Week of ~~March 27~~
 

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope everyone is having a great Easter weekend. We aren't doing anything special, just dinner with the inlaws. We had an egg hunt at playgroup on Wednesday and are going to have another one next Wednesday with the other Moms. I think that will be enough candy for him.


Happy Easter!! :sunny:

Good Morning all!!
Welll...today is the day..No more junk, no more "picking", no more "plate finishing" etc etc...I can finally, just barely zip the pants up in the size I want to be but have no room to breathe...I think 5-10 more pounds and it can be done..I even want to change my sign on name because I dont even run anymore...
Dh ordered me a treadmill and excercise bike because that is the things I like at the healthclub but wouldnt go for the $50/month fee..THis way, I have no excuse!!!We tested them out a Sears, then got them online cheaper with free delivery and no sales tax...They also set up a payment schedule with no interest so I have no reason not to do it...I just felt guilty leaving K in the daycare after not spending time all day with her..This way, they will be in the glass room we have for the cats and she can play in the back yard while I excercise..Dh bought her a big Step 2 playhouse and wooden swing set and built her a deck to play so she is set up!!! :D :D :D I will e-mail pics of her play area..

Hello to all!!! Come on girls!! Let's "spring" into smaller clothes!!!!
RR

Hi All,

Busy weekend, didn't make it on at all yesterday, and i don't remember Saturday! :lol:

RR, you sound really motivated! :dancer: That's great that you're soo close to your goal! Now don't let that bike or treadmill become a clothes hanger...or cat condo! :rofl: Cool on the swingset! Can't wait to see the pics!

Karen, Peter had his first egg hunt at Gram & Papa's yesterday. I"m glad to hear you say you're doing another one, because that doesn't make me feel bad about wanting to dye eggs this week with Peter, since I didn't get to! :D

We went to my IL's for Easter Dinner and she served pasta?! WTF?? Who serves pasta & meatballs for Easter dinner?! I mean, it's one thing if you have it along with ham or roast beef or pork roast, but alone?? Whatever.... it was OK. Wish we had stayed home with my family, mom made roast beef, baked sweet potatoes, mashies, green beans and the usual cresent rolls and dinner rolls. Geez, I"m starving just thinking about it! :lol: Guess I better go have breakfast!

I should have been expecting this, this little blip in my road to success. Overall I was fine, but I did have a couple of moments this weekend, when the fallout over my quiting my job was just too overwhelming for me to manage in addition to holding the line about food choices. I think the thing that really derailed me the most was not exercising. I intentionally took Saturday off because I had exercised for 5 out of the last 6 days and my body needed a day off. I was going to go walk/run on Sunday because the gym was closed. But that turned into a comedy of errors. DH had a migrane all day, so I had to take the kids with me. We pulled the double stroller out of the basement, it needed air in the tires. I went to go get air at a gas station, but couldn't find an adaptor that fit the valve. We finally ended up at a playground where the kids enjoyed their first swing of the spring. So two days off, a donut here, a chocolate egg there, and no water. I'm not going to say I am back on the wagon, because I didn't really fall off, just hit a few pot holes.

Moma, doesn't sound like you failed too badly!! Just get right back on the wagon!

Good morning all! :wave:
Lauren, I agree about Easter dinner. We switch off every year with my family and my inlaws. Well, this year was my family's turn and we were at IHOP for Easter breakfast. We were almost the only family in there. My inlaws make a huge deal with Easter egg hunt and huge dinner, and my family is completely opposite.

I completely fell off the wagon yesterday though, with going out to breakfast and all I figured I blew it, so my DH and I got a stuffed crust triple pepperoni pizza. It was soooo good. But today, I'm back on. And I'm sure I will pay on the ticker for that one.

Everyone have a great day!! :coffee:

Lady, wow, DH & I were gonna go to IHOP for breakfast after church but the one we went to apparently closed down a couple years ago! :lol: We ended up at the diner.

Hope you all had a nice weekend!

We almost had KFC for Easter dinner :o , due to the fact that everyone had an insanely busy week with traveling, work, etc. A last minute trip to the store garnered ham, potato casserole fixings, green bean casserole fixings, rolls, and salad. I did not exercise yesterday cause I was very tired from working Saturday night. I am not feeling very well today. I have a massive headache and some nausea and a cough. I actually took some drugs, and I never do that, so that tells you how awful I feel. And of course I have a TON to do today. Sooo, since I feel yucky, I might as well clean the bathrooms, etc., cause I won't feel any better laying around and being stressed out about everything I have to do...

Maybe I'll feel better if I get some stuff done...

Ugh, Hope you're feeling better soon Jen!

I am glad to hear everyone's easter went well or fairly well. I slept until noon and then lounged on the sofa the whole rest of the day. I am still fighting broncitis, and still coughing stuff up, so ever since Wednesday I have been laying about the house resting. I so want to go and do something, anything.

Hello everyone,

RR: Yeah on the exercise equipment AND the pants. Way cool. Hopefully she will go outside and play while you exercise. Ours is in the playroom and I can't walk if Alex is in the room. We have it behind a fence and he hangs over the fence holding on to my shirt :dizzy: .

Moma: I don't consider that falling off the wagon, not even close. Maybe you stood up, but you didn't even walk over to the edge! Good job for staying so strong.

Lauren: My MIL made London Broil and we had leftovers for lunch today. YUM. I was very happy to have the leftovers. My family was never big on ham, so we never had a set Easter dinner. Just whatever was popular at the moment. As long as someone else is cooking, I'm happy!

Ladyhawke: Geeze, now I'm craving pepperoni pizza. I wonder why.... :rofl: Only kidding. DH was craving pizza on Saturday so we went to Pizzeria Uno. I got a hamburger that was so big, I had it for lunch and dinner. That's just the hamburger, not the fries. I didn't even eat them! I couldn't believe how big that thing was! Good job getting back on target today.

Midwife: I hope you are feeling better. I hate being sick. I am impressed that you would clean being sick. I use it as an exscuse to slack!

Lisa: I hope you are up and running soon. I know it sucks to be sick for so long.

:wave: :wave:

Karen--I am thinking since I cant even go pee, cook, get dressed etc without her hanging on me, it is wishful thinking about excercising...I actually plan on comming home first then picking her up from daycare after I excercise..
We shall see!!I have to do something cuz I am miserable!!
Gotta run..off to work!!
RR

Hello Everyone,

We had our egg hunt today and it was a blast. Alex had a lot of fun. It took him awhile to get the idea that he was supposed to pick the eggs up. Then he really got into it.

RR: Probably the best plan. I can't get anything done anymore if he's up. He climbs all over the place and gets into everything. I tried to fold laundry yesterday and you should have seen the mess he made. Ugh.

I hope everyone is having a great week!

:wave:

Heeeellllllloooooooooo? Where is everyone?

I hope you are all out having fun!

Karen- I was just typing when I saw your post. :lol: My son didn't quite get the easter eggs either. He just wanted to throw them. The other thing neither one of them get is laundry. David just likes to take the stuff out of the basket and Nicole (she's 5) loves to help, but to her helping with laundry is rolling her shirts into a little ball even though I have shown her how to fold it.

Well, TOM won out this morning. I have been fighting craving for 2 days now and I was in the gas station paying for gas and getting coffee and the hohos were just calling my name. Hohos. I can't believe it. AND on top of that I'm still hungry. :mad: What a waste of points!! Oh well, I guess you just move on. *sigh* I'm afraid to look to see how many points that was. I don't even think I want to know. Ok, I did look it was 8 :eek:

Anywho, I wish today was Friday. I REALLY don't want to work today. :comp: I need to find something that I enjoy cuz this sure ain't it. ;)

Hope everyone is doing well!! :goodvibes:

Hi All,

I've got such Spring Fever!! :dancer: It was gorgeous out yesterday...even though I was inside most of the day wishing I was outside. Today isn't going to be quite as warm, I think only around 50°, but it's still nice.

I'm joining Curves tomorrow!! :dance: I'm soo excited to get back to exercising!! I went shopping last night and bought a new sweatsuit and a couple pairs of shorts to work out in. :D DH said as long as I'm productive about it, I could join. I'm going to do it month to month for a couple months, to make sure I'm going to go. Then when I'm convinced I'll keep going, I'll switch to yearly and then I can roam around to other locations. THere are 2 near me, and I have to decide which one to go to. THere's also one near work. I think I will join the one that's on the way home though, because it's a nice one, big bathroom/mini-locker room, and just looks nicer. The one closest to my house the girl was really nice, but the place looked kind of thrown together. I haven't visited the one closest to work, because I think it's owned by the same people that own the one I used to go to...and I hated them because the girl, who was like 5', 90 lbs., would sit there with her DD coffee and donuts or pastry of some kind, on the phone chatting with her friends the whole time, instead of helping! GRR...

Hope everyone is doing well!! :wave: And where are you all...please come out of lurkdom at least to say a quick hi!!

Hey Chicks!!
Great job, Lauren, committing to curves. I think that will be awesome for you!

Ladyhawke, I understand about the hohos. I was attacked by some leftover Easter chocolate today...as long as I account for it with other calories and exercise, I will be okay I think.

Hi Karen, Momadance and RR: What I like about our 30 somethings group is that most of us have small kids. Boy can I commiserate with both the fun and the frustration of exercising, etc. Glad to hear you and Alex had fun with the egg hunt, Karen.

Hi Lisa, Don't study too hard!!

I am mentally preparing for my trip to DC. I have requested a refrigerator for our room so I can get skim milk, fruit, cheese, turkey, etc. to try to control my calorie consumption. Eating out 3 times a day for a week could be a recipe for disaster. I will also bring my exercise gear and check out the gym and also run around DC (literally...maybe not AROUND it, but you all know what I mean! :lol: ) Lots of water, too! Wish me luck!

Jen

Jen, what are the dates you'll be in DC? If you're going to be there over a weekend, I would love to do a roadtrip and meet up with you one day! I have a friend in Fairfax that I can stay overnight with.

Ok, since I had the total collapse in will power this morning. I have made good choices the rest of the day. Fruit, yogurt Cracker Jack rice cake and I'm making tacos for dinner. I should be ok for the rest of the night. But I still do have flex points that I haven't used. I'm trying to keep it all in perspective.

Lauren- I did Curves for quite awhile then they changed their hours and had to bail, but it was great while it lasted. Good Luck!! :lucky:

Jen- great idea and thinking ahead for your trip

Well, ladies time for me to jet outta here. Hope to talk to everyone tomorrow!!

Heather

Heather, good for you getting back on track!

I'm having an apple and natural PB this AM. Never had the natural kind before, it's OK, but I don't like chunky PB. One of the girls i work with gave me some. It's pretty good, considering I'm usually a Jif girl! :lol: I don't know what the cal/fat are for it, but it's got to be better. An added plus is that it's not as sticky and therefore I don't have to worry about the phone ringing right after I take a bite! :rofl:

Have a great day all! :wave:

midwife, I haven't studied hardly at all. This is my spring break and I have taken it to mean vacation. (Even though I really should be studying.)

I am still getting over this stupid Broncitis. I have a little bit more to go. Wouldn't ya know, just in time to go back to school.

Hi Lauren,
You are so sweet to offer to come down, but I will be in conferences most of the week and have a bit of sightseeing time pretty tightly scheduled. So, enjoy those babies of yours at home and have a relaxing weekend. :) I'll let you all know how the trip goes.

Jen