LOL Christy and Lizzie~ you guys are way to much! What teams are they?? Im a HUGE U of M fan over here!! I had lil miss makayla in a cheerleading outfit with the lil ruffle socks shes a lil wolverine!! hahahah
DANI~ congrats on your job! good luck with that, I wish I could work in a fitness place, life would b so much easier...
AMANDAHOLLY~ Where are you?? I hope all is well with you and your lil man.
Cookie~ I know that "happy feeling" it is hard to stay sober, not even sober, just not drink as much, ESP when EVERYONE around you is drinking lke a fish!
Trying to keep up here... with a smile to! Im just so tired form planning this party... ... ..

Justforus~ It's the UGA Bulldogs and the USC (SC State?) Gamecocks. My grandparents used to raise English Bulldogs AND chickens/roosters...guess which ones won in a fight. I put my little man in a UGA jersey quite often...maybe next time I'll get a little girl for the cheerleading outfit.

Dani - congrats on the new job! Good luck!
Around here the big news is we have NO furniture - no ANYTHING... the movers took it all away today!! So what we have now is what we will have for the next month, laptop, air mattress, sleeping bags, pillows, select clothing and shoes, tolietries.... paper plates, cups, silverware... HAHAHAHA - it is kinda funny... and kinda sad LOL
I haven't gotten to the gym yesterday or today Oh well, there is always tomorrow!! There will be no movers in the house! YAY!!!

It is Thursday already?? Life goes too fast sometimes. If I had about 3 extra hours a day .... well, I'd probably find a way to fill those up too. Whenever I complain about having too much to do my mom always reminds me of that quote about how Mother Theresa had the same number of hours in her day as I do. I think someone said that about Oprah too...
Anyway! I have three "events" going on this weekend that are sure to provide a lot of temptation, especially as far as alcohol goes. I'm not totally cutting it out of my diet, but I'm cutting out total free-for-alls since nothing good has ever come of me being drunk.

I'm stressing out about when I'm going to be able to make it to the gym today. Yesterday was my double cardio day (100minutes!) and I did some pretty heavy weight training, so I guess it is ok to take a day off if I absolutely must. I had to be at work at 630 and my gym opens at 6 so I couldn't go this morning. I have school and then work again until 6 tonight and then I have to work on a project until 730. After about 4pm during the week it is pretty pointless to go to my gym because of how crowded it is, so if I work out tonight I will have to find some place else to do it.




Fae- Yea, fries maybe a worse food to be around since you can eat a ton of them in passing and not really think about it. I'm not sure I could work food service at all since total avoidance of "trigger" foods is the only thing that works for me. Part of my job now is setting up and cleaning up after our caterer comes and I find myself wanting to eat whatever he brings.. cake, potatoes... even green beans! Maybe I just like free food.

Jill - mmmm...cheeeese fries. Good luck with your new job!! I was contemplating getting a second but then I wouldn`t have time to whine about the one I have now.

Megan- Thanks!! If I can make myself go to bed at a reasonable hour life would be a lot easier for me. The sad part is.. I think this Is the rhythm of this semester, I just have to get used to it.

Christy - hehe whatever!! No, I actually think that uga will probably beat us, if I'm being honest with myself. However, I have to support the cocks!! I live beside the football stadium and practice field, so football seems to be a big part of fall-semester life here.
That picture is so cute!!

Dani - I would love to work at a fitness club!! I'm addicted to my gym! Don't be too nervous. I bet a lot of people there will be glad they don`t have a 100lb, 18 year old air head in your place.

Justforus- I go to the university of south carolina (gamecocks, wierd I know..) We have a new coach this year so everyone is talking about our team even though it isn`t like we have a whole new team.. Who knows. I always hope we do well, but I'm not holding my breath.
And.. aww those little cheerleading outfits are so cute!!

Wow, I am so glad it's Thursday, I'm having a pretty bad week so far. So, after I got back from Shanghai and went to my first day of classes, I came down with some kind of flu that I caught from my bf. I slept from 9pm Tuesday to 6pm Wednesday! I got up a few times to use the bathroom and answer the phone, but mostly I just slept. So of course I couldn't sleep last night because I wasn't tired after all that sleep! I still managed to make it to class this morning though (thank god I didn't have class yesterday).

I need to replenish my liquids here . . . sleeping for 21 hours = not drinking much water = I lost 5 pounds overnight. I kind of freaked out when I saw 135 on the scale, I was like, no way, then I realized it is because I haven't eaten anything in over a day and I haven't drank enough water either. It would be nice to stay at 135, but I know as soon as I get some food and water into my system I'll jump back to at least 139.

To top it off, I think I sprained my wrist while I was sleeping. Ugh! I'm going to the doctor this afternoon to see if it's okay and if I need an x-ray or something. And since I didn't wake up early enough, I couldn't pack a lunch, so I have to buy my lunch again today. Luckily there is an Au Bon Pain down the street so I can get a nice big salad.

Oh, and on top of all that, I'm signed up to run my first 5k THIS SUNDAY. I don't know if I'll make it.

I hope the rest of you are having better weeks than me!

I had weigh-in today...and was up 1/2 lb. Argh!!! It's my own fault though...I really had an awful weekend last weekend. Hopefully I can make up for it this weekend...I plan to get in lots of exercising too.

So, does anybody know anything about Regent University? I think I'm going to start there next fall to get my B.S. in psychology but I'd like to hear the opinions of folks who have gone there or know others who have gone there...especially if they took online classes. The campus is in Virginia Beach.

thursday...means back to work for me...
i'm getting a ton done on my crochet projects...if i can just finish my neice's blanket...

I WANNA LEARN HOW TO knITT.... HEHE.. sry bout the caps just kinda didntk now they where on...today me and chris are goin go to the track and take my brother i am goin jog around it and chris is goin see if my lil brother can train for track... josh (my brother) got a really bad staff infection in is finger and now he cant wrestle something that he wants to do. but he wants to do a sport and it has to be none contact... the only one i can think of is track..maybe swimming... but he dont know how to swim so we decided on track.. now its just to get his legs moving... i seriously cant believe both how they are getting so old and... and they are both taller and THINNER than me...grr well i guess the different dads has something to do with it..

i am 20 years old and i still havent met my father my real dad... i need some outside of the family advice should i try and find him and meet him.... when i was younger i said when i am 18 but that has came and went i am afraid.. that he dont wanna see me.. I have met his mom and sister and brothers and most of my cousins... they all say hes a prick... what do you think?

Paperclippy, good luck with the 5-k!! It is so much fun and if you are anything like me, once you do your first race you will keep looking for more. Great motivation, too. Hope you feel well enough to compete.

I'm jealous of you 5kers. I can't even run 5 meters! That is something I would like to work towards but I have had exercise enduced asthma since childhood so I would have to take it very slowly. I also have a DD chest at the moment and it was absolute **** when I tried to jog with them the other day. Maybe I'll wait before I start the running.

I do love walking and the weather was perfect for it yesterday. A little warm for me today, but I put the baby in a sling and "mall walked" Wal-Mart as I was waiting for my pictures to be developed. I am getting a new carrier that will distribute my daughter's 18 pounds a little better over my body. The sling is off centered and the front carrier I have puts too much strain on my shoulders. I'm not giving up and just giving into the stroller though. I love the feeling of wearing my babe and I love the extra calories it burns!

I don't have energy to individually post, but I hope everyone has a great rest of the week, both with food/exercise and life. Being someone that has hit a lot of highs and lows in all of those areas, I know that things can change if you want them to. You just have to set your priorities and work at them. That said, I am officially making Christmas my goal for getting to 135. It is pretty adventageous, but I can at least try. I have been losing steadily without trying too hard. If I kick it up a notch, I can lose 25 pounds in less than 4 months.

Hey all -
man I am just so busy that checking in with you all is hard. How was shanghai paperclippy? I also came down with something this week - whatever it was spread thru wildfire throughout my classmates - some party we all attended - so that is a lesson in itself - you have too much to do and if you go to parties when u are too busy you will get sick

5ks are fun, u can do it!

and I wanna learn how to surf! oh, but no time. gotta eat and run (walk, cough cough) to class.

caio!

ok went to the doctors today, and they put me on zoloft.. anyone know anything about it?? just help my aneixty and help with my weight loss, but I have heard 50/50 on that. some gain most lose.. hmm.. hopefully Ill be chipper crazy me again soon!

Papperclippy - I just signed up for my first official 5k too!! Mine is in two weeks though and it is just a fun run so I'm not too stressed about it. Good luck!!! How did you sprain your wrist while you were sleeping? I've never heard of that before!
Hope you feel better!!

Ferret - I need to finish my crochet projects too.. I have about 5 halves of scarves (since thats all I can really make..) laying around.





Ahh!! The food is back at work. For about a month we didn`t have people in the office to serve lunch to but starting last week the catering came back. The only way for me to fight my urge to eat EVERYTHING is just to clean it all up when I come in (which is my job anyway...) so that I don`t have time to think about it.
However I have to leave the brownies, pastries and doughnuts out there until they leave at 5 today. Rarrr. If I stay away from them I won't eat them so ...I guess that solves that problem.

I'm bummed about not being able to work out today. I know I shouldn`t let one day get me down, but a) i love exercising, b)it helps me to not binge, and c) i have weekly/monthly goals that require me to get in a certain amount everyday and I just hate letting myself down.

But.. on to better things.. I absolutely love the weather right now. September in SC is usually still too hot for me to be happy, but it is cooler than usual and it is the perfect combination of warm/cool. I had kind of a rough summer, but I am feeling really good about fall. Exercise-wise, life-wise, everything.

Argghhh! Stupid allergies...they're making me not be able to exercise! I sooo wanted to keep up with you gals in the September challange, but I'm finding it hard to breathe just sitting down. Do you think I should attempt exercise, or wait till I'm better?


Amanda

I just got my bike fixed (well sort of, it still doesn't have brakes) and I rode it around the yard for like 10 min and was about to DIE! My legs are sore, my butt is sore... I used to bike 12 MILES people....do you hear me?? 12!!!! What the h*ll happened??!! AAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!

Oh well, I guess the best thing about it is that I'm at least biking again...maybe one day I'll see that 12 mile mark again....