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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Fat? :tongue2: I worked hard eliminating it all from my diet, now I have to bring it back. :smile2: Thanks for the tip Janet. I'll try it. I've noticed my hair loss is still steady. It hasn't gotten any worse, but it hasn't really improved either. I think I still need my protein shakes because I'm not getting enough elsewhere. But I'll look into this fat business. More fish and olive oil. And I'll try and find time and space for nuts. I've eased up on myself lately. I'm just so tired of beating myself up all the time to keep at this tough pace of losing weight. So I decided I wasn't going to be so demanding. It's okay. I'm loving the increase in exercise and I was just thinking this morning that I need to increase my incline and speed levels again on my treadmill workout as it's becoming easy. It's very strange. Every time I increase I think to myself that I'm really pushing the limit and there's no way I could go higher or faster. But I'm not struggling anymore like I did when I increased at the beginning of the month. I remember cursing Janet. But next month I'll kick it up a notch. BAM! My weight is still steady on 172 but I really do notice the difference in my body shape. Some of my clothes fit better but others are getting baggy. I'm going to have to buy smaller jeans again soon as my 12s are beginning to look silly and my 10s getting looser. My workout pants are medium. :scared2: I think the last time I was a medium my mother was still buying clothing for me. Even though my weight seems to have plateaued, I don't think I need a fill. I have enough restriction there. I still don't feel hungry in the mornings and will often have coffee and a protein drink an hour later to get things started. The afternoons are still a problem for me as far as hunger goes though, but again I can't eat too much. A cup at most is all I can fit in when I have a meal. Unless I graze. I notice I can stretch food out in order to get more in. That's an evil piece of knowledge there that is hard to get around sometimes when Naughty Ruby remembers. Somebody needs to kill that fat chick in my head! :laugh: I'm still pouty over not getting my Wii Fit. :crying: I think I'll buy it for my hubby for Father's Day. I made them come shopping in girl stores with me over the weekend. Looking for new bras and underwear as payment for out-voting me with that stupid Zelda game. I took great pleasure in listening to them complain. :sneaky: I'm glad to see that everyone is doing so well, running for miles, kicking butt in the gym and making good food choices. Water patrol wants some lovin' too. Drink! Drink! Drink!
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    I wanted to buy WiiFitness last night. We got to the game store and I was out-voted and we came home with The Legend of Zelda instead. :biggrin: I'm gonna make them pay today. :rolleyes2::redface:
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    Creamy Spinach Chicken Salad

    Typically I will use a 2oz can of chicken. Sometimes I switch that for tuna or crab meat which is just as nice. If I know I'm a little more hungry, I'll put the salad on top of some greens to stretch it out. If I need some salty crunch, I will also add some broken up pretzels.
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    $89? That's doable for me. :blushing: I NEED it. I need it now. Today. Right this minute. :thumbup:
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Welcome home Brandy. :biggrin2: It's good to have you back with us again. Looks like I'm going to have to invest in Wii Fit.
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    I wanted to mention to Phyl and Stephanie that last night on the news during the 'For Your Health' segment, they talked about what to order from fast food places and highly recommended the book you two have called "Eat This, Not That". :biggrin2:
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Good morning everyone. Just stopping in to wish you all a strong day and to remind you to drink your water. I was bad yesterday and didn't have enough and ended up with a headache. It only dawned on me this morning that it was probably because I was dehydrated. It was warm yesterday (not as warm as Janet's) and I was outdoors a lot and should have had more water than I did. Bad girl! DRINK! DRINK! DRINK!
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    :cryin: That's too cute Phyl. :cursing:
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    That's cute Phyl. Although I'm not sure about the vomit green eye shadow that girl is wearing. :wink2:
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Phyl, you're looking fantastic. It looks like you've been shedding years off yourself as well as the pounds. Karri, my thoughts are with you. :thumbup: I hate days like you're having today. Feel free to come here and blow off steam. I've got my fingers crossed that your tests go the way you hope. I never know if I should wish someone passes or fails because with a lot of my own tests leading up to the surgery I needed for a lot of them to fail :thumbup: So I'm just gonna wish they go the way you want. So this morning we finally -F-I-N-A-L-L-Y- got our deposit back from the hospital from when I had my surgery. They told us less than 48 hours (via a voicemail message) before the surgery that I needed to pay a $400 deposit just in case some things weren't covered by insurance. When I tried to call back to ask about it, I just kept getting voicemail messages and they were never returned. On the day of surgery I complained that we were given very little warning of this extra charge. She told me we'd get it back once the insurance co. paid out, but that wasn't the point. We were just fortunate that we had the money to pay on the day otherwise I don't know what I would have done if that had been a stumbling block. :cool2: So it's only taken them 10 months to sort things out. :thumbup: It's a hot day here in Texas today. We had a record high of 99 yesterday, but it's going to be a little cooler today, 96. The pool in our apartment complex is closed for repairs. :thumbup: I'm going to have my coffee and read a book out on the patio until the heat sets in.
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    You need to stop them in their tracks and say "I'm not trying to get skinny, I'm working towards being healthy." I don't know if anyone else feels the same way about the word 'skinny', but to me it's not always a positive thing. It can be just as bad as saying someone's fat. It just doesn't sound healthy. And remember, just because they say the words, doesn't mean it's true. I haven't always felt this way though. All the time I've been struggling with losing weight I've said to myself "I WANT TO BE SKINNY!!!!!" But not anymore. More than anything, I want to be healthy. I think this change in thinking is helping me with my weight loss journey. I'm so tired of thinking of myself as having a weight loss problem. This week my scales stayed the same again. And I wasn't bothered by that. My body is changing, I'm feeling better than I ever have in decades and food doesn't dictate my life. I think differently about it. I choose meals according to their calories and Protein values more often than I choose them because I want to taste that food in my mouth. I've stopped beating myself up for wanting something sweet, then the following day wanting something salty. I know I'm always going to have the most problems when Aunt Flo is around, but for the rest of the month, the discipline is more tolerable. I can live with that now. We went to a pot-luck get together for ex-pat Canadians to Celebrate Victoria Day yesterday. There was food galore there. I spent more time talking and enjoying the company of other people than looking at the food and imagining myself stuffing it all in my mouth. That's a NSV for me. There was cake, candy, chips, Pasta and lots of other evil foods that in the past would make me miserable because I'd want SO bad to load my plate up with as much as I could carry and want to go back for seconds, thirds, fourths, hoping someone didn't notice. I nibbled a few chips, had a bite out of some cake, passed on the candy and pasta and just drank Water and talked, and talked and talked. And I really had a good time! We need to stop putting pressure on ourselves to look as good as other people expect or think we should. I know I don't have the body of a model. I know I never will. I don't want to. But this is the first time in forever that I can look at myself in the mirror and not be disgusted. I have plenty of parts that need improvement, but oh my word it's such a relief not to have to carry that fat person attitude around with me anymore.
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Good morning all. I'm feeling tired and my arms are on the sore side today. Still did my morning exercise as it does boost my energy and starts my day off right. I worked out hard in the gym last night. I pushed myself a little more and I'm feeling it. It's not a bad pain, it's a good, hard workout kind of pain, so I'm pretty pleased with that. I'm struggling with will power as well like Steph and Phyl are. Aunt Flo is here and she doesn't make things any easier. I was in Walgreens yesterday buying a couple of headbands and when I got to the counter the woman there asked if I wanted to get 2 choc bars for $1 as they were on special. Ruby said "No thank you." but not fast enough as Aunt Flo chimed in with "Sure, I'll take a Snickers and some Peanut M&Ms!" :thumbup: I took two bites of the Snickers and could easily have stuffed the rest in my mouth along with the M&Ms AND the packaging. But I got so angry at myself that I threw the lot in the garbage bin! :hurray::cursing::hurray::cursing: Aunt Flo needs to be voted off the planet. I hate when she overtakes my life. Still thinking about those two bites I had though. :cry_smile: They were wonderful. My goodness they were delicious! :hurray: I'm going to try to be good today. I'm so glad I don't have any chocolate in the house. Normally I'm not a big chocolate fan, but as usual Aunt Flo has changed things up to keep life interesting. Beeeeeeatch! I'll drink myself into oblivion today and try to drown her out. :thumbup: Drink! Drink! Drink!
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Happy Anniversary. :thumbup:
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Thanks Kari and Karri for telling me about your hair loss experiences. I'm hoping I'll be as lucky as Kari and mine will grow back. *fingers crossed* If not, don't know what I'll do. :thumbdown: I forgot I had an appointment with my son's speech therapist this morning. I went to the gym as usual and when I got home my cell phone reminder went off telling me I had an appt in an hour. I'd already planned on walking there and back (2 miles each way). Well I did that and boy do my feet hurt now. :w00t: The walking itself was pretty easy, but I guess my legs aren't as young as they used to be and now I have my shoes and socks off and plan on putting my feet up once I'm done here. So with my regular exercise I've already done 6 miles today and it isn't even noon. I'm going to rest up so I can go to the gym later tonight like I planned. No cardio, just weights and some rowing. Well that's it. Hope everyone has started on their water today! Drink! Drink! Drink!
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Good morning everyone. So my hair's falling out. :sad: I've noticed over the past couple of months that more and more of my hair is coming out. My hairdresser has mentioned it's thinner the last couple of times I've gone to visit. Typically I would have hair come out in the shower and stuff anyway; maybe half a dozen or so per day, but lately it's increased to 3 times that much. :tongue: I bought some Biotin last month and started on that, but it made no difference. I doubled my vitamin intake ( still on the Flinstone chewables). No change. And then it suddenly dawned on me last night that my protein intake has seriously diminished and is probably the biggest reason for the loss. When I got my last fill at the beginning of Feb I was totally put off my regular protein drinks. But I didn't change any of my other eating habits to compensate for it. :thumbup: *sigh* So now I have to get back to my protein regime. I tried to look for protein bars today because of my reluctance to drink the shakes, but everything was so high in calories and sugar that it really put me off. I'm going to just force myself to drink the shakes again and try to get things back on track. For those of you that had hair loss, how long did it last and how much did you lose? I'd say I've lost about 25% in the past couple of months. :crying: I bought myself a 32oz water bottle today just so I can keep track of my drinking. I've been drinking out of an 8oz bottle and lose count of how many I've had during the day. :eek: So this will help me keep a closer eye on what I'm drinking. Hope you've all been working on your water too. Don't make me get my squirt gun out. :wink:
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    It doesn't sound hard to me. It sounds fair. More than fair really. I don't know that I would have the patience that you show. You were polite but firm with them. I hope that you all come through this bump in the road quickly and without too many more hurt feelings and bruised egos.
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Jackie, I'm so sorry to hear of your horrible day with your children. :thumbup: Linda's advice is good and very sound. Tough love isn't just for the kids. I think it's tougher on the parents. I'm lucky, so far (touch wood) that my son is a good kid. He's only 9 though and can have his moments when he doesn't want to talk to me, but at least he hasn't started insulting me. I don't know what I'd do if he did. I've never been tolerant of bad manners and he knows it. I wish I could offer some "fix it" advice, but I don't have any. I do have plenty of hugs if you need though. I know I can't give them physically, but just know that we are all here for you and care for you. :biggrin: I'm sure your children do as well. They just don't fully appreciate how lucky they are to have a mother who obviously cares so much for them. If you didn't care, it wouldn't hurt.
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Good morning everyone. I'm having a great day so far! I'm down 3lbs this week! :thumbup: I need to give credit where credit is due. Thanks to Janet and Karri for their advice. Being part of the Water Patrol has made me more responsible where my water intake is concerned. Changing the speed and incline on my regular treadmill workouts has helped. Doing weights and rowing 3 times a week is helping as well. I was wanting to wait longer between weight workouts to give my aches time to heal, but as Karri suggested, I didn't let up for more than 48 hours and I think that really did help my body adjust and get used to the work. I think I'm going to stick with this routine for the month of May and then find something else to do next month. I still want to do my daily morning treadmill, as that's become more of a benefit for my mind now than my body and the mind is where I need most of the work. But I want to find other weight and cardio extras to give my body some variety. I've been considering getting an exercise DVD. Maybe something like TaeBo or the Biggest Loser Workout. I still have plenty of time to figure something out, but it doesn't hurt to start planning early. :biggrin: Janet, I know you are probably tied up with family, I just wanted you to know that I'm still sending good thoughts and best wishes to you and your family and I hope your DIL has a speedy recovery. Keep us posted.
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Oh Janet that's just awful! :thumbup: It was bad enough that her home was being invaded, but did they really have to harm her as well? :frown: I have zero tolerance for violence. I hope she has a speedy recovery.
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Well that's just not right! You are a hero. You're my hero. Your honesty and hard work are extremely admirable. On the days when I just can't be bothered, I think of how far you've come, and what you've done to get there. You didn't get there by wishing the pounds away. I can relate to your paranoia, your OCDs, your frustrations and all those negative things that so often have had me giving up and looking for another way out of my fat body. But you also share your victories, successes and joyful moments and seeing the happiness it brings you does the same for me. You give me hope. Especially, and more importantly, when I don't have any hope left for myself. You're a hero and don't let anyone tell you any differently. :frown:
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Phew!!! :cool2: That's a relief. I didn't like the idea of having to yell at one of my heroes. Good for you. :biggrin: I'm glad you followed through and did your exercises like you had originally planned. My hubby told me long ago that the hardest part about working out is actually getting out and doing it. By that I mean, getting to the gym in the first place is the hard part. Once you're there everything else falls into place. You may moan and complain the whole time, but more often than not you feel better mentally for having made the effort. For being so good, you are rewarded by being given the pretty hat to wear for the day. :thumbup: Enjoy. :biggrin2:
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Keyboard is locked and loaded. Don't make me use it on you. :biggrin::thumbup:
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    YAY! I'm so proud of you! And just in time for Mother's Day! You're the thread mom and I couldn't think of a more deserving gift for you. You're awesome. :thumbup:
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    Turns out I'm a liar. :Banane44: The treadmill I use is a Startrac brand. It's the elliptical that's a Lifestyle. :frown: No wonder I couldn't find my particular model on the Lifestyle website. This is the one I use each morning: P Series Treadmills : Star Trac It has a fan on it but I rarely use it because it stops me from sweating, and I think working up a sweat is a big part of losing weight. But there have been occasions when the a/c has gone on the blink in the gym, so I'll switch them on. It really has become my favorite companion (apart from all of you) on my weight loss program. Oh, as has my iPod. I'm hopeless without it. :tt2:
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    Lucky # Sevens- July 07 Bandsters

    The treadmill I use at the gym is a Lifestyle brand but I'm not really sure what model it is. When I jump on it in the morning I'll try to remember to make note of it. It's good. I like that you can vary the speed and incline and there are a couple of extra options like being able to do a fitness test (although I've never used that) and other things. I usually just program in my weight and time, then adjust the speed and incline to what I want. I must say it's become my favorite piece of gym equipment. Probably because I can see the results of my work on it. When we buy our own home and set up a gym, the first thing I'll buy is a treadmill. I did a quick search and came up with this link: Treadmills: Treadmill Reviews, Best Treadmills It gives reviews on the best treadmills out there. When you go to buy one, ask if there's a trial period in case you don't like something about the one you choose and have the option to send it back or replace it with a different model/brand.

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