Rhonda! Stay! That's all about that! Chelle, I know you are staying and just not weighing, but hate that you are stopping any of it. Thank God for you because if you weren't running this challenge for us I KNOW I'd already have gained back several more lbs with all the stress I'm under in the past few months. I'm still down 7 lbs this challenge and I'm so grateful. Thank you and glad you are willing to run the next challenge too. By then I think I'll have some resolution about our next adoption or at least know what's going on. Right now everything is in limbo and it just is awful waiting. The anxiety is killing me.

Imma stay even if everyone hates me for gaining. (I hope you all don't tho!). I need this to help me continue to at least think about what I'm doing or not doing for myself and my weight. I love all of you here and am so glad I can be here with you all. I'm sorry I haven't come as much as I want to. Hope to come in more to chat in the future. And Amber, I'm sorry I didn't say hi to you last post. I know I must be leaving others out too. I'm sorry bout that.

Guess what, for those of you who were in last challenge, Gerber might be coming back! We don't know yet, but we are on pins and needles waiting. The family friend must be seeing how hard a baby can be to care for and I guess she is backing out. There is talk about going for termination of parental rights soon, so if he does come back to us we'll probably be able to adopt him. So tired of waiting!!!!!

Wish me patience.

Hugs, Selina

oh god, oh god, I am so sick. I have not had chills since I was probably nine. DH cannot get home fast enough.

After we put the children to bed tonight, my husband grabbed me tightly and said, "I have to tell you something, and I don't know how to tell you this." I was so scared. He told me that he'd talked to my mom, and that my grandma passed away in her sleep early this morning. She was 73. Her health was bad but nothing major right now. She had a cold. My sister lives next door and found her in her bed. BTW my sister is a recovering alcoholic and I am so worried about what this is going to be like for her to get through.

I live 2 1/2 hours away. So I feel tremendous guilt that I am not there. We're going down tomorrow afternoon & we've booked a hotel to stay for 3 nights (we usually stay with my mom, but she's got enough on her plate right now without 3 loud kids running around her house to contend with). I feel so freaking helpless right now.

I am so sad about my grandma, we were very close as I was growing up. But her husband died in May 2005 and she's been lost without him. So this is a good thing for them, they are together again, I know that is true. Just hard on the rest of us who miss her.

no worries lovely!


O my goodness blueteam!!! Sick team mates, sick kiddos you poor things

Heather, I am so sorry to hear about your grandmother. I hope your sister is ok, I'm sure she's feeling kind of fragile right now.

I'm at a loss for words blue team, it makes my problems seem so small. (Laziness really is conquerable if you feel like doing it). Every one, take care of yourselves and please feel better soon. Heather a extra for you. I love my grandma, so I know this has to be hard for you.

I'm so sorry, Heather. It's always hard to have those you love leave you. Don't feel guilty. You have your immediate family who needs you and all the details will work out.OMG, I bet you were. After seeing the stiff upper lip and sad, empty eyes of Silda Wall Spitzer over and over on the news, I bet you were.

I just got some bad news tonight also. A 7 year old son of some friends of ours fell from a 2nd story window in their house tonight. He was totally unresponsive following the fall, but obviously was taken to a local trauma unit where they will do what they can. I don't know any more details yet. Praying for a miracle for Nolan and his family. He's the oldest of 4 children.

You sure you don't have the flu/strep? I had body aches and chills along with a sore throat when I had it a few weeks ago.

Though you guys can't see it... I look like a dead woman walking today. I look normal all over, but my face and lips are very pale and my eyes are doing this >> . I had the hardest time driving into work this morning. I actually HAD to stop and get breakfast just to give me something to take the boring out of driving. I had such a hard time going to sleep last night too until my meds kicked in. I went to be at 12 then was up and down coughing and puking til 1. The doctor put me on Tussenex so I had taken my meds at 12 and they finally kicked in at 1. So now I'm still 7 hours fresh into the medicine. I get tired off of NyQuil but this stuff is brutal. Makes me want to pass out and not wakeup the rest of the day.

Thank god for spell check... I dont thing I'd have made it through this post without it.

Lots of bad news, i am so sorry to you all. I hope Nolan will be okay, so scary with children Let us know how he comes out of it. Remember everyone...food won't take the pain away!

I have some good news, though I feel bad posting it now. Today is exactly 2 months since I took my measurements for the challenge so i took them again to compare...so far I have lost 12 lbs. and 14.5 inches! I am very happy with that, though the inches would not have happened without Jillian's videos, I know that much. I lost the most from my middle half, hips belly and bust. This gives me the fuel to kick it up and get going again. I want more inches by end of the challenge when I have to put that awful outfit on and take more pictures I remember feeling so horrified at that picture, so I want to see a difference at the end.

HI peeps,
very sorry to those who are having struggles in their lives now. My thoughts go out to you.

I am joining a group at work, 5 of us ladies, are going to have a challenge, for about 2 months, our first weigh in is today, I am a little nervous due I will be weighing with shoes and clothes on, after my morning coffee and water. I am excited though.

Anyway, I weighed in this morning @ home and was 167.2, that is the lowest number I have seen! GO ME!

Thanks for all your support girls, GOOD LUCK!

I can't believe how many people we have sick I feel for you all beacuse that was me a couple weeks ago and no offence, but I don't want it back!

Heather sorry about your Grandmother, my thoughts and prayers are with you and with Nolan. Kids are pretty resilent, my DH is a Paramedic and they had a little boy who went out a 3rd story window and he is doing fine.

Hope everyone has an OP day!

Gee Purple, that's great news!! Never feel bad about posting good news - we need it here to let all the people going thru tough times that the sun will surely shine on them again.

No-chill vibes out to Tee. We know you have strep, now go get the dreaded modern medicine antibiotics and get it over with!!! We know you hate traditional medicine, but it won't go away on its own it will only show up in weird places like a strep infection on your face (my dd can testify to this!)

My thoughts and prayers are with everyone going through such rough times. For those of you who are sick right now, I just want to share a little about my day at work yesterday. I worked in the ER and OMG....we were slammed all day! We couldn't get the people up to the floors quick enough and the waiting room was crazy. We are seeing tons of flu and pneumonia patients. OMG...these people are so sick. I'm talking about young and old people. The ONLY way to know for sure if you have the flu is to have your nostrils swabbed and cultured. There is a rapid flu swab that will give you results the same day. I'm not sure if doctors offices do it, but we do it at the hospital. Many of these people started out with flu symptoms and progressed into pneumonia within days. We are seeing some seriously sick people right now, so make sure you are proactive and seek medical attention. I know how hard it is to take time off from work but with this kind of illness you HAVE to rest in order to get better. We have had several flu related deaths this month and I'm always scared I'm going to bring this crap home to my family. Please take care of yourselves.

I hold them all in the healing light.

Oh, yeah, I totally have strep. I went to your beloved Webmd, and I absolutely have strep throat. Not flu--no repsiratory symptoms.


It should clear up in 3-7 days. If I am not better by Monday, I will go to MD, but I am not willing to wreck my new and improved gut flora over a temporary situation. I am taking Motrin, which is about my limit with pharm right now. Kids are being cared for by spouse, so I can rest and recover.

I do have a theory that since alcohol kills germs, I might try a hot toddy or irish decaf.

I'm liking that theory

Hi!

Just wanted to check in with everyone. I'm still coming and reading the posts. I'm not posting much because I don't want to do nothing but whine to all of you. I'm struggling....big time....to get my head back where it needs to be. I'm not there yet, but I'm not giving up.


Amber – thanks for the suggestion to walk a 5K. I didn’t realize that they allow walkers. I am on a team for Relay for Life and our event is in May. And, I just found out that our local Georgia Ovarian Cancer Alliance has just scheduled a walk in September. Looks like I better get training for these.
Selina – It would be awesome if Gerber could come back to stay! I’m praying for you.
Anna – Enjoy that hot toddy! Hope you start feeling better very soon. My brother lives in China and has a wonderul doctor that practices a combination of conventional and traditional medicine. He prescribed an herb to my brother when he had the flu and he was back on his feet in two days! Wish I could find a great doctor like his. Wish my insurance would cover herbal treatments.
Heather – I’m sorry to hear about your Grandma.
Nori – I’ll be praying for Nolan. Please keep us updated on his condition.
Chellez – I hope you start feeling better soon.
Purple – 14 ½ inches is amazing! You may not know this, but you are one of the ones who really inspires me to keep going. Numbers like that are incredibly inspiring.
Vixjean – Congrats on that low number! Hope the challenge gives you that special spark to keep going.

Good day everyone,

My thoughts and prayers are with everyone going through tuff times. Congrats to the loosers and staying poppers out there. I only have a minute. I need to finish cleaning the house and try to work on this yearbook for the school. I only have two weeks to get it finished and proofed. It is amazing to me how this went from me helping to me doing the whole thing. Oh, well I can't complain to much I let it turn out that way I suppose. I just keep telling myself I am doing it for the kids. I hope that everyone has a great day. And I promise to try to get back on and get more personal later.