You are wanted and needed here. How many people in this world can accomplish what you have accomplished. You have a lot to offer this support group so don't think you don't. You've given a lot of really good insight into how to lose weight and who doesn't want to talk a little bit more about their life. It's a support group. That's what we do. Don't go and as far as the people that don't reply to their own posts that's on them.

Really don't know where that came from. I have read alot of yours and responded. Just because we read and don't respond doesn't mean we are not paying attention. I look at a lot of post on here and don't respond unless I feel I can be helpful. You are here for a reason and it is need and support of something you feel you have no control over and so is the rest of us or we would not be here. I'm also not home everyday and when I'm on the road with my husband I do not get on the internet everyday. Some responses from people doesn't always have to be in the form of a lecture so lighten up have some fun and enjoy. Don't make everything so serious. I hope you don't leave cause I do read your post.

Thank you both for being nice n understanding.

I assume that parents are getting ready for day cares to reopen n all that that details, n some are taking 2nd vacation of last vacation, until next summer.

Ok I wiped my eyes n blew my nose n went shopping.
Thank you both for support...

I am honestly not on here a lot just depends on my schedule. However I have said that the weight loss groups on ds aren't very active. Fitnesspal by far has alot more support. Your a very suppotive member but not everyone is on daily. I don't tend to post a lot and try to come on and give support.

Oh I miss chat too:( I come on a lot less since they took that away

Knock Knock did everyone go shopping w/out me,lol
Next mo I will be away for couple of days.. while away I'm hopeing to get in some shopping.

I buy next summer cloths when store half to make rm for bk to school stuff. , The store's do mark down. to make rm for bk to school things, n winter cloths. in spring I buy winter cloths.
I buy next years Christmas gift's in Jan, n Feb.

Today I'm takeing my 4 doggies to groomers. of course I do so 1 at time. that take up my whole day. I don't mind because it gets me off my butt.

On this group. we have 15 post.
The most recent post being on 7/9/13. the last reply on that post is 8/6/13
2nd most recent post being on 7/27. the last reply on that post being 8/5/13.
I of replys being from an unknown, who we need to welcome.

Lonely I'm so lonely. aw music. there is song that has that in it. there is also commercial that refers to being lonely. have you seen the ad about an appliacnces. it is of a maytag employee, who is lonely.
I wish that I didn't have a speech defect so that I could pronounce n sound out words correctly, sigh. I was 3 yrs when I was able to vocalize my 1st sound. LOL oh my, seldom but at times, I have no problem letting certain words fly, lol I have no problems w correctly projecting those sentiments.
I get a kick out of it when I see little old ladys flip people off. it's always the ones that seems like they would never. not that they haven't done what the dictionary say regarding certain words.
Ya men might shake their fest but they always let another know that he wants to take time out to have sex with the man he shacking his fist at.
Here's another word/ saying. I just don't understand. men n woman both say it. "that sucks " they use it like to say that something is bad. They use it like it's something bad.
There are times I want to pass out dictionary's, n King James Bible
but I don't want to step inbetween two men who are shaking their fest at each other, yelling at each other, that they want to have sex w ea other.
What's with men being able to have some form of control of woman as in men calling another human a bitch. yes it is a femal dog not a human. men confuse the 2. I assume that is because men are dogs. I'v heard men say that all human males are dogs.
I'v heard men call woman whores. Will, according to the Bible.whore being a man. A whore is a man. whoremonger being a man. Nowhere is it written in bible that woman are whores....
Men always deflect who they are n do n plan to do on females in their path> I feel so bad for woman because they were taught to buy into man crapola.

Oh by the way. I'm one of those sweet ole lady's that surprize people, when they see me fly the bird. dam drivers,lol
I don't risk other people lives n my own by texting, using cell phone when I'm driving but LOL I will let go of the wheel just long enough to shake 2 middle fingers, at same time,lol.
I mise NY, LA n FtLauarder Fla. I sincerely mise being on roads w people who actually do know how to drive.
Have you notice that person at red light will set there while you drive 30 ft tbefor the nut actually makes it underneath the green . n the nut littler just makes it before the light tuns red again. the 3 car bk has to set thur 2 red lights because the #@$% took a lifetime to get thur green light befor light turn red again.
I always half to drive in slow lane because people in so called fast lane drive 10 to 20 mph under mph limit n they sight see n stop for no reason.
I like to take drivers in my neighbor n let them loose on roads in LA.,LOL
Sometimes I still get stopped because I didn't linger at light when it turns green. I don't speed thur light nor intersection but when light turns green n intersection is cleared, I don't lenger nor barly craw. I don't make the guy behind me to half to set thur 2 red lights.

Will I've enjoyed my own company.
That's ok. I enjoy the company of others but I also enjoy my own company.
Will off around the globe I go to chat w friends. n matter what time it is I always day light somewhere. Loven those time zones.

If I keep going backwards n around different time zones will I miss a few b-days : ) hold that throught
Now if it's true that people weigh next to nothing when in outter space. will now that ( the following word sounds liken to ) com - I - nation would be nice.

It's 5AM at 6:15 AM, I'm going to try to walk to end of my road n back by myself.
You have time to take a short walk, if you would. It takes me 15 minutes to drink 1/2 cup of coffee. I assume that it will take less time to walk to end of my street n by in time to have 2nd 1/2 cup of coffee. 45 minutes total. that's healthy investment, don't you think so!

Shoot we drive a big truck and I don't care what state you are in most people do not know how to drive...LOL

It's been a long summer and I haven't been here much.
My kids go back to school tomorrow so I'll have a lot more computer time! I'll be around more often.
Also I'm taking a road trip/vacation in November so I am determined to lose 30 lbs!

Snippy iin some community's. it's drinking water,lol
On coast line no one car drive. it's like they go brain dead. on other side of waterway people know how to drive. it's just the coast line nut@#^%@ driivers stop at green lights, n/r leach onto my car. most try their best to block me in.. it's like they get a kick of looking bk in their rear view mirrows to see the wreaks that they caused w/o being touched by the wreaks that they caused.
Yrs ago a friend owned a trucking company.
Will he parked rige way out in truck parking lot. away from everything.
some nut came on lot to do some type of trucking business. anywho he intentionally parked uo against said truck in bline spot.
LOL. the drive of said truck sligly bump the car. he damage the side panel. it was apparent that the owner of car had parked his car in tht spot to collect money. the car ownr had planned on having car bdy damage fixd at body shop. LOL LOL. the driver of truck waited until the driver of car yelled at truck driver, lol. the truck driver knew what the car driver had done so the truck driver went ahead n intentionally flatted that car n car engine. the truck driver said that he was going to be suit so why not do it, lol.
ya it totally freak the car owner out,lol.

I like week end road trips, In early fall, we go to NC, to fall festibals,, n to buy different types of apples, n different types of honey. I so enjoy nature blast of fall colors. I have certain road side venders that we visit every fall. There is 1 tourset trap store. y frind has booth at flea market. she has the same things as tourist trap store. the trap store charges 40 up to 100% mark up. The store also sales local crafts. sometimes she has deals on crafts n home made pies.
At another road side store, I always buy lots of home made pies.
In mountains most pie makers use 2 up to 3 different types of apples to nake pies. they mix diffent type of apples together. yum yum.. This year I intend on finding a farmer who has cast iron stove stored out back, to buy stove. I use to have craw feet bth tubs. I took 1 of my GrandFather cast iron claw feett bth tubs, out of field. he used the tubs for his cattle drinking water.

When I make pie shells I always partically bake the bottom shell. then I add filling,. then top with shell topping.. I also use left over dough. I make cin bread sticks n baked, honey glazed tpping, bread sticks
I often make peach cobbler. berry cobbler's. n veggie pies in cream sause. I use very little sause, mostly veg's.
I also use " shake n bake".
I use spring valley powder salad mix. I use it dry in hambers,. I also use it to make what some call shit on shingle.
Dang it . now my taste buds are dancing, lol

Admiral, you are an inspiration to me. I enjoy reading your posts, although I don't post often myself. I sometimes don't know what to say and don't feel as though I have any "wisdom" to share. I've been in a rough place as far as dieting goes for the last couple of months too, so I haven't been on DS that much. I am just back to it and I'll try to comment more on your posts. I would miss seeing them.

I can't wait for my road trip. We're actually planning the trip around a Pearl Jam concert that we're seeing on a Saturday night in November. I'm taking the bus down to Arkansas where she lives the Thursday before and then we're roadtripping to Tulsa and staying there until Saturday, then driving on to OKC for the show. Taking our time getting back too.
We're going to travel down route 66 as much as we can and stop at all the touristy stuff and take cheesy pictures.

I'm going with one of my best friends and am so excited!

Mind. I'm so happy for you. I have fairy lrg suit case, n I don't eat much.I might be able to suck in my gut in so I can fit inside suit case,lol
U may want to make home made trail mix. I use original fiber one cereal n small bag of trail mix ( mostly nuts n lots of dry fruits ) in store bags of trail mix I mix the tow together. Original fiber one will kep you feeling full so graze on iy n make sure you have lots of water. also take single srveing acks of dry oatmeal, n bottle watern n cup w spoon.
Oat meal is quite healthy food, n it keeps us feeling full.
I always have green leaf salad n/r fiber cereal - dry n at least oz of ice water an hr before I go out to eat.
I always travel with small bags of grapes, bananas, apple... single servings. I also will take heath type between meals bars. Read lables.
. I buy off brand that is only 100 cals. ya that is a lot but I only eat 1/2 n save the other half for so called mid night refg raid.

There is no traffic,lke bch area traffic where I reside.
It has to be in water n/r air. evn tourist will stop on 4 lans to look at evn a wal mart store as like they have never sn a wal mart store.

I have used meiume to pass 2 cars that have leached on to each other whi have had me blocked behind them for 15 minutes.
That is common.

Jenn. I'm Miss Chatter Box. I shre everything, LOL. I even talk abiut how emportion it is to have reg BM's
so no matter what.we are here to share what ever hits our fancy.
Ya I talk about consitipation, LOL
We can n should share our good n bad n when we slip n when we binge ...
I'v been being since past Oct r Nov. sometime withi that time fram.
we can be stress n we don't know it ecept that our eating will show.
I seem to stress eat.Plus my friends ... no matter what I tell them, insist on keeping my kitchen freeze my coffee table cover n filled w junk and my weakness foods like pasta n seasoned w melted swiss chesse bread. pizza's n oh ya all kinds of chocolate foods n candies. My friends from church often bring me plates of meal's.I always give plate/meal to neighbor who is windower vet. I always make sure to find out what the different foods of late = meal tasted n what seasons was use so that woman at church won't know that I don't actually eat the food.
I quit attending church meals at church because all the foods always filled w grease salt meats that have fat trim. I found out that even the green leaf salad has bacon grease mixed in it. of course salads already have salad dressing on it.
I could toerate woman group lunchons. they always insis on eating at grease spoon rest.
I even paid for nice lunch for woman at 1 of my fav rest. they complained because it was't " country cooking " na I don't eat lard. no I ddon't use bread that soaked in butter to sop up grease on plate of food. at church luchons.dinners,they gross me out. I can't believe that even lrg plates can hold supper pilling over over laoded plate of foods. everyone thre evn go bk for 3rds n will take some home w them.

At 1 of chuch lunchons at church. I could make myself eat grease salt ... so I had som candy from hallway table. mid way into the lunchons the Pastor wife announces that they are having a contest of where ea person say what they think is number of candy, yep in jar of candy that on table in the hall way. LOL. it was the only thing that I found that I would eat,LOL
Na I didn't tell on myself. it's not like their going to set n recount the pcs of candy that was in a lrg jar. Nor did I tell on children, LOL

For 2 mo's I'v been eating nothing but fruit with exceptions I still have uncontrollable dys that I pig out n I can't stop myself from doing so.
The other day I was 2.000 cals above my daily goal : O
I just couldn't get enough bread type foods n bread. dang those who consistant fill my place with such unhealthy foods.
Next I'm going on all veg diet. Due these diets I still have protein drink n fiber cereal n muti vit.
then I'm going to have 1 fruit in morning , n 5 serving of veg.
after couple mo's on that diet I'm going to resume grazeing on fruits n veg's.

remember:
no grease white flour sugar.
limit starch salt carbs

Most fruits are sugar n carbs. I guess tha is reason that humming bird half to have sugar n carbs.
They are constantly moveing in fast pace
sugar gives us energy boost, carbs inables up to work out longer than we normally would be able to do. The down side the body grabs sugar n does what w it ? it grabs it as fast as possible to turn it into fat. to fill n keep cells/refg full.

C I yabble about anything, n everything thing so jump right in, do share tell us what your doing. yesterday I tried using the drier. LOL I don't know what to set the settings on for what type of clothing...so I hung them out.
That task got me up off me hinney. Of course after that task I managed not to stuff my face. however I did have 2 banana's n 1 plum, n hand full of fiber cereal, lol I stayed feeling full so I skip diner n had my reg evening snacks.
an hr r so before I go to bed I have 1/2 cup of fiber cereal dry n/r fruit, n always ice water.
that seems to help me get past the so called mid night refg raids, n when I still do raids I have lest food than I would if I hadn't had fiber n water befor bed time. oat meal works too. when I have oat meal befor bed time. I have 2 single serveing packs. I just about make a soup out of it. I want all the water I can get n oat meal stay with me for quit sometime.- keeping me feeling full.

Aa another endless novel I wrote. sorry sometimes I just get carried away.

Oh my I just look to c if my reply actually made it. it didn't apprear that it got send/sent.
Oh golly gee I'm so sorry for taking way to much of your time. I have wrote quit long novels but this time, it's like I wrote 2 books.
I must have grab rg coffee instead of 1/2 n 1/2 coffee when I made coffee.
That exsplains why I'm running instead of sleeping.