Oh wow..this was one of those mornings..I knew I shouldn't get on the scales, but just HAD to. I felt like I was sooo good yesterday I wanted to check. You know the feeling?
I was down from yesterday...just under 2 pounds....for a total in 2 weeks of 5.3 pounds.
I go back for my blood work tomorrow and I will weigh on their scales just to check it out. I know exactly what I weighed on them 2 weeks ago.
Man if I had not gained the weight by sitting on my tush all of June and July .....*sigh*

Anyway..going for a hair cut and groceries later. My step-son will be here tonight from CA and staying in the area for 2 weeks. He has a few "home cooked" meals he wants. So gotta stock up. :) Then to plan a family dinner while he is here. Should be fun.

Question for you Cristina since you do weights...should I do the hand weights every day or alternate? I am only using 3 pounds so far and keep upping the reps. (daughter does 8 pounds..yikes!) My other exercises have been the WATP's and just walking in place during commercials on t.v. haha..hey, it gets me up and moving. Can't do lunges or squats I have found, they hurt my knees. Finally read about NOT doing them with bad knees. duh.

Hope you all have a good day and feel super.

I hate to exercise, I so do not even want to go there.....

Sue- congrats on the weight loss!!! :carrot: Have a good day.

Cristina - I love the crust on pizza and the inch of melted cheese...and maybe some olives...I can almost taste it as I type. What a sick puppy I am. lol

I am back to work today. 1 day on and tomorrow off....promised Gaby a movie after school tomorrow. Something w/ talking owls?? Anything w/ animals that kid will go for....ha.

WI was 158.4 - 4oz's down from Sunday. lol Obsessed mode...gotta love it when I am not hating it....anyway, it is better watching it go down. If it creeped any closer to 170 I was going to have a nervous breakdown.

What?? You think I need counseling?? pfft...lol

anywho...need to go make my salad and get to work!!

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Hello There from Wisconsin!
 

Hello there from Wisconsin!! (For now at least!! LOL)

We decided to go home today instead of tomorrow. DH has a 1/2 day of class then has a meeting then we're leaving. He is sick and now I think I'm starting to get it. Its a stomach thing. I woke up lastnight with SEVERE stomach cramps! Luckily they passed and I fell back asleep! BUT UGH! :p


Francie -- I don't get why women like that are still walking around with no broken bones! Because I'm sure somewhere a long the line they are gonna meet a woman who is gonna just beat the crap outta them! lol. Yeah even DH's instructor thought it was weird that she called us!! lol. UGH so sorry that your Bones disk is scratched! You could always go to a local store that you know sells it and just exchange it. They have to send it back anyways. That would save you having to send it back. Just a thought! So sorry your feeling that way, but I think we have all felt that way from time to time. Like Suzy Q said your always welcomed here anytime! :hug: So sorry to hear about your friend!! I hope things get better for her!


Jules -- I think most men are completely clueless about it and that is probably why those kind of women keep doing it because they get away with it. Your job sounds a lot like my ex job. I wasn't a "YES" person either (obviously) lol. I hate jobs like that but the people there are the only thing that gets you through sometimes, oh yes and the paycheck! lol.

Cristina -- That is what I did, just ignored it. Because sometimes I know they do it to get a "Rise" out of the signicant other. We told my cousin that we just didn't have the money right now. Well I told her Mom and her Mom was glad that we said that. She said that it was her daughters problem and let her figure it out. So I'm glad we made the right decision.
Glad you had fun at the concert. :congrat: on Josh's Job!! :) Your sons themed dinners sounds awesome!!! Maybe DH and I will have to try doing that!! Great Idea! :D Your sounding a lot like me. Since I've been on vacation I haven't put on my make up or fixed my hair once! LOL. I brush my hair and that is about as good as it gets!! LOL. I think I'll do that goal with ya, if ya don't mind! :) I love victorian houses! So pretty!! Pizza is my weakness and so are cookies!! lol. Good for you getting your walk in -- and getting 4.5 miles! Woohoo!

Suzy Q -- WTG on the 158.4! :woohoo: Sorry I "spilled the beans" about your Hawaii Vacation on FB!! LOL!! I can understand obsessed. I think we all can!! lol.

Sue -- Sounds like you had a "Grand" Sunday!! lol. Glad your stir-fry was good! WTG on the weightloss!! I hope I don't gain any from being on Vacation!! I am looking forward to going home and eating some home cooking instead of take out or heat up meals!! lol.


Ok I think I am all caught up now. lol. Well I haven't been eating well here, but I haven't walked so much probably in my life!! lol. I haven't walked yet today, but I've walked every other day since!! :carrot: I am going to try to continue when I am home and strive to eat better!! lol.

Well I guess that is all from me.

Oh and P.S. One day we went to a Lighthouse here and it was about 7 flights up! I made it all the way up except I didn't go out on the little thingy where the light was. (too chicken) But I made it all the way up and all the way down!! YAY! :cp:

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Hello everyone :wave:

SUE...no idea on the weights, I am no expert. I usually do 3-5 pound ones 2 or 3 times a week when I do them. I've done any since going to the doc and she told me not too for 10 days to see how my arm would be after not doint them! Using that to be lazy, lol. GREAT job on the loss! :carrot:

SASSY...be careful on your drive home! And thank you! I love lighthouses, so pretty. Stairs...not so much. It doesn't matter how much I exercise the stairs ALWAYS kill me! Good for you for going to the top! :carrot:

SUSAN...I feel the same way about exercise, ugh! But I still do it, want to be half-arsed fit in my old age. Hope you and Gaby enjoy the movie!

So didn't get a walk in or a dvd...so much for goals and plans eh? This week was a really stupid week to start anyway since I am off to Arkansas on Thursday till Sunday. I do plan on walking while there. This morning though I woke up feeling sick. Before I even got up my stomach felt like it was burning, not bad but it still bothered me. Then I got up and ran to the bathroom vomitting, ick! Layed back down for a few minutes before trying to get up and do anything, still didn't happen. Felt a little dizzy and sleepy so haven't done much of anything today. Hoping tomorrow will be better. And now I need to go cook dinner...something easy, just soup and a grilled cheese...thinking my stomach can handle that.

Later...:wave:

Happy Hump Day...Went for my blood test again this morning. Now just to wait for the results.

Otherwise things are good. I actually have lowered my blood pressure considerably with my exercise and eating. Was sure surprised, but I have tracked it for several days and it hasn't gone back up. woo hoo.. Another reason to keep up with the exercise, that's for sure.

Nothing else going on today. Just waiting for my step-son to call. He should have arrived in the area last night.

Watching the Chilean rescues...wow.

The Dr. office called and they are pleased with my Liver function test...everything is NORMAL. Whew! They sure know how to scare you for 2 weeks.

Since I take cholesterol meds I was concerned and since my brother died of liver cancer I was doubly worried. And of course, the fact that I have had pains in that area since 2004 made me wonder what was going on. :(

They say I am normal...little do they know that I have never been normal. Haha

Gosh you all have been busy little posters...I am so tired...work was really stressfull today..they are moving offices all around due to the restructuring...it's mass confusion...very few people are happy, they are moving my area away from my wonderful windows and putting us in a dark dungeon like space...I am thinking I should have taken the money and ran....fast and far away...hubby has a job prospect...hoping he gets it!

Jules- Does sound like you should have run long and hard in the opposite direction. I am sure things will settle down and get better. Good luck to your hubby on the job search.

Step-son arrived. He will be here for 2 weeks. I am having a family dinner..just don't know when. :)

Got lots of exercise today, but ate a little more than I should have. Hope it evens out.

Tomorrow is mom's visit to get her injections. I sure hope her back quits hurting afterward. She has been in pain the last few days much more than usual.

Hello all...

Felt much better today. Don't know what was wrong but glad I am better. Busy day and I didn't get as much exercise in as I wanted but some is better than none. Got a little bit of a late start so only got a mile in at the mall. Had to take my vehicle in to be checked for our trip to AR which we postponed due to DS#1. I was mainly going so he wouldn't go alone. Anyway we canceled until next month. I didn't want to go anyway...too many trips down and I am tired of the driving so. Anyway...

SUE...hope your mom gets to feeling better, and the injections work for her. And I hope you guys have a great visit with your stepson! Glad to hear the results are normal too!

JULES...hope you hubby finds something! Sorry for the mess at your work, hoping it gets better for you.

Hoping everyone had a good day! :)

Hi Everybody -- We're Home!! :cp:

We got in late Tuesday night. We ran into Rush Hour Traffic in Chicago -- Oh what fun! LOL. Then Wed. we unpacked everything and put stuff away, went to the In-laws to get my key back (they helped housesit/pet sit) and give them some stuff we got them, then had to go to the store because we were out of almost everything.

I have come to a conclusion though. It will be a long time before I go out of town for more than a couple of days!!! Where I am very grateful for our "friend" who also came to housesit/petsit on the days my inlaws couldn't make it, I was not happy when I came home to a sticky counter top, FOOD left in the microwave, mounds of cat food and cat food all over the floor, closet door left open so the cats could get inside, bags of cat food left open and outside of the closet where we keep it in. I guess it could be a lot worse, but it just irritated me to have to come home to that.

Whenever I housesit/pet sit for my inlaws, I always clean up after myself and do what my mil tells me to do for the cats. I know it wasn't my in-laws who left our house that way because my mil is a NEAT FREAK and her or my FIL would never do that.

Anywho I guess at least the cats were alive and well when we came home and the house wasn't burnt down!! LOL.

I did miss having stuff done for me though like everything was at the hotel!! LOL. I did to my W.A.T.P DVD today, walked a mile and it wore me out! I dunno why. I walked the entire time I was up in Wisconsin and even walked longer! I guess the DVD was more intense and in a shorter amount of time?

I did get brave and W.I. and I gained only 2 pounds! :carrot: LOL. I thought it would have been a lot more and probably would have been if I hadn't have walked everyday while being up there!! lol.

Cristina -- Yes the light house was BEAUTIFUL! I need to upload the pictures we took onto FB!! Sorry you were feeling ill. DH and I were as well, feel better now though. Glad to see you are feeling better! Sorry your trip was cancelled, but like you said, probably a good thing, if your tired and all.

Sue -- Congrats on being "normal"!! :) Also Good Job on lowering your Blood Pressure!! :bravo: Enjoy your time with your stepson!

Jules -- Wow the more I hear about your job, the more it sounds like my old one! They moved us around ALL the time! And everybody was always so confused!! :dizzy: Will keep fingers crossed :crossed: for DH's job prospect!! My cousin, who recently lost her job, just got a new job. Now I just need to get one or win the Lotto!! LOL!!

Enjoy the rest of your day! It was gorgeous here today! A lovely cool fall day -- finally!!

Big :hug:

Good news I hope...Mom had 3, yes (three) injections today. She was scheduled for 1 but when she told the dr. she was also hurting on the opposite side he got looking at her MRI and told her she had another problem. He said he would normally bring her back for more injections, but since she was already off the blood thinner and was there she could choose to have them then. She told him to do whatever he could. She is a trooper. He did all 3 and she is already feeling better. *fingers crossed*
He did recommend some therapy, so we will call about that tomorrow. She did a few sessions before and it helped.

I had soup and salad for lunch, but did get grabbed by 2 of the breadsticks that grabbed Cristina last week....

WELCOME HOME SASSY! And WTG on the 1 mile!

SUE...glad your mom is feeling better already!

HELLO to everyone else :wave:

Today was a terrible day for exercise. Didn't have enough time to walk at the mall before heading to an appt so just skipped it. Decided I will just workout Sunday and take a free day today. That's about all I have...such an exciting life.

Cristina--my little exercise queen...I did get back on the elliptical this week...glad you are feeling better!

Sue--hope the shots help your Mom! I have been invited to my step-siblings family get together on Sunday...hubby and I are going to go, I am finally ok with talking about Dad memories...

Sassy--I am like you when I pet sit, clean up as I go.Glad your home...always nice to sleep in your own bed.

Susan--I can't wait till I can take Dom to a movie theater to watch something!!

Well, the loss of two people in our departmentat work is felt especiallly when the week I was back two people were on vacation and one took this past week too. We managed somehow. Going in today to do a little work at my OT rate... so nice to actually get paid again for the extra hours when I work them. It is mass confusion with the move, alot of areas being moved hadn't even recovered from the layoff and who would do what. Offices of laid off people are having to be packed up by others who had no clue what they did...scary to me. Hoping once our little area is moved things can get into a routine. Dont like my new vp...he's all about how things "look" and not the workers. Miss my old vp....

Suetalks- had to jump in and say hello to a fellow hoosier! ;)

Hello All.

Lazy day today. I'm just SO tired!! :yawn:

I did manage to get my 1 mile in though! :carrot:

Sue -- Hope the injections help your mom!

Cristina -- Thanks. I barely did the mile today, but managed! lol

Jules -- Yes I think that is the easiest way, to clean as you go, but you know how some men are. LOL. Woo Hoo on the OT! I used to always love making that extra money, but the extra hours always sucked!!

:welcome: Linds B! I am also a Hoosier, originally at least!! ;)

Have a Great Afternoon All!

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