Hey ladies a quick pop in. I have good news that has nothing to do with weight. I want to thank any and all that have kept my family in their prayers. Power of prayer has worked and My husband will not be leaving for Iraq. The mission his company was selected for has been cancelled. YAY.

I came very close this morning to having a head on collision and want to thank God again for missing the guy. The only reason I missed him has to be because God took over. By all rights I should have slammed into him.

Scales are still sitting at 220 but my mood is so good this morning even the scales aren't bothering me.

Robbin, That's fabulous! You must be on :cloud9:. I'm so glad to hear that for you and your family. Somebody is certainly looking out for you today all around. :)

my lateral stepper arrived this morning, boy does it work those leg muscles! i could only manage 5minutes and my legs were burning. but iv done 3 x 5 minutes so 15 in total, bet me legs are gonna ache tomorow!
still on track with food too, we went to a pizza hut birthday party yesterday and i only had salad, that was really hard as i love pizza and hate salad but i did it so i was proud of myself :D

YAY, Liza. I too had to battle pizza. TOM is lurking in my very near future and I'm craving (with a vengence) pizza! We went to Subway last night. I had a subway sandwich, but my daughter had a cheese pizza. She had 4 pieces left over...I finally asked my husband to go throw it away before I ate it all. I had stood it all I could. Not much better today, but am at work instead of at home so the refrigerator is not haunting me...I fear what might happen if I were home today. :( Why, oh why does it have to be so hard???
I've had only 7 points today. YAY ME! My throat is getting sore though. Good news though....my pants are almost literally falling off of me....at only 10 lbs lost! YIPPEE! I get to go shopping this weekend! :) I showed hubby at lunch today how big they were in the waist...he asked how I was keeping them up! lol
Have a wonderful day everyone!

Hi - thanks for the explanation.

I wasn't confused, just curious.

I'm aware that in the US you have much more versatility in home design (and I'm very jealous). Building land is very much at a premium here, which is why most homes are designed to take up as little ground space as possible. Even three storey houses are becoming more common these days, as well as large apartment complexes which mean the builders can have ten homes in the space that two would have taken up in the past, maximising their profit of course.

But the only downsides to a two-storey home I could think of would be the stairs. I just wondered what it was that you know now that you didn't know then. ;)

I have occasionally browsed websites which sell home plans and, as I said I am SO jealous - there are so many gorgeous designs available. Maybe when I'm rich one day I'll use one. All you seem to be able to get these days round here is a basic three-bed box.

just popping back in quickly before i hit the shower, iv just done 40minutes on treadmill...yes you read that right...me most unfit person ever has just walked on treadmill for 40minutes non stop! feeling ever so slightly pleased with how things are going and hope i can stick to it
so for today i have done 15minutes on stepper, 40 minutes on treadmill and 400 reps with weights.
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Hi there chickies . . . look at that, it's February already. Today was sunny and cold but tomorrow we are supposed to be having another gigantic storm. Actually, February 2 is probably the only day of the year I don't mind it being overcast . . . the groundhog won't be able to see his shadow . . . but I could do without the 'storm' part. :(

TINA . . . :hug: . . . Glad you are OK with the idea of moving, because it can be so very stressful, but since you want to do it, you should be fine. The new plan you are describing sounds nice . . . what I would call either a 'raised bungalow' or a 'split entry' . . . you get the advantages of pretty much one floor living but with a nice daylight basement.

ROBSIA . . . :hug: . . . One thing we have lots of in Canada . . . land (Of course, some of it is pretty much uninhabitable except by seals and polar bears :D) . . . although you never know it if you lived in Toronto or Montreal. We tend to build up in those cities because the land there is so much in demand and therefore very expensive.

ROBBIN . . . :hug: . . . Such wonderful news about your husband. Wonderful that you avoided that accident, too. . . you are very right that somebody is certainly looking out for you and your family today.

DIANNE . . . :hug: . . . Two great NSVs girl. Isn't it amazing that we can get so happy about passing up food that we love and losing our pants? :dizzy:

LIZA . . . :hug: . . . Wow, you are really becoming an exercising diva, woman. Keep it up! And send me the same 'bug' that has bitten you, please. :^: Afraid exercise and I have only a casual relationship. :(

Hi TAMMY :hug: and Hi to everybody else lurking out there. Have a great moving and shaking evening and I'ss see you soon. :carrot:

Robbin, that's incrediable news! I know that you have a big weight lifted from your shoulders now. I'm so happy for you both! Thanks goodness you were protected from danger this morning...what a scary close call.

Tammy, HI! Hope you're doing well!

Liza, you're strength is awesome. I'm not quite so sure I could be that strong right now, I'm so impressed. Good for you! With that determination you'll sure to be getting great results. Way to go!

Diana, I so relate to the fridge being an annoyance and calling my name. Sometimes after Alyssa goes to bed (always the worst snack attacks at that time), I take a glass of ice water up to my room and steer clear of the kitchen the rest of the evening. Hang tough dear!

Robsia, I guess I could have summed it all up in a couple of words and said, the stairs! LOL! I watch a lot of british home shows here and I see what you're homes are like. Not to rub it in or anything, but I can see why you'd be envious. There isn't a whole lot of space and I could never understand why bedrooms didn't have closets..on the shows they call them wardrobes and ppl gasp at the fact of a built in wardrobe..LOL! But you know, there are a lot of tiny spaces that ppl cram themselves into here in north america too, so don't feel to bad.

Not much happening in my day. Hope you're all doing well!
TTFN!

Linda, you described it better than I could! LOL! I can't dwell on it wondering what will happen or else I WILL stress myself out. We went to the realator this morning to "make a deal", we said we'd have the house if the seller agreed to a condition that we'd get 45 days to sell ours first. Haven't heard back yet. We shall see!

Hi Ladies...Just a quick pop-in for tonight. I wanted to let you know that the scales stayed the same this week, so I'm happy about that. We are in a deep freeze and I can't seem to get warm. Our power was out for 4 hours this afternoon and I can't believe how fast the house cooled down. I cuddled up with my dog under a bunch of blankets to stay warm. We are going to be -20 or colder for the next week. I'm so ready for SPRING to get here!
I'll be back tomorrow to do personals.
Cheryl

i hope i get a good result on scale day cos the pain at the moment is putting me off, my leg muscles are killing me today. i woke up at 3.30am in so much pain i couldnt get back to sleep. my thigh muscles just burned :(
on the plus side though, i think im starting to enjoy exercising!!!!!!!! never thought id hear myself say that:dizzy:

cheryl wow -20 sounds cold, you stay snuggled under that blanket and keep warm.

meowee, sending you some exercise vibes, i do seem to have been bitten by the bug, not sure how long this motivation and energy will last but hopefully its here to stay!

tina, dont know bout strngth but determination yes..i am determined to lose this weight. i am more determined than i have ever been, i want this to work so bad i dont want to be overweight anymore.

diane, i know how you feel, what is it about that time of the month grrr i could eat the paint off the walls, just think yourself luck you only have that battle once a month, i sometimes have it every 2 weeks!

robbin, so glad to hear your familys good news, and be careful on those roads girl!

have a great day y'all
luv n hugs
xxx

Liza - Sometimes a bananna before bed will help with those leg cramps. I know it sounds weird but its the potassium(sp) in the bananna that helps.

Cheryl - we aren't quite as cold as you guys but it is cold here, we have been in the teens most of the week with a little snow and ice. Right now I have a little electric heater sitting under my desk.

Tina and Robsia - I know that in a lot of places people cram themselves in to small spaces. I just don't think I could do it. We have 10 acres in the country and our closest neighbor is about a mile away and I love it. I love my privacy and my country life.

Linda - I understand how you feel about those winter storms. I feel the same. We have had so much snow and ice this winter that if it was 10 years before we saw it again it would be too soon for me.

Diana - Shopping for clothes is fun when you get to go to new sizes isn't it. I think I am gonna have to go shopping this weekend too. None of my shirts are fitting right these days.

Tammy - I am very happy that hubby will not be leaving. However it is not a permanent thing. The news is that it has just been pushed back a year, but now I have another year before I have to deal with it.

Well ladies the scales are not budging at all I am still stuck at 220. I just don't understand what is going on. I have kept my food numbers on track all week and exercised every single day with no progress. UGH!!! Something is gonna have to give or I am gonna go crazy.

Well better get to work. Check back later.

Hi there, chickies . . . :hug:

Well, the "Triangulation of the Eastern Rodents" -- Shubenacadie Sam (in Nova Scotia); Punksutawny Phil (in Pennsylvania); and Wiarton Willie (in Ontario) -- have decided that Winter is almost over. Not one of them saw his shadow this morning. Yippee. Of course, can you really believe a bunch of groundhogs? :o Time will tell. But it is nice to have a unanimous decision for a change. :D

Other than that, nothing is very exciting around here. We still have a storm warning, but so far not much of anything has developed and that is just fine with me. :)

TINA . . . :hug: . . . I don't imagine you'll have a problem. Alberta is in a real booming market right now, especially up where you are.

CHERYL . . . :hug: . . . do you guys have a local groundhog? If not you can borrow the three mentioned above.

LIZA . . . :hug: . . . "Love" used in the same sentence as "Exercise" . . . does not compute! Don't forget to rest once in awhile to let those sore muscles heal.

ROBBIN . . . :hug: . . . I know how you feel, girl. We've just got to keep on keeping on until the silly old scale:devil: gives in . . . and he will.

Okay everybody, I'm off to do a miserable little session with Buddy and the Frog, but it will not be what I would call "lovely". Keep doing the good stuff as much as you can gang. Moving and shaking will carry us through . . . and here's a little :dust: to help us along the way. See you soon. :carrot:

Hello everyone!! Guess what? We had about a 3 minute snow flurry today! It was soooo exciting! It's the only snow I've seen since the single 3 minute flurry we had last winter. My husband and I walked outside and he said "Look, it's either snowing or my dandruff is acting up again!" lol I so wish some of you who keep getting all the snow would send it on down....Louisiana never gets any!! :( When my son was 2 (he's 8 now) was the last decent snow we had...we got about 3 inches that lasted about 2 days. He doesn't even remember it all that well. I guess it's all this global warming they've been talking about this week.
Well, I've had about 7 points today. I kinda fell off the wagon a little bit yesterday. I think I probably stayed within my point range, but it was probably close. I got my son corn fritters for an afterschool snack yesterday from a convenient store. I ate like 5 of them...for those of you who haven't experienced a corn fritter...it's deep fried batter wrapped cream style corn. I'm sure that in itself was atleast 3 points. I had 11 for supper last night. Then 2 more after that. I was right at my limit, I think. And we're having a superbowl get together Sunday at my house with boiled shrimp, jambalaya, dessert.....hope I can be good that day. Guess I'll just have to be extra good today and tomorrow just in case.....

Robbin....don't give up! I know you won't....It's just a plateau that'll eventually have to let go of you. Keep doing the things you know are right and it'll pay off.....

Liza....I'll be glad if I ever get to a point of actually enjoying exercising. They say you just have to find what you enjoy "doing" and make that your workout. I don't think surfing the internet constitutes exercise...and that's what I enjoy. lol We're discussing buying bikes...I think in warm weather I'd enjoy that...but not now!! YIKES! We may never get snow, but it gets bitterly cold...so much so that it'll cut right thru ya. Can't imagine bike riding in the cold! Maybe I'll find my niche.....if I find the energy to look hard enough! lol

Cheryl, when I can't get warm (my feet usually are cold!) I go run about 3 inches of almost hot water in the bath tub and soak them in it then put on warm socks and cuddle up under a blanket. I'm warm in no time! As much as I'd love to see more than 3 snow flakes, I, too am ready to see warmer temps! They say mr. grondhog didn't see his shadow today....... :)

Linda, think you could wish that snow storm on down to Louisiana?? LOL I don't know many folks here who'd be sad to see it coming....we're snow-deprived!

Robsia and Tina, we, too are about to put our house on the market (within the next year). We were blown away when we started looking at houses and when we had the realtor come look at ours. We'd not paid too much attention to the prices of homes in several years....they've skyrocketed!!! Which is good and bad...we'll make money on our house, but we'll have to spend ever bit of it to buy something comparable to what we have now. I guess it's good that we want to downsize, huh? Still, we'll probably spend most of what we make on our house! I guess it could be worse...we could be homeless, right?


Well, this post turned out about 4 times longer than I'd thought it would when I sat down. Sorry I've bored everyone! :) :) Hope everyone has a great weekend...don't know how much I'll be back on between now and next week...if I don't "see" you all before Monday, stay on track and positive! Let's all have baggy breeches together! Won't it be fun???? LOLOLOL

Linda, your getting ahead of yourself there girl...love is going a bit far...im just starting to not hate it so much, i certainly dont love it and given a choice i would much rather park my butt on the sofa or computer chair! :)
and iv taken a day off exercising today, went for a 30minute walk with my son but havnt done any workout my muscles are still too stiff.
Robin, thanks for the tip about the banana, i will have to give that a try.