more sad news
 

Big Stella, the doge de Bordeaux (French mastiff) who I've walked since she was a wee puppy, died yesterday.

She had surgery several weeks ago to remove a tumour from her brain stem and died from complications. She was only six years old.

She was the most confident dog, striding through the off-leash like she owned it. And yet she played ever so gently wtih young puppies and with her little girl Brooke.

I will miss this big gentle giant. God bless Stell - may there be an endless supply of pizza where you are now.

Dagmar

Aww, Dag, that's so sad, I hate when animals die :hug: ....

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY DAGMAR :cheers:

Today not much pretty blah sorta day... house bound because of the storm... will it ever end?? ... Made it to the gym though chest and tricep... I'm so bored right now I may do a yoga tape in a few minutes... beats eating, which is what I want to do...

Hello ladies :wave:

I know I was supposed to check in Monday after my prenesone episode but you won't believe it. Come Monday, I came down with the flu. I came home Monday night from work with a 102.7 fever. I had the full blown flu on Tuesday and had to stay home from work. I have had Laryngitis (sp) since Thursday. Actually my DH came down with the flu on Sunday and coughed so hard he through out his back and has been to the chiropractor twice this week and is still laying on the couch as we speak. Anyway, other than my voice, I'm feeling a little better and have changed my ticker to reflect my weight gain. Hopefully 2008 will start getting better for me.

Happy Birthday Dagmar :bday2you:

My birthday is this Thursday. It seems we are both Pieces. That means we are a bit wishy, washy. At least that's how I can be sometimes. 51 is not old, especially since I am going to be 52! :lol: I think we just need to develope a more positive attitude.

Susan B.-Good luck with your Chantix (that's what it's called here). I tried that about 6 months ago and while it did curb my cravings, I'm a long time smoker (not good I know) and it just made me feel angry. I do know a friend who had great success with it and has been quit about 6 months now. I wish you luck with this, as I have tried to quit more times than I can count and am actually thinking about giving it a try again soon.

So ladies, I'm back and did pretty good today. I really didn't log my food today but I didn't eat very much either. ;)

Hope everyone had a great Saturday!

abbyin Hope you and your DH are feeling better soon!

Dagmar

Morning my dears!

I feel like a huge bag of schtit. I'm sleeping about 17 hours a day. I ache worse that weight lifting. I'm vaguely nauseous all the time but still manage to overeat. I had a shower this morning for the first time since I-don't-know-when ... and ... DH says I'd doing sooo well .... :frypan:

rah rah whatever SusanB
 

No pep talk from me - just this :hug:.

Except to say that you will feel better, I promise :p. I'm sure the shower helped. And if you go for a walk that will help too, even if you have to wade through 3 feet of snow like we have here :carrot:. And a couple of days from now you'll notice all of that food you're eating tastes and smells different and better :).

Your DH (bless him) is trying to be supportive without really knowing how to do it. So come here instead and whine all you want. We'll listen. We always do.

You'll feel like schtit for about 3 weeks and then it will get better. Much, much better (oops is this sounding like a pep talk now?)

Dagmar

Yeah, what Dagmar said... Hang in there!!!! My DH REALLY struggled the first time he did Chantix, but then suddenly the emotional fog lifted, and he felt soooo much better. I'm sending you lots of positive thoughts!!!

I had a good eating day yesterday (first one in a while, actually). Exercise-wise it was a BTN day ("better than nothing"). I did a Leslie Sansone Walk to Jog dvd... not strenuous at all, but I'm afraid that's about where I am now.

Hope everyone has a healthy Sunday!

p.s. Abby - so sorry to hear you were stricken with the flu... you deserve to feel better!

Where is Barbara? Maybe she headed to maintainers, since she was essentially at goal.

Also, I haven't seen Tamsie on here... I hope maybe she is having lots of morning sickness :-)

Susan you ARE doing well... If you don't have to work, go back to bed or for a walk, whatever your little heart desires rignth now....soon the fog WILL lift and you will see the light... TAke care :hug: :hug:

Barbara is in Cabo - drinking margaritas and boogying her bikini off.

Dagmar

Feel better, Susan and Abby!

After basically gaining in the last two weeks everything I've lost since November, I am determined to get back on track. I'll keep you all posted on how this goes... my first goal is to start doing 30 minutes of (sweaty/intense) cardio a day. I've neglected that lately and I think that may be the reason for my gain.

I hear you Laura. Those sneaky lbs. are creeping back on to me as well. Good Luck! Stay strong!

Dagmar

Hey SusanB! Keep on with the Chantix. My mom takes it and it def helps. I think she has to take is with food bc it makes her nauseus but it is helping with the bad habit. Good luck!!!! <3 JILLLL

Hang in there Susan B., it will get better :hug:. And bless your DH's heart. He sounds like mine when it came to quiting smoking. Their routing for you; they just don't know quite what to say.

I did pretty good today. Not that I ate all that healthy, but I didn't eat that much either. With day light savings time happening this morning, I didn't get up until late, so I kind of missed breakfast.

I found a great buy in the paper this morning. It was a Toshiba laptop for $398.00 (they only had 15 per store). I've never seen one that cheap so I hurried down and picked one up. I've been wanting a laptop for a long time but didn't really feel that I could aford one but this was too good of a deal to pass up. Now I get to call my high speed provider tomorrow and check on Wi-fi. Maybe in a few days I can post from my kitchen table instead of my living room. I'm excited!

Health wise, my voice is still gone and DH is still in pain but he is going to try to go to work tomorrow (he was off all last week). I sure hope this week starts to turn things around. I am so ready!