300+ And Ready to Try Again...#688
 

Welcome!

We are a group of individuals who weigh or have weighed 300+, or near there. This group was formed to provide a place for others like us to find support and hope. We are aware of the distinct problems that come with weighing over 300 lbs.

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 often use a "Topic of the Day" for discussion.

Motivational Monday
Tuesday Tips
Wednesday Wish List .. and What you are doing to obtain it.
Thankful Thursday
FUN Friday ... don't wait until you lose your weight.
Sit-up Saturdays - any physical activity
Share your Success Sunday


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

We have several extra threads going on simutaneously such as Monthly Challenges, Weekly Weigh-ins, Recipes, Bios, and more. Please feel free to check them all out.

We have a bi-weekly 2x2 Challenge.
Our goal is to lose 2 lbs in 2 weeks.
We have a long term goal of losing 300+ lbs within our 300+ group in 2005.

We have found this thread to be more than just a support group...
we have found it to become a home. We invite you to join us.


WELCOME!!

OMG, Mel, get a new avatar would you? My husband came in while I was reading the post and he drolled all over my computer! :lol: :lol: ;) Iwillbe

Good Morning Ladies! (for another few minutes at least!)

Well, another day, another dollar...for a few days at least!!!! I'm sorry about my Whine-Fest yesterday. I'm feeling much better now!

Back OP today, if I was even off yesterday. You have no idea how hard it was for me to peel that greasy, crispy, yummy skin off my chicken last night. Fried chicken and bread and butter is my comfort food. If I'm sick, sad, or just in a funk...that's always been the food I wanted. (I'm also the girl that picks the skin off the Thanksgiving turkey...not to toss, to eat!) I suppose it's kinda gross when you think about it.

Anyway, peeling it off and tossing it is a small victory for me.

Guess I better get back to work before the boss decides I'm expendable! I'll pop in with more to say later!

Oh, and I LOVE Mel's avatar! She's so Sassy! ;)

Lilion

Gosh, where is everyone today? I'm replying to myself! Is that sorta like talking to myself? :lol:

Well, it's been a pretty nice day. DH brought Applebee's from the WW menu and we split a salad and some kinda fajita thing, then took a walk around the capital and looked at all the early flowers and trees in bloom. It's a nice, mild day and it's so nice to just take a stroll and get out of the office for a few. Men like my husband are very rare! :love: He works four-10 hour days and helps with cooking, cleaning, etc at home. To be honest, he does more housework than I do. And on his Friday off he often brings me lunch, just to say hi! And he never gets mad at me when I'm a complete witch...which is not all that infrequent of an event! What a sweety! :angel: = DH!

This weekend is going to be very hectic. Tomorrow I'm herding six 10 year old boys to the arcade for DS's birthday party. I pledge to have little or no cake! We have to finish SO MUCH housework this weekend and I really have to get some gardening done...hopefully. I really need to come to the office on Sunday. I just don't ever manage to work at home and if I come here I can work and although DH will get stuck with the housework alone - I don't have to feel guilty about it! :devil: = ME!

I vow to eat better this weekend than I have the past few days. I'll eat more veggies and do my best to get some exercise. I'll try to check in here too...cause I miss you ladies when I don't get to visit!

I almost forgot!!! Happy Birthday Meliss and Shop!!! :hb: :gift: :hat: :balloons: :wave:

and Happy April Fools! :joker:

Later,
Lilion

Happy Bday Shop @ Meliss. Hope you have a great day!!

On a personal note, I shouldn't even really be commenting b/c I know I'm definitely a downer today. But what the ****. Today we got some really bad news in our house. You see my Mom turns 55 next month and had been checking into early retirement. Ok she works at this horrific plant and isn't in the greatest of health... and they've been making most ppl out there work 12 hour shifts 6 days a week forever now. And she's on 3rd shift so it makes it harder on her. The plant is so evil; I hate it with a passion. They have literally told people that they're just a number - so it doesn't matter to them if they drop dead b/c there's 10 more in line for their job. Ok, so like she was so excited b/c the job is literally killing her. The way she looks... just so tired and always depressed. It sickens me that this sort of thing has to happen to people. (And there's nothing that can be done about it. No union, no going to the employment board... people have tried and always just get fired, which Mom really can't afford). Her and dad went to the bank today and found out that if she retires early, they automatically take a third out in taxes. Then what's left over, she can't touch until she's 59 years old anyway. So there goes that idea. We can't afford it. The other thing that really sucks is that we were going to start fixing up the house with that money so we could sell it... the neighborhood is horrible here now and there are too many nights where I personally lay awake b/c I'm scared if I fall asleep someone will break in and I won't hear them. But no chance in doing that now b/c we hardly see Mom with her working and there's no time to do anything other than sleep for her.

I hate to vent and be a downer but there's really nowhere else to do this. And I know this sounds selfish, but it's days like this that I fly back into my old self so fast that it's unbelievable I don't get whip lash. I feel black today - and it amazes me how easy the thoughts come back. Would it help if they could collect on my insurance policy? Would it make a big difference if I wasn't here eating up their finances? Is my 28 year old fat bumming good-for-nothing *** (I say it because it's what I'm feeling at the moment) bringing them down as much as it feels like it is? *sigh* Why do I have to be like this where I am so weak and pathetic that I just can't get out there and help them somehow?

I hate this. And I feel worse now for taking her bad news and making it about me. But I know deep down that a lot of it is because of me. She would have had savings and less bills were I not still stuck here. So ultimately in the choice between her working herself to death (and I can see her heartattack coming everyday) or being able to get out early and just get some part time job at Walmart and being able to RELAX and focus on her health........ it sickens me to know that I'm just one more peice of crap that's forcing her into an earlier death and stress.

Ok well that's bout it for my day. How's everyone else doing? LOL.
Sorry for the *****iness. I swear I'll try not to do it again.
Julie

That was supposed to be d r o o l e d on my computer, and yeah my husband likes mels avatar too. It was cute, he said who is that? As if it were the real person. :lol: :lol: Men!

Loki, I am so sorry you are having a down day. :sorry: We all get them. I wish there was something I could say to help your feelings. I am not much good at finding the right thing to say, just know that I care that you feel bad. :grouphug:

Until tomorrow... Iwillbe :wave:

Loki~ I thought "Eyes" was fantastic. I like it a lot. I'm surprised they killed someone off the first night.

Everyone~Thanks for the birthday wishes. :D :dizzy:

Once again I have a bajillion people to reply to and have completely blanked on who or what I am saying...

To all of you who use this as a forum to vent, whine, scream, or whatever...

MORE POWER TO YOU

I know what sort of damage I can do when I don't have an outlet...so if typing it on here is what helps you either avoid doing something worse, get through a tough spot, or whatever..then RAGE ON MY SISTERS!!!!

Butter...I had a hard time finding something low enough in fat..I finally did and I use it so rarely. I love the ICBINB spray and Butter Buds sprinkles though...they are good stuff.

Who was it that said you can return LB online stuff to the store? Wow..I have 2 pairs of size 26 pants I bought in December and have not worn yet or removed the tags from. I know they are out of season but I wonder...hmmm.

The weather is gorgeous again which I know helps my mood. The crockpot is full of tonight's dinner experiment...chicken with a sauce of pineapple, soy sauce and dijon mustard with a little garlic. I thought is smelled good when I left but I promised Jason that if he didn't like it I would treat him to dinner. Being diabetic he doesn't eat pineapple too often and when he does it is only a few pieces... so more for me. He also doesn't like dijon mustard either (peasant) whereas I have 5 differnt types of mustard in my fridge...ok I might be compulsive. But we shall see. I think he is to sweet to admit he doesn't like it anyways.

My 4-6 graders are off to their camp weekend this weekend and I GOT OUT OF GOING!!! My advisor is taking them up...I didn't have as many kids as last year...so YAY for a weekend at home :)

I went out for kosher chinese last night at a meeting...the people working there were IDIOTS...they lost my order, didn't charges us for everything and then got it mostly wrong. I asked for steamed chicken and snow peas cooked with no oil and no rice. It was close..but no cigar. Oh well...but I was able to very successfully avoid the egg rolls and the General Tso's chicken. They also have really good fried chicken there..Lilion you speak to my heart when you talk about that being your weakness...KFC bisctuits...ohhhh. When I was little and we'd have KFC for dinner, I'd always volunteer to clean up so I could eat all the crunchies out of the bottom of the bucket. I used to wish they would just sell those.

There is actually an old Jewish recipe (old country) called Gribinis...which is deep fried chicken skin...sort of like kosher pork rinds, but without the pork. It sounds vile, but if you love the salt and the fat...good stuff. Jewish women who were from my grandmother's generation cooked with Schmaltz, pure chicken fat. And they wonder why I got so fat? LOL

So this week I was surprised (and shocked) by an email from my former best friend. We were the best of friends from 7th grade until we were 23....then we had a HUGE falling out and that was that. To hear from her again after 9 years realy threw me...but it has been nice reconnecting. Although I feel like she is trying to impress me. There is still a certain distrust between the two of us over the way our friendship ended...hopefully it will pass. But she has been sending me photos of her and her husband and kids...all gorgeous. She was always the thin one and I was always the smart one. I am almost ashamed to send her current photos of me...probably because when we had our final falling out she made some very hurtful comments about me being fat. I hated being judged by her then, because I had stood by her and stood up for her so unconditionally for so many years...and I don't think I can do it again.

Does anyone else find themselves having trouble with their water on the weekends? I need to work on that.

OK...a few more things to tidy up in the office, then off to see the kids off to camp...then the grocery store...then who knows what. Hopefully this weekend BF and I are taking all my junk in my hosue to Goodwill and putting a bunch of boxes in my storage unit..if my neighbor will move his car.

Happy weekend...

:hb: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEL & RACH!!! :hat:

:wave: Well I am off once again to a whirlwind adventure to Central Kentucky. My brother is picking up the bike this afternoon so it will be there waiting on me. I will get him to take my pic with it and I will post it this weekend. :)

Loki: I hate that your family is going through such a rough time. My dad worked at an "evil" plant also. He worked at a Nuclear plant here in town. he worked there for 34 years. He was finally able to retire 2 years ago. He would literally come home just exhausted. I know it feels like you hit a mountain and can't seem to move it. But as with everything this too shall pass. Its just trying to get it to pass the way you want it to that sucks. Don't blame yourself that will just make it worse. Everybody in the house just has to work together and figure out the best solution. Also I will definitely tell you about my bike. The only thing I am worried about is the suspension on the seat. I am not sure how it can handle 300lb :( but we shall see. It costs $300 but you can't fight love at first sight :)

Julee: I have a horrible time with my water on the Weekends at work it is automatic. At home I have a bad habit of just drinking coffee with lots of sugar :(

Well I will be on my way in a little bit. Y'all have a great weekend. And I will be talking to you later!

Scooter

Oh Julie - I feel so bad! Here I was all moody over the stuff I need to do to get ready for vacation and worried about maybe having my job cut. But you must'nt feel like they'd be better off without you! :nono: That kind of feeling is totally counter-productive. I'm sure you help out your folks plenty and I'm sure you'll continue to do so. Maybe your mom can put in applications elsewhere? Or maybe there's some way to cut the budget so she can earn less and get by still? I don't know, but I'm sure this will get better and I'm sure it is NOT your fault! :grouphug:

Julee: Fried chicken skin....Chicken Rinds! How disgustingly yummy! :T :p

Back to work!

Lilion

Loki-Breath. Also get the insurance thing out of your head. I have 5 older brothers. Two of them have lost sons. One as an infant, and one as a young man. I helped raise the second one. Parents should not have to bury their children, and your mother would have a heart attack if she knew how you were thinking. You can't change your mother's path, so focus on what you can change. If you can't significantly add finances to the household, add your time and talent. Cooking, cleaning, chores may seem like a drop in the bucket, but each one of those is a gift to your mom. The gift you give to yourself is a feeling that you are helping out to the best of your ability. The only thing that parents think that their children owe them is unconditional love, and to be happy.

Happy April Fool's Birthday to Melissa and Shopaholic.

Thinthinker-My roomate is not on the patch. She is using that new prescription nicotrol inhaler. It looks like a short cigarette holder with a whistle on the end. Kind of like a small kazoo without the noise. She's tried the gum and patches, and everything else, but this really seems to be working. It's like $150/month, but she got it free through insurance. Some people probably spend that much on cigarettes a month.

Lilion-Budget cuts suck.

Iwillbe-Promising not to regain is the mantra of the yo-yo dieter. My biggest problem always seemed to be celebrating my success. Too bad I didn't even get to goal weight once. I start celebrating kind of soon.

Today I was excited about signing up for the YMCA. I was all set to hit the water, but I have to go to new member orientation on Monday first. It's not the Y's rule, it's my insurance company's. I guess since they are paying they have the right to insist that I know what I am allowed to do first. It is a brand new facility, and even has a rock climbing wall. Monday I am going to stay in the pool so long that I am going to look like a big prune.

Catherine

Not Good :(
 

Ok...so today is my first official day in your "group" and I know it'll take me a while to get to know you all (but I look forward to it).

Jen
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Just popping in before my horribly unhealthy birthday dinner (Chinese food).

THin - Talk about fast moving - I signed up for a few mystery shopping companies today and I already have like five assignments!!! One of the places never even contacted me, it's like all automated!!

Anyways, I'll check back later, but for now I'm off to eat.

Bye!

Thanks gals for the good thoughts. I am feeling a bit better now, still depressed but better. I should know better than to type in a forum when I'm in that ultimate moment of self-pity. But thanks for letting me vent. It helped!!!

Scoot - I hope the suspension is dynomite. I can't wait to hear about it! Have a safe trip.

Catherine - I know you are right. Knowing and feeling are two different things for me so I need to just kick myself and drop the feeling and move into the knowing. ;)

Lilion - Don't feel bad! Like Scoot says... it'll pass. I know, I just am so worried that my Mom will drop dead from working to death. It just pisses me off so much that our world is so dependant on money... I almost wish we could just go back to the bartering system. Bah. Have fun on your vacation and bring back lots of pics!!!!

Lots - I'm glad you're here. :) I'm usually happy so ignore my post above. lol.

Shop - I don't know what "Eyes" is, but it sounds interesting. I'm guessing you got me mixed up with someone else and replied to me. heh. That's ok too. Or did I post something earlier and totally forgot what I wrote about? (more likely the case!!!)

A bit of good news, a lady in a town over from me is giving me a big bag of clothes. Not sure what yet, but any new clothes are cool. Well, some are used but hey... we all know how expensive big stuff is!! Incase you gals have never heard about freecycle, it's a neat program that you may want to check out. They have one for just about every average sized town. I think the site is something like freecycle.org but I'm not entirely sure. Anyways, tomorrow we shall see what I come back with.

And now I'm off to play some dominoes. Does anyone on here do any game playing online at night? It would be fun to play someone online, or even chat. I've been into the chatroom here but there is NEVER anyone on. Have you gals ever done a scheduled chat???

Lator gators, Julie

Loki~ The new series? Didn't you ask me how it was? I dunno, I guess I messed up.

I had foccacia sub all day, movie soda and licorice, and later I suppose I'll have some cake oh yeah, and a starbucks vanilla bean frappucino. Tommorrow it's Subway, Ice Cream and Bowling (maybe some morning minigolf)

Hopefully the Bowling and Minigolf will offset the ic?

Heh.

Happy birthday to me!

Hi Gang -
Just a fly-by Hello :wave: from me. I am leaving for FL in the morning to go visit my family. A part of me really just wants to stay home under the covers for the weekend, but I am looking forward to time with my family. Tomorrow morning I plan on visiting mom's grave and I don't know how my emotions will take that. She passed away 2 months ago today. :(

I have to wake up at 3:45am for my 6:00am flight, so I need to hit the bed - less than 5 hours of sleep for me.

Have a safe, happy and healthy weekend!

Love,
Barb
;)

Iwillbe – heheh when I first saw Mel’s avatar I thought it was a naked lady! I had to take a double take on it. Well I guess we all know where my mind went! :o

Lilion – We all need to whine every now and then. Much better than keeping it bottled up, otherwise we’d all explode hehehe. *big hugz*

Loki – glad you are feeling a bit better… one day at a time… *big hugz*

Shop – Happy Birthday :) YAY! For bowling! I bowl leagues on Friday… I’m a bowling freak hehehe…From what I understand you can burn abour 100 calories per 30 minutes of bowling, granted that might be bowling with no rests between frames. Let me check my Diet Power Program. Okie… Bowling with rests between frames for 20 minutes can burn about 114 calories… Okie that was probably more than you wanted to know huh? HEHEHE Have fun bowling, let me know how your games go.

BarbPA - *big hugs*

I bowled league tonight. Was about hmmm 3 hours. I was very good with not ordering a soda. I drank ice water oh and I had an apple martini. I know that’s bad. I was celebrating my 8th year anniversary with my fiancé. (that’s how long we been together). I had the martini he had the pepsi LOL. Course my last game was shot to heck… but it’s okie *grin*

Sue…

Loki... :grouphug: Hang in there sweetheart. Many of us have felt those negative feelings of worthlessness. It will pass. You are not the root of all of your mothers problems. Honest.
I don't know how mobile you are... but just coming home to a clean house would help your mom tremendously. Giving her a hug daily and telling her that you appreciate what she does would bless your mom. You have a lot to offer even if you can't work.
I am happy you are feeling better.

Catherine and everyone else swimming. Please keep talking about your swimming experiences... I need that inspiration to get me back to the pool too. I LOVE swimming but I am letting my pride keep me away. I guess it is my shame. LOL


Jen... WELCOME !!! I am still trying to learn everyone too. LOL
I am an oldtimer .. but there are lots of newcomers here. :lol:
Don't worry about replying to everyone. Just tell us about yourself.

BarbPA .. enjoy your family.
I can't believe my dad will have been gone 2 years in June. :yikes:
Sunday is his birthday... he would have been 95. His dad lived till 98.
Sometimes I feel like it was just yesterday... other times it feels likes forever.
But I swear... the longer it is... the more I miss my parents.
At the time of their deaths it was almost a blessing for them.... ill health.
But now... it is just plain missing them. :(
My dad was an avid Cubs fan. I wonder how he would feel knowing that they traded Sammy Sosa. I wonder how he would react to all the Steroid controversy.
My mom missed the last three great-grand babies being born. We FINALLY have a grandson to carry on our family name. :D My dad really was sad that there were no grandsons to carry on his family name. He would REALLY be HAPPY. :D
Gee.... I am tearing up just talking about it. :)

Sue... I used to bowl too. It has been a longgggggg time ago. Now I am afraid I would fall if I tried. Maybe that will be my accomplishment when I hit 299. Going bowling again. :D

I know I responded to some and not others. Just tooooo many here to hit everyone. Sorry.
I have not even read the last thread since I posted the birthday wishes so I am going back there to catch up my reading.

Hi everyone...just a quick :wave: hugs to all who are struggling and high fives to all who had sucess's
I had a horrible day yesterday...was OFF plan almost all day...ugh. One day at a time...I am trying to convince myself that just because I have been off plan for 2 days, doesn't mean I have failed, just jump right back in...but so far it's not inspiring me :(

Very busy here today...hope to get back to normal by Monday/Tuesday. I am reading and trying to keep up with everyone though

Have a great day!!

Hey gang, I had an AWFUL day foodwise, I had like two pieces of cake AND CHINESE FOOD. I need reassurance that other people "cheat" like that and still are successful...gah! I'll be "cheating" again today too, cause I'm going to my dad's house and my stepmom made me another cake...and I can't be rude and refuse to eat any :(

I wasn't around much yesterday, so I didn't get a chance to post a reply to everyone. The one entry that stood out was Julie's though (albeit I'm a little late to be replying, I still wanted to get in my two cents).

I am 25 years old, and I recently moved back in with my "parents"...by parents I mean my mother and stepfather, also my grandmother lives here. Catherine is right, if your mom knew how you were thinking she'd be incredulous. It doesn't matter how old you are, you'll always be her baby girl, and she'll always have that instinct to want to take care of you. I know a lot of friends from college who moved back home, or who never even moved out...the job market is seriously bad, and it for financial reasons, it makes sense to streamline and save money. So you can't afford to live on your own...not many people can!! People get married, or get roommate or something. Personally, I plan on living here until I get married.

Well, I think I need to get off my butt and get moving...I need to work out...I'll talk to you all later!

Hey,I had time to actually read posts today. :coffee: I'm being punished!!! I didn't GET TO GO to work today!! DH got mad at me as we were leaving, and said "Just stay home, I don't even want you there!!" Well he didn't have to tell me twice!!! :D I think I'll go shopping!!! Maybe go through my winter clothes and put them away and get out my summer ones? Set on the computer all morning?? The choices are endless... :devil:

SueMarie: When I was young I was a bowling fanatic also. My two children were only a year apart, and I didn't work until they were in school, so I bowled in one league and subed on several others. I also bowled on ladies leagues at night after I started back to work. We always bowled in the city tournaments, and in the state tournaments, and we had some really fun trips!! My oldest son went to a special school in Indiana and has a "degree" in bowling center management. He runs the pro shop in one of the cities biggest bowling center and is as happy as can be.

Julie: I'm on the computer almoste every night from about 6:30 to 10:00 central time and I love to play games. PM me with your sites or you IM info and we'll get together!

ATTENTION: CHAT CHAT CHAT!!! With Thin's permission I will set myself up as CHAT CHAIRMAN and take votes on times to set up chat sessions. When I first joined the group several years ago, (it seems like) there were set times to chat, but they fell away after a while. But in the meantime I will be in our special chat room MONDAY NIGHT 4/4/05 at 7:00 CST or that will be CDT by Monday. I forgot Daylight savings time starts tonight. Anyway anyone who can, Please join me then and we will try to get this chat thing working again.

Okay, I'll guess I'll end now. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

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Here for you
 

It seems like we're all having rough times in one way or another (I can relate to the job problems). BUT, I say IT'S BETTER TO VENT THAN IT IS TO EAT!!!

Here's hoping things pick up soon for all of us!!!
:coffee:

Big hugs.

Newbie

Melissa, I'm cheating again today for my birthday.....if I'm still alive on Sunday, I'll restart my diet with you?

Sounds like a plan, Rachel...I've already messed up today....i guess you only have one birthday a year...at least i still exercised though!!!

I'm off to dad's house to have *gag* more cake!!

I'm really bummed that I won't be able to chat with you all. 7pm CDT is only 5pm PDT and I'm too busy preparing for the class I teach at that time. Fooey.

Shop and Meliss...I was good food-wise on my birthday, but really overdid it with the drinks. My WI reflected it and it was OK. I'm glad you guys are going to team up to restart next week. Just rememebr that "cheating" one day does not have to negate a whole week.

One of the things I have learned over the last 2 months is how to have what I want without going overboard. Jason and I now usually get one entree and split it. Or if we get separate entrees, I ask for a to-go box right away. If I have enough points at the end of my week I'll get a SF/NF iced caramel macchiato...only have to count points for the caramel.

So...last night BF and I watched "Super Size Me." I had been wanting to see it for a long time anyways...OMG!!! I couldn't believe what I saw. McDonalds was never my favorite (except for their sausage biscuits and hashbrowns... but only in the South, their biscuits suck in LA), but to see what it did to a perfectly healthy guy was just really freaky. I know that it was extreme...3 times a day every day and only eating foods that they sold (thank goodness they sell bottled water) but wow...when I started WW and I read the Dining Out guide, that was what shocked me the most...how many points were in fast food items that I ate on a very regular basis. In some of the things I ordered it was a full day (or more) or points. And I did this for how many years?

In other news though...I had gotten a few bags of clothes from someone last year. I kept some stuff and weeded outt he rest. But I did keep these 2 pairs of leather (pleather) pants from LB. One pair is black and the other is brown patterned. I know that the black ones are 22's and the brown ones have the tag ripped out...they are either 22 or 24. So if you have ever read my bio, one of my mjni-goals was to be able to fit into those. SO....I figured that this morning was as good as a time as any to try them on. The 22's were a little snug but I GOT INTO THEM and the brown ones actually fit really well. The only problem is that the woman who gave them to me was shorter than I was and the brown ones are really too short for me....but the point here is I can almost actually wear them out!!! Too bad it's so warm now.

I finally got to talk to my step-mom the other day after almost a month. She has been so busy with her daughter's upcoming wedding and then her daughter also has a miscarriage right before my birthday...so she hasn't really had time to talk to me...and we are really close. It was so nice to catch up with her, and it looks like there wil be time for BF and I to see her and my dad for breakfast the day of the wedding.

BF is here and we have to go meet friends for lunch...I'll pop in later. Happy Weekend!!!

Sad day today with the passing of the Pope. I called my grandmother in New York. She was really upset. :( She spoke with her sister who lives in Italy, she mentioned about large crowds gathering and coming together. Actually I’m not sure if it was italy or sicily that my grandmother was from. She and my grandfather are from on of the two.

2cute – grin! I’m working my way to that… slowly but surely. I bowled my first 200 a few months ago… so I’m excited about that. WOOHOO!

Ageoldie – I have to admit, the league has been fun. We’re going to vegas in April. The 23rd. Looking forward to it!

Sue…

For the first two years after I started using a wheelchair, I still dreamt about walking and running. After using it for eight years, all of my dreams were of me sitting or rolling. Last night I had my first dream where I was running again. I could almost feel the wind rushing through my hair. It is little things like that that convince me that I will make it this time. We all can with each others help.

Catherine

Wow Catherine, that's great. You're right, you will make it this time. I can smell the sheer determination even through the net. Definitely inspiring to us all I know!!!

Well, today has been much better. One of the joys of my life is getting out and just riding through the country and today we did just that. It was great, b/c we were only about an hour from the mountains and you could tell it in the change of trees, hilliness and terrain of the land. It was so hard to turn back and not just keep going but we ended up having to. We (Mom and I) had a hair appointment at 2pm and didn't want to miss it. I honestly didn't really want my hair done. I mean I love to have it fixed, but it's just so darned expensive! ARGH. But with SRD coming up everyone INSISTED that I have it fixed so it was either do it and shut them up or listen to their nagging for half a month. lol.

Well I don't like pictures much but I'm posting my new hair in the pictures page! Tell me what you think huh? I don't usually like my pics but I'm actually pretty happy with how this one turned out, even if the kitchen cabinets are the background. hehe.

Catch ya later,
Julie

Julee -

It's funny that you mention "Super Size Me"...I was just in the food thread today and some girl suggested reading "Fast Food Nation" if you have a weakness for fast foods. I'm starting to be completely turned off by them. I won't lie, I still love the taste of a good McDonald's Cheeseburger, but I've learned that it's just not worth it. They pack SO many calories it's astronomical. It's like they inject their food with extra energy :lol: it's just gross!! If I'm going to eat that many calories, I want to feel full!

Anyways, I've checked ebay, but I'm gonna keep hunting around for that book cause I really want to read it.

Julie - I wanted to mention that I dig your new haircut, nice highlights, it looks great! (cute glasses, too!)

I'm glad today is over, now I can get right back on program and move beyond my three day birthday celebration :lol:

I'm all sugared out. I'm off to bed now. I'm a dork, going to bed at 9:30 on a saturday night!!!