Roll Call Monday 12/24

[SandyL2002]

Good Morning Everyone.. Sorry I haven't been around.. I have been really really busy.. I still have 1 more gift to buy...for my Fil and I am going to two stores today and if I don't find it he is getting money for Christmas. I have spent my whole budget and I am hoping Hubby gives me more money so I can still get me a nice outfit.. Haven't found one yet.

I need to go by the grocery store too and get our traditional breakfast stuff..

I am NOT on plan..but I tell you what..I am sick of junk food.. I got a bag of cookies yesterday and I don't want them... Not that I haven't eaten sweets..but its like I had a binge and now I don't want them...

TOM is visiting here too...I hate him...lol

Have a good day!

[OzLover]

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Good Morning Stacers!

It is a beautiful morning here. The sun is coming up over the mountains & it is glorious. Orange with a tint of pink...I'm so lucky to see this every morning right out my window!!

Today is about wrapping presents for me. I need to get a few more groceries. I also need to pick up my mother who lives about 30" south of me. She will probably stay until Wednesday...depending on the weather.

Have a great day everyone! Make sure you do something for yourself today!

Glenda

[jersey]

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Good Morning Everyone ~

Today is 'run around' day: stocking stuffers, gift deliveries, grocery shopping etc. - oh and 1/2 day work too. Managed to wrap up a few gifts for the husband and tuck them under the tree yesterday.

Luckily the wind has died down dramatically - and the temps are up to 25 - yay!

Stayed on plan yesterday but the craving for sugar (chocolate) is there - need to get more focused on meal planning so I don't reach for the easy garbage. Trying to work with Fitday although I'm frustrated with it this time around - overestimating cals/carbs it seems but that's better than underestimating....

I'm with you, Sandy - I hate TOM too...and he hasn't arrived yet. The estrogen dump lately is fierce...and the night sweats have me up every couple of hours - arghh.

off to do the treadmill, then barn chores and then to face the holiday crowd.

Merry Christmas Eve to All

[cgdat136]

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back down to 253.5 this morning. i am starting to feel like a ping pong ball....255, 253, 255, 253!! and i am having some difficulty breaking to the down side but i remained focused and disciplined. i tried to get my brother to go on atkins and come to these boards......but i see some book on the coffee table, the sonoma diet?! i wish him luck and all....but this is the best game in town!!

[ShiningStarr]

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Good Morning Everyone!


Well I have been MIA lately and off plan. I am not happy about being off plan but I am not beating myself up about it. It is what it is and on Dec 26th I will be back on plan!

The funny thing is I have been getting tons of compliments this weekend. Talk about guilt! Anyways it gives me the motivation to get right back on track. Also I had been getting lazy about my WOE ( not using fit day, not exercising) so I am using this time to get my bum in gear and get back on plan the right way. I have made up menus ahead of time and already entered it into Fitday to know how many Carbs I am at. I do have one question though....Should I do 2 weeks of induction....or just enough to get past the cravings and then start up the rungs?? Any info would be great!!

Ok I have babbled long enough! Have a Merry Christmas Eve!

[chicamarun]

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Morning everyone! Got up - did my 10 minute workout.... I was too sore to do the extra 10 minutes, my side is killing me and I don't know why - but it made me sleep awful!

But I'm up - we have our 1st baby lamb of the season (lil boy) which is very exciting for me.

I haven't lost anything but I'm ok with it - I'll probably show something later this week.

I put on a shirt and IT FIT! That's exciting for me It was super tight this past summer where it was embarassing if I wore it.

So I start cooking soon - my in laws came yesterday and we have some friends coming around 11 to exchange gifts and I get to start cooking soon. I'm making the pumpkin cheesecake from the atkins site and it takes awhile.

Have a wonderful day everyone! If you celebrate x-mas I hope santa is good to you If you don't - have fun and go see some of these great movies that are out - LOL - just don't tell me about them cause I'm cheap and have to wait until the DVD comes out to Netflix!

[SandyL2002]

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Good Morning Stacers!

It is a beautiful morning here. The sun is coming up over the mountains & it is glorious. Orange with a tint of pink...I'm so lucky to see this every morning right out my window!!

I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see the mountains every morning when I wake up...

[tmn]

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Good morning, all. I've been MIA here for much too long. Because of everyones' schedules, we had our family Christmas get-together yesterday. With the exception of enjoying a quiet spirit-filled Christmas tomorrow, all the craziness and junkfood is done. So I can spend these two days starting to get back on track from scratch. I weighed myself this morning and was both shocked and not too surprised. Time for all the carbs to go. I've got a lot of serious planning and preparing to do so I stay on track at work. I'm also still getting my own life back in order after the past few years (especially this last one) - REALLY hoping to make major progress in everything this coming new year.

Merry Christmas!

[spirittalker]

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Good morning all. I have been doing fairly good sticking to plan. Yesterday at my moms the only thing she had even remotely safe was ham. I ate two servings of that and green bean casserole. I came home after and had a nice chicken salad. She gave us a bunch of buckeyes and in order to not eat those i made myself some SF cocoa. Not the greatest day yesterday but considering how it could have gona down i am really proud of myself. Yesterday morning i weighed in at 168.8 but today up to 171. I am definitely keeping in minmd with all the salt from the ham and the casserole that i am definitely holding onto some water. Today is about work and getting the last minute things taken care of. I realized late last night that i will need to provide some sort of food for my family who is rolling up to my house around 1pm. See i am doing breakfast for my boyfriends family so i thought i was off the hook for the rest of the day but it turns out my family decided to come by too. Argghhh. If anyone has any quick and easy ideas...oh and cheap cheap cheap. This holiday is really hurting my credit cards at this point.

[colleenieweenie]

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Happy Christmas Eve!

My baby turns 2 today - kinda makes me sad He was throwing up last night and thankfully, this morning, he's ok (knock on wood).

Weighed in at 115. I'm heading out for spin class in an hour - looking forward to working my bootie off!

Today is a pretty mellow day - I've already done all of my shopping, gotten stocking stuffers, etc - just need to make some cookies for Santa (one santa does Atkins, the other does not ) We have already had a B-day party for Nicholas, so we'll just give him a cupcake tonight.

Hope you all have a beautiful day and a very Merry Christmas tomorrow!!!!

WAIT!! Quick question - Our tradition is to go out for Chinese food on Christmas day. Is there ANYTHING I can eat that's legal, or close to legal? Egg Drop Soup? Steamed chickie? Any ideas??

[Evermind]

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Morning, all!

Well, we don't do Christmas, our holiday was earlier this month, so today is an easy day! I do need to go back to the grocery store, though, and load up on stuff that I forgot to get yesterday.

Sorry to hear about so many people off plan, but I think it would be almost impossible for me to resist the temptations if they were in my house and at every home I visited. So here's the thing, Shining Starr: go back and do 2 weeks of induction. Gotta cleanse the system of the carbs and sugars. Induction is the way to go, and 2 weeks is exactly how long it takes.

I haven't even looked at the scale in a week, and don't have the urge to. I don't feel like I've lost, and my clothes fit the same. I'm still not able to work out and I do think that once I am able to, the weight will start to come off again. I took a look at my daily menus for the last 4 weeks and there's nothing, nothing at all, that would be causing a stall. Every OWL food I'm eating I've been eating since at least October, with no problem. I think I started a PISS and then with the car accident and not being able to exercise, it just took on a life of its own.

Anyway, I hope all of you have an absolutely wonderful Christmas! Take care!

[tangotori]

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Merry Christmas (Eve) to those STACers who celebrate!
Happy Holidays to those who celebrate other wonderful traditional days!!

Things are going pretty well for me... I really wanted a cookie yesterday, but was able to stay clear. Hubby ate a little piece of cake and I had a bite - that's been my only transgression so far... wish me luck that I don't give in to anything else!! I did find that I ate a few too (not too much) many peanuts yesterday... they really helped me stay away from the cookies.

I'm off to Walmart this morning to buy my final two gifts - I have to pick up some fluffy slippers for my step-kids' Mom and a little gift for their new brother. She's not my favourite person (she undermines my efforts with her kids), but it's important to show the kids a different face AND it IS Christmas. Then I'm done!! My family is celebrating Christmas this evening - we go to a steak restaurant for dinner (I'm looking forward to it!) and then we all return here to open gifts and stockings. Then hubby will take the kids to thier Mom's place... and my son will probably head out and hang with his friends. He's 20 and hanging with friends is more fun then hanging with Mom ... hubby and I will have the rest of the evening to ourselves!!

I don't know if I'll be checking in tomorrow... we're using the day to lay some flooring. We have SOOOO much work to do to prepare for the new kitchen cabinets that are being delivered Jan. 10th!! So if I don't... Merry Christmas!!

Have a wonderful day, tomorrow!!!!
Say legal if you can!!
Vickie

[hopejoy]

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Good Morning!
I'm still struggling with the TMJ pain today, and headache... doing some research on it, and it could be related to a magnesium defiencency... bit my tongue as I was drifting off to sleep last night, so going to go to sports authority today and try to find a cheap mouth guard to wear at night so I don't wreck my teeth ... argh! that should be fun! (not!) Once the holidays are over I'll go to my dentist for a real one.

Also taking my son to the ortho doc this am, dropping off presents to my mom and step mom... finishing up some more embroidery dish towels to take to the hostess of a Christmas eve party I'm going to tonight...
Yesterday I walked about 4 miles, it was soooo nice. Our cousin get together was also nice... minus my kids whining about it that is... why is it that kids like to bring up controversial topics at large gatherings? Son saying he wants to be a Navy seal vs go to college... argh! no wonder I'm clenching my teeth!

Well, I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas eve... and for those who don't celebrate it have a great day too! Stay out of the malls! It's a gorgeous day today, I'd love to take another long walk today!

Keep on keeping on! say no!
liz

[AlaskaGirl]

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Happy 12/24 STAC'ers-

I am sorry to hear so many of US are having a hard time- but how about a 2 week induction thread after Christmas tomorrow?

I have my good eating days and then I have Christmas. I am planning on eating on plan but things happen.

I have a lot of work to do today. I have to run to the market and get a few thing early today but I am done shopping.

Julie

[blue996]

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Hi Everyone,

I am doing well and sticking to plan despite being at my family's home surrounded by lots of non-legal food. Haven't been using fitday as my laptop is at home but if anything I am eating less here as I don't have all the foods available that I do at home. I am busy shopping (for me...yeah! as my Christmas shopping is done) and visiting all my friends that I miss since moving away. Tomorrow is the big test but I am feeling like I have lost in the past few days and don't want to mess that up. Take care everyone!