I finally have paid for the ad free connection. It's only $15 per 6 months and well worth it. I just get so out of sorts if I can't simply come here and read in a relaxing manner.

Morning everyone.

Down 1 lb. this week :yay: . I'm really happy about that because I actually lost 2 lbs. last week and gained them back over Easter weekend. But, I lost those 2 plus 1 more this week. Finally the scale is starting to move! :goodscale

I also had a NSV this morning. When I went to find some jeans to put on this morning, I happened to see an old pair of jeans I had kept that I could not zip or button. I thought I would try them on, just for kicks, and they fit! They zipped and buttoned and are quite comfortable. In fact, I wore them to work today :D

Hope everyone has a great day. :wave:

wooohoo Abby!

The ads dont bother me much, I think my firewall takes out the popups so all I have is the banner ads.

You know you are too tired when it takes you 3 tries to make coffee. First I almost put the coffee in the basket without a filter. Which was ok because I hadnt GROUND it yet. So I put in a filter and put the coffee in, water in, etc. was about to hit the button Remembered that I really like it if I put some cinnamon in the grounds, took the basket back out. I STILL HADNT GROUND THE FREAKIN BEANS!

What a day already and its only 7:30

Yuppie - yesterday was a horrid day for me too. Today is another day.

I'll ask Suzanne about that... I wondered where you'd been... I always love your posts :hug:

:bravo: on the loss abbyin !!!

all i have to say today is:tantrum: :tantrum: :tantrum: :tantrum: :tantrum: The freeking weather

My Dell Guru brother, installed a program called Ad Blocker Plus and let me tell ya, it's a dream! I run Firefox instead of Internet Explorer, and it comes as an add-on. I don't know if you can use it for IE, but you can always go to downloads.com and search for it. It blocks ALL adds. Banners, pictures, whatever. Blocks them all.

I think the cold weather makes us want to hold on to out fat stores, like bears in winter, in case we starve. Then again, in the blazing hot Summer, it's too hot to do anything. Makes you tired. It's a lose/lose situation!:dizzy:

Heya!

Congrates on the loss abbyin!!! Congrates on beating down those Easter weekend pounds.

Don't get me started on the weather. grrrr. I went for a run, which felt great, but it's certainly too windy/cloudy/cold out to go for a decent bike ride. I don't know what I'm going to do! Oh well, I'l find something to do I guess.

midearthseeker, that's totally true. And I've even heard it said that our bodies burn different amounts of calories in spring/fall... for fat storage and that kind of thing. I mean technically speaking, humans as an animal would have at one point not been able to eat very well during winter, so it would have been all about the storage. ;) Of course now we (at least in developed countries) can get food all year round.

I'm having one of those days when it feels like my birthday suit is too big. Ya know? It's like I shrunk but my skin hasn't caught up yet.
It's encouraging that a little bit of fat loss can make that much difference now but it's ... wierd.

Do you all know the analogy about the paper towel roll?

Ennay :hug:

My daughter is 2 and a half and I am just starting to get enough sleep (knocks on wood). But I remember!

159!!!!

What a good week I am having. Had a great run this morning.

Abbyn congrats on the loss.

Whittlin welcome back.

Yuppie girlie. That kind of thing happens. You'll be fine...just get back on the ol' saddle.

Susan that is such a good sign!

Gotta go change my ticker :D

Oh hikerchick! A new ten's number. I'm not sure why but I always find that very encouraging.

Way to go hikerchick!!!!

I'm so bored, I should be studying, but I felt more like chatting.

enney i remember the up all night thing too well. I did it 4 times althought the youngest is 2 1/2 now and my oldest just turned 10 and 9 so in a few years I'll be up waiting for them to come home.

congrats hikerchick. isn't it nice to be able to say 150s instead of 160. i know it is only a pound but I think it is a mental thing. lol

That's awesome!! :carrot: I know I want to lose 20 pounds, but just ONCE I would like to see the scale hit 139 again! I haven't seen the 130's since last Summer!

In fact, you've motivated me to add a ticker for my first Mini Goal! Yay!

Congrats on the loss Hikerchick, a whole new number! and I feel for ya on the sleep, my daughter still gets up.

Well, I have been avoiding the scale out of fear because I have been cheating so often. I've been wearing baggy clothes and trying to hide in them. But today I felt I needed a reality check so I got on.
I LOST 4LBS!!
I almost fell over to see myself in the thirties! I got on the scale three times to make sure I wasn't seeing things. I tried on a bunch of clothes and they fit. Goes to show what your mind can tell you about your body when your feeling down on yourself. I haven't been in the thirties for over a year.

Now I have to make sure I don't sabatoge myself, feel I can eat because I lost some weight.

Susan- I feel the same with the skin thing. Since I had my daughter my stomach kinda hangs there, it sucks.

Ate okay today, I consumed too many calories too early so I have to be sparse in the evening. Instead of chocolate last night, i had a bowl full of veggies.

Spring has got to come to this country soon! I'm feeling down too. Just hold on gals another week or so.

Dana

I hear you Dana! I'm in Indiana and we're supposed to get 1 - 2 inches of snow tomorrow. What's up with that! This is April, isn't it?

Who'da thunk? 2 baaaad binge days in a row and the scale is DOWN today. I'll take it!

But I felt ill yesterday from the food so get back on track dip

Dana and Ennay isn't it nice when the scale rewards you when least expected. That's so cool.

I think the best thing about seeing the scale hit 159 is that I am that much closer to 149. As big as each 10s digit is there is something so magical about not having to move the 50lb weight over.

Its been sooooo long since I have not had to do that I can't even remember. College probably.

I was all ready to get all fit and in shape after marraige (at this point I was about 155). We were going to go on a 1 month hike (hence the name hikerchick) we had people buy us gear and everything for the wedding. (This is 1997 BTW)

So we didn't plan so instead decided to do 4 one week long hikes. On the first day I thought I was going to die I was sooooo tired and sooo hungry up hills down hills I knew I was out of shape but not THAT out of shape. It was strange. By the end of the week I just knew it. I was pregnant. Honeymoon cancelled I went home and slept and ate and slept and slept and slept. So much for getting in shape.

Oh well I love my kids and if I had to choose I would take the kids any day.

Luckily I don't have to choose and now I have my wits about me again.

I admire people like ennay who are able to get it together when the kids are so little. The first two years are just a complete blur for me.

The cruel irony of motherhood is that in order to bear children you work harder than you ever have in your life only to come out of it more out of shape than ever.

The good side of this is that you know what its like to work hard.

Today I did some baking. I baked low fat banana muffins. low fat oatmeal apple cinnimon muffins and some choclate banana cupcakes(sending most with DH as he is going away for the wek for work). I wanted to make some low fat carrot cake but decided to make somthing for DH insted.

New Shoes!
 

Ennay and Poppin3, just wanted to say a big THANK YOU!!! I went to a running place in town and got new shoes today. Up until now, I've bought what I thought were pretty good shoes ($65- $80), but it was always "hit or miss" with most of the time being miss. The woman helped me find a perfect pair with the right amount of support and cushion for the way I run. :D

Thanks again for the good advice.

Wow, I have so much to say -- but no energy to type it all right now. I know I haven't been around much, but expect a longer post this evening!


KylieH -- anytime! I hope you love them. Make sure to report back. :)

Bad news. I moved my ticker back up. I had it down to 138 but the weight only stayed there for 2 days. I've been 2 days at 140 now, so I think that it is more realistic for me. Sure, I feel bad about that, but I'll move it back down eventually--I'm not giving up!!

Have a wonderful rest of the weekend everyone! I'm off to the local Greek Festival!!!

I love my long run days :D

Is is just me, or is there some sick part of you that rejoices when a television personality gains weight? I watched the I LOVE NY reunion show last night (guilty pleasure...but I admit to indulging in trashy TV):o New York and her mother have put on at least 20 lbs. It makes me feel pretty good that everyone has to battle their weight, even when they have access to personal trainers, dieticians, etc. To analyze it further...maybe I feel that if they still gain weight knowing they will be on television in a few months for a reunion show, I don't feel like such a failure in my regular, only viewed by 50 or so people a day, life! :)