Good Morning Everyone! I just thought I would get this started today since I am up earlier than normal! Heading out to the doctor soon. I always pick the early appointment where I won't have to wait so long! I hate waiting Keeping my fingers crossed that they can give me something to help me feel better! Also, today is the day they will make the appointment for the ultrasound! Hope they make it with in the next few days because I so want to see this baby!! Well, hope everyone has a great day, I'll check in when I get back home!

Lisa

Morning All

My back is killing me. Sat through meetings all day yesterday and it was only aggervated by the stupid chairs. So I cancelled my plans last night and went to the chiro... went home and iced my back and layed in bed the rest of the night with my back spasming. Horrible. So this morning I didn't work out. I think it may be the reason my back isn't getting better, so I'm gonna lay off until Monday.... which means I won't make my mileage goal for the week, but I'd rather have my back stop hurting!!

Lisa: Good luck at the doctor!!

Good morning

Lisa: Hope all goes well at the doctors today. Let us know.

Shimma: I'm sorry your back is still bothering you. Would the doctor give you any muscle relaxers? I know that those help with my neck when I have problems. Don't worry about working out right now.

Quiet at work today. I am typing up a 16 page document for my husband. It will save him having to hire someone to do it for him. And I get the money Figured at least it will give me something to do today. One of our network applications is down so I can't even make any client calls.
The cubicle from has finely been moved back to dispatch! Now I don't have to walk by the candy, cookies, crackers, mints, lollypops, Jolly Ranchers, Snickers bars, Pop Tarts and Cheez Its any more!

I am down 1 of the gained pounds today and with temptation gone I am hoping to be on my best behavior today and be down another one by tomorrow.

I need a good dessert recipe to bring to a ladies lunch I am going to on Saturday. A friend is having just a bunch of us girls over to sit by the pool and drink margaritas (I am bringing my Baja Bob's mix). Anyone have a good and legal idea?

Good morning ladies!!

Lisa: oooh I can't wait until the ultrasound too! I hope you start feeling better soon!

Shimma: Hope chiro helps you out, back pain is the worst.

Jane: Yeah they finally moved!! No more tempting cheez its!!!

Well last night I met with the family to take Toad, they are great and they really loved him, he was on his best behavior!! They are going to take him on Saturday for a trial run so lets hope he minds his P's and Q's. They were so happy with them they called me back last night just to thank me for bringing him by!! I stayed OP yesterday, and below 20 grams so that is good too!!! Yippeeeeee

Theo'sgirl: Yup temptation is gone! Of course she still is in the building
Glad to hear that things may be looking up for Toad. I will keep my fingers crossed that he behaves on his overnight!

MrsH: Hope the doctor can give you something to make you feel better.

Shimma: Ouch! That sounds so painful! I hope your back gets to feeling better soon.

Jane: Congrats on losing one pound! Your ladies' lunch sounds so fun! Low-carb cheesecakes are really tasty. I can't be trusted with them unless there are lots of people around who will eat it. Other than that, I haven't made too many low-carb desserts... too dangerous!

We went to the baseball game last night, and I made it through with no mess-ups. There is so much temptation around. That cotton candy vendor must go by me more than anyone else! I've got games to make it through on Friday and Saturday, too. Ack!

I'm really happy with my jogging progress. It's not really anything too impressive, but I can tell I'm improving, and doing a little bit is better than none, I guess. I'm glad I found the trail to jog on. It's one way and hidden in trees, so no one can see me!! I was always thinking before that people saw a big, fat red girl that was shaking the earth as she jogged coming at them. Thank goodness I don't have to worry about that anymore.

I am still struggling with stength training. I know I need to do it. I want the benefits from it, but I just can't make myself do anything! I'm still tempted to join Curves, just so I feel like I have to do it. I'm sure I'd enjoy it once I ever got started.

Yesterday I was reading some of the posts about skin stretching in the "Maintainers" forum. It kind of scared me. What if my skin just hangs on me after I lose weight? What it it doesn't "snap" back into place? I guess I'm younger, so I have that going for me, and I've only been overweight for about three years (not my entire life). I guess those are both positive factors. But, I know a girl who is 22, lost a bunch of weight, and her skin looks terrible. She's had the weight off for about three years, so I don't think the skin is going back. I know it's probably premature to worry about this. I still have almost 30 pounds to lose. I should probably concentrate on that. But, I can't help but think about that...

Anyway, I hope everyone has a fabulous Thursday!

Take care,
Jina

TG: Yay! I'm glad you found a nice family for Toad. Hope he does well on his trial run. Great job for staying OP and under 20 carbs yesterday!!

Happy Thursday!

Lisa - Hope all goes well! And be prepared, I want you to post an ultrasound picture when you get one. Puh-leeeeaaaaaaaassssssssssssseeeeeeeee?

Shimma - Take care of that back!

Jane - Glad to know that demon-cubicle got moved! What about doing something really simple - like fresh berries and whipped cream?

TG - I'm so happy for Toad! And great job on the food yesterday! I'm glad one of us did good

I ran around like a maniac yesterday. I have an interview with a staffing agency today about a relatively posh-sounding job and realized that I have no interview clothes! Where I work now doesn't have a dress requirement, so it's normally jeans and t-shirts for me. Everything business-dressy that I had is now 10 sizes too big and has been shipped out of my house.

So I went to the batting cages after work to get out some aggression. Then I went shopping for an appropriate and inexpensive outfit. Then I went back and returned the stuff I decided against. It was 8:00 by the time I got home!

Wish me luck on this interview today! They do a lot of direct-hire staffing and it would be great to have something lined up before I have to leave this job on the 31st.

Hi Jina! Don't worry about the loose skin. If it happens, it happens. That what tummy-tucks are for And there's no way to predict it, anyway. How much have you lost already?

For those who are tracking their food (should be all of you!) I'm discovering that doing a seperate veggie carb count is remarkably helpful! It's really keeping me aware of my nutrition and eating the right foods - not just the low carb ones.

Star my fingers and toes are crossed! Please let us know if it works out.

Jina: Hmmmm....cheese cake! Sounds like a plan. I have never successfully made one but what the heck
Or I also like Stars idea of bringing fresh berries and whipped cream. I could also bring some pound cake for those that can eat it and make a parfait for them.

Thanks for the ideas.

StarPrincess: I was thinking about the veggie count when I was making my lunch for today. I thought that not counting my salad I am really low on carbs. So I am logging it into Fit Day to see if at lease 1/2 my carbs will come from veggies. I think they will.

Hi Girls,

Nothing much here SOSDD.

Shimma, back pain is a friend of mine. Hugs and kisses, feel better and don't worry about the mileage..just take care of yourself, BTW, stress will make your back out of wack as well, be good to yourself

Jane, congrats on the 1 lb down !! WTG lady. Have a good time at the girls meet. You know I tried those Bicardi Black Cherry drinks, they are okay, but not alot of flavor. So if you like a light drink, I'd recommend them.

Star - GOOD LUCK on the interview. Hey (((hint hint))) since your sexy legs have returned..wear a short skirt.. NO LIE !!! I see it all the time and it works.. hey, why not use it if you got it and girl, you GOT IT !!!!

Lisa, hope your appt is early too, I didn't want to find out what the sex was of the baby until I was 5 months and my sister was w/me for the ultra... I said to the tech, hey ! can you see if its a girl or boy, she said YUP, I said OKAY tell me. My sister nearly fell off her seat b/c I was insistant on not knowing LOL !!!! I guess I got caught up in the heat of the moment lol...

Jina congrats on the jogging !! WTG ! Listen, from what I understand, skin can take up to 2 years to go back, so give yourself some time, you've just lost alot of weight..be patient and dont' give up.

Theo's good for you for staying OP !!!


As for me, sosdd. Still not 100% atkins But I keep trying. Dang IT !!!

Have a wonderful day everyone and we are almost to the weekend YAHOO!!!!

Star: I'll try not to worry about it. I'm a known worrier, though. I'm not opposed to plastic surgery. I just worry about the expense (There's the worrying again.) I've lost 39 pounds so far... 26 more to go.

Oops! How rude! I forgot to wish you lots of good luck for the interview, Star!! I really hope it goes well.

Leenie: Your ultrasound story made me laugh! I think a lot of us are struggling right now... just keep trying!

Leenie! I thought about it, but the place I'm going to today is a 'for women/by women" type place, so I'm wearing slacks. And I'm wearing PINK!!! It's everywhere - I can't escape it, so I finally gave up and bought a totally cute pink and black top to wear with my new black slacks.

Jina - I really really wouldn't worry about it! By the time I lost 40 pounds, I could tell my skin was loose. Of course, I have stretch marks all over my lower stomach, too, so that didn't help. Really - I think you'll be just fine. Keep on toning and your chances are even better!