.... Cassie, Liz, Mel, Arabella

Susie & Carri, okay, lets hear about your guys, what r they like, time to share We know Mandy's dh is a college student, Luthern Pastor that is moving Mandy to Texas & he works-out w Mandy @ the gymn & they have lots of weekend cook-outs together w friends. Reality show time is over so spill about your guys a little bit.

Dee

Afternoon Girls....I am so excited as I have the day off tomorrow...dh and I are going to the track ( Indy 500 ) just to hang out for a while and watch them practice...we also have a friend that works for Mario Andretti's group so we will hang out with him too. Gonna have to keep my eating in check while there, as they have a mighty tasty tenderloin, haha ...but I can do it.

Dee - are those sugar ramblings? haha ...I love to read your posts, and yes I was giving you a compliment...I love hearing about you and your dh, you sound like a great fun couple and if we ever did come your way we certainly would hang out.

Dee asked about my dh so I will tell you a little bit about him...he is a 37 year old stud, lol .....well to me....he is very tatooed from top to bottom, which I love...but don't have one myself ...we met in middle school but started dating my senior year and have been together ever since...we have been married for 18 years !!! But anyway back to him, he has a great mellow personality, doesn't get too crazy about anything...just wants to live life and be happy. He is most content just watching tv at home with me but loves to be out with our friends as well. He loves to fish, go to concerts, and go to races. He also loves casinos, which I do too ( once in a while ). He treats me very well and I always know I come first with him no matter what...he just wants to see me happy, and can't take it when I am sad or depressed...it is an honor to be his wife and be loved by him. I am very lucky. Awwww, that was very nice of me...lol

Hope you guys all have a great evening...we are meeting friends at a bbq place for dinner and I am just gonna get their grilled chicken and cottage cheese ( and 80 yr old woman's side choice haha ).

See ya

Carri

Thanks Carri our dh's adore us, both the same, sigh . Our grandbabes laugh whenever dh carries me in his arms & sets me on his lap & when we dance together; & the kids ask for their turn too How many kids do you have?
You forgot to tell what your dh does/his occupation is???

My dh is a foreman/leadman 'Industrial draftsman & is also a steel welder' he's worked for the same corporation 26 yr & still enjoys it. It's amazing going to the 'company's annual fun', free 'summer festival' & university free football games 'tail-gate' party & the winter 'dinner dance' & he knows hundreds of the 400 employees there by name as working as a team & I get many hugs.
dh built our water-furnace 4 yr ago & we burn wood in it from our 30 acres to heat our big home, so nice to have 'no heating bills' & our electricity is energy efficient & a cozy 74* all year. dh also heats our swimming pool from the water furnace.

Susie, time to spill about your dh How r we doing w our 5k training
'Team Susie'

Luv, Dee

ps: next topic= got pets? & what's their names? bee's & mosquitos do Not count

Hi Ladies,

I am happy to repot a .75 lb loss on Thursday. I thought I would be down at least a pound but we had taco's for dinner on Wednesday night and I retain water easily. I didn't think about that when I choose that for dinner on Wed. Got to think about those things going forward.

As usual I'm trying to pack 32 hours into a 24 hr periond. This weekend is crazy busy and next weekend will be as well. We have so many graduation parties to attend and then trying to get the regular weekend things done. Next weekend we are hosting our 10th annual Memorial Day cookout. We usually have about 45-50 people..it's just huge!

You asked about my DH: His name is John and he is 10 yrs older(he is 56) than me. we meet on a blind date almost 27 years ago (we meet July 3). I only went out with him because a friend of mine insisted and wouldn't leave me alone about it. So I choose a Thursday to go out so he wouldn't ruin my weekend! I was quite the party girl back then and I had been casualy dating a Bengal football player at the time as well.

I believe he is very handsome. He is 6'2" and pretty athletic although in the past 10 years he has slowed down a bit. He is a cabinet finisher, he applies the stains and paint to custom cabinetry.

He loves to go shopping maybe even more than me! He can wear me out at the mall; I am usually looking for a place to sit and he is still going strong.

What really makes him special is he never knows a stranger and people just seem to gravitate towards him. He is a big kid and it's something that is usually a very good thing to my "all work" attidtude that I tend to have.

He balances me, is always supportive of me and I love him pretty much every day. Athough at times I will introduce him to people as my "first" husband just so he knows that status could change! lol

We have been married 24 yrs come this October and he still makes me smile everyday.

Dee: Hopefully you have drank a ton of water and got all that sugar out of your system? Did you "crash" after it? I know I do when I do that and it just feels awful afterwards.

Carri: What is getting boring to you being OP? I did notice on FB that your hubby had a lot of tattos; reminded me of Adam Lavine--who is SO nice to look at! I have two tattos They are addicting for sure. I have two more that I want to get in my lifetime. I got my first one at 38.

Mandy: How's it going?

Konfyoozed: Has life slowed down any for you.

Ok. I saw Dee ask about pets. We have one. He is a macoon (sp?) cat. I rescured him about 6 years ago. He is huge! about 15 lbs (has been 18 but I put him on a diet) and his name is Hudda Budda. He is a total indoor cat. He adjusted to that pretty well, as I believe he was an outside cat until I found him.

Since we have no kids he is our baby and he rules our house. lol

I came on this morning to say, does anyone have a Kindle Fire or a color Nook e-reader or another brand & your pros & cons, Thanks!!! I can't afford a Ipad, do you have that & use it as a e-reader?

I posted this below yesterday but didn't want to use another page for my question above, so I added to my page this morning :

Hey Susie Nice meeting your dh today, awesome guy! I would enjoy learning wood finishing from him...I get used wood furniture & try to give them a new life & home, I can't afford new.

Hi John, I'm Dee. Your wife Susie is a Awesome girl, nice to know that you r a good hubby to her.

Susie, Good Job w your new Loss however, Susie you r going to loose 5+ pounds now, your monthly goal, it's very do-able for you being active weekly in the summer w fresh veggies & fruits available everywhere. You CAN Do This If we lived in Ohio, we'd come 'crash' your cook-out next weekend I'm always bummed/sad during Memorial Day weekend, gardening the flowers @ the cemetary for my awesome dad & my nasty mom's grave; my 2 brother's & my precious baby son's grave

Susie does a maincoon cat look like a ragdoll cat, they get big too & r also beautiful. I love his name!
We only have 4 doggies. Mee-Mee 10# our 10 month puppy (miniGoldenDoodle) my pic is her 4 month baby pic here, my little shadow wherever I am. Sundae 3 yr. the mommy a miniGolden Doodle 18# such a little comedian; River 2 yr the daddy, baby/maker/10# our AKC miniature Poodle; & Honey-Pie our AKC 8# Maltese 4 yr girl the lap puppy. My pets are non-shedding breeds because I don't like hair on things & I have allergies. We breed 1 litter of miniGoldenDoodles & 1 MaltePoos yearly. Ron said 'no keeping a puppy' from Sundae's last litter, but I kept MeeMee because she looked just like her daddy when he was a puppy. I bought River down the street from Barb Cady's/(tops) home 2 summers ago I mentioned being in tops & the breeder she said she knew Barb & she lived right over there It's a small world. Hey, we have sold miniGoldenDoodle puppies to several families in Ohio, over the years & when we meet them to get their puppy I fall in love w their southern accents. It reminds me of my childhood; & I get a dum smile on my face when they speak to me. Do I sound like fool or a jerk to you now....

We know Mandy has a kitty, it's her new pic here

Carri & Susie, my dh & I walk the Mackinaw Bridge (5 miles across, yrly) come up & try it some year. It's a very nice area, tourism & camping r great up there. Do u have a camper/tent? Have you ever been in Northern MI ? We used to go to Cedar Pointe, Kings Island to ride the coasters & Sea World in Ohio w our sons. Were you ever in Oprah's audience in Illinois, I tried for tickets for years & never got tickets to see her in person I miss her shows.

DH is chopping veggies & chicken breast to grill us kabobs, so I have to go make a marinade now. Strawberry shortcake is my fruit, so I'm OP w all my essentials

Going to b a different Sunday night 8pm-11pm....No more: Amazing Race, Once Upon A Time, or Desperate Housewives. I don't watch crime shows w dh or This Old House reruns. Maybe I'll come online & go shopping

Luv, Dee

See ya tomorrow~ Carri, Susie, Mandy, Cassie, Mel, Liz & Arabella

Morning Girls…hope you all had a great weekend…I did, although it did get a bit hot for me…we did go to the track on Friday and had a great time…but again, it got hot, haha….but after all the walking that morning and day I finally got the scale to budge….I was showing up by almost two pounds all week, and I wasn’t cheating or doing anything different, my body was just hanging on to water weight or something…who knows but it was VERY frustrating to see all week …then finally on Saturday morning it showed me back down to 213 with those 2 extra pounds off …its almost like I can’t break in to 212 to save my life !!! haha …hope to see it , well really 211 by week end.

Dee – dh and I don’t have any kids….we decided a long time ago that it wasn’t for us….dh is in graphic design…I think it is so freakin sweet that you and your dh are still that romantic….yes, we are lucky ….okay yes I do have a pet, a westie named Les …he is 11 years old and has quite the attitude, haha ….he is adorable, we have had him since he was 6 weeks old which makes the thought of losing him horrible.
No, I don’t have a nook or kindle…I would rather have the feel of an old book in my hand…I am a very old fashioned 38 yr old, lol

Susie – congrats on the loss…any loss is better than a gain, so take it !! Dated a Bengal football player? Wow….interesting….love me some football players, haha …Glad to hear about your dh and the great relationship you have, he sounds like a great guy.
Yes, my dh does have a lot of tattoos, and his hair definitely reminds me of Adam Levine ( which I also think is nice to look at haha ).
I guess the boring part of being OP is maybe my food choices, I am going to start mixing it up with some new things I haven’t tried…I had kohlrabi for the first time this weekend and really liked it …just don’t know what to do with it? Dee? You’re the cook around here.

Hi Mandy and everyone else

Hope everyone has a good Monday.

Carri

OMG time flies! I can't believe it's been soo long since I posted! :\ I finished w4/d1 of c25k today and did some weight training. Unfort, I kinda gained a bit of weight thought I don't know if it was water weight or what when I started c25k (my cals were way over most of the time, that's why I'm not sure). I feel so bad cause even though I've had the NSV of sticking to my workouts (so far, in the past I would half assedly do them for 2-3 weeks then quit, and now I feel bad when I don't workout, I even think about doing it on the weekends when I KNOW my body needs to rest) I haven't lost any weight :\ and I have had a hard time resisting temptation :\ school is going well except for I didn't go to class today because I have a HUGE migraine. I tried working out 1) because I wanted to and 2) to see if the endorphines moving in my system would help...nogo. I'm gonna take a shower in a few then go back to bed until the BF gets home. Unfort it's leftovers for dinner tonight. I won't get anywhere NEAR my 1250 cal limit today. I have only had 130 so far, am not hungry and will prolly just have a light taco salad for dinner ( we have taco stuff left from two nights ago) huggss to all, I'm gonna take my computer in the bedroom so I will check in in a few hours again and prolly update my blog then.

Morning Ladies, not much going on here, just working Gonna be another beautiful day here today in Indiana ....high of about 74 and sunny

I have been itching all morning due to about 6-8 mosquito bites I got over the weekend. Driving me nuts

Stepped on the scale again this morning hoping to see 212 ...told myself if I saw 212 I would not get back on scale until Saturday but of course it was 213.0 ...so still right on the freakin cusp, haha Just trying to see that number because for some reason my body hasn't wanted to for the last couple of weeks...Need to break thru it so I can get into the single digit 2's ...I did drop my calories by about 35-40 starting Sunday so hopefully that will be the thing to do it for me this week.

Have a great day everybody

Carri

Morning ladies!

Feeling soooo much better this morning. Glad my headache is gone...wish my back and hip pain from being in bed all day yesterday would go too :\ stepped on the scale this morning it was 238...so a little movement YAY! but seeing as the lowest number I've ever seen is 236 about a month and a half ago it is a LITTLE discouraging, I didn't make it into the 220's in april like I wanted, and prolly won't make it again in may unless a miracle happens. Crossing my fingers for early-mid june! did my workout this morning, 20 mins recumbent bike and 30 mins walking the treadmill (this is my rest day routine from c25k and strength training). today a friend is coming over to hang out so I won't be soooo bored, but I do need to get SOME homework done. LOL. Also, my boyfriends analog scale is driving me NUTS so I am going to look at one at target that is digital...hopefully they have one for about $20 or so.

carri- sorry the scale didn't say what you want, I know how you feel I've been kinda stuck lose a bit stuck, lose a bit since last september :\ hang in there it WILL get better!

Hi Everyone: I am so glad it is Tuesday..I am taking a vacation day on Friday so I only have 2 more days of work this week!

Friday won't be relaxing. I'm going to be up with my father-in-law at 7:00 going to go get some mulch and redo a area in front of my porch where we took out some bushes last fall. I'll post a picture when we finish on Friday.

Also, have a lot to purchase for cookout but DH is going to help with that.

Tonight my friend and I will be doing our 5k training and actually doing the 5k course that we do for the Turkey Trot 5k in November. I hope we can get that time down. It's just her and me competing against the clock.

It is cooler today and I'm glad since we are doing that 5 k.

Dee: I have never been to upper MI but I would love to go to Mackinaw island sometime. If I do..we are walking across that bridge together!

I lol when I read your comment about Ohio and our accents. I'm told all the time that I sound southern and I think I sound like a Yankee! lol

Dee: I think your body wants to set at 212 but I know you can overcome.

Dreamer: Nice to see you back posting.

Mel: I was thinking about you the other day when I saw on FB that you stained that swingset. I was thinking how much easier it must have been for you with that weight gone!

Ok..got to get back to work.

See you all tomorrow.

Yesterday's anniversary celebration in Myrtle Beach was great.

It's been over a week though since I've tracked food or even gone to the gym. I need my motivation back.

Hey y'all everyone looks happy today!

DWTS ends tonight, D.Driver has got it w his country dance last night, that guys got great moves I'm so happy to see Duets coming on, I'm a fan of everyone Kelly, John, Jennifer, except the other guy, his voice tone reminds me of nails on a chalk-board

Cassie I was so happy to see you come back so sorry about your migraine.

Carri, I plant kohlrabi every summer in my garden, yum. If you plant it, make sure to pick it when it is tennis ball size, no larger or it will taste rubbery. We always eat it raw, I make lots of summer cold meals for customers, like a Italian salad w garden veggies & hard salami + pastrami or pepperoni & black olives, I put kohlrabi in it too, yum. I also add it to my summer pasta salads. Google-it or ask your mom how she uses it. Wow I love your dh's career, what would the world be like without creative people...just a boring world. I see who the boss is in your home, your little room-mate/baby boy Les. I don't know how you can have just 1 doggie, we gotta have a best friend for ours. I've been breeding since I was a child, my dad was a breeder & trained doggies. So I've always had at least 2 doggies since I left home. That's a 'requirement' for the guys I had dated, you gotta Luv doggies & like the water & you r Not a athiest, or no 2nd date w this girl Hmm, your 212 pds is annoying you Have you tried drinking a full glass of water before eating every time? Bob Harper, BL reccomends that & it works, I eat less, he also says 'no' carbs after 7pm unless you r going to the gym, etc to loose those carbs that will go straight-to-our belly/thighs. Don't let it get you down, go play & it will come-off.

Susie, I have a yankee accent but my heart is all southern. I was born up here when dad & mom were visiting friends in MI, but I lived for years in Charleston as a child, then we came to MI to live. Labor Day is the only day allowed to walk the Mackinaw Bridge, there is a day in May to ride across on bike, but looking @ the water on my bike would make me dizzy so we've never tried that yet. We rode across on our motorcycles & thats a rush w the wind blowing.
If you do decide to come up in the summer, we'll talk a few months prior & get reservations early close to the Island or at a Bed & Beakfast on the Island before they're filled-up. Seth our son takes his wife for their yrly anniversary & they stay on the island for 3 nights @ B&B's. We had always camped in Mackinaw City & took our bikes across to travel around the island for the day. Our first trip dating, Ron took me to Mackinaw Is. & he rented us a horse & buggy, well the horse had gas & took 'fart' breaks, the horses know their way around the island & where to snack & you don't even need the reins Anyways plan to gain 1#-2#, the food is good & fudge shops r everywhere up there. Our guys will have a good time too looking @ old stuff.

Time to get back to work, have a nice week everyone!

Dee

Good Morning Girls ( and boy lurkers haha ) – well the scale finally broke for me and gave me a 212.2 this morning….so let’s hope that is a sign of good things to come and I will be at 211 something by the weekend…trying to weigh less than my dh …lol …no but seriously the man weighs 209….he is not overweight …well he was but he recently lost 20…and I know it sounds silly but I just want to get a number lower than his…I have never hid my weight from him, meaning I have always told him the exact number, so it would be nice to be able to tell him I weigh less…ya know?

This work week seems to be dragging !!! Maybe it is because I know we have a three day holiday weekend and I want it to be here now !!! Dh is taking me to dinner tonight and I told him I want sushi, mmmmmm ….so looking forward to that…any of you like sushi? Edamame ? I love it, plus it is a good for you food…well if you make smart choices.

I have on this really cool nail polish today ( I think I may have said before that I am a nail polish freak ) it is a magnet nail polish and it makes such cool designs on the nails…maybe I will take a pic later and upload here or on fb…can’t seem to get a good pic of it though …

Anybody know when Big Brother starts? To me it is not Summer until Big Brother starts…I haven’t heard anything about it on TV yet, normally it seems they are already showing the promo’s for it…do any of you watch it? I have watched it every Summer since the first season…so I guess that would be 12-13 years? Wow …

Dee – I didn’t know kohlrabi could be eaten raw, so that is good to know…I bet it would be good in Summer salads, I will try that…and you are right I used to be more strict about my carbs a while ago in the evening and I need to do that again …thanks for the reminder.

Susan – I am jealous of your 4 day weekend, I would like to take Friday off too but too many people here at work already have it off so I gotta stay, plus I don’t need to use anymore time, need to save some for later in the year. Have fun at your cook out …I don’t know what we are doing yet…

Mandy – great to see you back …don’t worry you will get your motivation back, you do such a great job at the gym.

Hi Liz, Arabella, Mel, and Auntie G !!!! And anyone lurking that we would love to have join us …

Have a good day everyone !!! Happy Hump Day !!!! Lol

Carri

morning ladies. Quick check in before shower and nap.
just got back from the gym w4/d2 of c25k done YAY! just wish the scale would move faster! doesn't help I ate more than I should have yest :\ just want it to go down. thanks all for the welcome back!

satine- I hear you about weighing less than your SO, I weighed less than my bf when we met, then he started losing weight too, now he's 10 lbs lighter than I am and met the goal I wanted to meet for may Sigh. move scale move! LOL

konfoozyd- Glad you have fun and sending some motivation your way.

2befit- *jealous* I want a vacation!

Okay, here is a pic of the nail polish, but again it doesn't do it justice, it is gorg !