Nori, I am sorry to hear about your nephew, and sorry for your sister having to go through all of this. I will keep you guys in my thoughts.

Jill, I hope all goes well with your father's procedures and that they can figure out what is causing his vomiting.

Vix - I know *exactly* how you feel with the "how's Phil" questions. Everyone always asks me if DH has a job yet/if he's done with his dissertation yet. I get tired of telling them no, not yet ... he's trying ... we're being patient... etc. Just shut the crap up already, huh? :p I hope you hear good things from his interviews!

sportmom - Ah, now I see the source of the confusion! Anna was talking about the tattoo I got on vacation when I went to Canada a month ago. that one is under clothing :)


Well, I did what I shouldn't do an mid-week peeked at the scale - and do not like what I see! I haven't made the best choices the past few days but could have been worse... I'm hoping it's mere water retention or something and that it goes away by WI this weekend. Le sigh. Hope others are faring better...

Jill, I hope you can find out soon what's going on with your dad. Waiting game is aweful. Hope he feels better soon

Well, plurk has died for me it seems. I cannot load the page :mad: I don't know if it's them or my work finally caught on and blocked it!!

KELLY-CONGRATS ON ONEDERLAND!!!!!!!!!!!! :carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot: Girl you are such an inspiration to me!!!!

Thanks Jennifer! You'll get there. I was heavier than you when I started and much shorter. Well, I can't do anything about the height, but the weight is moving:) I don't think I have ever inspired someone before. Thanks for giving me that feeling. I look forward to celebrating your re-entry into Onederland during one of our challenges.

:cheer3: :cheer3: :cheer3: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cheer3: :cheer3: :cheer3:

Way to go Kelly, that's AWESOME!

Ooooh you know what if the next challenge lasts as long as this one I may have a shot of making Onederland during that challenge. If I get my butt in gear. :D Man let me tell you when I hit Onederland I am going to take a pic of the scale and probably cry! And make you all worship me for a little bit ;) I know it must feel good to have someone be inspired by you . . . I'm glad I could be that person. :hug:

Congratulations, Kelly!

BTW....you should update those numbers so the whole world will know and can celebrate with you. You've come a long way baby...and 205 no longer applies!

hi everyone, back from my vacation. had a wonderful time and didn't want to come home. after everything Leo told me that I should've stayed there and found a job and that he would meet me up there. why didn't he tell me that earlier?! I totally would've stayed there. Well, better go and finish cleaning and resting.

Oh gosh, I'm so sorry to hear that Jill! I hope he'll be ok, that sounds so scary!

Hey Kelly, not really the people that had anything to do with him leaving. Just stupid co-workers, today I got asked about 5 times, no joke. I am just really short with people, beucause I don't want to be mean. But at the same time, it kills me EVERY time. :mad:

JILL - Glad to hear from you. I'm very sorry about your dad, your mom did the right thing pushing him to go to the ER. Thank GOD she did that! I hope you and Jeff have an awesome time with your parents.


TKGLENN - WELCOME BACK! We missed you!

Well, apparently my body is being shocked by *all the exercise* (really quite normal amounts!) I'm doing since getting back into my regular routine because I've ended up with bad headaches after every workout so far. Odd. Aside from that it feels good. Josh was unusually cruel to me in personal training today though. Lots of killer ab work and my legs felt like rubber bands once he was through torturing me!

I also picked up our first CSA box in 4 weeks today - we'd been gone so much I didn't want the produce to go to waste. Just to make you drool I'll share what a LOVELY array of organic produce was included: savoy cabbage, carrots, zucchini, red onions, nectarines, red plumsx2, black grapes, cherries, garlic scapes (what to do with these, I'm not sure?) raspberries, roma tomatoesx2, celery, collard greens and strawberries!!! My girls think it's Christmas and will now most certainly not eat a good dinner!

Wow - that's a special little boy! I've worked in peds off and on for14 years and I do notice a special-ness surrounding many families with sick children. Like an extra grace to go through what they must go through. My sister has an awesome support system - not necessarily of mothers with sick children - but friends in general. I'm sure the children's hospital is full of resources too - but I'll keep you in mind if she wants referrals.

Today they put a pic line in, did a lumbar puncture and gave 1 dose of chemo and ordered a battery of tests. No new news though.

I honestly didn't even think of that. They live 1 hour south of Portland and I'm not sure if it would have been easier to tell her to pack up personal items to last a long time and that he was admitting Lucas without telling her the reason? One of my other sisters was told she had cervical cancer over the phone - I always thought that was kinda inappropriate though.

Glad I'm not the only one!

That's sooo wrong! You're a huge inspiration - you just haven't heard it or been told it - but we all think it!

I will have a similar reaction I think!

WOW, Jill. That's scary. Bowel obstruction is a serious medical emergency. I hope he recovers soon.

Glad you had a nice trip. Was it Vegas? Your Mom lives there, right?

Hiya Bluesers! Better late than never,huh? I just realized that I forgot to come and post this morning.

Today was on-plan day...hmmmmm...23! I had to check the calendar. The scales have finally decided to cooperate with me and my modified C25K is going well. Hubby and I are looking into joining a local gym. I may be able to do that in the next 2-3 weeks. I'm looking forward to doing some weight training so that the inches drop. And, they have spinning classes! I might get brave and give those a shot.


Jill - I'm glad your Dad finally has an answer for his illness. I'll keep him in my prayers tonight and tomorrow.

Nori - that CSA box sounds absolutely yummy! And, it includes cherries! Have you priced cherries these days? At over $5 a pound, I can't justify buying them anymore. Enjoy! Hope the headaches ease up.

Vixjean - Hang tough. They'll move on to other subjects soon. I've found that people have short memories, which is sometimes a good thing.

Tanya - Welcome back! I was thinking of you earlier today and wondering how you were. So, a move to Vegas might be in hour near future? That could be an exciting change for your family.

Jennifer - I can't wait to celebrate Onederland with you!

Kelly - Oh my goodness! Lady, you have inpsired all of your Bluesers! I'm sorry that we've not told you so. People like you give the rest of us hope that we can do this, too. Thank you!:hug:

I have an NSV to share. About 6 months ago, I was really excited to buy smaller jeans and tops. However, I only managed to wear them for a 3 or 4 months before I grew too big for them. Well, last night...I put those smaller jeans and a smaller top on and wore them to the store. I wasn't tempted to buy anything off-plan for a sneaky treat on the way home.:D

Hope everyone has a nice restful evening.

Confession time..
 

you guys were 100% right about me.. i have been off track.. and depressed and off the rails.. but just not ready to admit it..

I have binged pretty much every day this week barr a couple since JOhn left..
I was feeling dreadful not sleeping.. and worried about our future..

I dont know if i told you guys but Leah hasd her first day of kindy and came home miserable with a rash form her butt to her ankles.. and i had hung the kindy teachers before talking to them.. and decided they let her go in the sandpit.. Im missing my hubby .. and found it hard to sleep the first night and started binging.. worrying about Leah.. worrying about my hubby and his job.. worrying about me going to work.. and feeling like i just couldnt be bothered with the whole challenge thing.. i did however keep exercising.. so that one good thing..

My eating of crap lead to me havibng a constant headache and me feeling likei was coming down withn a head cold..

The last 2 days i have been eating better but still had a binge on chocfolate yesterday.. the rest of the food was healthy.. and yesterday afternoon i felt soo tired from eating that chocolate. but otherwise was feeling good ..

Today i feel fantastic and had no cravings to binge or nothing..

sorry this post is so long but im not finished yet lol

This morning when i dropped Leah off at kindy i asked the teachers if she had gone in the sand becuase she had had a reaction.. and they said no and they had watched her like a hawk.(which made me feel alot better). but! the library had brand new carpet and they had spent 20 minutes sitting on that in the library last week and today they would take a towel for her to sit on to see if that made a difference.. and she came home rash free :) I felt like giving the teacher a huge bear hug today.. i was so pleased they were looking out for my baby .. They had baby chickens there today too.. and when they let the kids hold them.. they didnt give it to Leah and they didnt even know i was there.. so i feel like i can trust them 100% now.. ( i was outside peering in over the lockers.. )

and in other good news my pants and undies have been falling down... so today i went and bought some new clothes .. 5 sizes smaller then the last lot of new clothes i bought :) i have bought a couple of bits here and there that are smaller but not a great load.. i got 2 pairs of jeans size 18 6 pairs of undies size 18 .. 2 bras 18d ( one of which is a sexy one and matching undies .. watch out hubby lol) and sweatpants and jacket size 20 all for $150 and all brand new from target in the clearance :)...

The last time i had to go buy a load of clothes becuase nothing fit i was buying 26's and 28s... and they were on the tight side too.. :)

I am feeling great and promise too stay in touch with everyone.. sorry i wasn't honest but i just wasn't ready i suppose..

I am very glad that we found Jill and Amy!

Now,

Where the **** is my DORA!?!?