congratulations on all the losses this week. Ammi will will be thinking about you and Darin too.Take care

Good morning! Looks like I'm going to turn up missing yet again. We're getting ready to send our computer in for service (by the way NEVER buy Gateway!!!). I'm taking an exercise break today...I've gotten time in for the last 8 days (and Tuesday was my last day away from the gym...but I still took a short walk). It's time for a break. Nothing new on my front...my favorite driver won this Sunday and I'm having a blast writing about it lol.

Everyone have a fabulous rest of the week! And Ammi we're thinkg about you.

Hello All,

Well I am pleased to say that Daren is feeling much much better now, he undoubtedly has worries still about his eyes, dreading possible surgery etc, but after lots of hugs and a long talk and some silliness he is much more his old self now. Thank you all again for your kind thoughts and comments

Melissa - that is wonderful news that you are down another 3.5 lbs!! Well done!

Patti - ah glad to see you have Spam there too, I don't know why, but I just thought it was a British thing Do you like it? I can't stand it, ick

Oh you are clever guessing the outcome of Hide and Seek, I had no idea and had problems trying to keep up and understand what I was seeing when the twist was revealed. I also saw an ending probably different to the one you saw. It all depends on if you saw it at the cinema on Sky Movies. I saw it on the latter and it just ends with the little girl locked up in an asylum. That's it, end of story.

Hpnotq - so glad to hear you are out of your blah mood. I think the best thing about having down days is that the up ones afterwards seem so much better.

Rkrs - I am glad Xena explained about the Biggest Loser, I totally agree with her that it would be good if we saw more of their diet than the exercise. As Xena said, they are pushed to exercise way more than any normal person ever would. It's crazy.

I am glad you are still enjoying your dancing around the house

Alison - well done on another 3.2 lbs. you have been doing so great!!

Claire - I was pleased to hear that you didn't fall off the diet wagon when you weren't feeling your best

Misti - so sorry to hear that you had a fall, are you ok now? Glad the festival was so much fun even if it was exhausting!

Guess what? I was telling Daren the other day about that fab pedometer of yours, and he has ordered me one for my birthday. YAY. Now I just have to find a lanyard to put it on because I don't have any trousers with pockets and apparently you aren't supposed to just let it hang from your waist band!

Annie - I hope you are still having a great time with your sister in law. Have you been on any more fun trips?

Crock - what more can a girl ask for, your powderpuff ride was a success AND Jeff Gordon WON. I bet you are still smiling from ear to ear about the latter

Thanks for asking how things are here, much better now thank you!

Heather - I was sorry to hear that you didn't make it into Onederland at your last WI. I obviously wasn't persuasive enough with the fat fairy Ok well maybe next week!!

Sharon - thanks again for posting on here for me, much appreciated, and thank you for your concern Glad you had an extra night's break at your parents.

So are you going to let us know how your WI went, not good but not bad, what does that mean??

Zelma - thanks for your email, I will answer it as soon as I can Thanks for telling us the story about the suitcases. It's amazing isn't it when you realise just how heavy you are/were and how much weight you have lost!

Yes there is Glaucoma in Daren's family, his gran had it and one of his brothers has it. Out of a family of 9 kids though I guess it's amazing that only two of the boys have got it too. Daren didn't and doesn't have any noticable symptoms. He just went for new glasses and when he had an eye test they noticed something. He got referred to the hospital and through tests they saw that he has enlarged optic nerves which is a sign of glaucoma. It's been detected really early though so if he has surgery or has to use eye drops the chances of him losing his sight are very very slim.

Can't wait to hear the news which surely we will, that you are a finalist in the slimming competion. I want to vote a million times for you!!! And if by some chance you aren't in the final I want the email address anyway please so I can write and tell them how wrong they are not choosing you!

Tracey - the post was about me, not by me which is probably why you couldn't find it. Sharon posted for me to let you all know why I hadn't posted. I hope you are having a good day and that you got your tidying up done.

Ok well I have had a long day today, so I am going to drag my hubby off his PC and we are going to have a nice cuddle to go to sleep. I have been giving him lots of cuddles today

I have a busy day tomorrow but will try to post on here when I can.

Take care all and thank you all again, I can't say it enough, for being so caring

Hugs,

Ammi

Ammi i have the movie on dvd it may have two different endings and i will go back and see if it does. i am bad about not watching alternate endings on my dvd!

Hello everyone...

Boy, my summer has turned out to be hmmm sucky. With that Asthmatic Bronchitis, it's been slow going to get my health back. Chest is still a bit rattle-ly (is that a word??) I'm hoping next week I can get back onto my diet. It's been hard, I have tried to watch what I been eating, but I've also stayed off the scale for fear of what I might find I'll be ok if I gain/maintain. With not moving to much, I expect to have gained something back. But it's ok, because once I get back to health and back on track, it will come off again. I have just had very little energy last 2 weeks. I just wanted to come in and say hello to everyone and let everyone know I'm not dead heheh.

Take care everyone...

Crock - I KNEW that you were single, so I have NO idea why I asked about a 'hubby' riding with you. Perhaps because you said that "Mandy and Austin rode with US" and I had a brain freeze and pictured the US as a couple, not just US as in a group of people. Sorry about that. Four-wheeling would be FUN! And a lot safer than bikes I would imagine. Although we do hear of accidents around here, but it is mostly young kids being allowed to go 'wild' in the back-woods.

I'm glad you had people to help with the event. At least that meant that you could enjoy yourself too. There is nothing worse than being so involved in the organisation that you don't have time to appreciate the happenings.

Sharon – It sounds as though you had a perfect weekend all-round with your parents. You got to see family, the boys got to spend time with their grandparents, but you and Steve also got to spend some time together. I was going to say ‘alone’ time together, but that just didn’t quite sound right.

Oh dear, sorry to hear about TOM visiting while you were away. Maybe I should go visiting so that TOM will come. I haven’t had a period for a while now. My gyno thinks that I could be perimenopausal, which will make my hormones mess around a little, but I can’t have the blood test for that until I get a period, so it is a bit of a catch 22 at the moment.

Yes, definitely get Steve to get organised with the pics. I would LOVE to see them.

Rkrs – I’m glad you found a ‘before’ pic of yourself. I never really thought about WANTING one before, but now I have something to look at remember just HOW big I got. I never really ‘saw’ myself as big as I actually was. Maybe I needed more people taking photos of me and waving them in front of my face to kick me into gear to lose weight. Mind you, I still don’t think that would have made any difference. I had to be ‘ready’, so I probably would have just looked at the pics and told myself it was a BAD photo. I kinda got good at that.

TEN dress sizes smaller!!!!! That is wonderful! What a thrill to take in a smaller size and find out that it was STILL too big. Have you been walking around with the tag hanging out? I would love to do that. When I got into my first size 12 (US 10 I think) top I stuck the label on the fridge, so I could smile at it every time I walked by. I have NEVER worn an adult size 12. Now I would just like my size 14 BUTT to catch up with my top half.

Misti – I hope you found time to relax in the pool. That would be good for your sore body too, as it takes the pressure off. I have been considering trying out swimming lately, but I really have too much ‘loose’ skin to look good in bathers (a swimming costume – not sure if you guys call them bathers over there) and I have heard that our local public pool won’t let you wear shorts and shirts in the pool. I may call and check just WHAT is allowed to see if I can modify something like I have seen people mention in here. A lot of bathers now cover up more than the normal bathers, so I may get away with a little more being covered. I used to enjoy swimming, but don’t know how I would go with not having been in a pool for a LONG time.

I hope your injuries from the fall are getting better all the time. Did you fall on any particular part of your body? When I tripped, my right knee took all of my weight when I landed. My back jarred as well, but my knee was the worst part.

Ammi – Great to see you back, and to hear that Daren is a little better. I will write more soon.

I have to dash now as I need to get ready for heading into the city. I'll catch up with the rest of the replies this afternoon.

Catch you all really soon.

Take care,

Zelma

Finally, I'm able to get online for a little more than 20 mins, so I can update you on my fun and adventure to Medieval Times! LOL....

Andrew came over, and we got ready to go to Medieval Times, but he forgot his camera, so we had to make an unexpected trip back to Buchanan to grab it before we could be on our way. We got about 20 miles from Chicago, when the traffic started to slow down...but I'd been prepared, as we weren't taking the toll road, so we had to go on the Dan Ryan, and there's construction like mad crazy up there. Luckily, we never really came to a standstill....I was awesome, and stayed in all the lanes that were moving the fastest. Then, I had to pee...there was NO way I was getting off any of the exits IN Chicago, cuz we'd be lost for sure, and I was afraid we wouldn't make the time if we got lost. So, I decided just to hold it until we got into the suburbs, because I figured it would be easier to find our way back onto the highway than going downtown Chicago. So, we finally get onto the Eisenhower, and towards the 'burbs. I find an exit, cuz by this time I've really gotta pee bad. Go down to the gas station, and regretting the exit that I got off on. Seriously...it was so freakin' scary there...and I was honestly a little bit freaked out. There were all these drug dealers on corners, and I saw a couple of prostitutes...one of which had a baby. I live in a teeny tiny town, and our worst area was no where NEAR as scary as there! LOL. The gas station didn't have a bathroom, but when I was in there asking the clerk, there were two cops inside, and I heard something about a shoplifter that was running from the clerks, and they took off right away. So, I go down to Walgreens, cuz I thought for sure they'd have a bathroom I could use. Alas, the shoplifter that I'd heard over the cops' radio was for WALGREENS...so they had the store closed down...wonderful. But luckily, this guy in the parking lot guided me in the direction of a McDonalds, and believe me, I have never been so happy to see those freakin' golden arches. So, we headed back in the direction we came from, looking for 290-West. We could find it going EAST, but not WEST. We wander around for about 20 mins, trying to look for signs, which were no where to be seen...so finally, Andrew went into a 7-11, and we found it FINALLY. I freakin' GUNNED it to Shaumburg, and we found Medieval Times fairly easily. We got there at exactly 4pm, when the show was starting. We made it JUST in time, and we weren't even the last ones there. We confirmed our reservations, got our crowns...we were in the Yellow Knight's section. I looked in my purse, and Andrew's camera wasn't in there! We had been in such a rush to get INTO the place, we had left it in my car! So, we have no pics of the actual SHOW, but it's alright. Heh. Watched the show, ate, and had a good time. Our knight died in the 2nd joust. After it was over, we went and toured the torture museum...they had lots of torture devices there. And I'm telling you, those people did not PLAY when they tortured people...Eeps. After that, Andrew went and got some Tequila based drink. I think it was a Fat Tuesday, and he bought me this super pretty silver fairy with light blue and white stained glass wings. I have a fetish with fairies, FYI. So, I LOVE IT!!!! We were by the merchandise booths, and the "king" and "princess" would come out, and you could be "knighted" if your name was called. So this girl's name gets called, and she goes up there, and then her boyfriend goes up there and proposes to her in front of everybody! She looked so shocked, and said yes, and started to cry. How cute. We headed out after that, and out to the parking lot...took some pics of the castle, and saw the girl again, and she was STILL crying. Heh. I go to pull out the directions home...and realize that I got ones TO Medieval Times, but I didn't get any going HOME. Pure genius. Luckily, I'm awesome, and got us home without getting us lost. We finally got home around 11pm. It was a really nice day, all in all. Full of adventure and craziness...just how I like it!

This weekend, we were going to go to the Venetian Festival, which is basically rides, and stuff on the boardwalk at one of our beaches around here...but Andrew heard from his Dad, and he invited us to go up to Michigan Adventure in Muskegon, MI. It's rides and stuff....I'm a bit nervous, as I've never met his dad before...Andrew just got in contact with him in October when he turned 21. And I'm also so scared I won't be able to fit in the rides, like I said before. But I should be able to judge if I can do it or not....I hope. I really don't wanna be embaressed in front of his DAD.


So, I'm pretty far behind. I've gone back and caught up to all of you, and I just wanna give a big CONGRATS to all the losers!!!! I haven't weighed in over a week, and I'm a bit nervous. Heh. I'll start back with individuals tomorrow.

this is the first in a couple of days that i have had a chance to get here i think i am doing better i will know next week ( Thursday ) when i weight in put i am getting back on program thanks to something my good weight watcher friend said to me " don't let what happen to me 2years ago at camp happen to you " she had lost 25 pounds at weight watchers before that summer and gained it back and had to lose it all again and that really kicked me into gear now if i can get my a$$ in gear and get moving i will be doing good
i have been drinking at least 64 oz of water (decaffeinated iced green tea)

Just taking a few minutes during lunch to sneak in and say hi. Things are going OK. Work has been extra busy because of the half year. One of the other things I have been doing is catching up on my work filing. I have been rather bad about letting things stack up. It has been striking me how much procrastination is linked with my weight. When you perpetually leave something to do later, then it mounts up and becomes a problem. A pound here or there gained because of a special party, holiday, etc. is entirely manageable. But, if you say "What's one pound - its not a lot - I can worry about that later" then over time that one pound can turn into many many more. It actually doesn't take that much effort to so the thing now - file the document, pick something up, etc. Then it is done, and you never have to think about it again. However, if you leave it for later it both becomes more difficult to tackle when you get to it and it hangs over you as something undone. I am trying to learn how to apply this to all aspects of my life so that things can run more smoothly and I am not always digging myself out of one thing or another.

Melissa - You go girl! I loved your story about making it up that hill.

Ammi - Way to go on another 2 pounds. Sorry to hear Daren is going through some rough stuff. He is one lucky guy to have you around though.

Kayley - Glad to hear you had a good time at Medieval Times. I was really nervous too when I first met my BF’s parents, but they ended up being great!

Zelma – I can imagine there are things in my life that I tell myself I can’t do because of my weight, when really I can’t do them because they are not for mere mortals! Sounds like you might have some of the same thinking – feeling like you could do anything once you lost the weight, but in reality thin people get tired too. I know we are all different, but I hate to think of you not going out and enjoying yourself at the pool or beach because of some extra skin.

Sharon – You got your TOM twice? I think one was mine. I haven’t had one in almost 2 months, which is unheard of for me. It would be OK except I keeping phasing in and out of feeling PMS stuff. Glad you had a nice trip to your parents.

Rkrs – 10 sizes? Wow! That is too cool. I am waiting to be able to fit in the 26 and down range to be able to shop at more places.

I know I missed a bunch of people but I really ought to get back to work. Hope everyone is having a great week.

Hi ladies!! Just wanted to say hello before I did into some heavy cleaning again Looks like we'll be shipping our computer off tomorrow, so after that I may be MIA. I'm gonna try using our laptop, but it's on dialup and seems sooooo slow after using the high speed connection on this computer. A quick little pat on the back for myself: Went to the gym this morning and managed to get in a mile of walking/jogging...not just walking. I walked 2 laps and jogged 1 lap for a total of a mile. It's not much, but this is the first time I've run...and I'm a very happy camper. Hope everyone is doing well!