happy Monday
 

Finally managed to get on the board and read posts! These new boards looks weird. It's been really hot here, everything is dying (big tress, not just grass). Hard to convince even the dog to go out for a walk.
Happy back to school, all you teachers. Kids don't start here for another week (!!) and the end of summer boredom and antsiness has set in. I can't wait to get back to MY normal routines. LOL, the loving mother.
I'm still at the exact same weight as last January- I've dropped about 9% body fat, but have been completely stalled for the last 5 weeks. Partly getting sloppy on the eating, partly I don't know what. Once school starts and I get done with an upcoming 5 day road trip (unfortunatly not vacation) it's time to get serious and figure out how to get off of this plateau.

BOB- Yeah- Thrown a rod is bad. That happened to my old minivan and I had to replace the entire engine. It kind of exploded leaving parts all over the road, big hunks of metal. The only funny part about it was I was real near home early in the morning and called dh, told him the van had died. He came along with his TOOLBOX about the same time as a guy who stopped to help was handing me a bucket full of my engine. the good samaritan laughed and told dh that van wasn't going anywhere unless he had a rebuilt engine in the toolbox. Hope you can patch it together....

Sorry about no time to post to you all personally, gotta run.

mel

BOB- ummm... throwing a rod is bad, real bad. We had a car that did that and ended up salvaging it and buying another:eek:


Anyway not much going on here- making 16 bean soup for supper. I like it but don't like what does it does to hubby:lol:

MONDAY EVENING!
 

Happy Monday Everybody!!!

Hope you all are having an absolutely wonderful beginning of the week. I, personally have been somewhat sleepy, but that’s not such a big deal. I was really tempted to eat something illegal today. I even thought about it. It was those darned nutri-grain bars. I told Paul to take them to softball and keep them in his car if he didn’t get them all eaten at the game. Whew!!! They were getting way too much of my brain time.

Hey, I like the new board look. Kind of a sci-fi thing we’ve got going here.

For my motivational thought, I want to quote my favorite artist Mary Englebreit. Last Friday’s calendar said: WORRYING DOES NOT EMPTY TOMORROW OF IT’S TROUBLES. IT EMPTIES TODAY OF ITS STRENGTH. That motivates me to try to stop worrying about things I cannot control and to just be okay. If I’m doing the best I can do, I should have nothing to worry about concerning my weight loss.

MUSIC---Way to go on getting through your first day at school. And keep on munching those carrots. What a good idea to bring a legal snack with you.

TONI---Hey, girl, sounds like you are burning rubber on that TM. Way to go!!! I am so proud of you. Be sure to post each day’s activity on the exercise board. That helps me get moving when I know i get to post there. I got up at 5:50 this morning, but could not get moving. Decided to sit on the couch and read my email. That’s NOT an aerobic activity. HA!!!!

JACK-K---Just keep giving those nasty old chips the cold shoulder. They are NOT your friend. Just keep saying that to yourself. My confession is that I used to LOVE potato chips. No kidding. I could easily down a bag in record time. So I know how hard it is to pass them by. I’ve never taken valium, but if I had any leftovers, I would give them to you. You will make it through the wedding. It will be beautiful. Just be really present and happy.

JENN---Hope ou breeze through your surgery. Try not to be nervous. We are all saying prayers and sending you good thoughts. Hang in there!!! Your big day is r ight around the corner. Goodie for you two!!!!

BKM---Excuse me, but did I hear you complaining about losing two pounds last week?????? I’m just teasing you. I know it’s frustrating when you want it so badly. But you know the weight will come off. Just stick with it, girlfriend. Even though the scale may be stubborn, something great is happening. Your clothes are getting too big!!!! AWESOME!!!!! I’m so happy for you. I loved the moral of your story . . . just what I needed to hear!!!!! Please tell Zsu I send my congratulations for her new baby. I hope both mommy and baby are feeling great.

FILLISE----Don’t you hate when the carbohydrate addicts plan lunch? I sure do. You would think that the powers that be would get a clue that those starchy carbs are not the “in” thing to serve these days. Let’s start our own little campaign for a different type of boxed lunch.

CHERYL----Hey, I say “whatever it takes” to get the motivation. I think you are so smart to just keep working away. You know it’s not good to keep jerking your body around. And that’s exactly what your friend is doing. I’ll bet her digestive system is cursing her for the on-again, off-again type of eating she’s doing. Just keep it up and don’t give in to the temptations. You are doing GREAT!!!! And you will have the first and last laughs!!!

GATOR----Do you have buddleia in your butterfly garden? The other name for it is butterfly bush. I’m not sure if it grows in FL, but it’s a great attraction for the butterflies and I know why. The scent of the blooms is so sweet. We have a beautiful purple one and we get a ton of different butterflies every summer. There’s also an orange plant called butterfly weed. I think the latin name is something like aesclepia or something like that. I’ve never grown that one, but it’s supposed to be a good one too. I love butterflies. I also so a hummingbird last week out sniffing at the salvia on my deck. That was a nice surprise. Do you have hummingbirds in FL?

DEB----I’m so glad you are back on track and feeling great. That’s awesome. Isn’t it so much better when we are doing what we know is right. I like the way you judge your losses by other things like the tightness of your fanny pack. I always can tell a good morning by the looseness of my diamond ring. I can now wear it all the time 24-hours a day. I used to only be able to wear it for a few hours in the daytime. If I had left it on all night before there was no way I could wrestle it off.

SERENE---I liked your motivation thoughts today. It’s so true about how important our attitudes are. That’s what makes this group of people so important.

BOB----I hate car troubles and I hate that you are having them. Get a second opinion. Trust no one. That’s all I know. I don’t know about rods or throwing them. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

Take care everyone. Catch you later.
Kim
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Quilter--Yes, we have buddleai davidii or butterfly bush. I am gonna try to find butterfly weed to add it. Our buddleai is purple also. Very pretty. It is the dog days of summer here in FL for growing stuff. It is too hot to have much of a selection of flowers for planting. In September I'll be able to find some plants I've been looking for. We do have hummingbirds here in FL, but I've only seen one in my garden about a month ago. He was after the tall red pentas, which is also a favorite of the butterflies. The wasps have been attacking the caterpillars something awful. In fact, I think the wasps are the major culprit for decimating the caterpillars. Any suggestions anyone?

Hey All:wave:

I'm too pooped to post, just so darned tired tonight, so forgive me for not doing a regular post before heading to bed. Will do my best to catch up tomorrow. Kids are home, Eli is off and I haven't a clue what's in store for tomorrow, except a meeting I have at the school at 7pm.

Nite!

Debbie

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BOB
Sounds like your timing chain putzed out :(

Jackie
My DH is really starting to notice my body shape is changing. He is happy I'm doing something because all the weight is driving me nuts. He just misses the white bread. The kids won't even eat it anymore! They've been listening to me talk about the evils of white food and I brought them Wonder stone ground whole wheat bread and they love it.
They don't like my Ezekiel bread.

Monday night
 

The board was ornery with me tonight and didn't want to let me on the sugarbusters board. Had to wait a while and try again.

Glad to see everyone starting a new week with positive outlooks.

Deb: Ditto what Toni (I think) said about you sounding like your old self. It's great to have your perkiness back on board this ride.

Quilter: You always sound perky, too. I bet you are loads of fun to be around.

Serene: How are you doing?

Fellise: Is Alabama politics like Texas? We are having a nasty govenor's race. It's not even Labor Day and we are slinging so much mud, everyone's sick of the ads. There's no telling how much money they are spending.

Tina: Glad you survived the first day. Our music and p.e. team teach for the specials class, but they don't take kindergarten. With over 600 kids, they don't have enough time in the day to see them and be able to do anything of substance with the rest of the kids. I get to see each of the 4 classes one day a week for 30 minutes, tho :fr:

Jack-K: You go ahead and cry, hun. And we'll be crying right along with you. I can't even listen to a choir sing without tearing up. And I'm singing in the choir most of the time. :p We held our 150th anniversary at church yesterday and I had to hold back the tears while playing my violin so I could read the music. I did cry when we sang the chorus "Shout to the Lord": I just can't help it.

Jenn: You are in our thoughts and prayers as your surgery nears. You'll be up and about again in no time!:hat:

Cheryl: You go girl, keeping yourself OP while your friend can't. It's sad that she can't get herself motivated to do the things she needs to in order to be successful with WW. You keep being that positive influence.

BOB: The rod is part of the engine, and I am so sorry for you. We had to have a rebuilt engine put into one of our cars once. OUCH!
Who are 3 head chicks????? Our web site owners?

Mel: So glad you checked in. Our school district is probably the last one in Texas to start this year. The kids first day isn't until the 29th. I have 2 days of inservice this week, then start full time next Monday. It feels really strange not to be working.

Toni: You're doing great with the TM, but I echo the sentiments: Don't push too hard. You don't want to hurt yourself.

BKM: Give Zsu-Zsu our best and congrats about her new baby. Hope your son's rehab is successful.

Gator: I wish I could hide in your suitcase when you go to France. I love the French language, took it 2 years in HS but never grasped it. Conjugation of verbs killed me.

Hey all you Canadian Gals: How's the weather up there? Hope you all are doing splendidly this week!

Missy: How's it goin' teacher girlfriend?

I hope we all have a great week. The scales are up, and I'm having lower ab pain, so we all know what that means! I hate this every 3 weeks cycle. I'm more than ready for it to stop.:s:

Check you later!
Take care,
Jeanie

Happy Tuesday Gang,

Looks like I'm going to be busy at work today, darn the luck. Got to bed late last nite and didn't sleep well, so I passed on my walk this am and will get it in tonite along with my workout. :sp:

We have a little league team from Louisville in the LL World Series and tonite we play a team from NC. Don't we have someone from NC on here? They have really done well and everyone is pulling for them.:cb:

Bob, I think you are in for big time $$$. I don't think throwing a rod is good. Hope you get some good news. We have started trying on dresses. It really didn't bother me at that time, I think we were so frustrated with finding something to fit that I didn't think about her in the dress.

Mel, I know what yu mean, I need routine too. Hope you can jump start yourself off the plateau.

Quilter, WTG on passing up the Nutri-grain bars. But honestly, I wouldn't cheat on something like that. It's going to have to be a lot better. You're right though, when you want something, it really consumes your whole mind. It is so crazy how we let ourselves do that. For what, food. I liked your MM post. Worrying is such a waste. I try to tell myself that alot. You may not have gotten any aerobic exercise but your finger got a good work-out. LOL

Cherylco, I'm glad your DH supports you. WTG on getting your kids to eat WW bread.

Jred, I dont think we should be together. I cry over commercials on tV, songs, cards, even some words. I'm really bad and my DD is worse (if that is possible). So if we were to ever get together, we would need lots of tissues. LOL:stress:

Have a great day everyone. Hope to check back later.

Jackie
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Jack-K: AMEN, SISTER!! My youger DD is just like us and my older DD laughs at us.

Tuesday
 

My Tuesday Tip is this: Don't install 50 lb pressure piping into your well when the actual pressure you use exceeds 70 lbs!!! :fr:
The previous owner of our home obviously didn't know what he was doing :?: and was extremely cheap! We had house guests from Ontario over the weekend during a heat wave and on top of it all the pipe burst and we had no water! :dz: They were very good about it :angel: but we certainly didn't rank as a 5 star hotel for them. That is all fixed (with 100 lb pressure piping) and back in order now though. Company is gone and eating is straightened out yet again.

I love the look of the board now. I found it through the homepage and actually discovered a few other things I will want to take a look at.

JRED- Us Eastern Canadians are doing wonderful today because the heatwave broke and we have had a little bit of rain for the first time in nearly 3 weeks. We really needed it! Every 3 weeks :eek: I bet you are ready for that to stop!

CHERYLCO- You are doing a great job of losing and sticking to SB. Isn't it a wonderful thing when our DH's *see* our accomplishments? One of my kids still loves and longs for white bread but doesn't get it. When we go out to eat she always orders it...she thinks of it as a treat now.

KIMMYTHEKID- Where are you at these days?

FRUIT- Did you ever get back to me about your baby Amazon?

MELIRIS- You have done such a fantastic job of losing weight and then losing BF. You have really worked for it and I find your results motivating. Keep going because you know you can outlast this stall.

TONI- Just saying hello to you :wave: you are going to town on that TM :cb:

Gotta run, I hear the washing machine has stopped working so I better start!

It's Tuesday!
 

Hey everyone,

Another busy day for me, but thought I'd pop on and say HI. I have my pre-op appt. with my Dr. today. Oh joy. :p

This week, I have to find a strapless bra/corset thingy to go under my wedding dress, a slip, and shoes. I hate shopping!

We've started planning the rehearsal dinner, and Dan's mom has offered to pay for it! I know it's "traditionally" covered by the groom's parents, but I didn't think she'd actually offer, so it was a nice surprise. :)

That's about it for now. I have to get down to visit the puppy today, after I see the Dr. That's always a joy - playing with the little furball. ;)

Hugs,

Jenn

p.s. to Cherylco - do your kids like the sgww Wonder bread? My SS hates the Nature's Own bread we're using, and I'm trying to find something he won't glower at in disgust. :lol:

Dreary Tuesday!
 

BOB – I hope for your sake that it is not as bad as having “thrown a rod”!!!!! That is “time to get a new car” or “new engine” – either way it is a lot of $$$$$$$$ :eek:

Meliris – Well 9% body fat lost is a good loss! Even if the weight is not showing a difference… but I hope that you are able to get yourself on a losing weight groove, those plateaus can be a real bummer! Though the fact that you have improved means a lot even if the scale does not show it - or you can see it by the scale has not gone up!!! :strong:

HeartMom – send me some soup! That sounds yummy to me, especially on this wet and miserably depressing day!!!! :T

Quilter – Good Quote! Do you have the Engelbreit magazine? I love it, it was a gift from my mom – love the art work as well. Hope you were able to get Paul to remove the illegal bars from your reach!!! :flow1:

Gator – Bon Jour!!!! Tough cookie you are, camping in a tent! Hope you have a great time and enjoy the fresh air!!! :D

Cherylco – It is such a great ego boost when someone notices the positive changes in your figure! Good for you – and good for getting the kids eating healthier!!! :)

Jred – I am right there with you having sympathy problems for your TOM – hahaha!!!! They say women who spend a lot of time together tend to cycle together – I wonder if that is true for the Board? :idea: Deb needs to do that for a poll – what is your date for TOM…hahaha

Jack-K – You are right, busy hands cannot feed my face – hahahaha – I am doing well – made a chicken salad with curry and spices, chopped apple, grapes, celery, red onion and mixed it up with a little Light Mayo – to be eaten with whole wheat pita bread this afternoon at my desk….. I just hope I don’t get curry all over my papers! Good luck to your little league team! :D

Gracious – What a nightmare!!!!!!!!!! :fr: Glad it is all fixed though! I just love the new icon of the dancing banana – hehehe – it is too cute!

Jenn – YOU HATE SHOPPING???? That’s awful!!! What traumatic event would turn you from such a fun event – Just kidding!!! I hope you find what you need without hassle….. :D

Well I need to get back to work here at the office and some time today I have to go register our office for Costco....Yuch - the weather is icky and I hate the idea of going out in it.....

Sabrina

Good morning everyone. Just got done with my morning oatmeal. Should have hit the treadmill first but will do it all backwards today because I slept in. We had a storm last night and I guess I didn't even hear the rain. But oh I'm glad we got some. Guess the reason I like fall so much is the month of Aug. is so yucky that by the time it comes I'm ready for some better weather.

music teach-Congrads. on getting through your half day. Now on to more more. Keep munching them carrots!!!

Jack-K- Hey there girl how ya doing... Hope you get your work out in this evening. I'm bad to cry on things like commercials, songs etc. too.

Bob- I thought if you threw a rod your car was pretty well ready for the graveyard. Bad thing!!!!!! Oh no Bob it can't be..

meliris- Get back OP!!! TODAY....... 9% body fat sounds pretty good though... The end of the summer for those little ones is sure hard on the Mommies..

heartmom-LOL They called it 16 beans cause thats how many sounds you get afterward!

The Quilter-Good for you sending the nutri-grain bars away. I sure don't why we pick one such thing. Love your motivational and I really agree with it.. Guess you did butt aerobic's this morning. Maybe this evening when its cooled a bit you'll feel like a little stroll... Just getting up at 5: would be a major feat for me...

Gatorgal- I'll bet the butterfly bush is beautiful. We'd have lots of hummingbirds if I would have gotten my feeders out this year....

Debilli- Hope you had a good nights sleep...

cherylco- Yea for your DH noticeing you are losing. That makes you feel so good. I couldn't give my Ezekiel bread away.. But I don't buy white bread anymore but do get the stone ground wheat bread.

jred- Thanks for the support about the treadmill. I'm going to stick to my 15 min. for awhile. It seems thats just right for me now. Everyone does sound positive this week. Makes me excited...

gracious- Know how those well problems can be. I had a snoody sis in law for her first visit here and the power went off due to a storm. No electric no water from the well. Meanwhile my little housedog went out and rolled in a dead animal and came in stinking to high heaven and of course no water. Luckly we had a wood stove for heat and I was going to fry some fish on it and my sis in law saids shes hates fish. So no way did I get out the crab dip I'd made....I think she didn't have a good visit here... LOL..

Jenn in MN- Good luck on your pre-op. What a nice thing for Dan's Mom to pay for the rehearsal dinner.... Enjoy that shopping trip how many times do you get to find under things for a wedding.. LOL

Well time for me to go. Everyone have a good OP day........

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Here is a little Tuesday Tip I just received. Hope it is helpful:

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK ALONE

If everyone who gets this sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we'll
save at least one life.
Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home (alone of course),
after an unusually hard day on the job. You're really tired, upset and
frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest
that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are
only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home; unfortunately
you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. What can you do?
You've been trained in CPR but the guy that taught the course neglected
to tell you how to perform it on yourself. Since many people are alone
when they suffer a heart attack, this article seemed to be in order.
Without help, the person whose heart stops beating properly and who
begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing
consciousness. However, these victims can help themselves by:
Coughing repeatedly and very vigorously.
A deep breath should be taken before each cough. The cough must be deep
and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.
A cough must be repeated about every 2 seconds without let up until help
arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.
Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the
heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart
also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can
get to a hospital. BE A FRIEND AND PLEASE SEND THIS ARTICLE TO AS MANY
FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE. IT MAY SAVE THEIR LIFE.