You are amazing!Ruth, obviously God felt you needed a rest. The tomato plants will have to glare at someone else for a while! Cuddle up with those darling pups and rest that knee. Tomorrow it'll be seven days to relief!
Chels, I hear you, but I just heard that our farmers were concerned because we had a couple weeks of no rain when they had planted their seeds. I love summer produce, so I figure I can handle a little rain for that reward.
Hope you have a good day! GoFishin, you sound rested and invigorated! Glad you got a little break or whatever has helped.
You'll do great on Phase 1!!! 
Schatzi, have fun with your darling girls! Good for you
on bringing your own SBD food and avoiding the bad carb salad! You Rock! 
LC, what's crazy is that tomorrow is June!!! I feel like we really didn't have a spring yet!
I hope that the shorts-shopping goes well! I remember once I realized the night before that I needed jazz shoes for a recital at school the next day. My poor, saintly mother drove me to several shoe stores until we finally found a pair at 9:00 right before the store closed. What a mess! 
Moms deserve a couple of weeks dedicated to them, not just a day! 
Mama, my weight bounces too. It helps me to track my weight in Excel and use a trend line to see that it is going down.
Gryff, I hate how I feel on Phase 1 too. But that makes me even more determined to do it. The longer your detox takes and the harder it is, the more addicted you are. I didn't want to be addicted. I knew what the side effects of that addiction were and I was more than willing to go through the **** to not be addicted any more. You have to be willing. You have to really want it. And the more awful detox is, the less likely I am to cheat...I don't want to go through it again.
We're here for you, Gryff, whatever you decide. 
I'd hate to see you give up on SBD without actually experiencing the freedom of living craving-free. 
:Phins, so glad you are liking the new job and that it gives you a chance to exercise!
on the loss this month!!! 
Anchor, I hope you get help for your back!
Welcome, Love! Everyone is welcome to post here no matter what phase (or even if they aren't in any phase
) they're on. Glad to see you. on your loss in Phase 1 and making it through! Soon, I'm excited to see new pics of Kloe...she is adorable!
So glad you had such a nice weekend and that your mom is coming home. I think people do so much better in their own place. :Peggy!!!
I hope everything is alright! Was this a scheduled hospital visit? I'll be keeping you and your sweet mom in my prayers. I hope that you both heal well and quickly. What a mess with the meals! 
That's horrible!!! 
Mamaeli, what a nice post! The Maintainer's forum is very inspirational. I've met Meg in person and she is just gorgeous...the first woman I've met who manages to be incredibly petite and a powerhouse of muscles all at the same time! You should see her arms...they are SO amazing! She really inspired me not to just lose weight, but to become more and more fit and to see this as a journey. Meg once wrote, "Reaching goal is the end...of the the beginning." She is SO right! June will be six years for me and DH too.
I'm past my wedding weight (I didn't lose much for my wedding) and am now at about what I weighed in the beginning of college/end of high school. If I get to goal, I'll be at the thinnest weight I ever maintained. You know, my mom had me and my sisters in bikins all through childhood. She didn't want us to have tan lines. Everyone thought we were weird...but my sisters were not fat at all. I doubt the other parents thought you didn't deserve to wear a bikini...they were just surprised that you were wearing what they thought of as adult attire. 
Don't let it stop you, okay? Me:
Well, jumped on the scale this morning with trepidation and found...
: I'm at 210!!! I was SO excited!!! I just hope I can maintain it and then keep going down...:crossed. As soon as school is over I'm going to start entering everything into Fitday.DH put our patio table together yesterday. I marinated some chicken when I got home from the grocery store, microwaved some yams, and cut up zucchini, summer squash, and onions. I threaded the veggies with mini-portabello mushrooms on skewers and basted them with balsalmic vinagrette (sp?). Then I threw everything on the grill. It turned out great! Lots of leftovers for lunch today and tomorrow. I used our side burner to heat up frozen strawberries and blueberries with cinnamon, vanilla and almond syrups, a little smart balance and salt to make a topping for SF vanilla ice cream (the ice cream was a bad call...). The fruit turned out amazing!!! I simmered it on low through dinner and added a little arrowroot to thicken it. Yum!!!
It would be great on oatmeal or on cottage cheese. I threw walnuts in it too for my dessert. That ice cream does make me crave. Not sure what it is, but I just can't be trusted with it. In the garbage it goes when I get home at lunch. I'll post the fruit sauce recipe in the forum. I had some on my yogurt for snack and it was delicious! Have class tonight and working on my homework at work as it's all due on Thursday.
I'm SO ready to be done! Graduation is Sunday. On Saturday night we have a reception at school and DH and I are going out to dinner on Sunday after the graduation. Should be a fun weekend. I just have to do my homework first! Picked up our puppy from the kennel this morning. It was SO good to see her!
I've missed her terribly!Have a great day, chickies!
Jenn and Angel! Congrats to you, Jenn on the 2 lbs!!!