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Good afternoon ladies I have been skimming the posts and a few of you have mentioned the 17 day diet. I picked up the book but haven't begun yet because I got stopped cold by the notion of replacing my beloved morning coffee with green tea. Have any of you done it without giving up coffee? Or how difficult was it to give…

Hi everyone. Wow how the thread has increased in numbers over the past two years. I guess I'm now the newbie. I think i was most sucessful when I took part in this site more often so am aiming to do that again. For all who do remember me HELLO:happy: and to the rest Hi I'm Heather. I'll give you a quick rundown so you…

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I hear you I drag myself in to work these days. But I also have no "plan" aside from the 'freedom 72 Plan':laugh: Thats 20 yrs from now and hopefully by then my house will be paid off and my children will be educated. Oh well it is what it is!! Well things are getting back to normal for me. I have returned to the gym and…

Good Morning ladies I'm back to posting. I have been reading a bit but there are soo many posts now its hard to keep up. I have recovered enough to go back to the gym. Not a moment too soon either! I will go at my own pace but am excited to see just what I can do. I might not be saying that tomorrow:laugh: I am, sadly,…

Morning Ladies Barb (weaklink) Thanks for the well wishes . I guess now that there is another Heather on the board I will go back to my screen name - Benson (my little sheltie) so I know when someone is 'talking' to me. I haven't shared this yet because I feel kind of weird about it but here goes .... On march 8th I had a…

Morning Ladies Holy lots of new members Welcome to all:flowerforyou: I am around - just recovering from surgery. I am at that place where you are not well enough to do anything but too well to lay around - very frustrating for a "busy" girl. I am off all exercise until the first week of May and have gained a couple of…

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Morning Lakies Happy March Tagging for later Heather

Morning Ladies I am so stoked to hear more than one mention of Curling on here. I love it (much to the dismay of my family) When I went to Edmonton in December it was to see the Olympic trials and so therefore we were there when these two teams won the right to represent Canada. It was an amazing field of 8 mens and 8…

Morning Ladies and Jake?? Vicki - I'm so sorry for your loss. You are in my thoughts today. Well today when the 'buzzer' went at 4:45 I thought 'nope not today' and I rolled over to go back to sleep. I laid there for another 15 minutes all the while thinking 'all the other people are going what's wrong with your??' So I…

Good afternoon ladies Eating exercise calories and my take on it - I do eat them but very conservatively. For example if the site says I burned 500, I will eat 300 or so. I minus 100-120 calories from my excercise calories for each hour of working out because that's approximately the number of calories per hour covered…

Happy Monday Welcome to the new faces. Shocking to me that there is so much snow out there and not here. We are usually buried in the white stuff. I shouldn't complain to loud - we'll likely get hit any day now. Well this is the beginning of my second month of early morning/after work exercise class. I am happy to say that…

Hi everyone! Just a quick post to tag for later. Lost another 1.8 last week. Yay - finally I've lost two weeks in a row. Still busy - still going to the gym 4-6 times a week. Seems to be working. My challenge is the weekends so this weekend I'm going to try really hard to keep my calorie intake in check. Take care everyone…

Happy Tuesday ladies I can't believe its only -2 Celcius here today. Same temp as parts of Florida. It makes for a very messy vehicle but I'll take that over -40!! Today is day two of my 12 week transformation which is a program running at the wellness centre I joined in October. Yesterday I was at the gym at 6 a.m. for an…

Morning Ladies I survived the holidays!! Sadly my weight loss did not. I am back on track and have lost a bit of Christmas already but won't update my ticker until Monday. It was a very busy season both at work and at home. I'm still packing up and trying to absorb all the new things into our home. We hosted a party for…

Morning ladies Thanks for the welcome back. I had a great time and yes our team did great. They got a bronze medal - making them the 3rd best team in Canada. They ended up in a 3-way tie for 3rd and had to play tie-breakers. The bad part was they had a game at 8:30 and won, another at 1 p.m. won in an extra end and the…

Hi Ladies I am finally back. Unfortunately the cold weather followed me home. For the time I was in Edmonton it was between 35-40 below Celcius. (I think at 40 degrees below its the same between C and F) Last Thursday at the Edmonton Airport, it was -59 C with the windchill. Only beat out by 2 degrees by some little place…

Morning - Actually afternoon already! I truly hope noone 'hurls' on the ice or I will be 'hurling' in the stands:laugh: I have been reading about everyone on here going on trips for months now and finally I get to go on one myself - and I mean by myself! I will miss my family but I sure do need to get away. Looking forward…

Morning Ladies Jeannie - The curling is actually done inside in an arena with specially prepared ice. Mary - Sorry your jealous (I actually never do anything that anyone would be envious of - quite a treat!) TSN covers most of the games (if you have it) I'm getting excited now. To make it more exciting, a team from my…

I think curling is more common in Canada although the US have some wonderful curlers. Its a little like shuffleboard on a large scale - on ice. Google it if you have time. Its a great game of strategy and finesse. Thanks for asking. My son has his final Christmas Concert tonight. Its a great way to get in the spirit. Their…

Just a quick post to let you know I'm alive and well. Crazy busy - even more so because I'm heading out on Saturday for 10 days. I am going to Edmonton to watch the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. I'm way excited because I have two brothers there and one of my sisters from here is going to. I have curled for 40 yrs and am…

The smileys are on the top right when you are typing your message. Just click add smiley and they will appear across the top of your page. Happy Thanksgiving to all the Americans. Today is just another day in paradise for us Canadians since our T day is always in October. Enjoy yourselves and all you have to be thankful…

Barbiecat - That is just so awesome about the clothes. You are so tiny. What a difference a year can make. Good for you:flowerforyou: Glad hubby is okay and on his way home to you. Heather

Barb - that is what happened. I didn't see the little box because I didn't have to log in. Thanks for pointing that out for me. Should be set up so you have to click in that box rather than it being preselected. Anyway all is good now.

Morning Ladies Real glad its Friday. Seem to have been a long week. I suppose that's because I worked on Sunday. Mind you I have to work tomorrow too but I have a whole week off in two weeks. I need to get my office caught up and make sure I've covered everything. One bad thing about being a one-person administration is…

Thank you so much Alice:heart:

Morning Ladies Well today I'm 52. This will be my year. I'm not looking back at the shoulda, woulda, coulda's. I'm more mature now :laugh: and am sticking with I can and I will:wink: I had a drs appt yesterday and he was proud of the changes I've made and lit into me about being so hard on myself. That caused me to reflect…

Good Day Ladies Beautiful and bright here in Northern Ontario. Its a little chilly but its November! Welcome to the new girls. Renny I love Victoria I lived there for a short while about 20 yrs ago. bradybrookes what a cute little girl in your AV tdbear - welcome and good luck on the journey I've been doing good but not…

Hi and welcome to MFP From my own experience, I can tell you that giving in to the emotional eating will only leave you feeling worse. This sticking up for yourself and 'me' time is new to your family and most people are resistant to change. When you just force it for a few days, they will see the benefit it brings to you…