Grats on denting the homework, Ade, and pre-made meals, woot!

I slacked so bad this weekend (not counting exercise and being OP meal-wise), and it was soooo nice. It was nice to not be running around like a manic crazy woman for once. But I plan to be busy-crazy this weekend, so I better let the lingering bliss stretch into this week, haha!

Kay, :hug:.

I'm one that if I post my mini-goals down here and keep the blinders on, I'll get there. So now that the second part (sky diving) is listed, I'll do it when I get there, but I'll be insanely twitchy until I am past the point of no return. It's the same for any new experience really, (joining a gym, walking into my first WW meeting, trying to get into Tai Chi, job interviews, etc). Ugh, I can feel a bit of stress just thinkin' about it right now, but it's gonna be awesome! :dizzy: I'm going to get the photo/video deal with it, so I might just have something to show off, muah! :devil:

I looked at a picture of their plane, Coh, and that was a bad idea... it's so TINY! :yikes:

So now that I have something to work toward, there will be no more "I think that's X amount of points", I'm gonna weigh it no matter where in the house my foodscale is sitting. I plan to be in Onderland earlier than my Halloween goal date, but plans are plans, I better get it done!

Ade- glad to hear you are back on track.

Zan- you will do it!


Well I had a horrible weekend plan wise. I got taco bell yesterday. :( Saturday I got a coffee drink from McDonald's. :( I didn't do ANY exercising! I got dressed to run but my ipod was dead. I got distracted while it was charging and never did get out there. On the other hand I did get a ton of stuff done for my craft show. 2 more weeks and I am taking a crafting break!

I was thinking yesterday that I want to look into a hand mixer and possibly start making some green smoothies for breakfast. I know my husband doesn't get enough good stuff in his diet either and I am sure he would be happy to have a yummy breakfast smoothie too. I wonder if a hand mixer would be good enough to make smoothies with. I just don't want to deal with taking apart and cleaning a blender every day. I know I need to up my fruit and veggie intake though.

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Hm. That's a tough one, Kay. I used to use a personal blender (one of those that has a drink cup. Like this one:
http://www.blenderexpert.com/image-f...nder-51101.jpg
And there are a lot more of those out there since I got mine.

But I suppose if you got a hand blender that will crush ice, it'd work fine with frozen fruit too.

I wish you luck in your fruity-smoothie adventures. :D

Oh, side note: I have no idea what they were blending in that picture. Cream of Barney? :lol:

Zan- it's funny, I thought of the bullet blender when I first had this idea. Maybe I will end up going for something like that, less to clean up. And yeah, what is up with the Purple People Eater smoothie? Weird. lol

The magic bullet blender is amazing. You can do so much with it. And smoothies are yummy!!!!
I've been weighing myself at home this week. And my weigh-ins at meetings are always higher (I'm not naked and it's in the evening, so it makes sense). But I actually saw 171 on the scale yesterday. and 172.2 this morning. Before that, it was 173.6 at the lowest. So I'm kind of excited. I hit my 5% loss on August 26, but I was at a different meeting so I didn't celebrate. And since then I have gained a total of 2 lbs, so I'm hoping to hit it (again) either this week or next. Then I'll "celebrate" at my meeting.
Zan - that is a great goal. It'll be something to motivate you, something to look forward to, and a great experience.
Kay - you craft like crazy! lol. Glad it is something you love.
Coh - I'm trying this week. We'll see. I feel bad because I joined the biggest loser challenge and I haven't lost yet!!

I talked to my bf about the future. Went like I thought it would (for the most part). Still at a stand still, but feeling much better! Busy work week, so I better get back! Have a fabulous Monday!

I was reading this thread and a call just happened to come through to my desk just as I read this line, so I kind of choke-snorted a hello to the caller. That's the funniest thing I have seen all day. LOL :lol::lol::lol:

Glad you had a chat with your boyfriend Ade! Even better that you're feeling better about it :) It must have helped clear the air a bit.

Zan, you are crazy! That's a fantastic thing to use as a reward. I would love to go skydiving but I know I'd be too scared!

What are you making for the craft fair, Kay? I bead when I have a chance. I love making jewelery for myself but have sold some things as well. I'd never manage to collect up enough stock to sell though I don't think.

We went camping this weekend with my boyfriend's old housemates/friends and some of their girlfriends. It was pretty good but they're all engineers so I couldn't join in a lot of the conversations. They also all have jobs that are pretty new since we have just graduated and were swapping stories and as I am still without a job, I couldn't join in on that either :( We did A LOT of walking, 8.5 miles the first day and 5 the next. I have one very sore leg but the other is fine - weird! We also did quite a lot of eating as we were camping in the backyard of an old country pub. It was my first camping experience since I was about 9 years old and I think I would do it again - but hopefully somewhere that has hot running water and soap in the bathrooms! I went through half a bottle of sanitizer and didn't shower for two days which makes my curly hair very greasy and disgusting. Ewwwww!

Hope you all had a lovely weekend. The job hunt continues for me. I have an interview on Wednesday for a job I really want at a company I've been applying to incessantly for every position I'm experienced enough for so fingers crossed! Have a fantastic week!

Freedom - thanks. I'm glad it's out on the table, even if it wasn't resolved exactly. I love camping, but I tend to eat the world when we go. Well, ****, I always tend to eat the world ;) Good luck on your interview and job hunting!!!

Thanks ade! I have to say I love camping food like sausages but I'd be happy not to eat one for a few weeks - we had them for breakfast both days and dinner one day as well. Aaaarrrgh.

Ade- congrats on the goal, hopefully you hit it again soon!

Freedom- sounds like your camping weekend was fun, I am so jealous! My husband and I used to camp all the time but last summer we were broke and this summer he is working two jobs so we haven't been in like, FOREVER!
I make jewelry and accessories out of recycled or upcycled stuff. I do a lot of my own paper beads for the jewelry. I am doing a western themed craft show with two other ladies from my office. Which is nice so I don't have to worry about filling up an entire booth by myself!

Lucky- I work on the phones too and find myself doing that kind of stuff all the time. :)

Aww I just realized I have to come up with a new reward for my 170 goal since my husband work evenings 7 days a week. :( It was hard enough coming up with that one! lol Well now I will have to come up with a reward I can do by myself.


Man I was really looking forward to that reward too. :(

Kay - could you do a night on the town with the girls? Or maybe a "lunch" on the town? Man, it seems like your husband works a ton! Hmm...maybe come up with something like Zan did...I couldn't do jumping out of an air plane. Hmm...what's something crazy you have always wanted to do?

Good ideas Ade. It's kind of sad but I have like no friends in my town. Being that it's a college town all my friends move away eventually so I kind of stopped meeting new people here in town. Most of my other friends friends are either older or are busy with babies... I do have a few lady friends that wanted to plan a trip to the bay area. Maybe I will try and make that my reward. We all have saltwater fish tanks and wanted to make a trip out to the bay area stores to buy some new corals! Not exactly wild and crazy or anything! lol I don't know. I will have to keep thinking about it.

nah it doesn't have to be crazy. I was just curious if you had any crazy inklings. Trip to the bay area would be fun.

I think my crazy days are over (for now). I have done all my bungee jumping and ripcording. I don't know that I would ever want to jump out of a plane. I think it is something I would do with someone else who wanted to (you know, for support) but as for me, I am good on the ground. :D

My first thought when you asked about something crazy I wanted to do was belly dancing. LOL but that is already a reward of mine.

I watched this video about being alone (a beautiful poem). I will share for reference...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7X7sZzSXYs

A lot of these things I would NEVER do. Maybe I could do one of these as a reward. LOL