Hi Judy: Luckily we missed the brunt of the storm. We live in Worcester which is about 50 miles west of Boston. We only got about 8 inches. The wind blew a gale last night and the snow drifted. It is really pretty. Joshua, who has never seen snow, didn't quite know what to make of it. He has been looking out the living room windows all morning exlaiming, "No." (short for snow) He has a terrible cold, coughing and sneezing and blowing. Poor kid. So he can't go out and play in the snow. His Mom is even reluctant for him to outside at all. Can't say I blame her, I would probably do the same if he was mine. We had the little talk about how grandparents purpose is to spoil the grandkids after I allowed him to play with the buttons on the tape recorder. DD informed me that "We don't allow him to play with electrical equipment (a tape recorder?! Give me a break)." Anywhoo. No problem. They removed him and I moved the tape recorder. He is a darling. (18 mos. old)

I'm enjoing the entire week off, though have to preach this coming Sunday. Been reading and napping so far today; oh and watching the baby discover and name things!

Today has been lc so far. Lunch and bkfst over. Dinner tonight is celebrating DD's bday which was Christmas Eve. We're having steak, salad, bread (for them), and cheesecake for dessert. She is pregnant and "eating for two" she says. This is the DD who lost 80 lbs recently. I'm keeping my lips sealed! I still haven't weighed. I will sometime this week, I'm sure. But, not looking forward to it. My clothes have shrunk! Not a good sign.
Peace, Peg

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65 years young

Just coming up for air after a full-scale bender. Whew! I hope it's over! I'm going to try to give away the remaining goodies. I sent a big tray of chocolate mice and maple sugar w/DH to share at the office today. Still, I yet have all the gift gooddies to give away before I shovel any more into my bottomless maw.
I cannot even ~believe~ the number I just saw on the scale. I'm trying to collect the tatters of my dignity to pull together some self-control so I can meet the new year with clear, open eyes.

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start weight: 176/goal range: 137-134/now: 138
Reached goal in Aug. 2003 - 4rd year of maintenance.

Wow! You guys! We are all suffering this season, aren't we? You are brave to get on the scale, TB! I'm staying off! But, I'm going to start anew on Jan 1. I'm trying not to shovel too much in that is "bad." We don't have too much like that. I have to admit that I enjoyed a piece of sourdough bread with butter last night with dinner! Then, I had dessert. Though it was a little piece. Tonight we celebrate Christmas with a honey-baked ham. Yikes!

I'm trying to be gentle with myself about all this. I can really get down on myself and start saying all sorts of nasty things to my reflection in the mirror and my pictures that come out of Christmas. I have a terrible body-image problem. I don't see myself very truly. Dang it!

Have a good day all!
Peace, peg

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Rainer Marie Rilke

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5'8" 206.4/197/175
65 years young

Ok you guys............ that's what we are here for. We are the local chapter of "Vets Carboholic Anonymous". As a high ranking officer of this group, I hereby post my sad number........ 142.5. January 1 is coming. It's will be time for all of us to start posting those tracking numbers. We may need to create a little race to get back to pre Christmas pounds.

I'm off in a few minutes for 3 days in Dallas and a Christmas celebration with my dad, brother, and SIL. The good news is that the party will be at DD's and I control the menu. There will be stuff that I can eat without going off the deep end.

**Remember Peg, you may not be where you were in November, but you certainly aren't where you were before LC. Pictures are motivation to do better!

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Goal = <135, Current status = RIGHT ON TARGET!
Never give up. Never never never never give up -- Winston Churchill

Honey....if you are "a high ranking officer," I'm the "grand pooh bah." Dinner tonight was okay. I had bread again, and it was SO good! But the rest of the day was fine. I haven't had the water I need, but will start that again soon.

I have this to say: it is exhausting to have an 18 mo. old in the house!! Every time I turn around he is getting into something! And I thought I had the house pretty well "child-proofed." He is a darling, but his energy is simply frenetic!!

Thanks for the kind words, Judy. Keep em comin'

Peace, Peg

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"Live the questions and some day you will live along into the answers."
Rainer Marie Rilke

Atkins since 2003
5'8" 206.4/197/175
65 years young

I am going to whisper this, as it is rather embarrassing I weighed 145 today. It will take a while to recover to my pre-binge weight, but I knew that. I supose I should update that ticker thing below my signature soon.

Peg, I do not doubt for a minute that your 18-mo. toddler is exhausting; but I am, even so, very envious indeed. They are just so impossibly adorable at that age!

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Back to GOAL!!!
start weight: 176/goal range: 137-134/now: 138
Reached goal in Aug. 2003 - 4rd year of maintenance.

TB: Your secret is safe here, Thank god! I would give just about anything to be 145! But, as I remember, you are a lot shorter than I am (5'8"). I'm back into my clothes, and they are not as tight as I thought. That must have been some water. Still haven't had the courage to get on the scale. It's in the "other" bathroom, and I usually just run nekkid across the hall to weigh. Can't do that with company. (Good excuse, huh?)

Tonight we are having a big Mexican feast. DH is cooking his world famous tamales and enchiladas. He cooked Chalupa the other night and we are having that on tortillas as tostadas. DSIL's sister is coming with her DH for the afternoon and night. Should be interesting. Our kids have so taken over the downstairs that you can hardly walk down the hall.

Still, I'm sleeping better than in years. (all that activity!) And I'm pretty happy with this little one. (Remind me to tell you later about my relationship with my DD)
Peace, Peg

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"Live the questions and some day you will live along into the answers."
Rainer Marie Rilke

Atkins since 2003
5'8" 206.4/197/175
65 years young

Peg, I'm barely 5'4", so that 145 pretty much leaves me looking like a chubbette. I've done a bit better dietwise the last day or two, but I'm still not completely ramped up. I sent most of the remaining goodies off to work with DH, which is helping. However, I still weighed 144 today, so I'm definitely hanging on to the water weight as well as the fat weight - and, what? glycogen stores or something like that. My belly is huge. Before I lost weight, I used to have to "spare tires": and one day I named them Ellie and Mellie Belly. Mellie and Ellie were all but gone when I was at my lowest weight. Mellie has made quite a comeback and even Ellie is starting to peek out again.

Ah, well - only a couple of more days to get through before the holiday season is officially over. Except for those of you who celebrate Twelth Night - you still have a lot of the season of temptation to navigate. That's one reason why I gave up celebrating Epiphany - it just kept the gaining cycle rolling on.

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~~~Teelbee
Back to GOAL!!!
start weight: 176/goal range: 137-134/now: 138
Reached goal in Aug. 2003 - 4rd year of maintenance.

Hi Gang:

Well, company's gone and I am faced now with cleaning up the post company house and my own body! I did weigh this morning and the scale said 179. That is pretty much what I weighed before all this "non-weighing" began. I would like to say that I have gained 9 pounds, but the truth is it is more like 4. I weighed 170 when I came home sick from Japan! But, tomorrow is another year. It is my second anniversary on low carb tomorrow. I'm starting anew.

I have to admit that my attitude is not very good! I have been experiencing pains that point to Fibromyalgia for a few weeks and ignoring them. But, they are getting worse. This morning I could hardly walk getting out of bed, and my back is really sore. Also, my mood is about halfway down to the basement. I wish I could find a situational cause, but it is my intra-psychic search for reasons that delays my dealing physically with the reality of the disease. I have to admit that one of the reasons that I get depressed is because the pain requires me to be more dependent on DH than I ever like to be. It restricts my movement and my mood. I really hate it!

I start tracking with Diet Power today. Because I got this fancy new computer I lost all my entries from before. But, I will perservere.

Party upstairs at my neighbors house tonight. She is an absolute love and I love to go up there. She is a wonderful hostess, and things will be gorgeous. I will not have to eat anything that I don't want, but because of my mood I'm not sure how it will turn out. I will let you know.

TB: good to hear from you. Judy: It's been great to have you off school and read so many of your posts! I wonder how Brenda and Law1 are doing? I'm sure missing them. I've been spending a little time reading the journals of some of the regular posters on this Forum. I am so awed by their candor and insight. I've thought of starting one, but am not sure that I want to be that public. Ha!
Peace, Peg

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"Live the questions and some day you will live along into the answers."
Rainer Marie Rilke

Atkins since 2003
5'8" 206.4/197/175
65 years young

I'm truly happy to report that I made it through Christmas and lost weight! Yea!! My family members were so proud of me because I said "no" to my favorite potatoes, the dressing, the ice cream cake and all of the chocolate and cookies that were all over the house. It was a good feeling. I also made it to Curves three times this week. I'm down to 242. I took on Thanksgiving, I took on Christmas, and now I'm ready for New Year's!

Marilyn
306/242/145
started low-carbing 6/13/04

Oh, Marilyn! Well done, indeed! That's pretty awesome!

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~~~Teelbee
Back to GOAL!!!
start weight: 176/goal range: 137-134/now: 138
Reached goal in Aug. 2003 - 4rd year of maintenance.

I'm home. I'm pooped. I'll weigh in with both numbers and comments tomorrow.

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Judy
Goal = <135, Current status = RIGHT ON TARGET!
Never give up. Never never never never give up -- Winston Churchill