my friends disappear on weekends----- Help?

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I love my cc girls.   It seems like they all like "have a life" or something because it gets super quiet on all my favorite posts over the weekend.    Which makes me sad.  and bored.  and well, yeah, you have the picture.  Thankfully I have a few die-hard awesome friends  (((YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!!!))), but I want to try and get something going.  Looking for cool, semi-competitive people who like to talk a lot.    I am 31, Kansas, school teacher, smart ass, in a long term relationship with interesting dynamics, no kids, 4 cats/1 dog.   I eat pretty dang well/clean, I drink too much, and I workout like a fiend (running, biking, Bowflex/lifting).  Obviously, I have things to work on. 

Any other cool chicks out there???????

I'm not cool, or in the least bit competitive, nor do I like to talk much, but what the hey, thought I'd say hi anyway.  Hi!  It does get quiet around here on weekends.  But there are a few of us lurking for at least brief moments (and my husband just now is calling me to do somethiing or other) so I hope you find a few like minded souls to perk up your spirits.

I'm happy to chat. 1 am in England. Hubby snoring. I'm bored

LOL -- welcome!  thanks for letting me know I am NOT the only one here, wasting her time away on weekends vs. eating!!!!

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bored.
pissed about my plateau.
trying not to eat.
trying not to drink.
almost ready to give up.

Way too late for me not too drink. Been out all day:-(

too late for me not to drink as well, but most days I do better.   The weekends I allow myself a little more leeway.   

I need to do better on that.  

I do fine when it is not in the house at all.  it is when the (thoughtful) bf brings it home that it calls my name from the fridge.     I need to ignore it, but gosh, it is tasty and makes me feel hot.  (bad)
 
I do make up for it with how I usually eat, exercise and generally really do care.  That is why I kick myself on weekends.  I sometimes (seemingly) undo all my hard work for the week --- you know? 

Look here Olivia, I work from home on the internet and if I've got nothing to do, I seem to be addicted to CC and only been on 1 month!! But my friends have been quiet too.  I'm 47, have been called a smart ass on many occasions---What are they talking about?? Married long time.1 almost 16yo son. Getting back into exercising after just getting back on my feet in June--so not to the fiend stage yet.  Right now, have to schedule my drinking due to the tenacity of my weight. It just doesn't want to let go--Bye already!! I'm short, big busted and very apple shaped.

I'm happy to talk.

edit: trying not to drink.  trying not to drink any more than i already have.  there was that 1/2 bottle of wine with dinner after all.

wondering why i'm stuck at 135.  lost 5 lbs fast and now i seem to be stuck.  i already get about 2 hrs of real cardio a week, at least 1 hr of walking a day, and 1 hr of strength training 3x a week.  anyone know how to break  a plateau?

ugh I just had a HUGE binge. I would not recommend.

hi:-) i know that feeling:-)

also, all of my friends now happen to have kids or puppies who need their attention, and/or moved elsewhere, so my former was of spending weekends are gone (and i feel less like going out partying anyway... talk about age:). thank god we have the internet, lol

"Cool" is highly subjective I suppose...

I'm up early today letting the dog out, feeding the cats, finishing dinner dishes from last night and pondering laundry and a work project while I take a quick coffee break. My children and fiancee are still in bed so it's relatively quiet.

About me-- I probably drink too much still and am overweight. I'm 42, have been divorced and a single mother for 7 years, but am getting married and have about 60 pounds to lose before my wedding on July 25, 2009. I don't work out at all now-- just could never figure it out as a single working mom all these years. I probably could've skipped some of those dating fiascos and spent time at the gym instead. As far as being a smart ass-- I wouldn't say that, but I would say, I say what I think and often it is not a popular opinion, but I will always back up anything I say with logic and evidence, or I'll retreat.  So, I guess that's all the chat in me right now.

 

Hello-

I started this weight loss almost a week ago and the best part is I have found people like me....yeah

I only have a handful of friends and they are all married with kids and I am not-I just broke up with my boyfriend and now I'm single again..however I seem to have the opposite problem as everyone else. Most weekends I can moniter my eating and do not do overboard, it's during the week that kills me-my job is stressful and 99% of my co-corkers are overweight and do not care-they bring in pies, cakes, candy...that is hard..

About me-5"8"-148lbs...small framed so I am a pear shape though and through..not married no kids (just pets)....  

CHIME IN!!   I did  a 1000 calorie deficit for the first time yesterday by working my butt off (for me, 800 calories). Now my muscles are sore and I don't feel like eating, PLUS no weight lost!!  I've been stuck on this level for a week. Lost 4 pounds in the first 2 weeks and went up, now at a total of 3 pound weight loss. COME ON---move already!

Help, encourage, commiserate---

welcome!!!!   (  :

wow!

I get stuck like that too.  Sometimes it is that I am undereating.  Sometimes too much sodium or not enough water/fiber......  

CHange up your exercise routine and keep it moving. 

ROCK ON!!   I am not alone!

Hi Olivia,

I'm game. Hi! I'm Lynn, 30 y/o mother of 3 cool, loving, and supportive kids. Work from home, and more like a SAHM. I'm on the internet most of the day. Looking into different things, and hunting down info. like a damn head hunter..Just a joke, don't let this ruffle your feather's ladies. I am a go getter, and a big time joker. I've been in a pretty rocky relationship for a few years now. 6 no ring, and still counting down when I will end this madness for good..  That's another subject.. We want get into that... You get where I'm going with that.. No where!!!!!!!! Anyway.. I'am very competitive. I love getting next to the thinnest woman at the gym, and try to run her wheels off.. Most of the time I run them away with my smart ass remarks as I run on the treadmill. My trainer talks crap to me, so I talk it right back.. My rule is.. With the thin chicks. I'm just running my race, and you run yours.. I plan on leaving it all here when I leave..( A pound of two.)

So, if you need a weekend chater.. That's me.. I have nothing better to do. All I got is this. A break from working out, and friends who hate to see me coming half the damn time. Hate to see me, because I'm not as heavy as I use to be. Oh, and one cool kick ass friend Named DD. She and I been losing weight together for a year now. I've been doing this longer.. She didn't jump on until I lost the first 30 pounds, and she has past me.. Now I got to catch her. I got 12 more to go, and she has 9. EDIT ADD..... I up my goal weight, and now she is winning because of that.. :( But I will have the better body..

  

LYNN!!! --  --->  damn straight =  "I will have the better body......."

I like that as a motto for myself -- a selfish, vain one for me when I feel good and happy about the way I am to store up for bad days, but I like that for future reference.    ( : 

I am strong, fit, and a hell of a lot healthier than a year ago for sure.   I am hot.  I need to remember that! 

I usually get on quite a bit on teh weekends. Not this past weekend b/c of moving, though.

I usually massacre my progress on the weekends. For whatever reason, we don't think we are capable of cooking on the weekends. Why is it that you feel like you need to eat out on the weekends??? Stupid! Sometimes I do better than others, but not usually.

Hey O,

Its not that I have a life per say.

Its more that I dont want to touch my computer with a 10 foot poll after I leave the office and on weekends.

Wouldnt be great if cc was also over sms?!

hi strangers!!!

kt -- I think my weekend troubles come after working hard all week, trying to maintain my tiredness and continue cooking, and then by the weekend, I want some time off too,....  for me, it boils down to laziness about cooking.  Or not wantingto grocery shope.  Or not wanting to heat up the house.    I seriously NEED to get better at that and make a rule like NO MORE than 2 out to eats in a weekend..... 

T!!!!!!  I miss you.....    I would LOVE LOVE LOVE for cc to do instant messaging.... that would rock!   you could always add me on yahoo....

Tell you what, I still dont have you on facebook. They now have IM. I dont have yahoo messenger.