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Good Monday Morning Peeps

Hope some of you have the day off the MLK day. If so enjoy it! For those of us who have to work - at least for me - it will be a bit quieter - no traffic, not much customer interaction as many of our major customers are also closed today. It will be a good catchup day for me hopefully.

Catherine - I do hope the nausea passes soon. I've never been pregnant but I cannot imagine constantly feeling like that. Hugs to you.

Everyone move your bodies, drink your water and SMILE.

See ya later,
Carol

Happy Monday Morning everyone~

Just stopping by to wish you a good day!

Catherine - I didn’t know you where pregnant – congratulations! I hope the sickness passes soon for soon!

Debbie – I bought the popcorn from the supermarket, not sure if they sell it over there or not but it’s really popular here in the UK, it’s made by the Quakers brand!

Well I weighed in I was not looking forward to it today since I convinced myself my lack of exercise and dog walking last week would have done me more harm than good, but I lost another 5lbs! I am really pleased with that, 9lbs to do now till I am out of 300’s and just a 1lb till I hit losing 50lbs!

It’s spurred me on to keep going!

I joined the gym again so I can get back into swimming and also do some exercises on the bike and stuff since I can’t really buy a bike here for the house that would take my weight!

Have a good week, and lots of positive vibes for the week ahead!

Good morning all!

I've been reading posts and keeping up and doing replies telepathically. Everyone get my hugs and luv?!?! hehe.

I have today off. I don't know where my weekend went. I still haven't done laundry and regular chores, so that's what is going to be done today. I have given my animals lots of hugs and kisses. It's a few days before TOM and I'm feeling needy.

Hugs and Luv,
Ratkity

Good Monday Morning all.. getting ready to start work shortly and have the kids home to boot. Going to be a crazy day!!

Catherine--I was sick my entire pregnancy for both children.. I lived by placing a toaster by my bed and eating dry toast it was the only way I could even get out of bed. I will get better

Moosegirl -- congrats on loosing weight.. getting out of the 300's is a good feeling.

Back to the soda issue...the diet coke with splenda seems to be working. I wish pepsi or drpepper made a drink with splenda because coke is my least favorite drink. It however is not making me sick. I am only drinking 1 drpepper and it seems to be working. Here is the soda story....when I was little I was very allergic to milk, so my mother use to joke that she put pepsi in my bottles. There are pictures of me with a bottle and brown liquid in it I can only assume it is no joke. I would rather drink soda than eat most days. So, in order to stay on track I am allowing myself 1 reg soda and unlimited diet coke with splenda. Hopefully, I will have more willpower as time goes on with this nasty addiction. It is a worst addiction than drugs because soda is cheap and easy to get.

Have a great monday!

Tina

Good Morning!!

Wow, you people are posting mainiacs!! I have been lurking, mostly because I think my must be PMS'ing, and will freeze up when I try to post. It seems to happen later in the day, and being I have had some busy mornings lately, posting has not been an option.
TOM has finally peeked it's head out today, thank goodness!! I just wish it would either be regular or stop altogether. I think I have paid my dues, and am ready to be done with it.
I don't know if it's hormones or what, but I realized something yesterday. Even though I had a great time cuddling with Jack and Britney...I had the rare oppertunity to be completely alone for a while, and I don't like it. I was getting really antsy, and since it was 15 degrees out , I wasn't going anywhere. It made me realize that I depend too much on my kids and Doug to make me whole. What if when they are gone and (god forbid) anything happened to Doug...I would really be alone. Scared the crap out of me. What the **** would I do?? Go on and be miserable? Wind up eating myself to death?? Sheesh...so many profound thoughts!!! How can a person be lonely being by herself for only a few hours??? I think I need a new hobby!!!!!!

On a happier note...we are all off today, and I am dragging the kids to the stupidmarket,walmart, and then to lunch(or visa versa,depending when they get up)...I had to bribe them, or they wouldn't go!!

Have a Great OP Day!!

Good Morning Everyone


Catherine - Hope you pass the nausea phase soon. Like Heather I have not been pregnant, so I cannot offer any advice just my sympathy for you feeling so yuck.

Moosegirl - Congrats on your -5 lbs. You are doing well and soon will be joining those that have entered the 2s.

Rat - Yes I feel your hugs & love & let me return it

Babybear - Keep taking those baby steps to rid yourself of that Dr Pepper addiction. It took me some time to move from sugared drinks to diet drinks to the point that I now drink only water except, of course, for my 2 cups of coffee in the morning and occasionally a Diet Coke or Diet Dr Pepper. I hope that with that unlimited Diet Coke with Splenda you are incorporating drinking plenty of water on a daily basis. Water is essential to our health and especially aiding in weight loss.

Donna - Perhaps you should start scheduling some "alone" time to become more comfortable with being alone. I've always maintained that you can be alone without being lonely. However, that thought can be a disadvantage to me because I tend to be kind of a loner, bordering on reclusive sometimes. I'm trying to do the opposite from you and interact and socialize with people more often. Have a great time with the kids today!

Today I'm comfortably, dare I say loosely, wearing a size 4X top & 26/28 pants, down from 5X and 30/32. Great NSV for me to the first layer in the drawer of sizes I couldn't wear 6 months ago. Heading for the next layer now!

Everyone have a great OP day & keep drinking that water.

Moosegirl - Forgot to say I love your new avatar. You are a beautiful young lady.

argh, the stupid scale is not right this morning. It gave me two different things, both a bit higher than yesterday and I don't think there's any way I could have gained. I did my workout out yesterday and I moved around alot. I worked my abs while making dinner even.

I really need to get some money and buy a new one
Last time I went to Walmart, I looked at the scales but I'm afraid of buying one and having the same issue again, plus I don't want to get the super expensive ones either. What a crappy way to start the day.

good morning everyone i am still lurking around here! not feeling well today as i have a touch of a virus but am still doing some time on my gazelle. still dont know when i will string all my time on it together.. maybe after i shake this stomach bug off!

heather_dw - Please, please stay off the scale and quit weighing obsessively. Give them to DH to hide and only have him get them out once a week or at the most take a baby step and only weigh every 3rd or 4th day, not every day. You can fluctuate up or down on any day, no matter what you did yesterday or today. It could be water retention, hormones or any number of things. I just think if you are staying OP and exercising you will show a loss at the end of a week. Then your spirit will be lifted and hopefully prevent that crappy start of the day feeling. That crappy feeling can really erode any eating plan, so you may be unconsciously setting yourself up for failure just by getting on that scale every day. Put that weigh in this morning behind you and smile. It's a beautiful day

I guess it's hard *not* to mess with the scale sometimes because I just want to see results so bad. I'm such a brat. Hubby has threatened to throw it out altogether..lol