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We want to invite everyone to join us in our journey.
We share laughter and tears.
We share what works for us and what doesn't.
We recently started a Topic of the Day.

Monday........Motivation Monday
Tuesday.......Tuesday Tips
Wednesday.....Wednesday Weigh ins
Thursday......Thankful Thursday
Friday........Friday Facials, Fingernails and Fun
Saturday.......Sit-up Saturdays - any physical activity
Sunday.........Soup and Salad Sunday - recipes

These are not required topics ...just ideas to share. We have found them very helpful. We also share heartaches and fears...joys and celebrations.

WELCOME!

Good morning ladies!

Hope all of you that are mothers had a wonderful Mother's Day.

Thanks for the welcome back 2cute - I will try to get in here more often.

Today was weigh-in at WW; I lost 10 1/4 pounds this past week and have now lost the weight I gained over the winter.

Thin - please don't drop out of the book study --- I don't have the book yet and will have to catch up too.

Melis - I love your new icon!

I also wanted to say that I enjoyed reading bout the spring fling and the pics were great. So nice to put faces with names.

My time is about up here - I spent most of it backtracking. CONGRATS TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE HAD LOSSES RECENTLY

Hello.

My eating is still crappy, but the sun is shining and I am feeling pretty good today. I have a 1 o'clock meeting today and then I plan on getting out of work by 3. Then I will either go for a walk or go to Bally's and work out.

As you may or may not know, I am a huge survivor fan. I was so disappointed that they gave the million dollars to Amber, when Rob did all the work. By the way....I just LOVE Rob! If I wasn't married...... Anyhow, at least it looks like they will share the million anyhow. I hope for the best for them, as they are really cute together.

Mother's day was nice. My guys gave me cards, 2 dozen red roses, a gift set of Jennifer Lopez's Still perfume, lotion and gift cloth box, and a gift set of matching necklace, earrings and bracelet. Then they took me out for dinner. Dinner was nice, but I would have loved to stay home in my pj's all day instead.

I think Mother's day should be daily, weekly, monthly...don't you????

Hope everyone else had a wonderful Mother's day and congrats to everyone who had a weight loss or inch loss.

Susie

Don't have time to post... walking out the door.... but I hate it when people don't even say hello. I miss Mary's little one liners. I know we all often think we don't have anything to offer... but just friendship is a great thing in my eyes.

to 2Cute

MARY get in here and post!!!! We miss you.

Hi Gals!
I completed my goals for day and now I have some time to post. I wouldn't let myself sit down at the computer until I went to the gym. So, I am happy to say I had a good OP day and got an hour in at the gym tonight!!!


Survivor was Crazy last night! I am a hopeless romantic and thought it was adorable that those two got engaged! I thought Rob deserved to win more than Amber, but oh well. I didn't like Shii Ann at all until last night - then she turned into one of my favs! She was realistic about the whole thing. As were Jenna and Rupert. Big Tom was over the top, along with Kathy, Lex, Alicia..... Very Interestin. I betcha Rupert wins the $1 million. I can't wait to see where the next show goes! I am a Survivor Junkie!

Lisa - You are doing a great job on South Beach! Keep it up!


Kat - Between your family, the precious gifts and your father's good news - it sounds like a great Mother's Day! So happy to hear about your dad!


Connie - Great to see you! WOW! 10 pounds in a week!?!?!?

Susie - Did you get to the gym or fit in your walk tonight? I had the hardest time getting to the gym but now feel so good that I did!! You can do it!

HELLO to anyone I missed....I'm gonna curl up on the couch with a dog or two!

Later Girls!
Barb

I don't have anything to say either. Nothing but work and going to the health club for water aerobics. Oh I do have one thing to say, there is one instructor that is over all the others, and I am in different classes of hers 2 or 3 times a week, and she has been standing over me and telling me how good I am doing, and that my "form" is really good.

I had a nice Mothers Day, and today was pretty good too. I found out Saturday night that it is my turn to have a church group for dinner tomorrow night, but I'm not doing anything fancy, just having taco soup and salad. And the housecleaner was just here Thursday, so the house is still in pretty good shape!

I'm thinking about putting some of my clothes on ebay. I was watching some of their "whosale lots" of plus size clothing, and some groups of 10 or 15 pieces would sell for as much as $100.00. I just can't make myself throw away things that are still good, and the last garage sale I had, I said never again, so maybe I'll give ebay a try.

Well, how was that for not having anything to say?

Hi everyone! Back to work and do I feel crappy! Had my heart set on starting over this morning. Didn't do as well as I hoped, but not as bad either. Maybe by next Monday I will have eeeaaaasssseeeedddddd back into a healthy lifestyle. Honey's birthday is Wednesday, no excuse, I know, but I'm using it anyway.

I think I will take my Dr. Phil book to my "baby sitting" job on Thursday and maybe while Doris and I sit out on the deck in the afternoon, I can get some "catch up" reading done. Usually, however, Doris is a little jabber jaw and I probably won't get to concentrate anyway. Maybe I can at least get some stuff highlighted and then go back when I have some peace and quiet and just re-read the highlighted stuff.

2cute: On the run again??? I'm guessing that won't stop for a couple of weeks yet. But you have to admit, it's a very exciting time! * You are being very philosophical lately. Dr. Phil must be working his magic.

Susie: Sorry to hear your food intake hasn't improved either. We WILL get our acts together, I just know we will.

Lucky: So all of your yard work must be done AND you found time to post. HOT DOG!!! It's been nice during the day here and then storms every night for the past 3 nights. Thunder and lightning and all!

Connie: I can't drop out of something I haven't even started yet. Maybe by the time you get your book, I'll have started reading mine. Good to see you BTW. Glad to hear you're going to try and get in here more often. * Congrats on your WI success!!!

Katrina: Here's to your 1/2 pound! Keep it up. You're on the road. * Glad to hear your dad is doing well.

BarbPa: Good job getting to the gym. Denying myself computer time is EXACTLY what I need to do.

Lisa: Sorry to hear you had an "icky" weekend. Hope the week will progress better for you. * Congrats on your loss!

Terri: I agree with you. I thought both Amber and Rob looked much better on the island after 39 days than they did last night. Actually during on of the shots of Amber on the last day, I said, "gee, I wonder if she kept some of the make-up from that one reward challenge" because she really was pretty. I see on the previews for Letterman that he asks her about Rob securing the million by asking to marry her. Hey, that's what the whole country is asking right about now.

Barbg: I'm with you on the getting rid of clothes on eBay. I've listed each of my pieces (dresses and suits, so far) separately. I start the bidding at $4.99 for dresses and $6.99 for suits and then see where it goes. I figure that is a whole lot more than I would get for them at a garage sale and probably just about what I MIGHT get for them at a resale shop, so it made sense to start there. So far, it's gone pretty well. I haven't had anything up since just before Easter as I didn't want auctions to close on Easter, when I was in OK and on Mother's Day. I'll get back at it this week. Good luck.

Well, girls, I'm gone. Trying to get to bed at a decent hour so I can actually function in the morning. See ya later. Love ya bunches.

P.S. If you think you're going to be interested in making the trek to Michigan next Spring, and I don't already have your address, please PM it to me. I want to start getting some kind of an idea of how many I might be looking at as well as get some promo stuff going in the next couple of months. I'll post this message periodically so that people have time to get interested and then we'll stop advertising as of Christmas time this year just like we did for the 2004 Spring Fling. If you have any "absolutely can't do it then" dates, please include that in your PM so I can keep it in mind. I'm sure a date won't be selected until much later in the year. Thanks.

P.S.S. Don't forget to go vote for Rupert to get the extra Million $$$$. Vote now, vote often!!!

WEll I ran ran and ran some more... I ran until my knees were killing me. We didn't eat dinner until 8:30pm. And I did not get hardly anything accomplished. UGH !!!!
But I did do one important thing.... I bought a new bra !!!!!!! I could not belive how BAD I LOOKED in those pics. I don't know if it will help... but at least it is not from these crappy stringy things I am wearing now.
I am hanging onto those pics .... they will make great "before" photos to compare with the "NEW and IMPROVED Me" next year.

I am getting my exercise in. I am improving my eating but not enough.
No seconds anymore. Order water instaed of diet pop. Bring home half of my meals when eating out.

Okay... if I am going to get any reading in.. I have to go now and do it.
First I will peek in on the book study thread.
Won't post there tonight... just can't do it all tonight.
Will do my best to post more tomorrow.

Mornin' chickies!

Well aren't we all a dull bunch!! I don't have anything to say either!

2Cute: I got your card yesterday. Thank you so much for thinking of me.

You guys have me curious about this Dr. Phil book. I think I may stop by the book store today and flip through it.

Gotta go get some Euros for the kids field trips. Each of their classes is going to the zoo next week. I am chaperoning both trips, so it will be a busy week for sure.

So there ya go. Even though I had absolutely nothing to say, I posted anyway LOL!

Talk at ya later,
Jen

Jen.. that actually said a lot. LOL

It told us you are still here reading.
It told us it was morning when you wrote and you seemed to be in a good mood today.
It told us we are DULL.
It told me how long it takes mail to get to you. Your Xmas card arrived much quicker.
It told me you were thankful.
It told us you are not reading Dr. Phils book.... yet.
and that you will be shopping today... but don't expect to buy it.
You told us about two field trips NEXT week so you should have some time THIS WEEK to post.
It told us you are thinking of us and willing to share some of your time with us and we appreciate that.
And your siggy told it all ..... "Some people dream of success ...others wake up and work hard at it." Thanks for sharing.

Tuesday Tip Day!

My tip of the day is for everyone to pay attention to your 'self-talk'. How many times during the day do you say something to yourself that is not positive, is rationalization, or is a qualifier?

I'm too tired to exercise.
I lost only a half of a pound. I only lost a pound.
I'm improving my food but not good enough.
Didn't do as well as I hoped, but not as bad either
I'm exercising but my food is still horrible
I'm looking good today except for....
I'm too busy to order the grilled chicken but got time for the fried chicken.

Be self-aware of how you talk to yourself and correct yourself when it slips in. Its amazing how much of that we do without realizing how that affects how we feel about ourselves.

Be thankful for each successful thing you achieved and celebrate those successes. Make today a great day!

Good Morning!


That's all I have time to say for now! I just popped in to check on everyone!
Have a wonderful day!
Barb

Wow 2Cute!! You sure got a lot out of my post LOL .

I don't suppose the Dr. Phil book comes in paperback? The bookstore on post here only has hardcover and it's a little pricey. BUT, if you guys think he's worth it, I may buy it anyway.

I'm having a little anxiety about going back home. I'm starting to think "maybe I can drop another 10 pounds real quick" LOL. I guess I feel like I should be perfect for my grand entrance. None of these people back home have seen me since my surgery. I feel like maybe I haven't lost enough, that somehow people will be disappointed that I'm not a super-skinny-stick-person. I just wonder if that's what everybody expects to see? What picture of me do they have in their minds? I know, I know. Go ahead and smack me. 50+ pounds ago I would have smacked me too. What do i have to ***** about right?

I've not actively tried to do exercise, however I believe that living on the 4th floor should be exercise by default. Especially on laundry (in the basement) and grocery day. I also STILL refuse to hang clothes on the exercise bike no matter what LOL .
Food is on again off again with me. Consequently I am bouncing around the same couple of pounds over and over again.

Anyhoo ladies, I am rambling on. I'll talk at ya later,
Jen

Hey ladies,

Just checking in....

BarbPa: My DH and I did a quick workout on the machines at the gym yesterday.

Then I went home and made healthy choice hot dogs and beans and watermelon (yes, that is the extent of my cooking skills).

This morning I did 30 minutes on the eliptical machine and 20 minutes in the pool.

I voted three times yesterday for Rob of Survivor. I love Rupert, but I really feel that Boston Rob deserves the money. Go Rob Go!!!!!!

Thin: Sorry to hear that food sucks for you too. On that note...how about doing lunch! It is time for our monthly gab session.

Got to run.

Susie