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Old 04-02-2001, 12:35 AM   #1  
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Morning All,


One hour less this weekend, the joy never ends. Anyhoo, this post is about Ali's adventures in Ottawa. Ali went to Ottawa to meet her potential roomate; we had arranged to meet at her apartment during the afternoon. My friend was coming along with me and it was all well, she even e-mailed me on Friday to tell me to have a safe trip (and remind me of the time and everything, I kept all my e-mails on the subject so I got my friends to double check for me <you'll understand later in the post> ).... guess what! She wasn't at her apartment at 3pm, so I waited a while in my car, to see if she had maybe been delayed nothing. I stupidly forgot her phone number at my place and had to call my friends to get them to check my e-mail (which included giving them my password, and I have some e-mails in there which I'd rather not have them see, nothing too bad or anything, but some personal stuff), so I call her, leave her a message and told her to call me at any point in the evening (i had my phone and plans to meet with some friends in Ottawa). She never called, I have no e-mails or anything from her. So, I'll be looking for a new roomate (which I have already hopefully found, I'm checking out the apartment next Saturday, here's the catch, I know the guy <though I haven't seen him in 2 years>, so I know I can trust him <I've known him since high school> ). BTW Ottawa is an hour and a half drive from my parent's house, so I was not happy to go all that way to be dissed like that. Sorry to rant, I was just kind of ticked.

Asides from that everything is pretty good and I am looking forward to the challenges of the upcoming week!

Well, except my WI wasn't that great, I was down .6 over 2 weeks, but I also had TOM. I am not expecting excellent results this week since I started tri-cyclen.

Take Care!

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Old 04-02-2001, 06:23 AM   #2  
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hey ali - bummer about the roomate - still at least you know now she's unreliable! hopefully nothing bad happened to her though. (i've definitely been watching too many x-files/angel/buffy episodes!).
so, who gets a gold star for a good weekend? erm, probably not me. but i'll be OP all week i reckon.
lolly - i got my raceforlife stuff through! i'm number 179! if this nice weather keeps up it'll be roasting in june. i'm on week 4 of my running programme now. it's definitely making a difference to my legs, but i can also feel it in my knees and that's bad. i'm going to go check out running shoes and get a new pair.
question for lolly (or anyone else that understands me) - roses, quality street or milk tray?!
emily - i'm so jealous of your house! in london you would be lucky to get a one-bedroomed flat in a scanky tower block in a dodgy area for anything less than a £100,000 (~$150,000). basically, you can't even afford to buy somewhere you wouldn't want to live! perhaps i need to move to a different city?!
belle - how did the move go?
shalyne - crouching tiger, hidden dragon is pretty good, i'd recommend going to see it. at last a film with good roles for women! and top fight scenes. i want to be a wudan warrior. actually, i'd find it quite stressful having to catch poisoned darts with my chopsticks in the middle of dinner....
jen - sorry to hear about the gain. maybe you need to completely change what you're eating, sometimes that helps. or double check your points. and write everything down! it could be a temporary abberation and you'll lose next week. don't give up cos you can do it. make sure you eat at least the minimum points, do some exercise and don't fret. you were doing the self challenge yeah? maybe you've put on some muscle, try taking your measurements cos they might have gone down, even if the scales haven't.
kierie - hope your pinky is better!
ok, i better do some work here. i got in an hour early so i will get to go home an hour early - yippee! lots of buffy/angel videos to watch.
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Sorry Ali about the room mate -- what a drag!
I had a wonderful weekend with my father. It was a blast. We went to museums and watched movies and played cards -- not the most exciting stuff, but very good nonetheless.
Who's going to WI tonight? Me! (Yikes!)
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You may not have even noticed that I was gone but I didn't get to check in thursday or Friday. Work was busy. I had my second to last day at one client and so was packing boxes to be shipped and such. We aldos had a yummy going away lunch for 2 ladies - wonderful. I ended up having cake 3 days last week. Then Friday was my first day at a new client and my boss was around so no computer time. Anyway, here I am again.

Here's a sort of funny WI story. I had done ok last week,. over points but majorly increasing my exercise. My scale said wonderfult things and I was expecting a loss. I went to the gym afte my new client and had a super cardio workoout and then to WW. I was going to go to the 6:45 meeting instead of the 5pm meeting since I left work later than normal. Only to get there and find out that they do not have a t 6:45 meeting on Fridays! Oh, I was so mad anyway, I finally go over it and we went to dinner and karaoke. I had a brunch on Sat am for Delta Gamma Founders Day ( my college sorority) so I went to WI first thing. I stayed exactly the same! I truly felt that if I had gotten to WI on Friday night, I would have lost. Very frustrating. Then I ate out of control on Saturday - brunch food not too bad but ate many chocolates. Then dinner at someone'se house. Yesterdya I was over by 5 but got a few exercise points through painting. Anyway, I am determined to have a good week this week and lose!

Ok, enough about me. Sorry about that. I hope everyone had a good weekend. IT was a bit chilly here but not too horrible. Definitely not spring yet.

Kirsty - I am so impressed by your running! You are doing great. I am trying to learn to run w/o a program and I am up to .9 miles in 2 segments. My goal is 2.5 miles, nothing major. Keep it up!

Ali - I am so sorry to hear about the annoying roommate situation. I hope that your new roommate situation works out better. Best of luck.

Lola - Glad you had a nice time with your dad. Mine is coming up in a month and I can't wait.

Brenda - Hope you are recovering from your weekend eating. I wish I could help but I am struggling with you.

Jen - I know how frustrating it is to gain when you expect to lose. I hope that you will decide to stick with WW. The weight will come off eventually. It is just not cooperating with you.

Hi to everyone else! I should be back a few times today. See you later.

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Kirsty: Yes of course I hope she is okay, I mean if she was in the hopsital or something I'd completely understand and everything (and feel terrible about being so ticked off), that thought had crossed my mind (I am my mother's daughter).

Yet on a different note, the apartment (which is in a triplex) did not have parking and she said that it did (I'd have to park on grass and get over a sidewalk, there was no driveway at all and no indentation in the sidewalk). I need parking.

Lola: Thanks, I am just treating it as a learning experience in general. I love looking around museums. I am glad you had a great weekend with your dad!

Predicament: Should I just send her an e-mail that says the apartment is no longer required or wait for her to contact me?

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<<yawns>> Hi Everyone Monday morning yet again... hope you all had nice weekends. Mine was fine, nothing too exciting. Sort of stressful yesterday... my guy friend and I had it all out over what we "are". Discovered that the problems are arising not from where we are or what we want but that we're just calling it different things. His definition of "close friendship" is my definition of "relationship. Basically his definition of "relationship" is my definition of "marriage". <<groans>> I'm hoping now that we got that squared away things will settle back down again LOL. Geez, the complications I tell ya. Nothing much new otherwise tho. Ate horribly... gah. Shame on me. Did get some water in tho so that was good.


Ali... I would think you may as well wait for her to contact you at this point. You already did your part to try to get in touch.

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Good morning! Monday is here again! (Groan....)

Well, did terrible eating this weekend, plus DH and I drank way to much Sat. night, I feel like I have gained 10 pounds!! So, I am pulling myself back together today and staying OP all week, I have WI on Sat. and I do not want a gain!!!!

Ali ~ I agree with Shalyne, you did your part, she can call you.

Lola ~ I am so glad you had such a wonderful time with your dad!

Sarah ~ Glad you are back! Sorry to hear about the WI deal, I am sure you will find a meeting at the time you need it.

Good morning Kirsty (or, it is probably afternoon where your at, right?)

Hello to everyone else that hasn't posted yet. I am trying to gain some ambition at work here today, but I don't think I am going to get any! It is finally getting nice here in Wisconsin, it is suppose to be in the 50's today, but there is a chance of rain all week. I just want some sunshine!!!!

Well, work calls, see you all a little later!
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Tonya... agh I want sunshine too!! I'm sooo sick of winter already
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it's sunny here...but i'm stuck indoors! i reckon it will be blue skies and sunshine all week and then it will piss it down with rain all weekend.

ali - i'd prob send her an email. that way you might find out what went wrong (and where the alleged parking was). and you can tell her you've found another roomie.

shalyne - men are so rubbish sometimes. so are you guys going to be "just friends" for now? or do you think something more will happen?

sarah - i want to do a 5k (3 miles) in june. and after that i'll probably try to do 20 min runs 3 times a week. but first i have to get past 5 minute runs!! i think i'll start taking my walkman to the gym. do you guys find it easier to run to music? our gym does play music, but it is very bad!
tonya - i had huge amounts of wine and cava at the weekend. i was so tired after all the boozing and socialising that i fell asleep fully dressed last night while watching a terrible film called the beast (about a giant squid).

lola - good luck at WI tonight! i think i'm going to WI officially on thursday. i haven't done so for ages, so hopefully i won't suddenly get a huge gain! i think i'll be ok, but if not then i suppose i'll need to cut back on my boozing!

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Good morning ladies.

Hope you all had a nice weekend.

Ali - that sucks. I'm sorry. Last year my roommate of 5 years had to move home because her dad got very sick. Well, I had to look for a roommate. All my friends already had living arrangements... so I went online and it worked out excellent. I was really scared and wary - but I guess we were lucky.

I am SO tired. And hungry, but I'm not eating lunch until after I weigh in. I weigh in in 45 minutes... so i'll keep you all posted. I was under everyday but one and I exercised four times... so if I don't lose weight everyone better watch out!!! I'll be a wild woman.

Oh - and I stuck to my plan. I didn't drink AT ALL! I was even pressured. We went out for a friend's birthday and everyone got wine and drinks and they were like "coem on, you have to drink for the toast." but I stuck to my guns and toasted with my diet coke.

THEN Saturday we went to this AWESOME bar downtown, and I only had diet cokes again. I was having such a good time, my roommate was like "are you sure they didn't spike your diet coke?" and I was like "yeah." I was just having fun and dancing around - totally sober

So - i'm telling you girls... I think this is the day. I think I'll reach my 10%. I'll let you know as soon as I get back. woo-hoo. ANd like I said, if I don't get there... I'll be freaking out because this week I was SO GOOD and OP.

Hi Sarah. Kirsty, Shaylyn, Tonya, Lola... hope you had nice weekends. I'd say more, but this morning has been CRAZY!

You girls have a good day. I'll check in after weigh in.

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I am here. Ate bad this weekend, but walked a ton at the competition event. So, I think I evened things out.
I have to get back to work, but hopefully I can lurk later.
Have a great day!
ps...I love getting an extra hour of daylight, but I don't like giving up an hour of sleep!!
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OMG - more pizza in the cafeteria. NOTHING has ever smelled SO GOOD in my entire life.
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just say no to the pizza. it's the smell that's nicer than the taste. so inhale it as much as you want and at the same time eat something else (low-point!). and pretend!
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This is the second time I’ve been on WW. The first time I was 13. I lost 10 pounds but it was too hard to eat different meals from my family. It took me 10 years to come back! 2 ½ years later I’m still here fighting for a healthy lifestyle.

It’s Monday and I want to be outside in the beautiful weather! It's supposed to be upper 60's (f) today.

I’m not happy with myself. I doubled my daily points on Saturday. I can’t say I feel better for actually counting it, but I guess it’s better than nothing right? Then I was determined to stay to the low end of my points yesterday, but caved in a bought Peeps at the grocery store. Marshmallow covered in sugar. Yummy! That put me 4 over. I did work on the yard a lot though, but I’m not sure how many points to count that as. I was thinking 2, what do you guys think?

I wish you could all se my yard. I went crazy at Wal-Mart (and just about died when the register amount came up!) and got cute stuff for the yard. I made my own cactus garden (I’m so proud of myself), bought outside coasters that look like rocks, found these things that look like stepping stones – one has a butterfly and one has a dragonfly in my wedding colors - purple and blue (did you guys know that the dragon fly means success & luck?). Then when my dragon fly spike candle holders come in they will look perfect with the stepping stones in the flower beds in front of my house. My DH’s grandparents used to live in this house. Seeing as they were retired, they had plenty of time to work on the yard. We’ve barely been able to keep up. The people who lived there before just let everything go so we are finally feeling like we are making headway on it.

I won free registration to PL National Conference this summer! (Out of 1500 raffle tickets sold – for the American Cancer Society) My luck has been really good lately. I have a PL workshop tonight and there are going to be Margarita’s I’m trying to figure out a way to have one. I can do it if I eat veggies for dinner. I think this is the smartest way b/c I know that I won’t be able to turn down a Marg and this way I will end up mid range. I think I’ll take some carrots w/me. There will be chips and salsa – anyone ever try carrots and salsa? Sorry for being so long, I just had to share with you girls!

Ali: I can’t believe she stood you up! That’s so rude. Not even an E-mail or anything? Congrats on the loss!!

Kirsty: You are an inspiration! Maintaining weight and the running program.

Sarah: We’re all on that weekend bandwagon. I keep trying to find a solution. I think exercise is the solution for me. I’m really not getting much

Lisa: !!!! What a wonderful job you did this weekend. That’s some major will power to turn down all those drinks, even with ppl pressuring you! Stay away from the pizza. The spit culprit is back again!

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Hi girls! I'm back from Florida, tan and rested. I could have checked in over the week, but I didn't feel much like sitting at the computer. Too much like work, and I wanted to get away from work as much as possible!

I had a great time, but I didn't count points, so it'll be interesting to go to WI on Wednesday. I don't think I did too horribly, actually. I think it's easier to eat more healthy in hot weather. I never feel like eating as much crap when it's hot. One day I went for lunch at a seafood place, fully prepared to get a fried clam roll. Instead, I ended up getting a seafood salad. So good for me! And my mom cooked most of the week and she was watching my points for me ...

Going through a whole week's worth of posts might take a while, so I'm just going to jump in without reading. I hope everyone's doing well.

Well, as much I as would love to sit around and do nothing all day, I actually have work to do. It's gonna be hard ... talk to ya'll later.
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