THE (Trying Hard Everyday) Team ~ WEEK 21!!

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  • cyndeebee
    cyndeebee Posts: 249 Member
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    Welcome, Kym...and other New Members...
    You're going to love this group.

    Yes, Kym...We weigh in on Fridays, post our stats.

    Thanks for filling us in on the TP-bedroom story. I've been waiting to hear her reaction, and that's so sweet! Thank you, LI4G, for being a role model for all moms. You took a "situation," put a creative slant on it, you earned the respect and admiration you deserve...
    Today, you are my hero!

    :flowerforyou:
  • LosingIt4good
    LosingIt4good Posts: 1,214 Member
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    Man, I love that we have all these new people joining us!!

    Welcome aboard Kim & best of luck to you in your journey.

    I just finished cleaning my kitchen, now Im sitting down with my recipe books and a menu planner to figure out what I can make with the food Ive got in the house and make a grocery list for tomorrow.

    The one thing that I LOVE about summer is all the fresh produce! I went out this morning and picked the 2nd bowl of broccoli from the garden and the first yellow squash off my squash vine. Also checked out the blueberry plants which are FULL of blueberries but only got about 4 berries that were ripe. The rest should be ready in a few days so Im super excited about that!! I also noticed I have several roma tomatoes starting to form and a few beefsteak tomatoes that are about the size of cherries right now. I cant wait until I have tomatoes coming out my ears...cuz I love'em! My pepper plants are HUGE! Bigger than I have ever managed to grow them before and they are starting to bloom so I should see the fruits of my labor on that pretty soon also. Zucchini is doing good and so are the lemon cucumbers. They are both blooming also and I have tiny little veggies on both plants.

    Bee- CONGRATULATIONS!!! I am soooooo proud of you!!! Your doing wonderful!! Shopping=Walking so have fun!!! :)
  • cyndeebee
    cyndeebee Posts: 249 Member
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    Don't mind me...Just trying to change my ticker...


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    Success!
  • shalanap
    shalanap Posts: 1
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    You guys seem like a neat group. A friend just told me about this site today and I am excited to have some accountability. I currently have an injury and am not able to be as active as I was. We also have a big move coming up in a few weeks and have basically fallen off the bandwagon of good eating and exercising. Hope you don't mind me jumping in!
    ~Coastie's Wife

    SW 143 GW 125
  • indianagranny
    indianagranny Posts: 863
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    WELCOME KJLOSE, Shalanap, Kym, Ccbresoud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Glad to have you all aboard. You will love the motivation, support and happiness of all these women.Jump in anytime and tell us all about your lifestyle change.

    April - congrats on the pound loss and the capris. Sometimes our losses show in inches that we are losing.

    Cyndeebee - WTG on the 3 days in a row and the capris. Had to restock my hallway with a motivational outfit.

    KjLose - jump aboard. feel free to come here and vent, whatever. we are here to listen and encourage

    Kristi - Will watch for your reports.

    Lorann - you too will wog soon. it is really fun just don't say I CAN'T SAY I WILL TRY

    li4g - you have encouraged me to try and get the week in food planned out too. Thanks

    CrazybeeRX - Congratulations you are doing great. I love reading your posts and so glad you decided to join us.
  • CrazybeeRX
    CrazybeeRX Posts: 288 Member
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    Thank you IndianaGranny. I don't have a lot of friends so I mostly work and come home to tv or the computer. I bought a laptop in April when I won $3000 at the casino. I've been addicted to facebook since and now here. When I met li4g 10 yrs ago I was addicted to chatting but that chat closed and I lost touch with chat friends and i pretty much stopped using the computer until I got my laptop. Soooo to make this long story longer....this is like having friends for me so I come on here and type my heart out. If I talk to much let me know and I'll stop.

    I went to put on a sundress today and I looked at my dress and got upset and put it back. This week a gal at work sort of hurt my feelings and it bothered me all over again when I saw the dress. This gal was bigger than I am when she first started working at the pharmacy. She joined weight watchers and lost 100lb, which was wonderful. She looked great. Well now she is pregnant with twins. She is due in August. Well one day this week it was real muggy at work and when I came in she said to me, "I almost called you and asked you to bring me one of your sundresses cause I know it would fit over my big belly and cool me down." I just looked at her and then just walked off. Now I don't know if I can wear my dresses again!

    I found I can use skim milk and sugar free carmel syrup and have my 2 cups of coffee for about 1/3 o the calories I have been using soooo no lets hope I like it. I am going to Vegas in 81 days and I'd love to have 25lbs gone by then. So that is my goal 25lbs by Sept 17th.

    Well I am off to try to make a chicken recipe I found here for dinner. It's called Rhapsody in Bleu and it is 222 calories per breast. Hope it is good. Talk with you all later.
  • swignal
    swignal Posts: 441
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    Good Evening Team,

    just checking in I havent been doing much only having the one car sucks cuz i am stuck at home.. so i have to just work around the house doing little things.. like the weeding, swimming, walking around the yard.. not too much.. and trying to stay cool... It might be raining tomorrow so i might even be stuck in the house!!! :sad:

    I keep getting more and more sun as the days go by!! trying to get my dad to finish the Tiki bar before the 11th.. been looking for the thaching for the roof... I want to get some ceramic tiles made with some of the pitcures from Jamaica... but they cost 15.00 a tile.. I dont want to many but i just want them randomly put them on the top of the bar where the glasses and stuff are so its easier to wipe off..
    anyway when its done i will take some pitcures..

    welcome to the new comers there is so many i hope i get them all KJLOSE, Shalanap, Kym, Ccbresoud... I hope you like this team as much as I do...

    Hope to have my computer back soon...

    have a great night...

    sheila
  • adopt4
    adopt4 Posts: 970 Member
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    Hey ya'll. Did my garage sale this morning, then called losingit and said, let's go shopping! So bought a few more tshirts from Kohns (5.99!) and a pair of shorts. Whoo-hoo! Same size as before, but they are not hard to squeeze into like they were before when I tried that size on. So that's cool.

    Tonight I decided not to worry about cals (did great all day) because I want to get a drink on. I never feel like that, maybe once a year, so tonight's my night! Losingit and fam just got here for a potluck bbq... so talk to ya'll later!
  • cyndeebee
    cyndeebee Posts: 249 Member
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    Debbie...Please, please, please...Wear your dresses! I'm sure you'll look fabulous in them. Not enough women wear dresses anymore. It's not about the dress size...It's about the glow emanating from the woman wearing the dress, when she feels feminine, dressed up, pretty.
    It's too bad about what your coworker said, but maybe it's a case of engaging mouth before filtering it through the brain? That happens. Since she's struggled with her own weight loss, I would guess that she has some empathy...

    And I'm in the same boat as you are...
    My friends all live in my computer. I'm good with that, because I was never the type that had many, many friends. Just a few really good ones, but they've settled down, moved away (or I've moved away), and in recent years, my mother and stepfather are truly my best friends. Since I only see them about once a week, the rest of my friends are here...or on Facebook...
    No one will ever say that you talk too much. Promise. I think I speak for the group when I say that we LOVE to chat. Even if we miss a day and have a long, long list of posts to catch up on, we still want to hear about what you're thinking, doing...

    Question for y'all...
    My daughter and I went to a quaint little restaurant tonight. The owners are really nice people. I ordered the beef and broccoli...delicious. But, unfortunately, it must have been a bit past its prime. Food poisoning. Mild...
    I'm not going to complain or say anything about it. It happens. Having been a restaurant owner in the late 80s, I realize that perishable food, combined with hot kitchens...sometimes the food turns before you realize it.
    So my question...
    Since I pretty much lost my entire supper, can I erase the calories???:laugh: :laugh:
  • Lorann
    Lorann Posts: 107
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    crazybee - you sound a lot like me ... I really don't have friends that I hang out with, just my family (half of them drive me crazy so I don't see them that often :laugh: ) I do have a lot of co-workers but I don't see them outside of work.....any friends I used to have (never really had many friends growing up, I was and am a very shy person) are all moved away and I only keep in contact with them on facebook... Yes I'm addicted to facebook :laugh: great way to stay in touch with friends, and now addicted to this site as well! I use to chat a lot online many years ago but that site closed down too and I lost touch with all the people I met there.

    Anyways just wanted to share that with you :smile:

    I agree with cyndee... don't ever feel like your talking to much :smile: that's whats the boards are for. :smile:

    So after being here for a couple weeks I have realized something...... I am not alone in this, the support is awesome!! And wow I thought I was the only one that didn't have friends except for online :laugh:

    Well I'm off to bed ... goodnight all!
  • CrazybeeRX
    CrazybeeRX Posts: 288 Member
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    cyndee i vote for erasing the calories!!! Sorry you got sick though. You should call them and get a free dinner from them.

    Thanks for what you said about the dresses. She probably didn't think about how it would hurt. I just wanted to say...Sorry there weren't made at the tent and awning company probably won't fit around the twins. But I bit my tongue and walked off.

    I think us diehard chatters need to find someway to get our own chat room to all be able to go into when we have time for online and chat instead of posting and waiting then posting again. I vote that li4g finds a way to get us a chat room. She is wonderful with the computer!

    For any of you who want to be friends on facebook my last name is Mickel. I love having friends. I've just spent my life having one friend at a time. The only time I had more friends was when I was going to church many years ago. It started as 1 gal going and she got 6 of us in the neighborhood to start going and we became a great group. That church closed 17 yrs ago and I've never found another one I feel I belong in. So went we all scattered and I went back to one freind again.

    I made that chicken I was talking about. It was good but a little shy in the flavor department. My friend makes something real close to it and it is wonderful but it's also full of calories. But what amazed me most was i got so full I only ate half of my dinner.

    Well I need to go to bed. Big day tomorrow with the party. Here I talk about no friend but I am sitting here panicking about having 20 or more people here in my hose tomorrow. I will need a chill pill to get through the day.

    Have a great Sunday. Thanks girls for being so nice.
  • lulubar
    lulubar Posts: 739 Member
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    Welcome newbies to THE Team!! All aboard for a great fitness journey!!

    Anita - :tongue: pphhhffhttt. When you're right, you're right. I've been slacking some too. Dangit. Fine! I'll step it up and do it right again! Thanks for the call out, :blushing: !

    Crazybee - Wear the dresses. You shouldn't be punished just because that girl put her mouth in overdrive. AND, she must think they look good on YOU or she wouldn't be wanting to wear them, too!

    LI4G - Your daughter obviously got her mom's sense of humer! Good for you ~ and for her!

    Kristi:

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    The slippers are occupied. But, I can shake him out at a moment's notice!! Be good!

    I'm wiped out friends - off to slumber:yawn:
  • LosingIt4good
    LosingIt4good Posts: 1,214 Member
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    When I met li4g 10 yrs ago......

    Its been more like 14 years ago bee.. LOL.. Allie turns 13 in August and our first Vegas Chat Party I was in March of 1996 and I was a few months pregnant with her. My ex left town to go go-kart racing the week I was due to have her and Bee came and stayed the weekend with me so I wouldnt be alone. Remember going to the fair? We danced to Credence Clearwater Revival while I was having contractions!! At fudge, had a mocha and got a shiatsu massage? If I recall, there was something missing.....:laugh: :laugh: :wink:

    We met in a group on Prodigy called Women At Home, which was a chat room full of girls that were regulars and we would talk about everything from Kids to relationships, play games (remember the penis game bee?? LMAO!!) and well just formed some good long distance relationships with eachother. Some of those people I still keep in touch with. The chat room has been closed for several years but we keep in touch through a yahoo group called the wahloop. Bee lives about 2 hours north of me, but I havent seen her for at least 8 years. Not since before Morgolis and I got together. We tried to get together last December to go Christmas shopping, but the weather here got bad and I couldnt make it. I found her on facebook and we chatted there, so I invited her to come join us! Boy am I glad I did!! Ive missed her!! :)
  • LosingIt4good
    LosingIt4good Posts: 1,214 Member
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    all you facebook junkies who wanna add me can send a request to Cyndi Merrill Schricker
    :) I have the facebook ap on my iphone too so aside from using the computer, I update several times a day... usually. :)

    Im also a Mafia Wars Fiend.
  • LosingIt4good
    LosingIt4good Posts: 1,214 Member
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    OH OH!! I almost forgot....I have some news....

    Today I went shopping with adopt4 and I thought for giggles I would try on a few different sizes of pants just so I could see WHAT I could get into. Most of the pants and capri's I have now are getting big on me and even thought I cant afford new clothes I thought I would be cool to just try them on and see so I found Levis and thought... what the heck... grabbed a 14 tall and MAN, THEY FIT ME, they werent tight, they werent loose. They just plain FIT!!!! So...I ran out of the dressing room, across the store to where adopt4 was still looking at clothes... jumping up and down.... saying.. "Look Look!! They fit and they are a 14!!!! YAY!!!!"

    So.. Another victory in the clothing store! 4 pounds, 4 schmounds.... I got into a 14 in Levi's and a 16 petite in some other akward wierd brand that Id never heard of before but I couldnt resist not buying the capri's because they were $14 and fit my butt like a glove!! Im so sick of wearing baggy butt pants!!! :laugh:
  • swignal
    swignal Posts: 441
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    Good Evening Team...

    I am sitting here with hubby and our friends they are drinking and I am on MFP on my sistes computer..

    Congrats Li4g on the size 14!! that is awsome.. well I am very proud of you... Keep up your good work...

    I hate not being able to get on the computer all the time... I cant wait for my computer to come back..

    anyways again welcome new team members and good luck on your weight loss journey.. feel free to add me as a friend...

    Sheila
  • indianagranny
    indianagranny Posts: 863
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    Good Morning All

    LI4G - Congratulations on the 14's. That is an awesome feeling. Keep up the good work.

    Lulu - I adored that cat picture. It is sooooooooo cute.

    Lorann and CrazybeeRX - I fit right in there with you two. My friends are here on this site - this thread. What local friends I have are just co - workers at work and some good guy friends and then I am just considered one of the "guys".

    Cyndeebee - I sure hope you feel better. Food poisoning is awful.

    Well didn't wog this morning due to cramps. TOM expected today - probably later in week. Put in 74 minutes aerobics and some needed cleaning. Suppose to get cooler here this week. How about you Sheila - suppose to get cooler up there?

    April - missing your posts girl! Hope everything is ok.

    Jamie - did you take a trip this weekend?

    Kristi - you staying on track girl? Did you see Lulu's slipper?

    Manda1111 - u doing ok? Staying busy?

    Adopt4 - How are you this morning? I hope you enjoyed your evening last night!!!!!!

    Anita - busy weekend????????????

    I pmed some of the others who have not posted just to check on them. If someone post something for me and don't get an answer fast enough, please pm me. I do read all the posts but through the week if I am rushed for time,I may not get it answered soon enough.

    Well gonna get ready for church. Try to check in before work tonight.
    Have a good day everyone
  • CrazybeeRX
    CrazybeeRX Posts: 288 Member
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    OMG li4g ( I keep wanting to call you Batty) it has been about 14 yrs. Myhow time flys. You have one heck of a memory. I do remember staying with you just incase you went into labor. The fair was wonderful and so was CCR. We danced like mad. ( and you didn't ask to borrow my dress to fit over your pregnant belly LOL) The thing that was missing, are you talking about something of Tony's that was missing? Or am I not remembering what was missing?

    Is there still a yahoo chat called wahloop? I haven't been on yahoo in so long I don't remember my password. I would love to chat with some of the old gang. I see Mims and MIMsMom on facebook daily but they are the only one left I talk to besides having you again. I have a few days off at the end of July wanna try to get together one of those days? I have missed you so much also. So much has happened in the last 8 yrs in our lives I don't feel like I know you that well any more.

    WAY TO GO on the size 14. Even at my correct weight I wore a junior 15 and that was 32 yrs ago! I would so love to see a size 16 but I doubt I'll ever see that.

    Swig: sorry you don't have your computer right now. I would go nuts now. I bought a laptop 3 months ago and sometimes some some of the letters don't work when I am typing and I have to go back and edit. I have to hit the letter 2 or 3 time before it shows up and it switches letters all the time. That is why sometimes letters are missing when I type I really do know how to type and spell. I get going sometimes and forget to proof read. BUT ..... I haven't taken it in to get fixed because I am addicted to this darn fitnesspal!!!! I have a house computer but it is so dang slow and it's in my son's music room and I can't watch tv and be in bed and type LOL. I'l have to get it looked at soon if this doesn't stop.

    Indianagranny: I'd love to be your friend. I can feel what a great heart you have even on here. You really care deeply about people and issues. I get on here just to see what you are going to say next. I love that you find the time to say something to everyone. You're a beautiful woman inside and out!

    Lorann: we sound like we have a lot in common when it comes to the computer. I am lookng forward to getting to know you. I love your smile.

    Cyndeebee: are you feeling any better today??? I got a friend request on my facebook I thought might be you. Is it??? Have you tried taking the supplement curcumin for the fibromalgia pain? It really worked for me. I had bad pain in my arms, could barely get my shirt off unassisted. That helped take the arm pain away.

    Ok I tried my new way of drinking coffee. I used skim milk and sugarfree carmel syrup. It was only 20 cal a cup intead of 200. It's not the same but I will get used to it. I went shoppng yesterday and it took me forever cause I was reading all the dang calories and fat contents on all the boxes and packages!.

    Will be busy with the birthday party today so I won't get back until tonight. Have a great day all. Pray that I am able to stay on track. Right now I don't eat til I sit down and log to see if it all fits. Can't do that with 20 people around.
  • nitag
    nitag Posts: 706 Member
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    Morning all..

    Lulu, LI4G - Yup I've been slacking too and I am going to own it and fix it.. 36 lbs is too much to lose and just flake...

    LI4G - I sent you a facebook request....

    Lulu I need that slipper but I don't want the kitten.. Mine are bad enough..

    Lisa - Its been a somewhat busy weekend.. Mostly yard work.. Does it ever end...

    Hot today here, 100 is supposed to be the high...

    I am off to make a grocery list of healthy food again.. Time to go back to the 50 million Lb diet, it was working so I need to follow it again.. And I need to exercise...

    Newbies welcome.. a great group here..

    Anita
  • swignal
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    Good Morning All

    LI4G - Congratulations on the 14's. That is an awesome feeling. Keep up the good work.

    Lulu - I adored that cat picture. It is sooooooooo cute.

    Lorann and CrazybeeRX - I fit right in there with you two. My friends are here on this site - this thread. What local friends I have are just co - workers at work and some good guy friends and then I am just considered one of the "guys".

    Cyndeebee - I sure hope you feel better. Food poisoning is awful.

    Well didn't wog this morning due to cramps. TOM expected today - probably later in week. Put in 74 minutes aerobics and some needed cleaning. Suppose to get cooler here this week. How about you Sheila - suppose to get cooler up there?

    April - missing your posts girl! Hope everything is ok.

    Jamie - did you take a trip this weekend?

    Kristi - you staying on track girl? Did you see Lulu's slipper?

    Manda1111 - u doing ok? Staying busy?

    Adopt4 - How are you this morning? I hope you enjoyed your evening last night!!!!!!

    Anita - busy weekend????????????

    I pmed some of the others who have not posted just to check on them. If someone post something for me and don't get an answer fast enough, please pm me. I do read all the posts but through the week if I am rushed for time,I may not get it answered soon enough.

    Well gonna get ready for church. Try to check in before work tonight.
    Have a good day everyone

    Good Morning Team!!! well afternoon I must say... its 1:30 in the afternoon... although i went to bed at 5:30 this morning and got up at 9 with my daughter knocking on the door cuz she was board.. my hubby got up with her and let me sleep a bit longer.. I finally got out of bed at 11:30 and made pancakes for breakfast for everyone!!!

    Lisa, it is starting to cool down a bit.. we are getting some wind but it is like a hot breeze.. but it is supose to get down to 69 on Tuesday... That is cold... but I am use to that weather...

    I am sitting out on my deck with my nieces computer trying to get a bit of sun...while it last... Next weekend I am having a few family and friends over for the 4th for a cook out.. then Sunday the family is going down to the horse races in Teledo OH, I have never been and I am looking forward to it.. then the following weekend is the graduation party...at my house for one of my nieces.. then April will be here on the 13th for a week.. cant wait...

    April only 16 days left.... woooo hooo... I will call you so we can make a menu before you come up.. to organize what kind of food your kids like and what you like...

    I will be back later talk to everyone soon...

    Sheila

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