Goood morning, sunshines

Yeah, maybe if I keep pretending to be awake and perky, it will stick

Sandy--I find that reading 3FC first thing in the morning DOES help, for me, anyway. Even if I don't post, just reading gives me lots of reminders and tips

Kayley--wow, 40 minutes of weights--you'll be buff before ya know it! I have some adjustable handweights at home, and I only really worry about using weights to tone my upper body since my poor legs already have to carry 300 pounds around all day as it is

brandnewme--I really really hope you start feeling better soon--I'm rarely more miserable than when I have a stuffy nose, as that is always the worst symptom for me, so I can hardly imagine your frustration at being sick for a MONTH

Patti--enjoy San Antonio! I was there for a trade show for work once, and I LOVED the RiverWalk!

Cris--planning is DEFINITELY my first lin eof defense against office food Hope your long commute doesn't wear you out too much on day 2!

Lesley--glad that procedure is done and over with. I have had surgeries before, but never anything I had to stay awake for!

mechell--the housing market here is crazy, too. We're looking to buy a home in the fall (our apartment lease expires at the end of October, so we'd like ot be closed on a home by the end of September). We've seen some single family homes go under foreclosure sale for about $300k, but at that price, they'd likely need some work, so we're trying to sort through our priorities to figure out what we really want to spend our money on. There is SO much to consider, it can all be quite overwhelming, and we won't even begin to actually go LOOK at homes for sale until about July

Catherine--oh, I am definitely well-versed in the ways of Lyme disease! I grew up in CT, where Lyme disease originated. Something for our tiny state to be proud of, huh?

Bloomer--welcome! I know I can't top Lilion's fabulous welcoming message, but I can agree with her in that this is an amazing group and will give you just about any kind of support you need, from a kick in the rear to throwing a little smiley party

As for me, I've discovered a new site for tracking my food. I won't mention it here (because they also have a forum, although I've never actually read anything there since I'm perfectly happy with 3FC), but I really like it more than FitDay right now. It has a LOT more foods in the database because whenever someone adds a custom food, it gets added to the entire database for others to see as well. You can also save meals rather than just individual foods, which REALLY saves me some time. Anyway, it gives an estimate of the number of calories you should eat each day, and I actually stuck to it yesterday. So hooray for 1 day on plan!

Tonight, I'm going out to dinner with a friend, and we are meeting at Whole Foods--a new one opened close to my office that has quite a food court. I know I'll still have to watch how MUCH I eat, but it's good to know nothing I eat will have hidden trans fats or HFCS or anything like that.

I have to chuckle when people talk about not liking spiders and other creepy crawlies. I can't say that I 'like' them either, but living in Australia means that you generally have to learn to live with them. We have a LOT of spiders (and snakes) here. I am sure that if you stand still long enough you would soon be covered in webs. I have also had a few small scorpions inside the house (particular if they are working in the bush behind the house) and once, when I was growing up I found a little scorpion in my bed! That wasn't very pleasant. The worst thing I have found in the house, other than a huntsman spider or two, which is a VERY big spider, was a bob-tail goanna. This is a thick bodied lizard about a foot long. It somehow snuck through the back door while I wasn't looking. It wasn't easy to get back out the door either! When I was younger I used to pick these guys up and play with them, but you certainly wouldn't find me doing that now, so I just had to try to 'shoo' it outside. I have heard that if you have goannas around the place you won't have snakes, but I'm not sure that they need to be INSIDE for that to work, so I was quite happy to move him out. Once, in the country we had a racehorse goanna (about 3 or 4 feet long) race past us and shoot straight up a light pole. They are SO quick that you hardly realise what it is until it has already gone past. Interesting experience.

Well, off the topic of bugs now... Today I had a meeting for a Literacy Educators' Association that I am on the committee for. I have probably mentioned before that I am extremely passionate about books/literacy. We are currently organising a weekend state conference for the 25th and 26th. In the past, when I was larger, I would have LOVED to take an active role in this sort of thing, but I was always too self-conscious. Well, today I put myself down to work behind the main desk, help sort out displays, AND to introduce and chair three of the presentations to be held throughout the day. I am SO thrilled about this. I am actually going to be up in front of a group of strangers talking and I am looking forward to it!!!! This is a very new experience for me and something I have longed to do for so long. I know that I shouldn't have let my weight/size hold me back from doing this sort of thing, but I just always felt too self-conscious about people staring at me, and wondering how I let myself get into the state I was. All of that sort of stuff. I realise that most people wouldn't give a hoot about what I looked like, but these things just seem to sneak into your mind and stay there. It has been over a year since I was a fairly 'normal' size and it has taken a while for those feelings to subside.

Anyway... that is my news for the day. There is also lots of other stuff I want to 'gossip' about, but things have simply been WAY too busy lately for me to spend long on here. It basically takes a couple of days for me to catch up on reading the posts, let alone consider actually writing something. Last week I had three days of Professional Development and two afternoon meetings. This week I have one and a half days of Professional Development and only one meeting after school. Next week I think I have one or two meetings after school and then the conference at the weekend. It is also getting close to the time I should be thinking about writing mid-year reports. Luckily I have a student teacher in the classroom, so I am hoping to be able to get some reports done while he takes the lessons. That is the plan, but I'm not sure how successful I'll be.

My students have been gorgeous lately and things seem to be looking up. I am seeing SO many positive things in my life, and I feel close to my old self. I don't know whether to thank the new medication or the counselling sessions, or whether something else is working, but whatever it is, I am thankful. I have lost most of the extra weight (about 8lbs) I put on since Dad passed away and am back to around 168lbs again. I would like that to come down a little more still, but I am just enjoying life as it comes at the moment, while still being as good as I can. I don't ever really eat anything like 'junk' food, but I sometimes get a little carried away with the healthy food and need to keep an eye out on the little extras that seem to find themselves on my plate throughout the day.

I am thrilled to see some new faces and I hope they take the time to get to know us all.

I will catch up as soon as I can.

Take care,

Zelma

Morning girls
Just popping in for a minute as I am off to work at both places today. I am counting my hours.. no minutes till I am done at one and can relax a bit for the summer. I wish I could say that I am done with both jobs but if we are going on vacation in August I guess I had better work somewhere

Ammi~ It is a talk show. She is a foodie... chef type and always makes a great quick and easy meal at the end. Not always good for you but somewhat easy and mostly adjustable so that you can make it depending on what you want. (add diff meats, lower fat, leave out sugar etc) She is pretty entertaining and always either has good tips (beauty etc) and good celebs on too.

ok, that is it for now. I'll catch up someday...
Brenda

Good Morning Ladies!

TheStorySoFar & Bloomer: I hope you love it here as much as I do!

Catherine: I can't say I remember $2.25 for the movies, but I definately remember $5.00. It is amazing to me that it costs $10.00 a ticket here! Thank goodness not only do we get in for free if my son agrees to be in our presence for a movie, but since Doug works for the Police Dept, he gets 2 tickets for $1.00 each. I only go to the movies if there is something I am dying to see (Harry Potter is a MUST!!), since it is either on dvd in 6 months, or HBO a year later. My son broke down and actually took me and Sammi to see Dreamgirls(awesome!)~but that was because his girlfriend wanted to go~we didn't sit together, of course!

Zelma: WOW!! That is so great that you get to finally do what your weight has kept you from doing! I give you alot of credit...public speaking is definately not my forte...the closest I got to that was when I did theater in high school. I had to do a reading at my nieces wedding last summer and almost dropped deadfrom fear!!

Jilly: I used to be really scared of spiders, but once I got married and had kids, for some unknown reason I am no longer afraid. I have read they actually eat the other bad bugs, so I guess that could be why? As for ticks...EWWWWWWW... ( also,can you paste a link for that weight tracker?)

Lesley: I am glad you made it through the procedure, even though the speculum placement was rough(shiver)~what the heck does a male Dr. really know about a woman's body?? I hope the results are good and soon you will be celebrating Mother's Day yourself!!! Also, sorry to say I am on the negitive side of Rachel Ray...her voice and giggles hit me right in the spine!!!

Sandy: I am glad SD came through for you...there's still some hope there!!
I hope your surgery goes smoothly, just take the proper amount of time to heal.

Ammi: I missed you!! You're never to go away again!! I need your humor and sweetness to get me through. We are all in the same boat...and if nothing else, grab on and hold tight, so you don't drown!(did you like my water metafore??)


As for me, Mother's Day foodwise was a bust, but "points be damned" for one day. I am back on track and trying to beat the carb devil. Why is it that you go off point for a day and the old cravings come back like crazy??? It is a constant struggle. If I didn't have you guys to listen and understand, I don't know what I would do!!!

Hey all - a Fly-By from me today!

BrandNewMe - I'm so sorry you are ill! Take care and get well soon! Healing : Vibes being sent to you!

TheStorySoFar - How did I miss you? I miss a lot of people, that's how! to you too!

Was OP yesterday with food and exercise. No exercise today though - I started feeling "funky" yesterday evening and just haven't gotten past it. Would have called in today but we are short-staffed due to a death in a coworker's family, so here I sit, feeling funky.

to you all!

Hi everyone~~

I've been doing really well on my eating plan and with my exercising. I walk on my treadmill for at least 30 minutes a day and I'm following a low carb diet. I've lost 10 of those 20 lbs. that I gained back and I feel great about that.

There is just so much to catch up on that I can't post personals right now. Once I'm in my own apartment I'll have more time to come by and read daily. I've recently been dumped so that's why I'm looking. But congrats to all of you who are losing a big hug to those of you having a tough time and a hearty welcome to all of the newbies. I'll try to catch up soon.

Vicki

Hello All,

I’m glad to say that yesterday was an 100% OP day and that so far today has been the same. We didn’t go to the gym as planned, Daren was too tired after spending too many off the wee hours online gaming. But I still exercised at home, so me Oh and while I am on the subject of moaning about my hubby, do you know that for the whole time that I wasn’t OP neither was he, and although I cleaned the house, often, sometimes did a bit of exercise, and on the whole was far more active than him, I gained all those lbs, and he gained…..NOTHING Well all I can say is if sitting on your butt gaming all day makes you stop gaining weight when you are eating whatever you want, well maybe I better start gaming Seriously though, isn’t it annoying how men seem to have it much easier than women when it comes to losing weight, and in this case, not gaining it!

Patti - Did you manage to get back OP yesterday? You know what you are totally right, we do deserve some for not giving up. That’s the one thing that stops me from getting too down when I do get off track, knowing that I fully intend to get back OP before gaining too much weight back

Any news on getting a lap top PC, I hope hubby will be sweet and give in to getting you one

Have a great time in San Antonio, you deserve a lovely break away

Catherine -thanks for explaining about the Leisure Pass, it is pretty much what I guessed it might be. It is so great that finally you are an official resident of Canada and can start enjoying life there as you should, including the Pass and of course the library card! I haven’t been to the library in ages, I should go because it would be far cheaper than me buying all the novels that I like

How did you go with being OP yesterday, did you make it for the whole 24 hours? I hope you did. I am sitting her right now trying so hard to not go and get some food. I was OK but then I started smelling hot chips and bacon being cooked by the neighbours. Funny how that smell gets everywhere Oh well, not long til tea time, so I shall hang in there

Michelle - that’s exciting that you are looking into buying a house, though how you can think of moving again, even if it was just across the road , I don’t know The one good thing about moving is how much exercise you get, so that and owning your own place is definitely something to look forward to!

I hope you are right about me losing the lbs I had put on. I feel like I am wasting so much time when I am losing lbs I have gained back. I added up how many I have had to lose because of gains this year including the 7 at Christmas and it’s 22 lbs. Now if only I had just lost that as well as the normal lbs I had lost and I would be so much closer to my goal right now. Oh well, I am determined to have no more gains now, well not til my birthday in July anyway lol.

Sandy - lovely to see you posting, and great to hear how you enjoyed your Mothers Day, you definitely were spoiled, and you totally deserved it

I am glad that you are pretty much prepared as you can be for your surgery, and I’m glad that you have a friend who’s had similar surgery. It always helps to talk to somebody who can really give you an insight into what the surgery and recovery entails. that it will all go smoothly for you and that you have a quick recovery. I have to say I don’t fancy those 5 x 30 minute walks you’ll be expected to do. I hope they give you some good pain killers!!

Lesley - I’m glad the procedure is over and done with now, and it would be so cool if to make it worth the indignity and pain of it all that you did indeed find yourself conceiving pretty quickly after having the test done!

Thanks for your kind words about me and how I shouldn’t stay away from the board just because I’m not OP. I know you are right, especially as I also know that perhaps had I stayed here posting it might have encouraged me to get back on track even sooner

Thanks for letting me know who Rachel Ray is, I wonder how long it will be until she hits our shores? I guess now that Brenda likes her and you don’t, I will have to watch her show at least once if the opportunity arises so that I can make my mind up about her

Cris - I notice on your ticker that you are pretty close to earning your second What I wouldn’t give for a whole bag of them right now bad me!!!

TheStorySoFar - glad that you are feeling so welcomed and at home already. Do you have another nick name or could we use your real name, it’s hard work on the fingers typing your ‘handle’ on here I just noticed how tall you are, what I wouldn’t give to be even a few inches taller

Brandnewme - lovely to hear from you, though I was sorry to hear how unwell you are lately I hope you will feel much better soon and will feel able to concentrate on getting those lbs off. You’ve done great not gaining any while you are sick, so well done you!!

Kayley - sounds like you had a wonderful evening with Andrew, you two definitely sound perfect for each other.

As for trying WW and loving it, better late than never It won’t be long until you and Andrew are feeling slim and sexy and will be really looking forward to your wedding and how gorgeous you will both look in your outfits

Jill - well done on a full day on plan, one down, and on to the next one

Zelma - great to see you post though I could have done without all the spider and snakes talk No seriously, I actually enjoyed reading about the huntsmen spiders and the snakes, and of course the goanna. I never came across the goanna, but plenty of huntsmen spiders made themselves known to me while I lived there. We also had possums that used to LOVE running across our roof in the dead of the night and being a tin roof you can imagine the noise that used to make There used to be a lot of blue tongue lizards around where we lived too, I often got a scare from them as a kid especially if I was riding my bike and ended up nearly running over one

Good for you for putting your name down to take part in so much of the Literacy Educators Conference. It’s so wonderful to hear how you feel able to do that now that you have lost the weight, it sure makes all the effort well worth while doesn’t it I hope you will have a wonderful time taking part.

It’s also great to hear that you are feeling so much betting in yourself and pretty much back to your old self, meds, counselling or whatever it is, all I can say is Good on you for losing the weight you gained since your dad died. Your weight now is the weight I am actually aiming for. I think I will be happy at that weight, but will see how I feel when I get there, then I can decide if I want to lose any more. I think as I should be allowed a tummy tuck after getting to 168 lbs I’ll see how many lbs I lose from the surgery and then take it from there

Brenda - you certainly have a busy day ahead of you today, it must be a killer doing those two jobs

Thanks for telling me more about Rachel. As I said to Lesley who also answered my question, I’ll have to watch the show if it ever gets shown over here so I can see if I like it and her

Donna - I love going to the cinema but you are right that it is SO very expensive these days. It’s great that you can go for free if you son goes with you, or that you get cheap tickets because hubby is a police man. Mind you even if the cinema was free here we still wouldn’t go because the last few times we have been kids really have ruined it with their messing about. I complained once and did get free tickets which to this day still haven’t been used. It’s a shame really because there are some brilliant films around at the moment!

Thank you for missing me while I wasn’t posting. I promise to remember that yes we all are in the same boat, and even when I am off track I shall keep posting and grab onto the lifeline that you all are for me so I don’t drown (and yep, loved the metaphor )

Glad that you had a good Mothers Day and that you didn’t bother about counting points. How I see it is that as we all say we aren’t on diets, this is our lifestyle now, well we aren’t going to go all our lives not having treats on certain occasions. We just have the treats and hopefully stay in the right mind set that it’s not a 2 week treat like I just had and we won’t gain weight. I hope your cravings are easing off, mine are better today than yesterday but it doesn’t help that hubby keeps offering me a chocolate biscuit of a sweet! I told him that he’ll eat all that junk and probably lose 2 lbs, but me, I say no, am back on track and will probably gain 2 lbs !! It’s not fair

Lilion - sorry that you are feeling ‘funky’ and that worse still, you’d like to stay home but have had to go into work. I hope you aren’t coming down with anything

Peggy - if the thyroid meds get you feeling too weird you best tell the doctor. Surely they could change them or tweak them so that they don’t make you feel any different than you normally do. My sister has been on thyroid meds for years and thankfully she’s never had any side effects etc with them.

Vicki - NOOOOOO!!! I am so very sorry that as you put it, you’ve been ‘dumped’ Has the man got no brain, does he not see the beautiful person you are!!! Well my friend I hope you are OK and that your heart isn’t hurting too much I hope you will find a new place soon, that you will love it, and that when you are ready you’ll meet Mr Right who will sweep you off your feet and love you as you deserve to be loved

well done on losing 10 of the 20 lbs you have lost. You are doing so great, and I hope you carry on losing. Onwards and downwards

Shadie - that is fantastic news about your 10 lbs loss, you are doing so great and I am really proud of you

Annie - where are you? Are you OK? Was the weigh in OK? Talk to me

Ok gotta run, I’ll be back later,

Hugs,

Ammi

Ammi i did well on the OP yesterday and today as well. new pc depends
what is wrong with mine and what it will cost to fix it. well i am better get off and get to packing and spending quality time with my kitty before i go!

Ammi-It has always frustrated me how seemingly easily that men can lose weight. I think it is because they carry their weight in their stomach where it is easier to lose, and that whole “got more muscles” thing. Muscles burn more calories. I’m looking forward to the library card for the CD collection. My mp3 player is going to get a jolt.

I made it all day, and did around 1700 calories which is a good number for me. I made a big pot of soup, and ate often enough to keep from getting hungry. I also chewed gum like crazy. I have Chinese neighbors and Jamaican ones too. The smells when I go to check the mail in the hallway always makes my mouth water. I feel like wearing a hazmat mask sometimes. My nose gets me into a bunch of trouble. There is a donut shop a block away, and I was always out shoveling snow when they were making a batch. Try living down wind from a bakery. I grew up downwind from the meat processing/stockyard part of town. That didn’t make me hungry like this does. I feel like you do that I have wasted so much time yo-yoing. I should have been at my goal long ago. It makes me feel like a failure. I have got to stop trying to put goals out there. They just make me upset. I’d just like to be a normalish size when I go for citizenship in 2 ½ years. I don’t want them to think they are swearing in a dud.

Sandy-you might want to ask around to see if anyone has a walker they aren’t using. It’s not to use to walk, but in the bathroom. When my roommate had some of that kind of surgery done, she had trouble getting up and down off the toilet for a couple of days. One of our neighbors had a walker in the garage from her mom’s hip surgery, and it was a life saver.

Lesley-When I moved to Florida, the size of the cockroaches really alarmed me. They call them Palmetto bugs, and they are about 2-3 inches long, and get this, they fly. The first time I turned on a light and saw a 2 inch roach flying at me, well, I just about lost it. Boric Acid works best, or just Borax. It isn’t toxic, and you can put it all along the baseboards. It scratches their waxy coating so they dehydrate to death. I used to sweep in into the cracks around the kitchen cabinets. That did the trick until someone moved out, and all their roaches would invade everyone else’s apartments after being disturbed. I hope the procedure works for you. My trouble hasn’t been getting pregnant, it has been staying that way longer than 2 months.

Cris-If I had to commute 2 hours 2 days in a row, I’d have to stay in a hotel room. I don’t know how some people commute like that every day here. I’d go bonkers, especially in snow storms.

Brandnewme-I am also like that when I am sick. I am a horrible patient. I just want to die when I am sick. The heck with counting calories, I just want comfort. I hope you feel better soon.

Kayley-I also love just sitting on the patio when the weather is nice. Life gets so busy sometimes that we forget to slow down and just be.

Jill-finding something that works is half the battle. I have a book that has most calorie stuff in it, but not prepackaged stuff. Lots of things here don’t have nutrition labels yet, so I have to internet them. I also love food bars at health food stores just because there is less hidden stuff. I just have to remind myself that no-additives doesn’t mean no calories.

Zelma-That was the funniest thing when I started cleaning the yard here this spring, I kept expecting snakes. Places that they would have hidden in Florida really scared me here, but my husband kept reminding me that they don’t have snakes in Northern Canada. We had some ants on the lawn, but compared to the fire ants I was used to, these were pushovers. A little borax around the colony near our neighbors patio (they have a 1 year old that the ants were bothering) did the trick. I left the rest alone, because they do a service taking care of certain things on the property that I won’t mention. I’m so glad that you are feeling better. I know that on top of the world feeling is much better than where you have been lately. It doesn’t matter what is responsible, just enjoy.

Brenda-I always like Rachel Ray’s shows on food network. I liked the ones where she would go into celebrities kitchens and cook with them, and I loved her travel show. She always made me want to visit places that I had never wanted to before. That’s what a travel show is supposed to do, and her tips to eat cheaper while traveling were great. Her personality is infectious. I thought she’d make a good replacement for Katie Couric on the Today show, or maybe Rosie’s spot on the View.

We don’t go to movies much either. For the price of us to go, we can buy the DVD later. Plus it is just so noisy. I have to wear ear plugs to keep from hurting my ears during explosions, and then can’t hear the dialog. We could go to free movies on Friday at West Edmonton Mall, but it is a 45 minute bus ride from here. I’d rather watch a DVD in my robe. We bought a cheap ($60) home theatre system, so this little condo does surround sound. We have such a small space, that an expensive system would have blown the windows out anyway. We also have our TV up high like in a sport’s bar. When you have a small space you have to go vertical, and we put it on the vcr stand on top of a big set of filing cabinets. It practically touches the ceiling, but everyone can see it at parties because it is over their heads. You should have seen me getting it up there. Himself was no help, he couldn’t lift it if he tried.

I have the same problem if I go off for a single day, I want to eat everything including the wall paper.

Peggy-my thyroid medicine actually makes me wake up. I can’t take it at night or I can’t sleep. I can’t take it with calcium, so I have to wait on my vitamins until later in the day so as not to interfere with my meds. Hope they get you stabilized sooner than later.

Vicki-I’m sorry you got dumped and have to find a new place to live. That sucks. Just think how much fun you are going to have running into them later after you reach your goal.

Shadie-WTG on the 10 pounds. That’s a big sack of tators. I have decided to only weigh once a month also. I was getting depressed getting on twice a week and seeing not progress. Getting into the 300’s again has got to feel good too. If I don’t start losing soon, you’re going to lap me.

Well ladies, I found out something wonderful yesterday. When I got hurt, and had to move out of Oklahoma, I left needing two classes to finish a BA in pastoral ministry. It has been one of those nagging undone things in my life. My husband made some inquiries, and arranged for me to finish by correspondence. In as little as 5 months, I could finish something I left hanging 15 years ago. I don’t need the degree, but I need to feel like I can finish something. I’ve never reached a goal weight on a diet before, I haven’t finished books I’ve worked on, or a variety of projects. I want to be a finisher, and this is going to be so sweet.

Hey everyone-

Well its a pretty day here. I have been out on our balcony. Things have started to get stressful here again. DH has another mole on his arm that is showing all of the signs of melanoma like the other one he had. Hopefully that one will turn out to be just pre-melanoma like the other one. So nerve racking! Also my mom may be coming to visit me the second week in June. I haven't seen her since December 2005. She couldn't afford to fly up to Barrow, AK when we lived there. My mom is one of those moms who nag about weight. In fact she asks me all of the time are you still really big? And then when I say mom that is so rude she always just says well I am worried about your health. I of course am happy to see her its just that I know she will be annoying about my weight. I guess she really thinks I forget I weigh over 300 pounds. Because you know its so easy to forget that I need to lose weight. I guess I am just nervous!

SANDY~So good to hear from you! I am doing well overall. And yes we are house hunting! I really am trying to learn everything I can. It will be a while before we actually even apply or anything. But we just wanted to start looking at least. Good luck with your surgery. I am sure everything will go fine. Sounds like you did have a good Mother's Day! That is wonderful about your SD!

LESLEY~Glad the test went well. I totally understand about wanting to lose weight before getting pregnant. I really want to be far away from 300 before really trying.

BRANDNEWME~I hope you get well soon. I know how those colds can be. I have a hard time getting rid of one once I get it.

JILL~Oh wow it really is a high housing market where you are! There is actually some new construction in a town next to Spokane. They start at 175,000 and are more like starter homes. But nice enough. So we are pretty interested in that. Also we are still trying to figure out this whole process! It can be complicated! Our lease is up at the end of January. So we have a while but we would like to get out of here before the lease is up. Good luck with your house hunt! And I am so jealous about the whole foods store. We had one back home but there is not one up here.

ZELMA~Oh all of those bugs sound scary!! You know my mom in law also has scorpions that would get in her house. She also had one in her bed! They are pretty small but big enough! Like I told Jill her house is my worst nightmare...scorpions and tarantulas! That is wonderful about your position for the weekend state conference. I hope it all goes well and have fun! And that is wonderful that you are feeling better! And WTG on losing the weight you had gained!

DONNA~It can be hard with the cravings. But I think you are doing well! Usually when I mess up and eat bad for a day I continue for a couple of more days. So its good that you got back on track right away!

PEGGY~Are you hypothyroid? Are you on Synthyroid? I still am having trouble finding my right dose. I go most of the time under medicated for my thyroid. But there can be a lot of side effects from the medicines. Also maybe ask your Dr. if you can be tested sooner so they can find your right dose. I hope you feel better soon.

VICKI~WTG on losing 10 pounds!

SHADIE~YAY on losing 10 pounds! I hear ya about weighing once a month. I actually haven't weighed in a while. Its nice to not worry about weighing constantly!

AMMI~WTG on being OP! And yes its sooooo annoying that men can lose weight or have no gain. DH can literally lose 10 pounds so fast. And for me it can take over a month! That is so funny about the moving! I know the thought of even seeing boxes makes me tired! The good thing is if we do move we will be at that house way longer than this apartment. Who knows hopefully we can stay in this city for a while. I know what you mean about gaining. That is actually for right now why I stopped weighing for a while. Because I would literally be up or down 10 pounds every other week! I am scared of the scale right now! It can stay on the shelf a little longer!

CATHERINE~That is wonderful that you found out you can finish the degree. That must be so exciting. I feel the same way, I have left so many things undone or never went back to finish stuff. I am actually looking at going back to college this winter. I am hoping to start with online courses. Will just have to wait and see.



Have a good rest of the day everyone.