Hi all! :wave:

I know I'm a day late for the 2X2 check-in, but I completely forgot to WI (not Wisconsin) yesterday. I didn't quite make the 2 pounds, but I did lose 1.7 pounds soooooo, I'll take it and run with it! :)

Sign me up for the 2X3. As a matter of fact, I haven't seen the Roll Call start on that one, so I guess I'll just have to start it. :lol:

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Ok, now that that is over. I have not done my shopping. I have not done my decorating. I have not done my cards. I am soooooo behind!!!

I had my mammogram appointment this morning. Usually I'm the only one I know that it doesn't bother, but this tech was not gentle at all! OUCH! I usually do most of the lifting and placing, but apparently this tech decided that ripping part of my boob from my body was a good idea! TWICE!!! Then she must have thought that she could get it all to compress into a half an inch! YIKES! Well, I survived......barely.

Went from the mammogram to having my leg x-rayed. That proceedure went much better.

Then on to a Dermatologist appointment. She gave me cream for my spot 3 weeks ago and I had to go back and have it checked. She said she thought we should just leave it alone unless I was in alot of discomfort because the next step is a biopsy and she would have to do it into deep tissue and I guess they don't heal too well. I'm supposed to go back in 7 weeks. She gave me some new creme.

Then I went off to have lunch with a lovely young lady ;) who is very excited to be in Michigan and likes her new job. It's nice having a friend who's young enough to be my daughter but that I didn't have to raise and go through awkward teen years, etc. :)

I got a call that the closing arguments for that trial I'm involved in will start tomorrow at 9:00 AM. Honey is supposed to take the day off work and we have an expensive lunch job to do, but I think I'm going to sneak out in the morning and go downtown and then just meet back up with him for lunch. He's fine with that because he wants to get out and do some Christmas shopping.

So, as you can see, tomorrow will be very busy as well. Hope you are all having a GREAT day. I'll be back when I can. Sorry to be escaping without personel replies for such a long time. It's just not in the cards here lately.

Gotta run. Love :love: ya bunches!

Hello everyone....Happy Holidays and all that goes with the season!

I have my gifts left to wrap but all are bought and in the house with the exception of 2 small music boxes that I had ordered from a catalog. Luckily I haven't had to do any baking this year, so I won't have to be tempted to get into it all. Our main concern right now as a family is getting 7 year old (grand daughter)Sarah's Cochlear Implant surgery over with ( Dec. 17th) and then to see how successful it will be when they turn it on next month.

My food has been bad, and I have been sluggish and lazy and non motivated.....might as well tell it like it is....sorry about that....

I try and catch up on what is going on with you chickees at least every couple of weeks....and please know I continue to care and wish good things for us all.

Ed and I are still communicating and that is interesting at times.....but that is about all that can be said about that! lol

I sure do hope this coming new year will be the one in which I will become motivated to not only stay OP but to continue to be more involved with this group.....

Welcome to the new members....From me, the lapsed chickie.....

Love to all.....

I'm still here...but headed to bed! Tonight is one of my late nights but its worth it because I only have to work till 1 pm tomorrow!

Catch you all later! Michelle

BarbG and Skittles! I got your cards today!

Barb, I love your haircut! And your weight loss really shows. You look so much younger than in the Spring Fling pics!

Skittles, that big, laughing smile of yours made me smile too! You and hubby look very happy!

What great pics, thanks for sharing, girls!

Has anyone noticed that when I'm not staying OP, I don't post much? I did great until Sunday, then I fell apart. The last couple of days, I have been very naughty But tomorrow is a new day, so I'll try to do better.


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Hi everyone!

I have NOT disappeared off the face of the earth... just some late nights away from my beloved laptop. Been really busy at work, so I haven't even gotten to check in while I'm there. DH started working 12's at work, so I've been on my own for a few hours after work trying to get to the gym and supper going and etc etc etc of the holiday bliss!

Was away at friends' house on the coast for the weekend and had a great time. Packed my water and drank so/so there and didn't have the greatest diet but did ok on what she served. My appetite has been horrendous but I've been trying to keep it under wraps the last week or so. Haven't done too horribly, so I'm not ashamed, but not not sticking with it completely, either.

Went to a wonderful Christmas pageant at my brother's church that he did all of the computer graphic effects for, so we were all quite proud of the job he did on it all. Great turnout with live camels and donkeys and even saw the water turn into wine on stage with real water being poured! Still haven't found out how they did that effect but it was live! Too cool and still has me stumped.

Had a semi-PMS-breakdown-moment Saturday before we left for the coast and blew off a little too much steam at DH and DD but it turned out ok, even though I missed going to the gym... Took the dog for a walk instead. Back at Curves today, though... just needed to get rid of some holiday stress one way or another.

Doing well and can't wait for Christmas. Cards are officially in the mail for all of you! Also can't wait for Christmas to be over as much as I can't wait for it to get here.

Hope all are doing well and got to read and catch up but haven't gotten to reply yet, but I'll catch up soon, I swear!

Barbg ... I was beginning to worry about you. You have been such a steady poster and glad to see you back here again. Have you noticed when you post more... you stay on program better. ;) :D
I love all of these snowmen pics... but save some for NEXT MONTH.
The new challenge involves snowmen. :sssh:
Do you have any more SANTA's ??? We need that one of him making his list and checking it twice. LOL

Cd... glad your classes are OVER for awhile. :cp: I am being a little bit selfish here. I am glad we will have you around more. :D

The 2x3 is just adding a week onto our 2x2. :lol: Since we are going to start a new BIG GOAL of our 300+ group losing 300+ lbs in 2005 we are extending the two week challenge to three weeks to end the year out. It will give everyone a week to compensate for Christmas. LOL That week has been an "anything goes" kind of week for me in the years PAST. This year it will be important to stay on plan for our 2x3 challenge. :D Then in January we can all start FRESH for the new year.

Kat .... I agree... I said the same thing about Barbg's pic. She looks so much younger and PRETTIER TOO !! Of course she was always pretty... just now even more so. I can't wait to get Skittles card. Did not come today. :(

Susie and Michelle ... hope you are all doing well too. :wave:

Thin.... I am soooo jealous.
Today lunch with a LOVELY YOUNG LADY :cofdate: ...
and tomorrow a FANCY lunch with hubby. :eating2: :eating2:
Glad the leg is holding it's own. Don't you just hate those mammograms. The last one I had did not hurt... but I have had some that were "frightful". :yikes: I am longggggg overdo a physical, pap and mammogram. I just keep side stepping it.

Syn... WELCOME BACK !!! I am sooooo happy to see you again.
Make a COMMITMENT to yourself to come here often.
Best wishes for your grandaughter.

Angela... did you see Oprah last week about "borderline relationships" ?
She had the authors of some book on. It was a tough love sort of thing.... about relationships that aren't working. I don't remember the name of it. If interested I will find out.
I am very proud of you for restraining from calling him. And even MORE PROUD of you for learning new ways to deal with stress and sadness. I know it is hard to do.
You DESERVE better. Stand strong ... You are woman.. hear you roar. :)

Terri... add me onto your 2x3 challenge. I think that extra week is really going to make a difference for me. That week between Christmas and New years has always been hard for me. I have always thought of it as my "last chance to eat" week. NOT THIS YEAR !!!! Thank you !!!

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Kerri... You posted while I was posting. I am anxiously awaiting your card. Curves is a good detour for PMS. Way to Go !!

Do we want to do the next verse of Jingle Bells or start a new song?

hi all my shopping went well i got my mother and grandmother's shopping Hope they like it !!!!! and got my IN-Laws a gift certificate for a place that they like to go to breakfast I know they will like it because i got them the same thing last year.

my weight in went well i stayed the same which is a good thing for me i missed my meeting last week and had a really rough week ( so far this one is not going much better but i will deal with it ) today i splurged on my self and bought myself a candy bar it was really good chocolate (Ghirardelli Chocolate) and it was filled with caramel It was so gooooooooooooooood and worth every point the whole bar was 12.5 but i did share i gave 3 of the squares away to a friend that was 2.5 points worth . I have decided that if i am going to crave chocolate i will only buy the good stuff that way i wont want it as often because i wont want to spend the money for it. I didnt go over my points by to much by staying the same i still have 28 points for this week and i only went over by 4 points that wasnt to bad we went for lunch after are meeting ( we always go to lunch ) but yesterday was one of are WW friends birthday so we all went to a place she picked for lunch and she is new to ww so she is not to the point of picking some place that is point friendly ( if y'll know what i mean)

I want to be added to the 2x3 thingy
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Have a good day all and stay on program

Barb how do you get the pictures in your post all i can ever get is the smile faces .

Hello all,

Well, the Party officially sucked. Ok it wasn't that bad, but a lot of people are very upset. We normally get gifts from the bosses and they have lunch with us and tell us how much they appreciate all the work we've done. Well, nothing, no gifts, which is fine by me, but some others have come to rely on those gifts. But what is worse, is they didn't eat with us and they didn't talk to us. What kind of :censored: BS is that. I can understand if you can't afford to give out gifts this year, but "thank you's" are free. They could have came in and spoke to us and everything. I am very peeved about that.

Anyhow, on to more lighter faire, it is hump day woo hoo, only two more days to go. Ladies, this is our last weekend to shop before Christmas. Thin I sure hope for your kids sake that it snowed up there. :lol: We haven't had much of anything, but it is officially :censored: cold up here.

Kat, glad the picture made ya smile. I agree, BarbG doesn't look like an old lady to me.

2cute, yours was sent out the same time as everyone elses. It's funny that it takes such a long time to get things between our two states. I had this same problem when I bought my computer four years ago. It went through Ok, and instead of coming to WI, (not weigh in):D it went to Alaska. My computer has been to more states than my self.

Kerri, welcome back! :) I would love to know how they did that water/wine thing too.

BarbG, Cute does have a point, there, maybe if you post you won't have time to be bad. ;) Loved your pic by the way.

Angela, lose him, you are better than that. :judge: And that is all I got to say about that. :D

Cd, you survived! :cheer: :bravo:

Well I got to get ready for the humpty hump day. I made my contract with myself and printed out two copies of it. So I am ready for this next year. I will be moving, and losing, and living. 2005 will be a great year to be alive.

Hugs to all you wonderful people.

Skitt

No, girls, I hate to disagree, but you have it backwards, When I stay OP I post more. not the other way around.

But today is a new day, and all my parties are over until Saturday.

I'm not going to get to exercise today. I have to go to the doc for a Pulmary Function Test. Not exactly sure what that involves, but it's at 9:00.

My dinner went very well last night, and I think that's all the company I will have. Well I have to get ready to go.

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Not much to say today, but I did stay OP yesterday (2 days in a row), however, today is a christmas party at work, so not sure how that is going to go.

I am going walking tonight with a WW friend of mine, so I will get my exercise in and I am drinking all my water.

You can also add me to the 2X3 challenge:

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I got on the scale last night and almost passed out. I hope to see better numbers by the weekend.

My personal goal is to lose 10 pounds by December 27 (the day of my next GYN appointment).

Well got to get my self ready to go to the party.

Cheers All!!!

Susie

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Happy Wednesday! :wave: Yes, I'm here! Sorry to not be around as much these days...but I am doing okay. I'm pretty much on program and I expect another loss on Saturday morning when I go to WW. :) People don't seem to be bringing a lot of goodies into the office this year...which is fine with me. :)

I'm receiving Christmas cards and I thank you for them! I have bought my Christmas cards and hopefully they will be mailed on Saturday. I need pictures of myself to stuff into them. Its so nice to place a face with a name! :D

Work has been...work. I'm trying to finish up my Christmas shopping in the evenings and I've been busy wrapping them. Where is an elf when one needs one?!

I'll check back in when I can...

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I can't weigh in for the last challenge until next monday (first time the dietician could fit me in!) so the 2x3 challenge will actually be a 2x2 challenge and the last one a 2x3 if that makes sense?
Life is still crazy. I promise I will be a completely different person once this thesis is finished!