Good morning....starting this baby up today.

Hi Jane

Well, one of the few pounds I've gained over the weekend are gone. TOM is here with a vengeance and so are the cramps. DANG I hate this TOM!!!!! It seems every month is worse. Time to see a doc I'm sure. At least the heating pads help relieve some of that. I'm going to have to check into that colon cleansing stuff. I think that sounds like a good idea. Sure couldn't hurt right? Well, maybe. I really don't want have to be stuck by a bathroom for a week or even a couple days.
I TRIED so hard to stay OP yesterday. I lapsed and had a LC candy bar. I couldn't help it. It was either that or bite someone's head off. Dang coming off carbs is nasty (add TOM's cravings in there and I wasn't a pretty woman!!). So I've decided that due to wanting to get this weight off I've challenged myself to do more on the June equator trek than I did in May. This ought to be interesting.
Hope you all have a great day!!

Hey Brenda: I'm with you....we have to work our butts off to get this Memorial Day weight off now. I am actually up 6 FREAKIN POUNDS! How does this happen. *sigh*
Sorry about TOM. Yes maybe you should go see your doc. You seem to be having such trouble lately.

Well I slept a little bit better last night...still got up once around 3am but fell back to sleep thank God. A little slow on the uptake still today but much better. Like I mentioned above I can't believe I am up 6 pounds. How sad is that. I was thinking about it on the way into work today and thought that maybe it is SO high this time is because last week I was really low on calories and I am sure that this past weekend was NOT. Even though it wasn't bad in the carb department.
Now I will have to work hard for two freakin weeks to get this off. Just makes me mad when I have what I call 'wasted' weeks....no real weight loss just losing what I gained. *sign again*

Oh well, no exuses. Just back on the wagon.

Well, hope you all have a good day...not to busy for me so I will check in later.

Sorry to hear about the weight Jane. I gained Four over the weekend. And I completely understand the disgust at having to re-lose weight. I knew this was going to happen with the way I ate this weekend so I really can't blame it on anyone but myself. It just means no popcorn at the movies Friday and no potato/cole slaw on Sunday during the chicken bbq. DH already commented on it (as he's eating ice cream). ARGH!!! But he knows that I'm going to need support in getting back to where I was. He gained weight over the weekend also, but he knows it'll fly off him faster than me. ARGH!!!

Good Morning Sweet Ladies SMOOOOCHIES !!!

Okay okay stop this !! no more being sad over a FEW pounds, its time to kick some ROYAL *** !!!!

Look how far you all have come, including myself. This is the part where a set back is NOT supposed to spoil all our efforts, its a MIND game girls, lets win this time huh.

Last year at this time we were all so focused and on a roll (no pun intended ) lets get that feeling back.

Its summer !!! put on some beach boys and lets go surfin now everybody's learning how, come on a surfari with me................

Seriously, we need to get rockin here. No more pitty, its time to get PISSED!!!!

We can do it !!

Now hit the floor and give me 50!

I love you all !!!

Good Morning Everyone

Brenda: Sorry that TOM has you feeling yucky again!!!! Hope that the cramps go away soon!

Jane: That 6 lbs will be off before you know it!

Well the morning (midnight) sickness is getting less and less...hope it will be gone soon and then I can enjoy this pregnancy! Also, I hope my energy picks up soon. All I wanna do is come home from work in the afternoons and take a nap That is sooooooo unlike me. I am usually the one with all the energy! Not anymore. It was so hard going back to work yesterday after having the weekend off. The only thing keeping me going right now is knowing that vacation is only 2 1/2 weeks away! Hope everyone has a great day, and I will check back in later!!!!

Lisa

Geez Leenie....glad you don't work in a psych hospital

Ok, Ok....I'll behave

Lennie: You snuck in on me there! Great Attitude you have there girl! Hope you have a fabulous OP day!

Morning All!

I'm so far having a fabulous break from work. Looking like mad for a job... gonna apply at the gas station down the street today. They put a sign up yesterday. I would have picked up an application then but I looked like CRAP and the lady there that knows me wasn't working.... so I didn't want to take the chance. At any rate. The BF and I have started induction this week and we are bound and determined to do this right! Ugh. We both got out of control the past month. I'm not stepping on the scale for a couple weeks, I don't want to know... honestly I don't.... and you ALL know what a compulsive weigher I was. Oh well, in time I'll be back down to what I was and then lose some more! Yippee! Oh yeah, I've been a beer drinking fool lately. Ugh, it's like school lets out and I become a lush. We went to see Shrek 2 on Sunday night with one of my BF's friends... after a LOT of beer. I must say, I get the giggles anyway when drunk... I laughed through the ENTIRE thing.... a good ab workout!

Brenda: re: the no cole slaw.... Star posted a recipe for broccoli slaw that is FABULOUS and I'm sure you can do it with cabbage too. YUM. I used to make it all the time. It takes mayo, apple cider vinnegar and some splenda. Fabulous stuff.

Jane: Don't worry about that weight.... it'll come off faster than you think!

Leenie: Thanks for the pep talk!! Woo hoo!

Lisa: I hope your midnight sickness clears up quickly. I know my sister just got over all that stuff. She's still pretty tired. She was trying to take a night class too and said it was almost impossible to get her homework done since she usually only did that after her daughter was in bed and she had been beating her daughter into bed she was so tired! I know she got less tired eventually the first time around and she's looking forward to it again this time. I can't wait to have another niece or nephew! Her and her husband don't like to find out the sex of the baby before hand... I'm going nuts waiting!!!!!

Ok all, I have a bit of typing to do for my sister so I'm off.

Hi Rhonda, crossing my fangers for you (job) !!

Hi Lisa, glad your feeling better have you picked out names? and are you going to find out if its a girl or boy? I wasn't going to but when I layed on that table during my 5 month sono, I asked

Jane

I have a wonderful recipe for broccoli and bacon salad, OMG is it good. I'll find it.
Brenda no coleslaw ? how come ?

Cold Broccoli Salad

I had to stop making this, I was getting addicted lololol, enjoy !!

1/2 Pound Cooked Pork Bacon, crumbled
1 head fresh raw broccoli, cut into bite size pieces (I used only the flower part)
1/4 cup red onion, chopped
3 tablespoons white Vinegar
6 - 8 Pks Splenda (depends how sweet you like it)
1 cup mayonnaise
3 Tablespoons Cream
3 Tablespoons Water
2 Tablespoons Bacon Fat
1 Teaspoon Salt

Mix all ingred together and then pour over broccoli, refrig over night and enjoy !!

Good morning ladies

Leenie: I love you girl!!! hahahaha Now hit the floor and give me 50!!! hahahahaha

B- I hope TOM lets up soon, you should go to the Dr. you might have fibroids, it causes heavy periods with alot of cramps that get progressively worse. Go get it checked out. The colon cleansing is good so far no extended bathroom breaks, this one says you can do it w/o changing your routine, so I guess that means no extended bathroom breaks! hahaha

Lisa- The morning sickness and triedness will lift near the 3rd month or a little after for most people. Takes alot of energy to make that bambino!

Jane: those pounds will be gone in a minute!! You go girl!

Shimma: good luck with job hunting.

Well, I did pretty good yesterday, I had alot of cravings and allowed myself 2 lc bars just so I could wean off the sweets and it appears to be working, no more cravings so no more lc bars. So today is strict induction from here out. I forgot yesterday was tuesday so I didn't hit the gym like I should have!!! Anywho one of the ds's has a cold so I wouldn't be able to go away, but I could've worked out here, Oh well today is another day!!

have a great day!!

Love TG

Good morning, Lovies!

Brenda - was it at least a Zcarb bar? I have one of those about once a month.

Jane - you're not really up 6 pounds, silly. Changing your eating like that makes you retain water. Drink up and it will be gone in no time.

Leenie - Can we drop a 0? I can give you 5!

Pregnant Lisa - keep the horror coming!

Shimma - Oh, the beer! Lately people have taken to coming over to our house with a case of light beer and hanging out. DH and I recycled on Monday. And the 2 or 3 weeks worth of bottles and such we had amounted to over $10! We had 160 empty beer containers alone!

TG - When you get cravings, have you tried those little Russell Stover chocolates instead of a whole bar? Also, I tend to not chew chocolate so much as just let it melt in my mouth. Makes a little bit go a whole lot further. Just a thought.

Well, my spring fever may be dying down. I'm feeling much more back to normal. Yesterday, I worked and then spent the evening stripping a kiddie armoir that used to belong to me and my siblings when we were little. OMG - I don't know how old this thing is but there is a crap-load of paint on it! I've gone through 5 layers of paint and am still barely able to see the wood. I think I've given up on chemical stripping and now I'm heading for the power sander! No more messing around!

If the wood is good enough (crossing my fingers here!) I'll be staining it bright red, I think. I did an old stereo cabinent last year and stained it red with blue and yellow accents. It looks awesome!

Anyway, I'm all happy and content now with a project. I love working with my hands. Maybe I'll give up the desk job and go work for a survey crew or a landscaper or something. Doesn't pay as well but I'd be in much better shape!

Good Morning Ladies!

Brenda - Definately go see your doc. Really apinful cycles aren't always normal. Might get worse as I get older too. I vote they should just take it out when we don't want anymore kids! Don't need it, why go through it every month? I'll take estrogen every month if I have to.

Lennie - Sir, yes sir!

TG - Hershey LC cahocolate! Love that stuff!

Shimma - Good luck with the job hunting

Lisa - It gets better

Well, actually have thjings to do again today at work, for a while any ways! Not sure if this is good or bad in my business have a good day everyone!

Star - You snick in. Don't you just love refinishing furniture? Sence of accomplishment when it's done is so wonderful!