it's been quite some time since i've actually started one of these threads! where is everyone?
the whole state of SD is in some kind of blizzard warning/watch or winter storm warning/watch for the next few days...ugh. will it ever end? i think even ND is gonna get hit again with snow. hope cecilia and the city of fargo is doing better. my DH hasn't been called to go there yet..and i think the chance may be pretty slim at this point, but he has his bag packed and is ready if they do call.
anyways..i'll be back later. have a great start to your week!
It seems to be getting better, the river is steady and not rising so things are looking up! But yes we are going to be getting any where from 4-12 inches. OMG! seriously. When will this end! HA! Thanks for everyones thoughts and prayers I just can't wait for this nightmare to be over! Thank god I was not affected by flooding. But many friends and co-workers were. So sad.
I was going to start up LA today at the COD but they are not open because of the flood. The city has urged any non-essential businesses to be closed still today. So I guess I will start whenever I can. I hope it is soon. I still have a healthy lunch packed. So... hopefully I can do it on my own. HA!
Hope you all had a good weekend!
down another 1/2 pound.. Wish it was more but any loss is great. I have been staying on plan for the most part. i realized last night that I had to much dairy yesterday because I forgot to write everything in my journal. But i figure to much light yougurt is something I can deal with at least it wasn't that cheeseburger I really wanted.
The summer slim down is going well I have been on the plan for a week and am down 3 + pounds. My motivation is this denim dress my husband mentioned it to me Saturday he said it was his favorite dress and he looked forward to seeing me in it, so I hope I can wear it by June so that is my new motivation.
Cecilia and Jillian I am so happy you all are doing well. It is hard for me to imagine all that snow and flooding. I hope it starts to melt away and you all get your spring soon!!
Cecilia- Wow, I'm glad you haven't had any flood damage, but my heart goes out to all that have had it. I hope that the river recedes soon.
Amy - you are doing great! Keep up the good work. I write down what I plan to eat each day and then cross it off as I eat it. I find that makes it easier to make sure I haven't doubled up on something.
I took the midterm from **** on Saturday. I have a recurring dream that I go to a class and there's a test, but it is nothing that I've learned. I've had this dream for years and years. And it came true on Saturday! At one point during the test I swear I forgot my name, I was panicing so much. Ugh. As we all stood in the parking lot, at least all of my classmates admitted that they didn't do well either, so I hope there's a big curve.
I didn't eat great on Fri and Sat, but I've rebounded nicely yesterday and today, so I hope I can minimize any damage.
AmyM- congrats on your loss! I may be backing out of the Summer Slim down for another 2 weeks or so. I have 4 exams this week, one next week and two big papers due next week. I won't be able to concentrate on them if I am on TO...
Kim- I took an exam like that about 2 weeks ago. I had no clue about anything on it. It was in MIS (Management Info Systems) which is all computer stuff. i somehow managed to pull off a 75...
Where is everyone?!?!?
I just took dinner out of the oven. I LOVE Deb's cookbook. I am going to use it so much more this time. I made an old favorite of mine, the oil chicken dinner. YUM.
Wel, off for dinner and to study for Management Science!!
Flooding and snow. It just doesn't want to go away. I was in Palm Springs this last week and my husband called me to tell me that they got 20cm of snow last weekend. I was glad to be away. I feel terrible for the people whose homes are being damaged by the floods.
Amy- way to go on the weight loss, every bit counts!
I am really going to work hard this week. I went to the L.A Fashion district this week and they have great deals if you are a size 4 or 6 but anything above that is hard to find. It made me sad. I tried a few XL shirts on but they didn't fit, so sad!
I think I will do a bit of walking on the treadmill tonight, maybe it will make me feel better.
Not far to go now eh Jillian! You must be getting so excited now. Did you ever decide on the name? I personally like Xanthia.
Okay gotta run!
Hi friends! I've been doing really well since Friday. I'm really focusing on every little thing and really staying POP. TOM is here, so I haven't seen a loss--but I know it will coem off soon.
Keep at it everyone! I'm so proud of all of your losses!
Cecil, glad the waters are starting to receed. Hope that it does not get worse with the coming storm.
Jillian, Winter is just kind of hanging on all over the place. I'm wishing for warmer weather here soon. We do have the trees blooming and the daffodils up under gray skies and an unending forcast for rain and more rain. The deer are eating my tulips again. You know they didn't do that when I had a dog, and now they just think my yard is their hangout.
AmyM, those half pounds have a tendency to add up over time. I always liked to picture a half pound of butter and imagine that just being gone somewhere on my body.
Amy from Jersey, Good luck on your exams! Take care of yourself so you don't get sick again. My DD is starting a new quarter and she signed up for 21 credits (which is a little crazy to say nothing about expensive for us to pay her tuition which is charged by the credit).
Amy from Sacramento, I'm sure the scale will reflect your POPness here soon.
There are a lot of Amy's!
Katie, Why did your son need a tooth out? Is he getting braces? Or just a baby tooth that was stubborn?
Joan, So discouraging that everything is so small... I bet they are not your inflated sizes that they sell in malls all over the country too. Of course anything of normal size there are plenty of women to buy those things, but the tiny stuff, really how many women do you see walking around that are that tiny, although more super skinny in Southern CA. It isn't just us who got bigger. Was the weather nice down there when you were in Palm Springs?
Hope everyone had a great weekend. TOM was here so it pretty much ruled my eating habits, which I am vowing to not let happen again! I could have had a 15 lb month had I not screwed up on the weekends! Anyway no time like the present to get back on track, right? I have been POP today and went to the gym and got in 40 minutes. Not bad...
morning all. well, so far we haven't gotten any snow in my part of the state..just rain. but it's suppose to turn to snow later today. ugh. the rest of the state..not so lucky. it's pretty bad.
i've been over-doing it lately with the cleaning former dh's house (where the kids live), running errands, cooking for everyone, etc. i wish that i didn't have such control/ocd issues otherwise, i'd just let everyone else pick up the slack for me..but i just can't. my dh does a great job of keeping up with the cleaning at our house and whatnot, but i just can't help but clean at the kids house. i want to make sure my babies are taken care of. and so does my former dh, but in a sense he's a single dad and works and just doesn't have much time for cleaning and the kids. so i do the majority while i'm here durning the day, so he can have time with the kids at night. and i keep telling myself i need to rest and not do anything, but i just can't seem to sit when i know there's stuff to be done. (i know it's not a nesting thing with the pregnancy..just my ocd kicking in! ha!)
but i have a little less than a month left and then the kids will go to daycare until school starts up again. which i'm not a fan of..but they need to have some activity and fun this summer. and with me and a new baby..it just won't happen and i'm sure they'd be cooped up for the good part of most days. and that's not fair to them. so off to daycare they will go.
gosh, have i rambled enough yet? ha.
i hope everyone is having a good week. seems like we're all busy with one thing or another. i hope more start popping up and stopping by to at least post and say hi.
btw..i think we've fully decided on the baby name: XANTHIA JULIA-ROSE.
it's the name we keep coming back to, over and over again. so it's what we're sticking with. unless when she's born and it just doesn't fit her, that's what it will be. (i decided to give her 2 middle names--one is DD's first name and the other is my middle name.)
ok. time to go. DS wants to play his games on here. and he's been quite patient...for a 3yr old!
Hi friends! Scale was nice to me today, despite TOM. That is very motivating bc I always retain water over TOM.
I like the double middle name Jillian!
Barbara-you were right!! I know if I keep this up I will see the results I'm looking for. It's all about consistency-I've just had such a hard time with the part! Love your pic!
Hi Friends. Sorry I have been so scarce. I have been super busy with housework and company. DH's brother and his fiance came from Wisconsin last night. We made ribeye steaks on the grill, green salad, baked sweet potatos, garlic bread, and grape salad for dinner. It was divine. DH is the best griller ever. Anyway......they are not staying here, but we will see them again tonight. I think we are all going out to dinner, which will be really nice.........but I am really tired and dont' want to get done up to go out. Oh well......it will be good. Wed. morning, I am back OP........LAWL style. I hate feeling so out of it when not eating right. I am anxious. Ok, time to get my act together and get r done
XOXO
I can't believe we're still on one page! Remember the good days with 20+ pages??
I got one exam down today, 2 tomorrow, and one on Thursday. UGH! Then I have 2 papers next week and another exam.
Today is my younger brother's birthday and a bunch of us are goingout to Dave and Buster's to celebrate. Well, my sister and I both have exams tomorrow so we're backing out. We're going to havea mini family celebration this weekend at my house. I feel guilty and bad because in October he's leaving for the Marines and it won't be the same...:'(...
He's being commissioned in May and leaving for TBS (Officer school) in October.
POP again today! I wish I had recanted back to LAWL earlier! My first week back I lost 3lbs!! I am up to 11lbs lost now!
Well, it's gorgeous here today, hope it is for all of oyu too!!
Friends and Losers--March 30-April 5
