Good Morning!
I went for my weigh in last night...down another 2.2lbs for a total of 37.8lbs!!!! I'm down to 133.9 and only have 8.9 lbs to go to my original goal weight. So why do I still feel so fat? I told my consultant that I want to lose 5 more lbs on top of the 46 that I originally wanted to lose. Not a big deal since I am so short (only 5 ft 2) If only my belly would catch up to the rest of me I would be one happy camper!

Marie, another sweater? You are the woman! You'll have to show pics when you are finished. Do you leave on your cruise this week?
I meant to talk to my consultant last night about my hair concerns and I forgot. The good news though is that I did not lose much today. I am starting to wonder if it is a combo of the weather, hormones and diet. I am finishing up TOM I wonder if it is possible that has anything to do with it...just a crazy thought. I am taking the jenny craig vitamins and an extra calcium daily. Do you know of anything else I could take to help with this?
Thanks.

Julie on your loss!! I have the same issue with my belly. I am happy with how everything else is shaping up except this little pooch!

Marie - I'll say it again, I am soooo jealous of your pool time! Enjoy! Good luck on the next sweater. Maybe it won't take as long now that you've got it down.


I'm not doing an official WI until Friday, but I peaked this morning and it might say lower than I expected. I feel a bit bloated for some reason, but it might just be the humidity.

Things are still icky at the office and I HATE office politics. This is why I want to work alone. I always forget that in the beginning and then it comes rushing back. Oh well, I'll survive. I'll be out a couple days next week and then we'll be moved and that will help me feel better Then I have the San Francisco trip in 3 weeks. Hopefully after all that people will be in a better mood around here. A girl can hope right?

Julie, WAY TO GO!!! You are just cruising in weight loss. I wish I had an answer for you but increasing my calories a little stopped the hair loss. I'll post this sweater when it's done. It's a lot like the other one other than just a little longer. I might be one skein short though. If I can't find on in town today, I'll pick one up in Seattle on Saturday before we get onboard. I can't believe I'm going on a cruise to Alaska in 3 days!!!! I am very excited.

Kerry, I definitely have the mechanics of the sweater machine done now. The first couple sweaters were pure luck that the worked, but now I really understand the machine and how to knit and rib. I sure hope the peak comes true. I looked this morning and I stayed the same.

Since I've been very good on my diet and exercise, but still haven't lost weight in months, my dr. is doing one more blood test for diabetes today. My sister, grandmother and mother are either pre-diabetic of diabetic. Monday my brother was diagnosed. There's a part of me that want to be prediabetic so that I could lose weight again, but then there's the rational side that knows that is stupid. Oh well, I will be fine either way. If I never lose a pound but at least never gain, I will be happy. I hate any higher than this.

Kerry, if I could have you over, I would daily. The pool is great, but I have no one to enjoy it with. I love these boards because we're all located everywhere, but I'd love to have some of my friends over.

That's about it for now. I'll check back in this evening.

Good Evening Chickies!!!

Really, really bad day at work today! Only two more days and the big dogs will be back from vacation and I can get back to normal. The small dogs they sent to baby-sit are making a mess of things and then they run like he!! when the _hit hits the fan, then I'm left holding the bag. Which I have one thing that they don't, I did it, it's my fault and how can we fix it??? They can't admit to nothing and it really drives me crazy! I had no business getting involved with the loads they had me working on. Now I have an entire tanker full of Haz. material and no where to get rid of it. I pray that the disposal facility has room tomorrow. I'm going in early to call so I can beg and plead. Oh and the other load issue is kind of funny, somebody filling in for someone on vacation ordered a box switch, when my driver go there, they weren't ready, then the box was too heavy. He asked that they remove some, the kid left and didn't come back (reg. guy on vacation too) So he called me, I called them. They got another guy out to run the bucket to take some out and he didn't know what he was doing either. Next phone call I got my driver was still sitting and these fools were hand shoveling the material out. I almost fell over, they are paying us by the hour. Next call, the driver weighed again to get out and was still over by 500 lbs. They were shoveling again! What a mess, the driver missed his unload time so we couldn't get him rescheduled until Fri. I know you may not understand what I'm describing but a normal over load would only take 15 mins. to lighten, today, by hand, it took over 3 hours.

Ok diet went ok, then after all the stress I caved and took a piece of cold pizza and ate it on my way out the door, damn was it good! I didn't know I stress ate until today, I realized I went to Wendy's yesterday for no good reason, I had a lunch. So If I can behave for 2 more days and avoid stuff I don't know what to do with maybe I'll survive!

Marie, you have a great time on your cruise!!! I want pictures and details upon return! If I can't go I'm going to enjoy your trip! Some day I'll get on that plane and go, but not for a few more years. And I hope you don't have diabetes (sp), you will lose the weight, we just need to re-focus you again! When you get back we'll buckle down on that working out and snack choices! I'm going to hit goal weight and still have my spare tire, granted it's smaller, but still attached! So don't get discouraged, we're all still working on something!

Julie, the only two times my hair fell out was from living on McDonalds food once and the second is when I was having thyroid issues. Both times it was from not eating right. So check those vitamans and see if it's missing something.

Kerry, glad things are slowly getting better! I found to help keep the piece at work it is easier to be nice to the _itch, don't gossip with the nosy ones (tell them nothing), and smile all day! You get to go home to DH, bella, the cat and you can tell them anything you want, they won't judge you! Although I know the old lady stinks, get some candels or fresh smelly things and avoid her. She won't last forever either !!!!

Wow this got long, I'm going to run! I'll talk to you all later!

Judy GREAT to see you, glad you got that new job!!!! Hope to see more of you soon!

Good morning chickies! We are so close to Friday I can feel the tension starting to release! I only have to work until 12:30 today since I closed the place last night. I'm planning to do all kinds of errands: get oil changed, pick up misc things at store, pay phone bill, and pack the kitchen when I finally arrive home. Then DH & I are coming back up to the city to purchase the lazboy tonight. We've decided to buy just one and it isn't either of the models we were considering before. It's a compromise we can both live with and enjoy. Only one for now, bc we've decided to buy nicer bar stools than we had thought - they have backs and swivel and we can pick out the fabric that covers them. So we're getting two of those for now. We figure we are buying from places that are good enough we can go back and order another stool or recliner in 6 months if we so decide.

Then on Saturday morning we're leaving for Myrtle Beach. We're going to leave early and get there before noon. Can't check-in until 2, but who cares! I can plop my butt on the beach for a few hours or swim in the pool! We all know by now how much I love pools - right!? We won't be back until Tuesday evening to pick up Bella by 9 pm. Then I close on the house on Thurs afternoon and we'll be moving next Sat!! Wow!

Marie - Enjoy every second of your cruise and do take lots of photos! Our close friends did an Alaskan Cruise Honeymoon and LOVED it! And I too hope you don't have diabetes and there is another reason for the weight not coming off. My SIL is on an rx diet pill that is working great for her. I'll ask her again what it is.

Lori - Work stress is the worst. Esp when you do a good job at work and hold yourself accountable. I hope it all gets smoothed out today and things ease up when the bosses return. I don't think you're really stress eating as much as convenience eating - you're on the go and busy so you eat what's convenient and fast. ---- and I am trying to smile and be nice at work and know that it will improve with time. I just have to pull through and enjoy life outside of here.

Alrighty, I gotta go work. I'll check back later

Top o the mornin'
Not too much going on around here, just busy as heck! Not to mention some of the people here are driving me crazy We have a woman in our office that talks soooo loud, it's unbearable, the sad thing is I have my own office and I can still hear her. I changed my password on my computer yesterday and could not remember what it was today when I went to sign on and I could not think because all I could hear was her big mouth. I finally got up and closed my door. Thank goodness I finally remembered my password. That would have been an embarassing call to the IT dept.

Marie- I sure hope that you aren't diabetic! It runs in my family too. My mom and brother had it. Only my brother had the juvenile form. That is something my doctor tests me for fairly regularly. In fact I have to get to the lab to get tested soon, got my orders last week, been putting it off because of my schedule, but I need to get in. Anyway, I'm sure once you get back into the swing of things you will start to lose.

Lori-Sorry about your crappy day at work ...I can so relate! This past week has been awful for me. I think it is payback since I took two days off last week!
I agree with Kerry. I don't think you are stress eating, I think you are convenience eating. I think we all suffer from that from time to time. One thing JC has taught me is to plan my food out for the day. That seems to be the biggest key to the progress that I have made so far. I know if I did not plan my food for the day, I would be making some horrible choices!

Kerry-Sounds like you are in better spirits! I'm glad you and hubby have decided on a chair that you both like. Have fun in Myrtle Beach! My brother in law and his family are down there. I think they are coming home this weekend. Get some sun for me! The little bit of tan that I have is fading fast!

Oh well, guess I better get my nose to the grindstone so to speak, talk to you girls later!

Good morning!! It is a nice rainy humid day here in Texas!!! Yesterday the humidity was 83%!!!! I worked out in the yard for awhile yesterday and ended up with a gazillion fire ant bites to prove it. I have almost finished cleaning my closet. I keep getting sidetracked and starting new projects. I also need to make my curtains for the living room before I go back to work on Monday (yuck). You wouldn't think that a 6 week vacation could fly by so fast!!!!

Kerry- Way to go on compromising on the chair!!! It seems like you are starting to destress alittle. What a great idea to get away for a few days before you move!! My dad was a lifeguard in Myrtle Beach for the summer back in 1963. It was the summer before my parents got married. He has fond memories of it. I remember he went back about 15 years ago and didn't even recognize it because it had built up so much over the years. Anyway ENJOY!!!!

Lori-I'm sorry yesterday was such a bad day at work. I hope things are better today. And I agree with everyone else on the convenience eating. Hang in there!

Julie- Congrats on the 2.2lbs!!! That is awesome. You are so close to your goal!!!!!! I can really relate to the password thing!! I hope I can remember all of mine when I go back to work!!

Marie- Wow just a few days until your cruise!!! Take lots of pictures to share with us when youget back!

I hope everyone has a great day!!!

Good Evening Chickies!!!

Looks like it is going to be a quiet weekend around here! Judy away on business, Marie heading for Alaska, Paige getting ready to go back to work, Kerry to the beach, I'm heading camping for the weekend boy are we going to look like a bunch of dead beats! Well that's ok, I hope everybody has a great time and EVERYBODY best get back here when they get home!!! We'll all be waiting to hear about everyone's trips!!

Today at work was worse, if you can imagine that (I couldn't)!!! I won't go into details, but it was bad enough that I'm leaving tomorrow as soon as my load disappears! Thank you for the convience thoughts, but it's not. I never noticed it before, but I rarely get stressed like this either. I had a wonderful healthy lunch and healthy snacks (that I like). Tossed it all in the garbage and went to Wendy's for a burger & fries with ranch. Then stuffed pizza in my mouth on my way out the door. It really boiled down to pure disgust with the whole situation. I was in F it mode, and I just ran for the grease! (good old comfort food) I'm glad that don't happen too often, but that also points out what happened the whole time I was at Verizon too. I was fed up every day for 2 years. That was alot of Quizno subs and frappochinos (sp)!!! No wonder I was so stinken over weight!

Julie, your going to be my new idol if you keep dropping weight! I'm also very short, a whopping 5'1" and it really looks like my 130 lb goal may not be enough. Oh well, if I need to I make a new one after the kids get back to school.

Kerry, glad you guys settled the recliner debate! I'm interested, you didn't break down and go for the big fluffy one did you!

Ok I've got to get to bed tonight, I've been up too late every night this week, I've had enough! Everyone be safe while traveling and I'm looking forward to hearing about everybody's trips!!!!!!

Lori - Sorry things haven't improved at work. Can't say there much better for me either. I think the planets are out of alignment or something. Enjoy your weekend with the family!

Paige - Nice job on the closet. Now for the curtains. . . You've really packed it in this summer! Sorry you have to go back to work so soon

Julie - I plan on working on my tan most of the time I am there - actually it will be my primary activity. I have one book to finish and another I'd like to read and I'll have to hit the magazine racks for some mindless garble.

Here is the LINK to the lazboy we decided on. The color is kinda off on the web, but it is close. I think it will go well with the style of our couch and in the end I let him choose the fabric and color. I'm learning to deal with all this. Now we just need to order the bar stools. Oh and move!

I am so excited about our trip!! Then the move!! Wow!

See you ladies later. I'll have my laptop with me while at the beach and might check in at the beginning of next week one evening.

Hey Chickies, yea it's really quite around here!!!

Kerry, I like this one better than the wooden arm one! I hope everyone is having a great time! We had a blast at the lake, add another wish item to the family wish list. Everybody had boats and it really looked fun! Some day my ship will come in and I can sail off! Yea right, then I woke up!

The kids started football practice today and is it hot! Poor guys! And yes I'm doing very poorly with my eating, away only for the weekend is he!! getting back into the swing of things!

Well I'm going to run, but I'll keep checking in!!!!

Bummer!!! First day back to work! I can't believe I have to work another 204 days until next summer!! But who's counting!!!!

Sure is quiet around here. Hope everyone is doing well.

I'm back. I've been doing awful on the diet. I'm just hoping I haven't gained, but I have a bad feeling that I might see a pound or two more on the scale this Friday.

The trip was ok. There was some family drama and some awful things said to me by my younger brother. I don't see any forgiveness in the near future. My SILs SUV got broken into when they were at the water park. Her purse and my mom's got stolen along with cell phones & mp3 player. My older brother and his family ended up leaving a day early. I don't think we'll be doing another family vacation EVER.

I'm closing on the house tomorrow. There are still things not done by the builder, so I am nervous about it. It is SOOO HOT here and I am dreading moving everything in the heat this weekend. We do have some friends coming to help and my folks.

I am trying to just look forward to being in our new house and then going to San Francisco with DH. It will be nice to be settling into our new home and taking a REAL vacation together.

Enough feeling sorry for myself for now. I hope we see some of you around

Welcome back guys!
I had some drama this past Friday when my husband passed out in the bathroom on Friday. I was talking to him one minute while I was getting ready for work and the next thing I know I watch him keeling over in the bathroom! I called 911 and the paramedics took him to the hospital. He is fine, did an EKG. blood work and had him on a heart monitfor for a couple of hours. Everything checked out ok. They sent him home and just chalked it up to a fainting spell. Thank God! Needless to say I was pretty shaken. One good thing that came out of this is that I did not go back to my old ways...normally I would have made this an opportunity to overeat....we did go to breakfast after leaving the hospital, since my husband was starving and I did not want him passing out again! I ate off plan, but I did pretty well. But the main thing is he is ok!
My weigh in wasn't too bad, not great but not bad, down .7lbs.

Lori- welcome back! Glad your trip went well. Must be rough for the little guys playing football in this heat!

Paige-Sorry summer went by so quick! I sometimes think it is harder to go back after being gone a while than it is to just keep working...if that makes any sense.

Kerry-Sorry about your trip! What a nightmare! Any chance of getting your stuff back?

Hey Gang!
I want to blab, blab, blab, but I have no time! I must have had too much coffee today!! I'm all wound up and feel completely unguled! (while I sip on another cup) I had to take the boys to practice tonight, much cooler, but the youngest one was embarrassed he fell when running through the tires (no coordination) He wouldn't get in the car and I had to pee! I wanted to KILL him. Any way we did get home, but late. The family got deep fried bad food and I'm going to try to whip something up for me, tired of the same chicken every day, wish I wouldn't have made so much!

Kerry, glad your home! I can sympathize with the family deal, my SIL asked us to go to Erie with her and her sisters family. Thank goodness DH has a good sense about him, told them we already had plans and came home and said he ain't spending a weekend with the psyco sisters ! Gotta love him, feel so sorry for his brother though! I hope they got all their cards and phones turned off before any damage was done.

Julie, I hope DH is ok, tell him no more skipping breakfast!!! Although he shouldn't be passing out for just no reason either. Where did you take him?? Glad you don't live here in Kittanning, they told my dad he was light headed coz he didn't eat breakfast, two days later he was in Pittsburgh having a triple by-pass. I wouldn't even call our hospital a band-aid station, they don't rank that high! Everyone I know goes gets X-rays, told their fine and sent home. 1-5 days later when some one with a degree looks at the x-rays they get called to come back and get the broken bones set! JERKS!!!

Ok I have to run, miss everybody!!! Talk to you soon!

Julie - that is really scary about your DH! I hope all is well for him now and it's nothing serious in the future. Good job on the loss too! Every little bit you know!?

Lori - Thanks for sharing about DH's lack of participation with his family. My DH is the same way, but it took this nasty situation for me to learn. I wish I would have learned before but hindsigt and all. . . You're boys sound like a hoot! I hope this heat eases soon or I'm going to melt!

I peaked at the scale this morning and I think it says 137. I'm shocked! I'll count for sure tomorrow and it may very well be a 1 lb loss. I hope!

Gotta go work now. TTYL!