Jamie ---- Welcome back girl!!! I am so glad you are back...And remember, we are not here to put pressure on you but to help you and support you!!

Spill ---- Happy Birthday to youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!! Have a great day and treat yourself ok?

Jina --- 4.4 pounds?? That is awesome!!! You must be really proud of yourself...ohh and take care of the sunburn!

Jen --- I haven't had pizza since last May...Can you believe that??? My fiance and I used to have pizza and wings night on Tuesday for American Idol...It's all over now!!! I don't really miss it though...but your pizza sounds delicious and healthy!

Jenrica --- Are you fighting a cold you think? Spring can be aweful for colds and bugs...We want summer!

I am really excited because my spring break is next week!! Woooo hoooo...I just have to stick to the plan and not overeat too much. Every time I'll want to eat I'll have to think about my great new pair of jeans! That will help!!

Oh yeah...And Sacha has been good...Been doing the ab workout yesterday...Just have to stick with it now!!


Have a good day everyone!

Sacha

Happy Birthday, Spillthebeans!!! I hope you have a great day!! :balloons: :hb: :cheers: :hat:

Sacha: Great job on getting that ab workout in!

Jamie: The good thing is that once you wean yourself off of Coke and start drinking diet, you won't want to go back! I used to love Dr. Pepper, but it tastes like liquid sugar now -- yuck.

Jenicra: Take care of yourself!

Hope everyone is having a fabulous Tuesday!

Take care,
Jina

Feeling pretty good today - no signs of a cold yet, just tiredness. Hoping to get in a quick cat nap with my kitty between school and work so I'll be ready for my workout later. Weighing in tomorrow morning... I am so excited! How lame is that? Today is Day 20 on plan - btw, Holly, are you still going strong? I hope so... I bet so, actually! And soda? I had a regular Mt. Dew about a month ago and I was so hyper and nutso after that - all that caffeine and sugar?!!! My goodness... I could hardly handle it.
Happy Birthday Spillthebeans! Have a wonderful date tonight!
Sacha - keep up that ab workout - you can do it!

Hi guys! You think it's dead week where you are? It's actually spring break here, and the campus is deserted! On the plus side, there's hardly anybody at the gym to laugh and point at me when I sweat my butt off and look silly. :)

I got some good news this week--I'm going to be spending six weeks working for the UN in Paris, and then six weeks at Oxford this summer! I worked hard to get these jobs, and I'm pretty proud of myself. And my FI is going to come to Paris for a week so we can celebrate our 10 year anniversary. :)

But I still hope I can lose some weight by the time I start in May. I was so discouraged when I weighed myself at the gym yesterday--no loss. But I've only been OP for 12 days (with a couple of minor lapses), so I guess I shouldn't be disappointed. My clothes are starting to fit better, at least!

BTW, Jamie, I LOVE diet coke with lime! I'm so happy they came out with that. I love the vanilla diet coke too, but never really liked the lemon kind.

Congrats on the jobs Fey! That sounds amazing.

Spill--my pita pizza WAS homemade. I buy the smallish whole wheat pitas, use regular pizza sauce, lots of veggies, and either reduced fat pepperoni or canadian bacon. And a moderate amount of mozarella! SO good & pretty healthy, too!
Hope everyone's had a great Tuesday--isn't this week just FLYING by???
I better get to bed, must be up early in the morning...
Good night!

Jina - I'm leaving tomorrow for about 3 weeks, I am taking a break from packing to play on the internet!

I hope everyone has a fabulous March, I'll see you all in April!

look what i did today:

http://gonzostar.diaryland.com/images/carwreck1crop.jpg

for more pictures, see my diary. no one was hurt, but i think this poor little blue car isn't coming back. everyone cross your fingers for a decent settlement amount so we can get another car of similar value.

p.s. saturn is a great car, safety wise. see how the car looks like nothing happened except the front end? i rearended someone going about 45+ and they were stopped. amazing.

Oh no Holly! I'm so sorry! I hope you heal quickly and feel better. I know how stressful car accidents can be! I was in one last April (almost a year ago! Whoa!) and it just totally threw me off for awhile. Fight with the insurance company if you have to in order to get a settlement to replace your vehicle. I ended up with more than enough money to buy a new car (I bought the exact same vehicle in comprable condition - it really helped that I could tell them that there was no way I could buy the SAME CAR for the piddling amount of money they wanted to give me). I also ended up with a bodily injury settlement (the accident was the other person's fault) for breaking my thumb (isn't that dorky? The only bone I've ever broken... and it's my stupid thumb! :) ) They wanted to give me 3500 for my car, and I ended up with 5800 for the car and 1800 for the injury - it took forever, but it was worth it to fight for what I needed. That's why we pay for that outrageously high insurance right? Jeez, that really brought up some memories for me... the jerk that hit me was a football player at the college - didn't have a license or insurance and the accident was deemed his fault but he didn't receive a ticket from the officer - I cannot tell you how angry I was about that!!! Still am, obviously. Athletic favoritism can bite me. Grrr... anyways, Holly, hope tomorrow goes better for you! Until then, take a bubble bath and try to unwind and nurse the wounds! :)

Holly, I'm so glad that you're okay!! I hope everything goes well with the settlement.

Hi, ladies. Boy, have I missed this place. I am back (with 6.5 pounds I didn't have the last time I posted). Oh well... 166 is not that far away and I plan to see it very soon!

I'm glad to see so many are still around and doing well!

Thank you all for your birthday wishes...it was a good day! :D

Holly: I'm sorry about the accident...I hope everything will work out for you.

Jen24: Thanks for the info. I love Pita bread...I think I will go shopping this weekend, and do your recipe..I'll let you know how it all turns out...if not, I love Pita sandwiches :)

Lmaxin: Welcome back! and no worries...it's almost spring...and we can spring back into action (ok that was corny) but no worries...glad to have you back!

So Update from yesterday...I went ahead and ordered pizza from PaPa Johns...it twas a special day. I ordered a large and shared with a few girls from the office. I didn't overeat! I didn't do anything special that day, but am having date #2 tonight...he is taking me to a sushi resteraunt! :cofdate: I'm so excited about him and the sushi...I love sushi, :sumo: but rarely get to eat it since it is so expensive and I'm a poor college student :(

Everyone have a great hump day!

Spill - Have a great time on your date! Sushi sounds like a really fun date (and a really good lunch - I may need to run out and get some half price spicy tuna rolls today before I leave).

Happy Birthday Spill :D

Holly I am glad you are ok....

Sacha good going on those abs sweetie