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?

Thanks for the funnies! I have to send the one with the 90 year olds to my mom and a friend of mine..they will get a kick...

Congrats Suz..hope it only gets better

Have a good night all!

I refer to you all as "my diet site friends" to my hubby and kids!  When I tell hubby things you all say, I'll mention names and he'll say "how you know her?" Then I have to say "my diet site friend"! LOL

My hubby can't believe how well I know you all.  I show him sometimes the things we talk about. And he'll ask me how I know you all are really ladies and the pictures are fake?  I tell him I can tell bc I know how women talk to one another. No man could pull it off without us knowing! LOL

I'm feeling pretty good right now, but I am full of all my meds. LOL  Plus I slept all afternoon! 

I'll be hopping on the scale in the morning to see if any of these extra pounds have vanished. I only ate 1200 calories today.  It took alot of effort! WOW!  I wanted to eat more though.

Thanks to those of you who commented on my journal.  I really spill my guts out in my journal sometimes. Took some effort to start doing that.

well, I'll talk to you ladies tomorrow!  Take care!  Oh, they ate all the pork chops....I fried 10 pork chops!  Greedy people! LOL

Wowie, has it gotten colder here!  Lows in the teens, high in the mid-30s.  I tried a new recipe that was like Thai comfort food; felt good after driving home in the cold.

With the cold weather, my body wants to put on insulation, so I'm getting signals from my body to eat eat EAT.  Really bad munchies; I've been trying to placate the beast with any low-cal thing I've got handy (thank goodness for mushrooms!).  I'm running low on salad stuff, which is what I would like to have, but I've got no plans to hit the grocery store till the weekend.  Ooh, I could make salsa . . .

Keep warm, safe, pain-free and well everyone!

It's snowing! It's really cosy, only my daughter has to go by bike about 4 times to and from school-projects today, no fun in this weather - and I need to go to work by car (VW-bus) later on, that thing is no good when it's slippery... I'll get to practice my anti-slip-driving again, hmm.

I haven't come up with a name for you/us either - Connie, that must be something for you 

Did you notice that we passed message number 1200 - that's amazing! Maybe we should plan a party at 5000? (By the way - moderators: Is there a limit here???)

Have a nice weekend all. Hugs Truus

Look out today girls cause it is snowing here and it looks like I will be here all day so.......I may just catch up with EVERYBODY!!

Aly when I am talking to my Mom I refer to you all as my cc girls. She has heard so much about all of you so much that she feels she knows you too! All of my friends here are like your hubby Tammy and ask how I know you are who you say and I finally just started telling the MALE friends espeially that I have a crystal ball I keep beside my laptop that tells me all i need to know about EVERYBODY and usually they get VERY quiet after that!! LOL

Axe I am exactly like you in that my body thinks it needs a THICKER layer to get through the winter or something!

I have cut back the past 2 days to 1100-1200 cals and have dropped 2 lbs (136 this a.m.) so maybe all of my destructive behavior will kindly let me slide back to my "HAPPY PLACE". The closer I got to 140 the more the happy place was 135........ 

Suz Glad to hear things are a yes and that you hopefully won't have too much discomfort! You will have to keep us informed (some of us may be right behind you with all of our lovely menopause symptoms "FIRING'' us up daily!

Lucy and Sue stop by and pick me up and we will go shopping with her this weekend!!! The last time I was in NYC I was 11......not a big shopper in those days although I probably had more funds!

Tru....I am so sorry it wasn't you knocking on your head thinking someone was at the door it was ALY ZIPPY!!! She said so herself!!! LOL LOL LOL!!!

Paws I have nicnames for so many and then the real names then the cc names till I just kinda expect each of you to just know who I am talking to most of the time! Hope thats working (tee hee!)

On the stevia conversation I have not tried that but (for example) those fattening pb cookies I am crying about NOW were the real thing and I am seeing the effects of the real sugar and other fat fat fat thats in them! If I drink like hot tea etc I do use a little packet of splenda but that is rare. I mostly drink water  or iced green tea but do like a glass of diet sunkist a few times a week..... I am still smoking and having a drink or two on the weekends and we all can look back at my posts and see how VERY healthy I have been lately!!!

Uh OH I am on a RAMBLE again aren't I????? OOPS I told ya its snowing here...

Just happy to be talking to you all and for a bit getting my mind off of other things in my life.

I'll check in later if thats ok that I'm wanting to type away some calories today!!! OHHH yes this is my kind of exercise!

Have a good day everyone and for those of you in the snowy stuff be safe! Well all of you be safe!

Connie

Snowing Snowing - oh my gosh - it's still in the 80s here. I know that probably sounds great to all of you, but I don't relish the idea of having to turn on my air conditioner next week when cooking the big turkey. We should be slightly cooler next week. See, I told you, come winter time, you all need to head out to AZ.

Gosh - Thanksgiving is almost here - I see none of us are talking about that yet! I'm gonna' eat and enjoy - and worry about it later. Probably not the best diet advice, but it is one of my favorite days of the year. Actually, I find that after I do all the cooking, I'm often not really that much of a big eater.

I call each of you "a friend of mine"  . . .  when talking about you. That way people don't look at me with that strange expression like I'm crazy to "know" people online.

Suz - best wishes - I hope you have the easiest time of it and finally start feeling better.

Scale wise - I'm still stuck at 162. I envy those of you who are doing the 1200-1400 a day thing. I fear mine is much higher - (true confession time) I haven't been logging my food. Oops.

Happy Friday everyone - Sue

Oh yeah, another true confession, I'm really a 300 pound male, long haul truck driving, tattooed, Pabst blue ribbon beer drinking, tobacco-chewing, womanizer named Butch. 

Butch! I have always dreamed of a man like you! I am leaving my intellectual university professor and coming to join you! PS: are your tats all former wifes and girlfriends? that really turns me on!

(Alylou sitting in Lutheran school classroom inbetween parent/teacher conferences, laughing till the tears are running!)

Oh yeah!  Butch you sound like my kind of man too.  I may have to wrestle Aly for you!  

I'm losing weight from all the laughter!  It's a fun place to be here today!

Considering we are on a diet site I think we are pretty safe from male stalkers.  Seriously would you pick this site for that? 

Aly - thanks for the sites.  I had read some of that also.  The reproductive stuff I could care less about because all of that is gone anyway but the cancer is another story.  Good thing that I'm learning to drink tea with just lemon.  I think of all of you as my "CC buddies" but I usually say one of the ladies I chat with on my diet site or a friend I met online. 

Suz - That sounds like really good news and we'll be thinking about you on Monday. 

Connie - as usual you are cracking me up girl.  I'm glad you are back in control of everything. 

Tru - I'm up for a party.  Your house?  LOL  I'm still thinking Bermuda this summer at Suz would be perfect and maybe I won't be to upset about being seen in a bathing suit.

Tammy - great job on the calories.  You sound more chipper too.

Hey Butch when will you be passing this way?  

hmmm hmmm ahhh Butch I AM THE SINGLE ONE ON HERE! I really like the fact that you are a truck driver because I still can have my alone time to chat with my cc girls!!!!!! and flirt with the other men using these women alias's....

Bermuda sounds really really good.....are we gonna take up a lets get Connie there for humor fund????? You girls know Christmas is coming and I could always hide the money under the ceramic cat....Oh just a thought.......

I wonder ALY what the parents are thinking as they walk around the corner hearing laughter as you are also wiping your eyes and all as you are sitting there ALONE!?!?

Sue I am with you! I also plan to enjoy turkey day but I'm going to fix a ham and well never mind...don't wanna talk about it right now I have been very good today and it would get me started cabinet surfing!

One more thing...now Aly has turned into AlyZippyWoody.....oh is that someone at the classroom door????

I'll be baaack!

Connie

Butch, you don't want Connie or Lucy, they are losers!

hehehehehe

yep but for this moment I'm the SINGLE biggest loser! HA!

WHERE ARE THOSE PARENTS??????? So what did you guys have for lunch????

Me? A SALAD with the spritzer dressing.....YUMMMMMMM

parents gone. going out for subs (mine will be turkey, tons of vegies, no dressing., maybe I'll wash it down with a Pabst...)

Wonder what Butch is having for lunch??

I'm SINGLE too, sorta, and he's going to be gone hurting all weekend!

I had field peas, mashed potatoes, green beans, a tiny salad of lettuce and cucumbers, and a cornbread muffin from the Diner next door.  Basically the majority of my food for the day.  Sure was good and warm and I sure am bloated and full now.

I guess I had better stop commenting too much on Butch...karma...my next date (if I ever have one) would end up being his long lost brother BUBBA!

Gonna go for now! Thanks for making me smile! I really needed these "chats" today!

Connie 

LOL Connie!  I have a BUBBA that works with me!  LOL   Great guy and cute as a button but he has 5 kids and a wife!  LOL   The boss just walked by and called his name and I almost died laughing.  They all think I've lost my mind. 

Funny for the day!

Diet Buddies, We always support each other!

Connie and Lucy were best of friends and tried to do everything together. Connie announced that she was going to start a diet to lose some weight.

"Great," Lucy exclaimed. "I need to start a diet too. We can be dieting buddies and help each other out. When I have the urge for a pizza, I'll call you first."

"Great," Connie replied. "I'll ride with you to Pizza Hut."

My hubby came upstairs to see why I was laughing!  He thought I was watching something on tv. LOL

Lucy, that is funny!

I weighed in today....174.0  So thats better than 177 I saw a couple days ago.  Now I gotta get to 170 again.  Then if I can maintain 170 until I get better! 

I'm going to stay on my diet on Thanksgiving.  I just can't afford to see a gain with my back causing me to stress out.  I'm gonna eat a tiny bit of everything though.  I'm gonna cook up a storm! LOL

My back is the same now.  At least I'm not crying when I move!  That was just awful.  It was worse than child birth.

Glad to see everyone chipper and yes, I'm in a better mood now.  I just get depressed when I'm in pain.  Thanks for being here for me.  I wish we all could get together.  Imagine what a party that would be!  When I hit the lottery for a million I'll get us all together some where like Jamaica! 

well, I'll check back later!  :D

Oh Tammy so good to hear that your back and your mood and even your weight are cooperating a bit. I've been struggling with social services here, it looks like my niece isn't really welcome anywhere for help because of regulations: one bureau is for learning how to live with her conditions, one is for changing her situation and then of course we have the psychologist who is for the way she treats herself because of it all now. They actually refused her, I was furious. But - they haven't heard the last from this auntie, I'll be back, I'll find a way cause the kid needs help! 

I've been thinking (no comments on that please!) - so what if here is a Butch or his brother or cousin - if they're able to fit into the general conversation here so well, then they're welcome - I mean, how many guys do you know who effortless talk about meno-pause items, just to name a thing? My sincere compliments to Butch and co  A meeting, a party, a gathering does get really interesting in that perspective though eh  Winning the lottery is a great plan, Tammy, can you make it happen fast?

Have a nice, warm, cosey and lean weekend all - Suz, good luck on Monday, I'll keep fingers and toes crossed here for you that you get through it nice and easy! Truus

Well Girls I thank you all for yesterday for today is a very emotional sad day for me I'm afraid. My brother called from S.C. last night and my niece is dying so my other brothers and I and my Mom if she can make the trip are on our way. I have not slept and am a big bundle of nerves. I just hope we make it in time to say how much we love her. Although I know she does know I just want to be able to tell her again and somehow help to bring her inner peace. I know that she is scared but has had many years of terrible pain and heartbreaks when the latest drugs or surgery did not help her. I am growing to hate November.

I really guess it will be a few days or more before you all will hear from me. Please pray that my family has the strength to endure this especially my brother his wife, my poor little mom.......Laura will be in God's hands and I know my Daddy will be greeting her with his warm smile and open arms as well.

Thank you for listening to me my cc friends.

Love you Connie