Sat roll call 9/22

[BLAZING IN FL]

I'm up early on a Saturday...what is wrong with me????

Are we in check?

1. Make sure you are using fitday to monitor your food intake.

2. Start a journal stat log and for fun a journal chat log.

3. Join a few challenges

4. If you've been here long enough...reach out and be a mentor to a newbie.

For me i need to be a mentor...so off i go to find them

[tulsanurse1]

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Good morning . Im Laurie and Im so happy to have you all here, very grateful. This is my second time doing Atkins and today is my third day in Induction. My start weight was 269. Its a great morning, still feel kind of lost with the plan but Im using fit day and reading DANDR. I got on the scales this morning, couldnt help it lol. I weigh 260. I made sure the scales were in the exact same place and kept stepping on and off, seeing if it could possibly be right. Same reading, over and over. Man this is a great day.

[plsmachic]

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well good morning

I'm up 1 lb. today, but I know why...

Today is a new day I'm going to look at a couple of condo's today... I may be moving soon...

Let's hope all goes well

[OzLover]

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Vacation comes to an end today. I'm glad to be going back home as I miss my bed, my cats & the cooler weather. I'll be glad to be back in my own little environment where I feel I have more control. Although I will miss my DD tremenously.

I'm glad to be going back home as I've had a few slips while in Memphis. I'm not beating myself up as I could have easily gotten out of control. I've walked alot & kept up with my H2O most days. I'm grateful for the ADBB as reading everyone's post has helped me.

Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!! Thanks for listening!

Glenda

[mitzimarie]

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Good Saturday Morning, All

Just breezing through real quick. I wanted to connect with y'all as I haven't signed in here in a few days - been really busy!

It's good to see some new faces here, and I just want to remind everyone to post often. Your trials and tribulations - let us know how you're feeling about this WOE and if you ever, ever have questions, make sure to come here and ask. Someone will be happy to help.

Have an awesome day, fellow STACers!

[Outback Jess]

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Morning everyone, I can feel the buzzzz off this place today.
Laurie, girl you are doing great! Day three is here and day for is gonna feel even better. Keep posting, sharing, reading drinking that water and get moving in some fashion, walking or biking or swimming something needs to start very very gently but it will take your mood to an even higher level!

[Sherri]

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Good Morning ALL! It's been a while since I checked in. Didn't want you to think I fell off the face of the earth. I'm still at it and feeling great. I've added knew excercise to my regimine. I've kept my 125 pounds off and am gearing up to get the rest off. I'm just so happy that I've maintaned my loss. Jess you look fantastic. I love your new pic. Mitzi, congradulations on the smaller size of jeans. That's a feel good,ha. Blazing, look at you girl! You are doing so great, proud of you! Tulsanurse1, welcome! You're off to a great start using fitday and having DANDR in hand. Plsmachic, good luck on the condo.Gmitroff, there's nothing like the comforts of home, ha. You'll get back in the swing of things in no time. Wishing all of you and those who I miss a great weekend. HUGS!

[Evermind]

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Well, hello, everyone!

Today was supposed to be a fast day for me, but my rabbi told me and a couple of other people doing this woe not to fast. It will devastate our blood sugar, he said, and is a setup for a binge at break-fast. That, he said, is setting yourself up to sin as soon as you are done atoning!

I couldn't agree more. I had been trying to figure out if I could just have a dash of cream every few hours, but this makes more sense: I'm going to eat. There are many things to do to atone, and fasting is not required for many people.

I've been doing a lot of reflecting this week and was up several times last night "reflecting" - actually, my brain was just not letting go of painful subjects: for the last 3 days in a row, a colleague of mine has dumped 3 years of resentments on me, and it's been painful. She didn't even stop after our principal told her she was unreasonable, untruthful, and needed to end it! I spent about an hour yesterday in tears. I was hoping that was that, but obviously my mind needed to keep working it through.

Which leads me to my reflection: So many times we decide that we know something, or are done with something, or understand something fully, and it turns out.........we don't. Our brains are smarter than our hearts. They are hard-wired to keep processing or to WANT to keep processing, even when our hearts are saying "ok, got it! Nuff!".

Which is why.........

1. Even though I know exactly why I have eaten unhealthy food and too much of it, I still need to think about it on a regular basis.

2. Even though I know all about how to eat on this woe, I still need to read articles and the DANDR book.

3. Even though I know all about being patient, and letting my body take the weight off at its own rate, I still need to experience the impatience, and then talk my way out of it.

Some of us do this with self-talk. Some with journaling. Some with mentoring. Some with just coming here and posting.

Just like with atoning (or a bazillion other things in life), there are many ways to do it. We just have to find the right ones for the right situations!

[partytrouble]

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Hi yall,

Wow Laurie, way to go! Mitzi, I can't see your pics for some reason, but I am sure you look fabulous! Blazin, I still can't get over how thin you are!!

Have a great day all! I am headed out the door to go for a (short) run and then maybe take my bike to REI to get tuned up. Jess has inspired me!

[guekjian]

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Hey Evermind! Your post hit the spot like a ton of bricks...Did me good to see (once again) that I am not the only one asking myself questions, not the only one who NEEDS to come here many times a day to keep myself on track and to know that I am not alone...to know that I am not the only one with trials and tribulations in my personal and professional life, and that those trials are not an excuse to give up on everything. Thanks to everyone on these boards...you all inspire in different ways...

[lc_angel_08]

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Hi well its day 3 of induction and besides having to run to the ladies room every 10 minutes everything is fine. I've been able to keep my net carbs to under 20 even with my soy shake so I am doing good there. I'm not drinking as much water as I should be so I'll have to add that to my list of things to work on. Well I have tons of work to get done today just wanted to check in real quick.

[Sweet Strudel]

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Mornin Peoples!

Blazin...check on all of those, cept I don't have a Journal Stat page. I'm not sure either I'm ready to be a mentor, I think I still need too much help myself!

Laurie...big hugs and congrats to you girl. Look at you go. I can just picture you, on the scale, off the scale, on the scale, off the scale...yup its true! Yipppeeeeee. So nice to have you here!

plsmachic...good luck on finding the new condo. I think it would be fun to look!

gmitroff...there is truely no place like home. I am sure you will miss your daughter though. Still, the comfort of ones own surroundings, well you just can't replace it.

Mitzi...our little cheerleader! I just love you!

Jess...as reved up as ever I see. You just exude enthusiasim!

Sherri...nice to see you again. 125lbs...WOW...thats more than my 18 year old daughter weighs...what an awesome accomplisment! You Rock!

Evermind...your post is food for thought as usual. Thank you.

Partytrouble...nice to see you back on a regular basis as well. You're doin great with the runnin and all. Keep up the good work!

guekjian...my fellow Canuck...I agree we all need and use this board in so many different ways. Each of us filling a different need for others. I don't know what I would do without it and I'm never gonna find out!

lc angel...thanks for checkin in....try and get more water in if you can, its SO important! You're doin great though!

OK..so I hope I didn't miss anyone. Thanks to all of you and many more for keeping me on track and accountable.

Ya'll have a great legal day!

[AlaskaGirl]

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Good Morning STAC'ers

Happy Saturday! I have another beautiful busy day planned. We will be hosting our neighbors for dinner, drinks and poker. I have to work on the menu but I am thinking about BBQ Turkey Burgers with all the fixings. I will wrap min in lettuce. I will make a few different vegi's maybe cucumbers in vinegar/water and a nice salad.

I am doing most of the things Blazin suggests except the fitday. I write mine down in a food journal. I simply can not bring myself to use fit day again yet.... It is to time consuming (I have plenty of experience with it) I think it is a great tool and I may use it again.

Have a great day

Julie

[hopejoy]

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Hi, Just checkin' in...
gotta run... work day today... dh is gonna walk with me...
Evermind... that was a great post...
you guys rock!
hugs,
liz

[mitzimarie]

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Hello, again!

I don't know what's up with the pictures lately. Several people have said that they can't see my pics, but I'm looking at them right now! Although, this morning for a little while and last night for a little while, all I could see was a red X where the pics should be. So, I think it is something with the board sometimes, maybe? I don't know why they are there sometimes and not others. But like I said, it's only been a couple of times for a short peroid of time that I couldn't see them. In case y'all still can't see my current pic, I'll try to paste it into this post. Here goes... (it's kinda big)



This pic is at 143 pounds. I weigh once a week on Sundays and weighed 139 last Sunday. That makes tommorow a weigh day. We'll see what happens.

Evermind, your post was awesome. I can't imagine being in the position of having someone dump on me like that... wow. That had to hurt. On the brighter side, I think the advice that your rabbi gave you about the fast was very practical and right on. Your heart is in the right place, and you will find a meaningful, personal way to atone.

Sherri, baby! Yes, I have thought about you... but I knew you hadn't gone far. It is great to have you back. Yes, I was strutting around the boutique yesterday in my new size 8 jeans and a new top I had gotten. Customers who come in every few weeks or so are really starting to notice the difference and just kind of stare at me when they are talking to me now. Pretty good for the ego...

Julie, I know that Fitday is a giant pain in the a$$ at first. But, with practice and some shortcuts, it is not time consuming at all. Seriously, I can do a whole days worth of data in a total of 10 minutes, tops. I will be the first one to admit that it can be quite frustrating, until you learn it well and customize it to your needs. If you haven't see some of the posts I have made recently about making Fitday easier and you want me to re-post them, I will find them and do that. Just let me know.

OK, I have more that I could say, but we have discovered fleas in my son's bedroom. Yikes... it's from his cat, who pretty much lives in there with him. So I have to engage in Operation Flea Removal. Wish me luck!