Stella - I will gladly give you my life, my dear, minus any heartbreak and frustrations of course! And no plateaus, I wouldn't give you any of those either lol! How was hanging out with CB the other day? Also, you just reminded me with what you were saying to Jess... I totally had a dream about delicious broccoli last night LOL, that's a good sign right? I'm sorry your spin class wasn't what you expected :C Mine has mirrors, but we only keep one light on so it's pretty dim in there. I like the mirrors so that I can stare at myself working hard haha. My class also has constant music. I'm also the baby in my class, which is actually full of moms that I know from around town. Just stick with it until you find the instructor you like! Feel better darling!

Haley - Make the Russian learn to say sweet nothings in other languages lol! I once told my ex Pog me Thorne (gaelic for kiss my @ss) and he thought I said I love you lol! Congrats on being close to Onederland, I bet you make it by the end of March!!!

Forest - I agree with Haley - find your shade of red because I can totally see you rocking it!

Spinning was good today, soreness and having a semi-broken bike aside (seat was stuck because someone put it on too tight and I was sitting too far back), there was awesome songs played in class today and they've put me in a great mood - I have a good feeling that today is going to be a great day!

So have a good one, ladies!

Well, I stepped on the scale and I'm back up to 143. I knew 141 was too good to be true. I've been stuck at 143 since Valentines. I'm really getting sick of that freakin' number! I just want to see a true loss on the scale!

My neighbours finally cut it out. It was getting fairly entertaining, though. Normally, I can't hear a thing between the condos but it's been super nice here and every one's had their windows open lately. I can hear the occasionally sound but never like last night. I went downstairs to watch TV so I'm not entirely sure how it ended. But it was definitely a nasty fight. The guy's a total prick. I've hear the way he talks it her and it's definitely "I'm the man, you're the woman" kind of thing. In the summer when we're out on the patios I can hear him talking down to her and telling her to get them another beer, that kind of thing. He and the boys sit on the deck and smoke cigars (which is a whole 'nother issue!) while she gets them beer and does the dishes. In case you haven't figured it out I don't like the guy.

Mary - Yeah, the jerk got me sick. It was fine, but he was a little off - possibly the beginning of a cold - I just emailed him to say I was making soup (he likes my soup) and if he wanted to come over I'd share - he replied "I wish I got this yesterday because I'm home, sick in bed." I want to drive over there and strangle him. If I'm going to get sick from him, I'd AT LEAST like to make out with him. Silly boy. My original plan was to work until 6 - that maaaay not happen. I got here at 8 (yay for spinning making me early) so I can leave at 4:30, in theory.

I was down to 200 today!

Haven't been exercising much. Shin splints are killing me. But somehow I've managed to be down 5 pounds since last Monday. I'll take it, I guess! I know diet has a lot to do with it, and I've been checking myself really well with that. I know it's that much probably because I'm just getting back into the swing of things, and that first part always comes really fast. I'm going to start pushing myself with exercise again as soon as I can heal up my leg. I've been doing stretches and it's feeling better a bit but everytime I attempt to do something requiring walking for more than perhaps 15 or 20 minutes, it starts throbbing again.

Stella - Awwww, how far away does he live? Perhaps you can take an adventure to drop off some soup to him

He doesn't live far, but I've never been to his house - the story is his dad moved in with his girlfriend, so he "gave" CB his house for the time being - except the house needs a little work. CB is adamant about fixing the house up before I see it, so he probably wouldn't go for that. I invited him over Thursday for some soup and bread machine bread.

Aww that means he likes you

MMMMHMMM....

When do I get invited over for bread machine bread?!?!?!?!!

Is it sad that I have a bread machine and we never use it?

I got back from my site visits early, so I have time to check in I'm going to update this post as I go along:

Haley- congrats on 80lbs lost! you are right, I have a MAC store near me and I should just go in and ask for help finding the right shade for me. and a good foundation.

Shan- My upstairs neighbors in my old duplex were a large source of me buying my own single-family home. I heard them having cursing screaming matches (at least they were equally verbally abusive), having sex, throwing up, blasting techno on saturday mornings...blarg.

Stella- My spin class varies a lot class to class, depending on the instructor and sometimes even the same instructor but a different group or different music. I hope yours is better next time. Can you ask them to turn down the lights? Some days my instructor only plugs in the xmas lights and some days the lights are all the way up, depending on what people want. The instructors also take requests for songs, too.

A bread machine?! Dear Stella, can I eat your bread machine bread when I get back to DC please? Can we make lots and lots of yummy bread and start our own business and get rich and famous? Fix CB up He'll love you for that.

Feral - My shower turned into shower + sleep. Sorry to leave you hanging! Hope I was at least amusing for 5 minutes haha. Ninja kick.

I wish I would just hurry up and get on TOM already. So bloated

Jess - I'll make loaves of it for you, as long as you take it out of my house.

I actually haven't used that thing since I moved into my apartment - I don't trust myself, I WILL eat an entire loaf myself.

Forest - yeah, I figured it'll be different - I'm going to shop around the different instructors until I find one I like. I'm just used to the 5 am class being a little more upbeat. They don't have the types of lights you can "turn down" - unfortunately, I asked. Some instructors prefer it dark (which is awesome) but the morning class is a LIGHTS ON class. I'll cope. I'll just have to deal with watching myself

And yeah, the way things are looking, CB is going to have to fix me up. I went for a walk at lunch and fresh air made me feel better, but being back inside I'm all sniffly. We're going out for happy hour (because I alcohol right now /eye roll) and then I'm going to have some soup - I really think this is just allergies. I need my neti pot, Zyrtec and soup - stat. A coworker also suggests a shot of jaeger - prescribed by his (crazy) German grandmother. I trust old world wisdom, so happy hour it is.

Stella - Haha, yes, respect your elders and GO DRINK SOME ALCOHOL! I'm pretty sure alcohol does clear your sinuses, right? Hope you don't feel worse for it in the morning.

Jess - Back when I still got my period I always hated the feeling of waiting for it to come. It's such a tease Your bloating will resolve soon I am sure.

Feral - I envy you for not having a hangover, but are you sure you weren't just still drunk? Cause that has happened to me before.

Stella - I wish I had a boy so we could get each other sick ^_^ You and CB are so cute. He is very lucky, and especially because he gets bread and soup!

Shan - I got a laugh out of that fight your neighbors were having. If I were you I would have been waiting for the sound of plates crashing or some other violent noises. I get scared when people get angry sounding. But I'm a pansy like that.

Everlasting - Congrats on hitting 200! Next up, onederland! Sorry about your shin splints. It's hard to know when it is okay to start pushing yourself again, until you try and then sometimes it sets you back a little bit. Take it easy on yourself.

Jules - you took pictures of the shoes by now right? We want to see. Would there be any possibility of you being eligible for financial aid if you cut back on your hours? One of my roommates is doing that... But I know they have some odd restrictions. It would be great if you could get back to the whole school thing. At least not having to pay for a traffic ticket is a step in the right direction! (or at least not the wrong one)

Me - So I saw that nutritionist today. She did not have the results of my labs, sadly, I'll have to wait until at least Friday to get those, but it was still rather productive. We talked through my whole weight/eating history, she was NOT overly critical of my diet, and she was really nice. It was not until today that I admitted to myself that I actually do have an eating disorder. I'm not anorexic or bulimic (I guess that means EDNOS - Eating Disrder Not Otherwise Specified?), but my whole entire life revolves around my weight and food to the point where I can hardly make myself care about anything else and I am becoming more and more miserable and trapped in my eating rituals and have no friends anymore. But anyway, this week's assignment is to not weigh myself or track any of my calories. I am really scared, but I have to take a leap of faith for the healing to begin. And hopefully I will find something out on friday that will help in the process too. Thanks for listening to my woes Oh yeah, I am also officially in a new job today that starts Monday. Like I needed something else to stress about, but intellectually I know it is a good and exciting thing! I just hope I have enough energy and willpower to DO the job.

Teff ~ Good luck with this week's challenge! I am sure it will be tough to not peek at the scale or add up any of the calories, but you definitely have the right attitude! It is a good and exciting thing

Stella ~ Happy Hour all in the name of health Sounds like a plan!!! Hope you're feeling better.

Me ~ The doctor's appointment went pretty well. She was complimenting me galore about my weight loss and then was laughing at me because the doctor's scale's number started with a 2.....I haven't had a 2 start my weight in over a year!!!! I complained about that and she said that it's all relative since her scale would have had me at a higher starting weight to begin with.

I talked with her about my foot and she looked at it some. She was squeezing and whatnot and it only hurt in one specific area when she did that. I told her about the aching and how it really only hurts when I'm standing on it. She said that that was good because it most likely meant that I just did something to it to cause some "trauma" but that if it wasn't throbbing when I was just sitting down, it is probably just inflamed and not broken or anything really bad. She told me to take 2 Aleve when I wake up and when I go to bed and if it doesn't get any better in a week to call back and she will have it looked at closer. I had to have blood work done and my lovely female exam, so it was a packed appointment. And then I went to the gym this afternoon and was running on the treadmill when I realized that it probably wasn't a good idea since I had had blood taken earlier that afternoon. Oops

Hopefully the Aleve will work. I realized after the appointment that even though I've been complaining about the achy pain, I haven't been taking anything for it. I just forget and/or am usually too lazy to remember to take pain medicine for anything, so hopefully this will do the trick.

teff, the fight started to get funny after a while. It became one of those "well three years ago you didn't make the bed and because of that you're a jerk!!!!" kind of fight. I had to laugh when I heard him start on her mom. I had harder time hearing what she said, because her voice is soft but her was just ragging on her mom for a while there. I think at one point they were arguing about pooper scooping. The fight was loud, and yes I was waiting for something to hit the wall, but it was just so ridiculous! This coming from a girl who's never really fought with her bf, so I just don't understand. But it was amusing, at least from my point of view! I'm also glad, that you managed to have a good talk with your dr. Ahh, the EDNOS.... the psychiatric field has a lot of those "well something's definitely not right with you, but we're not entirely sure what is. So we'll kinda give you a title, but we don't really know what's wrong...." But I'm glad you have some sort of area you can focus on. It's a step in the right direction.

stella, I too have a bread machine, which I'm afraid to use! Mostly, because I know that I will sit there and eat the entire loaf right out of the pan. Bread and I are more like frienemies. So I try not to eat it or have it around. However, I am still contemplating, an ice cream maker, coz that's exactly what I need on this weight loss journey!

Everlasting, I have shin splints too, couple them with bad knees and running is like a distant dream. I try then I'm outta commission for weeks. I feel your pain! Hope they clear up soon.

Jules, we must see the shoes! I personally love shoes so I want to see them. It's tough for school. I'm in the same boat. I had to take in a roommate to pay my mortgage and small loan, save like crazy and hit up the parents for a bit of money. It's definitely been tough. But good for you for wanting to go back to school. It's definitely not easy.

Chele, glad things went well with the dr. I'm glad your foot isn't too serious. A pain for sure, but at least not too serious.

I was supposed to get some work done on my 3 hour break between classes, but ran into a friend and we sat and chatted for like 2.5 hours. She my bf's friend's gf. If that makes sense. So we're not really friends, but after taking to her today I really like her and we're actually really similar. I don't have a lot of girlfriends so I'd love to get to know her better. She's trying to convince me to take riding lesson with her in the spring. We both used to be competitive riders and really miss it so she thought it would be fun to ride together. We also think we're going to sign up for Toastmasters (yes, we're lame!). I want to keep my pubic speaking skill up and she wants to improve her's so we thought it would be kind of fun.

Because I didn't get any work done, this afternoon I'm going to head to my bf's office after class. He's going to be working late organizing the new place so I'm going to catch up on some work in one of the other offices. It's not really spending time with him, but at least will still be in the same vicinity.

My eye feels like its going to explode...I hate sinuses. hate hate hate.