:welcome: City Girl!

Hi everybody! Just came by to say hello and good night!
Hope you all have a great day.

I worked all day on organizing our tech room at the theater, I work in several days a week, my body is sore & I'm exhausted!!!!
Oh yeah, I stepped on scale this morning ( though tommorrow is my real weigh day) With my T-O-M, I'm still down a pound this week!!! I hope the scales are as nice tommorrow!

Sorry no personals tonite, Gotta go crash... Bye 4 now:D!

hey chicks just popping in to say hello, got the color in my hair now, it is going to be strawberry blonde. I will take pics and post them later. Had a great OP supper. We are just relaxing, DH is napping the girls are out and as soon as my color gets rinsed I am going to take a tub and do my nails. A total me thing.
Have a great night will post pics soon.

Good Afternoon Ladies!!!

I started Phase 1 yesterday. I'm trying to break a plateau this is the healthest way I know how. The scale is showing 188 but TOM is coming next week and I can def. feel it. My stomach is cramping already! I hope the 1lb gain is due to bloated-ness! I'm working to stay on plan and hope to lose some pounds on Phase 1.

Have a Great Day!!!

Welcome, City Girl and JusJ!

I need to do a big house cleaning myself, Kiko. Brian needed to move the couch to look for a Lego this morning and when we saw all the dust bunnies we ended up moving everything in the living room to clean it. There is still dust on DH's stuff but there isn't much I can do about his stuff.

Brian wanted to go bike riding this morning so we went out for about an hour. Got home just before it started to rain. Then he wanted to try out some of the programs on the treadmill and he did 53 minutes before lunch. I just got an hour done myself this afternoon. His trigyceride level was high at his 10 year old checkup. His doctor said he didn't need to lose weight but he needed to stay where he was at while gaining height (he is only 5% on the height charts) so he has started being more careful on what he eats. It was mostly snacks that he was eating that weren't healthy. His doctor recommended 30 minutes of exercise a day and he is having fun with the bike and treadmill so I'm not going to argue. It motivates me to exercise more.

Monday is his actual 10 year old birthday. I told him he could have anything he wants to eat for dinner and dessert and he chose beef, veggie stir fry with SF jello. He really prefers that over cake. Cake has always been too sweet for him.

Time to head to the grocery store. I'm trying a few new meals this week. Mostly phase 1 but moving into phase 2 as well.

Yeah, I was slightly embarrassed. Fortunately, I didn't have any of the "bad" parts of me on there otherwise I'd be completely MORTIFIED. My stomach is flat until you hit the belly button and then there's the ol' beer gut roll thing that's very disproportionate to the rest of my stomach. Burn, fat, burn!

So yeah, I'll let DH know that the other girls thought he was a Dingus too. He's more embarrassed than I am, now, I think. It's pretty funny. :D

Hey chicks I am feeling fine, just soaked in the tub for 1 1/2 with a great seaweed bath bomb, and super conditioned my hair, and a clay mask, then I did a sea salt scrub, then showered it all off. Did my hair and make up got dressed, took some pics of myself and know I am sitting in front of the computer. DH is napping, life is not boring but content. Here are some pics of my new do. Not very good it is kinda hard to take self pics. I do have a tripod and a timer which helped a bit. :D

Lisa, I imagine he didn't recognize your face because he wasn't looking at your face!!!

Schmoodle, you are amazing! I can see you speeding down the highway with crazy bedhead and a robe on with one sock on and one off! You're such an awesome mom!!!

Kiko, I'm glad you liked your sister's boyfriend. All of my sisters have great husbands/fiances and it makes family gatherings so much better!

Kim, I'm jealous you had breakfast made for you! Hope the painting goes well!!!

Allie, my son had food allergies that caused eczema when he was younger. It was awful! Even one Cheerio, with the second to last ingredient being wheat would give him a reaction. It was no fun for him, and I feel so badly for you!!! Hope Tuesday comes fast for you and you get some relief! Would you be able to take any Benedryl for a temporary fix?

Choices, hope your heat wave breaks soon!

Welcome, welcome, City Girl!!! We love new friends! You're half way through Phase 1!!!!!

More in a minute...

Kara

Kitty, I'm glad you had a productive day! You are involved in so many great things! And congrats on the pound!!!

LC, your hair looks great! Love the pictures!!!

Welcome, Jana! My sister's name is Jana!!! I think you're on the right track using South Beach principles to break a plateau! Hope you stay around and chat with us for awhile!

Barbara, I hope your dinner Monday is nice! Brian sounds like a stellar kid - hope mine are just as wonderful at ten years old!

Gotta get the kids fed before we head off to church. We've got our pool stuff all packed up so we can do our Sunday swimming session after service. Have a nice sleep all!

Kara

Thanks Kara, I am not too sure if I like the red though, oh well I am sure with in a week the sun will have me bleached out again.

Love your new "do" and the new color,too, L.C.! Are those pictures taken in your yard, it looks like a park, very pretty.

We had a nice quiet day. I fussed around in the garden while Jake mowed the lawn, then we both sanded and painted the porch deck. It'll need another coat, which Jake wants to finish tomorrow. :( We'll see.

BTW, girls, my real name is - are you ready? - Linda ;)

Wow, lots of folks in DC today! We went to Nt'l Art Gallery and Natural History Museum/Imax and did Washington Monument and White House from a distance. While we were there, youngest DD came down with the stomach virus DS had last week. I didn't realize at first, thought she was tired and cranky from a sleepover party last night. Now I feel bad for dragging her around all day. At least she didn't start spewing until we got home. Now I've got to find a sitter because I planned to take the niece back tomorrow - Air & Space, National Archives, Lincoln/Jefferson memorials.

Kara, I do remember putting on jeans and sandals as I ran out the door. I think I had pajama top on and definitely bedhead and no brushed teeth. The lady at Kinko's was very nice and helped because I was so panicked I couldn't dial the fax. Definitely one of those less joyful moments of motherhood. Oldest DD provides me with plenty of those!

Littlechick, the pix are great! Very glamorous, and your hair color is very pretty. Sounds like you had a wonderful "all about me" day.
Kiko, hope you enjoyed your down day. I'm sure your house looks better than mine right now, but there is no cleaning in my near future. I'm trying to figure out when and how to hit the grocery store.
Barb, your son sounds so sweet. I've got a 10 yr old boy. They are the best!
Weezle, "dingus", good irish word there.
:bravo: on the pound indigal.
charolastra, your allergies sound miserable, hope they clear up soon.

:welcome2: to jusj and city girl!

Thank you all for the welcome! Yep, just one more week and then I shall buy fresh strawberries and dip them in dark chocolate. :D

Hey Everybody,

LC, you look great! And what model-like poses!

No time for personals to everybody, I just wanted to check in and say hello. I've just finished two incredibly brutal weeks at work and was too exhausted to do a lot of posting.

One thing I'd like to ask though....where the heck is Nessa? I've been wanting to get into Dance Dance Revolution and I know she's doing it. But I can't find any recent posts. Is she on vacation or something?

L

Hey all, just a quick pop-in...I just got my "interwebs" hooked back up again, but after another full day of packing/moving, I'm not going to be able to keep my head up too much longer.

Weezle...totally hilarious story! He missed all his possessions in the background because he was too busy looking at you! By the way, how's the no-smoking going? My quit date is Wednesday... I feel like I've done so many good things for my body in the past few months, that really it's time to take this final step.

LC...I LOVE the new 'do! Strawberry blond looks great on you, and really brings out your glow!

Kara and Femme, what kind of iPods do you run with? I've been strapping my big iPod to my arm when I get on the treadmill, and it's a total pain. I've been trying to decide if it might be worth investing in a smaller one.

Ok...sleepy time now. I hope everyone has a nice night.

Betty, it's been 2 weeks, 6 days, 3 hours, and 20 minutes since my last ciggie, not that anyone's counting. Actually, I'm fine. I did the patch for the first two weeks and then forgot to wear it last Sunday, so I thought I'd see if I could go without the patch, and I can. The first two weeks I definitely needed it because that was when I was kicking the actual habit part, but after two weeks, I don't think about smoking during the day much, and if I do, it's only once. It's become habit NOT to smoke.

So I definitely recommend using Step 1 of the patch for at least the first two weeks (I'm returning Step 2 to Walmart tomorrow to get my $25 back!) and buy stock in Stride gum. The flavor really does last like 2 hours and it keeps your mouth busy so not only are you not smoking, but you're not eating either, and it's sugar-free.

I'm on my Ph2/Weight Watchers combo, so I still drink occasionally, and I don't even really crave a smoke when drinking. If it's a strong martini or something and everyone else gets to smoke, then I might have a craving, but if no one else is getting up to go outside and smoke, I don't even think about it.

Good luck to you! If I can do it, anybody can, because I was one who was like "I can't have a smoke?" SOB, CHOKE, WHINE, BLUBBER. Very emotionally attached to my smokie treats. They were my security blanket. Not so much anymore. I find that I'm addicted to (of all things) vegetables now. Weird huh? You can totally do it!

Lisa