hey all

sorry i havent posted much lately...life is crazy as usual. I have to finish my research report this month and I am working this 20 hrs part time job which is nuts...lol. Money is good and it is a customer service position but it is a big retail chain where summer is a big event...therefore I get weekend shifts too which sucks! Especially when it is so bright and sunny outside

Well...that is motivation enough to get my degree soonest possible so that I can start a full time engineering job.However, this job made me appreciate the people working long hours in retail stores while many of us firing up our grill with friends and family.

see u later

Hi Jillian! Sorry you are on "baby arrest". I'm glad you are hearing frequently from your DH. That has to make a hard situation easier to bear. I'm going on an Alaska cruise here soon.

MJ, Hope your research paper is coming along. A month can zip by when you have such a large project to finish up. Wow, you are 6 pounds under goal! That's fabulous. I know, when my DD was working at the local burger chain, suddenly she was motivated to attend college. Not everyone treats employees waiting on them with respect.

Kim, I do think a lot of guys have not really sat down and thought through how difficult it would be to lose weight if they burned a lot less calories. Really when it comes down to it, that is why it is so much harder for women.

Thanks Barbara. I have 1 1/2 chapters left to write then I submit first draft.I am looking for opportunities but there aren't many in digital logic design in our city. I'll give it a few months then we might move to someplace else if it doesn't work out so well for me.

Hope everyone having a good week!

Baby Arrest, LOL.

So, we moved our offices due to construction, and my hard drive committed suicide after the move. 2 days at work with no computer = me not getting ANYTHING done, because apparently 100% of my work is computer-driven. Sooo frustrating. Back in business now, though, but I have to spend some time re-creating my internet favorites and setting up my desktop to look the way I want. The good news is that I am fairly militaristic about saving things to our network drive, so I didn't lose anything important.

Jillian - if you want to live vicariously through me, we are going to the Outer Banks, NC for the last 2 weeks in July. Making the final payment on the rental house tomorrow! Yay. We go with DH's 2 sisters and their families, so there is 9 of us in a huuuuge house (6BR, 5.5 baths). It is our 6th year going here, and we love it because we don't have to DO anything but go to the beach, go to the pool, and hang out doing puzzles or playing pool.

Hi everyone I am back for one more shot at this starting in the morning. Cause I really don't think the key lime pie I had for lunch counts as a fruit!!
I am so glad to see some familiar faces . I was afraid everyone else had hit thier goals and left the gang behind. Anyway I am going to hit the goal this time even if it makes every sweet tooth in my head fall out and every fat cell on this butt of mine run to the toothpick thin next door neighbor !!!
Does anyone know any really low impact excerciseI can do for a little while? I shattered my ankle during the winter and now have 3 screws and 2 metal plates in there. So that adds another lb to my wieght that I can never lose and attracts every magnetic item within 3 foot (just kidding). I just got all the braces and such taken off last week so I have to take it very easy for a bit but still want to do something to stay moving.
Well off to clean house and go get some fresh vegies for tomorrow !! Take care until we talk again.
Lois

Hi friends

So nice to see some more familiar faces I remember you, Lois....it is good you have come back.

I am almost two weeks in to staying OP, and I am pretty darn excited about it. I am not going to update my ticker until Friday afternoon. I have a doc appt then, and I WI there on the 4th.

Kim.....funny how men of logic struggle, isn't it? And what makes it worse, is my DH can gain say, 20 lbs over a years time, and then low carb for a few months, and he is back to his normal weight........or worse, like now, when he gets on the sclae and says, oh, ****, I guess I better start eating more, I am at 188 (his happy weight is about 200-205). Yeah, there was a smack down to follow.
XOXO

kim, that picture really makes me miss living in NC (minus the stifling heat!)--enjoy your time there, but know that i secretly hate you! (hahaha! j/k!)

anyways, life is life here with me. still trying to get used to this single mom (with no help!) thing and it's going ok.
i'm still going down and down on the scale. working out super hard and eating well and tracking everything i eat. and lots of water!

Oh ****, I may smack him for that one.