HELLO
WHERE IS EVERYONE?

Happy New Year everyone!!!! :-) I am back at work today, the girls are back at school... and the dog is back at home. I feel like I've been away forever, but all the holiday stuff is over with, and put away!

Angie.. I loved your poem. It was beautiful. (((((HUGS)))))) And WTG on the continued weight loss. I've been gaining... and it's stopping today. I am getting back on my healthy eating as of today, and so far, so good.

Noelle... hope you had a great trip! Sounds like you had a blast!

Red.... WTG on your run too!

Julie.. I hope all is well with you.....

Kempy... how was NOLA over the new year's?

Cal... it's your birthday? Happy Birthday.... I hope you had a great one!

Well.... like I said, I am back now. The ski trip was great... I got to spend time around Alan's boys, and it went fine. I would love to hear what they told their mom about me.. especially after New Year's Eve night... but we had a nice time. It didn't snow much while we were there, but it did finally give me something to ski on the last day, so I was happy. New Years Eve, I spent at Alan's, where he had a big party. It was nice, I had a lot of fun, but drank way too much wine.... I paid for it the next day.

Sunday.. I drove to TX and got the girls back.... Monday, I spend the day cleaning house and putting away the Christmas stuff. So.. today.... I am back on track!!!

Anyway.. I need to go revise my ticker.... and add the 10 pounds that I have gained since this fall.... and start working on getting it back off.....

I'll check back more later!

Cherie

Good morning ladies. I am heading to my docs appt., then to WW...I don't know if I am heading to the office today, maybe just to pick up the mail. I think I caught something on the airplane, some congestion and just feeling a little under the weather. But I am pretty sure I am down a pound or two--if I am, I will have made my first 10% goal @ WW.

Rick took Michael to work with him so he wouldn't have to work a full day. He's sick as well. I bought Michael some funny t-shirts in Vegas, one said "I do all my own stunts", which is fitting considering his climbing over the fence stunt. Anyway, gotta run for now, but I will be back later with my weigh-in report.

Hope to see more posts later!

Hi Cherie

Hey guys. Sorry I havn't posted in a few days. I sounds like we all had a great time on the 1st. The weather here was aweful. It was so foggy you couldn't see the house next door. Thankfully we were only staying the the subdivision. We set all of the remaining hurricane debris on fire. The city has never come to clean it up and we are all sick of looking at it so now it is a big pile of ash. As with the rest of us I was not feeling the greatest the next morning. I will see if I can post some of the pics. They really arn't that great due to the fog.

Noelle tomorrow is my big day and damned if I am not bloated from PMS. Well, I guess when I go back next week it will look relaly good when I drop those water weight lbs.

Cal I still can't get over the fact that you BIL doens't use a roller to paint. I would never do that. I am way to lazy.

I am going to see if I can post some of these pcis.

Ok. The firts one is from my work party here at the house. I told you guys that we all wore PJ's right? This is the pic that we have at the shop as our Christmas photo. Can you believe that is one of the puppies? What is crazy is she is one of the small ones. Her name is daisy and our neighbor has her. Isn't she just too cute? The pic with lots of people in it is to show you how foggy it was. My house is in the back ground and you can barely see it. We really weren't that far away either. Of course that is Joe and I. Man have I gained some weight. I can totally see it is my face. I think I am going to keep the on the fridge so next New Years I can see how far I have come. I hope you guys can see all of these.

Hi all. Late for work here so I'll try to post later. Thanks for the pix Kempyd. You may have gained weight (you say) but you still look great! Noelle, angie, cal, cherie, hello! I have a lot of aches today, including a couple bumps on my head after falling off my horse yesterday when everyone was out riding drunk and bareback (including me) at the club party. I put my helmet on later...something wrong there with the order of things. but guess I'm lucky I didn't get even more brain damaged then I obviously already am. My horse spooked and ran off and I hit the gate on the way down....oh well, more later. Ciao! Dips, where are you? jbbm?

Hi again. Well, I have some good news and not so good news. The good news is that #1) I did lose 1.6 lbs during (and despite) my trip to Vegas ; 2) I did make my first 10% goal @ WW and received my 10% keychain (I am doing the happy dance) ; and 3) The scale at my doctor's office was only 1 lb higher than the WW scale.

The not so good news is word from my dr. She ordered more tests which I have to see another specialist for next Thursday. *sigh* the joys of being a woman. Overall though, mostly good things today.

Kempy, Daisy the pup is so big already. Hey girl, you still look great in your pics, I really love your house too, it's beautiful. Hope you get your beautiful LA weather back soon. Good luck on WW, I think you'll be amazed at how easy it really is.

Red, riding bareback w/out a helmet? Fully clothed or like Lady Godiva? Sorry you had a spill but at least you had some anesthetic in your veins Your work group sounds like a crazy fun bunch. Be careful out there.

Gotta scoot for now. Chat more later.

mele, sounds great with the weight loss. And oh, I do want to see those pics of the ripped cop! Hope your tests are okay. Yes, I was fully clothed. It's freezing here! Well, I'd always be fully clothed....and that's not my work bunch. It was the riding club new year party...pounding mochi rice cakes outside, then inside them eating and downing sake, (me) amounts of beer shochu (like vodka) and beer (me) in ridiculous amounts (oh, god, makes me ill to think about it now)...but, yes, it was fun. The owner of the place is normally totally silent and scary but when he drinks he becomes a lot of fun. The reins broke when he felt off but he gave me a new pair, which means about a hundred buck save for me. I had needed new ones anyhow because my horse is always chewing them, so her breaking them may have been planned. Great of the owner to give me a present of a new pair though.

Good Morning everyone! :-) Day one back on track went well. I stayed within my calories and even did 20 minutes of walking. This morning isn't starting out so great, I left my breakfast at home, so I will be famished by lunch. I guess it will just give me more calories to eat tonight.

Noelle... WTG on the weight loss... that is great that you still lost weight on vacation... I don't think I have ever done that! 10%??? AWESOME! Keep us posted about the medical issues.... I hope it turns out to be nothing.

Red.... Thank goodness you are OK... falling off a horse?? That would have scared me something awful.... but nice on getting the new reins! My daughter wants to grow up and be a horse trainer.... she has only ridden one once.. I need to find a place to take her horse back riding.. I think she would be in heaven.

Kempy.... pictures were great! You still look great! And Daisy? How cute is she!! But she is almost bigger than the girl holding her!

Today, I'll be busy with end of the month/end of the year payroll stuff...... I will try to check back in later..... but don't hold your breath!

Talk to you all soon!

Cherie

Holy Crap!!!!! I weight so much now. I guess I was in deniel about the scale and the numbers it was telling me. Thankfully I am trying to do something about it. I think this will be easy but it will take me a few days to get the hang of it. Joe is all for both of us doing this so that should make it easier. I am hoping to do well in this so I can get my sister involved. She really does need to lose a few lbs. I am worried about her health.

Thanks for the complements but I am the biggest that I have ever been and notice that the shirt is not tucked in or tight. I can camoflouge with the best of them.

Noelle I have been to Vegas and you did great by losing. I think all we did was eat and drink the whole time we were there. We like Black Jack too so were were sitting most of the time. Do you weight yourself at home too or just at the meetings? I am wondering if I need to hide the scale here.

I hope the Julie is ok. It really isn't like her to not post. Does anyone have her number? Maybe we should give her a call.

Angie how are you my shrinking friend? I am thinking about you today. I have the windows and doors open and I am enjoying the wamr weather for ya. It is all going to change by the morning though. Our high on Friday is 52. That is kind of cold for us. That must be summer weather for you.

Hey ladies, how's your hump day going? I got some pictures downloaded and I'm trying to resize them to post them here. I always have a hard time with it...

Anyway, Kempy, congratulations on making that first step! That isn't always easy, but seeing that first weigh-in number opens the eyes, eh? I know you'll do well on it. I weigh myself at home, although my home scale is a couple of pounds heavier than the one at the center. I just use it as a guide and remember the base number from my first weigh-in on it. I am a daily weigher--always was, always will be, I guess. I remember Julie saying that she may be visiting her dad up north over New Years so maybe she's still there? I will look up her phone #...

Julie, if you're reading this we miss ya! Hope your New year is starting off with a GOOD kind of bang.

Cherie, yuck, I hate year end/month end payroll paperwork. Hope it goes smoothly. Sorry you forgot your breakfast today, but good job on staying on track your first day Have you taken back up with the training for your marathon?

Angie, what're you up to today girl? We're supposed to get up to 79 today

Hmmm, let me see if the pics will come up. Nope, keep getting a "page not available" message. Let me tool around some more. Be back later.

I couldn't get my pics to upload so I just put them in a Snapfish album. I sent you guys an email separately though since I didn't want to post the link here. Let me know if you got the email

Red, if you PM me your email address I can send you the link as well.

I am so pissed right now! I am up 2 pounds this week! I havent done anything wrong but for some reason I have gained 2 pounds and the scale wont budge all week! I could see a stay the same week but a gain!

Cherie, I am glad you had fun on your trip. I cant wait until I can take one. We are leaning towards a cruise next year. The kids all want to take one and there is a Celebrity Cruise ship that leaves from New Jersey. We would save alot of time driving that way.

Kempy, I love the pics. You look great to me. Just think...it could be worse, you could be as big as me Echo and Rhea must love having Daisy live nearby. They must get to play all the time huh?

Red, I am glad you didnt get seriously hurt falling off your horse. I think horses are so pretty but I am afraid they will step on me. I have been attacked by a deer once in a petting zoo so it could happen.

Noelle, You Rock with the weightloss!! I hope everything works out at the docs. I loved the pics. You all looked like you were having a blast. Is Kalua that guys real name or just a nickname?

Well, I suppose I should go exercise now.

Good morning. It's 4:36 a.m. but I had to hop on and see if anyone had posted... Well, my knee doc said my meniscus is not torn (thank God) but my knee cap is the problem. Apparently when I fell, it got jammed up into my thigh bone. Since then, it's been wearing the wrong way and throwing off the entire way I walk. So the ligaments and tendons around it are inflammed and the kneecap is getting worn on one side. I have to go to therapy 3X a week for a month. That's a plus for sure though, it's better than needing surgery! Afterwards I can get back to my normal walking routine I hope.

Angie, 2 words-- "water retention". You mentioned PMS right? Just keep doing what you're doing, but, and I swear by this! Drink more water. It's that simple. Don't get discouraged. Hey, do you happen to watch Live with Regis and Kelly? THey are filming aboard the Pride of America cruise ship which is making her inaugural voyage from Miami to HI. That ship is making it's home port here. It's kind of neat to watch it make it's progress. From Miami, thru the Panama Canal, towards San Francisco then on to Hawaii.

Red, I sent you the link for the pics.

Kempy, how was your first day on WW?

Julie, you better get on here and say something girl...I'm starting to worry about you! :

Hi Cherie, Dips and everyone. I'm going back to bed while I still can. Be back later.