Cyn-It took 2 1/2 years before my husband really understood that my fear of flying wasn't from crashing, it was fear of humiliation.

Carol-I have often tried to explain to people that losing weight has to be the most selfish thing we ever do. It only works if we do it for ourselves, by ourselves. Diet buddies or exercise buddies can fall away, and losing weight for an anniversary, reunion, spouse or child just puts the emphasis on the wrong thing.

Annie-When it comes to deciding on a career direction, keep in mind jobs that are recession proof. My fear is that personal trainers or massages might be one of the things people cut from their budget if things get worse.

I'm feeling better, so hopefully I just had one of those low energy days that I get. Just going to do some more sewing and puttering in the mean time.

Hello again!

The dynamic golden duo and I are going to Raleigh for the long weekend. I'm hoping to get back soon enough to mow the lawn. The little bit of rain we've had made my weeds grow exponentially.

Bernice, the word and brick wall concept is a great visualization. Give me the weekend to think of a word. This is a great exercise for me because I've been lacking in motivation these past few weeks.

GTL200, oh, I understand about doing too much shoveling!! I once broke up a concrete pad using a 17lb x 5ft lever.. I have never hurt so bad! Hugs to you!

My sister learned to can her salsa this past weekend. She makes it with cucumbers and rice vinegar. If I find the recipe, I'll post it. Most people think "ewww cucumber salsa?", but EVERYONE becomes immediately addicted once they taste it. I'll let everyone know if the canning did anything to the flavor or crispness.

Hugs and Luv,
Rat

Julee: The brand is "Bariatric Advantage". They are specially formulated for bariatric patients. Thanks for the congrats. Hugs.

Debi: I will be praying for your family and hubby.

Anne: Thanks for the salsa info.

Rat: Have a fun trip and a safe trip.

Carol: I think I will try to freeze some. What's the worst that could happen. lol.

Brenda: I hope you get to rest up

Catherine: Thanks for the job thoughts. I went and got information from the massage therapist school and am now leaning even more heavily towards personal training with emphasis on water type exercises. The physical Therapist aid is still in the mix too.

I was supposed to have a pap today and when I got there someone had cancelled my appointment. Poo. I was able to see my Dr. for a quick appt. regarding my letter I need for Voc rehab and also some meds I am taking. I will reschedule for the pap test for 2 weeks from now she said.

Weigh in today was down 2 pounds. I have updated my ticker to reflect it. Hopefully next week will be out of the 240's forever. I hope everyone enjoys the long weekend and stays safe and op.

Blessings all,
Annie

Stink our weekend just got messed up. DH got a dispatch to take an empty trailer to Jackson TN to pick up a load. And will not be back till Monday its 840 mile one way. He owes work a favour so might as well do it now or knowing our luck the favour would get called in on our anniversary weekend! I will still take the kids to the farmers market and to see all the grandparents tomorrow. But its just odd to be at his folks with him not there. Strange that after 10 yrs I still am not comfortable. Oh well suck it up for the kids Julia! If the kids have to learn to play nice so do I. LOL Well MIL is to old heehee evil laugh. Cant teach an old beotch new tricks. Funny shes not even that old. Just really witchy! DH took DD with him. It will be her first trip with Dad in the truck cross border. She is scared and excited all at the same time and has called twice wantimg me to chase them down the highway to come and get her. So I talk her down and she is ready to go and have an adventure and to to either Bob Evans or Cracker Barrel for dinner one night since we dont have them here in Canada.

Have a great evening chicks!

Weigh in was a gain of .8 I guess i am in lucky its only that much. Dieting was so easy yesterday...and im praying it will continue to be easy over this weekend. I am not really please with my numbers for aug. I only lost about 3lbs for the whole month. I know I have to exercise to lose and i have not been doing it. I will have a day or so where I do great and then slack off the rest of the week. I know exercise is the secret for me.
I know everyone just about is going thru the same thing..so lets get our bodies moving this in sept.
Update on hubby..he is some calmer since we increased a couple of meds. He has slept the past 2 nights and that is such an improvement over the past week..he had only been getting about 3 hours a night and sleep is a big KEY to mental health.
hugs to all

Morning Peeps - happy last weekend of summer. Where did it go? It was 57 this morning here - not very summer like.

Debi - you're doing great - maybe the body needs to catch up with itself. Don't worry about the gain - stay the course.

Hope you all have a great weekend - be safe please.

Hugs,
Carol

happy Saturday all...

Today I have a birthday party to go to. My cousins son..guess that would be my 2nd cousins..is turning 2! He loves curious George..and his party theme is Pirates..Just for fun I am going to wear an eye patch. Hey the kids can't ahve all the fun.

Hubby and Oldest son went to the Cardinals/Broncos football game last night. WE ARE BRONCO FANS!!! The Broncos won...it was their first game together...they had so much fun

Hope everyone has a great and safe weekend...toodles

Cyn-the word thing.......was something I was thinking about to give us all a mental/emotionial challange about our weight loss struggles...........find a word to describe your struggle through this journey.........I am going to create a graphic of a brick wall because it feels like a brick wall stops us from obtaining our goals.........but in reality it is just a few words......I am going to place the words on the wall........I am hoping to evaluate these terms and see where & if they apply to me and attempt to remove each brick one by one to create a path to walk on rather than a wall to block my path.......hoping this will give others reason to evaluate those things that "block" them and help them remove those blocks and make a pathway for theirselves as well.

waiting on DS to arrive should be her in an hour or so!!!! probably wont see much of me for the next couple of days but know that I will be thinking about all of you!

Pray for us and this Fostering thing..........we went to class today and quite a bit more confused LOL........DH & I both feel God wants us to go down this path..........so we will just follow his lead......and wait and see......

Anne, thanks so much for the input on the jam. I think I will use real sugar since really, for a tablespoon, it isn't that much. I don't want to waste the berries if it didn't turn out right with the sugar sub.

Annie, Happy anniversary to you two!!! That's a long time! Jim and I will get there some day. Ours was back in May, but we didn't do that much for it then. We didn't find rings that we really liked,so we're going to save some more money and buy nicer ones. It will just be a bit longer.
That's fantastic news on being in a commercial for your success! Maybe you'll be then next superstar!

Ratkity, have fun with the furbabies!

Cyn, enjoy your long weekend

gtl200, how ya feeling today? Better I hope.

Catherine, Carol, Debi, Bernice, and all my other chickies

Julia, have you heard from hubby and daughter? How's she doing now? Enjoy your quiet time.

It's a beautiful day out today. Sunny and nice. We went out and bought the Mario Cart for the Wii and have been playing that all day. YOu would think we would of been outside! We are going to go out later and pull out some trees. Not much else happening.
Have a good weekend!
Debbie

Long boring day here..but nice and quite..didnt really do anything..but sat around.
I did get some exercise in this morning.
going to go and lay on the couch and be lazy some more..

Hi all,

Julia: I hope you survived your visit to In laws. Hugs.

Debi:Sorry that you are up a tiny bit. Hugs. It is probably water weight. Glad to hear that your dh is sleeping and doing a bit better.

Carol: Enjoy your last weekend of summer. I'm bummed. It wasn't very warm here and it is supposed to rain tomorrow. UGH! Oh well, it is what it is. We went yard sale shopping today.

Cyn: Hope you have fun at the birthday party.

Bernice: I think you would be a fantastic foster parent. Have a great time with your DS.

Debbie: Superstar! lol. You are too funny. Hugs.

Got some great buys at a yard sale today. We got an ab machine thing made by "Body By Jake" and another Gazelle type thing. I love them both and hope that they will inspire not only me but my DH to do them too. He has a tummy on him but other than that he is pretty good shape. We are supposed to sit down and make a plan for our finances and also for our physical fitness routine for both of us. Wish us luck. I just want him involved so he will do it too. He has been a bit jealous lately of some attention I have been getting from men and is feeling like he needs to get into shape. I talked with him this morning and told him I only love, want him so, hopefully that helps. Men, lol.

Okay ladies, My dog is crying at the door so I better go see what is wrong with him.

Blessings all,
Annie

Annie - I wish I had the patience to do garage sales - you and Debi always seem to find great deals. I have a tough time looking at my own "treasures" let alone someone elses. We do plan to have a sale in early October - our little town does city wide twice a year.

I'm pouting this morning - we have company and they are in the master bedroom - which is where the scale is. I miss my morning WI.

I'm looking forward to a wonderful day with friends and family by the pool. I hope to get in plenty of exercise with some intense water volleyball games. I built a fire last night in the fire table - it was nice to sit and watch it while we waited on our friends to arrive - I gave up at 1130 - DH said he watched it until 1.

Enjoy your day - please be safe.

Hugs to all,
Carol

I just heard last night that my town is on the list for a 150 mile long yardsale in oct. I am so pumped..cant decide to shop it or if i want to have one and make some money off it.LOL This is the 1st one in our area so im not sure it will get alot of attention but it might be alot of fun!!
Son and his wife are coming home today. I am excited..i still havent got to feel the baby move yet and she is due in 7 weeks so im hoping i can feel her today. seems like she is taking after her daddy and being a little toot and not moving when im around
Not alot of anything going on here today otherwise..gotta do some house work and then go to church..just having sandwiches for lunch and pizza for dinner from a local place my kids worked at during high school. Its kinda written in stone if they are here and its open its what we eat. lol
hugs to all

I got to feel my granddaughter kick today!! I am so excited!! I ate a bit to much but sure enjoyed my day!! hugs to all