Oh you haven't seen the thread? LOL you are missing a lot of fun! Gary keeps us all entertained.

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77877

Come on over!!

American Idol fans that wanted chris to win you can sign this below...


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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/541145038

Well, we had a lovely day shopping. Got the groceries without too many hassles, but we did end up going to 3 different stores seeing as we couldn’t find all that we wanted in just one or two. Still, it gave us a good walk around the malls.

I did VERY well, and didn’t buy any clothes, but I did buy some kids books on the Sea, which is our theme for this term. We found a GREAT store over the holidays that has a very different range of books to what we normally see, and I am just in my element looking for books. I’m sure I spent WAY too much, and there are still more I want to get. Oh dear… I know my motto is that “you can never have too many books”, but I wish it came with an overflowing bank account. Now I just have to work out activities to do with the books in the classroom. I am having a “Triple B Day” (Beautiful, Bountiful Books… or… Blankets, Bears and Buddies) in a few weeks where we clear out all of the desks and chairs from the room and the kids bring sleeping bags, blankets, pillows, cushions, teddies, toys, snacks and LOTS of books. We all wear our pyjamas (I get to wear my Pooh pyjamas for the first time!) and read books and do book related activities for the day. I have done this the last couple of years and it is an absolute hit! Past students ask whether I will be doing it again as they loved it so much. In fact a couple asked this year if I would take them again (grade 6!) so they could have another Triple B Day. I’m sure I look a right idiot in my pjs for the day, but who cares. We have to be a little silly now and then. And at least I am warm in my pjs, dressing gown and slippers. Now I just hope we have a cold day on that day, not the 85F days we’ve had lately.

Getting back to my day… We also had a lovely visit into the city. We had to go and exchange my necklace I got for Valentine’s Day as some links snapped. It has a very intricate network of links and the lady told me today that it needs to be laid out flat when I take it off. Well, nobody told me that when I bought it, so I’ve just been putting it in my jewellery box as normal. It got a few kinks, that I very gently straightened out, but that must have weakened the links. At least I know how to look after it now.

We also wanted to check out when the Borders store opens here and it is March 25th! I can’t wait for that Sunday! I can’t go earlier, as I will be in the city, but I will be at a conference. That is the other reason we had to go into the city. We wanted to book into the hotel where the conference is being held, as it is on Friday evening, till 9:45pm (that is if I don’t want to go to the social gathering afterwards, which I won’t, because I will be falling asleep on my feet by then. Have I mentioned before that I am a MORNING person) and then it starts again on Saturday at 8:30am. We live about half an hour out of the city and it just seemed MUCH easier to stay at the hotel. At least I should get some sleep that way. The conference goes till 5:30pm Saturday I think, which is going to make for a VERY long day of concentrating. It is at a very nice hotel (Hyatt), so hopefully everything will be pretty good. Now I just have to hope that the meals will include something healthy. I’m not used to eating THAT many meals away from home. I’m going to try to take my own snacks, as they don’t often include healthy food as snacks.

That has been pretty much it for my day, now I’m just relaxing. It is going to be odd not exercising this evening, as I haven’t missed a Saturday evening for a LONG time. At least hubby and I got a good walk in when we were in the city as the hotel is a 20+min walk from where we parked. We also added a little extra on at the end. I know I probably shouldn’t be doing that, but I love our walks. I’m hoping to get another walk in tomorrow, as the weather is supposed to be gorgeous again. Now I just have to convince myself to not go on the treadmill in the morning and to do the walk INSTEAD, not as well as the treadmill.

Mel – I read your response to Kayley and it took me a while to register that you must have been in the front office somewhere. At first I thought that you were a guard or something… or a door (LOL)… when you told her that she’d “have to go through you”. We often say “You’ll have to get through me first!” when we are trying to protect something or someone. Sorry… my mind just wasn’t with it and I got a little ‘silly’ when I read that.

Kayley – You mentioned getting on Andrew’s bike before getting ‘cleaned up’. Are you just really dirty from doing more gardening or something, or are you getting cleaned up before going out for a night on the town? Perhaps it is both. I know you have spent a LOT of time working in the garden lately. You must be getting some really good workouts with that. If you were going out, I hope you had a lovely time.

Xena – Yep, the more I think about it, the more I think that the doctor has a good point. I’ve just never really looked at what I did as something so major, but I suppose it is. Being half my body size has to make a difference with more than just my ‘size’, and I think my body is just telling me that in its own ‘quirky’ way.
Sorry you missed the ESL graduation, but as you said, you must have definitely needed that sleep. I hope you are feeling fully refreshed now.
Good luck at WW tomorrow. You never know, you may surprise yourself. At least if you don’t lose, or show a gain, you know you can lose again soon, so don’t stew over it. I have come to that decision lately. I know how to lose weight now, and I am doing all of the right things, so if I see a gain I know I can soon get it off again.

Well, I’m off to peruse the other threads. I am usually having a nap at this time on a Saturday, but I am feeling quite ‘awake’ at the moment, which is wonderful. I also don’t have to rush off to exercise, so I find myself with time on my hands. I know… I could be doing school work, or housework, but HEY!... I’m going to take advantage of being awake and catch up on some posts.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Take care,

Zelma

Hello All,

It's not too bad a day here today, a bit of rain here and there, but on the whole it's still bright and cheerful.

Well I watched AI last night, finally, and I thought it was a great show. It was so awful seeing Chris getting told he was going, he looked so shocked. Katherine defo should have gone, after all she did forget her words. I want her to go next week, and then whoever wins be it Elliot or Taylor I will be thrilled. They are two unique guys who can really sing. Not your conventional pop stars, but I think that will make it all the more special if they both get to the final!

Crock - oh my, you sure don't like Elliot do you, lol. I saw your post over on the AI thread. Is it the fact that he is animal like in your opinion that you don't like him, can you just picture hunting him down and shooting him Well I still think he is lovely That's my opinion and I am sticking to it

As for the guiness book of records yes there sure are some weird and wonderful things in there. Some of the stuff you can't help but wonder 'WHY'

Patti - lol about you sneaking a peak on the scales sometime soon Well I hope when you can resist the temptation no longer that it will show a good loss for you.

MariaLucia - glad to hear you had a good birthday and glad to see you post here again. That mail you had in your inbox sure made for interesting reading, thanks for sharing it.

Valerie - Eagle Pass Texas sounds like a lovely place, is it as lovely as it's name implies?

I have this mental image now of Simon asleep, he sounds so adorable, you are going to have to figure out the picture thing so that you can take a photo of him asleep like that and post it here

about the philosophy about marriage being a mistake everybody has to make once. I made it first time around, this time it's not a mistake though YAY.

I am kind of glad that those diet aid pills never arrived. Now when you lose the weight you will be even more proud of yourself that you have done it with no intervention from anything that could be considered cheating.

Annie - that is so great that your measurements have come down so much. You said before that your pants were feeling a bit big, now you know why. I am really proud of you,

Zelma - I am glad you are going to be on the phone sorting stuff out for Monday. It's bad enough to be having the biopsy again but worse now because you have the worry of feeling it all again.

I love the sound of the Triple B day you have in school, it sounds like such fun, I wish I had a teacher like you when I was that age

Glad you got your necklace exchanged and that they explained to you how to care for it properly. It might have been nice had they done that when you had the first necklace. Never mind, you know now.

I am glad you had such a lovely time in the city, and that you booked a room in the hotel for the upcoming conference. You sure do lead an active life. Never a dull moment for you.

Mel - thanks for telling me about which thread to go to for the AI fun. Misti gave me a link too which I clicked on. You guys have a lot of laughs over there it seems, so I posted today. Might have put the cat amongst the pigeons though because I said I want Elliot to win

Nancy - I probably will have missed you, and you won't read this until you are actually on holiday, but I hope you have a safe trip, a great holiday, and a safe trip home again.

Xena - oooh I loved your clues about who was voted out, you can still post them because Misti is staying clear of here until after she has seen the show herself. Me, well I kind of like knowing in advance that way if my guys stay in then I don't get nervous when I see them getting a slating from the judges. Simon really can't stand Taylor when he dances, I bet he can't believe that he has got as far as he has. I am glad he has though, and Elliot too and I hope they both reach the final. It seems us Elliot fans, on here anyway are few and far between. We have to stick together

As for the surgery thing, I am just glad that I was actually fighting going to sleep rather than had been asleep and was waking up on the operating table. You read stories about that, and it does terrify you. Let's hope you never need surgery and that I won't need any more!

That's a shame you were too tired and fell asleep, missing the ESL graduation celebrations. Like you said though, you obviously needed the sleep, so it's a good job you had some.

Good luck with your WI today, I hope it isn't as bad as you think it will be

Misti - thanks for the link, it saved me going looking. I really enjoyed reading through the posts. I am sad to see that there aren't many Elliott fans there though. I think they are all closet Elliott fans but don't want to admit it :lol:

Flady - do they think that the petition will really work. Surely people voted in their millions to keep the others in. So although it's a great boost for Chris to see that 40 or 50,000 want him back in, I can't see it swaying the powers that be to make it happen. I did read though that they reckon that people who voted for Chris were directed to Katherine's line. If they can prove that, well then perhaps they will have to have another vote, and then the outcome could be totally different. I mean she did forget her words, and I do believe it was her that should have gone.

Ok well I need to go to the loo and the hang some washing (in the kitchen because it's raining again). I am sure to be back later though. So bye for now,

Hugs,

Ammi

LOL I hate to break the news to you... but not only am I not a closet Elliott fan, I can't imagine why anyone else is either. But that is what makes the show so popular, is that so many people have differering opinions! I am certainly not a Katherine fan either... sheesh half the time the woman forgets her words!!! I was a Mandisa fan but we see where that went... so it is Taylor all the way at this point!!

Ammi you will be pleased i stepped on no scales today

Morning Ladies...I went to my nutrition class yesterday..I am down another pound!!! We learned about stress and how that triggers us to eat! I am one who USE TO run to sweets when I am stressed. I am slowly getting away from that. Don't know if I shared in the=is thread but when I started this class I learned from my food log that I drank about 6-8 cans or the evil Dr Pepper a day!! I now have one every couple of days! It is hard so hard but I never thought I could live with out it. It is gonna be in the 100's again today so we are going to the pool today and tomorrow!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL IF I DON'T SEE YALL TOMORROW!!!

GOOD MORNING LADIES!

It's a brisk morning here in southwestern Illinois! Only 57 degrees and that's pretty chilly for the middle of May! Going to list on Ebay today - We have 2 nieces getting married this summer and 4 of our birthdays, so we need money badly!!

CYN: CONGRATS on the weight loss! I'm the way you were with Dr. Pepper with Coca Cola - I just love the stuff and can't stand the diet.

MISTI: I don't care for Elliott either - can't imagine why he's even gone this far, but all our tastes are different, that's for sure!

FLADY: I signed the petition! Not sure if it'll work, but it's worth a try anyway!

ZELMA: Thanks for the compliment on the kids! They ARE so cute, but pistols! Bob (dh) and I planted some flowers and he and my oldest (Mike) put in a small pond and waterfall for me for Mother's Day. When we save up some money, we'll buy the pump and then it'll be up and running! They put a pond in the front yard 5 years ago for Mother's Day and they are so nice! The little goldfish are now really big and have had babies nearly every year! No apology yet - I'm sure they won't either!

VAL: Thanks for the postcards again! Their last full day is Friday, May 19. Would you believe they are to report to school on Tuesday, May 23 for THIRTY MINUTES???? They RUN 15 busses before and after classes for 30 minutes! How stupid is that? It's for them to collect their report card. I just go up there later in the day. I don't get my tribe up for 30 minutes! No Way!!

EVERYONE HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!

Well, I was up 2.6 at my weigh in this morning, which means I have gained about 8 pounds in a little over a month. I have to get back on track. I am going to try switching back to Core this week. I did that awhile back and really found that I was more satisfied and saw some great losses. For me it's a bit more difficult because I felt like I had to plan and cook more. I really don't mind doing that stuff usually but my motivation and concentration are really messed up. I have to force myself to do practically anything. I feel miserable and down and don't really have a reason.

Ammi - I know lots of people here that love Elliot. I still think he could end up being the dark horse and winning the thing. Who knows though. Last week proved that there are no guarantees. It's funny to hear the Chris fans getting their petitions together and thinking the phone lines were messed up or whatever. Constantine fans did the same thing last year. I don't know about the lines getting messed up, but I do think there is a strong possibility that in some cases AI overrides the actual vote in order to make "good TV". There always has to be an upset every year and until last week there really had been none. So in my mind it is not beyond the realm of possibity that Chris got the "executive boot" even if he didn't have the lowest number of votes. That is 100% my opinion, not facts. I am a bit of a conspiracy theorist. My other theory is that people voted to try to "save" Katherine and it backfired for Chris. In either case, I wasn't that crushed although I would have preferred to see Katherine go first. Chris is good but I found him lacking in emotion and personality. And everything he sings, while in general sounds good, sounds the same. I guess he bored me.

So I was at the mall yesterday and there was a womna in line behind me where I was getting a salad who works for the AP and was covering the Katherine McPhee pep rally at her old high school..which is across the street from the mall. I made a point to go home a different way in case there was a lot of traffic. I am wondering if the whole thing was really orchestrated because there were a TON of kids from that school at the mall and this was at 2pm...

Ok...so remember the little tantrum I threw on Wednesday night at WW...weeeeeellllll...it was a little misguided. I went and looked at my book last night and saw that my weight was lower than last week...when I weighed in as a guest at a different center. So although I was up from my last WI at my center where I am in the computer, I was down from last week. OOOPS! I feel more than a little silly and am going to email my WW leader and tell her.

This morning I delivered the "sermon" at a Bar Mitzvah. I was really worried about it and on paper I did not like it at all...but I guess it was well delivered because people said I did a geat job so I was pleased. We are going to the Bar Mitzvah party tonight but since it is an Italian theme we're going to eat beforehand. Now we are relaxing and watching the 1st season of The Muppet Show on DVD.

Have a wonderful weekend, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all those who are mothers.

Bye!

We picked up our home gym today. GOOD GRIEF!! It was HEAVY and came in 7 boxes I had to borrow my parents pick-up Truck to haul it home. They wanted 250 bucks for delivery and set up!!! YIKES! It’s home now though… I can’t wait for James to get it set up. We’re going to lay carpet in the garage and use it out there. Takes up 1 complete parking spot!

AmmiUK– Oh yes, I can only imagine how big my smile will be. I wanna cheat so bad and weigh in now… just to see how far I have to go. But I’m going to save the shock (wether it be good or bad) for Sunday, my true weigh in day.

Zelma – The 3 station gym that James got is basically…well… okie imagine this, you know the weight stations you see at the gym? With like the weight blocks that you can change to the particular weight you want to work with… well this home gym has two weight stacks so that 2 people can work out at one time. The third station is just for like pull ups and stuff that you use your body weight with. I don’t think I’m allowed to put links into the posts?? But if you go to Google and search for impex-fitness you will find it’s website and then look under it’s products section and search for the model # tsa-9900 you will see what it looks like. You can get a full body work out.

Going to Loose 200 – I love that name! I’m aiming to loose around 200 also. They say for my height I should be at 165… I’d be happy to be under 200!! I’m sorry to hear about your migraine and sleep apnea. I heard there is this medication in stick form that you can roll on your forehead. I have a lot of migraines as well, haven’t tried the roll on meds yet, but am curious to see how it works out.

NoLifeWithOutHorses – I definitely have a radio out there in the garage to go along with the gym. I just realized I need to get more lighting LOL. I’ll have to stop by Walmart and pick up one of those overhead shop lights.

Tommorrow’s weigh in day! I’ve been doing a good job at exercising and staying within range of my calories. Matter of fact, I have a little over 1200 calories banked for this week. I’m kinda pondering an ice cream cone … I’ve been carving it all week I looked up the information. A Tastee Freeze Soft Served Chocolate dipped ice cream cone is 420 calories… I’ve been craving it… and I have the bank for it, I’m just scared it may lead me on a downward spiral if I give in *big grin*

I’ve gotta get back to working on my research papers. Before I go… I wanted to say HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to everyone!

Take care ladies!

Hi Syncere, and welcome! Good for you for having the determination!! This is a GREAT place for support and encouragement, and many times keeps me going, but also helps me to have FUN while doing it rather than the drudge, although of course sometimes it does feel that way too!

Your plan sounds like a great start. Not sure what you mean by eating in moderation, so my only suggestion would be to eat a lot of whole fresh, natural foods rather than processed stuff; it is definitely more healthful for you and I am a firm believer that our bodies process it much more efficiently. And it's GREAT that you plan to drink that much water... that will help!!!

Please check out some of the challenge threads... there are all kinds of them here and I am sure there will be something that is a "fit" for you!!! Join right in! We are here for you, and together we cheer EVERY pound that someone loses!!! So they may as well be YOUR pounds we for!! You don't NEED to do it by yourself!!!

Lori: Thanks. I feel the same way about you!

Xena: Yes, Curves has been my answer to prayer. Now, come on you can do it. I'll lend you a hand to jump back up on the wagon. Don't beat yourself up. We all fall down. That's why we come here to get helped back up.

Zelma: I want to come to your Tripple B Day! Sounds like fun.

Ammi: HI girl

Azcyn: Yea to you on your additional -1 Good going!

Suemarie: Have you got that fancy gym together yet? I bet you will enjoy it so much.

Syncere: Welcome. I'm so glad to have you here. It sounds like you have the best foot forward right now! I myself am doing the Curves workout and diet plan. For me it has worked wonderfully so far. In three weeks I have lost 20 pouns and 14.5 inches and I am eating more than I have in years! No complaints and I love going to workout there. It is really fun and supportive. What ever you decide, good luck. Were all in this together and we welcome you to the group!

Well all, I don't know what is wrong with my tracker. I will check back in a couple days maybe it will be fixed. Happy Mother's day to all of you Mommies!

Blessings,
Dogpal/Annie

Hi Ladies!

Happy Mother's Day! Dunno if this message will get read or not? I'm online when you all are in bed. So not sure?
Anywho, Yeah I'm not sure if the petition will work or not, but I figure it can't hurt. I don't see how Katharine and Elliot are still there either. I'm rooting for Taylor now that Chris is gone!

On a good note, today hub wanted "something sweet" so I went and picked him out something and I only ate a small, small portion. So "baby steps", like everyone always tells me!

Also we've been trying to eat more "at home" meals, instead of eating out. I know that may not be as great as I should be, but it's a beginning.

Well I hope you all enjoy your day today!

*Flady*