RNMOM - You are doing great! It has to be very hard on your body to have a schedule like that. I hope you get the sleep you need.
Artemis - Sorry to hear about the allergy. DH has food allergies and I have to watch out. It is nice to read to kids, isn't it. My 7 year old reads a lot to himself in the daytime but I always read to him at night in his bed. We have been through over 90 books of The Boxcar Children. One more left and I need to wait for them to write more!
Ruth - Dinner ideas? Hmmm. Tonight is grilled tilapia with rice, soy ginger asparagus and green beans. Later this week is Hot and Sour soup, Mu Shu Pork, Pita bread Pizzas, Simple Eggplant Casserole, and one more thing which I just can't remember right now. Last night was the Meatball and veggie recipe from the cookbook with whole wheat thin spaghetti. I used zucchini, yellow squash, mushrooms and spinach. Yum!
Mama - You don't want to cut those carbs to zero. Have you tried increasing the amount of vegetables you eat?
Nally - Have fun with your nephews! My 7 year old will be at his day care/afterschool program all day today. They are going skating so he should have fun.
Little Chick - I'm sure you will do fine learning the dance steps. I keep wanting to try a step class but my gym only has Advanced Step and I am such a klutz when it comes to complicated patterns. How do they think you prepare for Advanced Step if they won't teach a Basic/Beginners step class.
cottage - Don't disappear when you are blue. That's what we are here for.
Bups - Try some Brown Sugar Twin. I really like it on my oatmeal. Or there is a recipe for making it with Splenda and SF maple syrup too.
Chipper - I always gain when I eat out no matter how good I eat. I think they use too much salt.
Heidi - You will regain your energy. Some gain it back on the second week of phase 1 and some don't until they get to phase 2 and start adding back in more carbs. Make sure you are eating your legumes and drinking your milk/eating your yogurt. Those will help.
Laurie - I feel down in the dumps when I don't exercise. If you can get DH to go with you, that would be great for both of you. I cannot get my DH to exercise and he REALLY needs it. However, working out in the morning has just never worked for me except maybe in the summer on a weekend. I just have to get my body warmed up before I can think of exercising.
Amber - Congrats on the loss!
Anchor - How do you meet these young men?
Sounds like you had a great time!
HistoryChick - I love Target! I was there this weekend getting some workout shorts and they had a pair of my work pants for just less than $9! Sure I had to hem them up since they weren't petites but I can sure hem for that price. Good luck with the clothes hunt.
Me - I got approved to take Wed - Friday off this week. Yeah! I get to start pulling up carpet in our living room and laying down tile. I hope there aren't any big cracks to patch but at least I am good at it now. Tile is so much better on our allergies. (I picked this week since I have so much stuff going on at night that I figured this would be one way to have time for exercise in the daytime - It is Pinewood Derby week!)
We had a rockin good time at the chili cookoff and partied until the wee hours of the morning for the 2 fortieth birthday parties. Somehow we must have thought we were 21 again. I met a nice young man who couldn't believe that I was 40. He looked like he walked off a GQ cover. He was very good for the ego needless to say. I saw tons of people at the party that I went to school with. It was like mini class reunion. 
- you crack me up. Yes if anyone needs advice on how to send someone screaming back to lost mate just check in for advice. 
so now if he runs off and gets engaged then we will know I have problem. 
! I did everything right last week and not one little pound did the scale show. It's the same as it was last week. However, I have lost 1/4" on my waist and 1" on my hips which is good, I guess. I'm just frustrated at the number. The good news is I did exercise this morning. Granted, it was in the bathroom....but it was by the bathroom 
. I didn't really expect them to go all the way anyway. I spent the rest of the day going to Costco and then transferring all the stuff in my wedding emergency bag to a new one. I have a bridal show to do this weekend that I'm looking forward to.
I had rides all evening (responsible drinker) so I just hit the dance floor with my friends and danced for hours. Otherwise I was socializing. I don't think about dating and flirting. The last time I dated or flirted the dinosaurs roamed the earth. 
