Good Morning :coffee:

Mindy~ 16lbs so far WOW!! Good for you!! :bravo: :cheer: WTG!!

Got my xmas dinner grocery shopping done yesterday. It was crazy!!!

Got thru my self esteem issues yesterday....having pretty young thin women come to your house to meet with you and your husband, can be very trying on a wife. :dizzy:

Not much else happening, have a great day ladies

I just wanted to wish all you wonderful, inspirational gals a very Merry Christmas. It's going to get crazy around here the next few days and I'm not sure I'll have much computer time. Melissa comes in on the train from SF this morning. My 'gentleman friend' comes home from China at noon and we are going to grab some lunch together before he goes home and crashes. Bet its going to take a couple days to recover from that international traveling. Then later today the kids and I are going to the movies. Boys want to see The Ringer and Melis and I want to see Mem. of a Guisha (sp). We both read the book and enjoyed it. Plus she is really into Japanese culture. She hopes to study for her masters over there after she gets her art degree. Tonight I will wrap the Christmas presents (finally got everything bought). Tomorrow I think I will bake those damn Christmas cookies. I plan on having a big LC breakfast and so I won't be interested in 'taste testing',

Best wishes, comforting prayers and healing vibes to all those in need. I'm so sorry that many are going thru strife at this time of year.

Ok - Off to the races! (who used to say that? Ruthie???)

Kel

Flip That House: Discovery Home on Thursdays @ 9:30pm EST
Property Ladder: TLC on Saturdays @ 10pm EST

I don't know how I got into those shows, but then they kept popping up all over the place. :)
Andrea

Good Morning :coffee:

Well it is time for a big rush with Christmas just a day away and things to do. My shoulder is killing me it all started with a stress knot on my neck in the middle of the shoulderblades, and now it has worked its way to my R shoulder and now I can not move my shoulder. (Should have gotten that massage when I had a chance.) (It did not help when I had to bowl Thursday) But I did not bowl to badly:shrug:

then DD2 hit a person with her car. (She is OK all three of them) DS2 was in the car too. this woman ran infront of the car. and as DD2 said she rolled up on the windshield just like in the movies. nobody was hurt, and the lady got the ticket, and admitted it was her fault. and well I have to go to work today to help fufill a dying mans wishes. A good thing to do for the season. We do not know why he is still alive but now we can do this. and it feels so goood.

clean laundry and work and cooking and finish wraping is on my agenda. sorry I am not up to the personals just yet but things are looking better at work now so hopefully!!!! :rolleyes:

Happy Holidays for all. Merry Christmas, and well Bless you all for everything.

EM I have went from 169 wearing a size 12 to 250 with a 24 in just under 3 years If I can come back and start over with tons of more stress in my life you can too.. come on and join the fun we can do this together. starting the 2 of Jan full force, baby steps until then!!!

Hi All, I hope everyone has a Merry Christamas :wreath: :snowball: :rudolph:

and Happy Holidays :han: .

:newyear:

well, as of this morning I am back up to 200!! I'm sure some of it is water weight, I didn't drink hardly anything yesterday and I was shopping all day so I didn't eat until I got home in the evening and I had the biggest taco salad you've ever seen.

speaking of shopping, have y'all seen and steve & barry's? It is sooooo cool! It is the grand opening right now and EVERYTHING in the store is 7.95 or less! They have coats, jeans, jackets, shoes, boots, everything...I got some hoodies and workout wear, a couple pair of jeans for myself and dh, some boots and shoes for dh and a cute down coat for myself 7.95!!! I spent a hundred dollars and had six bags chock full of stuff...check it out if you see one...very worth going to!!

nas: glad everyone is ok, but sorry that it happened.

msspot: hope you have a fantastic time while your boyfriend and family are home..let us know how the movie is, I want to see it too.

I do not plan on cheating tomorrow, I've done so crappy by gaining back 6 pounds that I can't imagine the guilt if I did cheat. I'm planning on bringing salad and other things that I can eat, then eating and not grazing back by the table.

:newyear:

Hey Ladies,

Lacey: That is really sad about your BIL. Have you found out exactly what happened?
Robin, Rok & others: Thanks for making me feel better. Unfortunetly, I have not pulled myself back on the wagon yet. I tried, but well..Rice crispy treats and chili, and rolls, and Little Debbie Hoho's and mexican wedding tea cakes (My aunts hawaiian, they are called something else I can't remember what) were around and I've caved.
My mom and siblings stayed until this morning, so I've been off. Excuses, excuses... I am going to excercise today! Thats a start. It will make me feel better and get re-motivated.
Does anyone have a LOWER self esteem since they started dieting? It could just be stuff in my life, but I feel ginormous and just really..really bad about myself. It didn't help, yesterday I was stuck in really bad traffic trying to get into another lane and this guy about my age, maybe 24-25 who was attractive and in a newer toyota celica (I was in my bros car, a crappy looking but nice running 86 honda prelude) looked at me, looked at the car, looked at me again, Smirked, and cut me off! Wouldn't let me in the lane..Then he looked at me like F&ck you. Little imp. He had playboy girl sillhouettes on the side of his car, and a "Fear Ugly Chicks" bumper. (I saw that after someone else finally let me in)
That just really hurt my feelings even though its totally neurotic to let one a-hole make me feel that way! GRRRRR.
That picture of me in my avatar, I wasnt wearing any makeup and was in my nightgown! I'm not ugly! I just wish I could "KNOW" that. If that makes sense. Enough rambling. Going to excericise and work on that til New Years. Then I will be back on full swing. I have too, have too.

Merry Christmas you gals. Thanks so much for everything. You are all the only reason I'm still trying. I would've done gave up by now.

Love,
EM

Oh Em :hug: No, you're NOT ugly!! Quite cute I think ;) I know its hard when you are not getting positive feed back at home. I second guess myself often enough, when dh doesnt tell me I look nice, when Im thinking Im looking pretty good. I know its hard, but when you have all those negative thoughts going around in your head....holler to yourself "NEXT" and think about something else! This has worked wonders for me, when I start letting the ex live in my head....and all his negative crap!!

Too bad it wasnt your own car.....you could have let him hit ya! Yup, he was an arrogant prick....but Im thinking his prick doesnt work all that well!! ;) or its really really small!!! :lol: That kind of thing is going to take a few days to get over. I came out of walmart about 3 months ago...it was late at night, and it was warm....I had my window down, and some guy came racing by my truck....screaming as soon as he up next to my window, slowed down, and screamed "I love fat chicks" Its really hard to drive and cry. You will dust yourself off, and get back to it. Don't let him stay in your head.

About those hoho's....OMG those are evil!!!!!!!! Thats usually what I eat when I fall off....those and marshamallows :lol: Enjoy your christmas, love your kids and hubby, start nice and fresh on the 26th. :)

Sue~ Im glad your dd is ok and the lady who walked out infront of her. Geez!

Stacie~ That doesnt usually work for my dd either :lol: she gets up at the same time no matter what time she went to bed.

Lacey~ I love Steve and Barrys. Thats where I get my jeans!! I can get my leg length when I buy the men's jeans!! Perfect when our sizes are changing....paying on 7.95, sometimes its 6.95 for everything in the store. You just have to keep your eye open.

Well, all the pies are made for tomorrow. The steak and mushroom pie is finally done, crust for the lemon meringue is done, cookies done! This is the first time Ive had a chance to sit and read how everyone's day went. Even called the airlines and made some changes for my dd! Busy Busy Busy.

I have to remember to take out the bread machine for tomorrow!! I didnt pick up any fresh bread today :( So I'll have to make it, or buns....I really dont want to fuss with buns, so I think the bread machine is the way to go.

Well, thats it, I have to go eat supper, have some tea, and enjoy christmas eve with my family.

Have a great holiday everyone.....if you do not celebrate...then Happy Sunday :)

Thanks so much Robin... I'll pull myself together here soon. I know I will...I'll be trying that 'NEXT' thing as soon as I have more thoughts like that. It's better then stewing.

I put on the excercise tape today (a 20 minute callenetics tape. I SO did not want to work out) and I made it only 5 minutes into it. I was so tired and grumpy and DID not want to excercise. My mom kept me up ALL night talking and didn't leave until 8 am and I got up with the girls at 11am, so I'm thinking I probably felt like **** because of so little sleep. I just woke up at 9 pm after a 3 hour nap. I watched Bowling for Columbine and after that was over I fell asleep. I'm thinking the girls who are just now waking up will be up until 4 am probably! OOPS...

Mushroom and steak pie? I don't know if that sounds good or not to be honest! lol You'll have to let me know how it turns out!

Dwayne will be home in 20 minutes and I've got to get dinner on the table and the girls a bath..Uggies.

MERRY CHRISTMAS LADIES! (if you celebrate!)


Love,
EM

Getting ready to go to Christmas dinner but wanted to check in with my atkins sistas first. I made a big humongous salad and some chili (for everyone else) the chili smells soooo good and dh already had a big cup of it LOL. We're doing a 'soups and sandwiches' thing since we had the traditional turkey for Thanksgiving. If I'd of had the money yesterday I would have grabbed a ham at the store so I'd have something more than salad.

I walked 3 miles this morning and I don't plan on staying at the dinner long so that I won't be tempted by all of the sweets and soups. I hope y'all are having a fantastic day :)

EM: my cousin is still hanging in there, still on the vent of course but has a long road ahead of him, so sweet of you to ask :hug: Hope you can get a few minutes of one of your cool tapes in tonight. :cheer: :goodluck:

Just a quick break....thought I'd check in too. Im trying to keep everything "reasonable" So far so good. Ive only had one macaroon :dizzy: they are sooooo good! :T

I weighed in this morning, because I certainly wasnt going to weigh in tomorrow morning with christmas in my belly :lol: Anyway, the scale showed a nice xmas morning christmas present. Which is good....its going to keep my on track today......that and the beautiful size 12 skirt dh bought for me!

Lace~ enjoy your day :hohoho:

Im off to put the roast in the oven in a bit, then a quickie walk thru the neighbourhood I think. More to relieve some of the stress than anything else.

Have a wonderful day ladies!!