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[Desertthorn]

Good morning Carole, Your stats are lookin good girl. Be careful of that chicken, sometimes they fill it with lous's,
Your in Georgia huh, Has your weather been nasty???? We had a beautiful day yesterday, it almost hit 60 LOL

[imagood1]

It's been cold here in Missouri -- we're suppose to get up to 45 today but it's 65 in Kansas City today so maybe we'll be warmer tomorrow...LOL - I'm outside St Louis so maybe the warmth KC is getting today will be here tomorrow! I hope so, I'm tired of being cold!!

I don't eat more than a couple ounces of the chicken and never eat the skin -- I've never had any problem with retaining water or gaining weight, so hopefully it's ok.

[Mom2Boxer]

Hi, Imagood! This is a delayed post! But I wanted to second that emotion about ElizEllen's testimony. She is the reason I haven't cheated the two weeks I have been here and the reason I am going to keep going!

Big congrats on your stats! Woot! Woot!

Love you guys!

[imagood1]

We've got to keep going Queen, the other option is where we all started from, and I for one, don't want to go back to feeling bloated, miserable and crying all the time! I like feeling like I have power over my choices of what to eat, which gives me power over my weight. Since I started this WOE I haven't cried, I have felt happy and confident. Every pound or inch I loose is a huge win for me. It's one less that I have to loose and one more reason not to cheat but to continue on!

Have a great day

Carole

[imagood1]

This has been such a long week -- I'm so happy it's Friday. Mom has been sick with the flu or something since Tuesday - dh has been working 16 - 18 hour days trying to make a deadline (yes he made it - yea) and I've been so worn down. Can't explain it just that I don't have a lot of pep this week. I've even gone in and laid down twice because I was so tired - not like me.

Took mom to get her hearing aids this afternoon (almost had to cancel the appt). She's been telling me how many things are loud since we've been home. I purposely left the TV volume up when we left and when we walked in she told me "that's ridiculous - turn that down"....so I showed her that was how we were listening to TV since she's been here -- she didn't realize it was so loud - most times she still didn't hear it, but I think 47 is louder than most people need the TV. I was afraid dh and I would have our hearing impared by the loudness!!

DH and I went for lunch today - we have only been out once since I've been on this WOE and that was on his birthday. It was nice to have some "alone" time - but as usual we only talked about his work....but that's ok, that is what affords us everything we have.

This is going to be an early evening and I'm planning to sleep in tomorrow morning. I love the weekends, even if I only sleep an extra hour, it's like sleeping till noon use to feel!!

We had turkey breast cutlets for dinner - they were good, talked a little like a pork chop when you put seasoning on it. OK, enough from me...hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Carole

[Sunny_0ne]

Hi, Carole,

Sorry you and your mom are feeling under the weather. And glad DH met his deadline.

I occasionally have a day where I am very tired and have to lie down. But today was a good day for me.

We finally got to Sams today. I stocked up on cream cheese, cheese, cream, Canadian bacon, steaks, chicken, and all kinds of Atkins-friendly foods. I felt almost decadent with all that superb food in my cart!

I just finished boiling eggs for tomorrow, and am getting ready to turn in soon.

BTW, DH is so thrilled with my weight program, and is delighted to buy anything I need to keep me on track. Sure is nice.

Of course, he squirrels away pretzels, nuts, cookies and candy in his office for himself, but it doesn't bother me. He is considerate enough to keep them out of sight.

[imagood1]

Well, it happened today -- I had to take mom to the ER and while we were sitting there my blood sugar started going down way too quickly. I went to the cafeteria to get something to eat but even though it is a HOSPITAL they have nothing that isn't slathered in gravy, breaded or has pasta, pizza, etc.....I got a sandwich and only ate the meat and cheese but after I sat there a few minutes I wasn't feeling any better so I went back, but ended up getting a small bunch of grapes and some soup. Not the best choices, but it's done, so now starting tomorrow I have to start my "cheat free as 1".....

I had weighed myself this morning and had finally cracked the 190's and was just on top of the world - tonight I'm not so on top of the world. The good news is that mom is back home and ok - it was either something she ate or drank that didn't settle with her, she's been sick for the better part of the last week (and I've been not so great also). I wanted her checked out and her doctor said to take her to ER and he'd meet us there.

This morning I took our puppy to the vet and she's overweight, so she's on the "green bean" treat - not the ones dh and mom would feed her off and on all day. When we got home from the vet I took Sadie on a 2 mile walk, I needed the outing and she did too. We got home 10 minutes before the rain started. It was such a beautiful day so being out was really nice.

I just want to kick myself down the block and back....I will make sure if that happens again that I have a baggie with meat and cheese or something "legal" that I can eat when we leave - I just didn't think about it...live and learn huh!!

Carole

[Sunny_0ne]

Oh, Carole, so sorry you had such a ratty day.

I am trying to think of other things you could stick in your purse. Maybe a couple of individually wrapped string cheese? A couple of boiled eggs?

Don't beat yourself up. You did what you had to do under the circumstances.

The important thing is, you are back on track now. What is one day in perspective of the rest of your life?

Glad you Mom is okay. And glad you got out in the beautiful weather with your doggie for a nice walk.

[Desertthorn]

I volunteer at our local hospital and sometimes I just have to settle for the hamburger sans bun as nothing else works.

Hope Mom is better

[imagood1]

desert, a hamburger would have been a great option, but that "station" of the cafeteria wasn't open so I ended up with a choice between chili and minnestrone -- I chose the chili and tried to eat around the beans--I figured that was the lesser of two evils. I had to learn to put things in my purse if I'm leaving the house.

I learned and made it through it -- I got on the scale this morning and was up a pound -- I can handle that -- and I will loose it again!

Carole