What's up everyone? OMG I can't believe how FAST Christmas is coming! I've been doing okay, the computer withdrawals are not as bad as before. I have an interview on Tuesday for a second job for the holidays at a shop called Things Remembered in the Galleria. I didn't have any money to get any dress clothes and I had no shoes so I had to swallow my pride and get some patience and called my father. Me and my dad don't have the best relationship. To put it short, he's been a deadbeat dad my whole life. I really don't even consider him a factor in my life. I've even asked my mama to be the one to give me away at my wedding because I seriously doubt my father will be there. Anyway, he's never given me anything so I was blown away when he said he would take me shopping. I figured he was going to take me to Walmart or the thrift store but he took me to GOODY'S!!! I've never shopped in Goody's before. He brought me five cute shirts and one pair of pants (Goody's has a AWFUL selection of plus size dress pants....most of them were like Grandma clothes). Then he started talking about getting shoes to go with it and Goody's didn't have my size so we went next door to the Shoe Department. I was looking for some cute flats but couldn't find any in my size then I was walking down a aisle with boots and I saw these boots that I have been DYING to have since I first saw them. Yall know those cute kickass knee length boots? Well I always wanted some but never could find any in my size (I have a wide foot). So I just looked at them just to admire and the salesperson that was helping me went to the back and brought a pair out in my size! I tried them on and they FIT! I walked in them, ran a little bit, even jumped up and down and they are SOOO comfortable! AND SO HOT! And they were on sale! So my dad brought them for me along with a pair of these slippers that alot of people have that I wanted too. So I'm happy. :) I also splurged for the first time in over a year and got a pedicure/manicure, my eyebrows arched, and my hair cut! I went out with my friends on Friday night after all of this wearing a pair of my contact lenses that I had gotten a while back, and when I got in the car, all three of them SCREAMED and was like OMG! My friend Sunshine even grabbed me and kissed me! LOL They spent the rest of the night telling me how hot I looked. So I'm on freakin cloud nine!

Hey everyone!
I know I've been kind of absent on the message board but things have been so stressful with school and getting ready to apply to University. The good news is that I am being considered for a job at a Health and Fitness club, which would be amazing! The bad news is I am in a slump and am only 2 or 3 pounds below my starting weight.

My biggest problem this week is a sudden hearing loss. Nobody knows why yet. I went from hard of hearing to deaf. It's freaking me out a little that my dr team isn't freaking out. The dr assumes it is a hearing aide issue and the audiologist says it isn't and is dumb as a doorpost to know what to do next. (so I'm switching audiologists). In the meantime I fear that things aren't happening fast enough because many viral infections that happen in the ears have to be treated within a week (and it's been longer). To top it off, part of the hold up is knowing how to proceed in an HMO and getting previous records to compare.

Goinggoal-Actually I am American so I am much more used to American foods so that is what I mean on foods I can't normally get. Haha. For example..I am originally from the Philadelphia area so Philly pretzels were a must and my fav. local potao chips..and my mom took me to Dairy Queen..hehe. Like I said..didn't eat too well back home. :-)
As for what foods we have here? Well that is hard..Most German foods you can find in like German delis and such in the States really and to be perfectly honest with you I don't eat German food much as I live on an American military base. :-)

Callystia-Thank yoU! I did. I hadn't seen my family in about 15 months so it was wonderful to see them all again!

Jelly-Good luck with school.

My hubby is getting back this week and I am excited about that..This time he has only been gone 6 weeks but it will still be nice to have him home again. :-)

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I feel so gross. Sluggish and bloated, maybe a little nauseous, and not really happy. The scale keeps saying 183.5, which does not make me happy. I know that I shouldn't let myself get all worked up about fluctuations, but I just cannot feel good about that number. How will I ever lose this week? I didn't lose last week, it would be SO good to lose SOMETHING this week. I am just so bummed out at myself and not feeling well doesn't help.

This weekend I went to a Halloween party. (I won best costume! That was happy.) Anyway, I did eat way too many treats. Going to the party hungry was a bad idea. But I went, recorded all the food in my WW thing, and moved on. I used a lot of flex points. Anyway, maybe I just need to plan on NOT eating my felx points anymore. It really just does not seem to be working for me. Maybe I am freaking out too much, maybe not. I am just really down and need to get back into this. It felt so good to be losing. This whole writing down everything I eat every day and staying within the right number for three weeks, yet apparantly staying at the same weight, makes me depressed.

just thought I would pop in, down another 1.2 this week :)

I'm down a pound this week...doesn't quite meet my 2.5 pounds goal, but hey I am working on it...right!?!?! I was talking to a friend of my husband's tonight who is really into nutrition. I told him I want to lose a total of 60# and he said "Well, you don't need to lose 60 pounds, but okay..."

Isn't that terrific!!! He made my entire day!!! Plus another lady who works with me told me that it looks like I have lost weight around my face...she doesn't even know I am trying to lose. What a great weight loss day. Each day is a struggle, but it will be just that much rewarding at the end.