Hello friends!

IOAB-I hope things are going much better with the kiddo at your home. You are doing a wonderful thing.

Chickie-Keep runnin'!!

I have another virus and/or malware on my home computer. I am taking it to the shop again today. Grrrr.

Still have those two pounds following me around!! I did a different 2 mile WATP workout this morning and sweated much more than I have been and felt some muscles get used more and really had my heart rate up (huffing and puffing). I am going to mix it up and see if I can't get back to losing. Thanks to my buddies over on the WATP thread for the suggestions.

Been depressed and upset the last few days. You would think with the excitement of the new house that I would feel happier. I've always hated change and I am also having to deal with years worth of crap stored away at my current home. I am not enjoying it. Also stressing over things I need to get done, but can't until after closing. I need to take a deep breath and get done what I can now, i.e. cleaning out the stuff that I can't/don't need to take with me. I'll feel better once I get that over with. Plan to really work hard this weekend on that.

Hey everyone, I am thinking the axis of the earth is off

Thanks Annie, I am hoping to see 150's by Monday morning, love the waterfalls..ahem scuse me while I run to the little girls room..lol

Dee, you get the big KUDOS award from me today for being a foster parent. I can't imagine what a child goes through in situations like that


Yesterday was really hard for me, a good friend of mine is really sick and she was having surgery. So I was very tense and testy, not much fun to be around.

I have stayed true to my healthier eating habits and exercising, the exercise seems to help me forget the stressors for about 30 mins althought now my left knee is acting up. I have placed myself on an incline walking surface as I have heard that an incline is less impact on the knees.

Well back to work for me I will check in this weekend, stay safe and stay tru ladies

MC: you're out of shape but you just ran 3 miles?! sounds like a marathon to me! keep it up : )

Annie: even good changes can cause conflicting emotions. hang in there, it will be so worth it. the house is adorable!

Dee: fostering kids, especially teens is huge!

Losing It: hope your friend is doing better. sending you hugs to relieve the stress and crankiness : )

Happy weekend chickies! My young workout buddy had 2 days without painkillers so she thinks she's ready to start again. She's going to be picking me up in the mornings so we can hit the gym before work. And she's planning on hour-long workouts. She'll be picking me up the same time I usually leave for the bus anyway so it won't be a major change schedule-wise. (I will lose that morning mile I usually walk though) I'm hoping a good increase in workout time/intensity will rev up my metabolism and get that dang scale moving again! Heat index has dropped to 105 today. I just don't have the ambition to get to the farmer's market - but still have goodies from last week's trip : ) Gotta get to an actually grocery store for some of my greek yogurt. I'm hooked on that stuff! Hope everyone's having a great weekend!

Hi guys. I know I have been MIA for awhile. I'm not sure what I've just been through yet. Some of you know I met a man a few months ago and fell madly in love. And so did he, I think. At any rate, things seemed to be going well between us until earlier this week when I made a not so tactful comment about money and he totally freaked. It doesn't seem to me this should have been enough to ruin everything but who knows. At any rate, we are supposed to exchange what little stuff we have at each other's houses today. He says he needs some time and space.........whatever that means.

Much to my surprise, I got on the scale this morning for the first time in several weeks and I've only gained 2 lbs despite the fact that my diet has been anything but structured. I am trying to get back to the things that grounded me before-I went to a yoga class last night, I worked in my yard some this morning, I've started using my fitbit and logging my food again and of course, I am back to see you all. And I think I am done with men for a little while. I have a big test coming up in Oct. and I will try to focus on that for now.

Dee - I was a foster parent for years, took in teens as well, actually we were therapeutic foster parents. Most of the kids we took in were boys with big time problems. Its a great thing your doing!

BTW - Im Renee, I frequent the MRC board, but was looking around the site today and saw the 40's board, thought I would check it out....Nice to meet you all

Good Morning everyone,I hope everyone has a great day and a great week.

My friend is holding her own she is still in SICU but off the ventilator. She has been battling a cancer for the past 5 years.

I am trying to be optimistic and still hoping that tomorrow morning when i wake up the big 1 5 9 will be on my scale..

Keep focused on your goals and today, never look back, nothing can be done about yesterday just today

Good to see the foster parent here. I was raised in foster care from ages 6-18.

Yesterday went better than expected for me. When I went over to my BF house to take his things back to him, we had a chance to talk about some things and it looks like we are going to be able to work things out-just spending less time together which is probably a good idea for right now to be honest.

Planning another yoga class today and maybe some more work in my yard and studying for my test. Hope everyone has a peaceful Sunday.

Petra - good to see you back, but sorry to hear things are a bit complicated. Hope you really get to understand each other and where the blip came from, and it makes you stronger going forward.

Losing it - must be awful having a friend so sick. Hope she's doing well today.

Renee - welcome!!

Kathi - good luck with the gym for next week. What are you planning on doing with your hour when you get there?

Annie - cute house!! I'm sure you're doing the right thing (i know, i know, it's ages since i've done personals). Maybe the fact you're dealing with crap is good in the broad sense because it needs to be dealt with sometime. It means you can move into your new place with a fresh start and everything that's in the new place is there by choice.

Anyway I've finished my work in Texas which went well and am in Toronto for the weekend before heading a bit further north in Canada for my next assignment!

Just found and went to a cylcle class down the road this morning and i'm exhausted now, but that's all good because i ate far too much bad stuff last week so i have some serious energy-in-energy-out payback to honour.

Feeling a bit guilty being away from the husband because he's still sick. He had pneumonia a couple of months back, then shingles. Well, turns out that somehow that was all caused by the fact that he has TB!! Very few cases in Australia so don't know how he's picked it up, but now he has to actually go to the hospital 3 times a week so they can watch him take a plethora of pills. Poor bloke. And no alcohol for 6 months whilst he's on the medication which he's not overly enthused about. Still, it means that i have a driver to hand!!!......

Welcome Renee, and welcome back Mary!

Ange: how was texas? I sooo miss it!

Losingit: I'm a cancer survivor, I'll keep your friend in my prayers.

Mary: love is a rollercoaster at times, hopefully you can work things out!

Hi Kathi, Texas was good. I was down in Corpus Christie and working in Port Lavaca (er, not sure of the spellings there). Everyone really friendly and made me feel very welcome. It was also nice to get a bit of warmth seeing as it's winter in Aus (although i know most people are fed up of the heat by now!). I know know what a cotton crop looks like, and how to pick it!!!

Good morning. I ate a bit too much yesterday but no junk so I guess I can't be too hard on myself about that. I forgot to get on the scale this morning. DBF and I are having lunch together today-a vietnamese restaurant so there should be some healthy choices for me there. He has been much more optimistic about our ability to work things out the past couple of days.

I'm not sure what kind of weight goal I have for myself for August but I think I've decided I would like to be in Onederland by the end of the year and that seems doable to me.

Good Morning everyone, well I didn't see the 150's this morning but I did have about a 2lb weight loss since last Mon, so I am not complaining.

Petra: I think that is a great goal, just keep looking forward and imagining it in your mind

Ange: I do believe cold/hot is relative, I can remember just 6 months ago complaining to some of my friends one night that we were freezing but in 6 mos we would be complaining about the heat. When do you go back to Australia?

Renee, welcome to Forty something, I just found this board about 3 weeks ago myself.

Everyone have a great day, stay focused and remember to enjoy life, it goes by WAYYY too fast

Hi everybody. I am mentally exhausted. I kind of read through & caught up with everyone, but honestly I will probably have to do it again later, I can't even think. My girl Ree is doing better, but it has been several sleepless nights sitting up talking with her, trying to make her understand why life is so unfair & just being supportive. When what you really want to do is start off telling her that it isn't her with the problem it is her Mom. Then tell her that "your Mom had 7 kids so she could live off welfare, she is on crack & she is ________________. " (fill in the blank, anything really bad would fit there). But I can't do that, no matter how frustrated I get I won't say anything bad about her Mom, she knows, she tries to ignore it but there are times she really hates her Mom & other times she wants to go home so bad. She is 14 and starting high school next week & it is just hard.

I also think my scale has issues, which might be a good thing. I lose a couple of pounds & it gets stuck. Stays stuck, but it doesn't go up, so still hanging in there at 189 which I really wish was lower but then I wonder with no sleep, my house being in total chaos at any given minute, kids in and out, I guess I am glad it is stuck instead of going up. Maybe I will lose another pound or so soon & it can get stuck there for a while.

Hope everyone is starting the week off good. At least I think I will or I plan to be around this week.

So, so true.

Petra - I'm glad you and your BF were able to talk it out. I believe that if a relationship has a strong foundation, it can endure a lot.

Annie - I think home buying is one of the most stressful things a person can do, so I hope you can be easy on yourself.

My battle with summer depression has made things difficult, but I am still trying. I still get out and dance when I can like I did this past Friday. I felt confused last night and pulled a tarot card for guidance. It said that change will come gradually for me. That cheered me up. I'm not in the mood to do drastic things with my weight loss or love life. I want to relax and make the changes I can and let the rest go.

Ange-I about had a stroke when I read that your husband has TB and that you have been traveling all over the world!! Please tell me that you have been tested and are negative!!! If not, please get to a doctor and discuss this. I'm very worried.

Petra-So good to see you back and that, after the drama, things are evening out with your BF.


I'm sorry I don't have time for personals to everyone, but I have caught up on reading your posts.

I spent the entire weekend cleaning out my backyard storage building. I cannot begin to tell you how stressful and physically and emotionally exhausting it was. But I am so glad to have it over with.....on to the interior of my home and packing up to move on 8/27!!

On the food/wt. loss front....I am still up and down with the couple of pounds that are trying to creep back on. But I am fighting it!! My boys are out of town this week with their Dad, so staying on plan shouldn't be too difficult.

Honestly, people and their comments! "Ewww! That doesn't even go together." (Referring to my cottage cheese w/ sliced banana.) Says the woman I work with who ate Bean w/ Bacon soup (in a can) for BREAKFAST and Spaghetti-Os for lunch.....