Kathy - Just keep first glancing at the picture!
Thanks, though. See, you are developing a lifestyle. Now, I'm not condoning cake and ice cream for lunch, but that's better than pizza, cake, and ice cream! I so know what you mean about the support. As soon as I got home tonight, I headed straight for the computer. Without Brad at home, and sometimes even when he is,
I would be back in obseity and depression without you all!
I love "lint balls" in dark chocolate, and Dove darks, too. YUMMO!
Just wanted to quickly say "I'm Back!"
We missed you! Great example on how to lose weight while out of town you set for us...!
O = out of time!
Wish I had an O in my name, wait, I do in flipflopmom, and the o is what made me stop and go to Taryn. Omnipotent was the only thing I could think of!
Hope you are doing okay!
Anyone else finding themselves not paying attention to the groceries that you don't eat?
If I don't eat it, and it's not on the list, I don't buy it. I totally understand!
Well, all I can say is that it is amazing what NOT binging on Sunday can do for a Monday weigh-in. I'm down 3.2 pounds for the week! That means I lost what I gained last week AND I'm down 2.0 pounds since the start of this challenge.
GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT job Connie!!!!
Oh, Taryn, sweetie. What a rough weekend you had. I am so sorry that you are feeling your Daddy's loss so strongly. WOW! You really do look like a teenager. My sweet furbaby, Cali, was completely frantic that I was on a stepladder and Howard actually came in to see what she was crying about and scolded me.
Thank you. And for the compliment, thanks again. I left it when I deleted some, just so I could read it again. LOL Too funny about Cali. Glad you have someone there to make sure you are behaving!
I had a pretty good weekend. I was able to get a 5 mile run in on Saturday and an 8 mile run in on Sunday. It was so cold on Sunday that I actually wore gloves! It is kind of nice that it cooled down some but I do not like that it went from really hot to really cold almost over night and now we are suppose to be staying cold.
I love your answer for your name. You should have that made into art somewhere! I can't believe it's that cold! It was 91 here at 5pm!
I love to do my simple before bed routine its a decent relaxing routine. I have to be careful as yoga really gives me energy. I guess I just need to learn to apply the energy to sleep energy.
Well that took well over an hour. I really need to work out a way to stay caught up by reading and checking in more frequently or something.Doritos are like crack to me. I can't have them in the house I will eat way too many and snack on them when I'm not even that hungry.
That sounds so cool about the yoga. It takes me forever to reply and catch up, too! And ITA on the Doritos. I'll eat an entire bag at one sitting, which is why they have not been allowed in my presence in 2010!
You (and everyone here) are part of my ongoing success too! You all are my support system... you are my therapist, my WW leader, my trainer, my dietician, and my best friend... all rolled into one neat spot on my computer!!I agree about the active group.... but honestly, I skipped two days and missed almost 10 pages!! I now realize that it is a lifelong journey I am on. I will never be "done dieting". I have to continue to count my calories/points for the rest of my life if I want to maintain my weight loss and BE HEALTHY. o here it is, 1:41 pm, and I am finally nearing the end of my post for the day!! I had a great weekend
Sounds like a lot of fun this weekend. ITA - you all fill sooooo many gaps in my life, all rolled into one! AND ITA about "being done" this is a lifelong committment, and while I can have a bad day, or even a few days, I HAVE to stay on track forever!
'Just keep swimming' - as Dory so happily encourages us to do... in whatever parts of our lives that we need that advice Liz
that's it, just keep my head above the water!
I am, sadly, a carb addict, and if there is leftover pasta in the fridge (especially with meat sauce), it will call my name.
Me, too! Except for me, it's good bread, with cheese, or roasted garlic in it. You get the picture!
Oh, yes, party mix is a big weakness for me, too. Luckily I only make it once a year and when those boxes of cereal are gone, I stop making it.
I love chex mix. That's my problem, I love food!
But then I had a great conversation with my policeman friend
lovestruc) he told me how proud he was of me for being so strong and so on, it really made me stop and think.
Taryn
Im so sorry you had a tougher than expected day yesterday. You look so tiny in that picture! Can I just say Beamer is just sickeningly adorable! And AKs poor face (shes a cutie pie, too) hopefully it heals quickly!
You know, even though I was sitting so.. well.. I wouldn't fall, my forehead is all wrinkly, and my hair looks like a rats' nest, it might be one of my favorite ever! She's doing a bit better today, made it through gym okay. Glad your little cop could play good cop and cheer you up!! What doesn't kill us makes us stronger, right? Sorry you have to endure this!
I cant believe it is so late and I am just posting. Yesterday was a very OP day, until a birthday celebration after church. Two different people brought a cake and I brought a pie. Everyone was eating a slice from at least 2 of the desserts. I had lots of points leftover (I planned very well yesterday) so I didnt end up doing that badly.
Today has been very OP too. I have fine with my points, but I do want to compare them to Sparkpeople. I have a feeling I ate too many calories and am low on protein.
Just realized that lacking protein at lunch is killing me. I just don't feel full without it. Good job planning, and keeping up on all the chattiness we seem to have this season!
My Ah-Ha moment ties in with my HH question of emotional support, and CC's and Cam's posts. My initial reaction to the question of support, was to laugh and question 'what support?'. . After living here almost 10 yrs, still don't have any friends to speak of....trying to work on that, but it's hard.
Julie, I just cannot imagine. Quite literally. My parents are such amazing people, even if Daddy did pinch my belly fat and say "I can pinch several inches." But then he'd laugh, rub his belly, and say, I can't even get it loose enough to pinch. I am so blessed. Keep up here, we'll hold each other up. You are such a strong and amazing person!!!!!!
Julie -- I am constantly amazed by the person you are despite what you have been through. If I had to choose one or two words to describe you, I'd choose "strong as iron" and "resilient". I am so, so sorry for all you have been through but I am so glad you are here with us.
ITA!!! WORTH REPEATING!
I am pages and pages and pages behind, but I will try to catch up over the next couple of days. We had a nice visit. Definitely some teenage drama, but I have to keep reminding myself that I am very grateful that DS still talks to us about stuff and feels comfortable coming to us with problems, even ones that occur at 10:00pmTaryn--
Just wanted to let you know I was thinking about you.
I missed you this weekend Rose, I really did. Glad you had fun with your Game..... Doubt I can even post the name! I hope my girls will still come to me in college! Hope your run was good!
The 60 calorie pita bread is Joseph's Flax, Oat Bran and whole wheat pita bread. It's a lot thinner than regular pita but actually quite tasty.
Sounds yummy!!!!
Thanks, CC! I take all the Hugs I can get! Some days I wouldn't survive if I didn't have the faith that God won't let us deal with more than we can handle as long as we don't try to handle it alone!
I sometime say "I know God won't give me more than I can handle, but I wish he didn't have so much confidence in me." A friend tells me often "You'll never have more than you and God can do together!
I am looking forward to the runners expo this Saturday in Albany for the Hudson Mohawk Half marathon. Jay and Mark from the BL will be running and they will be at the expo too. I hope it isn't too crowded!!
Sounds fun!!!!
Hi and hugs to all I missed. I am exhausted again. I had physical therapy this morning, worked all day, and then went to the gym on my way home and did 60 minutes on the elliptical (burned 500 calories, but more importantly did a lot of the minutes using my legs only, in an effort to work on strengthening). Just finished dinner and am going to log my food on WW (e-tools) and head to bed.
WOW CAM!!! That's a lot of work, good for you!
WHEW! DONE!
Took AK to gym tonight, Sophie and I went to the playground for a bit, then went to visit nephew, niece, and great nephew for a few minutes. GOTTA GET IN THE BED! Which means, get off the computer, wash my face, make my coffee, straighten up everything... 30 minutes later, I'll get in the bed. I need to ask a ? or two, but I'll wait till the am!
As I told CC, I think I had a lightbulb. I haven't been packing protein lately for lunch, and I have had mega munchies. I need to throw some turkey or chicken in my bag in the am!
Hugs to you all. Thanks for sharing so much. I feel so priviledged to be a member of this group!
Taryn
(she was diabetic before her 49th as were all my siblings ....I'm the hold out!) And I think I should add pretzel M&M's to that. If they are here I just can't stop!
I did recently just thank her for being so strict because I know what I managed to do before 10pm and Im sure it would have been worse if I had didnt have someone waiting at home for me.
I over did it a bit this weekend but I didnt think it was that bad. I really need to drink more water. I drank a bunch today and hardly have been in the bathroom so I know I am lacking the fluids. Im hoping that is my issue with the weight gain. I am hoping to get it off quickly. Work is insane for both myself and my dh. We are juggling a million things between work and the kids. I am really looking forward to getting away a little on sunday and hopefully unwinding. I hope friday gets here quickly.
I like in a large metro area so big city Phoenix and then tons of suburbs to expand to but can't seem to get any calls. I need to do more progressive spamming I suppose and talk to my friend from the school who I'm still in contact with see if she knows of any places she can squeeze me in but honestly the demand isn't that strong for them here unless bilingual of course.
Its cute to have met the lady that will be coaching the pep squad. She is pooh sized like me and I think its great. I'm a pasta addict when its fresh I over do the portions most when it comes to pasta dishes. 
A friends sister is that way with her son, he can do NOTHING right. She gets mad at everyone for silly things. I slipped and told him to tell her "Jesus would forgive" since she is always preaching things. Its just hard for me to understand why a true Christian would do such a thing. 
Now to be gentle on the adjustment he did that got it working until the part gets here in the mail. Not sure he can do that repair in our carport or not so may have to bring it to his shop. Its nice to have cheap car repairs. He won't charge labor to family but he earned $8 since I rounded up the cost part. Most pay him a little something or lunch. He works on my best friend's mom car too on side jobs her dad feels guilty taking it to him but last time gave her some cash and said be sure he takes it. She just handed it to him and jumped in the car really quick so he wouldn't say no. So doing a happy dance tonight my car will be back to normal for awhile. I know she is gettin' old now but I wanna drive her with no car payments as long as I possibly can. 
