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Jack,
Good luck to you and your brother sounds like lots of fun! I have had a bit of trouble sticking with my diet and new way of eating this weekend. I guess I was a bit stressed and sometimes thats all it takes to get off track. But today is Monday and I need to get back to doing the right thing and thats eating right, exercising and relaxing when possible. My son and his wife are due in next week from Seattle and we will attend a wedding in Maine. So I better be good this week cause next week it will even be harder. I wouldn't trade them coming for a visit for all the calories in the world. Well gotta get off to eat some breakfast and get started for the day. Good luck everyone with your goals this week and just know your not alone out there!
Skyfirefly

Good luck to all the travellers this week! Being on the road is tough.

Jack-I read about a bike trail/trip along the Little Miami River last time I was in Columbus (DD is is at Ohio State) and it sounded fabulous! As long as it's not scorching hot, sounds like a lovely ride. Hope you and your brother have fun and his eyes roll out of his head when he sees you

Meg-Your schedule sounds daunting, even for WonderWoman. I think Julia will need that tequila bowl in NM, better put it in the keepers pile I'm in the process of sorting through old pans and dishes in our basement to send to my DD who is also moving, but only 1 mile from where she currently lives. Luckily there are lots of guys with pick-up trucks in Ohio

Hello Skyfirefly!

My plans? Continue to eat clean and heal. Every day gets a little easier, but I still can't lift anything heavier than one or two water bottles without pain. Hopefully, I'll be allowed to do some light walking after my dr. appointment this morning. I've been trudging around the house and up and down stairs, but nothing that takes more than about 3 minutes of sustained motion. I haven't stepped on the scale since the morning I went into the hospital so I've no idea where I am, but I've eaten 100% clean. I have this terrible image of my muscle wasting away, but not much I can do about it


Mel

Hello gang!

Jack - that bike trip sounds like heaven to me! Can I come?

Mel - Happy to hear you are healing well...

Skyfirefly -- Welcome!

Megster -- I'm tired just reading your agenda for the next few weeks!

As for moi not much this week except, if the weather keeps up, I'll be biking my buns off...YAY!!!!

Later all!

Afternoon all,

I just ate the yummy extra stuffed peppers I made for supper last night. mmmmmm. I am having a little garden salad with it. Veggies have never been a problem for me.

Anyways, thanks for letting me ramble in the last thread... I actually lost weight without focussing too much on the issues that made me fat in the first place.... .. Anyway, it's weird, my family's combined weight loss was something like 450-480lbs or something like that. Now the three of us kids who lost weight (my third bro rebelled against the rest of us and gained) are about 15lbs over each of our goal weights and my mom has gained a lot this past year (she's been depressed)... the only one who has maintained has been my dad, I think partially due to the fact he could die if he doesn't control what he eats, but I also don't think he ever had the emotional ties to food the rest of us have... he still smokes and I wish he would quit (I've tried to convince him, so has my mom, his doctor, everyone).

Meg: Although I plan one cheat meal a week (can't do the day, but one cheat meal away from home I can handle), but I was having problems binging on everything in sight... particularly cereal, flat soft tortillas, pita breads and toast after I ate something like one candy bar or had a sugary brunch.. It was awful. What was worse I never ate that badly even what I was overweight... I know I am a sugar addict. Five weeks here I come BTW, I too will be on the road next weekend (going to see my brother in Toronto), what protien bars do you eat?

Jack: I gotta take my bike out of storage and start biking to work 2-3 times a week! I love what it does for my legs.

Mel: take care of yourself... you won't lose all of your muscle or anything. At least you're eating clean, that's wonderful

Skyfirefly: Maine is so beautiful!

Cheers!

Ali

Well, tonight was our bowling banquet night and...I made off with a few "goodies" that I didn't expect!!

Hubby & I both took 1st Place League High Series Handicap--Received a Special Pin & Cash. I didnt think I won because the week before we were done bowling I got bumped back down to 2nd, but apparently I reclaimed my title at the last minute!! Yippee!!

We also took 1st Place in Team High Game Scratch, Team High Game Scratch Series, and Team Champions. We got cash for all of these and special League Champion pins for winning 1st place. I also have the chance to purchase the League Champion Ring. Oooo I'm going too. I won't see another one of these in a longggg time so I might as well soak it up now while I can. I'm going for the gold one you see there in the middle of the pic, but I am going to get my birthstone (sapphire) in the middle. I am trying to figure out the engraving. On 1 side I will have "Angel" & the other side "Noodles", but what to put on the inside?? Never had this kind of decision before.. Maybe I will put I LOVE RATS inside.

I decided to go to Wally World after bowling and spend some of my loot. I have had my other fish tank set up and cycled since Sunday, so it was time to get a fish. Well I wanted a colorful one so I went and browsed the bettas. There was this beautiful blue one that kept swimming right up to me whenever I would walk by so I decided he was the one and took him home with me to his new palace in the water. I also bought some dark chocolate 's. Hey a bag lasts me almost 2 weeks so I deserve a little treat!!

Anyhow, here's a pic of my "loot". Hub ran off with some of the cash so...I only got part of it in there for ya. Time to rob his wallet. <innocent blinking-eyes look here>

Congrats Noodles!! Why don't you write "WINNER 2004!!" on the inside of your ring...Because it seems that you are in all aspects of your life lately...Great keepsake too!

Congratulations, Noodles, it sure looks like you hit the jackpot! You could have your hubby draw some rats bowling, and make that into a fun T-shirt.... er, that would be right up your alley... (sorry, couldn't help myself).

Cool stuff, Noodles!

Pookie -- that's a GREAT article! Thanks for sharing it. I thought this part was VERY eye-opening:
Congrats on the 40# gone, you little hamster, you! BTW, is your sister's surgery coming up soon? Is she excited/scared? Will you be taking care of her afterwards? Let us know when it's all going to happen, OK?

Butting in here (but hoping to be a maintainer sometime this year!). . .

Noodles, I read your signature and was wondering if you had ever seen the Summerwind Skippers? They are a group from Boise, Idaho, and have won lots of competitions and been on television shows. My daughter was in the jump rope club when they first started about 10 years ago, but she never competed. The PE teacher started the club because she felt kids weren't getting enough exercise.

Pookbear:

**Hugs** to you and your sister. I'll say a prayer.

The diabetic thing is what woke me up too. When the Doc said either lose weight or go on shots, I flipped. I had had enough shots with the weekly methotrexate (chemo)for 3 years. All be damned if I was going to stick myself daily!! Something in me just clicked with those words and I took action the next day and haven't looked back. Just forward. I finally put my glucose monitor and strips up on auction this past week. I hadn't used it for months, so it was time to go...I don't really know why I hung onto it for so long, must be the pack rat in me. But anyhow, hang in there!! You're on the right track!!