opps then sry the ticker isnt moving in the right direction!!! but gaining muscle is good your still losing inches so keep up what your doing your gonna be in a size 8 in no time!!!

Cyndi, my friend - an inch is an inch. There are no small inches, only inches. The chocolate milk has finally gone to your head. I expected this to happen one day.

But, otherwise. congrats on the inches lost.

Have a story for you all. I have been trying to find clothes in my vast array of clothing from sized 18 to 50 that fit. Everytime I would find something, I would discover that I should have tried it on a couple of weeks before, because now, its too big.!

Well, so a few days ago, I picked some of the pants that are the closest to my size that are decent looking, and I took them off to a tailor. I picked this tailor because he has an italian name, and lo and behold, he's Italian!! Chance to speak the language, which is all good. So, today, I go to pick up a couple of pair of pants, and neither of them are small enough yet. BUMMER! One pair is close, but not really there yet. So, here is this little Italian man, standing behind me, gazing at my butt, (in the pants that are close, but not quite there) and he says, "non mi piace." Which means, "I don't like it." So, I turn and say, "Da vero?" Which is like saying "Really?" Then he gets all flustered, and says, "Mi piace la persona..." Which is like saying, I like the person. So, he is trying to say "I like you, just not how the pants fit." However, when you use any form of the verb "piacere" and relate it to a person, it becomes sort of sexually charged, because it is the verb "to pleasure" so, then he and I are both embarassed.....

And, on top of that, the pair I wore are WAY too big, and I need to go to work after this, so he says, ok, this one pair will be a real quick adjustment, so I will do them,and then you can wear them. So, I find myself sitting in his little dressing room in my undies waiting........

True to his word, he gets done lickety split and brings me the pants. I put them on and then we do the thing where he stands behind me and checks out the fit. This time, they pass, because he is checking the fit, and then gives me a little tap and says, "va bene" which means "goes well." SO, today, I had my bum tapped by an elderly Italian man who is about 5' 2" tall and weighs about 90 pounds. And there I am, nearly 6 feet tall weighin in at 380+ pounds!! How come this stuff always happens to me? Remember the hair dresser story? Boy oh boy.

Well, take care all. See you tomorrow for the weigh in. The plan seems to be working fairly well. We'll see tomorrow. Love you guys!

Oh my gosh, kristi...love that story!

Isn't it lovely that so many of us are struggling to find clothes that FIT? I'm going through the same thing. I have a huge pile of jeans in my closet, and about every two weeks, I go through every pair of pants in the house. Some get tossed out of the dresser, others go in, a bunch go to the closet...

But I've promised myself that once I hit my "normal" weight, I'm going to take the jeans that don't fit, and they'll go into a new quilt. Hmmm...I wonder if I can make a quilt with a weight-loss scheme, for T.H.E Team?

CrazybeeRX - you have a porch swing - I 'll be right there. I love swings. You make sure you enjoy your Friday off. I am working a 6am to 6 pm at my second job. it is easy though - receptionist at a tanning place. I bet you done well at the job today.

Lorann - I have tried watching movies while walking on treadmill - it don't work for me. Good for you - I am glad it works for you. Good - Luck on the contest. Let us know how you did.

Lulu - good luck with the interview.

Adopt4 - don't beat yourself up over it. you learned from the experience and that is the important thing.

LI4G - I hope you are feeling better. WTG on the 14's being too big. Isn't it awesome to be moving on down?

Anita - glad to hear you made doctor's appointment - let us know what you find out. When does DH have to go if he goes? This would drive me nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kristi - loved your story. it made me laugh which I really needed today.

Cyndeebee - I am glad you got the situation with Britt helping the babysitter taken care of. It is great we are struggling to find clothes to fit. Last night before I went to work, I tried on five pair of jeans which were too big to wear to work. It had cooled off tremendously so I thought I would wear jeans. I ended up having to wear the pair or shorts I have been wearing which are too big. Need to get to the store now and buy work clothes before I have nothing I can wear.

April - I am excited for you and Sheila and getting to vacation together. It will be soooooooo exciting.

Evening, ya'll. Hot here again... but I did go to the grocery store and get fresh fruit and veggies. We need to go to Costco to get food for the party on Sat, so figured might as well have a hot dog there (cheap). I may not eat there, though, I may come home and have my fruit!! But we need to get that errand done because a lot of places are closed tomorrow in honor of the 4th, since it's on a Sat.

Cyndee, that woman should have NEVER called your daughter so say that. You have all of us behind you on this... Poor Britt. And if I was paying someone to watch my kids, and I found out she was having other CHILDREN do it, I would be up in arms. That is so NOT OK.

Kristi.... what can I say.... only you.... you made my afternoon.

Tomorrow camp is closed, argh! 3 boys, all day.... hubby better get his butt home EARLY tomorrow (he works European holidays, not US, but he's supposed to get off at 8:30 am). He's worked 14-18 hour days every day this week. In fact it's nearly 5:30 and he's not home yet... he goes in at midnight, so that's a LONG day.

I did get the boys water guns for tomorrow, we'll see how dumb of an idea that was. Figured I'd give them something new to torture each other with.

For the first time since I started this, I have enough clothes that fit. Hurray! But if I keep losing, I'm going to be back in the same boat as everyone else. The 18s are getting big on me... but I have a belt so I should be able to get enough of them to last the summer. I hope... It still just shocks me that I"m nearly at the size I thought was my goal, and I"m nowhere near my goal weight. I'm going to be shopping shopping shopping when I get down to what, a 10? 8?

Beware of Costco's polish sausage dog. It's like 550 cals! I've been eating them all week. Leftovers from Saturday's party.

Kristi; cute story. Wish someone would smack my butt, been a LONG time.

Cyndee: good going! Hit her with both barrells. ppsssttt friends remind me not to piss Cyndee off!

Wish I could be telling loose clothes stories. I did try on the next size down jeans that I have and I can almost button them. I hung them on the outside of my closet to remind me to keep trying them on. I keep forgetting to buy a tape measure.

IndyGranny: My swing seats 3 so you are more than welcome to join me. In fact I am posting from it right now. Breeze is nice and I can type and swing at the same time...I amaze myself with my talent!!

Work went good today. I think the clinics must not have seen any new people today cause I only got 3 prescriptions that weren't already refill requests. They are gonna kill me on Monday I bet. BUt I only have 3 prescriptions I didn't get done today for Monday's mail so I am starting off on the right foot. Hopefully I will just KEEP my footing. I want to do a good job for Rachael.

I think when we hit our goal weight we need to send our jeans to Cyndee and have her make the quilt and put our names on our pant patch in different colors with our amount of lbs lost!

Well I think I am looking forward to weigh-in tomorrow. Not too sure though. Up and down all week. No telling what tomorrow will bring. I just can't believe I have stuck with this for 2 weeks! That is totally amazing for me and to me.

Love you all! Have a great night and see you in the morning. I'm gonna try to sleep in though since I am off!

good Evenign Team -

I see everyone is doing okay... Well I had my MRI of my brain this evening...it was supose to be an open one needless to day it didnt look to open to me!!! they had to give me two volumes and demeral!!! and put music in my ears.. needless to say I did the test but i was freaking out... I wont know anything until I go back to the Dr's I still have another test the EEG on the 7th I really cant wait for all these darn test to be over...this not knowing anything is driving me crazy!!!

Kristi- That is totally funny an old Italian smaking your bum too funny but had to make your day!!!

April - Tomorrow make it 10 more days!!!

Li4g - really them 8's will be coming soon keep doing all your hard work....

Lisa - I wish you could come up one day and meet april and i when she is hear.. or mabye we can meet you half way or something... Just a thought...

i am going to get off here I am getting sleepy... check back in tomorrow

Have ya'll started the new thread yet?

SW 198, GW 135, CW 172 = 1 lbs loss

I worked really hard this week, didn't miss a day. I did yoga and cardio. I'm kinda dissapointd at only a pound loss but its better than gain. I'll have to look closer at my food, salt and water and see if I need to make some corrections. I have a great week.

Hey manda...
A pound lost is a loss! Be proud of that.

Debbie...That's a good idea about quilt squares! Only question is: What would we do with the quilt when it's finished??? Maybe a better idea is making cushions out of your old jeans...Much easier to ship. And just a suggestion...Anyone who is interested could buy their own fabric paint, put a few blocks together with "milestones" painted, or embroidered, on the squares, and sew it into a cushion. Then...display them here for everyone to see...

Must say that it was nice to wake up today to no upsetting phone calls. I can't handle stress, and especially not in the morning. It affected my whole day. Silly, I know. Woke up this morning with a mass of broken blood vessels in my arm, which is what happens to me when I'm super stressed.

And...indianagranny...Update on the mice. Three of the little rotters in two days! Even though they're small critters, it's grossing/freaking me out at night. Twice, I've been sitting on the couch, and heard that ominous SNAP-BANG! Yuck! So I'll bug the landlord tonight and tell him to call an exterminator. I just don't want to deal with mice anymore. It's either that...or move...

My focus today is on r-e-l-a-x-i-n-g!!!

Sheila...Thinking of you and sending positive thoughts to you, until you get through your tests. Praying for good results. My tests are pretty much behind me, and just have to get to the doctor's for the results.

Happy Friday, everyone. Wishing good weigh-in results to all...

Doesn't look like a new thread is open yet still week 21 but I lost 4 lbs. I don't even know how to post right . One day I will figure that out. Have a great 3 days weekend all.

here goes, i just woke up so it's not every eloquent, lol

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/58930-the-trying-hard-everyday-team-week-22

Ok the ticker just updated and I didn't rememeber the weight I was at exactly lat week. so I'ts only 3 lbs and not 4 . There was difference in decimal points that kept it from being a full 4 lbs like a 0.3. Anyway I am happy.

Hello everyone,

This is my first weigh in and I have to say I am a bit disappointed in myself. I gained 2 pounds and didn't try as hard as I wanted to. Well Tomorrow stats another week a week to try harder and make improvements. Hope everyone had a better week.

Kym

Hi, I want to thank everyone for the warm welcome. I haven't been back on for a week or so because I was at my Mom's. She has cancer and I spend alot of time with her lately.

For the person who thought it would be nice to have a chat room to go to, a person on this site named
Banks1850 made one for us and I don't know if it is still in use but try this site,

http://mfp-archive.harehome.org

in the top left hand corner is a box that says mfp chat, click on it and it will take you to something called AJAX chat. You have to put in username and have a password like here but if it still works you can actually have a chat, I used to use it along time ago but haven't recently. Let me know if it works for you, I hope it does. I will try to chat daily but I have been away a week this time and I need to do some catching up at home now. Have a nice week everyone.

Hey gang I see a few newbies. Hello Newbies
I'm trying to get back on the train or bus or carriage or whatever the hell I'm suppose to get back up on here I basially lost the WL challenge by not going often enough. I have gained a few lbs too. I got another promotion and I'm gonna use it as my excuse ok, ok then. It's amazing that being on this site makes you feel good even if your not doing what u r suppose to be doing.

SW 127
CW 125.6