Good morning guys:

I have some good news and some bad news:

Bad news: No baby yet - looks like false alarm. So, now daughter is 2 days late and a baby short, lol. I will let you know as soon as "miss lizzie tish" decides to make her grand entrance.

Good news: (really good news, LOL): My first weigh in since I came back to ww last week produced a loss of 3.6 lbs.!! I'm really happy with that. Of course, its only the first week and usually you do really well, but I'm confident that it was a really good jumpstart for me. I'm walking, drinking my water and I was able to bank a few points as well, so hopefully I'll continue with those tools. I'm just taking one day at a time.

Jen - Good luck with your exam -- I'm sure you'll be fine. Its hard to believe you've already completed a semester. Wow - congrats!

Terri - sorry to hear about your dad -- hope he recovers really quickly.

Joyce - Happy Anniversary, hope it was good. Same to you Zoe/Patti

Essie - Glad to hear you enjoyed your cinco de mayo.

Everyone else -- have a great day!

Dianne

Hello my Buds

Dianne, I thought for sure "miss lizzie tish" was here! Oh well, we'll be waiting patiently with you. Great loss girlfriend. 3.6 ALRIGHT! (high five) I'm doing the one day at a time also. I have to because if not I start feeling overwhelmed right away.

Jen, my niece's birthday went well. I saw my sister-in-law's SIL, her brother's wife, for some reason this sounds complicatedanyway, she lost 62 lbs with WW. She still has quite a bit to lose but she looks great! She's always been a pretty girl but very overweight. Talk about motivation!!! I took one look at her & didn't want to eat! This really works!!!

If we all lived close to eachother we would be walking everyday! Right Girls? You're probably thinking "I am so glad she doesn't live close by" Kidding.

Terri, hope Dad is feeling okay.

Joyce & Zoe, hope all is well.

Have a goodnight.

Essie

Yeah Dianne! That is a great loss. CONGRATS!!!!
Can't wait til the baby gets here.
Keep us posted.

Thanks all about my dad. he is pretty bruised up but ok. My son's first communion was beautiful. Britt's birthday was fun.

Now her surgery is Thursday. There is a possibility that they might have to taker her left ovary. I hope not.
UGH!!!! I'll keep you posted.

HI EVERYBODY!!!!! I'll just be popping in once in awhile.
Terri

Good morning everyone!

Dianne, whooeee! 3.6 is a great loss! Good job. We'll be anxiously awaiting the baby news; I must be missing something....."miss lizzie tish" ?

Essie, I only wish we could walk together! Somehow I get the feeling we'd never shut up ....but think of all the walking we'd get in! It only takes a good example to make us want to buckle down and stay on program, doesn't it? I mean about the woman who lost 62 lbs. How great she must feel!

Terri, glad the festivities were fun. Also glad your Dad will be okay. I lost my Mom when I was only 28, and my Dad when I was 33, and still miss having them in our lives. Brittany will come through all of this okay; please keep only positive thoughts in your mind and in your heart. Lots of prayers coming her way!

It is so gorgeous outside this morning. I already walked today, and was just loving seeing the sunshine, the flowers blooming everywhere. This is such a great time of year here, before it gets too hot in the summer.

Hope everyone is great.....Joyce, Anita, Myra. Thinking of all of you.

~Jen

Hi guys:

Baby girl just arrived -- second hand info so all I know is 8lbs, something... name will be either Jessica Lynn or Jenna Lynn -- or maybe once they look at her, they'll come up with an entirely new name, LOL. Mom is doing well, but exhausted, she's kind of been in labor for the last 3 days, so I can imagine.

Jen - "Miss Lizzy Tish" is a saying my nana had, which referred to a kind of prima dona, lol. So since this little girl was taking her sweet time coming into the world, I call her Miss Lizzie Tish. LOL.

Well, gotta run, going to hospital. I will be back with more info tonight or tomorrow morning. Have a great day everyone!

Dianne

Dianne, congratulations Grandma!!! 8 lbs!! Wow! I'm sure she's cute.

Jen, we would get along. Yeah, I could see us talking alot It would be fun. I lost both my parents too & my oldest brother. Very sad. I try & think of the good times we had together. Today was such a beautiful day. Even though I was at work but driving in & driving home was so beautiful. I thought of walking outside but I decided to do Taebo instead. Love those tapes!

Terri, your lttle girl will be alright. Stay positive. Prayers, prayers prayers! I saw a bumper sticker that stayed in my mind. It said "Let Go, Let God". I do it all the time My Friend.

Hi Joyce, Patti & Myra

Love,
Essie

Hi everybody I'm back from my weekend in San Antonio and have 2 days under my belt back at work. I have to say that I stayed 100% on my eating plan while I was gone and, after 5 weeks (3 days shy of) of staying OP ~ Atkin's for 2 weeks and then the Carbo Addict's Diet for almost 3 weeks. I was so disgusted today when I got on the scale and gained wieght. So today I messed up BIG TIME.....I mean it, big, big time!!! So I've eaten just about all day today and I'm ready for my points system again. I think WW w/low carbs will be good....not NO carbs, just LOW. <sigh> The summer is upon us and I'm still the same. Boo Hoo......

Anyway, Hi to Y'all and I'm sorry I haven't addressed each of you. I am going to go and read the posts now. Have a great Tuesday night and a blessed Wednesday.

Dianne.....congratulations on your new granddaughter !!! What an exciting time for the family. A baby brings such joy, and hope. I'm sure you're in love with her already. Thanks for the "heads up" on lizzie tish....

Essie.....my older brother also, in 1994. Life brings many changes, doesn't it? I've been blessed with a large family, 6 of us; Joe is from a family of 9.
When you add in the spouses and children, we've always got something going on. Nothing is better than a large family!

Zoe....it's behind you already! There, doesn't that feel better? We can't let "real life" get us down. You will do better in the weeks to come. Hang in there! By the way, how was San Antonio?

Joe had his stress echo test today...all went well, of course. I've got to stop worrying, I know! His cardiologist says he's under no restrictions, and is doing great. Life is good.

Hi Terri, Anita, Myra!

~Jen

Hello friends.

Just checking in. Had my WW meeting tonight. I lost 1.4 pounds. Got my first bookmark. Yea! 5.8 #'s gone forever.

We've had some really bad storms lately. San Antonio got up to 4" hail the other night. Fortunately we only got rain at my house. I could not imagine being on the road and having baseball size hail break the windows etc.

Diane - Hello Grandma...congradulations. Is this the first grand-baby? I only have one daughter and she is adamant right now about not having kids. Hope she changes her mind in the future. I figure if the right guy comes along she'll give in. She is so good with kids too. But I don't want to rush her / she is only 20. I can just imagine the feeling you would get having a grandchild.

Jen - It is really good to hear that Joe is doing good. So when is the vacation??

Zoe - Glad you had a good time in SA. You did great staying OP. I love Mexican food. If I had to have a last meal it would be TexMex. In fact when I was pregnant that is what I craved the most. Only thing the craving never went away

Hope everyone has a great week. Kristen (my daughter) is coming over tomorrow again to use the computer so I probably will not post much.

Hello to all
Joyce

Terri - good luck to Brittany tomorrow - she's in my thoughts and prayers.

Essie - I'd love to join you and Jen's walking group! LOL, it would be a blast.

Jen - glad to hear about how well Joe is doing. That's great news and a big relief for both of you, I'm sure.

I too, lost a brother, a younger one, only 20 years old.
You never forget them, but like you and Essie say, you try to think of the good times.

Zoe/Patti - Shake off that gain and forget it. You've lost before so you know this works. Just get back on track and start a new day. You'll be fine.

No, Joyce - LOL, this is not my 1st grandchild, its our 13th!

Baby (Lizzie Tish) still doesn't have a name -- Mommy wants Jessica Lynn and Daddy wants Jenna Lynn. Hopefully, they'll come to an agreement before the baby leaves the hospital, LOL. Oh and I found out she was
8 lbs and 13 oz. - big girl, gotta put her on ww, LOL. and she was 20 1/2 inches long. Thanks everyone for your good wishes.

Well, its 3:44 a.m. here and I can't sleep, don''t know why. So I'll talk to you all later and have a great day.

Dianne

Dianne, I'm sure the baby is beautiful. My daughter was 8 lb. 11 oz, we named her Jessica. I'm partial to both names, actually, as Jenna is so close to my name, Jennifer! At any rate, my best wishes to the new Mom and Dad.

Joyce, congrats on the loss! I love Mexican food also. Hope those storms stay away from you, that would be scary.

Terri, Brittany is in my prayers.

Hope all is well with everyone.

Have a great day!

~Jen

Hi Buddies

Joyce, good goin with 5.8!!! Gone!!! I hope to get my bookmark soon. I'll celebrate but not with food. The last 2 days I was hungry at night but I survived.

Terri, been thinking about you & Brittany. Hang in there Kiddo. She's going to be okay.

Zoe, welcome back. So you slipped alittle. We all do. Hey, this is going to be a way of life. We can't always be perfect but we won't give up either. If you're not too busy try & do some heavy duty cardio & drink lots of water.

Jen, so happy to hear Joe is doing great!! Way to go Joe You have a huge family!! I can imagine when you all get together. Lots of fun.

Dianne, I think you've had too much excitement & that's why you were up at 3:44 am. That's the time I get up Mon. thru Thursday. I know, I know, everyone thinks I'm nuts but I've been doing it for so long I'm use to it. So how's Jessica/Jenna? She'll be like Zoe/Patti
I'm teasing you Zoe!!

Joyce, it's getting bad here in NY. We haven't had any rain for quite a while. I hope we get some soon.

Okay my friends, have a goodnight

Essie

Hi ladies

Ok, so I was OP for almost 5 weeks and then, for 2 days, out of control!!!! But I think I'm gonna be okay now. Thank you all for your words of encouragement. I really love and appreciate you all.

San Antonio was great ~ the Cinco de Mayo celebration down there was awesome.

Dianne ~ Congrats on your new grand daughter! I can't see me as a granny yet......too many of my friends my age are HAVING babies or have very little ones so I just can't see it.....don't get me wrong, I'm surely old enough, my kids are 21 and almost 26 so it's not impossible. I just told them "not yet".
Oh, and WTG on losing 3.6!!!! Yeah!!

Terri ~ Brittany is in my prayers. I'm sure all will be fine.....relax momma, she has so many prayers coming her way.

Jen ~ Glad to hear that Joe's stress test was okay. We always worry anyway but glad to hear it was good.

Joyce ~ good job on losing another 1.4 and now, getting a bookmark. It feels good, doesn't it?? Hey, we passed by the Seguin signs on the way to SA....boy, you live WAAAAAYYYYY down there, huh??

Essie ~ any rain up there yet? We had a real dry spell here last year that was quite frightening. I hope you get some rain soon.

Well, time to relax. Have a great evening ladies....talk to you's tomorrow.

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