Hi everyone,

Well, Jake is better but I have a very bad head cold. Today I hoped to exercise but I felt light headed.

I ate ok ...for lunch I had a turkey sandwich with lettuce and this great salad dressing I found food shopping today...it is called Walden farms honey mustard...Miki it is a salad dressing with no fat or calories. I know you like salads at lunch and this way you can still have the salad dressing without the guilt.

For dinner I had a can of Progresso Chicken barley chicken soup and a rye crisp. For dessert I had three small pieces of chocolate I really could not stop the chocolate craving. I read somewhere that if you are craving sweets to eat something sour like a pickle. I have not tried it.

Food shopping today I really loaded up on the fruits and veggies andI did drink a bottle of seltzer. I am trying to get back the motivation and really hope to show a lost this friday. I have been wearing my pedometer and have found that it takes 8 miles to burn only 460 calories.

Lisa, hopefully the yoga will help you sleep better. I noticed it helped get my kids to sleep quicker. It seems that you are overwhemled at this point in your life.

Cyan, is your mother hospitalized again?

Reina, you should take a picture of the red dress you want and post it on the refridge.. they say visualizing your goal helps.

Cjunk, I know how you feel about the junk food...as the saying goes if I am what I eat then I'm fast, cheap and easy.

Ladyrider, are you hiding because you have been bad or just busy?

Well, already this week is not going as planned. I was going to work today because I wanted to be off tomorrow to ride with my dad to an out of town dental appointment. Instead I was home with a sick child. Luke woke me up around 1 a.m. this morning burning up with fever. (104!!) This is just like what he had 6 weeks ago. This virus is still going around here. I just cant believe he has gotten it a second time. Anyway, he feels awful and pretty much just wants me sitting right beside him every minute. Thank goodness, I had refills on the prescriptions from last time so I saved the dr visit money for now. If he doesnt get better soon, tho, I'll go ahead and take him.

Cyan, better hold off on that crowning ceremony. I was off all day today and have yet to do one minute of exercise! Isnt that crazy? I fit it in when I'm swamped with things to do but then I'm too lazy to do it when I'm sitting home all day.

Cjunk, sounds like you were resourceful with your day. Good thinking leaving for awhile then coming back for the needed shift instead of working straight thru! Smart girl.

Lisa, my mind is reeling just reading about all you have to think about these days. Made me dizzy. (and your posts are definitely not boring, silly) Just give yourself a little time to get adjusted and I'm sure you'll soon have a routine you can manage without it seeming so overwhelming. This thread definitely isnt made up of lazy women. (ummm, well, exept for me today )

Debee, I'm so glad that Jake is better. Now if you can just get yourself well. I'm going to look for that dressing...thanks for sharing. I think you did a good job at eating 3 small pieces of chocolate when you craved it so bad. Sometimes if we dont give in a little, we crave it even worse and then binge. A little wont hurt you as long as it doesnt become a bad habit.

My calories today were 1225, I think. Very low on fat grams also so at least that part is better than the exercise. Not going to promise anything, but I MIGHT do some AirWalking before the nite is over. We'll just have to see if I get motivated later.

Lady, Annie, Taiwan, Betty, and PreciousOne....you're in my thoughts as always. Miss all of you today.

Josh, my 13 yr old, won the 7th grade spelling bee last week and tomorrow he competes in the school-wide one. I need to go call out some words so he can practice. ( Luke was runner-up for the 5th grade ) Then at 8, I plan on watching the President's speech.
Better hurry if I want to finish with Josh before that.

Take care everyone!

Miki

Reina...didnt mean to slight you! Just noticed I left you out..soooo sorry!!! Definitely wasnt intentional. You must still not be feeling well since there was no post from you today. Best wishes for a prompt recovery!!

Hi Everyone!
Sorry, I've been neglecting you all, and I can't write much now, either, but wanted you to know I'm still here, just really busy right now. I spent all day yesterday at the car dealer getting a new car. Today I was gone all day running errands and meeting up with friends. Tomorrow Bryan and I are riding 3 hrs southwest to St. Petersburg to see an antique motorcyle exhibit. We'll be back late tomorrow, so I will post more Thursday...I promise!
Hope you are all doing well,
Lady

Hi Again!

I just remembered I promised Annie I would pass it on that she wants to join us in Chicago! Isn't that excellent? So, add one more ticket when we call in July for the Oprah.

Lady

Ladies,
I hope you all had a great day. I was pulled away from work early on Monday, becuase Alex had a fever and started vomitting!

So, needless to say, I was up all night with him. I had to keep him home today because he was still running a fever!

I did get some exercise in Monday night, but not as much as I wanted. Today I found my box of old workout videos while cleaning my pantry, and I started a sweating to the oldies tape. Wow, you really do sweat with that, and I used some weight with it.

I realized when I stay home, I get so tempted to want to eat anything in the fridge..... But I stayed focused, and I wanted until dinner to enjoy food. I had Turkey Tenderloins with Mushrooms and carrots and lemon herb rice. I have totally neglected Fitday, but starting tomorrow, I am so back on it. I am drinking my water though.

Annie, I am so happy to hear that I can put a smile on your beautiful face! I wish you a speedy recovery from all those yucky tests that you have to endure! You are constantly in my prayers, and I am so excited to hear that you will be coming to my hometown in October! I really look forward to seeing you with all the ladies!

Lady, I hope you and Bryan have a great time at the Motorcycle show! Just don't fall prey to the hot pretzels and nachos at the food counters!

Miki, it looks like we were up doing the same thing last night!. I hope Luke is feeling better. My alex is getting better, and hopefully will be back in school tomorrow!
Keep up the good work with your exercising! You are the Bomb

Lisa, I am glad to hear that you have chat buddies to study with, I am sure it will help you alot. Wow, the tests already. Boy do I miss that. I wish you all the luck on them.
Don't forget, to take a couple of minutes and go sit in the bathroom, closet, or the car, and just BREATHE!!!!

Cyan, I am glad to hear that you are still on track with working out. I am right there with you sister!!!!
How was your day.

Cjunk, I hope your week is getting better! I hope you enjoyed your strawberries as much as I did! I am really surprised how sweet they are for this time of year in Chicago

Debee, your idea of the picture of the dress is a great one. I will do that. I hope Jake is feeling better and I hope you get over that terrible cold.

Well ladies, I have to get ready for bed, and I will chat with you tomorrow.

Have a great evening.

Hello All, had time to read all the posts but too exhausted to reply thoroughly. Had a good eating day---very hungry and ate a lot but did not go over on the calories. Didn't exercise though. Friends stopped by unexpectedly and my girlfriend did not have a suit to go to the pool with me (although she would if she knew). I got caught up on laundry tonight instead so I will swim tomorrow and ski on Sunday so I should include one more busy exercise day at least on Thurs. or Friday.

It sounds like everyone is doing a great job in keeping with the goals. Lisa, not to fret. It is often hard and exhausting to turn off the noise and stress when life gets busy---especially when you are trying to accomplish it all and all at once and others around you expect you to fulfill roles. It is good that you take time for yourself now and again to meet with us wonderful ladies to chat! Remember to take even 5 mins of silence during the day if you can tomorrow---every little bit of it will slowly help.

Talk to you all soon!

Cjunk

Lady have a blast riding that bike and let the wind blow your hair away from your face and let the sunshine beat down on you....I am right there along for the ride...just picture me miniature size sitting on the handles of your bike.

Miki and Reina ...sorry to hear that your kids are sick...I hope they are getting better soon.

Hi Debee..no my mom is not hospitalized...she is at home but this friday we are going to have her parathyroid gland scanned because her doctor suspects it in not working well thus causing her to have high calcium levels in her blood which inturn is exagerating her alzheimers. Since she has been home she has gotten worse, more disoriented and at night, it gets worse. She follows me around the house and often she doesnt make sense when she talks. Needless to say, it is all very hard and upsetting to deal with. So I am hoping that once her parathyroid gland gets removed, she will have an improvement but after all,she doe have alzheimers and it is progressing...I just wish it would be more gradual.

Cjunk have fun skiing...I wish I was going...so do a run for me

Hey Lisa hang in there and I hope the zoloft doesnt make you sleepy....most pschysotropics can be hard on the brain at first.

Hey Annie...so glad that you are joining us in Chicago...I am looking forward to meeting you in person as I am all the other Ladies who are coming.

Big hug and lots of good energy to all...oops I almost forgot...I exercised yesterday for 25 minutes...I did cycled I burned off 225 cals. My cals were 1554 and 62 grams of fat...geez those fat grams just sneak their way in all the time.

Okay off I am talk to you all later

Cyan

Cyan, I will definitely ski a run for you. I have a question because I am puzzled by your fat grams. How are you calculating them and what are you eating that is high in fat? Are you using fitday where it breaks down your fat for each food??? I am curious to know because your fat grams always seem much higher in percentage to calories consumed. It is a bit of a mystery to me.

Well, I'm late posting tonite. I think it's my subconscious making me put it off because I still havent gotten around to exercising, and I hate posting when I dont have a positive report. Actually, until around 6 p.m., my calorie intake was a little over 1200 with 39 fat grams. The fats were higher than I like but not TOO bad. BUT I just happened to be looking in the refrigerator later tho and noticed a ziplock bag full of chocolate chips from Christmas baking hiding behind something. I've been in there 3 times since I noticed them each time grabbing a few. I'm not even a "sweets" person, but I just couldnt pass them up. One big mistake is I've run out of all my healthier lowfat snacks and havent had time to get to town since Luke has been sick. Another day at home and once again I havent exercised. This is ridiculous! I CANNOT blow all the hard work I've done. I'm making a promise right now...Tomorrow I WILL exercise and I WILL Eat right!!!! If not, Cyan...Kick me HARD!!! Dont even try to make me feel better...just let me have it!

Ok, got that off my chest. Ya know what they say...confession is good for the soul. Tomorrow will be better for sure..I feel so disappointed in myself for today. Dont want to go thru this bad feeling again for awhile.

Hope everyone else is hanging in there better than I have the last 2 days. Let's come in tomorrow with lots of good news!

Miki

HI all...well tonight I was good with the exercising...cycled for 30 minutes and burned off 300 cals...I also lifted weights for 20 minutes.

Cjunk...my fat grams are high cause I eat foods like cheese and I use oils like olive oil...which are high in fat although the good kind. I have to cut back on the cheese...I am working on that dutifully...I have now switched to cream cheese light, feta light and yogurt sauce. So many changes ...but I am slowly making better choices. I just hate eating low fat foods cause they taste so bad...but I am finding out that some lower fat cheeses are still very good. Its a trial and error stage for me where food is concerned. And once in awhile, I will eat chocolate and there is loads of fat in chocolate. Does that answer your question.

Miki....bend over...here it comes....POW! I hope it hurt you as much as it did me. Now get on with it....get back to working out...you can do it....you have done it...so you will be doing it ...and I mean exercising not sneaking those chocolate chips from the fridge. Sorry for the harsh words

Okay...big hug to all you lovely Ladies...gotta get some sleep...my Mom's appointment is tomorrow and not friday like I thought it was.

Cyan

Hi Everyone,

Cyan, I hope I didn't offend you with my question. It's just that I was trying to understand. It sounds like your fat grams tend to be the healthy kinds of fat like olive oil. I wish I could eat chocolate----very jealous because I love the taste of it but have progressively become very allergic to it. Can't breathe and to the point where I carry an epi-pen. I imagine I would get a big group hug for that one!!!

Usually my fat grams stay between 15 and 30 on average, but my highest day was 64 grams when I had 2 pieces of pizza and french fries all in one day. Major binge day for me!! (but that was a few weeks ago now and was after days of undereating--so I am moving on from it!).

Miki, I think I also need a kick in the butt from Cyan because my exercise has been very minimal this week for no particular reason other than the television and friends visiting is more appealing. It's hard to get that swimsuit on when it has been so cold out there!

How is everyone else doing? Looking forward to hearing from the group soon!

Cjunk

Hello Everyone, I hope you had a pleasant evening. I know I did. I have to first admit that I didn't work out last night! I went home and went straight to bed! Yes, I did. I just was so tired of being sick and then taking care of sick ones, that I needed some long overdue rest. We went to Boston Market and headed home. I told my husband to make sure my son was bathed and in bed by 9pm, and I was out by 7:30 last night. And yes, it felt soooooo good.


Miki, I know you can go it girl! You just needed that kick from Cyan. You have done such a great job. I am sure you will find your way back to the routine that you started

Cjunk, I can't believe Chocolate does that to you. I would lose my mind if I couldn't have chocolate. My sister has to carry around one of those epi pens, she is allergic to aspartame. And you know alot of stuff has that in it now! Where is it that you go swimming? It must be nice to have a swimming facility close by.

Well, I am off to get some work done, you all have a great day.

Reina, we had the same bedtime last night. I was in bed by 7:45. Hey, that one way not to eat after 8p.m. I really needed the rest. Yesterday I felt so sick I couldn't even drive Jake to preschool. It was snowing and cold and I felt terrible. I opened up a can of progresso vegetable soup (200 calories for the whole can) I put some water in it and ate it for the whole day. It really filled me up. I think I am going to try to have soup for lunch and an afternoon snack at least three times a week.

Cyan, I hope that your mom's operation goes well. It must be very difficult for you now. Remember we are all here for you.

Miki, oh those mini chocolate morsels call my name too!!! When I crave a chocolate treat I get one of the little fat free chocolate puddings and cut up a banana it is really good. Also swiss miss hot chocolate fat free is only 20 calories. I find that a good diet secret is having the low-fat snacks available.

Cjunk, I think this week everyone has been a little lax as far as exercise goes. Sometimes it is so hard to find the time. Your fat grams seem really great.

Well, today I feel much better. I went to the hairdresser and finally got my highlights done after having to cancel twice because Jake was sick. I guess the saying is true sometimes it is better to "look good than to feel good"

I'll try to post more later tonight. I am trying to plan a spring break vacation with the family for mid-april and plan to go to MGM grand in Las Vegas or to Florida with the kids. I don't care as long as it is warm. I also hope that by mid April I will look better in a bathing suit than I do today.

I had a shitty day...sorry for the bluntness...I got to the hospital at 10.15 am only to be told that the liquid they were waiting on for my mom's scan had not yet arrived. it was 12.20 by the time it got to the hospital...they gave it to my Mom...she had to wait 2 hours for it to take effect...by then my Mother was worse than most 2 year olds....they then injected her and took her into the scan machine room to begin 1.1/2 hours of scanning of her parathyroid gland....5 minutes later...she was out and dressed...she refused to stay still for it so they gave up and sent her on her way....COULD YOU BELIEVE THIS!!! I took a day off from work...was there at 10.15 in the morning and by 3pm nothing was done....I told them she has alzheimers and is uncooperative...they wouldn't even sedate her...nothing ...and now, she has no test done and she has hypercalcimia....I am at wits end...I dont know what they will do next...she has to be hospitalized and sedated for that test to happen because she will not stay still for 1 1/2 hours.

So there...this was my f##@@in day in a nutshell....I was so furious...I think I saw red for the first time in my life...I was seconds away from a complete breakdown when I saw her dressed and ready to go home 5 minutes later....I just wanted to start bawling.

Ok I gotta go...my blood is starting to boil again

Talk to you later

Cyan