Shrinkin' Violets- Part 2 Read Here

[mdrai 3]

It's the "plane" theme because we're flying to Disney in 4 weeks & for the first time in... forever!... I won't have to do the "fat lady dance" wiggling into the seat & covering the fact that I'm not buckled w/a pillow! (Yes, I have done that! I refuse to ask for an extender!!)

[Teachlady 3]

Good afternoon, Violets..

Just back from my hospital shift and Ethan is here. I fed him lunch and he's now napping. Time for me to get on line and then hit the bike and glider. After I hit them, I will get on them and do what I'm supposed to do.

Anyhoo. Michelle!!! EXCELLENT! Take it from me, it is so nice not to have to squeeze into a plane seat and hope your gut doesn't spill over into the next seat. Now I can even cross my legs after I slip into the seat. It's such a great feeling!

We are still under a winter storm watch. 8 inches by tomorrow evening. As long as the roads stay good for us to get to the airport on Monday, I'm ok with all the snow. We have a 5 hour drive to the airport and will leave after church Sunday, spend the night at the park and fly Ramada and then take off Monday. Then it's fun in the sun for 6 days. Can't wait!!

Ethan is very quiet so I better get upstairs and get my exercising in!

Will check back later. TTFN...

[mdrai 3]

Well, poor DD & DS have to sit next to me... so I just raise the arm rest and let it all hang out!!

[Daisalana 33]

Same here, when I fly with someone I know, I lift up the arms and let it spill.

I have actually had to apologize to people when I was middle aisle, 300+lbs and my stomach would not be contained in the little cube they call a seat. I was so emberassed, and said I'd never fly economy class again.

We're under severe storm watch till 7pm. They are closing all the schools across Alabama, and it's a little dark & windy out, but It's not tornado weather. The weather folks here are going ballistic.. I'm just waitin!

[TracyK 3]

I am not supposed to be on here....but I wanted to say hi real quick :girl_hug:

[kity 2]

OOOO Lawd...give me strength! Tough day over here!

[kity 2]

You know what my first thought was..."after school I am going to buy a HUGE candy bar". The last 2 days I have learned a lot about emotional eating, and how easily I am triggered (is that the right word). I WANT chocolate AND LOTS OF CARBS...wtf is wrong w/ me??????????

[Daisalana 33]

I'm the same way, when I was really sick last week I just wanted to binge so bad, it makes me 'feel better'. I wasn't able to binge, but I did have chips and Snacks in the house I don't ordinarily keep.

I got an apple dumpling from cracker barrel last night- to go. That thing was monsterous. I ate about 2 bites, and then I was going to save it in the fridge, then decided it'll mean for days I'm eating lots of bad stuff.. so I chucked it. And then I bought some of those chocolate mint things, and went to parents before going home, I ate 1 of them and left the box there so I don't eat those either. I'm doing bad, but I'm rectifying it at least.. doin' the best I can!

Finally starting to storm here, we all keep going out to smoke to see if we'll blow away lol.

[kity 2]

OOO I want a ciggy too! As soon as I read that, I started to jones. I swear, the smoking thing is tough. I wonder if I'd lose more if I smoked??? Something to think about!

[mdrai 3]

Hey Pam! Sorry to hear you're having a tough day. Idea: how about getting some "legal" items that taste like you're cheating & eat those? Like 100 cal cookie packs (the Lorna Doones are great!) or 100 cal cupcakes or skinny cow frozen fudge bars... you get the idea! So even if you eat "several", you're still doing better than if you ate the "real" thing!

Be safe, Laura!

[mdrai 3]

Ooooh... here's another "food" tip... Starbucks now has 90 cal "skinny lattes" in caramel, mocha, cinnamon dolce & another flavor I can't remember right now. The "Tall" (12 oz.) size. Sipping one of those can feel decadant, too!

[Daisalana 33]

Oooo I'll have to look for those!

Sorry Pam.. No smokes! YUCK ICKY $$$ CANCER STICKS!

[Haydee 2]

Hi Tracy!! :wave:

Michelle, I thought I was the only one that "pretended" to buckle her belt. I would always travel with a shawl, or light blanket, even in the summer. That way I could drape it across my lap. And I would hardly ever travel alone. Always with family or friends, that way I wouldn't feel like I had no one there to "spill" on. LOL, I can't wait to get on a plane and see how much I shrunk!

I had leftovers for lunch. One whole chicken breast and half a cup of broccoli rice casserole. Hmm, seems like alot to me but we'll see how I'm doing with this fill.

Pam - I'm sure even smokers on this thread will tell you it's not worth to go back to smoking just to lose a little faster. You're doing the weight loss to get healthy right?

Okay, I've had two Liters of Water so far. Well a little bit less than 2 Liters. I've still got about an inch of Water left in my current water bottle.< /span>

Making stir fry for dinner tonight. Juan is working late so I'll probably go home then go to the gym and then work on dinner.< /span>

I'm glad tomorrow is Friday. Can't wait until the weekend. We're going bowling on Saturday with some friends and I'm excited. Haven't bowled in awhile! Hope I don't need the gutter guards!

[Kat817 19]

OMG I cannot tell you how badly I despise this laptop keyboard!!! Had my post all ready, and overshot the backspace, and it is all gone...PITA!!!!

Anyway....hi girls! I made it! Had about 60 maybe 70 miles of ice---but once I got over the continental divide, dropped below 7000 feet, and headed south, it cleared up and has stayed that way.

Got Dad all checked in at the hospital---now he is free until 5:30 in the morning--surgery is scheduled for 7. I jinxed him! Remember me saying Mom always looks out for him and forgets her own things--well his shaving kit got left behind, so we have some minor shopping to do!! Plus we need dinner, but it is only 4---not time to eat....I keep telling them, we ought to go and avoid rush hour---they are ignoring me...but I am the one driving so I guess it doesn't matter!!!

Going to post this before I hit something else!!

Kat

[Kat817 19]

So as I was saying---we cannot break habit, we must wait until supper time---which is sometime after 5!!!

My car charger got stepped on in DH's truck apparently---I grabbed it to bring, and it will not clip into the phone. So...hoping to just grab a charger while replacing Dads toothbrush etc. tonight!

Pamela---stay away from the cigarettes---you will just have to quit again! Your body is so much better off without them---and think of the $$$

When I quit this guy I worked with made me a giant cigarette out of a map tube. He wrapped the top in brown paper, made it look like a real smoke! Then he cut a coin slot thing in the top for me to put the money in I usually spent on cigarettes. Which I did faithfully for awhile, and we used it to go to Disneyland when Manda was in Kindergarten. Then when I quit putting money in it, and realized how long I could go with dollar bills in my wallet---I loved it! Now keep in mind I quit because cigarettes were fixing to go up to a buck fifty a pack!! I was poor so usually bought them a pack at a time. I quit April 1st 1991.

I understand the emotional eating VERY well. I was banded in April (06), and Rick's bad mitral valve was diagnosed in May---then he got a a blood clot in the ileac artery. Postponed open heart surgery until August...had the surgery....traumatic day! Then 2 days before he was due back to work he had a massive GI bleed, his esophagus tore bilaterally where it joins the stomach---just a few inches below where we are banded. He threw up more blood than I have ever seen! And I have been at several slaughters! His Dr. told me to get his kids there that he would likely expire (HATE that word now) in the next 10-15 minutes, he was bleeding to death, due to the amount of blood thinners he was on following the heart surgery! Through an experimental treatment, they managed to save him....several days in ICU---with him comatose the entire time....I could hardly swallow my own spit---I was so stressed, but I wanted to eat---I wanted salt! Chips! I survived with my band on hospital vending machine food for 10 days!!! They were remodeling, and the cafeteria was closed, and they offered most food trays but not in ICU!! Then when I could get real food, after he began rallying around, I didn't want it!!! I liked the snacking!!

He survived....Thank You God! And we went on to the next stressful situation!!

But I DO understand the emotional eating. And send you lots of purple power to sustain you through this!!!

OK---going to go be the nagging DD and get these people moving!!!

Will probably be back tonight---y'all are my salvation from my Dads TV!!!! Although it isn't all bad choices---he only watches each show for maybe 10 minutes, then changes it again---LOL

Catch y'all this evening! Thanks for all my travel wishes!!

Kat