Happy Sunday, ladies!!! I hope you're all up and at 'em, losing those pounds!!! My birthday was yesterday. DH took me out to eat and baked a b-day cake (Friday night). I can easily say that the two of us ate the entire cake in 48 hours. Yup, no matter how well I did the rest of the week, I'm surely going to see a gain tomorrow at WW. Oh well, such as life, and we only have birthdays once a year, right!!

Jeanne, Good for you about joining the gym! That's awesome! It's good to be sore, but don't allow yourself to become too sore. We don't want to hear about you getting an injury!

Speaking of injuries--My foot is feeling mucho better! Yeah!

Let's have a great week!!! stephanie

Hi all!!!!

Glad to hear the foot is better Steph!

Jeanne, GREAT JOB on joining the gym. Throw some of taht engergy mojo this way girl. I have exercised one time this month!

I had a fabulous time Saturday. It was so great!!! I stayed on track we chos eto cook lunch and dinner rather than dine out so no problems there. My weight is up a bit here at home, I weigh in tomarrow at WW, but it's TOM so go figure. My hard work will show up next week if it doesn't this week.

Well have to run....

Good for you, Misty! I'm glad you had a good weekend!

I'm down .4. I did really well last week, but I sucked over the weekend. I guess I can't complain--a loss is still a loss!

Elana, How's your son?

Kitty, where are you!?

Take care, everybody!

Good Morning Everyone!!!!

LOL Steph I was just going to ask those two questions myself! I was thinking about all you girls an dhow much you mean to me and I thought I should check up on Elana and Kitty. My prayers are with you two!!!!!

I had a bit of a back slide yesterday. As you know the kids I babysit are terrors from a dysfunctional family. Well yesterday I hit my limit. It wasn't any worse than any other day and porbably better than many days, but I am worn out. It's not working. It's been a year and the same problems are still porblems. So, I told thier mom I quit. She still had tof ind a replacement so I will have them a bit longer, but I am sad. I did a bit of emotional eating yesterday. I feel like a failure. I know the little boy must have some learning disabilities and developmental delays. I have a bach. degree in the Special Education of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped. In short speech therapy. I have four special needs adopted siblings. I have worked with kids in all kinds of settings for over 10 years. And I could manage to babysit two? I know in the previous circumstances I had support, a well equipped environment ect and when I was a speech therapist I made a heck of alot more than $3 an hour. Also, in those other settings be it swim instruction, daycare, speech I had kids for a set number of hours and then went home to my own space and was kid free. Now I am with kids 24/7 in my own home and the kids that the kids I watch are hurting are MY babies, the stuff they are destroying is MY stuff. And I don't get a break, and I think that is half my issue, I am stuck in this house out in the sticks 5 days a week with the exception of my hour and half at WW and I might get a trip to Kmart or Walmart on the weekend and once a month to see someone or do a family function. But working with kids though actually not something I put on my list of things I enjoy is something I have been good at. I don't feel I am good at many things and this was one of them. Now I feel like I can't even do that. I really feel like a failure. I didn't make a lot of money, but the money I made was money I cold spend on fun things. I got a new fridge, spending money when I did get to get out and about. Before I babysat I kind of felt my spending was restricted and I had to ask permission b/c I didn't earn it. Now I will be back to that.

I need a job. LOL. It's hard to work part time out here b/c by the time you spend the gas to get to town and and the cost of child care it's not worth the minimum wage you earn working part time. I guess that's teh catch 22 many people face these days.

Oh well. I will try to curb my emotional eating since today is weigh in day. have a great day all!!!!!!

hi girls! Down 2#! Woohoo!
Misty Misty Misty...............wow! I didn't realize the extent of your babysitting, education, and family background! Wow girl! You need a gold medal! I must say I am very proud of you for all your ambition and wanting to be a SAHM and enjoy YOUR children, but girl...........I think you need a vacation not a job!!! lol! You have a HUGE job! One that I admire, but don't think I could do. Good for you! Don't lose insight on the good that you are doing here, but in my next breath, don't lose insight on yourself! You do what you need to do for YOU! I think a part time job outside of the home sounds like a breather - I think you would see/enjoy & spend more one on one time with your own kids if you worked outside the home pt! Is this an option for you?

Steph - good job! At least you are continuing to go down. Stay postive!

Elana - Hope your son is well and that you are able to stay focused and SANE! My thoughts and prayers are with you everyday! (I'd give ya a big ol' hug............but I can't get the little Icon to work?!?!?!?! hmmmmm!) So big ol' hug to ya girl!

Well, we are going out for lunch at a little Italian Rest. I always get steamed broccoli and broiled cod in o.j. instead of oil. It is very good! It is for our Anniversary Sat. and a belated Valentines dinner since we both worked non stop for the last two days. The candy store was very very busy. Breaking numbers over last year for that matter! yipppeee! (job security)!!!
I have been going to the gym faithfully since I joined! Yea. I really enjoy it. I have met a lot of great people too!
Well, you guys have a great day!

HI!!!

WAY TO GO on getting to teh Gym Jeanne!!!

Funny thing happened. My neighbor who has two kids 2 (just two days olde rthan my daughter) and 4 months called to vent to me about her daycare. Upon hearing that I quit my otehr babysitting job she said maybe we could think about me coming to her house and watching her kids. Her kids are wonderful, far different than the kids I watch. Plus, I would be out of my house.

The pros are my kids would get to play with others, I'd make a little cash, and my house wouldn't get trashed everyday.

The cons are I'd be away from home from 7 am until 5:30. Which would mean I'd have to fit all of my house work in the evenings which I am not used to doing anymore. I'd be working for a friend and neighbor which might be weird. Plus, I was kind of looking forward to having the summer to do what I wanted. Visit friends, take walks, go to the library. All of that would be out. I have a double jogging stroller but I'd have 4 kids. So my walks would be out. I wouldn't be at home so my exercise time that I was looking forward to would be limited. I mean no more than any other working person, but not what I am used to.

I was really sad about feeling like a failure at this, if anyone should be able to handle these kdis it should have been me. And I was upset about the money. I liekd not ahving to ask for cash from DH. But I was coming around to being open to doing stuff with my kids. One pro but not really for her sake is my neighbor would probably be out of a job by August. So come fall it'd be just me and my kids.

SO it's alot to think about. She may not even decide to pull her kids out of daycare. It would be hard for them. But I can understand her concerns.

Well I staye dthe same this week on whieght and I am A OK with that!!! DD needs osme help so I ahve to run have a great day everyone!!!
~misty

Hi!

Where is everyone? Still cuddling with thier Valentine? LOL

Anyway, so far so good this week. Still struggling with the exercise. But on the food front I am in control

Have a fabulous Thursday everyone!!!!

Hello hellllllllllo hellllllllllooooooooo anybody out there Hope you are not all in the funk I have been fighting. Come back ladies I need the support.

Hi, ladies!! Just stopping in to say hello! I promise to post more tomorrow!!

Hi everyone! I have a confession........these past couple of days I have felt better phyiscally than I have in a long time. I don't think it is the weight loss, however, the exercise. I think it is phyiscal therapy for my hip, legs, knees, feet...........you know..........a little bit of everything. I really do feel better. Just thought I'd share that with all of you!

Hope everyone is having a great week and the weekend is here so for some it is rest for others it is a "eating" challenge! Stay focused and get through it!

Love,
Jeanne
~I will be a hero to myself today!

Good morning!!! Sorry about being so sparse lately!

Here's what I'm eating today:

1 cupSpecial K Red Berries 2
1 cup skim milk 2
20 oz Mt. Dew (I have got to stop this!) 5
WW meal 4
whole wheat bread 2
jelly 1
supper?? only have 6 points left for supper. DH wants tator tot casserole, and I know that won't be the best for me!

I desparetely need to clean this weekend. I just get overwhelmed with everything that needs to be done. I wish my husband would feel the same way. He has today off of work, and I bet you a million dollars that he doesn't do a single thing around the house. I do everything, and it's so frustrating!! I've tried to talk to him about it, and he basically ignores me. We both work full time, but I work more hours, plus I clean the house, pay the bills (with a joint account though), etc.

What are your weekend plans?

Misty, every cloud has a silver lining, right? Everything will work out. Anone would be fortunate to have you watching their children.

Hi everyone! Hope your all having a great weekend. I am not feeling well today. TOM! Yuck! Not to mention I backed into a truck with our car last night. No damage to the BIG black Ford F150 whose bumper crushed my tail light and my bumper! Ahhhhhh! It is always something, isn't it! Well anyways, I did go to the gym with my daughters this morning, but I didn't really push myself. I got up early and cleaned the house and now I am just making some jewerly. My DH worked midnight lastnight so we are going out for dinner and to a movie for our anniversary today. It is so stinkin' cold here that I really would rather just curl up with a blanket and stay in.

Jeanne, I hope you feel better!!!! I am really proud of you for getting to teh gym even when you feel crumby!!! That takes alot fo determination, I think. Great Job!!!

My eating wasn't horrible this week. I did use my flex points early on, which is unusal for me. Then yesterday I totally lost control. It was bad!!!!!!! I am up at least 2 pounds. Hopefully with watching what I eat today and tomarrow and chugging the water I can flush out a bit of it before my weigh in tomarrow night.

I gave an official two week notice to the lady I babysit for. I had told her to take her time finding someone. But, she found a girl and asked me to do two days a week until the adjusted. So I said ok, then told her my last day would be March 3rd. My neighbor and I agreed I'd watch her kids starting March 6th, but now she is not sure she wants to pull them out of daycare. Which I understand. So now I am not sure if I will be working or not. That's ok, I'll enjoy my kids for a bit adn see what is going to happen. Either way the job would have only been temporary since she will be getting laid off by August probably.

ANyway, have a great Monday everyone!!!!!

hi everyone! Well actually.............where is everyone???? luflic, steph, fost??????????? I hope your all o.k.!!!!!!!

Misty - Wow! You did it girl! I will say a prayer for you that the rest falls into place! I thought about you today.........we went to Erie shopping and I said to DH I think you live about 2 or 3 hours from there???? Was I remembering right? We went to the Mill Creek Mall and to the Amish Buggy! I love that store!!!!! I went into Old Navy and got 2 t-shirts (really cute ones) for $2.97!!!!!!! Can you even believe that! Then we went to AppleBees and I ate off the WW menu. Shrimp Skewers~ MMMMmm! DH and I shared a dessert item so tonight for dinner I had a salad and two hot teas! Now..............I'm heading to bed! Yeaaaa! Well EVERYONE have a great night and an awesome Tuesday!

~How far I have to go is not near as important as my getting there!

Good Morning!!!!

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