Very impressive, Becky. That would have pushed me right over the edge.

Mindy! Yay, happy to be hanging in the same thread again Yes, beautiful baby! No, not easy to lose that weight. But for that sweet little muffin baby (and yourself) you will!!!

Saef, welcome home

Michelle, those little buggers love me also. And, although I hate using bug spray, it's simply required sometimes.

How did I miss 4 pages of our new thread!!!

Hello to all

Sorry about the frustrations Becky-- that would have put me over the edge too!

Mindi-- I'm impressed that you're even *thinking* about exercising so soon after having your baby. Is she your first? I certainly wasn't thinking about exercise at all when I had a new one!

Still super itchy! These bug bites are stubborn.

But my worse problem is myself. Sigh. Not a good food day yesterday and the scale is WAY WAY up today. I knew I overate at lunch so barely had anything for dinner but the scale is still up to an obscene level. I have to weigh in at Weight Watchers on Saturday-- I would have thought that would have been incentive-- but I think I was feeling a bit cocky that I didn't gain on my trip. Guess I blew that one!

I bought an unlimited 3 month pass to my bikram yoga studio because I'm hoping to go more often. I had been buying a 10 pass but it's more expensive if you go often. So, today's plans include bikram yoga this morning, and hopefully U-Jam tonight. My days are numbered with younger dd before she goes to college so I'm trying to do stuff with her when she isn't tied up with friends-- that is where my lunch indulgences happened yesterday-- we got our nails done and then lunch. We also went and saw Katy Perry (in 3D) last night with a couple of her friends and another mom. Good movie and I didn't have any popcorn or anything else.

Becky, Shannon, hope you guys find less stress around the next corner.

A few of us went swimming in a beautiful swimming hole/waterfall/creek nestled in the woods in the Schoharie Valley after work yesterday. It was almost 100 degrees Fahrenheit here in eastern NY so it was very, very refreshing. I am trying to ignore the unflattering swimsuit photos and the fact that I haven't lost the weekend blip as fast as I "should" have, as well as the fact that I weigh 3.4 lbs more today than I did a week ago.

Becky, hang in there you are doing great. A financial bombshell like you received would deserve a pan of brownies or some other calorie laden comfort food for me .Good for you for sticking to your plan.

I believe this gained vacation weight is stuck with me. I had lot 1.5 pounds, but then gained it back again. I'm now standing at a .5 pound loss, but I'm still sitting at 153 instead of 149 like my ticker states. I'm contemplating changing the ticker which really rubs me the wrong way, but I can't go on pretending.

I'm fighting a headache this morning. I think it's similar to the one I had over the weekend--sinus in nature. I get kind of light headed and kind of dizzy, but not really dizzy. So hard to explain. But I did find that Tylenol sinus does help, so if it doesn't go away on it's own soon, I will have to take some.

Becky, so sorry about your DH not informing you of his not being able to cover your DS's tuition bill. That does suck.

Mindi, so sorry that you couldn't get your planned workout done.

Kittycat...it's good to be back!!!

Michele, I even worked out regularly during my entire pregnancy!. Never missed a single day! It was hard going without any workout for me after Laney came. I made it 4 weeks and then got released for a light workout.

I'll get one in today, somehow. Leaving for a convention at a hotel without a gym tomorrow through Saturday Blah.

Hi all,

Got on the scale this morning and surprised to see it holding steady in a good way. So I've reached a 'plateau'. Really due to quantity of intake in this heat rather than quality... Funny, when I think of the % of my total weight fluctuates, it's really nothing, but on the scale it's something.
I'm feeling my upper body after yesterday's weight-fest. So fewer heavy reps to exhaustion seems to be both time and physiologically efficient. Having given myself 'permission' - rather than 'edict' to exercise in this heat leaves me looking forward to some ab work later this evening. Hopefully during a cooling thunderstorm.

Stay strong and cool everyone

Becky - wow, that would have sent me into a tailspin of eating and crazy, good on you for not giving in to it. And it is pretty terrible of DH to not give you some warning on that.

Saef - We have some health issues in the household that are worrying me, but nothing that has been diagnosed yet. So we are waiting for results to come back that could be nothing or could be terrible. That is driving me a little crazy. DSS is doing okay on his meds - he seems less angry and more stable, though he has in the last several days started to return to glares and defiance and refusal when he doesn't want to do a thing. So far he isn't hitting, which is good. We have learned that he has no coping skills - in the past when he was frustrated he would lose it and have a fit - kick, throw, hit, scream, whatever. He would get in trouble, get punished, be sullen for a while and then be okay. Now he isn't jumping to the hitting and kicking and screaming, but he very obviously doesn't know what to do. He cries easily, freaks out over small things, and has started to be terrified of things that used to not bother him. And still sleeps in a pullup with no concern whatsoever about peeing in it overnight. We are three weeks away from school, and while the big issue seems to be better the refusal to do a thing is going to cause some trouble I'm afraid. Just because he's quieter about it doesn't mean he actually thinks school work is important - his therapist says he needs to work on his bossiness, and he will quickly tell you he is smarter than everyone else around him so why does he need to do XYZ. We also have a good friend in the midst of a troublesome divorce plus getting fired during it - he has a tendency to be needy in the best of times, and that has really ramped up in recent weeks. Called at 6:30 the other morning on the way to his new job. Just wanted to chat with DH in the car on the way down. I've responded to what seem like constant demands by eating too much, though I did get my exercise back on track last week. The bad diet last week plus 85 degrees and humidity of 94% led to a not so great performance in a race on Sunday, which I'm refusing to forgive myself for even though everyone who ran it said it was hard and almost killed them. So lots of things adding up to badness that I'm having a hard time getting perspective on. I need to work on my coping skills, too. Though writing it all down was nice. Thanks. But, unrelated to me - I'm glad that you are getting to be back in your apartment. Once you get settled and everything is turned back on and working you will feel better about the space, I'm sure.

Mindi - That is annoying that you have to go back today for shots. Ack. I'm glad that she is doing so well, though!

Allison - sorry the vacay weight isn't going away.

Krampus - I'm sure that you were beautiful in your bathing suit photos. We are always our worst critic.

Michele - when does DD leave for school?

kitty - I missed a lot of the new thread, too. We are chatty this month.

Exhale - glad the scale is holding steady. I've noticed the percentage, too - I ran a graph of my weight since December and I've been within about the same five pounds, sometimes around the higher end, sometimes the lower end. But really, five pounds. A small percentage of my total, but really pushes me crazy on the scale...

Dagmar - glad the chiro is helping! Yay!

to everyone else!

kitty, back atcha!

michele, I'd advise you to enjoy the time with DD, indulgences and all, and then get right back to program. You know how to do this!

krampus, if the two-week rule is indeed true, you just have to keep doing what's been working for you. That swim sounds wonderful!

bargoo, thanks! I was so surprised and mad I just kept busy on the bunny cage, and then the tiredness from the last couple nights hit.

allison, I wouldn't write off the whoosh quite yet ... but you could still act like you did and then be even more thrilled! We'll get to south of 150 again soon.

Mindi, the fact that you have enough energy to even consider a workout this soon is amazing to me! That baby weight doesn't have a chance!

exhale, this weather's knocked me for a loop too. It's hard to want to do anything when it's triple digits outside. Yuck!

shannon, big to you. Congrats on just GOING to the race, as well as finishing! Glad to hear that DSS's meds are working. From what I understand, some of them take a while to work. (cross fingers).

Thanks for the support, everyone. I touched base with DS's school, and they revised the contract to two payments. I can write the first one without a lot of juggling, and since the other's not due til late October, I have all sorts of new options. So, the primary concern is handled. Now I'm left with figuring out how DH managed to wipe out a fairly large account, which happens to be the only one we don't jointly hold. That might be an awkward conversation, especially if he reverts to his traditional joke of "what's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine." The comeback is, "That's not how the divorce lawyers are gonna see it." I say, Bring. It. I'd rather be poor and know where every dime goes than have to deal with this %^&*. What I have to stop doing is assuming that I know what he's going to say.

Becky, stay calm , I say that because I know I wouldn't be able to.I have found that at stressful times like these that it is helpful to write it all down, If necessary resort to your written list of questions , You deserve to know what is going on even though it is not a joint account. The way he handles that account has a definite effect on DS and you . I am sure you kniow all this I am just trying to give you some moral support.

I felt like a sweat-soaked sponge while driving my mother's minivan Upstate for five hours today in the heat, which hasn't yet broken here. I had to shut off the air conditioning to keep it powered up & moving fast in the Catskills when going up the side of mountains. That meant feeling the full force of the sun beating through the big windshield onto me. I was surprised the seat didn't have a huge dark splotch of sweat on it when I finally unglued myself at the rest area.

I have no idea what my weight is, but I have snacked a lot on roasted almonds and because my oven isn't working yet, have been eating refrigerated raw veggies, Trader Joe's salmon & hummus wraps, Trader Joe's gazpacho, and pieces of flank steak that I took down with me.

I'm drinking & drinking to get rid of a slightly light-headed feeling which must be dehydration. I was drinking while driving, too -- nonalcoholic beverages like iced coffee and diet Pepsi and San Pellegrino and water. But I swear that I was sweating it out faster than I was replacing it.

I'll make the drive again this Sunday with another load of stuff. In this weather, I will hate even lightly touching my sweaters and winter coats to load them into the back of the minivan.

Saef. Gatorade. Electrolytes. Very important. And watch out for heat exhaustion--make sure you're drinking cool to cold liquids.

Jay

There's a lower cal Gatorade called Gatorade G2 which is quite tasty and refreshing. I usually have a bottle or two while out in the searing heat and it doesn't provoke the sugar response the way diet cola does.

Dagmar

I have given up the diet cola! It's "official" - haven't had one in over a month. . Except I broke down last night and drank one at a movie, along with eating the too salty popcorn I didn't really want either.

Do any of you get alternatives from the movie snack bar? Or smuggle in your own stuff? And what do you usually purchase/bring in?

Dagmar

Sympathizing with all those suffering from the heat. We had it for ten days, then it started raining about 5pm yesterday. DW was ecstatic, we so need this rain. Then the lights went out before 6pm and have been out all night. Not so good.

I'm checking in from an all night coffee shop enjoying the pre-dawn crowd. Neat folks; It's not the doctors, lawyers, and soccer moms out here at this time.