LOL Karen if you need to vent and cuss about that darn bumper number you just go right on ahead...we'll listen!

Jen...

Deb...scales are for fish!!!! not to mention they are evil! My favorite chinese dishes are chicken lomein and either Generals chicken or Szechuan chicken. Love me some eggrolls too! Its not so much the chicken but the sauces and of course those noodles! Let me know if you've got an alternative I'd be willing to try!

Kari...cant wait to see the official loss numbers...way to go!!!

Cathy(cat)...

Has anyone ever told you how amazing you guys are? Well you are...Red team rocks sox...thats my dd's saying LOL!

Thanks Cat.

I made a couple more Banners if anyone wants to snag'em.

Knitsforfive, I googled Only 8 for a while to try to find a place to get some in NYC, and I found one (31st and Lex, if anyone else is from here)! It's a bit out of the way for me, but I'll stop by at some point. My favorite is Tasti D-Lite (www.tastidlite.com), which has similar nutritional content and is all-natural, but comes in 100 flavors. I am constantly walking WAY out of my way to find a Tasti D. One time I walked 50 blocks just to get some! The nearest Tasti D to my apartment is about 3/4 mile away, so sometimes I throw on my sweats, run there and grab a to-go cup, then run back and enjoy (it works well now that it's cold, but I don't know about once summer hits). Still, the run is more than burning off the calories I eat from the froyo!

Jen, Ben & Jerry's makes some lighter versions of certain flavors that aren't too bad (at least if you don't eat the whole container! I'm bad at that too...)

Roni, it's SO hard to move to a new place. I studied abroad in Denmark for a summer, and I was living on my own, with unfriendly neighbors, in a strange country - not fun! I still regret now that I spent a lot of time miserable and online with my friends/family from home instead of doing something. Last summer, I was in Florida for an internship where it was the same thing - I didn't know anyone in the whole state! (True, it was still in the USA, but sometimes it didn't seem like it - it was so different from home!) I coped by teaching myself how to cook, reading a lot, and hitting the beach a lot to get a tan (I know that last one isn't healthy, but it was also my chance to be around other people and try to get up the nerve to start a conversation). In the end, I was happy with that summer. I'm very much a people person and very unhappy when I'm alone, so it was a big achievement for me to get through it. And now I'm much better about alone time, and less prone to just get depressed. Are there any new hobbies you can take up? I know those don't help you meet people but sometimes it's good just to be busy, because as someone else said, making friends takes time.

Roni- You've been through a lot girl...I hope things start to look up for you Whenever you need to vent though, we'll be here for you!

Hi everyone -

I managed to sprain/strain one of my calf muscles about two days ago... doing guess what? Crossing the street. Aren't I talented? It is very frustrating because as you might remember I've been learning to run. Taking it slowly and not overdoing it and then I hurt myself doing a mundane task. Serves me right for trying to sprint across. I had to limp home. At first I thought it might be a tear, but after two days I can mostly walk on it with just a minor pain when it's stretched out all the way so I have to walk slower. I'm hoping it will clear up in a few more days. I was pretty sad about it when it first happened.

So I've had to be more careful about my calories which kinda sucks, and I'll probably have to start over my running program too.

Hope everyone else is having a better week!

-muse

That's funny you should say that...I was just thinking this morning about how great it is that I've not seen one solitary stinking cockroach since we move to Georgia. Just one more reason I love it here! Of course, we moved from Florida where we lived in a house built in the 1970's. And, it was a rental before we bought it and fixed it up so God only knows who lived there before us. We were constantly fighting the cockroaches......the bigger palmetto ones and the nasty little german ones. Yuck!

Roni, we live in the Dallas area. We picked this area because of the schools in our district.....they are awesome! We moved out of Florida because our house was in an area where the gangs were progressively taking over. Now, we live in a more rural area of Georgia where kids are still expected to show respect and manners....and, no thugs allowed! I love it here.

Come home, Girlfriend!

Hey everyone! I am gone for a couple of days and the thread doubles in size lol. I have a bit of a confession but ending with great news.

So, me and my boyfriend pull up to the gym (front row parking) and then leave. We dont go inside nothing. I have a migraine and he is just not feeling well (yes I know excuses). Me - honestly, I dread going to the gym because of all the skinney girls and also I need look at more then just a tv screen or walls and machines around me. So, I caught my second wind (and 3rd, 4th and some of 5th) lol because I call my friend and said lets go walking. (i LOVE walking). We talked about so much, the drama at my job (i walked out crying lol quite the story) and her love life, my love life and anything else we can think of. By the time we got to her car it was 4AM!! We walked for 4 hours!!!! OMG, and let me tell you I AM SOOOOOORRREEEEE!!! I have laundry, and apartment hunting and recycling and cleaning and stuff to do that involve movement but I cant move haha my legs are on strike! hahah but let me tell you I feeeeel good. Wasnt too hungry this morning and had a yogurt so yay!!!!

I say if your tired of the same ol view at the gym, take it to the streets and just walk until you have nothing more to say ...it works!!

All this talk of cock-roaches is making me itch...YUCK! I would freak out if I saw one of those things, and to see it in my house I think I'd faint!LOL! For real I can hardly handle daddy-long-legs!

Glad your feeling better Roni...you come over and chat with us whenever you want girl...we love ya!

Holy crap Nicoya! I think you exercise more in one exercise session than I do in a week!

I love walking and chatting with a friend. You really do lose track to time!

OMG a 4 hour walk! Nicoya you keep these kinds of activities up and you are gonna be skinny! LOL! Way to go!

Eww cockroaches...we dealt with those nasty buggers in Phoenix! YUCK! And those disgusting buggers that are 4 inches long and fly at you! Good riddence! No roaches in Montana!

I was thinking I should wait and ask my partner if I can share our site but then I got to thinking...its out there for anyone and everyone to see anyway so I'm sure she's okay with it. Here it is!