Roll Call 4/20/09 Monday

[EverLosing]

Yay....Monday. The only good thing about Monday for me is it's another week for another stab at a loss!! I do despise Mondays!!

Hope everyone stays on plan and has a great day!

[OzLover]

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I'm also in the despise Monday camp!

Have the best day possible & drink your H20.

[Grniidgrl]

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LOL Ev! I agree!

Today is my weigh/measure day for the week and just about the only thing to look forward to on a Monday.

Made it through a baby shower yesterday without cheating on the cookies, cakes and pasteries they had. Instead I ate a few strawberries (I am not on that rung - some would call that a cheat - I do not ) and called it a dessert. I'm on plan .. lost a pound.. but not claiming it until I see it for few days.

Welcome newcomers!

Have a great day all!
~ Dana ~

[kellymch2006]

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Dana, I definitely don't call that a cheat and neither would the good Doctor. That, girl, is making a good decision.

As for myself, Monday is weigh day and NOTHING. This ten pounds is starting to get really discouraging. I think I'm going to start running again AGAINST the advice of my chiropractor.

Everyone have a great day!!!!

[SandyL2002]

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Good morning.. I am starting not to like Monday's myself.. I have a 4 day work week this week though.. I went in yesterday to let someone go home early so she could get to cleaning cause her family was coming today.,..

I ate right yesterday and believe it or not the scale is down.. I don't claim losses until Sunday's though.... I have to figure out what I am going to eat this weekend because my daughter has a 3 day dance competition and you can't take food in.. and walking back and forth to the car is hard on my feet...

Have a great day!

[Zarabelle]

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Morning all

Gorgeous, sunny day here in the UK.

One hour body pump class under my belt for this morning

I'm having a major house tidy today so that will burn some more calories.

Have a nice day

[mrs.davis1021]

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Good morning all. Sorry I've kept you waiting with an update to my "situation". I've been having a rough couple of days.

Anyway - I took the test and it was negative. Not sure how to feel about that right at the moment, but the problem is (sorry if this is too much info) my periods are so random, that I have NO idea when my next one is supposed to start. If I were normal, it wouldnt be till about the first week of next month, so Im going to wait and test again in a week. I have definite symptoms though, and I hate to think this could all be in my head. I almost wish I was on birth control, so this would be a non issue at this point, but being on birth control when your married and do want to have children seems pointless doesnt it? Grrrrr.

So I guess for the time being, while I'm playing the waiting game - did I mention I hate this? - I will move up to maintenance just to be on the safe side. I'm going to continue with the 6WEC (mostly just walking) until I know for sure. I despise the fact that I will have to reinduct if I'm not pregnant, but I also want to make sure that I'm doing the right thing for the baby if I am. I'll continue to check in and let everyone know how things are going.

Thank you everyone for being so supportive right now. I really need it!

[bellajgw]

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It is a rainy Monday morning as I begin Day 2 of my third attempt at Atkins. I have humbled myself before the Atkins Altar and beg forgiveness for thinking I could do it on my own and in my own way, with a new 20 pound gain showing just how wrong I was.

This time we do it right. This time no diet coke binges, no off-days to satisfy our sweet toothes, no large bowls of frozen whipped cream as a daily desert. Nope, it's water water water, jello on occasion, and strict adherance because we know it works.

This morning I came into my office to major temptation. Someone brought in, wait for it, a huge bag of mini-Reaces Cups and two packages of cookies. Meanwhile, I brought in all my unopened boxes of pasta, rice, soups, etc, for our food bank drive.

My goal today, lots of water, stick to the food I brought with me, ignore the temptation, and walk up and down 1 flight of stairs at lunch. Oh, and figure out this board so I can get my signature to show up.

Good luck to you all, best wishes!

[FLdoodette]

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Yeah, Mondays can be a Barf-o-rama, no doubt about that ... yet another funky storm system headed Florida's way. Whoopee. Anyway, hope y'all have better weather and a great low-carb day!

[Slapshot]

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I'm glad it's Monday. This weekend was tough. While at a hockey game, I bought a cookie for my Dad. The nice lady gave me *two* cookies because they were "small" ( they were about 6" in diameter!). So, here I am with a warm chocolate cookie under my seat in its little nice wax bag. I'm thinking, there's no way I can make it through this game with that cookie there, so I took it out, let it touch the floor on each side, and put it back in the bag. I'm such a germophobe that knowing it touched the floor took away all the cravings.

Then, yesterday, my wife and son got ice cream bars from the ice cream truck. I was fine until I opened my son's and took a whiff of that yummy chocolate. Then, he saw I didn't have one and offered me a bite ("but not the FIRST one"). I politely told him my belly was full and to enjoy it. Ahh, the day to day weekend temptations!

[tfek70]

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Well, let me spread some sunshine and good vibes across the board this morning. It's a glorious Monday. I had an awesome 45 minute power aerobics session this morning after a week of being a complete slug. Everlosing and I are quitting smoking together, today is day 1 for me, she started yesterday. I had a few I needed to burn. I actually quit last night. I feel like I'm back on track. Thank you to everyone that flooded my PM box with encouragement. It was very nice to see how many people are being soooo supportive during my self destructive phase. Thanks also to the people that gave me a kick in the pants at roll call. I think I might just be through with my bad behavior.

I'm going to test drive my "new to me car" today. My doctor is selling me his Subaru WRX. I'm getting a sweet deal. My car isn't doing so hot due to the flooding issue.

Have as happy a Monday as you can pull off everyone!

T. J.

[gmule]

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Today is my Tuesday I work on Sundays. I am having a nice omlette for breakfast.
Hope everyone has a great day.

[AlaskaGirl]

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Happy Monday STAC'ers

I feel good today. My back is sore but I slept pretty good and my husband had to wake me up at 6:30 am (I usually wake up on my own by 6 am). The sun is shining and my house is clean

Induction is going well- yesterday was great. Being prepared makes a huge difference. Meal planning and having on hand legals is very important.

Today is my exercise day for the 6WEC. I will go to the gym and sweat today no excuses.

TJ- awesome news about quiting smoking. Have fun with the "new" car.

Slap- I had a similar problem last night. My daughter made choc chip cookies for her BF and they were so tempting. I made her take them down stairs out of sight out of mind.

MrsDavis- I am sorry Life sucks sometimes.

Julie

[rajenki]

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Morning all!

I'm feeling 85% better from my over-weekend cold. Man...was that annoying. We finally had some gorgous weather on a weekend and I was stuck in bed.

My scale is back down at 285.8 this morning...but right now I can only attribute that to the fact that I have zero water retention after laying in bed all weekend. My gams look GREAT though...so I wore a dress to work today.

Being sick really makes you struggel with comfort food cravings. I tell ya...friday night as I was driving home from work sick as a dog, I was plotting a horrific binge in my head...I had it all figured out. If I would have stopped at the grocery store, it woulda been all over for me. But instead...I drove home. I'm not gonna lie and say I made it through with flying colors...I did end up eating something off plan, but it's not NEAR as bad as what I could have done. I ended up eating 2 hard taco shells. Coulda been worse. I believe I ate approximately 50g of carbs in those two shells. That's as bad as it got though, through the whole weekend. I didn't run out and buy the donuts I actually wanted.

Last night I made a recipe I found on another low carb message board for "crack slaw"....I mean, it was all right...but I wouldn't call it addictive by any means. I have the leftovers from that here with me for lunch today. Breakfast was celery and cream cheese. I have bacon with me for mid-day snacks. Dinner tonight...well last night I was at the grocery store picking up cabage and green onions for my crack slaw and spotted tonights dinner in the meat case. It's a chicken breast with 3 asparagus spears and cheddar cheese stuffed inside. I guess I just have to bake it for 30 minutes. Can't get more atkins friendly than that...so that's tonights dinner.

Here's to the start of a great week!
Becki

[BongMeye]

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Good morning..Mondays are always good for a restart... so here I am...starting my journal today.