Good morning all!
Jackie, congrats on the 5# loss!!! That is fantastic. And don't worry so much about the exercise... I started gung-ho with mine when I started WW but it stalled me so I quit. Once my weight loss picked back up I thought I'd do it again but then just didn't. I started it again last week but slow. Some days I'll do a Firm dvd and others I'll just lay in the floor and do crunches or watch tv and use my dumbells... but it's something. But you'll have plenty of time to incorporate that back into your routine later.
Candy, sounds like your mexican dinner went great. I had mexican too, sort of... Taco bell, lol. but I stayed within my points so I was proud of myself. That is hard to do when I'm with DH sometimes because he's a big eater and it makes me want to eat more too.
Geri, how in the world did you get three loads of laundry done??? I have about 6 loads of clean laundry to fold and another 3-4 to wash. I am the worlds worst folder and puter awayer.... lol. But I don't mind washing and drying
Well, my eveing was fun. Dh got in at 5 pm and I met him in town for dinner. The kids were so happy to see him and of course I was too. We went to Taco Bell and then came home. He ened up staying until midnight so we had plenty of alone time after the kids went to bed. But right after he left his truck woke Tanner up who cried and cried (he sleeps in my room still) and I had to rock him back to sleep and then something else woke him up at 3 am and he screamed for over an hour and I couldn't get him back out so I finally gave up and put him in bed with me at 4 am and he went right out. This was the first time he has slept with me and even though he slept well I didn't. So I am very tired today. So you may or may not see me at 2 pm today. But I'll try. But I may be napping myself! lol.
But tonight I'm finally making those morningstar burgers and fries for dinner. What is everyone else having?? I know I ask that everyday but no one ever tells me!!! I'm a curious person!!! Ok, got to get off here and get something done. TTYL! (oh, is anyone else recieving email notifications when a new post is made? I was for a while but it hits and misses... not like it used to be since the crash)

Hi Spryng,

I'm having leftovers ... we have chicken breasts, ribs, rice, mashed potatos, broccoli all left that have to be eaten! So there, I told you ... lol. Hope you get some rest.

Hey everybody! Spryng, glad you had a good visit with DH. Sorry that Tanner was up so much though. Sean slept with me until he was 2 months old and then often we would both fall asleep in bed while nursing so I adapted to that quickly and learned to get my sleep regardless. Hope you get some rest today!

Jackie, congrats on your loss! That is great!!! I am trying to increase my excercise too. Haven't been doing so good for the past week. I ordered a couple Leslie Sansone walk videos and a kickboxing video today off Half.com plus I have a hula video and of course my pilates DVD's. Between that, the Gazelle and my mini-trampoline, I should be able to get some excercise in!!!

Geri, I'm gonna try and make it to the chat room today.

Gotta run.

Hey Geri!
Thanks for the support! I really appreciate it! Things are going pretty good with Dh gone. It really isn't going to be to bad b/c he is going to be coming home on the weekends. His training is in Memphis and that's about 4hrs. from my house. I did find out he will be based in Detroit. So sorting out all of the commuting details is going to be a chore. But I'm not complaining, I'm very thankful for a job!!
I hate to sound all emotional, but I'm really glad I found ya'll!
Hope you had a good day with Dh, Spryng!
Hi to Candy, Ginny, Jackie, Ricci and whoever I missed! TTYL!

Good moring everyone.
Spryng, I don't usually know what I am having for dinner untill I go fix it. thats why I never answer you. That is probraly not the best way to eat when trying to lose weight, but thats how it goes here. I am now down to a size 10. I am so excited. Especially since in september I was a 14. I hope eveyone has a good day. I will try to make it to the chat room today.

Congrats Ricci!! Woo Hoo on the size 10!!!

Just a quickl hello! I have some stuff to do on the internet for Dd and college....so that will take up most of my afternoon. And yes, I got my call this am, the kids have no school. Congrats to Jackie and Ricci on a 5# loss and a size 10, respectively.
BTW, Spryng, I have gotten no email notifications since the crash from this site. Don't know what is going on- I have signed up for them too.

Just a funny story from the WW meeting last night. I was not going to stay- it was so cold out and Ds's practice was cancelled because of the snow. But the leader seemed to be really upbeat and not quite so snotty.....so I stayed. Well she told the story of how she had had a horrible week or two- her dad was in the hospital for 2 weeks (was only supposed to be there a few days, there were complications) and the stress of the holidays, etc... We all know that story. She was going to visit her Df, and asked her Dd to drive, as she was tired and needed a break. On the way, they hit a deer (very common here in NYS) and the car is in very bad shape. Thankfully, the leader(Denise) and her Dd are just fine. So as Denise tells us this tale of woe....and how she did some stress eating that night, one of the members raised her hand and asked the leader if they saved the meat.......Denise asked why- then the member blurted out, well venison is only 2 points a serving!!!!!! Talk about laughter, the whole room broke up. The meetings are great. But so is this thread!!!

Well, ladies, gotta go..house full of kids and lots to do. Have a great day. And please forgive me Andrea, Geri, Candy, Spryng......anyone I missed out there.
Ginny

Just came across a cool web site. http://www.nutritiondata.com/index.html
you can look at food labels here among other things. Check it out if you have the time.

Geri,

I live in West Bend. My cousins are from Oak Creek & South Milwaukee though & I spent a lot of summers growing up there while visiting my cousins.
My cousins names are Ilene, Rich & Jim. Rich is married to Ginger & has 3 kids-Richie, Molly & oops...I forgot the youngest's name. Jim is married to Lisa & they have 2 kids-Laura & Corey. Ilene lives in MA & has a son named Ian. Any of these names sound familiar to you? I think Lisa has a sister named Geri, could it be you? If it is....small world, huh? Ginny: I loved the WW/Deer story. Deer are very common in WI too & I could tell you a good one when I have the time. Spryng: Glad you had some family time with DH. Sorry to hear that Tanner kept waking up & I do hope that you got a nap in sometime today. Well, I've gotta scoot. TTFN I'll address the rest of you later, okay?

Jackie, I used to date a guy that lived in Kohlsville so I spent some time in West Bend....I'm not Lisa's sister, but it sure is a small world!!

Good evening all!
Sorry I missed the chat this afternoon... I did get a nap and boy did it help! I feel much better this evening.
Ginny that is a very cute story about the deer! And it is so true... once you are on WW for awhile everything converts to points. You hear someone talk about wanting to eat something and you think "that is such and such amount of pts!" I do anyway. But it is nice too.
Ricci, congrats on a size 10!!! That is so great. May I ask your stats? What weight you started at, where you are now and what your goal is plus how tall you are? Sounds like you are doing great though.
Andrea, glad you are coping well without your DH. See? It does become habit. But it's nice he gets to come home every weekend to see you.
Candy, out of all those exercise tapes and machines which one/ones do you enjoy the best? I think I'm going to get a pilates dvd tomorrow to try out. I've heard such great things about it in general. Then that will give me more variety too.
Well, I had my veggie burgers tonight and boy were they tasty! I'll be having those again. The kids said it tasted like Mcdonalds!! So that is a plus.
OK, I need to get off here. TTYL!

We'll ya'll won't believe this, but Alex went to bed at 7:30 tonight. He fell asleep during the ride home from my mom's. My dad grilled hamburgers and boy were they GOOD!!! My dad is great with the grill. It's 9:30 here, and I'm going to bed after I finish this post. I never go to bed this early, but with Dh gone, (he is a night owl) I have no reason to stay up.
Geri, I love Shania's album. You're right, that is good music for walking!!
I loved the deer story too!! We have deer right in our backyard and see them on the road in our neighborhood all the time! We live in a small town, about 2,000 pop. I guess you could say we live in the sticks!! Well, this is supposed to be a rainy weekend, so I'm hoping for some good cuddling time. One of my favorite things to do is cuddle on the couch and watch movies while it is raining outside! O.k. I miss him. I guess I'm kind-of pathetic!
Spryng, let me know if you find a good pilates video. I wanted to order Winsor, but don't need to spend that much money right now. I was going to buy one at WalMart, but couldn't decide. I guess I was scared I would get a dud!
Well I'd better go, I think I'll watch HGC before I go to bed. TTYL!!

Hi there,

It was just Candy & I in the chat room today. Sorry you couldn't make it. Candy was trying to make me feel old by saying her Mom was 7 years older than me (Hi there Candy) Does anyone else out there know who Bobby Sherman was?

Glad you got a nap in Spryng. I'll have to try those morningstar burgers one of these days. I'm always afraid they'll taste like cardboard or worse.

Andrea, I bought Pilates workout for dummies with Michelle Dozois and so far I like it. I have only watched the intro and done the first 6 exercises, but believe me I can feel it! It was about $15 at Target. There's a basic workout and then an intermediate workout on the same DVD. It's great that you miss your Dh so much .... I'd be worried if you didn't!! Get on over to the MSN page and click on the Join Now and get in the chatroom

Ginny, we have lots of deer here in WI ... too funny!

Well I did some Pilates tonight and then watched ER. Time for bed for me. Talk to you all tomorrow.

Good morning all,
I am never on here this early, but my mom came by at 7;30, and I decided, heck why not. I wasn't in the chat room yesterday b/c dh came home from work early and we went out to lunch. Went to the chinese restraunt. I had a lot of veggies and couldn't pass on the hot and sour soup. I will try to be there today.
Spryng, here are my stats. I am 5'7, and at 155. When I first started losing weight 2 yrs ago, I was at 200, and lost 31 lbs and hit a plateau. I kept working out, and then dh got the p90 videos in oct, and I've lost another 14. I just really need to work on my eating. I am going grocery shopping today. Any one have ideas on good snacks for me?
Andrea, its raining here right now. It's supposed to rain all weekend. I wanted to take the boys to the park, but now it looks like we will be going to the indoor playground at Burger king.
Ginny, Geri, Candy, Jackie, and anyone I missed, I hope you all have a good day.

Good Morning!
I only have time for a quick post. You know I told ya'll last night Alex went to bed at 7:30? As soon as I got to bed, he woke up and rolled around the whole night. At about 3 a.m., I decided to turn cartoons on and maybe he would be still and I could snooze a little. He finally went to bed at about 5:30 this morning! I was so frustrated with him! He is our little strong willed child and I have cut his naps out during the day cause he would be so hard to get to sleep at night. But then when he got up this morning, I noticed he was hot...so I took his temp and he has 101 deg. So off to the Dr. we go this morning at 10:30. I tried to get them to call something in since we were just in there Tues, but doc said he wanted to see him. Other than that, I'm just going to try to get the house cleaned up for dh tonight. He will be home about 9p.m., so you prob. won't hear from me tonight. I will check in later today and post my weigh-in in the morning!
Hope all of you have a great day!! Thanks for the info on the pilates tapes Geri! I'm going to try to get one today! I'll be thinking of you while it rains Ricci! Hope you have a good day. Hi to everyone else! TTYL!