Hi girls!

Yesterday I received 2 pts for OP. I am not giving myself any for water because I didnt make my goal.. and I also didnt exercise for as long as I would have liked to.

Its rainy here in Ohio today which always makes me a little blue. I think I may spend my Time for me by pulling the shades (so I cant see the dreary day), turning up the lights to brighten the room and putting in a really good movie like Fried Green Tomatoes or something equally as girlie Normally I am not a couch potato.. but I just might try it for a little while today. No fatty snacks either. Crystal Light, airpopped popcorn and possibly some carrot sticks for munchies.. if I do munch at all.

Breakfast today was slimfast as usual.

Not much to say.. I hope everyone has a glorious Thursday. Its almost weigh in day!!

Laterzz

Good Thursday morning Ladies,

pts for yesterday: 1 pt for water, 1 pt for exercise, not giving myself 2 pts for op (ate more at lunch, than intended...portion distortion you know the ) but overall a good day

Time for me Thursday...I have to wrk from noon till 8p, but after worker 2 of my coworkers and I are meeting at the local fitness park to walk, last time we planned it it stormed, so hopefully tonight it will be clear so we can go. That is one way I will have Time for me today, and of course whenever I am reading your posts and doing my own, that is always my time because I am doing something to work on improving myself..talking to all of you and catching up everyday is just the highlight of my day, you are all WONDERFUL!!! WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS TODAY, AND TOMORROW AND THE NEXT DAY AND ON AND ON UNTIL WE REACH OUR GOALS, OUR FRIENDLY FAYE WILL SEE TO IT, FAYE YOU KNOW I THINK YOU ARE JUST "ALL THAT", "AND A BAG OF CHIPS", EVER HEAR THAT RAP SONG GIRL??" OR IN THE PROVERBIAL WORDS OF FOREST GUMP, "WE GOT TOGETHER LIKE PEAS AND CARROTS" seriously, many thanks Faye for starting this group you are the best!!


Honeyrose: good for you on your 2pts yesterday!!
Fried Green Tomatoes is one of my favorite movies, besides did you expect less??? Seeing that I am a "Suthuna", translation Southerner, got to get that "drawl in there", ever see the golden girls?? Blanche Deveraux is my favorite, she is the real Southern belle, I am not that far gone, but she does make me laugh, because I can indentify with her, and the ladies on Designing Women, strong women of courage, intelligent, forthright, I do not care for some portrayals of Southern women that make them out to be frail and "faint", and "dainty", I like women portrayed as real and of "raw determination", like Kathy Bates character in Fried Green Tomatoes, she is a hoot!!! isnt she, okay off my tangent, get me talking about the South, Southern writers, (I love Fannie Flagg, anything she writes, I read it!!, and Pat Conroy, (Prince of Tides, Beach Music, the absolute best), I had the opportunity and the great fortune of meeting him several years ago, and hearing him speak, I got an autographed copy of Prince of Tides, one of my most prized possessions as one would imagine"...okay enough already, the posting police are going to get after me, if I dont cut this shorter!!! pm me and we can talk more about books!!!

Welcome Crazy Grace!!! We are all glad you are here, stick around you will love it here!!

To all the rest of you chicklets have a good day!!

Hi ladies, just wanted to wish you happy "time for me Thursday", and hope you all have a great day.

I get 3 points again, no excercise last night, lately for some reason my home life is so hectic!

anyhow, I gotta lotta work to do today, I will try to check in lata.

Pam I was born and lived in Tennessee on top of a mountain (literally) and with no indoor plumbing (outhouse central ) until we moved to Ohio when I was 5 yrs old. My parents were born and raised in Tn too.. and the apple doesnt fall far from the tree.

I have the southern accent (and get many comments on it/ people think that I dont realize the way I talk lol) and the southern way. Anyone comes to my house gets fed and offered a place to sleep and I treat others with kindness and respect. Not saying that other people dont do those things.. its just how I was bought up.. you know? I love the Golden girls and watch them every night on Lifetime for an hour. I miss the mountains, the peacefulness, and the soft mountain rains.. but I do not miss having to drive an hour to get to the store or having the roads wash out and being stuck for weeks at home. I dont miss carrying water.. but I do miss the taste of fresh spring freezing cold water running right out of the mountain. I guess we cant have it both ways can we? LOL Actually.. I visit my family a few times a year and thats enough for me. I like where I am with my WalMart 5 min away

Ok.. I might start on movies and books too.. yikes.. gotta be careful or I'll go on all night!

Ok.. Lion King is over and the TV is mine.. Here I come Idgie Threadgood!

Hello Ladies!!

Man, everone has been so chatty here lately it is great, I love reading all that you girls have accomplished. Looks like everyone that is doing great on points.

As for me on yesterday, I did pretty well. Got water, exercise and OP.

Honeyrose--Sounds like you have the best idea for Time for me Thursday. I would really like to be a couch potatoe right now. But instead I am working. Oh well

Julie--Congrats on your will power at the fair..That is just great. And also Congrats to your girls. That is just the best feeling to see there little faces so full of satisfaction. I just love to see those smiles on bys boys faces.

But, speaking of those little smiles, I just have to share that my youngest just learned to ties his shoes on Tuesday while I was at work. He is 6 by the way. And he was so very proud of himself, his last major accomplishment to being a "big boy". I have to say I cried.

OK anyways...

Big welcome to crazygrace..you will really like it here all of the ladies are wonderful.

Faye--Thanks for the advise on Alex. He is really pushing me, but I am pushing back so looks like we have a battle of the wills here, and boy is he in for a suprise. He must not know his mother very well.
Also, I am jealous. I want to go shopping too...

Well I too the time for me yesterday since I was off. I went and got my hair cut. And it is very different for me so today everyone is shocked. The BF was probably the worst but he is getting used to it.

Well, big hello to everyone else.

Have a fantastice day...
Sarah

Woohoo!!! I finally got a couple of points. I drank all of my water yesterday and I got in my exercise. I didn't even blow it on food that bad, but I had some soft serve ice cream last night. Ice cream is my biggest weekness. Today I'm going to stay OP!!! I just had a bowl of yummy 5 Grain hot cereal with raisins and I'm full up. That will keep me going for quite a while. Now I just have to get this fat butt up and moving.

Time for Me Thursday-well most weeks this is easier than it will be tonight. Hubby normally works 4 days a week M-Th so I get a break on Thursday's, but this week they are chip coating the roads so he is working 5 days. Maybe I'll take a hot bubble bath when he gets home-depends on how worn out he is and rather he can keep our daughter occupied. Hard to guess.

Hello to all!!!! Hope everyone is having a fantastic day.

Well so far I am having a very good OP day, I did go to FITDAY for the first time and have entered what I have eaten so far...it has came to about 550 calories ( breakfast and lunch ) and about 13 grams of fat...so I am doing well, got enough for dinner and maybe a skinny cow....
Amanda - good job today, keep it up!

Everybody else, how is your day going? Faye you have been quiet today...

Talk to you all later,

Carri

Okay~Okay, you can call me Peek or Sandy, I will answer to either.

I'm glad everyone is having a lovely day. Today is time for you Thursday and do I ever need that. Work today started out bad!!! I got there at 8:30 and by 8:45 I was in tears. Sometimes working with the elderly can be trying on ones nerves, and worse when you have cases you do through state agencys.....do you get the hint? Anyway, my boss the lovey she is called the man back and gave him a piece of her mind and said the case is closed!!! Then she wanted me and the girl who was staffed there to go out to lunch on her, but there just was not time to do that today. What a sweet heart she is. Then I get home and get a letter from my baby boy, remember he is 11 and away at camp. Well the letter was written on Tuesday and it begged me to come and get him that he was having a horrible time. So, I am sitting here hoping that things got better since no one has called. If I get up there and my baby tells me he asked them to call me so he could come home and they did not, I WILL BE ONE MOMMY!!!! This is his 3rd year at camp and has always loved it, so it's not like he was being a baby ane being homesick or anything. So tomorrow could be a bad one again.....Mothers and their cubs you know, that animal instinct kicks in.

Okay I groanded and moaned enough. Hope everyone elses day is better than that....

Hugs to you all,
Sandy a/k/a Peek

OK this is kinda a late post, so I guess better than never right? Right! I just go back from going to the courthouse to apply for my passport, I guess I am really going to do this! Go to Ireland that is. My friend asked me the other day why I was going...I was like...WHY NOT? I am 25, single, no mortgage to worry about, no kids...what better time to travel to a foreign country! I think she's just jealous !

Anyway to catch up on my back logging of posts...


Faye - I actually did tell off my #2 regarding the pizza comment. It really hurt my feelings and just made me feel like total And let me tell you...this guy is not Mr. Universe himself. He says that he is just supporting me. Yet he KNOWS what I am trying to do and he knows that it's hard. Another comment he made annoyed me too. The other day when I was faced with the chocolate covered pretzel dilema (and finally gave in) he said to me...no will power, huh? And I said, NO, actually I DO have willpower. I'm calculating this into my diet today to ALLOW for it. GRRR men! But last night we had a little fight and I told him where he could shove his pizza comments!
The thing is, my #1 is a TOTAL sweetheart. He has been nothing but supportive of my quest and actually if anything..I nag him about going to the gym. because he is slightly overweight. I know, how terrible is that? But it's so easy to become like obsessed with this! I just need to tell myself to calm down! Anyway, thanks for the advice...I just didn't want you to think that both of my guys are losers...One is good, he's going to Ireland. The other one...I just gotta figure out how to dump before then! Oh and my points for yesterday are a big 4!

Amanda - You are right about being your own best friend. I've come to the conlcusion that this situation is like most others in my life in that I have to hit rock bottom before I can pick myself up. I just wish I couldn't so that I could get the strength to dump this jerk! I almost sound like a battered wife in saying that I know he loves me and I know he'll get better...when in my heart...I wonder DOES he love ME and WILL he get better? *sigh* It's just so hard. But thank you for your love and support.


crazygrace - a belated welcome to you!

Mental note...peek now Sandy...fixed! Sorry peek! Err Sandy!
Doh!


Carri - Ok your hubby is actually paying to see ozzy? I feel a little bad for him (Ozzy) after his MTV show...he's just soooo out of it, it's not even funny! But at least you get a little peach today!

Debbi - Just wanted to give a little hello to my girl! And say good job on your progress! Keep up the good work! Or I'll kick your butt!


And I THINK that about does it! Thank you very much.!!!

I am off now to finish out the day here at work, then meeting my mommy for Chinese dinner (and ATTEMPTING) to find something healthy! Then meeting my #1 for a movie and we're taking mom too. FOr some reason she wants to go see Tomb Raider. LOL Hope she's amused...and hopefully #1 won't be with Angelina Jolie on the screen for 2 hours!

Bye guys and good luck for lbs down Friday!

hey everyone,
thanks for the welcome! forgive me if it takes a while to get all the names/faces/stories straight....there is so much going on in here
about my name...my real name is shauna...crazygrace is both my nickname (crazy gracie) and a reference to the fact that grace itself is sorta crazy...it just makes no sense!!
I've been working at losing weight and getting healthy for a while. I started at 210# and am down to about 155# now. Goal is 135#. I don't mess around with scales but do keep track by clothes fitting etc. and an occasional weigh-in at the doctor. I am 39 years old (for exactly 2 more days and hanging on!!), am married and work in the entertainment business with a lot of size zero women...

Faye...you can be the crazy if you like I will just be plain old cg...ha ha

Julie...anyone who passes up mcd for a salad is awesome in my book. I know mickeys place is baaaad, but I can't resist the french fry action

Carri...I really like quizno's low fat sandwiches for a break myself. hope you enjoyed it.

Okay, I have to get back to work now, but thanks again for the welcome and I will be baaaack

cg