300+ And Ready to Try Again...#577
 

God Bless America!

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!

Hi all! :wave: I did something squirrely to my my back on Friday and I've been suffering with it ever since. :( The biggest problem is that I know sleeping in bed when I feel like that is the WORST thing I can do for it so what did I do??? Slept in bed, of course. Now tonight, I will be brighter and sleep in the recliner. :yes: Hopefully that will take care of it and I will be good to go.

Here's the challenge participants so far:
Terri
Kat
Andria
Thin
Lucky
Barbg
2cute
Tammy
Christine
CD
If you're joining us, add your name to the list.

Lucky: OMG! Your furnace is running already??? YIKES! 30 degrees is too dang cold. I do have to say I'm enjoying these mid 60's kind of temperatures during the day though. Ahhhh, sweater weather. Love it!!! :D Your guess is as good as mine on the dragonfly :df: (teehee, now I got to use it too!) But then I'm not really sure about the flowers :flow1: :flow2: or mouse :mouse: either. :shrug: I'm glad your sister is doing some better. As for your friend, try to put yourself in her shoes and say the things to her that you would want to hear. I guess I would be just laying it out for her and telling her you just don't know what to say and can she lead you in whatever she needs: talk, get distracted, whatever. [[[hugs]]] It's going to be a rough time....for both of you.

Barbg: Yup, 2 pounds, 2 weeks. We CAN do this!!!

2cute: Now, just cuz you'll be on vacation when this challenge ends doesn't mean you're off the hook for reporting in. I KNOW there'll be a computer where you're going!!! :lol: You better let me know what you're not allowed to have so I CAN keep an eye on your plate. You know I only know WW and we can have anything....within reason. ;)

CD: Boy, I would hate to be the one to discourage too much exercise, but please don't risk falling victim to heatstroke. Make sure you're getting in plenty of water. *As far as a scale goes, if that's not in your near future, take your measurements. I think you'll be surprised what a great sign they can be of your continued efforts in the exercise department. *I'm really not sure about the show Big Losers. I watch so much other stuff that this one is coming pretty late in the season to be added. Yeah, I know, the new season just started, but there are already shows on Tuesday that I won't be missing like NCIS, Judging Amy, and NYPD Blue. At least I think the commercial said it was coming on Tuesday. If it's some other night, I have a list for then too. :lol:

Tammy: I'm not sure what the problem is with your smilies. As Lucky aluded to, are you using them where you just click on them while your writing your replies or are you typing them in manually? I went to the smilie page long ago and printed it out so now I just manually type them in and I never have any trouble. I'll try just clicking on a couple for this post and see what happens. :p :cool: :dizzy: As far as the challenge, consider yourself added. * Thanks for posting your Bio. I also added your birthday to our birthday thread....which I just updated. ;)

Terri: You must have decided to go to the horses or the boat after church because I haven't seen you back here yet. I'll catch up with you later.

Christine: WooHoo on your first 10 pounds! :cp: Doesn't it feel GREAT!!! *Sorry you're not doing well with the meds switching. Hopefully once it's completed you'll feel much better.

Andria: Sure hope you're able to get more rest today. I don't know how you function on 2 hours sleep. :yawn:

Judy: You haven't been back since the dog show last weekend. How are you doing?

Joanne: You checked in recently and checked back out again. Are you lurking.

Mary: Haven't heard from you in awhile either.

Jen: Do I have to send another card to get you out of hiding?

Skittles: What are you up to?

Scooter: You've been AWOL for a bit too. Where are you?

Syn: Are you still alive and well?

BarbPA: Are you working too hard? How's the Dr. going? Any updates?

Now that I did that I'll probably be sorry because no doubt I forgot someone. I'm sorry. I did it off the top of my head. Should have made notes. :o I didn't exclude anyone on purpose.

Well, girls, I've been sitting here far too long. The back is stiffening back up again, need to hit the recliner. I cleaned up the Bio Thread today. I had left all the posts of people who haven't been here in months just unviewable, but it was depressing seeing everyone who came and went, so I got that all cleaned up now. Hope the rest of your evening goes well. I can't wait for the premiere of Desperate Housewives, I think it's going to be a real hoot!!! :rofl:

I'm going to run. Love :love: ya bunches.

Tammy: Smilies worked for me both ways. Please be more specific about how you're trying to do them and I'll see if I can help you out.

HI Guys !!! I am home from the family reunion. :wave:
My husband wants me to cook dinner for him now.. but I told him he had to wait until I checked in. LOL I read everyone's posts but forgot to take notes. :^:
I am not going to go back and reread later. I will just start from there.

ANyway..... I STAYED ON PROGRAM :cp: :cp:
I never got the time to make those healthy choices so I just got KFC when we got there. Everyone just puts everything out on the picnic tables and shares.
Well.. of course almost ALL of it was delicious fattening foods. I ate what few healthy things were there... and I did not even look at the desserts.
I made the choice of losing weight over eating desserts. :smug:

Okay... gotta go feed DH ... just had to share the good news.
I'll be back later.

Hi ladies,

I wish I could say that today has been a great day. It should have been. The weather was gorgeous. We went to church and joined a Sunday school class for the first time. DH is not enthused about Sunday school but I have asked him to give it a try so that we might meet other couples around our median age. Its hard since he's 57 and I'm 44. We need to make more effort to actually know people in the church. Today was also the day we had decided to officially join this church. We had become dissatisfied with things at our other church and had been going here since February - it was time. Great!

I had wanted to go to lunch and then wanted to go ride later this afternoon. I would have been okay with going by myself. I would have loved to have the relaxful time with the girls. But NO. DH insisted that we go to the horses so I could ride and then we'd go to lunch. I didn't argue. We took a small TV so DH could watch football at the barn. Should have been okay.

Nope, DH acted like a complete horse's a$$ because I didn't do everything he suggests. He has this bad habit of telling me what to do. I'm the one doing all the work and he has to tell me how to do it. Tanyah was acting like a wild child and that wasn't helping. He was a bigger A$$ than she was. I was completely upset by the time I got her saddled and even rode off while he was mouthing off. My parting comment was about how great it was that he let the devil win today on this special day of joining the church. I was hurt. I was furious. I was thinking about single-life. As I said Tanyah was acting like an A$$ too so the ride wasn't all that pleasant. I had wanted to ride over in the park but that didn't happen. I cut it short because I knew with his diabetes he would be getting hungry, weak and in need of food.

Now was he mad because I defied him? Probably not. He was snippy all weekend. I suspect its because his back and hips are hurting him terribly and he blames it all on the neuropathy. I also blame it on the weight he's carrying in his stomach. He's put on 40 pounds since he quit smoking and its all right there in his gut. Which I know has to be making his back hurt. Plus his legs aren't working very well. Its really become evident of how its deteriorated and I wonder how much longer he will be able to work. That just rips my heart out.

He hates the airdyne stationary bike so we went looking for something recumbant yesterday. I was thinking bike and he was thinking of the stepper he used in cardio rehab. We tried a couple of the bikes but he can't easily get his feet up to the pedals from the seated position. That make him so frustrated. And no one has anything like the stepper that is $4,000. And he won't go to a gym.

So I'm rationalizing his horrible behavior this afternoon on his anger, frustration, and disappointment in his body. Geez, just wish it wouldn't be directed at me. But its all past now.

And to top it off, when we got home this afternoon, the electricity was out for a few hours. Sure was quiet around here! Thank goodness it wasn't August.

:cp: You made good choices, 2Cute.

:sorry: You had an emotional time with hubby, Terri. I can't think of a darn thing to say to make it better, so I will just :ziplip:

Night, :kickcan:

Oh Terri... :grouphug: Just as we can all relate with each other to our weight issues... we can also relate to relationship issues.
Marriage can sometimes be the greatest :cloud9: ....
and other times it can suck. :rollpin: :lol:

Just remember this truth I learned years ago... This too shall pass
Hopefully the number of good days outnumber the bad.
Just know you are not alone. All of our husbands can drive us NUTS. :dizzy:

Lucky... thanks. :)

Ummm, Thin?
 

Yeah, you forgot someone...I'll give you a few seconds to think of who....

Good Morning!
 

Another lovely day here...We had a busy weekend but I still managed to exercise each day. Feeling good about that.

Terri...I can relate to the hubby blues. I call mine the "micro-manager."
It must be so frustrating for him, with the neuropathy, but you shouldn't have to be the recipient of that frustration. Unfortunately, you're there. I see that with my parents sometimes...I don't know how she doesn't clock him sometimes! :rollpin: :stars:

I had wanted to do replies, but I'm told that we have to go search for yesterday's paper, specifically the stock pages, for a homework assignment we've had weeks to work on.

:rolleyes: :doh: :censored:

see you all later...have a great day!

Good morning ladies,

Today is a new day. Motivation Monday! I'm not finding any at the moment but I will before the day it out. My allergies have gone nuts so all I want to do is lie about in bed. But I must go to work.

Thanks for the kind words about DH and I. Fortunately, things get back to normal right away and it doesn't go on for days.

Have a great day and make it OP!

Hi all, Just a quickie, I have been gone all weekend. A little spur of the moment trip. I will write about it later. I am on my way to work. I am working early and late this week so I can leave early on Friday to go see Michael Moore. Anyhoo, You all were talking about what the dragonfly means. I thought you all might find this interesting.

"Illusion, the Power of Light"

"Dragonfly is the power of light.
The dragonfly inhabits two realms: air and water
and the influence of both these elements will be felt by Dragonfly people.
They will be emotional and passionate
during their early years (the influence of water)
and more balanced with greater mental clarity
and control in as they mature (the influence of air).

Dragonfly is the essence of the winds of change,
the messages of wisdom and enlightenment; and the communication from the elemental world.
Dragonfly medicine beckons you to seek out the parts of your habits which need changing.
Call on Dragonfly to guide you through the mists of illusion to the pathway of transformation.
The number 2 is important to Dragonfly,
so think in terms of two year periods when you begin a change.
Dragonfly brings the light and color of transformation into your life."



I think that this is very much about what we are doing here. We are seeking out the parts of our habits that need changing and if we think in 2's, well our 2 week challenges. We are all also the power of light for each other. We are in essence dragonflies to one another. And I love things with wings, fairies, butterflies, birds, and well dragonflies.

As far as flowers go, we all like to get flowers every once in a while. :)

Here's the challenge participants so far:
Terri
Kat
Andria
Thin
Lucky
Barbg
2cute
Tammy
Christine
CD
Skittles

Bye all, off to work, I will tell ya about my exciting weekend later, along with replies.

Let's Get Moving, and Let's get each other moving.

Umm, Thin, forgot someone else . . . ;)

Here's the challenge participants so far:
Terri
Kat
Andria
Thin
Lucky
Barbg
2cute
Tammy
Christine
CD
Skittles
Lisa

Happy Monday beautiful ladies! It’s cold and sunny here today. I just came in from hanging some blankets & towels out on the line. They’ll freeze for now, but it should warm up fast as the sun gets higher in the sky. I love fall in MN!

We had such a busy weekend - as you all know. Got to the talent agency and all went well. My daughter did fabulous. She’s such a talented young lady (of course I’m partial). They had her do her “thing” and then we were to call back on Sunday. Soooo, I called back on Sunday like I was supposed to and talked to one of the scouts. He said “your daughter is very talented and has that ‘spark’ that we need. Congratulations! We want her to come back in for a second audition - today. We want her to be a part of our 30 week course of training and auditions. By the way, your initial investment will be $2,900.00. Most parents pay by credit card.” I DON’T FREAKING THINK SO!!!! So that was the end of that for now. I talked to my girlfriend after that and she said that agency is no good. Apparently one of her clients had daughters who were "taken" by them or something like that. Good thing I didn't go for it!! I now have the name of a legit agency is Manda really wants to pursue this.

Yesterday we worked outside all day long. Got my garden cleaned out, weeded some of the strawberries and the raspberries. DH got it all tilled up and now it looks so bare! Felt good to be outside - and it was so gorgeous! I think we’re going to have a big bonfire this upcoming weekend - weather permitting. We got some really cute pictures of Isaac in the pumpkins too. I planted one plant that makes the monster pumpkins, well we got three of them that must weigh 60 lbs! Took both of us to load them on the trailer and move them - they were so big and bulky! They'll make fun jack-o-lanterns. Once I get the film developed I'll try posting (again) on the picture thread.

Lucky - I know that when my dad was sick (he had Leukemia) people said all kinds of stupid things to him. My advice would be just to let her know that you are there for her no matter what she needs, & just let her know that you don’t know what to say. She’ll understand.

Skittles - how are you???? You have such a gift with words - your posts are always so inspiring!

CD - you BE CAREFUL - like Thin said, you don’t need to be getting heat stroke! Exercise is good, just take it a little easy in that heat and humidity.

Thin - I’m having the same troubles as Tammy. I can’t change the font/color/size either. I wonder if it has something to do with the security setting on our computers . . .

2Cute - wtg on staying on program and on task! Wish I could say the same for this past weekend . . . We had a Cold Stone Creamery ice cream while at MOA and then after that we went out for Pizza at a Pizzeria that I grew up eating at in South Minneapolis. Was way fun!

Terri - Don’t know what to tell you about your dh - just that my prayers are with you both. Hopefully your Monday will be better.

Kat - Hey chickie . . .

"hi" to everyone else as well!

Motivational Monday

I am Motivated today, I have just figured out that if we keep up the 2week/2pounds challeges, that by this time next year I will be down by 50 pounds!!! The by the next year I will almost be at my goal!!! But wait :?: That's two whole years away :?: SO...Two years ago I was at this same weight saying the same things and doing the same things, Talking about loosing weight, but not taking any action, so this two years will be productive. I CAN loose 2 pounds every 2 weeks, that is doable...And look at all the people I have around me to keep me honest!

HI guys... where is everyone this afternoon. ???
I decided this afternoon to try the pool and see how cold it would be. :?:
It was 75 outside ....how cold would the water be ?
Well... the water was a chilly 72 !!!
Trust me... 72 air temperture and 72 water temp are NOT the same.

I got in.... Brrrrr .... I just did some water walking because I did not have the courage to go all the way in. Finally I said "GO FOR IT !!!" and I went.
Yep... it was cold !! I said I would work hard and warm myself up.
I did work hard.. but I didn't warm up much. LOL
But before I knew it... 20 minutes were gone... then I aimed for 30 minutes.
I made it. :cp: It actually was stimulating. :lol:

Okay... I don't have time to do replies.
Hang in there ladies. Don't give up. Keep on keeping on.

Today my spirits were not very high. I am doing fine on my food... but kept focusing on the longggg journey instead of today. JUST FOR TODAY .
That is one reason why I decided to go swimming. To lift my spirits.

Hello Ladies, I am still alive, but still doing battle with little energy and enthusiam.....Just wanted to say I need to catch up on more reading to see how all are doing....and to say howdy to the newbies....My food issues are so so.....My "friend" and I are not seeing eye to eye on issues I feel are more important than he does....he seems to think the best of life is over, and I am saying who knows the best years of my life may not have happened yet!! He is 1 year older than I and acts like he has 1 foot on a banana peel and the other in an open grave.....It is tiresome...and I do better with more positive energy around me than the negative....So I don't know what is going to happen....and right now I am not too worried about it....

I was going to write longer, but I have a class at church in about 20 minutes....so I best get a move on...

I drove by where President Bush was signing something into law today....was wondering what all the hoopla and all the flashing car lights and officers and people were hanging out on the street for.....lol I hadn't been watching the local tv or listening to the radio the past few days....too busy....So I would have gone to witness the event of seeing a sitting president within blocks of my home had I been more aware of what was going in in my area...lol

Anyway Take Care one and all........

This is just a fly-by! :wave: Kat and Lisa, I am soooo sorry I missed you.

I'm going to jot Suzanne a note about not being able to get the smilies to work and see what she says.

My back is still not really much better. Sleeping on the recliner again tonight....IF I ever get my paperwork done and decide to sleep.

Gonna run. Reports, reports, reports. Love :love: ya bunches.

Wow, where did everyone go? Sure was quiet yesterday. Everyone must have been exercising and cooking healthy foods!

It is chilly this morning! 40 degrees. Good weather to snuggle in bed and watch morning news shows.

DH and I had a long talk last night. He has so many emotions about his body. One of his biggest is fear that I will get tired of taking care of him and leave. He also feels that maybe he shouldn't have come into my life. He needs lots of prayers.

I've just seen the commercials for The Biggest Loser. Might be fun. I've given up on the Apprentice. Anyone still watching Survivor? That was great that Mia, the mouth, got voted off. Slapped the young, hot shot girls down a notch! I about fell off my chair when one of the other gals was telling Twila she should ask one of them to french braid her hair and "be one of the girls". Oh okay, be a twit instead of gathering firewood.

Tuesday Tip day. Stay OP!

Not much else to say this morning.

Thin - Take care of that back. No eating through the pain! You've done great so don't undo all you good work.

Syn - Good to see you stopping by. Sorry about the BF problems.

2Cute - Good job for exercising! BRRRR!

Barb.G - Yes, YOU CAN do this. There is a gal at work who has lost a tremendous amount of weight and she looks great. She did it by simply making the commitment to WW and stayed dedicated to the program. She wanted to lose the weight more than she wanted to sabotage herself with food. The key is staying committed to the long term goal.

Lisa - Those giant pumpkins are so much fun! Sorry about the agent thing turning out to be a scam. Your Sunday sounded so lovely. I just love those fall days when the sun is shining.

:wave: to everyone else!

Have a good day.

morning all,

Well, sorry I haven't been around much, had a hectic weekend and now I am working early and staying late so I can get off real early on Friday. Let's see where to begin. Well, Friday night the hubby and I went out and did a little shopping. Then Saturday he was at work from 5am to 5pm, it's pretty much been that way all week. But I decided to go to walmart for something. Well, I found a gift for my friend, and thought gee I should put this on layaway, and if I am going to do that I should get some Christmas shopping done. So that is what I did, I went Christmas shopping all day Saturday. I came home and when my husband got home he decided that we should go to the Dells to hang out with his brother at the Kalahari Resort. So we did, got there around 7:30, went swimming, I went down two water slides. Scraped my knee, but had a good time. What a workout though. Then because I was all set up to go and bury my babies on Sunday, we back home Saturday night/Sunday morning. We got home around 1am. Then up around 8 and drove up to my inlaws, about 45 minutes away and went out in to the field, buried my babies, and hung out with my father inlaw for a little bit. Then drove to the pet store to visit my mother in law and buy me a blue rat. So now I have two new babies which I need to get pictures of before they get to big. Then went grocery shopping and I was pooped.

So this week is a long week for me but I am glad for it. Food has been soso. Water, doing pretty good.

2cute, you rock! Want to come up here and jump in lake Michigan with me this winter? I was thinking of joining the polar bears.

Syn, don't feel bad, I hardly ever watch the news around here either, there is just no time.

BarbG, That's right, just do it, nothing is to say that you won't lose more than two pounds on some weeks.

Lisa, thanks for your kind words. Good luck with this agency, hope it is better. It is amazing how people can make their money by using other peoples dreams.

Terri, well I say, just tell your hubby, that he's being a bit of an a$$ and that he is hurting you, and that you know he doesn't mean to do it, but that maybe he should think about what he says before he says it. It is really hard when someone is ill, I don't think they realize what they are doing to the people around them. Sometimes they do it to push the people they love away, just so they don't have to worry about them leaving them. Kinda like self fulfilling prophecy, He's afraid that he might lose ya, so he does things to sabotage it. I knew people like that. Anyway, prayers coming your way to help you hubby and you through the tough times.

Lucky, what's up? How are things going with you. I hope your situation is a little better. Or at least easier to deal with. Hugs to you.

Thin, Well, what can I say, some people will do anything for a massage. :) Ok so go find a hunky massuese and get that rubbing you need. :) Hope you feel better soon.

Andria, Hope all is well with you. How's therapy going?

Cd, I sure hope you get your electric back on soon. I would have gone over the edge by now, I can't stand the heat and humidity. I bet a swim with 2cute would feel good right now. Just think of that, that might help cool you off.

BarbPa, How's it going with you?

Michelle, hope moving is going ok.

Tammy, Sounds like you got your plan together. Way to go, Good luck.

Chris, did I see you lost 10 pounds, you kick butt. :)

Well, if I forgot anyone I am sorry I have been out of the loop for a few days. Anyway, off to the wonderful world of work.

Take care all,

Skittles,

Tuesday Tip, READ!, read up on all of the people who have made changes in their lives, draw from their experiences, and see the changes they made, and how you can make those same changes in your life. And while you are reading these inspirational stories, ride a stationary bike or something, that doesn't take much concentration. It will make it more enjoyable.

Terri: :grouphug: to you and hubby. I know how your husband feels - at least somewhat. As I have mentioned before I have fibromyalgia. It's too long of a story and too early in the morning to go into all the things that fibro does or can do to the body. As you also know I would like to be in a relationship again, but always wonder how fair that is to do someone. Saddle them with my problem. So, you can be sure I will keep your hubby in my thoughts and prayers.


Thin: I can't use some of the "fun" stuff when posting either. :mad: I can't get centering and sizing to work.

Good morning all. Hopefully today we ALL will stop in and POST not just lurk.
Lurking was my plan... but it takes participation to keep a thread going.

Syn... always good to see you. Maybe it is time to let go trying to change your friend.
At least stop talking to him about his age and health. Keep you topiics up lifting.

Thin... hope you got a good nights sleep. I HATE back problems. They scare me and remind me of my many limitations.

Terri... I can so relate to your husbands fears. I fear my husband won't leave me BUT be STUCK with me. :( I struggle daily to not let those fears rule my life and marriage. FEAR can drain all the good from the relationship. I wish I could offer words of advice ... but I don't have any. I am not in your shoes... I am in your husbands. It really does hurt to know you are holding your loved one back.

Skittles... NO WAY !!!! I cannot imagine the temp of Lake Michigan.Brrrr !!! I think those polar bear swimmers are NUTS. :lol:
Those were Great Tuesday Tips.

Lucky... Good Morning !!! I never even knew about those options until about a week ago. :o

Okay ladies... who else is going to check in ?
That is my Tuesday Tip.... Post something everyday... even if it is just a hello.

This is me, CHECKING IN!

But I don't really have much to say. If only I didn't need to sleep, I'd get so much more done and have stuff to talk about! Have I mentioned lately that I hate working nights?

I just posted a bunch of stuff that was so boring it almost put me to sleep on the keyboard. So I deleted it.

Survivior Fans: How happy were you that b!tch Mia was voted off? :cp: I would have LOVED to seen Twila haul off and belt her one! I would rather have seen Rory voted off than JP though. I really can't stand men who whine. This really isn't the best Survivor I've seen...but it's early yet. Isn't Eliza annoying? Wasn't it funny when she kept going on and on and on and John would say, "Okay, I heard enough." "Okay, that's enough." "I'm leaving now."

Terri...Your hubby sure has my prayers. I'm so glad that you two can be honest with each other about this. It must be terribly frustrating for him. He's lucky to have such a good wife...just as I'm sure you are lucky to have him! :grouphug:

Lucky...I'm am praying for your SUPER HUNK to come along! Complete with royal blue thong!

I have to get back to work on party planning.

When I wasn't mentioning how much I hate working nights, did I happen to mention how much I hate dealing with a snippy sister in law, who doesn't do a blessed thing to help, but has plenty to say through her poor husband, my brother??? No?

Oh. Well.

Never mind.

Hello! :D Guess what!? I got the smilies to work! Woo Hoo!!!!! :cb: :cp: :hat: :dancer: :flow1: :yes: :bubbles: :comp: :encore: :cheer: :crazy: Is that enough of them?? ;)

Today was Isaac's first time at daycare and he did really well. Actually I think I had a harder time with it than he did :p . I sure missed him and he was only there for about three hours! :o Hope it's not too bad on Friday when he goes all day! I didn't start my job yet, I just wanted him to start there and get a little used to the place before leaving him there all day. He had a lot of fun and didn't want to leave. So, I know that it's going to be just fine.

Okay, 2Cute - I was just going to "lurk" but then saw your post and had to pop in for just a minute and say "HI".

Anyway, I'm being "paged" it's nap time and we're going to go snuggle in bed.

I'll be back later!

Howdy. :wave: Just here for a minute. I PM'd Suzanne to find out about the smilie problem. Here is her response:

See if this helps you out. If it doesn't then you can PM Suzanne directly and she can help you out.

Later...........

good afternoon everyone :)

I can't read much of the past posts or type much because I'm still at work. I'm posting though because I'm feeling strongly... determined.

I've been having a hard time with my boyfriend because he's gotten more and more serious about wanting me to move to NY and move in with him or vice versa. Though I know he loves me, I've gained a lot of weight since we moved apart for schools. It isn't so much of 'oh no he'll hate me because I'm fatter' its more of the fact that I know he'll distract me from my goal of weightloss (has before) and I am afraid to ride a plane, etc.

Well I want to move in with him, I want to feel confident in the choice and the path we make.. I want to be with him. But I want to lose weight first. I realize that the sooner I get working and the harder I work - the faster I lose weight, the fast I can be with him and start my dream life. I really want to do this.

A part of me today even considered the idea of working out twice (between 6pm and 12am, I don't get home till 5ish). I walk soo much all day at work so I might be too tired by the time I actually get home - but I'm amazed that I actually, genuinely, want to do it.

Oh! and our electricity is back on! It came on (after lots of complaining and phone calls and issues with the power company) last night around 11pm. Soo happy :) So no worries, I won't be getting that heat stroke anymore.

I feel good. Really really confident.. I'm sick of feeding this problem. I've quit so many things in my life - smoking, drugs, alcohol... why cant I do this?

I'll be back later!

This is for the :drill: (you know who you are)

I wanted to thank you for starting the 2lb challenge every two weeks.
I had a moment this morning realizing how much easier it “seems” to tackle 2lbs at a time rather than trying for more and, usually, failing - bringing about complete diet failure.

I haven’t changed my eating all that much, but know that darn exercise is helping me. (NOT the pilates, yet ) I do believe my body is actually responding!!!!

The challenge and knowing you are all in it with me keeps me AWARE!!!

NOW none of the "fun" features are working - better go reread Thin's post.

It seems funny all of us that have posted here for a long time would suddenly be losing some of the features????

Hi Lovely Ladies -
Just a super quick HELLO to all my gals!! Things have been so hectic I haven't had time to catch up here! I'm thinking about you all and will get back for more as soon as I can!
Love to all!!
:)

Hmm,

Mine seem to be working.

I do have a request though. For a "slap" smilie when you need to smack someone. Or maybe a kicking boot for a kick in the a$$. :drill:

Yes, Lucky, I do know who I am. :p You're welcome! :D

I had to spend the afternoon in management legal training. All because a few of the idiot VP's and sales staff decided that it was appropriate to go to a strip club, get roaring drunk, bring prostitutes back to the hotel, get BJs in the bathroom for $20 AND one of them going at it on the floor with a gal in front of others.....and someone "uncomfortable" with the whole situation taking pictures on his cell phone to email to HR. This for real happened at our company. :lol: What a bunch of idiots. All because of them, we have all got to sit through training to teach us that it is not appropriate behavior. Gee, ya think?

The former barn girls called tonight to say they are moving their horses to a friends pasture and wanted us to know there was room for our horses. I'm not thrilled. That means old Grizzle will have only us and two others as boarders and he won't be able to afford the place anymore. I love this barn, the facilities and the location. Now we'll be forced to move our girls to another less desirable, more expensive place. I'm disappointed because we need for the horse stuff to settle down and stay that way. I hate having to make these decisions on what to do. I don't think Ginger is completely out of the woods concerning her foot because there's warmth in the foot which may indicate infection still. Where's the big sigh smilie? The farrier comes on Thursday so we'll see what he says about her foot then.

Speaking of old Grizzlefart, I forgot to tell this story. We stopped by the barn on Friday to check on the girls and look for him to pay the board fee. He was there in his trailer. When DH pulled up, I opened my door and swung around so that I could put my boots on. He walked up to my door, put his hands on the roof of the truck and proceeded to lean into the truck. The problem was I was still sitting there and he was right in my space. The only thing I could do was lean back to keep him from laying on me. DH finally says, "Hey homes, want to back off so she can put her boots on?" A nice way of saying, get off my wife! Old Grizzle was like, What?, Huh? He finally moved. What an old fart.

TOM finally got here so maybe the scale will start being nice again. I haven't done all that well today but haven't done anything totally detrimental. That first couple of days doesn't leave me in a exercise mood.

I had to have a :drill: conversation with my mom today. I talked to my sis who is all upset about mom being horrible depressed and down and how grouchy she (mom) was all weekend at the family reunion, etc. She's planning on going to see mom's doctor behind mom's back. I called mom after that and asked her what all was going on. Now, my sis is bossy and domineering and mom doesn't like it. Mom didn't sound that upset to me. I did chastise her about not calling us when she needs help and that WE need to have our mom and that maybe WE need for her to need us. I also told her she was going to have to quit saying that she doesn't care about anything and doesn't care what happens and being totally negative all the time. She either needs to start working on making life happy or else her kids were going to be down there to take over. I do think part of it is because mom does not handle it well when things go wrong - dad was always there to take care of things. Now she's totally responsible - and I got on to her for that too because she's not totally alone - she does have kids. I also think my sister is over reacting to every time when mom is tired and down and doesn't respond in a way that my sister wants. I also know that she's in pain all the time and just doesn't feel good. I'll have to tell sis to cut mom some slack. She won't like that.

Well, I have totally written a book about nothing much. And it will be post #29 so I should start a new thread.

Just wanting to let you know I don't have a Tuesday Tip!!! I walked about 3/4 a mile in the water this morning, and according to our instructor walking in the water takes 12 times the effort of walking on land.

My niece is still in the hospital, still don't know what's wrong, thinking now it's probally an ulcer at 16 years old