I officially lost 20.6lbs. I got to get my new clippie up!That’s actually my favorite show! But he is SWAT so it’s a bit different. If he broke out into “swabbing for DNA and GSR” then I would so know exactly what he was talking aboutSounds like you need to watch a little CSI or something??
My hair has loved the summer, shower, ponytail, no straightener or blow dryer except on rare occasions, so I emphathize! Sounds like you are on a roll, lady!
You are officially on my list of World's Toughest Woman.I have had 1 root canal in my life, cried, hyperventilated, and literaly shredded my hands with my fingernails until they bled. Profusely. AND THEN THE DURN THING BROKE! I hate the teeth I inherited. Glad you handled it with such style and grace!
So I am fine now, we're fine, but I was ready to throw things. Lots of them! Starting with his screwdriver!
Taryn
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, so it’s in a ponytail pretty much every day of the year unless I’m going out or have an event or something. To make things even more difficult (because that’s just the way I am!) the tattoo I designed that I’m getting in September includes a piece that goes on the back of my neck, so I can’t get my hair cut short because I have to keep my tattoos “not immediately visible” at work. Not for any company policy or anything, just so my boss doesn’t talk about it every day –he gets a bit obsessive over silly things like that. 
. It’s a memory that won’t fade!I do exactly the same thing. I can tell you I’ve got about four things on the “cons” list and about forty on the “pros” list!
Whoo hoo – let’s goI am committing to exercising more regularly (6 or 7 days). And... I'm gonna pull a Babe Ruth and call my shot. I AM GOING TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE IN THE NEXT WEEK'S TOP TEN BIGGEST LOSERS.And, I challenge you all to fight me for it!!
!I can commit to getting back on track with my eating and exercise (not eating more than my PTs and running at least 32 miles this week.
I can't believe it! I am not really having the best weeks, but somehow I'm doing the COW! I think it's proof that even when you can't do what you want to do, you can still practice some great habits to keep things moving in the right direction.
I am committing to exercising more regularly (6 or 7 days). And... I'm gonna pull a Babe Ruth and call my shot. I AM GOING TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE IN THE NEXT WEEK'S TOP TEN BIGGEST LOSERS.
Great news I am down 2 lbs this week. It is actually down from tuesday since I weighed in late due to my vacation.
Great job on your weight loss this week!
And, yes, I did have a 1 pound gain for this week. I'm disappointed, but maybe it's just setting me up to have a great loss next week! :thumbsup And, I challenge you all to fight me for it!!
You go girl!!!!!
At least when I was eating everything in sight, it was fruit!
to my friends.........PHappy Friday friends!! I have missed you all!!!!!
I KNOW I have been totally MIA around here lately and I'm sorry about that. With summer swim practice/meets, plus the usual summer activities, things have been straight out crazy for me. And then, when I got a day at home, I totally crashed. I'm feeling badly for "abandoning" you all here, but I am trying not to stress about finding computer time.
The heat has really zapped me... I'm not even really keeping up around the house. I feel like all I've done for a week is drive DD to swim, do laundry, eat, run, and drive DD to swim again!! She had a 3 day meet at MIT last weekend (Fri, Sat, Sun)... combine that with a half day trip to the Boston Museum of Science on Saturday and a half day trip to Canobie Lake Park on Sunday, and I will just tell you I was an exhausted mess by Sunday night!!
I'm not even going to TRY and catch up on the many pages and QOTD that I have missed. Please don't feel like I don't care about you all.... I truly do!! But I'm just trying to keep my head above water right now and I feel like I don't have the time today to read back many pages.
My weight loss has stalled and my exercise has been totally lackluster lately due to the extreme heat and humidity... that said, I haven't totally bailed on it. I ran 4 mi and walked 1 mi yesterday in the morning humidity, did 30 minutes of arms/abs work on Wed, and ran 2 mi on Tuesday (would have been more, but the humidity just did me in!!). I lost about half of my July 4th holiday weight gain, but am struggling to hit 130-131 again. I have two more weigh-ins before our family lake vacation (where I notoriously gain lots of weight) and I am going to strive to hit 131 before we go... I can't go into that week being behind the 8 ball!!
Add a bit of real-life drama/complications to my busy life lately and it is no wonder I am feeling a bit dragged out. We (DD and I) found a tiny flea-covered kitten in the road about 7 pm Monday night. We took it home, fed it, and kept it in a box for the night. I was planning to take it to my regular vet Tuesday morning. Well, it wasn't looking good/healthy Tuesday when I got up, so rather than wait for my vet to open, I took it to the emergency clinic in Manchester at 7 am. Well... $124.00 of exams and blood work later it was decided he wasn't healthy enough to treat any further (severe flea-induced anemia was the main problem) and I made the decision to euthanize the poor little kitty. How is it that a cat we owned for only 12 hours can cost me $146!!?? I KNOW my normal vet would have cut me some slack on the cost, but this was the emergency vet clinic, so no mercy financially. I think I took it harder than the kids. Rather than pay over $100 for body disposal, I opted to take him home and bury him here... hot, sweaty day for digging a tiny grave.
I felt bad burying him without really making him an official family member. DD had chosen a name, but I had told her NOT to name him, in case of something like this happening. But in the long run I was glad she gave him a name and he wasn't buried nameless... silly I suppose, but it made me feel better. His name was Sox (he had four little white paws).
On top of that we have had three visits from the furnace man since Friday for hot water issues (really cold showers aren't any fun, even in the summer!). No bill yet, but hopefully we don't end up paying for THREE emergency calls!! And I ended up taking DD to the pediatrician's office this morning for sore throat. Normally I'd let it go another day or two, but she has a swim meet tomorrow and I wanted to make sure she wasn't carrying strep... don't want to infect others at the meet! No strep... she took an Advil, some Alavert, and a Benadryl and had a nap and feels better now.
Sorry to drop here and rant a bit. I have truly missed my friends here. I think of all of you often. I hope your summers are going well and are drama-free (although I'm sure they are not!). I'll try to make time over the weekend to do some catching up with you all here.
reading about your DH! Sometimes I get frustrated like that too.
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I controlled the eating today, even though I didn't feel like it. I don't know how the weigh-in will go tomorrow, but I'm not feeling a loss right now. Maybe I'll get lucky?? (Hey, there's an idea! THAT burns calories, right?!
excellent plan for weightloss 
To all those reporting a loss this week and to those struggling. I am a big gainer. I am up 7.5 pounds. I'm not sure how accurate that is, though. I know I gained, but that seems so illogical. Granted, I supposedly lost 7.5+ pounds overnight a few weeks ago, so I don't know. I use my Wii Fit+/balance board as a scale. I spent a lot of time trying to find a new scale this past week and I got so overwhelmed reading reviews. They were so mixed and I couldn't find a scale at Wal-Mart, so again, I just don't know. I am beginning to sound like a 2-year-old. I'll keep looking. Maybe Kohl's or Target?
Hi Everyone,
It was a really busy day and I feel so far behind with the chit-chat. I want to reply to everyone, but I just don't have enough time. I had a very busy day at work and I am ready for bed. I will, however, summarize.
Thanks to Donac for coaching this past week and to mikamah for coaching this week!
QOTD: I am going to commit to starting the morning off with some exercise and a healthy breakfast. I am also going to commit to drinking more water throughout the day instead of drinking lots of it at once.
COW part 2: We have a pool at our house. I swam for about 45 minutes tonight. I would have stayed in longer, but the sun was going down and it started to thunder.
Have a great weekend!
CC
Patriot place sounds cool. I didn't realize there was a patriots hall of fame, i just thought it was a big mall/movie place. Nice job on the lunch in freeport, every smart meal choice does make a difference. Hope you had fun today.Ok, as I told Tracey, we are off to Patriot Place -- it's a complex with shopping, dining, the Patriots Hall of Fame, etc., even a cranberry bog trail. I'm looking forward to checking it out. Not getting much done at home, but I will make time for that 20 minutes of exercise later, even if I have to bribe dh to walk with me after everyone else is settled.
I don't know what I'll have for lunch -- yesterday at L. L. Bean we went to a restaurant and I had a hummus appetizer as my lunch. It came with pitas, tomatoes and cucumbers, and I was pleasantly full. I probably ruined it later with a chicken salad sub, but I was proud I did well for that meal. I'd better finish getting ready so we can leave -- I think we have about an hour to drive.
Love it!! YOu are going to be a biggest loser, I can tell, but I'm going to try and join you in the top 10!!I am committing to exercising more regularly (6 or 7 days). And... I'm gonna pull a Babe Ruth and call my shot. I AM GOING TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE IN THE NEXT WEEK'S TOP TEN BIGGEST LOSERS.
THIS is going to be a GOOD week.
Nice job getting right back on after vacation. I've found that makes a huge difference.
Congats on your loss!! From a relative maintainer lately, 1.5 looks really good to me. I think it's so helpful to make a healthy plan for vacations and even if you sway from it and don't do all the healthy things you want to, you have it in your mind, and will make some healthy choices while away. It will be so nice to visit with your son. How long has he been in germany?
WHoo hooooo!!!!! That clippie looks marvelous on you!! YOu are so inspiring me. When we started this challenge, I thought I'm not too far behind you, and we were in a similar, but you have sailed into onederland and I need to start kicking my butt and follow you. Nice work, Lindsay.Great news I am down 2 lbs this week. It is actually down from tuesday since I weighed in late due to my vacation.
Congrats on your loss!! A pound gone is a pound gone, and congrats on your new low!!!
Glad to see that scale smartened up. I hate the head games the scales play with us, or we with them. I did my weight, and then spent some time in the bathroom this morning, thinking I'll be lighter, and it was exactly the same. I felt ripped off. Enjoy your weekend, it's going to be another hot one here too.Well everyone, I have decided that my scale is evil and there is something wrong with it (again). I did not run or work out this morning but I did do a bunch of house cleaning. I also ate breakfast and a low fat brownie (wrote it down). Weighed myself right before my bath...oh yeah folks...I will be clean when hubby comes home today - and now here is the important part...the scale shows that since this morning I have lost 3 pounds! I hate that scale! So, since I normally go by my later weigh in (based on the fact that I weigh in late at WW), I am going to report my weight as only a 1 pound gain for the week (this also seems more like what it should be). Seriously, I have got to do something about my stupid scale.
It is now time to pack to for the cabin so I will be heading off until Sunday night. I hope everyone has a happy, healthy weekend. I am planning on swimming in the lake a whole lot because it is suppose to be in the 90s tomorrow!
Later,
Jen
I told DH to get fruit on the way home. He must be scared of the screwdriver, because he came home with pineapple, watermelon, cantaloupe, strawberries, nectarines, oranges, and kiwis.
Hi Pamela. We have missed you. I hope the craziness get better soon. How sad about the kitty.
We all seem to be having those weeks and days without enough time to come here and catch up, but we're always welcomed back whenever there time to pop on. We are so lucky to have such a great group here. Glad the interview went well. That is a very positive and active list you have there, and I love your goal for this week. We've done the gain and lose thing together before, so lets commit to a loss next week.I had a good day yesterday. Interview seemed to go okay, and I should hear next week. Its our summer festival in my town this weekend, and yesterday was wristband day for rides, so I took the girls down in the afternoon and we spent 4 hours going on a few rides which was mostly fun, except the Octopus left me so yucky feeling I came home and laid down, which made me feel old
I have got myself back to going to sleep at night instead of lying in bed thinking about all I have to do.
I have not quit the C25K. (I haven't managed to do it all the time, but some is better than none
I have joined soccer.
Overall there's lots to be positive about
I'm not thrilled with my weigh-in. Another small gain. Some is TOM, some is too many cookies.
This week I committ to getting more fresh fruit & veggies in the house, so that the healthy options for snacks are available and then I will eat them responsibly.
Congrats to all you top cow participants, and Taryn and Dona, you'll love your prizes!!!
Wow, that is a long time, and I can imagine it could be very stressful at times. You are doing a great job, keeping you and them all busy and active. I think you're doing awesome, and I know if my mom had stayed with me for that long, I probably would have been drinking a lot more. Loved her to pieces, but it would have been hard to live together. I bet the exercise really helps. That is a great goal.
I know exactly what you mean. I feel like I must look like I am dying and am surprized that noone calls 911 for me, but as I head back toward my house, I feel so good and proud that I was out there. I wouldn't say I like to run, but I like how it makes me feel after.
Whoo hoo!!!!!
that is awesome!!!!!!Glad you got your bath in.It will be a busy day around here. I have a huge list of housework to do with the kids, we need to pack for the cabin and I need to get my bath taken!I will be on and off most of the day until we leave later tonight.
So sorry about the drama. It must be so difficult, but you have come so far with your running, and should be able to celebrate with whoever you want to. I hope things all work out for your trip.wow, that sounds crazy and untrue. You've been doing a great job, and I hope you can get a new scale that will work for you. Plus, with the sodium issues you were having, maybe some of it has to do with that, though I think you'd be able to feel if you had gained 7.5 pounds of fluid. I got my scale at target, and it's a taylor. Other than the fact I'm not losing, I like it, and that's my own fault.
As for the sister trip, thanks for all the comments. The drama is coming, though I think. It got brought up that maybe we should invite the 5th sister--the one who doesn't talk to me. There is such a long story there, but suffice it to say, it involves my nasty mom and a whole bunch of drama. Anyhow, when I saw the email about inviting her, I thought I was going to have a panic attack. I sat down and calmly wrote that, I was ok with it as long as it did not involve mom and that I was only going to be able to provide one room, so we'd have to come up with a way to get another room. All day, I have been near tears and trying not to regret starting this whole thing. I also pointed out that Disney is my happy place, and I was not going to do drama there. I read the whole thing to Mike, and he said I was way more gracious than he thought I would or should be. I miss my sisters and would love to see them, but we all have so much baggage from how horribly we were treated. The four of us (minus the one who doesn't talk to me) have great lives, but it seems like when we are together there is a lot of tension. Maybe most of that is normal sibling stuff. I know it's really terrible, but I keep thinking what if they change their minds about coming, then I can just invite some of my WISH friends to stay with me at BWV. Ok, sorry for the long post. It's been brewing all day, and I think I really just did need to cry a little about the whole thing. I guess I just get so sad, because I tried so hard to be good to my youngest sister, yet she still won't talk to me. Ok sorry, for the book.
Have a nice evening.
I know you must be having a rough time dealing with this stress. I really hope it all pulls through for you and your sister and that you can some how mend your relationship. Maybe disney would be the answer.
What was I thinking. I guess its good I had my 35 extra flex points. I feel pretty gross after eating it but at the time it sure tasted good.
well back on track in the a.m.
at the drama free. I had a page epistle on drama the other day. But it's all good! Stop in when you can! You really did have a lot of positives for the week. Lots to be happy about. Good plan on getting the good stuff in the house! Have I said thanks lately for being weight keeper? It's amazing what you do, and we couldn't do it without you. One of your positives should be that you are an integral part of these challenges, thereby helping lots of people towards a healthier life!
, as I know how hard this has to be for you. And remember what Eleanor Roosevelt said, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Don't give her, your mom, or your other sister's permission to beat you down. hon. I think the sodium increase may be catching up? Or definitely the scale. Especially since it is telling you weird things a couple of weeks in a row. Do you weigh daily? Is the jump all at once? I think drinking water throughout the day would also help! Whatever the reason, stick to making the best choices you can, regardless of what the scale says, and you will have rewards, I promise!Thanks for taking the time to answer. Spark has been giving me a message about my exercise being more and to edit it, that too big of calorie deficit will hurt my weight loss goals, and I have read about the "starvation mode" thing, but the weirdest thing is that when I am in my 1200-1500 calorie range, I seem to either not lose or gain, but if I stick to 1000-1100, I lose. I'm not sure what my body thinks anymore. But thanks for the BTDT, I think I need to remember that running is something that your body has to be prepared for, with fuel and sleep, and if I want to be successful with it, I have to fuel it.
Isn't it amazing that as our bodies change, we need all sorts of new stuff!
Know what you mean girl, know what you mean.
BUT I mentioned to DH that I was hungry and that some buffalo wings sounded good. I was in the mood for spicy! It was 9pm, so I was just talking. Called mom to chat, and he disappeared. 15 minutes later he comes in the door with cheesy bread, buffalo wings, and fried wontons?????????? Where's that screwdriver? I ended up eating 4 buffalo wings, 2 small pieces of cheesy bread, and a wonton. Not terribly bad, and would have been fine, actually, about 5 hours before and I had planned for it!........ NOT AT 9:30 at night! My REALISTIC goal for the week is actually only a 1 lb loss, after a big one last week and TOM arriving. Of course, I would love a 3lb loss If I don't watch, I'll have a gain. Have a great day everyone. Remember that feeling on Monday am when you've overdone the weekend before you eat. Yesterday's success and not so great choices are done, regardless, make today count. Is the food worth it? An overindulged child turns into a brat, an overindulged body turns into fat!
Taryn
That's what those flex points are there for. I just wish that gross feeling after I've overdone it would stay fresh in my mind before the next time I do it and stop me from doing it again and again.I did so good this week. I ran a few nights, drank water, did not go over daily ww points, and then tonight I ate a cheese steak and onion rings.
Now Tracey, this sounds like it could have been a fun time.
I just don't get it!!!!! My weight once again did not budge. This week i have not had more than 1100 calories a day and i have ran 3km 3 times and walked 4 km 3 times, I drink water..........what gives??????
I agree with Taryn, and wonder if you need more calories, especially on the day's you're getting in all that exercise. I've also heard that mixing up your calorie amounts daily, having a higher calorie day and then lower calorie day can help keep the metabolism up.I totally agree on this. I sometimes have trouble finding the time to get here and read and post, and every week you so generously take care of all that you do. We are so lucky to have you, Shannon.
Ah, that wondeful husband that so sweetly brought home 8 different kinds of fruit earlier this week, is so trying to make his woman happy. Remember the fruit before you jab him too hard with that screwdriver. Great quote!BUT I mentioned to DH that I was hungry and that some buffalo wings sounded good. I was in the mood for spicy! It was 9pm, so I was just talking. Called mom to chat, and he disappeared. 15 minutes later he comes in the door with cheesy bread, buffalo wings, and fried wontons?????????? Where's that screwdriver? I ended up eating 4 buffalo wings, 2 small pieces of cheesy bread, and a wonton. Not terribly bad, and would have been fine, actually, about 5 hours before and I had planned for it!........ NOT AT 9:30 at night!
I am really going to have to watch myself this week. Can you tell I have PMS??
Have a great day everyone. Remember that feeling on Monday am when you've overdone the weekend before you eat. Yesterday's success and not so great choices are done, regardless, make today count. Is the food worth it? An overindulged child turns into a brat, an overindulged body turns into fat!
Taryn
I just wanted to share. 
