Thanks for all the congrats. Yes she is precious!! She weighs 7lbs 10 oz. and is 20 in long. Scales are up anther few lbs today..not sure what is going on..tom just left. I am going to exercise today!! Im wondering if an increase in my blood pressure med might cause me to retain water. I have to increase it when i take sinus meds. My pill doesnt have a diuretic in it. I dont take one with my bp meds because i have never needed one before. GRRR My rings are usually lose in the morning and i noticed today they feel tight. Oh well i have been within my calories if anything maybe a bit low. maybe a bit to much soduim in my meals from eating out ....water water water today!!
hugs to all

Zenor sounds like an interesting job with variety. With your artistic skills and knowledge you should bring a lot to the job.

dgramie one of our faculty members wife just had a 9 lb 12 oz baby boy and he is early because they induced labor. The doctor was worried that the baby was going to end up way to big and since it was her first he didn't want to take chances. After 18 hrs of labor and 2 1/2 hrs of pushing they did a C-section. Both are doing fine but that was a big baby. I thought she might have had diabetes but they said no.

I did great on my plan yesterday but no loss and no gain which is great. Hopefully I will see 184 tomorrow. I am really going to be good this week. Used to be I always got stuck on Wednesdays but I think it will switch to Tuesdays now because I am able to stay on track on Sundays now. I know its sounds crazy but I always get stuck one day a week. LOL!

Well I better get going for now, its snack time. I have a turkey patty and apple. I really like apples this time of year, fall fruit.

Tinky my cute jeans are snug also and that is why I am really sticking with it. I was amazed on Sunday how I stuck to plan. I even turned down eating out because I could tell what type of places DH wanted to go. I said lets go home and I will make lunch. The day before we ate out and lets say I was bad, real bad. I needed to recover on Sunday. Thank goodness I did because I stayed the same.

A trip to Europe, what a dream. He must be higher up in the ranks then if they are going to be that kind.

I like soup also and there are so many soups you can make that are on the program. I like my grandma's homemade veggie soup recipe. I might have to make that this weekend. I also like chili but I am going to start getting mine out before the beans go in because beans destroy my weight loss. I have made it without the beans and its still good and I lose eating. If I eat the beans I gain over night magically. It takes a couple of days before it leaves too.

Well I am off to eat my turkey patty with basil, oatmeal (love oatmeal) and coleslaw salad with just a dab of Newmans light honey mustard dressing. YUMMY MEAL!

I know oatmeal for lunch? Yes, I love oatmeal because I am a big sweet eater and I am creative with flavoring my oatmeal. I have several different ways I flavor it and it takes my sweet tooth away. To me its like eating a cookie.

Hey everyone.

Zenor, I am so glad that you found a job that you will enjoy and that will challenge you.

Tinky, Europe, huh? Need someone to carry your bags, fetch coffee, shine your shoes... Seriously, tho. While I don't wish a job loss on you, I do hope that you get to go. An opportunity like that would be wonderful.

Okay, I don't know what is in the air, this morning. My allergies are on high alert and I am going nuts. I am also feeling icky and sick and mad at myself. I am having a rough week, for some reason. I had a free day on Monday, then I ate like an idiot yesterday, too. Blech! Part of it is that I am struggling with depression. Part of it is that I am just an idiot. I feel all puffy and nasty, this morning. I need to drink a ton of water and keep my idiot arse on track.

Gah!

That is an excellent idea Tinky. I think I will ask for gift cards also. It can be a reward for losing the rest of this weight. I had a treadmill once and was glad to see it go because I never used it. Now that I am into exercise I wish I had it back. I actually was offered it back but they turned it on and it made so much noise that I said forget it. I am not sure what they did to it but it was a really nice one. ARG!

Rain it is definitely the time of year for depression. As day light gets shorter it starts to set in on me. I tend to be depressed anyway but it is really noticeable then. Considering you are noticing bloated hands and such drinking the water will wash away the damage. Chin up! I know easier said than done.

I was so happy this morning when I got on the scale. I skipped 184 and I was at 183.8 this morning. Not far below 184 but I did skip it. LOL! I was so happy that I passed on DD's invite to binge with her last night. TOM is here visiting her and she was hungry, I know that out of control feel. I didn't say anything to her because it always hurt my feelings when people said anything to me when I was doing it. She had some really nummy looking ICK too but I told her and me for that matter "I have a choice, I can eat that and not lose, potential gain or I can stick with my program and eat a healthy snack and potential lose weight". I am glad I chose to not eat it. It really worked saying that out loud to myself so I may start doing that more often. It really is a choice and a hard one.

Well I better go I need to get some work done.

Well off for the weekend and I will talk to you all on Monday.

Thank you for that.


Have a great weekend.

Sooo... Hanging in better, now. On track and getting my exercise. I am going to be a tad high, calorie wise, today. Probably closer to 1500 or so. But it will be fine. I am curious to see what my weight is on Monday morning. I just hope it is down.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

My ex-boyfriend was 13 pounds when he was born. His mom is a tiny little lady. No diabetes either.

Wow I cant imagine having a baby that big. Our little lady only weighed 7lbs 10 ounces and is 20"long.
Scales were good today..down 1.2lbs which puts me to my 75lb off mark. It feels good!! Were starting back to weight lifting tommorow evening..it will be hard to get use to doing it again but worth it in the end. I know i really need to firm up again. Plus it will also speed up my weight loss. Wedding is getting closer all the time. Just a little over 4 months and i would love to lose 32lbs so i can be under 200 by then.
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend
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Hi everyone. I've been gone this weekend attending DS (MA) and DIL's (BA) university graduation. Had one really off plan day as far as calories are concerned because we ate out with family and DS's colleagues who had also earned their MAs. It was the healthy sounding whole wheat linguine with a tomato and red pepper sauce that did me in along with the 2 very small pieces of Greek pizza and a piece of cheese bread. Oh, and 2 cookies at the informal reception following the grad. The cookies were just too much and I didn't feel that good in the stomach department. Skipped breakfast next morning because I wanted to make sure everything had cleared out of there before I ate my next meal.

Very tired now so I'll finish off and try and get some shut eye.

WHOOOO HOOOOO

I meant my first goal......down to 189.

Weighed in this morning and down 2 more lbs.

Last week when I didn't lose anything I realized that I had feel off the band wagon for drinking my water so this past week I made sure to drink 7+ glasses a day and I guess it worked.

Now to lose 2 more lbs to make my first 10 lbs loss

Wishing everyone else the best!