Woooohoooo Its the Weeeeeekeeeeeeeeend
and DAPHNE WAHOOOO YOU ROCK WOMAN!
I had our engagement dinner with df his bro and his sil totally off any and every program if I had avoided the chips it wouldnt have been so bad but they had chipotle sauce and fresh guac! Why can't they serve veggies with that!
Anywho Friday is a brand spankin new day! I'm going to kick some WOE ARSE Bring out the Rocky theme song ladies
My own personal QOD
I'm stuck between autumn 04 and spring 05 for the nuptuals Comments are Very welcome
Love
Kierie

Kie I am so happy for the engagment! Oh I love fresh guac. That is a long engagmet. Why not Feb. 14th 2004? I was married that day in 2002.
I like the Friday post being here and it is still Thursday night for me.
Daphne

Ok, well I know I've been eating my face off, but is it really possible that I've gained 7.5 lbs this past week? I know they say it doesn't come on overnight, so don't expect it to come off overnight, but I swear that's just not true! It doesn come on overnight!!

Oh Lex, I know it comes on overnight. I had all kinds of company this week and I gained 6 pounds. Now maybe some of that is water or whatever, but I'm going to have to cry about it too. Let's go drown our sorrows in Miller Lites tonight...

Kieri, I'm glad you had fun on your dinner. Is sis just better to you than Future MIL, or is FMIL getting better too? That's always a sticky issue, isn't it?

Ok, for topic of the day, we did this a year ago (original question by Laura) and it was so funny. SInce we have some new friends, let's do it again. What are some of your idiosyncracies? You know, your odd little habits that you have to do.

I must chew all my food equally on both sides of my mouth. Even if its long past time to swallow, I still have to chew the same number of chews on both sides, so I just mush it up even further. Sometimes I can let myself get away with chewing one bite on one side and the other bite on the other side, but not often. How wierd is that? Another one of my quirks is that I have to unload the dishes from the dishwasher in the correct order. This means silverware first, plates, bowls, and tupperware/plastic items next, and glasses last. I even set up my kitchen so that I could unload in this order with a minimum of movement.

All right, now I've bared my soul, and you guys have to take a turn at it.

Morning! I am back. I have had Jury Duty all week. I haven't had a chance yet to read all that I missed. I will do some skimming and come back.

In the mean time.....Idiosyncrasies. The only one I can think of now is that I only will lay on my left side not my right. A gf of mine told me that she read that laying on your right side causes your heart to have to work harder to maintain it's positioning and if you lay on your left it is more cushioned and isn't strained. Well.....even though it sounds crazy I haven't been able to sleep on my right side since. My dh thinks this is crazy. He said "so if you stand up does your heart drop to your stomach" I know it is a weird thing but it stuck. I am sure I have more but that is my most illogical

I'll BB!

I just thought of another quirk of mine...I hate crowded rooms. because I'm convinced that I'm breathing used air and not getting enough oxygen. But if a fan is on, like a ceiling fan, or if I see a window open, then I feel ok because then oxygen is circulating.

Welcome back from Jury Duty, Miss Becky -- we've missed you! Was it awful and boring?

Hi Girls! Sorry I missed all the fun of pet peeves yesterday. I was out of the office at one of those team building things. Made it hard to force myself to show up at job number 2. Especially since once I got there, I discovered that my August schedule is a NIGHTMARE! Oh well, I'll try and work with management this weekend to straighten a few things out, suck up the rest and then sit down and figure out a plan for quitting later this fall.

I'm with those of you struggling. I fell off the wagon on my vacation at the beginning of July and am too busy with other things to go running after it. I'm taking a day trip Sun to visit one of CB's sisters and am going to lay by her pool, soak up the sun, and use the quiet time to get my head together over why I need to lose some weight and how I'm going to do it. In the 2 days 'til then, I'm just going to try and keep my sanity.

I've been long winded and know I don't have time to reply to everyone. Sorry. Just a few things that I remember from previous postings to respond to....

Daphne - congrats on the 2.8lbs.

KT - have fun in VI! Enjoy your sister! She's massively pregnant isn't she with something like a bazillion babies gestating?

Kieire - I vote for Fall 04. But for no better reason then that it is my favorite season. I think that you should base your decision on 3 things. 1) What does gut instinct tell you and FI? 2) What will your budget allow? Can you have your dream wedding by waiting 6 months or won't it make a difference? and 3) How quickly do reception sites you'd be interested in book up?

Kim - You'd hate me! I've got the clicky computer keyboard nails, I LOVE George but we could go shopping at Target together!

Jayne - have you caught up on your sleep from the visiting cousins? BTW, will you PLEASE come to my house and organize my kitchen. I still haven't figured out a decent set-up after 2 years.

Quirky habits.....I MUST have my feet covered to sleep but can't wear socks to bed.....I NEVER look after I throw a bowling ball, I just walk away....I have an irrational fear of electronic car windows and locks as well as electric blankets.....I HATE driving over bridges as I'm always convinced the car will steer itself over the edge.....blue M&M's are the spawn of the devil and possibly radioactive.....

Laura

Good morning! It's a long weekend in Alberta (all of CAnada?) It's heritage day on Monday. That means I get half a day off today and a full day on Monday. So...we are going to try to go camping but with all the fires adn closures around the province, we might be hard pressed. WE are packed and if we can't get a site, we'll come home and try again next weekend.

WEll, the doggie behaviorist called finally and gave me some good insight to my dog's recent weirdo behavior. She figures b/f is the problem and that with all the change she is really confused. She might be going a little senile as well....she is 11. So we have a few new tricks - b/f has to control the resources (feed her, take her outside, etc) so he can establish a role in the pack. Right now, it's almost always me. That is the big one. Also, b/c she cowers all the time, we have to try to play games with her name so that she relates positive things with being called (not being yelled at for, say, pooping on our bed).

Anyway, it was good! and free!!!

So today is WI day....

Here is the thing.

I ate in my range EVERY DAY but the weekend days I discussed earlier. I earned....are you ready for this.....FOURTY THREE ACTIVITY POINTS this week....which brings my pointage down to minimum or less (eating that is).

And yet......my home scale....says I have gained......

I am CHOKED. I WI at WW at noon and there better be SOME loss or I'll absolutely quit and never go back. I am serious. I have worked my butt off this week. And to see that gain on the scale this am killed me.

YOu asked for pet peeves?? Case in point.

OK nuff of that.

Kier - I would do autumn personally...that would be my choice. If, by some miracle, b/f proposed in teh next six months...I would choose next fall! They are nice weddings....

Lexxy and Jayne - I have been there - 4 days at my Grams and I can easily gain 7-8lbs. And yes, some might be "water" but I never seem to lose that weight the following week! It seriously sets me back. I will salute you in your mourning...as I have been there too - hee hee....the flipside is that when that happens to me, I throw in the towel and probably dont' have the best following week I could and then get more depressed. Don't be a Belle...get back on the bandwagon!!

Becky- I heard that too! Though I sleep on my right always b/c if I sleep on my left, I roll into b/f (crappy mattress) and I get hot. Besides, then b/f can spoon me nad I love to be spooned.

My idiosynchrasies (sp?)....I chew on the thumbnail of the thumb i sucked as a child when I am concentrating. I think better (but I think that is just a habit more than anything). I can't really think of any...i'll have to get back to you on that...

OH a pet peeve of mine is, people who "sniff" instead of "blow". It is vile. And hoarking. I almost puke. I think I can never go to China b/c people hoark all over all the time. I get the heebies from it and I immediately think poorly of ANYONE who does it, regardless of socioeconomic status, etc....it's foul.

OK BBL!

LOL Laura, some of your idiosyncracies are hilarious!

Jayne, I will definitely be drowning my sorrows in Miller Lite tonight! Well, maybe Labatt Light - I am driving up to Syracuse in about an hour or so to hang out with my best friend from college. She lives in this tiny little town, but they're putting together a bar crawl with the 9 bars in town. Should be fun!

Hi Laura! I missed you while I wrote a book here...

I need my feet covered too! And nay to socks....

Belle, what's hoarking??

Hoarking is when you make a disgusting noise that works all the snot and mucous in the back of your throat up so you can spit it out. Pre-adolescent boys are quite the hoarkers, as are elderly men.

Hey Ladies Ugh I didn't get to sleep till 3 am got sucked into design shows with Mom and Sis
Daph My sis is getting married in july of 04 and there will be no thunder stealing

Ok I semi-scanned the past 4 days!

Kieri~ I vote for fall. I love fall weddings. The colors are magnificent!!! I too hate when people mispronounce or make up words. Uhhh!

As far as tues poll I voted for no boobs. Dh would just die if he knew that was my vote I have a nice avg size now that I love BUT I have a big stomach b/c I gain wt in my middle and I find it difficult to hide. I often have to worry about the rolls of the jeans thing. Ok enough about that. Oh and the dry lips thing would make me nuts. I cannot stand that. This may be one of my idiosyncrasies. I always have to have something on my lips. Usually just lip balm but I cannot stand my lips to not have anything on them. Nails, I have real and I usually leave them bare. However ladies, I did discover that Nutr Nail is a great product. It creates a sort of gel wrap on your nails and makes them virtually indestructable. I am so bummed b/c Ican't hang out here all day I have to run a group at 11 and then I may be able to check in before I go home. Monday, jury duty. Tuesday, conference. I am actually excited about the seminar it is about Weight Matters. I was able to pretend that it would be for clients (which to some degree it will be) but I hope that I find it helpful.

DH and I have been exercising this week every day. My eating is still not in control but I WILL get there. Sorry that I cannot talk to everyone but I have to go do the group.

BTW Lexxy stear clear of the Parmessan/Garlic Cheez IT's. They are evil!!! Oh and Jayne Jury duty is actually interesting but the waiting around is a killer. I brought a book but even that gets old.
BBL

Wow I just read my post and it was complete rambling. I hope you can make a bit of sense out of it