Ammi~ Yep I was joking about the rain, However, I notice that birds dont need to crap and it dont rain, untill I do sucha a task..... I swear as I was drying off my truck today , a splat ocurred A TER-A-DACT-UL flew over, I did not see it but deed It left me its call sign,, some big *** bird it must have been lol

Misti~ Glad you got your deck washed. Hope you dont get a sniffle since it was cold and rainy/ On the Wal mart note, well 4 or 5 counties goes to one Wal mart here and it is always super crowded, and I dont feel the prices on what I need are all that great. we had a food lion for a bit but Wal mart beat them out. Now Food Lion,,, I like, and Kroger.. but WalMart is just so monopolized here, but it takes me 45 minutes to get to any place like that. I live up a hollor...

Maria Lucia - Your dance class sounds like it will be great! I really admire you signing up for it!!!


teahoney - I am like you with goals that have deadlines. If I set timelines they seem to tend to backfire on me. Good luck to you making it to 286!

Ammi - I am with you in celebrating the booting of Kellie Pickler. I like everyone who is left now. My guess is Chris Daughtry is going to win. That seems to be who they are pumping this year. I vote for Elliot though. I just love him and think he seems like the nicest guy ever!

SueMarie - I remember you. I was here before, left, and am now back. Glad to see you back too. Way to go on graduating with honors!!!


Seems like we have several American Idol fans on our thread. I need to find the picture I have of me with Simon and post it. OK, it's not really Simon. It his wax figure at Madam Toussaud's in London. I went there 2 years ago (and over 100 pounds ago). He is so realistic looking. I have the picture framed in my office for kicks and lots of people think it's real when they first look.

Hello Ladies!

MsCrockett– Before I started posting my first time, I sat back and read all the forums about the different diets out there. I tried Atkins, looked into Lindora and Weight Watchers… in the end I decided counting calories was a good route for me. So between counting calories and exercising, it’s been a pretty good plan. I’m hoping to take some nutritional courses this summer if I can (or got time). I’ve seemed to do pretty good on it, even when I was off, I didn’t really gain too much back. Congrats on that 53lbs! My hardest part to this is finding the time to put in the exercise. I do long days during the week and sometimes things get blurred together and I loose my sense of direction at times hehe… Glad to meet you too

AmmiUK – Hi there! I remember you *big hugz* I think the medication I was on had something to do with my weight gain as well. I’ve recently stopped taking them so we’ll see what this does for me. Good luck! Determination is running strong!

Xena2005 – your name sounds familiar… glad to see you back as well. It’s a great support system here…

Take care ladies,

Looking forward to seeing all the “Loosers”!

Hey folks. I’ve missed the last 6-8 threads, so that’s about 200 posts or more. If I miss you in my catch-up, I truly hope you’ll forgive me. If I don’t miss, but I bore you to tears, I’m sorry for that, too.

CATHERINE! GARNET! Where in the hay are YOU!?!?!

KAYLEY – Just saw your pics and there sure IS a change. You’ve lost some apple to your cheeks, and you’re definitely slimming down and toning up!!! You are SO cool and doing SO well!! And all of us KNOW how much work it was and how quickly you’ve done it and with what total commitment! To see you changing your life the way you are, it makes my heart sing. <hugs!> I’m so sorry that the Courthouse job didn’t work out for you =( Good luck with those other interviews! Fantastic job on all that jogging. I was doing so much walking for a while that it wasn’t getting my heart rate up, so I started jogging just little stretches at a time, and it felt WONderful to be able to do that. You have to be excited about that kind of improvement in your health!!!

MS CROCKETT!! Next time SMILE for those pics! What a difference!! It’s so exciting! That does it. Pictures tomorrow. Bad ones are better than no pics. I’ll have some taken with me and my boys, and DH says it’s easy to upload them. You cracked me up with your bird doo-doo woes.

MARIA LUCIA. Along with the joy and the strength that we share on this site, there are posts that make me weep, as yours did about the picture at the Gala. It ripped my heart, because I’ve been there. I am there. I can only get thru it by knowing that there are so many people that love me – ME from the inside, Who when they look at me, see my smile and love to hear me laugh or cheer them on, or look forward to my support or advice. I have a picture on my living room wall of me standing next to my beloved little Nina on her horse when I had coached her to high point at the county fair. I had forgotten they had taken it, but she gave it to me for Christmas signed “To my Horse Mom, Love, Nina & Goose.” When I first saw it I was so TORN by revulsion at myself, and love for this little girl who loved me back. I hang it now and remember to see what SHE sees: someone she loves, trusts, relies on. I hope you know that L. and the rest of your friends see you, the REAL you, that brings them joy to be around, and they will never quite understand your self-loathing because they can’t possibly feel that way about you themselves. The rest of the world just doesn’t matter. This post is a week late, and I hope that feeling has already passed for you. But I’m on my second tissue and I had to say something. I’m glad you’re here. I’m glad we’re all here, because I also understand how we can bare our hearts here, when we can’t in the …’real’ world. Now, let’s all go get a piece of Twisted Tornado Bubble-Yum and go watch a bird fly, knowing that that’s the real us! *** I’m just dying to hear about the dance class. It sounds like awesome fun! I was intimidated by that kick-butt exercise class I went to last month, and it was really hard, but people were wonderful and I loved it. I just wish I could keep going. LET US KNOW>

MOMOF2GIRLS, ELAINE, YORUBAPRINCESS1 – WELCOME!!! And all you lurkers, we know you’re out there – SPEAK UP!

ELAINE – WHAT? That yutz won’t be working any time soon, will he? HA! I used to work for a temp agency in Buffalo & Atlanta areas called Durham. I’ve worked through them, too. Since I’m studying H.R. right now I had thought of doing what you do, but MAN, it seems like a tough job.

JILL – Sounds like you had a naughty weekend at the wedding, and I hope you enjoyed every special moment of it. Sorry work sounds so insane! … Let me get this straight, you can wear a STRAPless bra!? I’m so jealous! If I tried that it would just flip right down to my middle.

AMMI – I hope the new meds are working the way they should! It’s so good to see you twinkling like your real self again. You’re right about having a meltdown – after that the only way to melt is UP. <huh??> I hear you about the shopping taking it’s toll on feet & legs, too. At Christmas there’s a huge sale in Cleveland in a convention center with a concrete floor. For years I dreaded it because of all the time I begged off to sit down, and I was still in such pain. This past year was my first year in a long time of really enjoying it. I hope with the new meds you’ll soon be back on your way down the scale! As for handbags, I can keep mine on my right shoulder, but Never my left. I always thought it was my weight too. *** You really sound great these days! I hope it just keeps getting better and better for you!!!

SHARON VooDoo, I missed the post about your friend, but I’m getting the gist of it. My heart goes out to her, and I’m glad she has you to lean on.*** Congrats on the black jeans NSV> That’s great!!! And it had to feel woooonderful!

Happy Holiday! To our lovely ZELMA! I hope all that messy school-stuff is done and you can concentrate really hard on partying! Have I mentioned how much I LUV your new avatar yet?!

ShrinkingChica – CHARLOTTE, HI! I don’t know that we’ve met before. That’s an impressive ticker you’ve got!!! Just a snick short of a whole 100 GONE! Congrats!

TRACEY, I sure hope your ankle is better soon. It’s awful to have the will and desire to work out or whatever, and then to not even be able to get around.\

Thanks BRENDA & MTM/Charlotte for bringing up the rhubarb recipe. I have a bunch growing at the house, and I’ll make that stuff tomorrow. Good Luck with that month at Curves, Brenda. I hope it works out for you and you enjoy it! AWESOME job on the -11 pounds, too! Bravo!!

HI DOGPAL / ANNIE!! Here I am, sorta. A HUGE, FANTABULOUS BRAVO on that workout. I hope you don’t have too sore muscles tomorrow, but the stretching really helps that.

AMY / Violet – Yup, we want the exact same thing – Exactly what we want, the Way we want it, NOW. Nope, I see nothing wrong with that at all! <BG>

HI XENA! Glad you’re checking in!

ZELMA – I’m always tickled to see more of your pictures. I just shake my head and say “Holy smoke!” Loved the new hair color. I don’t have the guts anymore to try new shades, I just keep trying to get rid of the grey, but yours looked so pretty! You inspire in more ways than one – thanx!! Sounds like you had a good time at the casino regardless of everyone else’s dressed-down state. *** WOW – just got a look at the ½ woman picture. AMAZING.

MEL – I like the way you catch up –one word at a time. Next time I’ll try your technique – it will save me hours, and won’t bore the list! I don’t know how to tell you how cool it is that you’re seeing that change in your mirror – Here’s a WHOOP WHOOP for YOU!!! That is just so neat!

PATTI – Great NSV! May your pants keep falling off!! – you know what I mean

VICKI – I hope you unfreeze and hit those workouts again. 238 – I am dying to get where you are! I hope there aren’t anymore car problems this week to interfere.

NANCY – That’s incredible about losing off your thighs. I’ve been told that arms and thighs are the slowest places to lose. Catherine said she lost from the top down, too. CONGRATS to you!!!!

Welcome back SUEMARIE! Glad to hear that your taking control again, and WOW! A MAJOR CONGRATS on that degree!

BrandNewMe, Catherine, Christineau, Futurediva, Garnet, Heather, Julee , Lilion, Luan /PrincessPuffyPants, Misti InSeattle, Mom2FiveSweeties, Sandi D, Wyllenn, Xena -HELLO to all!!

OK. That was my best shot at catch-up. As for me, I'm finally beating the blues I've been in for the last couple months and I've been back on track the last few days, with only a few slips, like toast this a.m. with breakfast. My fellow S-Beachers would be ashamed of me.

I had a lovely-nasty scale adventure this week. One day I was in Dallas and I weighed myself. Then I drove about 2 hours and 100 miles, and when we stopped I weighed myself there. I had LOST 8.5 pounds in only two hours!! Of course, we changed direction after that and I gained 9 back by night fall. Shows you how different scales can be. They were all different manufacturers too. Oh well.

Anyway, we're home for a few hours, so I'll weigh in for the 2x2 a day early on my home scale. YIPPEE! Time with the horses!!! I already have 3 lessons scheduled, and I love doing that, but I have to find time for my own boys this time. I hope it doesn't rain, but it probably will. Then we're off to ALabama again. It's still good to be home, even for a few hours.

Thanks for the welcome! And hey if that "skinny butt" Zelma can post here, I can!!!

Ammi and MsCrockett... yah my feet are getting warm with the help of heavy socks. And as for getting sick... LOL we Seattleites are VERY used to the rain and it is a common joke here that if you carry an umbrella you might as well paste a big sign on your back that says "tourist!" We don't let the rain stop us much!!

And Ammi... hey those 30 pounds will be GONE before you know it!! Hang in there! It is hard for me to believe I have lost 32 already!!

LOL Valerie... hope you get good results on your home scale!!!

Yah that Kayley is really shrinking, huh? Kayley you look GREAT and I am so proud of you!

As for American Idol at this point I would have to put my vote in for Taylor... but I think Chris will win!

good morning everyone. i finally lost that little pound that has been sticking around! i am not gonna weigh again til friday!

Yay! bye bye you mean old poundie! Now stay away from toofatforu and all the rest of us too! And don't come back!!

Valerie~ Thanks for checking out my pics and giving me feed back.. Are you on Phase 1 right now? Your scale adventure sounds exactly like something that would happen to me,, love how you worded it.. and the Teradactul,, I think they may be real around my neck of the woods.. lol,, I hate getting my picture taken and I am sure that is why I dont smile.. I will work on that ,.

Sue Marie~ That is an awesome Idea about some nutritional classes,, this is the Second diet I have ever been one, 4 yrs ago or a little more, I went on the Atkins diet, lost 100 lbs, got obsessed with the last 15,, then I blew the diet and it took a depression over gaining weight back and then some, a lot of soal searching,,and this web site to finally get me to commit to another journey, This time however, I am focusing on healthy for me , the weight loss is the bonus.. Before the only reason I wanted to diet was only to lose weight and to 'finda MAN",, Well I succeeded in both, but I became fat and alone after I blew the diet,............ ahhhhhhhhhhhh so now IT IS ALL ABOUT CROCK>>>

Misti~ I hear ya on the rain,, lol at the umbrella tourist thingy..

Hello All,

Well I did sleep in rather late today, um lunch time to be exact, but.....it wasn't because I was feeling down it was because I was darn tired lol. I didn't go to sleep until gone 4 am, I ended up chatting on yahoo to a lovely friend of mine in KY. I could have talked all night but my body was saying, sleep, sleep, you must sleep lol. So anyway here I am.

I decided last night what my reward to myself will be when I have lost that 30 lbs to get me into Twoderville. I am going to go to the hair salon. Right now I can only just about fit in the chairs, and it's so uncomfortable. Also they have FULL length mirrors in front of you, and I hate seeing myself bulge out under the arms chairs. So 30 lbs gone and I will go there again. I am thinking aobut getting a fringe (bangs). It's just I am 38 in July and I am still wearing an alice band (head band) to keep my hair out of my eyes. I feel like I look like an old woman trying to look young epsecially if I am with Caleigh as she too wears a head band, but that's ok, she's 14. The only thing not making me 100% about getting a fringe is the cost of keeping it short. I can't cut straight to save my life, and neither can Daren, so he couldn't do it for me. Hair cuts over here are so expensive, I tend to normally only go once a year!!! But regardless, even if I don't have a fringe, I will still go to the salon as a reward.

Crock - that was SO funny what you said about the bird, good job you didn't see it dropping it's load and that you didn't have your shot gun at the time lol, bye bye birdy

Xena - yay I am glad you vote for Elliot, it seems most people prefer Chris and Taylor. If I could vote I would vote for Elliot, he has such a unique voice, and he seems such a nice guy. I am going to really not like the next 5 weeks because now it's always going to be one of the good guys that are going to be voted out. I can't remember an older American Idol where I liked 4 out of the last 5. I want them all to win.

I hope you will post that picture of you and Simon's wax model, it's amazing how realistic a lot of the models at Madame Tussauds look. I went there many years ago and at the time Arnie was the talk of the town, so I had my photo taken with him. When I went to Vegas we went to the wax works there and this time I had my photo with Mel Gibson, Gerard Depardieu (sp) and Bruce Springsteen. Daren had his taken with John Wayne, Mohamed Ali, Bob Hope, and Patrick Stuart. Now if only these were all the real people lol.

SueMarie - glad you remembered me Isn't it amazing how much taking medication can effect us when it comes to weight gain, or slow weight loss. I won't know for sure if mine was behind it for me, but even if I find it wasn't, I am glad I changed the meds because these ones are working so much better for me. I hope you will find that your change of meds will be better for you in all aspects including weight loss.

Valerie - so lovely that you posted here while you had the chance. I miss hearing from you while you are away.

Thank you for being so pleased that I am getting back to my old self. I never dreamt that the medication change would make such a big difference. People in the past have said they started taking an anti depressant and how good it made them feel, and I would think, hang on, I've been on them for a few years now and I have never had them make me feel good. But these new ones, they aren't like happy pills or anything, but the fact that I don't want to and CAN'T sleep unless I am tired, well that shows me what a great job they are doing. Now if I could just stop crying at the drop of a hat I'll be even happier. I have always been an emotional person, but the littlest thing sets me off now. Like the other day on American Idol, Katherine was singing, and they showed her dad in tears in the crowd, and then I started, for goodness sake, even typing it here is bringing tears to my eyes LOL. I am so daft.

How are things going with you now. Last I heard you were having serious thoughts about your relationship because of losing that farm and your hubby wanting to get into more debt with some other idea which would mean you would not be able to give up working on the truck. I should go back for all the details, but I can't remember how far back I would have to look, lol. Anyway, I hope things are ok now, and that you will be able to give up working on the truck sooner rather than later.

Oooh that's too weird for me trying to wear a shoulder bag on my right shoulder, I am sure I must have tried it in the past, but I think I will try it again just to see if it will stay on that one. It sure refuses to stay on the left

That's too funny about your journey on the scales, but like you said, it does go to show how much different scales and brands differ. I have a nice new set of Salters scales now, and I weigh tomorrow morning to see if I lost any weight last week. Boy am I nervous!!

Misti - I am afraid I would be considered a tourist everywhere I go if carrying an umbrella shows you up as being one lol. Even on a hot summer day I will have my umbrella in my bag! You might think WHY, but put it this way, on one of those hot summer days I know one lady that would have been better off if she too had carried one. She was all in white, no knickers or bra, and how do I know that, because it poured down, she got soaked, and all and sundry could see she had on no underwear. Poor woman. So anyway I prefer to be safe rather than sorry :

That's great that you have lost 32 lbs already, are you noticing the difference? How long has it taken you to lose it?

I do like Chris in American Idol, but I really really wish that Elliot or Taylor would win the competition. I wish I could vote online for them, I would be on half the night voting away

Patti - tell me, after every work out you have done since you gained that 1 lb, have you been jumping on the scales It's just the way you said, right, you have finally lost that 1 lb, and now you won't weigh again until Friday. I couldn't help but smile at the image of you being so determined to get that little blighter off and weighing again and again until you had seen you had done it Good on you for being so determined

MariaLucia - I hope the reason you haven't written today isn't because you are so sore from that dance class that you can't move!!! I hope it all was fun and not too muscle killing and that you will write and tell us about it soon.

OK time for me to go write some emails, so off I toddle Hope everybody is having a good Sunday.

Hugs,

Ammi

i tell you guys if my hubby dont hurry and get back on the road that mean ole pound will come back! why do men have to eat ?/why why why?

yes i have been getting exercise jumpimg on the scales lol! gotta stop that! just 17 more pounds and i will be outta of the 300 wahoo! if i could just keep my hubby on the road lol

Patti - you made me laugh when you said yes I was right you had been working out then jumping on the scales Wow just 17 more little lbs and you will be in the 200s, I bet you can't wait. I know I can't wait for that to happen for me either. It's been so long since I have weighed under 300 lbs that I have forgotten when it was. I do know one thing, when I hit 299 I am never going upwards again, down down down from there all the way. I am sure you are planning on the same.

What job does your hubby do that gets him out on the road? I know what you mean about it being easier to diet when it's just you that you have to worry about feeding. I often make the girls something yummy because I don't see why they should miss out on treats just because I can't have them, but it does kill me to see all that delicious food. Hubby isn't so bad because he is semi dieting with me. I am doing the WW plan, he just barely eats in the day and has all his food in the night. So while I am there with my nice low fat meals he might be tucking into a cheese cake after having say burger and chips with the girls Anyway, be strong and don't let that nasty lb creep back up on you.

Hugs,

Ammi

I know what you mean, Ammi... I was at my highest weight ever and when I hit 298 I thought yikes I do NOT want to go over the 300 mark. Whew, I made it but just by the skin of my teeth! That was toooooo close!!! Hang in there... you will be out of those "3"s soon!

Valerie - Hi there! Nice to see you popping in again. Hey, next time you are driving through Dallas be sure to wave at me. That's where I live!


Misti - That is so funny you mentioned the umbrella thing and tourists in Portland. I am reading a book set in Portland and the character said the same thing about umbrellas and tourists.


Crock - That's right, girl. This has got to all about you! For you and NO ONE else!!

Ammi - I will post my Simon photos as soon as I find them. I know I have other ones too from Madam Toussaud's.....Pierce Brosnan , Hugh Grant, the Beatles.



Didn't get as much cleaning done yesterday as I would have liked to. I got so sleepy mid-afternoon that I just had to take a nap. Did do some grocery shopping and found some snack cakes that are just two points. The brand is Snackaway and I found them at Wal-Mart. I bought one that is a knock-off of Twinkies and I swear they are just as good as the real thing. The other one was a knock-off of Little Debbie's oatmeal pies. They were good, but not quite as good as the original. Still, not bad for 2 points.


Last week I heard from a guy friend of mine I have not seen in a while. He emailed me. Well, I had emailed him first with a joke I knew he would think was funny. Anyway, in his email he said he would call me this weekend. And I panicked because I am desperately afraid he will want to get together for dinner or something and I cannot see him at this weight. I know that probably sounds stupid, but I don't want him to see me 100 pounds heavier than last time! Well, he did call yesterday but I just let him leave a message. I feel so bad about that. I want to call him back to chat today but I'm still afraid he will suggest we get together. I'm so mad at myself for having done this to myself (gain the weight). Now I feel like I must hide from people. On some level I hate myself for it.