age 45-50 group. Anyone interested?

I have looked for twins and poked around other groups without finding a real support group.

I am 48, 5'5", SW 151, CW 134, GW 128

I am the school teaching mother of three in their upper teens, wife of my 3 lbs from goal hubby.

SO...

Anyone interested?

OMGosh! I need a keeper right now!  Let me tell ya'all what I did yesterday. I went for a wlk and burned 700 calories, I ate good all day. UNTIL....hubby went to work and I went tot he kitchen! I ended up with only a 300 deficit. NOT GOOD at all!!!  I feel that all the walking was for nothing. And believe me walking is not always easy for me to do. Makes me upset to think about it.

So I NEED a keeper!!!  I need all of you to give me a swift kick in the behind for messing up yesterday. I think this is anxiety. I tend to eat after he leaves for work. I hate being home at night without him. It only started when we moved here into our house. I think I felt safer at our other house which is weird bc it was in the country. Now we're in town and I don't feel safe at all.  So I don't know what to do about this anxiety.

I had stopped eating at night for a while, but it's back again! :(

I tend to forget alot! If I don't write it down, I'm not gonna remember it. Especially when I go to the grocery store! lol  And if the kids need me to do something, I gotta write it down and put it on my dresser where I'll see it.

I definitely started having problems remembering things as well as I used to once I hit the 40s. I'm like momo - I write it all down. I have an ongoing list of things to do -- and I get a little thrill from checking them off. In fact, I have been known to do something that wasn't on the list, then go write it down on the list, just so I could check it off!! Weird, huh? Like right now, I'll go write "check in with CC friends" and then I can cross that off as done. (JUST KIDDING on that one). I also find I have trouble putting my finger on just the right word I'm looking for sometimes - like my vocabulary is slipping. I started doing crossword puzzles last spring to give my brain some exercise.

Everyone's talk about accountability resonates with me - I want to get back on track for real. I've been slipping and sliding around a little - so I'm going to try to get my healthy eating habits back. For me, if I don't focus on buying fresh fruits and veggies and all that good stuff, then I end up eating junk. I weighed in at 169.0 today - but I had been down to 167.5 last week. I just got back from the gym, so at least 1 good thing so far today.

Truus, good to hear from you - I know what you mean about being super busy and then sorta' lazy - I tend to do that too. Connie - hope your arm is okay; I'm so glad you are back here writing to us. (Notice I said 'writing' not 'rambling' -- you're a breath of fresh air. I know we all love reading your messages). Aly - about the too-much weight loss -you know I am  jealous -but still I understand your concern. My only advice would be to add in some good quality, calorie dense food (avocados, nuts, olive oil) - you have probably reduced your calorie intake so much, and you are active, so you keep on burning.

Hi to everyone else, too - Betsy, Lucy and the rest - have a great day!  Sue

Hello my Friends,

I'm feeling good today both mentally and physically.  I had my hair done darker yesterday so I even look like a new woman.  LOL  My reflux "cure" seems to be working.  I bought a really good sports bra that zips in the front.  I put it over my regular one before I walk at lunch and the chest pain has stopped.  I'm so happy to get it back off though.  LOL  I'm LOVING my Total Gym I bought a few weeks ago.  It's helping my aches and pains plus I'm already noticing some toning going on. 

Truus - Welcome back!  You're idea is a great one.  My sister uses your reasoning on the memory loss also.  Sounds good to me!

Connie - Ouch about no insurance.  MRI's are pretty spendy.  I have lots of exercises that help the neck, arms, and back from all my PT and chiropractic care. HMMM... I'll have to think of a way to share them with you. 

Sue- I have the memory stuff too and I forget words more than I care to admit. 

Momo - You asked for it so here it is.  KICK, KICK, KICK!!!  Did you feel that?  Now stay out of that fridge!  When he leaves find something girly to do like watch a chick flick or give yourself a manicure.  I do understand the anxiety though.  I live in the city for the first time ever and here it is more dangerous than the country.  I have an alarm system and set that when I'm home alone.   

Ladies, if you'd like to, join me and momo next Wednesday for the start of our official weigh ins. 

Hello!

Just got back from taking my son to the dr. He has this stomach bug that's going around. I had it first in the house, then hubby and now him. It seems to have spared my daughter. but she has a nasty summer cold! THAT could be worse. You know how those are.

Dr said if you don't get it real bad, it just hangs on. And there seems to be different ways of having it. Mine was a badstomach pain like I ate something bad but it hung on forever and I still don't feel perfect yet. And I came down with it last Thursday. Good thing is no more stomach pain since Sunday. My hubby got deathly ill for 2 days and then was over it. My son keeps getting nauseated off and on. We all had diarrhea with it. So, if you get this.....Hang on!!!  It's nasty! :(

Thanks for the kick Lucy!  lol  I need to find a way to get over this anxiety I feel when hubby is gone at night. I've been falling asleep earlier than I use to (midnight), but boy can I eat between 10 and 12! :(  Maybe if I take up some kind of crafty thing.

I'm not a crafty person, but I'll learn! lol  I figure if I make my hands busy I won't think of eating. A plan? I think so! :D

well, I'll check in later!  Oh, and Lucy, I will lose something between now and next Wednesday! :)

New picture.  Me as a brunette! 

Lucy LOVE the new color!!!!!!It makes you look younger! Not that you looked old before so You know I only mean good things ok????? You look very happy in your picture as well! The Tramadol is helping quite a bit with the arm pain....at least till I can get to the doc Monday maybe I can cope!

Momo....KICK.....just an extra in case you've gotten over the ones from Lucy!! I sleep with the t.v. on in my bedroom alot so maybe try that. You need an attack cat!!! I have 3 strays on the porch right now that I would love to bring you..ummm for defense purposes of course!!

Sue um on the memory stuff um what was I saying....LOL Yeah I make lists for everything but um does anyone ever lose the damn LIST!!!!!!?????

Aly..WHAT YA DOIN? LOSIN ANOTHER POUND THAT I WILL GAIN??? Um no I'm not jealous why would you ask? Oh you didn't ask well anyway WHAT YA DOIN?

Truus It sounds like you and I both need to find a way to take a little RELAX time for OURSELVES!

HI TO EVERYONE MISSING IN ACTION THESE DAYS!!! HOPE ALL IS WELL WHEREVER YOU MAY BE!

OK Ladies gonna go take my pain meds and relax (hopefully) for a bit!

Connie

Thanks Connie.  One of the guys here said the same thing today.  Made my day.  I may have to just totally ditch the blond.  The line about losing the list cracked me up.  I have to leave things in certainly places are I'm sure to lose them. 

I met my goal of walking every day this week and have been eating well and feeling good. 

Prayers to those in Texas.  I pray that the Lord puts a hedge of protection around them and brings everyone though the storm safely.  We are over 300 miles away and can you believe we have flooding and roads closed.  I feel for them.

Lucy - Love the hair!!! I'm going to change my hair color too. It won't be as big of a change as yours though.  Good job on the walking! It does make you feel good! My uncle lives in Plano, TX so hopefully they'll just get some rain. That's north of Dallas.

Rained here today, but I still walked! :D  Yeah, I got a little wet, but it's worth it! I'm not trying to be pretty while I walk! lol  I burned 1020 calories walking today! I walked 2.5 hours to get it. lol  My total burn was 3010 calories. And no, I didn't eat 2000 calories today. Can't do it. That's way too much eating. I just wanted to get that 1000 2 days in a row! lol

I didn't eat last night when hubby went to work! I fell asleep at 11 instead! He's working tonight too. The money hungry fool! He usually works Sunday night - Friday morning but lately it's been 6 days a week. But I REFUSE to eat when he leaves! lol  ;)

Connie - No cats please. ;)  I would love to have a cat though. A pretty one! But.....allergies won't alow us to have one. :(   I sleep with the tv on, I have for years. I'm ok once I get to sleep. It's from 10 pm to, most nights, 12 when I fall asleep.

Have a good weekend everyone! And pop in once in a while so I'm not talking to myself!  I have no life, I swear! LOL  :D

Hi girls! Well I was asleep but the arm thing has me wide awake now and its almost 1 a.m.! The pain meds are helping but when they wear off.......so I just thought as Momo said I would just "pop in" and see what you were doing on here! It has actually rained here for the past few days and boy did we ever need it but I wonder if that's also making me hurt more? Any comments on that one girls?

Ok if you girls all change your hair color what am I supposed to do go BLONDE since I think it was Sue that thought I was a blonde (by my posts) for some reason!! LOL Where is ms SKN anyway????

I did speak with Jen earlier in the week. Maybe she'll get back in with us soon. I hope!

OH ALYYYYYYY where are you?

Momo you are doing great on your walking! I'm very proud of you and wish you could send whatever has inspired you my way! LOL

Well gonna go back to bed for now!

Connie 

Been working again the last couple of days for the first time in quite a while, today four consecutive hours of coaching 25 badminton-players. Forgot to eat my lunch, very bad. Fun and they did well, but I'm completely exhausted.

Birthday party for my youngest tomorrow, her birthday Monday, so I'll be back Tuesday. That'll probably be just about all I can manage by then  lol

Anyone thought of how we do the keeper thing yet?

Lucy you do look great! Con so do you so don't you go change that! Momo and everyone else take care!!!

I'm baack!  Well, actually, I wasn't gone, but I didn't have much to say.

Contractor is just about done painting my house, and it looks great!  Nice, crisp white against those sturdy bricks, with accents in blue that really POP!

I also hadn't been writing because I had been stalled out on my weight loss and feeling down - but that's all over now!  I broke through with a 4.5 lb. weight loss this week, so my goal of getting under 150 by 10/1 is back on track.  

Hi all!

I have been busy with my school work and stuff around the house. I think I need to become one of those teachers that never requires much of the kids, then I wouldn't have SO MUCH TO GRADE! You should see the pile of papers on my lap right now that I am stalling over by visiting with you all! And our house is always a mess when we finally close up the cabin and bring everything home, so cleaning out the 'two of everything' frigde, and getting all the flotsam and jetsam put away...

Love the hair Lucy! Nothing like a new look to perk up us girls! (anybody considering the new "Palin look"?) Your change in hair style suits your weight loss too!

Connie, I hope you can get this nerve thing (if that is what it is) figured out...what a pain. And NO, No, No, to your offer of kitties! I want to enjoy cats from a distance. like from Wisconsin to the Carolinas! With as bad as my allergies have been this fall, the last thing I need to do is add cat hair to the mix! (ahahahaCHOOO!) Ummmm I'm thing the blond misunderstanding might have been about how blond you might act...*ducks* You know I love ya girl...but how could I pass that one up!

My daughter in Dallas is getting DUMPED on. Her University is on the top of a hill, so flooding won't be an issue, but there will be some tree damage to campus. God be with those in Galveston and Houston!

GOTTA get to these papers...

Alylou

Hi Girls,

Thanks for the support of my new hairdo.  LOL  I'm really liking it.

Tammy- I'm so proud of you this week.  You have been on the ball.  Good job on curbing the eating while husband is away.

Connie- so sorry about the pain.  My right shoulder always flares up at night.  I have to sleep on my left side and prop my right arm on a big pillow to keep it level.  I miss the days of sleeping in any position and still waking up refreshed.  If you haven't tried PT that's a good option too. 

Tru - good to see you.  I bet going back to work was tough after your recuperation.  Make sure to make time to take care of yourself. 

Aly - good to see you too.  I have a close friend in Dallas also and looks like they probably got more of the storm than she thought.  I hope everything with your daughter is ok.  I just can't believe all the people on the coast in the flood prone areas that did not leave especially after the lessons of Katrina with all the flooding.  I pray they find the missing alive.  Since I've went though hurricanes I know what these folks are going though and I hate it for them.  We were without power and water for 2 weeks when Frederic hit in 79 and without power a week after Katrina.  The other storms we catch the sides of usually just knock it out for a day or two.  My boss has talked about getting a generator that will run the office to make sure we don't miss work for outages of future hurricanes.  I just hope if that happens they can deal with me blow drying my hair at work.  Boy you sure miss those little things when you have no power.  Moving north is sounding better and better these days.

LUCY - I can't believe how I've been doing. Hubby is home tonight, so I'm not even wanting to go into the kitchen now. lol  I can't wait til he stops working 6 days/week so I only have to try so hard for 5 nights! lol  How have you been doing? Are yougonna be 2 lbs lighter on Wednesday? I don't know how much I'll end up losing. I'm hoping after all this walking I'm doing I'll see something gone! :)

Connie - I have a hard time sleeping at times too. As a matter of fact, last night I couldn't stay alseep for some reason. I should've jumped on here and talked to you! lol  I'd feel hot, kick off the covers, get cold and throw them back on! Did this several times. Even got up and made several bathroom trips! Hubby thinks I was having "night sweats"! Who knows....

My uncle is in Plano, TX (north of Houston, I think). Sure hope he's ok. Need to call my gramma and check in. I need to call her anyways. I haven't talked to her since the funeral. I'm a bad granddaughter! :(

Can't wait for the Steeler game tomorrow night at 8!!!!  Hubby is gonna miss most of it too! But somone has to make some money around here! lol

Have a good Sunday! :D

I'm planning to lose those two pounds.  We'll see Wednesday.  I've stuck to my plan well this week.  Keeping my fingers crossed it shows up on the scale.

Hi All!

Truus You must have the patience of a Saint! I bet that's alot of fun coaching though! Also very tiring! Now be sure and take some snacks with you skipping any meals is a NO NO! If you are like me you will eat twice as much when you do finally eat!! Happy Birthday to your youngest!!! FROM ALL OF US!!! Thanks for the compliment and I'll just stay a brunette then!

Hey guys I think I just did part of the KEEPER thing to Truus!(about the eating every meal)

Hi Axe! Glad to hear from you. I think we have all had a few spells of not posting over the summer! HOORAHHHHHS on your weight loss!!!!

Aly, NO KITTIES...... well they sure coulda helped you clean that extra fridge out and they sure could protect Momo and some have even been known to help in such household festivities as HOUSE PAINTING so thy could have EVEN been a help to Axe if that were not already fininished! Oh and I really do have a natural BLONDE streak in the back of my hair! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I guess it comes NATURAL to me huh?

Lucy move to the mountains! There could even be a KITTY in it for you! LOL! Now just think how happy you would be having me close by and THREE new kitties??!! OK I'll shut up about the cats....FOR NOW. I also pray for all those in harms way. I just don't understand why they stayed. I (of course) think of all the animals as well and pray for a safe spot for them all too. That may be why some stayed.....I have always said if anything ever happened I would probably be killed trying to save my furry babies!

Well girls maybe we will hear from "THE OTHERS" soon. Our group is getting back small again but that's also kinda nice, close and easier to remember who and what and where......with everyone! Especially those of us who have to make a note to find the note they wrote to find the list they need to get whatever they needed to remember to get whatever it was wherever its at! HA!

NOW THEN! Later Ladies!

Connie

LOL Connie.  Love NC but my biggest problem is my baby is here and she keeps talking about grandbabies.  She'd actually like me living in the yard with her.  LOL  I'm very close to my family and they are here also.  I need to work on getting them all to move.  Right now I own a Jack Russell and she's the most loving dog I've ever had but she hates other animals with a passion.  She's even killed possoms and she's tiny but bad to the bone.  So a kitty wouldn't be safe with me. 

Went to church and parents today.  I'm feeling really bloated.  I must have gotten too much salt yesterday.  So I guess I'll go down some water to rid myself of it.

Everyone have a great week!

Hello!  Sitting here watching the Steeler game! Such a good game! :) 

It's windy as all heck outside! We are getting the wind from Ike. It started at 8pm and it's still pretty bad out. There's a wind advisory until midnight. Good thing though is that the hot and humid weather is outta here!!! YAY!!!! 

It's gonna be in the low 70's all week and in the 40's thru the night. :)  My kind of weather! LOL

I have a goal marked in my food journal ( a notebook I started a long time ago!) for tomorrow to be in the 175.somethings. I don't know if I made it! Guess I'll see in the morning.

well, getting back to the game! Later!

Goodmorning!

Getting ready to go do the eyedrops this a.m. then to my doctors then to my moms eye doc so a busy GAS burning day! It's almost 5 dollars a gallon here now.

Weighed in this a.m. at 134. Not bad considering my habits since I have been feeling pitaful with my arm stuff!

Hope the steelers won Momo!

Lucy I have a Jack Russel that lives across the street named JAX that absolutely hated cats till we had a little talk and some cheese and some jerky treats and he decided he likes the kitties just fine NOW! LOL. My neighbor next door has a Dachshund named Charlie that loves to come visit at my screen and talk to my indoor only babies but when he sees one of the outside or a neigghbors walking "freely" he goes crazy about it.....Not enough jerky treats in the world to change HIS mind so far!!!

Wish me luck today girls!! I'll let ya know later what happens!

Connie

Hi ladies.

I'm just checking in. Since starting work I can't find the time to catch up on all your news. Sorry. I hope everyone is doing ok. I try to speed read through some of your posts.

As for me, I'm going to my pre-op session today and my surgery (breast cancer ) is on Friday. Wish me luck.

I'm starting a group for people who want to write their autobiography. It's called "J'écris ma vie" (in French obviously). It should be fun I think. i will be the facilitator.

I have lost 6 pounds since I started CC on July 30th. I feel good about that. I've had ups and downs but generally going down. Walking helps a lot. I don't know what I'll do this winter when the snow is up to the power lines? Does anyone else have that problem? Most of you probably live in snow-free zones.

Have a great day guys.

Janet