Yeah!!! Kempy's back! Yes, I think everyone is going to put in a solid effort for the month of May to get back on track! Hope to see you around more often, you have been missed!

Noelle, because of you, I am hooked on the Kashi cereal. That is the best stuff! Your lunch sounded great!

Julie.. how was the baked chicken? Yum.... I ended up having a lean cuisine pizza last night.. then it felt like for the rest of the night that it was just sitting heavy in my stomach.

I did 4.18 miles on the treadmill last night, tonight, I have to do the pilates and treadmill as well.

Oh.. and I talked to my ex last night... I won't have another free weekend for four months. :-( His new shift starts on May 7th, having Fridays and Mondays off. I am hoping that they will go to Texas for a couple of weeks during the summer, and that will give me a break... Oh well.. I can't do much about it... I'll have plenty of time to focus on my exerise and weight loss.

OK.. back to work here... I'll check back later!

Cherie

Good Morning guys. I am in the process of making a grocery list. Joe and I are both trying to get into better shaper so I need to get some healthy stuff in the house. It is so much easier when he is doing it with me.

Cherie you are so good at getting your workout in. I ended up joining a gym right down the street from us so that helps me a little. I still have days thought that I don't go. I am helping the guy get eveything started. It is pretty new and he really dosn't know much about running a gym. I hope he remembers this when my dues come up.

Ok, I don't have time to chat I have to head to Wally world b4 it gets too crowded.

Good Morning Girls

Cherie, that is a bummer about your ex. Like you said try to turn it into a positive and concentrate on your health. Yup, last night I made homemade baked bbq chicken with homemade mashed pot. and corn and whole wheat rolls. I could not believe how much my dd ate. I still feel like the food is just sitting in my stomach, yuck. The more fiber I eat the worse my stomach feels. I just don't know what to eat anymore to help my stomachache. Oh well. Maybe I will fast today until dinner. Dh wants me took cook a big meal again, ugh, a beef roast. Btw that would be great if your little cuties could take a couple weeks of vacation in summer.

Noelle wasn't Bo great on AI last night? He is getting better by the week. Did you hear Anthony is hitting the gym twice a day. My mom thinks he is so cute. Your salad sounds great that you had. Yum. I remember you were talking about that friend of you had here on the mainland. I am so glad she moved out by you and your family. How fun!! Bangkok here I come....I have only had my nails done once for my wedding. Never a facial but did have a massage and it was like heaven. Better than you know what . I wish my dh would like to give massages.
Oh well I will have to pay for one. I know a lady who does a great job.

Well girls I did terrible eating last night. But I am going to try and make up for it today. Did I mention we also had a homemade peanut butter cake with peanut butter frosting. I just got off the phone with my brother in CA. He just got a house there and I am thinking about flying out alone. I might have to be sedated a little to fly alone . I think it would be good for me. Different change of pace and a little vacation. Okay I will shut up.lol. Hi Angie, Kempy, Cal, Gina, and everyone else. Have a great day everyone!!

Peanut Butter cake with peanut butter frosting? Are you kidding me? YUM. Glad I am not at your house... I would have scarfed dinner last night, ate the cake and then have pot roast for today..... Geeze.... all my healthy eating would be gone out the window. I admire your control!

Where is CA does your brother live? Flying alone is easy... flying with kiddos would be scary!

Kempy, I realized why I am so good about getting my exercise in, I have no life. With it being just me and the girls, things are VERY structured around our home. I don't have the extra money to waste going out to eat, or going to the movies or just going out period. So, I know when we come home, I know we are having dinner, I know they are taking showers and I know they are going to bed. We don't vary very much. So I can plan out my meals, eat the same ole thing every day and plan out my exercise. I find the times that I am with Alan, it's not so easy. We never do the same things twice, we are always on the go, doing stuff. So that is how it is with you and the other ladies here... they have husbands and families and you guys are always out doing something so I can see why its a challenge to stay OP and get your exercise in. Now, just because I have planned out the time, doesn't mean I am always motivated to doing it. I think I am one of the laziest people around... so I really have to push myself to get up off my bum and workout. It's getting easier.

Good Luck on the gym. I would love to be able to go back and join one, but I neither have the time or money. I don't think it would be fair to the girls to pick them up from one day care, and plop them back into the gym's daycare just so I can work out. They need to spend time with me and I need to spend time with them.. so that is why the treadmill is working out so well. We are in the same place, sharing time together.

OK.. back to work.. just had lunch, a lean cuisine three cheese chicken. It wasn't bad. Low carbs, high protein and veggies :-)

Cherie, yes the cake was wonderful. I ate it and I don't know I kind of feel in a slump or maybe one coming on. I didn't have control on what I was eating last night. Bad me. I would have loved to have you and the girls over for dinner. You know I find my life very structured too. Even though I am married with kiddos it still is. But just super busy. He lives in Berkeley. I miss him so much we were so close growing up. He is a really successful person. A real go getter type. He has a beautiful wife. Skinny as you know what . Who seems to eat everything. I can't imagine flying across the cournty trying to get these two to behave....I just get motion sickness. The first time I was on a plane I was about 12 and I wanted to be a flight attendant. So pretty and gracious they seemed. I can handle big planes but small planes I lose my lunch. Well going to get going. I do have a beef roast in but want to do something healthy with it. Maybe shred it and have low carb soft tacos?? We'll see. Check back.

Wally world wasn't that bad. I had to hit a few places to make sure that I got all of the good sales on meat. I stock up the freezer when I catch them so that we never have to pay ful price for it.

Cherie I wish we were a little calmer with doing things. I know though in summer we will slow down a little. It gets too hot here to really do things outside. Maybe then we will really be into the gym. I just need to keep you in mind when I can't get off of my butt. Maybe if I know that you are working out I will too.

Julie I don't really like to fly either. I white knuckle Joe when we do fly. I just don't trust it up there. I know that you are safer in the air but that is just it. You are in the air. You really do cook some great stuff. I usually just stick with the same ole' few things. In fact I am cooking on of them tonight. Spaghetti with wheat pasta. I usually load it up with veggies though so it is really healthy. I don't add sugar to the suace either like some people around here do. I would kill for some sushi right now though.

I don't know if you guys follow things like bio-rhythms or not. One of my clients has a program on her puter and she enters in your b-day and it shows you your read out for the month. It is pretty neat b/c when I was feeling really sluggish I looked at my chart and I was on the low end. I know that all of us have days when we just feel funky for now reason and I didn't know if the chart would show anything for you. I will try to find a web site to explain it a little better.

Good Morning.... Between Hannah and my aching thigh, I was up for most of last night, so this morning I am sooooo cranky. I hate not getting sleep, and since I am having problems sleeping, not getting a normal night of problem sleep is really bad. She crawled into my bed at 11:30 last night, she couldn't sleep... finally she went back to her room.. and was up in down to her bathroom a couple of times... finally at 2:45.. I got up to see what was going on.. and she had the tv on, the lights on, looking for some books... while megan was trying to sleep. She was wide a wake. said she couldn't sleep, couldn't get her eyes to close... so... I told her to get into bed, and I would crank the AC to see if that would help.. and I think it did... helped me a little.. but I still feel very hung over and tired, and my thigh is really hurting. (I pulled a muscle I guess three weeks ago, and I can't get it to heal.. maybe if I would quit using the treadmill, but I'm not going to do that.... I am just working through it).

Oh well... I did an hour on the treadmill and I did my 20 minutes of pilates yesterday. I didn't feel like eating after all that, so I had a Kashi Protein bar... around 10 I was starving! But, I just went to bed and was hoping it would go away. I am much better this morning. I've already had my cereal so my tummy is happy.

Kempy... I need to find out about my biorhyrthms... maybe that is my problem.. I am just in a perpetual state of being OFF.

OK.. back to work now.. Hope you have a great Thursday.. I'll check back later!

Cherie

Good Afternoon Girls

Oh Cherie, you poor sleep deprieved thing....I feel for you woman, last night I went to bed at 12:30 just can't sleep at night. And dd has been getting up between 3 and 4. I feel like I am going back into the infant days when my ds had colic and I was up all night . Dh and I have been turning on our air before bed just so we can feel fresh air and sleep. I just can't wait until the weekend. I was lucky ds was up and in a great mood this morning to go to school. Dd likes to sleep in. She would let her sleep until 9:30 somedays if I let her. I hope your poor thigh gets better.

Kempy maybe I need to check into that program. I feel "off" too. Especially 10 days before my period. Your pasta sounds good and filling. WW pasta is great.

NOELLE!!!! Const. before Scott?? What the heck?? My mom and I got on the phone and were so pi$$ed. I could not believe he got voted off before some of the other people. Ugh, still in shock. My mom loves him. She said he has got sex appeal. Great what I want to hear from mom. But really he is tall dark and handsome!! What a shocker. I actually wanted to pick up the phone and call you. But did not want to wreck it for you. Hope you are having a great day!!

Well girls I want to get some lunch. It is way after 1:00 and have not eaten all day. It is another cloudy day here....I am so sick of this weather. This sat. is going to be cloudy with a chance of rain snow mix. Can you believe it?? Oh well I am so lucky in other ways to be griping about the weather. Check back later. Bye

Wow... still getting snow?? I am so sorry Julie.... We've got really nice weather here.. just a bit windy as usual, but it is Oklahoma after all.

I am so tired. This evening, I plan on doing my pilates, and jogging during Survivor. At 8:00 PM.. get the girls ready for bed, tuck them in, threaten them with their lives if they get back up, and turning my beside light off by 8:30 PM. Alan and his friends will be practicing tonight (music night) so I know he won't be online or calling me, so it's the perfect night to catch up on some zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

I don't watch AI.. but I have read where a lot of people are upset he was voted off. Kinda makes you want to watch that expose they are going to show called Fallen Idol. Something must be up behind the scenes.

This weekend, Hannah wants to go spend the whole day at the nature park. I had planned on us going, but she wants to go to the store, get stuff for lunch and stay there the whole day. I guess we could have lunch there... but it's not big enough to stay past a couple of hours. Oh.. and she wants to take pictures to show her class... so I might let her use my digital.. that means I need to go get ink for my printer, so she can print off some pictures. We are also going to plan on going to her school to let them bike ride again. She needs a bigger bike.. but I need to see if my ex will let me have the bike rack before I decide to get her one or not. I might see if she can use this bike for the rest of the summer, or at least until she learns to ride without training wheels.. then we will move to the bigger bike... but just wondering.. if the bigger bike would be easier for her to learn to ride without training wheels.. hmmmmm things to think about.

OK.. back to work... everyone.. come on out! :-)

Cherie, I hope you are out like a light tonight. I'm sure you will be. A picnic at the nature park sounds nice. You could bring lots of fruit, low fat chips and healthy sandwiches. And maybe low-fat desserts??
Well I finally got some lunch in. Had some mixed nuts. Actually alot of them. I don't feel to bad even though they are high in fat. But high in healthy fat, fiber, low in carbs, and vitamins. I also took a vitamin today. Hopefully that will perk me up.
Not sure about the snow....now they don't know. I could be a weatherperson. LOL. This weather is so wacky here.
I don't have any plans this weekend. My mom wants me to take day drive to see my step-grandparents in May. They live two hours away. That would mean four hours in the car with the kids for a two hour visit. I said they can come here. They don't have to deal with two whining kids. Maybe if we spent the night it would be different. I'm not sure on that one yet . My kids do well in the car with the t.v. and books and food but after an hour they want to get out!! LOL. I use to love taking long car rides but it is a little different now. haha....have a great day everyone

Hey guys!! It is nice to see everyones posts again. The whole state of Maine is under a floodwatch right now. We have been getting a steady downpour since yesterday afternoon. I guess when it crests it will be everywhere.fun fun

I have been on track but let me tell ya...with the weekend coming up I am already thinking of bad foods. I am craving a big breakfast of scrambled eggs with onions,cheese,bacon on toast with hash browns so bad. I had to bake a big sheetpan of brownies today and that was hard to resist. I did have a bite but that was it. Now if I can be good tonight but I am not holding my breath. I dont know why I cant just resolve it in my head that I have to do this.

Today was pretty busy at the bakery which is weird because it was raining so hard that I didnt expect anyone to get out of their cars. haha

Damn... Steph was voted out of Survivor..... she was my favorite.

Angie.. I am so in awe of you... you are demostrating amazing self control... I could not work in a bakery. One bite does not make a whole brownine!! YOU ROCK!

Julie.... I vote with you.. have them come visit you!!! Traveling with kiddos is just HARD.. and then the kids will be somewhere they are not familiar with, and you will spend your time making sure they are not getting into anything, or bugging anyone, and they won't have their room or toys to play with.... It would be easier for them to come to you.

OK.. I need to go to bed... before I get sucked into watching CSI. Oh... I did 4.25 miles on the treadmill tonight... one hour. See you in the morning!

Cherie

Good Morning... OK.. I am just gonna whine for a second.. and then I won't mention it again til next Friday.

I am getting SOOOOOO FRUSTRATED with trying to lose weight. I am down 1/2 pound from last Friday. You say, that's not so bad... I stayed the same last Friday, so actually, in the past two weeks, I've lost 1/2 pound total. In the last 14 days, I have worked out 11 of those days, at 60 minutes or more on the treadmill. I've done my pilates 5 times, and I have only had three cheat days where I went over my 1300 calorie a day limit, but most other days I've been below it. All of that for 1/2 freakin' pound.

OK... I'll quit ranting now.... I'm just frustated today. I am trying so hard to get out of the 150's. I am up half a pound from yesterday... so that makes it even more so. I am currently 151.50, and I just want to get off this level.

Now.. It's Friday..... and I am going to be fine. I am going to continue to try... I passed up the doughnuts again this morning in the breakroom... however, I am going to breakdown and have a diet coke for lunch.

Back to work now..... I hope everyone is having a great Friday... thanks for letting me vent.. I know there isn't anything really to say about it... I just needed to act like a little kid and jump up and down and throw a fit cause things aren't going my way. Talk to you soon!

Cherie

Good Morning Gang

Cherie, oh Cherie, you are making progress....your body is adjusting to your "new" way of life. A loss is better than nothing Cher Bear . Hugs. Btw I tried that yogurt with the fiber. I thought it was going to be gritty but it wasn't, it was great(strawberry flavor). It is great sprinkled with dry cereal and I even had some strawberries so I made like a parfait. Didn't look like a fancy one. Just dumped in a cereal bowl but it was great. They are small so I am going to keep adding dry cereal and fruit. I might try to eat two yogurts a day. I might actually have another one for lunch. They are quick, thats what I love. Low fat milk products are suppose to help with weight loss. I am sure you knew that though!! I watch survivor rarely but I am dissapointed too that Steph got voted off. She had such an awesome body. Maybe we should try the "survivor diet"....just kidding. I feel bad I have not really excercised this week...two weeks out of the month I love it and the other I don't. But I am going to try today. Vent away Cherie if you want. Keep working at it. If I get to my ultimate goal weight, I might treat myself to a massage. I have not had one in like 10 years so that is motivation!! Hi everyone.

Cherie, I never even thought of it, but adding the high fiber cereal and fresh fruit will jack that fiber content way up!! Btw I have been having a diet pop for supper every night at dinner. It's caffeine free but I can't tell if it is doing anything bad. Okay dd needs my help in the bathroom , check back later.