Weekly Chat - July 30th - August 5th
 

Good Morning Chickies,

Hope you all had a good weekend... what happened to Monday LOL :shrug:

Trying to get my water in and make healthier choices.....

Whats shakin in your world?


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Not a thing shakin' here, chicks! Just a plodding day of chores and errands... although I am feeling less monstrous now that my mid-cycle craziness has passed, and I am getting more sleep this week!

Chat tomorrow!

Heather :D

good morning gang :wave:

Afternoon :)

We did skip Monday, didn't we?

Hi ODAAT, welcome to our chat. Look forward to getting to know you.

I tried get some things done today but it didn't really work out. They all involved phone calls and nobody answered, even a repair shop. Strange. I did get an email about a couple of Pomeranians that I put in an application for though and the lady should be calling me later today. Leenie, these are resue dogs. I'm trying to go that route, but it is a long process. It's harder to find small dogs this way but I think it is worth the effort. Most rescue dogs I find are very large and we just want a small house dog. I'll keep you posted.

Tonight is pool league and I need to hit the shower.

Catch y'all later.

Thanks for the welcome hope4me :)

I've been spending my time over at the Binge Eaters support bit, and thought I should stop by here and say hello.

I've suffered from depression since I was about 12, and have currently been unable to work for 2 years. I'm taking lofepramine but the improvement is very slow.

The depression certainly makes weightloss hard - I'm pretty much unable to exercise so the loss is very slow.

Looking forward to chatting with you all :)

Morning! :wave:

ODAAT - :cheer: welcome! :cheer: This is a GREAT place to come - the people are fantastic! Depression makes EVERYTHING hard :(

Hope - let us know how you get on with the dog/s... :hug:

Hey Cathy, Leenie - whatcha up to today? Me, I'm going to shop for some new pyjamas - mine are falling off me - hurrah!!

Anyone heard from Sassy???

Heather :D

Oooh new pajamas, you lucky thing!

I'm a huge pajama lover, glad I'm loosing a bit of weight as I bought lots of jammies last year when I was a bit slimmer - soon be back in them!

Hoe you get some nice ones :)

Can anyone explain to me why if fat chicks shouldn't wear horizontal stripes and we are allowed about 2 stores to shop in that carry plus sizes, why are they filled with only horizontal stripes, not vertical? Anyone?

No idea hope! :lol:

Nothing of news here, folks... still arguing with the other half - seems to be all we do these days :( I'm sure it's me: as I am changing, I'm not as willing to put up with the same things I have for years. And he is absolutely, stubbornly against ANY change. Life is hard these days. Oh my, I sound like I'm throwing a pity party - stop! Stop it now! :lol:

I'm resetting my mini-goal for August: I missed my August 1st mini-goal by 2 pounds (3 today - grr - I HATE being premenstrual!) and found myself thinking "Well, I'll just have to lose TWELVE pounds by September 1st...!" Okay - back to reality for me. So - mini-goal of 7 pounds for August... and if I beat it - great! :lol3:

Hope everyone else is happy and having a movin', shakin' kind of day! :)

Heather :D

Hi everybody,

Heather: I think 7 lbs sounds like a reasonable goal. You have been very consistent with making good choices and exercising. It's great to see that you've made such a big dent in your long term goal. I hope hubby comes around to appreciating your self improvement. You are doing the right thing by taking care of yourself however, even if it is putting you two in different places in your lives right now.

I spoke to the dog adoption lady last night and we are sheduled to go see the 2 pomeranians on Monday. They are 6&7 yr old girls. Very cute and only weigh about 5 lbs each. Can't wait.

It's hot here today. Nothing going on but we may see a movie later.
Have a good Friday ladies!

Thanks, Hope - you always say the nicest things! :hug:

Let us know how you get on with those Pomeranians!

Heather :D

Hi Everybody! :wave:

Sorry I've been MIA. Haven't felt much like being on the computer..........

I hope all is well with you!

:hug:

Good Morning Ladies,

I'm sorry I've been MIA....long hairy week :( but its over. This summer is just flying by with a blink of an eye.

ODAAT welcome to our little corner of the world :hug:

I gotta go make DD breakfast but I'll be back later.

Good to see you Hope, Heather, Cathy and Sweetie Sassy :hug:

BBL ;)


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Hi all,

Sassy: Glad you made and appearance. We are all thinking about you and hope all is well. :hug:

Leenie, the summer and the whole year seems to be flying by. I feel almost like I'm skipping this year. It's weird being unemployed.

It is unbearably hot here:cool:. We went out to breakfast today, despite the fact that I got up and went to the store to get eggs. Then we took a long motorcycle ride out to a friend's house and back. We rented the movie 'Babel' but haven't watched it yet. That's about it for today.

Catch y'all tomorrow.

Had a mini-breakdown
 

Sassy...
 

:hug: I'm sorry about your shift change. It's good to see you posting again.

Good Morning,

Sassy :hug: I'm so sorry this is happening to you and I can imagine how stressed you must feel right now but maybe this change is happening for a reason, maybe there is something behind it all that we just don't know about yet. I know its hard but try to look at it as temporary and maybe positive....if you don't your gonna be so miserable and you don't deserve to feel that way...aww smile sweetie and remember your not the fat girl nobody wanted. We all love you here and so does your DH.

Joanneeeeeeeeeeeeeee good to see you sweet cheeks ;) How's every little thing? how are you feeling?

Lets see.... yesterday I did some cooking, cleaning and we went to the mall to get DD the lovely new Autumn Bear from build a bear...then we went for dinner and then food shopping, came home put things away and went in the pool until 10 PM. The sky was so awesome, clear that you could see tons of stars...just beautiful. The only problem was the smell of skunk is what made us come in LOLOL peeeeeeeeeeeew.

Today I'll be doing a little heming, cooking and laundry.

How bout you chickies??

Morning all! :wave: Sassy - GREAT to see you :hug: Sorry to hear things aren't great for you - not much is more demoralizing than being forced to do things you don't want to do... I'm thinking of you! :hug:

Well, today is a very blah day. We went to a neighbour's house yesterday evening for dinner; I hadn't really wanted to go, but determined to have a good time. And I ate. And ATE. AND ATE. Needless to say - feel like crap and am up a pound and a half today - mostly salt, I am sure! I know, I know, brush it off and get on with it - okay, I will. :o I've planned all my meals for today to get high protein, low fat, lots of water, so I must stick to this today and move forward. *sigh*

Must fight off the negative demons who want to come out in full force today and tell me I am a failure - depression is an evil b@st@rd, isn't it?! :devil:

Okay - hope everyone is doing well, and I'm sure I'll be back to myself tomorrow! :)

Have a great day!

Heather :D

Depression IS an evil....etc.

Thats all I have to say. I sympathise!
emily
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Thanks Ladies......
 

Thanks Ladies.

I feel better today. I think I just had to have one night of tears and sadness, just to get it "out of my system", KWIM? Because today I feel like I can do this and yeah it might totally stink, but life isn't always a bed of roses now is it? So I'm just kinda "rolling w/ the punches" and trying to stay positive, because they want me to be miserable, they want me to be negative, and I'm not going to give them that satisfaction.

DH added text messaging to our phones so we can text each other, he said since we won't be seeing a lot of each other, that we can at least keep in contact via text messaging. So it might take some "creative" ways to stay connected, but we can do it. Text messaging, email, IM, old fashioned "letter writing", phone calls, etc..........and we can plan special time together here or there we can switch shifts with someone or request a night off here or there. It will make our time together more special because we won't have a lot of it and maybe that is what we needed, a little "wake-up call" to see just how much we do mean to each other. When you see someone every single day AND work with them as well, well unfortunately sometimes you take that for granted and well now it kinda has opened up both of our eyes like, "hey we need to cherish our time together".........I just have to stay positive cuz like Leenie said, otherwise I'll be miserable and I don't deserve that. I've worked too hard for that.

Meantime I can continue looking for a new position, inside and outside the co. and who knows like Leenie said, it just may be meant to be that me or DH are meant to get a wonderful new job opportunity or something and this was just the little "push" we needed........;)

So I'm going to try my best to keep positive, but there may be days that I just can't help being sad of course, I'm only human.........;)

Take Care Everybody!

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Morning! :wave:

Sassy - that sounds like a good plan - and you and hubby can always have fun texting ;) nudge nudge, wink wink!

Well, more like my old self again today, thank goodness. To make up for Saturday night, I ate well yesterday - high protein, low fat, low cal, LOTS of water - and put in a run even though it wasn't officially a 'running day' - and the scale is back down and I feel MUCH better! :) And more importantly, more in control, which was what I definitely DIDN'T feel on Saturday!

Today was measuring day as well, and I've lost inches, so all is good in Heather's World again - yay!

How's everyone else? :grouphug:

Heatehr :D

Who's birthday is it .... Leenie? ;)