So how was everyone's weekend, other than dieting

[Desertthorn]

I had a quiet weekend. Took my friend to the train station as she is going to the airport to go on vacation to Vietnam. I am jealous that she is going on vacation but I think I can bypass Vietnam, although I have another friend who just came back and had a great time.
Oh, I did go shopping. Needed to get a birthday card for my eldest, and my DH needed to purchase yet another tool. What is it with men and tools. I can spend my entire life with a hammer, screwdriver and plyers...He needs to have a special tool for every project. LOL. (This project was he brought home a broken vacumn cleaner to see if he can fix it. Ok what is this with men and tools and the need to fix junk.

[Bugaboo]

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Tools...yes...my husband seems to need a special tool at least once a week. He's working on his Audi A90 and he's bought a bunch of new tools. I thought the GTI and my Jetta were bad. Lol! O'well...makes him happy. It's better than computer stuff he normally buys. I can't complain though. My car and my computer run great.

This weekend has been pretty pleasant. I haven't been feeling well so it's mainly just some puttering around. One of my older brothers is driving me bonkers though. I may have to hit our drinkin' thread in the Supporting Members forum earlier than usual. Lol!!! I've alredy complained about my noodle brother in there...I sound like a whiner today. I had a long talk with my Mom today. We live like 45 mins away from each other but we rarely talk on the phone or see each other. We do converse on our family's website every day though so that's probably why.

[knicknack]

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My weekend was kind of boring. I wasn't feeling so well - so I read a lot. Went to brunch with some friends on saturday. Spent some time outside.

I'm still feeling icky - i don't want to make my quiche.

[Starmaker]

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I watched INXS Rockstar as usual, (gotta see JD win) did a gig on Saturday, drank in some scenery, and tonight hubby is slaving away in the kitchen making me a seafood salad. I think he's gonna get some extra special fun tonight! (wink)

[clairebear]

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I had an awesome weekend as my husband (who works interstate, about 850km away) was home.
We went out of town to visit family on Saturday morning and then headed north and visited one of our favourite vineyards, we were then especially delighted to find a new one that we hadn't been to before, we ended up sitting down with the owner for over an hour and having a vertical tasting of their semillion vintages. Yum!
On Sunday, we battled the crowd at the fish markets and got some fresh prawns and oysters and headed to the botanical gardens for a feast. We sat by the harbour, looking out at the Opera House and the bridge, ripping apart giant Yamba prawns and slurping down oysters.
I love being a tourist in my own city, especially on a such a glorious, warm and sunny winter's day.
We even managed to drive pretty much all weekend with the roof down and NOT get sunburnt!
Plus, for the first time in ages, we were able to celebrate with food (yes, a bad thing I know but something I am just not going to be able to get away from - I am a foodie, it is all about emotion for me) and it was all healthy!

[Spikette]

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Weekend was quiet...which isn't a bad thing sometimes. I spent part of Saturday re-stocking the fridge with induction friendly items only... especially plenty of salad items..threw out the rest of the diferent dairy items I had been trying and finding out they weren't all that good for me.

I've been a member here for a little over a year and love the Atkins WOE. I did have some medical issues...some of which are still not resolved....problems with medicine side effects, one of which was weight and inches gain, compounded by my frustration at the clothes not fitting almost like overnight...so I would cheat a bit or just eat too much of the "legal" food. Experimented with owl but screwed that up too.

So...today is the first day of strict induction once again....I don't have that much to lose (maybe 11-12 lbs.) and hopefully the inches I've gained. I'm short and small boned so I really feel lousy with that amount of extra weight. I know it will be slower but that's fine...I'll just work harder...already have upped my exercise and cardio.

The rest of the weekend was spent cooking for the week so I have everything all set for my meals for the week. I feel better already just knowing I've re-committed and am back on track.

Have a great day!

[clairebear]

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Well done, Spikette.

Being organised and having copious amounts of appropriate food is such an advantage - sounds like you made good use of your weekend.

I hope your medication issues get sorted out so it doesn't feel like such an uphill battle

Keep up the enthusiasm.

[Sarah1341]

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I had a busy weekend. My dad visited from out of town on Friday and I went to a cook-out on Sunday. Proud to say that I managed both events cheat free. Exercise has been great. I exercised everyday except Tuesday and Friday last week. Already got my exercise in today. So, still feeling and going strong!

Hope everyone has a good week!!

[womanpraised]

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Had a fine weekend, spent Saturday looking at apartments in REALLY bad parts of town ... found one that I liked and was affordable and had a small yard, but all of the windows had bars on them, which I actually like, because I am a big baby about being at home alone at night (you would think after being alone for four years, I would have handled it by now, but NOOOOOO)... BUT you cant pop them in case of a fire. SOOOO it is a toss up as to whether I am wanting it because it is 200 less than anything else in town that size, and the manager/neighbor is the sweetest old lady you will ever meet, or if the neighborhood is too rough, the bars are too scary, and it is too far from mom and dad... sigh..

I dont mind a rough neighborhood, we hvae always lived in them since my ex left, I had nightmares last night about trying to get the kids out of the house in a fire though. We will see.

Had family dinner Sat night, and played cards, and did church and swam on Sunday, got the shopping and chopping for the week done. Crashed and burned diet wise Sunday, but we arent talking about that here.. Joined a gym.

Got all the chores in, and I test with two pds this week.. soooo thats all my news.

[Spikette]

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Well done, Spikette.

Being organised and having copious amounts of appropriate food is such an advantage - sounds like you made good use of your weekend.

I hope your medication issues get sorted out so it doesn't feel like such an uphill battle

Keep up the enthusiasm.

Thanks clairebear ...My enthusiasm is very high and it helps just posting about my "new start". Had a great day so far which started with Pilates workout at home and will end with cardio and weightlifting at the gym this evening.

All the medical stuff will eventually get figured out...I stopped the meds that gave me the problem and by now it should be out of my system :::crossing fingers::: It'll be all good !

[knicknack]

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I had the same thing happen, spikette. I had gained about 5-7 pounds of 'winter weight' which doesn't really bother me too much. but then I went on zoloft and zooooooooom within a month I'd gained 15 pounds. It was RIDICULOUS.

so, here I am. Not on zoloft anymore, needless to say!

[Spikette]

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Knickknack...my meds were Buproprion, and antidepressant..in the Wellbutrin Family...It was supposed to help me stop smoking...my gain was like 12 lbs...after that, then I was depressed...stopped the pills right away once I realized what they were doing. By then everything was screwed up.

One of my goals is the same as yours...to fit back into my pre-bupropion clothes

[californiacasey]

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I went to Palm Springs and cheated.
BUT today I am back on full-hog and raring to go!!!!
Went walking/jogging last night and will go again tonight, go to work off the excess carbs!

[knicknack]

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hey casey, did you go swimming? I know you were really worried about that before you left. Sounds like you had fun though!

[LOWCARBINCLEVELANDOH]

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I had a sick Doggy (barfarama!) Friday. Nothing serious, but it un-nerved me and I ended up getting sick myself on Sunday with a nervous stomach. Booshie was well by that time, but I was up all night with ping pong balls in my belly.

Feeling much better today.......