Glad to hear that you are doing good during the week! I think many of us STRUGGLE when we are not busy busy busy! I dpo much better when my days are FULL However, another pound is gone for you ... YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT! terrific! Hugs, Britt

Julie, glad you had a fun time camping. Congrat on the marriage counseling (prayers your way!) WOW 138 - 1 pound loss while "away" you are amazing! Congrats hjave a great week! I love your new Avatar~

that is fabulous! I wanna try this! I need to investigate this .... I'm sure my hubby will LOVE this idea! he he he Whoopoo Hooooo Phyllis

Pattie, yeah! Another pound down! Wish we would hear from you more often! CeCe

Trudy, You are right that learning to love, respect and cherish yourself is one of the hardest lessons. It's one I've journaled about, talked about in therapy, bought and read so many books focusing on that subject and still it's a lesson that I cannot seem to master totally. Oh, I'm so much better than I ever was. I guess part of that comes with age but it's still not natural for me. I laughed about your comment you were paying WW to tell you what to do! I went to WW, Nutrisystem and just about everything! What I always discovered was that I knew more than they did about nutrition - I just wasn't doing what I knew to do and it showed more on me than many people!!! It's still amazing to me that personal trainers, fitness instructors, nutritionists and exercise physiologists sometimes know so little about nutrition. And, doctors? What a laugh! So, yeah, we know what to do for sure! I just wish I knew what makes it so hard to keep on the right track when we know what our triggers are, we know what works and doesn't work and know our patterns!!! They say insanity is doing the same things over and over and expecting different results! I think I still expect differert results!!!! Trudy, I also eat when I'm sick or not feeling well. Some people don't eat when sick but I've always viewed it as a free for all!!! I've examined this for years and I think I "enjoyed" being sick because my mother took the time to pay attenton to me then. She's a caretaker and she felt she was doing something good if she coddled us when we were sick. One way of doing that was with food. So, I associate caring for myself with food when I'm not feeling well. Like you, I can have delicious, healthy food right there but will choose something else!! Oh, how complicated it is to be our own cheerleaders when we carry all this baggage!! Oh, I just had a vision of cheerleaders in front of a crowded stadium attempting to cheer while holding huge suitcases!!! That's us! We can't soar off the ground and express our joy when we are carrying all that baggage! Now, think about them dropping those suitcases and kicking them away so they can CHEER and be free! I like that vision! No matter what our baggage is filled with, we can leave it behind. Kick it to the curb! Don't let it weigh us down. We've lost so much physical weight, let's lose the inner baggage that continues to haunt us and weigh us down. CeCe