Ammi - Thanks for well wishes on my pup. CONGRATS on your great progress, too! I know you are one of the wonderful people I haven't shouted to lately - sorry to you and all for my continued rush lately!

Wyllenn - Yippee! on hubby's job!!

Brenda - Both my dad and sis said their machines made amazing differences!

Zelma - I hope you find a happy medium on the exercise. I didn't think 2.2 pds/week sounds like too much either, but people's bodies are different, and what you did IS truly wonderful and beyond average!

On birthdays, I think there was a birthday list and no one paid much attention to it so it went away??

Trying to check out of the motel. I still only have one sock on and DH is starting to fidget. Gotta go. I REALLY hope we get a run today. I hate sitting, and it kinda blows the good money we made last week down the tubes if we don't earn much this week.

Adios! for now.

Good morning everyone!

My birthday is on Thursday. Thank you all for your Happy Birthday Wishes!

My ex and I had a conversation on Sat. where she was very cruel with her words. Going to work yesterday was barely tolerable - I have been awake this morning since my usual 5 am and I've just stayed in bed...thinking that if I didn't get up to exercise then time would stand still and I wouldn't have to go to work today. It's now 8 AM and I really don't want to go to work. I think she'll be there today all day. Yesterday she was installing all day, so I only had to put up with seeing her for an hour.

My heart hurts so much. I just want to not see her again for a long, long time.

I'll catch you all later.

Cerro – Well, it was actually easy for me because my gym is in my office building. It is a big building with lots of companies and it has a small gym down on the first floor. Now if it was all people I worked with I’m not sure how I would feel, but since everyone is mostly strangers, I’m OK.

Sue Marie – I have really been wanting to try DDR, but we don’t have a Playstation and it didn’t seem like enough of a reason to bring yet another time and money sucker into the house.

Crock – I boiled them for about an hour in water, salt and some bacos for flavor. Not much of a recipe, but I tend to cook mostly everything ad hoc.

Ammi – Yeah, that was very creepy with those guys calling out “mommy” – I can’t wait to see what happens in the second episode! Collard greens are hard to explain – I guess the best comparison is cabbage, although they are much leafier like lettuce but very tough and really need to be cooked. Most often they are boiled with bacon or ham hocks, but I went for the taste without the grease.

Maria Lucia – I am so sorry to hear that things are tougher than you had hoped. Is there any way you can work from home at all or does it have to all be done at the office?

I SHOULD be working. I need to get a lot done this week before going on vacation, but here I am. Sometimes I am really hopeless. Hope everyone is having a good day.

Thanks Nancy,, I have got to get Vegies back in to my daily eating,, it is just so hard for me.... but i will do it.. I must..

my lips will be sealed on who leaves. of course you know who i want to win lol. just got my television on while i am doing housework just picking up a little my sister is coming to visit for the weekend so i need to clean my spare room really badly!

Crock - Mostly I just do frozen veggies. I am not organized enough to plan meals and I hate to have veggies go bad before I get to them.

Patti - I am looking forward to tonight too. Elvis Presley - now that should be interesting. There is nothing better than guests to spur me to clean the house!

i got my work cut out for me thats for sure.. since when spare room turn into junk room i have no idea. oh well more calorie burning i guess!

So I wrote myself a note at home reminding me who I was going to reply to...and I left it there..so I'm winging it.

Cerro: At first I found that I was hungry and not hungry at odd times. The biggest tip I can give you is to eat frequently. I eat 6 times a day....3 meals and 3 snacks. I get very cranky without them and I know when I need food (like now). Also, buy yourself a nice big water bottle (mine is 32 oz.) and refill it a few times a day. There are often times when we are thirsty and we misread the signal as hunger and we eat. Water is KEY! I also have so little dependence on refined sugars and processed foods. You will notice a difference. Fruits and veggies are your friends. I eat a banana every morning without fail. Take a multivitamin. Add spices (salt-free) into your cooking...make your food fun and appealing to eat. I would be happy to talk to you any time and share some of my other tips, menus, recipes, etc. PM me and I will give you my email address.

SueMarie: One bra size? When I started WW was a 42D and now I am a 38C....they shrank! Thankfully they are also firming up nicely and arent as saggy as they were.

Ok..so I didn't solve last night's problems with a brownie...I did it with ice cream. it was light ice cream...and I didn't eat the entire carton (Haagen Dasz). I felt better afterwards and punished myself in the gym this morning. But that was the first time in soooo long that I solved a problem that way. It's not a habit I wish to get back into and it really truly had to be done.

Off and running for another full and draining day!!!

Misti - You guys are really MOVING on your coast to coast challenge! I think it's great!

Val - Hehe, most of the people that I know are like that as well...I guess I've just always been very very OPEN. And it takes a lot to 'gross me out'...hehe. So two guys kissing, or two girls kissing doesn't really bother me....****, I've done it! LOL! Granted, I was drunk, and we were just being goofy, but cest la vie.

Nancy- What an awesome NSV!!! YOU GO!!!! I think it's so great, and so convenient that the gym is right in your office, so you can't make the excuse not to go!

Wyllenn - That's so great that your hubby found a new job so quickly! Send some of that luck MY way!

Zelma - I'm so sorry that you are feeling down...but if your doctor thinks you are overdoing it, I'd say take the advice for now, and see how it goes. I think that 30 minutes a day is definately good "enough". Hope everything comes back perfect for you, and that you start feeling better soon

Ammi - on that -7!!!!!

Maria - You work with your ex? Sounds like she's TRYING to piss you off!

Julee - NO BROWNIES!!! You hear me?!??!?!

Brandnewme, MariaLucia, and Cerro - HAPPY BIRTHDAY LADIES!!!

It's only 4pm, and I'm pretty worn out! Went for a walk up town to the store with Mom, cuz we are making this low carb lasagne for dinner...we use sliced zucchini instead of the noodles...it is SO DELICOUS!! I like it as much as normal lasagne. Anyways, 35 minute walk getting the stuff we were missing to make it, and then came back here and mowed a lot of yard. Our yard is crazy...and there's a lot of walking. Could have used the riding mower, but I wanted to get in some more exercise. I think THAT counts as a NSV! Not wanting to use the rider? Oh yes! Anyhow, 45 minutes of that. While we were mowing, we saw a baby bunny, and couldn't figure out WHERE it's nest was. Then we found another at the other end of the yard, and ANOTHER in a nest. So I went and got some latex gloves on (so they wouldn't smell like me), and put them all into the nest. I'm such a sucker for baby animals...except for human babies...lol. I want to keep one SO MUCH! My cat would love that! Would probably figure I was fattening it up for his enjoyment! lol. Mom's outside doing some stuff to the pool. We raised the water level, so it's up to the skimmer, since it lost about 2 inches over the winter, and they are going to turn on the filter. Hopefully, by the end of May, we'll be swimming! My favorite kind of exercise! I definately should NOT weigh on a daily basis! It just bums me out. I had gained 5 pounds, and was up to 295 for about 2-3 weeks, right? And then I weighed in the other day, and was at 290 again, so I was happy with myself. Then, I went to Andrew's, and I just HAD to weigh myself this morning, and I was at 294! I hate fluctuation so much, and I REFUSE to change my ticker until Sunday, when I "officially" weigh in. Just kinda put me in a DOWN mood today. Skipped breakfast AND lunch...bad, I know, it's just that I'm not HUNGRY. I wish I had like a meal replacement shake so I could get the calories I need....meh. Well, hope you are all having a GREAT day, and I'll be around

Hi, I just wanted to pop in and say hello, its been a while. I do keep reading your posts as often as I can but at work we are seriously being watched for internet usage.... anyone would think they wanted us to actually work! lol

Patti - oh how I miss my spare/junk room. In my old house, I had a spare bed room. Like yours though it turned into a junk/storage room. It's so weird having a two bedroom house and having no spare room for storage. It really is a case of if there is no room for it, it goes out. Well I hope you get to get your spare room sorted out in time for your sister's visit.

Hope you enjoy Idol tonight, go on, tease me, lol, give me clues on who sings what Elvis songs tonight

Nancy - I can't remember, who did you say you would like to win Idol? Have you watched all the seasons of it? Who is your all time fave of the winners, and/or runners up. My fave is Clay Aiken

Julee - well you still need a big thumbs up for choosing a low fat icecream and not finishing it all, rather than eating a load of brownies etc. Sometimes nothing eases pain or stress etc like a nice bowl of icecream.

Kayley - you are so determined to get your weight off, you are amazing. Good on you for not using the ride on mower today, I wonder how many calories you burnt off just making that one good choice?

Thanks for the congrats on my weight loss last week, it's good to be back on track.

Aaaagh you shouldn't have weighed again. I know you know it's all fluctuations etc, but it's still so disappointing. Come on now, stay off that scale until your weigh in. I don't even have an electronic scale now, so I could peak any time I want. But I put the scales in the wardrobe and I only get them out once a week to weigh.

Sharon - where are you my friend, are you spending lots of times outdoors again with the boys?

Alison - hey great to see you posting, I thought you had disappeared off the face of the Earth

Ok, going now to watch Dead Famous. Take care all and bye for now,

Hugs,

Ammi

Alison - I haven't had the pleasure of meeting you yet. I'm Kayley, 19 years old, and a college student...on South Beach! Looking forward to getting to know you.

Ammi - It's such a compulsion with me! The scale I use is at my boyfriend's house, so I don't get to use it everyday, which is good...but every time I go over there, I can't NOT get on it! lol...it's horrid.

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes! Smooches and hugs to those who want 'em!

I have been doing okay. I'm down 2lbs (yay), exercise is going better, water is going better, etc. I'm getting back into the routine slowly but surely and I am fine with that.

Things around the house haven't been so good, but we're managing. I'm beat, so I'm going to end this here. Have a lovely week!

i will be glad to update you on how i feel they do tonight

Hey Girls!

CONGRATS to all you losers!! You are all doing SO well! You are really encouraging to me!

VAL: What happened to your pup? I noticed someone mentioned well wishes! You know I have THREE fur babies and they are definitely my babies!! I hope your pup is okay!

ANNIE: I never got back to you personally - I am so sorry about your brother - I had forgotten about that and I really apologize for mentioning my depression - I didn't mean to bring it all back to you - I'm on Lamictal which is for schizophrenia and bi-polar and I feel like a NEW person! It is unbelievable! And CONGRATS on your going to Curves! How awesome is that??!!!! YOU GO GIRL!!

AMMI: What can I say? Thank-You for your Love and Friendship. You are doing AWESOME!!! I am so proud of you!!!

Is everyone watching Idol? They are doing SO GOOD tonight! I haven't a CLUE who I will even vote for!!

Well, I made an appointment with LA Weight Loss for next Thursday, the 18th. You all are melting away without me and that isn't going to happen!!

Everyone have a wonderful evening and Wednesday!

Much Love,
Lori