Wow its great to see all the people with there tickers going down!!! really inspiring for a newbie all of you excited for fitting into medium shirts I am super jealous I can't remember the last time I was even a large!!! I always remember buying XL in womens clothing :S and as for bras I can't wait my bras are all 42 DD and I can't even fit in them!!! Clothes is such a big motivation for me because I LOVE fashion!!!!

Zenor have you tried contacting the local real estate offices, I know a lot of times in smaller towns and around here they manage the rentals for people. We live in Washington and at one point considered renting a house we owned when we decided to move, several of the real estate agencys had branches that handled that. Plus they might be able to hook you up with a local office that you can't find online for that kind of thing.

Sorry to hear its so backwater but we live "on the other side of the mountains" and its definatley not like that here. But to be fair where you are moving is where most people like to go for things like vacation properties. Its college, farming and vacations stuff out that way, most of the businesses are in the western washington (seattle, bellevue) areas.

Good luck and if you need help calling around PM me, we don't live in that area persay but it might be easier for me to call some of them for you

Zenor if you ever roll into Portland we could hook up for a drink or something! We all have digital cameras down here. LOL!!!!

Tinky congrats on the 14s. That's what I'm in for pants now too. As soon as I cross over to size 12 its going to be like Christmas in my closet. That's what I have the most of.

I am getting my brand new fridge with water and ice maker today!!!! And we just bought a hot water (200 degree) tap for the sink. I have been dreaming of having one for a long time. I can get rid of the tea kettle and its going to be great for cooking and warming up the frozen breastmilk while I'm at work. I am so excited for all the new conveniences coming my way.

Okay, so I'm just totally not having time to post on FitDay. Chose to rekindle with my husband this evening, instead!

Goals:

1. Eat 3 servings of fruit. - I missed this mark and only got in 2. Good amount of veggies, though!

2. Drink 3L of HOH - working on my 4th right now!

3. Resist the tortilla chips. - Yes and no. Yes because I didn't snack on them all day long. But no because I realized that bean burritos were on the menu for tonight, and that included a small serving of chips.

I need to post my goals in a conspicuous place so I'll notice them during the day.

Here's what I did today:

BREAKFAST: 1 egg, 1 slice lean deli ham, 1 slice ww bread
SNACK: grapes
LUNCH: chicken wrap with blue cheese, lettuce, tomato
SNACK: brown rice with 1 oz. trimmed roast beef
DINNER: 1 bean burrito (green peppers, fat-free refried beans, 1 oz. cheese, onions, salsa) and 1 oz. tortilla chips

EXERCISE: Walked around Target for 1.5 hours wearing both babies (32# combined weight) pushing a cart; wore individual babies (16# each) for about 2.5 hours total

Didn't get a chance to use the ellipitcal at the fitness room, because like I said, I chose to spend that time with my husband.

Thanks for all the warm welcomes from everyone. I'm so impressed with the continued losses, ladies! Great job, we can do it!!!!!

Cals for today~ 1361
Fiber~ 37 grams

My fat was really high today (43%) YIKES! I think it was the fried green tomatoes I made to go with our fish tonight. I saw the tomatoes at the farmers market and I had to buy them. Has any one ever breaded and baked green tomatoes before? I may have to search for a recipe. Green tomatoes are so yummy!

So, it looks like we may have our housing figured out. The house we wanted to rent (the one with the rental manager who didn't want to rent sight unseen), well DH talked to the owner and he understands and has okay'd it. So as long as our references are good (don't see why they wouldn't be) then we can rent it. Yay! It's really cute. We haven't seen pictures of every room, but someone at the college took pictures through a window for us. It's a two bedroom bungalow (? kinda barn looking to me) with hardwood floors and it was recently remodeled. No garage, but it's almost across the street from the campus and it's walking distance to stores. I hope to walk most of the time, anyway. I hope it works out! I'll be so relieved if it does. They were one of the few places that was dog friendly. I think I really need to stop stressing. Things seem to be working out on their own. I'm such a worrier! Maybe that should be my next bad habit to conquer .

edzard~ Thanks for the offer of help! It looks like I may not be needing it, but I really appreciate it! Any other advice for a soon-to-be Washington-ite?

CoolMom~ I don't think our route will take us through Portland (I think we'll be going through Bend), although it's a great city. DH has never been there, so I'm sure he'll want to go sometime soon. I was there 5 years ago and I really wish I'd had more time to explore! When we decide to swing through there I will let you know.

Tinky~ I'm interested to hear what is different in WA versus California. Are there any specific laws that are different? Culture shock? Etc? I drove through OR and into WA five years ago and it was interesting to me. You could seriously "feel" the shift about halfway through OR. It wasn't a bad shift, just different. People seem nicer in the Pacific NW, not that people in CA are mean (maybe in more of a hurry in a laid back way?) It's hard to explain, maybe you know what I mean? I have to say, in regards to Seattle, it's the cleanest city I've ever been in! Well, perhaps it's similar in cleanliness to Vancouver, BC, but it's cleaner than Cali cities or NYC. I had serious culture shock when we went to NYC, but I got over it quick.

Cjc~ Great job on all that water! I'm still amazed at all the exercise you get carrying those cute babies around! I bet you'll have no problem keeping up with them once they are toddlers.

calories- 1,230
fiber- 31
cal. burned- 912

Tomorrow I'm cutting down to 20-30 net carbs. I will keep my fat limited to 2% cheese and 15 almonds. I am going to be high protein and low carb- low fat. I am really nervous but I really want to reach 140 lbs by August 16th. I have something going on that day and I need to look my best. After august 16th I will continue my WOL.

RocknRoll ... do you want to post your foods and we might be able to help you tweak?

Here is the 16th and 17th

B- 4 oz yogurt, .5 cup egg whites, 2 oz smoked salmon
S- .5 cup jicama, 1 tbs hummus, 8 almonds
L- 1 cup asparagus, 1 cup eggplant, .25 cup green peppers, can of Starkist light chunk tuna in water with .25 cup of kraft 2% cheese mixed in, and 2 servings of lite tofu
S- 2 slices of ham with 2% cheese
D- mashed cauliflower, vegan boca burger, ff cheese, edamame, and .25 cup green beans
S- 4 oz yogurt, 1 tbs ff cool whip, 6 almonds


B- 6 oz yogurt, .75 cup zucchini, 2 slices ham
S- 17 almonds, 2% cheese
L- roasted veggies (1 cup zucchini, .5 cup eggplant, .5 cup asparagus, .25 cup jicama), 1 tbs hummus, boca burger, .5 cup edamame, and a NSA Fudgesicle
S- jello cup with 2 tbs of cool whip free
D- 2 cups asparagus, 98% fat free hot dog, 2/3 cup of hormel turkey chili, .25 cup ff shredded cheese
S- 4 oz yogurt, 2 tbs cool whip, sf hot chocolate


Am I being too hard on myself? I just feel like I need the extra push

I'm bushed RocknRoll ... can I think about it in the morning.
Actually, I'm pretty impressed so far. Let's see what the other say and I'll catch up in the am.

No problem!

I got so caught up on the web that I didn't realize i have to wake up in 7 hours to knock out my workout early because I have a dentist appointment at one pm and then lunch at two... ugh!

Good night

Yesterday was pretty good, but like Zenor, I kinda blew it on the fat grams (had pan-fried zucchini latkes, one of my DS's favorite meals).

cal: 1558
Fat%: 36%
Carb%: 53%
Prot%: 11%
Fiber: 26
Water: 80oz

We took a walk outside after dinner, and I did WATP after DS went to bed. Does anyone else do Leslie Sansone DVD workouts? I got this from NetFlix to try, and I had to laugh b/c they've got an option to do the whole workout without the vocal track. Leslie's lips are a flapping, but you just hear the music. Now that's something when even the DVD company realizes how annoying she can be!

--K

RocknRoll ... probably by the time you get back to your computer, I'll be at work. But that's the nice thing about message boards, yes?

Ok ... you do eat a lovely variety of foods! I'm not really familiar with alot of veggies based protein products so I'm not sure how the protein content is. I rely on chicken, egg whites, tuna, ff cottage cheese, meat and whey protein mostly.
If I was going to chose something on which you can improve .. it's be the processed and artificial stuff ... cool whip, fudgesicle, jello. The smoked salmon, chili and deli ham sound wonderful but if you were into minute tweaking you could try fresh instead.

But I gotta tell ya ... that's yummy looking food plan.
Refresh my old memory ... what activities do you do?