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Just wanted to stop in and say hello to everyone. I hope all spirits are up as mine are. Yep….1 pound closer to my goal!! Yee ha!!  I have been doing better on getting more meals in, and drinking more water, so that is a plus!

My husband and I are painting our living room, so that will give me a little extra exercising too! We did the ceiling today, and will try to get the walls done tomorrow. If not then it will have to wait til after the weekend, because Bill’s niece will be here from Niagara Falls, New York for a visit. I am trying to figure out some low fat casseroles, or quick and easy meals that are low cal/fat. I have been looking at the recipes on here, so maybe I will come up with a few!

Have a great evening, and much luck on the weight loss and your exercising!!  :) ~Jill

Well, week one wasn’t exactly what I expected, especially after giving up all the goodies New Years Eve. I was SO excited to get on the scale this morning! I eagerly jumped on the scale, and lost ………1 pound. I was pretty well bummed out, and then after thinking about it, realized had I not watched what I did eat this past week, I very well could have packed on 2,3, or evn 5 more pounds easily! After that I figured hey, I’m 1 pound closer to my mini goal!! I do know that I have to start eating either 3 meals a day, or 6 mini meals, because I find myself snacking into the evening, and I am a night owl, so sometimes it is quite late when I am snacking. My snacks are healthy snacks, but, I’m STILL eating, then going to bed.  So…this week I am going to try to do just that, and just maybe the scale will show a better loss. But…..I am sticking to it!!    Take care~Jill

   Happy New Year To All!!! I hope this year is good to all of us!! May we ALL lose the weight that we are aiming for, and have the willpower to do so!!!

   Did everyone have their pork & sauerkraut today?? It is supposed to bring you good luck for a prosperous year!! I had never heard of this before I met my husband, so now we HAVE to cook pork loin, and kraut on the 1st every year.  Last year it sure didn’t work as far as the prosperous side tho, lol!! Hopefully things will look up in 2008!!!

   This is my 4th day, and I am SO motivated, and hope that it continues on!! I am drinking a lot more water, and less Diet Dew, so hopefully that will help! I have a horrible time eating  3 meals a day tho!! I need to get on track with that instead of not eating til around supper time, then at night I wanna snack. grrrr   I hope the scales show a loss as well on Saturday!! 

   I took our Christmas tree down today, so finally there will be no bows, or ornaments to pick up around the house.  Our kitten Jaide,  turned 4 mos. old today, and she is quite upset that I took her “toys” away from her. lolol

  May everyone have a HAPPY and HEALTHY  New Year!! Take Care, Jill

Hi everyone!

Just thought I’d drop a quick line. and say hello and tell you how I did at our party tonight.

  We left early to go to our party, stayed til around 8:30, and headed home. We had about an hour drive, and we are supposed to get nasty weather, so decided we’d rather get home prior to the snow and ice!

  You would not believe the goodies that I DID NOT eat tonight!! I am actually proud of myself!! They had cookies, cakes, cobbler, fudge, nacho  dip,  chicken dip, cheese dips, nachos ……you name it…it was there!! As far as sweets, I had a scotchie, which is cereal with melted butterscotch chips. It was only about the size of a big cotton ball, so I didn’t think that was too bad. I also had a piece of the pineangel cake I took with fat free cool whip on it, but that is low in fat. But…..I had my share of shrimp!! They were TOOO good! Enough ramblin on about that!!

  I hope that everyone is having a GREAT time tonight, and just remember……if you are drinking PLEASE don’t drive! May you all have a wonderful New Year!! Take care, Jill

  Just wanted to say THANK YOU for the warm welcome, and the encouraging words from all!!

  I really didn’t do to bad for my 1st day. Today I did have breakfast, and snacked on baby carrots, which is better than not eating anything until supper, and then snacking too much at night! I am going to try not to weigh myself for a week, but we will see!

  I have a question on the food journal….under Net Calorie Balance……it says goal 250-750,calorie deficit per day. Mine says -1752. What does this mean? I wish there was a place where I could just go in and type what I had and the calories, but maybe it will get easier too. Sometimes when I put something in, it is different than what the box says, but, as long as it is higher on here, rather than lower, I’m fine with that!

  Tomorrow we go to a New Years Eve party, and there will be TONS of food there. That will be a battle, I am going to try to conquer! I will let you know how I do!

  I am also drinking water today, instead of a lot of Diet Dew. I am going to get in at least 8-8oz. glasses!

  I hope that everyone has a Safe & Happy New Year!!

  Take care! Jill

Hello everyone,

   I ran across this site yesterday, and was reading a blog from “Dawn”. She truely inspired me to join this, and get started on changing my way of eating TODAY, instead of 1/1/08. I have a New Years EAT Party, or is that Eve, haha to go to Monday, and they always have TONS of food there, so I am going to try my hardest to eat healthy!!

   My name is Jill, 48 yrs. young:), and from Ohio. I have been married 4 years to a wonderful man, and have 2 boys. Adam is 28, and Elijah is 17. We have an 8 yr.old Siberian Husky, Taz, and a 4 month old calico cat, Jaide(therefor my name on the blog) :)On 10/3/07  I had to put down my 18 year old cat Sampson. Hardest thing I have ever been thru.

  I have been heavy all of my life until about 5 years ago, I was at my lowest of 168. Apparently, even tho I am 5′5″, around 170-175 is my ideal weight. I had people telling me that I was getting too thin! Imagine that! I had NEVER heard those words in my life! I felt absolutely wonderful at that weight as well.

I have a really hard time getting 3 meals in. Why??? I have no idea. I stay busy during the day, and don’t even think about food, but come supper time, I eat, and then have a horrible time snacking in the evening, which I know is the worst time!! I also need to start drinking more water. I am a diet dew drinker, and need to cut back on that.

   I had a fall about 4 1/2 years ago, and have had numerous surgeries since then, along with other medical problems. Because of this, my exercising almost came to a complete stop. I have tried numerous equiptment, and have finally found that I can use the exercise ball. During the summer I also exercise in our pool. Would be quite chilly now tho!

  Anyway, enough rambling on, I just think this is a great site, and really enjoy reading the blogs on here. They give you inspiration! I am hoping to meet some wonderful friends on here. Take care, Jill