LA Weight Loss - Friends and Losers - March 9 - 15

Morning!

Hey gang... Sorry I've been AWOL.. We've been slammed with fires this past week and I have some major deadlines going at work.

Trying to be good and mostly succeeding, but I've fallen off the exercise wagon... I need to find some motivation to get going, as the few pounds I put on over the holidays don't seem to be motivation enough...

Good morning Dan! I was about to start a new thread, glad I checked one more time before I posted! LOL
WHERE IS EVERYBODY? Up and at em' people!!!

good morning all. i'm here. just feeling very dumpy. i got hit with a sore throat late saturday night and then woke up feeling absolutely horrible sunday morning. headcold, sore throat, achy body..everything. it sucked. so i slept for the majority of the morning/afternoon. i'm still feeling icky, but hopefully it passes soon. my bday is on wed.

hope everyone had a good weekend.

Happy Monday all! How is everyone adjusting to the time change? I gotta say it was a little tough to get outta bed this morning!

Thank you all for the support! I did great at DF's work party. They had a nice spread of veggies and a beautiful fruit salad. I skipped bread, butter, pasta and rice and just stuck with protein. BUT I did end up drinking more than planned. A group of us went out afterwards and a few of the client's bought us drinks and dinner. I was good and ordered a salad-but I know those 2 beers put me over the top. So scale was a up a bit, but nothing I can't handle! I appreciate the motivation Kimberly and Jill!

Kim-that ride/hike sounds wonderful! They raffled a harley at the work party btu unfortunately we weren't winners. Good for you for getting out there and hiking all that way! Bet it felt great to get moving. I'm so inpired by your POPness. That is awesome.

Dan! I hear ya on the exercise hiatus. I took last week off and it didn't feel good. I'm back this week!

I'm ready.....so ready to see a nice big loss on tues. I'm going to have to do some planning today as I'll be driving a lot, but I know I can stay POP!

Week 2: So I had gained 8 oz last Tuesday and I lost it Saturday so I started right back where I was last week. My son turned one on Saturday and we had a big party. I did not cheat once. As I was making the cakes I did catch myself one time try to lick icing off my finger but I did not and sort of started spitting everywhere and my one year old laughed so hard. I stuggle with staying on plan every single day. But I am going to make it this time. I exercised all day yesterday and I am going to walk tonight as well. And just this morning I have drank enough water I could float home..

My mom and I are going to LAWL together. She did LA 4 years ago and lost 70 pounds, she kept some of it off but for medical reasons she needs to loose more. We are on different plans and it is hard to get her to understand somethings. She did the color plans and took suplements last time, and now with the number plans foods are not rated the same. I will not waiver from my plan, but she some how adjust things to fit her food needs and ends up loosing more. Anyway, I will stay positive..

Mommyofsix- Sorry I dont know your name, I just noticed you're in Maryville, I am too!!! Welcome neighbor! LOL

Hello everyone!! Today is my deadline at LAWL to lose my 20 pounds so I go weigh in tonight after work… as of Friday I was 1.4 pounds away from my goal so I doubt I was able to lose all 1.4 in just a couple days but I hope to be close! They said if I am a pound away I wouldn’t have to purchase more weeks just to lose 1 pound so that is nice! As long as I didn’t gain over the weekend, I should be good! Wish me luck!!!

Over the past week I have been very motivated!! I have been working out with “My Fitness Coach” on Wii and really like it!! I was using Wii Fit every day just after Christmas but haven’t been on it for a long time… I am enjoying My Fitness Coach way more!! On the weekend I purchased some weights and a Medicine Ball and I plan on working with them as well.

Keep up the good work everyone!!!

Mandy

Hi Guys!

I haven't been around recently either, the DH and I had a rough weekend. He was offered a "promotion" that included a 30% pay CUT. We were torn all weekend, even fought pretty bad about it. It's a great job but tough to get over that pay cut especially since he's been with the company almost 3 years.

He did take it though. It's full time and he's only a contractor right now, so that's a pro. In the end, the pros outweighed the cons, so we went with it. It's in VA, and I am in Jersey until I graduate in December so it will be hard, but we can do it. I am getting a new car out of it, so that made it a TAD better. I havea great car now, just don't trust it driving 5 hours. I am looking at Mazda 6's...

Anyways, I am drinking the FRS juice that Hungry Girl recommended and I like it! It tastes pretty good with seltzer and I already have a ton of energy! I am not going tot he gym today, but am going to go walk the town park!

Here's to a good day guys!!

Mommyofsix- Sorry I dont know your name, I just noticed you're in Maryville, I am too!!! Welcome neighbor! LOL

Hey Kim!!

Glad to have a neighbor on here.. My name is Amy and I have lived in Maryville my entire life..Very nice to meet you..

Amy:)

Jill.. like the new pic.. you look so beautiful!
Amy... just think abut today and make the best choices. Good job at the party!

What is FRS juice?

Glad you are all back after the weekend!

Hi everyone! Hope you all are looking forward to a great week! I didnt do terrible this weekend, but the salt police shoulda pulled me over! I am up on the sclae and I know it is from all the sodium I had yesterday. I am drinking tons 'o water today in hopes of seeing a lower number. Welcome to the newbies!

BTW, Jillian, I also love the new pic! You are so radiant!

FRS juice is this fruit concentrate (or juice, depending on what you buy...) that gives natural energy. Here's the link with the info:

https://secure.frs.com/store/hg30/?page=33817598;|ad=212444560;

(that's also 30% off from HG...)

I will attest that it doesn't taste bad and it definitely gave me energy!

Hmm, I hadn't ever heard of that FRS before. Might have to look for it. How many WW points?

Welcome Amy! Good name! ;)

I've done great today. I was SO proud of myself at lunch. I packed some grapes, a fiber bar and my spinach/berry smoothie. I was starving at around 1pm so I went to Carl's Jr bc I love their salad. But I started thinking about the cheese I would have to pick off and the dressing and decided to just order a bbq chicken breast. So that's what I ate. I was totally satisfied and it felt great to talk myself out of eating something I knew that i probably shouldn't!!
I have to say-you inspired my Kim--I know I can be "to a T" as well and I'm really going to make that effort this week. No more cutting corners for me!

AmyNJ-sorry to hear about the trouble at DH's work. I hate arguing over stuff like that-but it's such a big deal and I'm glad you guys made a decision. I hope that it works out for the best. I know DF and I are so thankful for our jobs right now. We know so many who are struggling!

KimR-I'm right there with ya on the water today. I violated the sodium laws this weekend too!

I hope you are all having a great day!

Amy, if your DH is going to get benefits and paid time off with the new job and didn't have it before (most contractors don't), it probably a very good deal to take the new job. Are you going to be able to be together over the summer? Are you feeling 100% now? Are classes eating you alive? My DD is having much stress over her financial accounting and finance classes this term. I'll be glad when she finishes those, as she always calls mom when she gets very overwhelmed with school... I also get the calls with the grade report on the exams too, so that has been mostly good. She will finish either a year from now, or a year from June... Not quite sure, depends on what she does for the summer. She is talking about taking summer school. I think it might be better for her to have a bit of time off... as a person can get burned out.

I'm going down to Palm Springs tomorrow to visit my dad there, and I'm looking forward to seeing some sunny weather. It snowed here today, although it didn't stick all that much, I'm just sick of seeing it snow. Normally we don't get enough to get tired of it here, but this winter we did.

Aww Amy-Its been a long time since I've inspired anybody, you can do this!!!!

Other Amy-Last year my DH took a $12,000.00 a year cut in pay to go full time, he had been a contractor too. It was really hard at first but we adjusted and it was worth it not to have to worry every other month whether his contract would be renewed or not.

Hang in there everybody!!!

Thanks for the encouragement guys! I know we'll make it someho, someday.

BarbaraB- we're not together yet. I will be graduating earlier than I thought, in December of this year, so we'll be together then. I am taking 4 summer classes, but still have off from 7/16 til when classes start after Labor Day. So, I'll be in VA with him then. Until then, it's just weekends! I hate it, it breaks my heart every Monday when he leaves.

Classes wise, I am stressed out. I am on Spring Break next week, but it's not exactly Spring Break when I have 2 papers to write as well as multiple exams to study for. It's really a break from physically going to school each day, that's it!

The FRS juice is worth looking in to. I drank it around 2pm or so and it's now 9pm and it's starting to wear off. THat's pretty good for energy though!

I cut the gym today to walk outside, it's been so beautiful! I walked 2 miles around the town park. I am feeling it already! My goal is 8 miles this week!

Hello evryone :)

HI Dan! You have posted so many motivational posts it is hard to believe you can't find any! Honestly though you are so much healthier than most people, you shouldn't be too hard on yourself.

Jillian, you look so beautiful in the new pic. I hope the cold passes quickly and you feel better soon :)

Good job on making a good choice Amy. I can't order a salad from MCd's or anywhere really. Once I'm there I cave to burgers and fries. So I find it impressive you had the willpower to complete a great day of eating right.

I have had an okay day. OP breakfast and lunch. Not so good afternoon snack, but a chicken and salad dinner to try and make up for it. It's probably the best day I've had in a while. So i'm going to take it as a victory :)

I am struggling...probably why I have been so quiet on here. Being sick hasn't been helping. I have been like walking death...home sick from work today too. I always feel guilty calling in sick too...silly I know seeing as I am the HR Manager and encourage everyone else to take time off when they are sick....forget to take care of myself sometimes I guess. Anyway, hope to be back tommorrow and back on plan. Still fighting the illness so the plan is to get back on track foodwise this week then get back to the exercise next week. I know I am up a bit but how much not sure...body is doing all sorts of weird things but I am guessing around 3 lbs. Will weigh in Friday though...so gotta get down to business!

Morning all,

I'm struggling too. :dunno:
I'm having a difficult time staying on plan for more than a few days at a time. The weight just doesn't seem to be coming off as easy as it did the first time around or maybe I'm just not as strongly committed as I was a couple years ago? My ticker is not accurate - but I can't bring myself to update it - how about Friday morning after I WI?

Yoga/Pilates is back in session tonight - maybe that's the push I need to get back on plan.

Today is Andy's 11th birthday. He was my SO's chocolate lab that we had to put to sleep on New Year's Eve. Andy was a sweet boy and we miss him very much. My SO says he would love another choco lab, so maybe this spring we will have another furry addition to our house.

They are predicting a couple inches of heavy wet snow here in MN today - yey. Not really. I'm ready for winter to be over!!

Have a good on plan day! :)

hello all. i'm still not feeling that great today. not sure if it's just pregnancy related or what. i woke up with a horrible headache. and i'm still pretty achey and uncomfortable and even feel a bit pukey. ugh.
hope tomorrow is better for me, since it's my bday! even though i really don't look forward to my bday much anymore, it'd still be nice to feel halfway human. my former dh ordered me a cake for my bday. i never do store-bought cakes since i'm such an avid baker, but it was the thought that counts..and i'm sure the frosting will be super yummy. :) and we're all going out to dinner tomorrow night to a local place down the street from our house, so it'll be nice not having to cook either...even though i like doing it, i do need a break!

the weather is pretty nasty here today. lots of freezing rain/ice. the rest of the state is getting blizzard weather, so i'm sure we won't be too far off either. it seems that SD always gets a huge snow storm right around my bday..makes me wish i still lived in NC right about now. ha. :)

ok. gonna go for now. hope everyone has a good day.

Wow! slow board this week.

Lettie? Nicole? Kimphin? Joni? Katie? Come out come out wherever you are!Speaking of katie--where is Katy66??? She was recommitting not too long ago!

Angie-stick with it. It may take you longer, but that's no reason to give up. You KNOW that it works when you do it right, so start making little changes until you are back at full speed. I'm sorry to hear about your choc lab. I hope you guys can add another pup to your family soon. My brother just bought a choc lab this weekend. He is the cutest thing I've seen in so long! They are such smart dogs!

Erin-how are you doing today??

Jillian-hope you feel better and hope you have a great bday! Sounds like you will have a nice day with your family. Cake sounds good!

Kristin-get better! No excuses-you gotta eat right!! I know you can pull through.

As for me--I'm trying to pump myself up. I walked with leslie last night and it felt good! Today I've been great with food minus one slip up. I bakes brownies last night for my boss' bday and sampled one this morning without really thinking!! Grrr. But I'm couting it for WW and moving on, I know that's not enough to do real damage, but I am trying so hard to be truly POP.

The only good thing about "cheating" is that it motivates me to work out and work it off. So I'll be doing some miles tonight!!

Hi Barbara, AmyNJ!

Hope you all are doing great today!

Hi Amylou, I was thinking the same.....Where is everybody????
Good for you staying on track after a small slip up. It is easy to let it snowball into something more damaging. And by excercising to make up for it, you are truly showing your commitment. Everybody has slip-ups but it is what they do after they slip-up that determines how successful they will be.

I hear ya Kristen I always feel soooo guilty. I hope you feel better soon!

Angie - how was your day? Have fun at yoga/pilates tonight!

Myself, I had good breakfast and lunch. At my new administrator job there is a popcorn machine that makes movie theater popcorn ALL DAY. It smells heavenly and tastes the same. Then today one of the counter guys tells me where they stash the salt/vinegar flavor shaker. Geez. SO I had a bag (small about 2 cups) It's tough. But I am trying to just get back up after I slip and not say "day's ruined" and eat bad all day. Tomorrow I am going to the gym. I need to get back nto a healthy routine. I am going to try 2x week for this week and next, then 3x week after that.

Have a great evening everyone :)

hey everyone! hope you are all having a good week so far... I just got back this past Saturday from shooting an LA weight loss commercial in Florida. To see some pics that were taken you can go to http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2013967&id=163100069&l=77d6c
It was an unbelievable experience, to say the least!

That's great Erica! you look amazing, I bet that was so much fun!! I have to ask-where are these ads running? I didn't think there were many centers open these days. I really miss LAWL!

hey everyone! hope you are all having a good week so far... I just got back this past Saturday from shooting an LA weight loss commercial in Florida. To see some pics that were taken you can go to
It was an unbelievable experience, to say the least!

Erica your pictures look great just like a movie star. When I am at the center I often wonder if the pictures on the posters are really of people who went to LAWL. It is very comforting to know how much LAWL works for people.

Happy birthday to Jillian..I hope you are feeling better and enjoy your day..

I hope everyone is having a great day today. Some days are easier than others but this week is turning out well for me. My mom cooked me a turkey, so I have protein for the next few days and
I have exercised every day this week and feel great. I am rather disppointed it will be turing cold again and it is rainy, but now I can start my walking tape.

Hi everyone. Amy, thanks for calling me out! I am just lurking. I had a booth with my sisters for our business at a Health Expo last weekend. It took all of last week prepping, and all of this week recovering, LOL. Actually, it went really well. I taugt a class called, "What your past lives can tell you about today". We had a great time, and made a lot of good contacts. Even more exciting, we have been approved to participate in a huge health expo in Sun Valley, ID in May where the keynote speakers are Dr. Micheal Beckwith (from The Secret) and Dr. Robert Thurman. In October we are participating in an Expo in Jackson Hole, WY where the keynote speaker is Ceasar Milan. I am really exited about both of these!

Jillian- :bday2you::balloons::bday2::hb::celebrate::woo::gi ft:

thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone. :)

every year it seems to never feel like my birthday. oh well. at least DH is here for it this year. dinner and cake with the kids, DH and former DH. and that's about it for tonight.
sure wish i could've slept in or something, but alas, the mom world doesn't really allow that much, especially on a weekday.

ok..gonna go now, it seems as if DS is tearing apart everything!

amylou--- the tv commercials will only be shown in cities that have LA weight loss centers. It's crazy how many centers are closing lately!

Ok, so we had no work yesterday the city of Fargo was basically shut down by 10am. It was horrible. But I did get a lot done. I did home work and got most of it done and then I started to clean my room. HA! That was about as far as it got. But the rest of my place is pretty clean it's my room that I let get out of control. Then a few of my girlfriends that live across the way came over and we did the Biggest loser workout video and watched a movie and drank wine. I am in sooo much pain from that video it's ridiculous! HA!

This morning I wake up and my gagage is barried and I can not get into it.So I guess my car is stuck in there. I had to get a ride to work. And now I am stuck here! AAHHHH! What the heck?

Anyway diet wise I am still trying to get back on track since vacation it's tough. I am working on it though.

Hope you all have a great day!

Happy Birthday Jillian!

Oh yes I forgot Happy Bday Jillian!

Hi everyone! I'm in freezing cold Denver this week! I've done pretty good about staying on plan. I brought some special k bars to help with cravings and it seems to be working so that is good. I did eat some lasagna last night, but it was a really small piece and i had plenty of room... We hardly ate during the day due to too much playing! I also went to the gym with my sis for the past two days! Ther is no sclae here and its driving me nuts but i hope there are no surprises when i get home! If there is i swear i will pack my own next time!!!!

Happy birthday Jillian!
It was one of the girls birthdays in the office today and they brought in a homemade chocolate cake with skor pieces on it. I know I should have said no but I just couldn't. I had a small piece...aghhhh I am still feeling guilty.
I think I will walk on the treadmill tonight and work it off!
I really need to crack down on myself again. I seem to have lost some of my motivation and I need it back. I only have ten to 15 more pounds to go and I know I will feel so good!
Barb- My parents are in Palm Springs too. I usually go out there every year to see them but the flights didn't look so good so we decided not to go this year. My husband works for the airline so we tavel standby and its not always so great. Anyways, have a fun trip.
Talk to everybody soon,

Joan

Hi guys, I just noticed on FB that it looks like Nicole has a sick daughter. Sounds like she had surgery. Just wanted to let you all know so you could send your love and prayers her way.

Alright, Where the heck is Nicole, she has to "sing" Happy Birthday to Jillian!
Happy Birthday Mommy!!!

Happy Birthday Jillian :)

HAPPPY BITHDAY Jillian!! hope you had a great time with your family today.

Let's get motivated people! No giving up now...it's almost summer ;)

thank you thank you thank you for all the birthday wishes! :)

we went out to dinner and the kids were good (for once!) and my sister came as well. she showed up with a huge cookie topped with frosting and reeses cups and m&ms. DS ate a piece of it at the restaurant and then came back to my house and shoveled in a huge piece of cake too! ha. he oughta be good and passed out soon.
anyways. it was a good day overall. nothing too exciting, but nice to be with the people i love the most.

Hi guys, I just noticed on FB that it looks like Nicole has a sick daughter. Sounds like she had surgery. Just wanted to let you all know so you could send your love and prayers her way.

wow. do we know which DD and what type of surgery? gosh, i hope things are ok.

:bday2you::bday2you: Happy Birthday, Dear Jillian :bday2you::bday2::celebrate::gift::hb::woo::balloo ns::balloons::balloons:
So glad I didn't miss it, Jillian :) :hug:

So, the story is......DD, Bethany (13), woke up in the night on Saturday night with a tummy ache. She ALWAYS gets the stomach flu, and always vomits when she gets it.....and she just got over it last weekend......so I was totally bumming out for her......well, low and behosld, it kept her down all day Sunday, but no vomitting, no diarrhea, no fever. So Sunday night she was up a lot too, (in our bed with us half the night.....:lol: and it's a queen), so Monday morning I told her we should go to the doc......and she said she felt a bit better. So I waited until about noon......but I was getting way to worried, as my mom had her appendix rupture and was sick for about a year from it. I took her in at 3:15, and after all the tests and exams and such, she had surgery at 1:30 a.m. It went well, and she came home today. So, I haven't been home since Mon. afternoon.....and let me tell you how very good it is to be home. And did I mention how much I love showers :) I ate terribly. Just for the record :) But I don't even care. I am just thankful that my girl is ok. and I just LOVE our medical care here. They have a children's ER and superior medical professionals. And I am one picky bit$& about me medical care :) So, all in all, everything is ok now :)

I haven't even read the threads this week, but I will catch up tomorrow :)

Missed you all :)
XOXO

wow, nicole! so glad she's doing ok! how scary! so they took her appendix out? glad you have such good hosptial there! that makes it all that much better in such crappy times, doesn't it?

thanks for the big bday wishes! :) :) :) wish i could send you some cake!

Morning all!

Jillian ~ Happy Birthday! That cookie sounds fantastic!!

AmyLou ~ We've been looking at other pups for a few weeks now. Even found a super cute rescue dog that looks very similar to the dog I have. So I think we're getting closer to another dog - I just have to convince my SO that we can have more than one!

Erin ~ Yoga/Pilates on Tuesday kicked my butt. We had last week off for spring break. I had my Yoga fitness class last night and that was tough too! My stomach was still sore from Pilates on Tuesday - but in the good way. I love the smell of fresh popped popcorn!

Erica ~ Congrats on the commercial. We still have a number of LAWL centers open here in MN so I'll keep an eye out for them!

Katie ~ Congrats on the Health Expo and new leads as a result.

Cecil ~ I always hope for snow days here, but they never happen. I think the last one we had where everything was closed down was the Halloween Blizzard in 1991.

Nicole ~ So glad to hear that your DD is on the mend. What a scary thing to have happen, but your mother's intuition proved correct!

My brother is in town this week on his Spring Break and my mom and I are hoping to spend some time together before he heads back to SD.
I'm kind of excited for my birthday this year - my gift to myself will be a laptop. My desktop is pretty much dead and with my new camera that I got for Xmas, I think it's time for an upgrade. I really want to go buy it now, but I told SO that I'd hold off until my Bday to buy it. Plus I can keep my eye out for a lower price to come along.

I have a full plan of food to try to get in today - wish me luck!
Have a great OP day everyone!!

Hello all! Does anyone know if antibiotics typically cause any weight gain. I am back on track this week, but just seems like the week isn't coming off. The flu has turned to a cold now, complete with eyes that water constantly! It's not good to look like I am crying at work all day long HA!
Anyway...I have 16 days till my trip down south! I am in such need of a vacation and warm weather I don't even care that I am so far from where I had planned to be weight wise. Luckily, no one seems to care how fat you look in a bathing suit down there! LOL

morning all. just a quick post as the kids are due to arrive at my house anytime now. DD has spring break for the rest of the week..so i've got both kids here with me today. should be a full day. hopefully their not too wound up and rowdy. ha. yeah right. a 5yr old and 3yr old. together all day long.
oh well, a mom can dream right?
i guess it doesn't help that i woke up with a massive headache. but that's been almost a regular thing with me. and it sucks because i've talked to my dr about this pretty much my whole pregnancy..and nothing. my b/p is fine and no other problems. it sucks. because tylenol sucks.

ok. done complaining. i'm just so uncomfortable, exhausted and oh did i mention uncomfortable and miserable? ha. ok. seriously done now.

hope to check in later, if the kids allow!


ps..check the baby ticker---it getting closer! thank GOD! i'm getting to be a bit pregzilla-ish. *roar*

Erica......you look FABULOUS!!!! What great motivation for you to stay OP :) You should be really proud of yourself. :)

Jillian........so I was a day off........darnit!!!!! So, I skimmed the thread a bit this a.m., and I am a bit worried about your headaches. They can be a sign of pre-elamsia. If you are out today, you might want to stop by Walgreen's and get your blood pressure checked, or call your nurse and ask her if you should be concerned. In any case.....try to get some more water in today and put your feet up every now and then if you can. I know, ha ha ha, with two kids running around......no problemo. But do keep an eye on the headaches and b.p. :hug:

I will catch up with everyone else later.......lots of catching up on the home front for me today :)
XOXO

Nicole, so did DD have her appendix out? If so, at least they removed it before it ruptured. I had my out when I was 15 and it ruptured during the surgery. I was in the hospital for 3 weeks and was completely miserable. It was the middle of July and all I wanted to do was enjoy my summer and I was stuck in the stupid hospital. I hope she has a speedy recovery!

Jillian........so I was a day off........darnit!!!!! So, I skimmed the thread a bit this a.m., and I am a bit worried about your headaches. They can be a sign of pre-elamsia. If you are out today, you might want to stop by Walgreen's and get your blood pressure checked, or call your nurse and ask her if you should be concerned. In any case.....try to get some more water in today and put your feet up every now and then if you can. I know, ha ha ha, with two kids running around......no problemo. But do keep an eye on the headaches and b.p. :hug:

I will catch up with everyone else later.......lots of catching up on the home front for me today :)
XOXO


you were a day off? for what? i'm confused? if you were talking about my bday, nope. it was yesterday and you were right on time. otherwise, i'm confuzzled. oh well.

yeah, my b/p has been fine this whole pregnancy. and no real swelling to speak of either. my wedding ring is still loose (believe it or not! even with all the weight i've gained so far!) and my dr and her nurses don't seems to be concerned much. so i don't know what the deal is. i'm going to the eye dr tomorrow for my yearly check up, so we'll see. i don't think much has changed in that area either. thank you for being concerned and for the advice. :)

Hi all - sorry I've been MIA this week - I have a lot of stuff due for a Board mtg next week - can't keep up here!

Anyway - Happy belated BD Jill! I hope that you start to feel a little bit better soon.

Nicole - I'm glad Bethany is doing well. I can't imagine what you were going through at midnight with a child having surgery.

Kristin - yes, I think that antibiotics can cause weight gain, so just keep on track and you should be OK. I hope you feel better soon too! (What is it with all of us? Maybe we should clean our keyboards....)

Well, I am happy to report that I am back on track after my vacation, been going to the gym (have the aches and pains to prove it!) and have lost 3lbs so far. I felt really yucky earlier in the week, so I have been making lighter choices for the past 3 days and I feel better already.

OK, - gotta go back to work!

Good job Kim!!

Nicole and dionne- hope that your babies are better soon!
Jillian- my sis had headaches during pregnancy and i did as well, she recommended that i up my water intake and that fixed it! Also, i was told that eyesight is not the same during pregnancy... But i'm guessing the eye doctor will notice you are pregnant and do what's right...
Kim- great job!
I finally got to weigh myself and am happy to report that i am in the right range... Its hard to tell exactly because i had clothes on and i'm sure the scale is not the same as mine... Bottom line, i wasn't surprised by anything and i was relieved!

yes, Jillian.......I meant your B-day.....and I am glad that I got the right day after all :)

Hi Kim :)

gotta paint now......later :)
XOXO

Happy Friday everyone! I am still up :( About 2.4 lbs to be exact. I'm hoping it's due to the antibiotics, water retention, or something, but who knows...I was off the scale for almost 2 weeks so maybe I did more damage than I thought? I'll just keep on track though and see what happens. I did switch scales though. I did some testing and the scale I was using would weigh differently depending on where it was placed on the floor (and unfortunately it was moved a lot, living with boys nothing ever stays where it should lol) so maybe my ticker weight wasn't accurate. I have no clue, lol, but I WON'T get frustrated.
Hope everyone else is seeing some results this week!

Hey guys! Happy Friday!

Kristin- I am SURE it's the antibiotics. I was sick with bronchitis a few weeks ago and my scale was wacky. When I first got sick, I lost like 5-6 pounds as I wasn't eatting anything. Then, I got on the antibiotics still not eatting anything and gained back 4 lbs. Don't worry about it... get better and then move on.

Jillian- Happy belated birthday chickadee!! I don't get excited about birthdays either. Then again, I got engaged for mine last year... and this year we're going for a weekend at the B&B where we got married... maybe I should start!

Erica- don't know if I already said, but you look great! I miss LAWL too! I was just getting back on the wagon with LAWL and was so excited at my process then my center closed! AHH!!!

I am so excited to be on SPring Break!!! I am going to walk my 2 miles in the park today to blow off some steam. I have been so stressed with school! Tonight is movie night with my family. My DH is working OT, so won't be in until late tomorrow night. Tonight it's my mom, sister and My Fair Lady!!!

Have a great day guys!!

hello all. ran a few errands this morning. just wish that one day i could stay in bed until i felt like getting out. i think tomorrow may be that day..even though i have more stuff to get done. i may just let it slide until next weekend. :)

oh and guess what? my DD, Julia, lost her very first tooth! :) it just seems too early for that, but she's 5 1/2yrs old. and she has another one loose..it seems as if the adult teeth are sprouting up behind them, pushing them up and out. hope that is normal for them to be coming in behind them..not sure. former DH is gonna call the dentist on monday.

anyways..i'm gonna rest for the rest of the afternoon. hope everyone has a good weekend.