Ok so the topic is redundant but hey! its 7:32 went to bed at 2 and I hav one eye open (pass the Jumbo coffee) once I jump in the shower the world will be bright and sunny again. Yesterday was Gorgeous and yet today is supposed to be grey and craptastic so instead of hauling my arse to another campus to hit the gym I'm going to call the one on this campus and see just how inaccessible it really is. I'm also at some point today going to hit the laundry so I don't end up Naked that would be bad and quite scary! And I have a crapload of work to do today ugh! On the brigh side I got 2 nice comlements yesterday
Oe was fro a professor who when I was talking to him about my internship possibilities and said I'd do anything he said that I was too good to sell myself short.
And another came from classmates from a class I haven't shown up too in a while. . .the weatherwas uber crappy
They were like we missed you soooo much you give such great comments the class was boring without you. . I felt sooo good.
DF and I are picking out save the dates this week and probably doing stuff for registration this weekend. So much going on!
Come out and play ladies!
Love
A sleepy Kierie

Morning Kierie! Hope yesterday's midterm went well. Have fun registering today!

Becky - Since you are busy and having trouble counting points right now, have you thought about making your goal maintenance for a few weeks instead of loss?

Jayne - How did the OB appointment go? Learn anything interesting in class lately?

Kim - I'll try to get out and read your articles today. Take care of yourself while you are covering the trial.

Well, my company is gone. It was lovely visiting with my grandparents but I'm looking forward to a quiet night at home by ourselves.

I too have been off the points bandwagon. It has only been for 4 days and it was a deliberate choice. I was tired of counting and journaling and stressing about the scale being up or down. I decided that I was taking a few days break from counting and was going to exercise and generally eat healthy with the goal of maintaing for a week. I feel so good that I'm seriously considering giving myself another week "off" before trying to lose again.

Thanks for the advice re: our friends and the misunderstanding about dinner. I did pretty much what Kier suggested.

My check engine light is on in my car so it has to go into the shop today. I have images of a horribly expensive repair right as I'm trying to do the holiday shopping. Keep your fingers crossed that it is minor.

I'm sort of wishing that I had a regular dr. I need to lose 3 to 8lbs (depends on if you go by my scale or WWers) to make it into the weight range for my height and age. I feel absolutely wonderful at this weight and am easily wearing an 8. I don't really care about the remaining lbs and want a dr's note so that I can declare goal.

Must get to work. Come check in today if you can - I'd love to hear how your week and weightloss journey is going!

Morning, ladies!! I tried to get on and post yesterday, but couldn't access the site. So, I'll make sure today's post is extra-good.

Sleepy Kierie--Yikes, it sounds like you have a busy day planned, I hope all goes well for you, despite the nasty weather. What nice compliments you received--I'm not surprised though, I knew you were great all along.

Laura--Giving yourself a week "off" from counting points may or may not be a good thing. If you take a week off and continue to eat healthy and reasonably, it could be exactly what you need to continue staying OP. Now, if you're like me and take a week off and go totally out of control, eating whatever you want and as much of it as you want, it could be a bad thing. As long as you will be disciplined about it and go right back to counting points, I say go for it. Sometimes that's just what we need to feel freed from the weight loss struggle. Now, as far as the Dr's note and declaring your goal weight, do you have an annual appointment coming up anytime soon? I don't think they care what kind of Dr. it is, just as long as it's a Dr. I wouldn't worry about those last few lbs., as long as you're happy where you are.

So here's a quick rundown of how my eating has been the last few weeks: last week, I got stuck on nights again and just ate everything in sight. The week before, I ate great and was down 1.4 at WI and the week before that, I was down 2.2. Unfortunately, I ate enough last week to gain back those 3.6 lbs I lost. I'm planning on going to WW today, not sure if I'll WI or not. Most likely not. Luckily, I'm off nights for another 18 months. That means for the next year and a half, I'll be able to plan my meals better, exercise as much as possible, and continue to lose weight. I'm trying to get as much weight off as I can before the first of the year (nothing like trying to lose during the holidays, right?) because I'd like my breast reduction as soon after the first of the year as possible. I won't reach goal by then, of course, but would like to be working toward it.

I bought myself a little something for my birthday--The Firm Body Sculpting System I. It says to allow 4-6 weeks for shipping--don't they realize that I needed it years ago? I'm eager to get it and start FIRMing. Their website has some great success stories on it, in case anyone's interested. http://www.firmdirect.com

Things in my personal life are OK. Aaron is still living with me, it's not too bad, except in the mornings.

Anyway, that's about all that I know right now...

OK, today better not be a slow day. I swear, if people don't post here, I'm going to get on and post everytime I do something--for example, I'm going to go to the bathroom now. There better be some posts when I get back...

Good Tuesday morning girls!

I lurked a bit yesterday, but my first day back after just about a week out of the office, I was swamped. I have good news though – I slept from 12am-4am without coughing! I haven’t slept that well in a longtime! And it’s bloody cold here now, -22C but I don’t really mind that much. We haven’t had too many cold days in the past few years. I have my German class tonight – I went last week as well, but I felt crappy. I’ll be coughing a bit through this class, but too bad! They’ll have to deal with it.

Well, did I tell you all that my dad and his wife are now officially DIVORCED!!?? Yup. He moved in last night with one of his “friends”. I haven’t met her yet, but my sisters both did and they really liked her. Plus, she is a mother too – grown up kids like us – and she is almost his age, which makes a big diff I think. 20 years is just too much to have anything in common with those two, their personalities being so different. On Sunday I had to deal with a call from her – she wanted to say goodbye, etc. I just listened to her, but Dad said “whatever I said to her it worked”. Ha ha, sometimes saying nothing is the best, I guess!

Kier – congrats on your complements! That is always nice to hear – esp when it’s something not weight related – ie: personality related. It gives such confidence. But, like Dorothy – you always had it in you, you just need someone to tell you.

Laura! I am like you – I like to visit, but I like my downtime too. I am glad your visit went well. I have been doing a journal/count hiatus too, I will admit, since you are all being so honest. But the thing is, I was just so sick and feeling crummy that I didn’t think it was worth freaking out of I drank a litre of OJ one day (which would kill my points). I just ate/drank as I needed to. I WI next Monday, and TOM is here…..but you know Laura – I think that it does make sense once in a while to do that. I think we don’t eat as horribly as we think we do when we aren’t formally journaling and sometimes it’s just what we need to get on with it! You know? Maybe just call and walk in clinic and see if they’ll do that for you for your goal weight. I know here we pay $10. Oh, and thanks for the advice on the vids!! I’ll be at the superstore purchasing them this weekend!!


Jess – thanks for the Firm web site link – I’ll check it out. I want to buy some tapes as my gym membership expired and we are moving buildings at work so there isn’t one close by. So you are having a breast reduction? I always wanted one, but my doc suggested I need to lose more weight first (which makes sense, as I want to lose about 40 more lbs, and you never know what your boobs will do!) Anyway, good for you!

Jayne – well?? How’d the appt go???

Becky – I think your short term goal is great- I need one too – but mine is for xmas (we had our thanksgiving!)

KIM!! Hey girl – I can’t believe it’s been a year already. Happy anniversary! I am sorry to hear you are on the sniper trial and MIA quite a bit. I Hope it’s sort fun though…and I hope you find more time for that baby-making. Sunday could suffice??

Well, off to work now. I have spent 15 min writing this!! But it’s fun..so what the heck. Have a good day all!!

I’ll be back to post later…..

UGH! too swamped for the gym right now I'm in the middle of a paper and i have one more paper and 2 take home quizzes to go and I ahve to start work on a major paper! I'm prolly hitting the gym (I hope) after class.
You guys are so sweet btw I think I'm keepin ya
Laura I say if you are at a place where you feel good weight wise then get the drs note you've made goal!
Jess you have alot on your plate so to speak I will be trying to lose through the holidays too which won't be easy but we can do it! btw been potty lately?
Belle congrats on the divorce!! and good stuff that you are getting good sleep. How cold in Farenheit is -22 celsius?
I'll be sending you FF hot choc vibes!
BACK TO WORK
*cracks whip*

Morning ladies!

Just a quick one - gotta get back to work in a couple minutes -
Glad to hear everyone's doing so well!

Kierie - congrats on the compliments - always makes you feel great, don't they?


Laura - trying to maintain might be the best plan for you this week - and how much smaller SHOULD you really get if you're already comfortable where you're at right now? Definitely check on the Dr. idea!

Jess - glad to see you around again - and we can all make it through the holidays, I swear!

Belle - congrats? on the parent's divorce situation! And when I lost weight... too much of it went from my boobs! I really would've been okay with keeping some of it, but I guess you can't really "pick" where it comes & goes, can you

Okay - really gotta get back to work. Oh I did awesome yesterday eating - especially after eating way way way too much all weekend long with Halloween Friday and pizza Saturday night (okay, pizza Sunday night too.... oops)

I'll be back later to post if I can!

Thursday I'll be back at my desk so I'll be around more I swear

Oh, goodie! I hopefully won't have to post anymore potty updates since there have been some new posts.

Belle--I haven't been to the Dr. yet for my consultation, but I'm trying to get most of the weight gone before then. It's been a major motivator for me. Whenever I've felt like just letting go, I go to http://www.smartbreastreduction.com and look at the pictures. Even though when I lost my 40 lbs my bra size didn't change one bit, it kind of helps... I hope you get the Firm tapes, too, then you, Laura and I can Firm together.

Angie--OK, kiddo, we gotta help each other through the Holidays. We just have to stick together. Maybe we should set goals and have a partner that makes sure we stick to our goals. For example, I have a goal of only going over points on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The rest of the time, I can maybe nibble a little, but won't go overboard. I'd also like to work out on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Eve. It would help to have someone counting on me to get accomplish those goals. (Oh, I just got a great idea for a new challenge!!)

Kier--I hope things settle down for you, you poor swamped sweetie!!

OK, I'm going to maybe do some work now (after I post my new challenge idea), please don't make me post every time I go potty just so the thread looks busy. Lurkers, come out and post!!

Ooo I'll check out the before/after pics tonight. I'll use them to convince b/f, who still thinks mine are fine....right.......thanks for posting the link!