[soon2Bfab]

It's Weds. morning - time to rise & shine! Where is everyone this morning?!?!

[LuckyGal]

Good morning, we're here! Hope you have a great day! It is so.... cold here in the northeast, it actually is a good morning to exercise in front of the tv and warm up. Planning my food for the day, hope your 'fridges are full of vegees and much peace with food today. Adorable picture, soon2bfab!

[cottagebythesea]

It's freezing here in the city of Brotherly Love! Yesterday was a weird weather day, it started out in the 40's and I even had some windows open, and within 4 hours the temps dropped into the teens and it was snowing like nobody's business. We only got about an inch, so not too bad. But by late afternoon the storm blew out of here and the sun returned but it's staying COLD!
I'm meeting a friend for lunch this afternoon, and we're going to browse the bookstore. I haven't given a thought to what to make for supper tonight, I'll worry about that later!
Gotta run to Curves for now, have a great day everyone!

[soon2Bfab]

Morning cottage! Michigan had that same crazy weather spell that you had too! I want Spring to be here now!!!
For supper, I'm thinking of maybe a soup since it is so cold!!
Enjoy your workout - I'm heading to work - I get to listen to my boss ALL day today. She knows I'm dieting, so she eats mac & cheese & fried chicken in front of me & tells me that she's losing 10 lbs. Must be in her brain, because I know it's not coming off her big behind!

[Bamiegurl]

Quick post for me this morning. I have to go have the ultrasound on my abdomen this morning. I almost got a cup of coffee and then remembered no food or drink! I'll check back on y'all chickies later.

Good Morning Cottage! It has turned cold here again as well! BRRRRRRR

Good Morning everyone!

[Bamiegurl]

Good Morning soon2bfab! Yeah peeps like that wear me out! lol

[soon2Bfab]

Lucky....just wondering - there's usually someone up before me. My frig is empty - eating off the salad bar today at work. have a great day!!

[Bups]

Morning all

I think I have figured out my problem - I think I have SAD.

I was sick with a cold/flu a couple weeks back and although I feel much better now - I can't seem to get enough sleep or feel rested.

I go to bed at 8pm, sleep right through till 5am - sleep in the car (I'm not driving on the one hour drive to work, get through the day in a slight fog and then sleep on the bus on the way home - just to start all over again by going to bed early.

I am very irratible with my son and DH and just feel so BLAH.
I don't think I am depressed as in having bad thoughts about myself or getting down on myself - I just know I don't feel 100%, but can't work up the motivation to fix it (nice catch 22 there).

Here is a link to some SAD info for anyone interested.

http://www.mediresource.com/sdm/sdm/...disease_id=199

Now I have to look into getting a SAD lamp. Anyone in Ontario know where these are available? I am near Toronto, so should be able to find one.

I wish it would warm up even slightly, so that I could take a short walk outrside at lunch time. I work in an office building where my desk is far from any windows. And until lately, I have been leaving home and arriving home in the dark.

Tis a nice excuse for a vacation in the Carribean if I could afford it

I am just so tired of feeling so tired

I think once I get this under control I will have more energy to focus on getting my weightloss and exercise back on track.

Thanks for letting me vent.

Kim

[Ruthxxx]

Bups, I'll look up the addy for my SAD light. I think it came from PQ but am not sure. I used mine last winter for just a half hour in the early morning and it worked.

[Ruthxxx]

Here ya go, BUPS. The Canadian addy is down the page.
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/healt...asp?index=6412

[little chick]

Morning chicks it is crazy here today with blowing winds and snow. The cable was out for awhile as well.

soon2bfab- I guess we are having crazy weather everywhere. Don't let your boss get to you, you are going to have a skinny @$$ and she won't. Keep up the good work chick.

Morning Lucky, my fridge could use a few more things but I have enough to get through till pay day. I hate not having variety.


Cottage- enjoy curves I can't wait til friday night when I get to join.

Bamie- hope the ultrasounds went well and you got to enjoy a cup of coffee after.

Bups- I am sure that Ruth can give you tons of info. I believe she has a lamp. I will be glad when the weather is nice and I can get outside more. Spring always makes me feel good.

Me- Not much other than I am a scale ho when I am staying OP I got on this morning and was down 2 pounds I changed my ticker hoping that will help keep me on track. Well I must fly and try to accomplish something I will be glad when March break is over.

[Ruthxxx]

Ice! Scream! It’s certainly shiny out there! I put on my Yak-Traks to take the garbage out to the road and did it safely. Our side steps are covered with a good ½ inch of ice. Very pretty but it’ll be too dangerous to get Harry into the car for our delayed Library trip. I put down some salt and sand and hope it clears things a bit. The temps will not be up to the melting/freezing point until Saturday or Sunday so we’ll just have to deal with it.

I’m on a roll this morning – whole wheat, of course! I slept until 4 and then woke because I had to pee, NOT because of my knee. I then slept until 6:45, looked after my furry babes and had a cuddle with them on the couch while we watched the news. The sun was streaming in and the woodstove held overnight so it was quite wonderful! Now I’m “treadmilled”, showered, dressed, have made breakfast for Harry and me, run the dishwasher and taken out the garbage. The day is mine – sort of!

Yesterday my sister Joan and BIL Peter dropped in during the afternoon on their way to the Farm. Joan brought me a lovely bouquet which certainly perks up my spirits. I do love fresh flowers in the house in the winter and sometimes buy them for myself. They stayed for tea and listened to Harry talk about the trip we have planned to Vancouver Island next month!!!!! I don’t know where that came from except we were talking the other night about the trip we took two years ago. Major brain fart which really astonished Peter and Joan as he started into it while I was making tea in the kitchen.

Stuff to do? This morning I have to go through the rigmarole of calling the Government about my missing T4A slip from my pension income. So frustrating when I have everything read to go except that! I may be able to find an email addy for them so I don’t have to hear “All our agents are busy. Your call is important to us. Please hold for the next …..” Get more agents, OK? I did get the dog food made yesterday but not the chicken stock so will start that this morning and let it burble all day. Depending on the ice situation, we may or may not go to the Library and then to lunch.

Gotta get going! Today I will pack a load of old clothing for Goodwill and drop it off tomorrow.

I'll be back later to do a chick check!

[little chick]

Morning Ruth we were posting at the same time. Be careful on that ice.

[anchor weight]

Morning chicks!

Down another 3 pounds. That makes a total of 5 during this phase I redo. I don't know if I am very happy about that. I was hoping for more. The bad news/good news is that now I'm back to where my ticker is. So I lost all the bad stuff I gained during my sugar binge. So I'm glad about that but also mad at myself about that because I could be at 189/190 if I hadn't screwed up!

Bups - as you can tell above - I also suffer from SAD. I've got it bad right now. I'm heading to Florida at the end of this month and I can't wait! Going to the tanner once a week helps me. Maybe I should up it to 2x a week this month.

Ruth - you go girl! Sounds like your day is shaping up quite nicely. Becareful on the ice.

Soontobfab - Yup still cold here in Michigan but sunny today!

Bami - Let us know what you find out.

Little chick - Yeah for you! Stay motivated!

I'll peck in later chicks!

[Barb0522]

Morning! I am not going to talk about my weather. If I do, all of you will hate me (except for those of you who have it nicer).

I made it to the gym yesterday for Pilates. Today is Pain in the Butt class and I plan to make it. I can really tell a big difference in my entire body but especially my arms and legs. I ordered something off the internet yesterday called a FitDeck. It is a deck of card with pictures/instructions for over 60 different exercises and stretches that work different areas of the body. You can shuffle them and do whatever you draw. It has three levels of intensity and even has games that can be played with them. It comes in a carrying case so you can even take them with you when you walk to do exercises at certain intervals. I got the instructional DVD with it in the hopes that I can get my husband (not likely) or son (very likely) to do some of them with me. I plan to use this on the days that I'm not able to make it to the gym. I'll just do however many cards I have time for.