Hi Everybody.
Well, it FINALLY happened! Everyone who's said anything nice about my weight, or absence of it, has already known I was really working at it and working out, so while I appreciate it and know that they're sincere, it's just not totally spontanious. I missed ANYone on Bill's side of the family (whom I haven't told) saying a single word at Christmas time, which is part of my furious motivation to lose another 40 by Easter. ANYWAY, I went to the local pizza shop tonight to get a pizza for Bill (who was probably greatful not to have to face chicken yet again.) I know the folks that own the place since their daughter works @ the barn & she used to ride my horse before he went lame, but I haven't seen them in a while. I walked in the door and the woman did a double take on me, her eyes got wide and she said "wow", that I looked great, lost weight, yadda yadda - and I tell you what - isn't that the GREATest!? Talk about a quick trip to
! I wasn't even thinking about it when I walked in, I was just thinking "Great - I have to smell the pizza all the way home...."
Hi Julee * On scale obsession, no math required. The lowest reading is ALways the most accurate!
Anybody wanna argue???
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on the 16 Blazer & baggy sweats! Isn't that fantastic!?!
Lilion * Loved the cartoon! Loved your sweet poochies, too! I would have had to call them Carbon & Copy, tho.
Or maybe just called them both Xerox. Do you mean you can actually tell them apart without checking their parts? They both look like Joy wrapped in happy fur!
Christine * My problem with all those wonderful muffins is that once I had one, they'd all be in danger. I think I can smell them from here.... sigh. That many carbs would send me into a tailspin for Days. The THOUGHT of that many carbs is dangerous.
Zelma *
on your 5 more pounds down! I don't know how you do it so close to goal! I mean, it has to be easier to lose weight when we start out at higher weights - to do what you've done and still keep burning at that rate is awesome! Carrot worthy even!
I really hope when you get to goal that you won't drift away from us. You've done something special and personally, you inspire me in a way that words or even dreams can't. I'm (virtually) speechless!
Garnet * That filet was solid protein & vitamins. It had to taste great, too. Just cuz we're losing weight doesn't mean we have to stop enjoying food, it just means we have to be more sensible about what we enjoy, and that beef was a good thing! Don't fret over that handful of cals if you can help it. Besides, if you don't put enough cals in, your body stops burning as much. I recently read a study that said if you hit a plateau, that's what's happened, and you can allow yourself to go back up a bit, say 2-3 pounds, and then start kicking it again. So really, when we slip or have just a mini-binge (I'm not talking about the extreme damage I'd do to Christine's muffin stash given the chance) we really aren't doing ourselves tons of irrepairable harm like we think.
Nancy had a really good point about the healthy calories, too. Maybe if you just skip the chocolate part tomorrow?
BESIDES - You just kicked another 2 pounds to the curb - Yee-haw!
It's so great to read about all these successes! And I sure can relate to the little backsteps, too, but we keep movin' on! Did I ever mention that I used to
start my driving shift with a bearclaw & coffee
EVERY day? It wasn't even really breakfast, just a wake-up snack. Then I found out that a bearclaw has 920 calories!!! Can u imagine?
May we all have a carrot worthy day!!!
...I love banana man, too!
***KAYLEY! LUAN! You two snuck posts in on me! FANTASTIC posts! You're both really rockin! Congratulations to you both!!!
Seriously good on you for baking some low fat treats, and I am sure they will be much more enjoyable then crackers. 
Also got some info on what Mom can do about enforcing the back child support my dad owes. Lucky for him, I'm 19, so it's not building up anymore, but he's got so much back support that he owes, it's insane. It would really help out with my schooling if he would pay us what he owes! I think my interview went really well today! It was given by the office ladies, and they like me, and I made them laugh. It's really probably only a matter of if my schedule of classes will work for them. I should know something by Friday. OH! I got Andrew to agree to go see "Rent" with me at the dollar theater. He was SO against going and seeing a musical! Now to just convince him to go see "Memoirs of a Geisha"! Didn't get to work out tonight. I could now, if I wasn't so TIRED...ugh. First thing in the morning, though! 
My BIGGEST NSV to date
