Good morning Ladies!! I have broken my platteu(sp) I am down 2# and one pound under my lowest wt. Sat is my official WI so If I keep up the good work I will finally beable to change my tickers!!! YAY!! I have to run the little girlies are still in their pj's

Happy Dance for everyone!!

Hi all,
I've got my walking started again, finally. Got around 1/2 hour in for 4 days, and missed Sunday.

It does make a dif in my desire for food, I think. Combination of appetite suppressant and not wanting to undo all that hard work. As you can see, I'm up too late, though.
Lori - I give you a lot of credit for your determination amongst the platters.
cac -speling don't count here
ups - under your lowest weight!!!!!

whoops, I meant to say Holly, not Lori. Lori gets lots of credit too though.

lisa your right thatnk goodness speling doesn't count here. I get enough of that at work. Where the supervisor thinks she is our teacher. I guess my reports most likely look better than ever and it does make me work a bit harder so she can't find errors! But what a pain it is somethings are taken way out of context! So I agree with you and thankful for it!
I have done the scale and finally moved it down 1 lb. on fri. I will take it. I might not meet my goal in 10 days but closer than before. Having a mini goal has been helpful. I have 10 days left to workout, watch my intake and keep working hard. 3.5 lbs. I will not make.But inches I have lost and with the little wt. too feel great. I bought my bathing suit for Hawaii yesterday and got a great deal. Glad I waited and saved like 30.00 dollars. It was nice to have a tan when I went to try the suits on. I think that made a difference as well. I had a pretty healthy weekend with eating. I had some fresh strawberries sliced up with lite cool whip for a snack last night. I purchased lots of healthy foods for the week veggies , shrimp, fruit etc. Tonight I will make some shrimp scampi when I get home with lots of garlic and some brussel sprouts on the side. Fat free jello with lite cool whip for dessert.
Have a great one everyone and lets keep it moving. Spring is around the corner. I gotta go to work now and make a few bucks. Only 7 more work days left and lots to cram in before I go away.

There are just too many things going on on the weekends! I have unsone all the weight loss from last week, but Lent is coming and it will be easier. All of you ladies sound like you are doing great!!! Keep up the hard work and soon we will all see the payoff!!

Carol - I was lucky enough to get to Hawaii - for my nephew's wedding. It is truly another world. Definately my favorite vacation. I never knew the hula could be so enticing - I just thought of it as a fast wiggle previously. Where in Hawaii?

Lisa I will be in Maui that is where my son and his wife are living. They have been there for about a year. They are about 30 min. from the airport. I can't wait and hopefully I am taking the right clothes. Hard to pack when its so fridgid cold here right now! I haven't seen them for over a year. They missed coming home for christmas too expensive. If you have any good ideas for the long flight or extras I should bring please share them with me. I would appreciate it. I am trying to gather my things together. One week from thurs is our trip. We are excited and it surely has motivated me diet wise and health wise. I am feeling good about that. I have tanned for the first time ever at the salon. It is fun and does make me look and feel better. It surely helped when I tried on new bathing suits. Have a great day everyone. Keep moving forward spring is coming soon!

Hello! I see that most people don't have there user names up. I want to take my name out. Do you have any advice? I tried going to profile but, it's not working.
Thanks.

Contact one of the administrators and see if they can help.

cac - it's Carol isn't it? Testing my memory from last summer.

We were in Maui!!!! Loved the little town of Paia or something like that. Stayed at the Maui Flower Farm. (see www.mauiflowerfarm.com)
Maybe you can get the weather forecast at weather.com for their town.

We were there in April, I think, so I can't help you. It was getting warm in the day but would be colder up on the volcano. Hope you get to bicycle down - wish I'd done that. Are you reading a travel book? It will help. That should tell you about the weather also. Leave room in the suitcases for souveniers. Bring home a few sarongs and a rain stick.
Elyse

Good morning ladies!

Cacmsc~It would be wonderful to go to Hawaii...But i can't complain, DH and went on a cruise to Mexico in Feb. It was absolutely the greastest feeing to drop out of 20 degree weather into the 70's and 80's. Because of the kiddies we were only gone a week, but it felt like it was longer. Enjoy your trip!!!

It was defitintel difficult to figure out what to bring, but I agree with lisi Don't forget enough room for souveniers! I ended up using my sister gift (shoulder bag) as a carry on because we ran out of room.

I am doing pretty good today! I went to bed early and DS did not have school today, so I did not have to get him up. I have been doing pretty well with this new fast. Hopefully I will be able to keep it up.

Have a great OP day!!!

We just returned from the garden of eden on feb 17th. It is gorgeous. We stayed in a condo in Kiehe, It went up to the mid 80's during the day and low 70's at night. It is very windy along the coastal areas with the trade winds and all.
There were about 2-3 days we couldnt sit on the beach or we would be sand blasted! The whales were in we were fasinated by them, went on a couple of whale watches. A must is Old Lahaina Luau. All in all we loved it there.
The prices are extremely expensive. You are lucky your son lives there. I hear there is alot of heavy rain and landslides now on a couplke of the Islands I dont know if its effecting Maui though.

Girls I just want to thank you all for the information. It is priceless to hear from others what you won't read in the books. I am taking an extra suitcase for bringing back goodies. I have to take some gifts to my son and his wife from other family members here. So it won't be empty going over or coming back. Lisa I love flowers and can't wait to look that up on the web. I haven't been working out for a few days plan on an early work out Tues. a.m. Last hurrah! But other than a pecan bar yesterday I haven't done to bad over the last few days. I am off to tan today and Wed. after work. Paying a few bills today to be free of stress during our trip. All arrangements are made for people caring for our house during our absence. I think I am going to get a puppy when we get back. I started looking I do miss having a little doggie in the house. Well take care if I don't get a chance to get back on here before Thurs. flight out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Carol

Carol -Maui Flower Farm is an estate and their website gives lots of good general info. Esp since your're down to the wire.
You must go snorkeling if you havent' been before. I jumped, went under, opened my mouth and said "Oh my God" in wonder, and got a mouthful of ocean!!!!!! Fabulous.

I walked for over an hour yesterday, at a good pace, I'm about a 20 min mile. Don't know why I later saw somewhere that a 45 min walk burns 100 cals. I can't believe its so low. Must be, esp at my weight, 100 per mile or 1/2 hour.

Did well op yesterday but not late. I have a late Dr appt for physical/fasting and I had a midnight snack which wasn't so low cal. But I'm sure the weight's going down again now.
Love all,
Elyse

Hi Ladies,

I am back at work today. Have to say I am happy to be out of the house and around some people. I have been home on the couch for 3 weeks! I am doing great! My surgery went well and I am so pleased with the result. This was a very hard thing for me to do but am happy I did it. With the amount of weight I have lost there was a lot of muscle damage and hanging skin and now my tummy is tight and fat as a board! I have not seen a flat tummy since I was 9 years old. I am about 3 1/2 weeks PO and feel good. I will be starting from scratch now on working out. I can walk and slowly will move into low level eliptical then at 3 months I can do abs and weights again.... I am happy to say he took off 10lbs if skin!!! yes 10 lbs.... I feel so much better and fit in my clothes right now. like Lori said, I had almost no pain. My tummy in numb and my back hurt from the pulling.

Aphil...... I had not heard! Congrats!!!

Hi Holly, I am so happy your back and feeling better. That is all that matters. I may see you at Myrtle beach. You know my DH got a harley and I am only like 2 hours from there! I will look out for you !

Lori glad your back...miss you and hope you make it down in May. It is so nice here in the spring and I am sooooooo ready to shop!!

Amie