Friday Morning Roll Call!!!

[partytrouble]

Good morning y'all!!

Hooray, it's FRIDAY!! I am so excited that for once I am not the very last person on the thread, but that I am actually STARTING the thread! This never happens! Unfortunately, it is happening because it is 2am here and I am still up taking care of last minute details for my best friend's wedding Saturday. The 6am alarm is going to come early!

I don't have any sage words of wisdom, except to say that I appreciate all of you and am getting to know you all better gradually. The support and friendship offered unconditionally here is fantastic. I loved how everyone rallied around Sandy yesterday, and it reassures me that I, too, have a safety net here. Just that reassurance and security makes it that much easier for me to stay committed to this WOE.

Thanks for being so great, all of you! Have wonderful days and a refreshing and relaxing weekend!

[buffy67]

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Hey, Party:

Gratitude is a great way to start the day. And I agree, the support here is so awesome!!! Have a great time at the wedding! Send pics of you!

Friday is here! I'm going to focus on my veggies and running and water. Easy enough!

Grateful for everybody!

Buddy

[speedyturtle]

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Morning, people were not made to get up before the sun (hehe) certainly not me!!!
have a big work day today, early inventory. I am greatful that I like my job and my family is supportive of me. So nice to have you guys to check in with, gots to go. will check back tonight. Have a GREAT day.

[SandyL2002]

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Good Morning Everyone.. Thanks for my thread.. I started not to say anything.. Cause truly no one would know.. But its been a real struggle lately.. I want to be normal.. I want to go to a cookout and eat a Hamburger ON the bun... Even though that hamburger is good by itself...

So I cheated...I enjoyed the ice cream and hopefully its out of my system (the need to cheat)

I have another busy day..When don't I... Got some appointments with my son...(he is my child that I have a lot of issues with) he is almost 18 in December and he is constantly in trouble.. He has lost his license for 3 months...because of two speeding tickets...and he now has to do Community Service..so what does that mean.. It means that I have to get him from Point A to Point B.. so that is adding even more stress on me.. I can't make him find his own way as we live in the country big time... We are doing some Father's Day Shopping today too..

Oh...I am going shopping for a new bathing suit.. I was going to try to make mine wait through the summer...but it has a skirt and its hanging too long..and my top is too big and I am tired of holding it up.. Fashion Bug has their suits at 40% off this week..

I plan to get back to Water Aerobics on Tuesday also...

My daughter has a bowling tournament tonight at 7pm and tomorrow at 9am.. We might just stay the night near there.. Cause its so late at night and so early in the morning..

Have a great day!

[obkbbby]

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Good morning, all! I didn't finish packing my classroom yesterday, but I am taking the day off today! (I'll go back in for a couple of hours tomorrow.) Today I'm taking my mil to the doctor and my ds Father's Day shopping. We've done most of it. Just finishing up today.

I'm thankful for my family, friends, this board , and a job I love. I'm thankful that I've finally gotten wise enough to do something about my health!

Sandy - I need to go shopping for a bathing suit, too, for our trip to water country! Thanks for mentioning the sale. Think it's a national thing? I think I'll stop by today. And don't worry about the cheat. Today is a new day!

Everyone else - have a great day!!!

[ValidRouge]

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HEre and IN. TOM is here, and giving me cravings. I'm fighting it. Didn't get enough water yesterday was at airport all day. Yuck.

Toda is a new day, going to focus just on today, just on HONORING my own wishes and goals.

Sandy, you've GOT to change the "self talk". What is NORMAL? Is eating the stupid hamburger on a bun and being 100 lbs overweight any more NORMAL than being 100 lbs less and not eating the bun, the pasta, the candy, the ice cream????

[Outback Jess]

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Good morning, I agree gratefulness is a wonderful way to start off the day...I am grateful yesterday is over! It was such a hard day emotionally. I do believe that the L-Glutamine is working Joy...it's helped in the craving arena a big! Yesterday with the more intense emotins, I usually stumble around eating here and there, but not these last few days! Nope! I am very sore today and will take the day off from exercise, but all is well on all fronts!

[Luvmybabies]

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Good Morning! I've had a crazy busy week, haven't been settling in at the computer until the evening. My 2yo has had speech, occupational, physical and feeding therapy visits this week - I'm exhausted!

Feeling good, today is a quiet at home day. Just catching up on laundry and starting to pack up the house. We are moving soon and I've been dreading packing. This is the only home my kiddos have known, so I'm a little sad but I know that we'll be better off where we are going (more space). Just worried about the transition with my youngest, he doesn't handle change very well at all.

Enough babbling lol! I'm off to start my laundry!

[mitzimarie]

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Sandy, you've GOT to change the "self talk". What is NORMAL? Is eating the stupid hamburger on a bun and being 100 lbs overweight any more NORMAL than being 100 lbs less and not eating the bun, the pasta, the candy, the ice cream????

Good Morning, All

Joy is right, Sandy. Don't dwell on what other people have, dwell on what you have that they don't - the fortitude to take care of yourself. I wish you had reached the point where seeing someone eating a bun wouldn't make you feel deprived. I can assure you that you will be like that one day if you stick with it. Good for you for planning to go back to water aerobics!

Thanks for starting the roll call this morning, Party. I enjoyed your post.

Buffster! I am so impressed with your running. I'll stick to walking, but dang, you go girl! And good for you on those veggies.

Speedy, hope work goes well. It's great that you have a job that you like... really a blessing!

Cheri - bathing suit shopping! Hope it goes well.

Jess - glad to know that all is well on all fronts.

Luvmybabies - Ah, moving. Yikes! I moved a little over 2 years ago. Man, that is such an undertaking. And yeah, my little man didn't like the move at all... it took him a while to get over it. Wishing you well with that.

I am grateful for finding my way back to Atkins and for the support of this board. Hope all of you have a good daay.

[Tack Candy]

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Hi Everyone,

Tomorrow I leave for the Outer Banks for a 2 week vacation!!!! No access to a PC but I will be with you guys in thought everyday. I think I am down 2 lbs. but I have one of those "leaner" scales so I can't be certain. I hope when I get on the scale when I get back I will notice an undeniable loss. (no access to a scale there either)

Sandy, it's funny. You have a dancer daughter around my dancin' daughter's age (15?) and I also have a son that is close in age to yours (mine's 19). UGH, boys. I have had my fair share of issues with him as well and I don't feel out of the woods yet. I think boys these days have it rough passing from childhood to manhood. Alot of my son's problems come from self esteem issues and I don't know how to help. He is still living at home and should probably move out but it is hard. He will always be "my little flumpkin" (lol) too which may be part of his problem. Anyone who says it gets easier as they grow older doesn't have kids IMHO.

Have a wonderful weekend all. (I wonder how long it will take for me to go through 2 weeks of ADBB posts when I get back?????)

Be good!
Candy

[MorningGlory]

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Good morning!
I feel grateful this morning for the fact that I am not a slave to food or an unhealthy lifestyle any longer.

I don't feel deprived .... I feel sorry for those people who continue to shove processed garbage into their bodies without a backward glance. I feel sorry for anyone who doesn't know the "high" you get with an invigorating workout, or the feeling at the end of the day of having lived another day in a healthy, positive way, and for being the one responsible for making that happen.

Every one of us faces challenges, good and bad, every day. It's how we choose to get through them that matters. We can defeat, or be defeated.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

[ValidRouge]

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Great post MG!

Jess, I'm glad the L-glutamine is working for you.

Sandy, you might want to give the L-glutamine a try. Powdered form, you can get it at health food stores. 1 heaping teaspoon in cream (or other drink) a day.

[DebOnAtkins]

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Good Morning Everyone!

I actually got here early for a change. This is my sixth day of induction and things are going great. I increased my water intake yesterday and plan to increase it more today.

Sandy I identified with you in your post about your son today. It is not easy raising boys. My son is 27 (I had him at a young age) he went through a very rough period and it wasn't until he was out on his own and made to stand on his own two feet that he turned his life around. I truly believe that boys mature slower than girls do. These days my son is settled with his own home and family, with a good job and I don't have to worry about him quite as much anymore. Hang in there Sandy and keep fighting the good fight. Today is a new day and you can make it.

Tomorrow morning we leave on vacation for a week. I am grateful to have almost of week of induction under my belt before I go. As I said before there will be alot of temptations in San Francisco I am sure and my daughter is already planned to hang out at Ghiradelli's and get a big huge sundae! The brat. But she is only 12 what does she care about induction eh?

Have a great day everyone and keep on keepin' on. I will be thinking about you guys. Write you to when I get back.

Deb

[Sheepie]

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Hi! I'm at work and it's busy, so I can't chat.

[hopejoy]

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Morning everyone! Also feeling very thankful today, even though I am crampy and sore from TOM and workouts... have a busy morning. Have to drop off my secret pals' birthday surprise and rush back for my haircut! Then I can exersize. Can't wait too... it makes me feel so much better! Last night at work was surprised at how much energy I had. Been working out like crazy, really has increased my energy level. Yeah! Have to work all weekend. I work alot then have a lot of time off...
Anyways, Sandy: hang in there and slow down!!!! Take some time to nurture and care for the most important person... YOU! You are very important!
MorningGlory! Great post!'
Have a beautiful day everyone!
liz