Afternoon chickies,,,,,,,,can you see me thru the snowstorm here! They were only calling for flurries,,,well its been *flurring* all day and dosnt want to quit. I have a nice stew in the oven and it sure smells good on a day like today. One of my shifts got changed at work (by my request) so I work monday nights now instead of wednesdays..so now I have all wednesdays off yahooo plus I dont have to drive the highways at night for quite awhile now unless something comes up. another yahoo.
Did any of you catch survivor last night,,,i caught bits and pieces of it...I was pretty disgusted with the women eating the chicken after it was sacrificed!! I say good for Rafe not to eat it,,,it didnt feel right to him...and I agree. I really didnt care who won last night, I didnt really get into this one, I must be getting bored of survivor finally.
Tomorrow night is my work christmas party,,,our boss decided she is going to cook us a turkey dinner..so I can stay OP. I was pretty happy,,ususually we go out to a nice restaurant and with appetizers, drinks and desserts..ouch@@ but not this year. Im bringing home cookies from a cookie exchange though,,but they are going straight into the freezer. I baked all weekend different appetizers and a bit of baking..and I only ate about 4 cookies,,which Im proud of....it sure smelled good in here. Its all tucked away in the freezer now out of sight out of mind.
I better go check on my stew and give it a stir.
Kathy Ive heard of Jack in the Box but havnt ever tried it...that sounds like a good thing..haha hope you enjoyed it and sounds like your back on plan again. good for you.
Italy your doing well........keep up the good work
Melissa eat something,,,,,,,dont be starving or you'll turn to just anything to eat...I know Im bad for that....plan snacks during the day and stick to them.
Hope you hear from the other place soon...(hugs)
Frouf sounds like you had a very nice meal....yum love salmon but never cook it myself...

Vickie how did WW go,,,and the shopping...etc..
ok im off once again..
ahah
ttyl

Hello! I'm just back from errands and I'm dog tired. Didn't get half of what I set out to do. But at least I know what's out there. Bows are pathetic this year and I am SO fussy. I bought a couple of bags at Walgreens. Those plus what I had will get me through this year. I'm hurting very bad today. So, I'm going to take some Tylenol (which really doesn't help) and go lay on the couch. I'm very hungry so I'm going to have some FF cottage cheese and peaches first. Maybe a nap while watching some TV. I'll try to check in later again with all of you.

Patti, your new schedule sounds so good for you. It sounds more likely that you'll be able to stay on program with that schedule.

Poor Kathy.....are you still at work?

Oops! I forgot to tell you that I lost .2. Kinda pathetic but at least it wasn't a gain. I just feel so crummy I almost don't care. It's nice to know that I seem to have maintenance down pat.......

just got here and see i'm 6 pages behind. whew! i have a lot of reading to do but am anxious to do it and see what's happening with each of you.

my eating was horrific this weekend but i'm op today. as for the tournament--i did all right. i shot my average. (that means i didn't win.) there were a lot of fantastic female shooters there. i came in 4th in a field of 10. two of the ones who scored higher than i did are teenagers. they are great shooters and have won a lot of tournaments. we saw "old" and made "new" friends. life is good.

i am very tired now. it usually takes me a day or 2 to get over a trip like this. guess i'm not a spring chicken any more. i'll post this now and start reading. please forgive me for not doing any responses here. i'll be back to post more later.

Welcome back, Sandra! Go get some rest.

Vickie -- yep, I'm still here. I'm doing 10-11 hour days this week in the HIGH hopes of finishing this project before the Christmas break. If I don't get finished, oh well.

Have you ever tried making bows?

Hi all. Sorry I haven't been on much lately. My cable broke yesterday...turns out the filter on the pole went bad. But they guy came this morning and fixed it, so my cable modem is up and running again, thank goodness. I was starting to panic without my Internet.

I have a big preschool party at my house tonight. If everyone brings their whole family, there will be close to 40 people here. Whee!

I still need to vacuum and make dinner before the party, but other than that, I'm ready. I decorated, cleaned the whole house, made some cookies and did a bunch of laundry (not really for the party ). I'm tired now!

I'll check in tomorrow.

Later!
Angela

i just finished reading. we have an archery club meeting tonight but i don't know if i'm going. curtis is tired, too. i may just email the news pages for the newsletter to the club secretary. we'll see.

welcome to the group, italy. it's good to have you with us. good success to you with core.

vickie, i was hoping you wouldn't still be hurting. i hope your meds kick in soon.

kathy, what a rack!!

frouf, i'm dusting off again today. life goes on, girlfriend.

melissa and kim, i won't be meeting my christmas challenge either. i'm still thinking maintenance during the holidays is a success.

patti, angela, and anyone i may have missed--it's good to be home. i'll be back tomorrow and will be more my old self then. have a good evening, everyone.

Yea, Sandra's back! It sounds like you had a good weekend. 4th place is great!

Vickie, I'm so sorry that you are in pain today. I hope that you are resting and feeling better by now.

Patti, have you dug out yet? I can't imagine getting as much snow as you do. Great job with only eating 4 cookies. I'm very impressed.

Angela, glad to see you! We missed you. I hope that your party is going well tonight!

Kim, I hope that you are recovering well tonight!

Well everyone, I really, really hate to tell you this. DH has decided that he wants to do slim-fast again (we did it years ago) and I've decided that I'm going to do it with him, probably until Christmas. Now don't get me wrong, I really am a core girl. But I feel like I need something to help me with an extra push through Christmas. I really want to have "clean eating" as Kathy said until Christmas so that I can feel better about going into holiday eating. I hope that you guys will still love me. I feel like it will be good to do this with DH though. He really wants to get healthy, and I guess he feels like core is too much to learn. He likes being able to pick up the slim fast and go. So anyway, I just wanted to tell you guys. I'll go away if you want!!
I hope that everyone is doing okay tonight, you're all awfully quiet!

Hi there,

I am exhausted but still up - go figure!

Patti - don't send the snow here! Actually when it snows it warms up so maybe it's not such a bad idea? We are having FREEZING cold temperatures here - wicked cold! Good luck at the party!

Angela - sounds like you're having quite a party there as well! Hope you survive it!...as does your house!

Vickie - congrats on maintaining - not a bad thing to be good at? Hope you got some time to relax!

Sandra - welcome back! Sounds like you did pretty good (archery wise) and the eating can be "repaired" in no time!

Kathy - great site re chanuka or should I say hanukah? This year it starts on the 25th - great coincidence! Have to find and dust off the menorah and get those candles ready.

This is also a sad time of year for me as well as my mom passed away on Dec 18, 2000 - I can't believe it's been 5 years already! I really start reminiscining about her now (not that I don't at other times) and tonight in the car while driving I just wanted to burst out crying - I miss her so much! I wish she was here!

Also w/TOM around the corner I am especially emotional and that doesn't help at all!

Eating was off track today - not that bad - but way too much food - and no movement - not a good plan. I did find an old Richard Simmons dvd tonight while out shopping for work xmas secret santa gift (80's music) for $8.99 and bought it. It's a 30 minute tape and I figure if it will motivate me at all it will be worth it right? I do prefer dancing to exercising.

Still trying to hire someone for my team - and it doesn't look good. Looks like we need to have a "competitive process" - which means hiring from scratch from within - but in the goverment this takes SOOOO LOOONG it's not even funny so I am not optimistic. In the meantime while we prepare the docs to do this I am still interviewing to hire a temp help person from an agency who can hopefully take on the position in the short term (maybe 6 months?) to help us out. So I am interviewing someone else tomorrow at 9 am - hope this works out.

I am also hoping to visit some warm weather in the new year. Can't decide if I want a beach holiday w/dh and 7 yr old - probably mexico - early january...or cruise w/dh only at end of january (my manicurist lady friend is going then and wants me to come along!). So far sitting pretty, doing my research and watching the prices so if and when they drop I can pounce!

I feel too fat to travel tho and quite depressed about it - like I won't fit into the plane seat and dare I even think of wearing a bathing suit?

Frouf

melissa, don't you dare go away. if you leave because of not eating core, i'll probably feel compelled to do the same thing and i don't want to leave. we each have to do what we feel is best. you do the slim fast if that's what you want to do. you know i'll be reading your posts to see if it works for you--and i might be a copycat. i'm not sure i could do that one, though, cuz i'm afraid i might get weak. will you be eating slimfast meals, too? let us know what you're doing and how it's working. you know we care a lot about you.

frouf, i know what you mean about missing a loved one. my father passed away in the early 80's and i still have my teary moments. girl, if you want to wear a swimsuit by all means do so. you only live once. when i am embarassed by how i look to other people, curtis reminds me that they don't pay my checks. go and have fun. you definitely are our "traveling frouf." by the way. what does "frouf" mean?

Hey Frouf, I wear a bathing suit at 262 pounds! I've decided life is too short to care what other people think about how I look. The problem is that you care. So.....use this as your motivation for getting back on the wagon and staying on it pure as the driven snow until your vacation.

Melissa, don't you dare leave. I still think Core is the best but I know that we all need a change now and then. I did the completely liquid Optifast diet in the 1980's for six months and lost 75 pounds. I got down to 150 but gained it back as soon as I started eating again. I'm not blaming liquid diets or even comparing SlimFast. I'm just saying that I didn't have a clue how to maintain. I could probably do it now though!

Sandra, welcome home! We missed you. You do sound worn out. I hope you take the time you need to recover. 4th place is pretty darn impressive as is going up against those young whipersnappers!

Angela, I was worried about you. I'm glad you're back online.

Kathy, what creamy chicken recipe did you make? I'm willing to spend a point or two if it isn't all Core. You must share. I'm going to go and look to see if you posted something.

I had to take a pain pill and it's almost time for me to go to bed.

Yeah, Frouf, me too! My Daddy died when I was only 22 and my Mom just died in 1999. I still miss them both very, very much. This was also the anniversary of the death of my first fiance. It was 23 years ago yesterday. Very sad but I'm so happy now. I'm glad to know that God had planned to bless me twice with love in my life!

I remember that recipe, Kathy. I printed it but haven't thought about making it yet. Maybe Wednesday.

vickie, i am sorry you had to take a pain pill but i'm glad you had one there to take. curtis takes hydrocodone sometimes for his shoulders.

i am more rested now. we'll go train in the am. life is good. now i need to go see what recipe you're talking to kathy about. i'm nosey.

kathy, curtis and i eat at dq a lot when we're in texas. they do have them in montana now but the ones here in missoula don't have a wide menu--mainly ice cream treats and hot dogs. my fav is the chicken finger basket. yummy!