Valorie, You are one tough lady if you were out doing yard sales this weekend! I was out early Saturday morning and it was still humid! Hope you found some good stuff! And, I admire you going out dancing all night! Was it a girl's night out? Sounds lke FUN! Aw. that was so sweet that your husband said the "new" place seemed like home! I think NOT gaining is success so get back on track and that scale will drop again. We all seem to be in the same darned boat lately - having trouble with carbs - junky carbs. If we could all just get a few great days under my belts (!), it would be much easier to avoid those temptations. I have a Wednesday appointment with my WLS surgeon and I so wanted to have lost at least 2 or 3 pounds since the last time I was there but I've had another one of "those" weekends! Not horrible but not what I should be doing. I know Hormone Hell is torturous but try to load up on the good protein so you'll be able to fight the urges a little better. You are doing great, Val! CeCe

Britt, If I looked as good as you do in a bikini, I would go SHOPPING in it!!! Not to mention that you are about my daughter's age!!!! This old woman is lucky she has the nerve to walk around in a swimsuit regardless of incisions!!! I know you were/are considering a TT but at least that scar wouldn't show in your bikini! My poor arm scars may always be very visible but I sure love the toned arms I have now! CeCe

WELCOME BACK, BRITT!!! I didn't know if you would be back from vacation and ready to post today so I started the thread but you are welcome to it next week!!!! I congratulate you on not gaining more than 2 or 3 pounds while away and I'll bet those extra pounds are gone tomorrow! I hope Tucker fits right into the family quickly! I need to heed my own advice and get my cat on my lap every night!! Train Tucker to jump in yours every night! Speaking of laps, isn't it NICE to actually have one???? WOW! With my panni, I hardly had any legs sticking out but now my "giant" Min Pin is able to sit comfortably in my lap in the car. We have missed you, Britt!!! CeCe

Good Morning! No our weather is nowhere near hot. It can't even be considered warm by most standards. Apparently we are going to get 8 to 12 inches of snow up in the passes tonight. I think they are still skiing up there. Summer has definitely NOT arrived in the great Northwest. It's driving me nuts because I so want to wear cute summer clothes and I can't. Went to a softball game on Saturday and was wearing a thermal shirt, thick wool sweater and a raincoat, a scarf and thermal gloves and still froze. It was a little better yesterday (another baseball game), I could even unzip my coat for a bit. Seriously it's like it's still winter here. I did really good this week (minus the cherry pit swallowing incident) following the low carb and did all of my workouts but unfortunately it didn't show on the scale. I actually gained .8 pounds *sigh* So I'm at 153.6 this morning. This is just so frustrating to me!!! My surgeon told me to make an appointment with the nutritionist so I think I'm going to do that. I also made appointments to do consults with a couple of plastic surgeons. I think I'm really darn close to making the decision to go under the knife again. It would at least get rid of my muffin top which drives me nuts!!! For those of you that have done a tummy tuck how much time did you have to take off work? Was it worse, the same, or easier than WLS for pain and such? Anyway, I'm not going to let this get me down, I'll keep trucking along with low carb, tracking my food, and doing my work outs. At least I am still below the hated 155 Have a fabulous week everyone!!! Corinna Q

Hello Ladies (and Gents) You gals did awesome with keeping the weekly weigh in going - you all ROCK. I did lurk a bit. But cannot wait to hear from all of you this week to catch up with my November buddies . I've missed each of you. I feel rested and re-energized to move forward on my journey. I just got back from vacation in Disney with my family and we had a *wonderful* time. It was hot but it wasn't crowded which was terrific. I think the longest we waited was 15 maybe 20 minutes - most were 5 minute waits. Ideal with three little princesses. We enjoyed the pool everyday. Last time I worked out everyday on vacation and gained 6 pounds. This time I didn't work out and thought I gained about 10 pounds to come home and find out I only gained 3, ( go figure ) and that was at night after eating breakfast, lunch and dinner. This morning it was only 2 pounds. I really find it hard eating away on vacation. I do not get sick ... so I have to pay attention and make the best choices I can. Overall I am happy with how I did. Still my scale is still higher than I want it to be. I am going to truly work at getting back to my goal weight and work at finding my caloric *sweet spot* for maintaining. I really haven't done that -since I reached goal - I am DETERMINED to get back to goal and maintain my goal weight. I have decided to allow myself a 5 pound weight fluctuation from goal. I know that weight fluctuation is normal. So as long as I am 147 or lower I am OK with that. My goal is 142. I was going to try to go lower but I need to maintain my 142 first. I am stressed over these gas prices and everything else that is on the rise. I'll keep playing lotto it is crazy - but seriously... I realized that this stress has lead to some of my grazing and weight gain. We are getting a kitten today. I think Cece (????) you talked about wanted to go to the fridge one night but the cat was sleeping and you didn't want to disturb the kitty. He he he. Anyway - we are getting a kitten tomorrow we named him Tucker - he is orange and white and adorable! OK now onto business ... Highest weight - 250.5 Lowest weight - 139 Goal weight - 142 Current weight - 150 Up / down from previous weigh in - + 8 Quote * Never, never, never give up. Winston Churchill Make a plan ... and put it into action! You Can Do This! Keep Your Eyes On the prize! have a terrific week, hugs, Britt