Hi All!
I'm up early this morning to send Honey off to the trenches!
He's off to work and then straight to the airport this afternoon to leave for Germany.
This has been an eat out all week week! :eat: Geez, a girl isn't going to lose any weight on THIS schedule. I've had a lunch job every day this week! It's been fun, however, because I've taken someone different to lunch every day. Monday it was my mom to the Rainforest Cafe. Tuesday it was a dear friend's daughter to Big Buck Steakhouse and Brewery. Wednesday it was Susie to Ruby Tuesday. Yesterday it was my MIL and SIL to the Capital Grille. And today I have a reward shop at Buffalo Wild Wings. Yeesh!!!
I teased Honey that I was going to leave town while he was gone but he told me I had to stay here and WORK!!! What fun would THAT be? I think a quick trip to see my surrogate Aunt in Fort Wayne, IN would be a GREAT idea! We'll see, I have a bunch of shops scheduled for the first part of next week. If I can get them done early enough AND not schedule anything more, maybe I will go down for a day towards the end of the week.
We got snow again last night. It's a good thing because everything was looking pretty bad. Snow had mostly melted. Grass and shrubbery dead. You know the picture. Now everything is covered in a blanket of white again.
I'll try and do some replies, but I haven't done them in awhile so if I forget someone, please forgive me.
BarbPA: Hope you're having a wonderful time on your cruise. You should be home tomorrow. I'm looking forward to living vicariously through you with some great descriptions.
Gail: If you're still reading, Happy Birthday. We miss you.
Grannie/Mary: Where are ya, girl? Haven't seen you in a while. Hope all is well with your son.
Loki: 50 POUNDS is AWSOME!!! Good for you! Keep up the good work. I agree with you about taking it off at a steady pace instead of the quicker fixes. I think it STAYS off better when you've lost it on a plan you can live with for the rest of your life.
J-Ann: You changed your avatar. I know how hard it is to locate your posts and where you left off last when there is more than one person with the same little picture. That's why I searched long ago for one of my own and I've been the silly little devil
ever since. Actually, I started off being a Hershey's kiss that unwrapped. Do you remember that one??? *I loved your "stay away from the drive-thru". I think those and stretch pants are very BIG contributors to our overweight society. Stretch pants because you don't realize your getting so big until it's too late. And drive-thru because they make food so damn easy to obtain and hide out with. Who can we sue????
Melissa: Actually, 2cute's right. I just finished weeding out some of the Bio Thread last week and there's a few more that are going this week. As a matter of fact, yours used to be there and it was wiped out some time ago after you left us. Sorry, you'll have to post another one.
I used to delete them so that they couldn't be seen anymore. It made me feel better to not leave reminders of who was here and is no longer. But then the last few times I've deleted old ones, I've left them visible because then if someone comes back (like you have) I can just reinstate it. Sorry, but you left when I was still deleting permanently.
Catherine: Thanks for posting the picture. I can't imagine being confined to a wheelchair, however, I guess I do often TRY to think about it. Especially when my legs are giving me trouble and all I want to do is eat. Once in awhile it works to make me have second thoughts about what I put in my mouth. *I do hope that you will be able to get back into lawyering. I always thought that would be a facinating job. I realize that TV and movies are not REAL, but I do like all of the movies like
The Juror, The Firm, Runaway Juror, Witness.....and that new
Law and Order Trial by Jury is actually pretty interesting. BTW, what do you think of Michael Jackson showing up to court in pajamas. OMG! Maybe he's thinking INSANITY!!!!
mamamoo: Welcome to our little corner of the world. We're glad to have you joining us! * Congratulations on that new little one of yours. She's beautiful! *I'm glad you came to the realization that you had to get healthy for YOU, no matter what anyone around you does. My Honey is overweight as well. When I started WW I was gung-ho. I lost 85 pounds in 7 months. It was GREAT! Then Christmas came and as alot of folks do, I crossed the line. Then Honey gave me a BIG heart filled with chocolate for Valentine's Day and that was IT!!! But even before all this, during my successful losing months, Honey didn't bother to even try to join me. I didn't nag or say anything really to him about it, because he has NEVER, EVER commented about my weight and I wasn't about to do it to him either. I just thought when he saw me being successful that he would jump on the bandwagon. It didn't happen. So I decided, like you had thoughts, why bother.
Unfortunately, that was in 1999 when I gave up the ghost. Luckily, I did learn something in those months and have made some positive changes, like giving up a 12 pack of regular Pepsi a day, that have stuck with me even though I'm only giving a half-hearted effort toward "being good" right now. I keep thinking the day will come when the "click" kicks in again and I can get back to the serious business of being healthy. Oh, BTW, you mentioned that your weight has not taken it's toll with health issues yet. Just wait. I was always soooo, not proud I guess, but boastful maybe, of the fact that I didn't have high blood pressure, sugar or cholestrol problems even with carrying that many pounds for so many years.....well, I'm here to tell ya (and I realize you are a WHOLE LOT younger than I am) it catches up with you!!! I turned 50 last year and I am now on Glucophage for being borderline diabetic. I'm on blood pressure meds and I'm on cholestrol meds. Take care of yourself now, because it does get ya in the end. There's no escaping it.
Jilly: I'm glad you were able to slip right back into your old job at Ruby Tuesday. Just remember that part of the problem with Ruby Tuesday IS their "kick-*** salad bar". You can make one heck of a calorie laded feast out of the offerings on that salad bar!
Too bad about the choir, but like you said, "priorities". *I love the picture of you and your soon-to-be niece. She looks like she's a darling and the two of you together is just precious!
Lilion: Congrats on another 2 pounds! I'm glad you decided to do your own flogging about your 2 pound attitude so we wouldn't have to.
2 pounds a week is a VERY respectable amount to lose. AND it's the way to lose to KEEP IT OFF!!!
*That's interesting that the La Leche League women told you that your eating habits had to do with milk supply. My experience has told me that usually they tout "the more you nurse, the more you have". Which IS true. Milk production is based a great deal on how often and how long.
Julee:
I'm sure that opening night went really well for you and that the folks your delegated jobs to did their part.
Your job sounds like soooooo much fun!!! * CONGRATS on the 6.8 pounds! You go, girl! Sometimes it's worth the wait!!!! Your enthusiasm just jumps on the page.
Mnemosyne: I see they have restyled the Easter egg molds from Jello. I got mine several years ago. They're kinda fun, actually. I made the eggs one year and then the jelly bean molds came out the following year (or something like that). They look kinda cute if you display them on a platter that you've covered in Easter grass made out of coconut dyed with a little bit of green food coloring. I actually got my molds right at the supermarket though. I haven't been to the grocery in a good while so I couldn't vouch for the fact that they have them there this year, but they did in the past. They were FREE with the purchase of 4 (maybe 6, but I think 4) Jellos.
Ruby: I'm with you. I always have the snappy comeback AFTER I've walked away. Funny too because I will keep telling myself "the next time that happens I'll say......." and then when it does happen, I just walk away.
Esmaraude: It's so good to see you posting again. I had missed you. *What a B1^CH you have to work around!!! My goodness! I do believe I would be saying something to management as well. That's harassment. I'm guessing you won't be standing around talking to her anymore. Maybe she'll ask you why someday and you'll have an opportunity to say something to her.
Scooter: I hope you have a safe trip and a really nice visit with your brother. I see you didn't get back in here last night, so maybe you're already on your way.
Synn: I have no interest in a daily food log. WHEN I journal, I do it on scaps of paper, the back of my hand, using the Weight Watcher pearl bracelet. I don't keep anything permanent. Just don't find the need.
Iwillbe: Sorry to hear your still on the doctor merry-go-round. Next time you'll have to think about spreading those appointments out some. OR, you could look at the bright side and think "gee, once I'm through with these nasty two weeks, I won't have to do it again for awhile". Gotta think positive!!!
Terri: Oh honey, BIG [[[[[hugs]]]]]!!!!! I hope the meeting with the lawyer went well yesterday although I don't hold out much hope if the girlfriend's or someone elses name isn't on the property, accounts, or somewhere giving them authority. I think the son trumps anyone else unless it's in writing.
I'm sorry to hear your BIL isn't recovering as well as you had hoped. It's so sad when families fight. Greed and power have been the demise of many a family. Know that I'm praying for you all. These are difficult times. [[[hugs]]]
CD: Hope you're enjoying your trip to your folks. Guess you'll be having a busy weekend. We miss you when your gone, so make sure you check in when you get back.
2cute: Thanks for the ideas of what to do with myself while Honey is away. "Maybe clean the office....."
Yeah, THAT'S gonna happen. This place needs a bomb to go off. That's the only thing that will get rid of all this junk! Oh my!!!
Barbg: Thanks for the joke. That was really cute. Lightened my day.
Angela: Ok, lady. You were starting your countdown on the 8th as Day One. What happened??? You haven't come back since then. Hope you're doing ok.
Huggy: " i just ate them. man i hate it when this happens." Boy, do I know THAT feeling!
That's one of those nasty habits we have to break. It's self destruction.
Hilta: You haven't been around in a few day, honey, where are you??? The last time you posted it was 58 degrees there and you were going for a walk. Did you get lost in the warm weather??? Or did it snow while you were gone and you got buried???
Leanne: Where are you my friend from "down under"??? At last we heard you had hit your 50 pounds down mark. What's happening at your end of the world?
Well, ladies, I went back a whole week's worth of threads to make sure that I caught up with everyone. I hope I didn't miss anyone.
I have a busy day today, so I think I will get up and outta here. You all have a good one. Love
ya bunches.
300+ And Ready To Try Again...#670
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Oh, also I have PCOS, so if any of you all have that too please speak!! 
That is the main reason for wanting to lose weight.... HEALTH and MOBILITY !!!!! At one point in my life I had to use a walker to get from the bed to the bathroom first thing in the morning. 
to everyone!
in the exercise thread 
and March challenge but just lurking here.
