slimbluehen Member

Lori, you are a strong woman! Hope all goes well with the counselor today. I have been absent for awhile, just trying to keep my head above water; too much work, too much everything, esp. car repairs and house repairs. I have't kept up with the posts and don't expect I'll be going back to catch up, but hope to do better…

@p1xyn1xy - how about "Do it now or do it later?" Or, "If not now, When?"

@melifornia THANK YOU so much for the advice. I checked it out and changed my calorie limit up a bit over 1600. Maybe having less pressure will help me stay within my count. Thank you once again.

@Lori - Two steps forward, one step back is something I like to remember when it seems I am losing ground. @Susan - I hope you are on the mend and feeling better. @scrubb - ditto message to Susan. @Barbara - You are back to having successful weigh-ins after all the s++t! You go, girl! @tototee - I can’t resist a bit of…

Rozie, I am so sorry for your loss. Hugs, Linda

Monday check-in: challenged at keeping my calories under goal because I overate saltines and had la yogurt smooth & creamy yogurt for a dessert. I really need to be more careful about my selections of foods and more mindful of how much I eat :(

Hi everyone! The sun is shining here, after Sunday's deluge. Hope you all are having sunny days. I like the idea of keeping a topic for each day of the week, as long as we have the flexibility to be off-topic when needed. As for the monthly challenge of strength training, I'd like to increase from 1 session/week to 2/week…

@tlh0407 - "You do need to remember that life can be taken away at any moment and that it’s best to live life to the fullest. He kept saying “when I retire..” Never got that far and so I’m not saving my adventures for retirement." That is so true. I keep trying to squeeze what I want to do into my life but work really gets…

@skinnyjeans - I think you hit the nail on the head - a variation of boredom, anyway. I reach a point where I just want to get up, walk away for a couple of hours, but that isn't possible. I've not figured out anything else that works, reading newspapers online, and surfing the net just doesn't do it. It's the physical…

Thanks for the suggestion, ypamela21!

Bleh. Gained 2 pounds and am desperate to eat something even though, strictly speaking, I am not hungry. And stuck at a desk.

@mnwalkingqueen -- thanks for the info about the popcorn toppings. I'll have to look for the caramel vanilla, it sounds scrumptious.

Beautiful baby and so peacefully sleeping.

115

I finally am getting my eating back to some sort of normal. Bags of popcorn have been calling me for days, now, and once I start I can't make my stop muscle work :p ! But all the bags are gone, I've seen the movies I wanted to see, and my only recourse is air popped, no butter, no salt, so I feel sure I won't be going…

New day, New beginnings! Hope everyone has a terrific and successful day at accomplishing whatever goals you have set for yourselves. (*)

Kai, you are in my thoughts and prayers. <3 Linda

Back after two days, skimmed all the posts. Wow. I can't remember all of them, so welcome to the new people! And get better soon, all the sickies, of which I was one just last week. It is cold here in the mid-atlantic, but not as cold as yesterday. Despite that, I took a walk yesterday and saw my trainer today. It was very…

Hi everyone; I was off-list because of the flu and my word, you all have been writing up a storm! Niki, I was thinking of you and KitKat all this past week. I remember someone telling me that "time heals what reason cannot." It isn't much of a consolation, but something to look forward to, when the pain isn't so bad. Hugs…

Niki, I am so very sorry to hear about Kitcat. I don't know why our pets have to live shorter lives than we do, but maybe it is to teach us how to let go. I think it is a cruel and lonely lesson - and one I've repeated often. Please know that you and Kitcat are in my thoughts and prayers. Linda

@skinny -- thanks so much for the words of wisdom. I'm going to think about about them and repeat them to myself so much, maybe they will become a part of me! I have often allowed myself to 'blow it' and then used that one incident as an excuse to just throw away the whole day. I've also done the "I might get hungry"…

Lovely day today with the sun returning after being AWOL for so long. To be truthful, I overdid things on Christmas Eve with ice cream and pumpkin pie, but considering previous years, these were moderate indiscretions. Still I beat myself up over the ice cream 'cause it scares me that I will never change. Today, back to…

Lori, The Story of Niki is heartwarming. Did I get something mixed up with the pix of the Maine Coon? If so, I apologize. Just so everyone knows, I am often trying to read/write with my DH talking or reading news articles to me in the background, so there is a little concentration problem going on at times. Just blame him…

Robin, you are a terrific leader of this group - kind, personable, and conscientious. I am so glad I landed here. Thank you for all you do.

Good afternoon from the Mid-Atlantic States. I wish you all the peace and serenity of this season, no matter what your religious affiliations. I, too, wonder why people can't respect one another and treat the Earth we live on and the life around us with respect and compassion. I feel as though the next couple of days are…

Hi everybody! Just checking in after a rather undisciplined day. Someone brought gourmet cupcakes into work and I just scarfed one up before allowing myself to think about it on the grounds that I never get anything so wonderful to eat. I am so glad this season and all the temptations will be gone soon. Yay! Hey,…

Hi everyone! I am going to start from here to know you all rather than read back over 625 screens of messages(!). My mind's been boggled over the few recent pages I already read. So, I'll jump in with a word that comes to my mind for 2015: follow through (OK, 2 words). I have the worst time at home with completing…

This sounds like a great group of people! I've had a lifelong battle with weight and struggle to 'just say no' when it comes to foods that taste good - and worse, when I am bored at work. Needless to say, this has put me in the Hundred Plus club over the years, along with the pre-diabetic club. I've been working out and…

New Castle County, Delaware (Blue Hen Country!!!!!)

SQ, I remember that some people on weight watchers (admittedly, a while back) would under eat; eventually the leader would get them to add in something, such as a tsp. of oil, and when the undereaters who were stuck did that, they then began losing weight again. So I think it is possible that the body can sense it is in…