Natasha - Love your new picture. Sure can see the weight coming off. Sorry you have to work.
Beloved - You'll be back in that costume before you know it!
Lex - Sounds like you have a busy day scheduled and if you are going to walk, so am I.
Cindi - I can almost smell that bread all the way out here.
Cottage - Sounds like you are fighting that darn cold. Hope it leaves soon.
Heidi - Size 8 and 10 jeans! I can only dream.
We are getting a little rain this morning but not much. It will probably be a nice quiet day. I'll be working on our holiday project again for a while, taking a walk and whatever else the day brings.
Give it a year, Lamay. Last fall I was wearing size 22 & 24W jeans and khakis. Enjoy your walk - hopefully the rain will hold off til you get home. If our weather reports are correct we've got a couple of inches of snow on the way this evening. I love snow - but NOT before Halloween.
Heidi, thanks for the encouragement. I needed it this morning. Yep, I just got back from my walk and the rain took a break. It smelled so fresh out there and even though my legs feels shaky, I'm glad I did it.
Hi again, ladies!!! Just killing a few minutes before I get ready for work. I got up early to go to a friend's wedding (he's probably the LAST male friend of mine I would've thought would be getting married...he was SUCH a dirty pig when we used to drink together, LOL). The wedding was beautiful, though, and I got a kick out of his Lt. having to do a double take before he realized who I was.
Beloved - For the record, belly dancers are supposed to have a little roll...they're not supposed to be all flat stomached and stuff. Technically I guess we'll be dragging out Halloween in my area b/c they're trick-or-treating tonight (ugh, the joys of living in the Bible Belt...God forbid Halloween fall on a Sunday) anyway. Have fun at your friend's wedding!!!
Lexxiss - Breakfast w/ mom sounds great. I love when I come home from work and wake my mom up to take her to breakfast at Cracker Barrell (her favorite). There's not a whole lot of OP foods to choose from there, but it's worth it for that mother-daughter time. Hope you enjoyed your breakfast w/ your mom this morning.
Cyndi - I'd rather you have the day off instead of being stuck w/ me working!!! Oh well...there are worse things in life, right??? At least I'm off for Thanksgiving this year...even if I am on call. Mountain biking??? Oh my...I'll NEVER be able to do that, I don't even wanna think about it, LOL
Ruth - Thanks!!! Hopefully today and tomorrow will be better than last night was. We're cooking chili Sunday at work and making grilled cheese sandwiches to go w/ it. I'm bringing my own supplies so I can stay OP. Yanno, you are SO right...even at 34 I still love some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on occasion. And grape is SO much better than strawberry!!!
Cottage - Hope you shake that nasty cold soon. Lots and lots of Vitamin C!!!
Heidi - Don't be fooled...I was only "up and at 'em" b/c I hadn't gone to bed yet. Good luck finding some jeans that are more comfortable!!! I wanted to cry last night when I went to Wal-mart and tried to find a nice pair of black dress pants to wear to the wedding today. The ones I tried on were cut super small and even a 26 was kinda snug. I'm comfortably in a 22 right now...it's a mind f*** to go in and try on pants 2 size bigger and still not look decent. GRR!!!
Lamay - Awww, thanks!!! And you keep dreaming...you'll be there all in due time. I don't know that I'll ever make it into a 10...but as long as I can make it into a 12, I'll be happy. I'm getting there...I started off in very tight 28s (some shirts were 30/32) and now I'm in 22s. So I'm half way there, LOL
Oops...hit the save button too soon. Anywho, I've got to go get ready for work. Trying to watch the GA/FL game as well. It's tied right now...I sure hope we kick some gator tail!!! See you ladies later.
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Natasha, I'm sorry about your lousy shopping experience. I try not to worry about the size/label and just worry about how things look on me, but to be honest it's hard not to be disappointed when the expected size is too small.
My pleasure, Lamay. I'm glad you got your walk in.
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Heidi, do u have a goal story?
I'm not quite there yet Okie.
When I got serious and decided to lose weight I was more focused on getting healthy and feeling good than on a specific weight goal. I figured if I could loose 50 pounds and keep it off I'd be very, very happy.
I started SBD in October of last year and was down 50 lbs in April. By then I was thinking about aiming for a healthy BMI instead of stopping at 50 lbs lost, but I felt great physically and knew I was going to have a hard summer (we'd just arranged for hospice care for my Dad). I decided to maintain for 6 months and then reevaluate.
My 6 months are up now and I'm doing my final push.
140 lbs will put me in the healthy BMI range (the very TOP of the range, but I can live with that. LOL) My goal weight is 135 so I'll have a little wiggle room.
I'm not one who likes to pose for pictures, but I've got a few photos on my blog if you're interested.
Natasha, yes, you are right about belly dancers. I am (have been) hard on myself about my body I actually love the extra boobs, and the extra shake in my shimmy It actually makes shimmying easier, and I love how it looks on other women. I am ok in costumes for stage, but close up with my clients, not just yet. I hate when they change Halloween *irked* why can't it just be on the day that it is??? We are excited about trick or treating!!!! I'll post pics of my DD's costume next week!!!
Heidi, you are an inspiration, I have been trying to focus just on being healthy and knowing that the weight loss will be a byproduct.
Lamay, hope your day was nice
Karen, good luck with the whole college process, I am just in the drivers license phase, LOL I am with you that I want the candy to be over with, there is a bag of candy tempting me right now, but I can resist, I am feeling strong atm.
I just had a huge wave of tiredness hit me. I didn't get enough sleep last night, and was busy at work all day, then DH failed to do the dishes, so I had a huge load of cleaning to do, not to mention getting stuff in the slow cooker for tomorrow, and dinner started tonight (he soaked the dishes though) I swear, I do all of the cooking AND dishes, AND most of the cleaning... where are we? What year is it???? (I even served him eggs)
He wants to do SBD, but it seems it is up to me to make sure he has everything he needs, what an extra load of work, I think he should take some of his own responsibility, and maybe make me a list of some things he might like. I don't mind helping, but I feel that he won't start if *I* don't make it happen (?) What do you think?
Beloved, I only know what works for my DH and me - and some days I don't even know that. LOL My DH also wanted to do SBD because of my success. He has lost weight because I'm serving SBD meals and have on plan snacks around, but he hasn't lost as much as he could have because he goes back and forth between being committed to getting healthy and being committed to his junk food. I suppose I could say the heck with it, if he doesn't care enough than that's his problem.... but I love him and want him to be healthier and really, it's no more work to figure out on plan meals and snacks for both of us. Now, as for doing dishes - we've been married for almost 31 years and I still haven't figured out how to get him to do the dishes while I'm at work.
I am currently upset with my DH, but I won't get into it. I will just say that blended families are difficult, and he disapproves of some of the ways I am handling my son. I started eating almonds, and now I am craving cheese
Why is it that I wake very early on Sundays when Church isn't until 10:30? Last week it was at the usual 8:30 and I didn't wake up until 7:40. Oh well, I'll have time for a soak in the tub with my Macleans this cold and wet morning.
I finally finished that frassing quilt except for about 24" of hand stitching on the binding. I'll hand it in at the meeting tomorrow and that will probably be "it" for making Victoria's Quilts stuff until after Christmas. I need to get it in gear around here for my own sewing. Yesterday I put away summer pants that have been waiting for hemming since early spring!
This afternoon I'll put my nose to the grindstone and try to catch up on some reports for the Mill. Darned government! There's always something. I have to put together a large package of documentation for the auditors too.
I'm hoping the kidlets come calling nice and early tonight. Unfortunately the streetlight is burned out in front of the house so things look dark and scary down our road. I need 50 kids to save me from chips and other goodies!
I am hoping I'll fit into this one dress that I am thinking of, I was almost in it a wjhile back.
My scale is still up a pound. I think I need to stay away from my butternut squash soup, and almonds, I was (and am) just so upset and was eating I need to get hold of that.
The wedding I am going to is going to have pasta with different sauces for the reception, so it looks like I am not eating, I hope I stick with that, I think pasta would set me off.
Good morning everyone!!! I can't wait to post pics of my DD;s costume!!!
Technically I guess we'll be dragging out Halloween in my area b/c they're trick-or-treating tonight (ugh, the joys of living in the Bible Belt...God forbid Halloween fall on a Sunday) anyway. Have fun at your friend's wedding!!!
Hope you enjoyed your breakfast w/ your mom this morning.
I try not to worry about the size/label and just worry about how things look on me, but to be honest it's hard not to be disappointed when the expected size is too small.
