Morning ladies!! I am here no matter what. Even if I become a marshmellow. I love you guys and I want you to succeed and honestly I need you!

I have a friend with a dog in this contest. (a friend of Lindy's really) If you would all go vote for her dog coco it would be really appreciated. Its a halmark dog contest =)

I am so hungry but I have no healthy food right now so I am not sure what to do... =S

Stay thin girls.

AJ - lick your arm - it will help! One time I bought this flavoured lip gloss and kept licking it and I got sick - do don't go that!! And I'm so glad you are sticking around too - I would miss you way too much! And I look forward to chatting on yahoo soon!!!

I rescheduled one our meetings so I could eat lunch. I am having a tuna sandwich, some tomatoes and I got some pretzels for a salty fix. I will be here until about 8PM tonight - ewww.

Back to the gym tomorrow, my pants are tight already!!! Man this bites the big one.

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staccie - very smart choice on rescheduling your mtg! Lunch is up there with sleep on my need-to-have list!!

aj - so glad you're sticking around. I'm still kind of sad that Lindy's taking a break but totally understand that sometimes people have to focus on something else for a while. Hey - when do you get to Denver in December?

tifftiff - where are you??!!??
neesy - hope you're having fun!

Lindy-we will miss you around here, check in when you can and I'm sure we will keep up with you on FB.

Popcorn-I think this will be a tough week for us all, but we can help each other through it.

Dance-I see the trend too, but I am def trying to get back to plan. I am so close to onederland but it seems I am keeping myself from getting there. You are doing amazing. I am gonna get back to walking tomorrow. Some friends will be up tomorrow through the weekend so we can do some walking. Good luck house hunting.

Staccie-glad your face is getting better and you can get back to the gym. I feel totally better and have started adding some workouts back to my day.

AJ-where do we go to vote for coco?? I had no healthy options either and just wanted to eat and eat the last few day. I do now so can make better choices. I even got into my husbands snack cupboard a few times this week and I NEVER do that, unless its for a fruit roll up and they are only 50 cals.

Today was better than yesterday and the day before food wise, but still not like it should be. I am ready tomorrow to eat on plan. Dance has me motivated to at least try to get to 203 by Sunday. I dont know if it will happen but I can get in some good workouts and eat better and maybe, just maybe I can get there. These pups would probably like a nice walk. They love it when i walk the loop in my yard, they run around the whole time.

Hope yall have a good night and Skinny dreams!!!!

I keep forgetting to ask if any of the newer girls have facebook??

Quiet day on here :) everyone come back!!!!

Well it's 930pm and I just got home and going to bed. I am pooped. I have another super long day tomorrow, Wed and Thurs. But I am heading to the gym. When I work out, I eat better so gotta get there no matter what!!

Rayne - you can do it - sounds like you are on the right track!!!!

Ok, will check in first thing in the am after I get my workout in...I have to see a change on the scale on Friday with my trainer or I am going to be so embarassed!!!

Hello Girlfriends,

I have to work today, but wanted to peek in and say hello before I leave. I missed being on here the last two days because of a lonnngg workday both days. I see Lindy is stepping off of here for a while, so are we still doing the competition that ends 1/11/10?? She was the manager of that with the stats I thought. Let me know please ;-)

Ok, I have been doing good, but didn't lose any from last week. I think sodium was the culpret, but I am watching that this week. No workouts yet, but I have tomorrow and Turkey day off, so I will definitely work out on those days.

Burgund I don't know if they have FB, but would be nice to find out incase this forum crashes again....LOL Oh and come on get with it!! I don't want you gaining over the holidays and yes, if you walk that will speed up your metabolism!! Move, move, move!!! LOL.......

Staccie so glad your face is clearing and your feeling better!

Dance how is the new position doing? I hope your settled in. Has this affected your work hours and workouts? I hope not.

I will check in tonight after work. Have a great day everyone!

Howdy, girls! I know from now through new years will most likely be a crazy busy time for almost everyone but I think for me at least it will be super important to stay accountable - it's way too easy to let things slide over the holidays. NOT THIS TIME! Who's with me? :)

mygrits - the competition is still on! I'll go back and dig up the list of the original participants. My bet is Lindy will be back before then as it gets closer to her b-day and she wants to wow everyone at her party!

staccie - I totally agree - I eat much better (more portion control, better choices) when I get in lots of workouts. I'm going to try to step up the exercise this week as we're supposed to have nicer weather and schedules will be a little more flexible with the holiday week. Plan is to run today at lunch, do an exercise video tomorrow, rollerblade thurs and run again Fri.

burgundy - you can do it! You are back on plan - now go get some healthy snacks! And make a big pot of something healthy so it will be dead easy to eat right.

Gotta run to a meeting - will write more later. Girls, we can do this but I for one really need you all to make it happen!

ajowens 155
LuckyLindy 165
Maddiesmom 225
Mygrits (once again… I suck and forgot to save it)
Danceindenver 160
Burgundyrayne 204
Tiff 294.8
Neesy 216
Maryshady 175
Alyssamichelle 227
SimpleRhythm 153.4
luvmy3 279
Popcorn 156.5


Morning girls. I hope you all have fantastic days!! Its almost holiday and family time and I am SO excited.

aj - what are you guys doing over thanksgiving?

Dance- I am having Davey's mom and brother in town and I am cooking. I love cooking more than I love eating. lol. I am excited because I love her as though she is my own mom!!

How fun! Enjoy!

I have been trying to write this post for several hours now.

I have had a horrible eating day, and I have not been able to exercise for the past couple of days. The reason being that Sunday night I took my son to the emergency room and they transferred us to a children's hospital emergency room in St. Louis. He somehow got the rod from a bow and arrow, fell on it, and it went into his mouth, putting a hole in his upper hard and soft pallet. It was absolutely horrible with lots of blood, and tons of pain. Anyway, he doesn't have to have surgery so far because it's healing nicely so far. However, he may need to have surgery to close the hole if it gets any worse. Ugh. So, last night I was pooped and didn't exercise. Today I have class from 5:30-9:30, but luckily I have five days off, so I'm going to revamp my exercise and food routine.

Hubby and I found a whole thanksgiving meal full of low cal recipes which we are going to make-yeah! So, that's good.

I have found out that I am an emotional eater, and these past couple of days I have been stressed and so have eaten things i shouldn't have. So, I need to get my butt back into gear.

Anyway, back to work, talk to you soon!

alyssa - oh sweetie - what a tough thing for him and for you! I hope he's feeling better. I'm so glad you have some time off and lots of healthy eating planned. It's totally understandable to get off track when something traumatic happens but it seems like the trick is not letting off track become a pattern, if that makes sense. Hugs to your son!

I ran 3 miles today and eating is good so far although I haven't added everything up yet, I'm pretty sure I'm in the 1400 or so range. Off to soak in the tub!

dancer...Great job on the three miles and on the food! I totally wish that I could run!!!

alyssa - apologies if you've already mentioned, but why can't you run? Do you have knee problems?

Ugh! I am so frustrated. I just watched biggest loser while eating a batch of cookies. OMG I don't want to be big anymore. Not only do I not want to gain ,I want to keep losing. I have to wait until Monday because I know myself while cooking but I really don't want to quit. I seriously cried while shoving my mouth full and watching the people and their hard work. I think about Jillian yelling at me. LOL. Dance- I wish I had 10% of your dedication! =(

Happy almost turkey days ladies. Tomorrow... I start cooking!!

Staccie-have a great workout in the morning. I feel and eat so much better when I workout too.

Sandy-I am getting my butt in gear now!! We should keep each other accountable to workout on Thanksgiving.

Dance-I love love love your motivation, you are so inspiring. You are what got me off the couch today to do my workout. THANKS!!! I love you for it.

AJ-Have fun with your MIL and BIL. My inlaws are coming here, but SIL is doing half the cooking. She is making scalloped potatoes, I love them and I am going to eat them. Just not like I have the last few years. Gonna control myself this time. Ok, Monday you can do this!!!! Lets get you back on plan girl.

Alyssa-I am so sorry to hear that about your son. Hope he has a speedy recovery. What are you making for thanksgiving?

Today was a good day, foodwise and exercise. I was around 1600. Did Golds gym cardio workout tonight and drank lots of water today. So I think I can get back this. Thursday is going to be challenging. I plan on eating "the good stuff", but I am not gonna let it spill over to Fri, Sat, Sun. Thanksgiving is NOT all weekend.

burgundy - you go, girl! Sounds like you had a great workout and have a plan for enjoying a special treat for the holiday and then getting back on with life and losing! It's just a meal and only lasts for a tiny second in your mouth - it's being with the people we love care about that's the important part, right? Just keep whispering to yourself 'onederland, onederland' :) What's your workout plan for today and tomorrow? Can you get the whole family to go for a big walk in the morning after breakfast before the cooking gets started? We're going to try for a long rollerblade since the weather will be up in the 60s - I'm psyched!

aj - :hug: Oh honey, I so wish you lived around the corner - I would come over and put those cookies down the disposal (garbage is too easy - you never know if they might be re-retrieved :) ) and get you out for a walk. It's totally fine to take a *FEW* days to enjoy the time with your family and not worry too much about sticking to plan but you *****KNOW***** you'll feel better during and afterwards if you do it in moderation. NO bags of cookies!!! A cookie or a few bites of dessert after a meal is FINE - the HALF A PIE IS NOT! No matter what you're celebrating or with who! You have worked way too hard to undo your hard work in a few days. I'm definitely going to have a few of my mom's famous potato rolls, god they're so good - but fitting into size 10 jeans is way too exciting to blow it. IT"S JUST FOOD - it doesn't control us, we control it!! You are a beautiful and accomplished woman - I hate hearing when you're not feeling good about yourself in part because I know just how it feels - I wasted around 5 years feeling heavy and avoiding things like big reunions and even certain social occasions because I felt too big and yucky. Life is too short to throw away time like I did and you're so young still - I'd love to see you over all this and on your way to enjoying what will be a fantastic rest of your life. Honey, you can and will do this and we will be here cheering you on the whole way! I bet if you can fit in some moderate exercise (family walks, whatever) over the holiday, it will help you with the whole moderation thing. It's one of those self-reinforcing cycles, don't you think?

Off to jump in the shower and get ready for what I hope will be a short-ish day at work. Feeling very very lucky that my family lives just a short drive away and I don't have to deal with the airports over the holidays anymore. Safe travels to anyone who has further to go!

Hey Ladies,

Ok, competition still on! Woo Hoo! Burgund sounds good! I WILL hold you acountable and so glad your back at it!

AJ, Cookies? Am I reading right? What the he**? Come on girl, you are so close. Stop sabbotaging yourself and start loving yourself more than a a few minutes of the taste of food. The days of feeling good far out weigh that!

Well, I am going out and trying to beat the rain with a workout. I haven't worked out in days, and really want to kick in my metabolism - plus it makes me feel good ;-)

I will check in later. Oh, AJ my weight at the start was 217.

mygrits - woohoo for a workout! I'm going to post my cals again today - and post belatedly for yesterday once I get them all entered. You too? And I have a crazy idea but not sure if you'll go for it - you interested in setting a limit for Thursday? I'm going to shoot for no more than 2300. Anyone else want to join me in a thanksgiving calorie cap? I know I can eat that much and stay in maintenance mode.

Quick check in -

AJ - hang in there. Don't give up yet, just take a week or two off. BTW my weight was still 156.5! Please don't add weight to me. LOL I don't think I can handle it.

Dancer - you are an inspiration. I need to check in more but time won't allow right now.

Alyssa - sorry about your little boy. I hope he gets better.

Staccie - I agree we can both get through this week and do it.

Sorry if I missed anyone - totally swamped this week.

My younger son came home from school yesterday and I could just hug him to pieces for being good support to me. We all went out for lunch yesterday and the first words out of his mouth were "So do you want to split something". We each had a cup of soup and split a grilled tilapia sandwich. I didn't eat a single one of the yummiest fries even though they gave us double the portion and handed them out to my aunt and my mom who didn't get fries with their meal.

Unfortunately, I have not exercised the last two days because I am trying to get all my deep cleaning done so I can put my Christmas decorations up as soon as the weekend is over. And I am not done yet - so I am paying my son to deep clean the basement for me today - I assigned a dollar value to the jobs and told him if he gets them done for me I would be most appreciative. That leaves me with just the kitchen and the main floor bathrooms.

I did cave and decided to weigh in and I am actually down a half of a pound. So if I can exercise Thursday morning and stick to my eating plan then maybe I will see a budge in the scale.

I will try to check in sometime before the weekend as I need all of your support.

Everyone have a great Turkey day!

Hey girls. Just stopping by for a sec. I will read and catch up later. Got home from baltimore on sunday. Had a great time.. saw my husband for a total of 10 minutes the entire time.. but nonetheless it was a fun trip. Until I got home and realized i left my only set of car keys in baltimore! AH.. so i'm car less right now.. waiting for fedex to come deliver my keys so i can get my abandoned car.
Diet wise- I went balistic. I ate whatever. I didn't even enjoy it. I hate eating out anymore. ugh. The scale has bounced around 184-186 over the past couple days. I WILL NOT let myself gain. So.. I'm back into my routine today.

Well... I'll catch up more later.

OMG, TOM came EARLY this morning so I didnt weigh this morning like I usually do cos just looking at my hands I can see they are swollen. So I will weigh when this is over. Im not gonna let this stop me though. Dance, you asked what my workout plan is for today, I am gonna go for a walk and probably do the golds gym workout again tonight. I am repeating it ONEDERLAND ONEDERLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sandy-I dont know if I will have the time to get a walk in tomorrow, but I am gonna workout with one of my DVDs after everyone leaves. We can do this;)

Popcorn-so glad your son is helping you and keeping you accountable. I have a little more deep cleaning to do too today. Almost done, just have the other bathroom and my bedroom. Gonna make my hubby help with that today. Gotta torture the dogs(I mean vacuum) too.

Neesy-hope fedex is fast with those keys, it sucks to be carless.

Ok, gotta get up and get moving today. It gets dark so early now so I gotta get that walk in before 4. Have a great day everyone.

AJ-have fun cooking today.

burgundy -woohoo for a walk AND a workout - that sounds great!

neesy - glad you're back! What a huge bummer about the car keys!!! Hope they arrive soon!

popcorn - really nice job eating out - what a sweetie your son is. And congrats on the 1/2 pound - woohoo!

dancer...I don't have knee problems, but I'm afraid to run right now. I don't want to push myself to the point of throwing up, so I'm taking the running thing slowly. lol I absolutely have a fear of throwing up. I'll start jogging soon, though. I'm getting Leslie Sansone's WATP Walk and Jog. I'm excited to start it!

AJ...you can do it, girl. Get back on the wagon here! We're all here for you!

Popcorn...great job on the eating out! =)

Anyone I missed...have a great day!

I got up this morning and walked three miles with 2 pound weights, like the video suggests. I feel great! First workout in four days! Woohoo! I've started the good diet today and have been drinking water. I'll post our recipes for our thanksgiving dinner soon. Right now we're worried about getting enough money together to actually buy a small turkey. So, hopefully we'll be able to.

Talk to you all soon! (Oh! I'm starting my first day of five days off for Thanksgiving-woohoo!!!!!)

I have read every thing. I will come back and catch up. I might be eating crap but I am going to jog now! I can't stand being this lazy.

Dance- I got tears in my eyes reading your post this morning. I really needed some support. Thank you!! 2300 for thursday sounds great to me!! I can def do that because I only really eat twice that day. Too much!! What are you doing on thursday??

Neesy- You will get back on track. Sorry about your hubby but I am glad you got to take a trip!! Miss you around here though.

Popcorn- WOW to a great son and a youngest child that eats fish thats not fried and in stick form =) I didn't like fish until I was out of high school. You are doing great. I hope you get to work out today!!

Rayne- SOrry about stupid TOM!! At least it came at a time that you really get to enjoy some saltier foods =) And onederland is so so so close!! I believe in you!!!!!!

alyssamichelle- Two things! Great job on the work out!!! And Walmart has turkey breasts for 8 that are jennyo. MMM they are good.

alyssa - I've heard really great things about WATP - keep us posted on how it's going! There is *no reason* at all in my book to ever push yourself so hard that you make yourself sick. The good part about jogging, when and if you're ready to try it, is that you can slow down to the pace of a gentle stroll and you're still technically jogging. There is NO minimum speed limit! :) There's a very cool program called 'Couch to 5K' (C25K) that you'll see talked about a lot on threads in the forum that you may be interested in in the future.

aj - cool - 2300 it is! My bf is coming over tonight for dinner and we'll go for a good long skate tomorrow morning. Then I'll go over to my family's for the afternoon - mom is doing most of the cooking but my sister and I each bring a few dishes. BF will most likely not come as he's still a bit moody and doesn't feel super social. Hope you guys have a great time and that the cooking part is all fun and no disasters :) Good for you for getting in some exercise already today! You are turning things around!

Burgund - YES we can do this! Woo Hoo! I am so proud of you working out and walking, running or DVD - whatever gets your heart rate up works! LOL...

Neesy - Awww so glad to see you again and I am soooooooo very proud of you maintaining your weight - Awesome. I am sorry you only had 10 minutes with your husband, but it is better than no minutes. I hope all of that gets straightened out soon. We have missed you ;-)

Dance - Absolutely I will keep my calories NO MORE than 2300 tomorrow, and hopefully less.

Alyssa - Awesome workout with weights! I should do that, but the only weights I have are 10lbs and metal. How much weight do you carry?

AJ I am proud of you working out today and I know it will help you feel better and get re-focused.

Ok I did get my workout in and my calories so far today are 840. I will check in later!

mygrits - your whole post made me smile - it's so clear that you're feeling good about making such great progress and getting in plenty of exercise too - your good feelings just shine through your words :)

Hi ladies,

Sorry I just wanted to say a quick hello. I am heading to bed. This week has been stupidly busy and I'm just not in a good place at all. I have to figure out how to do this.

I will catch up tomorrow as I am working at home until early afternoon :)
S

PS Happy Turkey Day to all you Americans :)

Can't sleep. Too much anxiety!! Listening to Davey snore just makes it worse.

Dance- I thought your boyfriend lived with you.? How is the new job?

Sandy- So how did the rest of your day go? Did you stay in your calorie range?? Are you seeing your daughter today? 20 questions... okay go =)

Rayne- Are you ready? I have been starving trying not to dig into what I have been preparing. I have worked to hard for it all to not be perfect.

Staccie- I miss you a lot and it was nice to talk to you tonight. I can't wait till after the olympics when things quiet down for you again. I am glad you get to work from home in the AM. I will write you when I can. You are one strong lady to work that much and not lose it!!!

Well Its 1:22 am and I feel like its 9pm. I think my night is shot so I guess I will lay here and stare at the ceiling. Happy turkey day ladies. Even you our little Canadian!!

Happy thanksgiving!

aj - hope you got some sleep! No, bf has his own place (helpful when he's in a funk) but he spends lots of time over here. He's coming down with something so our skating plans are off. I'll go join my family for a group walk at noon but may sneak in a short run before then. The new job is great - just trying to finish the old one at the same time is a challenge.

staccie - sorry things are tough! You are in such a stressful field - is there any chance that something a little less high stress might suit you better long term (after the Olympics, of course)? In any case, we are here for you - come and vent about whatever's on your mind!!

Yesterday I did pretty well for food - 1348cals. Am planning on staying within our 2300 limit - maybe less. Will come back and post about it later to stay accountable. Hope you all are enjoying your family time!

happy thanksgiving! I'm so full I can't move. i feel sooo fat. I over-indulged today. Ugh. oh well. One day won't kill me... or any of us. I will get back on it tomorrow. I need to start working out more too. I definitely am not trying to re-gain. I think i will take a nap now.. gotta love thanksgiving. Talk to you all later. Hope you are all having a good holiday!

Hope you had a great holiday!! I prob went over the 2300 but just by a little. I still feel sick!! Really sick. Today was about 90% carbs. BOOOOoooo. We did go for a walk though. Sweet triptophan (spelling??) dreams.

Alyssa-do you have weights you can strap to your wrists or legs? I want some of those.

AJ-Everything went great today and was so delicious. How did it go for you? Have fun with the inlaws?

Staccie-hope you had an ok day and got some sleep last night.

Dance-did you get that run in. I didnt even add up my calories today. I am not gonna worry about it though and get back to plan tomorrow. Probably wont see 203 this Sunday either, but I am still trying.

Neesy-I ate and ate too today, I blame it on TOM!!! I'm really trying not to regain, have been up 2 lbs the last few days, but again, I blame it on TOM.

Sandy-did you get a workout in today??


Yesterday I didnt get to walk, it was just too wet out. I did do 30 minutes of step aerobics and 30 minutes of yoga. Some yoga moves are really hard and I am just not that flexible yet, but I went as far as I could. Today was ok, but we had lots of food and I didnt restrict myself. I ate!! I did workout tonight, did step aerobics again. Sweated my butt off this morning running around getting everything ready. It was a good day though. Hope ya'll had a good Thanksgiving. I am thankful to have found such great friends in all of you!!!!!!!!!!

Hello, ladies! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

Staccie...what work do you do? I totally forgot about the Olympics being this year and didn't even know they were in Vancouver until I saw a commercial tonight. I must just be oblivious to most things because of school, work, and exercising-there just seems to be no time to really watch t.v. Anyway, I hope you are able to get through the Olympics!

AJ...what is triptophan? lol

Burgundy...I do have hand weights to strap to my hands. They look like wrist braces. Those are the one pounders. I know what you mean about some Yoga positions. Seems my body gets in the way when I try to do some of them. But, keep it up! There will be an NSV when you realize one day that you can do them better and better because of your weight loss!

Neesy....I didn't count my calories either. I figured that one day isn't bad, but even if I did go over 2300, it wasn't by much. There was, however, so much salt. I feel so dehydrated right now. And, even the leftovers that we do have, they aren't that bad because we substituted a lot of ingredients for low-cal things. Yeah for turkey leftovers. Time to make turkey stir fry! YUM!!

Well, I just got done walking three miles with weights. I need to move onto the four-mile or five-mile workout, but I can't seem to find them cheap anywhere.

Okay, it's 12:13 a.m. and I still have energy. I ran out of smokes this morning and so have been trying not to go crazy. I don't have any money until we get my check in the mail, hopefully tomorrow. So, this ought to be interesting. I've done pretty well with not trying to find the little butts that I can still smoke. If you're a smoker, you know what I"m talking about! lol I want to quit, but I'm not ready just yet. I have to be able to do it on my terms. So, it'll happen. I want to get a little under 200 first-like, 180 or 170 (my first BIG goal before I start moving down more). Okay, I've talked enough. lol Night ladies!

21 year old, 130 pounds lighter, I want to help others do the same!
 

Hi chicks,

Well my apartment had a waterfall through the ceiling yesterday. I just happened to leave work early for the first time in forever with the thought of having a nice night to relax and veg out - instead MORE STRESS. My closet got completely soaked - all my clothes, shoes, purses and whatever else. I stayed in a hotel last night and today it's all about laundry, drycleaning and whatever else. Oh well - you know it happens and pouting about it today won't help.

This morning I worked out with my new trainer for the first time and wow - what a good workout. I loved it. I am so happy to be in back in the gym now all I have to do is get my eating under control...and so I turn around the corner and ran smack into a guy - I looked up to say sorry and it was Bradley Cooper from the Hangover and I am like - omg. Now there is no shortage of star power here in Vancouver (they film a ton of movies here) or at my gym (it's owned and operated by Steve Nash) but to stick my sweaty smelly self to a hot man like that is not my definition of a good day!! Anyway I was like, sorry and pretended not to know him. But I kept sneaking peeks later because he truly is one hot man - I don't even care that he is a movie star.

Well all of you thanksgiving turkey girls how is the food hangover today? :) Hope it was a great day for everyone though!

I am working from home today in-between doing laundry and stuff - I am getting caught up at work and even if I'm not I have to take better care of myself - seriously.

Alyssa - I've venue management for the ice hockey venue at the Olympics. Big job but one I've wanted my whole career. And it's 77 days away - and when it's done, I will NEVER do another one again. It's just too much for a perfectionist like me. And you're right - when you are ready to stop smoking, you will. Hope you got through today ok!! And congrats on the walking with weights!!

Burgandy - congrats on all of the exercise - big kudos!!! I hear you about Yoga, I'm flexible but have no balance which makes for an interesting mix. I hear lots of good things about Yoga but I have yet to experience one of those 'oh yeah I love it' moments that last more than a few hours :)

AJ and Neesy - food hangover day - but today is a new one!!! Bet those leftovers and looking a bit sketchy heh - lol. Dance - how about you?

Well I am going to have some breakfast and get through my day. I have some weird cravings this morning - not sure what's going on. Pancakes...good thing I know a healthy version to make.

I missed being on here throughout the week. I am really going to try and make more of an effort to at least pop on a few times - it really does help and all of you are such a huge support for me. I have 77 days to get ready and then 17 days of Olympics to get through and then another 17 days for Paralympics so I better get myself healthy NOW!!!

Be back later, fingers crossed that my purse collection is not ruined...insurance would cover them - but there is no way that it will cover real value and they are worth 1000's of dollars. I know that is sad - but heh it's my thing :)