300+ and ready to try again...#519

[katrinabgood]

God Bless America!

We want to invite everyone to join us in our journey.
We share laughter and tears.
We share what works for us and what doesn't.
We recently started a Topic of the Day.

Monday........Motivation Monday
Tuesday.......Tuesday Tips
Wednesday.....Wednesday Weigh ins
Thursday......Thankful Thursday
Friday........Friday Facials, Fingernails and Fun
Saturday.......Sit-up Saturdays - any physical activity
Sunday.........Soup and Salad Sunday - recipes

These are not required topics ...just ideas to share. We have found them very helpful. We also share heartaches and fears...joys and celebrations.

WELCOME!

[katrinabgood]

I hope that everyone's journey is a safe one!

This oughta be a real FUN FRIDAY for a few of our chickies! Remember...

DETAILS... We want lots of details!

Oh yes...AND pictures!

Have fun chicklets.

PS...2cute, lots of prayers coming for your sis! :angel:

[ljs1223]

:wave: Hey all - katrinabgood, I got your post and here I am :flow2:! I did post a little about me on the bio thread. This whole thing is pretty new, I decided yesterday that I'd had ENOUGH!! It's time to get on track and lose the weight. I set a short term goal of losing 10 lbs by Memorial Day. :)

I'll have to look at the other boi's - didn't have time to do much today . . . it's too nice and :sunny: outside! I'm going to work on our yard today . . . lots of projects!

I'm glad I found ya :cool: I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone :cp: ! Have a FANTASTIC FRIDAY!!

:wave: Lisa

[bobsgal]

Hey ladies! I know it's been awhile since I last posted, but I am back on track yet again. The numbers on the scale are looking good so far this week, but I'm not reporting them officially until Sunday. Hope you all have fun in OK. Post lots of pictures. Bye for now.
Steph

[LuckyLadyBug]

Welcome, Lisa. I don't know why it doesn't say so, like it did before, but I am in Central Minnesota too.

I am lonely knowing you are all in Oklahoma. Remember, PICTURES!!!! I reminded BarbPA to take her camera. She did so well when Terri, Kat and her were in New York and when they were with Michelle - I forgot where that was????

Well, I was going to mow when I got home but it is WINDY!!!!! So, maybe I will get my garden all staked and ready for next weeks planting.

[VermontChick]

It's gonna be dead this weekend....for those of us still around...do any of you use diet pills? I don't want to use the kidn that speed up your metabolism (that's freaky)..so i found Dexatrim Herbal Dietary Supplement, and supposedly it curbs your appetite...we'll have to see...

[ralphmarie]

Well here i am...
Lurked around for awhile to see where I fit in and this is it...although I am starting at a little bit under 300 my highest was at 297 so that IS closer than at the 200 group.

Looking forward to meeting some new friends here, just coming off atkins after a 3 month loss of 12 and then a 4 lb. gain and feeling like crap most of that time.
Leg pain and heel pain were horrible,have been eating some good carbs this week, ww bread and brown rice plus more veggies and I feel SO MUCH better.

I am going low fat now..had a 60 lb loss a few years back doing it and am looking forward to it again.
Just ordered Dr. Mirkin's 20 fat grams a day book...anyone familiar with this???
He also has a 20/30 book...20 or less grams of fat and 30 or more grams of fiber a day.
Miss Meliss...I used to live in VT about 34 years ago, fell in love there when I was 13 and just found him again 6 years ago and now we are married. Met him at a commune on the Canadian border.
RM

[LuckyLadyBug]

Welcome RalphMarie. You will love it here, we are all so nice! :smug:

Thin!!! Read BarbG's post - she is dissing us Northeners. Since you are there with her I think you should tell her that the next fling will be a WINTER Fling!!!! (instead of a Spring one) THAT will scare some :lol:

So, no posting from Oklahoma -
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?????

Guess what I just did????? Raked, mowed and dug in the dirt!!! Are you all surprised?????

Terri, I have my ball inflation. My air compressor ran out of air!:lol3:

Who used the air compressor????? I have a big challange holding the "needle" and then pushing it with the compressor nozzle - nothing seems to fit "nicely" together - ya know, like when you do your car tires.

Well, I feel obligated to post often even if it is nonsense, just to keep everything moving along.

I need to go and eat something before heading to bed. BIG digging and raking day tomorrow!!!!

Night...

[LuckyLadyBug]

Dang it, I have that darn OOOOOOOOKlahoma song in my head!!!!

[VermontChick]

oooklahoma where the wind comes sweeping down the plain...

[paperdoll]

just wishing everyone a wonderful weekend in oklahoma and elsewhere!

welcome newbies.

pat

[BarbPA]

Peek-a-Boo!!!!

:D ;) :D ;) :D ;)

Having a wonderful time - wish you were all here!

[katrinabgood]

If anyone should ever hear me mention, again, that I plan on attending another Chinese Auction...PLEASE...I mean PLEASE! throw a net over me and have me carted off to the looney bin until it's over. I HATE these things and this was like the fourth one I've been to in the last six months! They drag on forever, the table next to us screamed the entire time...because they won so much stuff that it was just ridiculous. It's not the "not winning" that's so bad, 'though a prize here or there would surely pass the time a little better! It's just that they're SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LONG! Half the prizes are just crap and yet these women scream over them like they've just won the Irish Sweepstakes! Particularly the woman right behind me...She sounded like a female Arnold Horshack on crack, she was so hyped up!! Although...at the very end, I did win something...the theme was "Born in the USA," so there were cute little red white and blue buckets with little flags in them, and some glittery stuff as centerpieces...they announced that the person at the table with the birthday closest to the fourth of July could take home the bucket! Woo Hoo! Third of July here!! You'd think I'd won the Irish Sweepstakes!

Steph! There you are! Welcome back! What's new pussycat?

Lucky...It was Pennsylvania...where Barb, Michelle and I met for a day of shopping and yakking and lots of fun....

Welcome, RalphMarie! Cool story about your honey. <<SYN, are you paying attention?>> Met him at a commune, huh? Interesting.....we want to hear more....I know I can speak for all.

Hi Pat! What's new with you?

Okay, I need some beauty sleep. I know, I know...hard to believe, but true.

Tomorrow will be nice, everyone will be gone, so I plan on spending the whole day gardening. Heaven.

See you all later...........

[thinthinker]

Hi ya'll (as they say here in OKey)! :wave: It's almost 3:00 AM here (4:00 at home :eek: ). The party broke up about 30 minutes ago and I came down to the "Executive Center" (I think it's called) to use their computers. I brought #1 son's laptop but the connection in the room is slower than ssssssllllllloooooowwwww! :( Figured I would check business email, picked up a couple of jobs. Hope they fit in the calendar :crossed: when I get home because I forgot to bring it with me.

I've been sitting here by myself just cracking up :lol: at you guys. "big *** green thing"?? My goodness ladies, what potty mouths you are when we're out of town and you think we're not looking!!! Just kidding. Actually "big ***" is my favorite description of everything, but it seems funny to hear everyone saying it.

Susie and I had a trip from hell. From the moment I "tried" to pick up the rental car, "tried" to add her as a second driver (can you say tons of mis-information about how to make that happen?), more orange construction barrels than I could count (some say they multiply every night), a 2 hour, yes, I said 2 hour detour because an Interstate was shut down due to a wreck, a no tell motel with terrible mattresses and a moldy shower curtain, and more rain than I care to tell you about. Argh!!!!

On the bright side :sunny:, Susie and I had a great time talking and singing all the way here. Turns out that her husband's grandma lived next door to my parents and I when I was growing up. He used to cut his grandma's lawn so I've "seen" him before. Small, small world.

We got here about 4:30 Okey time and have been having a ball since. Everyone is WONDERFUL!!!! So nice to put faces with personalities and voices. We hung out and chatted for awhile and then went out to dinner at this really nice place. Had a fireplace and a nice atmosphere. Great food.

Then back at the ranch, 2cute had prepared an "ice breaker" game which we enjoyed and laughed and laughed and laughed some more.

Well my dears, that is all I can manage for tonight/this morning. I've been up since 6:30 AM yesterday and I'm far too old for "all nighters" anymore.

WISH YOU WERE HERE.........postcards from the edge!!! :D

WELCOME to the new folks. We'll chat more later.

[joe anne]

Hi Ladies
Just checking in for the weekend, as I have been busy with school and job hunting at the same time.
I've been two days off plan, so for sure Mondays weighin will not be a good one. I didn't do as much minutes of exercise as I should have, and the eating is for sure not on plan the only thing that is op is my water intake. BUT it's a new day and I need to get control of me eating and exercise so I am off to do just that.
Hey you guys in OK have a Fun Fun weekend :yes:

[LuckyLadyBug]

Well, so far I went and bought gas for the mower, filled up my air compressor :p because apparently I will need it, ironed clothes for church tomorrow and ironed my nephews confirmation robe and sash. Oh, and wrapped his gift.

THEN I decided to check in and see if anyone in Oklahoma even remember us and


THANK God TRUE BLUE Thin came through with an Oklahoma report.

BarbPA: Peek a boo is NOT a report!!! But you do have that camera!!!! Start clicking!!!

[SusieH]

Good morning Ladies,

Yes, it is I....You may (or may not) remember me...SusieH. I have been a very distant member (and let me just say that 2Cute won't let me forget it!).

I am also in OK and have finally gotten to read posts and post myself (after 3 months). I guess that I need to go away more often and make sure that the hotel has free internet service.

Anyway, OK is more than OK. Having a ball and not wanting it to end.

Food isn't great, but my attitude is, so that is all that counts.

All your stability ball stories gave me a good laugh this morning. My ball has been inflated and sitting in my living room untooked for 3 months. Why did I bother.....

Well Barb is waiting to get on here, so I am outta here.

Susie

[ageoldie]

Just let me say I am not a night owl. I may be cranky this afternoon!!! But it is worth it! Having a great time and wish everyone was here.

[katrinabgood]

:coach: Okay now...all you "home people" had better get posting!! We can't have the "out of towner's" posts outnumbering ours! We need to keep those home fires burning!!! The posting police will be raiding us shortly....let's move, MOVE, MOVE!!! :drill:

[qsilver]

Hey everyone :)

Sounds like OK is a smash hit with the spring flingers! :)

The stability ball worries are cracking me up. :) Have no fear, if your ball is the correct size for your height, there really isn't a reason you will fall off of it. I was surprised how quickly those core muscles tone up and it becomes much easier to sit on the ball than even on the couch. Gives you a little extra boost instead of playing couch potato during your favorite shows. Besides, you can do a mini workout during commercials. ;)

I've been up all night again, and it is time to get some sleep. Have a great weekend, everyone. :)

Andria

[LuckyLadyBug]

I might have to post one liners to keep the posts going but then I notice some of the Ok'ers do that too!!!! :devil:

I have been raking and shoving stuff. Nothing new.

I have to go and refill my air compressor. I think too much is escaping while I am inflating it. At least I HOPE that is the problem and my ball isn't HUGE because of my size. :o

[VermontChick]

I always say "big ***." In general, I have a potty mouth. And if any of you read my online journal you'd see. I can't help it, I love swearwords (when used appropriatly, they're very very funny).

Anyways, my point is illustrated here in this link:
NOTE: CONTAINS NC-17 BAAD BAAD SWEARWORDS

anywho some british tv station asked a bunch of celebrities to tell the camera their favorite swearwords, and here is what they came up with. it's funny as heck. if you like the west wing, you'll probably appreciate it since all the celebrities partake in this.

http://www.milkandcookies.com/links/13480/

[Lyric]

:wave: :wave: hi all --
hope everyone is having a good weekend -- it has been raining in west tennessee for 4 days -- finally this afternoon the sun seems to be trying to make an appearance -- we have had flash flood warnings for a couple days now -- hopefully the water will start subsiding soon --

i have tons of things to do this weeekend -- so i wanted to check in and write a short post to wish everyone a happy and safe weekend --

will try to check in again later.

[LuckyLadyBug]

I can see all of you in Oklahoma forgot all about us!!!!!

I got my huge *** green ball blown up - my nephew and I found we like the pump that come with it better than the air compressor. :)

I let it "rest" last night as the directions stated to do. I hope to have time to try it out tonight - or it will have to wait until tomorrow night.

Confirmation today tired me out. Sitting around and visiting is HARD work.

So, where are the pictures, stories??????? PLEASE share!!!!

[bobsgal]

Just popping in to report an 8 lb loss for my first week back on track. Yeah! Sounds like everyone's having a good time in OK. Can't wait to see the pictures.
Steph

[ralphmarie]

Thank you for the welcome and the pm thinker.
So what is going on??some got together in OK??
Gosh that sounds like fun.
DH will be gone during the weeks soon and home on weekends only, so just me and Jackeddy (THE MOST spoiled rotten jackrussell in the WHOLE big *** world)
Just wondering if anyone here is going Lowfat??
And if you are familiar with Dr. Mirkins 20/30 ??
RM

[LuckyLadyBug]

Steph: BIG Congrats on the loss. :cheer:

BarbPA: I don't see any Oklahoma p i c t u r e s!!!!

By the way, what is with that "moderator monitoring our posts" - it sure makes posting S L O W!!!!!

[2cute2Bfat]

Greetings everyone !!! :wave:
I wrote a longgggggggg post about the OKLAHOMA WEEKEND and then saw it would be the next to last post... and you all know how I feel about writing a longgggg post and having it be the last or next to last one. LOL :lol:

SOooooooooo.... STOP !!! DO NOT POST HERE !!
Instead come read all the juicy gossip on thread # 520 !!!
See ya'll there. :wave:

[MichelleK]

Just a quickie here! I am soooo jealous! I sure wish I could have been there!

Kat...I didn't forget...we do need a day out again...you up for one soon Barb??

I have to say welcome to the Newbies on the block...though some of you will be saying who the heck is that?

I have been awol for a bit...I have mid-terms this week so I probably will be awol for another week!

Anyways, I'll try and catch up with you all later!