Nov 29- Dec 5 Weekly Chick Chat
 

starting up!

:coffee:

well, it sounds like everyone had a quiet day yesterday- after the busy holiday weekend, it was nice to just crash yesterday. I went to a mall for a bit with DS to get out of the house, it wasn't too crowded, and we needed a walk! we had the big wind also, with heavy rain in the morning. but by afternoon it was pretty nice, mild for november.

I have to get back into my LC eating for the next couple of weeks. I have had some good days but more bad days lately. I feel like I have 3 weeks ahead that I could do SOMETHING with, if I try. I have been overeating and eating too many carbs, not enough protein. I have the remains of an 18 lb. turkey in the frig. NO EXCUSES! (stuffing?) Threw out the pie yesterday, and drank the last glass of wine in the bottle. Made baked ziti for DH and MIL, so they're set for a day or two and maybe I can get myself together!

Got a good amount of work to get to at work, that might keep my fingers from snacking. No other real news. went to the library and got the new Joyce carol Oates book "the Falls" set in Niagara falls. Good so far-

Who else wants to put in 3 solid weeks ON PLAN? that's my goal- increase water, vegetables, protein. Decrease everything else, just keep a little fruit.

well, off to work I go- see ya later,
dottie

Good morning Dottie and all to come.

No school today for teacher workshop but it will still m a work day for myself and older boy who has school projects to finish.

I have errands to run, I was waiting for the rush at the mall to be over. I will take both kids to find a gift for Dad today.

I did not reach my walking goal for this month. I did not count on being sick for a week or that I wouldn't get anything or any time to myself with comany here.
Overall I did get 50 miles in but I set a goal for 75....

Ok off to the shower so i can move along with my day. I will get to the eliptical later. I need that snity time!
be well and have a good day.
-L

Good glorious morning. It looks like a cold but sunny day here in the eastern Ontario wilderness. The woodstove was still hot this morning so I just threw in a piece of wood and it caught. An auspicious start!

However....and Life is full of Howevers! ....Lucy managed to snitch my bank card out of my jacket pocket last night and chomped it badly. I should know better than to leave my jacket over the back of a chair. This afternoon I'm off to see if I can get a new bank card. Luckily I did use it Saturday to get cash so I'm solvent for a bit. Maybe she did me a favour! :lol:

Dottie, I'm with you. My eating has been terrible lately and even included a very deviant box of Ferraro Rocher chocolates last night! We had pasta for dinner and carbs seem to make me want more carbs. So today will be water, veggies and protein. I've already had my one fruit - half a mango.

I am going to do a bit of clothing sorting this morning and am going to Lurker Lorraine's house for coffee mid-morning. She is going to take off to Florida soon so probably it'll be our last visit before she cranks up the Greenhouses in early March!

Happy Monday to all!

Good Morning!
 

Im with you Dottie!! Ive been doing good, but when I get calls (last night)from the ex I tend to falter, and fall flat on my face in a box of hoho's! But I did good last night dh made me snuggle with him and he got my mind off the s.o.b. But I have to talk to him again today. I always get worked up and stressed out when I have to face him. So anyway, Im with you, and thats why Im back posting everyday. You ladies are the greatest!!

Ruth, sounds like a nice start to your morning!! Anytime a fire starts up on the first log has to be good!! We have a wood pellet stove, so I just have to flip a switch, BUT.........I didnt have to add a 40lb bag of pellets this morning!! :lol:

We are starting a big sign today.....Im really excited about it. Its probably the prettiest one we have done yet. It has lots of scrolling bits on it, pretty colours and the business owner is thrilled with the design. So hopefully it will turn out as nice as we think it will.

Im off to get dressed and start my day.......have a good one!!

Robin :wave:

Ohhhhh! Let's all go to Florida for the winter - wouldn't that be grand?

We went to San Jose for Thursday - Saturday (poor lipo sis has gained some pounds since she had her female plumbing removed last year so she isn''t so high and mighty now). It was nice to be with family. My two neices were there (24 & 21) and we tied together a couple quilts for the out of town nephews. I don't think my boys were too bored - there was a school down the road where they went to skateboard & play basketball.

We had a bad rain storm pass thru Friday night that dumped LOTS of water and then it was VERY windy all Saturday. There is a freeze warning out also as our temps are dipping into the low 30s/high 20s. BOY am I a baby about the cold - maybe I should move to Hawaii. (yeah, right)

I'm with you about trying to pull it together and eat better over the next 3 weeks, Dottie. I'm going to work on that.

Have a great monday everyone - I've got to have my eyes dialated today so my mom is going to taxi me there and back - so no workie for me but I do have stuff to do at home (always)

Kel

Happy Monday Morning!
whew! after a extremely productive weekend- it's the time to relax! too bad work gets in the way! :lol:

Friday I shopped and we have most of the christmas presents done now.

Saturday we got my diamond ring and wedding ring back from being sized- I lost 1 ring size too!
then we got the boys measured for their tuxes. I can't wait to see him all dressed up. I've only seen him in a suit one time for a friend's wedding and he looked Good! Then we went up to his brother's place for the afternoon. He owns a flower shop and his wife owns a salon right next door. a while ago they said they would give us the flowers for a wedding present. so I picked out roses- lavender and white (30 for my bouquet) and pearled stephanotis and he said don't worry about it- it's covered. something like 90 something roses for the bouquets and bouteniers, and corsages...free! good deal!

sunday I went to my first baptist church. We've been doing premartial counseling with an independent pastor and he's been hinting that we really should have a church so we had been looking around and decided on this one- I liked it- amazing how friendly everyone was- really felt good. Not sure how my parents are going to take it yet- They're catholic and raised me catholic and I went to a catholic private school growing up. But I tried the catholic church down here- few and far between - and didn't feel welcomed at all or that it was "right". At least I'm going to church now- I hope they see that point.

going to take MIL and the family to see Disney on Ice Friday night- Beauty and the Beast. She never wants to go anywheres so I bought a ticket and then called her and told her- no refunds, you're going! other than that- pretty quiet week here.

Have a great week everyone!

oh and yes- I could stand to "stricten" up my food a bit too- I tend to think since I'm doing good that I can have more snacks than normal- and carbs! today was yogurt for breakfast, SF jello, turkey with cheese and salsa, 1 green pepper raw, and then basil chicken with cream of celery soup (98% FF) and onions and GP in the crockpot for supper. about 20 carbs today.

Tuesday morning:
I am taking a sick day to get some chores done and maybe have a little fun with my neice and sister. The DN has 1/2 school day today, we may have some play time!

Food went better yesterday. Managed to get through the evening without snacking. Had carbs at dinner, but still stopped eating after that. A major accomplishment! Today's goal is protein breakfast, protein and salad lunch, sensible dinner, no snacking. More water. Maybe i"ll go brew some green tea for iced tea.

I'll probably be back later...going to shower and get started on some laundry...
have a good one,
dottie

Good Morning!
 

Sounds like you did a good job Dottie!!

Things are quiet around here this morning, Im waiting for a delivery from the sign suppliers. Then I guess I can get busy lol Ive had my coffee, Im about to have a bit of breakfast in a bit, and maybe a bit more reading by the warm stove before I actually get productive. Ive had my shower and Im dressed though!!! :lol:

Still op and walking every day. My jeans are getting looser, but Im not getting on the scale until these jeans are falling off my arse. I just know if I get on it, I'll fall off and head for something I shouldnt have. So for now, Im playing it safe, and using the jean-so-meter. I know good and well how to loose it, its keeping it off thats giving me trouble!! Im working on it!

Anyway, Im off to read.......have a great day everyone

Robin :wave:

I like the 'jean-o-meter', Robin! Hey, I wanted to tell you that I nosied around your hubbiy's website and went to the tattoo link and really liked some of the work I saw there. It gave me ideas of the style of Fairy that I want Melis to design for mine.

Hope you had a nice day off, Dottie - boy, it sure would be nice to have a day at home, by myself, without having to rush off for an appt. or something.

Did fairly good with my eating today but the night is young! I will try to line up some legal (for me) snacks in a bit so I don't get into the ice cream later.

Kel

wed morning- sipping my coffee and delaying getting into the shower! It's raining hard and a wind, too. Yuk. Plus it makes the AM commute twice as long.

I had a good day yesterday. DS and I did a leisurely shop at BJ's(like Sams Club) and then took the DN out to Burger King for lunch. Played a board game in the afternoon, til a friend called for the DN to play. I finished up some paint trim upstairs, and painted a shelf in my laundry area. Did one load of wash. Diet-wise, not bad, but had some fries with lunch...and some stuffing with my leftover turkey dinner. but not much and that was it. Took a good walk in the morning.

I have good food ready for today and tonight.No walk cause it's pouring, but I will climb the stairs all day at work.

Better get moving-
have a good one,
dottie

first day of december! where did the year go?! just going along with daily routines- no big changes, esp in the weight department, oh well, I'm going to keep going. good food days though- except those donuts that Chris brought home are calling me constantly. did good though- I had 1 and that was it. I don't mind getting chips and icecream and snacks at the grocery store for them so he probably thought it was ok to get donuts- but man, didn't realize how much I missed them!

Have a great wednesday!

Aaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhh! Ferraro Rocher Somebody snuck in during the night and ate some because there are gold wrappers in my wastepaper basket.
It was probably my evil twin, Ruthless. This has to stop as I've been messing around with the same 5 pounds for a year now. Grrrr!

Aside from that little glitch, life is pretty good. I got a cut and perm yesterday just out of sheer luck and good timing. My stylist is extremely popular and I called yesterday and sort of begged him to work me in before Christmas. He had just got off the phone from two afternoon cancellations so I was in! Whew! After that I tackled Wal-Mart toy department which was a zoo! I finally gave up in my search for a Bella Dancerella and just went home. I am going to phone around today for the darn thing. What a joy it is to be a grandma!

Pouring rain this morning and I need to hump the garbage out to the road. I hope everyone has a great HUMP Day!

Good Afternoon
 

Its windy windy here today....I can even hear the wind sucking air out of the fireplace! Im sitting here waiting again for the sign supply delivery. I cant do anything until he gets here. Last thing I need is to be elbow deep in vinyl and sticky tape, and then have to answer the door. I was going to make dh's muffins while I waited, but Im out of eggs.....so that has to wait too until after the delivery so that I can go and get some eggs. :kickcan:

I managed to get alot of gift wrapping done yesterday...then I ran out of paper. But I put a good dent in that chore. Just really big stuff left to wrap now, and what ever odds and ends I pick up.

Eating is still going good. I was hungry yesterday, but managed to convince myself that the hunger feeling were my fat cells screaming a painful death!! :devil: That many less I have to worry about. But they have started the screaming a bit early today. Maybe its because Im bored? :lol:

Im off to go find something to do while I wait.......have a great afternoon ladies.

Robin :wave:

Woo HOOOOO
 

Good Morning Ladies!!

Nice to see everyone here. I have been awol with a sick kid here. He is on the mend and I am getting back to normal here myself. Little man still cannot express what is wrong with him, so it is a bit of a guessing game when he gets ill and there are no obvious signs. He is doing so well though, his speech amazes me, but his understanding is still lacking.......if he is hungry he will not say so.........he will start naming off all the foods he knows.LOL

I have been trying hard to meet my weight goal by xmas, but I think that is a bit much, I am losing slowly now, really have to work at being more active, as my body is wanting to plateau and hang on where I am now. I have increased my activities and my water intake. I have added more carbs as I want the last 18 lbs to get off and stay off and not be a forced drop........does that make sense??

I weighed myself yesterday and jumped off, moved the scale into the center of the room, had a pee and tried again!! :dizzy: HA The number was the same..........AS OF YESTERDAY I HAVE LOST TO DATE ............75lbs. I am soo happy, that everytime I fell off I could come in here and be motivated, encouraged, cheered, comforted, befriended :coffee: . It helped me get here. I didn't do this ALONE

I guess I am saying THANKS to all who by their own trials, tribulations, celebrations, kind words, has made this site a favorite of mine and made me feel I could accomplish my goal. ;)

Have a GREAT DAY yall

Leona

:cb: :cb: Leona.......YOU GO GIRL!!! :cb: :cb:

congratulations!! 75 lbs!!!!!! Wow!

Oh, leowna, you made my day! I'm discouraged like anything, and although I'm doing a teeny-tiny itsy-bitsy bit better, it's not enough to loose anything. I'll hold on another day though!
You too Robin- you've gotten back and I love your idea of "the sound of fat cells dying" :lol:
yesterday a real struggle, mostly at work doing a long typing project, almost 4 hours and I just ate and ate and ate. I had salami and cheese and a salad with tuna and egg salad on it, then more salami and an apple and a little applesauce. TOO MUCH FOOD> That was just at work! At night more turkey and a little stuffing with gravy and squash. But I deserve a minus 2000 calories for the Ben and Jerry's that I DIDN"T EAT!

today should be better- And I am going out to dinner so I can do the grilled chicken cesear thing that ususally works for me.

I have only done one little Xmas purchase(books online) so I need to get moving. And I want to decorate a little bit. Last year was the first year in the new house and we didn't do much. this year the living room is more presentable, and I want to have it look nice. for myself as much as anything! the rest of the house has been set up for MIL, and I have few places of refuge! I sometimes sit in the LR to read...the TV is always on in the den. if I am in the kitchen, she comes in for company. So I am putting candles and ornaments and window lights up this year in the LR for ME to enjoy!

that's it...have for scramble some eggs before I go. The key to a good morning for me is a protein only breakfast!

have a good one,
dottie

wow meowna! Congrats! 75 lbs!

disappointed/ angry need to vent today. we're getting married in March and then having a reception in Maine for my family in June. we're dressing all up again and everything. another cake, more flowers... well, when we asked our best man- Chris' older bro, we told him that one of the things we wanted him to do was to be able to go up to Maine to recreate the bridal party. Don't accept the Best man duty if you can't do this. We said we were asking the same of all our wedding party- not singling him out. He was fine with it. My Maid of Honor is from Maine and coming down for the wedding and then she'll obviously be in Maine for the June reception. and then the rest of the bridal party is immediate family so they'll obviously be at both. well, the boys went to get measured last saturday for the tuxes. The best man didn't go... we got over it, fine, you'll have to go by yourself to get measured. Then I sent him an email with all the dates he has to remember- March 3rd, final fitting, March 4th, rehearsal and dinner, March 5th the wedding- please bring back our tuxes after the wedding- it'll be over at 3:30 and we can't bring them back on Sunday.
March 6th- inviting everyone to church with us and then going on a group outing here in NC.
and then I asked him if the dates in June would be ok to fly up.
He replies back, We're not going to be able to go up in June. It would cost us too much money. I've told him before my mom has gotten a hotel room- Ramada Inn at $29 a night (she used to be manager and can still get discounts) and then I thought my parents would have a big dinner for everyone a couple nights- they're big on family get togethers. Not asking alot- just airfare. UGH! Haven't told Chris yet, but I know he's going to be mad. He almost "fired" his bro as Best man over the tux incident. (we told him over a month in advance we were going to get measured and he was fine until the weekend before he scheduled something)
ugh! should be fun at Christmas with everyone mad at each other! can't get too mad though because this is the same bro that owns a flower shop and has given us all of our flowers as a wedding present. I'm having a bouquet of 30 roses- so I don't want to make him too mad and have him revoke the present... ugh! what am I marrying into?!

Good Morning!
 

Dottie your doing good.....I wish we could subtract for passing up our favourites!!! You would think that would make us so much thinner, because I know there are LOTS Ive passed up, and really, I should be a size 6 for it! :lol:

Kandice, I have no words of wisdom for you. When dh and I decided on a date to get married, we only had 2 weeks to get ready. We knew we were getting married this past summer, but didnt really have a date picked out. So literaly last minute, when family members were going to be in town is when we chose to get married. They were very suprised when they arrived to find out they were going to be going to a wedding. It was nice :) very casual and very little stress. I wish you the best in your plans!!

Well I worked on my sign yesterday for about 4 hours, thought it was beautiful and lovely when I was done. Until I started to wipe off the lines I had made for leveling and centering. It seems that every mark I made on the aluminum scratched the white pencil right into the green background! I hadnt realized it until I was finished of course, because Ive never had trouble with this type of marking pencil before! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: I was furious! All I could think about was the $500 sign totaled, and we would have to do it all over again! :mad: :mad: :mad: So of course I did what any logical female would do. I threw a fit, and I really dont remember what was in my hand, but it smashed up against the chimney (I was working in the basement). Good thing no one else was around!! I high tailed it up stairs and got on my walking shoes and set out for my walk. Let me tell you....when you are flamin' mad, you walk really fast!!! I did my 3 mile walk in 38 min!!! Instead of my usual 45! When I got home, dh was there, loved the sign and told me how we could fix it. Im a smart woman for marrying him!!! Then he took me out for supper cuz he didnt want me to cook anything. All is well in Robinville again :lol:

Today, Im going to pick up some more wrapping paper and get that finished, make the muffins I was going to do yesterday, and enjoy the sun while it lasts out there.

Have a good day everyone!
Robin :wave:

awww- robin- you got yourself a good one for taking you out to supper...

I got mad at Chris one weekend morning when I was tired and wanted to sleep in (when we first started dating and moved in together)- he asked what we were having for breakfast. Let me tell you- he has never asked for breakfast again! :lol:

Thanks- I thought a 13 month engagement would be perfect- allow everyone enough time to save and everything- but now I wish I did it last minute- I'm second guessing everything and it's so stressful!

Kandice, I didnt mean for you to second guess yourself. I was engaged for almost 3 yrs. I had loads of time to plan, but its not my thing. So when it comes down to the wire, you just put your head down and plow forward. What works out does, and what doesnt, doesnt. Dont get worried about it, just go with the flow. You want to enjoy your day, not worry about everything and everyone. This is your day remember, and if one of the wedding party cant be there for the 2nd party, its his loss. Sounds like your going to have fun in maine, and isnt that the whole point of it all?

Dont stress over it......remember, everything happens for a reason. IMHO :)

Im thinking I should have taken my own advice when I was finished with my sign yesterday!! :lol:

Ick weddings not my forte......divorced x 2 here, did the big wedding the first time, eloped the second.........and if I ever mention # 3 shoot me fast, it means all my marbles have hit the floor and they are escaping. HA HA :devil:

I wish you the best of luck in all your planning Kandice, just remember to have FUN yourself, it is your day to remember not everyone else.

Things are well on the homefront, eating is going ok, latest bad habit is chewing "bubble gum" eeeeek, and not sugar free, am working on that habit.

Gotta go check out the recipes, have pork loin chops and broccoli something to make for supper here.

ty very much for the congrats..... :o

Leona

friday morning! finally!

Kandice, I can only echo what Robin and Leowna have said: it's your day, and you'll find th
at you'll be so happy that everything else recedes into the background. After March, the rest won't seem so important. Enjoy, this is a wonderful time.

Hi Robin, your MAD walk sounds like my day yesterday, except I couldn't go walking. I sat at my desk mad at some work-related unfairnessess, I just pouted for a while. But I have to say, Thank God for low carb. With what other diet can you go out for a scotch and a steak to calm your frayed nerves? Watched survivor and went to bed early.

Just going to get through this day, and think lovely thoughts about the weekend!

have a good one-
dottie

Good Morning!
 

Steak and scotch sound lovely Dottie!! :lol:

Alright, Ive got myself worked up, and a bit blue. I decided yesterday that I was going to get on the scale today. Today because.......3 months from today Im turning 40. I dont want to turn 40, but it beats the alternative :D So, I know this.....I DO NOT want to look like this when I turn 40, nor do I want to feel like this when I turn 40. The scale was alot higher than I thought :( So that means it was a whole lot higher 3 weeks ago when I got back on plan. (I was too chicken to get on it then).

Since the scale makes me nuts, here is the plan. I will get on the scale one week from today, just to insure Im loosing and doing things properly. Then I will not get back on it until Jan 3, then Feb 3, and then on my 40th birthday :eek: This gives me 3 months to move into the 40's more healthy and hopefully a whole lot smarter about food.

Also since I know that exercise is the only way to whittle off the extra pounds a bit faster than sitting on my arse......I have been walking the last 3 weeks, but today I will start my exercise ball routine, and tomorrow starts my weights. As well as walking everyday, weather permitting.

Ok, Ive laid out my plan.....Im counting on you ladies for support. I did this before with your help. Im going to do it again, but this time Im going to remember everything I learned and keep it off!!

Ready Set Go!!!!! :strong:

Have a great day
Robin :wave:

Oh yes, TGIF, Dottie! Can't wait to stay snuggled in the covers tomorrow morning. It's been colder than a wit...., um, it's just been REALLY cold here lately and sooo hard to get out of bed at dark thirty.

Kandice - I agree that it's your day (or actually 2 days, since you are doing it twice) and you should just concentrate on that. Besides, your future BIL is really doing a lot for your wedding already. It would really be a shame for something like this to put a wedge in the family. What is really important is your future relationship with Chris and the joining of families and you don't want to hurt that.

We'll I've decided that the kids and I are going to Disneyland for a few days right after Christmas and that will be their present. (we've talked this out and they really want to do it). So a cubicle mate at work heard me talking about it and said that he has a hotel connection and would get me a great discount. So we are going to be staying in a nice hotel, in a suite, for $25 a night! Wow! I'm getting excited about it all now!

TOM is over and now I'm going to really do a stern talking-to with myself and get my eating under control. I will do some planning this weekend, probably some cooking, and get prepared. I would really like to start losing a couple pounds rather than holding steady. Meowna - You are very inspiring! You must have great inner strength to deal with all you do AND get yourself in great shape. It has been one year now since the kids' dad left and I feel like I'm holding it together well but I need to break out of this holding pattern and DO SOMETHING - start living more. Oh, I don't know, everything is fine, I'm just having a I-don't-know-what-I-want-to-do-when-I-grow-up moment. Forget about it - I'm just being silly.

Have a great Friday all! YEAH, IT'S FRIDAY!

Kel