Good morning Ladies,

RK - it was fun talking to you in chat... the fort sounds so cool! About WW, if you come across any good recipes, share with us, ok?

Susan - loved the pictures of you and the kids! Now you have to send some of Stinger. (Should his name be Stinker??) It's nice that you can take him to work with you. Yay for the 143.5 I go by whatever the scale says on Saturdays only.. easier on the nerves that way, lol.

Shanna - I tried to catch you for a chat last night... sorry we missed each other. Nice of you to help Marti find homes for her kitties.

Sue - glad your test results are ok so far.

Angie - how's the case coming along? Like RK says, start taking notes so you can write a book!

Marti - hope you're having a good weekend with the fam.

Cristi - I think you'll like the versatility of WW. They are changing things in Aug., but no one knows yet what the changes are.

Sally - did you get registered? Well, you must have, since I got your PM this morning. Come on in and introduce yourself, ok?

Edited: Jen - you were posting same time as me. Have a good day!

Hi to the others

I'm down 1 more pound... that's an even 8 for July. Not much going on today... I need to go find a wedding present for my friend who's getting married next Saturday. It's chilly (for July) and wet outside, so I'm making soup today - chicken corn chowder.

What are you doing today?

BBL

hiya everyone,
Dolphin- hope u have fun with ur bf
Jana great job on the 1lbs
I haven't lost anything as of yet oh well...
went to doctor friday for blood work and all that good stuff.
Kidney fuction is fine however, my animea level was very low I might have to start giving myself a shot again oh well... not feeling to well today getting so much blood work always makes me feel yucky for a couple days. I go back thursday for more stuff. Ok ladies im going to go lay down have a wonderful weekend everyone.heather

Good morning!

Did my WI this morning and I'm sitting on 146. I think I'll just hang out there for awhile....kind of like I did with 150.

Congrats to all the losers out there!! You're doing great and I hope mine budges next weekend!! But I am happy that it's down some from before.

I have a lot to do today so I'm making this short. Hope you all have a great weekend.

Marti

Happy Saturday Morning Ladies~

I am in such good spirits, not sure why but I am going to enjoy as long as I can. Don't have much of on the old schedule today. For some reason I woke up very early (early for me anyway 6:30), maybe because my room is bright and can't really sleep late unless it is dark. So...got up watered the grass, went and washed my car, went tanning, picked weeds, started two loads of laundry AND washed down the drive-way. Last week when they were working on the two houses across the street it was a muddy mess and they had several trucks back in and out of there so where did all the mud end up? In the street! Everyone at this end of the cul-de-sac has/had mud tracks going up into their garages! Looked kind of funny. I was hoping it would rain yesterday like they said to clean it all-it didn't. So now I have some straightening of the house to do, vacuum and then I am settling in V's big chair that hugs me and reading the rest of the day! Oh, and doing a walk on the treadmill later.

Jana~CONGRAT'S on yet another loss! You are getting there. Do you have a time frame on when you plan to reach your goal weight?

Susan~you are so very welcome for the card and photo. Sorry it was just one photo. I still haven't found those pictures I was looking for but...I took some more and as soon as I get this roll of film developed will send some more. Sounds like you are lovin' Stinger. That is kind of an odd name, and I am always curious where/how people get their dogs names. By the way Marti, we had Cocoa or Ginger picked when we were looking for a yorkie. Always thought Cocoa was a cute name for a dog. Him being that old it probably wouldn't be a good thing to change his name. I have never been able to come up with a good name, something really cute but have some picked out for our next dog! LOL We came up with Ernie from Sesame Street. I had some birds years ago that we had named Bert & Ernie, I miss those birds. Also had a bunny named Katie. I do love animals. CONGRAT'S on your 143.5!

Sue~sounds like you have been thru heck with all the tests. I do hope they find out what is wrong, and soon.

TJ~ditto what everyone else said. Don't feel like you are bothering us. Sometimes it is better to come here and talk instead of staying away. We are here for you and I hate to see you stay away till Monday.

Jen~Have a GREAT time with DBF! I too would love to see Kerry.

RosieKate~spent some time yesterday getting familiar with WW and I am liking it! I know it will take a little bit of time to get it all down but feel it definitely is going to help. Not too crazy about how their forum is set up but I am sure once I get familiar with it all it will be fine. But I checked out some recipes and there were just way too many to look at. I will be more than happy to share some as I try them. So far, so good and I am very excited about this.

Heather~take care of yourself, and hope you get to feeling better.

Sally~saw your bio. Hope you make it on over to chat with us. WELCOME once again!

Angie~was it you who suggested the [Mr. Clean] magic eraser (think that is what it is called??)? Well, whoever it was, I just tried it and am amazed! WOW! I am going to get some more to keep around the house. I have never, ever cleaned walls so fast and so easy!

Marti~hope you enjoy your day with James and Jhanai.

Hi to eveyerone else, Katie, Kathy, Shanna and anyone I may have missed.

Need to get going and record my meals for the day at WW, and send a couple of emails. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! TTFN

P.S. Just finished with WW (the site) for now and yesterday I thought I would have to change my WI to Friday since I joined then but I figured out some stuff today and while I joined yesterday I can WI on any day I want. So I chose to stick with Monday of course and my flex points will start over then. I won't really see much of a loss from now till Monday I am sure, but by next WI there should be. I will have had a full week of following it. Anyway, just wanted to add that. See ya

Okay, so I saw this on WW and thought I would share.

For anyone who balks about just one pound look at it this way:

1 pound=4 sticks of butter
5 pounds=1 sack of potatoes
10 pounds=8 med. cantaloupes
25 pounds=3 gallons of milk

Just think Jana, you have lost 6 gallons of milk, 8 med. cantaloupes and 2 sticks of butter!! Or 48 med. cantaloupes & 2 sticks of butter, or 12 sacks of potatoes & 2 sticks of butter. WOW, when you think of it that way it really puts a new perspective on losing weight!

I'm back....

Heather - hope you start feeling better real soon.

Marti - the weight will budge sooner or later. Just be patient, missy.

Cristi - glad you are in good spirits. For me, knowing that I am doing something so healthy for myself makes me smile everyday. Maybe that's sort of what it is for you. Sometimes thinking about losing is more work than actually doing it, ykwim? According to your chart, I have lost 6 gallons of milk, 8 cantaloupes and 2 sticks of butter. Holy cow, no wonder I feel so much better! Thanks for sharing that - what an eye opener!! OOPS - I just now read the rest of what you wrote... great minds think alike, right???

Sally - hope to see you post here real soon...

Hi to the others.

bbl,

Afternoon,

Just have rach and Gaby in the other room playing for a second, thought I would take a minute to say hello!

Hello.....................ok, bye!!

haha........

ugh, soooooooo full of shrimp chips!

Congrats on the pound Jana!! YAY........as you get closer to your goal natural to slow down in weight loss. Corn chowder sounds yummy!!

Jen- hope your kitty starts feeling better,I bet you are a wonderful mom

MArti- it will budge......if you build it they will come....something like that...lol.
Hope you all are having a grand time this weekend!

I have you picture on my fridge Cristi right where I can see you in the morning and looking at me as I want something tempting in the fridge.....lol. Thanks soooooooo much for sending a picture of a friend!

Hope you are feeling better Heather.

I better get- Gaby is antsy. We didn't get any sleep with Rebecca spending the night. Didn't help that we went through TAco Bell on the way home and I bought her a pepsi.

Think I will call Stinger , Benji- looks like a Benji....comes when I call him Benji. Need to go get him some Advantage and pick up his vet papers. Rebeccamade a pony tail on top of his head, looks beautiful.....going to buy some blue bows.....lol

Went to the Asian store and bought some shrimp chips, sssoooooooooo good.

Down to 143 this morning! yay..........I need to drink some water though....


blah, blah.............going to see Shrek 2 with Mike tomorrow, going to take Gaby to see it. So am looking forward to that........I don't know if the older girls will go or not, they didn't want to see it...

blah, blah.........ttfn

Afternoon ladies--

Have a few minutes to get to the individuals that I haven't gotten a chance to do......


Tj--I hope you're feeling better about things. I hate to know that you don't have someone to talk to...that is what we are here for. So I'm hoping that you got to talk to a family member or a friend about how you're feeling.

Angie--Your case sounds intriguing to me even though you haven't told us what you're doing. I did like reading about some of your other cases you worked on....had me laughing. I can just picture you hanging on a corner with other women telling you to back off of their territory! Be careful what ever it is your working on!!

Susan--Congrats on the getting to 143!!! How great is that? Water melon and ANY foods that contain lots of water will help you know. So eat up!! Jhanai keeps asking for water melon...to messy for me to want to buy it. We settled on a cantaloup (sp?)....still messy but much smaller.

Jana--Congrats on another pound gone. I bet you're just so excited about all the new clothes that you must be purchasing as you go down in size. And to see a loss every week is fantastic!! I'm happy for you. I'm thinking my weight not budging may be due to eating too much popcorn and drinking too much wine!! (what an awful combination isn't it???) I've really started to drink lots of water lately though so hopefully I will see something next weekend.

Cristi--I'm so glad that you're having a great day. I love waking up to mornings and you just feel instantly in a great mood. I can't remember where James and I came up with the name Cocoa..but we did buy a dog naming book before we got her! The little Toy chi that we got before her was named Ginger. They had the same markings just VERY different in size!! I still feel sad to know she's gone!!! About the weight list thing.....I've almost lost a sack of potatoes!! I love looking at it that way, so thank you for posting that. I may copy it and then hang it on my fridge to keep it as a reminder!!!

RK--Hope you're having a great day with your family. How are you dealing with the weather up there???

Jen--When I think of your cat in a cone, I look at my cat and see how lazy and pampered she has become!! She hasn't messed with her incision at all, but she also didn't have stitches that needs removed. They used some kind of adhesive....and she's healing wonderfully!! She's also drying up....don't want the kitten thinking they can keep nursing on her!

Heather--Hope you start feeling better soon. We'll keep our fingers crossed that you do!!

Sally--I just read your bio and wanted to welcome you here!! Hope you get a chance to pop in and start chatting.

Hi to the rest of you girls....

Well Jhanai and I did some running around this morning and then finally we got back home. Tomorrow my grandpa is having the whole family over for a BBQ at his place and I'm going to make a Chicken Pasta Salad. (not very low fat at all...but it's my favorite) Jhanai and I also discovered that they opened up a scrapbook store here in our little town. I'm afraid to go in right now since I'm trying to limit my spending until next payday.....I could go crazy!

James went back to Portland lastnight, he may be home either tomorrow or Monday night. The whole process is strange not knowing when you're suppose to be out....like last night according to the list on their website, James had to go out at 9:30...and so he was waiting for his call.(they are suppose to call them to tell them to head out) he never got his call and he ended up calling him. How frustrating is that? What if James didn't have access to a computer.....how much trouble would he be in when they didn't call????

Ok...enough of all that. Jhanai is ready for me to get her some fruit...so I best get. Sorry that I missed out on chatting...sounded like you all got a chance last night. Maybe next time.

Take Care
Marti

hey ladies:

im not upset with any of you and love you all enough that i did not want to bring you down too. i just feel sad. im being bombarded with a lot of stuff here lately. i came in a few times and lurked around and your encouraging words made me want to post something. i am feeling slightly better although the rain outside makes me want to cry. how i would love to be out side in sunshine.

glad to see we have a new person, welcome.

Marti- i just noticed that you are over half way to goal. that is awesome.

jana- congrats on another pound misplaced. i think its great that you are doing so well.

susan- my kids own shrek 1 and i want to see shrek 2 sooooo bad. let me know how good it is and rub it in real good. lol

christi- thanks for the comparison chart of fat to food. its really neat.

i know ive missed some people and i am sorry. hello to everyone.

ill try to post again tom. by the way, i know i havent lost alot of pounds, but-----my husband didnt know that ive been serious and when he came home he asked "are you losing wt?" that cheered me up.

well, gotta go. keep up the good work!!!
tj

I had to come back when I realized something....here I was thinking that I almost lost a whole sack of potatoes...when all together I have lost 3 gallons of milk!!! Wow....that totally made me day!! Thanks again Cristi!! I could feed a lot of kids breakfast cereal in the morning with all that milk!!

TJ--I'm so glad you stopped in. And how wonderful to have your husband notice when he didn't know you were working on it! That is what I call a NSV!!!! (non-scale victory) And I have to congratulate you on that, because things like that being said...really helps the motivation going plus, it tells you that you ARE making a difference!!

Ok...Just had to report back after my realization.

And Jana--What you've lost so far is incredible!!
So Susan......I'm curious as to all that you have to add up from what you lost!

12 bags of potatoes? When you can visualize that its takes on a whole new look.

I wanna lose some potatoes!

Say hi Benji, how cute that is....shrimp chips?

Cristi,,,can you come visit? Im being a lazy slug this morning you wake up all chipper and Im dragging my butt out of bed,,,and then after two hours went back,,,didn't get to sleep cause Monte came home and got me going again.
I got home at 3 this morning,,,did alot of driving, spooky placesmmmhate back alleys, lots of homeless people,,,and some guy peed near my van,,,I could see him (not that I watched him do his business) but he couldn't see me obivously. Cristi, I was the one to mention the magic eraser,,,thing is its great if your walls are white. Mine aren't and it took some color out and made me ticked off cause now I have to paint.


Im craving mexican,,,tacos....mmmm
the house is mostly clean,,,just need to vaccuum,,,my least favorite thingt o do. I finally got all my clean clothes put away,,,and have only one more load to dry and fold...yay!

oh ya Jana,,,your graham wafers and peanut butter thing has become an addiction for all of us...we ate a whole box.

Well better get going,,,do the vaccuuming,,,*sigh
Angie

omg!!!! I got rid of the kids!!!! YAY.........omg,omg,omg.....I can actually breathe now.....lol

Older girls are at the pool and Gabster is sleeping at the "babysitter" aka ex's.....though he isn't Gabster's daddy.....though he might as will be and Gaby calls him dada.......confused???? lol - anyway..........

I said. ....."Hey, Doug. Have a deal for you . Watch Gaby tonight and you won't have to watch her Monday or Tuesday."
He goes " I dont have to anyway, Mike is taking her....but I will , you need a break"....ain't he sweet?? He wasn't in our marriage though.....lol.
I will go back and get her this evening - just wanted to go to the store without kids coming with me.

So Susan......I'm curious as to all that you have to add up from what you lost!
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I am reading this over and over and trying to figure out Marti?????
Meaning how much I gained back?? I got to 139.5 and gained back up to 149......during that 2 week period that I was eating high on the Costco hot dog ....and peanuts and not drinking water.

Or do you mean all that I have lost in my entire life??? whoa......ok- 110 back in 89......same 110 in 2000.......and this 20ish pounds......so I have lost 240 pounds in my entire life....plus the 6 that I just lost to get back down to 143.....so 246 pounds........final answer! Hope I answered it right....lol.

I will let you know about Shrek 2 - TJ......We were going to meet out of town because he was coming from the coast but looking at the paper he might have to come all the way in to PDX. His call now........he has already seen it but I haven't and Gabster hasn't....she has never been to a movie before.....thought Shrek2 would be a good would to take her to.......I will let you know and rub it in reeeeeeal good

Angie........miss you! I did 3 loads of laundry this morning. Asian shrimp chips. Sooooooooo good. I will mail you a bag?? lol....if you want, sure they must have an Asian store in Calgary. Just like the fisht taste. lol

Anyway, best get!! Need to get some nylons and such for church tomorrow. Have already been with Rachel and she spent $22.........she bought some razors and I go " do you shave (she is 13) and she rolls her eyes and says ......."muther!".......does that mean yes?? lol


ttfn

Boy Susan--You sure confused me on that...I was meaning how many sacks of potatoes or how many gallons of milk.....(referring to Cristi's list)

I knew you had lost a lot, but I just didn't realize how much! We're all so proud of you!! You should put that in your siggy you know.....unless that's too much for you to share.

Just know that I think you're awesome!!!

I feel like we just were in the midst of TornadoSusan....
We have a China Town here,,,big one too, spent a few hours following someone in there,,ya like I didnt' stand out.
Ill have to go and check out them chips.
We just finished watching Badder Santa,,,WOW lots of swearing,,,even I was a bit taken aback,,and I do have a potty mouth on occassion.
Well Im gonna go hang out...chow
Angie

Just poppin in to say hi again!!!

I'm on a roll with this scrapbooking!!! I guess I just needed a couple months away to get the creativity rollin.

At the moment, I'm working on a page (actually two since I have a small scrapbook) and the pictures are of Jhanai (of coarse) when she was 3 1/2yrs. and she was playing in the middle of a HUGE leaf pile. I had taken lots of photos of her playing around. So...I decided that I would take a few of the head shots that I have of her and cut around in a shape of a leaf. I have four leaf cutouts with her little face and then I'm cutting out leaves off of a printed paper that has fall leaves and going to stick them around the page.

What do you think? I will take a photo of it when I'm finished. I'm having fun with this layout!!

Ok.....I've babbled on long enough.........

off I go!!

Marti