Hi Ladies...
2 fantastic thangs lol
It is Sit up Saturday and I have walked my 6 miles!!! Wooo hooo!!! And, my time went down 2 min/a mile... OK so I normally walk a slow 20 min mile anyway, but still... I'm happy that I've improved by 2 min even when it was killing me!!! lol

Second thing.... I'm going home to visit my fam and friends in NY/NJ!!!! YAY!!! I miss everybody sooo much and I'm so excited!!! DH is out on a boys night out and I've nobody to talk to lo so I'm posting away!! I've been trying to get a flight since like last year, seriously! (one of my BF is getting married on the 11th and the thought of not being there was KILLING me! Anyway, I've never paid more than $550 to fly to England so I was trying to get a ticket round that price and up to two weeks ago flights were like $800 US, but I held on and *Beat* the system!! lol Mind you, I leave in like ten days! Ok... off to try and box this warm and fuzzy feeling...

But before I go...

Synn.. welcome back! I hope your FIL is better..
2cute A LOSS IS A LOSS AND WORTHY OF PRAISE! AND CELEBRATION!
Tasha, you are doing soooo well... I'm sooo proud of you! Glad you made it and you keep on keeping on!
hippie, as always what a story! what a life! what an inspiration!

Everyone, be good to yourselves!

Hi Ladies
I just wanted to stop by and let you know how my week went. Well not good I had another lowblood sugar reaction on Wednesday afternoon, but this time it happened to be at the end of my work shift so I was able to go home and rest. But boy those next two days I was wiped out, my body just ached. And yesterday was my daughters HS graduation and so I was none stop in getting things ready for her, but I am so grateful for my sister Margie who set up the reception after. I don't think I could have made it without her, I LOVE YOU SIS, and THANK YOU Everything went beautifully.
Oh yes one more thing, I finally went back to my TOPS group meetings and am going to use their weighin for my weight-tracker thing. My weighin was 301, thats a 7 lb. gain from January 11th. So thats my first short term to goal to get down to 294 by July 5.

Ok about today, me and husband went to a wedding which was very beautiful the only thing was, we had to climb a hill just to get there. Now it wasn't just any hill but it's one that leads to the National Monuement named "Montezuma's Well". Boy were we huffing and puffing when we got to the top, and it was a good thing we brought some water and there were large rocks to sit on. The thing about this wedding is that the Bride and Groom requested that the guest wear traditonal/contemperary Native attire so thats what we did. So most of the guest were attired thiss way and it made the setting even more beautiful, it just takes my breath away. Not just from the hike anyway as soon as I get pictures I'll try and post one. Also not long ago my husband and son went to another wedding, for one of my sons best friends (since Kindergarten days) of course I am just to tired to go again but they did take a gift from us.

Ok thats about it, I think I am going to go take a nap and get as much rest as I can, cause tomorrow it's back to the exercising for me. You all have fun weekend and I'll see you ligher.

Hi everyone. It is Saturday evening here in Kansas City and just finished a mile and half walk. Had WI this morning, and was absolutely thrilled to be down another 1.2 . I really thought I would either show a gain or break even since Mother Nature is visiting. I always am a bit lax on Saturdays, since I WI first thing in the a.m., so may have been a bit too lax (BBQ'd here at home and had friends over), but did go walk with the hubby and "babies" after everyone left, so I'm not going to beat myself up over it. Will get back OP tomorrow and stay nose to the grindstone all week.

Biggirl - 6 miles - I am so impressed!! I'm doing really well to do my mile and half without passing out! That's fantastic!!

Joe Anne - I think the walk up the hill can be considered good exercise! It really burns up more calories walking uphill then on a flat surface!

Tashabella - Great job on the Reeses. Those are one of my favorites too! Pat yourself on the back for passing that one up.

Sue Marie - I don't think I said it before, but congrats on all of your hard work at school. I applaud you for furthing your education and sticking with it. One of my regrets is that I started college way back when, but never finished. Hang in there and you will definitely succeed! Good luck with the backyard excavation too! Just keep looking at the big picture, after all the hard work is done you'll be floating around in the pool and soaking up the rays!!

Lilion, Mertz and 2Cute - Big congrats on your losses. A loss is a loss is a loss... I always take what ever loss I can get! This is the only place where its really great to be a loser!!

Shadie - I'm with you on the heat. My AC has been on for the past month. I told the hubbie that I'm too old and fat to sweat, I work hard and we'll pay the dang electric bill.

If I have missed anyone, I apologize. Have a busy day tomorrow and because of rain (totally NOT called for in the forecast) I didn't get to stain/seal the other half of the deck last night, and more rain coming, so won't be able to tackle it until Monday. So, I know what I'll be doing on Memorial Day!

Everyone take care and keep thinking "thin" thoughts!

Hi everybody! Just checking in before heading off to bed. I've been fast-forwarding through the CMA awards while I do theatre paperwork.

We had a boatload of trailer checks to do today. Honey and I got through 14 showtimes. Then we decided to stay and see Star Wars. I slept through a good part of it (can you tell I went cuz Honey wanted to see it)? I really enjoyed the original 3 movies, but then how could I help it with hottie Harrison Ford in them? The first 2 pre-quals did nothing for me and the beginning of this one wasn't too interesting to me either, but the last hour was pretty good. I kept wanting to be able to corralate the story with what I already knew, and that just didn't happen with the first 2, but this one made it all come together.

I'm glad to be involved in all this talk of gardening. I stopped at Lowe's and bought a few more plants yesterday. I have two black caldron type planters on either of my garage door and so I bought my standard ferny things, spikes and geraniums for those. I found that Lowe's had Mosquito Plants this year too. I couldn't find them last year except for my little Flower Barn Nursery. I also managed to fall prey to a pot of deep purple coleus and some orange and yellow marigolds that I think will look nice together. I'm hoping it won't rain tomorrow so I can get them planted.

I'm sure I will be a race widow tomorrow with the Indy 500 and then the Nascar Race afterwards. I think I'll go SHOPPING!!! That always makes me feel less left out!

Well, my dears, my CMA tape is almost finished and it's going on 12:30 AM.....again.....so I think I'll head up to bed. See you all later. Love ya bunches!

Good morning ladies!

How is everyone's weekend? So far so good here. I've got a ton of stuff I'm trying to get done this weekend. No rest happening here.

I started sorting out clothes in the closet yesterday. I have two big rubbermaid containers in the spare closet that I started digging through too. I keep sending huge bags of clothes to Goodwill so you'd think one would get empty. But I packed away sweats and long sleeve stuff. I've got two small bags ready to give away and still more to pack up. I'm make sure that I don't have any big clothes to grow back into!

I also spent a few hours out with the horses yesterday. Doing the fun thing of teaching the young boys that to be tied up and to stand without tearing out the hitching post. That's not fun to watch. One of them got a bath once he figured out it wasn't going to kill him. The other freaked out too badly. Scaredy cat horses. Ginger loved getting her bath. I was filthy by the time I got done. And sunburned my arms like an idiot.

Last night we took our first boat ride. For you new ladies, we have a pontoon on a local lake (Doxie, you'll know Lake Jacomo) that is just a few minutes from our house. We took Bear who did really well this year. No chasing of other boats which he did last year. I thought he was going to leap over the rail into the water last year! So we plan on taking him more this year just so he's not totally abandoned. Except now I have to have a portable vac because of the damn dog hair on the boat.

All this talk of gardening might remind me to go get flowers myself. I haven't done anything yet. I worked on cleaning the mulch out of the back landscape area so that I could plant tomatoes for DH. I've been asking him for two weeks to get a 1/2 yard of dirt. On Friday, the neighbor guys convinced him that there is no way I can get the dirt into the backyard myself so now he won't go buy it. Jackasses. Not that they came up with a plan to get it done. Now I've got a torn up landscape area that looks like crap and no way to plant anything in it. Maybe I'll just but a bunch of bagged dirt and start on it anyway. Again, jackass men.

Since it is my quest to have a productive weekend, I better get busy working on bill stuff before heading off to church. I'm not sure what the afternoon holds. More tasks and heading out to the barn to work on halter class and showmanship stuff with at least three horses. Maybe riding in the english saddle again on Tanyah. Depends on if it storms or not today.

Have a good Sunday and be careful of all the BBQ foods!!! The gain on Tuesday will not be worth it!

Welcome to all the new ladies!!!! to everyone who has posted losses!!!

With everyone talking about how hot it is, I couldn't help myself to pop in. We finally turned our air conditioning on for a few hours yesterday. We may live in Florida, but St. Pete is surrounded by water so we are warmer in winter, and cooler in summer than the rest of Florida. We also live in a historic building that was built and therefore designed for a time before air conditioning. We have high ceilings, transoms, ceiling fans and large windows. We also live on the north side of the building, so rarely get a blazing sun in the windows. Evenso, last summer, I practically hibernated next to the air conditioner all summer. I guess losing a hundred pounds will make you cooler. The skin flint in me doesn't mind $20 electric bills either. My menopausal roommate put her foot down yesterday. I got out a blanket.

I've been working on a new swimsuit for several weeks now. I couldn't find the material at first that I wanted for less than $20/yard. No way I was going to pay that. I had to go to the other side of town, but finally got what I wanted. The pattern had to be altered. I'm such a pear, that I start with a pattern that is right at the bust, and then alter the bottom. I tried it first with some practice fabric. I think I finally have the pattern the way I want it. I've got it cut out and am going to tackle it this afternoon. If I had been making it for someone else, I probably would have been able to finish it much sooner, but I'm so particular, that I am my worst customer.

To celebrate Memorial Day, I'd like to remember our loved ones who have served or are serving our country. For my Dad who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for service in WWII, three of my brothers for service in Air Force, Navy and Army during Vietnam, and my foster son, John, currently serving, U.S. Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia, thankyou for being willing to go in harm's way.

Hello everyone,

I have been out of it since Thursday night. I have only been posting my exercise on the May challenge. I used some suntan lotion on Thursday that sent me to the emergency room with a sever allergic reaction. I am feeling much better now. The medication that the Dr. prescribed for me has practically put me in a coma for the past few days. I am not itching or burning now so I will not be taking it anymore.

I can't wait to plant some flowers in my yard. I love gardening and working in the yard. It sounds like everyone is having a busy weekend. I also like to remember our loved ones who fought in the wars for us. I also used to take my Grandma to put roses every Memorial Day on my Grandpa's grave site. My Grandma passed away a couple of years ago so I have missed that tradition. I want so badly to place some flowers on her grave site as well but I don't live in California anymore. I will have to do it when I return to Cal for a visit.


Dolphingirl: I want to welcome you and let you know that I have felt totally alone at one time in my life. You will find the love and support that you deserve here on this board. These ladies (and gentlemen if we have any) are so wonderful and caring. You can take a deep breath and be thankful because we all know how it feels to struggle with weight. Welcome again.

Well, I need to go rest again but a big hug to anyone who is struggling and to everyone who is loosing and staying op a big thumbs up.

Blessings,
Dogpal

hi ladies its been a busy couple of days for me, my beautiful daughter got married yesterday. Everything was beautiful and perfect! I did well with food except for the wedding cake, but i am back on track today.
Welcome Dolphingirl, you will find much love and encouragement here. And to answer your question about lonlinesss, yes i feel that way sometimes even with a room full of people. I dont think thin people realize all the different emotions going through ou heads. I know some days, i have to "mentally plan" what i will wear or how i will act so that I feel more "normal". I hope this is something that will get better with time
Anyway, for those of you who are off tomorrow, have a great day

Motivational Monday, huh?

Just kidding. I'll take my motivation anywhere I can get it.

I have started counting calories again, whatever comes of it. I discovered that I have gained 20 pounds since I stopped my gym membership (I can't afford to renew). Talk about a slap in the face with reality! And boy can I feel every one of those 20 pounds!!!

I have some equipment at home so I'll have to get motivated on my own to get going. I did finally get out my kickboxing equipment so the next time someone gets on my nerves, I'm going to have an imaginary battle with the tension. I just have to find a way to stay motivated though. If anyone has any suggestions for things that help them to stay motivated, I'm all ears!

Catherine ~ Thank you for talking about the legacy you want to leave behind. It gives this battle a new perspective. There's always time to change your life. ALWAYS! You give me hope!

Dolfingirl ~ I think probably 150 of the 175 extra pounds I am carrying were added to my frame during periods of depression. I wish I had an answer for you, but I don't. We're here to support you though. I'm sorry for your losses. I hope coming here will help you as much as it helps me!

I hope everyone will have a good holiday. I also thank all of our servicemen for laying their butts on the line for us!!!

Saaaalute!

Good Morning!

Happy Memorial Day!

I had a "sneak preview" to do at the show last night for Cinderella Man. It's the new Ron Howard film with Russel Crow and Renee Zelwigger. I HATE boxing. I can't get for the life of me what people get out of two grown men (and now women too, I guess) beating the crap out of each other for sport, but I guess some people get into it. Anyway, the movie IS about a boxer, but the story is about perserverence and it was really pretty good. There were alot of possitive comments from patrons as they were exiting the auditorium.

Today I have some more flowers to plant, the ones I bought the other day for my black pots and some others. I need to get to the grocery store. We're out of ketchup....and to hear Honey talk it's the end of the world!

I'm having my mom over for the afternoon so she doesn't have to sit by herself for the holiday. I think I'll grab something to throw on the grill when I go to the store.

That's about all that's new on this end. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday!

Though, I would pop in to see how every one is and wish all a very peaceful hoilday!!!!
Haven't posted in a few days but I visit and read every day things are good with me, Ive changed my eating plan or you can say I decided to stop playing and go by the book!!!!! and I'm stalled.
Cathrine; I didn't know you sew, I used to sew and you have motivated to start again!!!
Dogpal; I hope you feel better fast!!!!
Tashabella; I work-out at home, all ways have. I find the work-out video's and cd's work real good and you can rent them from the libary be fore you buy them. and allways add new things, music,wts,work-out gear,ect to keep it challengeing and rember what nike said " JUST DO IT "
Thin; your yard sound like a " SUMMER'S DREAM" I just love flowers of summer!!!!
well motivation for today is hope for a better tomorrow!!!!
Audrey

Happy Memorial Day!

I thought I would hop on and try yet again to get started losing.
I have been gone for about 2 months but I think I am FINALLY ready to get back into gear.

Just wanted to say HI!

Hello everyone!

Doxiemom – YES! I’m looking forward to soaking up the rays. Thank you very much! There have been many times where I came so close to giving up with college. I feel that way lately too, but I’m so close to finishing, but I’m also burning out fast!

Dolfingirl – Hello! Welcome! I too have often felt lonely. I know I can talk to my mom or my sister, but sometimes there are just some things you don’t want to tell them. I found this place to be incredibly supportive! You’ve come to the right place and I hope you make yourself at home here. The ladies here are wonderful.

This weekend has been very busy for us, Saturday we spent the whole day out in the yard and as well at lowes and home depot. We picked up some timber for the frame we are going to put around the pool. Then we spent the day digging up the sprinkler system and removing the sprinkler heads so the tractor that is being delivered this weekend, won't destroy them.

Today we got out around 9am and did some window shopping for plants and some landscape books. I'm pretty happy with the layout I came up with for the backyard. They hard part is now we gotta lay everything out in the actual backyard so we can see how much space we are taking up. It looks so much nicer on paper We went to a HUGE landscape place. We took a look at some flagstone, and I found a really nice pattern. It is red with some tan and dark reds mixed in. I told James it almost looked like the surface of Jupiter. They let us take home a nice size piece so I could lay it in my grass. BEAUTIFUL! It's called Grand Canyon. We got sand ordered and it will be delivered this Friday morning so we can use the Tractor to scoop it up rather than have poor James use the wheel barrel. Much faster and it saves his back hehehehe.... Now we're just relaxing for a bit, having some lunch, and then we're going to head back out to the yard and do some more work. This is going to take a while to do, so we've got our hands full for .... well... we're hoping to be done by summer LOL!

This is a case where I can definately say, my eyes were bigger than my stomach... at least tho it wasn't on calories... just dollar bills EEK!

Hope everyone is doing well... I'll have to give everyone a rain check on replies

Take care...
Sue...