EZMONEY thankyou for your welcome, I think i'll just go by my user name AzulFire so not to confuse us smae named peoples.......When you say washington you mean the state or DC?

you guys are pretty good at rollcall recall, hopefully as time goes by i'll remember your names so i wont feel as thou i'am talking to the air.

i'am amazed at some of your very clever graphics.......adding pics etc....I would like to find a better avator.....

I joined a walkers group here online and a monday weigh in.....

Azulfire

AZULFIRE...Michele, my wife and I are building a second home in Washington State..in the Kennewick/Richland area...are you near there? there are a couple others on our thread from Washington also.

Just waiting for Angie to pack then off to the tourney...

Wow! I just stopped in to say hi! So many posts! I had to read at least 2 pages of unread posts to catch up with everyone. Sorry I haven't been around, been pretty busy (I guess)

Jackay -- wonderful news about your weight loss! I can definitely tell a difference in your face. What an accomplishment! Let's hope we all lose our weight in a timely manner!

SunnyD -- I didn't start at Curves yet, I start this afternoon. I've been having bad headaches lately, but I think it's because my contacts prescription is out-of-date. We'll see how it goes.

Oh, it was so scary last night. I was driving (keep in mind, I'm in my 5th month of being able to drive) and it was probably 12:30am. Luckily, I was going 5 miles under the speed limit, because all of a sudden, a huge DEER came out in front of my car! SCARY! At first, I thought it was a huge wolf or dog I didn't hit the whole deer, just its leg because I couldn't stop all the way in time. That was the first time anything like that has ever happened to me!

I know I forgot a bunch of you, but I'm still trying to keep names straight!!! Sorry!!! I'll try harder next time.

How scary lateralus98! Glad you are okay and only caught the leg of the deer. That's enough to give me heart failure. LOL!

It was pretty freaky. I'm not someone who handles stress well, so I had to pull over and sit and breathe for about 10 minutes.

Well hello all!!

I just joined Weight Watcher yesterday and I am feeling really good about it! I was driving by and I decided that there is no better time than now. So I did it. I went home and told my husband and he was really proud of me. I went on it before and lost 15lbs and then found out I was pregnant again so that effort totally went down the drain. But now there is no stopping me!!

Donna – Thank you. My name is African. It means “my life” in Swahili.

EZ - You are so funny! I was reading the posts and you really crack me up. You are just a big ole kid arent you?

Margie - Yes, I am finally back. Gald to see you are back too. Channon is doing very well as well. She is still on chemotherapy but the funny thing is, her hair is already growing back. The doctors are amazed by this because it ususally doesnt start growing back until sometime after chemo is done. So she is doing well. Hopefully she will be getting the tumor removed soon. I thank God for her.

laterlus98 - What a scary thing to happen to you! Well, thank God that you are not hurt.

jackay - you are doing great on your weight loss. Yes, you can definitely see the difference in your face. Keep it up!

Well gotta sign off for now.
Myisha

Hello all!

I worked out today at Curves for 30 minutes. It felt so darn good! I did the weigh-in today and I weigh 30 pounds more than I did when I first joined in March 2004. But hey I'm doing pretty good at this point, slow and steady, right?

I found a great website to track all of your calorie intake, exercise, and much more! It's called FitDay . com. It's free, and a very good tool for weight management.

Whew, I'm pooped! And it's only 9:40pm! I say only 9:40 because usually I roll into bed around 2:00am. Exercising must've really wore me out.

Well, goodnight everyone! See you tomorrow!

Well, I am totally amazed at how many posts there have been in the past 2 days!
3 days ago I was doing very well with my eating but I had been having a pretty stressfull day (Hmmmmm, can't imagine why with 8 kids at home, homeschooling 5 of them a 4 year old who is VERY hyperactive and daycare kids to boot.) YIKES, it scares me just to see it in print.
Anyway, my Sweet hubby brought home a nice large mocha blast from Baskin Robbins to cheer me up. Boy did it. It was yummy. The cool thing here is that normally, after drinking down something like that, I would have gone off the deep end and began using it as an excuse to eat everything in sight but I didn't.
I got on the internet, found out how many calories were involved,(I am counting calories) recorded it and had a light dinner. I really did okay. I couldn't believe it. Praise God!
This was a major victory for me.
I know that I could have turned it down completely but I didn't want to.
Also, in the area of walking, I have only missed one day since I started 4 days ago! I'm up to about 1-1/2 miles now. Thanks Sunny for the motivation.
As well as a Great big thankyou to everyone else here for the encouragement
to keep going.
I'm weighing in with another group I discovered here tomorrow.
I'm looking forward to it. What a nice change.
I wish I could remember everyone's names too but I am enjoying getting to "know" you all.
God Bless you All and Night Night.
Virginia

Momof10 -- congratulations on keeping your portions in control! I know it wouldn't be easy for me, either. I'm proud of you for just keeping your cool, and looking up the nutritional information on the web. Great job!!!

[COLOR=Purple]O Happy Day !!! Hey there peoples Just popping in for my accountability report...hehe 4,071 to go!I bought one of those pedometer to calculate my 10,000 steps aday and so far for ths morning I walked 6,929 steps which equals 3.17 mil, and the morning only begun feel great!!!
SunnyD Thankyou for your great warm welcome love the roses nice touch you must have array of animations

Myisha, I belong to WW since end of Jan, I have now lost 10 lbs, I also went to see a christian counselour about my weight gainI can pinpoint the day I started to gainweight, now thats out of the way I too feel nothing can stop me now I'am doing th core program....what one are you going to do?
I cant believe this weightloss site has been around for years and it has by passed me I just happened to be at one saw a cute ticker on a ladies signature clicked on that and viola here I'am And to the many yet i have not met god bless and keep up the god work doing all things as unto the Lord
Azulfire

Well, I drive a 1987 Cadillac DeVille, it would've rolled on top of that hood and smashed up the windshield REAL nice!!

A quick postie in this afternon. It has been a drop-dead gorgeous sunny day again today and I have spent some time this afternoon in the sunshine with my book...and I have a funny (good) story to tell you!!
As I said yesterday I was VERY fed-up with my gaining 7 lbs. I knew I had gained 3 or 4lb whilst away at my friends but 7lb!!!??? I didn't understand it. But when I went to bed last night I found my pills box by my bed....I hadn't taken any pills at breakfast time which meant I hadn't taken any of my diuretics (water pills) so when I went on the scales of course I had put on 3lbs!! So this morning when I had taken my water-pills I went back on the scales and lo and behold! I have only gained 3lbs...hooray!!!

Rachel, you poor thing! What a fright you had on the drive home from work! That must have really shaken you up! I am glad though that you were not hurt in the collision and that it wasn't a wholesale crash.

Sunny I hope that DH gets rid of his sinusitis very quickly and he feels his normal self very soon. I hope the antibiotics (is this what he is taking?) don't cause any other problems as they so often can

Hi to EZ, how are those puppies of yours? Holly has had a hair cut this last week ready for the summer and she looks lovely and clean right now! I wonder how long that will last??? Good luck to Amanda with her games!

Virginia...well done on keeping on the straight and narrow!! I am like you..sometimes if I have a meal that is rather on the high calorific side, I think, oh well, I really fancy a Chinese/Indian/Pizza and I may as well have it as I have already blown it so I go and undo any good work I may have done in the days previous days!! Sometimes though, I am very good and if I have a "big" lunch I only have a snack for tea and the feeling of being virtuous is absolutely brilliant!!

Wilma how are you? I hope your friend continues to meet with you and opens up to The Lord, with your help and encouragement I am sure she will come through!

Jackay ...awesome pictures!!!

Ok thats all from me. Good night all. God Bless! Take care!
Love from Teel