Ugh! We've been having big thunderstorms all night, and I just snuck onto the computer for a quick check-in before I have to unplug again. At least our heatwave is supposed to be ending with these storms - hurray!

Carol, yeah, I do not think it is ever a good idea to chase down any type of criminal. I've been trying to get that through DH's head for a long time now, but the testosterone always seems to win. I felt like I had to join the chase just to make sure my hubby was ok. He did eventually give it up and come back, and then the police finally caught up with the scumbag when he circled back to his car. They detained him for a couple hours, but then let him go. I guess they didn't have anything to charge him with since they didn't bother talking to any of us. What the guy was doing was lurking and hiding in people's yards, and he was clearly up to something, but I guess he hadn't accomplished his crime yet. Well, we'll all be on the lookout for him, but hopefully never see him again!

It looks like you're having a challenging food week! So many social situations... Like you said, just control your portions, and have a good time! Uh oh, here comes the lightning again. Gotta unplug. Happy Thursday everyone!

Scary non the less Auntie G wow! I work in the city where there are shootings I read about all the time. When I read where I think oh I travel that rd. etc. I live in the country and that is kind of quiet but even with that yah get some rif raf stuff thats not nice. Just not as much or as close to me. At any rate stay safe and I know the guy thing its hard even I would most likely do the same sometimes.
Last night I have to confess I worked a 10.5 hr day can anyone say vacation on monday well I always manage to pay for it. But my day ended in not making such a good choice for food. I ordered a calzone on the way home. Wow it was great but I had done so well all day long. I guess my tummy said hey lady yah usually feed me about 4 hrs. ago whats up. I think it would of been worse if I had eaten bad all day so I guess I will count my blessings there. I took a 81 year old lady to the food pantry for her first time. It took awhile but well worth it. Her eyes lite up with how generous the amount of food she recieved was. Tears in her eyes as she thanked me as several times said oh honey you have put in a long day. I told her it was fine
etc... It was a busy day but a nice one too. Today is my lunchoen at work so its a simple healthy breakfast and my dinner I promised myself will be healthy and lunch I WILL try to limit my portions. Exercise not yesterday other than the stairs at work. I will get out early on friday and think it will be a gym day.
I forgot to tell you all about my trip. I fell going out of the house yesterday morning to start off my day. The stairs were slippery due to rain I of course carrying my daily junk purse, coffee, bag with papers etc. Top step went down so quick hurt my bum the most and my left wrist a little my butt was so wet. I had to come back in find a skirt iron it and off I went again. Crazy huh! The hubby heard me yell he came out picked everything up for me and put it in the car. My cup polish pottery a favorite thank goodness did not break. Today I am a bit sore but not too bad could of been much worse. Glad yesterday is over and today will be a fresh start.
Hope every one else is doing well diet wise and life wise! Have a great day!!!

Well I did pretty good considering a lunchoen and all. I skipped the roll had a slice of meat and some spinach salad which was very good,cabbage salad, dip a and a few baked chips, a little cool whip dessert. It was a nice time and we all got to hang out for awhile. Our new director joined us as well and that was nice. He said to me why is your computer so old. I said it hasn't been replaced he asked if I like it I said heck no its so slow. Then said it will be something we will look at replacing in the near future you deserve a new one. I was happy I think things are going to be very good in our dept. I look forward to some improvements overall with the office its so old and we are going to move eventually.
Tonight I made some broiled fish for dinner, baked potatoe and a fresh salad with my first cukes from the garden. I put together a salad for fridays lunch as well and then we have some stuff leftover from today.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Friday I hope to make some healthy choices when we go for dinner as well. I am working on it.
Thank goodness its almost the weekend short weeks really are more pressure on all of us work wise. Money mtg. class today quite interesting and they gave out a new calculator and a file folder, etc. Little things that keep us happy and organized hopefully save us money down the road.
Have a great weekend rain here tonight.

Well, Carol, it sounds like you made good food choices today! I hope you're recovering from your "trip"! You have cukes! I planted some for the first time this year, but they don't seem to be getting anywhere. There's lots of flowers, but they don't turn into anything. I don't know what the problem is, as I've read that they are easy to grow. Any ideas? I can't wait for my tomatoes to ripen up. There are a lot, and some are getting huge, but they haven't started to change color at all. Mmmmm, tomato sandwiches...

I'm doing ok with food this week, saving up for that Hannah Montana pizza party on Saturday, so I expect this week's weigh in will be ok, but next week's maybe not. Oh well, that's life, right? Sometimes you just have to have the "good stuff".

Our heat wave is finally gone, so I guess I should start going walking again. Walking seems to be the only exercise I can ever stick with, but I've really let it slide since it's been so hot. Of course I do walk my dog multiple times a day, but it's not very long or very fast, but it's better than nothing. Well, fall will be here before we know it!

Hope everyone's doing well!

Not much of a move on the scale but I will take it the old scale and the new are off by a lb. But the new one reads that I lost 3lbs. so I will take it. Now will use only the new one even though its up a lb. most likely more acurate than the old one. I am still up in wt. and not really happy about it. But thats life and I am working on it. I did notice my underarm flabby area is tighter so guess the kayaking is helping that area. I am going to the gym this afternoon and now am seriously starting back there. Too many excuses for me in the past now its get there!
Auntie G have a great time with the party sounds like fun. Oh you are going to love the 3d scenes I did! Its crazy how one little pair of glasses can make it all happen or not. Enjoy you pizza and sometimes its best to just have it enjoy it then move on. I just had my breakfast some fresh blueberries on bran cereal. Talked myself out of a mini bagel. Thats what I need to continue to do think before it goes in I guess?
Gardening if you have cuke flowers you'll have cukes eventually the different kinds take longer or less time. I have the mini ones for pickling for my salads or just to munch on. Then planted longer ones as well. Had my first little tomatoe too. I have lots of peppers and tomatoes coming and can't wait for fresh green beans. The squash that came back from last season is one I didn't like go figure so I am pulling it out with hopes it doesn 't return. It is a white yes white flat squash yuk. I like almost any veggie but this is not one of them. I did plant zuc. and waiting for that to be ready. Have a super friday!
Have a good day

Belated birthday greetings Carol.

I'm a total mess.:( I can't just seem to get back on track.:devil:
I've been back from summer vacation for 3 weeks now, but still eating like somebody on vacation, and haven't been exercising either.:mad:
I will get back to posting again as soon as I get myself together~ it better happen soon, or I'm in big trouble.:o

Auntie G~ nice to meet you.

Marie, Penny, and Judy~ hope all is good with you.

Carol - I'm glad to hear you have a nice new director at work - it makes so much difference when your boss doesn't play "politics". I'm glad your scale is cooperating. It sounds like you're eating healthy and are back on track. Keep up the good work! :carrot:

Auntie G - Walking is such good exercise. It really helps if you have a dog as they will always give you a guilt trip if you don't walk them! :lol:

Elyn - It's great to hear from you again :). Sorry to hear about your gain - just dust yourself off and jump back on the wagon. We all fall off now and then - it's just important to jump back on no matter how often we fall off.

Marie & Judy - I hope everything is going well with you both.

Well, it's been a week since my surgery. I had my bandages off yesterday and everything looks good - a bit bruised but I seem to be healing well. I had to go in for some more blood work today as I had a couple of minor symptoms (weird rash on my palms and dark lines on my nails) which could be a sign of a heart valve problem. They took six very large blood samples, so that was quite an experience! I will also be having an echocardiogram done soon to rule out any heart problems. I'm gradually getting back to normal activities and even pruned my roses yesterday.

Wow Penny, you're having a banner medical year. The back, the girls and now weird symptoms. I hope you continue on the road to recovery. At least when they stole so much blood you lost some "weight" OK, probably not worth it.

Elyn, good to see you again. Both Carol and I have been struggling a bit as of late. Come back from vacation and post whether you're perfect or not. We'd have so few posts if we only posted successes.

Auntie g - pizza is only a day away. You are doing so awesome. You must very excited about your progress. Walking is my exercise staple. I use Leslie Sansone's Walk Away the Pounds series for when I don't walk outdoors. For about a year, I only walked outdoors - rain, snow or moonlight (as I walk before work). But then I noticed that I wasn't getting the same workout as the WATP. Then I did that but couldn't handle the hills on regular walks. (I live in the mountains) so I'm trying hard to alternate that. And then in the evenings I usually swim (in the summer) and last year I did yoga in the winter, but a few toe surgeries and now some knee problems have slowed that idea. But come, fall I'll probably do that again. Anyway, you might want to look at the WATP series for the too hot days.

Carol, no more "trips". I'm glad you didn't hurt yourself too bad. How cool is it that you have a new director that you like and who values your work. I bet you're very glad (for the most part) that you didn't take the other job.

Judy, I bet your week was as bad and hectic as mine. I kept trying to post and could only find a few minutes to read the posts. But now it's FRIDAY and my laptop is a work and I refused to bring it home. I also plan to go NOWHERE this weekend. I'm not leaving my house, yard or neighborhood (as the doggies want their walks).

Work as mentioned was nasty this week. Our building officially moved yesterday. I have a picture on my cell phone of it up on beams and wheels while a big truck used a mammoth winch to manuveur it. It was awesome to watch. So they turned it 180 degrees (as I chatted "spin baby spin") and moved it about 100 feet back onto the school district's property as the property that the district sold was smack down the middle of my office.

Food has been ok the last two days. I'm trying to make good choices and smaller portions. I have this evil monster that sees a helping and tries to figure out how to make it bigger. I hate that evil monster. Yesterday I walked the doggies around the rural block and Wed and today I did 3 miles WATP. Both Wed and Thur I also swam 1/4 mile. Tonight I just want to be a bum so I'm not going to swim. I had a nec and headache all day but miraculously I'm all better once I got home. :) either way, I just want to be a bum. The summer from h@ll is coming to a close at work. There is now an end in sight so perhaps I can enjoy August.
Marie

Elyn your not alone somehow it seems that all of a sudden we realize the little extras we have been induldging in end up on our bodies and show on the scale. Life isn't fair sometimes I have a girl at work that can eat anything never put a lb. on and yes she is over 40. I used to be like that when I was about 15 or 16 then life changed. So now that I have said that your not alone at all we are with you and together we have our ups and downs but all want to lose some wt. I am trying to make better choices and portions be less and eat more seafood the fish kind not you see food and eat it. Just a little humor. So hang in there every little change adds up.
Penny good to hear the girls are getting better. I bet your glad that is behind you now.
Marie your right I am pretty pleased with the choice the company made to move him up to this position. I think he's going to do a good job. One of my coworkers doesn't seem to be as pleased but oh well she will have to deal with that. He also had been asked to be a director months ago at the same company as I had almost left for. Then decided it wasn't feeling right for him and he stayed as well. So we both have a little history there. I like working for a guy as their not so moody and there comments are usually well thought out before they make them. That is a quality I like. Our office history he knows of and that he addressed in our first visit. He said I know things here in the past weren't easy but I have heard they are much better now. I spoke up and said yes we all get along support each other and there is no back jabbing its a nice team. Hopefully that will continue.
I recieved some nice new pictures of my HI grandson yesterday. Oh he is beyond cute and looks just like his daddy its funny how much they look alike. My son is a handsome guy so I guess the little guy with the beautiful blue sparkling eyes will be a knock out as well. The proud mom and grandma speaks!!!
Marie oh how right you are we have had some up and downs.That evil guy visits me to maybe together we can kick him out of our turf? Lets just keep on trying we can beat him. I will try to think of him when taking servings today like having this little red guy on my hand thats picking up the spoon. I went for dinner last night and had ck. parm my favorite. It wasn't the best choice but I left most of the pasta behind. I did have an unneede roll of course that wasn't so smart. Today is the pig roast never been to one. So I am being good for breakfast and for dinner will if anything plan a salad only.
Sunday is behave myself day and try to fit in healthy stuff only.
Monday its welcome a new director and coworker so breakfast is on. I am bringing yogurt, fresh fruit and there will be some other healthy choices. My boss said wheres the bacon and sausage she shook her head and said you health people. I love it there are 4 of us now that are on that rd. most of the time so it helps.
Well have a good day the sun is shining I am off to print of the CD of pictures to show off at my family event today.

Happy Saturday, everyone!

Well, I lost another 1.5 lbs,which brings me to a total of 30 lbs down now - hurray!:carrot: I am afraid of how this week will go, since I'm starting out with my long awaited pizza tonight, but it's ok. The pizza, too, shall pass - LOL. It should be a fun night. Hannah Montana, here we come!:dancer:

Carol, I think I finally see a hint of a baby cucumber starting! Woo hoo! Congrats on the good vibes you have going at work. It makes it so much better when people are getting along, and when you have others around you trying to eat right, too!

Elyn, what a cute doggie you've got there! Don't let being off program stop you from posting! Keeping in touch may help you get back in the groove...

Penny, glad your "surgical parts" are doing well, and I hope your other symptoms clear up and turn out to be no problem. And as for the dog walking, yeah, we can't even get to guilt. We have a fixed schedule - she gets 5-6 walks a day at specific times, no ifs ands or buts. DH and I generally take turns, depending on work schedules. Even though it's not a lot of exercise at a time, it is good because it keeps me from getting too comfortable on the couch!

Marie, how cool to see your building being moved! It's mind boggling that they can do stuff like that. You're right about the WATP workouts. I did that a few years ago with a friend, but I never bought any of my own. I guess I should look into that. Hope you had a relaxing "bum" night. That's kind of what we did here, too. Just sat outside talking with the neighbors all night. At least I was drinking water, while everyone else was drinking beer.

Have a great weekend!:D

Marie I kept that little devil under control for the most part. I feel that my intake at the pig roast was not so bad. My niece and her hubby are healthy types of folks. So the foods weren't so bad appt. were hummus spread with veggies and pita on the side no nasty chips really. I did have some wheat crackers I have to find them for home. They were tasty and I lad am sure less cals than most. Fresh fruit, I did have a little itsy bitsy brownie just to try it out she made 3 kinds only had one, a half of piece of walnut loaf now that was to die for wow! But I stopped at 1/2 proud of that. Then a little a bit of pasta salad, reg. hamb. roll and a small portion of roasted pork. Water that was it. Not any where as bad as one could of been let me tell yah. I am trying then when I got home just a glass of blush wine with a friend. Today my girl friends all four of us are up and off to the Fingerlake area. We are going to breakfast then to the casino there is a special thing going on today. Hopefully we are all lucky and if not lots of laughs when we are all together. I will becareful at breakfast. I already had a half of english muffing of 50 cals toasted up. Didn't want to ride over an hr. on an empty belly. Also figured that way I won't be straving.
Hey Auntie g your so right about keeping in touch if your on with your cals or off it does help to get on and vent, also encourages us to jump start ourselves again. Great thought to share. Hope your pizza was worth every bit. Personally I am ready to make some on the grill this friday if we have a no rain night. Hope your cukes hurry along. Mine are so fresh and tasty. I just grab one skin and all and munch on it. Also dip slices into hummus instead of crackers or use them in place of crackers for dips, cheese etc. Ohh so good!
Marie I hope to get a new office building in the next year lets hope its in a better section of town and clean and bright. I am sure your new building will better serveour needs and make things better in the long run for you. The building I currently work in is in a bad section of town you shouldn't go out walking thats for sure. Too many shootings etc. right in the heat of it all. Sometimes I coast through the stop signs on certain sts. afraid to really stop to long. I figure I look ensure its safe and then I am off if I get a ticket then I will deal with it. Crazy huh now you see why I am a country lifer here on my little ranch. Talking of that the dang squirrels are eating my peaches. Little brats I say. Gotta get bear after them more. At least things are leaving my garden alone that I am grateful for.
Hope everyone is having a fun weekend. My hubby and I are going to work together this evening on our antique fainting chair I got the materials and he has the staple gun we are ready to go. It won't take long and my friend was throwing it out its fruitwood and not real big 3.5 feet long and only around 18
'' wide. Just a nice thing to put in the entry way for people to sit and take off their shoes etc. I just love it someone elses junk my treasure. Her mom paid a lot of money years ago for it. I can't wait to do it over and show it to her. Its funny how some folks can't see the beauty of something and someone else can take it and run with it! I am grateful for the creative ways and line of thinking I have at times.
Have a fun day and hopefully we are all working hard on portions and choices I am giving it a whirl today!

Hi everyone,

Well it's been a productive weekend. DS and DH both had guard weekend so I've been home by myself. (and not going anywhere until I have to go to work tomorrow). So yesterday, I vacuumed the floors then washed all of them (my whole house is wood floors). There were so many spots because of doggie footprints, slobber, etc that I couldn't just spot treat. Then I washed the walls, dusted and cleaned the leather sectional. Oh and washed all my lines. I was pooped yesterday. Today I did the ycky - I weed wacked. I had to where a mask because the smoke and pollens would make my asthma even more miserable. Wow, it looks great out there. I have to re-vacuum as Kody is a shedding monster. But it sure looks nice. I'm doing regular laundry too. I'm just little susie homemaker this weekend.

And, I did the my Braun epil epilator again on my legs. So I bought this epilator 2 weeks ago. I was fightened of it for the first week and did it last sunday. Holy, moley it wasn't fun. But my legs felt clean shaven all week. I decided to do it again today and do it weekly until the hairs grow back really slow and fine. today wasn't nearly so bad. But you'd all get a kick out of my plan for moving up the inner thighs. I figure a few inches higher every week. How people do the bikini area is beyond me. But maybe I'll work up to that in a year. :) Anyway the Braun epil is actually pretty cool. I has 40 tweezers that rotate to pull the hairs out. I definitely can handle it way better than waxing. So now my legs are ready for another week. Ad it didn't take as long or hurt much this time.

This afternoon I'm going to float on my pool. I want to give my legs a couple hours to recover before applying sunscreen. Yesterday I did the 1.5 mile doggie walk and this morning I did the 4 mile Walk Slim. It definitely a harder one of Leslie's workout. It's about 50 minutes and has interval training in it. I really like it but I rarely have 50 minutes.

Carol, congrats on the small portions at the pig roast. Sometimes that's nearly impossible to do with loads or wonderful food. BTW, we didn't get a new one, they moved our old one about 50 feet and rotated it 180 degrees. Apparently we'll be able to move our stuff back in on Friday. But me, I'll be in Reno on Friday picking my sister from Iowa up at the airport. I then will hae the following Monday and Tuesday off. I guess I won't be moving stuff. :D

Auntie g - how was that pizza??? I hope it was wonderful. Congrats on the the 30 pound mark. You are doing AWESOME. I really like the WATP / Walk Slim (her new name for the newer DVDs). I started doing them 2.5 years ago and haven't looked back. They are doable and I have about 10 of them so I can have variety. I plan on starting back to the one that's called Fat Burner as it does squats and lunges so that my legs can get back into skiing shape.

Well, I'm going to get the vacuuming done and get another load of clothes started. Man, oh Man - I love guard weekend. It's so peaceful.

One other thing, DS2 got a promotion at work and will be moving out. Wow!!! And he and I have had some very good open, honest talks the last two weeks. It's been very good. We even talked about that. So the relationship looks like it will be salvaged and probably will flourish. How cool is that????
Marie

Auntie G wow 30lbs. you rock girl! I am trying got the swim exercise in with some girl friends last night it was a good workout and fun. I hope to fit that in again this week a couple of time. I am off to the gym after work today. Gotta get into the swing of that routine is important and I need that steady thought of okay thats what I do today.
Marie wow you are like Hazel the cleaning lady want to come over? I need a bit of it myself this weekend but you did an awesome job. Bet it feels great to see such a nice clean house. I on the other hand still have my jewelry makings out on the back table, an antique chair the hubby and I are working on together waiting to be put back together. Oh now that project is gonna be fun and in the end we will have a cool piece of furniture for years to come. The fabric I really took my time on picking out it took me 4 shopping trips 3 times to the same place then I found it. Oh it is perfect for my room. Gotta be so careful as it is a great room kitchen, dining livingroom and a half wall at the entry way and thats where its going. Currently I am scheduled for friday off still not sure if I will take it or save it. Depends on the weather. I think I scheduled my self for an appt. downtown with a client today for s.s. not fun but they think she was overpaid and I have to prove she wasn't. Oh fun!! My food intake yesterday was on the good side. Nothing too bad and at breakfast left behing some potatoes, and a half of slice of bread. That is something I am working on smaller portions. This a.m. we are having a welcome the new director and coworker breakfast I am taking yogurt, fresh fruit. So hopefully I won't be so tempted with other stuff maybe a half of bagel and some juice. For lunch I packed a half of piece of ck br. grilled from yesterdays dinner, a cuke just sliced and a couple of tbl. of walnuts and a fresh pear. Dinner tonight will be fish on the grill and some veggies. I am trying hopefully it shows up soon some signs of my efforts. Its nice as my best friend is really getting into it to. I think I slide backwards when she did and this time I know its gotta keep going for me not for someone else. Well thats it for today Marie enjoy the time off while they are moving good 'plan I think!! I should try Leslies DVD's or are they CD'S











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Ahhh, Monday again...
I had a very crazy weekend with the nephew and niece being here for their sleepover. We all had a great time watching the Hannah Montana movie, but I think the 3-D part probably was better in theaters than it was on TV. I was so excited to get that pizza, and it was good, but not as good as I hoped it would be. I guess I'll try some from a different place in about a month, or so.

After I got the kids back home yesterday, we got hit with the nastiest thunderstorm I've ever seen. We had scary, twirly winds, and hail. My tomato plants are all leaning over, and I'm hoping that they're not broken. I have to go to the dentist this morning, so I'll have to check out the plants when I get back. Oh I hope they're ok - I can't wait to get REAL tomatoes!

Carol, I'd never heard of a fainting chair before, so I had to look it up, and it sounds pretty interesting. Have fun with that project! It sounds like you're doing well with your food choices. You're right regarding your friend and backsliding... You've got to be in it for yourself!

Marie, wow, you got a lot done over the weekend! I was just happy to have gotten to the laundry. Good planning, to be off work during the moving stuff phase! I've had to move stuff around at work so many times over the years, as we've downsized the building over and over, and it is never pleasant. Congrats on the scheduling!

Ugh - off to the dentist. Hoope everyone has a good day!

Hi Mollikins, welcome to our group. You're right we can do this. Exercise is the best part of dieting. I hate restricting food. :) And I'm a weird one, I love to exercise.

auntie g, I'm sorry the pizza wasn't as good as you'd dreamt of. That's a big bummer. I love fresh tomatoes. Stake those babies up and perhaps they'll survive the mean storm.

Carol, good for you on the swimming. It's a fun exercise. For me, I haven't swam since Thursday. Between the leg/foot cramps, now my neck is bothering me from tilting to breath. So now I have a specialized swimming snorkel on the way. I think I'm falling apart these days.

I'm back at work and I don't like it. I really loved my weekend of staying at home. I did get up early this morning and did 3 miles WATP. I needed to buy Kai a new collar as Saturday's walk was miserable with her pulling like a mad woman. As Huskies are supposed to pull, she knows that she's not supposed to on walks. So I bought a new collar this morning. Tomorrow will be a trial as Saturday was so irritating that I swore I wasn't going to walk them again. :) Just kidding.

Food is ok, but not great. I need to improve that. At this point with my sister coming and my b-day on sunday, I'm going to just be ok and then on Tuesday after I bring my sister to the airport, I'm going to be GREAT.
Marie

She's baaa--aack!
 

Hi, chickies! The retreat was great--people, food, scenery, content--but challenging. The buildings were on the side of a hill (a real hill, among the mountains), so I was quite nervous about my knees holding up under all the climbing up and down. A little sore, but no blow-ups, hooray. We did a lot of silent meditation, which I loved. I even grew to think of my little yurt as "home." The trip to San Francisco was good, once I got there (3 hours waiting on the tarmac at Dulles before takeoff:(). Lots of old friends were at the conference, with a few of them going on and on about how great I look--I must of looked horrid the last time they saw me :p. I'm slowly working my way through laundry, email, regular mail, etc., and will be back in the office on Tuesday.

This morning's weight was 213. I tramped around a lot and did a little yoga while I was away, but very little in the way of aerobics or weights. We ate all organic, local food (including homemade ice cream :D) in Vermont, cooked by a fabulous chef. She even went out of her way to make delicious wheat-free meals for me when everybody else was enjoying pasta or fresh bread. My San Francisco meals were more helter-skelter. I would like to get back to my posted weight by the end of the week. I think I can do it! I can tell from my rings that I'm retaining water. I've just returned from the grocery store with a week's worth of fresh produce.

I'm still reading all the posts I missed....but it's good to be back on the thread.

judy

Welcome Mollikins! :welcome2: You're off to a good start this week with a pound lost. Keep us posted on your progress and up the good work! :carrot:

Auntie G - Sounds like you had a blast with the niece and nephew. Probably just as well the pizza wasn't fantastic or it would be too much of a temptation :devil:! I hope your tomatoes recover from the storm.

Carol - Your craft ideas with the jewelry and furniture sound like fun. It sounds like you are making some good food choices.

Marie - Sorry to hear about your cramps - hopefully the special snorkel will help. It's funny how Kai instincively wants to pull - no so funny when you're trying to walk her though! I hope you have a fun time with your sister.

Judy - Welcome back - we missed you! I'm glad you had such a nice time at the retreat. It was nice that the chef made you some foods with your dietary needs in mind. I hope the scale will be nice to you by the end of the week.

I'm feeling lots better. Still not up to driving, but have been grocery shopping with my DH today. I pruned the roses yesterday and it was nice to get outside in my garden. I just have to be careful about reaching, lifting and pulling. The heavy doses of antibiotics after my surgery did a number on my digestive system, so I'm taking lots of probiotics and eating yogurt. I still haven't been able to set up an appointment with the cardiologist for my test. Good thing it's apparently not an emergency! I've left two messages and finally got to speak to someone but they first need to call my primary care doctor. At least I've had the blood test done and should get the results in about a week. I will then need an echocardiogram to see if there is any sign of a heart valve infection (which I seriously doubt).

Have a good week everyone.

Ai-yi-yi, this is why I never take time off--too much work piles up. Today was really difficult, but I've survived. I got up too late to work out this morning. I had a protein shake and chicken sausages for b'fast. Lunch was a salad w/salmon. Afternoon snack was slices of celery and yellow bell pepper with hummus and crackers. Dinner will probably be a beef patty with two sides of veggies. Dessert--one of my homemade smoothie pops. I will try to sneak out of work a little early, so I can work out when I get home.

Still haven't read all the missed posts! Penny, I hope you are holding up under all this medical back and forth.

Elyn, it's good to hear from you! There's no shame in falling off the wagon...you just don't want to wallow around in the ditch for too long :coach:.

Hi, Mollikins! Please spread some of your momentum around to the rest of us! You and Auntie G are setting a good example for me, at least. Go, go, go!

Auntie G, hope the dentist visit wasn't too horrible. It's good that you enjoyed the Hannah Montana movie. I had to watch a lot of the Disney Channel with my nieces last winter--thought I was gonna die!

Carol, I'm working on smaller portions, too. After eating out for nearly two weeks, having my normal meals again at home is a bit of a shock to my stomach, which is grumbling for more.

Marie, are you sure that it's the swimming that's causing the pain in your neck ;) and not someone on the job?

judy

Welcome Molliki sounds like you have something good going on so feel free to share some ideas with us on how your doing it. Sometimes we all need to add things in our dail schedules or routines.
Auntie g glad you got your pizza sorry it wasn't super tasty. I am going to attempt grilled pizza friday night. Someone gave me the recipe for it.
Judy welcome back and its never wonderful to return to work. This week only 2 days in and I feel I have pulled 40 hrs. already work wise not on the clock wishful thinking. I have had several out of the regular issues to work on these last two days and one not so easy or nice one. I am taking my friday off just to have a me day.
Marie I wish I would be into the exercising as much as you. Today though I got up early and out the door to start off to the gym. Got over by the lake and thought it is way to nice to exercise indoors. So I went to the lake it was 6:30 I walked and even jogged a bit to hurry along so I would be ready to go to work on time. Well I managed to accomplish it in record breaking time. I felt great hair didn't look super but okay. I decided to setup a schedule of tues. thurs. saturday for exercise days to start with. If it rains I go to the gym if its nice to the beach. Because it is so early no charge to get in so thats nice and lots of other walkers and joggers so I am not alone had to be 20 cars there. It was beiautiful and refreshi.ng way to start my day
Penny hope your back to your regular routine soon. Take care.
I made some good choices today exercised, food choices with in my cals. Even stayed away from office leftover snacks etc. Little half of cup serving of blueberry dessert tonight. Take care and enjoy !

Hi everyone! Rough day today with some family issues:(, but I realized that for the first time in my life, I'm not eating to solve my problems, so I guess that's a plus! I even have some of my daily points left over. So weird... And on another good note, I think my tomato plants are going to be ok, hallelujah! :cp:

Mollikins, hi, and nice to "meet" you! My parents have a kitty named Molly who resembles your avatar, only not quite as smiley! Good luck with the exercise! I'm hoping to really get on that soon, but it's just been too hot to think much about it. (That's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it, for now- :dizzy:)

Marie, can you bottle that love of exercise? You would be a gazillionaire! My dog used to be a terrible puller, too. We had to switch to a harness to keep her from choking herself. I know we should have tried harder to train her, but she was doing such a good job of training us.:joker: Now that she's older, there's not much pulling anymore, unless she sees someone she knows, or a squirrel, or a rabbit. Ah, but it's nice to see her excited about these things.

Judy, glad you had a nice trip, and it sounds like you got your exercise "mountain climbing". It probably is just water weight you're seeing, and you'll be back on track in no time! And btw, I've grown pretty attached to the Disney Channel, embarrassing as that may be. I know most of the cool shows, so I can talk to the kids about who they think is "hot"!:yes:

Penny, glad you're feeling better, just don't over-do it! It's awful how complicated the system is for getting medical things done. I hope your other tests go well!:crossed:

Carol, I think I'd like to try that grilled pizza some time! I'd also like to live near the beach! I know I would go walking way more if it were along the water. We don't have any appropriate lakes nearby, and we're a couple hours from the Jersey shore, so it's not very convenient, but I sure love it when we do get to go there. Good luck with your new exercise schedule!:running:

Welcome back Judy. I loved the joke. Yes I have pains in the neck at work but this one is due to swimming. I did bet my snorkel and on the package it said some people need nose plugs to use it. I'm think, o, not me, I've snorkeled/scuba dived so I'll be fine. Not. I thought I'd choke on the first length. Of course I tried again and choked again. the water just flowed up the nasal passages. Then it dawned on my I always use a mask that covered my nose when snorkeling. Tomorrow I'll be buying a nose plug. :) So I propelled my way to 1/4 mile looking like a crappy swimmer. Between my neck, knee and wrists, I was pathetic. The only stroke that I didn't improvise was the back stroke. The rest were pathetic, but at least I don't give up. Sometimes I think that would be wise, but alas, I'm a dingy blonde.

I also doggie walked this morning and the huskies were angels. The new collar reminded Kai of her training and all was good. We had a great walk. The smoke was unreal but then it was even worse on my way home. Food was ok.

Carol, the walk around the lake sounded perfect. I'm a big believer in morning exercise. I just feel so much better when I do. And being outside just makes it even better. I've been worried about the depression side of the bipolar rearing it's ugly head but I'm now starting to think it was because I was letting the morning exercise slide and was exercising in the evening occasionally. That's just not good for me as I've been forcing myself to get up for a week and I feel tons better.

Penny, I hope you get a hold of a cardiologist soon. I understand it's not an emergency but worrying about it while recovering from surgery isn't healthy. Call often and be a pest. Maybe that will work because clearly patience isn't.

Well, I'm going to watch a Tivo'ed Closer. I LOVE that show.
Marie

Marie I agree the a.m. workout was nice no excuses cause its the end of the day and I ran out of steam. I didn't do the pool last night as I was in the middle of cooking when my friend called. But at least I had my a.m. walk and jog in. I really enjoyed being able to jog even if it was in little spirts. Which I heard is good for us to walk, inc., walk etc. So guess it all went well and I had a sweat so that was good and it wasn't due to the heat of the day as it was so early and peaceful at the lake. I was trying to picture you in the pool I must admit I laughed sounded kind of funny but I truly understand. As when I was in HI not last time but the time before I went snorkeling and loved it of course but learning just the little I did water up the nose isn't fun. You are a dye hard and that is a great quality don't your ever lose it cause when you do it won't be good!
Auntie g the lake is nice and so peaceful getting there before the cashier is there waiting for 7 dollars is even better. I wish I had an ocean to walk near as I love hearing the waves but I will take my lake as its second best I guess. Wish they would let us kayak on it but they don't no outside boats they rent row boats during the day its populated etc not my cup of tea. I like it quiet. I am attempting to go in the morning thurs. it will depend on the weather. I am looking forward to friday off and then the 22nd of August too. We are camping two weekends in a row. Taking the grandsons and my youngest daughter and her hubby, then going with friends the following weekend. Time is rushing away and I hate that when summer is here.
Penny call back that drs. and request a call if they have a canelation and maybe you can get in sooner explain that at this time it is weighing heavy on you and your trying to recover from some surgery so you'd appreciate any appt. that comes up if its possible for you to go in? Good luck see as a service coordinator I keep pushing till I get what I need when its needed. What do they say sweaky wheel gets greased first. Oh something like that. Keep me in touch and good luck.
Grilled pizza for anyone whom would like to try it. I am told to strech the dough then use some olive oil rub a bit on each side. Place it on your grill MED. Heat then wait til it turns golden brown flip it. Put your sauce, toppings on it cover it with closing the grill ck often when it looks brown again on the bottom and top looks great take it off. I think it sounds wonderful. I am going to make individual ones so each person can have what they like. Friday nights meal with a lovely salad.
Tonight is leftovers for everyone but me I am going to do fish on the grill. A salad and baked potatoe with light sc.
I am pleased with my accomplishments this week staying on a healthier choice side of things and exercising. Client wise this has been a very stressful week and that normally would mean binge and I didn't do that. When I do have something special I am using my little 1/2 cup dish it helps me keep control.
Have super day everyone.

Hi everyone - Just a quick note to let you know I have an appointment tomorrow for my TEE exam. It takes about and hour and then 2 hrs. to wake up. I'm busy getting some things done in case I need to be admitted to the hospital. Luckily, the hospital is only a few minutes from home. I had a bit of a run-around because the cardiologist my GP recommended turned out not to be on my preferred provider list so luckily we were able to find another one on the list who could see me at short notice. I'm hoping my penicillin therapy can be done at home, but I read that sometimes patients have to be in the hospital for 2-6 weeks on an IV for this kind of infection.

On top of that, my brother emailed me yesterday that my Dad was admitted to the hospital with a pain in his side and is undergoing tests. It never rains but it pours!

As I keep telling myself - this too shall pass. :^: Keep sending good vibes my way - your well-wishes are much appreciated :).

One good thing to report - I'm down another pound to 190 :carrot:.

Happy Wednesday Everyone,

Today's afternoon is dragging by. I could definitely use a siesta. Usually the morning exercise keeps me energetic, but not today. I think it's because I really don't want to be here. :D

Penny, you're in my thoughts and prayers. It's definitely raining on you lately. :(I hope your father is ok too.

auntie g, I hope your family issues are resolved. It's amazing how our lives can flip on a dime. And way congrats on not eating your way through it. My eldest doggie (7.5 years) finally doesn't pull anymore. None are at the moment, but every once in a while Kodiak will:devil:. But Blizzard is so perfect, no pulling at all.

Carol, that's odd that a lake charges $7 for parking/access and no kayaks. They must think people are rich. It's great you can beat the system on the parking at least.:o

DH has flying lessons after work so I should be free to play for a bit. I have to go to the store but I'm hoping to be fast. I'd like to vacuum my pool then swim if I can find nose plugs at the store. DH and DS2 setup the guest bed in my craft room (as DS2 hasn't quite moved out but will be during this next week). So we're almost set for my sister to visit. And no work on Friday, Monday or Tuesday -yeah!!!!:carrot:
Marie

Another day, another headache! Nothing new on the problem front, but nothing has been resolved, so I'm stressed.:stress: Ugh! I need to think happy thoughts!:flow2:

So, I stayed under my points again today, and went to the pool for some exercise:swim: yay! Some friends gave us a gift card for a steakhouse, and DH is sooo excited because I don't buy meat that often. We're going to go on Saturday, so I guess that'll be my splurge for this week. Anybody know what are better/worse choices in steaks? I'm not too much of a meat eater, so I don't know anything about steak!:dunno:

Marie, happy swimming! I need to get some earplugs, myself. I only swim under water, keeping my head straight, otherwise I have terrible problems with my ears. Hope that smoke clears up soon!

Carol, what kind of pizza dough do you use on the grill? Any old kind? Anything pizza related is definitely intriguing to me. Congrats on eating well this week!

Penny, good luck with your TEE. I'd never heard of that, but I looked it up. Sounds like quite a useful test. I hope everything goes well, and with your dad, too. And I have to agree with "this too shall pass"- I have to keep reminding myself of that. Congrats on reaching 190!

Penny, you have way too much going on! I hope things went well today, and that your dad isn't suffering from anything serious. Congrats on losing another pound :cheer2:

Carol, I think it's so cool that you get so much enjoyment out of camping and kayaking with friends and family. I hope that you were able to get out on the water today.

Marie, I was so happy to read about your son! The two of you have had some struggles, I hope this is the dawn of an adult relationship. Good luck with your sister's visit.

Auntie G, you've done well to keep the stress eating under control! :high:.

Elyn and Mollikins, hope you're having a great day.

Today is my third afternoon with a headache. This time it's mostly from the chemical smell in the office, coming from outside or somewhere else in the building. I did a good 45-minute cardio workout this morning. I'm still struggling with "hunger," and eating a few extra hundred calories a day (:eek:). I've been carrying my log around but not really using it. I'll spend some time over the next few days talking to myself about this....part of it is getting back into my usual groove, and TOM started earlier this week, so it's also hormones. At least I'm not feeling as bloated. I'm not totally off track, but I'm not being as focused as I need to be, either.

See you tomorrow--judy

Hi Chickies,

We just got back from the hospital and I'm pleased to say I don't have any heart valve damage from my blood infection! :carrot:

It's such a relief - thanks for all your prayers and good wishes.

They are doing some more blood cultures to decide what kind of antibiotic therapy I will need.

I am now going to eat a horse as I wasn't allowed to eat anything since 6:30pm yesterday :hungry:.

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for no heart valve damage! And how was that horse, Penny?

Penny my thoughts are with yah. Glad things are better at least your home. Is this to do with your last surgery?
Marie yah our state parks here in lovely New York charge that everyday. Memorial day through Labor day. All the rest of the year it is free. If you get there before 7:30 am there is no charge you beat the workers to the gate. Crazy huh? There are other lakes which are free but not to walk around like this one. I walk at Green Lake it is under New York State Parks if you care to take a peek on the net. There are two lakes the other one we call Round there right together but that is another 20 min in the a.m. no time for both so I just do the one. Little Bear and I will go on saturday nice and early so it will be free.
Auntie g I use white pizza dough most of the time. I like to buy it from the bakery or pizza parlor they sell it for under 2.00 dollars. Its much cheaper to make than buy actually. I am making a few different ones tonight so everyone has what they want company is coming over. That and mozz. ball salad with tomatoes, fresh basil and cukes my own dressing. No dessert planned for this evening but I do have Italian ices at only 80 cals if someone wants one.
Really trying to tow the mark. Judy sounds like your working your way back from that vacation I know its not so easy. I am right there with you!
Stressful week the boss and I actually didn't agree on the way I handled a case and I think we ended our chat as both being a bit peed off. Then she went home early and I am off today. So guess nothing got resolved not the way I wanted to start a day off but oh well. I still see it as doing my job. I am not there to be everyones friend but to ensure safety and well being of my clients and I still feel just as strongly about that today. So life goes on but yah know I reamained strong and didn't overeat because of any of it. Now that is a good thing I say. Well hope I didn't forget anyone. Oh forgot to mention I stocked up on lots of healthy choices, seafoods, veggies, light cheeses, whole wheat crackers, hummus etc. so my variety is available in my home along with lots of fresh fruits and veggies.
Gotta fly

Well my grilled pizza rocks! The first one came out a little too brown and had a bit of blk on it. But non the less I con't to make 2 more oh yeah we had company of course and do have some leftovers. I didn't make my dough into smaller pizzas just one big one out of each dough. It was fun. Next time though I would have all the toppings precut and on a platter and ch. ready cause it didn't take long maybe 5 min. or so before the bottom was done browned, flipped it over and added the toppings put the cover down and watched til it was melted. On one of them of course still experimenting the bottom was done so I shut the burners off on that side and put the cover down and it all melted fine and was so good. My friends were amazed at how great it tasted. Needless to say I will be doing this again next time I will make mine with wholewheat dough.
I continue to be doing good. I did manage to buy some donuts for the hubby and gk I had a half of one but better than a whole one.
Today I am off to go to a farmers market and out for breakfast. I didn't get my walk in but maybe later sure I will do some walking today. I did some gardening yesterday and planted a new white carpet rose bush. It was a deal at Loews from 14.97 down to 3.97 so I had to have it. Now want one more.
Have a good day and hope everyone is doing well. I feel better about my thing with my boss. I decided she might not like the way I handled something and maybe I could in the future do it a bit differently but I still feel strongly that what I did was correct. So in the long run I am okay with it just not the way she spoke with me. Now that is a mtg. issue and there is a line of command and it wasn't used at all. I heard she took off yesterday as well. Guess maybe she needed time to think too? I help support and train people and have info. from yrs. of experience some of what I do is extra and not in my job description if you know whaT I mean? Monday is a new day! My dietary hasn't suffered from the stress only my mind......

Hi all! Happy Saturday! Well, I'm surprisingly down another 3-1/2 lbs today! I guess something went right this week! Actually, my "family problem" has improved too, for now...

Tonight we're going out to the steak house, so that will surely be more calories than I'd like, but I can't even remember the last time I had red meat, so maybe it'll do me good to eat something different. I tend to eat pretty much the same things every day- always the same breakfast, lunch, and snacks- then rotate several dinner options over and over. I sure keep thinking about that grilled pizza, though! One of these days...

Judy, hope you're getting your groove back! I think keeping the food log is the best tool of all. That's what I missed when I stopped going to WW meetings, so I had to create my own "official" log. Just writing on a blank notebook page didn't do it for me. I'm kinda weird that way - it has to be official. Good luck!

Carol, good job on stopping after half a donut! You got me thinking about going to Lowe's to see what plants they have left. My neighbor was just telling me that she always goes and buys the sad looking perennials when they're cheap. I usually end up buying more and more annuals every year instead of investing in perennials, but I think it's time to change that!

Hope everyone has a good day!

Auntie G - Yay for losing 3-1/2 lbs.! :dancer: I'm glad your family problems have started to sort themselves out. I know so many people with family probs and it's such a pity - life is too short for hard feelings. I hope you enjoy your steak dinner. I've been craving red meat a lot lately and have had a couple of burgers - very unusual for me. I figure my body needs it since I've been feeling a bit run down.

Carol - Wow, grilled pizza sounds yummy! Your carpet rose sounds lovely. I'm looking forward to being able to work in my garden again. I'm going to look out for some perennials on sale in the fall. You asked if this was to do with my surgery a couple of weeks ago. No, it's a coincidence they found it. The type of bacteria (streptoccous viridans) only lives in the mouth - in fact just about everyone has it, but it can get into the blood stream through dental work or sinus infections. That's why dentists usually put you on antibiotics for root canals, etc. I'm a bit suspicious of my sinuses being the culprit as I've had sinus problems for years.

Judy - I hope that logging your food is working for you. It's good to keep track as it's so easy to go over by a few hundred cals. I hope the chemical smell at your workplace goes away - that must be awful.

Marie - I'm so glad things are going smoother for you and your son. I hope you are having a fun time with your sister. If I don't get a chance to post tomorrow I'm wishing you a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
:bday2you:

I'm waiting on the results of my tests to see if I'll be going into the hospital next week. If so, they'll implant a port in my chest so I can get the antibiotics through an IV. I'll be in for a few days to a week and then go home and have a nurse come twice a day to do my IV - sounds like fun. I'm just hoping the test comes back negative but I need to be prepared to go through this treatment if necessary.

My Dad is still in the hospital very ill. He had a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lung). He's on pain killers and feels a little better. I'm going to call my brother today to see how he's doing.

This will be quick, 'cuz soon as I logged on, I heard thunder in the distance. I'm doing better with with food, although still a bit too much. Good workouts yesterday and today, plus a long walk to buy groceries this afternoon.

Penny, it must be hard to hear about your dad's illness, with you so far away. I hope you don't need to go to the hospital next week. it all soudns very unpleasant!

Auntie G, good luck at the steak house! If you remember how hard you've worked to lose so much weight, you can make good choices. I see that you're another gardener. Well, you'll fit right in with Penny and Carol.

Carol, I hope that you and your boss start off the new week on the right foot. Maybe your boss is unhappy with the way she responded, and wants to start over, too.

Ohhh, big crack of lightening, gotta go!

judy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIE!:balloons:

Well, the steakhouse dinner was nice, but I feel like I gained 5 lbs! We stupidly didn't call ahead to get on the seating list, so after a very long wait, I was famished!:hun: I couldn't resist the rolls and butter that I hadn't planned on having.:stress: Then DH really wanted to get that deep fried battered onion, since we hardly ever go to places like that, so, well, that was a bunch of unnecessary calories. Ugh! I estimate that it was a 40 point dinner.:yikes:I think I just have to hope for not having a gain this week!

Penny, hope your test comes back negative!:crossed: And I hope your dad is recovering. Things have got to get better, right?!

Judy, good for you, getting in your workouts!:tread: I really have got to start doing that one of these days!

Auntie G congrats wow that is a super whoosh! I think you deserve some steak!
Penny wow you sure have a lot going on. Hope your dad is doing better soon. Never a dull moment. My sil has something like that she gets for living on a daily antibotic medication. She has had to in the past before living with us have the IV drip at home. Good luck. Oh by the way I have weed that looks like a morning glory even with a white flower. Someone told me that if you pull it out it just comes in thicker oh yeah I see that already. They said that on the garden show it said to kill the root with pouring bleach on it. Well this is in my veggie and berry patch is that a good idea? Do any of you have any insight on my wild morning glory that likes to grow onto my plants and chokes them out? Oh how mad I get when I see it growning like wild fire. The garden overall is doing well picking tomatoes, cukes and fresh green beans, basil like trees this year, peppers and a few squash too.
Marie happey B day hope you have a lovely day and off for your b day? Any great plans?
Judy I guess sometimes we all have a different opinion. I guess being in this field for so long I have my way of handling things and the opinion that if I step on someones toes oh well there is a reason behind it. I am not there to make friends in the houses as much as to ensure the safety and well being of my folks. So hopefully the boss has also thought it over and realizes we might not always agree on how things are but in the long run we both can get along. I am not looking to make waves but I won't be talked down to either and the other day it sure felt like that was the case and my wound will take a bit to heal if you know what I mean. A matter of trust will need to be rebuilt and it might take a bit of time. I guess her words hurt and were out of context for the situation thats what bothered me the most. I am a hard worker and have lots of respect throughout my company at times people might not like me and thats okay but the job I have gets done and its not always an easy one.
Judy glad your more on track its not so easy.
I kayaked yesterday and my daughter went with us she had a good time. Now its time to ask my other daughter to go as well. Sharing my time.
I also did some pool exercises last night and plan it again tonight. Some of my food choices this weekend weren't the greatest but could of been worse at least I added in exercise. I will do the scale on wed. this week.
Have a great day I have to go put my face on and head to the city!

Penny, I hope you're doing well today. We're all looking forward to your update :angel:

Auntie G, don't give those steakhouse extra calories anything to stick to this week and they won't matter! One meal won't throw you off, based on how well you've done these past several weeks. Go, go, go!!!:cheer:

I've got this ravenous hunger in a headlock. I'm disappointed that the scale hasn't moved down at all, but now that I'm not eating an extra meal or two a day, and TOM is over, maybe I can follow Auntie G into a whoosh!

judy

Judy sounds like you will follow her and I would like to go there with yah!
This a.m. I got up a bit to late to go exercise so I will have to fit that in later on maybe with some swimming and pool exercise. One way or another some exercise today. I didn't sleep well sunday as I decided to make a stupid move and take my medications at night well one is my thyroid and I think it kept me awake for hrs. So last night I read in bed at 7 and shut the lights out at 8:30 crazy huh? But today I feel good. Work has been a bit over bearing lately but today should slow down a bit I hope. I am thinking friday might have to be a sick day. Time will tell. Sometimes we just need that break and in the end can jump back in better. My food hasn't been to bad a little no no here and there but not overly crazy. Got away from my intake journal this a.m. I will start it back that is so important I think.
Hope everyone else is doing well Judy lets push forward this week and pray for a loss. I do have a lunchoen out on wed. I will try my best to balance my cals. Maybe have my dinner cals for lunch etc. That might help even a little extra exercise. Preplanning saturday is a picnic at my sisters I am bringing ck taco salad with black beans and lime dressing it is on the light side of cals. I am not going to sit by the counter and snack but find myself a location away from that area. Preplanning is my game lets hope I can be strong.

Good morning! Well, I've been behaving since my steak dinner fiasco, but on un-official weighing, I'm up a little. Grrrr... Hopefully the scale will behave by Saturday. Been trying to get some pool exercise in here and there, but this may be a tough week. There's too much going on. Ugh!

Carol, I'm thinking I might take Friday off, too! Can't call in sick, cause there's no one to call, so I have to plan ahead for it, but it seems like a good idea! I think writing down your food is absolutely essential to staying on track. It's too easy to forget what or how much you had if it's not written down. Good luck with your luncheon tomorrow!

Judy, thanks for the encouragement! Glad you're back on track, and don't worry, if you stick with it, the scale will cooperate!

Hope everyone's doing well!

Well I made it to swim this evening after work before dinner. I also switched dinner cals for lunch 't cals today. Due to the fact I ordered lunch with a friend and had a sub but on ww roll so it wasn 't that bad. No snacks today I will have some fruit in a little while to end my day. For dinner I had a small salad with some cheese, ck, romaine let., tomatoe with a little spicy sauce and a few lime chips in it. Tasty and not so bad. Did a 40 min. exercise in the pool and some stairs and walking today. I was pleased it didn't rain yet so the swim fit in.
Auntie g sometimes we have to just get something a little special like steak it will be okay. They also say sometimes having extra cals one day and less the next kicks our system to different cal burning levels who knows. Sounds good huh?
Well thats about it keep moving!