Misty - Thank you it is very frustrating. My boss is luckily not so willing to look for other help right away. So in a few weeks hopefully I can go back to light duty work. Thank god school I'm doing online this semester. I am just so bored I hate being stuck on bed rest !



Way to go on your loss

Love and Light
Nikki

Good morning Girls!!!!!

I think I have the day off. The kdis didn't show yet. I had a hint that they might not. I hope they get the little guy in to see a doctor since he sounds worse than my kids and my son probably has pnuemonia. She didn't want to put him through chest x-rays, and since the treatment is the same either way she just said most likley that's what he has. And the little boy I watch sounds WAY worse than my son.

I had a rough day with the kids yesterday. Nikki, I see why you like the older ones. When I taught swimming my favorite age was 8-10. I have been working with preschoolers for so long though. The five year old has started lieing, and she gets the little kids to do stuff she knows she's not supposed to then blames them. But yesterday she was just out and out disobeying. Her dad was not impressed when I told him. He said he'd talk to her. Her life is such a mess right now with the divorce and the fighting and her dad having a new girlfriend every other day. He moves someone new into the house about every week. There is no dating, just move in. Poor kids. There are two older ones as well as teh two I watch. I can't see how the older boys are functioning in school, with all this going on.

Well i am off to enjoy my day off. Have a fab day!!!

Morning all. Sorry I have not checked in lately but things have been rough. I've got a cold and I"m depressed about work. I worked Tuesday and Wednesday night, both were insanely busy, was supposed to work last night but called in with an excuse because I just couldn't cope with another night. I was just feeling awful yesterday, headachey, TOM starting, this cold coming on and depressed about work and there was no way I was going in for another night. I just don't get enough sleep and of course that makes everything a million times worse. I just can't think and reason and make myself go to work even though I hate it. So anyway my cold is now even worse but I have to go in tonight. At least now I've gotten enough sleep and I"ll take something for my cold so I'm not suffering through the night with a stuffy nose.

Hope everyone is having a good day and have a great weekend planned. Take care.

Anyone remember me? I was in this group ages ago - I remember Misty and Jen (sorry you're having a rough time, hon). Well, I'm back. I haven't finished reading this whole thread, but it'd be great to have folks to commiserate with again. I'm back on the wagon.

I have a cold, like everyone else in the world, so my exercise and eating weren't stellar this week. Plus, DH is a bit of a prat, which affects my mood, which affects my eating. But I'm really trying to do this for myself. I got a little crazy over Christmas, with stress, and going off of anti-depressants for a trial (BAD idea), and now I'm at my highest weight. But beginning weight training again has helped distribute the weight a little better, and given me more energy and a sense of hope.

A little background - I'm a SAHM in South Carolina with two kids, DD, 4 (almost 5) and DS, 2. I like exercising with videos and reading when the kids let me (Matthew comes at me with crayons whenever he sees me holding a book, so not much lately).

Take care, and I look forward to getting to know everyone better!

And congrats, Amanda!!!

Tracy welcome to the group





love and light
Nikki

OMG, I am so sick. I was actually sent home from work last night. Luckily they had an extra staff person so it wasn't a big deal and my chest is so bad right now. I'm coughing up this green stuff....probably too much info. I've got the funny voice too, you know how your voice gets with a bad cold or chest infection, almost like larnygitis (sp?). anyway I've been holding down the couch since I got home and just got up at 11 to get dressed and do a little tidying and I"m wiped out already. So this is great because I've got like 6 days off and I wanted to exercise everyday and with the way I'm feeling I won't be doing that! This always happens to me, it's like my body knows I'm about to engage in serious exercise and contrives a way to stop it. Honestly this is the truth!

Take care all, have a nice weekend. I'm spending mine on the couch with a cup of hot tea.

Welcome back Tracy!!!

Get well soon Jen!!!!!!!

It's rough here right now my wieght is up, my nerves are raw. But it will get better.

Have a greta day all!

Thanks for the welcomes! Jen, have you been to see the doc? That's a horrible way to start some time off. I'm so sorry.

I'm a bit neurotic when it comes to eating (isn't everyone?). Counting points makes me think about food all the time, watching the scale tends to be bad, even when the news is good - when I lose, I feel like celebrating, and that leads me to food. So here's what I'm trying to do - eat like I'm at my goal. Not obsessing, just eating like the healthy person I want to be. I'll tweak things when I get into the habit. Right now, I'm just trying to eat less and better.

Hope everyone is doing well today!

Hi all-

I just wanted to let you know I'm seriously depressed so I won't be on much. I am trying to keep my weight at the same or lose. I'll be back shortly


Nikki

Nikki - sorry to hear that you are feeling depressed. I'm hoping that you will continue to post and talk it out with us.

Tracy - that's pretty much what I try to do, eat less but better quality food. Counting points or calories drives me bonkers.

I am still sick but better than I was on Saturday. Still have a lot of congestion and coughing but it has improved. No I haven't been to the doc, if it continues on more than about 10 days or so then I will probably go but I expect that it will clear up just in time for me to go back to work on Friday! Jumped on the scale this morning, yikes!!!! is all I have to say.

Welcome Tracy!
Nikki...I hope you recover quickly. I'll be praying for you about your depression...it's hard not to be when you're on bed rest...hang in there.
Jen...I hope you feel better soon!
Well all, I haven't been dieting or exercising. I have to stay off the scale because if I don't I get really depressed and not motivated at all. My mom is still losing weight, which is motivating, though. I'm trying to down oatmeal for breakfast cuz it's the only thing healthy I have in the house for breakfast right now. Last week was completely shot-I ate candy, pizza, fudge rounds and who knows what the heck else. Bad! I can't say that I really want to get back on track, BUT I'm gonna try and do a dvd. We cleaned out and moved furniture in our bedroom, so I have some space to exercise in there now instead of the living room (LR is small, not much space to move around). So, maybe exercising in a different room will stir things up for me and get me a little more excited about it.

Look up at the top menu bar and click on User CP. From there, click on Edit Signature and follow the instructions.