Good Sunday morning!! I made out ok shopping for clothes yesterday. I bought 2 outfits, could have bought more, but, don't want to go overboard on the smaller size until I see if I can stay there. I was so shocked! The pants in my drawer that are too big are size 12, and I ended up buying 2 pair of size 8's yesterday, not stretch waist either!! I don't know what's wrong with me though, even in the smaller size, I feel "lumpy". It's so frustrating. I still feel I could lose another 10-20 pounds.

Kempy,

Thanks for the idea of using applesauce in the brownies instead of the oil. Unfortunately, I tried that once, and they just weren't the same, lol. When I have chocolate, it has to taste good. I have tried so many low fat chocolate desserts, and I think the missing sugar is what kills the taste for me. Great job on the loss! Is electrolysis painful?

Angie,

Good job on the loss! I wish I had eaten tuna on crackers instead of the browine, but, I guess, at least if I was going to cheat, it was on something yummy, lol.

Noelle,

EWWW, that must have been gross! Congrats on the loss! You are doing great!

Tonya,

I think 126 is great! I wish I were there. 5'4 isn't that short! Yea, my TOM is coming in about a week as well. I get lazy with food and sometimes exercise during this time as well.

Julie,

Mmmmm brownies are my favorite too, lol. They are sooo bad for me though. I have tried low fat, not fat, etc, and they just don't cut it. My other bad food is m&m's.

Hello to trouble in china, Donna, everyone else! Talk with you later!

Holly

Good Morning. I made it through yesterday. I ate more cake than I should have but hey at least it was a lowfat cake right.

Donna, OP means On Plan and TOM means Time of the Month. It took me a bit to figure them out when I first found this sight too. China sounds so interesting. I bet you will be happy to be back home though.

Holly, I usually make my brownies from a box the same way I do my cakes. I use only egg whites and no oil. They come out denser but other than that they take care of my cravings. Congrats on the new clothes sizes. You deserve it!! I can relate to lumpy.

Well it is Monday again and I still hate my job. I hate to unload all of this again on all of you but I am just so confused as to what to do. I am in a good mood from Wednesday at 5 until Monday morning the second I walk in the front door here. I just can't stand the way I feel when I am here. I am just so unhappy. I hate to be miserable and I know that it shows on my face. I don't know what to do to fix it. I figured out the other day that is I went full time right now in school I could finish in time for my July boards. I just need to know if I could afford it or not. I hate being so mad all of the time but I don't know if the check book would allow me to stop work and just go to school.

Do any of you have any ideas about what I can do?

Kempy, do you have an option for student loans?

I've been where you are, and you have to get out of there before it destroys you.

Are there any other options for you, such as taking a job someplace else, or temp work? What about finding a cheaper place to live?

Good luck with this.

Anna

Anan I am already in school so paying for that is not the problem. We own our house so I don't think we can move. I am figuring out today what I can do financially. I am going to ack my hubby what he thinks we can do. I know he feels my pain I mean he sees it inmy face and hears it in my voice when i talk to him about being here. I just really don't see why I am here sometimes. I feel like the boss does things that make me look bad and I really don't need that. I know I am not going to be here for the rest of my life and I don't know how much longer I can stick it out right now.

Good Morning girls!! Well, I survived my first weekend OP. Yeah! Now of course we have Valentine's Day coming up and If any of you remember last year that I like to make special desserts for everyone so this will be a test for me this year. I dont think I am going to worry so much about my scale as I am about how well I am eating. In order for me to lose weight quickly I usually workout for at least an hour but mostly an hour and a half and eat next to nothing. I am not going to do that this time. I cant force myself on the machines for that long for some reason this winter(when spring comes I will go back to my 6 miles of walking every day though because I just enjoy that)

I ate one of my Blue Bunny yogurts last night. YUM!!! I had the coconut creme pie one and it actually had flakes of coconut in it plus it was tangy like yogurt. I will definately buy more of those this weekend. They are fat free and only 80 calories plus they are sweetened with splenda.

Here is a poem my aunt sent to me. I thought it was cute so here it is.
It's winter in Maine
And the gentle breezes blow,
70 miles per hour at 52 below!
Oh, how I love Maine
When the snow's up to your butt.
You take a breath of winter air
And your nose, it freezes shut.
Yes, the weather here is wonderful,
So I guess I'll hang around.
But I could never leave Maine
'Cause I'm frozen to the ground!!!

Kempy, I feel for you so bad. I wished there was some way that you could swing it to get it done sooner too. Just hang on to the fact that you will be out of there in less than a year. {{{{{KEMPY}}}}}}

Good Morning Girls

Gosh Kempy I wish there was something I could say to make you feel better. Like Angie said you won't be there next year at this time. What about getting a part time evening or part time weekend job so you could go full time during the week. Don't feel bad about anything, I feel like I can tell all of you guys everything.

Angie I liked the poem, thought it was funny. I will have to look into that yogurt. I just love coconut. Good idea about thinking about Spring. It is not that far away and you will be back to walking outside!

As for me my weekend was fine I did alot of cleaning and picking up toys and putting away winter decorations. Until last night I looked at my husband at around 8:30 and said oh my god I don't feel good. So I was pretty sick throwing up (sorry tmi) last night. I hope it was something I ate because I don't want the kids to get it. I just felt like I was going to die. But I feel pretty okay this morning. I really want to try and stay on track this week. And get the scale moving. Chat later girls. Julie

Julie, I am glad that you are feeling better today. I dont think I have ever had that happen to me but Jay has and oh boy dont I feel bad for him when it happens.

Where is everyone today?

Hey Angie I am here again checking in. What are ya making for dinner tonight. Yesterday I made a pork roast in the oven and shredded it. I am either going to add some bbq sauce and make sandwiches on buns or shredded pork enchiladas. I don't know if I will eat either but once the smell of it cooking I might eat a little. Just so much left over of the meat.

Noelle come out and chat today ? My hus likes to watch COPS on Saturday nights and I was watching it along with him and they had an episode from HI. It looks so beautiful there. Even the streets look so clean and the medians have flowers on them. The policeman were not to bad looking either !

I was looking at swimsuits online this weekend and there are really cute ones out there. They now have takinis, its like a tank top with a bikini bottom. Everyone has probally heard of them except me. So cute. I think I am going to get a black suit this year. Some of them actually look like lingerie. Well I will check in later to see if anyone drops in ! Julie

Hi Julie, I made fat free hot dogs for supper tonight. I had a bit of a snack attack after work so I ate some tootsie rolls and a handfull of fat free chips. I just feel like munching today. I have since I woke up.

My house is finally listed on the realtors web sight. YEAH!!!! Now for someone in town to be looking for a house....That could take a while since my town only has 1500 people in it.

Hey guys,

Kempy, keep us posted with the job. I'm glad your husband is so supportive of you. I hope something works out for you soon. I remember having a job like that. I used to have nightmares about my boss.

As for poems about snow... *sniff* I wanna come home!!! I miss snow! (Okay, maybe I'm glad I missed the nasty windchill and all that stuff this winter, but still.) It's already spring here, and the birds are out. I've never lived this far south before in my life, so I'm so confused. Isn't winter supposed to last until May?

I did my Wu Shu last night and I sucked. It really showed that I hadn't practiced all break. I figured I hadn't worked that hard, but this morning I'm sore, so I guess I did. I hate feeling so kluzty. Sadly, I'm probably teaching my instructor far too many curse words. The only time I swear in China is when I'm falling over during my Wu Shu class.

I'm alternately mad at myself for eating chocolate last night, and not mad at myself because I only ate three peices and then stopped. I haven't had chocolate in so long, it's hard to resist, especially when I'm feeling down about everything. I also didn't indulge myself in coke, although I intended to.

My morning class was great today. I hope my two afternoon ones are just as good. God, I love these kids. My Junior kids are usually great. My senior kids are awful. They just hate being there, and it really shows.

Ah well, good luck everyone!

Anna

Well I have good news and bad news. The good news is I dropped another pound. The bad news is that I can't stop working. trust me that is very bad news. Joe kept telling me how sorry he was b/c I couldn't stop. He knows how it kills me here. I just have to think of a way to change my attitude while I am here. I don't know where to start though. If I look at it as how many days I have to work it is only about 60. I only work 3 days a week and I think I am going to push for July being my last month here. I figured I could push the business while I am waiting to take the boards in October. That will just give me something to work for. I am determined now more than ever to pay off stuff so that when the time does come I can leave this **** hole.

So, what are you guys up to? It is nasty and raining here today and is suposed to be like this until Saturday afternoon.

Thanks for all of your support yesterday.

Kempy, Where you will be working at the salon that is teaching you when you graduate is there any way they could give you a job now just doing odds and ends around the place until you take your boards? You never know, it could help give you a feel for the place and stuff. Just a thought. It is all I could come up with for help. Not much help I know.

Well, I had a major snack attack last night!! I knew it was going to be a bad day when I woke up and just wanted to eat. (you know the days) Well, I overate but it was fat free yogurt,merengues,and wow chips so in my book it was still a success. (right now I will take all I can) Especially since I really wanted really bad foods.

It is warm here today 35-40 degrees expected highs. But the roads and sidewalks are all screwed up from the last snowstorm so no walking. Then tomorrow they say we are supposed to go back into a deep freeze. (Geesh, I hope my house sells fast!!!)

Hi ladies!

Sorry I’ve been absent these last few days. I’ve been working non-stop on designing my hubby’s website and finally got it up & running today. It’s still a work-in-progress with a lot of additions still to be made, and it has quite a few broken links, but it’s getting there. If any of you have the time, I’d appreciate it if you’d check out www.tinfoilrose.com and give me your comments and critiques on the site. Thanks!

So how is everyone? I’ve got a lot to catch up on. I’m doing ok, still not eating great but have been a good girl and done my yoga for the last two days.

ANGIE: Good girl on the low-fat binge (MUCH better than a fat-full one!) I believe it’s ok to give into your cravings on occasion as long as you try to make smart choices and are able to get back on track. I mean, this is life, you know – you have to LIVE and not feel deprived all the time. That just sets us up for failure.

It’s been warm here in NJ also the last couple of days. Man, 40 degrees feels like a heat wave! I half expect to see people outside in their shorts. Although we’re looking at snow in Thursday again.

Have you had any serious lookers on the house? Where in Maine are you located? I love Maine. We vacationed on Deer Isle for a week last September and it was wonderful.


KEMPY: Congrats on being down another pound! I’m so sorry you are so unhappy in your job. I know exactly how that feels (to the point that I quit a 20-year career to get out of the rat race & start my own business!). Take one day at a time and remind yourself that there is an end in sight (make a count-down calendar!).

Today I’ve mostly been working on my hubby’s website and also putting together some mock-ups for my sister-in-law’s baby announcements. It’s a beautiful day here, but we’re bracing for some more snow on Thursday.


ANNA: Hmmmmmmmm . . . you miss snow?? Maybe some of us northeasterners will put together a nice “care package” of snow and ship it off to China. What exactly is “Wu Shu”? It doesn’t sound easy. Don’t beat yourself up over the chocolate – just like I said to Angie, “everything in moderation”, right? Glad your morning class went well and hope the afternoon is just as good!

As for yoga, it’s really easy to get started. I’m in LOVE with the Yoga Zone tapes/DVDs. You can find them really cheap on half.com. The instruction is great and it’s geared toward beginners.

JULIE: I love those tankinis too – they cover a myriad of sins! LOL. Sorry you were sick over the weekend – are you feeling better now? I had to laugh at the way you worded it "I looked at my husband and said oh I don't feel good and then got sick". I know sometimes our hubbys make us sick, but . . .

HOLLY: Good for you on the clothes shopping. Damn, I wish my size 12s were too big!

Well, I’d better get back to work here. Hi to Cal, Noelle and Tonya and anyone else I might have missed! Have a great day!

Donna

Donna great websight. I have to excersize right off but I did skim through it. I will read the whole thing later when I get more time. I wished I knew how to do stuff like that. We live up by Greenville. That is where Moosehead Lake is.

Kempy, How is your day going?

Noelle, Where are you. Okay I hope.

Julie,Holly Jacks,Cal,Tonya, Dips, and anyone else I may have missed. Come out and play!!!