General Diet Plans and Questions - Doing our own thing! #5

Ooooo.... major internal struggle....

Hey, Tiff! I want to respect your boundaries... so feel free to tell me to stuff it... Something about this thought pattern sounds familiar to me - "Focus on one thing at a time and right now dieting is less important than..." I think I have said that for many different reasons for YEARS.

Now I'm not saying that you shouldn't focus on your work, that you didn't make the right decision with your job, or that you should feel guilty for choosing not to be on the board more. We may miss you but no one would blame you. You did the right thing for you, so well done.

What I'm hinting at is that you can continue to work at your new way of life without intense, total focus. Why give up on the challenge when it's barely begun? Marking down a point or two is better than blowing it off.

That's the lesson I learned from the last challenge (although I didn't post my points when I was out of town which was bad). It's not about winning, it's about challenging yourself do do something more than you would if you didn't have to mark down a 0-1-2-or-3. I personally believe that the "all or nothing" pattern can be self-defeating. I hope you'll think it over.

Just my 2 cents - I won't be offended if you tell me to step off and I hope my words likewise don't give any offense.

Looked like it was gonna rain all day, rushed around so I could get the yard mowed, got it mowed, came inside, and the sun came out! I'll blame it on Lili. I guess she's push'n warm weather up here.

So Tiff, what did Mike say? Was he understanding about your job choice? Um, who's funeral was it anyway? What state did you get to visit?

Football practice tonight. I have to go do my team mom stuff. Gonna try to get supper organized and partially cooked so it doesnt turn into a Burger King nightmare.:devil:

:df:

Cafe, I owe you one. You know, I could have got by with that anywhere else.

You are right. There is no reason other than I don't WANT to do the challenge. It's actually easy to do the right thing at work. I can drink the water at my desk, and I can bring my food. I could USE the exercise after work to unwind...I just was looking for an easy way out of being accountable. Thank you so much for busting me out.

I am officially back in the challenge. So far...I have 0 points for the 1rst, and 0 for the 2nd. I can drink my water still today and I can still exercise. So, I will do that, and shoot for a 2 point day today.

Tig, Mike was understanding about the job, he said he just wants me to be happy. Bless his little heart. :love:

You know, I have been kind of bummed and stressed both the last few days. I need to get myself whipped back into shape! I want SO badly to make my challenge for Halloween! I guess part of it was the job situation and all the stress that goes with that. And the other part is...one year ago today I was in the hospital being induced with my surrogate baby. I had him a little after midnight tonight. I guess I am a little bummed that they live so far away and I haven't got any pictures of him for a long time and I feel like I should be having a birthday party for him or some kind of celebration and he isn't here. Sometimes it is kind of hard to deal with. He isn't biologically my child, and I know he is well loved and well taken care of...and it kind of feels like my sister's baby...or family at least, and I hate not having a part in his life. Even a small part. So...anyway....

Semo, thank you too for pushing me towards the challenge. I needed it.

Jello, I like the idea of a service like that. I told Mike that when I go, I want the casket in the living room. He can open the bottom part and fill it with ice and soda, and set a bowl of chips on my lap and wrap my hands around it and stick a party favor in my mouth. Then we can PARTY ON. I don't want the sadness and sorrow either. I went to a visitation thing once. The girl was cremated, and they had big boards with all kinds of pictures of her on it, and people took turns telling funny stories about her, and really celebrated her life. It was so nice. No one was crying, we all laughed and enjoyed it. I like that idea.

Dyan and DNW....thanks for thinking about me, I will still be here in the evenings and I will try to regain my enthusiasm!

Kayla, glad to see you around again. Maybe this winter, you will slow down and hang with us more!!!

Huntress, how's the storm situation? Hang tight girl!

Well, I am off to guzzle the water and try to get in some exercise.

Thanks so much Cafe. You are the best. I owe you one.

Tiffany

Hi Everyone,

Yes, I'm still alive...No, I haven't been ignoring you all. About 10 pages ago, I thought I was keeping up....then I had another lapse and lost 7 pages!!!!???? You all are too fast for me.

Can't stay long....don't feel much like a night owl tonight...tired and working hard!

Take care everyone and have a great weekend. Rain only predicted on Friday for us Missourians...hope you all have a reprieve too for Sat and Sun.

Still reading about the Halloween Challenge....I'll get back to you.

(* frantically shuffling 17 pages of posts*)

:flow1: "Bright"

Hello!
Friday! I've gotta get my butt reading so I can be ready to start the KS program on Monday! Pretty amazing, butt reading...butt cleaning...talent.

Tiff, are you all set up to start KS Monday? Is Monday gonna be weights or cardio?
I can't even begin to imagine how the surrogate stuff feels. I hope they send you some pics soon. How did you get hooked up with these people anyway? Were you on a surrogate list, or did you know them somehow? Interesting stuff.

Bright, glad to see you are still around. How are things on the diet front?

I'm off to EXERCISE!
:D

OK so last night I was driving home from the gym. If I'd gone straight home, I would have been fine. But noooooo :no: I have to decide that I want meat loaf for dinner and stop at the grocery store to buy ingredients. Now, meat loaf is not necessarily a bad thing. However, Hurricane Lili is! :fr: It hit while I was somewhere between the condiments and the frozen foods.

The 5 mile trip home from the grocery store took me almost half an hour. Man, the sky was clear when I went into the store. When I came out, it was pouring and the trip home included such fun things as hail stones and falling tree limbs. :( I think the big deal was that it came up so quickly and people out on the roads were either going too fast, not realizing, or panicking.

All of this just to feed my big ol' face! :mad: By the time I got home, I wasn't even hungry any more. There's no place like home. There's no place like home. There's no place like home...

Cafe, wise words there girlie. :D Next time I'm feeling like giving up (happens occasionally ya know :rolleyes: ), I'm calling on you!

Tiff, Mike sounds like a keeper! Oh and my funeral is going to be me in an urn sittin' on the bar while everyone eats, drinks and makes merry. BTW, glad to have you back in the game.

... yeah! Let's call it a game. It's not a race or a competition. It's all a big game. Let's have fun with it!

Speaking of fun, I learned all sorts of new and scary machines and exercises last night. A little sore today but I ... get this ... want to go back to the gym!!!!!! :o

Like wow. :cool:

Gotta run. Darn boss. TGIF.

TGIF........woohoo!!

Jello, Glad you got home safe and sound, when I drive in hard rain it makes my face and hands hurt. Yep, you have to unclench both when I get stopped.

Tiff, I am so amazed and in awe of you being a surrogate……OMG what an unselfish act of love and kindness. You are an angel from heaven girl.

The weekend is almost here and that’s when I have such a hard time staying on program. Guess the kitchen is too handy and/or tempting, heck it doesn’t even have to taste good for me to get into junk that I shouldn’t. Anyone know where you can buy cabinet and refrigerator locks in bulk?

Work calls, everyone pumped up for next weeks weight training? Chow

Morning all,

Cheye has school pictures today, so I had to come in a little later. I love DH, but I would be scared to see what her hair would look like, if I let him comb it today! :yikes:

Cafe, in all honesty you took the words right out of my mouth. I pretty much felt the way you did, when Tiff said she didn't want to play the "game" (in Jello's words). But I've been hanging around on boards long enough for know that people get really offended very easily. Now I should have known that, If any one could have taken it, it would be Tiff. Come to think of it, I think we could all take it, I mean that's why we're here right? For support, encouragement and a good kick in the rear (when we need it). So bravo, for putting it out there. Now that that's said, the gloves are coming off and I'm forwarning everyone, when you need a kick I will be the first in line :D .

Tiff, Tiff, Tiff....I am OH SO GLAD, that you listened to Cafe and are back playing with us. I'm hoping to stick it out, that I won't have my surgery until the begin of November. I got my KS book yesterday and am 1/3 of the way through it. I am so pumped to start pumping. I'm already looking forward to Monday :fr: , did I just say that? :shrug: okay yeah, that wasn't me, I think some evil thingy took over my bod!

Jello, I'm so glad to hear that you made it home in one piece! I bet that was super scary. I can't even drive in the rain. Well, I can, but like SEMO it hurts. Every bone in my body tenses up, and actually it doesn't matter whose driving. I've been in more than my share of car accidents in the rain :rain: . For a while, I kept having dreams that I died in a car accident. But right before impact I would wake up. Heart pounding, somtimes all sweaty. So for many years, I was super paranoid. Okay, did I get way OT, or what? Maybe you can have meat loaf tonight, and savor it even more, knowing what ya had to go through to get it.

Brighter, so glad that you're alive and kicking. Hope things are going well for you. I know that sometimes when people have fallen off the wagon, they tend to stay away. Did you fall? or are you just busy w/ a life?

Hey ladies,

I was looking for some videos for my kids and came across this. Tiff, Tig, SEMO, immediately thought of ya'll as we're starting the KS weight thing on Monday.

http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=CATLIST&pro_sub_cat=547&pro_ssub_cat=971

KS workout videos for under 5 bucks!, was thinking about our cardio days!!

Hope it works!

Tiffany - lemme give you a big {{{{hug}}}}. You don't owe me anything! That's why we're all here, encouragement and support. I'm just really, really glad I didn't make you mad. :s:

Re: your tough week, I'm sending some your way. :goodvibes: Hang in there and remember the joy of bringing that beautiful new life into the world. Birth is joyful and amazing. You can't let the parent's flakiness in photos and phone calls take rob you of the meaningfulness of what you did. I hope you are able to contact them, somehow. Regardless, the bond between mother and child is strong and I think you SHOULD have a little celebration for you and him. Wherever he is he will always have your blessing. :halffull:

Dyan - I guess I don't need to get out the sign that says "kick me," not anymore! :no: That's okay, I need it. :yes: You know, that's why I come even if I have nothing to say and just do a "maintenance" post to say I'm still here. Because it is part of continuing this WOL whether I'm doing well or just maintaining.

Bright! Whoa! 17 pages! Throw 10 of them away - we probably didn't say much, LOL. Nice to see you...

Tiger - Man, you are butt TALENTED! :eek:

Jello - I'm glad you got out of the rain! I'm not sure my meatloaf is worth going through a hurricane for. :?: Way to go on the gym time! Follow that feeling and go back!

My DH was going down to sign himself up for the gym today so we can go together this winter. I'm excited, I know I can do it by myself but it will be SO nice to have someone else forking themself out of bed with me. Of course, he just wants to get some more muscles. Hasn't run a marathon in 2 years, so he feels like he's losing some of his shape. :rolleyes:

Kayla, DNW, SEMO, and Huntress :wave:

Tig...let's start with weights on Monday, and we'll tackle the cardio on Tuesday!

I will post more in a while, I am off to develop some film..and hit the store, there ain't no food in the house!

Tiff
Feeling better today!

Thought you all might find this scene a bit familiar:

Come home last night after watercolor class and decide to watch some TV to unwind. Now I haven't watched TV in about 4-5 nights. Not even 20 minutes into the show I am having food fantasies, about cheese in the crust pizzas (which I have never eaten...plus in Jersey, no offense to anyone out of state..we Italians only eat pizza from Italian pizzerias, not Pizza Hut or Domino's...its almost blasphemy to eat pizza anywhere else. Plus pizzeria pizza is the best around here, because of all the competition.

In any event, then there is a commercial about Whoppers (which I used to eat like gum drops...they are the bomb!!!) And I am now thinking about how good a Cheese Whopper would taste.

Case in Point: Subliminal suggestions in commercials apparently do work since I had no desire to eat anything before I sat down. We I actually started to get hunger pains I relented and had a cup of dry Kashi Go Lean....but it was so-o-o difficult not to give in to the evil twins mentioned above.

Note to Self: No TV when I come home late at night.

Hi all,

I'm not sure if I fell off the wagon (or jumped off), Dyan. Just been trying to feel healthy lately...

I bought the book, Body for Life, and have been reading and incorporating some of the meals into my life. I have also been going to the gym on my lunch hour (it takes a complete change of clothes, lots of deodorant protection, foot powder, and baby powder to keep me dry for that hour) 2-3 times per week and walking 2-3 times per week.

My motivation, you ask??? Listening to Oprah talk at the Emmy's a couple of weeks ago, reading Tiff's posts about BFL, and reading some threads on the BFL posts. Oprah said she knew the only way that she was going to look good was "weight training" so, girls, we are on the right track. I'm in, so far, and it sounds like Cafe, Dyan, SEMO, Jello, and Tiff are, too.

Busy weekend so gotta go....thanks for the words of encouragement everyone....I know I don't visit as often but my words are sincere.

Where did my friend Huntress go? Has she ran away from home again without me? Hope she's warm and safe from LILI...

:flow1: "Bright"

Hello girls.....

Tiff, You are such an amazing person, I just want you to always remember that, you are caring, and sweet, and understanding, and you have good advice, you are just amazing. and i hope that i am half the person you are someday!

Bright! How are you? Good job for keeping on track! im proud of you!!!

Cafe- You are so awesome too! just full of motivation, maybe you can send a little my way????

Dyan- Count me out of the challange...too busy.

Semo- How are you??????? funny you should mention fridge and cabinet locks, My friends parents go away every summer for two weeks...and while they are gone we all pitch tents on their acreage and party it up for two weeks, Anyways, the house always ends up a mess but the last year or two we've been getting locks and chains for the fridge and cupboards so people wont take all the food!!!!! lol. oh good times good times!!!!!



So tonight, me and my roomie, went to the new dollar store, which is also like a craft store, and HOLY...we spent $80 on craft supplies! we have a whole craft box now FULL of things to do! I started working on a scrapbook of all the newspaper clippings, and stories from when my friend had cancer and we were doing a "klipped for Kendra" fundraiser and all of the newspaper/school letters and stuff from when she died. Theres alot of stuff and im just trying to make a nice memorial book of it all. Its not really for anyone else, people can see it if they like, but its mostly just something for me to do for her, to kind of put some closure on it for me. I guess i should have closure on it already,....but this is just something i have to do, i cant really explain it to anyone.
anyways, it looks nice.

Well anyways, i have to work early tommorrow morning and then im going out tommorrow night, sunday morning is church, then i teach choir, then i have to study for a foods exam and do my bio homework! So im going to be busy but i will probably stop in a few times! take care everyone!!!!!

Hi all!

Got a busy weekend, it's my youngest daughters BD AND I'm dog-sitting while my folks are out of town.

Brighterdays - I'm still here, Lili didn't come this way. In fact, I think that Cafe got caught in her. Will pm you later.

Cafe - sorry to hear you got caught in that storm, glad to know you're OK. I would have been a basket case trying to drive in that kind of weather. I thought you lived in la but your location says pa.

Well, I'd better go check on her highness (the dog). She is so spoiled that she sleeps in bed with my parents and they insisted that I sleep over there with her. This is going to be an interesting weekend. Later...........

LJ

Kayla. You made me feel all warm and snuggly inside. :D

Ugh. My schedule this weekend is a killer. Action all day today and tomorrow, so I had better get started. I SWEAR I will find time to write more. I need to get another thread started for the Kathy Smith challenge, etc...so I will be back soon.....

Tiff

Good morning. DH at work, oldest son spent the night at a friends. So, just me and the youngest this morning. Kinda strange for a weekend morning.
FROZE my butt off at a football game last night. hmm, imagine I burned a ton of calories trying to stay warm. The wind was insane. Got home, and the temp said 60degrees! ?? Strange.

Today, I'm taking oldest son shopping. Lots of walking I'm sure and eat'n out for lunch. I'll do a salad :)

My arms are sore from exercise yesterday. Feel the burn!

Tiff, lead the way on KS! I'm ready. Glad to have a plan that lasts 12wks. Maybe it will help keep me from slumping. Cardio Monday for me is gonna be 3mile WAP.

Off to make beds and start some Italian Beef in the crockpot.
Have a good weekend everyone!

Just checking in - not too much to say.

Huntress - I *know* you meant to say Jello, re: Lili. I live in the frozen mid-north, remember? But I'm very glad you're safe. So many posts, it's easy to slip and type the wrong name!

Tiger - you'd better NOT freeze that talented butt of yours! How would you get any cleaning done???

Just checking in - been a hectic weekend but working my plan (although without TOTAL success, I feel good because I'm thinking, trying, and planning for next week already.)

I know I need to get out and get some of those books you guys have been talking about. I will get on that, but it's cold and rainy so I think making soup may be higher on the priority list today. The good news is, I believe they reopened the library downtown (after remodeling) so maybe I can dash over there on a lunch break and see if they have some wisdom I can rent.

~~~

Good Morning everyone,

It's cold and rainy here in Missouri and soup sounds so good....I'm gonna make some of that today....

Huntress...glad you're okay. Dogsitting, huh? I'd probably not do well with that....I get too attached to them and don't want to give them back!

Tiff...so you are one of those gorgeous surrogate mothers...my hat is off to you...can't imagine doing that myself. Morning sickness is all day sickness for 9 months for me.... I had three children and love them dearly but could not do it again.... What a unselfish gesture! There is a special place in heaven for you...

Jello...glad you are safe, sounds like you have had the bad weather, girl.

Kayla...I was wondering where that bubbly teen voice was on here! You still sound very busy and in constant motion.... keep that up, sweetie.

SEMO....its homecoming time around here....hope you have been able to join in the festivities this weekend.

Tiger...know the feeling of freezing on the bleachers...we've got about 5 more football games for the high school season. The cold weather is coming and we are gonna freeze together. Italian Beef sounds good....what's in it?

Cafe....I threw the 17 pages away...I'm wingin' it now and keeping up, I think???

Dyan....are you talking about a lap cholecystetomy? If so, you'll be fine girl! They are so much better than the old way with an abdominal incision and all that time in the hospital. They do lap chole (pronounced kol-e) procedures all the time now with amazing results--just make sure your surgeon has done alot of them---you know, "practice makes perfect". As young as you are, you will heal beautifully and be better in no time. I was researching lap choles when I was having stomach problems--it turns out my gallbladder was just a little dysfunctional ( I thought only people could be that, but oh well...) and I have a irritable bowel that is finally behaving itself with medicine!

Gotta go....wrote a book and need to get that soup going.

Take care everyone!


:flow1: "Bright"

Tig and everyone else that is doing Kathy Smith...I am starting a thread for it. Called Kathy Smith Plan...

Did we decide what we were doing on Monday? Cardio or Weights?

I will start the thread and then check in later to see what everyone is doing...

Things will be hectic at work tomorrow, cause Oct 8th is the deadline for voter's registration and address changes and I have to work over until 6, so I will check in later Monday night...

Good luck to all involved and I hope this gets us all going!
Tiff

Hi all:

I won't be joining the Kathy MSith since I already lift weights but will lurk on thread if no one minds and occassionally drop in to say Hi!

Good luck to everyone. I know you guys are really going to love this. Also if you start feeling too fatigued up the protein and lower the carbs a bit, it helped me it many help you. Or better yet just follow what Kathy Smith says.

See you all on the other threads!

Good Morning. :yawn: Not enough coffee in the world today. Too much fresh chilling wind this weekend. Zapped me. Hopefully some exercise will perk me up, get the blood flowing again. :D

Tiff, cardio Mon, Wed, Fri for me....weights Tue, Thur. As for the weekends, I'll have to work on that. Maybe I can drag DH into lifting weight w/me.

Bright, the Italian Beef is soooo easy. Rump Roast sliced by the meat counter dude, 3 or so packets of Good Seasons Italian, can of beef broth, throw it in the crock all day....serve on buns with banana peppers. Need more details?

DNW....up protein and down carbs....that will be hard for me, but I know it needs to be done.:^:

Cafe, getting diet/health books from the library is one of my best motivators. Cookbooks too.

Off to get the kids ready for school.

DNW - I'm not doing KS either, at this time. Haven't had time to get the book, let alone get organized, LOL!

Tiger - mmm Italian Beef. I'm going to have to try that! Question: since it cooks all day do you think it would work out with other cuts of meat? I tend to buy whatever's cheap that week - round steak seems to go on sale often in the winter months and tends to be pretty lean if you trim it so I use that a fair amount... Can be a bit tough sometimes but in the slow cooker... How many lbs?

Bright - Good for you for throwing those pages away and starting fresh. It's nice to see your smiling face.

Tiffany - Just wanted to give you props - it works so well to have each seperate "thing" on its own thread. Thanks for doing this maintenance! I promise I'll drop in on the KS thread, especially if I can check out the book and start reading.

Girls, you're not going to believe this - they've got Krispy Kreme's in the lobby this morning. They're cutting up the donuts and giving samples to promote a fundraising event. You can actually order donuts that they'll deliver here in a week or so - for disability awareness month. I am truly surrounded by evil !

Crispy clear sunshine this morning, shining through the leaves (many still green, lawns too with all the rain) and some high little clouds. Temps in the low 30's. Yep, it's breath-viewing season again. Looking out the window I can see that a light cloud cover has blown over now, which makes me feel better about being in the office. :s:

Cafe, I used a rump roast....little over 3 pounds. Don't know why round steak couldn't work. If you try it that way, you'll have to let me know how it turns out.

Good Morning Girls. I worked a half day Saturday trying to get a handle on the new part-time job. OMG what a mess I’ve gotten into. The other gal that was doing the accounts receivable has not sent statements out since the first of the year!!!!!!! No wonder there is a cash flow problem……… Hopefully I can get it straighten out in a month or so.

Did well on eating all weekend, DH and I went shopping and found him a light weight and a heavy jacket and got him a pair of slacks. Slacks have to be made over. He isn’t a big man but his shape if difficult to fit with clothes off the rack, so they all have to be altered quite a bit. His shoulders, waist and hips are all the same size with no butt, and skinny legs. He’s still my hunk tho. :love:

We went to see Red Dragon, great movie if you like that type of scary film. We both liked it. :fr:

Well, payroll calls so I had better run for now. It’s cold in Missouri this morning and soup sounds good.

Good Morning :wave: ,

Hope everyone had a good weekend. It was nice here. Yesterday is was in the 80's, but I spent most of my day in the mall, spending money I shouldn't have been spending. But I got more Christmas presents out of the way :D , and we went to a mall that I don't usually go to. Haven't been there in some 20 years!! Not since I was about 15. :yikes: , So that was my excuse for spending. I was supposed to go to storage, but my mom calls (we share the storage) and says she's not ready (we're going to go thru everything - which is gonna be a whole weekend thing!) and she wants to go next weekend. UGH! Saturday we BBQ'd and hung out. Oh yeah, DH and I went to Sears and bought a camcorder (for our Utah trip in November) and a DVD/VHS thingy. The VCR in the girls' room, kept eating tapes, so we gave them the one from the living room and now we got a new one. We can watch DVD's or Reg. Videos on it. Pretty cool :cool: .

Anyway......I hope everyone has a good day.

Oh, I put the tally's on the 3 point challenge thread and as far as KS ~ must have miss understood and I lifted this morning. I haven't gone to that thread yet. I'm headed there now !

Monday's half over already!?!? Hm, well, I guess that's a good thing, eh? :^: Sometimes I hate this job and everyone here!!! :mad:

Uh oh, Jello's in a mood....

Over the weekend I met up with an old friend of mine who's got her own business. They started a few years ago with 3 people and they now have about 15-16. During our conversations, she kept saying she wanted to hire me, etc. Oh brother, is that tempting!!! It wouldn't be until January so I figure I'll wait until it's time for my review here and then see just how serious she is and just how serious my current boss is about keeping me.

But if it were up to me at this very moment ... Hoooo Boy and Bye Bye!!!! :devil:

OK, just wanted to let all you KS folks know that Cafe, Nurse and I will be your cheerleaders. Rah! :cp:

Tig, I don't eat much red meat but that Italian Beef is making my mouth water! :T

Girls, I want you all to know that I was a white tornado this weekend!! I started cleaning and rearranging furniture, etc. on Saturday morning and didn't stop until late last night, I swear!

Hm... so why doesn't the place look all that much cleaner.... :?:

Oh but I did stop to go to Dick's Sporting Goods and bought one of those big ol' exercise balls like they have at my gym. What fun I've been having!! My dog too, who seems to think it's a fun game to try to knock mommy off the big ol' exercise ball. My balance is a bit precarious at best to start with! Wheeee!!!

I hear the "master's" voice so I'd better go. Seems I'm not the only one in a mood here today. :rolleyes:

Later!

Good Grief! Slow around here today.
I did cardio and drank the debil water. Not as good on food. Darn icecream. It wasn't even my favorite flavor. ??
Weights for me tomorrow, scared after hearing Dyans description of how she's feeling. Look out noodles arms! Here I come!

Checking in. Today and tomorrow are killers at the Co. Clerks office. Amazing how many people wait until the LAST minute to register to vote. YIKES!

Tiff

Just writing a bit of a note....

Went to the gym today and have my program down to about 30 min. Having problems with the food, though, and I think it's mainly when I get home at night.

It's cold here tonight and we have our heat on...it seems my teenagers are attached to their summer clothes and are resisting the change in weather. Time to dig out the flannels!

I need to read about the Kathy Smith thing you all are doing....I have her walk tape and a few videos...she amazes me with her story.

Have a good Tuesday, everybody. I'll buzz by later.

:flow1: "Bright"

I just want to say that I'm still hanging out and trying to post at least once a day. I know some of you may think I'm crazy, but I'm already planning for Christmas, my gall bladder thing and our Thanksgiving vacation. I am getting wore out alot quicker it seems. I'm trying to get my exercise out of the way in the mornings, so that meant getting up at 4:30 this morning. I guess we'll see how long that lasts :s: . I've noticed on quite a few threads that things have slowed down. Trying to figure it out. It could be the same reasons I've slowed down. But one thing is for sure, I have not slowed down on my weightloss program. I want this so bad that I can taste it. I have NEVER wanted this as bad as I do now. When I first started posting on this thread, I mentioned my epihany. I can't/won't be stopped from hitting my goal. It's weird though, more and more people are commenting on my weight loss, and for some reason, it's not as satisfying as I thought it would be. Could it be that I don't see it? Or that I think I'm dreaming and that I'll wake you and would have GAINED 45 pounds, instead of losing it? Is it the knowledge that I have another 102 pounds to go to hit goal? I don't get it :?: . Am I making any kind of sense?

Well, counting calories is totally becoming second nature, which is great. It really seems to be whats working for me. I drink myu water every day now, too. I never thought I'd get this far. I knew I was going to do this, but when I started Ihad no idea how. I was pretty much flying by the seat of my pants, and still feel that way some days.

My mother is also overweight and she keeps telling me she needs to lose weight. This may sound terrible, but I'm REALLY tired of hearing it. She lives right upstairs from me. I told her we could go walk together or workout....and nothing. So honestly I don't want to hear. I just want to tell her to just cut it out, and talk to me when she's really ready to do this. I don't know.....I think it would be so awesome to do this together...but I can't wait for her and I can't make her do it. Whenever I bring it up, she changes the subject. But 2 seconds later, she's talking about wanting to be able to play with her grandchildren. I've offered to give her work out videos, everything. I know that there is nothing more that I can do, but it gets so frustrating.

I'm sorry, I'm just ranting and rambling. I have been feeling this for quite some time, and I guess I needed to get all this off my chest. I'm feeling like I'm not being very supportive to anyone here, and I want to apologize for that.

Brighter: thank for the info on the gall bladder thing. I know it will all work out . P.S. it's freakin hot, in good ole "Sunny" California. I have my fans on right now, and 10:30 pm. BTW what is KS's story?

Tig: Don't let what I said scare you. I'm just hoping to get some input from you and Tiff. You know, I hate not knowing if I'm actually doing it right. I know I'd feel better, if I knew that you guys were having problems too :D . You know...misery loves company :s:

Cafe: I hope you survived the attack of the Krispy Kreme!! I'm not all that crazy about them :?: Am I crazy? Of course, if you put oine in fromt of me I will gobble it down! :ink: :donut:

Jello: Working for your friend sounds like an awesome deal! I hope it all works out. You never sounded to thrilled, when you talk about your current job. I have a pretty cush job. No one bothers me, ya gotta love it!

DNW: Keep up that positive attitude. Your great!

Huntress: come out, come out where ever you are......

Tiff: the boards just not the same without cha'. I'm going to assume that you are doing the 3 point challenge on your own and will not be posting your numbers (that is of course, you tell me otherwise). Sounds like the new J.O.B. is busy.

Cripes, I'm tired......Goodnight to everyone....it's time I hit the hay!

Good morning......

Hi Dyan - I'm still around, just having difficulty finding the time to get in here. Can you believe that when I'm at work they actually expect me to WORK?:lol: Well, some of us in our office are expected to work and others can sit and play on the computer all day, go figure. Betcha if I took a sledge hammer to that thing those people wouldn't be goofing off while the rest of us make money for the company. Ooooopss............did I say that?:devil:

Hey, don't feel bad about what you said about your mom, mine has been saying for years that she is gonna get busy and lose weight, but she never does anything about it. She has a lot of health problems and really NEEDS to lose the weight, even her doctor can't get her to do it. I guess she figures she's too old to really change her habits and might as well enjoy whatever time she has left, I dunno. I really hate that attitude, but she's an adult and I can't force her to do anything. Just let it go, your mom will do it when she's really ready.

Brighterdays - please, please send some of that cold weather my way, I'm suffocating here. Thank you very much.

Cafe - Krispy Kremes.....yuk, just imagine those things are something that you absolutely despise like say.........beets or turnips and walk away. By the way, sorry about the mix-up, it was Jello I was talking about.

Kayla - hope you're doing alright, haven't heard back from you.

Geez, I just looked at my watch and I should already have gotten in the shower.
To be continued.........................

LJ

Just a quick note this morning. Yesterday, my gyn's office called and told me they found yet ANOTHER infection in my last pap test. She called the prescription into the drug store for me and I picked it up last night. Took first dose this AM and it's making me sick sick sick sick sick. Big side effect is nausea and vomiting. Well I've got one and am hoping to avoid the other. Yuck.

Don't know how long I'll stay here at work feeling like this. Hope the boss doesn't give me a hard time if I decide to leave early. Oh but what about the gym tonight? Obsess obsess obsess....

Just a quick note to Dyan - I sympathize with you. Had the same problem with my mom. But when I mentioned exercise (even walking) it scared her. Instead, we'd have the occasional dinner together and I'd make low calorie, low fat dishes and she'd end up with a couple recipes and tips for cutting fat, etc. Her favorite thing to do now is make mashed potatoes with chicken broth instead of milk and butter. Maybe start out a little slower with your mom??? Just my 2 cents.

I did say this would be a quick post so I'll go. But first ...

MISS YOU TIFFANY!!!! Wish you could post more.

Later!

Goooood Mooooorning, it cureently 6:30 am and all's well. I've gotten in my cardio and half mi aqua. Yippee, skippee.

Huntress & Jello, thanks. I am now ready to move past it. BUT, I do have to say this. One of the things about my mom is, she doesn't like fish or chicken. She doesn't like any kind of poultry, not turkey and not even eggs! Go figure. She also has health issues. about :chin: ummmmm, umpteen years ago she had the WLS. She lost oodles of weight. Not exactly sure what happened. I kinda remember her saying something about the staples coming out (Yeah, that's how long ago it was). After her surgery she became anemic (?) and other stuff. When I had mentioned to her that I was thinking about the surgery she told me not to do it. So here I am doing it the old fashion way. My mom isn't very old, she's only 54!! Her knees are bad, she never has any energy, and it kills me that I know she would love to do so much more with her grandchildren, but due to the weight she can't. Okay.....sorry....I'm move past it....here....I....go................
Did ya see me? :hyper:

Jello ~ I truly hope that you start to feel better soon. Go home and take care of yourself. Boss' need to realize, that when we don't feel well, that we are NOT at our optimum and that they are basically paying us to do mediocre work... But hey, what cha gonna do. How does this grab you? I used to be a waitress, and one day I called in sick. I mean I was sick as a dog! My nose was running like there was no tomorrow, I had a chest cough and my throat was sore. And you know what the manager said? do you? She asked me if I could come n just for a little while!! I was livid :mad: , I just about lost it. I asked her if she was crazy, told her **** no and hung up!! I don't know about you, but would want some runny nose waitress serving you your food? GROSS.
Yeah, so I kinda ran off topic, as usual... sorry.....but please, talk to your boss, go home and rest. As far as working out.....how far do youreally think you'll get feeling this way? Your so silly. :p

Dyan,

Your post struck a note with me. Let me just say say WAY TO GO on establishing and continuing a good WL routine. You are doing awesome, and even if every day doesn't have the intensity of climbing to the top of Pike's Peak, your persistance in continuing to do good for yourself is wonderful. When healthy things become a habit, it seems like no longer such a big deal, but that's the secret - getting to the point where it is not a big deal is our double-secret ultimate goal!

The food planning is less intense for me lately, too, but not second nature yet. All in good time. I've noticed that my NEED for this place has transitioned into it being more a part of my routine as a daily renewal of my sense of purpose and goals, and an interchange with like-minded friends. Maybe that's what you're experiencing, too? It's not that I love it less but maybe that I'm not leaning on it for survival.

Which is great, isn't it, that we actually become wiser and stronger as we go? More capable than ever to keep winning this battle of the bulge. But in my case, slowly... very slowly. LOL.

Hey everybody, give yourself a big hug! :grouphug: We can all do this thing, by simple diligent application. Now, after all that thinking I'm too tired for shouties but I love ya.

Dyan ... in my best "little kid" voice ... I'M not silly, YOU'RE silly!!! I'm tellin'!! Moooommmmmmm!!!! :p Neener, neener, nanny nanny boo boo!!!! :lol:

Whew! Just had a trip down "childhood lane" there. :D What fun.

I know you're right about going to the gym feeling punky but actually I'm feeling better at the moment. Just took the second of 4 daily doses of this new med. and will wait and see. Especially once I eat lunch. 'Cause, hey, this gal don't skip a meal for nothin'.

Hm ... :rolleyes: ...part of my problem?

Nah!

Cafe, I'll join in on that group hug! :grouphug: Thanks. I needed that.

First and foremost, I just love this group! :grouphug: . Cafe, your right. In the begining I felt like I needed this place for survival, but now......it's more to "socialize" and it's become part of my routine. I love the fact that we are all from different walks of life, live in different parts of the country, but yet, we all have the same ultimate goal. I love the attitudes of all the ladies here. On another thread one of the members got her feelings hurt. She was feeling "neglected", so she tested out her "theory". I guess she wanted to see how long it would take for someone to ask about her. I appears it took 3 weeks. I can understand where she's coming from, to a point. But I believe that she went about it the right way. We all have "lives", problems, stresses, etc...and sometimes it's not feasible to be as supportive or be supported as much as you would like. So I guess that's why I said those things. I don't want anyone to feel as though I am neglecting them, and I will try to remember these things if I start to feel that way.

Jello, Jello, Jello......you sure can bring a smile to someone face :D . You are such a living doll.

I think we would all have a blast together if we were ever to all meet in person. Like I said before, the attitudes here are awesome. Sometimes, we do things to brighten people's day, and we have no idea that we've done so. I feel that way at least one a day. With the jokes, the encouragment and the everyday life here. I'm lucky enough to also have supportive family and friends, outside of the internet. I do honestly think of you gals as friends.....

Man I don't know who opened the gate here but our fall rush has started. Was just able to jump in and post on the challenges this morning and all h@ll broke loose. The good thing is I haven't even thought about food today!:D And trust me that is strange for me. Anyway a quick hello to all and I've got to get, guess I'll be gettin OT this week.

Hi All! Hump Day! It's our puppy, Belle's, birthday. She's 1. :D
She doesn't have a clue, but the boys have new toys to give her.

Do you ever get freaked out by all that's going on in the world? The sniper shootings, first death from West Nile in my neck of the woods....war.
My house is gonna get cleaned today....remember, my control button. I'm starting to feel more control over other areas. Two days of exercise in a row, ha, and I think I'm in control. :lol:

Tiff, I'm afraid this new job isn't working out for us.:s: Is it gonna slow down for you after elections? Seriously, I hope you like the job.

Frig is bare. Gonna clean it out, then go fetch groceries while little one is in school. The grocery store isn't such an evil place w/o kids.:o

:df:

Good morning to all, work is very hectic but we had a light shower this morning that should slow things down. At least until after lunch. Not much else going on in my life at the moment. Chat when things slow down.

Hola Chicitas!!

Just popping in to wish you all a good morning. I am so sleepy :sp: :faint: .

Tig ~ Did ya ever "really" get paid? I mean after the whole bouncing check fiasco.

Went and picked up our new camcorder yesterday. Loving it! Although I feel as though it will take YEARS to figure out all the crap it can do. It's digital and you can edit, do special effects, etc... Okay, me, NOT trying to be the next Martin Scoresese. Just want to capture my kids having a blast on vacation, holidays, etc... But one of the cool things is that it takes snap shots that you can down load into the computer. It has a memory card...again, way over my head. It's all about DH.

Got my work out, out of the way this morning. Jumped on the scale and it's lookig good. I mean any loss is a good thing.

Huntress ~ I have to give you props!! With all that must be going on in your life, you still are finding the time to post your points. I commend you on that. If it were me, I probably would have said forget it and would have dropped out ~ I'm such a :chicken: :sssh:

Semo ~ Hope you can find a break and check in today.

It has really been slow EVERYWHERE, so now I have to actually do wome work. I can't pretend like I am, when I'm reading the board! Hehe

Cafe, Brighter, Kayla, DNW, Tiff, Come out and at least say hi, so that we know your here! ;)

Hello!
Dyan, I did get paid...but, DH had to go to her house to collect it! Lesson learned.

Working on my grocery list. It shouldn't be so difficult. :P

This window has been open, waiting to be filled for an hour and a half! Sheesh. This expecting me to work at work has got to stop, LOL. The nerve.

Well, H woke me up this morning and we went to the gym. First time going TOGETHER so that was kind of fun. He jumped on his treadmill to run some "easy" 7 minute miles. But although my pace was much slower (I target a specific heart rate in my ZONE) we were together so that was fun. Not that I talk much that early in the morning EVER, but you know. I'm stoked that he joined. I tried to get him to last year, but he said, "My gym is the great outdoors." :rolleyes:

So I'm feeling pretty darn spiffy this morning. I always feel great when I come here from the gym. But I really have a hard time waking up for it. Oooo it's hard. But I'm totally fine once I'm there!

Hey, I think I got an extra credit point last night. I came home from work feeling pretty tired and ugly. And I had worship at 7pm. So I stripped off all my clothes, put on some "comfys," rubbed some rosemary essential oil into my scalp and brushed my hair, put it up out of my way, enjoyed dinner with H and layed down for 15 minutes before I got dressed and went. And it was good.

I've got a morning that won't quit. It's been another hour since I began typing! I guess I gotta go.

Hey Chicas.....

Check me out,

Water ~ CHECK
Exercise ~ CHECK
Food ~ 250 calories down and over 1000 to go!! hehe (okay, so it's only 10am here, but still....I'm on a mission.
:D

Cafe & Semo ~ hold your loads lighten soon.

Where are all my other playmates? HEY! :mad: , I'm getting lonely! Somebody had better come out and play me....(so, I'm thinking.....we need a "pouty" face! emoticon) Hehe :p

oookkkkaaaayyyy......it's been like 2 hours since my last post.....this isn't funny anymore guys....guys? :yikes:

Hello. Slow again today, heh?
I'm in a "zombie state'. We had a guy come to give us an estimate on removing some concrete and bringing in limestone. Looking at about $1000. I was dream'n somewhere around $700 tops. :^: I'm sorta scared to come off the money with the chance of the economy dipping even lower. A new driveway wont seem so important in a few months if DH's job dies. What to do, what to do.... I know DH thinks it's too much$. On top of trying to finish the downstairs before the end of the year....ek. I need a job...not a babysitting job...a real PAYING job. Less than a year until youngest DS starts 1st grade....all day at school. Then, I'm suppose to go back to work. I'm not wanting to wait a year for a driveway. :headache:

I've chowed on banana chips today, so many my teeth are sore. I'm thinking they don't count as a fruit. I've been terrible with fresh fruits and veggies lately. :devil:

Well, if Ms. Tiffany ain't postin' then I ain't gonna post either! :snooty: Humph! So there!

Um, Tiff? Feeling guilty yet? Out there makin' all that money while we're here, leaderless? Miss yooooooouuuuuuu!!!!!

OK, the truth. My internet connection developed a case of the black plague and didn't wanna get out of bed or something. I couldn't surf!!! Augh! :faint: I think it's back but it's soooo slow. Hope it's nothing fatal.

Question: Do you guys all have the same banner ad across the top of this forum that I have? It's for something called iShape. I'm getting real tired of looking at that same flat tummy every time I come in here! :headache:

Yeah, yeah. Jealousy....

And now I have to go. The good news is that I felt well enough to go to the gym last night and got a chance to try some of those new machines that my trainer showed me. Actually feeling pretty good today too. Get this. The french customers have changed their visit date and won't be coming until November now. Hm, I guess they were afraid they'd miss me. :lol:

Talk you all of you again soon! ALL of you. That includes Ms. Tiffany..... ????? Hugs and :chockiss: s!!!

Oooo! Slow day around here. Well, my list isn't much shorter but I needed a mini-break.

Dyan, we are on the same page today! water - done; exercise - done; food - have 2/3 of my allotment left. I think I'll put some points in the bank tonight.

Tig - bananas are bananas [now THAT statement should drive Tiffany out of the woodwork, LOL!] but dried bananas take up less space. It would be interesting to find out how many whole bananas you have ruthlessly eaten. I wouldn't feel too bad about THAT, personally, but they do say you have to watch out for dried fruit because the calories sneak up on you. It's the M&M drawer I'm worried about.

Jello - Way to go on heading to the gym on a less-than-perfect day! Make sure you're drinking your debil water today...

Well, I weighed in for the challenge on Tuesday the 1st and again yesterday. I did lose 2 pounds over the week. So yay! But that puts me even with my last recorded weigh-in on August 9. So I guess I let 2 months slip away without a lasting loss. Ouch. But during that time, I had a few things going on.

1) tough anniversary grieving (around Aug 15)
2) out of town (Aug 31- Sept 8)
3) getting sick and feeling totally crappy for what seemed like forever! (Sept 12- 22)

I guess the challenge helped me get it going on again, more than I realized at first. But my habits held me through w/o much of a gain which is the good news... I guess it was a slump - slumps happen. But it didn't FEEL like a total slump at the time because I didn't give up. I just didn't REALLY challenge myself? I feel good, though, strangely, because I held my own through a tough time and I'm back to swinging harder during better times.

FWIW

Cafe

I forgot to tell you guys, my sister had her baby. Little girl, Ellie Jean. Her third. She'll be thin again in no time. Steams me. She takes after our mother, lucky me, take after our father. :doh:

I'd be scared to know how many bananas I ate. To bad they have to add sugar and other ingredients when they dry 'em. Wonder how those food dehydraters work? hmmmm

Morning, all!

Still pretty quiet here... To everyone not here: HI!!

:wave:

[Lots MIA, so not naming names, you know who you are.]

Tiger - Congrats on the new niece!

My folks had a food dehydrator once. It's like a lot of racks that fit together with a big fan on the bottom, and a top with vents. Kinda low tech, LOL. Might generate a little heat. Pretty easy to use, you just put your stuff on there and let it rip. You can also dry things in your oven on loooooooow.

Yeah, some commercial fruit dryers add sugar. Have to pay a little attention. Cherries are notorious. Gotta read the labels, like everything, darn it. There's really no need for the sugar, either.

So I went for a long walk with a friend last night... so technically I exercised twice in one day. Wish I could count double for that! Still it felt good.

All my little peeps are at a meeting this a.m. so I get a breather. Still, I'd better clear some of that stuff off my desk because when they come home (wagging their tails behind them) they'll probably go into their little offices and start thinking up more work for me.

Semo - I hope your day is a little less hectic today, too.

... And still no Tiffany.... What's up with that!? :(

Tig, love my food dehydrator! Have to be careful though because it makes it real easy to eat something like a whole pineapple in one sitting. That's my personal favorite. Canned sliced pineapple in its own juice. Just put them on the dehydrator and let it go all day till they're crisp and crunchy. Apples are pretty good too and grapes make ... raisins!! Go figure. :lol: BTW, congrats Aunt Tiger! Ellie Jean is a great name too!

Don't have much time but I wanted to tell you guys about something. Here I was, sitting at my desk and I had to get up. So as I stood up, I put my hand on my thigh ... and felt the muscles working in there!!!!! :o Wow! I've got muscles in my thunder thighs!!! Hidden in there somewhere, just waiting to come out from behind all that fat. Who'd have thunk it!?! :smug: Guess I'll get a "feel good" point today!

Later!

Good Morning To All.

Cafe, you gotta find you another way to make a living girl. Hope the deal works out with your friend, but you gotta be careful there too. Working with friends can be VERY different and a stress on friendships. I hated my job when I first started here. The last place I worked closed up in December and I started here the following January. You just have to have a different mind set when working with all guys. (actually I perfer working with men over women- no knit pickie stuff going on) Several here I feel like a mother to, you know I like to boss them around but they don't listen, like your kids do. No really we have a very good working relationship and all get along quite well. But one thing I have learned is "If it don't feel right, get out" and it sounds as if that's where you are. Life is too short to be unhappy eight hours a day.
Well didn't mean to start out with a sermon.

Didn't go to yoga last night, my low tire light came on so I was afraid to go. We just had siding put on the carport and overhangs and those guys dropped nails everywhere. H, S and I picked up little pieces of metal and nails for over an hour and thought we had them all. Why can't these people clean up after themselves. Must be a MALE thing.

Raining and cooler today, hopefully I will get caught up with it being slow today, plus boss and one of the salesmen are gone to a meeting and won't be back until late afternoon. Yea......:lol:

I had a food dehydrator, in fact I think I still have it somewhere. Anyway I tried to do beef jerky once, (key word is once) after I finished it I wouldn't let anyone eat any. I was afraid that I might make them sick. Did I mention that I'm NO COOK.

Well didn't mean to write a book, DNW said to say hello and that she is really busy. Gotta run, have a great day.

I just tripped in front of the cat.:lol: Do you suppose he's laughing inside? Seeing the look on his face cracked me up. Run, she's gonna fall on me... Tripped on a shoe.

School fog delay today. Messed up my whole morning. Kids love delays, go figure.

I think I might need to look into getting a dehydrator. Then I could make the stuff w/o sugar. My DH used to hunt. He made deer jerky. Hung it from toothpicks from the oven racks. I didn't eat it, but everyone that did loved it. I'm glad he doesn't hunt anymore. I could never get past the whole bambi thing.

Today is weights for me. I took it easy on Monday, lifted small amounts, concentrated on form. I didn't get very sore, so imagine I need to up the weight today. Maybe I can get thigh muscles like Jello!

:df:

Mornin Ladies!

It's not even 8:30 am and I've already gotten in my Water and my Exercise. Whohoo for me :D .

I swear I'm gonna fall out of my chair ~ literally. If I lean back sometimes it jerks and I have to grab something to keep from falling! I'm afraid that if I did fall....my co-workers would hear me under the desk saying "Help, I've fallen and I can't get up"....that would be too embarassing!

Aunt Flo should be making an appearance within the next coupla days. I've been snacking like a crazy woman. Still staying in my calorie range, just seem to always have something hanging out on my mouth. Usually goldfish crackers! I can tell I'm retaining water, because I can barely get my wedding ring off, and just last week, it was so lose that that it wouldn't stay still and the diamond kept circling my finger. Not a very pleasant feeling (the darn thing getting stuck between two fingers while I'm trying to type.)

Thought it was funny that I got this in an email this morning. Kind of long but thought we would be going to a new thread soon anyway.

If you want a quick fix for flagging energy levels there's no better snack than a banana. Containing three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber, a banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.

Research has proved that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes. But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions making it a must to add to your daily diet.

Anemia:
High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production
of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure:
This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect food for helping to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruits ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power:
200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

Constipation:
High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Depression:
According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain trypotophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

Hangovers:
One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrate your system.

Heart-burn:
Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body so if you suffer from heart-burn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness:
Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.

Mosquito bites:
Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

Nerves:
Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system. Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods such as bananas every two hours to keep levels steady.

PMS:
Forget the pills eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Ulcers:
The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chroniculcer cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

Temperature control:
Many other cultures see bananas as a 'cooling' fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand, for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD):
Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer, trypotophan.

Smoking:
Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking, as the high levels of Vitamin C, A1, B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress:
Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water-balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, there by reducing our potassium levels. These can be re-balanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

Strokes:
According to research in 'The New England Journal of Medicine' eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!

Warts:
Those keen on natural alternatives swear that, if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!

So you see a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around.

So maybe its time to change that
well-know phrase so that we say,
"A Banana a day keeps
the doctor away!"

Snicker snicker snicker mmmmmrrrrrrrr snicker snicker.....

What's that strange sound? Sounds like ... a cat? Snickering? Hm..... :?:

:lol: Yes, Tig, they do laugh at us when we do stuff like that. "I'm a cat. I'd never do anything klutzy! *snicker* "

Semo, I think the note you wrote to Cafe was supposed to be for me?? And yes, I agree, working with a friend can change things. But well she's not that good a friend. :lol: Besides, I hate getting out of bed in the morning to come here any more. :(

Dyan, your post reminded me of something I did. Couple of years ago, my WW leader told us about an exercise to build up upper arm muscles. Get in front of a chair, facing away from the chair and brace yourself behind you with your hands on the chair and do these kinda behind your back sit-ups. So I decided to try it. Unfortunately, I decided to try it using my wheeled work chair. :o Yes, it rolled out from under me. Yes, I ended up on the floor with a thud. Yes, people came running from all directions. However, I was laughing too hard to explain to them what I'd done. ... Probably a good thing. :rolleyes:

Ah, another trip down the memory lane of a born klutz. I have to go now. I shall now attempt walking while I chew my Trident sugar free bubble gum.....

Stay tuned.

Semo, you forgot to mention...

They're good dancers!!!

:cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb:

I ~always~ laugh at my cat if/when he loses his cool so I know that he laughs back. :D

Wow - bananas - Tiger must feel like a million bucks today! Thanks for that info, SEMO.

Yeah, Jello's the one with the job that REALLY sucks. There are reasons I don't love mine but for the most part it's a pretty good deal. But I did have a wild and wooly day yesterday.

Hey Tiger, what does your cat look like when your butt starts cleaning? :eek:

Dyan - WTG on the early morning schedule! DH and I are easing ourself into the same routine. We did get our beauty rest today, but tomorrow we'll be up while it's dark too, if all goes as planned. It sure makes you feel great all day long!

oops, meeting's over - all my "kids" are back home and want attention. Lunch is soon and I'm ready for it.

Jello ~ that must have been a sight! :lol: , glad you weren't hurt!

Cafe ~ your so lucky to have your DH doing it w/ you. Although I have to admit, I like working out on my own. That's my "me" time.

Just love those dancing bananas, don't really care for the real ones though. I think it's the texture more than anything.

Hey anybody seen brighter? We know Tiff is busy working and all.

Semo, what wonderful banana info. I probably eat banana's more than any other fruit.:D My DH doesn't eat them...he has high blood pressure, stress...the list goes on. I'll have to find a way to sneak him some...maybe in smoothies.;)

I got a pic of my new niece through email today. Too precious. I'm going to see her tomorrow. Baby smell. Almost as good as chocolate smell.

So I think someone smacked me with a silly stick! I've been singing and dancing all day! :D

Could it be that getting my exercise in the morning is REALLY giving me extra energy? nnnaaahhhh :dizzy: .

Gall Bladder class tonight. If they ask when I want to schedule it I think I'm gonna say around mid-November. That way I won't have to use my vacation time, when I actually go on vacation! I can get my disability. :sssh: , I'm trying to be sneaky :s: . We're closed for Christmas and I need all the time I can get to cover the shut down. I hardly have anytime accured. I just started accuring vacation in April when I got off maternity leave, and the company shut down for a week in July. So I had to use what had then. So I had to start over again in July. With my vacation in November (4 days) and the Christmas shut down (6 days) I need to do what I need to do.......I know, I know.....:nono:

Tifffannnny!!!!! Oh Tiffffannnnyyyyyy!! Tiger's talkin' 'bout puttin' your precious 'nanas in a blender to make smoooothieeees!!!!

(Whispering) There, that'll get her in here. ;)

Dyan, I'm feelin' particularly silly today myself. Don't know why. It's been gray and cold and rainy all day and I, for the most part, just want to go home and curl up. But gotta hit the gym.

Got paid today (always a good thing :) ) and saw that I still have almost 2 weeks of vacation time left for the year. :o Hmmmm. Now we have off Dec. 24 and 25 and I'd taken the 23rd and 26th to go to Vegas. Heck, might as well take Friday, the 27th too, eh? Ooh and we've decided (OK "I" decided and Rich sighed and agreed to let me have my way) to go visit his parents at their new home in North Carolina for Thanksgiving. I sent his mom and email and invited myself and she said sure! So now I'm taking a couple days around Thanksgiving as vacation days too. :D

And then there'll be Christmas shopping days and mental health days and just because I wanna days and..... Oh the possibilities are endless!

Have a great evening guys!

Come on Tiff, throw the dog a bone. Hey, what's up with crashing trains over your way? Head on, on the same track! Probably had some 'temp' at the controls. :lol:

Home alone! Boys are all at football practice. It's so strange being home alone. Peacefully erie.

Mental Health Days:D I could use some of those.

:df:

Hi ladies..........what up?

Gosh, it seems like forever since I've had time to "talk" to you all. Life is normally crazy, but nothing exciting.

Tigerlily - congrats on your new niece, I'll bet she's adorable.

Dyan - I REALLY wanted to come out and play today but I have a stye on my left eye and spent most of the day with a warm washcloth. Darn it and the computer was free too!

Hey Jello - good luck with the new job, but as Semo said, be cautious, I work with all family and it can be stressful at times. Of course at this point I guess you'd just be glad to get away from where you are.

Semo - I appreciated the info on bananas, interesting.

I LOVE BREAD! I LOVE BREAD! Did I mention that I LOVE BREAD? Big crusty loaves with lots of butter. When I was in Jr. High in Home Ec class during the sewing part they put in the cafeteria to cut our our patterns on those long tables and they would let us have fresh rolls they had baked for lunch (my class was early in the morning) Guess who took 2 weeks to cut our her project? LOL, my mom had to finish it at the last minute. I am totally inept when it comes to sewing and I hate it anyway.

Well, now that I've been down memory lane this evening guess I'd better go feed the chitlins, they're already screaming for their dinner.

LJ

Hey all,

Tryin' to keep up.....

Dyan---They have a Gallbladder class? Wow, I'm impressed! Nothing like being well informed, no surprises then. Are you doing your exercise routine in the am? I WISH I could get up earlier..used to when kids were smaller. Now I'm waiting for one to get off work in the evening and another to find just the right moment to jump in the shower before bed....You lose a little control as they grow older and I seem to have to stay up later....hence my later arising in am.

SEMO---interesting about the bananas! I love bananas and buy them every week .:cb: :cb: :cb: Didn't realize they were that nutritious, though.

Jello---wish I had a few Mental Health Days, also. I work in an office with alot of women and it gets a little stressed sometimes. I am taking a week's vacation soon.. I love fall and I'm gonna try to enjoy it a little more this year.

Cafe===are you an early riser, also? I'm gonna try to do that more...I know it gets my energy level up but I'm afraid of being sleep deprived with my late pms.

Huntress--I love bread, too!:love: It's what gets me in trouble with my eating. My mom makes homemade bread and we all love it! Nothing like St. Louis Bread Company.... bakery fresh bread....I must stop!

Where is Tiffany and Kayla? I'm sending the banana boys out searching...:cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb:

Take care everyone....I got two weightlifting days in this week. Going to try to work on the early am cardio.

:flow1: "Bright"

anyone miss me???
cant stay long, i miss you all tons!!! e-mail me if you guys get a chance....
KaylaMP2@hotmail.com

OK, so I'm REALLY beginning to get worried about Tiffany. All kidding aside, she's never missed a single day on here except when she went on her vacation. I find it hard to believe that something like a job is keeping her from here. I haven't kept up with the challenges, is she posting there? I hope that she and her family are all OK.

LJ

Huntress, I'm with you. Where's our gal :queen: Tiffany? :?: I see Kayla's come out of the woodwork. Brighter's here. Some of the others we don't hear from sometimes. But our beloved leader!?!?!

Maybe she's just feeling blah. Maybe she's having weather like mine here - gray and yucky. Maybe she hates her job as much as I hate mine these days. Nah! That's not possible. Hm, maybe she doesn't love us anymore..... :fr:

No, that's definitely not possible!! We're so lovable. :^: Tiff, if you're reading this, pop in and say hi. Post a dancing banana. Send up a flare. Anything. See, you can't have a moment's peace from us.

I have to go. Boss is leaving for a business trip next week :yes: but that means has to get EVERYTHING done today. :no: And the old *itch was supposed to take vacation today and decided to come in. :mad: Well, at least it's Friday.....

Yeah! I'm off to a good start today. Exercise and a balanced breakfast. I hope I can pull it through the day and into the weekend.

I know I've said it before, but the food thing constantly has me stumped. So, I've decided to simplify it. First off, I'm going to concentrate on breakfast and lunch. Those are the meals I have to most control over because I generally eat them alone. I'm going to plan a couple options for these meals and stick with them for a few weeks. It may get boring, but the end result will be worth it. Then, when that is under my thumb...I'll work on supper. Now, that doesn't mean I'm going to go hog wild for supper. It just isn't my main focus. BAbble babble. Am I making a good plan?

Poor Huntress, a stye. I haven't had one of those for years! Knock on wood!

Brighter, you mean when the kids get older they control your schedule MORE?! Tell me it aint so!

If I'm MIA over the weekend, don't worry. I'll be back on Monday!

:df:

Hey......

I'm in the middle of a gall bladder attack, so I'm not to energized or happy (at all). Actually I'm in a whole lot of pain, but since there is really nothing I can do it ablout it at the moment, I'm trying to focus on other things. So, in GB class, the doc passes around actual gall stones and by gaed, they actually look like rocks :yikes: ! I have no idea what I was expecting. Some of them were huge! One o them was the actual size of the gall bladder. Man, that must have hurt! So I was able to schedule my surgery for Friday, Nov. 15th. YIPPEE :twirly: ! I'll be on disability until Nov. 29 th, and will return to work on Monday, Dec 2nd. :cloud9: , Which is great as I'll be on vacation from Nov. 22nd through the 29th. So I'm pretty sure that this my way of not actually thinking about the incisions they'll make etc.....I'm really trying to see the silver lining in all this.

Brighter: Please don't tell me that it gets worse. As it is I'm up at 4:30 AM to workout, just so that my rugrats can't bother me.

I'll be back.....need to go toss my cookies....really....feel....sick....

Dyan! I'm sorry you are so sick. I was just going to ask you how GB class went. :( I bet you'll be glad to get that sucker out (or the stones, if that's what they're doing). I think that not thinking about it is the right thing to do. :yes: It will be fine.

Huntress, I'm glad things are just "normal crazy." Mmmm bread. Did I ever tell you that I worked in a gourmet cafe/bakery? Yep, for a whole year.

There is something very cozy about walking to work through the snow (hurrying not to be late), pushing the doorbell on an anoymous side door, being let in to a rush of warmth and then, after hanging up your outerwear and donning an apron, pouring a cup of coffee and going to work stacking a few hundred loaves of specialty breads, arranging displays of scones & breadsticks and taking the new-finished cakes from the finisher's table to the display case as they are done. Sometimes I'd have to go down the hall to where the ovens were... :o That was the world of the BAKERS. Tread with care and leave before you screw something up. :lol:

Kayla - it's nice to see your smiling face! I love ya, girl, but in spite of your busy schedule we'll have to greet each other here. I don't even email my family, LOL! I am NO GOOD as a correspondent. I wanted you to know so you wouldn't think I just don't care because that is not the case.

Jello, -MY- old *itch called in sick today... again. Her boss said this morning, "She can't ever get sick on a Wednesday, can she? Only on the weekend." Sometimes it really gets to me, but most of the time I try to embrace, as I call it, "The zen of someone else doing a sh!tty job." :D

Tiger, Your plan sounds good to me, start with what you can do. Then as you get better/more creative at thinking about what kinds of foods work, you'll come up with recipes for dinner that are in your "plan."

Bright, Early morning seems to work... sometimes. I really have to force myself out of bed - it is very hard for me. H deciding (as of this week) to coincide with my workout time has been a HUGE boon. But I'm so darn busy, it's the only time of day I can really make room and honestly say that I know it's possible to be consistent. I have to go to bed earlier, but I'm tired anyway.

Semo - good morning, gal! You're probably posting right now, too. :)

Tiffany, DNW :wave:

Cafe, we seem to have a knack of being on here at the same time. So good morning. Still wet and cool here so I shouldn't have to work this weekend.

I get up early and do my exercises too, I just feel better knowing that I've got that out of the way and won't have to think about it until the next morning. I'm really looking forward to Sunday....NO EXERCISE... Let's see not much else going on today. QVC is having crafts all day so I keep getting on their site and getting on the live air.....I'm going to get SOOOOooooooooo busted. I love crafts, I keep trying to convience myself that I'm artistic, but lately I only buy the stuff to do it with and that's as far as I get. My friend and I have this contest, who ever owns the most craft stuff when we die wins..............sick aren't I.

Gotta Jet. Have a great weekend.

QVC is having a craft day!?!?!?!? How'd I miss that!??! :o

Hurrying off to open a second internet explorer window....

OK, now I've got the live broadcast playing in the background. Cool! A candle kit! Ooh and look at the sparkly pens. And the painting kits. And that! Oh and look at this! I want one of those and two of those and a couple of these......!!!!!! :dizzy:

SEMO, I'm like you. Love to shop at the crafty shops. I have no real talent but have set up an entire "work shop" in the basement and spend lots of time ... and money ... on that stuff. Ooh! Ahh!

Dyan, I'm sorry you're hurting. :( Glad to hear you've got the surgery scheduled and there's a light at the end of the tunnel. I'm still so looking forward to my biopsy on the 24th. Maybe you and I can be in the hospital "together"?

Gotta run. They're gonna sell out.....!!!!!!

Hey Ladies :wave: ,m

Whew the attack has passed! And I'm feeling pretty chipper.

Huntress: Nope no word from Tiff on the 3 pt challenge or the KS threads. I'm starting to worry also. In the time I've been here she's always popped in and said she was busy or what not. Hey, hope that sty goes away soon....yuckima!


Jello ~ Girl your just too funny. I hope ya got what they were selling. I'll be waiting to hear how things go on the 24th.

Hello, My name is Dyan, and I'm a shop-o-holic!! Honest, I swear. I've got enough stuff to make about 20 scrap books. But the problem is time and space. I thought baout taking over the dining room table, but I can already see grubby little hands coming up over the table, reaching for things. Once we move, I need to make sure that I have a place for "ME, me, me"
:D

Cafe: So the deal w/ my surgery is, I have to be there @ 6 am. I will be knocked out and taken to surgery. It should take approx 45 mins to an hour. The will 4-5 small incisions and remove the freakin thing. Then depending on how things went and how I'm doing I should be released 2-4 hours later. Doc says I should be able to start getting back into my normal routine by that Sunday. Then by that next Friday....we're off to Utah....to take the kids to the snow..:D

Dyanm, knocked OUT, they probably don't realize that you are working out with weights and may have a real fight on their hands. :^: Go slugger. Kidding aside you will feel so much better and sounds as if you have everything all worked out on vacation and medical leave. Playing in the snow, gosh your kiddies will love that.

Okay, back to shopping............

Semo & Jello ~ I'm so jealous!! I want to shop!! Actually, I'm getting ready to order a snow suit for Cheyenne. I know what your thinking. Why? when we're only going to be there for a week. Well.....because we'll be moving there next summer and eventually Kaleigha will growing to. :p

I kept meaning to ask......Do you all think it would be okay if the first person on, on Monday, could start a new thread? This one is getting super long, and for some reason when I click go to first unread post, it takes me to the last post and I have to scroll up to make sure that I didn't miss anything....

I ~love~ craft stuff. But I try to hold back because once I start I want EVERYTHING!? H teases me - "oh, so we're on to knitting - I guess those beads will just gather dust for eternity, then?" LOL. I've been meaning to get organized and decide what I'm going to "do" this winter. I have a cross stitch project I started more than 10 years ago (not a chance)...

Dyan, you must be glad that it will be OUT of your body, since it's causing you so much pain.

We ARE avoiding making a new thread, aren't we. I'm hoping that Tiffany will get done with the work week from **** and come back and make one this weekend. But yeah, it has to be done eventually. (sniff)

I skipped lunch.

Huh? :eek: Jello skipped a meal? This is serious!

I'm feeling ... punk. It's been raining for almost 3 days and it's so cold and gray. I have a headache that just won't quit and this medication is still playing games with my stomach and ... uh ... digestion. :o

OK, get this. Boss came to me and told me he was losing sleep over this "thing" I'm "doing" on the 24th. Well, will I be back? When? What about this and what about that? And "me me me me me"!!!! :mad: I tried to explain that I had to see what the biopsy showed. He asked why I needed a biopsy and I said it was because of the cancer I had and he said he didn't know I'd had cancer!! Uh, what cave have you been livin' in!?!?!?! :bomb: I finally told him how sorry I was that my health problems were so inconvenient for HIM. Big, dumb :censored: jerk!!!!!!

Whew. Grumble. Only 2 and a half more hours.......

P.S. Didn't buy anything from QVC but now I'm itching to get to my little workshop and see what mayhem I can create.

Jello - your boss is a grade A a$$hole. He's fired. Go out to Monster.com and find yourself a new job. As soon as you're back from your inconvenient "thing" and everything's good, tell him to shove it! {{{hugs}}}

Dyan - why are they making you wait so long to have your surgery? Seems to me that if you're already in lots of pain they could get you in sooner, or is this some insurance company talking. I hope you feel better soon, you're a strong woman to keep on going with that kind of pain.

Semo - don't even talk to me! I LOVE crafts, but I suck at it. You smart people that make such pretty things and mine always come out looking like a lump of junk. Anyways, if you can't tell I'm jealous, maybe you could give me a lesson or two someday.

Cafe - my dearest, you worked in a bakery, ah, I can just smell it now. Heaven, pure heaven

Jello - you must be one tough cookie, honey if that was me I'd given that jerk a piece of my mind.

Well, I finally got a few minutes to relax and play a little, almost time to go home. Whew, boy am I glad. Hope you all have a nice weekend.

LJ

Hey all,

Home from work and have the house to myself.....

Dyan---so sorry you're having problems...you may want to go completely fat free for awhile to feel better. The gall bladder contracts in response to fatty foods and the stones are keeping it from emptying the bile into your intestine for digestion. I've had some problems with that when I was pregnant (gallbladders are sometimes sluggish when you're pregnant), usually eating fat free for awhile gave me some relief. It may help you get to November with alot less pain... My kids are very independent but I guess you have different worries as they get older....will they always choose decent friends?...will they be safe riding with a friend whose parents haven't been obsessed and made them drive in every weather pattern and on all surfaces for those 6 months of permit time? will they be able to fend off a predator in a parking lot at school or work? will they always say, "no" to drugs??... I always talk to them about safety and I try to put it all out of my mind sometimes or I'd never let them go anywhere!

Jello and Semo---now that is not fair! I want to shop too! Jello, Life is too short to deal with that JERK! Hope you find something ...I'd try that place Cafe worked.

Huntress--- Hey girl, I had a stye and my eye doctor said buy new makeup and use baby shampoo and warm water every night to take off my makeup. Seems mascara and eye makeup can have bacteria build up and need to be pitched about every 3 months, at least. Haven't had a stye since. I'm with you about Tiffany. She has been gone too long. I don't think we told her SHE could run away.... Leaders have to stay put. I'm sure missing her funny posts and the way she makes us all feel welcome here and like family...Come back, Tiffany, wherever you are....????

Tiger---we are on the same wavelength, girl. I'm working on one meal a day, too. It seems I do great on Breakfast and lunch but blow it at dinner and afterwards! I know if I can just fix those times, I'll have it made.

Cafe--what a wonderful description of working in a bread place....you must have really enjoyed your job!

Hello, Miss Kayla....hope you are having fun tonight! I always looked forward to Friday nights when I was in school....I miss being young!

Take care all!

:flow1: "Bright"

Jello: Kick your boss in the a$$...also I think his harassing you about taking one day to have a biopsy with a history of cancer comes under hostile work environment....seriously he can't do that...call the Labor board...they will tell you exactly what he can and cannot say to you......you have a nice case here...I have a friend who already went through something like this so I knows what I knows...

Dyan: Nexium and Bentyl are two drugs that should help you with the nausea and the stomach pain....just call your doctor up and tell him to call you in some scripts...this is ridiculous that you should be this uncomfortable and have to wait 5 weeks to have it taken out. Do not plan anything for 4-5 days after your surgery no matter what bull they hand you. I am so sorry you are sick...even my sister who is on Medicaid got better care than this...what a horrible shame...they should all suffer the way you are!!

Semo: Write me deary....and I wish now I had not taken a drawing class and a watercolor class at the same time...I was so tired last night I couldn't even go to class...God I would give anything not to work just for a little while...oh well so would eveyone else.

Cafe, Huntress, brighterdays, Kayla, and Tiger: All my good wishes and love to you all....sounds like all of you have your plates full.

I am fighting the good fight with my food, but have been sneaking in calories here and there and my weight loss has stopped. Also the blood sugar is rising so I am going to see my doc on Monday and see what we can do...I will not, I repeat will not let this become diabetes...i will stop eating altogehter if I have to.....oh what a drama queen I am...

Talk to you all again when I come up for air again......I wish you all lots of lost pounds, and gains of only money and happiness!

Hi all..........

It's a beautiful cool morning here, feels so good. Actually the sun hasn't come up yet but I just know it's going to be nice today. That cool air puts a little spring in my step and better yet lets me open up my house for a little while. Going on a road trip today, already washed the car, it sparkles like a diamond. Can't wait to get out on the open road and let it roar.

Hey Brighterdays - thanks for the info. Funny thing is I just bought new makeup so I don't think that is the cause. Fortunately the stye is almost gone and I haven't worn any makeup at all the last several days. Thanks again. BTW, how did you manage to have an empty house? Tell me your secret!

I gotta get moving, lots and lots to do before I leave. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

LJ

Hi all,

Now don't faint....I am here daily x2 days....I know, it's amazing but I am making the time to chat with friends. It's a ME thing, you know.

Huntress....come and pick me up, girl! I could use a nice ride thru the changing colors of fall. Glad that stye is better.. it is so aggravating for me not to wear makeup...must be nice to be able to go au naturale! As for the empty house...just a fluke...everyone had someplace to go except me, of course!

DNW...nice to hear from you, also. Having a bit of a problem with my eating, too. But I think I'm getting more control.

Jello...hope all goes well with your "thing"---I keep thinking of a saying I saw once, "He who angers you, controls you". I think of it everytime I have to deal with some jerk....it helps to give me a different perspective on the situation.

Did anyone find Tiff yet? Hello to Cafe and Kayla and SEMO and Dyan (hope you are feeling better).

Take care and have a good Monday!


:flow1: " Bright"

Hello. Hello. Back from another lost weekend. Yesterday, the only thing that saved me at all was the time I took out from stuffing my face :ink: to play with my new exercise ball. It's still fun. But food and water - out the window! I've already started rehearsing what I'm going to say to my trainer on Thursday. It's the last day of my 10 week program and I'm sure to be UP a few pounds. I haven't gone as gung-ho as I thought I would. But I'm glad I spent the money and did the program. I learned a lot about nutrition and exercise and muscle groups and fat burners, etc. Now all I have to do is DO IT!!!! :^:

I never seem to have any time any more. Do you guys feel like that? It seems like yesterday for example that I started that 10 week program. It seems like I should still be planning my Scotland trip. Ye gads, it's almost Christmas already!!!!! :eek: I just don't have the time to plan the meals and prepare the right foods and hit the gym..... How do I make the time for ME!?!?

Old *itch is off today. Boss is at a trade show for the week. One of my engineers I work for is at the same trade show. I'm taking the time to breathe.....

One thing that's been keeping me up at night....

Oooh, true confessions here. Read if you feel like getting deep and philosophical....

I've been thinking that life is passing me by. I get up and go to work and come home and do some chores and watch some TV and go to bed. Occasionally, there's something like a dinner out or a visit from a friend or a holiday. But mostly, there's nothing but the passage of time. Does this make sense? :?: I hate my job and am hoping the friend I was talking to was serious about hiring me and will still want me in a few months like she was saying. And I've GOT TO DO SOMETHING about my weight!!!!! :mad: (Yeah, there's a surprise.)

For Thanksgiving, I've got us on a flight to North Carolina to visit Rich's parents at their new house. For Christmas, we're flying to Las Vegas. I've scheduled a couple days off work "just because". No we can't really afford any of this but one thing I learned during my cancer battle was that life is very very short. :( Do with it what you will but do it NOW.

Having said that, do I work harder to lose the weight so that I can enjoy life and do things that I can't do with this extra weight? Or do I just go out and eat what I want and what I enjoy because that's part of living?

Yes, I know what the answer to that should be.

But it's so hard.

I have to take a long lunch today for an eye doctor appointment. Who's the one with the stye? (Sorry, I've forgotten.) Well, I've got something going on in my left eye too. It's been red and sore so I'm going to have him take a look. Life's little ... "stuff". After that, I'll come back here and work *sigh*.

Hm, have a lottery ticket. Maybe I should go check that....

Anyway, I'll be sure to come here. Life's got its highs and lows. You guys are very very HIGH! :love:

Ok girls, I'm getting worried. Has anyone heard from Tiff? I keep expecting her to show up telling us how busy she has been. ???

Jello, it sounds like you are doing a lot of things....not letting life pass you by. Maybe it's the job leaving you feeling empty. Sounds like it's time for a massage or a manicure. :) :grouphug:

The weekend has left my house looking like a tornado went through it. Weekend whirlwind!

Good morning, everyone.

Good weekend here, as far as exercise goes. Not so good weekend as far as food goes. :p

I'm really enjoying the cool weather. I'm glad I got a lot of it this weekend, because I heard on the news this morning that it's supposed to drop down into the 40's tomorrow and stay there for the rest of the week. :^:

Going for walkies tonight with a friend, so I'm working toward my 3 pointer day. Not too much else to say. Must be Monday blahs. Can't.... think.... :dizzy:

~Cafe

Good Morning Ladies :wave: ,

Can I just say: I HATE ALL THIS :censored: POP UP ADS!! THEY"RE KILLING ME!!!!

Aaaahhhh, I needed to get that out of my system! What a weekend. Went to storage on Saturday. I had had enough. I share it with my mom and she takes up 3/4th of the freakin thing. I pay half, and use alot less. I told her that it was time to go through it. I wanted to see exactly how much stuff I had. So we were there a good 10 hours! We left the house at about 9:30 and we got home a little after 9pm. Storage closes at 9. Ate I meal, lifted, pushed, and pulled ALL day long. My back is killing me! We have so much crap to sale. We decided to have a yard sale this coming up weekend. Whatever we don't sell, we're giving to St. Vincent DePaul's. I'm not big on giving stuff to the Goodwill or The Salvation Army. I would like people that could REALLY use it, get it. At St. Vincent's people that are homeless or are truly "poor" ~ making min. wage, can get a voucher from a church or other organization to go in there and get what they need for free. They do sell stuff, in order to pay for operating costs, but at least those who truly don't have can get for free. Sunday was recupe day.

Due to TOM I am up 5 pounds this week. Oh well.....it's outta my control. Hoping that it goes down on Saturday.

As far as my GB. Since it's not infected I'm not considered an emergency. ****, one of the ladies that DH works w/ had her's removed at the same hospital 8 years ago. She was saying that she lost 25lbs, BEFORE her surgery, which they had scheduled for 3 months AFTER her class. In that time, it got so bad, that she could only eat Jello. WHen she called them, they told her to call back when she couldn't drink water !!!! Gawd, I hate Kaiser!! anyhoo, they only had time in Nov. to do it, so I picked the 15th. They said we would be out for 2 weeks, so I figure I can get my disability whil on vacation, and not have to use my leave. I might as well get something out of this. Besides having my GB removed (which will be heaven!).

Huntress: how was your road trip?

Jello: I am so sorry that you hate your job so much. I agree, that life's too short. I hope your friend was serious. I had a job w/ the county D.A.'s office. I was a file clerk, and my boss was always hounding me. My job wsa to get files for the case workers. Sounds easy enough, right? WRONG. People would take cases and not sign them out, so I would have to search every single workers office for the files. My boss would page me umpteen times a day, asking me what I was doing. :mad: Looking for files DUH!! It got to the point where I was dreaming about work. Talking about it in my sleep (something I don't usually do. I woke up as soon as I heard the words coming out of my mouth...."Give me those files. I have to have those files!"). NOT only that, I had so much stress built up in my shoulders that it hurt to put on my bra. You could feel the stress, I lumps the size of softballs. I am in no way exaggerating. Needless to say, I was glad when I left that place.

Cafe: You just don't know how thrilled I am to get this freakin thing out!

Tig: When your done at place, wanna come over to my pad? HA, you should see it. Brought home my Halloween stuff from storage, along w/ some other crap. I actually found my Susan Powters book "Stop the Insanity" along w/ my Larry North 21 day slim down diet. Everything still in the box (well, minus a power bar, that I threw out while at storage)!! Can you say "Yard Sale"?!

Brighter: I am so jealous....what I wouldn't give for a day alone in my own house. aaahhhh just thinking about it gives me the warm and fuzzies :smug: .

DNW: Thanks for the info, I'll have to try them.

SEMO: Can yo uimagine me knocked out? Been knocked out once before, but only at the Dotor's :s: , ooohhh the stories I could tell you.....Don't know if ya'll would believe me if I told ya!

oh, look at the time....gotta run....

Guys I'm starting a new thread............ It's Monday and I need a new start.