Cd...you brought a tear to my eye! Thank you for sharing that with us, I do so hope that you can also share that with your mom! I know she'd love to hear it. My daughter isn't too far away from home either, but I miss her every day! I dread the thought of her moving "far away." I look at my husband and his situation, (family in CA, we're in NJ) and feel bad that they don't see their son/grandkids as much as they want to. Although, dh has offered them our home
( ) or at least suggested that they move out here...they have (mercifully) declined! Okay...no guilt for me
then!

Lucky!! Atta girl! All that shivering must really burn calories!

Terry! HEY! FRONT AND CENTER!!!

Hey, everyone else...time for football practice...gotta run!

Hi Pals
I'm just stopping in to say HI and see how you all are doing? As for me I got myself into a mess, my body told me I needed to slow down. I was sick for a week with a sinus bacterial infection. Now I am on a 10 day course of antibiotics and other meds.
Due to all this I lost about 2 lbs. which is okay with me since I finally broke that plateau of 287.
Anyway you all have a fun weekend and I'll check in again lighter.

Thankful Thursday!


Well here we are Thankful Thursday, I am thankful for the following:

All of you guys, you're the best.
That I got up and went swimming this morning.

Thankful that tomorrow is Friday.

Thankful that my new Duran Duran cd came today.


Chris, that was great advice. I am glad I asked. I think I am more upset that he was trying to hide it, but I am sure it was just so that he didn't hurt my feelings. But I will live.

Lisa, glad your job is going well.

Thin, feel better.

Kat, I'll be sending you a list of ailments I have been having.

Cd, glad you're back. What is your name on Livejournal? Mine is Fairiemeat. I haven't posted in a while been too busy. But I need to get back into it.

You lucky ones who are having a visit. Have a good time but don't forget about us while you are having fun

Skit

Here is the scoop from the "powers that be".

Susie: Yes, you can post that link. I think I know what you're referring to (CM?) and that's what I wrote to Suzanne about and she said it's fine.

CD: Yes, you can also post your link to livejournal.

I'm still suffering, but on the mend.

Hope to be back soon.

Don't forget WI (not Wisconsin) tomorrow. I'll be on the scale first thing.

Love ya bunches.

Kat - WHAT?!?

Lucky -

Sorry gang, this has just been a difficult week. Monday and Tuesday were especially emotionally traumatic. Yesterday and today, have been long, hard days. I wanted to choke the boss and a peer at the beginning of the week. Now, she's being nice. She knows we're all about to kill each other. There's just a lot of stress, unreasonable demands, and pressure. So I just haven't felt up to posting.

I'm not sure if I'm weighing in in the morning or not. Food has been okay. I haven't done any emotional eating or anything I feel bad about. I just haven't been getting in enough exercise. I have also done some eating on the run. Especially to keep the headaches away that I get when I need to eat a meal.

I didn't get home until almost 8:30 tonight so I'm really tired. I had wanted to walk the dog since it was such a beautiful fall day but didn't get home in time.

I'm off to bed. Good night!

Guess Who ???

I am safe and sound in Michigan. It was just a beautiful drive ... especially in Indiana. Soooooo many colorful trees !!!! WOW !!! I don't have time to read or reply. Just wanted to pop in and share .....

I LOST MY 2 LBS Wed morning before I left... and it is STILL OFF !!! I have been soooo good while driving here. I am going to do my best to stay good all week.

Susie.. I forgot your phone number so if you read this please send me a PM. I am not sure I will be on much but I will try to peek in to find it.

THIN !!!! You do NOT have to clean your house for me. Remember my utility room... you had to walk thru single file because it was sooo full. I would rather not come over than have you stress over it. And I certainly don't want you cleaning it with your back bad. Let's just do dinner and then you can relax .. and that will help your back. LOL Just remember.. I want to see YOU ... I don't care about the house.

2cute, Way to go on meeting the challenge early! I know you and Thin will keep each other in line so it stays off.

Andria

Just a quick drive by once again.

I DID IT!!! My WI (not Wisconsin) this morning registers a 3.7 loss since September 30th! WooHoo!

Here's my happy dance:

My back is feeling some better, but I have a 4 hour, on my feet job this afternoon so I'm not guaranteeing what I'll feel like later.

Honey and I have a dinner job to do tonight. So that will be a nice way to relax after my stressful afternoon. Take a guess at how much the reimbursement is. I will give you a hint: It's a very upscale restaurant and bar visit. (answer is below)

Terry: Sorry you're having a bad week. Hope your work will get better. I think one of the most important things in life is to have a job you love. I'm sorry yours is less than perfect right now. [[[hugs]]]

2cute: Glad you made it safely. I'm looking forward to tomorrow. I'll have the house picked up by the time you get here, just don't look for dust bunnies.

You all have a great day. Love you bunches.

Answer: $190 Can you believe it??? I can't imagine eating $190 worth of food and beverage. I'll let you know how it goes.

Hello all I am here sorry about the rant last post. I can't seem to get back on track. Work is ok they changed my hours. Looks like my son may be getting married next year. He is looking for a job in another town where his girl friend lives. My brother is soso I spoke to him this morning.

Maybe with your help I an get back on track.

Hey girls

My livejournal name is cdtobehealthy (odd, huh ) http://www.livejournal.com/~cdtobehealthy . I just changed the setup for it though, how I'm going to be writing in it. I've realized that I ignore a lot of things about my weight and I want to start recognizing them. So it may be a bit annoying to read me at first ;p but I added everyone else.

Of course, I didn't work out yesterday. I'm almost definite I have strept now. I've been going to bed so early every night (very unlike me) and I can't stay awake at all. I guess the good benefit is that I'm not over eating at all.. I don't have much of an appetite so I've only been eating normal meals.

Today is a new day though! So I will definitely work out today.. I feel great. I think its just TONS harder when I'm at work all day then come home, its very hard to convince my body to have energy to work out after that. Luckily I walk tons while at work.

Congratulations to everyone who lost weight!!! I am VERY proud of all of you! I still don't know if I have, and I'm hoping to go to the Doctors soon and find out that way, but I'm having a hard time finding transportation. Argh. I can weigh at my parents house tomorrow though.

Like I said, I'm trying a new journaling behaviour and I hope it will help motivate me. I want to recognize all the things I have to deal with while being overweight - and hopefully it'll make me notice the benefits of losing weight and make me work harder. We'll see though.

I hope you all have a great weekend! I'm gonna have some chili and then clean the house Then hopefully work out. Much love!

Hey everyone

I did it! Lost another 1.5 lbs. at WI today, and that makes a total of 3.5 for this challenge! Wahoo for me!!! I've lost 51 lbs. now, and wow, does it feel great!

Thin, congratulations on making the challenge and then some! Impressive loss considering the other challenges you have been facing.

Anyone noticed how so many people compliment you on a weight loss and then turn around and offer you some sort of food treat? They are the worst ones, suggesting that you "deserve" it for all your hard work. You know what I deserve for my hard work? I deserve to be thin! I want to be healthy, I want to be able to buy clothes somewhere besides the plus section, I want to be able to move with ease. Those are all things I deserve, not a sugary bit of sabotage that brings me down. I'm getting there. Thank you all so much for being part of the journey.

Andria

to Lucky, Thin, 2Cute, and Andria for their losses!

Did I miss anyone? Anyone else reporting in?

I'm going to be making soups tonight. Its just me and Bear (yahoo!) and I'm in the cooking frame of mind.

Back later!

I've got three soups on the stove. One is a taco soup. One is a autumn vegetable soup (butternut squash, cabbagee, potatoes) and the other is a hamburger ministrone. I've not tried those so I hope they are good. I'll let you know.

I tried a new Firm tape - Calorie Killer Super Body Sculpt. I did 20 minutes. Great workout. I'm going to go walk the dog here pretty quick.

I'm going to make it a priority to get in 30 minutes of cardio both Saturday and Sunday. If I'm going to make the scale budge, I've got to get back to the cardio.

Hello Ladies,

Well what can I say, I did not make the challenge. I know that because of work and other things I have been eating emotionally. I am up 3 pounds. I expected it though. But I am up for the next challenge. I have decided that like Cd I need to write more, and focus on my emotions. Work is now going to be even more stressful as they laid someone else off yesterday. Which makes no sense because we are busy. We might not be as busy in the department that she was in, but she could have used that free time to answer the phones up front since we don't have a receptionist anymore either. I can only be spread so thin, along with my other co-workers, eventually we are all going to snap. We have all been cranky and making mistakes and just plain tired of doing 4 peoples jobs. It Sucks!
So anyway, since I am having job difficulties and not knowing whether I will be laid off or not again, and I went to a meeting last night about becoming financial consultants. It is with this company called World Financial Group, basically you become an independent contractor, and you help families set up insurance and financial programs for themselves. I don't know, we are going to go to another meeting on Tuesday to see if this is something we would like to do or not. Neither one of us knows the first thing about it, but there is training and well, we will see. Anything has to be better than what is going on in my life right now.

Terri, as you can see from above, I feel for you and understand all your frustration. I hope things get better for you. I hope you enjoy your soup. I got the ingredients to make Grandma's Bausch (i dont know the spelling) and I hope to find some other recipes to make up and freeze. That will be a great easy thing to have during the winter.

Thin, Well, $190, order more booze If you are going to a fancy restaurant you are going to be paying out the wazoo for small portions and a pretty plate up. At fancy places you are really paying for the art of the plate, too bad it can't be framed. There have been a couple of times that made me fancy dinners and we had to take pictures of it. A reference for when he may want to use it some other time for a sale presentation. I never knew shrimp could be so pretty

Cd, I am adding you to my friends list and checking out your site. I think you have the right idea. And maybe your boring stuff will help me get my act together. Oh and feel better.

Everyone else, I hope all is well. Tonight I have a concert to go to, so I have some things to do around the house and take a nap and get ready for the show.

Chit chat soon, Skit