Hello Ladies! :wave:

I hope you are all doing well. I had a very nice lunch with my friend. I hadn't seen her since November and it was great to see her. You know, I was laid off a year ago today. Today when I went into the financial district(San Francisco), I realized how much I miss being in the hustle and bustle of the corporate world. Oh well, I guess that is something I have to deal with.

I did manage to take a nice walk through the streets of San Francisco and all of those lovely hills. God I love this City!

Judy- So nice to hear from you. I'm glad that your daughter is getting her life in order and is realizing that Allura is her first priority. {{{{{JUDY}}}}} I know it means alot to you.

Desiree- I had a very nice lunch and a nice walk. I'm 15 weeks pregnant (as of today) and seems that everything I eat is giving me heartburn so I had to be very careful of what I chose. I had a turkey sandwich that still gave me heartburn. Oh well, the joys of pregnancy.

CJ and Sharon-WHERE ARE YOU GUYS? I bet your hitting those buttershots aren't ya?

Well ladies, I'm off to bed.

Take care!
Sylvia

Good for you with the walk, Sylvia!! :) I remember the days of heartburn from just staring at my food in a funny way. I had a bad gall bladder, too, so that didn't help!!

Hi guys,
Been meaning to post, I have just been working every night at H & R Block, I had to demand Mondays off so I can do some things ect. I had 2 crowns put in a couple of weeks ago and had the permanent one put in Monday and have such pain in my toothers. The Dentist said there is not infection, but maybe just irriated a nerve, but Monday I am going to the doctors to see if they can give me something. Maybe an antiobotic or some pain medicine to help me till my mouth calms down.

Sylvia-I am here, no Buttershots yet, gotta wait till CJ comes here, can't start without her, or can I? LOL Good luck in your quest to find a water aerobics place for yourself. Thanks so much for all those helpful posts, some of them are soooo funny, but they are all helpful I think like the exercise one, I really liked that one since I have been trying to do my exercising faithfully now.

Desiree-Gosh I sure do love Pampered Chef parties, because you get to eat all those yummy things they make like Carmel Apple Taffy Pizza, ever had that? YUM I have been to many of them in my lifetime. I am sure it will go well for you.

Judy-What wonderful news about Doris, getting Allura back is just what she needs to get her life back on track. I am happy that your son is giving her another chance. That sure is a great arrangement with your roomie, you got it made girlfriend.

CJ-Whoo Who where are you at? I am here, where the heck are you at? I can't wait to see you in a couple of weeks when you come for a visit. Hurry up or I will drink all the Buttershots. LOL Don't know what we are doing when we are in Michigan, but surely I will try to call you and see what is what. Hope we can connect, but if not we will be seeing each other Monday the 16th.

Take care guys, gotta go see you soon and love you, Sharon
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YICK! I hate the dentist. It's not so much the pain anticipation or anything like that, it's having my mouth get so dry while my jaw hangs down to my knees to get cleaned. Maybe I'm just weird like that, though! :lol: Anyway, I hope you are able to get something to make you feel better!! Good luck!!

Good morning everyone - bet you thought I dissappeared! lol Not a chance! Just have had a lot of things going on ... And I have to leave in a few minutes so this will be short also ...

Judy: Hey quilt lady! lol ... sounds like you have got quilting mastered ... WTG - nothing like a great hobby to work on when it's way to cold to go outside. I hate the extreme cold too .. but love the snow and we are just not getting what we normally do .. of course, if we were up at our cabin there's tons of it up there! darn. We should be up there! How wonderful about your daughter and granddaughter! Sounds like your daughter has her life turned around and I know how happy you are about that.

Slyvia: Glad everything is going well for you with your pregnancy .. Oh, I am so excited for you. Heartburn! I know what it is now but would you believe that the first time I ever experienced heartburn was when I was pregnant with my 5th child???? I didn't know what this "wierd" feeling was - no one could believe that I never experienced it before.

Desiree: Hey, did you get your WW kit yet?? Looking for you over on the food journal - where are you? lol ... Thanks for starting the weekly weigh-in again .. I think my news won't be good - yet again! Darn!

Sharon: Hey girl! It's almost buttershots time! Can't wait. Am packing our stuff as we speak. Hope your teeth are getting to feeling better now. Nothing worse than toothaches! Dick is packing his tools and we are looking forward to coming your way! Hope we connect somehow when you are here in Michigan, but if not - see ya on the 17th (Monday)!

OK ... got to run ... will check back in later.

Love, CJ

I know, I'm a bad girl. :o I need to start documenting on here. I have been keeping track of my points, but have been bad about documenting it here. I'll try to be better. ;)

As far as my kit goes, yes, I have had it for about a week (?) now, and have read through every bit of paraphenilia at least twice!! LOL - the thing is, I'm sure I'll be re-reading it to remind myself of some things again!!

Hi guys,
Glad someones around here. LOL Only takes a handful to keep this group running sometimes.

My mouth/teeth are feeling better, I went to the Doctors and she said it was just probably an irritated nerve and it would take time to heal. But she said I probably had the throbbing pain the other night because there is some fluid in my ear, and it was causing a lot of pressure in my teeth, jaw, mouth area. She gave me some medicine to help get rid of it. Than she gave me something for the pain, Hydrocodine, wow whee! That sure helps I tell you. I only take it if I need it though, when the pain is bad. Otherwise I just suck it up, but at night it seems to be the worst. Hopefully soon I will be back the way I was and this will be a thing of the past. I don't know how people with cronic pain all 24/7 do it. I sure don't want to feel like that the rest of my life. The doctor said it will take time to heal though, maybe months, but at least not years. I am thankful for that.

Desiree-So you don't like the dentist either? I hate when I get my mouth cleaned too. I guess they say I have an unforgiving lip because it tightens when they work on my mouth. LOL I just don't make it easy for them, they constantly have to tell me to relax my lip. RIGHT! Like that is so easy with their darn hand in my mouth. It ain't natural I tell you to have a hand in the mouth. Food maybe, but not a hand. HA HA So glad you got your kit now and are really into it. I know it will make thing easier for you.

CJ-Yes pretty soon the buttershots will be ours. LOL I can't wait to see you again. We will have fun, even though I have to still work things will work out. Ken is all excited to be seeing his buddy, Dick again too. See you soon.

On the weigh front, I have been doing great. Lost another 3.2 lbs making it a total of 17 since I started those Smart tapes and 29.8 lbs total, which is what I didn't manage to gain back when I went off my program. So I think I am doing pretty well. I just went into Sears, where H & R Block is located and bought a really nice black pair of dress pants. My size 16's are starting to hang, the 14's fit well, but I decided to get the 12's to motivate me. They fit, but not as confortable as I want especially in the stomach area, so I figure it is better to get the smaller size and have something to reach for. My gosh I never thought I would see a size 12 for me in my life. Yes I am a happy girl and will be a happpier girl when they are fitting me just right. :bravo:

Well better get off here, going to Michigan tomorrow for my Dad's 86th Valentines birthday :gift: so should be fun. Will see my sister in law, Chrissy and my nieces, Emily and Ellen and have a great birthday party Saturday for Papa. I can't wait.

Take care guys and keep the home fires burning till I get back.

Love, Sharon



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GOOD MORNING!

I've been lurking around but not posting, nothing going on here in my neck of the woods.

I just can't seem to get my weight below 233. I have been doing everything right except exercising. That seems to be a dirty word for me!

I did go to WalMart and walked around and around for a couple of hours. Can you believe.....I got out of the store without spending over $50. That's a first!

It's supposed to rain for the next couple of days. As long as it's just rain and NOT SNOW. My lawn can sure use the water. Need to soften up the ground so Tommy can plant some new flowers in my flower beds!

Hugs, Judy

Sharon - First of all, congrats on the extra weight loss! Yahoo!! :) And "Happy Birthday" to your dad! I hope he has a great one.

I only hate dentists because my mouth gets so darn dried out and my lips get all cracked up. Guess I should slosh on some major Carmex next time? :lol:

Judy - That sounds like me; I hate to exercise, in general. And to walk around Wal-Mart for that long and not spend more than $50?? Well, you beat me on that. I go for an hour and walk out with half the store!! :o Stores like that should be banned to people like me. :lol:

Happy Valentine's Day Ladies! :love:

I hope you are all doing well. Sorry for not posting, I've been pretty busy and this heartburn just won't go away!

I'm 16 weeks and one day as of today. I went to the DR on Wednesday....I gained 6 pounds. I really don't think it was 6 pounds because I drank 1.5 liters of water before I went in ( I knew they needed a "sample"). Not a good idea because I kept running to the restroom every 5 minutes after they weighed me. So I think that I've remained the same. I still am not eating a lot, I thought I would be hungrier than I have been. I can still fit into my jeans so that is a good thing because maternity clothes are so expensive and not very nice looking.

I hope you ladies don't mind me posting in here since I'm not trying to lose weight.

Sharon- CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WEIGHT LOSS!!!:bravo: I know you are probably training for those buttershots aren't ya? :devil: Glad to hear that your teeth are better. I'm also glad to hear that Papa is doing well. Please tell Chrissy I say hello.

Judy- Shopping is a good form of exercise! It keeps you moving and it's weight lifting (you have to lift the stuff you want to buy and put it in the cart...right?). That is how I justify it! ;) Congrats on getting out of Walmart without spending more than $50....I still haven't mastered that one!

CJ-I bet you have those buttershots just waiting for you and Sharon...or are you doing a taste test to make sure they are OK?:joker:

Desiree- hang in there chickie, don't too frustrated about exercising. All it takes are baby steps.

Well ladies, I'm off to take a shower and run some errands and squeeze in some walking at the mall! :D

Have a great Valentine's Day! Try to stay away from the chocolate!

Sylvia

Hi everyone. I wanted to see if an oldie can come back again? It has been 7 months since I was last on. If you don't mind I would like to try and come back on again.
Mary Kay

HAIL HAIL THE GANGS ALL HERE!!!!! Welcome back MK .. and of course we don't mind - glad to see you back! As you can see, our Thin group has gotten a wee bit "thin" (if you don't mind the pun)!! lol ... But, there are still a few of us "oldies" keeping the fire going and our newest member Desiree too! So climb aboard ...

Well, I haven't been around for a few days .. been down in bed with stomach flu! Didn't even weigh myself this week - or keep journal (of what? could not even keep tea down)! I existed on water .. and then tea and soda crackers on the second and third days! Great diet, eh?

Sharon - tomorrow I will be packing and hopefully (so far so good) Dick won't come down with what I had and we'll be on our way Monday morning! Happy Birthday to Papa! See you soon!

Hi Judy - Sylvia - Desiree! Hope all is well with you guys ...

Sylvia: Of course we don't mind a pregnant lady posting even tho she is not dieting! You are one of us girl - this is not just a diet group .. this is a circle of friends! We love you so POST POST POST! It's exciting to be able to share your pregnancy with you ...

Talk to ya all tomorrow -

Love, CJ

Mary K, we have missed you! Great to see you again!

My scale read 231 a couple of days ago, I was delighted! So much that......last night I had a huge KFC dinner and blew all my efforts for the past week! Why did I do that? I know better. I"m just weak, (and hungry).

Well.....today is another day, and I'll just have to start all over again!

CJ, hope you get to feeling better real soon. I"ll bet you didn't gain this week, huh? Sorry, I couldn't resist. LOL

Hugs, Judy

Being sick is no fun at all, especially when it is the stomach flu. :( I hope you are feeling yourself very soon, Carol. ;)

As for me, I have been bad this weekend, and I think I have gained some weight back. Looks like I am going to have to get myself back on track this week, and get exercising!!! Someone please give me a swift kick in the arse!!!

I'll update with my weight tomorrow. Hopefully I really haven't gained weight - but we'll see...

Talk to you all soon!!

Hello Ladies!:wave:

I hope you are all doing well and being healthy! I'm having a hard time eating healthy. I really need to watch my carbs but for some reason, that's all I seem to be eating:mad: I think it's the whole heartburn thing and the carbs don't give it to me. I really need to get my butt in gear and start eating healthy.

Mary Kay-Welcome Back! So nice to hear from you:cp: I don't know if you have read any of the other posts but I am now 16 weeks and 5 days pregnant. You were always very supportive of me during my "baby quest". Thank you for that!

CJ- Ah CJ, you know I love you guys!!! I know how much we all mean to each other and just wanted to make sure it was OK to still post here! I hope you feel better, I know the flu isn't fun!

Judy-WAY TO GO!!! Don't worry about eating at KFC, there is always tomorrow! All it takes is baby steps!

Desiree-The arse kicker of the group is Sharon ...she has special shoes for that!:D Don't worry, there is always tomorrow.

Well ladies, I'm off.
Chat with you ladies later!