:welcome2: Barbi. Hope you like it here.

Good Morning Chicks! The Chicago River is at flood stage and rising. What a weird weather summer we are all having. In 52 years I have never heard that the Chicago River is rising and at flood stage. Fortunately, I live in one of the highest areas in Cook county.

I hope everyone in Texas and the surrounding areas will be safe and sound.

I'm supposed to go babysit for my Great Niece today while her Dad and Brother go to a ball game but I don't think that's going to happen. Maybe he can take him to an indoor activity.

Have a great day everyone!

Good Morning Ladies

I so glad that the weekend it here. Don't have to rush to doctors offices,just relax and staying home.


SLOAN-You'll love the movies it was so good,and I can relate to have to friends stick together.I'm going to recommend it to my DD and all females. Very funny,my friend & I were laughing all the time.No men in the movie or the theater at all.

BARBI-Welcome:welcome2:to the thread I agree you'll like it here.

SANDRA-I did good at the movie no popcorn or soda,as we just finished dinner,but after the movie I was a raging wolf when it came to eating I really went off program, today I have my wits with me,going into the control w) portion sizes mode.


VICKIE-Did you heard from the doctor??? Hope the report comes in fine. WOW You had some winter & summer this year with all the freakish weather that year having. Have a couple of friends that like out that way and they told me it not normal at all. Take care,and be careful.


Hugs :)

:welcome3:Barb. We're glad you're here! This is a great place to be if you need tips and support for Core. You'll also get a great new group of online friends! We go through our ups and downs with weightloss and life in general.

Donna, where in Michigan do you live? Did I already ask you this? I'm in the Grand Rapids area(Jenison actually, which is between Holland and Grand Rapids). I've also almost completed the VA forms except for the bank account information(my brother has this and I need to get it from him) and also my father's net worth information. I don't know his finances, my brother keeps track of that as he has Power of Attorney. It wasn't as difficult as I thought, once I started going through it.

Coco, we've all posted on the wrong thread one time or another. Don't feel dumb because you are definitely not!! We are just happy you are back!

Sloanie, I wish I could make Saturday(today) my cooking day, but after being gone for 4 weekends in a row, I need to clean this disgusting house. It's a mess. But there is so much to do that I am taking breaks in between cleaning. But I will get it done. I will probably make Sunday my cooking day. I think I only have 1 or 2 days worth of pancakes left, so I need to make more of them. I have these 3-4 days a week and I love them. Plus they keep me filled up so I'm not starving by the time lunch time rolls around..

The only advice I have regarding military benefits, is make sure you either have his discharge papers, or if not, any information that you can get regarding his term of service. Like where and when he entered the military, where and when he was discharged, his service number, what branch of the military he was in, and anything else you can think of. Unfortunately, we didn't realize he could get benefits so when my father could still remember things, we never asked him any of this. So when we realized he could get benefits, he couldn't remember anything. It took us almost 2 years to get proof that he was in the military. We could have been getting benefits for a lot longer time if we would have had proof earlier on. A lot of military records were lost for the Army and Airforce in the 1976 fire at the military records dept.

I did great at yesterday's potluck lunch. I brought my own 1 pt hamburger bun and had a sloppy joe(5 pts?) and my kfc coleslaw and I also brought some ff milk. That's all I had. I didn't eat any chips, pasta salad or any of the yummy looking desserts(blueberry pie, cake, tortes and others). So I did pretty well at lunch.

Great job, Tracie!

My Niece is on the way to the Wizard of Oz festival in Indiana with her daughter. I tried to convince her not to go since I heard I-94 is closed but she didn't seem to care. Oh well. At least I gave her the information.

Hi All:

This is a very exciting day for me. My goddaughter (13 years old) co-starred in a movie that is being shown this afternoon at the Toronto Film Festival. It was recently reviewed very favorably. I'll be back to tell you all about it.

We are having rain, which is supposedly related to Ike, but I can't quite see how. It must have pushed another front into us.

Have a great Core day.


Rhonda

That's kewl, Rhonda. We'll be waiting on your review.

Maryann, been there done that. Do you think you might have been rewarding yourself? I think that's what I do--a lot.

We are now in New Mexico and should be in Texas by noon tomorrow. Home? Sometime Monday. Sounds like Ike missed us except for maybe a little rain. Life is good.

Sorry this is short. I need to go google GERD. I think I have it.

Wow Rhonda! How exciting. Maybe she's a future star.

Safe trip, Sandra. Ike is sure getting the Chicago area. Things that never flooded before are flooding. We are getting more rain today until about 5 or 6. So far we are doing well as long as the two sump pumps in the basement keep working. You know here in the Midwest we have to have pumps in our basements to pump the ground water out of our basements or they would be flooded with water in heavy rains. I have GERD and hiatal hernia. Not good. One of the best things we can do for ourselves is lose weight and eat properly. There are some foods to avoid, including caffeine. I take Prevacid every day. Good luck.

So far, so good! Fingers crossed.

I'm doing pretty well on program.....I think! May scale croaked after last week's weigh in so I'm not sure. I've been in withdrawal since I usually get on the scale at least once a day, maybe more. I'm trying not to replace it but I think I may have to. Weigh in is tomorrow night.

Wow Rhonda, how exciting. Let us know how the movie is!

Sandra, my son had that when he was about 8 and they kept having him take medications for it. Nothing worked. 4 years later and a lot of *****ing from me to do something other than give him medications that didn't work, they finally did an operation on him and he has not had a problem since. Plus, he was quite chunky, so after the operation he lost a lot of weight and has never put it back on. That was almost 10 years ago. They wrapped his stomach around his esophagus or something like that, which allowed the flap on the esophagus to close. Something like that. But he lost weight in the process.

Hi All:

The movie was very sweet. They've been invited to a juried competition in Rome in October.

It's a independent film, not likely to attract commercial attention, but if it comes out on a DVD that can be rented or bought, you can be sure I'll let you know. This girl is one who will be able to do whatever she chooses in life, I'm sure. She's intelligent, cute, perceptive and poised beyond her years.

You can read a review and see her picture if you type, without the quotation marks, "Elena Hudgins Lyle"
into Google. It's right there with TIFF (for Toronto International Film Festival.)

I went to the party also and really enjoyed basking in the reflected glory! :lol:

Rhonda

Hi Ladies:)

Its a very rainy:rain: & damp day here on the cape.My shoulder is bothering me today.Have to rub some cream like Ben gay over it to ease up the pain.

We just found out that our movie theater is closing, thats the only one we have in town.If we want to see movie we either have to rent one or go to neighboring towns.

QUESTION????How many points do you allow yourself for the day or do you just use them at random??? Right Now I trying to use as little as possible but my leader keeps on telling me that I should use them but only watch my portions.

RHONDA-Thanks:thanks: for sharing the web site. She is a very pretty girl.Thats a great achievement to be in a film.Big congrats to her,you must be so proud of her.


SANDRA-No:no:I'm thinking if I would have had the popcorn or something to eat during the movie I would have been fine and not go into a rampage to find any kind of meal that wasn't CORE. Wasted a lot of points when I wanted to stay Hard Core espeically over the weekend.

VICKIE-Sorry:sorry: about all the devastation that Ike is causing you,hope that your sump pumps are going to be able to take 5-6 in of rain.:cross: crossing my fingers.

Have a nice Sunday,

Hugs :)

Hi Everyone
WELCOME BARBI!!!!
Well not much happening here.
Just kinda relaxing.
It is really humid today. But cooler weather on the way.
Went to a cook out last night. Nothing was core though. So made the best choices that I could. I took turkey meatballs. But they wouldnt have been core because of the sauce I put on them.
So not sure how weigh in will go tomorrow. I wont get to go to my meeting tomorrow night. Have a meeting a chruch. That the preacher planned and didnt ask anyone. So will have to go to either the morning meeting or noon. Thinking of the noon one.
VICKIE Hope you get some rest. How did the test go. Thinking of you.
Well I gotta go.
The girls want to go out.
Have a wonderful day everyone. Thinking of each of you.
coco

Rhonda, we need a picture! The movie sounds like something I would enjoy immensely. I'd rent it if it were available here. Keep us posted.

Coco, my test was normal. The ENT is pretty much stumped at the moment. He is saying it might be my nose "regenerating" after the horrible head cold I had back in May for the whole month. I had no sense of smell for about two week after the cold ended and it has slowly been returning. I used to be a super smeller. Now it has to be pretty much right under my nose. The only other guess of his is hormones. Darn it! I knew they'd blame menopause eventually. If they can't blame my obesity they blame menopause! Whatcha gonna do? I haven't smelled the smokey smell since Wednesday night except for a few brief whiffs hear and there. I'm hoping that it never comes back. My Jim thinks it was a weird virus.

Thanks, Maryann! Ike is nearly gone. Good thing too. I don't know how long it is going to take us to dry out.

I'm cooking oven fries and burgers for dinner with fresh grean beans. What are you all having?

Happy Sunday Ladies!
It's another freezing day in the U.P. after raining all of last night. I fell off the wagon this week. We had sorority recruitment from last Sunday until yesterday so unfortunately I never made it back to my apartment after classes to make dinner, so I ate a lot of fast food and didn't get to exercise (minus all the running around I did between classes, work, and recruitment). To my surprise when I weighed in yesterday @ WW I actually lost .2. I was expecting to gain at least 2 pounds. I finally got back on track yesterday and am determined to lose at least 3 pounds this week. I keep saying I'm going to try the Cottage Cheese Pancake recipe but haven't gotten around to it. Maybe tonight :)

Maryann- What I do is divide 35 by 7 and get 5 points per day. I also take into consideration my workout points (i.e. if I burn 4 points I will add that on to my 5 points for the day and consume 9 that day)

Hope everyone else is doing well!


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Vickie, I guess we're the Gerd Girlies. I read a lot about it last night. You're right. I need to lose weight. I am positively going to WW Tues AM. We should get home Monday.

We're in NW Texas now and should get home early tomorrow. Right now I am in the truck on the puter and Curtis is napping in the condo. Life is good.

Tracie, I'm sorry your son had so much trouble with it. I'm hoping diet and exercise will take care of mine. I was diagnosed with it several years ago but I got better when I lost weight. I am hoping for that again.

Maryann, I'm sorry you're losing your theater. I know you enjoy going to it.

Rhonda, you may be GodMom to a star. Wouldn't that be kewl!

Coco, ;) ;) for wi.

Vickie, I'm glad your test came back good. Now you and Jim keep high and dry. Curtis and I had salads at McDonald's. They were actually very healthy. We're both super-tired of pigging out. (Don't know how long that will last.)

Sammi, I'd take that loss for sure. Congratulations. Maybe we do still believe in miracles?