[GatorgalstuckinGA]

slim - yep i've seen ceasar many times..i think him and the monk's are great. I'm a big fan of behavior medicine..and think more ppl need to treat their dogs like dogs and not kids..now don't get me wrong...she's spoiled...but spoild as a dog. She knows who's alpha, she listens to me..when we go to sit on the couch to eat food if she comes over to us, i tell her go lay down and she lays on her bed. I firmly belive in teaching a dog (just like kids) manners and if you allow your dog to beg and whine and get away with everything...its not being a good dog. I think there are right and wrong ways to spoil dogs...my dog does great...and very respectful. I see too many owners who allow their dog to "walk all over them". And they wonder why they can't house break or train. So i think shows like ceasar or the monks...really gives owners a great idea how dogs should be raised. and btw...good luck in court...you can do it.

bluey -to answer your questions about weight loss...i ONLY weight once a week. I do not step on the scale any more frequently...cuz you are right...wt will fluctuate daily. So i figure..i pick the same time, same day and the same way (first thing when i wake up, after peeing, and naked) that way if a week later i'm 2 lbs lighter...than i'm two pounds lighter. I try to encourage ppl to stop weighing themselves daily because i've seen so many ppl freak out with a pound or two weight gain from one day to the next. I was always taught you can lead do very self destructing ways weighing daily. So i got myself out of the habit..and now i only weight once a week. Then that way i know it was a true weight loss..and yes..maybe i lost 4 lbs somewhere during that week, but overall...the total weight loss is the change from one week instead of one day...and that's accurate. And btw...i think you should change your stats...you lost...so count it as a loss...good for you. And if you gain one week...well that's life. We all have bad weeks...change the ticker back up. If you keep up all the great work you are doing, you should show the benefits of moving your ticker...i love doing it. Makes me feel great. And when i have to move the ticker back up..it sucks...but it gives me motivation to do better next week. Good job saying no to cold stone...i LOVE that place.

roo - glad to see you flew the coop for a short bit to say hi...we miss you hear...even if you aren't loosing weight...we like hearing from you.

alright all..going to get motivated to clean up this disaster of a room we call an office. Still in dissarray from all the a/c crap last week.

[lois lane]

GG- congrats, you have had such a good attitude about exercisisng and eating well lately, it is nice to hear your enthusiasum. You have motivated me, I think I may go on a walk tonight, even if I have to drag the kids along.

blue eyes- I have found that my weight fluctuates within 2 to 3 pounds and I don't count it as I am losing weight until it is somewhat consistent and over 5lbs. I guess you just have to know your body.

slim- good luck in court tomorrow.

Gotta go get my son off the bus.

Talk at ya later.
Alicia

[GatorgalstuckinGA]

speaking of court...where the heck is our favorite food thought provoking MO???????????????????????? MO where are you...we miss your yummie comments???????????????????????

[GatorgalstuckinGA]

i'm glad i'm motivating someone. I actually was demotivated during the whole moving crap...but now i'm sooo motivated. It feels great! You should grab your kids...i bet your kids would love to go walking with mom. I use to love doing things with my parents when i was growing up.

[LBH]

GG, she's hiding out on myspace.com. She doesn't love us enough to come here anymore.

[SlimPossible]

Bluey, GG, and Alicia:
Thanks for the support for my court deal tomorrow..... I am literally feelin' sick to my stomach! I hate seeing him! There is part of me that just hopes he won't show! I have an awesome lawyer and he will be with me so that is comforting...... I don't tell alot of people because I am always afraid it will reflect on me but ya'all are great so long story way short.... he used to use drugs - ok well off and on for like what twenty years now and he is back at it! Not a petty pot smoking problem or I wouldn't be attacking this with all my lil heart.... He is a loser just put it that way.... No job, stays with mom and dad here and there, never does ANYTHING for my daughter except want to see her. I have always paid for her private schools, health insurance, dance, you name it! Which is fine - in court I am not even going after support because he doesn't have a pot to you know what in! But if he is going to see her I have to make sure it is supervised and MY WAY! She is my life!!!!!!!!!!!!! My lawyer is not worried..... I have about ten pounds of paperwork on him with his whole "legal history" documented so...... we shall see! ughghghg I don't want to even see him...... LOL that's what I think of when I think of him! ughg why are bad boys so much mored appealing when us ladies are young????

GG My dog is the same way.... we treat him like one of the family but at the same time he knows his boundaries - he knows to stop at the edge of the hall and he has never gone down it to any of the bedrooms etc.... We put that in place so we would never have a nice vet bill for surgery to remove a Barbie head or toy car! lol! He does really well though!

It's Tuesday but it sure feels like Monday!

[KAR73]

Evening Ladies and Gents,
Well I survived the first day of school. I have ten kids this year. So I have my hands full. I forget who asked what I teach, but I have the multihandicapped kids in grades 6th through 8th for my county school district. They all seem like nice kids, but out of the 10 about 7 or 8 of them are talkers. So have to work on practicing the classroom rules tomorrow. LOL
My eating was really good today. Now if I can just keep up with my water intake I would be fine. I went to TOPS tonight and gained 3 3/4 pounds since two weeks ago when I was there. So I am really going to try and be good this coming week. I would like to see some of that weight come off. Maybe were I will start following a set schedule again I will do better.
GG sounds like you enjoyed your day off. Congrats on the weight loss! Way to go! I want to start squeezing in a few minutes of excerise each day now that I am back at school. So I am going to work on setting aside some time either in the morning or the evenings. But I have to get into my routine with school for the next few days. Maybe if I can get my eating back on track this week, my goal for next week can be excerise. Hope you were able to get your bike ride in tonight.
Slim- good luck in court tomorrow. You will do fine. I know it is just thought of having to see him that makes your skin crawl. I feel that way at times when I have to deal with my dh's ex, when she is in one of her it is all about me moods.
Blueeyed congrats on the 2 pound loss. I would definatinely count it as a loss. I tend to weigh myself a couple times during the week if though I know we are not suppose to. But I do it that way to kind of guide myself to eat better. Then I just count my weigh on Tuesday nights as my offical weight for the week.
Roo glad you stopped in to crow at us. Hope things get better for you dude! We miss hearing from you.
Lauren how is the house coming along?
Laurie that is great that your dd got into the school near your job! I bet that will make life so much easier for you.
Hi to everyone else.
Well I better close for now. I have some items that I need to type up for work. I don't have a computer in my classroom yet. So I have to a little work at home. Hope they get to putting my computers in my classroom soon. That way at lunch time hopeful I can check in with you all and don't have to read a ton of posts in the evenings.
Have a nice evening, if I don't get to check in before going to bed tonight.
Take care,
Kerry

[GatorgalstuckinGA]

hey all...well i didn't go bike riding tonight...but instead DH and i took the dog for a walk up Kennesaw mt. It was great. He's never been. And i did great. We made killer time and i only stopped twice this time. Every time i go the stops get less and less. So it was a pleasant relaxing evening for dh and me. We really don't get a lot of time these days between work and school, so it was very pleasant. I have this sunday off...so dh and i are planning a trip either to Tallulah falls or the chatahoochee national forest...we haven't decided yet.
lauren - i see we aren't good enough huh LOL. Sorry but i don't do the myspace. Not really my thing...well if anyone is in contact with her...tell her i said hi and she needs to get her butt back here LOL
Slim - sorry to hear about looserville ex...but at least you are doing what is right for DD. I really think someone who has a drug habit and no responsibilities isn't a good role model for DD. I'll keep my fingers crossed..but it sounds like you should be pretty well off.
kar - you definately have a challenging job i bet. But that's great. It really does help when you are back in a routine. I swear, routines really do make weight loss easier.
alright...going to cruise around for a bit...check back laters.

[Outland]

I'm never working the day after labor day again ever! I've seen bad traffic before but come on. It was like everyone got on the road at the same damn time and 1/4 of them wrecked. It was just as bad in the eveing. It took me 30mins to go what normally takes me 5 mins.

But it was a good day got a lot of work done and made a lot of people happy. Got my work out in at work today. I had to put in an intercom system and I walked 4 story building 6 times and then I need something from radio shack so I walked to it instead of driving it was 5 blocks one way.

I still feel it in my legs from all them steps.

Glad you all had a good day.

[KAR73]

John sounds like you had a pretty good day at work despite the start to your day. Glad you got your workout in today. That is great about walking to the radio shack instead of driving to it. Hope your drive to work tomorrow is better.
Well I am off to relax a little bit before going to bed. Hope everyone has a great day on Wednesday!
Kerry

[happy2be]

hi everyone!
GG congratulations on the loss!!! Yeah!!!

RR I have no idea how you can get up so early, I can't do it. you are amazing. How are things going w/DH?


Roo good to see you!!!

Slim sorry about court tomorrow!

thin Jen this is an incredible place!

Kerry you sound like a great teacher!

Sheila I am so glad you got to have some time by yourself, and even better that you won $100. The only thing I play at the casinos is Craps, I learned to play recently and I love it!

John that is so great you walked instead of driving good for you

Laurie I love your excitement, I know the feeling all to well, I thought people were crazy telling me I was going to love going to the gym once I got into it, I didn't believed it at all, boy was I ever wrong, I love it!

blueeye I agree 100% with GG, and I would count it as a loss! good for you!

Karen, Lisa where are you?

I am doing OK. I didn't get to the new gym yet, on Sunday we went to South Coast Plaza (I think is the biggest mall in S.CA) I love it there, DH wanted to go and exchange a shirt there, we had a fabulous meal at Wolfgang Puck for lunch, we are looking at a big juicer from Williams Sonoma I think I am going to get it next week, I am not sure yet. On the way back home we stopped to eat dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, we didn't do as bad as last time we were there though, it was very good but not excessive. Yesterday I took Sean to the pool it was so hot, it was nice to be able to just jump into the water and cool off. Today was Sean's first day of school DH and I drove him today, I was a little anxious about how his first day back would be, but he did great!
Today I went to the gym and it was so hot, it was too difficult to exercises, the A/C was on but it wasn't cool enough it was horrible but I did manage to do all my work out as I had planned yeah!! When he got home he said he was not feeling well, I thought it was the heat, but I don't think is just that, he has been sick to his stomach all afternoon, I am worried about him, I don't want him to get dehydrated, but he can't keep anything down, I got him some Gatorade, he is staying home tomorrow, I am going to call the Dr. in the AM.
I hope everyone has a good night!

see you tomorrow!