Theo'sgirl~ Its a gift shop in the front half of the store. Sort of a northwoods/Adirondack(Muskoka for the canadians) theme. Thats why I thought Brenda's antler ring would be something pretty cool to introduce here in Buffalo. Hubby has the back 1/2 of the store and we run a sign business as well. Window signs, sandwich boards, window lettering, car lettering...stuff like that.

Hi Everyone,
Today it's sooooo cold here.. brrrr.. Whats up with the snow I thought it was all over with! arg.
Yesterday I took a lazy day, I didn't work out and I went over my 20grams by 2 ... *sigh* TOM is taking it's toll on me this time around for sure. But today is a new day and so far so good and I really want to squeeze in a workout before the kids get out of school. I pretty much talked myself out of it yesterday, oh my leg hurt, oh im tired, oh blah blah.. not today!

Brenda - Yup I agree.. Stay away from that scale before you lose all sanity I jump on it every Wed. for WI and maybe on sat or something .. I'm sure if I did everyday I'd be pulling my hair out by now.

Karen - I hope little one feels better, I just hate it when the babies get sick

Cat -

Jdog - Great job staying OP! I have a hard time keeping up with posts as well, so much to do so little time always it seems.

Leenie -

Theo - Enjoy your sunny days! If you ever get tired of them I'll trade you for sure

Sped - Great News! I haven't had the courage to get my lvl's checked ever.. but soon I'm going to go in for it. I know I had to have had high chol. and diabetes also run in my family. Hopefully Atkins has straightened me out before I ever knew anything was wrong.

Jane - Did they change any of the ingrediants in those pita's? Strange isn't it.

Robin - Welcome aboard.

Genghis - Stop worrying about your bathing suit and have a great time! You wont be the only one on that beach concerned about themselves and you shouldn't let it effect your fun on vacation

Tummy - I simply cant wait to drop 56lbs. I think about how good I'm feeling now at 25 and I try to imagine double that feeling. It would put me into onederland! YEAH!!

South - Great job on your first OP day! I tend to get picky when it comes to my carbs in dressings. I usually just take a bottle of Walden Farms with me.. they have great 0cal 0carb 0sugar dressings. But if I'm on the road I try to stop at Wendy's... Great salads and their ceaser has 1g or Hardee's for their Low Carb Burger (minus the ketchup of course)

Well everyone I'm running out of time.. eep! Must get some movement in today so I'll try to make it back on later. Have a great day!

OK.. So I didnt get here until Afternoon... At least I got here today!

TYler is doing MUCH better today! The zyrtec is helping I think!!!

I am wearing this new shirt today for the first time and I have already gotten three people telling me that I am looking even thiner. I havent gotten on teh scale as I am STILL waiting for TOM but heck.. I am thrilled to get the compliments!!

Thanks for all the welcomebacks! I promise to get more personal later... but I really need to get cracking on laying out a new crochet book.



I almost forgot! I went to the dr last week and got my bloodwork back too! My cholestoral went up.. but not by much.. BUT the insulin is under control and my tryglicerides are down to 40 from 99 last year! THe doctor is THRILLED!!!!

It gets pretty hard to do personals at the tail end of the day. I try to keep up but it's really hard!!
hi everyone.

I forgot to mention: I got the best compliment yesterday. The teacher whose room we use for Brownie meetings looked at me and said "every time I see you there's less of you there." That was SOOO cool. Now maybe if I get decent sleep I'll be in a better mood about the stupid scale thing. And I need to quit obsessing about it. DH says "forget what it says. The weight's coming off and you look fine the way you are." I love ego boosters on a bad day!!

Congrats to the people that have excellent DR reports. Some day soon I'm thinking of going and getting my cholestrol re-checked. I had it done like 4 months before I started Atkins so it should be interesting.

Ladies I am happy to report (and Brag) that it is 66 degrees and SUNNY here in Portland I am going out in the back yard to clean it up and mow the lawn!!!! YIppeeeee

Karen: happy baby is better and great job on your bloodwork!!!

Brenda I am happy you are ditching the scale for awhile...we all have a tendancy to look at the #'s too much and over analyze it !

Robin sounds like a GREAT store! The antler rings would be perfect!!! They sound beautiful the way Brenda described them!

Hi to everyone else who came in after me this AM!!

OMG! I need to get ALL new shorts for the summer! It is a balmy 66 here in Seattle today to! And I put on my shorts that were tight last summer (12s) and they fell off me! Good thing I was in my bedroom at the time and not out at the store or school!

ROBIN! Good to see you here! You were doing BFL werent you? Did it not go well?

well thought I would check in.. I will come back again later!

TG and Karen: Enjoy that warm weather!

TG: You've made some great progress lately. I just looked at your stats. Way to go, girl!! Keep it up!

Karen: Exciting news about the shorts! I'm not a big shorts wearer even though it shorts weather year-round here. Maybe eventually I will be. I'm starting to feel a little more confident about my legs.

Brenda: I know it's hard not to rely on the scale. I do. TOPS is good for me because it keeps me on track. I know I have to weigh-in every Monday night. At the same time, if I stay the same weight or gain, I feel like I've failed. The scale is the only judge of progress there, so I'm very reliant on it. But, I try to look at other non-scale victories, too, like clothes fitting looser, muscle definition, etc.

Hope everyone has a great night!

Take care,
Jina

Hey Karen....no it didnt go well at all. In 8 weeks of BFL,(I did a total of 19 weeks) I lost 6lbs, in 2 days on Atkins, I lost 4lbs! So Im going to incorporate the workouts with Atkins and hope for the best...and adjust where it will surely need adjusting.

Karen congrats on your shorts falling off!!! (LOL that sounds wierd, but you know what i mean!!)

Thanks Jina!!! You are doing great too, WOW 176 miles on equator trek!! You are a rock girl!!