For those who "lose" posts, next time press ctrl+z and like magic the post comes back.

Tracey - NO WAY, is that all there is to getting posts back. Why didn't I know this MONTHS ago!! Thanks for the tip, I will definitely remember it in the future.

Hugs,

Ammi :

I had an appointment today and again decided to walk. It was 50 minutes there and 50 minutes back. I am so exhausted and am not even going to attempt to do my Billy Bootcamp today. 110 minutes of walking sounds good enough to me.

Julee--Sounds like you are going to be busy! Good luck keep up w/your plan and excercise, etc during this busy time. It sounds like you have a good plan in place to stay away from stuff like the mac n' cheese. You sure deserve any time you get to relax, that is for sure !

Melindam--I'm sorry you didnt lose any lbs, but good job on the inches lost! Your excercise plan sounds like that is maybe what you need to kick start your weight loss again. I wish you !

Nancy--That sounds SO frustrating!! It definitely sounds like something is wrong w/it. I dont know what kind of scale Curves has but its just a regular floor scale and it seems to be pretty accurate. Of course, they keep it in one spot all the time so who knows what would happen if they moved it. I dont know what brand it is but the top part you stand on is silver and clear and it has round silver things where the balls and heels of your feet go and it has a digital read-out. I hope that helps .

Dogpal--Have you been doing WW had home thus far? If it has been working for you I'd say stick w/it, but also see what the Dr has to say, too. They may have a plan you've never heard of that would work even better for you. Otherwise, I sure like WW .

Valerie--Puppies are so funny! I laughed when I read that post "where do they get this stuff?" ! My cat does that stuff all the time, only he picks the GROSSEST stuff to play with like, say, USED tampon applicators he digs out of the trash!?!? !!

Ammi--That is such a pretty nickname ! I hope everything turns out ok at the Dr. Its kinda hard to know what to hope for because, while you dont really want something to be wrong, if nothing is wrong then you are back to the drawing board, more frustrated than ever. Yes, I hope everything is cool at work when I go back tomorrow. Like I say, I dont really think they will fire me or anything, but it just sucks knowing that you might be in trouble just for being sick.

Tracey--Thanks for the tip ! on the walking, wooohooo!! I wouldnt worry about doing any more excercise today after almost 2 hrs of walking, either !


The Dr tested my blood to see if something might be wrong that is causing me to feel crappy, but he said nothing was wrong there so its just the flu. Great . I mean, I'm glad nothing is seriously wrong but if it was like an infection or something I could take pills and feel better--with the flu I just have to wait it out. I really NEED to go back to work tomorrow as I feel like I am pushing my luck being gone today, but really I dont feel any better than yesterday. Ug. I decided I am going to try to go in tomorrow and if I really cant hack it I can always come home. At least that way it will seem like I am making an effort to try to be there. I hate feeling this pressure on top of being sick--I just dont need it !!

The scale at the Dr's ofc said 337. I refused to believe I have only lost 1 lb in 10 days so I am going to wait and weigh myself at Curves. I know the Curves scale said 338 last time so even if it weighs me differently than the Dr's scale, the Curves scale is what I have been using since Day 1 so I am going to use it to mark any progress. Does that make sense to anyone but me? I know from personal experience and from other's on this thread that each scale can weigh you differently so I am not going to sweat it until I can get to the almighty Curves scale .

I stopped for Burger King on the way home from the Dr's. I havent been eating much the last couple days, just random combinations of weird stuff; string cheese here, cereal there, maybe a yogurt--no real full meals. I have had no appetite w/this flu (a real first for me, trust!) and I was craving BK so I decided to let myself have it and just counted the points. I havent been over on points since I started this journey and I dont intend to go over now. And I think its OK to do that once in a while, especially under special circumstances, as long as you count the points. Who's with me?

Amy - I think you can eat any darn thing you want - as long as you count the points. If you eat a 25 pt sandwich and have to eat veggies the rest of the day, so be it! I've done that all along (eaten what I felt like and had the points for - not eaten 25 pt sandwiches) and I've done fine.

Ammi - YES! Life DOES begin at 40! At least I can tell you this...I'm way happier, more settled, more content and more secure and optimistic about the future at 42 (and at 40) than I was at 30! Not that I'm ageing gracefully! Nope - I'm being dragged into middle-age kicking and screaming! But when I don't think about how old I am - life is good!

Hello everyone!

Thank you all again for your positive comments and support. This is just a very rushed message before getting ready for work. Yesterday was pretty chaotic with school stuff. I had no planning periods, lunch duty and student teachers in to talk to, so basically I think I got 10 minutes to myself all day. Got home a little later, then had time to exercise, have dinner and shower before heading off to a school council meeting till 9:00pm. It hardly felt as though I had left the place!

I will catch up on questions and such either this afternoon or over the weekend. I hope that those of you who are ill are 'up' and feeling SO much better soon. Congratulations to those of you who are losing and commiserations to those who aren't. I'll join that second group. TOM is due next week, so the scales have even crept up a little today, which doesn't thrill me at all. Mind you... it could also be due to the fact that I have been 'nibbling' a little over the last couple of days. Healthy nibbles, but probably things that I don't really need. I am still in a bit of a funk, although things are improving a little there I think, just in time for TOM.lol I truly do think that a lot of the cause of my 'outpouring' earlier in the week was because I am feeing a little out of control emotionally. I know this is a wonderful group of people and I should have never felt that way, but sometimes we don't really know why we say or do things.

I hope you all have a wonderful rest of your week. For me, I'm just glad it's Friday as then the kids only have to put up with me for another day before they get a couple of days off. I don't think I have been TOO bad with them, but I really don't know. None of them have been crying, so I can't have upset them too much whilst in my 'moody' state.

Take care,

Zelma

ammi- thyroid is something that affects my family as well. that may be something i should look into. not having benefits SUCKS. thanks for the tips with austrailia concert info. im going for 2 and a half weeks with my best friend on her way home from her study abroad in ghana. we will be there from the 17th of dec past the new year. we were thinking of europe, but we are not winter people. and a european winter just doesnt sound fun. we will be backpacking and hostelling most of the time, so warmer weather sounds perfect. i think we have a layover in Fiji on our way home too. neat.


amy - i will post pics as soon as im not too lazy to go back to my car and get my camera.

nancy - i LOVE my class, and all the girls in it. its SO fun. when im done i will go on to Character deisgn and do prosthetics and wounds and make people bald. i cant wait!!

hello all

Amy- we have a absent policy that if you are off 15 absents you can get fired. And I get to keep track of everyones hours and absents. Lucky me.

We also have a crummy union I don't belong to it because I work in the office. But everyone complains about it.

We have to remember why unions came about, the bad working conditions , low pay and other stuff. So unions have there place in our history but now things have really changed, Im not pro union. But things have to move forward I know the union members I work with would really like to see it go but no one is willing to do anything about it.

good luck with everyones weight loss this weekend I know this is my hardest time of the week.