Michelle~ I agree it is like an addiction.. The race is supposed to be on at Noon today , I think of FX I gotta go do some channel surfing to ensure I will not miss it... Love the Nascar..

dogpal~ your husband and I would get along just fine,, he and I can watch the Races, while you and I go fishing,, Now can we get him to clean the fish?

Sue Marie~ So just calorie counten aye? that must be a very successfull way to go. Alot of people do it, and there is no Negative side effects.. So That is great,, I am glad you dont cry yourself to sleep anymore,, This Weight plays into so many factors of our moods.... dont it?

Take Care All

Patti - thank you for the congrats and the reminder to change my ticker. I have done it now, and love to see my little bike moving

Crock - thank you too for the congrats and all the happy emoticons I definitely felt like doing a huge happy dance when I got on the scales and saw I had actually lost weight

Hugs,

Ammi :

Patti - maybe you should change your ticker and choose one with a speedier mode of transport

Hugs,

Ammi

After a quick read through this and the previous thread (both of which I've completely missed), just a few quick things:

SueMarie--WELCOME BACK!

Ammi--I KNEW you'd be back with a vengeance! Awesome 6-pound loss

Nancy--Have you been readin my journal? When I read your post about how your boyfriend thought you guys had moved past something and couldn't understand why you were still thinking about it, I could have copied and pasted that directly into my own diary. This thing Jeff and I battled out a couple weeks ago was actually something that had happened over 6 months ago. When it came up again, his initial reaction was, "Are you kidding me? You're still ON that?!" Ahh, boys...can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em I'm glad you guys had a talk, though. I know it's hard (and I sure procrastinated mine long enough!), but sometimes that laundry just needs some airing out. As for the financial issues, unfortunately, I have no advice. Jeff is so afraid of debt that he has never had a credit card. It's actually difficult for him to get approved for things because of his LACK of a credit history! Man, bad credit, no credit--can't win!

Misti--I see you! See what I meant when I posted in the thread about following peope around the boards...I don't follow anyone, but I still see the same people in may places!

oh your diet is working! 6 pounds in a week is so awesome! did me your eating secrets please !

Ammi - 6 pounds!!! That is fantastic! You are definitely on your way! Regarding Dr. Who, I watched some of the older stuff, but only casually. I am thinking I would like to go back and get some of the old stuff. The problem is that my BF isn’t all that interested because the effects aren’t good enough. He is such a scifi snob!

Maria Lucia – Your class sounded great! And I agree – this exercise thing? It is all Wyllen’s fault. Oh . . . maybe that means I owe her something, because it is one of the best things I have ever done!

Jill – The other thing that really got me when talking was his dismissal of certain things I said. He would say something like, “But that’s not what I meant, so you shouldn’t feel that way.” And I would say, “Well, maybe I shouldn’t feel that way, but that is how I felt.” Feelings can be somewhat irrational at times, but it is never ok to dismiss them.

Thanks everyone for your input about the money issues.

Xena – I don’t think you are being too harsh at all. You know what you can and can’t live with. I actually remember my dad broke up with one of his girlfriends because she was too flaky and irresponsible (and this was a SUPER intelligent woman, but she couldn’t balance a checkbook). I totally didn’t understand it at the time – doesn’t love transcend those things? But no – he knew he couldn’t build a relationship with someone he always had to worry about, so he broke it off.

SueMarie – He does pay the bills on time, he just doesn’t always have the money to buy the things he wants and the costs pile up on his credit cards. At least with debit cards you can only spend so much. With credit, you can just keep spending! He has at least one card that just keeps upping his limit.

Dogpal – I have thought about that – making him hand me over everything, but we aren’t married and so I don’t think it would work. I definitely think even when married each person should have some spending money free of the other person’s control.

My BF called me this morning and was talking about us taking several trips this summer. One of the things we have talked about is that we both want to get out and do more stuff, but all I could think of was the money. We definitely need to sit down and do a budget and write out his list of needs vs. wants. What we need to do is figure out how to get out there and have fun without spending loads of money. With gas prices as high as they will probably be, that will be tough.

i think my body is learning to adjust ... never fear though i will find a new way of tricking it into losing some more weight!!

Good morning all,

I went and did my second Curves workout today and will do another tomorrow. It is pretty fun and I can actually feel it today. It doesn't hurt but I feel like I have used my muscles. It is a good feeling.

Ammi: Huge Congrats on -6! I am so happy for you. Kepp it up sweetie. We can do this.

MsCrocket: LOL. My hubby can clean the fish. I have to confess he is such a sweetie he even puts worms on my hook if I ask him and he takes the fish off the line for me too. He is a multi purpose hubby. LOL.

Well, hope you all are doing swell and are having op days.
blessings,
Dogpal

It is strange - I have been feeling recently that I need to "take things to the next level" and not just calorie count but be a bit more restrictive with my eating. I really want to see results and even though I know I shouldn't, sometimes I get jealous of others (like Kayley and Crock) who seem to be losing so much faster than I am. I have been thinking of going on South Beach, but haven't been sure about it.

But then, there it is - the cravings begin. For the past two days I have been so hankering for a chocolate chip cookie (or dough, or both) that if I knew that I could go somewhere and get what I want, I would be there in a minute (it's just that I want a specific type of cookie and I don't want to be disappointed). It is also not a calm craving, but a wild almost feral one – I feel like I could devour acres of cookies. I want to think that my food "weirdnesses" are over, but I definitely still have them. They are slowly losing their power, but they are definitely still there. So for me – it’s still baby steps and lots of patience. I am not ready to go too restrictive - it just doesn't work for me, and I just need to be patient with myself when that means my loss is a bit slower. Maybe at some point down the road I will be ready, but not yet. The important thing is that I have kept at this for 4 months straight - longer than ever before. I am learning so much about myself and learning to work around the damage until I am ready to heal it.

I'm in the middle of cleaning out the fridge before I do some heavy duty food shopping tonight. I just finished cleaning out the freezer and there was some meat in there that was beyond freezer burn plus a hunk of something I put in a freezer bag god knows when and it was who knows what. I tried to figure it out but I came up empty. lol Well, I'm posting really to just give myself a reason to not do the fridge but I have to. Most of the crap in there isn't edible and just taking up space. Okay, gotta go.