Good morning!

Morning! :sunny: Let's make today a great day! :exercise:

Kathy, are you feeling any better this morning?

I'm at work, if that counts. I have a box of Kleenex for my widdle runny nose, and every once in a while I cough but all in all, it's not too bad. Poor Judd stayed home from work again today because he still feels rotten.

It sure is quiet around here!

Certainly is quiet..must be that Sandra is off somewhere eating birthday cake!

I've been to the office and am now home doing various things. Making a lunch of salmon, peas and salad.

Going to go get a much-needed haircut and then try to get to aerobics class tonight. Nice day actually. Lots to do but no panic.

Rhonda

rhonda, you are so cute. thank you for the birthday message. it makes me feel good.

it's good to see so many folks here today. i had a total eatingfest yesterday but am climbing onto the wagon as i type. i'm ready to be op. i'm tired of eating.

i'll go to w a later today. nothing much else happening right now.

Sandra - must be having A REALLY GOOD TIME! Share your cake Sandra :D

Kathy - poor you - hope you are feeling better soon!

Had a horrific morning sitting and 'holding' IT guy's hand while he attempted yet another database fix (not all is lost as during the 'down time' when he wasn't looking I managed to write up 3 of my packing lists for the cruise - very time effective don't you think?:D)

Then of course dd accidentally took my lunch - and NO ONE TAKES A FROUF'S SMOKED SALMON - so even tho I was running late - (yes one option was to buy something at work for lunch) I got the fixings out and made yet another lunch for myself...and boy did I need it.

The 1.5 hour meeting w/IT (supposedly 9-10:30) actually ended at 1 pm - yes I had a break at 11:30 (managed to inhale a banana and coffee refill) but boy was I ravenous for lunch! Now I am hungry and looking forward to dinner at home! Going to movie night w/gf so will try to eat lightly so I can enjoy my popcorn!

Not sure if I will have time to exercise but I think I shal buy the turbo jam dvd (from the drugstore downstairs) - the review on it are very good, however if you are getting this DO NOT PURCHASE FROM BEACHBODY.COM - I found several complaints about credit card issues - trying to cancel and never getting refunds - being sent stuff you didn't order - then being unable to have charges reversed - sounds like a scam and a nightmare! Better off getting it on ebay or amazon or anywhere else!

Later,

Frouf

frouf, so far no cake, but i may go get one after w a. program restarts tomorrow.

well, i got cake and ice cream on the way to w a. therefore--no w a and i don't care. i'm happy and contented with my rose covered cake. the ice cream was good, too. curtis and i had a little party. life is good.

OK, then, Frouf got salmon and Sandy got cake. Not at all bad for a day!

I'm headed off to Pilates class and then coming home to WORK.

So far I haven't even had time for breakfast so I think it will be a quick yogurt shake and out the door.

It's cold and the doggie walk was brisk.

Rhonda

I WANT TO BE BACK ON PROGRAM! :mad:

Just wanted to share. ;)

Go for it Melissa - you can do it!!!

Turbo Jam question - do you have the 5 workouts? I noticed here in the drug store they are selling the 5 on 2 DIFFERENT dvd's at $20 each - and I was not sure which to buy. I believe one has the cardio party and ab jam - and the other one has the other 3 - which do you prefer? and what should I start with? (I am also on ebay trying to get the 5 workout version instead of paying the $40 here!).

Last night big rush going out the door - not much time for dinner (which was a good thing since dh ordered pizza!) - had 3 bowls of salad and one slice bread w/turkey - then off to drive dd to dance and make it to the movie on time. Yes I got this big honking bag of popcorn and a diet coke - but I could barely make a dent in the bag? (where's dh when you need him?:D). Just got full quickly - so I brought the rest home. Went to see Freedom Writers by the way - excellent movie - very inspiring and Hilary Swank is excellent!

No major plans for tonight and I do have to EXERCISE! Probably richard simmons? But the good scale fairies visited last night and rewarded me with a 211.8! How shocking is that? (after being stuck at 213.6 for several days now!)

Frouf

Morning all. I'm happy to report that Sarah is doing better, she did still have a slight fever this morning and she said her throat hurt a bit so I kept her out of school, my mom was able to take her all day. After all, its preschool. Of course she was very upset that she could not go - she never really figured out that yesterday she missed gymnastics. Oh well, hopefully by Friday she'll be fine to go back.

Kathy, how is your throat? There is alot of strep going around in my area. If its still bothering you call your DR. I hope you are feeling better.

Melissa, you can do it!! Are you going back to meetings? I know that really helps me alot to attend weekly.

On that note, 45 minutes until our WW at Work session starts. I'm still down to 179.5 this morning, I figure my WW official will be around 181 or so. I'm not sure what to do for my tickers. I have lost 2 pds toward my sweetheart goal - I'll probably modify the other to my official WI. Thats what I had been doing. If I had set that originally it would have been more like 184 or 185 -- thats why I went with the naked weight. Oh well. Its just a number right???? :D yeah, right.

Frouf :congrat: Great scale number -- you WILL make your cruise goal, I just know it.

Sandra -- :woo: HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Well, got to run. I'll be back later this afternoon.

good morning. we're up and at'm. curtis is shoveling fresh snow. we're heading out in a few minutes to visit the guys at the archery shop. i didn't go into it here yesterday but something sort of big came up monday night. we found out that kisik lee (us olympic archery coach hired from australia who hired him from korea) is having a weeklong high performance coaching seminar in colorado springs beginning march 5th.

we debated and ran scenarios most of monday night and tuesday morning trying to figure out how he could go. i definitely thought he should go but i didn't want to go myself. i'm not the coach. i mainly shoot. the problem was that the indoor national tournament that we've been working so hard toward is march 3-4 in salt lake city. there are other parts of the nation hosting that tournament as well. california and new mexico are hosting it the last weekend in feb. i didn't want to go to either of them because i'm used to the venue in salt lake. that's where i won the title in 05.

this is becoming a long story, isn't it? sorry. stop reading if you're bored.

we came up with a solution yesterday morning right after curtis went to the chiropracter. he's going to fly from salt lake to colo sprgs. i'm driving home from salt lake to missoula. one of the young guys (20+ yrs old) from the archery shop might ride home with me and do most of the driving. if not, i'll drive by myself. if he drives me, we'll drive straight through. if i drive by myself, i'll probably stop at a motel along the way. it's interstate the whole way but you cross the continental divide 2 times. i told a dear friend about one of those passes last year. when we drove down the snow was as high as fence tops. we don't know what the snow, ice, etc.... will be like this year. you never know. feb/march is normally a rough time of year.

anyway, i'm happy now that we have a solution. i was upset for awhile thinking curtis might decide not to go to the seminar. it's very unusual for the 2 of us to be apart. we're almost attached at the hip. he's going to talk to the guys at the shop in a few minutes and offer to pay entry fee ($75) lodging, food for the person who will ride home with me.

got to go. he's through shoveling. it's time for breakfast. i'm back on program today. life is good. have a great day, everyone.

Good morning! Another busy day here so I won't be on much.

My throat is still sore. Glands are swollen, ears are a little stopped up, and I feel generally yucky. I have to tough it out though because I'm not staying home from work.

Scale was back to 144.4 this morning but I know why. For dinner I had a big ol' Sonic hamburger and onion rings. I worked from 7 a.m. til 5 p.m. and had several errands to do after work. Didn't get home til nearly 7:30 and just couldn't see cooking dinner, so I stopped and got Sonic for Judd and I. Then I got home and Erin was there, and I felt bad about not getting her anything, so I asked what she wanted and she said BBQ. I went BACK out and got her some food, came home (it was about 8:15 by then), watched House, and went to bed. Hopefully tonight will be much better.

Congrats Froufy on seeing a new number! I agree -- your cruise goal is well within sight!

Melissa, I'm with you on getting/staying on program. I just think about what if I hadn't been messing around all this time, I'd be at my goal by now and could relax a little. Not relax in what I eat, of course, because this is a lifetime change. Last night's little bump in the road can't happen to often or I'll be back in the same boat and I refuse to regain. Absolutely refuse. So, good luck and congratulations on that exercise you're doing. I'm sure it'll make a world of difference.

Sandra, it was nice to read about your birthday and all the good moments you had. Also glad that the tournament/seminar issue was resolved. I know you'll do fine and that's a good idea about having someone drive back with you.

I guess I better get back to the salt mines...

Melissa, you can do it. The problem is not falling down; it's not getting up again.

Paula, nice to hear that Sarah is feeling better...I love your "blessed with..." Would that all humans felt that way about children!

Congrats to those who are losing! I'm scared of the scales these days. But, I got to Pilates and have been OP all day.

Kathy, hope you feel better and Sandra, glad that a decision was made.

I'm home doing the usual academic work stuff from the computer :book2: :comp: And, making a great lunch with shrimp and tomatoes...yummy.

Back later..

Rhonda