Sept check in. I've lost .8lb from Aug 1st - Sept 1st.
Now to make sure to exercise more. Not sure I'm doing enough of that
How did your weekend go Shy? Hope you had a great time.

Okay
Sept 30, 2014
I've been literally AWOL for the last month!!! I've NEVER been away this long. Crazy... but I have an excuse...

I had all those enormous parties and weddings to go to and things were still not settling down. But they certainly came to a stop when I developed a serious health condition. I ended up having a virus that affected my stomach then got another one for my sinuses then got the stomach one again.
AGH.
All this while I was trying to get the kids back into the gear of school.
Thankfully, they settled in and there has been not issues with them. I was in too much of a zombied state at times to even function. I really didn't know what was going in sometimes... I felt like life was passing me by and i was lying there waiting to get a hold of it.

Anyways.... all's well at the home front again and I wanted to chime in before the end of the month lol.
I'm actually losing weight everyday this week. I was in the 165 range last week and this morning I weighed in at 157.0 lbs. STrange but I'll take it. Hopefully I can keep at this weight and/or continue to lose. I don't want to go back up. Three weeks ago, I weighed in at 165 and got the bug and woke up at 160. Yup. Dropped 5lbs overnight!!! Not healthy and I was so weak. I gradually got myself back up to that weight so I could have some strength again. Then I didn't care if I lost it or not. I was finally able to eat real food and could actually taste it. IT felt good. My weight is doing whatever it wants to all on its own.
I'm just glad I'm feeling better and want to stabalize before i do anything about losing.

How are you doing Zecilkl??? I hope all is going well.

@Raymh> where have you disappeared to???? You haven't been around forever and I'd love to know what's up? You were losing weight like crazy.... did you ever reach your goal weight???? How does the hubs like your new body????

TRY THIS AGAIN. I DELETED IT BY MISTAKE. LOL
Sorry to hear that you've been sick.. I hope you are really doing better now. What grade are your kids in. yes you had a very good reason for not being on here.. I'm glad you are happy with the weight you lost.. just not on how you did it ... Don't worry we all have times when we get out of touch. i know i've been out of touch for a few days. I hope you don't' catch anything else now. Keep healthy. Do you plan on adding exercise to your routine? I know for me that's what helps me lose. i'm working on that now. .it's been a long road. Don't know why it's getting hard for me to include it in my daily activities. I have to get back to pushing myself. I did lose 6 lbs from last year this time. so happy with that. wish it could be more but for me that's good. at least, i didnt' gain that much weight.

Raymh where are you I miss you

Still 157.0 lbs today!!!
Yay.... I'm feeling much better but still not quite out of the woods. I don't have as much of an appetite and still feel queasy at times.

I'm so glad that you posted right away, Zecilkl. I thought that maybe you might have slipped away from this site.

I'm not adding exercise yet... I still feel dizzy and weak at times... but i hope to soon. I'd love to go on evening walks as the leaves are changing colours now. I love the fall... the colours, the harvest, the crispness in the air. Ahhhhhh.....

DD1 and DD2 are both now in high school and DS is still in elementary school. He's in grade 6.

I'm exercising in the form of doing major spring cleaning and rearranging of furniture, painting and creating a picture wall gallery. I'm not even close to starting the last one but it's a nice project for this winter. I didn't really do spring cleaning this year and I feel that the house has gotten run down and not gleaming. It's funny how you start one project and it creates another... you look at the room differently and realize that you no longer want certain items in there and then suddenly you want to get rid of stuff or move it elsewhere. You know what I mean?

It mayhem around here but I like it. Things are getting done.... finally. I've had a 'honey-do-list' for years and things are finally being tackled. AND THEY ARE NOT EVEN TAKING THAT LONG TO DO!!!!!!!!
Agh. Men!

Better late than never, I suppose.

Talk to you tomorrow.... break time is over :(

Sorry I missed checking in yesterday.. it's not so good that you are still queasy and dizzy. Exercise will come when you are feeling better. Wow 3 children nice. Oh boy 2 in HS that will mean you'll have two in college at the same time OH my.
Great job on the weight. I'm trying to get down that low again. I once made it to like 159.8 lbs. then gradually with stress and lack of exercise I went back up to mid 180's :(.

So you are doing your Fall cleaning now. Yes, it's amazing when you start on one project how others will follow.

I hope you get all that you want accomplished. Most importantly is that you feel better. Hope your next report is that you are at the top of your game and feeling great.

I won't be on again until Sun. or Monday. Have a fun filled weekend.

I will have a great weekend. It is filled with two get togethers. One at my family and on at in-laws. It will be fun. They know how I hve been feeling....

I will take it easy, thanks.
I hope that you have a great weeeknd as well.

I forgot to weigh myself this morning. I had so much on my plate and just got into various projects.

Don't worry about not weighing yourself. Do it when you remember. the idea is to feel good , get yourself healthy and enjoy what you have while dealing what's on your plate :). Let me know what you did on the weekend. Do you feel any better . (dizzy?_)

Doing ok on this end. Have to push to try to get my routine together. I've not been exercising enough. I want to do it but Haven't .. Don't know if I'm tired or lazy ... or just out of the habit LOL whatever the excuse ... I need to do it

O....M.....G.....
I could have written the last part myself!!!! That is EXACTLY what I feel like... thanks for putting it into words for me.
It looks like we're in the same boat but, hey, as long as that boat is not sinking....right????


How was your weekend? Did you go away somewhere 'cause you mentioned that you would not be around until Monday am. I hope you had fun. Do tell me.
My weekend was quite eventful and restful as well.... good old quality time with the family.
I went to my mom's house earlier than expected and let the kids a sleepover! The next day we went out for a morning 'meeting' and had a wonderful time there and afterwards. My brother made us a gourmet meal for dinner.... and I mean gourmet. It was wonderful and delicious.... better than any restaurant. I saw some old family friends as well. It was so nice.
Then after dinner, we packed up and headed to the in-laws. We woke up early and did the 'run for the cure' for breast cancer. It was a cold brisk day but so worth the effort and the fresh air and the cause.
We rested for a bit and then went out of town(yet another town) to visit with some family who just moved. We hung around for a couple of hours and then headed to our special dinner at an Italian restaurant we heard so much about. BIL and family came as well and we had such a nice time.
Then came the dreaded two hour drive back home.... lol.... and only to find out that two of my kids didn't finish their homework earlier that afternoon! Yikes. That was fun.

Anyways... all's well now. They are off to school and I'm picking up exactly where I left 'stuff' on Friday. Housework never seems to get done... projects always pile up..... ah, life!

So glad you had such a great weekend. wow how did you run/walk in the marathon for cancer. I couldn't go very far I don't think. Congrats for doing it. Do you have anyone in your family who is a survivor of Cancer?
Your weekend sounds wonderful. I enjoy reading all that you do. Oh my not having homework done , what time did they end up getting to bed?

My weekend wasn't as fun Went to dinner at a friend house friday night. It was Yom Kipper (in case you don't know what that is it's a Jewish holiday).
Otherwise it was a quiet weekend. Been trying to get in a little exercise when I can. Sunday was food shopping and loading and unloading the car. that's I count as a little exercise. Monday I did a 10 min. dvd and then went for a slow 1 hour walk with my friend . Yesterday I was a bit lazy to go for a walk outside. So I did about 10 mins in the am and 10 minutes in the evening of a dvd . Hopefully this will help me get back into the routine of exercise.
I need to figure a way to eat better during the day. i sometimes don't eat enough for lunch. I eat small amts. so I can have more threw out the day. that isn't workign for me tright now. I had lost a bit of weight and now gained a lot of back. with eating too much for dinner. :(. Now to work on good things to he eat for lunch that are not too many cal. but not too few. LOL. Also make sure it's healthy.

how are you feeling are the symptoms all gone now? Ii hope you are doing well.

160.0 lbs yesterday morning but I forgot to post it. I was so busy trying to get DH's office organized. That is a challenge in itself. It will take until all eternity! At least we started somewhere but, unfortunately, we started a Pandora's box... it looks like we've conquered something only to have it all look the same afterwards. More papers, more filing, more of everything.

Today I forgot to weigh myself. I'm going to guess the same. I hope it hasn't gone over the 160.0 lbs mark. I think I would be devastated. I just can't get a handle on this yet. I actually started to feel dizzy and weak a few times yesterday. DH said to leave things alone and he would deal with them. But I wanted to help and do a few things that I had thought about in the last few years.... I finally had my opportunity!!!
I did take it easy in the evening though.
There are so many more things to be done before the weekend... I don't know why we suddenly started his office... and we made it worse!
It's Turkey Day this weekend and I've got a mountain load of 'stuff' to do. Yikes.

Have fun with turkey day :).
I hope you continue to lose. It sounds like you may need to eat a bit more.. I don't like that you keep getting dizzy and weak. maybe, you need to call the dr. and ask if it's part of the virus you had and need to take it easy for a bit. Good luck with everything. i hear you about trying to clean up and causing more of a mess.. i think that 's what happened here LOL

I'm working on exercise. so far I've done most of this week. i may count today. since i went food shopping and had to pack the groceries in their bags load then in the car then bring them into the house. A lot of heavy lifting. LOL. Weight is staying the same. Not sure what's going on there. Will concentrate on exercise for a bit then see if I start losing.

Enjoy your weekend

Update... I did exercise for 8 days in a row. Weight is slowly going down. Went up today as we went out to dinner and it was very salty. This time I went up under a lb. which is great. I used to go up 1 - 3 lbs with eating out. Yet, I ate everything I was in the mood for. Salad with bread.... pasta, chicken, artichokes,mushrooms, & peppers in a sauce. cake for desert. now i sharted the cake with hubby. brought home 1/2 - 1/3 of my dinner. so that may have helped

Update for me!!!
okay... so Turkey Day ended up being TWO Turkey Days!!!!! Now that the dust has settled, I have found, obviously, that my weight has gone up quite considerably. Yikes.... I weighed in at 165.0 lbs this morning. Crazy. I feel like I'm on a roller coaster of emotions and weight lately. I can't seem to get a handle on this. Maybe now isn't the time for me or maybe it's the knocking on the door of my wake up!

I think I seriously need to do something about this before it really gets out of hand. I had issues with my weight going up past 160 and now it's surpassed 160. I can't go down that road again. I know what to do and I have the tools to do it... I just need to do it. I need a swift kick in the pants to get me going. Or, I need to see the weight steadily climb to get me out of this stupor I'm in. AND trust me, I do not want to see this weight climb any higher.... that would be the straw that broke the camel's/my back!!! I'm not going there. I believe that this is my wake up call.

I know what to do and I'm going to start today. If all works out well, than I should be reporting a drop in weight by tomorrow. And a steady drop everyday afterwards.... assuming I can keep this up.

Are you in with me, Zecilkl????
I know we can do it. You are already there... you are well on your way. I need to catch up to you... both in committment and in motivation.

I'm with you Shy. Now can you share with me what you do to lose weight. I know that it's your routine however maybe i can learn something from it. Also, having to report to each other might help us both stay on track .

I'm doing ok. Skipped 1 day from exercise. back yesterday to a short walk. Now to figure out what i'm doing for today.
My priority right now is to get the exercise in. I'm watching what I eat. but i'm not going crazy. Eating what my body craves. .Things like fish lately. Even bagels. Just not a whole one from the bagel store. they are too big. However, if i was that hungry I would or take something else to eat.

That's what i'm working on now. Hope to hear your plan. zee

You must be very busy this week Shy Hope all is well.
I've been trying to keep up with exercise.
Weather is cooling off.