Hi Ladies

It has been a long stressful day today. I am hoping tomorrow will be better. I am planning a day with the boys tomorrow. No house work or anything else but quality time. I never realize how many hours of day we spend together but it is just not completely involved time. Not sure what we are going to do but I will figure it out in the morning.

Michelle,
What is that other dog? I am not to good on doggie lingo. Hope your puppy is a dream when you get her. Have you had a maltese before? If not, are you going to get the little book that tells you about them? I know it was helpful the last time I bought our Yorkie, Macho. Did you weigh over the weekend? Did I miss it? Did you have fun at the playground?

Melissa,
I am so proud of you for being on plan today! That is just wonderful. Even with the added stress of having extra company, you did it! YAH!

Hi Jill It is wonderful to have you here! I hope you feel right at home!

Jaymi,
Did you get to make an outing this afternoon? I hope you and the kids had a great time!

Kristen,
You work? I never knew that.. Details Details..... lol

Angel,
It sounds like you had a great day eating wise! Congrats to you! I know how you feel about fixing the bikes. I feel like I am the mom and dad sometimes doing all the manly duties around the house..... LOL Hope it wasn't to bad.

Ricci,
Congrats on the car! That is just wonderful! YAH FOR YOU! Hope you enjoy it!

Kristen,
I think you are a wonderful person for being there for all those people that meant and mean so much to you!

Cheri,
CONGRATS on the weight! That is just plum awesome! Woo HOO! I know you are really inspired now! Congrats Congrats!

Di,
Don't look back girl! You are doing awesome! And you are doing a wonderful thing by bringing the clothes. We don't have a shelter here but we do have a Restoration Center. I bring my things there. It is women who are pregnant who have no where to go.

Crystal,
Sorry about your garden! Don't you hate that! Do you think it could have been a squirrel or raccoon? Not even sure you have racoons there..... Hopefully some of your veggies make it! That is so horrible! Is your next dr. appt tomorrow? Let us know!

hey gals - another late night for me. Got the neighbor kids coming over the next 4 days so trying to spruce things up before they come, they are great kid and it gived sydney something to do to!

Jill - Welcome, it takes a while, but you will get it all figured out!

Michelle - where are ya tonight girl? Can't wait to see the puppy!

Crystal - sorry about your garden, rightnow we wouldn't even have a chance at one, we have moles and ground squirrels we are in the middle of getting rid of...ugh, the people that owned this house before us, didn't do any outside maintenance, so we are getting it all done, slowly but surely! Please let us know how you and the baby are doing! I can't wait to be pregnant again!

Cheri - CONGRATS on the #'s down, that is huge !!!!!!!

Di - That is also what I do with old clothes, it really makes a difference, when we went about a month ago -they let us pass them out, I got to the car and just cried, it was so moving. They really do appreciate it. (((((hugs)))) to you for the good deed!

Ricci - glad that you finally got a car! That will be so nice for you, to have that freedom, I guess that I take mine for granted, but it really is a luxury!

Mel - YEAH! OP RULES! way to go. Wish I could say the same, if I could just get some more energy to start the cycle up again of making healthy choices I would be there too! Maybe if I was sleeping instead of posting??!?!?!

Jaymi - Hope you have a great day tomorrow, I know how you feel about getting in the exercise!

LEigh - where are ya today? Loved the pics of you and Liam. Toooo cute! I love wine!

Angel - I just can't wait for those types of fixes on kid stuff...NOT! haha - my daughter is too little to ride hers that much yet! It has to be frusterating! Heres to a new tomorrow!

Penny - thanks for the kind words about being there for others... ((((hug))))...I work at night, a few days a week for MY OWN money! haha! I get to do whatever I want with it..like my husband put it, "spend it on clothes, stuff for the house, ****, buy $400 worth of bubble gum for all I care! " that is a direct quote (its a running joke around here now!) I work with one other person and we clean 3 banks and their mortgage center...its nice to get out and get some pysical activity, although its cleaning which I hate, I don't have to do anything gross like clean toliets, we just vacuum, dust, do the trash, etc. Its a great workout, I use it as a suppliment if I don't get a full blown one in that day....you move alot and its a way to get out of the house! Rubie is absolutely adorable, I fear if we ever got a dog that small sydney would rip it to shreds! Koby (the one in my msn thing) is the smallet dog we hae ever had, and he will be up to 25 lbs. !

Leigh, Cindi, Geri, Ginny, and anyone else that I forgot, I love ya, and where were ya today!?!?!
Goodnight, I am going to do one more load of laundry and finish picking up this basement, and then its night-night for me...hopefully I can fall asleep ..... TTYL!

Thanks Melissa and Mompen for making me feel welcome. To answer your question Melissa yes I am still breastfeeding and hope to continue until close to her first birthday in September. I have heard that you won't lose the rest of the baby weight until you stop breastfeeding but am not sure if that is true or not. I guess I will find out.
I have had a gym membership for a long time but it sure takes a lot more effort to get there with a baby then it used to when I didn't have any kids! I hope to start back tomorrow and will also be grocery shopping so that I can have things in the house to eat and won't be tempted by fast food. I think fast food is my downfall. Sometimes it's just so hard to cook a meal after a long day of school, baby and sometimes work. I wish there were more healthy choices at fast food restaurants. I know they are getting better but there are always hidden fats and calories that you don't think of for example, salads.
Anyway thanks everyone for being here on this site for inspiration. I hope to weigh in every Tuesday and hope I can soon have a cute little chickie telling everyone how much weight I have lost. Talk to you soon!

Kristin,
I know what you mean about ripping the dog to shreds. I am worried about her but I was thinking we can always get a bigger dog for the kids to have but then I would have another one to worry about......grrrrrr.....

I am just worried about Rubie getting stepped on. She is a little scared right now of all the noise...... Hopefully she will feel right at home soon. She went to the groomer yesterday and the vet today for shots.... gessshhh that would be enuf to make me nervous.

That is cool to clean the banks and stuff. I cleaned apartments twice but it wasn't for me... I did try in home childcare for a year. Half of the time I was preggo with Andrew and then he came along and I watched kids for another 6 months which was at xmas time. I just couldn't do it anymore with my 3 plus the others from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm....

Whewwww...... I did Avon for a while and I might go back for extra money.... We will see though.

Anyhow, enough about me...... LOL I think cleaning is a wonderful exercise!!!! It is great to get out the house plus interact with other humans....lol Does your hubby watch Sydney for you? You hear me saying "for you". LOL I always say that by accident.... I always feel like my hubby is "babysitting for me"

Ok off to bed for me!

Oh the QOTD,
I love Easter. It is a wonderful time of year to celebrate Christ and it is not as cruded w/ gifts as Christmas. I just love Midnight Mass at church.

Bayleysmom,
You snuck in on me..... LOL

I also nursed. I just stopped when Andrew was over 10 months old. I didn't lose too much while nursing but did great afterwards. I did have some hormones changes but I think overall I wasn't as hungry. I say do the best you can while nursing....

All though we are not allowed to give medical advice, just make sure you keep your meals balanced for the baby. I know you already know that though!

Have a great night! Hope to see you here tomorrow!

Penny - you are too funny - yes i always say "will you watch her"..I know what you mean...Rubie will be fine, judt gove her a little time!

Jill - I lost all my weight and went back down to my original size, and then after I STOPPED nursing, gained it all back! My doc said it was because your metabloism is hgiher when you are nursing.....hope that it doesn't go that way for you, but you found the right place to be whatever happens !!!! This place is bout becoming, staying, and lifelong health, weight is a huge part, however, its not all! I think you will find that these gals are sooo supportive of whatever it is you are trying to acheive!

Have a good night, okay, really, I am going to get going ot bed now! SHEESH!!!!

Also wanted to add a thank you to Kristin for welcoming me. We posted at the same time and didn't want to leave her out. Also QOTD I like Christmas. I will be honest, as a child it was about the presents but I just love that almost everyone gets a day off and we can spend the day with our loved ones. It just seems like a magical time and I appreciate the closeness a whole lot more now that I have my daughter. Ok enough for me! Talk to everyone soon!

Hey guys its late so this will be a quickie.

Hey Jill welcome You can check out my bio in the beginning of this thread

Penny the other dog that we saw was a Japanese Chin oh so cute!! And very very calm dogs but hubby wanted teh more playful maltese. The breeder will give us a book about maltese when we get her! I can't wait!! How is little rubie doing? Do the boys absolutely love her? I didn't weigh, this month was a total wash for me boncing between 220 and 217 ugghhhh!!

Melissa good for you staying on plan!!!

Kristin I like earning a little money too, I would love to just go splurge on myself but you know how it is having kids you always put them before yourself lol I always end up spending a ton of money on my girls.

Well guys I have a pretty nasty migraine tonight and my imitrex doesnt seem to be working, we'll see if I get any sleep I have my docs appt with weigh in tomorrow, I
am going to see if they'll give me phentermine for 2 months and then switch me back to the meridia, oh I dunno I would rather take the pills than to start B&P again Which sadly has been creeping in my head again, but I'm trying to do this the healthy way So I'm gonna talk to the doc about that tomorrow. I'll fill you all in when I get back. I'm off to bed!
Love to all
Michelle

Michelle.....

Ya know how dence I am.... What is b&p?

Yes, please let me know about the doctor tomorrow!

I thought you didn't want to go on the phetermine?

Ok off to bed!!! It is 20 til 1 so I need to get some rest!

Talk to you tomorrow!

Oh I have another pic of Rubie to post.... See how much the kids are leaving her alone....lol

B&P binge and p**ge swear words for me.....

I didn't want the phent. when my bloodpressure was elevated but I've been at a consistant 110/60 so I'm fine with it I'm just going to ask what the doc thinks about it. Ok my head is killing me now so I'm off to sleep.

Michelle

undefinedMichelle, stick with what works for you. My modo, don't mess with a good thing! I took phentermine once for about 2 months also, but it made me aggitated easily. It did help, but I didn't like how it made me feel. See what the doc says. You'll be in my thoughts. Taking meds is such a tough decision and it causes stress.

undefinedPenny, greating chatting with you last night. Rubie will be ok, she'll get tough, like the boys!

undefinedCindi, it was nice talking to you last night. I hope all is well with you today. Good luck getting the kids ready for school!

Jundefinedill, hope you are enjoying this thread so far.

undefinedKristin, I was sooo hungry when I was nursing, so I lost a little when I was done. But nothing huge.

Anyway, Good morning ladies! Hope you all are having a good day. Oh yeh, I'm down a half a pound this morning ....YES!

OK, I guess I am the first to post SOOOO Here is the QOTD:

What is one thing you wish you could do over again...good or bad(something you would do different)?

Whoops, something happened there with my colors~!

good morning all. I didn't ever check back in yesterday. We were go go go all day it seems. I'm suppose to babysit this morning for a couple of hours and then I have my doc appt. this afternoon.
Sounds like everyone had a good day yesterday.

Welcome Jill, I'm Crystal. My bio is all at the top. I'm the pregnant one, with #4. So glad you found us and you will get all the support you could ever need here. Can't wait to learn more about you.

QOFD: I wouldn't have gotten married so young. I hate saying that because I don't mean that I wouldn't want my kids or yadda yadda yadda, but I would've waited. I married at 18, 4 months after I graduated. I wish I would have lived alittle independently. I feel like I'm too dependent for that matter. That's my answer.
I'll check in later. I started trying to crochet again and I'm still learning, it's tough for me for some reason.
TTYL

QOTD?

I think it is that I would not have quit college. I quit when I was 5 months pregnant with Hunter and that was 5 years ago. I am still trying to go back. Now I look back.... I could be finished right now.....ggggrrrrrr.....

Oh well, Everything happens for a reason! And I am sure it is a good one... Just haven't figured it out yet......lol

Crystal,
Let us know how the doctor visit turns out!

Melissa,
It was great talking to you last night! Sorry I had to go so soon! Have a great on plan day! Thanks for the qotd!

Hope you all have a great day! I might run the kiddos to the park at the beginning of our adventure day. Or we might go to the library first.... Only time will tell Have a great day! Ooops I already said that!

OH BTW, Where is Leigh? Good morning girl!

Sorry I missed posting yesterday, Christian kept me up the night before WAAAYY late/early, so I forgot that I never posted Hope had her check up and my eye infection seems to be back again, so I didn't do much!

Mel...it was great chatting with you! Why don't you other ladies get Yahoo Messenger and we can make a chat of it sometime? To me that's so much easier than going to the chats on the group pages. I never can get it to work right!

Hey Jill! Welcome to the funny farm!! You will love this bunch.

Okay, I must dry my hair, then I will be back to answer the QOTD and get more posting done!


Love to you all