20-Somethings - **Weekly Chat - 6 Nov - 12 Nov**

Morning ladies

I hope everyone has had a great, but on plan, weekend. I had a couple of slip ups but am eager to rectify them. Unfortunately I saw a 100g gain on Sunday. However I know I didn't deserve a loss so I am not kidding myself.

Congrats to Lockitup, ABakerchick and mtp and hmp on reaching your goal exercise minutes for October. You rock!!

We got out yesterday across the road to our national park. Its fantastic having such easy access to. I didn't realise until recently. I am looking forward to the day when I can go for a jog through the park - it has a great trail. I took a few pics from our walk of the wetlands. I am sure the lake will be drying up soon - the warmer weather is approaching.

The main project for the weekend for me was going through all my pics and finally doing some editing and cropping and updating my image host site. It felt great to be doing something creative.

Talk soon

Hey Daisy! Good job on the walking! Just remember this is a new week to start fresh! :)


My weekend was pretty good! I made an amazing stir-fry tonight! I was quite impressed with myself! My eating habits have sort of gotten a little out of whack, not eating too much, cause I haven't been feeling well. My endo has really been bothering me the past few days.:( With the snow I've been doing alot of shovelling...which is blah! I hate snow! Hehe!!!

Hey ladies.. Well no weight loss the last few days but no weight gain so its all good. This morning i woke up at 5am with a killer headache, took my migrane meds and passed out on the couch.. woke up at 8 with the headache slightly gone, then had to take another later on because it was coming back.. That didnt even touch the migrane, then i had to take ANOTHER a little while ago and finally its going away.. I think my husband really felt bad for me lol i was in tears with my head in his lap while he rubbed my temples.. Usually when i say i dont feel good he goes off on how he doesnt feel good either blah blah blah.. Im just glad im starting to feel better tonight because atleast ill be able to sleep...
But tomorrow im hoping i can get out for a walk if im still feeling ok. I really need to, and i feel guilty for not going today.. I wish i could have even taken a 10 min walk but i felt so crappy :-(.. I think when i go back to the DR on the 20th im gonna demand she do some tests on my head instead of just medicating me and sending me on my way.... thats the one thing i hate about military doctors, they just want to medicate you the cheapest way possible to save money, and i understand that because they get alot of people coming in there with phantom stuff to get the meds.. im sure you all get what i mean.. But me, i cant take this stuff.. Sorry for my complaining, its just right now i dont have anyone to vent too lol. *sigh*
On the other hand, im really looking forward to making a healthy thanksgiving dinner. Im trying to find some nice healthy recipes to make it still good, not bland or anything.. I know it could be a day to just "binge" and enjoy myself but i cant do that right now.. Im too close to fallin off the wagon again. And my son will be 2 years old on the 18th of this month, and im still not back to my pre preg weight.. I got down to 199 (from about 240ish after he was born) from 5 months after i had my son, then Jason got back and i shot back up to 215, then went up and down from there. I was probably about 180ish when i GOT prego, and i had shot up from 140 over the year before that. Im not even asking to be that thin again lol, id be happy with under 200 at the moment! hehe.. Well i should wrap this up becasue im babbling, but congrats to all those that met their exercise goals for october! Im hoping i dont have many more sick days so i can atleast meet my low goal of 600 lol *hugs girls* thanks for listening to me rant!

Hello all (don't mind if I budge in)

Marineswife85 - Hope you recover soon and that the vent had taken some things out of your head :)

Ah, well...my weekend was also a bit of a 'pain' too. I got a lovely, little yet painful mouth ulcer on my gum. It felt like a terrible toothache and couldn't eat properly, so I had soup for the two days for dinner (and was planning a delicious baked potato with tuna and cottage cheese). But other than that, I have not gained or lost (currently having words with the scale!). Oh well, here's to a better week :D

at 210 this morning!!!! Im soooo happy!

Louise: Sorry to hear about your mouth ulcer! I hope it goes away for ya soon!

Heather: Good job on the loss chica!!! You're doing amazing!!! You'll be in the 100's before you know it! So proud of you! :)

Today I'm really lacking motivation. I've been eating pretty good, or at least what I've been eating. I'm still feeling pretty icky! I weighed myself yesterday at my parents and lost half a pound! :) Not exactly fantastic, but better then nothing. This neighbor of ours gave us all her left over halloween candy! Little chocolate bars, and some starburst and skittles. And so far I've limited myself to, if I do any exercise I get one candy that day, and that's my limit. So far I've been good at it. They are hidden away, so I'm not tempted, and they aren't in eyeview.

LOL i had the mentality of gettin halloween candy out of the house as fast as possible hehe.. so yeah its gone now lol.. but man, i was so sick of candy at the end.. and i felt sick too

hey girlies!
don't worry, i didn't forget about you! last week was just really busy with work..i started a new project in dallas...it's fun, but i hate hate hate eating out all the time. i have been getting better though...it's so hard to go out and eat half of a salad. people think i'm so weird! well, i would rather people think i'm weird than shovel down a huge steak :dizzy: i weighed in at 140.4 this morning, so only two pounds to go for my thanksgiving challenge! totally do-able if i eat healthy this week and don't over do it on anything. i am about to go to dinner right now (steakhouse, oh joy) so wish me luck!! ;)

michelle

Hey everyone! Sorry I disappeared for a bit.. my posting may be less than normal this month, due to heavy involvment in NaNoWriMo, but I'm still here, lurking, and losing! This morning's weigh-in was at 193, which baffles and excites me, and is probably due to...

An insane cold. For 3 days now I have not counted calories or exercised, the former because Im pumping myself with chicken soup, green tea, juice and yes, I admit it, hot chocolate (mainly for my throat, because hot things sooth it and I can't drink hot tea. The good stuff from tea for your throat, like honey, I get from the green tea) and the latter because I've been super light-headed. I left work early yesterday, and called off today, so that's when you know its bad! (this has ruined my 2 years straight of not calling off of work! Bah!) Tomorrow though, I am determined to get back on track with my eating (which in reality hasn't been horrible, but I will go back to counting) and my working out (except if I get any insane sickness feelings, which I doubt).

Canadian - Good for you! I know what its like with the candy.. luckily, the only candy in the house that I like are the mini peanut butter cups, and there is maybe one of those left.. I've been eating one a day. :)

passion - Gah! I'm sorry about your mouth. :( I hope it feels better soon.. and that you get the scale to go down!

marines - Ew. I hope your feeling better, and that the doctor can find out what's causing it! *hugs*

Daisy - aren't trails amazing? I love going hiking, or going for walks in the wetlands preserve with my friends when I go visit my mother. Just wander in there and get lost... *G* One of my dreams is to someday be able to go jogging among the wildlife. :)

I LOVE NaNoWriMo!!!

Hey ladiiiess...
We must be starting a little slow this week. Things with the musician are confusing. I'm pretty sure he is interested, but he isn't rushing to be physical so I'm confused. Maybe he is a good guy? :dizzy: Maybe not. :dizzy: I feel so stalkerific. I have to keep myself from calling him because I'm pretty sure I already appear too eager. Grarr.

Eating has been pretty good except for sunday when nachos and large quantities of gin and tonics were involved. Otherwise, I think my appetite is under control. I'm going to try to up my calories from like.. 8-4 during the day so I'm not starving by bed time. I've been in a weird habit of eating like 600 calories until I work out at night and then wanting to eat around 10pm. Not good, but I'm working on it. It is hard to talk myself into eating when I don't want to since this isn't a feeling that happens very often.

I finally weighed this morning and I'm down 4lbs from the last time I weighed (which was a while ago) but still 4lbs up from my ticker weight. I can't bring myself to update it, and I'm hoping that the downward progression will continue so I don't have to. Now I just have to get through a day of work with yummy food. I tried to fill up on mixed green salad so I'm not going to even LOOK at the dessert table.

Amanda- I'm sure snow shoveling counts as exercise! I would hate to do that too. Lucky for me, all we get is cold nasty rain most of the time. And congrats on your loss!!

Heather- Sorry about your headaches, that sounds awful! I'm glad you`re feeling a little better today. And don't stop nagging those doctors until they can fix you!!

Louise- Hope you`re feeling better too!!

Michelle- Good for you for not giving into the eating out syndrome. It is so easy to over eat at those types of places. So, let those people look at you like you`re crazy. It isn`t their body!

Fae- Aw, I hate that feeling, but at least it is keeping you on track calorie wise probably. Hope you start feeling better too :)

Jeeze, is everyone sick around here?

I need help! Seriously, I can't get it together, I just can't focus on anything that I need to, and its putting me so off track and so behind on any/everything important in my life. I just need to get it STRAIGHT! Why is this weight loss thing so hard for me? Sometimes I feel like I don't know HOW to lose weight without eliminating things completely from my diet which causes me to crack? And I'm just so exhausted with buying more and more books trying to educate myself and reading the same thing... Good thing its actually my field so its good to know the information...

Speaking of which, I just bought both of the YOU books, You: the Manual, and You: On a diet... We'll see how those goes... Maybe if I can actually make time and do everything else I need to instead of watching MTV's Parental Control reruns I'll get my life together...

Hope all you American chicas voted! NO! Don't start a political debate :) Just checkin' to see you all did you "civic" duties as United Statians... hahahaha as opposed to Americans

morning ladies

melbourne cup day came and went yesterday and it was relatively uneventful for me. only those that live in the melbourne metro area get a public holiday so i still worked yesterday but we had a little lunch put on by work for the race.

big news is that i have finally posted by "before" pics on my blog and have made the committment that by November 1st 2007 i will be in a bikini and posting the pictures for the world to see whether i am a size 20 or a size 8 (hopefully the latter!). i told G (my boyfriend) and his kids last night. G said that that was his goal too - to be in a bikini by November next year :lol: he's a funny man ;)

i am off to the shops today at lunch to buy some fruit as we have eaten nearly all of the fruit i bought on saturday. i am having 2-3 pieces a day at the moment and the kids are having fruit each day in their lunch box and then before and after school. i am feeling very happy that it is only wednesday and i need to buy more fruit.

canadian_mickey - wow snow! we have had the air conditioner on each night because it is warming up quite quickly and we have constant rain clouds threatening to unleash themselves. it just makes things more humid as it builds up.

heather - congratuations on your loss! its just the start of more to come i bet ;)

fae - what is NaNoWriMo?

wastedthermos - that dreaded ticker. i love it when it goes down but try to ignore it when i should be going up in weight. never mind - keep up the good work and the next time you update it - you will be going down the scale :D

dreamer - i hear you. i have bought countless books that just tell me the same thing and the things we already knew; move more, eat less. you will get it - it just has to click. for me i think it was only recently when i decided either i stay here in life or i choose to change and grow (or shrink hopefully :) ). Keep at it and you will "see the light". we are always here for you.

michelle - hi :wave: 2lbs is totally doable before thanksgiving!

passionfruit - i hope your toothache/ulcer is better

*dies* I finally got my second month of PUSH, and good lord.. the cardio I picked (kickboxing) is HARD! I worked up quite a sweat.. and Im thrilled. I love high impact workouts.

I think Im better, at least better enough to function. Been watching calories again today. Im being a GOOD fae! Working on my writing as we speak...

martiti - I'm actually the Municipal Liason for Virginia Beach... *G* Don't ask me how, it just sort of happened by accident. Its my second year doing it, and I love it to death. Yay for writing! I'll just assume you're doing it this year.. how many years have you done it?

Lizzie - Lol I know what you mean.. I dated my boyfriend 4 months before he got the nerve to kiss me! Maybe you just got a sweetheart this time? Or maybe just someone really clueless.. :)

Dreamer - Actually I didn't, and I really have a valid excuse: When i got my VA permit I registered to vote, but there were mix-ups, and I seriously didn't think that I was going to get my registration in time. Hence, to research into the candidates... and since Virginia has 2 close (and closely watched) races going on, the last thing I want to make is an uninformed decision! So of course, I got my registration at the last minute, and didn't have time to look into the candidates.. bah! My first effort at civic duty, and its all gone... =/

Daisy - ask him if you can post pics on the internet of him in a bikini too! And to answer your question, NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month... a time in which people all over the world try to work a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. It's fun!

Good evening ladies!

I've been having a very, very large and scary existential crisis lately, in which I almost convinced myself to leave grad school and go get a job. To stop going into debt. Go find some entry-level, $28k/year job and just exist. To leave Charlottesville, move into my sister's basement till my fiance comes back, and just save save save.

But then I realized... that while yes, finances are tight and no, I'm probably not going to ever get a job in which my vast knowledge of literary tropes and cross-genre allusions will ever come into play, but you know what? That's okay. I'm just going to sit here and be impractical for another year and get my master's. It was damn tough to get into this school, and if I leave now, I'll never be able to use my accomplishment of getting accepted as a bragging right :p

But that whole issue ate up four days. I missed a couple of classes, slacked off on a lot of work that was supposed to be done, and generally sucked at eating. But I'm picking myself up. Tonight, instead of frozen french fries and chocolate, I made orange-glazed chicken and zucchini for dinner. It was excellent. Much better than chocolate, actually.

One of my procrastinatory projects is knitting scarves for Christmas. I don't have a lot to spare for the holidays, so I figure I can invest $20 in wool and some number of hours' labor and make a decent Christmas gift for a lot of people. Only downside: my neck hurts. It's a trade off--either I look down at my knitting and keep my arms at my sides, or I look straight ahead and raise my knitting to eye level, thus making my arms sore. It's a lose-lose situation. Oh well.

Anyway.

Daisy -- It takes some guts to post photos which are meant to show our, well, wobbly bits, when usually we do everything we can to hide them! Like I said on your blog, you'll be so happy to have those a year from now when you're strutting around in your bikini!

MarinesWife -- don't get me started on military doctors. Grumblegrumble... I grew up in the military medical system. My sister was bitten by a brown recluse spider (poisonous, by the way) and the doctor kept telling my mom that it was a bunch of flea bites. That's right, a bunch of fleas bit her on one spot on her leg. So when the thing got as big as a tennis ball and started to sink and turn black in the middle.... well..... the doctor finally believed that it wasn't flea bites. Use your best judgment and PUSH for what you want out of those guys!! They will eventually listen, I promise... Good luck with everything...

Hmm, I just thought of something...... has ValRock been around lately? I haven't seen her since she had that scary post about a tumor in her thyroid. Did she ever come back after that? I'm worried...

Fae -- I hope your 193 sticks, that's a great number to see! You're almost at the 180's! I'm jealous! :p And feel better soon so you can get back to that novel-writing. Keep us posted on your progress.

Lizzie -- I was really weirded out when my fiance didn't want to get physical really quickly, too. It's just not what we come to expect anymore from guys. What does that say? :/ Anyway, I was frustrated and freaked out at the time, but in retrospect, it was really nice to get to know him without the physical side of things complicating matters. Hang in there :)

Dreamer -- woo voting! Yay exercising my democratic muscles! I got a sticker today and felt special. BAH! I just checked the election results... my man lost by a margin of 1.8%!! How frustrating is that?? And apparently the majority of Virginians support the anti-any civil union (not just marriage) between anyone other than a man and a woman constitutional ammendment. Well, I'm disappointed. But at least I did my job to try to turn things around. Another two years to go....


Wow, long post. Should be putting these energies into something academic, I'm sure. Oh well. Shoot, now I'm all disgruntled about the election results, but did I really expect anything to be different this time around? No. People don't change that much in two years...

Dreamer- I also voted! Yay for voting!

Jaime- Girl, I hear you on that amendment. I also did my part to shut the thing down. It's not just silly and redundant, it's a bad amendment. Ok, I'm going to step down off my :soapbox: before I really get fired up, but gah. My state's letting me down here.

As for the knitting, if you're using the longer needles, try tucking one under your armpit. It's how a busty Dutchwoman taught me to knit. It takes a little practice, but it's really so much easier and faster.

Jaime- I hear you on the knitting dilemma. I also need to get started on my inexpensive-yet-filled-with-love Christmas stuff...

Lisa- how exactly does the armpit needle thing work? maybe I'm just not coordinated enough...

I just want to give everyone a gentle nudge to keep posting your exercise on the November challenge! It always makes me try that much harder to make sure I'm reaching for my goals when I know I'm not alone!

Take care everyone!

Well, I'm right-handed, so I simply stick the right needle under my pit. It frees up my right hand, so all I have to do is hold the thread with that hand, and it also places the knitting much closer to my face which I like, especially when I'm working on a difficult pattern.

And that sentence bothers my little grammer-loving soul in so many ways, but I'm too tired to fix it. :)

My mom requested an absentee ballot for me so I'm voting too!

Im so excited! 208 this morning.. Thats down 2 lbs in 2 days.. Man i cant wait till i get down to 200, then under... Im so close now! Who knows, i may even meet my thanksgiving goal! Im oficially loving my scale right now! hehe

Hi!

Daisy- Do it! Post the pics! It's so very motivating and liberating. I tossed out the idea of posting my bikini pics from vacation and Fae just sucked it right up and called me out! I'm glad she did because it helped keep me on track (thanks, girl!) And now I have something to look at this winter if I get off track. Everytime I wanted to skip a workout or have that cake I would have to remind myself that all of my glory was going on the internet!

Dreamer- I fall into ruts like that, too. The more that I make things a habit- the more it becomes second nature- the easier it is to jump back on track. And I've said it a lot recently, that having a group like this helps SO much. Hope you find your way again:)

Jaime- I'm dying to take up knitting. I think that's a fabulous idea for a Christmas present, money or no money. I'm so jealous of people who recieve gifts like that. You know that someone put forth a lot of effort into your gift and what can I say, I'm a scarve girl. Glad you decided to stick with grad school- no need to become an entry level hound before you need to! Not to mention that you really are talented!

Lizzie- step away from the dessert table!

Michelle- eating out gets so old after a while. Hope you having fun in Dallas regardless. Way to go on getting back to 140!

I don't know how, but I ended up outside in my running shoes yesterday so I did manage a workout. I think it's because the weather is GLORIOUS right now (snow for friday, though) so I was drawn to the warm weather. I'm hoping it happens again today because getting me to workout has been like pulling teeth! I'm going to hit a trail today to mix it up, so hopefully that will my butt in gear again.

Hope your lines weren't too long at the polls. Denver was an absolute mess. I'm still registered in a neighboring county, so I just went there and I'm glad I did. No lines and the cute old people that do it every election. There were still some poor folks in line at the start of the 10 o'clock news. Good for them!

Hi ladies,

As I've been jumping into the weekly thread every few weeks pretty consistently, I guess I'm going to just say I'll probably keep doing that for a while. I've been extremely busy at work for at least 6 months, and there are no signs of this stopping, which is why I'm not here a lot. I do lurk more than I write, though - I'm thinking about you girls! And living healthily is with me daily.

Anyhow, ugh, workouts are good, Halloween candy bad bad bad. I totally did one of those things where I eat one piece and get that sugary taste in my mouth and end up overating on junk for a week (what is really funny is that I just reread this sentence and instead of typing "can't" I had typed "candy" again - shows where my brain is!). However by Sunday I was actually sick of candy. So sick, in fact, that there was a container of homemade brownies sitting in my office for 2 days and I didn't have a crumb.

I think I've had similar stories for months now - I ate a bite of something bad, and it was so hard once I got the taste in my mouth - etc. etc. It's a lesson I'm clearly not learning as I keep doing it. I am trying to refocus myself on eating things that will really nourish my body. Instead of saying "well I've only got 1300 calories planned for the day, I can afford to eat that fun size Snickers" I'm going to instead try and think "Will that Snickers do any good for my body? If you're really hungry, go eat an apple."

I've kind of got a goal, anyway. Dec. 30 is my sis's wedding and I can't gain any weight and still fit into my bridesmaid's dress.

I made some pumpkin soup and lowfat pumpkim bread Sunday and it was yummy! I needed to use up the pumpkin I bought for a Halloween Jack-o-Lantern and I do hate to throw things away.

Yes I voted! No my candidate didn't win...sigh...

I think taking a "before" picture is a great idea! I wish I had done it. I also kinda wish I had saved a pair of my biggest pants.

junebug41, It's great working out outside in nice weather, isn't it? The gym walls get so boring. Thank goodness for the book rest on the elliptical.

Marineswife85, great job!

britomart, let me tell you, $28k/year does not go far. Really. There are two sides to every story, if you are still having any doubts. You are doing what you love. Enjoy it! Orange-glazed chicken sounds yummy. Do you have the recipe?

Dreamer85, woah, it sounds like you're just overwhelming yourself. Start small. One week, limit yourself to x calories (or however you track food) a day. The next week, say exercise x times/week. Then add 6 servings of fruit & veg a day. Then add in enough water a day. Or whatever. My point is, don't feel like you have to do it all at once! And if you love chocolate, for example, don't cut it out forever. Incorporate it - chocolate sugar free fat free pudding, or something. Or pizza - make your own healthier version. And don't be discouraged! Everyone here slips sometimes.

WastedThermos, are you saying there's something wrong with stalking? Hehe...but seriously, I hope it works out. I know about the ticker...mine is a pound or two off as well and I don't want to change it!

FaeReverie, glad you're feeling better.

miss michelle, kudos for resisting temptations so well at the restaurants. Keep up the willpower!

Well, my ticker is only a pound off. But that's only b/c I thought I had a lower weight posted! 146...I will make it come back down (and stay down).

I woke up with a killer headache this morning and I have taken meds and it just won't go away. It feels kind of like a stress headache, which is probably the case. I`m trying to decide if the guy is a "good" guy or if he is just stuck on his ex. Hmph. Dating is frustrating, but I guess it is better to date frustrating guys than being stuck in a relationship with them.

I'm looking forward to my gym visit today. It`s really the only time I have to clear my head and do something good for myself. Eating today has been iffy because I had lunch at work. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't something I would have made for myself.

This friday I`m hosting a joint birthday party for my two best friends. I`m going to try to stay away from the keg and just have 2-3 light liquor drinks. That way I won't be tempted to overdose on pizza :)

Dreamer- I`m sorry to hear about your trouble. I feel the exact same way sometimes. From what I've read you just have to do it. Like, the people who were the most successful don't always have that moment where everything clicks and it suddenly becomes easy. They just keep going and do it because they HAVE to, not because they want to. Those people have made healthy living non-negotiable.

Daisy- Good plan to keep yourself accountable!! Scary, but good. I saw this 20/20 or something once where they told people they had to meet their weightloss goal or they would show pictures of them in bikinis from before they had started losing weight. I think everyone but one lost, and then they still didn't run the picture of her. Good motivation.

Fae- I love kickboxing!! It is one of the only high impact cardio things I like to do because the time flies by!

Brito- I think you made the right decision to stick out being a poor grad student for a little while longer. This is one of the few chances in life where you`ll actually have the opportunity to be "impractable."

june- :lol: Your comment made me laugh. I`m fighting that urge to go to the dessert table again today. I don`t even really like dessert, it`s just THERE.

Lizzie- I had that problem last week. It was just right there. I thought I was going to need a shock collar to stay away from it.:dizzy:

Hey girlies! Jeeze you take a few vacation days from work and you miss so much in this thread. What did I do on my vacation days? Absolutely nothing. Well I take that back, I slept and I ate. When did vacation mean day off from diet? I just decided as long as I finally had the time order in from a breakfast place I always wanted to try, order in from a lunch place I always wanted to try, order in from a dinner place I always wanted to try (you get the gist)

Anyways, I really want to put my foot down and lose weight. When I am not on my vacation days, I am VERY healthy. I know to really lose significant weight before New Years to fit that New Years dress I'd really have to cut on my eating, but have any of you honestly just not wanted to...? I mean I don't eat cuz I'm sad or bored, I eat because I just like eating.

hmmm

:carrot: Huzzah!:carrot:
It's my weigh-in day :goodscale, and I've lost another 2.5 lbs (my tickers are recording it funny, but oh well)! Which brings me a little over the 20 lb mark!:woohoo:
And I had a NSV today; I tried on an adorable jean jacket I bought from the Gap a couple of years ago and it FITS. Ok, it still doesn't button up the front (blast you boobies!), but it goes on at long last!

Jaime- You'd better stay at UVa! It's a super-hard school to get into, that's an big achievement right there! I know what you mean about wanted to stop racking up the loans though. Just thinking about it is overwhelming.

Lizzie- Just say no to the beer!! And the tequila. And possibly the rum. Beer makes me fat, tequila makes me sick, and rum makes me say inappropriate things to strange men. The last one can be an interesting way to meet people, though. Oh alcohol.... :dizzy:

Megan- At least you know! It looks like we Virginians won't know who our senator is for sometime. Which really means I'm going to go slowly crazy. :tantrum:

Well, I finally discovered why I wasn't losing any weight, and I've been so tired lately....

I'm pregnant! Woot!

Spillthebeans - *gasp!* COngratulations! :bb: This means we all get to be aunties, right? :)

Omigosh!! Congrats, congrats, congrats!! When is the baby due?

Lisa- WATER makes me say inappropriate things to strange men. :lol: I don't think I can fix that with abstaining from rummm.. Which is my favorite. Congrats on your loss!!

SpilltheBeans- Awesome! Not only do you have an answer to the weightloss thing.. but you have a bun in the oven! :congrat:

Thanks so much for your encouragement! It really means a lot, you're all so right. I just try to take things slower and today has been a much better day. I just need to be realistic about a lot of things and just my goals in general!

Spiltthebeans- CONGRATS!!!!!!!

Brito- Good decision, be the broke grad student, you're doing something that makes you proud and something you really enjoy!! You'll get where you need to be soon enough, and life is all about the journey, right? Besides, chock that up to one of those things that "build character" and who doesn't need character?! :D


TONIGHT IS A 2 HOUR BIGGEST LOSERRRRRRRRR

Spill - congrats! What a wonderful surprise!

:yikes: :preg: :woohoo: :hyper: :congrat:

congratulations spill!! OMG how fantastic! I am assuming that this is good news - although unplanned.

i second that we are all going to be aunties!!

Wow - seems like I've missed alot the past few days!! Congrads Spill on the baby news! How exciting!!!! :) I have alot of catching up and reading to do, and will reply later.

I've not been doing good at anything lately. The snow is finally gone, and I had my dose of chasing the kids around yesterday.....all 17 of them! I'm exhausted. My eating habits have been TERRIBLE! I don't know what the deal is, I seem to be in this "funk" about something. I've tried to exercise every day, in some form or another, but I just don't even seem to care anymore. :( I don't know how to snap myself back to where I should be. I have tried and tried, and nothin has worked! My Mom says it's probably due to all the stress that has been going on right now that I can't seem to focus on things, like what to eat seems a little silly in the bigger picture of things right now.

Spillthebeans- congratulations!!! I wonder if there has ever been an online baby shower...

Morning ladies.. Just a couple of minutes to check in before running off to class. We finally get to study some Spenser today, who's my favorite early modern poet (and the source of 'britomart').... So yay!

Meagan: mmm, pumpkin soup? mmmm, pumpkin bread? Do you have recipes or is it just a 'throw everything together' kinda thing? I'm a recipe fiend :devil: And the only thing I did to make the orange chicken was throw some oj concentrate (1 tbsp?) and a bit of water (1/4c?) in a bowl with some ginger (2 tsp?) and some cornstarch (1/2 tbsp?), mix it all up and throw it in the pan on top of my veggies and chicken. It thickened up really nicely and tasted like Chinese food! The measurements are guesses because it's the first time I tried it and just sorta estimated... The recipe I was looking at for inspiration called for 1/2c corn syrup!! Definitely left that out!!

Lizzie: dating is frustrating, I agree. but kind of fun in a sadistic sort of way (masochistic? which is self-harm? i forget). And yeah, I'm happy to be impractical for now. When I have kids and a car payment and a mortgage, I won't get this chance!

obviouschild: hurray for -2.5! That's awesome, girl! Fabulous!

spill: congrats!! omg! I totally want to be an honorary auntie.

Okay, I have 45 mins till class starts, takes at least 30 minutes to walk there and I still have to get my stuff together... Sorry for the hurried responses but I couldn't resist!! Happy Thursday!

I love Biggest Loser!

Can't decide who I want to win though.... (bobby looks amazing now! he doesn't even look like the same person)

That new girl that just joined reminds me unfortunately a bit of me. I am in a routine and am very stubborn about changing.

Greetings Honorary Aunty Chickies!

After a dr visit today, it is confirmed I will be having a baby on June 24, 2007I was recently engaged as you might recall, and now I will soon be married. My mom is helping me pull together a small, yet nice wedding ceremony in January.

I guess I will be trading in my SHAPE magazine for a FIT PREGNANCY Magazine.

I'll be checking back with you all---Life just got super busy! but great!

Thanks again for all the well wishes aunties! You ladies are the best support!

PS. good to see you again Jenicra! You look slim!

Spillthebeans - Awww, congratulations!!! :hug:. That is AMAZING!! A wedding and a baby in the same year! One lucky lady ;)


Oh wow, it has been such a great week for many! Can I just say that I have also arrived at cloud 9? I lost 6 lbs after 7 weeks of stalling :faint: ! I'm going to jump over the moon tonight! Fridays aren't my usual weigh-in days but after skipping last Sunday weigh-in I was DYING to know how much I weigh...and I guess it caught me by surprise. Six pounds in two weeks, hope I'm not going too fast after plateau. (Time to move the ticker, I say!)

Hope everyone else's day has been good :)

BTW, I've been wondering what the Biggest Loser was...now I get it :rofl: (don't get that where I am :( )

well ladies.... have a great weekend.... i'm off to DC for a few days with a friend who's coming down from canada. wish me luck in the face of much restaurant-eating...!

spillthebeans - WOW! you lucky girl! Congratulations! May the baby and you be healthy and happy.

Spill, congratulations on both the baby and the upcoming nuptials!

britomart, good luck!

passionfruit, wtg! That is awesome! I hate long plateus like that, but then whoosh, your body just lets go of whatever it's holding onto and you feel so good.

britomart, mmm, the chicken sounds yummy and easy, thanks. I got my Pumpkin Bread Recipe from allrecipes.com and it's called "Ribbon Pumpkin Bread" (note: if you do try it, the recipe says it makes 2 loaves of bread. The filling might be enough for two, but the batter is not enough to make adequate layers, so I'd double that, or just make 1 loaf). Pumpkin soup I got from the food network website (called "Pumpkin Soup" and the chef is "Food Network Specials"), and I subbed fat free evaporated milk for the half and half. I'm a little OCD so I like to follow my recipes to the letter. ;)

Eating has been good, exercise good. It's just the weekend I'm worried about... I need some Will Power Dust!
:dust:

Have a great weekend everyone!

3-day road trip to Oregon this weekend, plus a wedding. You'd better send me some will power dust, Megan!

hey girls!
congratulations, spill!! that is SO exciting! you will have to keep us all updated on how you feel! i was just reading an article that exercising while you're pregnant helps the baby be healthier too..i think it was in this months shape. anyway, you are going to be a wonderful mother!
i have been doing pretty well this week. i have been working out every day and trying soo hard not to overeat. i didn't do that well today, but the rest of the week was pretty good. i weighed in this morning at 139, so only one pound to go to reach my thanksgiving goal weight! today i went out to lunch and ordered really healthy (chicken salad) because i knew i was going with a friend to get a fresh baked cookie at our favorite bakery this afternoon. i had that..but then that kind of set off the binge tooth, and i had a roll and another piece of a cookie. i feel like we are all struggling with that...one bad thing and its all down hill. i definitely need to work on that!!
this weekend i dont really have any plans, which bums me out. i wish i were one of those people who can hang out in their apartment all weekend and be content. i get so sad when i am not busy and around a lot of people. i am trying to think of ways to fill the weekend...sigh, it makes me wish i had the boyfriend back. i swear that was all he was good for..taking me to movies ;)
i hope you girls all have a great weekend, i will try to post more next week!!!