That's interesting. It supposedly widens the blood vessels or something. I don't really feel it, just my migraine goes away. I went to the hospital after having a migraine for four days...they gave me a muscle relaxer and percocet. Oh man. That, I can feel. I felt so much better, but it was temporary (6 hours later it came back). Haha I was so "high" it was crazy.

Amanda, I'm sorry that you're having a hard week too. I can't really say it's any better today but I'm working on it. Sounds like you're in pretty much the same place as I am right now, so I wish you nothing but the best of luck. I've been pretty depressed too and it's so hard to stay motivated, but we can do it!

Smisen, so sorry to hear about the fire! I'm glad that you and your family are ok, and my thoughts go out to your neighbors friends and family.

Feral, I'm so sorry for your loss. I've been emotionally eating as well. I have been under a huge amount of stress and while I'm eating in my calorie range, I am just making the WORST choices. Normally I would have thought it would have been the sweets I'm after, but no - it's BREAD. And I'm having a really hard time stopping. It's got to stop today though.

Bl, sorry to hear about your headache, try drinking a glass of tea, if it's a migraine there's a chance the caffeine will help it. -- haha, nevermind everyone has said the same thing. I've been a long time migraine sufferer but recently found something that works for me. I've gone from getting 2 - 3 migraines A WEEK to one a month. No migraine medication ever worked for me...


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Edit: lol, I forgot to write anything about myself. Haha, that's ok, life sucks. Just trying to get through another day with a smile.

Thanks ladies...my headache is gone after 4 ibuprofen tons of water and 2 cups of coffee. So I think I'm going to actually do an hour of working out before going to work tonight I dont know if it was a migraine or not but I usually never even get headaches so I felt like i was dying!

As a migraine sufferer myself, the only thing that works for me is Aleve and Magnesium. Works like a charm. Actually, since I've been eating better and exercising, I've only had a few headaches and they've all been around TOM. Huh...that's actually REALLY nice!

Glad it went away Bl!

Caffeine is a vasodilator (sp lol) so it makes sense that it helps with headaches/migraines. Or so I was told when I had the only migraine i ever had Throwing up because of them sucks so bad, i never even thought about it but the pressure increase in your head when you throw up is incredible when you have a migraine lol. Best thing was when the accident and emergency people asked if i saw the anti nasea pill come back up :P

I used to have horrid migraines, was on several rx's (imitrex was one) so i also know how much they suck, glad it went away Bl.

Smisen-congrats on the wedding and such. That had to be so scary with the fire and how horrible what happened to your neighbor, thank goodness you all are ok.

Feral-I lost my best friend to a suicide, and several others throughout the years, i am so sorry for your loss. Take care of yourself.

Well on a plus note, these jeans i had gotten (i pretty much borrow these horrible shorts and t-shirts from my mom...i dont want to buy clothes at this weight, and some days even at my goal i wonder if i'll fit into a lot of my old clothes so i gave a lot away...but there's a longer story to that too-moving, etc) when i needed some for a job (they had gotten too small, eek) are big enough to take off w/out unbuttoning. Then again they're a size 15 in juniors so i have a long way to go. It was nice to "see" actual evidence that some parts are shrinking bit by bit. My weight was done today too. I however am exhausted b/c i'm having the worst time sleeping and only got 4 hours. I did however get in my workout, so i was proud.

OMG you guys are chatty


I just filled my uhaul full of my life... I'm so upset

someone kidnap me so I dont have to go to ohio... My eating is out of wack... like hardcore out of wack... hopefully I can get it under control... I think I'll probably maintain for a little while

So J sent me this song... it's amazing. The production on it is so freakin' sick... sounds way more analog than digital. I know, total nerd moment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBkhZmuiDIk

just as i suspected TOM arrived right on time...so hopefully next week i'll show a real loss again. super sneaky rotten TOM i didnt even get a warning its gonna show just the urge to freaking eat.
i'm hoping to be down between 183/175 by sept 5th or lower by the 25...

ok i'm gonna go pig out on the last piece of cheesecake for the night and settle in to knit on some socks so i dont get all sorts of pms-y

omg i am so impressed with dell. I dropped my laptop a few weeks ago (my beautiful alienware :'( ) and bent a screen hinge and i emailed them saying that thats what happened and is there anywhere i can take it to get assessed and repaired. I was willing to pay, I mean I did drop it lol. But they asked me to send photos of the damage and sent a guy out today who gave me a whole new screen free! Because apparently my laptop came with dell's accidental damage warranty or something. Instant win!

I've kept my promise of not weighing myself until friday, I just have to tell myself only one more day! Hopefully I will see a loss

Haley- do not be sad...its kind of fun to see different places and what they are like. Doesn't mean it has to be permanant. But I've lived a couple of different states and its always amazing to me how many people have never left their hometown and dont understand what its like other places.

Icon- YAY for Dell! That's amazing...most companies really dont give a you know what. Even if they do have warranties its usually a scramble to try and get them to fix anything.

Lissa- UGH for TOM...I was sooo tired of all the post partum bleeding and then BAM The worst TOM ever hit. Thank goodness its over til the next month haha.

Ladies its thursday I'm exhausted as always and brewing some coffee so hopefully I can wake up. I DID do my hour of Tae Bo yesterday and finished the whole thing not bad after over a week of not working out at all. And I didn't cheat even a little foodwise! Yay for a good day...hopefully I can repeat that today. My friend finally brought over a dinign room table and chairs for us last night too, for the cheap price of 120 bucks!! YAY no more sitting down for family dinners on the patio furniture, INSIDE haha.
So here is a picture of the wedding dress I have picked out. and Bridesmaid dresses...only those will be in canary yellow

http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_...e-Detail-83697
http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_...eckline-BR1038

I am wearing size 10S slacks from Limited today. They fit perfectly (except for being too short to wear heels with.)

YAY!

That is all.

My scale is a tricky little liar. The scale said 129.8 and I almost cried. I moved it to the right just a tiny bit, and it said 131.4. Now that seems true.

The scale should not lie about me being in the 120's. I've never been in the 120's, except when I was probably 10 and that wasn't healthy. The day that it happens, I'll be bawling my eyes out.

But I went for a 30 minute run this morning. It's so humid, but I have to get used to it since my gym membership expires on the 9th. Every time I scan my card at the gym now, instead of it kindly saying "welcome!", it now says "MEMBERSHIP EXPIRES SOON." Thanks for the reminder....

So I don't know how many of you know of Ritas Water Ice, but for those who do...THEY HAVE TASTYKAKE BUTTERSCOTCH KRIMPETS CREAM ICE!!!!! I tasted it, and it didn't taste exactly like the real deal, but it was pretty good! But I went for a key lime water ice instead.

Alright, I'll do personals tomorrow. I work until 7, and then I'm going to the gym, and then I'm going to bed. I have to be in at work at 6 in the morning, which means I have to be up at 5. I haven't been up that early in more than a month so I'm not going to be a nice person tomorrow hahah!

Have a great day everyone!!! TOMORROW'S FRIDAY!!!

This week... it hasn't been my friend. My weight started inching down from my redic weekend, then I get slammed with a 2+ pound gain this morning. I haven't mustered the energy to do ANY workouts, and I wish I could say that was because I was catching up on my very neglected laundry pile(s) and house, but I haven't done jack.

AND, we've twice eaten out because of lack of food in the house. I'm all kinds of fail this week. I know if I kick myself in the butt and do things for me, even it means working out instead of doing a load of laundry, I'd feel so much better. But when I feel down about things, I get lazy, and the lazier I get, the harder it is to get back in the swing of things.

But today is a new day, and Friday Eve, and I can still salvage this week. I hope... because if I end on a crappy note, I know I'll carry it into the weekend, and I'm determined to make this a good weekend. I have a going away party for my best friend's little brother.. He's leaving for bootcamp. I'll plan on eating a healthy dinner before so I'm not tempted (as much) by the snacky party food. I also pledged in the August exercise challenge to get in 25 work outs this month and I'm sitting on 0.. so I need to get it going, including the weekend, when I slack most on working out.