Ah I know, I'm all over the place doing personals sometimes and not others - now is one of those times I'm not gonna do them - but rest assured I have read all your posts - welcome to the new people, congrats on losses and keeping on track people! And sorry about things that aren't going right, whether it be work or other life things.

It's Tuesday night here, we had a long weekend and I am grateful this is going to be a short week. I did crap yesterday at the music festival, I'm in denial about how many calories I ate/drank - I don't even want to work it out so I'm moving on and leaving it behind.

Tonight I'm going to eat some lasagna (within calories!) and relax a bit. My glands are still swollen - a week on now, and I'm all phelgmy. Also I was just a bit over work today - everything seemed too demanding.

At least I have another 3 day weekend to look forward to this weekend! Someone will start a Feb chat right?

rainbow that was an absolutely hilarious response vs doing personals. Jealous of your 3 day weekends!

Pretty sure I already posted this (maybe not?) but I bought my new bed on Saturday! It arrives this weekend. Got some new (purple) sheets for it too. When I was shopping for sheets, I found a set that were SO comfy...and they were $200. So I did NOT get those. I'm all about nice sheets, but wowza! Found some nice ones for much, much less.

Also: "Newsies" (one of my very very favorite movies) is going to be on Broadway! And I bought tickets yesterday when they went on sale. I'm not sure who I will be going with yet (got 2 tickets) but I'm hoping one of my friends in NYC has a couch I can crash on (vs staying in a pricey hotel) and if that's the case, I will probably offer them the 2nd ticket at a lower price. Not going until March, so I have plenty of time to find a place to crash.

So basically....I am spending way too much money. lol But I've also been pulling in a good bit of overtime this month, so that helps to ease the blow.

Not sure if it's time passing or retail therapy, but I'm feeling better mood wise. Still not 100% my usual self...but better.

Work is SO much easier this week. I only have 1 baby (I'm a nanny for 2 babies) because the other is out of town. Of course, the one I have is sick with a cold. Poor boo. Yesterday wasn't too bad, but you can tell that today she is just miserable.

Anyway...it's the 31st here...so I guess we'll be starting a Feb chat soon?

warning, immature rant coming on.... I'm aware this is gonna make me sound like a 5y.o. but... here goes. people come here to chat, get encouragement, and support. when i come on here and see like 10 posts in a row of "sorry guys! no time for personals but here let me rantaboutmylife/bragaboutmylosses for a minute, bye!" i get pissed! obviously, when you log-in to tell us about whatever it is that's going on, you do so because you expect some kind of acknowledgement from others. otherwise you'd just write it in a diary, or something or keep it to yourself. right? i always try to reply a little something to everyone... even if it's just a one-liner. i KNOW it makes your day if someone congratulates you on a victory or is there to feel your pain and cheer you on. and then the other day when i had my pukey thing, i was considering making an original post out of it, but was like "no, i'll just post it in the chat and my girls will answer"... and then nobody did... well one person did. ah, anyways. It's not like the end of the world or anything, and don't wanna look like i'm getting upset over "just the internet" but just thought i should say something, because if you want people to listen to you, you should listen to them too. well, that's my opinion anyways.

anyhoo, tomorrow (for most of youse, today for me) will be a fresh new month, so we can start on the right foot, eh?

namaste: thanks! i'm feeling better now, although scale is still refusing to move even though i've been quite good. pooh. glad to hear you're feeling better though! and good luck with that job interview! let us know how it goes!

nothing really new to report on my end. scale is still refusing to move, but i've decided to start working out from today cuz i'm joining the 90-days excercise thread thingie... i'll let you know how that goes!! (i'm scared, lol!)

Hey friends! Sorry I've been MIA but between law school and training at the gym, I feel like I've been running from one thing to another every day. My morning classes are cancelled today, thank goodness! So I thought I'd check in. Rough day yesterday: I didn't eat regularly like I should have and even had to lie down after and recoup after eating some sugary stuff that shot my blood sugar up and then crashing down. So note to self: do not eat the cupcakes no matter how good they look. My body just can't handle it anymore.

Anyhoo, woke up this morning and found I'm down a total of 9lbs. Made my January goal early (weigh-in is tomorrow) and well on my way to my Q1 goal of 23lbs. I'm really excited to officially be out of the 230s!!

Kawaii, sorry you had a tough Monday. Instead of thinking of things as falling off and getting back on, I just allow myself to have what I want and deter myself in other ways. Like I know if I binge on food and wake up the next day having gained weight, I will not want to do that again. Or if I feel bloated. Or like I said, sugary stuff effects my blood sugar and makes me feel really sick. It's hard to "stay on track" with anything. I find that it's better to focus on emotional and mental health and wellbeing and let everything else fall into place. Right now, I'm reading How to Be Compassionate by the Dali Lama, and it's all about how to deal with different emotional situations and being kinder to ourselves so that we can be kinder to others. It's a great read.

Miz, that is ridiculous that your employer would take away your parking spot like that. Were you given advanced warning or was it just like, you won't have a parking spot tomorrow? As my mother likes to say (and I've taken to repeating because I love it), there is something out there better for you, go claim it--it's yours!

Philana Congrats on the 2lb loss!