Trying hard to lose the pounds!!!!!!!!!

Hey Patti and All Divas . . . Here I am!!! It's been a little busy with babysitting my beautiful little 10 month old granddaughter from April 13 until the 22nd and then on the 23rd, my four sisters-in-law and myself went to visit our other sister in Madison, Wisconsin. We just got back last night. It was really interesting because everyone in the group is eating so heathy and trying to either lose or maintain their weight. Three of the six are really really slim - then there's me, sort of in the middle and the other two sisters are somewhat heavier. We all ate so healthy though that when I weighed myself this AM I was exactly what I was when I left - so a small victory.

I need to go to WW - so I'll either do it tomorrow or wait until my regular day, Tuesday. I'm a life time member so I sometime change my weigh-in day to suit whatever's happening. Sometimes I stay for the meeting - but not always because I really do know what I'm supposed to do!!! Sometimes I stay for additional inspiration. Anyway, I will check in and let you know how that goes.

You gals all seem to be doing so great!!! We'll keep on down that road and we will eventually reach our destination, right??

God bless,
Pat

Hey Kari, Denise, Patti, Rose and All Divas:
Hope everyone is doing well. I finally went to WW on Saturday - first time since my babysitting and lost .2 (2 tenths) of a pound. Not much but at this juncture, I'm happy if just stays the same!! Went 1.2 mile walk yesterday and will do the same today. I really like being outside when the weather permits rather than going to the gym.
Hope this finds all of you are happy, healthy and "on the road."
Blessings,
Pat

Kari:
Thanks for the kind words.
I know what you mean when you are within points and the scale doesn't reflect it - but you know what, you will do better this week!!! It's the name of the game - the ups and downs, right?? It's just getting 'back up on the horse' and continuing on. We've all had alot of practice with that, haven't we.
God bless and good luck this week. Where are all of our other WW buddies??
Pat

Janet:
So happy to see you here again!!! You are the best!! You should be our "official" WW leader on this thread, you really do have such great tips. Keep 'em comming.
Thanks for your encouragement too.
Blessings,
Pat

Kari - are you still swimming?

Well I finally made it to WW. Almost couldn't find the place. I think i was secretly hoping I wouldn't be able to find it. I was going to console myself at Krispy Kreme. But oh well, I found it. The leader was nice. I signed up for 10 weeks. I'm gonna try and follow the rules this time. I'm actually pleased I made it this far.

Good luck ya'll. Hope I follow in your footsteps. Kari, good work on all that exercising.

Susan

I think Monday is good, it tells you what your weekend excesses were. I always get low by the end of the week because I do the same thing everyday when I work. It's the weekends that are the problem.

Well, so far today I've stuck to it. I'm hungry so I'm munching on plain coleslaw. I've already used 20 out of my 26 points. so far so good!

Glad you lost more Kari.

Susan

I'll have to look for those.

Pat: I would be honored to give whatever suggestions for the WW program that I can (although everyone seems to be doing so well). Seems like I've been a WW member forever. My suggestion this week is, even if you are not on the CORE program, try to incorporate as many of the CORE foods as you can into your program. The CORE program eliminated processed sugars and therefore the foods are easier to break down and metabolize and therefore helps in weight loss. I've had my greatest success with the CORE program.

I also wanted to let you ladies know that on Saturday I will be participating in the Revlon 5k Run/Walk for Women's Cancers in NYC. I started participating in this 4 years ago to honor my sister-in-law who is battling ovarian cancer. I will also be honoring the ladies from breastcancer.org. You are a wonderful sisterhood and help so many women and for that I will be walking in your honor as well.

Have a great day. - Janet

I'm so glad I found this forumn. When I first logged on I thought maybe it'd been lost! I am happy with it being towards the bottom because new people kept posting with serious problems, and this really isn't a serious cancer problem topic.

Which is not to say that losing weight isn't a serious thing - because it sure doesn't happen unless you work on it!

That's cool about the Revlon walk. Is it like Avon where you have to raise a certain amount of money?

The sign-up for the Komen race is coming soon and I'm thinking about it. It's really more a mob scene than a race, and I just don't know if I'm up for it. Probably I should get some other DC ladies to meet up with me.

That's super!

Pat,
Thanks for asking. I am doing okay-down 4 pounds yet, but it was doing its usual yo-yo as I recently had a birthday and had lots of b-day dinners.
My plantar faciitis is getting better and I am walking 2 miles a day, although my dr said not to. But I do need to do it for weight loss.
What really hurts is that nothing from last summer fits me so I really have to get serious here. And I also broke up with my boyfriend of 7 months and the thought of going out into the dating world again is really scary. I had gotten too comfortable with the ex-beau and didn't try too hard to lose.
I am also doing free-weights, but with only 3 pounders as I have lymphedema and I am not sure what I can't do with my chest wall area and implants.
Denise

Susan,-how do you do that stretch? Every morning I do foot circles before getting out of bed, and also put a towel below my toes and pulling back on it. Then I limp to the nearest wall and do the wall-push thingies. I ice my foot 3 times a day, and also roll a frozen bottle under my arch.
I wear shoes all day with my custom orthodics.
Any other suggestions would be appreciated!
Denise

Yes, I did it just as Kari described. It sounds like you are doing everything you need to do. At least everything I know to do. I had to stop walking for a while. Water aerobics or bicycle. {grimace}

susan