Tasha.. that is so sad! I'm sorry that this has happened to you, but I would say keep doing what you're doing and use it as a 'positive' force in your life to reach a healthy place. My heart goes out to you. (and Congrats on your progress thus far - impressive!)
Sue Marie: HAPpy Birthday TO ya!!! (in a Stevie Wonder kinda way... wasn't it S. Wonder???)
Lilion - you GO GIRL!!! 5 LBS!!! Se we know you were literally burning off those calories at the R. Fair!!! O by the way, I'm so glad everything went well and you enjoyed it! Maybe next year you can actually do less work and more play though... sometimes we've got to take a day just to pleasure ourselves and not work so much!
Joanne I'm so glad you've enrolled in college! I know how badly you wanted this and I'm happy you've been blessed with the opportunity to leave that dreadful job and MOVE ON with your own goals in life! It takes a lot of courage to do what you've done and I have so much respect for that! Also, the 'returning students' are always the best ones! so i'm sure you'll have a ball (even though it will be difficult).
Julee - whatever you're doing needs to rub off on me! I've *almost* lost 25 lbs, I feel my body shrinking, but my size aint really budging
Congrats on the 18/20s! When I get there I'll be on some orgasmic
because I think I was wearing size 18 in junior high!
Dogpal - so sorry about what's happening with your sister. As you know, we all have our own 'issues' to work out on our own. It's good that you're being kind and loving and helping your sister out. Just make sure you don't let her problems take over your life - something that kind, helpful people sometimes have to deal with! I hope everything works out for them.
Catherine, your roomates 'ex' sounds a mess and I'm glad he's an 'ex'
I tried and tried and tried to picture a 51 year old 'falling out' in a tantrum on the floor and it just aint happening. They need to put this guy in a museum!!!
Ok girlies, so much is going on at the moment! For one, hubby and I are trying to move to a house because we are crawling all over each other in this 1 bedroom flat. We've given notice so we're sort of biting our nails because we've not signed any tenancy agreements for any houses just yet! To make matters worse Eric has just had his 3 month initial appraisal and they say they're completely happy with everything except one aspect and have decided to give him another 3 months temporary. He was gutted.
This has been going on for 3 days and he's just coming around now. Yesterday after work he just slept all day. The day before he was so angry
(and very vocal about it). I'm praying for him - please include us in your prayers.
Also, we went to see a house this week that is DEAD CHEAP but needs a lot of work which the company says they will do in time for us to move in. The problem is I have my doubts about this company and have gone paranoid thinking they will snatch our deposit and run! I think it's because the 2 people we have been dealing with are 'too easy' and a bit nervous. They're saying they will do just about everything we've asked - major things like remove all carpets and put down hard wood flooring - remove all wall paper and paint nuetrally. Removing some wall unit cabinets, etc. Also, they've not asked for references, credit check, etc. I met with them yesterday and managed to establish that we will pay the deposit in 2 weeks time after viewing the property again and feeling convinced that it will be finished to our standards by 1 August. Anyway,
LEGAL PEOPLE: HELP!!!! Does this smell like danger???
Other things: my boss was singing me praises yesterday saying I've been doing a phenomenal job (I just started 1 June) - yay! go me! And the office manager is convinced that I won't have to wait 3 months for my permenant contract. Well, I hope not, especially considering Eric's situation.
On the diet front: Well, I just got rid of TOM
today so I might still have more water weight to shed, but so far I am down 1 lb since 21 June! Yay! I won't make my 264.5 lb goal by tomorrow
so now I've left that as an open goal. I've not made any of my 'goals' lately... can someone help me make a more realistic goal??? something not so low that I could do it with my eyes closed and a brownie in my mouth though
right. I haven't lost more weight because I've not been concentrating on my food enough. I haven't journalled since I went on vaca on 8 June... and I've been eating more bread than I did before. Also, since we've been house hunting, we've not shopped properly and I haven't eaten all the fruits and vegetables I would have normally eaten. Now that I know, let's rectify this: BUT AFTER MY 1ST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW!!! We can't believe it's been a year... how lovely! Honestly, our marriage feels a bit effortless at times, other times I want to kill him. But, oh boy am I happy with this crazy man by my side!
OK, I've blabbed on LONG enough... Love you girls. Good luck fighting your battles today!