TracyK

Whew... DH is asleep and dd is having lunch. All is well with the world. This is how it normally goes...I pick up my laptop, sit on the couch and then this RADAR beam goes off in all directions to let eveyone in the household know that I am doing something I like and they run in here and BW&C or talk really loud or want to carry on a conversation or want me to get them something....then hang a lip cause I am not paying attention to them. Aarrrrrrgh! Such is life as a wife & mother, right? lol Can anyone tell I am PMSing? Tracy & Suzie-I need to look into a walk like that around here. I would love it. Good for ya'll.:cry_smile: Piehole Report: the usual coffee wc oatmeal chicken salad 20 oz water so far ...... I will check back in with you all later!

I am here-just listening to dd and dh B, W & C. bbl.... (bitch, whine & complain)

it is quiet as a church mouse in here!

Kat-I agree completely! As I have restocked the freezer it sure looks alot different in there. Thanks for mentioning jerky...I forgot about that

I lost another pound of my hurricane evacuation weight. Down to 212 this morning! I watched something REALLY depressing last night. Informative, but depressing. It was that "YOU on a diet" show with Dr Oz. One of the 3 people they were putting on this diet was a woman my height 5'7 and she weighed 165 (my ultimate goal). Are you kidding me? They said that women overall should have a 32" waist or smaller. OK, so THAT isn't gonna happen....maybe a 32" thigh! It was just depressing to see them start with a subject that weighs what my goal weight is! UGH... That aside, it was an informative show. If I went and emptied my cabinets of all the dangerous "bad" items my cabinets would probably be almost empty! Sure gives me food for thought.

I lost another pound of my hurricane evacuation weight. Down to 212 this morning! :clap: I watched something REALLY depressing last night. Informative, but depressing. It was that "YOU on a diet" show with Dr Oz. One of the 3 people they were putting on this diet was a woman my height 5'7 and she weighed 165 (my ultimate goal). Are you kidding me? They said that women overall should have a 32" waist or smaller. OK, so THAT isn't gonna happen....maybe a 32" thigh! It was just depressing to see them start with a subject that weighs what my goal weight is! UGH...:rolleyes2: That aside, it was an informative show. If I went and emptied my cabinets of all the dangerous "bad" items my cabinets would probably be almost empty! Sure gives me food for thought.

2 cups coffee w/ sf creamer wc oatmeal a few sunflower seeds to be continued... I watched something REALLY depressing last night. Informative, but depressing. It was that "YOU on a diet" show with Dr Oz. One of the 3 people they were putting on this diet was a woman my height 5'7 and she weighed 165 (my ultimate goal). Are you kidding me? They said that women overall should have a 32" waist or smaller. OK, soTHAT isn't gonna happen....maybe a 32" thigh! It was just depressing to see them start with a subject that weighs what my goal weight is! UGH...

Good morning violets~ Scale went down another pound this morning so I am well on my way! The pics that kat sent really hit me hard. Crystal beach is where I practically grew up. We had a beach house there and when dad passed away we sold it. It was not the same without him there. I'll bet it is gone now. Gives me a hollow feeling. Then there was another pic of a boat on top of a car at an apartment complex...I lived in those apartments a few years ago when dh and I first got together. Amazing what nature can do. I am gonna go look at the pics Pam sent....bbl!

OK...so I am laying in bed, minding my own business, reviewing how well I had done as far as eating for the day..trying to ignore the fact that I have the munchies and I get this text..TracyinKS had this overpowering need to show me her dessert (ice cream of course) :thumbup: The other pic is of the 3 violets at their dinner eating caniloni...They sound like they are having a great time!! I am envious.

Kat-you have a message from me on your cell phone.... I am so glad you are better! (((hugs)))

Hello everyone! I have done fantastic today with eating (if I do say so myself). I am going to post what I eat to make myself accountable....so if I do not post it, someone ask me! lol 2 cups of coffee with sf creamer B-slimfast (not really a big breakfast eater) Snacked on sunflower seeds L-wc oatmeal (I like breakfast at lunchtime) D-pulled pork (about 4-6 ounces) and 2 graham crackers and Pamela-I did get the sf hazelnut and you are right...it is good! Have a great eveing everyone!

ahhh, eyebrow therapy! :thumbup:

Pamela-when is the wedding? Today right? Will someone put it on youtube so we can watch it? :thumbup:

Its not that I am buying junk food.... 1 c. peanut butter 1 egg 1 c. sugar mix, spoon into balls on pan and heat on 325 for 14 minutes. LMAO.... I am getting off my butt and MAKING the junk food....thats WORSE cause it is premeditated! Pretty bad when you can figure out a way to make junk food out of what you already have in your house....blech!

Judy-there is a difference between burting someones bubble and giving her a reality check. She is probably seriously dilusional (sp?) or just trying to make herself feel better. But, I am a betting gal so I bet she really thinks she is not a big lady. That is sad. You look fantastic! You are my hero :thumbup: I have been blogging lately to keep me from boring all of you guys. I just noticed I had been saying the same things over & over on this thread so I just figured I would spare you and put it in the blog. :eek: It has really been theraputic for me. If any of you are interested in my brain...go read it be be warned, I am a little off. (like you did not know that already) LOL I am going to put a ticker up because I want to track (and be accountable to all of you) the loss of the weight I have REgained. My goal is to be back to 179 then take it from there. So, this is what the ticker is reflecting. I am not putting my pre-surgery weight, only my post Ike weight and my goal of getting back down to 179. I wanna get back to my lowest of 173 but that was my flu weight...lol. I am shooting for anything in the 17s really. Undo the bullshit I have done. (excuse me Judy) I have lost 2.5 since Ike, so I am back on the journey. Pray for me please. My life is on the way back to evening out so I am GMABIG (back) Love to all you girlies!

I made it...I actually made it. I went snackless last night. I guess the 'typing instead of eating' worked! Down another pound this morning. So what if it is fluid. A pound of fluid weighs the same as a pound of fat, it is still a pound any way you slice it, right? I know after I get on a roll again with the weight loss and recatch the "nothing can stop me" attitude I will get back down to my almost-goal weight. Hard to believe I was only 4 pounds away from goal then I blew it. Well, not really because that is when I quit smoking. It has been 6 months now since a cigarette...go ME! But...gaining this much is not OK with me. I will be happy if I get back to 17something. I feel great at that weight and look pretty damn good too. Or at least I think I do and that is what matters to me. To be back at 17something and a non smoker I will consider myself a true winner. So that means I have to lose 34 pounds to get to 179 then I will take it from there. First mini-goal is to be in onederland again. That is 13.5 away. I was just thinking...when I saw the scale crawling up...when it got to 19something I thought omg...and I just threw caution to the wind and said screw it. When I saw 20something I thought...I sure wish I would have stopped this when I was 19something. Now today I am thinking, there is now way I am going to be at 22something thinking I wish I would have stopped this at 21something. I am putting an end to this foolishness now. I keep hearing Dr. Phil in my head saying "you are drinking Mocha Java Chillers from sonic and you think that is OK, are you kidding me?" Looking back at when I was first banded I wish I would have done something differently. I wish I had taken this process slower. I lost almost to goal within about 10 months. I went all or nothing full speed ahead and never cut myself any slack. Then when I DID cut myself some slack I went (excuse the term) hog wild. Well, this time I am going to do it differently. I am going to take things slower. I am not in a race to get the 30 something pounds off. I am just going to make sure the scales go down and not up. I will get there eventually.

I made it...I actually made it. I went snackless last night. I guess the 'typing instead of eating' worked! Down another pound this morning. So what if it is fluid. A pound of fluid weighs the same as a pound of fat, it is still a pound any way you slice it, right?:cursing: I know after I get on a roll again with the weight loss and recatch the "nothing can stop me" attitude I will get back down to my almost-goal weight. Hard to believe I was only 4 pounds away from goal then I blew it. Well, not really because that is when I quit smoking. It has been 6 months now since a cigarette...go ME! But...gaining this much is not OK with me. I will be happy if I get back to 17something. I feel great at that weight and look pretty damn good too. Or at least I think I do and that is what matters to me. To be back at 17something and a non smoker I will consider myself a true winner. So that means I have to lose 34 pounds to get to 179 then I will take it from there. First mini-goal is to be in onederland again. That is 13.5 away. I was just thinking...when I saw the scale crawling up...when it got to 19something I thought omg...and I just threw caution to the wind and said screw it. When I saw 20something I thought...I sure wish I would have stopped this when I was 19something. Now today I am thinking, there is now way I am going to be at 22something thinking I wish I would have stopped this at 21something. I am putting an end to this foolishness now. I keep hearing Dr. Phil in my head saying "you are drinking Mocha Java Chillers from sonic and you think that is OK, are you kidding me?" Looking back at when I was first banded I wish I would have done something differently. I wish I had taken this process slower. I lost almost to goal within about 10 months. I went all or nothing full speed ahead and never cut myself any slack. Then when I DID cut myself some slack I went (excuse the term) hog wild. Well, this time I am going to do it differently. I am going to take things slower. I am not in a race to get the 30 something pounds off. I am just going to make sure the scales go down and not up. I will get there eventually.:frown:

Ok, so I will just type in my blog instead of munching. I wish I would have never found that easy peanut butter cookie recipe. Ugh, I mean really...my favorite cookie in the whole world and I can literally have a hot batch made, with prep time to consumption only kill about 20 minutes and that includes clean up! lol Last night dh really did not help matters. I kind of half heartedly laughed to myself....he asked what and I told him that my inner fat girl had something to say and was thinking evil thoughts.....long story short, we had a batch whipped up in no time! I like the little saying "I have a thin person inside me screaming to get out. But, I can normally shut her up with chocolate cake." So, can you tell yet that I am really fighting off the munchies? I mean EVERY night at this time I have a hard time. Thank God for sunflower seeds. I am glad I found out how many calories are in wine. Now there is no fear of becoming an alcoholic.:crying: The good news is I have lost 2 of the 7 pounds I gained during the evacuation. WOOT:w00t:! I wish weight came off as fast as it comes on. Pretty bad when you hope for a small stomach virus or something to get the weight loss kick started. Oh well, I will just keep on doing what I am doing. I know HOW for goodness sake! Done it before, now I will do it again.

Ok, so I will just type in my blog instead of munching. I wish I would have never found that easy peanut butter cookie recipe. Ugh, I mean really...my favorite cookie in the whole world and I can literally have a hot batch made, with prep time to consumption only kill about 20 minutes and that includes clean up! lol Last night dh really did not help matters. I kind of half heartedly laughed to myself....he asked what and I told him that my inner fat girl had something to say and was thinking evil thoughts.....long story short, we had a batch whipped up in no time! :cursing: I like the little saying "I have a thin person inside me screaming to get out. But, I can normally shut her up with chocolate cake." So, can you tell yet that I am really fighting off the munchies? I mean EVERY night at this time I have a hard time. Thank God for sunflower seeds. I am glad I found out how many calories are in wine. Now there is no fear of becoming an alcoholic.:tt1: The good news is I have lost 2 of the 7 pounds I gained during the evacuation. WOOT:w00t:! I wish weight came off as fast as it comes on. Pretty bad when you hope for a small stomach virus or something to get the weight loss kick started. Oh well, I will just keep on doing what I am doing. I know HOW for goodness sake! Done it before, now I will do it again. :frown:

Tracy and I must have been sisters or something in a former life...i swear! My gosh those things (frosties) are my weakness! Whats up Tracy? What happened? Terry-you made me lol when I read your post cause I did the same thing yesterday but DQ, Wendys and Sonic were all out of sinful treats. SO, I did not get one. I figured it was God telling me something too. I did not go down without a fight though! LMAO

Thank you judy!!

Awww, I hated bringing macy for her shots. I think it hurt me as much as it hurt her. I would cry with her. Poor Ethan! BTW....can you come clean my bathroom too?:thumbup:

Good morning everyone~ Laura-love the new avatar and siggy pic! Pamela-you will do a fantastic job tomorrow! I wish I could be there to watch :thumbup: Judy-that is a very good pic of you and the little ones! It made me smile and I haven't done that much lately....thanks! Kat-when you read this...we sure were praying for you! Heal quick girlfriend! Janie-are you excited about your upcoing days off or something? lol I can tell! TracyinKS-hope ds sickness was just a passing thing! Gina-how are you? Denise-how are things going with babies and house & everything? Michelle-are you going Zumba'ing tday? Are you sore? Jennifer-I wished we lived closer to each other. :smile2: Terry-how are you? I LOVED your new jewelry on etsy too! Suzie-what is on your agenda? I bet you are missing getting in the pool. Macy was stayed asleep until 2:30 this morning and since dh starts graveyards tonight anyway, he got up with her and let me sleep. What a great dh! I found out that dd might start school wednesday but I will find out for sure on Monday. If all of the utilities at all the schools are on Monday then school will resume on Wednsday. Have a great day all!

I miss Haydee :biggrin: Hope Kat mends quickly. Thinking of Terry Praying Laura is doing OK Thank you Judy Good to hear from you Gina Macy is sick. She has a really sore throat. I may bring her to the emergency room. I called her dr office today but they are closed due to hurricane Ike SO.... She fell asleep at 6:30 tonight. I tried to wake her up to stay up a little longer but there was no way. So...I just gave her a dose of ibuprofin let her stay asleep. I never get any sleep when she is sick. You moms know what I mean. Have a great night violets!

way to go michelle!! WOOT!