you can still play in the snow if the snow ever comes. i would love to play around! haha i think i'm a little old for that 'trick' now but it may happen accidently...u can never know.....
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x
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you can still play in the snow if the snow ever comes. i would love to play around! haha i think i'm a little old for that 'trick' now but it may happen accidently...u can never know.....
;-)
x
Hey - maybe you are never too old for that trick.
If we get snow - maybe hubby had better look out - and he is in his mid forties (see - even my toy boy got older!)
haha! never too old for tricks...old is in the head not in the number!
good luck with the challenge tomorrow...i think i should sleep.
;-)
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iLikeMyUserName
New member
Thanks Margaret,
The ticker is definatly wanting to move down, Im looking forward to being 14stone something instead of 15stone something. It sounds silly cause there is hardly any difference but it just makes me feel so much better!
Becky
The ticker is definatly wanting to move down, Im looking forward to being 14stone something instead of 15stone something. It sounds silly cause there is hardly any difference but it just makes me feel so much better!
Becky
Bellaryna
New member
Hello Margaret!!!
Sounds like you are having a good day. I am sure that Kimberly will not rule raisins to be a junk food! Glad to hear that your hubby's gout is backing off of him. To bad you can't get him to take his meds. But I can completely understand how he feels about that. I don't care to take meds either.
Hope you have a GREAT WEEKEND!!!
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I just wanted to clear up the Wal-Mart thing if you don't mind my hi-jacking your diary for a moment. Because they are a really great employer in my opinion.
We are giving lots and lots of chances to be wrote up without actually getting into *trouble*.
When you do get into trouble that day that it happens is a start date. From that day you have 6 months. In 6 months it will fall off if you keep your nose clean. The problem comes in that you can only have that happen 4 times before the day will lock in on the 4th time. So if you were to have been in trouble on the 3rd of March you have until the 3rd of September for it to fall off. But if you get into trouble 2 more times before it falls off and then on say the 27th of August you got into trouble again it would then *lock* in in the 27th of August. That is called a Step. You then have until the 27th of Feburary. Once you have 3 of these such steps the 4th one is termination. And on each successive step you get less chances. First one 4 chances, 2nd one 3 chances, 3rd one 1 chance and the 4th one well you get the picture. What happens is people use these "opportunities" to call in sick when they really aren't so that when something real happens they actually put themselves in a pinch.
As far as the expecting us to be at work thing. Well we deal in the groceries. And no matter if a blizzard is coming the food still needs to get there. So that is where they stand. And unfortunately some people were foolish enough to put themselves into some bad positions and they ended up losing their jobs. Trust me it didn't come as a surprise to them. They knew when they called in that that was going to be the outcome.
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Sorry Margaret
I just didn't want anyone to have a bad impression by what I had put earlier.
Sounds like you are having a good day. I am sure that Kimberly will not rule raisins to be a junk food! Glad to hear that your hubby's gout is backing off of him. To bad you can't get him to take his meds. But I can completely understand how he feels about that. I don't care to take meds either.
Hope you have a GREAT WEEKEND!!!
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I just wanted to clear up the Wal-Mart thing if you don't mind my hi-jacking your diary for a moment. Because they are a really great employer in my opinion.
We are giving lots and lots of chances to be wrote up without actually getting into *trouble*.
When you do get into trouble that day that it happens is a start date. From that day you have 6 months. In 6 months it will fall off if you keep your nose clean. The problem comes in that you can only have that happen 4 times before the day will lock in on the 4th time. So if you were to have been in trouble on the 3rd of March you have until the 3rd of September for it to fall off. But if you get into trouble 2 more times before it falls off and then on say the 27th of August you got into trouble again it would then *lock* in in the 27th of August. That is called a Step. You then have until the 27th of Feburary. Once you have 3 of these such steps the 4th one is termination. And on each successive step you get less chances. First one 4 chances, 2nd one 3 chances, 3rd one 1 chance and the 4th one well you get the picture. What happens is people use these "opportunities" to call in sick when they really aren't so that when something real happens they actually put themselves in a pinch.
As far as the expecting us to be at work thing. Well we deal in the groceries. And no matter if a blizzard is coming the food still needs to get there. So that is where they stand. And unfortunately some people were foolish enough to put themselves into some bad positions and they ended up losing their jobs. Trust me it didn't come as a surprise to them. They knew when they called in that that was going to be the outcome.
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Sorry Margaret
I just didn't want anyone to have a bad impression by what I had put earlier.
hickgurltx
New member
Howdy Do Margaret-Poo! 
Good grief I have so many pet names for everyone.
*Have A Goal Reachin' Friday & Great Weekend Sweetie!*
As far as the Red Team goes - I will do my best but this weekend will be HARD! It's Cory's B-Day!
That means chocolate cream pie and going out to eat.
I know you are going to be a machine as usual!
*Yer so awesome!*
Good grief I have so many pet names for everyone.
*Have A Goal Reachin' Friday & Great Weekend Sweetie!*
As far as the Red Team goes - I will do my best but this weekend will be HARD! It's Cory's B-Day!
That means chocolate cream pie and going out to eat.
I know you are going to be a machine as usual!
*Yer so awesome!*
Miss Ladybug
New member
Howdy Do Margaret-Poo!
Good grief I have so many pet names for everyone.
*Have A Goal Reachin' Friday & Great Weekend Sweetie!*
As far as the Red Team goes - I will do my best but this weekend will be HARD! It's Cory's B-Day!
That means chocolate cream pie and going out to eat.
I know you are going to be a machine as usual!
*Yer so awesome!*
Yeah, do you notice that most end in POO. What's up girlfriend, do I smell or what??? LOL LOL I love the pet names, they are very endearing in my opinion. Hugs!
hickgurltx
New member
Not that kinda poo...!
Poo 'round these parts = snuggly/cute/lil adorable thang you!
Miss Ladybug
New member
Not that kinda poo...!
Poo 'round these parts = snuggly/cute/lil adorable thang you!
LOL LOL OH YEAH, that's me, now I see it!! There is a Lot of Poo around here isn't there. I loves being a part of the poo clan on the WLF.
Omega
Moderator
Thanks for visiting.
Becky
You cannot ignore the feel good factor of liking the sound of one weight better than another. Even though visually no-one can ever tell the difference between a few ounces one side of a milestone and the other side of the milestone it is there. I loved getting through every stone milestone that I have passed - and I celebrate big-time! I giggle and gloat and talk about it to anyone that will listen.
Dawn
I am torn about hubby and his gout medication. I fully understand why he does not like the idea of constantly putting drugs into his system such as you may come to feel dependant on them. I agree that it is far better to eliminate the trigger foods - and whenever he deduces that something is a trigger he does cut it out completely even if it an absolute favourite. He hasnt had duck in over 15 years and he loved duck. The thing is that I hate to see him in pain. This is what makes me go all in reverse and say that I wish he would take the daily medication.
I knew that there had to be some positives for you with working for Walmart or a lady of your calibre and determination would be ardently looking elsewhere and mentioning the negatives much more than you have ever done.
Stacy-poo
We all know that it's Cory's birthday tomorrow and that some junk food is pretty much a given for you tomorrow. The big thing is to try not to start celebrating early and eat junk today, or keep on eating it on Sunday to make a weekend of it. I remember Kim saying when it was her boys' birthday she had a bite of both cakes. I was so impressed! Now - that is more strict than I could ever manage (a bite is not enough for me) - but a single piece of cake is more possible and I am sure it would not spoil your weight loss. I know that you will get your exercise in so I think that you will be fine as far as the challenge goes. I think that quite a few people will drop points this week. Poor Auburn lives in a society where they have to have a glass of wine with every meal - I dont know how she is going to cope.
Kim
It seems that we are all part of the poo clan now - even Stacy.
Take care
Love
Margaret
Becky
You cannot ignore the feel good factor of liking the sound of one weight better than another. Even though visually no-one can ever tell the difference between a few ounces one side of a milestone and the other side of the milestone it is there. I loved getting through every stone milestone that I have passed - and I celebrate big-time! I giggle and gloat and talk about it to anyone that will listen.
Dawn
I am torn about hubby and his gout medication. I fully understand why he does not like the idea of constantly putting drugs into his system such as you may come to feel dependant on them. I agree that it is far better to eliminate the trigger foods - and whenever he deduces that something is a trigger he does cut it out completely even if it an absolute favourite. He hasnt had duck in over 15 years and he loved duck. The thing is that I hate to see him in pain. This is what makes me go all in reverse and say that I wish he would take the daily medication.
I knew that there had to be some positives for you with working for Walmart or a lady of your calibre and determination would be ardently looking elsewhere and mentioning the negatives much more than you have ever done.
Stacy-poo
We all know that it's Cory's birthday tomorrow and that some junk food is pretty much a given for you tomorrow. The big thing is to try not to start celebrating early and eat junk today, or keep on eating it on Sunday to make a weekend of it. I remember Kim saying when it was her boys' birthday she had a bite of both cakes. I was so impressed! Now - that is more strict than I could ever manage (a bite is not enough for me) - but a single piece of cake is more possible and I am sure it would not spoil your weight loss. I know that you will get your exercise in so I think that you will be fine as far as the challenge goes. I think that quite a few people will drop points this week. Poor Auburn lives in a society where they have to have a glass of wine with every meal - I dont know how she is going to cope.
Kim
It seems that we are all part of the poo clan now - even Stacy.
Take care
Love
Margaret
hickgurltx
New member
"Poo-Clan" Hahahaha! I love ya Margaret!
Thanks for the pep talk..lol..
Kimberly sure knows how ta crack the whip don't she?
Thanks for the pep talk..lol..
Kimberly sure knows how ta crack the whip don't she?
Omega
Moderator
Hi Stacy
I have simple dietary requirements. I like to keep my food really similar and I am ok. As long as she doesnt class as junk food: fruit, vegetables, weetabix, honey shreddies, raisins, skimmed milk, sweetener, roast meat, grilled meat or baked fish I should be ok. If she does then I will get no bonus points. I think that a lot of people will struggle with missing a lot of treats - but I pretty much gave up what most people would consider to be dietary treats so long ago it is silly. I plan on reintroducing them very carefully at some point when I am a lot nearer goal than I am now.
Take care
Love
Margaret
I have simple dietary requirements. I like to keep my food really similar and I am ok. As long as she doesnt class as junk food: fruit, vegetables, weetabix, honey shreddies, raisins, skimmed milk, sweetener, roast meat, grilled meat or baked fish I should be ok. If she does then I will get no bonus points. I think that a lot of people will struggle with missing a lot of treats - but I pretty much gave up what most people would consider to be dietary treats so long ago it is silly. I plan on reintroducing them very carefully at some point when I am a lot nearer goal than I am now.
Take care
Love
Margaret
Omega
Moderator
Thursday 03/01/08
Still overweight and not obese. Weight continuing to drift up slowly.
Watched both Wednesday and Thursdays episodes of “How to look good naked”. That is a brilliant program. Anyone who doesn’t love their body exactly as it is should watch this show.
They consumer tested tons of beauty products.
In the creams for stretch marks category the products they tested included bio-oil - but their recommendation was "Palmer's cocoa butter formula massage cream for stretch marks". It costs under £5 and I have been paying £20 for a bottle of bio-oil so I might give it a try.
They also tested cream for boobs after you have lost weight - I dont know whether this could be of any benefit for me but I made a note of the recommendation which was "pout bust enhancing cream" which costs £25.
General Data:
Morning walk = 6.3 miles
Round the block = 5 times (on one lap my husband came too)
Extra exercises = none
Weight = 12st 0.8lbs (i.e. 168.8 pounds)
Steps = 24,092 --- my pedometer was counting low
Distance = 9.31 miles --- I know that I did further than this in exercise walks
Remembered to take normal vitamin / supplements
Continued my creaming regime – missed one bio-oil massage.
My Food / Drink:
1 banana
3 weetabix, sweetener, 350 ml skimmed milk
2 large handful honey Shreddies
salmon fillet, 3 new potatoes, sweetcorn, small amount of olive spread
2 large handfuls of raisins
orange juice
2 litres of cold water
some diet cola
Still overweight and not obese. Weight continuing to drift up slowly.
Watched both Wednesday and Thursdays episodes of “How to look good naked”. That is a brilliant program. Anyone who doesn’t love their body exactly as it is should watch this show.
They consumer tested tons of beauty products.
In the creams for stretch marks category the products they tested included bio-oil - but their recommendation was "Palmer's cocoa butter formula massage cream for stretch marks". It costs under £5 and I have been paying £20 for a bottle of bio-oil so I might give it a try.
They also tested cream for boobs after you have lost weight - I dont know whether this could be of any benefit for me but I made a note of the recommendation which was "pout bust enhancing cream" which costs £25.
General Data:
Morning walk = 6.3 miles
Round the block = 5 times (on one lap my husband came too)
Extra exercises = none
Weight = 12st 0.8lbs (i.e. 168.8 pounds)
Steps = 24,092 --- my pedometer was counting low
Distance = 9.31 miles --- I know that I did further than this in exercise walks
Remembered to take normal vitamin / supplements
Continued my creaming regime – missed one bio-oil massage.
My Food / Drink:
1 banana
3 weetabix, sweetener, 350 ml skimmed milk
2 large handful honey Shreddies
salmon fillet, 3 new potatoes, sweetcorn, small amount of olive spread
2 large handfuls of raisins
orange juice
2 litres of cold water
some diet cola
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Omega
Moderator
Friday 04/01/08
Still overweight and not obese.
General Data:
Morning walk = 6.3 miles
Round the block = 6 times (on one lap my husband came too)
Extra exercises = none
Weight = 12st 0.6lbs (i.e. 168.6 pounds)
Steps = 26,256
Distance = 10.15 miles --- using my spare pedometer (I think that my normal one needs a new battery)
Remembered to take normal vitamin / supplements
Continued my creaming regime – missed one bio-oil massage.
My Food / Drink:
1 banana
3 weetabix, sweetener, 350 ml skimmed milk
2 large handful honey Shreddies
2 grapes
150g caramelised onion marmalade ham
chicken breast, pasta, ½ onion, ½ courgette, ½ green pepper, ½ red pepper, pasta sauce, fry light
2 large handfuls of raisins
grapefruit juice
2+ litres of cold water
some diet cola
Still overweight and not obese.
General Data:
Morning walk = 6.3 miles
Round the block = 6 times (on one lap my husband came too)
Extra exercises = none
Weight = 12st 0.6lbs (i.e. 168.6 pounds)
Steps = 26,256
Distance = 10.15 miles --- using my spare pedometer (I think that my normal one needs a new battery)
Remembered to take normal vitamin / supplements
Continued my creaming regime – missed one bio-oil massage.
My Food / Drink:
1 banana
3 weetabix, sweetener, 350 ml skimmed milk
2 large handful honey Shreddies
2 grapes
150g caramelised onion marmalade ham
chicken breast, pasta, ½ onion, ½ courgette, ½ green pepper, ½ red pepper, pasta sauce, fry light
2 large handfuls of raisins
grapefruit juice
2+ litres of cold water
some diet cola
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Miss Ladybug
New member
You mentioned earlier about me eating only a bite of cake for each of my sons back in October, I guess it's nice that I'm not a big cake person to start with, so that really helped, but if someone put a nice big plate of pasta and cream sauce in my face, NOW THAT would have been a challenge. LOL LOL I love chocolate with nuts in it, and chocolate with peanut butter, so those are about my only REAL cravings when it comes to sweets, everything else I can really pass on. I keep ice cream in my fridge for the kids and my H, but for some reason I'm RARELY ever tempted to eat it. I crave ice cream maybe two or three times a year, for me it's CARBS now that really, really get me challenged and tempted. With all the cream regimen you have been doing the past ummmm maybe a year now, do you find or see a big difference in the way you look?? Does your skin look younger now?? I'm just curious, because I've been really trying hard not to miss my morning cream and nightly cream, I love the avon products as they work best for me. Just curious mind here. LOL LOL
Omega
Moderator
Hi Kim
I am convinced that the creaming was very very effective in helping me get rid of my terrible double chin a lot earlier than would have been the case. The effect of the massage seemed to encourage the fat to go from there. Similarly my hubby and mother seem to agree that I have less loose skin than I could reasonably have expected would be the case after losing basically 9 stone or 125 pounds. I do massage abdomen, thighs, bum, upper arms and boobs. I wouldnt say that my facial skin looks tons better for the morning and evening moisturising - but to be fair it wasnt wrinkled or that bad beforehand. This was one benefit of being morbidly obese in that I had a thick layer of fat under my skin. My fear was that as the layer of fat melted and I was spending more and more time outdoors in all weathers I could attack my facial skin from two directions.
We also get a plastic surgery tv show "how to look ten years younger" and a couple of episodes of that frightened the life out of me.
was about a woman who got covered in wrinkles from walking
was about a woman that had tons of loose skin after weight loss
I see that the page has links for the "how to look good naked" show that I mentioned earlier. That man is so talented in improving self esteem - Sarah (Rah) and I were just talking about him in her diary. If either of us win the lottery we are hiring him full time. The woman in last night's show went from not letting her partner see her nude for the past 4 years to having a nude photoshoot and appearing topless on a catwalk in front of tv cameras and an audience of 2000.
Anyway - back to the subject....
The creaming was really to try and avoid / mitigate serious wrinkles and loose skin as much as possible.
In that respect it has definitely worked as my facial shape has certainly changed and my skin does not look worse at all. I think that the predominant reason why my face looks younger is that for the first time in 20 years - I actually resemble myself in my early 20s. I spent a long time looking like quite another person altogether. I dont look like I did - just like what I may have aged to become.
I was quite lucky as I happened to have a decent amount of different types of face cream in the house - and I dont think that the creams seem to go off (perfume does but the creams seem ok). If you remember I used to be a computer contractor. They are known as computer consultants in USA. A number of years ago I worked on the distribution systems for Elizabeth Arden. While I was there I had the opportunity of buying a lot of their products for loose change. It was silly. My chums and I used to buy perfume sprays and have perfume fights. I remember once buying a bottle of actual perfume for £5. I remember that the wholesale price of it was about £200 - heaven knows what the retail price was!!! Anyway I bought tons of different types of skin cream. I am only now starting to buy the likes of body lotion and moisturisers and I am reasonably convinced that we have more if I can only remember where it got put on the last house move.
I certainly plan on continuing my creaming and that in itself demonstrates that I think that it is of benefit.
Take care
Love
Margaret
I am convinced that the creaming was very very effective in helping me get rid of my terrible double chin a lot earlier than would have been the case. The effect of the massage seemed to encourage the fat to go from there. Similarly my hubby and mother seem to agree that I have less loose skin than I could reasonably have expected would be the case after losing basically 9 stone or 125 pounds. I do massage abdomen, thighs, bum, upper arms and boobs. I wouldnt say that my facial skin looks tons better for the morning and evening moisturising - but to be fair it wasnt wrinkled or that bad beforehand. This was one benefit of being morbidly obese in that I had a thick layer of fat under my skin. My fear was that as the layer of fat melted and I was spending more and more time outdoors in all weathers I could attack my facial skin from two directions.
We also get a plastic surgery tv show "how to look ten years younger" and a couple of episodes of that frightened the life out of me.
was about a woman who got covered in wrinkles from walking
was about a woman that had tons of loose skin after weight loss
I see that the page has links for the "how to look good naked" show that I mentioned earlier. That man is so talented in improving self esteem - Sarah (Rah) and I were just talking about him in her diary. If either of us win the lottery we are hiring him full time. The woman in last night's show went from not letting her partner see her nude for the past 4 years to having a nude photoshoot and appearing topless on a catwalk in front of tv cameras and an audience of 2000.
Anyway - back to the subject....
The creaming was really to try and avoid / mitigate serious wrinkles and loose skin as much as possible.
In that respect it has definitely worked as my facial shape has certainly changed and my skin does not look worse at all. I think that the predominant reason why my face looks younger is that for the first time in 20 years - I actually resemble myself in my early 20s. I spent a long time looking like quite another person altogether. I dont look like I did - just like what I may have aged to become.
I was quite lucky as I happened to have a decent amount of different types of face cream in the house - and I dont think that the creams seem to go off (perfume does but the creams seem ok). If you remember I used to be a computer contractor. They are known as computer consultants in USA. A number of years ago I worked on the distribution systems for Elizabeth Arden. While I was there I had the opportunity of buying a lot of their products for loose change. It was silly. My chums and I used to buy perfume sprays and have perfume fights. I remember once buying a bottle of actual perfume for £5. I remember that the wholesale price of it was about £200 - heaven knows what the retail price was!!! Anyway I bought tons of different types of skin cream. I am only now starting to buy the likes of body lotion and moisturisers and I am reasonably convinced that we have more if I can only remember where it got put on the last house move.
I certainly plan on continuing my creaming and that in itself demonstrates that I think that it is of benefit.
Take care
Love
Margaret
HEY MARGARET- long time since been here!
well done with staying overweight - now that would sound reaaly horrible to someone else but you know exactluy what i mean. i can't wait till i cross the BMI boundry. i think....i think i need to be 154 to not be overweight and be normal!!! i'm currently 161...i'm hoping after this BLS challenge i will be there!
oh yeah i love that programme on C4 that you and SARAH were talking about! haven't been watching it lately but it always makes me feel good!
;-)
x
well done with staying overweight - now that would sound reaaly horrible to someone else but you know exactluy what i mean. i can't wait till i cross the BMI boundry. i think....i think i need to be 154 to not be overweight and be normal!!! i'm currently 161...i'm hoping after this BLS challenge i will be there!
oh yeah i love that programme on C4 that you and SARAH were talking about! haven't been watching it lately but it always makes me feel good!
;-)
x
Omega
Moderator
Hi Angel
I just know that you will be normal really soon. These BMI conversations would sound odd to people who didnt understand - but I think that everyone here does only too well.
That man on "How to look good naked" is brilliant. I swear - if he wasnt gay he would have his pick of women - he is so good at making a woman feel good about herself and how she looks. On Wednesday's show there was a young woman (I think in her early twenties) who had boobs nearly the size of mine - I think that hers were 36HH and she had been teased and bullied about them since she was a kid. She really hated them and he got her to start to view them as her biggest asset.
Take care
Love
Margaret
I just know that you will be normal really soon. These BMI conversations would sound odd to people who didnt understand - but I think that everyone here does only too well.
That man on "How to look good naked" is brilliant. I swear - if he wasnt gay he would have his pick of women - he is so good at making a woman feel good about herself and how she looks. On Wednesday's show there was a young woman (I think in her early twenties) who had boobs nearly the size of mine - I think that hers were 36HH and she had been teased and bullied about them since she was a kid. She really hated them and he got her to start to view them as her biggest asset.
Take care
Love
Margaret
bikinibound
New member
Hi Margaret!I'm sure you've read in Stacy's diary already, but raisins are not junk food. Now worries. My main reasoning behind this week's bonus was to get us all weaned off any naughty crap we've become accustomed to eating/drinking in excess over the holidays. One week of cutting anything out of one's diet isn't likely to do much harm--especially alcohol. My H loves to have a beer or two a day, but every once in awhile he'll forgoe booze all together for several weeks. He does this because he drops several pounds whenever he does it.
This week's bonus will hit many of us where it hurts, but it's only a week. I think I can resist the cookies and chocolate that are still hanging around the house for 7 days. At least I HOPE I can!!
I think your weight loss rate has been very steady these last few months. I remember it doesn't seem long ago at all since you were in the high 180s. Now you're 20lbs lighter. I will be surprised if you have a gain to report for the week 1 weigh in.