300+ And Ready To Try Again...#486
 

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I'm here. I finally finished my 3 mid-term exams. The first one in computer information systems I ended up with an 88, the money and banking I got 80 on the mulitple choice questions but he hasn't graded the essay questions yet. THey are worth 20 points. In Western Civ I got an 80 on the mulitple choice questions and again he hasn't graded the essay questions yet! So....keep your fingers crossed..I would like to get 3 A's again this semester! I am sooo hard on myself when it comes to school! Geesh..if I could just lighten up a bit!

I still have a paper to write by next week in my computer class, a paper to write in western civ class about my trip to the museum, and a research paper in western civ too and a class project in the computer class. I'm sure there are more papers I just have to check out which ones are due first and work on them that way!

Anyway....I am off to bed! Catch you all later!

Hi everybody! :wave: I had a GREAT day today. I did 4 post offices, a theatre job and a lunch job with a friend from the other side of town. It even seemed like the music on the radio was upbeat and singable! :D I've just finished doing all the reports and figured I'd check in here before heading up to bed. :yawn:

We're enjoying quite the heatwave here, over 30 degrees yesterday AND today! :D

2cute: Sounds like you had a GREAT day too. That's wonderful about getting the dress you wanted. What great luck!

Michelle: I'm glad some of your mid-term stress is over with. You got great grades even without the extra essay points! * Hope Andrew is feeling better soon.

Terri: I bet your dog is REAL happy with you! :lol: Did you end up with the snow? They're predicting snow here too, but I'm doubting we'll get it.

Audrey: GREAT weightloss! 4.5 pounds is WONDERFUL! :bravo:

Duckie: Nice loss for you too! 2.5 pounds is GREAT! :cp:

Barb: All those Dr. appointments must be getting real old. But I suppose you have to keep focussing on what the outcomes might be. Glad to hear hubby is going to get healthy with you! That will make life so much easier.

Mary: I'm here too.

Joyce: I loved the picture. I want to borrow your hat too, for my next Red Hat Society meeting. :)

Well, my dears. I'm off to la la land. Need to be up and out the door by 8:30 tomorrow morning, another reset to get done! :yuck:

See ya later. Love :love: ya bunches.

Hey everyone :)

Add me to the list of lighters out there! Not sure if that sounds better than losers, but at least the connotation is right. :) Anyway, WI and measurements this morning at Curves, and I was down 9.5 inches and 2.5 lbs. for the month! Go me! :D I'm SO back in this game!

I'm up too late yet again. Have so much else to tell you all, but I'm just way too tired. At least I got to read and look at the new pics. :)

Catch you all tomorrow!

Andria

congrats andria on the losses, lbs. and inches. YOU GO GIRL!!!!
Well today is thursday and i am so thankful for so much. i am thankful that i have God to help me through this weight loss journey. i am thankful for the worlds most wonderful husband. i am thankful for a great job and boss. and i am thankful for this site and all the people who give me motivation and support.

Hey, hey, hey...whattya say?

Today is my 14th day OP! Woo hoo! Big weigh in tomorrow. My peeks at the scale this week have shown no change from last WI (not Wisconsin) Last time I looked, I was actually UP a lb...:shrug: I don't know why, but I'm not going to base my future efforts on a number on the scale. I have a LOT of weight to lose. Crying about the number will not do anything to facilitate that loss. It is not the scale, being spiteful, that causes me to gain. I will not, ever again, say..."Well, I may as well eat what I want if I'm not going to lose anyway!" I know that I am eating well and exercising and THAT, my friends, is the key to losing weight! Nothing more, nothing less.

heh heh...big expert, huh?

Anyway, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!

Sooooooooo...let's see...let me try to catch up here...

Michelle, Ms Academia...You rock! Great job on your tests AND on the new job! Welcome to Joizey! I'd love to get a job at my gym! I just stopped here and called my friend who works in the rehab dept at my gym about a job that was posted...unfortunately, it starts at around $6.00 less per hour than I make now. :no: Oh well. I'll just go work with Michelle. :yes:

Andria...This is the only place where it's acceptable to be a LOSER! Can;t wait to hear what's going on with you. Is the boss being any better since you had a word with him? Inquiring minds want to know.

Thinny Thin, the busy girl...We had a brief heat wave too, but the temps are heading back down again...:p Bis storm coming this weekend, supposedly. Someday, I SWEAR my Christmas lights will come down!

Barb...... This is what we're all about. It's what I love about coming here...no judgements, no agendas. You can just be yourself, say what's on your mind, get it off your chest...and there's always an encouraging word, or a sympathetic ear, or a different spin on something.

I wanted to keep going, but my keyboard is not being cooperative...I think the batteries may be going (wireless thingy) Gonna post this before it gets obliterated...I'll be back later after I figure out how to change them.

love to all.

Good morning... good morning ... good morning. :sunny:
We did get some snow... but nowhere the amount they predicted. It was a BEAUTIFUL snowfall. The roads were warm and the snow was cold and wet so it melted off the roads... and made wonderful snowballs in the yards. I LOVE snow that melts off the roads immediately. :dance:

Hmmm... Thankful Thursday. I feel much more thankful than I did yesterday. LOL
I am thankful my husband and the home he provides me.
I am thankful for my children and grandchildren.
I am thankful for computers so I also have my cyber family. ;)
I am thankful I have a new beginning each and every day.

I am very excited this morning. My daughters wedding dress came in this morning. :cp:
We ordered it out of OKC so we can't go see it today. :(
That is the good news. The not good news is the bridesmaids dresses did not come in.... and they think it will be at least another month. :( Apparantly the company is owned by Chinese because they closed the shop for the entire month of Chinese New Years. :rolleyes: The bridesmaids dresses were suppose to only take 3 months and the wedding dress 6 months... and we got the wedding dress in 2 months. :dizzy: I am guessing they had the wedding dress already made and in stock.
This wedding is getting closer and closer. Less than 4 months away. :)

And I have another exciting event happening even SOONER.... April 23 !!!!! :D :D
I am getting very excited about that too. :dancer: :dancer:
I had better get off the computer and get myself busy... both events will be here before I know it... and I am such a bad procrastinator.

Congrats to all the "Losers" I have been doing better myself...Hopefully I will show a loss at tomorrows weigh in. I may not be able to go to the WW meeting at all for 2 reasons: I don't drive in snow and we are under a Winter Storm Watch, it is snowing heavily right now....and I may have to babysit as there is no day care for my 2 year old granddaughter tomorrow. IF the roads are real bad my daughter will stay home so I won't have to babysit, and if the friend who goes with me isn't afraid of the roads we may still be able to go...so it is all up in the air at this point......( Did any of that make sense??? :lol: )

I am one happy camper...remember me wondering if I would hear from my old friend Ed?( My letter to him came back as marked with the wrong address) Well TADA!!!!! :cp: I got his email address yesterday ( from his cousin), emailed him, within the hour I got a email back...and this morning I had a nice long email from him again!! ....he wants my snail mail address and phone #, He also said we had a lot to talk about, he was asking me if I remembered this and that about the past...what a blast! This is so much fun for me.

I need to go, just thought I would share some good news with all you ladies today! :)

Hi ladies!

My butt is firmly planted in the recliner for the evening. We had blizzard type snow all day today. (I just heard it was 12 inches today). The drive to work wasn't too bad. They actually closed the office at 2:30 which is a small miracle (**** must have froze) and the drive home was treacherous. I have 4WD so I didn't have so much trouble but it was the other non-4WD cars and some people have no business driving in stuff like this. I almost got wiped out at an intersection at the bottom of the hill and as the car was coming at me broadside, I realized it was a friend from work. She was driving like a hog on ice. HELLLOOOOO, use your lower gears not the brake!!!!!!! She did a 360 right in front of me before I could back back into the intersection to get out of her way. I bet she about peed her pants because she was waving her arms for me to move and she was yelling. Scared her more than me. :lol:

I had to get out and shovel when I got home. Fortunately our neighbor came over to help me. We live on a cul-de-sac. Two of the neighbors have small lawn tractors with blades and one with a snow-blower. They will get out and clean their own driveways and other select people on the cul-de-sac but there are 4 of us that they won't help. Not like we did anything to these people; we're just not on the A-list. With this kind of snow, I would help everyone if I had money for that kind of equipment. Oh well. I would have had to quit shoveling if Doug would not have helped me. Not good on my lower back.

Syn - That is exciting about your friend! If it was snowing heavily wouldn't that have been a Winter storm Warning instead of a Watch? :lol: You're about 3 hours north of us. Our weatherpeople have been salivating for this kind of storm for days now. Hope you're not getting what we are.

Barb - Keep us posted (as much as you want to share) about what you're finding with all the doctor appointments. We're all hear praying and hoping for you!

Kat - Thanks for your words of wisdom. I've been holding steady on the scale even though I feel like I have been keeping my food good and working out double what I had been. So :censored: frustrating. Crap, I can't even seem to lose inches but I CAN feel the muscles that didn't use to be there. I had been thinking exactly what you wrote about might was well eat. You're right about having to hold tight and not give up. Thanks for keeping me from eating a honey bun today! I'm ready for us to get out and ride bikes!

Thin - Busy was ever. Sounds like you had our day that we had two days ago. The snow was pretty THEN!

Andria - Congrats on your losses! Good job! Especially for being back at Curves given all the job stress you've had. Keep it up!

2Cute - How exciting about the wedding dress. Too bad about the bridesmaids dresses - just what you don't need is to worry if they will or won't make it. Is it April yet?

Michelle - Good job on your midterms!

Hello to everyone else!

I need to get busy on bills and paperwork. Enjoy your evenings!

Hi Gang!
Just finished watching Survivor and now I am taking a little computer time. I love this Survivor - everyone has such and attitude thinking they are unbeatable because they've done this once before - possibly forgetting that everyone else has as well. I have to say I am glad that Ethan is still there, but it did bring a tear to my eye that tough old Rudy is gone. :( Jenna sure has an attitude this time around! I love it all! :D

I am a touch worried at the moment - Jeff left at 6:30 this morning to go work in NYC today - it is now 9:15 and I haven't heard one word from him. He's not answering his cell phone. I am sure everything is fine, but I hate it when he doesn't take 30 seconds to call me on days like this. Work has been really tough for him this week and his boss has been a jerk to him about taking off a couple hours here and there. It's such a same because he works so darn hard. Lately he's been putting in 12 (and sometimes more) hour days. He was in such a bad mood last night when he came home and he usually doesn't bring work home with him. If he ever comes back home I'll try to cheer him up! :o

I spent most of the day with horrible cramps! Ugh!!! I am also feeling nice and bloated! Wonderful!!! The scale is starting to move a bit again, but I am not expecting much from my Friday weigh in due to my visitor! I know, I know, it's not all about the scale! I am feeling better than I have felt in months!!! Clothes are feeling better, I am more confident. I hated the rut I was stuck in. I took today off of exercise - after many days in a row - lost count! :) I plan on hitting the gym first thing in the morning! Luckily tomorrow I am working at home. We are suppose to get some bad weather.
It's awful because it's warming up just enough during the day to melt some of the snow and then it's getting so cold at night that everything is icing up. Ick!

Terri - You asked the other day if I was doing WW - I have never officially joined WW, but I count points with a couple friends at work just for fun with them - I log everything I eat into an excel spreadsheet - counting calories, fats, carbs, protein, fiber and WW points --- may be a little over the top, but it works for me. I find that the calorie range I have been sticking with - about 1500 a day falls pretty close in line with WW. ~ What a scary drive home - glad nothing bad happened! I am one of those terrified people in the bad weather - I do everything I can to avoid driving in snow/ice!

2cute - So glad you ended up getting "the" dress! :) Don't worry about the bridesmaids, I am sure they will come in plenty of time! I'm surprised your daughter's came so early. I remember dress hunting when I got married - we only had an 8 week engagement so I couldn't order anything - we were limited to what I could find on the racks at the stores --- it was tough, but it all worked! Boy oh boy, what I must have put my mother through in those 8 short weeks!!! :lol:

Jen - How is that bike treating you?

Duckie - Did you get DF to turn off Hockey tonight so you could watch Survivor? I found out today I may get box tickets to the Flyers/Rangers NHL game on Valentine's day - that will be a fun treat for us. I don't watch much hockey on tv but love going to the games. Way to go on the loss this week!

Joyce - I love your picture! Thanks so much for sharing. It's great to put faces with everyone!

That reminds me --- I never re-posted my bio or any pictures after the site crashed --- I'll try to do that this weekend.

Michelle - How is your little guy doing? Feeling better I hope and hopefully you got some sleep! The new job sounds great! Good job on the midterms!! My oh my you are a busy gal! :write:

Audrey - CONGRATS on the great loss! Keep it up. I'll join you in the losers circle one of these days soon! :lol:

Thin - You too - what a busy, busy gal you are! Have you been finding time for yourself?? What about Curves - still going? :coach:

Kat - Good for you -- don't let that scale get to you (boy, I should listen to myself now and then) You've been doing a great job and it will pay off! Thanks for reassuring me that I can come here to ramble on and on and on..... :D Hopefully I didn't put you to sleep! How's your dad doing lately???

Syn - I am so glad you are popping in to let us know how you are doing! What great news about your old friend!! Keep us posted!!! So much fun!!!

Stephanie - Sounds like you are sending your lovely weather up this way tomorrow! :p Hopefully that means things will get better for you! I was looking at your signature trying to figure out the 2 lines -- do you belong to a church group and WW and the scales are different? :chin:

Alright, it is now 9:45 and still no call from DH :callme: I am not a happy camper at the moment! I betcha he'll call about 11:00pm and tell me he is stuck in the city in a hotel room (with no clean clothes or toiletries) and he's having everything laundered overnight --- it won't be the first time this has happened! I keep telling him to take an extra overnight bag to leave in his office there! Men = knuckleheads!

Ok, I am going to read a book in bed till I get a phone call and then get some sleep! Have a good night! Talk to you tomorrow!!!

Quick check --- who made it this far into my rambling post and who is asleep/drooling on the keyboard???
:joker:

Nighty Night!
Barb :)

Update --- Finally got a call from DH! I was right about the 11:00pm part --- but luckily he is almost home. The ding-dong left his cell phone in the car. At least is sounds like he's in a better mood today.

He wants to watch Survivor when he gets home - so much for getting to sleep early! I told him his favorite two guys are still there (Rudy and Rupert). Just a little white lie - I can't ruin the show for him! :lol:

Night Again!

Hello to everyone this is my first post to 300+ after reading everyone seems so lively and cheerful :)

Wel to let you know a little about me I am a stay at home mom with 2 boys a teenager and a toddler :dizzy: so if i seem crazy sometimes please just bear with me it will soon pass.

ALL THAT SNOW......... We dont have any snow yet just alot of rain and sleet but the snow is comming this weekend is it SPRING yet?

Too bad about Rhudy getting voted off survivour huh? Well being from Southwest Virginia I have to say GO BIG TOM and the rain dance was soo funny. :lol:

Hope you all dont mind me dropping in keep warm and safe... ;)

EEEEEKKKK!!!!!!!! I am soooooo tired of losing my post !!!!!
I keep making the mistake of hitting "enter" twice or more when I mean to hit "backspace" and it always deletes my post. :mad: I will try to reconstruct most of it... but no promises... I am tired of writing... and even MORE tired of losing it. LOL

Gee... I can't even remember what I wrote for the opening paragraph before replies. Darn this frustrates me.

I do remember my first reply was to WELCOME Kimmber !!!! WELCOME !!
Teenager/toddler.... you must be one busy woman. LOL
We love having newcomers... WELCOME !!!!

Barb... thanks for posting "The Trio" photo again. It is such a cool photo of each of you... and your individual photo is as lovely as ever. Thanks again.
I am not worried about the bridesmaids dresses not coming in on time... I am more curious as to what they will even look like. ???? We found a dress we really liked but was in the wrong color. We went out on a limb and ordered our color... sight unseen. :eek: There is complimentary embroidery on the front and we have no idea what colors those are. The dress we saw had very pretty colors that complimented the blue dress. Our dresses are amethyst (dark purple) and we have no idea what color the embroidery is. I am just very anxious. We have asked for a sample... but they don't do "ordered samples" .... gee... you would think that would not be a special order. Grrr
YOu have to know me... to know how "OUT OF THE NORM " for me to do.
I NEVER buy anything site unseen. But there is a longgggger story to go along with this .. I won't bore you with any more details. LOL

I cannot tell you how many times I have wished this was a quick wedding and no time to search for every little detail. Such as just go to a bakery and pick a cake... simple.
ME... I go to a dozen bakeries and compare, compare, compare. :rolleyes: This could be a MUCH SIMPLIER process.... but I don't do anything simple. LOL

I am glad your DH finally called... don't you just want to kill them sometimes. LOL
Syn... I am so happy your letter came back to you. :) How cool that he spent so much time to reply to you and ask for your snail mail too. :cp: I could hear the joy in your post. :yes: :)
Terri... I bet your coworker was scared to death sliding towards you. :yikes:
I saw on the news you got more snow and bad weather than us.
I will be in KC area the weekend of Sept 25th ... hopefully we can have lunch or something. :crossed:

Stephanie...It sounds like you had a LOT of fun shopping with your DD.
She is starting mighty young needing a new pair of shoes for each outfit. LOL Did she learn this from her mother. ;)

Well .. I am NOT doing well with my food... like all of you. :(
(I had to come back and edit that last statement. LOL It sounded like all of you weren't doing good... and that is NOT what I meant. :o I meant all of your WERE doing good. ) :lol:
I seem to go up / down/ up / down/up the same 5lbs. GRrrrr
I have this wedding... the Spring Fling ... I should be motivated !!!!!
I did good today... but the scale is showing from what I ate yesterday. :^:

I WILL GET MY ACT TOGETHER !!!!!

I am babysitting again tomorrow. They will arrive early and stay late so I don't know how much I will be here. But remember ladies... it will be FUN FRIDAY ... do something fun for yourself.

Good Morning All!

I'm getting in here and getting all my reading and posting done NOW, so I can move on to all the other stuff that needs to be done today.

First of all...Weigh-in! I lost another lb, for an official Phase 1 total of 8 lbs off! :cp: I'm very happy with this loss, and will take a loss anyway I can get one, but deep down, it just pi$$es me off that I have to lose these pounds AGAIN, after having lost them already! Amazing how easily they are found, after being lost!

No matter...I'm not dwelling on negative thoughts here. Moving forward, I can concentrate on Phase 2. In this phase, I can add ONE fruit and ONE starch to my daily menu. I'm being very careful to figure out the most opportune time to do this. I am going to SO enjoy my apple or my pear or my orange...or whatever it may be!! :T I just don't want to have it NOW, yes i do and then be done for the day...I think I'll wait until later in the day and have it for one of my snacks.

Having re-read all that, I had to laugh. I don't want to become all obsessive about my food and think about it all day long...I just want to be able to eat my meals and move on. Is that what skinny people do?

"What do the skinny folk do?
To help them escape when they're blue?"

From Camelot? Get it? No matter, I'm my own best audience...:encore:

Anyway...on to the business at hand...replies...

Barb! I'm so glad hubby is home safe and sound. My imagination would have been running wild!! After I smothered him with hugs and kisses, I would have smacked him upside the head with the forgotten cell phone! :stars: My dad is doing very well, thank you for asking. He hasn't started radiation yet, but he's home, doing his speech therapy, eating all the mushy stuff Mom prepares him and is actually gaining weight. They were all excited cuz he's UP to 154! As I long for the day when I'm DOWN to that number...Oh, the irony.
How is your dad doing? I hope just as well.

2cute...I figured out why I keep losing my posts...I think. If I open up 3fc from my email notification and try to reply from there, I'm asked to log in, which then deletes my post. When I come in to the site by clicking on "favorites," I'm already logged in from that point and don't have to worry about losing my words. Of course, I HAVE just hit the wrong key too, which obliterates everything. :doh: Have fun with the grandkids today!

Hi kimmber! :wave: Welcome!

Terri...Nice neighbors there! Is Doug one of the shunned neighbors too? Aren't people strange? I love my 4wd too, but the other bozos on the road sure make driving challenging! I'm glad you're okay! BTW...I can't wait for the day I can ride my bike again!! Come on, we'll take a virtual ride together: It's a Spring day...all the snow is gone...it's cool and breezy...there's a hint of green on the trees...a bright blue sky overhead...the crocuses and daffodils are just opening up...birdies are chirping...as we pedal along a long and winding bike trail, the breeze in our faces smells of new life...that which surrounds us, and our own...as we embark upon this journey to good health and happiness...together

I think that was my equivalent of 2cute's lap and rocking chair! Who else has a virtual scenario to share?? That was fun.

See? This is why I don't always do replies...I get off on a tangent and it takes me too long! I must press on...

Syn! Your story brought such a smile to my face! :D You go girl!

Stephanie...Barb asked my exact question...too many numbers there for me to figure out...looks like you weigh more in church, though! :o BTW...wait and see how many pairs of shoes they want when they hit their teens! (More expensive ones too!) At least then you can send 'em out to get a job to buy their own!

Mary...here we are! Where are YOU?

Audrey...Congrats on 4.5 off! :cp: You are in good company!

Okay...this is where I get off...I've been here over an hour...I almost just lost this...good thing I copied my post before I went back to check the last thread! If I missed you, it wasn't intentional...just get your butts in here and post! So I don't have to hop back to previous threads!

I think I'm going to start a thread to keep track of my daily food. I want to journal, but I end up forgetting where I put the :censored: journal, lose interest, :blah: you know. This way, I can come here, post my food, and just add to it during the day. Maybe having others review my food intake will help to keep me on the up and up too. One can hope.

Feel free to join me!

Okay... this post is really over. <whew> Hey! I hear that collective sigh of relief!

Have a FUN Friday, all!

Good morning! :wave:

What wonderful, long, rambling posts to read this morning. I love it! And I really loved the virtual bike ride. I needed that this morning. Looks like we're to get a little more snow today and it won't be melting off for a week or more. I did hear this morning that this is the worst snow our area has gotten in 11 years. Too bad I have to go to work.

DH gets to stay home again today. Schools have been closed 3 days this week. He and the dog will be bums today. On second thought, me going to work might be a good thing instead of being housebound with DH and the dog.

Kat - Yes, Doug is shunned too. We talked about it while we were shoveling. The neighbor on the other side of him is the one with the snowblower. He cleans his own driveway, then the sidewalks all the way up to both of his neighbor's drive - but doesn't help either one with their drive. But then again, this is the same guy that when Bear and I walk by, will turn his back as we walk within 10 feet of him. Nice. Sorry for that rant! :bravo: on another pound gone! Enjoy that fruit! We had a little bit of mashed potatoes last night. I mentioned to DH how much more wonderful the potatoes, or a tortilla, or corn tastes now that we have significantly reduced the quantity of starchy foods we eat. All the more special. Enjoy!

Barb - Thanks for reposting the pics. What a relief that your DH is okay. I was sad too that Rudy was voted off. Although, he was a lot quieter this show and didn't seem to be physically up to it. 75 is a bit old to be doing that grueling of work. Jenna is just unlikeable this time around.

2Cute - Get your food back in line. :drill: You can do this. You WANT to do this. Don't let yourself get derailed from what you want most. Remember, you want that fun person freed to do all the physical things she longs to do. Is exercise on the agenda for April 23?? :D Take care of yourself!

Kimmber - Welcome to the group. Glad to see you made your way over!

Stephanie - The clothes and shoe gene must be part of our DNA! How fun to be shopping for summer clothes.

Everyone else, have a great Friday!

CONGRATS!!!!!!! Kat on the loss. keep up the good work.

:D Thanks to everyone for all the warm welcomes. I am so glad I stopped by to the thread you guys are sooo hilarious. :lol:

Ok this is a pretty long thread so please forgive me if I dont respond to everyone as you all know I am a virgin to this forum thing :dizzy:

2cute congrats on the wedding and dont worry I am sure everything will fall right into place and it will be beautiful.

YAY :cheer: Kat 8 lbs gone congrats keep up the good work. And congrats to Audrey for her 4.5lbs loss also.

Determined thanks for the invite to this thread its great.

Oh yes the bike ride :sunny: sounds wonderful

As for me just getting a little house work done this morning and needed a break so I thought I would check in .

have a fun friday

Hey, kimmber, don't feel as though you've got to reply to each and every person, every time you post. Come visit often, get to know the crowd...you can to respond to one or two or to nobody in particular. There are no hard and fast rules. Just tell us about your day...your weight loss efforts...whatever you feel like talking about. If you've been reading us a while, you'll know that there are really NO boundaries!

;)

Good Morning Chicks!!!

Finally, a good Friday weigh-in. I've lost about 5 pounds in the past 2 weeks, however some of that was my end of year loss and I am starting fresh with 2004, so I've lost 1.6 pounds in 2004 for a total of 41.6. My next goal is 50!!! Hope to get there by the end of February.

DH got blood results today and his glucose was too high! Our Dr. recommended he follow a diabetic diet for 3 months and then get re-tested. Can anyone point me in a good direction? I was thinking South Beach??? I am going to follow whatever he does for a while to get him on track.

Welcome Kimmber! Looking forward to getting to know you! This is the BEST group of women!! :D

It is such a yucky day here - cold and rainy - started out icy this morning. Luckily I am working at home and still in my PJs! :p

Heading downstairs to have lunch --- spinach salad w/ lemon poppyseed dressing! Yummy - I'll share the recipe with you all!

Later....
Barb

Stephanie... here is a possible option to combine both.
I would aim for "YOUR GOAL" and when you get there... you can have a doctor write a statement and WW will change your goal for you. ;)
Congratulations on your success you have already had.

Highest / start WW / present WW / my goal
330 / 309 / 309 / 170

responce to barb have your husband cut his carbs that should take his glocose down. sb is good. pat

Hey Chickadees! Where is everyone hiding? I feel like I am talking to myself! :lol:

I am still determined not to leave the house today - so yucky out! I finally changed out of my PJs about 5:00 and popped in my Pilates for Dummies tape to get my body moving a little bit. The biggest problem I have when I do that tape is my little dog that tries to sit on me the entire time! I guess she's trying to give me a little extra resistance!

I am counting on a quiet evening at home. I'll probably play Everquest (computer game) with DH. We are going to spend part of the weekend planning his new health/exercise plan! I am thrilled with the turn around in his attitude. Took a couple docs and few tests, but he now knows he HAS to take care of himself!!!

Pat - Thanks for your response. His is definately going to cut out the carbs. He's the kind of person that needs a good book/plan to follow. So, I'm not sure what would be the best. I have been hearing so much about South Beach lately. I just don't want him to think low carb mean all fat!

Kat - I want to go on a bike ride with you! :) Actually I am thinking of a bike for my birthday this year.

So long for now....Have a great Friday Night!
Barb ;)

Survivor note:

Voting Rudy off was the smartest thing that tribe's done yet! Bless him, he's a tough old bird, but OLD is the operative word here. Plus he's hurt. He wasn't much good at the challenges. Are we going to be SENTIMENTAL or are we going to be SURVIVORS? Loved his "threat" in his parting shot..."I've got friends." Where? In a nursing home?

Let's see, who else is there?

Jenna L... Has GOT to go! Oy, what a yapper. I do respect the fact, however, that she put her anti Ethan feelings aside to make the right choice. Still...

And what is the deal with Richard Hatch? He's really annoying. Entertainment Weekly had a great article about this Survivor. One of the lines made me laugh out loud. "While wading in the ocean, Richard has just ripped off his khaki skirt and stands before the camera crew in his full glory, which, as it turns out, is not very glorious at all." They refer to him as Little Richard after that. :lol: I can't WAIT for the day he's taken down.

Rupert...poor guy, it's a whole different dynamic here...he seems kind of lost, but I think he's just standing back and assessing what he needs to do. Definitely my favorite out of all of them.

Jenna M...doesn't have anyone in her tribe to impress with her big boobs this time around...thank God that hideous Heidi didn't come along for this game!

Jerri...still creepy, though much more low key this time.

Sue Hawk...I like her! She won't last, but she's got brass ones!

Rob/Amber love story...yecchh to both.

Rob ...He's a bit of a character. Smarmy, yes...but amusing to watch.

Colby...dull as dishwater.

Lex...interestingly weird.

Kathy...like nails on a chalkboard.

Shih Ann...I LIKED her originally...I think I was the only one! Not sure about her this time around.

Alicia...DOWN GIRL! She's good but too mouthy.

Big Tom...Amusing...annoying after a while.

Ethan...He has potential, but being a target has made him somewhat *****y. I guess I would be too.

All in all...there are enough strong personalities there to make this one humdinger of a Survivor! Woo hoo! Let the games begin! ...er...continue!

Geez Kat, kinda ruthless about poor old Rudy. But he was too old.

Barb - DH is diabetic and that is why we strive to follow SBD. Within our first three months on the plan, we took turned his blood results around dramatically. The doc had threatened that if he had one more test with high sugar (there is a 3 month test that they do) then the doc was putting him on insulin. The very next test, his reading was in the normal range. The key is significantly reducing the high-glycemic foods (breads, potatoes, certain fruits, certain veggies). Too bad the DH's of our lives won't listen to us but thank goodness he'll listen to his doc. Good luck!

Hey, for those of you with the SBD book, DH made the marinated flank steak last night. Very good! I'll post the recipe tomorrow.

Something very freaky just happened on my laptop a few minutes ago. I lost the wireless connection and when I looked to see the connections, there were more wireless networks available than I installed. One was all symbols. Then a screen came up and said "A problem...." then it rebooted by itself. When it came back, everything seems to be okay. Wonder if someone else in the neighborhood was interfering?? I believe I'll be making a backup CD tomorrow morning.

I'm shutting down for the night; just in case. Have a wonderful evening!

End of Day 21
 

Hello ladies,

Day 21 and still OP. The only problem is that today started my TOM and I am swelled up like a water balloon. I don't forsee much (if any) loss tomorrow, as TOM usually adds 4 pounds of water weight for me. I am kinda upset, as I have been extremely good and hoped for at least a pound or two. We will see....

Didn't go to work today, as my abs brakes were frozen on my car and it was so icy outside that I didn't want to chance an accident. Unfortunately, my brother didn't stay home, as he was hit head on in his car on his way to work and fortunately only has a contusion and a broken ankle (or at least that is what I have been told). Prayers please....

Exercise this week was ok (3 times), should have done more, but no energy.

hope everyone is doing well, as usual, I haven't had time to catch up on the posts.

Good evening friends. It does seem we are down on participation within our thread.
I LOVE all that are posting :yes: but there are a lot that are not. :(

My day babysitting wore me out. :faint: I had to take a short nap after they left. LOL
Today is the baby's birthday. :hb: She turned 2. :balloons: I let them bake a cake and they loved that... especially licking the beaters. :T It was a fun day... but I was ready for them go back home by the end of it. LOL

Kat... :lol: My husband used to say my daughter's teacher had the personality of a "rock". :lol: You description of Survivor even made me want to watch it. :lol:

Barb.. I must say .. my husband is diabetic too... and when he follows a low carb diet his counts improve dramatically. He has to reduce the amount of medication he takes and he goes from needing to wear glasses to not needing them.
Susie.. congrats on your 21 days !!! :cp:

Terri.. my computer does weird things every now and then too. I just shut it down for a while.

Pat ... I see several of us have diabetic husbands. LC does definitely help.
Kimmber , Chequitagirl/Audrey ... good to see you peeking in too.

Hope to hear more from the rest of you MIAs... do you need to be called back by name?? Maybe we should take that roll call again. Several said "here" but many did not post. Come out , come out where ever you are. :coach:

Hey everyone :)

I'm really here, I swear! It has been hard to get to the computer of late. My brother (the one just returned from China) and DH started working at the same place this week, so SIL has been over with my nieces and nephews every evening but this one. I love having them over, but I miss being here. It would be flat out rude to sit here reading and typing while they visit. :(

I'm keeping the food journal still, and the weight is still moving down, from the looks of things. I'll give official numbers Monday. Should help keep me from sampling too much of the food I'm making tomorrow.

I wrote a new article for St. George Magazine about what to do with all your hard-boiled eggs after the Easter egg hunts are over. I thought the editor was joking when she asked me to cook up a couple of the recipes so we could take pictures for the magazine. She wasn't... ACK! So, ever since getting home from work and shopping tonight, DH and I have been boiling eggs (have to dye most of them) and getting the recipes made up for tomorrow. I'm tired! The pics will be taken tomorrow afternoon, then I can finally kick back and begin to enjoy my weekend. :)

I'm yawning way too hard now. Going to head to bed and just get up early to finish all this. Wish me luck, I think I'm going to need it!

Andria