HERE, BUT I AM HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.  BEEN WATCHING AND REMEMBERING THAT AWFUL DAY 5 YEARS AGO.  A DAY THAT I WAS ALREADY TO GO TO NEW YORK AND SERVE......................THEN FOUND OUT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO DURVIVED TO SERVE AND THEY DIDNT WANT ANYMORE OUT THERE.  WHAT A AWFUL FEELING TO KNOW THEY HAD TO TURN SO MANY NURSES AWAY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FLOOD OF SURVIVORS TO CARE FOR AS THEY HAD EXPECTED.

 

I ACCOMPLISHED DAY ONE OF MY GOAL TO GET MY FRUITS AND VEGGIES IN.................WELL I THINK I DID.  YOU KNOW HOW THAT GOES WITH MY MEALS BEING SPLIT BETWEEN 2 DAYS.  CONFUSING AND HARD TO TRACK WHEN I ATE WHAT AND WHAT DAY IT IS COUNTED FOR.  BUT I DID IT.

 

TOMORROW I WILL GET ON THE SCALE BUT I KNOW I WILL SHOW AT THE VERY LEAST A STS, BUT EXPECTING A GAIN WITH AS BAD AS I DID LAST WEEK.  BUT THIS IS A NEW WEEK AND IF I HIT MY GOAL OF GETTING MY 2 FRUITS AND 4 VEGGIES EVERY DAY, THEN I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN A SMALL WAY TOWARDS MY BETTER AND HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE.

 

DIDNT READ POSTS YET, BUT PLAN TO DO SO TONIGHT.

 

TOMORROW I WILL BE OFF AND RUNNING EARLY AND WONT BE HOME TILL LATER IN THE EVENING.  I WILL POST WHEN I GET HOME THOUGH.  TOMORROW IS FIX THE CAR DAY, GROCERY SHOPPING AND OF COURSE GOING TO SEE THE GKIDS.

 

WILL BE IN AND OUT TONIGHT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR YET

 

HUGS TO ALL

 

TERESA

Happy Anniversary to we 4 Musketeers.  Yes, it was just one year ago today that the four of us met (Reen, Susie, Karen and myself).  A day that will stick in my mind forever.  I was so nervous on the way to the airport to meet Reen and Don and to then wait for the two planes to come in with Karen and Susie on board.  Now I am not sure why I was so nervous, because we all hit it off really well together.  Reen was easy to spot at the airport....in her turquoise outfit.  Then Karen came in and with all the people coming off the plane and walking our way, we spotted her NEW BALANCE shoes.  Then of course Queen Susie arrived wearing her pink Tiara. There weren/t too many people in the crowd wearing pink tiaras, so she was easy to spot too....LOL.  And the good times began.  Reen and Don were the perfect hosts....Thank you so much folks.  The food was too die for.  All kinds of seafood.  They had me eating things I had never eaten before....and liking it. If anyone else gets the chance to meet others from the message board, I highly reccommend it.

 

Of course we all have another memory of another September 11th, and that is not a good memory,   Five years later, and it still seems like it just happened, and our lives will never be the same again.  We will never forget those who lost their lives that day.

 

SHARON....what a beautiful picture of you and your grandson.....a bright spot in our day.

 

I did not get on the board this past weekend, as I was down with the flu for 4 days.  I am somewhat better now, but in the process I lost 9 lbs.  I do want to lose the weight, but not that way.  I am sure some of that is going to glom right back on now that I have started to feel like eating again.

 

For all of those who are struggling , my heart goes out to you. Try not to get discouraged and carry on eating the way you know you should.  Sooner or later those pounds will start to fall off.

 

For all those who lost this week or even stayed the same.....congratulations and keep up the good work.

Hello All,

 

I ended up having to take a sick day from work due to my body giving out before the weekend was upon me. Add to it, my having to rush the family to the airport, then running across a parking lot in the rain, without my coat, hat or umbrella and I was ripe for the picking!

 

I've been home drinking what seems like gallons of hot tea and surfing the web when I was sitting up. Came across a website link that you will absolutely love, if you are looking for quality background sounds and photographs to meditate or relax by. I am stunned to find the site and pleasantly surprised it is free! LOL  Check it out and while you are at it, make yourself a pot of the most delicious superfood beverage you can possibly ingest;

 

Slim Chai Tea

2 Green Tea Bags

10 whole cloves

1/4 tsp each of cinnamon and cardamon

3 cups of water

 Place tea bags and cloves into hot water and let steep for 3 minutes. Remove the tea bags and cloves (I use a french press so they are filtered out anyway). Add the cinnamon and cardamon and stir well. Makes 3 servings.

 

Meditation room link;  http://www.lime.com/meditation_room

 

Love and good thoughts,

Robin in Juneau