well everyone one of my boss' (I have 3 of them, one in my location and 2 at the other location) well one from the other location saw me today and mentioned that I must be losing weight......He said I know you have lost quite a bit of weight, you look real good. I mentioned that yes I lost about 20lbs and I was back to where I was when I started with the company. He said that I even look smaller than that..lol SO that was an odd, yet nice complement!!!

Shy, I remember when our son was little, he and my hubby would stand in our family room and watch lightning storms. Hubby did that so our son wouldn't be scared of them.

Nails. OH my. I seem to always have trouble keeping them looking nice when they do get semi-long. I had hoped to have them looking nice for my niece's wedding this weekend, but no go.

Still, way to go on the compliment!!!!! Doesn't it make you feel good?
I ran into some teachers that I worked with that I hadn't seen since I retired last year, and one of them yelled, "Hey! There sure is less of you!!!" I think the classes are helping me tone up more than I think they are.

thanks for the welcomes

Today went pretty well. I didn't get the chance to exercise but I plan to definitely do so tommorrow. I have to change what I ate today. I wish I could preplan what I eat and actually eat it but that never seems to workout the way I want it. I was out and ended up eating a salad at mcdonalds. then I came home and has one of my moms dinners. I still have to figure out how many calories was in that as well.

My legs have been really sore from doing lunges and such. I could barely go up the stairs without them aching!

Sweet-It is real hard when you first start to get used to pre planning and sticking to it. It took all of us time and we dont always get it right (Trust me!!)

I am at work again today....I made it through the whole day yesterday....and plan to today also. I am sure my DR would freak out if he knew I was back already....but I figure I sit at a desk all day...that is better than sitting at home....

Still, I am going to call your doctor and tell him!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tinky, congrats on the smaller size!!!! I agree with you about the weddings! We have 3 in the next 4 weeks, and then there is another one in October. That's all that I know of, but I kind of wonder if my nephew and his girlfriend might suddenly decide to get married. They've dated forever!

Aerobics class was good today. I didn't stay for the water aerobics class because we had a woman coming to the house to give us an estimate for some things we need done. She called and said she couldn't make it today! That was after I was already home and had missed the class. Disappointed!

GOOD Afternoon Ladies!

Tinky ~ That is fabulous news about the size 10. I am doing my best to follow in your shoes. Despite TOM I finally lost the pound I gained from starting and another. Finally down to 181 and hope to be down to 179 by Monday. Determination is finally setting in. It is amazing how deep I am having to dig to get moving again but I was sure glad to see that number for the first time in about a month. I will try to find you in Spark. I did a search with no success yesterday but maybe I wasn't looking hard enough.

Still ~ What a wonderful compliment. Keep up the good work and I am amazed your back to work already myself.

Sweet ~ Still is so right, it takes time to learn how to plan and sometimes even the best laid out plans fail. Just make the best choices that are available and be proud of yourself because you made a healthy choice.

I was telling Tinky, I am so happy that I lost the pound I gained from starting TOM and another pound to boot. I am down to 181, still hoping for 179 by Monday. Really feeling the determination coming on.

I went for a 30 minute walk so far today but need to do my sculpting and want to get at least 15 more minutes in. I love going for walks and its nice outside today. I have a beautiful campus to walk at because I work at a University. HEHEHE! They have to do all the work and I get to enjoy it.

Well I better get going and get some work done. Talk to you all later.

Tinky- 1 more size down is GREAT!!!!! Soon you will be in 8's!!! WOOOHOOO

I think I could probably pull off the 8's now, but it would really depend. I am not going to shop until I get out of the cast...so SEPTEMBER!!!!! But by then it should be a safe bet that an 8 will fit. Since my 10's and 12's are falling off..lol

Tammy- Please dont tell on me..lol I would go nutz at home all this time.....at least here there is a reason for me to NOT try to do so much...at home there is too much work to do so I wouldnt get any rest..lol So I am resting more here than there.....
I really used to like old style aerobics classes..they were FUN!


Grammy- I have that same nail problem. I should get some oil and a buffer like you....at least they would look nice.....good luck!
I love to walk too. Especially when the scenery is nice...sounds like you have a beautiful place to get lose in your thoughts while walking.....(I'm jealous!!!)

Still ~ The oil seems to be helping my nails and it is something I really struggle with and it makes me feel good when I even have any length. Odd I know. Another thing that seems to be helping is I started using Oil of Ola anti aging cream in the morning and I make sure my nails get a good coating of that. Not sure which is doing the most but if it takes both I will do it.

Yes, I do have a beautiful place to walk and I need to take more advantage of it and take different paths to see all the beautiful flowers. We have a "campus beautification" project that has been going on for a few years now. Each year they choose an area and beautiful it. I wish they would get the fountain turned on in the pond, I love walking past that but they don't have it on and the pond is getting yucky.

We also have some very interesting buildings that are fun to walk through. The newest has beautiful wood work and the one before that has all polished cement floors. Then the really old buildings have amazing wood work, ceilings etc. Then of course there are buildings like ours, BLAH! No pizzazz and either look very academic or hospital like.

I would go nuts sitting at home myself. I would see every spec of dust and have to clean it. During the summer I try to stay outside as much as possible and just do the basic cleaning. I am an outdoor person and go inside long enough to clean a little, eat, sleep and get ready. OH and go potty unless the leanto is more available. LOL! Just kidding for the most part. I have had to use it in emergency situations where the house was just to far away and I wasn't going to be able to make it.

Grammy
Oil is great for the cuticles but can be hard on thin week nails. Use the nylon and you will really see the difference. I break a nail and everyone runs for cover around here. I can't do a thing without my nails. Fake nails are really hard on your real nails. They are ok to replace a nail until it grows back or even for a special occasion but not something a person should wear all the time.

Sorry I haven't had much time to chat. I have really been getting the house ready for company. Well, not really ready for company I usually do this twice a year but since they are coming up I am getting it all done at one time this year lol. Have one side of a sheet of paper from a steno book left to do and then I am done :)

OK I am in pain today! I fell last night. Tripped actually...
I didnt hurt my bad leg....NOPE. it was the GOOD one, on my foot! So now I think because of the jarring...I am sore. But thankfully I do not have much to do today...just sit and answer the phone. My boss is gone today so that means it is a EASY day at work...YIPPY!!!!

I weighed in today. Didnt lose any...but didnt gain either....so I am HAPPY!!!!

Shy ~ Sounds like a lot to do. I will make sure I keep it on the cuticles and look for the nylon. I was doing the fake nails all the time until it became painful when they removed them. I haven't done them since. I am hard on even fake nails because I use my hands a lot. I remember one time saddling my horse and by the time I got on I had three fake nails sticking up and that was the day I decided I wasn't doing it anymore. Expensive, painful and just no worth it.

Look at my ticker, my body did it. I finally at down to 180 and anticipate tomorrow being at 179. Bye, bye 180's once again. I am not looking back only forward to seeing those smaller numbers. What out Tinky, here I come. Strange how seeing the numbers getting smaller just revs your fire up. Yes, I am doing it by eating egg whites and fish as my proteins but its worth it. P.S. I still eat chicken or turkey 2 of my small meals out of the day.

I found a wonderful combo for spicing my fish last night. I cooked Pollack in the microwave and put dill weed on it with celery seeds. It was really yummy but now I have to figure out some other combos so that I don't get sick of fish.

I already went for a walk this morning and did my upper and lower body sculpting.

Well better get going for now and I will talk to you all in a while.

OH MY GOSH Still! Don't do that, you can't afford for the other one to have problems to. I trip on things all the time and run into things. I always joke that I am wider than what my brain thinks I am so have to get this weight off. Hope it gets feeling better and the easy day sounds nice.

Grammy- I like your saying!!!! That is Tooooo darn funny!
Boy I think by next year (If I am lucky) I am going to have tons of 10-12's to give away. I have 5-8 pair of capris that are 10/12's and they are all just fallin off of me. I will keep them now for this summer since I need them to go over my cast but WOW I hope by next summer I wont be able to keep them up!

Tinky ~ I really think I give you to big of a head start and all the see is your dust. I will catch you but not until after you have reach your goal. All I can do at this point is follow your lead but I am alright with that. Just make sure you work those buns so I have a good view to look at. LOL! Just kidding.

Grammy, maybe when I am in Michigan in a couple weeks, I should stop and walk with you!!!

Shy, when you get finished with everything, come on over and start on my list!!

Still, I'm sorry that you are hurting! Take care!!

Ladies, I'm leaving tomorrow and will be home sometime on Sunday. My niece is getting married on Saturday.

Everyone have a great weekend!

Tammy ~ If you found the time that would be great. Just let me know if you want and we can maybe have lunch or dinner.

Still ~ I look forward to being that small and giving my other cloths away. I always try to replace mine ASAP so that I don't gain back anything. Seems like when they are to big I bounce around with my weight because I have room to grow.

OK, I released another pound this morning so I am officially back in the 170's, just barely but I am. LOL! I was 179 this morning. I had to get off and get back on just to convince myself it was true. So I reset my goal to be at 178 by Monday which means only 4 more pounds to lose to be back to where I was and that I lost 4 lbs this week so far. Very encouraging.

I don’t think I lost this fast when I first started the program but even when I first started I fought the fish and egg white thing. I guess when you get determined you will do any thing.

Last night for dinner, forgot how much I like this, I made a shrimp stir fry with rice. It was really YUMMY! Then today for lunch I cut up a leftover pork tenderloin and put it with hash browns, zucchini, onions, different colored bell peppers and mushrooms. I really like this combination also.

What an interesting morning. Caught another raccoon in the live trap that probably would have killed my chicks and two new pellet (step up from chicks but not full grown). Of course, DH isn't home to take care of the problem so I got DD up to help me move the cage away from the chickens because the hen that adopted the new babies was going insane trying to keep track of the chicks. Then DD went back to bed and her miniature horse got out so I had to catch him. GRRR! Thank goodness he isn't to hard to catch but it always amazes me how fast that little thing can run. So I was late to work this morning.

Well I better go and get some work done. I will check in later.

well...I am back...I hope for good this time. I have had a rough time lately. I went back up to 180, My entire famliy has been sick for 2 weeks now, I am so behind on my house work I look at my house and just cry, my great grandmother isn't going to live much longer she is gonna be 98 this weekend!! they don't think she will make it passed this weekend but I can't visit her because strict rules on the seniors home about sickness and my family is visibly sick. they said if it gets really bad they will try quarenteening an area for us. I started the diet again tuesday and I am 174 as of today which is nice but sucks when I see how far I could have been...*super jealous tinky* I am also excited because I went for an interview this week to be a backup freelance photograpehr for the local newspaper...I got the job pending a trail assignment tomorrow I am nervous as heck because its a politcal picnic put on by city council and some really important people will be there. anyways I am trying to pick myself up but I am really depressed lately. and for some reason the difference in my body between 171 and 180 is huge because even my husband noticed I looked alot bigger *he didn't say anything until I started going back down again* I am a big mess right now and I am hoping I can pull myself together again

I hope all of you are doing well...I see tinky is!!!!

Nic

Irish- I Hope you and your family are feeling better soon. Your grandmother will be in my thoughts! Relax and take a deep breath. You are doing fine...I mean even I feel off the wagon for 9 months 1 time!!!! Cost me 20lbs but I am back!!!!

Irish ~ BIG BIG HUGS! http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n..._2008/Hugs.jpg

You can't do anything about the past and beating yourself up won't help you bit. Look where I am, I was all the way up to 186 at one point and I am back down to 179. Once I finally stopped looking back, started looking forward and working my program, I started losing again. By then Tinky left me in the dust. LOL! I am determined to give her a run for her money however. I may not win but I am not out of the race yet. You can join the race and lose with us. I have missed you and I am glad you are back and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Grammy-that is funny..I always tell people that if I had enough money I would pay some DR to put everything back where it belongs and take everything that doesnt belong on me OFF of me. (like fat, cellulite, ect..lol)

But I guess I have to do it the hard way since I am far from being rich and can not seem to win the lottery!

Still ~ I hear on winning the lotto but I don't think I want to be rich, to much responsibility. I would rather just be wealthy. LOL! Rich people have people crawling out of the wood work asking for money but you can hide wealth a little.

Grammy
I learned to say no to my mooching relatives long ago. Doesn't matter if I had one dollar or 20 million I would still say no lol.

Still
If I had the money the one thing I would do would be to put the cousins back where they belong lol.

Tinky
Is the very reason I go to good will. Clothes are cheap there. It can be very expensive if we buy new clothes for every size we get into. I have a to do list everyday ( so does everyone else in the house ) and I do not sleep until everything on the list is done. This cleaning is special. It includes scrubbing walls and ceilings and things like cleaning out the crawl space. Things that only get done once a year. We are also remodeling the down stairs 1/2 bath.
irish
Sorry things have been so rough for you. I too understand about wanting to be where I should have been before I started taking the meads. We just can't think that way. We will make our selfs crazy. All we can do is stay on track and the weight will come off.

Tammy
I will have everything done and my hair and nails done by next Friday morning. I will be gone for three days. You know what my house is going to be like when I get home Sunday night lol. It won't be bad, the kids aren't that bad BUT it will not be in the shape I left it. Company gets here Tuesday afternoon ( the 8th ). That means I will have Sunday after I get home and Monday to have everything done again lol. I gave myself this month to not exercise like I was so I had plenty of time to get everything done. I told myself starting the 7th I have to start to exercise back on schedule. I have a feeling the 7th is going to be a very busy day trying to get all the exercise in and get everything caught up lol.

That is what I am talking about SHY...putting the "girls" back! Gravity is a PAIN especially when your dealing with gaining/losing weight...

Agreed! One thing I hate is that you can't pick where the weight comes from... sometimes it comes off in places where you want it to stay, and it stays in places where you want it to come off. Let's just say my chesticles are shrinking, and I'm left feeling a little deflated. When I get to my goal weight I think I'm going to have to... you know, replace the lost volume. :dizzy:

Still
I wish mine would go away. In 52 pounds I have gone from a 42 to 39. Bra size is from a 42 d to a 38 d. I am lucky I have most of my bras hand made for me so they fit nicely. I can't find store bought bras that really fit nice. I only buy the sexy bras lol. I only started out at a 34 B lol. They just won't go away. When are the darn things going to leave? Everyone complains that is the first place they lose weight. I am losing all over pretty evenly and I wish they would just go lol.

Shy- who makes your Bra's? Maybe I need to check into something like that. I have fluxuated from a 44DD to a 36C to a 38DD to a 36DDD

My poor "girls" do not know where they belong anymore. And they are heavy so they are droopy :(

Still
From my first training bra they were hand made for me. The lady that made them retired and now her daughter makes them. She is getting older now and only has about a dozen of her old customers that she makes them for. I have no idea what I am going to do when she just can't do it anymore.

Hello all!
Bras really are a pain, aren't they? I find one that I like, and then after I buy several of that type, I don't like them anymore.

My niece's wedding was very nice. My hubby became ill on the way, so we turned around, brought him back home, and then I went on my own. I didn't do bad with all of the food, and I used up lots of calories on the dance floor! What fun!!! My left knee and ankle are paying for it though.

I have class in the morning, so I'm still sticking with it. Need to pay more attention to the calories. I think I will be lowering the number for several days.

Good morning, all!

I've been away from calorie counting and the gym for a year which led to a ten-pound gain. Amazing how quickly you can get out of your groove.

So I'm back to this, looking for the 119-pound mark and all the joys it has to offer.

I'll post my calories tonight. Doing so makes me accountable and it's actually quite fun.

Have a good day, ladies!

Tammy-I am sorry about DH not feeling well. That sux! I hear ya about dancing then the ankle/knee paying for it the next day...that is how I am too.

I am ok today...just got to work and thought I would catch up. I have to drive to my DR tonight for my appointment tomorrow (5 hour drive). I get my splint off and get my regular cast on (WOOHOO). I am excited, my leg itched SO bad last night. I think it is the stiches, they are surely ready to come OUT!!!!

Still and Shy ~ My doctor already told me that if my girls are not smaller after I lose the all the weight then something has to be done about it. He feels that they are causing posture problems and eventually back problems that can be prevented with them being made a normal size.

I am still a DD. The size around keeps getting smaller but not the cup. I hope mine do what Tinky's do and shrink at least into a D.

Tinky ~ Amazingly with this program I stay on plan all week and then the weekends I end up playing at least one meal which can be a disaster. That is one reason I don't weigh in on Monday's. I give my system a day to normalize as much as possible after the weekend. I remember you have your big day coming up and I would be in a panic trying to get as small as I could before the date just like you are. For me, I am just sick of being overweight. I am 40 years old and have had a weight problem since I was 12, before that age I was to thin. I am just tired of fighting it and its time that it just happens.

Still ~ You are healing amazingly fast. Good to hear they are switching casts already and its nice to see a face with the name. You are beautiful!

Diva ~ WELCOME BACK! You always lose so fast when you get determined to get it off.

Well I better get going. I just finally got a little break here at work. Monday, I think that says it all.