Gosh someone needs to IM me or something to remind me about these new chats I need a good swift kick in the rear end!!!

Hello Jasonslea.
Yeah! This is your huge dicision to your job. Good luck!

Hey Shari:

IMO, your mental well-being is more important. Is it possible to find SOME WAY to cope with your situation until you are in a better place to leave?

Red team: I'm sorry we lost this week. I think it is because of my gain

I have seen this asked a few times but not answered, maybe PM this message to Cakses?

Good morning Red Team.

It is sad that so many have dropped out of the challenge. I know for me that until I was ready nothing was going to work. This time around has been totally different for me. I stopped dieting and truly bought in to the lifestyle change.

Although I had a gain from our dinner/drinks Saturday night (the reason I took a freebie) I am now down a pound from my WI last Monday. It helps that TOM came and I had my woosh.

JasonsLea - Sorry to hear you are stressed at work; however, think of the stress you could be under if unemployed and unable to pay your bills. Personally there is no way I would quit a job in this economy. Most of what I stress about is stuff that is out of my control. Working for the VA I am sure is full of politics and beuracacy that leave the client under served. Not a good position to be if you are the one trying to help a veteran in need. I am going to go out on a limb here and could be WAY of base but you are young and I have to wonder if you are taking much of the ways of government too personally. The reason I say this is because I have been there; I am truly sorry if you are dealing with a totally different situation.

I posted this on the old chat thread, but I'll bring it over here just for the heck of it.

You Rock MC... WTG

Congrats MonteCristo!!!

I PM'd the Blue Team captain and also Chellez who is still moderator of this board, so I will let you know once they tell me what is going on.

Shari I have been in your shoes before, at the same age. Looking back on it I quit a handful of jobs that I could have dealt with a little longer while I was searching for a new job. Stress sucks, yes, but so does being homeless and unemployed. If I could go back I would have waited and stuck it out at the crap job and been actively searching for a new one, then given my 2 weeks. I have a spotty job history that follows me wherever I go because from age 19-22 or so that is exactly what I did. If I didn't like it, I left and figured something out. So that's my experience. You have to do what you have to do though.

Hello to everyone from sunny Temecula, CA. Today I was on the trampoline with my niece and I just layed down and took a nap in the sun...right on the trampoline!! It is so nice to feel warm again!!!

Bummer about our weigh in this week...but we still have time...gotta keep plugging along!!

The trip here was bad food wise. I was up for a total of 36 hr and all I wanted to do was eat to try to stay awake. Most of the food was healthy/lo cal but I still went way over my calories and did not get any exercise in for 2 days. Happy to say that I am back on track and today got up with my sis at 530am to go to gym (not bad since this is normally the time I start thinking about going to bed!!). My three nieces keep me very busy and thanks to the weight loss I have NO problem keeping up with them now!!

Ashmomma omg, good luck with the new job, but that temptation would be too much for me. I LOVE Edible Arrangements. My sis sent me a huge arrangement last year when I had surgery and I lived off of it for a week. I had very little appetite at first so I just grazed on the fruit whenever I felt up to taking on the stairs. I would have never guessed chocolate covered apples could be SO GOOD!

MissVit please do post pics of safari...sounds very interesting!!

Have a great Wednesday everyone!

I gotta say, I was a little confused when I saw the date for this thread said 3/24??? Did I miss something??? I said it on the old thread, but let me mention it again. I agree with Cruise. It is sad that so many people have dropped out, so the rest of us have got to stick together and stay strong. I may lose super slow, but I WILL NOT GIVE UP!!! I keep on truckin everyday.

We can win this next week. And we will be better people for it. I just did the weirdest workout. I bouth Jackie Warner's DVD, from the Bravo show "Workout". 20 min. of legs, 15 min. of WATP and then 10 min. on an old bike type thing, with the handles you move. Hope it did some good.

Shari- Just think carefully. Times are tough.

Monte- CONGRATS!!! You deserve it. You worked hard for it.

Tsap- Sun is always good. It has been nice here too. I hear it may get cold and rainy though.