good morning everyone!

i'm off to work in a sec, but thought i'd stop in and say hi. a few good things today - i lost a pound this week, and i'm only one pound awy from my lowest, and also i am seeing an orthopedic doctor about my bad knee. let's hope for good news!

the week is half over! yay!

Hi Holly! Congratulations, girl!!

Just got back from the Y... back soon...

A quick stop by this morning.

The new grand comes home today. She is so pretty.

I have a busy day, got to finish vacuuming and sweeping, then off to a full work day plus having nails done and squeezing in a doctor's appointment in between all of that. Will check back in with everyone tonight.

In the meantime you guys have a wonderful day.

Bunna, forgive me... I meant to congratulate you yesterday on your new grandbaby! You must be absolutely thrilled.

At work (it's lunch time). Just wanted to stop in to say hi. I'm planning on going to the 5:15 pm (Pacific) time online meeting tonight - maybe I'll see one of you.

Have a good day!

Hi...I'm here! I was really sick yesterday...stayed home from school and everything.

I made an appointment with the nutrionist. She called me back yesterday. Good thing I was home sick. I will be seeing her on Friday. $100. I'm blessed to be able to afford it.

Where's Chris?

Angi - I hope Elijah feels better!

Hello everyone

Holly: congratulations on coming so close to your half way mark! Keep on trucking towards that 150 mark...it'll come for you. You sound very deserving of it.

Bunna: congrats on the new grandbaby. there is something so wonderful and refreshing about a new baby. so innocent and cute...

i'm starting to become more comfortable posting here. i still have a hard time posting here due to the fact that i don't quite know what to say. i still don't like to face the fact that i'm a compulsive overeater/purger. but of course, i must face it and talk about it.

i didn't post yesterday because i felt like i had no time. but...i sure had time to hit the vending machine enough times, as well as eat three over sized meals. went bowling last night....and gosh darn it they had quarter hot dogs and fries....so ate that large "snack" around 11:00 p.m. Today started ok. still not grand. and it's always by lunch time that my binging begins. i'll leave lunch full, but then 5 minutes later i'm looking for something to satisfy me. and then, i'll get so disgusted at how much i ate that i try to purge it back up. even when i'm at work, i always look forward to the next time that i can gorge something down.

i have looked into our local OA meetings, and unfortunately, their both held on nights that i work. when things at work calm down alittle, i'll start asking for time off so i can attend. other than that....i feel like i'm draining myself with the stress of this. and when i don't do what i think i can, i punish myself by eating more...its an endless cycle of mindless eating. soooo frustrating.....

anyways...i hope you all have a wonderful night, and i'll chat with you later!

Aspen19
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You can find online OA meetings at various times in the day. www.oa.org has the list.

Hi everyone!
I meant to congratulate you, Kat on your 10 months of abstinence! What an accomplishment!

Aspen, it IS hard to admit, isn't it, about this COE. . .Unbelievable to me, but I can still try to talk myself into thinking this is all bunk, and I just need a miracle diet. Argh! This is a disease that wants you to believe it doesn't exist.

Jennelle - I hope you feel better soon!

Bunna - congrats on your grandbaby! Pictures please!

Holly, that's great about your pound loss! You're back on track! I'm so proud of you.

We're all feeling much better. Elijah slept ONE HOUR in his crib last night, which is one hour more than all the other nights put together since last Thursday night. And, a nap in the crib today, so we're on our way back to a schedule. And, his sleeping is better in general - he only woke up once last night. (We slept in a chair together). I'm praying that we stay away from those sick germs for a long, long time. This has been rough!

My new self-created eating plan is working well. I need to watch the portions, but so far, so good.

And, have I mentioned lately that I'm so blessed to have a husband who cooks almost every night?

Sorry I've been missing in action lately, but time gets away from me when I work 12 hour day's.

Bunno--Congratulations on that new grandbaby--is it a boy or girl?

Holly congratulations on that lost pound.

More later--I'm going to the chat room here for a little while but I'm diffinately going to go to the oa.org site also.

Whelp, I went to my first meeting tonight, and it was nice - but I'm not sure if the F2F meetings are for me. I think I'll get in on the Recovery email loops, maybe do an online meeting when I can, and read some of the materials. I just need lots of insight and information in the little time I have. Plus, I was juggling Matthew, which was distracting. I think I'll go occasionally - I really liked the other members, but you all will be my regular chickas.

Still over the freakin' moon about Matthew's surgery. Gosh, so many things about this will suck. I had gotten used to the idea that the worst was over for him. But I also remember after the last surgery when we were in PICU, and there was a girl in the next cubicle dying of kidney failure. Seeing her family assembling there for her last days made me feel so grateful and so undeserving. Matthew's condition is fixable, and he's got one of the best surgeons in the world.

Angi, so glad Elijah's better!! What a relief! We all had our first stomach virus as a family a month ago, and by the end of the week, I'd almost forgotten how much fun my daughter could be.

Hope everyone else is doing well - sorry if this sounds a little self-absorbed. Take care and love to you all!

not good news about the knee, it will need surgery. i'm hoping ot shove it off for a few (maybe 6) months because i want a little more job stability before i have to be out for 6 weeks. argh....