Marie-I do eat 2 main meals, I sleep till app 10, I take my medicine and one I am on helps me go to bathroom. I cant eat anything till I go and cant drink until atleast 30 minutes, after I take it, its Linzess, if I do eat I dont go to bathroom. I have diverticulitious and back in Dec 2012, I had a bad bleed out, to where I had to go to the hospital and was admitted, I thought I was going to bleed to death. Luckily it stopped after they gave me some meds. So by the time I go to the bathroom, its lunchtime. But I have never been a big breakfast person, I do like it on the weekend occassionally, but then its brunch. I do usually have a snack between lunch and supper, which we eat late, and if I have calories left after that and maybe a few beers, before supper, I eat a treat, like a cookie. It works for me, some people have 5 or 6 small meals.

Shirley- Its hard to get rid of all of my bigger clothes, because, I have lost and gained back several times in life. But this time is the first time I have lost by counting calories, and knowing that thats really the key, deficit. Also usually before it was like 20 or 25lbs lost and go back to my normal eating which before was larger portions and gain it back. This time I feel like I never want to go back to being bigger, I've lost alot and dont want to sabatoge my success. Anyway sounds like you are having a great summer out on the boat and different functions. Things will start to be winding down after Labor Day, and I am sure you will start losing again. Wel, gotta go. Janice.

Oh no, so sorry Esther
Your daughters are beautiful.
When does school start back for them? In GA some started Aug. 3rd and the rest this week. I think it might be early compared with other states.
Hugs,
Ruthie

Connie, great job on the 3.8 lb loss!! I know you are on a wonderful losing trend. Great work healing your metabolism!

Esther, I am so sorry about the loss of your wonderful fur baby. At least is was a peaceful passing without pain. It is so difficult when we lose our beloved pets...
Your daughters are blessed to have such a great mom who is involved in every bit of their lives. Great job on the costume, too!

We finally got Josh and Jen moved in and the apartment completely scrubbed down on Saturday. Hallelujah that is done for us for a while! They still have lots to rearrange and unpack and the bathrooms left to redo, but they are in their new townhouse, finally! The cat and the fishes are trying to settle in to their new digs, too. :-)

Dave and I spent all day yesterday cleaning the house, organizing cupboards, doing laundry, giving pets their monthly meds, clipping nails, cleaning ears, and brushing teeth, and we completely scrubbed and washed every inch of the wood pieces for the huge swingset/playhouse we bought used a few weeks ago. Now to let them dry Wed-Sat and then spend the weekend restaining it all and replacing parts of some of the pieces that rotted a bit in the ground, and then getting it set in the ground and reassembled! Whew!

With the exception of Emily Claire's first birthday party next Sat from 12-2, we have the weekend for our projects and household chores. Yeah!

Loving the workouts, but disappointed in the fact there has been no loss on the scale or decrease in my hip/belly inches. The pants I bought in April after the 10 lb loss from the smoothie fast (and then regained when I went back to real food within three weeks) still do not fit my fat belly.

I have been at this new plan for 4 weeks and am disappointed that I may have to buy a black and a brown pair of slacks to begin the school year when the students return in two weeks. I had hoped to have lost at least 5 lbs in the six weeks before they returned. I've been wearing slightly forgiving skirts and two larger pair of summery slacks all summer. These won't work for my fall work outfits in the skills lab. I feel a little better after cutting my calories back on my own last week, but still HUGE. I simply cannot continue to eat 1650-1750 calories a day like they want me too with my clothes barely fitting. Feeling very frustrated at my fat self...

I hope you all have a good week,

Becky

Good morning misfits,
-Esther, So sorry to hear of your loss. It is so difficult to lose our fur babies.
-Connie, I think you have cracked the code on getting your body to move in the right direction.
Have a great day.
-Marie, Hope you are doing better.
Nancy

@JLoRuthie school starts here August 26. Honesty it is not soon enough for me. I am exhausted and can't wait for the rest. My hubby will be gone those 2 weeks so I will have the house to myself. It will be so nice to kick back and get a few things accomplished that I haven't been able to do lately. Like crochet some matching shoes with one sole thicker than the other to match my offset legs. I can't wait to wear matching "cute" shoes. I haven't worn cute shoes for almost 30 years. I outgrew women's shoes before I hit high school. I had to have white shoes to graduate from high school. I wore them 4 times and got rid of them because they were too small when I bought them but it was the largest size I could get. And despite almost 25 years and boku technological advances they still don't make them any larger than a size 13. So I have been wearing men's shoes since I was 13. Unfortunately I wear a women's 15 shoe. I could get away with a 14 in a sandal but the still don't make them that big. So I am hoping to be able to make some and then I will have cute shoes until I can't crochet anymore.

Esther

@SeeAhtter787 Sorry about your faithful retriever, I wouldn't want to dig the hole either. iris looks so confident! You're really raising them well.

@tenpets It is so hard to do the reorganizing process, but yes, it takes a full three months to re-stabilize before you can lose again. You've got one of them down! Try and get your black and brown pants from a thrift store, they won't be permanent pants.

@lovesretirement I see your body is happy with it's food again, it eats and goes, wow, we've got tons of nutrients right here, tons of fuel, time to let some of this old luggage go! I am sure your trend will continue.

Today my baby started her first day of Senior Year. She is so excited for the social aspects of being the top class on campus, very excited to get a freshman to show around. I asked her to remember how it felt to be a freshman so she could be extra sensitive to her assigned buddy. When she was a freshman her senior flaked out and wasn't too helpful, so she is really excited to be "better".

My weight is dropping a bit, I've been peeking over the week, I see the ounces; hopefully I'll have a nice official number tomorrow. I still haven't embraced my harder work outs, but it's like food, I didn't switch that all over the first few times either, it's a process. I'm trying to tempt myself with I can eat more food if I do more work.

Becky, I feel your pain!!! So frustrating trying to figure out what our body needs to function properly.
I have been the route of fitness, nutrition clinic for about a year and they kept telling me I had to eat
more and when I did the scales went up!!! I got so disgusted that I finally quit going and that is when I ended
up on this site. I do completely understand!!! But we have to continue to press on!!!
Nancy

Esther, I am so sorry for the loss of your dog

Good morning, misfit losers! Happy Tuesday!

Esther..your daughter is beautiful and you guys look so happy!
Shirley..we just have to get through one day at a time. Things will settle for you soon.
Marie..glad you are feeling better and got that doc appointment.

I just finished an aerobic DVD and am headed to a breakfast of egg white omelet and oatmeal with apple slices/cinnamon.

I had a routine visit (6 months) with my cardiologist who was pleased that I had lost weight since he last saw me. We discussed reducing the dosage of my blood pressure med since I been getting so fatigued during the late afternoon. I take one pill twice a day, and I have been cutting the evening one in half. His suggestion was to take the half in the morning and the whole one at night. We may have to make more changes down the road. Other than that, I won't see him again until February. Next up will be my primary care guy in September.

It's cloudy and somewhat cooler today. We're supposed to get rain. Hope you guys get cooler weather wherever you are, too.

Stay strong!
Connie

Good Morning Misfits,

Hopefully the 100+ tempatures are gone for a few days. No rain since July 4th!!!

Esther, Your daughter is so beautiful and you're looking great too!!! You do an
awesome job being involved with their activities and keeps you so busy.

Have a great Tuesday.

Nancy

Good morning, misfit losers! Happy Wednesday!

Marie..good to see you and hope you are feeling well.

Eninad..you are on it! Getting under 200 is my goal, and I can imagine how good that must feel for you!

Steph...good idea to maintain until school starts..less stress.

Nancy..hope you get some rain soon. We have been getting scattered storms nearly every day.

Shirley..enjoy your time at your cottage.

I am on my way to the gym for training and a walk. I'm meeting friends for lunch at Le Peep and have already planned to have a mini egg white/veggie omelet. So glad that we can get nutritional info online for most restaurants.

Make it a great day, losers and stay strong!

Connie

Hi, friends. Just popping in to say a quick hello. Glad all are doing well this week and that Marie is getting good sleep and healing!

At training on Monday, I mentioned to my trainer that I was disappointed in the no-weight-lost yet category and he replied, "Actually, weight loss is not our goal. Healing the metabolism and gaining muscle mass are. The weight will take care of itself in time." Hmmm Interesting to ponder and hopefully it will be true sooner rather than later. :-)

Have a great rest of the week!

Becky

@tenpets When your body is working at optimal metabolism and muscle your weight will most definitely be better able to manage and in some cases will start self correcting. You're doing the right things, just hang in there.

@SeeAhtter787 You need to heal up and that chlorine from the pool is making you sick. Changing up how you work your muscles is also in your favor. I don't see it as quitting, I see it as avoiding suffering you don't need to expose yourself to. It's being smart. Why add harm while you are trying to have a new life? Check on the pool later on, but for now, do other things.

I'm shooting for something in between Connie and Caliecat for November, I'm gonna get 180-ish. We can do it ladies!