Weekly Chat - April 30th - May 6th
 

Good Morning,

Its raining but the sun is supposed to come out and stay out until next week.. This is great, I'm getting soggy and moldy ;)

Any plans for the week? any goals? any challenges for yourself?

I am REALLY going to try to get on the treadmill at night even if its for 15 stinkin minutes :D Food is going to be watched as well... Summer's around the corner and I really want to lose 20 by the end of it... September..so thats doable.

You?

Morning! :)

I am REALLY missing my walking this past week, even though I am getting plenty of exercise... the show opens Thursday, and we rehearse every day and evening now... taking my meals with me is very helpful!

I don't think I'm going to meet my mini-goal of 250 pounds by tomorrow (!) but I feel okay with this, because: 1. it was ambitious :) 2. I was very close last week and started eating rubbish food instead of staying focused, and 3. I'm still going to get there, probably just a week or so late! :D (and I can blame PMS, too! YAY!)

Thank goodness the sun is shining (even though I won't see a WHOLE lot of it in the theatre!) - who DOESN'T feel at least a LITTLE BIT better on a sunny day? :)

OH! and my waist is a half inch smaller than last week, too, so the mini-goal still feels close and positive! (that's a total now of 2.5 inches off my waist, 2 inches off my chest and a wonderful FOUR inches off these hips!) Can't complain about being 3 pounds away from mini-goal, can I?! :D

Have a great week everybody, just in case I don't seem to have much to say! I'll check in when I can :)

Heather :)

Leenie-I do have a challenge for myself- 10 minutes of exercise per day. Not much I know, but that is the only number that doesn't sound threatening right now. I typed 15 at first and immediately became anxious and thought 'there's no way'. Silly isn't it? I hate anxiety. If I want to do more I can, right?

Heather- You must be so excited about your show. I think that is so great. Good for you!:) Let us know how it goes.

I ran several errands today and did some shopping. I bought a couple of short sleeved shirts. I hesitate to show skin on my legs and arms (fat and white), but I can't bear the thought of burning up every where I go. That's why I hate summer and the weather that everybody else loves. If only I could dress appropriately....

The vet wants me to video tape the pooch when she has these attacks to see maybe if she is having a seizure. Thank you for suggesting that Debbie.

How's everybody else?:listen:

Hoping you all had a great Monday!

:hug:

Hello eveyone,

My goal for the week is to do 30 minutes of walking everyday and my Oprah exercise routine 3 times this week. It is my first full week on a diet so I figure if I can do it this week then I will be over the initial step. getting things started seems to be my greatest downfall. So that is my personal goal.

I dohave a question though. I weighed myself Saturday and weighed 200 lbs. When I weighed myself today (Monday) I weigh 191. I weighed myself in the morning, after I peed, and naked (scary thought) both times. There is no way I lost nine pounds in 2 days, Is there??? I only walked 30 minutes each day. Is there something else that this could be???

Good luck on all you goals ladies.

Good Morning,

:wave: Sassy

Hope no, its not silly to put down 10 minutes... I feel the same way as you and if I set a "goal" for myself, I panic too. So... I try to make them very very small. Yes, if your feeling good and you want to do more then GO FOR IT!!! thats exactly how I feel.

Care, good to see you. I doubt you lost 9 lbs in 2 days but what a nice surprise huh. Maybe the dial on the scale was set wrong? dunno. Weighing yourself w/clothes on will make you weigh more. Good for you for setting a goal for 30 minutes, thats wonderful. What are Oprah Exercise?

Heather, 1/2" smaller on the waste is WAY TO COOL !!!! congratulations. And your are soooo close to your goal, that in my eyes, you've hit it!!! Your doing teriffic, keep it up because your a great inspiration to us.

MAY 1st !!!!! Summer here we come.

I have my morning star sausage for this morning and my coffee :coffee: I'm all set.


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Well... I'm going to jump in again and say - surprise surprise! (NOT!) - I have not met my mini-goal for May 1st. Now, this would have devastated me three months ago (heck - TWO months ago!) and I'd be willing to bet I would have gone out for pizza.

But this is not all about the scale - and I have learned this month that a) what goes in my mouth magically shows up on the scale, b) the numbers are a LOT less important than I used to think!! and c) some mini-goals can be a little over-ambitious! :D

So, I am feeling good, and I think I'll meet that ambitious mini-goal this week anyway.. and then onto the new one - another 10 pounds by June 1st! (Not changing that ticker 'till I get there, though!! :D)

Hope - good luck with the videotaping - that is a very smart idea! Then of course the vet can see for himself (mostly)! And I agree with Leenie - the goals DO need to not scare you, for sure! :)

Hi Sassy! Great to see you :hug:

Carebear, your goals sound so great - I just joined a thread committing to 'breaking a rut' yesterday... and everyone had goals that TOTALLY intimidated me - Hope - are ya readin' this?! ;) - but I set mine for 'no snacking in front of the TV for 21 days'... well, I THINK I can do that! Good luck!! Also - if you've just started this journey (sorry, I'm not sure if you have) it could be water weight coming off that first week...? Either way, just enjoy it! :D

Leenie - what's Morning Star Sausage? My hubby LOVES sausage... always looking for something new.

Have a great day all!

Heather :D

Heather you sound GREAT !!!!! good to know your in the right frame of mind...your so right, its not about the scale.

Morning Star is the brand name of a company that makes Veggie Sausage, burgers, etc. http://www.morningstarfarms.com/ the sausage is ehhh okay...but the garden burgers are really good.

Well gotta run.

CATHY where are yah chickie?

Thanks Leenie!
:D

Howdy All. :wave:

Wow was it ever hot today! :sunny: We took my mil to see the Titanic Exhibit, it was really interesting. I did lots of walking today and sweating.......lol. I know it does not count as exercise, but still better than sitting on my duff. ;)

I think I'm finally getting "back on track". Drinking lots more water and eating smaller portions and trying to make better choices for myself. Even DH is trying. :)

I got to talking to my mom, online about it and she made me feel a lot better about it, cheering my on :cheer2:, like she always has. It just felt good to have someone "in my corner" for once and not making me feel or telling me how I'm screwing up all the time.

Anywho, I hope you all had a Great Tuesday.

:hug:

Good Morning,

Hey Sassy, good to see ya chipper :) and WHOOT to your Mom :cheer2:

Nothing much is new today, sosdd.... just plugging along, working :yawn:

And you ?

Sassy - you have awesome avatars - I really enjoy them :)

Nothing new here either, Leenie... sunny though, so I am goign to TRY to get a walk in, but honestly, I think it is going to be the 'walking around the grocery store' kind :) Today HAS to be my 'errand' day...

Hope - where are you today?
Carebear - did you walk yesterday?

Sassy - the show I am doing (that opens tomorrow - YIKES!) is 'Titanic'... it's very moving, and I just thought I'd babble at you about that for no real reason - :D

On that note - have a great day, all!

Heather :)

Hey all,

Not much going on here today. It's HOTT!! :cool: I'm getting ready to do dishes, laundry, and yes, mow the yard again. Hoping to get a little tan and not pass out.

I don't think I've mentioned but I play on a pool league (billiards) on Tuesday nights. We played last night and I beat a man a couple of ranks above me. Always good to beat the opposite sex once and a while, especially when you can tell they think you don't stand a chance.:devil:

I'll check in again once I've gotten something accomplished.

What's up with the rest of you folks?

Hi everyone!!:wave:

You all sound so busy and motivated:D yaay!!!

Not much new here, just plugging along. Scale went up, but TOM finally arrived so I'm hoping that will help. Also its starting to dry up outside, so will get to start working out there. Picked up a flat of strawberries yesterday, boy do I love strawberries:T sure sign that summer is on its way :D Hubby even baked the cake for strawberry shortcake last night.

I should go, I just wanted to pop in and say a big Hi!! to everyone.

Take care and keep up the good work :hug:
K

Good Morning :)

Well its Happy Thursday lol. Its finally warming up here except this morning it was 38 degrees out burrrrr. The trees and flowers are really in bloom LOVE IT! makes it so pretty.

Hope, I love playing pool !! its so much fun. I dated this firefighter a few...okay many years ago and we were at the firehouse playing pool. He kept challenging me to play in front of all the guys and I kept saying no... so finally I said fine... you can feel like a man now that your gonna play against me. WELL!!!!!! let me just say I kicked his behind in front of ALL his buddies... Talk about glowing. Serves the moron right ROFLMFAO!!!!! Yes, your right, it does feel good to beat the opposite sex :s:

Buddly, Heather, Sassy :hug: :wave:

Got lots to do today at work so I must be going.

I'll try to pop in later :hug:

Leenie

Hey gang-

Gotta take my dog to the vet at 4pm. I'm trying a new vet and I'm pretty sure she is having seizures. It happened at least 5 times yesterday and twice today to my knowledge. I don't know if there's treatment or what but it's making her lethargic and she doesn't eat unless I physically feed her some interesting people food. Besides her side effects, its wearing on me heavily.

My grandmother is having a Dr.'s visit today to determine if she may need to have surgery/amputation of her foot. She will be 91 this summer and I don't know if she can withstand the surgery. Mentally I think she can handle anything, it's just the physical...Any prayers would be welcome.

Just realized how depressing this is. Sorry. It's dreary and rainy today. I was hoping to finish mowing the small section of the back yard I missed yesterday b/c it started to storm and lightning. Oh well, if I have to watch T.V. instead, I guess I will.

Hope everybody's day is going well.

Hi all -
Well, I went for that job interview... Easiest one I've ever had. The manager said she didn't know if I would need a 2nd interview or she could do the hiring, but hey, it didn't suck. :carrot:

The only thing is, it's to be a medical claims examiner. My friend keeps telling me that it's super easy, but we'll see how it is to input medical record numbers with a gazillion digits. I am sooo not detail-oriented, and dealing with thyroid/depression-induced concentration problems. Blegh. But I'm pretty sure that I will be able to take my vacation time from my current job to decide whether or not I want to stay. Hopefully, I will get my issues resolved soon after I get my meds figured out. Fake it till ya make it. :dizzy:

Sassy: Where do you live? You're talking about the Titanic exhibit in Ensenada, right?

Good Morning and TGIF :cheer2:

Any plans for the weekend? not me :D

Hope how did you make out at the vets ???? Aww your poor G'ma. My MIL had her leg removed when she was about 75. 75 is alot different than 91 I know but its still a difficult process. Poor thing, she is in my prayers.

Rubberlegs, I'm so glad the interview went well...nothing like falling apart afterwards from the nerves built up before the interview LOL. GOOD LUCK !!!

Well kiddies, nothing is new here cept I've got a ton of work to do and only 8 hours to do it in :faint: So I'll pop back in later.

HUGS !!!!!

Good morning all,

Thanks Leenie, no word yet on my grandma's situation. The pooch is having something called 'synchopy episodes'. Apparently it is just a progression of the heart disease where she isn't getting enough oxygen to the brain. We raised one of her meds back up, which already seems to be helping some. But really all we can do is make her as happy as possible and wait. She could have a stroke or heart attack anytime.

Yesterday was hard, but I feel better today.

Heather: How was the show last night? I bet you were great.

Debbie: miss hearing from you. How's it going?

Buddly: same to you! Are you doing O.K.?

Hugs to everybody else! Oh, and congrats Rubberlegs!

Morning all - oops, it's afternoon already - Yawn!

Just a quick post - TOM has arrived, so hoping the bloating will go and the scale will read 250 any day now... come on...! Currently at 251.4! :p

Hope - the show was great... and yeah, I was too -:D Funny how we live in a society where we aren't 'supposed' to compliment ourselves, huh? Thanks for asking - we're totally sold out for the entire run, so a few more days to go!

Quite looking forward next week to getting my bike out, walking again (boy, am I ever missing it!) and building this screened gazebo we bought for the deck... hubby finds it difficult to sit outside here in Canada without getting eaten alive... I keep telling him the mosquitoes here must love foreign food! :dizzy:

Have a great day all - sorry not to be more personal! :)

Heather :D

Congrats Heather!!!:encore: :encore: :encore:

Good Morning,

Hope thats so sad about your dog, how old is she?

Heather we can't sit outside very long at dusk either, the skeeters here are gross, we live near a river and at the bottom of a mountain (woodsy) so you can imagine. We are building a deck and will enclose it as well... I love the night but can't enjoy it b/c of the bugs and bats.

Nothing much is happening this weekend, my allergies are kicking my butt and I'm just so tired, runny eyes, headache...you get the picture LOL. Maybe I'll do a little (very little) cleaning, sit outside :shrug: dunno.

Enjoy your Saturday :hug:


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Thanks Hope! How's the doggie? Any difference? So sorry about your grandma :hug: thinking of you!

Leenie - you know what? We hung up a bat-house last year because a few kept trying to 'move in' to our patio umbrella (go on - imagine opening it up and those babies falling out!!)... and the little buggers haven't even been NEAR the silly bat-house!! :) Oh, you have to laugh!

Met my 2nd mini-goal today - yay! Four days late... but who cares? I am THERE! :)

Chat to you all after the show ends!

Heather :D

Hi girls,

The pooch is 10 yrs old Leenie. She didn't want to eat this a.m., but I bought her some fries from McDonald's :mcd: (which she always loved) and she ate some of those after some coaxing. We truely must be related.

I can't go out much in the summer evenings either for the mosquitoes. I read somewhere once that some of us excrete a certain hormone that they like more than others. I guess I'm one of the lucky b/c they love me. My fiance has even said he's never seen anything like it.:dunno:

Good for you Heather on the weight loss goal! I have to confess, I've still been off the wagon and haven't been exercising for even the 10 minutes I was supposed to this week. I have been alot more active though than normal with errands, cleaning, and mowing etc. Better than being a total slug, I guess.:halffull:

It's rainy here and probably will be all weekend, so I think I'll stay in and fix a roast for dinner. Comfort food!:eating2:

Hi everyone!

Just a quick hello......think of you often and wonder how you are.....wearing my pedometer....gonna see about steps....taking the steps down all week and even up once.

Life is good for the most part but I really need a Nanny/housekeeper.

It rained here lots the the last couple days but today is warm and the grass is green

:) Hugs to all

Liz

Heather WHOOT on the goal, I'm so happy for you :hug: Ya know, there's plenty of woods and trees out there for the bats, if they can't find a home on their own, this homey ain't making them one LOLOL I had a bat laying between the outside door and inside door one time. I thought it was a brown leaf crumbled up until I bent down to get a good look and I noticed it was moving YIKES EEEEEEEEEEEW !!!!!!!!! LOLOL

Hope awww ya know, I would do the same thing....if my pup wasn't feeling good, I would do any and everything just to get her to eat something, anything. My dog loves Pnut M&M's and dang gum it.... she'd get some LOL. I'm the same way with the skeeters, they all come buzzing to me and my DH doesn't get bit at all. He says they like me better because ...... get this ............ I LOOK JUICY !!!! ROFLMFAO

LIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ how are ya darling. I hear ya on the maid, I could really use one too. There just isn't enough time or energy in the day to get everything done. Just trying to get in exercise is a challenge. When I get 1/2 hr to rest I wanna rest... then the guilt sets in OY.
Hang in there dolly.

Okay off to the showers ;)

Have a great night.

CATHY ????????????????????????? we miss you.

hey gang.... i'm here. it's after 9 pm tho and this is the first time i've been on the computer today. all is well, just really really busy. I miss everybody. hope all is well and that everybody is having a great weekend!
hugs,
Cathy

Good Morning,

Cathy boy do we miss you. Hope you can pop in some more. How are things?

Happy Sunday everybody :hug:

Gotta get dd up and off to church today....its been a while since we've been there but she's ready to go back...so am I LOL.

Other than that, its gonna be a nice day spent mostly outside... I hope :D

And you ?

Hi all! Have not had a lot the past couple of weeks. My family got really sick but we are finally over it. I got back into exersising everyday this week after I took a week off because I was sick. It went well. The week I was sick, I didn't hardly eat anything and did not exersise either and I did not loose any weight at all. This week I lost another 3.4 lbs. That makes me really happy. Well I will talk to you all later.

Trish

Hi everyone :wave:

I'm still here, had a few busy days, but nothing exciting.
Went to a "breath easy clinic" with A as her asthma is really acting up. She's a little disappointed as well as nothing came from her job interview. She was really hoping to get that job.
Had parent/teacher interviews, it was so neat meeting C's one teacher as he is dyslexic as well and could understand exactly what I was saying in regards to C's learning difficulties.
Hubby and I took a walk around our property yesterday, saw lots of moose and deer poop and one pile of bear poop. I haven't seen a bear on our property for a few years, so it was nice to know they are still around. The dog had a blast tromping through puddles and all the grass and trees. He came in all wet and muddy with little twigs stuck to his chest. Planning on making a little fire and having a hot dog roast for dinner, unless of course it starts pouring rain.

trish, congrats on your weight loss. Sorry to hear you were so sick though.

Hope, I hope your pup feels better soon and everything goes good for your grandma. :hug:

Heather congrats on making your mini goal and for success in your show! That is so neat that you do that.

rubberlegs, congrats on the job interview.

Hi leenie, sassy, cathy, liz :wave:

Well I should go and do something, my anxiety is acting up again and I feel all "staticy" inside, so I should burn off the nervous energy instead of letting it make me crazy:dizzy:

Take care everyone and enjoy whats left of the weekend :hug:
K

hey everybody,

I've spent the last couple of days shopping for my mom for Mother's Day with no luck. She's very petite at 4'11" and weighs around 105 (ironic huh?). Clothes are hard to find and she really doesn't have any hobbies. I've gotten jewelry in the past, but she doesn't like anything pricey, not that I could afford it now. She won't get a massage, pedicure, etc. I usually end up with flowers or a restaurant gift card. She also lives in a small town w/o much to do. Do any of you have mom's you are buying for?

Buddly: Glad to hear from you. I admire your poop recognition skills!:rofl: I remember in college once we were outside with some 'city slickers' and we could smell the animals from the agricultural farm and they said "ooh gross, the cows stink!" My friend and I looked at each other and replied in disbelief: "that's not cows, those are pigs!" They couldn't believe we could tell by scent alone.