I bought a new scale today. It's a Taylor Digital that reads out in .02 increments (my other one was digital but just Pound only weight).

I did make a nice discovery. I put it on my ceramic tile floor in my bathroom and it weighed me 2 lbs. lighter than my old one . Than my DH and I wanted to see which one was right so we moved them to another part of the bathroom and they weighed a few pounds different . We then moved them outside of the bathroom on the hardwood floor and they were the same weight . We realized that the ceramic tile is probably not even (even though it looks even) in the bathroom and the hardwood floor was a much flatter and even surface. So, I guess from now on I will be weighing outside of the bathroom. Just thought you all might want to check that out.

Oh, and by the way, I also am "really" 2 lbs lighter!

I had an up and down day today. I had lunch out where I had no control over the food (buffet-style catered lunch) and managed to make the best possible choices I could have. It was Mexican and I made a nice grilled chicken salad, completely skipping the tortillas, sour cream, and churros (and only a tiny amount of cheese). But then I broke down and had a slice of friendship bread tonight (see my "confession" in that thread). You win some, you lose some... (or maybe that should be, you lose some, you gain some--as in weight )

Clvquilts, congrats on hitting your goal weight! You have a really amazing story. It makes me very thankful that the only "meds" I have to deal with are BC and allergy stuff. I'm glad you are doing so well on your current meds. Oh, and my flu was one of those 24-hour bugs. It ripped through me pretty fast and was a pretty mild version of it, so it's not as impressive as it sounds that I only missed two days of exercise. And I envy you that your DH will take swing classes with you. I've been trying to get my SO to do that for years, but he just plain flat refuses.

Abbyin, congrats on being down two pounds!

Susan, glad you enjoy my smiling mug, I love seeing your picture too!

So many of you are mainstays for me, including you Alinnell , that I'm afraid to try to list you all because I'm sure to forget someone. I enjoy reading everyone's posts, even if I don't always respond to them all. This darn work thing--takes up all my time and I can't spend as much of it on 3FC as I'd like to!

Carloyn <-(sorry Susan!!!! )

WELL DONE YOU!!!!!!!!

Hello newbs

I lazed around last night, but I finally got some wedding photos printed off to go in an album We've only been married 5 months! They'll sit there for another 5 months waiting for me to print the rest of the pics off, then they'll all sit there for another 5 months waiting for me to trim them, then put them in the album!

Today is GYM then 2 hours of kickboxing.

ATCHOO! I'm a bit sneezy, but hopefully nothing too bad

Good morning everyone!

I saw Carolyn over in Maintainer's ... isn't she an awesome asset to 3FC?

I had to enlist the aid of Suzanne to get a pic for my avatar. I am useless when it comes to pictures.

It's cooler here today too. Back under freezing but I can walk in that.

Good morning everyone!!! I don't have time to address everyone this morning. Very busy day ahead: drop of DS at school, get oil changed in car, go to work, leave work early to pick up DS from school, run home to get ready for meeting tonight, drop DS off at karate and then go to my meeting. Whew! I should be home around 9 PM, so the only free time I have is for the next 20 minutes and then whatever I can fit in at work.

Weight is staying at 140, hope to see 139 this weekend. Dinner out last night was so good. Camarones Confideo (shrimp) served over spinach fettucini with an adobo sauce accompanied by steamed broccoli, carrots and zucchini. I ate only 2 bites of the pasta, all the veggies and shrimp (I think there were 8 big ones). Also, I ate only a dozen chips with salsa! But did manage to get my margarita! Glad the scale still liked me this morning!

Welcome to the newbies! I'll try to answer a few posts later.

Allison, that shrimp dish sounds so yummy I could eat it for breakfast. But I don't think I'd have the willpower to only eat two bites of pasta for me. Esp. not spinach fettucine-yum! And when you take your car in for an oil change, can you take mine too? It's about 5,000 miles past due for a tune up (one of my New Year's resolutions is to get that d**n car tuned up and I still haven't done it!)

Chocobroc, I'm glad you weren't offended by me laughing at you over your pudding cup in the Confessions thread. I just read your profile and cannot believe you have five kids! I don't know how you do it--if I had five kids, I think I'd be eating a pudding cup for everyone of them!

Any kids after 2 are not a big change I have 4 and would of had more but the hubby says he wants to retire someday. Now why would he want to do that?lol.

I don't seem to post much here I see. i can't remember tha last day I did. I drank so much water yesterday my scale was up 2 pounds (could of been the sodium from all the soup i have had also) My wisdom teeht need to be pulled so I am having a hard time eating but itis getting better.

Barbara~sorry, didn't get your post in time--back from my oil change already. It only took an hour. They washed my car, too, but did a lousy job on the windows. I hate when they do that. And it didn't need washing, I just paid to have it washed Sunday and it was only a little dusty. Oh, well. I guess I'll just redo the windows this afternoon. Oh, and yes, it was hard not eating more of the pasta!

ChocBroc~you're doing great with the exercise! WTG.

Oh, have any of you read any of the posts by archy? She is so totally funny! Check the support forum--she's done two that are worthy of publishing!

Thanks for all the encouraging words about reaching my weight loss goal. Now the tough part comes...keeping it off.

Swing dancing was a lot of fun last night - and it's DH who gets us to go, not me! He got hooked on partner dancing when we were on the cruise ship for 4 months in 2005 and again when he visited me for 3 weeks when I was on for another 4 months in 2006. He's taken almost a year more of dance lessons than I have, but it's hard for the 'leader' to learn the moves than the 'follower'. They don't call them guys and girls or men and women because in NYC and Philly, anyone might decide to lead anyone else. DH said he really doesn't like it when his follower is a guy.

Did the floor exercises this am and turned on the Comcast dance channel and did 30 minutes of low impact. So, I'm doing really well into my 3 week on this forum and working the plan.

Darn, Allison, my car could really use a washing too! I keep hoping it will rain (I always say that God washes my car ).

4 kids, 5 kids, I can't even imagine one. It's all I can do to take care of the plants (I swear, it's always "water me, water me,)--it never ends).

I am not doing so well today. I'm going to have to post a bad confession in that thread. I think maybe I need to add 100 calories to my daily total. It just seems like I've been so hungry lately.

I can do kids, plants..............well thats another story lol

Good evening ladies. Haven't been here in a few days. Just trying to keep my head above water with working & sleeping! I am on vacation starting on the 22nd though. It is spring break for my high school son but we aren't going anywhere because there are tennis matches all week with his high school team. Not sure who scheduled that but it's no big deal I will love just being at home!

Allison-my son was out in Palm Springs yesterday for a match. I didn't get to go but he did very well

cvquilts-Your story is amazing! What alot to overcome. In reply to your questions about Curves, I do like it & have been going for 3 years (which is much longer than I've kept with anything else so I'm afraid to quit going!). You cannot add weight to the machines. I believe they are hydraulic (?) but you can work harder on them and that is what so many people there don't seem to do. There is alot of talking going on (and believe me, I love to talk and I do but I also work out hard) and then people wonder why they don't get results!

to everyone and cvquilts on making goal!

I've got to go and get in the shower and go to bed. I have 3 more regular nights of work and then 2 overtime nights and then no work for 10 nights!!!
Talk to everyone later. Jane