I am definetely NOT an early bird!

First one up gets coffee for everyone .

See y'all later!

Good Morning and HAPPY FRIDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Joanne, good to see you up this early since your getting coffee for us, I'll have a mug of graham cracker coffee w/splenda and milk please.... a bagel w/cream cheese and tomatoe slices would be nice too (while I'm dreaming ).

I'm sooooooooooo glad its Friday YAHOOOOO!

This weekend we will be taking it easy so we can get rid of this bug once and for all

DD's fever is low again today YEAH!! mine too

Whats your plans for the weekend ?

Hugs

Well here I am after a lousy nights sleep.I don't know what was wrong with me last night. I know I am sick from this weather going back and forth.Plus my nose hurts from my machine so I didn't use it last night.But at 9:50 this morning I have an appointment with gyno.OH BOY! what fun huh?

BBL

*hugs*
lynnie

Lynnie, just knowing I have to go to the Gyno would keep me awake too. ICK!

Good Morning everybody!!! I'm all revved up from 4 cups of coffee....managed to work out again this AM for 30 mins.....

The sun is out in NJ, but it's COLD, after being quite warm for the past week. (50s)...I like that we have a little more daylight now, for a while it was dark when i left for work, dark when I came home....

Lynnie does your OhBee/Gyn have the heated stirrup-booties and table at least? (its the little things)...reminds me that I am long over due to make an appt.

I found an interesting website if you want to visit......www.bottomsville.com. it takes a lot of courage to face yourself. (just like we do here). Be back later!

Hi Ladies!
Thanks for the Coffee Joanne
Hey Leenie add some Lox to that Bagel and I AM ALL YOURS
aww Lynnie hon Just do what I do while at the fiddler PRETEND YOUR SOMEWHERE ELSE I prefer Hawaii
Marble! I didn't realize you were a JERSEY GIRL (NO Big hair I'm sure) That makes 3 of us! that is a great website I read the thing about the pretzels and it reaffirmed that the fluffy cookies DH got for fixing a puter Go Up on the High shelf away from me!
My Driving Lesson Got cancelled so I'm all dolled up with no where to go but I feel more Like me and TOm is not kickign my *** as much
DH and I had a discussion last night about being more romantic b/c both of us take eachother for granted and we need to feel special
Gotta run NEEED Sustenance! Hunger Defcon level 5 Banana and yogurt here I COME!
Kierie

Good morning, everyone,

Thanks for getting everyone started, Joanne.
Leenie, I am glad you and your daughter are feeling better. I hope you have a good, restful weekend.
Lynnie, I am sorry you didn't sleep well. I hate not getting a good night's sleep. I hope tonight is better for you.
Marbleflys, good job working out! I do my workouts later in the day. If I am lucky, my daughter goes with me. I need to get more variety going, though. It is getting boring---treadmill and stationary bike.
Kierie, what is the pretzel thing? I admire your discipline in keeping the cookies away from your self.

I had another yucky night with the snacking, darn it. Maybe I should be more disciplined and have a more definite plan?? I just kind of try to eat less and not snack if I can. It is not working so well. I think some kind of plan might be a better idea?? Then I'll go nuts trying to figure out a plan. Do you guys have a good way of breaking down your goals into more manageable pieces? I have such a long ways to go---I have never been this heavy---it is kind of overwhelming. I want to feel like I am actually starting something that will get me to my goal---and I want to start it TODAY! Maybe I can find a way to have a plan and not let it overly stress me? I would love to hear any ideas you have that might work for me. Have a great day!

Hi everyone

Don't know what I have been busy doing.........did a few night shifts...and dd had her 7th birthday yesterday so there were cupcakes to be made, gifts to wrap, visit to school and grandparents.........today is a party at the gym for 16 kids........yikes........one hour of play and then food, cake and fun.......I'll be relieved when it is over.........congrats to those of you who are zipping zippers and closing clasps with increased ease.......I have lost 11 lbs the last time I checked since Xmas........but I still won't be wearing a bikini in Cancun........lol........I have not caught up on all the posts........but have been missing you all........I am buying books too but not weight loss ones..........raising teen girls one...........a great author........Scott Wooding........Hug Me, Love Me, Trust Me and Rage and Rebellion.......funny thing is just like weight loss we already know what needs to be done we just have to do it! Ugh!

Hang in there everybody


Hugs to you all!

Liz

Kathy, what are you snacking on? maybe you can snack and not feel so guilty by changing what it is your eating? Night time eating is my downfall as well

Marble, thats some website, I give that guy credit and I love his sense of humor, he sounds just like me...scary Where in Josiey you from ? Armpit LOL

Kierie, your all dolled up for DH be nice now

Liz we miss you too. Have fun at the party and watch those cup cakes, the little devils can be sneaky

3 more hours and I'm going home. tick tick tick tick !!!!!!

KO, A Jersey girl without Big Hair???? In another life I was the original Carmela Soprano! you should see my nails. I thought that the Bellyslayer's idea about eating chocolate was good...eat it in your bathing suit in front of a mirror...the visualization is enough to keep me from doing it!

kathy--if you are going to snack, trying making a plan....line up a variety of cut veggies and fat-free spinach dip (with yogurt or ffree sour-cream), tomato bruscetta, or slasa, measured out so you know exactly how much you are eating....(the fiber alone will fill you up)....decaf. tea with lots of splenda or good old cool-whip for sweets

I try to exercise both AM and late afternoon if I can....this way if I miss one, I don't feel guilty. I just hope I can stick with it!

Mable you're giving me NAIL ENVY I can't have long nails! mine split and if i buy my own lol I can't function I can't even dial my cell phone! but I love them!
Leenie LOL if TOM was over I'd just do what I did last friday Pounce on him at the door. But tonight he'll be helping me make potatoes Augratin I just realized theres no way I can lift 10 pounds of sliced potatoes and cheese sauce and get it into our oven without spillage
Hi Liz A gym is a great place for a kids party glad you are back!
Kathy it was something that guy from Marbles link wrote about snacking on bad things you should check it out Snack wise ahve you tried crunchy veggies even if you did baby carrots and FF dip or Reduced fat peanut butter (I'm a PB fiend I gave it up for lent) or a bowl of highfiber cereal Fiber one or maybe one of the Kashi cereals

I have to get my arse in gear and clean!
bbl
Kierie

KO (or is it KP with 10 lbs. of potatoes?)....My relationship with my manicurist has lasted longer than my last boyfriend... they are just acrylic overlays, i keep them med. length and this week they are baby-pink with double-shaded V-french tips......

I realized that if I wanted to get this weight off, certain foods cannot be in my house because I'm like an ADDICT....I'll get up at 3AM and "just one taste" turns into 500 calories inhaled....

I went to the gym this afternoon too! Did 35 mins. on the ellip. machine and supposedly burned 305 calories......then did chest/lats and leg work...I'm still rehabing my fractured elbow, but I can now straighten out my arm and am working on getting the strength back. And my flexibility is non-existent so I am trying to get that back too.

Now if I can just eat a decent dinner....

hey gang - sorry...I will try to read this thread later today or tomorrow
my day started off really good - got up early and did 2 miles - but after that it pretty much went down hill fast.
will tell ya'll about it later.
hugs,
cathy

Feb Miles = 16.5

Well we finally got the distilled water for the humidifier on my CPAP machine so that will help because it did while I took a nap today.It was very warm in the dr's office today.But you know what I can't stand the paper on the examining table sticking to my butt.My husband was in the room and said I needed to feed my butt because my butt was eating the paper. I like taking him in the room because then I don't have to tell him whats going on; he's already there.

*hugs*
lynnie