Some of you may (or may not) notice some jazzy new tools around here. I’m still tweaking the design and features available, but wanted to note to major things at the moment:

1. Spell Check: I’ve added spell check to the post page - the active spell check (while typing) is not active, but the regular spell check is functional.

2. Subscribe to Comments: This is handy when you’re participating in a conversation with an author or another commentor. Just click the box, and you’ll get e-mail notifications when the conversation has continued on.

3. Top Supporters: In the sidebar, I wanted to list members who are the most active - hopefully to inspire others to be just as active, but definitely to note the top contributors! Their names link to their own blogs, in case you’d like to visit them.

About Small Exercise Changes

Take the stairs every single time they’re an option. No more elevators or escalators.
[Every single time]

Make exercise a priority, not an inconvenience.

Park far from your destination, so you’re forced to walk — this works at the supermarket, the mall, wherever. (This also helps you waste less time looking for a parking space!)

View tiring chores (shoveling snow, cleaning the house, weeding the garden, taking the garbage out, grocery shopping) as a chance to get in some activity.

Take the grocery cart back to the store when you’re done loading your bags into your car.

If you take public transportation, get off one stop early.

Work out with a buddy.

Hi Everyone! I’m YellowRose, but my friends call me Sherry. I have been on a weight loss journey now for over a year. I had gained a lot of weight due to illness in the last few years that had kept me pretty much house bound and not able to excercise at all, at times even bedridden. It was a time in my life that I really felt that I could just give up. But, thanks to prayer, I am finally well and I joined LA Weight Loss to start losing weight. Their program was easy and I needed easy! lol Since I joined which was a year ago, I have lost 85 lbs. But we moved from Texas to Georgia and the nearest LA WLC is not very close by so I have slacked off on going so I haven’t been very commited lately. That’s why I’m here, I need a kick in the pants!! I have a goal to loss an additional 100 lbs., man that sounds like a lot when I see it typed out!! YIKES! But I know that I can do it, I’ve gotten this far, I can will do it!

Hi there!

I’m Pink and I’m a fat chick.
(pause while everyone says Hi Pink… *grin*)

 I am short and fat, which is a seriously hard to deal with situation… try finding clothes that fit in a country that hasn’t quite acknowledged that fat people a) exist, b) go places other than the gym, thus needing tops and bottoms that aren’t made out of fleece, and c) are under the age of 63.

 My main goal, at the moment, is to lose enough weight to be able to go back to shopping in the “regular” sizes. Long term, my pounds2go is about 67 lbs. I confess, because of work commitments (I have a full-time job, 2 freelance gigs and I’m trying to write a short story to enter in a contest by Jan. 15th and I’m going away for a week on business this sunday) I’ve pretty much decided that January 16th is my New Year’s Day, and the day I’m going to start all my goals (get organized, write more, lose weight, blah, blah, blah) So don’t expect much from me until then.

Firstly its 7.48pm UK time…just so no one is confused as to why I am talking about dinner when its just lunch time.  ;-) 

Well I have been quite good today i think.  I have had plenty of water today.  So far I have had 10 8oz glasses so thats 80 fl oz.  Thats quite good isn’t it?

Food wise I have had a baked potato with beans and a small amount of cheese, then for dinner tonight we had a gammon steak, a few boiled new potatoes and salad veg….NO coleslaw, but we did have a little salad cream. I had a slice of my xmas cake that is still kicking around my kitchen mid afternoon with my cup of tea and a small drink of baileys with my dinner….but all in all not too bad I don’t think? 

So last night I was reading Ivoryfrog’s blog and she talked a bit about pounds 2 go. Next thing you know here I am. I have many pounds 2 go and I am hoping you ladies will be able to help me stay on the right track. I want to be smaller, I want so desperatly to be healthier and most of all I want to look and feel good about myself again. It has been a long time since I have been able to look at my body and seen a sexy person. I just want one time for my DH to look at me and say WOW! So with that let’s get started!

My pounds2 go:50

Small Eating Changes from the Weight Watcher’s website
[with my comments added in!]

Water, water, water, water.
[Not only will the weight slide off, your skin will look great, too!]

Order half portions at restaurants, or share a full portion with somebody. Or ask for a “to-go” container when you order your food, and pack up half the portion before you even start eating.
[I do this now and it's amazing how good that food tastes for lunch the next day since I don't have to cook!]

Cut back on butter and mayo.
[Land O Lakes Light butter is the best - I've tried them all! Not only does it taste really good, it's real butter and doesn't gel in your mouth like some of those other margarines. I've never been a mayo fan to begin, so I can't comment much on that - except stay away!]