Hi, i am new on the website. Is there somebody here who is 40 and + ?

I am 40 years old, 5"5 and 148 . My goal is 137 and i  should be 137 by July. Would like to find  somebody to do this together, to support and to help to reach goals.

have a great day , everybody

Hi Girls

I had a wonderful birthday that lasted 2 days. Sunday my son was home from college and my daughter and her family were here (My 2 grandsons). Then on Monday night my son, his girlfriend and my granddaughter were over.

Unfortunately  I got some really bad news yesterday. My doctors think I may have to start chemotherapy again. First will be a series  of many tests and then take it from there. Today I went and had a lot of blood work done and chest X-rays, when the results are back my nightmare will  begin.  It is really hitting me hard, I don't want my children to have to go through this again, and now I have the grandchildren to worry about. They are not old enough to really understand, but the 2 1/2 year old will certainly notice if Nonna loses all of her hair. Enough about that for now.

I have been doing good with counting the calories, but haven't really been exercising very much. I feel so strong and healthy, thank God I have been trying to live a healthier life since May.

I have some of my Christmas shopping done, both from stores and on-line shopping. Now I feel pressured to get it all out of the way soon, so maybe I will spend this weekend doing that.

Weather is cold here as well, and I don't like it. I wish I was on a tropical island for the whole winter lol

Sorry I'm all over the place here, I'm a bit stressed out. I will be on again soon, but for now I have to go make a ton of phone calls.

Hope you are both having a much better week than I am. Eat healthy and stay warm.

Lori

Hi Lori,

I am very sorry to hear your bad news. I really didn't know that were sick. Did you have it long time ago and now it is back? Well, you didn't get your tests back and maybe it is not so bad. Anyway i am here for you any time. Hold on, Lori. You have your family with you to help and to support you.

I am glad that you had wonderful birthday with all your big family. I can imagine it was fun for all of you.  Did you get any nice presents? I did some shopping on the week-end and then on - line shopping too. My husband will have a birthday on November 24 and i already bought him his birthday presents and Christmas presents. I just hope that he will like what i have got for him. We are still trying to find new house and we go to look with our Realtor on week-ends mostly. Because it is getting dark early now, at 5.00 it is as dark as at night, so you can't see the house really.  There is a problem with the company i work in, they could go out of business, it is commercial real estate. We also own malls all over the country, and as people don't go shopping as much as they used to, malls don't have any profits. So, no i worry that i will be without job. I will find another one of course, but it takes time.

I am good with calories, but didn't exercise a lot too. I will have long wee-end , i have day off on Friday. On Saturday we go to Baltimore Symphony hall to lesten to Beethoven, i can't wait, i like classical music.

I wish you good luck with all your tests, Lori

have a nice day

Leila

Hi Lori and Tammy,

I did my weight in this morning and lost one pound, i am really happy about that. I am 134 now and going down to my goal.

Last nigiht my husband and i went to the gym and spend their an hour. I was on my favourite elliptical machine. I have a day off today, so i  am going to enjoy today and this week-end. We are going to do errands today instead of Saturday, because we are going to the concert on Saturday night.

How was your weight in? 

have a nice week-end

Leila

Hello, sorry you haven't heard from me in a couple of days.

Good job again Leila, you lost a pound, well guess what I found it. I'm not going to let it bother me though.

How was the concert? Who did you go see? It must have been nice to have Friday off, I hope you enjoyed it.

Tammy where did you go? Only heard from you a couple of times, hope you continue to visit us.

Wishing you guys a happy Sunday.

Kind of in a down mood still, from last weeks news. I will be on more, once it sinks in and I feel better mentally.

Lori

Hi Lori,

I am glad to see you here. I knew that it will probably be couple days until you will be back. Yes, i am glad that i am loosing my pounds. Actually i was off on Thursday too, i mean i took sick day because i had a stomach flue. But Friday was great, we went to do errands with my husband, he has every other Friday off. So we had nice lunch in Russian restaurant, went shopping, talked, just were happy to spent time together. That was very nice day with wonderful fall weather, it was cloudy and rain was sprinkling, but i felt so nice with all these beautiful fall colors.  On Saturday we went to the violin  Beethoven concert to the philharmonic hall. That was amazing, spectacular, beautiful.........  The young and very talented violinist Stefan Jackiew was playing solo with the orchestra. I have never heard anything like that in my life. He was amazing, he was so amazing that people didn't want him to leave and he played short Bach violin concerto. We were so happy that we went to this concert. Now i already found couple more concerts i would like to see there.  I don't know why but we recently started to listen to opera, Italian opera. I love Andrea Bachelli, i don't know if you familiar with him. He is a blind Italian opera singer, he has amazing,beautiful voice. I have all his CDs. Now we love both Sara Brithmann, she is British opera singer. But her voice is so beautiful and strong, she sings with hard rock musicians. I have got for my husband couple CDs for his birthday, her two CDs and Luchiano Povorotti. We both like him too. So last night was really wonderful.

I managed to go to the gym two times, we went on Thursday night and on Saturday morning. So, i hope i will be good next week.

I hope you will feel better soon. Take your time, Lori, i understand that you have things to do and maybe just not in the mood to right.

have a nice day

Leila

Hi ladies! 

I haven't been on because I'm having a bad flare up with my back. This is the most pain I've felt in a really long time.  On Friday I woke up with muscle spasms so bad that I was screaming and crying.  Poor hubby didn't have a clue what to do for me.  I took muscle relaxers until finally they worked. I couldn't get up out of bed without crying, but now I can get up with just wincing in pain. I can only sit for a few minutes until I have to lay down so this will be quick. 

Sounds like the concert was nice.  I would love to go to something like that.  I don't have anyone here that would even go. Hubby is definitely out! lol  I do have some classical cd's I listen to in the car when noone is with me. lol But to hear it in person just has to be awesome.

well, time is up!  I'll talk to you all tomorrow! G'Nite!

Tammy

Hello

Leila I never listened to opera, but it sounds like you really enjoyed yourself. My new thing with my daughter has been going to musicals for the past few years. Ends up costing a few hundred dollars for the night so we only go a couple times a year.  I am Italian and love Italian music, so I bet I would like Italian opera as well. I'm still paying for my gym membership for nothing, I don't go at all. I paid for a years membership in May, and just about stopped going in September. It was worth it, even if I never go back, because I made it to my goal. I really wish I would get back into it, for health reasons and to stay firm. Glad to hear that you are still going, keep it up girl.

Tammy sorry that you are hurting, back pain really sucks. Is it from a passed injury? I'm glad that you are back on here and didn't give us up. Hope you feel much better soon, look forward to hearing from you again.

Well I'm off to a doctors appointment, so I will talk to you girls soon.

Lori

You can't get rid of me that easy! LOL  I'll be here as long as I'm welcome! :)

I herniated the L5-S1 disc in '99 and the L4-5 was bulging, but they left that one alone. So now they are both crumbling and I have nerve damage that makes my legs hurt.  I was in a wheelchair and walked short distances with a walker for 2 yrs, then I made myself walk more and more and then I went outside last March and started walking in the driveway.  I then went to the neighbor's house and back. then went to the next house and back and worked up to 5 miles over time. 

Now I feel like I'm going to have to start all over again.  I'm worried about my weight now. This is how I gained all my weight. Eating and no exercise. :(  I just can't let that happen!  I've worked so hard for this and I only had 10-15 lbs to go. I know I've gained a few pounds, I just cannot gain anymore. On Friday I'll go buy some fruit to eat.  Til then, I'll just eat really small portions of things.

I'll be back later.  I need to lay down a while now.

Hi girls,

Oh, i am sorry to hear about your back, Tammy. I didn't have anything like that ,but my parents have this problem all the time. So i know about it. I saw my mom crying like a baby when she was trying to get up from the bed or sofa. You did really something increadible, actually you were learning how to walk again. That's amazing! I hope you won't need to go through this again.

Yes, i really did enjoy the concert and can't wait when we will go again. It doesn't cost so much money as to go to the musicals. I really didn't know that it is so expensive. But we tried to find out about tickets to listen to the opera in Washington opera and ballet theatre. It is crazy money, $200 is just a start. And of course there you can hear the best voices, but still it is too expensive. So we have DVD and CDs  to listen to  epera singers that we like. Sara Britman is coming to Washington in November, i am going to find out about the tickets. Maybe we could afford to go. Lori, maybe you should try to listen some Andrea Bochelli cds. 

I am going to the gym tonight after work. It is really getting cold here, at night in low 30s.

have a great day

Leila

Good morning! It is freezing here and I do mean freezing only 23 degrees, With the wind chill factor it feels like low teens. Ugh I have to go out in this and I don't like the cold at all. My daughter has to recert for CPR and doesn't know how to get there, so I will go along instead of watching the boys in my nice warm house. The forecast for the rest of the week is cold, cold and more cold. Once we get back home today I think I will stay in all week long.

I will have the boys from this morning until tomorrow night. My son in law is going away over night for a work meeting so Tina and the kids are sleeping here. In the morning she will go to work and I will have the boys as always on Thursday. So for exercise I will be using the wii fit for the next few days. I hope I see some results for Fridays weigh in.

Tammy sounds like you have had quite a journey, I hope you haven't backtracked to far. Wow you have come a long way, keep faith things will get better.

Leila seems like you are the only healthy one right now, enjoy it to the fullest. I had more lab work done yesterday, now it's the waiting game. I will continue to look at the bright side, I have a strong family to help me through all that is to come.

Have a good day girls, I'll be back tomorrow at some point. 

Lori

Good morning Lori,

It is cold here today too, it was 26 in the morning and with wind felt like 17. Isn't that fun... But it is beautyful weather, the sky is blue and the sun is shining, still would prefer warm home instead of  cold office.  We all have heaters on but that doesn't help much. It is difficult to get out of the house to go to the gym, to be honest. I didn't make it yesterday to the gym, i went to the food store after work and then needed to go CVS, so it took more time that i expected. It was too late to go to the gym, it was 6.30 when i came home. My husband starts day early, at 4.30 in the morning and goes to bed at about 9 at night . So we will go today if nothing comes up again.

You have your family to go through difficult times and i will help as much as i can. You will do it, Lori, everything will be all right.

have a nice day, stay warm

Leila

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Good morning!   I'm a pound heavier than last Friday, but still remain below my goal weight. How did you girls do this week?

I had a house full of company last night, all of my kids with their kids, my brother and his family and a cousin.  By the end of the night I don't think we had one person that didn't have baby spit-up on them. Believe it or not we actually had lots of laughs because of it. My daughter was holding my granddaughter (her niece) when she decided to spit up, down my daughters shirt (a lot). I was laughing and saying "good girl, you waited until Nonna gave you to Auntie". Not two minutes later my grandson covered the back or my hair with spit up, so my daughter was saying " Nice job Nate, you got Nonna back".  I know we are all crazy, but we found it funny.

Well today I have an empty house, so I will be wrapping more Christmas gifts and getting out the rest of the winter clothes. It is so cold out that it is painful, and it's only the end of November, I think it is going to be a long winter this year.

Tammy are you feeling any better? I hope things are at least going in the right direction. Feel free to come on an chat even if it is not about cc. If you look back, you will notice that Leila and I chat about everything.  It's nice to have outside support at times. Sometimes it can make us feel better, just knowing that others care. Or being able to just type thinks to get them off you chest. Poor Leila knows my life story, but she is always so supportive and understanding. Get better and if you get a chance let us know how you are feeling.

Leila I can't stand this cold weather. Yuck, I really hate it. I wish I was on a HOT beach right now, with the sun backing me lol   Hope you are happy with your weigh in this morning. I plan n getting a lot done this weekend and enjoying the nights. Starting next week I will be doing a 12 hour shift every weekend. (most of then on Saturdays but a couple of Sundays).  I really hate working weekends, but will deal with it in the winter. The pay is unbelievable and I'm not missing any fun outdoor activities. This past Summer was the first in a few years that I didn't work any weekends, and I enjoyed every minute of it. Can't jump on the back of the harley in this weather. so I won't feel like I'm missing much.

Hope you both have a great weekend, and life is treating you both good.

Lori

Hi Lori,

I  gained one pound too this week. I don't know why but that's the way it works.

It sounds that you had fun last night, that's great. Oh, you are good if you are wrapping Christmas gifts. I am almost done with my family in St.Petersburg. I want to get for my Mom's birthday gold hoops and i am going to go shopping tomorrow if i won't get sick. My husband got sick today at work, he is sneezing and coughing, his nose is stuffed. So i will take care of him tonight so he would be able to go to work on Monday,he has important meeting. I will use herbs mostly.

It is cold here too and today it was snowing for the first time. Today it is 32 all day and wind is strong and cold. I love to come home and wear something really warm.  We don't have any plans for the week-end except shopping.

have a wonderful week-end and stay warm

Leila

Hello girls!

I'm feeling alittle better but still can't move around much.  I have to do very little and allow my back to calm down.  It's all inflamed and hot to the touch, my legs are the same way.

My weight went all the way to 177 a few days ago.  Now this morning I was 174.0 even!  So eating 1200 calories is working.  It's extremely hard to do.  I'm so use to eating more bc I was exercising so much.  What a shock to the system!  Now I gotta get back to 170 and try to stay there until my back gets back to "normal".  Then I'll concentrate on the 160's again.

I haven't even started x-mas shopping.  I'm always a last minute shopper! lol  I'm one of the ones in the stores x-mas eve looking for something! hehe

My hubby is sick too with a cold.  I keep telling him he's not eating right and that's why he keeps getting these colds.

It's very cold here!  The high was 25* with a wind chill of 15*!!!!  We're having snow showers now.  I have to get to the store too!  There's a winter weather advisory to the north of us.  They can have it!!! :)  Wind chill in the single digits tonight, they just had it on the news! Winter is here!

Ya'all have a nice weekend!!!  I'll check in to see if you all have been here. I have no life, so I'm always on here!  :)

Wow you both had snow already, I guess I'll stop complaining. But it really is sooo darn cold. Well, I went over my calorie limit today. We went out for dinner to a fancy restaurant and I couldn't control myself. I had prime rib and lobster pie. Would have been perfect if I didn't have a couple of drinks, but I choose to have them anyway.

I have about half of my shopping wrapped, and my back was hurting from that. I was so happy to see the unwrapped pile go down, but it will be growing before I finish what I already bought. Tammy I don't know how you do it last minute, I would be so stressed out.

If you go shopping Leila have a great time, if not enjoy being in the warm house.

Tammy glad your feeling a bit better, hope it calms down soon.

Enjoy the weekend and take good care of the sick hubbies.

Lori

My sick hubby is on the couch wrapped up in a quilt (including his head) saying he's cold.  Poor guy!  Made some soup for him, which he hates eating.  He's a meat and potato man if ya know what I mean. 

I think there was one year I started shopping in October.  That was about 10 yrs ago! lol  I haven't done it since. I do go on Black Friday though.  I love that day!  I'm all about bargains!

Woke up today in a great deal of pain.  Just when I think it's letting up, BLAM! I get hit again.  :(

Have a nice evening!

I weighed in today at 172.4!!!!  I was 174 on the 21st and 177 on the 19th. So the number is going back down.  I caved and ate a candy bar last night that my hubby gave me.  I should've put it in my son's room for him, but I ate it instead.  I still lost weight though. YAY!!! I've been drinking about 4-5 32 oz bottles of water every day.  That's alot of water.

I didn't do anything today but lay around and watch MTV. lol  Parental Control is funny! 

Yesterday afternoon I had this "rattle" in my chest and when I inhaled deeply it made me cough alot. Now today it magically disappeared and now my hubby is complaining he has it.  Hmmm I don't know about that.

Well, hope to talk to you all soon.  :D

Hey Tammy glad to hear your numbers are going down. Drinking a lot of water is very good for you, but wow I would be floating away with that much. I can understand how you ate the candy bar yourself, I probable would have done the same thing. Tell hubby if he wants to share your sickness, to take half of the back pain lol

Leila, how was your weekend?  Did you get any shopping done? Yesterday was the most boring day of my life. I really sat around and did nothing all day and night. Never left my house once, because I didn't want to deal with the freezing weather.

Today I have a million things to do, so I have to go out in the cold ugh!  I want to get everything I need to make things I will take to my brothers for Thanksgiving. I'm making Italian stuffed mushrooms and candies yams, don't know what else yet. I hope everyone likes the candies yams, since I can't really eat much they are like a million calories lol

Have a good day girls, talk to you both soon.

Lori

Hi girls,

Well, my week-end was very busy. As my husband was sick i had to do all errands by myself and besides that i went shopping hoping to find Christmas presents. I didn't find anything.  Yesterday i was cleaning in the morning and then went to Costco ( i don't know know if you have it, it 'a  price club). I needed to get couple things i forgot to get on Saturday. Then i came home ,we had dinner as my husband felt better and i was ironing clothes. My back hurts today. I was under my calories since Friday, i don't know what is wrong with me, i just feel full at 1000 calories. I drink water but not so much as you , Tammy. I just don't really like water, but i have to drink it and i do it lots of ice and lemon. I am good tea and coffee person. I don't like soda and don't drink it at all. It was very cold this week-end, low 30s and it was snowing on Friday, on my home from work. It is very cold today again, but they say it will warm up to 43 later today. It's a great feeling when your numbers go down, Tammy. I am on 1200 calories too but have a hard time to eat my limit.

We have Thanksgiving at my in laws but they got sick over the week-end with cold and i don't know if they will get better by Thanksgiving. I am baking two pies, apple and pumpkin.

This week is short at work, just 3 days and we don't work the day after Thanksgiving too. So it will be long week-end.

have a nice day, stay warm everybody

Leila

hey ladies!

Had some excitement around here this afternoon.  There was a shooting right in front of our house.  I believe the kids were "scaring" the person with the shot.  It involved drugs!  After the shot, hubby looked out the door and they were beating him up with the pistol.  The kid ran off down the street.  Hubby called 911 and the cops took 15 minutes to get here!  And they're only 5 minutes down the road!  It's not like they have much to do here.  We live in a really small town.  The kids with the gun were two 16 yr olds and one that looked about 18.  And then the "getaway" driver was a young girl!  That's the 1st time there's been a shooting around here in years.  If the police would've shown up right away they would've had them bc they hung out here for like 10 minutes!  Well, that was my excitement for the day.

Now my daughter thinks since we all talked to the police that they're gonna coe back and shoot us.  We keep telling her that they won't.  They just wanted to scare him.  But geeze, don't they realize that bullets can go anywhere....like right thru my walls! 

I do drink tons of water.  But it helps me avoid that big water gain during TTOM and I get rid f sodium weight pretty fast.  I add Crystal light to my water.  That's the only way I drink it.  I should own stock in it!  I'd be rich! lol

well, I'll check in later.