mom2five - her name is Heidi. She's a teacup Chihuahua. Itty bitty thing! I call her Monster or Heidi Monster (like Cookie Monster)... Yeah, I don't think I plan on teaching calculus... I can't even teach myself!!! It's frustrating! I work for RSP at a middle school. I may consider getting my special ed credential later on after my multiple subjects. I wanna get my single subject credential as well... ahhh decisions decisions... I wanted to get my credentials in special education origianlly. I used to volunteer at the school for the deaf and I fell in love with the culture and language. I took 3 years of ASL (American Sign Language)... still debating on it
Sue...
P.S. BTW the scale has been ordered and it will be here next week sometime
Lori -- What precious babies!! How adorable!! How old are they and have they always gotten along? In our house, Hamlet (Hammie) is the baby at 6 months. Othello, at 5 years, tolerates him and his constant attempts at play. I think they will be fine when Hammie calms down.
Five kids -- I bet you are using some psychology! I think some of the most useful things I've learned are in the area of learning and conditioning... how you can train people/kids/dogs to do things... That and persuasion techniques. Course, I also know how I'm screwing up when I teach them too!
SueMarie -- Monster is an adorable name for your sweetie!
I thought I'd better check in while I had a minute. He finally got down on his one good knee to propose. I told him he had to do it proper like, or I'd make him call my brother for formal permission to ask for my hand. We've been having a wonderful visit. We had our first appointment with the priest yesterday afternoon. He grilled me for over an hour. I guess he wanted to make sure I wasn't some kind of femme fatale. I got up the courage to tell Austin how much I have lost. He was shocked and impressed. He has made sure I can stay OP while here. I've been cooking all our meals at the chaperone's house, except for an occasional breakfast of oatmeal at the diner across the street. We also had Canadian Thanksgiving a week ago Monday, and went to a dinner at a Ukrainian restaurant.
I've certainly gotten my exercise. He doesn't own a car. We walk about a block and a half to the grocery store everyday for the day's menu. It is about 6 blocks to the train. We also went all over the world's largest mall here. He lives a block from the church, and from the chaperone. I haven't walked this much since before my back injury. I leave Sunday at midnight, and when I get back home I will be able to post regular again. My only concern is that my blood pressure has been up while I have been here. I changed from an ACE inhibitor to a calcium channel blocker about a month ago because we want to try to have a child, and ACE inhibitors are fetal toxic. We know that at my age conception is rare, but I wanted to be responsible. It could be the altitude change (up 2200 feet), or just that I haven't gotten the dosage of the new med right yet. I just hope my home is still there when I get back to Florida. They are forcasting Hurricane Wilma to hit this weekend. We are going to buy engagement rings today. He is going along with my family's custom of silver bands for man and woman for the engagement. Of course what man is going to turn down the idea of a $30 silver band instead of a $3000 solitaire.
Got to go, thanks to everyone for their prayers and best wishes. I'm living the dream that I thought I'd have to wait until I was skinny to have.
Catherine~~I'm so excited for you! Thanks for posting and sharing the news. We've all been thinking about you and I, for one, am so glad that everything is working out so wonderfully. ((((HUGS)))) CONGRATULATIONS!
Big Congrats Catherine..... it's wonderful news! love from the UK!
I kinda lost the plot with all this diet stuff over the past 8 weeks or so having not weighed myself for some time!
I am pleased to say I started to take some anti-depressants only a week ago, and I feel they are making a difference already! I really want to get myself back on track and will get myself weighed tomorrow, so I can update my signature!
Good Morning everyone! Hope you all are doing well today! Finally a bright and sunny day here for me. Steven is off work for a few days so I have a walking partner. Now if only he would get out of bed!
Catherine ~ My congrats to you and your fiance! I wish you both all the happiness!
I love all the beautiful fur-baby pics! I decided to add one of mine! Her name is Bailey(Beagle) and she is totally enjoying Mom's new walking routine! She looks so well behaved in this pic. Little does one know that she destroyed 3 pumpkins in the patch that day. She thought they were big orange balls Those pictures are for a scrapbook page indeed!
SueMarie ~ The book is Winning by Losing by Jillian Michaels. So far, so good!!
Well, I am off to boot hubby out of bed. We are turning our spare room into a mini gym and today is the day to get rid of some junk!
Whoa whoa whoa...I have missed SO much in only less than a week! Catherine--congratulations! I remember having a discussion on this board a few months back about how a woman knows if her man is "the one," and the overwhelming response was, "you just know." I'm so glad you KNOW!
I have been super tired all week. The move went well--everything is in our new place, and no one got injured! Our cable, phone, and internet are all finally up and running, and we just went grocery shopping last night for the first time ($100 for just the two of us ). Needless to say, I have been eating lots of unhealthy foods since we haven't been cooking at home. Since we went shopping last night, though, today has been much better, so I am getting right back on track
Congrats to Catherine on her engagement, and to Jilly on her move!
I got the good news from my doctor today that my test results came back NORMAL--no cancer cells! YAY!!
I also went to a heath fair this weekend. I had my blood drawn for a cholesterol and blood sugar eval, as well as having my blood pressure checked. (Since I have been in and out of the doc's office alot in the last month, I knew what my BP was.) I think they were astonished that a woman as fat as me could have perfect blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar! At the final evaluation, the nurse all but said: "You're healthy, but fat!"
HippievanLady – CONGRATS!!!! I’m so happy for you! James did the same thing, when we went to go see the priest, we found out he had to have communion. I am good to go, all the way up to confirmation, unfortunately, he didn’t have his communion so now he is being asked to read a book and take a few classes. CONGRATS!!! *big hugz*
Going to Lose 200 – Hmmm that name sounds familiar, either way I know I haven’t read the book… maybe I’ll look into it on amazon and see what prices I can come up with and make a purchse Thanks for the info!
Jillian – welcome back! Glad to see things went well for you with the move… now on to the unpacking!!
Jen415 – Oh what good news from the doctor! Congrats! You know… I had the same thing done with the nurse practitioner at Cal State (Student Health Center)… I kept telling the lady I was loosing weight. If she would only look back in my records to see that the numbers were dropping… she said it wasn ‘t good enough… (what a snot!) so she ordered a complete panel as she called it. Which tested everything, liver, kidneys, cholesterol, sugar… you name it, it was tested…. She was astonished that everything on my was either within range or lower than normal. So she had to find something to yell at me for. My good cholesterol was low, so she said you gotta eat better foods and stop eating to much fatty foods…. She swore up and down that I was diabetic or on the verge of it and that my BP was more than likely high and same with my cholesterol. I just sat there and smiled… and I too got the same answer as you did… you are in good health, but you’re fat. Then she laid into how whatever I am doing is not good enough and I gotta try harder. I sat there, nodded, and said ok and left. Then I ran a few four letter words through my mind… but we won’t go there LOL! The doctors there are so much nicer… I cringe every time they tell me I need to see her.
I can’t wait for the weekend… well wait… actually I can. I have a paper that I need to work on, but at least I don’t have to go to work or sit in a boring lecture class.
I hope everyone is doing well…
That scale I ordered should be in next week… I’m looking forward to it. I’m working on dropping those 6-7lbs so that I can fall within it’s capacity range (350lbs)… even still… that also means I’ve broken into virgin fat territory. WHOOHOO! Let’s pray stress doesn’t mess it up!
SueMarie: sometimes it's hard for health officials to believe that someone fat could have good test numbers like us. But....I know that even if my numbers are good right now, chances are they won't stay that way as long as I am fat. Soo....off it goes!!
Lilion ~I am fairly new around here but I think that I remember reading a weigh in update from you in the sticky thread on it. I have started posting my progress there. It is nice to see you here posting as well.
Sheri_C~Congrats on the latest lose. I love Chinese food and fear that it will be my downfall! lol
SueMarie~You are so close to the weight for the scale. You will be below that in no time. Use the scale as motivation! I know that you can do it!
Andrea~It is amazing that you didn't give in and cheat even though it was that TOM. You have such a great additude about it all. I aspire to have the same kind of additude about this journey as you have.
Everyone that posted pictures of your puppies~they are so cute! It makes me miss my puppy.
I need to be doing laundry but who has time for that when there is so much to get caught up with in here? lol
Mostly I lurk and don't post, but I wanted to pop in and congratulate Catherine on her engagement. It's wonderful to hear that you are doing so well, enjoying your visit, and that you are able to continue living your healthy lifestyle. I know you don't know me from Adam, but you've given so many folks here such good advice and such great encouragement that it is just a delight to see you so happy and doing so well. I'm so impressed by everything you've achieved, and not just in terms of the weight you've lost.
And and... SueMarie:
Andrea – Yeah, I think I’m going to do that…it’s a motivation. I sat here watching the biggest looser… and I was getting a little depressed. It’s so amazing what these people are doing.. they have more will power than me! I decided during a commercial break that I am going to get that scale as motivation! It will be a good thing for me. Good for you for not giving into your cravings!
Please don't be depressed by comparing yourself to the folks on the Biggest Loser. Remember, despite their made-for-tv temptations, EVERYTHING about their environment is controlled for maximum possible weightloss. They don't have anything to do except lose weight, and under those circumstances - with nutritionists and trainers and gyms and prepared meals and every sort of exercise equipment imaginable. NO ONE could achieve what they've been able to achieve outside of such a controlled environment. Please don't be depressed!
or Heidi Monster (like Cookie Monster)... Yeah, I don't think I plan on teaching calculus... I can't even teach myself!!! It's frustrating! I work for RSP at a middle school. I may consider getting my special ed credential later on after my multiple subjects. I wanna get my single subject credential as well... ahhh decisions decisions... I wanted to get my credentials in special education origianlly. I used to volunteer at the school for the deaf and I fell in love with the culture and language. I took 3 years of ASL (American Sign Language)... still debating on it 
Thanks for posting and sharing the news. 
). Needless to say, I have been eating lots of unhealthy foods since we haven't been cooking at home. Since we went shopping last night, though, today has been much better, so I am getting right back on track 
