SoWell on Sowal

[lindatat]

Wow, thanks, Toots and Lindabobhat, for making my 2.5 weight gain feel like a success! I'm definitely feeling good about it now!

Ate well today, though. A whole wheat english muffin and capuccino with skim milk and splenda for breakfast, a healthy choice pizza for lunch, and home-made ministrone and grapes for dinner. That's all I ate today. Now I'll go watch the bachelor with the kids and I'll try to eat well the rest of the week.

And, though I didn't walk, I puttered around the house big-time today so I'm exhausted and must have burned off that extra 100 calories.

Those of you who are actually exercising regulary are definitely an inspiration (but I guess we live too far apart for the exercise but to rub off on me)!

Well I continued my unhealthy eating through today Paula, so you are one up on me. And I haven't exercised vigorously since my surgery almost 3 weeks ago - I've been having really bad dizzy spells and I'm using that as my excuse. Need to get back into my exemplary behavior!

[Beach Crazy]

I'm not sure what's going on here but the scales show I lost a pound! I'm going with it though!!! I ate everything you could imagine and also chocolate pie for breafast every day until it was gone!

Life is good

[iwishiwasthere]

Cannot bring myself to weigh, but my work clothes still fit . Just wish my weekend jeans were not so snug.

Today was a good day. Cereal and milk for breakfast, salad and fruit for lunch, and Lean Quisine for dinner. A snack of cheese and nuts rounds off the night. May willpower continue tomorrow!

[Beach Runner]

I was good yesterday. Stayed under 1000 calories and walked for 45 minutes. I don't have any wine in the house, so I won't be tempted this week while hubby is in Australia.

Also, we're guests of a new president at my husband's company for the SEC Championship (clubhouse seats ). He's a huge Gator fan (got his Ph.D. there just like we did). I want to make a good first impression and not look like a lard a$$. Note to self: don't indulge in the free liquour that'll be there to avoid saying something stupid.

[Teresa]

Cannot bring myself to weigh, but my work clothes still fit . Just wish my weekend jeans were not so snug.

Today was a good day. Cereal and milk for breakfast, salad and fruit for lunch, and Lean Quisine for dinner. A snack of cheese and nuts rounds off the night. May willpower continue tomorrow!

I'm not sure what's going on here but the scales show I lost a pound! I'm going with it though!!! I ate everything you could imagine and also chocolate pie for breafast every day until it was gone!

Life is good

I was good yesterday. Stayed under 1000 calories and walked for 45 minutes. I don't have any wine in the house, so I won't be tempted this week while hubby is in Australia.

you all sounds like you are on the right track to health and fitness!

[iwishiwasthere]

Cravings are driving me crazy. After a weekend of heavy eating, I spend too much time trying to find something to satisfy that does not involve sugar or lots of fat. Suggestions???? I think I will just go to bed and sleep!

[Miss Kitty]

Man, I sure had to dig to find this! I am putting the sowell on sowal world on notice. Come Jan. 8....this is a priority.

[Ocean Lover]

Man, I sure had to dig to find this! I am putting the sowell on sowal world on notice. Come Jan. 8....this is a priority.

I have put off membership but will join then for sure. Would anyone like to try a specific weight loss plan with me?

[supermom262]

Anyone interested in running 3-4 times a week? I need someone committed to run with me, short of hiring a personal trainer, which I can't afford to do. This person will have to be diciplined which I'm not, unless I have to account to someone, I will talk myself out of running. I have gained 5-7 lbs., depending on the day, and running seems to be the only thing that keeps my eating in balance. I would be available after kids are in school. I am down to one pair of jeans that still fit, those of you who know me, and see me wearing the same pants, now you know why!

[lindatat]

Looks like this thread could use a little revival heading into the holidays. Guess I've waited long enough to share my before and after pics. Dare I admit it, in the before shot I weighed 290 lbs. The after shot was taken tonight and I am now at 165 lbs.

[Ocean Lover]

Looks like this thread could use a little revival heading into the holidays. Guess I've waited long enough to share my before and after pics. Dare I admit it, in the before shot I weighed 290 lbs. The after shot was taken tonight and I am now at 165 lbs.

Incredible, you are pretty in your before shot but you look amazing now!
You should be soooo proud of yourself. Thin and you have great hair. I hate you.

[Miss Kitty]

Incredible, you are pretty in your before shot but you look amazing now!
You should be soooo proud of yourself. Thin and you have great hair. I hate you.

..OL, you so funny!

lbh...you are HOT!!!! I know you look fantastic, but tell us how much better you feel!

[Jdarg]

Wow Linda!! You are smokin' hot for the holidays!!

[Teresa]

Lindabob: you are so hot. and you are our inspiration on sowell!!!

[Paula]

lindabobhat: Grayt before/after shots. Congratulations. I agree about the gray hair, too. You should rename yourself lindatoohothat.

[Sheila]

lbh,

You are one hot mama. I'm waiting for the New Year and then I am starting back on WW.

[Ocean Lover]

lbh,

You are one hot mama. I'm waiting for the New Year and then I am starting back on WW.

GTTBM,

Me too! Well I haven't yet decided it's going to be WW or South Beach. Do you go to ww meetings?

[Mango]

Keep up the grayt work Linda. You look fantastic. I have someone close to me who lost about the same amount of weight. She has gained back about 20 lbs recently due to stress of moving etc., so I know how you need to be constantly motivated to maintain the weight. I am going to be motivating here to get back to the gym after the holidays, and she is motivating me to stop smoking.

[Miss Kitty]

lindabobhat: Grayt before/after shots. Congratulations. I agree about the gray hair, too. You should rename yourself lindatoohothat.

It's early in the day, but this just might be the gem of the day!!!

[Sheila]

GTTBM,

Me too! Well I haven't yet decided it's going to be WW or South Beach. Do you go to ww meetings?

I have in the past and it has worked for me. I just fell off the wagon! So far off, I need a hydraulic lift to get me back on it.

I have heard a lot of good things about South Beach as well.

[DD]

Linda!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm glad you posted these!

[InletBchDweller]

WOW! lookin good Linda! thanks for posting these.
maybe one day I can achieve such great results.

[kathydwells]

WOW Linda....great work girl. You look marvelous dahling. I needed to see these. I have so fallen off the wagon this holiday season. I did so good last year. Did not gain one pound. This year, a different story and I am not going to tell you how bad I have been. I have to get back to motivating myself to get back to where I was. I am starting the Phase I of South Beach on January 1. I know it works because I did loose alot of weight on it. I just let myself get complacent and some of the weight has crept back on me. So, we all have a date here on January 1 to get back to that healthy eating and exercising!!!!

[kathydwells]

WOW! lookin good Linda! thanks for posting these.
maybe one day I can achieve such great results.

Great tar IBD !!!!!!

[Miss Kitty]

WOW Linda....great work girl. You look marvelous dahling. I needed to see these. I have so fallen off the wagon this holiday season. I did so good last year. Did not gain one pound. This year, a different story and I am not going to tell you how bad I have been. I have to get back to motivating myself to get back to where I was. I am starting the Phase I of South Beach on January 1. I know it works because I did loose alot of weight on it. I just let myself get complacent and some of the weight has crept back on me. So, we all have a date here on January 1 to get back to that healthy eating and exercising!!!!

...Jan. 8 (see above) that's when I get back to Dallas. Who wants to start this on football day?

[kathydwells]

...Jan. 8 (see above) that's when I get back to Dallas. Who wants to start this on football day?

OH, cool. Ok!! yeah then I have another few day's to be bad until I have to be really good again!!! Thank you kitty for reminding me!

[DD]

...Jan. 8 (see above) that's when I get back to Dallas. Who wants to start this on football day?

Does this mean I have to watch football if I want to live it up for a few more days in January?

[Miss Kitty]

Does this mean I have to watch football if I want to live it up for a few more days in January?

Oh no...you may shop as well.

[Beachmom]

Oh no...you may shop as well.

cool, count me in. I did finally get a scale, walked around it, looked at it....I finally got on it...and... I've lost 20 lbs. since my last Dr. appt.!! (almost a year ago)- not lots, but it's something!!

Linda- that is wonderful!! Thanks for the pic's!!

[DD]

Oh no...you may shop as well.

I will shop and drink margaritas.

[kathydwells]

cool, count me in. I did finally get a scale, walked around it, looked at it....I finally got on it...and... I've lost 20 lbs. since my last Dr. appt.!! (almost a year ago)- not lots, but it's something!!

Linda- that is wonderful!! Thanks for the pic's!!

Wow, you go girl!!!!

[lindatat]

OMG - y'all are making me blush so much I can't even quote you! DD's been asking me to post those for such a long time but I was so hesitant. Thank you so much for all the kind words; one in particular - I never thought anyone would ever use the word "hot" to describe me. Miss Kitty asked how I felt; I feel absolutely fantastic. I had several health problems (incl. asthma & disc disease in my back) that are pretty much non-existent now. I never would have imagined that I could reinvent myself at age 43 and be healthier than I was as a teenager. I've said it before, but if the undisciplined, formerly lazy me can do this, anyone can. The benefits are endless and I just hope and pray I can maintain the healthy lifestyle (and I'm thinking if I've been able to keep it up through the divorce negotiations, I can probably be successful in the long run as well!) Thanks again - I'm happy to inspire but I am so touched by your kindness and support - it keeps me going.

P.S. I was going to get my my hair cut tomorrow and do something radical, but I guess I'll just get a little trim - LOL!

[Paula]

cool, count me in. I did finally get a scale, walked around it, looked at it....I finally got on it...and... I've lost 20 lbs. since my last Dr. appt.!! (almost a year ago)- not lots, but it's something!!

Linda- that is wonderful!! Thanks for the pic's!!

Congrats to Beachmom, too. I'm back to a good-enough weight (down from my high) but have 10 lbs to go before I'm in the "normal range" as defined by one of the websites posted on this thread. All I want to be is normal... Will losing weight guarantee that I'll be normal?

[Sheila]

Congrats to Beachmom, too. I'm back to a good-enough weight (down from my high) but have 10 lbs to go before I'm in the "normal range" as defined by one of the websites posted on this thread. All I want to be is normal... Will losing weight guarantee that I'll be normal?

If it does, I'm not going to do it. Being normal is no funn!

[Teresa]

Congrats to Beachmom, too. I'm back to a good-enough weight (down from my high) but have 10 lbs to go before I'm in the "normal range" as defined by one of the websites posted on this thread. All I want to be is normal... Will losing weight guarantee that I'll be normal?

absolutely!!! not!!!

[Miss Kitty]

If it does, I'm not going to do it. Being normal is no funn!

...screw new eating plans!!!

[DD]

...screw new eating plans!!!

Then will it be SoFat on SoWal?????????

[Mango]

OK gulls. So I saw my doctor today and he is could tell that I am not cheating on my yeast free diet because I am 15 lbs lighter than when I started this diet. However, he is quite upset that I have not made an effort to stop smoking and he rags me about this every month. I decided that I need to stop for my health. He suggests the patch or taking some kind of happy pill (which I am not keen on any kind of pills) to help me quit. I figured I have had the motivation to maintain this diet, but the smoking is a physical addiction, so I think the patch may be the way to go. I will need motivation, so please help. This will be my New years Resolution.

[Beach Crazy]

OK gulls. So I saw my doctor today and he is could tell that I am not cheating on my yeast free diet because I am 15 lbs lighter than when I started this diet. However, he is quite upset that I have not made an effort to stop smoking and he rags me about this every month. I decided that I need to stop for my health. He suggests the patch or taking some kind of happy pill (which I am not keen on any kind of pills) to help me quit. I figured I have had the motivation to maintain this diet, but the smoking is a physical addiction, so I think the patch may be the way to go. I will need motivation, so please help. This will be my New years Resolution.

Use the patch and pat on it like I did to make sure it's still there!!!!


I was so addicted to nicotine, everybody from the "old days" just can't believe I don't smoke. It was the first thing I did when my eyes opened and the last thing I did before I went to sleep. I smoked like 2 packs a day at my worst....I love the new me. I feel so free. It took a while to quit cracking the window when I got in the car and I would catch myself fumbling around in my purse digging for them. That is so sad.

[Mango]

Use the patch and pat on it like I did to make sure it's still there!!!!


I was so addicted to nicotine, everybody from the "old days" just can't believe I don't smoke. It was the first thing I did when my eyes opened and the last thing I did before I went to sleep. I smoked like 2 packs a day at my worst....I love the new me. I feel so free. It took a while to quit cracking the window when I got in the car and I would catch myself fumbling around in my purse digging for them. That is so sad.

I want to be free. I don't want to smell like an ashtray anymore. I don't want to hear my sister yell at me because the baby smells like cigarattes after I hold him. I don't want to run out the door in my pajamas and a coat because I am out of cigarettes.

[DD]

Use the patch and pat on it like I did to make sure it's still there!!!!


I was so addicted to nicotine, everybody from the "old days" just can't believe I don't smoke. It was the first thing I did when my eyes opened and the last thing I did before I went to sleep. I smoked like 2 packs a day at my worst....I love the new me. I feel so free. It took a while to quit cracking the window when I got in the car and I would catch myself fumbling around in my purse digging for them. That is so sad.

Uh, this would be me.

I want to be free. I don't want to smell like an ashtray anymore. I don't want to hear my sister yell at me because the baby smells like cigarattes after I hold him. I don't want to run out the door in my pajamas and a coat because I am out of cigarettes.

This would also be me.

[Mango]

Uh, this would be me.



This would also be me.

We need to take action after the New Year and we will need this thread more than ever so we do not eat ourselves into oblivion.

I know my local market will thank me. I am sure it is not pretty me running in my jams jonesing for a cigarette.

[Ocean Lover]

I think it's great that you gulls want to do this!!! We want you to be healthy too and still be posting on sowal when you're 90.

[Ocean Lover]

P.S. I was going to get my my hair cut tomorrow and do something radical, but I guess I'll just get a little trim - LOL!

Don't do it! I just had mine cut and I kinda sorta want my long hair back.

[Mango]

I think it's great that you gulls want to do this!!! We want you to be healthy too and still be posting on sowal when you're 90.

Lordy OL. Do you think there are enough digits in the Board program for that many posts? Hopefully when we reach that age, we can just mumble into a mini blackberry or something. Eh, say that again OL. I can't hear ya. Could you imagaine the funn fights?
I just tinkled. Too funny.

[Ocean Lover]

Lordy OL. Do you think there are enough digits in the Board program for that many posts? Hopefully when we reach that age, we can just mumble into a mini blackberry or something. Eh, say that again OL. I can't hear ya. Could you imagaine the funn fights?
I just tinkled. Too funny.

Mango, would you put yer dang hearin aid back in...you know yer always a takin it out! An I'm a little tard about all this complainin --always talkin about the good ole days when we sat and typed on our big computers and what not. Get with the 2050's gull!

[Mango]

Mango, would you put yer dang hearin aid back in...you know yer always a takin it out! An I'm a little tard about all this complainin --always talkin about the good ole days when we sat and typed on our big computers and what not. Get with the 2050's gull!

SOWHAT????

[InletBchDweller]

OK gulls. So I saw my doctor today and he is could tell that I am not cheating on my yeast free diet because I am 15 lbs lighter than when I started this diet. However, he is quite upset that I have not made an effort to stop smoking and he rags me about this every month. I decided that I need to stop for my health. He suggests the patch or taking some kind of happy pill (which I am not keen on any kind of pills) to help me quit. I figured I have had the motivation to maintain this diet, but the smoking is a physical addiction, so I think the patch may be the way to go. I will need motivation, so please help. This will be my New years Resolution.

I will be here to help ya in any way i can!!!! YOu go!!!!

I think it's great that you gulls want to do this!!! We want you to be healthy too and still be posting on sowal when you're 90.

not 90 but 100!!!

[Mango]

I will be here to help ya in any way i can!!!! YOu go!!!!

not 90 but 100!!!

Thanks IBD. How many smilies do you guess there will be when we are 100?

[Teresa]

Lordy OL. Do you think there are enough digits in the Board program for that many posts? Hopefully when we reach that age, we can just mumble into a mini blackberry or something. Eh, say that again OL. I can't hear ya. Could you imagaine the funn fights?
I just tinkled. Too funny.

Oh, Lordy. Talk about some old biddy wenches... it will be great... and we'll have such a bad attitude about all the newcomers on the board and give them a what fer... we'll probably get banned a lot for our wonderful colorful language and general buttholism.