Good morning and happy Saturday!
Thanks again, girls, for your well wishes. My youngest has Chicken Pox now, too, BUT can't really complain too much about it. Since both boys were vaccinated, their cases are extremely mild. Eldest got about 17 bumps and little one has only about 7. I'll probably have to live in my cave for another week or so, but at least I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!!
Dropped another pound this week (woohoo!!!) so that makes 11 out of my 16 gone! Five more pounds will get me to the top of my maintenance range and, once I reach it, I'm going to work to get into the low to middle part of my range.
Regarding calorie counting, I'm currently doing the Weight Watchers point thing and I've found that I come in way under my minimum of 1200 calories even when I hit my points target. Now, I just count both to make sure that all the numbers look right. I'm planning to continue to do that while I'm in losing mode (which seems to be most of the time).
Congrats Susan on quitting the cigs! My sister quit for four years, recently visited relatives who smoke, picked it up again and is now trying to quit. Well, she's not really trying - she has the patches, but hasn't quite gotten to the actual step of putting them on. It seems to be a battle that never ends - much like weight management. Good luck!!!
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housework ... For my first one I wanted to be super mom, well I paid the price and got the post-partum blues, cry, cry, cry, couldn't concentrate, etc... all because of lack of sleep!! When the 2nd one came along I slept, whenever, wherever, and I was fine!! Funny how lack of sleep will SCREW you up, whether it be because of babies or food... Funny how food always gets in the picture!! 
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congrats on the NO 
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