Hi Ladies,

Sorry I haven't taken time to post lately. I've been pretty busy. I have just been reading quickly through the post and see everyone is doing great!

Congradulations Cat on losing 4 lbs. Awesome!

Meg you seem to be really doing well with the plan you are working with. I am so glad you finally found what works for you. and I hope you get that job you want. I will keep my fingers crossed.

Dahlia, it seems you are motivated to make some progress. Sometimes that is all it takes to get things going again. Just setting a mini goal. Something to work towards.

I have been staying pretty much on program with eating, but not exercising as much as I was. I will have to set another challenge for myself. That seems to work best for me.

The scales have finally started moving again. For a while I thought they were stuck in place! I lost 2 more pounds, bringing me to a total loss of 43 lbs. 43 lbs gone for ever.

Well a friend just came in so I will say bye for now. Will post again later.

207/164/147

Good Morning Ladies got about one hours sleep last night i was mulling everything over in my head..what if this, what if that etc anyway, i'll have to stop that because its outta my hands..if the house has to be sold and the government 'grab' 60% of it i'll be but i'll just have to accept it..all i can do is keep abreast of everything that is happening and do the best that i can for the kids from afar for the time being.
Terry..thanks for the laugh "10lbs of mouth on 4 legs" i needed that.
Grandma..congrats on the weightloss too..43lbs total
Meg..the sweater sounds nice..i'll take it but you can keep the snow..nice ain't i?
Dahlia..they say everything comes in 3's so it looks like its you, me and Pam..this time..i just hope we all have a better year from now on.

Tons of snow ! about 8 inches....

Well, I got a call from the human resources lady about that job...NO, I didn't get it. They said if I had 18 mos. more experience, they would have hired me.

Anyway...now I am finally going to join the gym! Nothing is stopping me now. And, it is just a few days into the month, so it is a good time....

Nothing to do at work today, so I am designing another sweater. Hope all is well with you guys!

Meg

Morning Ladies ....

Hey, Meigg, sorry to hear about the job, but experience has proven to me over and over again that there must be a better job out there just waiting for you to stumble across it. I truly believe there is a reason and a positive side for everything. So it's off to the gym, you go -- enjoy!

Enjoy your snow -- all we are getting is rainand freezing rain. Blah day so far -- must be all the ozone in the air.

Good attitude, Cathy, we all need to learn how to accept the things we have no control over. I would assume by now you have gotten in touch with Jacqui, and I hope she is doing OK.

Morning Dahlia, Grandma and Pam -- hope you all have more energy than I do this morning.

Stayed OP yesterday and did my WATP -- one day at a time they say.

I'll be back later -- hopefully more energized too!

Terry

I'm sorry too Meg but you sound like you have a positive attitude so just put it behind you
Terry its blah here too..we have a bit of a storm blowing through..windy and rainy has been all night..the kind of day for curling up on the sofa eating popcorn and watching a movie (after exercising of course ) think thats just what i'll do. I've got Lord of the Rings on tape..i think its about 3 hours long (one of the reasons i've never got around to watching it) so i'll watch that if there is nothing else on.

Cat - I am so jealous! I would LOVE to have a movie day today. Digging out was a nightmare. This morning we pulled out the snowthrower, and it it wouldn't actually "throw" the snow! It just ran over it!

Work is actually picking up a bit. It is time to update my resume. I must remember to do that this weekend.

Terry - good job staying OP and exercising. I can't wait to join you!

Talk to you soon!
M

Good Morning Ladies
Yesterday was the ultimate 'lazy' day..i did'nt even bother to get dressed i baked cookies and a chocolate cake..did some cleaning and then watched a movie and 'ed out all day
I did'nt even get around to exercising so what? it is still windy and rainy here..hubby said it snowed earlier but its all green now..i stayed in bed where its warm i'm not interested in that anyway going to make some brekky..be back later.

Afternoon Ladies!

'bout time you got up, lazy bones!

I just love days like that, Cat, and sounds like you had a great one.

Meg, we are getting your snow today and it's coming down fast and furious, and now the winds are starting to pick up. It's heavy wet snow too. The roads are terrible. Russ had to go into Hartford for a meeting and what normally takes 5 minutes, took him 40, and he even had my Jeep. Chris has a snow day and hence my late check-in because we are sharing the computer -- can't wait for him to go away to college and then it's all mine!

Stayed OP yesterday by the skin of my teeth and even though I didn't want to, I did my 2 mile WATP. My thighs were killing me last night -- I had to pull myself up the stairs with the railing. Yikes, it's thundering now too -- weird weather. Spooky out there ....

Howdy Pam, Grandma and Dahlia -- hope you all are having a good day.

My time's almost up here ... be back during the next break!

Hey there ladies,

Sounds like you really had a work out Cool mom..

I am so happy to say the metal monster is moving slowly downwards.. I have done so well this week.. with my eating. hope I can keep it up, and surely I should have some good results by Easter.

Our snow stopped finally, and the sun shined today, it is only 21 but a lot better then minus 13 like the other day.

I know what you mean about sharing the computer Cool mom. When my son comes home on breaks, he has to talk to his gf at a certain time in the evening, a time I am used to being online.. and I let him use it but I hate the interruption of my schedule...
but I don't let him know.. he is not home that often.. I just get used to my routine and hate to break it up.

Lately I have been falling asleep on the couch by 9 pm... so I've been going to bed earlier and I get up around 6-6:30 and get some house work done before I go to work.

Going to see Chicago this weekend.. dh is going with me. He is such a sweetie, he'll sit thru it just for me..

Now that it is Lent, we are going to go out for fish every friday, it will be a nice break from our routine..and I won't have to cook at least once a week.

WEll speaking of cooking I am off to the kitchen, making an orange ginger beef dish for supper.. it is really good. it has lots of veggies in it and goes over rice..

HOpe you're all having an op day.. later..

Dahlia

Good Morning Girls,

Just popping in to say hi and let you know things are going alright. Erwin's Dad now has a cold on top of his pneumonia so he's feeling pretty rough. They're taking him back to the rehabilitation hospital in a few days for rehab and to see if they can get his blood sugar levels back to normal so we're not sure how long he'll be in there for. I guess after that...who knows?

Freezing cold here this morning -35 celsius. Brrr...am drinking coffee right now to try and warm up. Poor puppies this morning they are so tired of this weather too.

Well off to work, will pop back in on the weekend.

Take care and happy OP Friday to you all.

Hugs,
Pam

Good morning...

Wow - -35! Is that with wind chill or the real temp?

Well, things are going well. I did in fact join the gym, and woke up an extra hour early (5:30 am) to go work out! I did 13 minutes on the elliptical, and weights the rest of the time.
I feel great!

I am once again REALLY watching what I am eating. I am hoping that I will continue to lose - and at a slightly faster pace - by working out 4 days a week. We shall see...

Work is getting a bit busier, which is great. But no $$$ increase in sight.

Well, off to surf the internet!

Meigg

Afternoon

Just a drive by post to say hello!

WI was this morning and I am down 2.5 lbs for a total of 13 lbs since recommitment 1-26-03. I dread weigh ins because my whole mood for the day is based on it even though I know every reason why it should not be. I hold my breathe and close my eyes and suck in my stomach and don't move a muscle -- then I peek. Nerve wracking to say the least.

Pam, glad you checked in, and at least you know your FIL is getting great care -- one day at a time. I don't remember how to convert celsius to farenheit (sp?) but it sure sounds frigid! Math and I were not best of friends in school .

All right Meg! I see you are putting your new gym membership to good use! Just remember that it takes time for your body to adjust to building muscle so the scale may not show the effects of your work outs right at the start -- but it will! Like they say, muscle weighs more than fat and you are building muscle with all those weights .... We are proud of ya!

Dahlia -- I have heard nothing but good things about Chicago, so you should love it (as long as you like musicals that is!). Great job at the scale -- having a plan and sticking to it makes all the difference in the world. Fridays during Lent are cheese pizza night and as long as I plan it should be OK -- hate fish. I remember growing up -- every Friday during Lent was pasta fagiole (Italian mom) -- needless to say we don't have that any more!

How did your beef dish come out? I love ginger and make quite a few dishes with it myself. Usually with chicken though .... in fact there's a sesame ginger chicken recipe in this month's Cooking Light magazine. Have you ever checked out their web site? Excellent recipes (cookinglight.com).

Cathy, you still making that breakfast?!!

And, hope all is well, Grandma .

We ended up with about 9" of snow yesterday so I got in some activity points shoveling and snow blowing -- that machine is hard to push sometimes so it's not as easy as it appears. The roads were a disaster because it rained the day before and it all froze leaving slick ice under all the new snow. They said every major road in the state was closed at some point. There was a 100 car pile up in Massachusetts too -- miraculously, no one was seriously hurt. One big slide. Where fore art thou, Spring?!

Ok, back to doing what I was doing -- decluttering and laundry. Fun is.

Have a great remainder of the day, everyone, and Dahlia, enjoy the show.

Always, Terry

Look-out..its a drive-by posting by mom brekky all done and outta the way so i'm YOURS for the rest of the day
Got my duff on my treadmill yesterday..3 miles i'm trying to pick up the pace a bit on the 2.5lbs loss Terry..you're doing great...overall my week was a bit of a waste..i could have done much better but i'm blaming the bad news i received for not doing feeble excuse ain't it? the wind has dropped here and the sun was shining first thing..its gone now tho' but it was nice while it lasted..after i've exercised i'm gonna de-clutter a room downstairs (where the woodstove is so i'll be nice and warm) we store tools and other 'junk' in it so i'm going to take down the blinds..clean the windows..wash the blinds..dust and wash everything down then re-arrange everything..i might even dust hubby's Triumph motorbike that is sat in there

Quickly popping in to say Yay Terry!!! Great job my friend.

Also kudos to you Meg for joining the gym. Cathy is my treadmill hero so between her and Terry and the WATP tapes and now you .... I've got to keep up my end of the show

Talk to you all later,

Pam

Good Morning Ladies,

Just had to pop in and say I had a terrific weigh in this morning! I'm down 1.2 from last week to weigh in at 151.2!!! Just another reinforcement that jounalling, water and exercise pay off! I kept pretty close to my points to this week and tried to watch my sodium and surprise, surprise....look what happens!

Went out for dinner with a friend last night...second time I've seen her in six years. I was very hopeful that it would be the beginning of a new friendship with us as adults but alas six years has changed both of us and I'm not sure what made us friends all those years ago is who we are now if that makes sense? I'm not sad, just kind of disappointed. It's exciting to get back in touch with someone that you used to share alot with but discouraging to realize that it just isn't the same anymore. I think we'll wind up being coffee buddies but not too much more. Getting older is full of lessons isn't it?

Well off to have brekkie and get ready to go get my hair cut.

Have a great OP day ladies and I'll check back in later,

Pam