We got mommy's day cards for our 3 moms... my mom, and hubby's mom and stepmom. his family is the weirdest drama-free blended family EVER. it's wonderful, but also a little surreal when you're sitting there thinking "okay, i'm in a room with my husband's mom and dad, their new spouses, and his stepmom's ex husband... all the siblings.... AND NOBODY'S FIGHTING..." plus he calls both sets 'mom and dad' so I say "which one?"... I'm still getting used to that. I can't call 3 women 'mom' and 3 men 'dad' so his parents still get first name from me. They fuss, but I feel awkward!

Rambling tangent, sorry :P

BUt you don't have kids, right Mandy? I couldn't remember

Hi Ladies,

I am working from home this morning and then took a half vacation day this afteroon. I could work from home all afternoon but I decided I needed to get some things done that I want done.

Also, going to do a workout at 1:30 with my walking friend. We couldn't get together last night as normal so we saw the opportunity this afternoon and are taking it. We will be doing the treadmill and the hills program on there for 45 min as this is the hill training week that we do for our 5k training.

I also plan to wash down the railing on my porch and also scrub up some lawn chairs.

I had my mamo appt this morning and I'm praying for good results. Also did my blood draw and will have those numbers back tomorrow.

Mel.. Thanks for the wellness vibes! Good to see you here! Good luck on those scales when you do your weigh-in this weekend.

Mandy: Getting stronger is a GOOD thing and that plank is looking good!

Carri: I will have to check out your FB pictures. Happy to know that you only had a real gain of 1 lb and I'm sure you will have the off soon.

Dee: We miss you!

no kids for us yet, we're waiting til hubby has a job after he finishes grad school. we figure having actual income is a pretty decent starting point for "ready to have a baby"

Morning Ladies ...Happy Friday !!!!:cb:

I am so happy because I believe on my weigh in tomorrow or Sunday that I am gonna be under 215 and that means closer to 210 for my mini goal !!

Last nights dinner with dh parents went okay ...I did well with food, I did end up getting the chicken fajitas with just salsa, lettuce, and a little sour cream, 2 tortillas and then just ate the rest of the chicken plain ...it was very good.

Dee - that whole thing about the fashion reality show ( and yes I know which one you are talking about ) is amazing...I just hope you didn't pass up a great opportunity, because it sounds awesome...I know you would be great at it. Not sure I understand what you mean about sending you a garment to alter but I would probably be willing to do it ...haha ..and yes winning the lottery would be A LOT easier lol :D
Speaking of sushi, my mouth waters for it to a lot, and actually we do have it quite a bit, it fits in to my diet plan pretty good...now pot stickers, not so much but I still love those too. :love:

Hi Susie and Mandy, and everyone else :wave:

I can't wait to be off this weekend, need some relaxing time with my husband...:cheers:

Well Happy Mothers Day to all you mothers, and anyone else who is lurking and reading ....enjoy your weekend, I may pop back in to see what is going on.

Later :broc:

Carri

Hi Everyone!

I have good news to share. The mamo was normal! No scary "second" looks.

Also, our hospital had the new digital mamography which shows things so much more, so I feel very positive that nothing is looking.

I can't tell you have "freeing" this feels!

I told myself that if I had everything with my health come back with no issues that I would use the next year to squeeze out every ounce of life that I can and that includes doing all I can to get healthier, mind, body and soul.

At TOPS on Thursday I had a .25 lb gain. I think that I actually stayed the same but showed that small "up" due to water retention.

Carri: I'm excited to see what those scales will say for you this weekend.
Your dinner sounds like it was very nice and that you enjoyed your food within reason and had a nice time.

Dee: Thanks for sharing your health history with me. That made me a bit calmer while I waited for results.
As for the reality show--I am proud of you for doing what you felt was best for you. It's not easy to do that when the other feels like such a opportunity but I think you counted the cost of both decisions and did what is right for you.
I am with Carri, I don't know what you mean about sending you a garment to alter but I would probably be willing to do it too!

Hi Mandy, and Mel!

Time for me to get ready to go to church. I haven't attended church on Mother's Day for about 15 years. It's a hard day for me; I was never close to my mother--my dad raised me and my brother and I so wanted kids, so I usually skip church on Mother's Day because of all the attention to mothers. I would always just sit and cry. BUT, I decided today that I am attending. I get to "mother" so many of my friends children and are blessed that I have that opportunity. So, I'm going..I might cry but I'm going. I'm there to worship anyway and God has been so good to me.

Looking forward to reading all your posts. It keeps me going.

Hey everyone!!

It's been crazy around here, and will continue to be crazy for the next week or so... Hopefully I can find time to come post! I feel like I've been running in circles! I haven't been tracking my calories, and I haven't made it to the gym, but with so much else going on, there hasn't been *time*... Luckily I am finally in a place mentally where I am okay with saying "One week off plan is not going to completely derail my fitness goals"... one week is next to nothing in the grand scheme of things, so I am at peace with my decision to not count until after my anniversary in 8 days. I'm also kind of curious what it will do to my numbers that I take on Mondays!

We'll see. I hope everyone has a great day!

Hi Girls. Hope everyone had a good weekend and Mothers Day. I went and saw my Mommy today and had a good time with my parents.

Susie - SO glad to hear it was good news. Hugs.

My weigh in today was AWESOME. I am now at 213.2 !!! Which also means I am on the cusp of 212. So exciting to be so close to the single digit 2's.

So a loss of two this week.

Have a great Sunday evening. Weekends go so fast huh?

Carri

Ghost town-ish ..... where is everybody ? :shrug:

I have had a pretty good Monday, down to the last 50 mins of work before I head out to start my 2nd job at home ....laundry and dinner duties call...:strong:

Nothing too much going on around here ...hope you all are having a good start to your week. :sunny:

See ya

Carri

Hello? Bueller ? Bueller ? :lol::lol: hahahaha …..C’mon girls, where are ya ? I can’t do this on my own :hug:

I had a lot of dh’s pork rinds last night, bad idea …while I was within my calorie range I also had a TON of sodium with them and the scale showed it this morning…gonna drink a lot of water today to flush it all out. Showed me up a whole pound, not good. :nono:

Yesterday was a LONG work day, I hope this isn’t the same ….I am just itching to get out in the nice weather and not sit here in a cubicle I guess…always gets like this for me when it hits Summer. Those of you that work in an office know I what I mean I am sure.

Okay, well I hope to hear from one of you soon. :listen:

Have a good day all. :wave:

Carri :cheese:

Carri: Thanks for holding down the fort! and whoo..hooo on that loss! Girl you are looking good!

I survived our Innovation Reviews yesterday. It was a long day. I was at our General Offices in downtown Cincinnati at 7:00 a.m. This is a hour drive for me if the traffic is good-and yesterday it wasn't to bad.

I left the GO offices at 6:30 p.m. last night. It was a long day!
But it was exciting too and to be with Senior management all day long was interesting. I've never seen our CEO in person before and there he was just standing across the room.

I will walk with my walking partner tonight. This is the night for speed training.

I just can't get back into the habit of tracking my food. I KNOW I need to do it, I KNOW it brings me the results I want..so why don't I just do it?

Mandy: Sometimes a little break is a good thing, so enjoy...in moderation and we will be right here waiting on you.

Dee: You are too quiet! We miss you! :hug:

Helllloooo :?:

Spooky when nobody is home :dance: just ghostly.

None of my reality show season fav's won :( Sunday-on Survivor 'Kim' won, boo. My pic's were Christina or Alicia or any of the guys. Last night on FS, 'Kara' won & her style is like for CA, Vegas or New Yorkers; I never wore MC Hammer crotch pants like she had last night, her style is way-over-the-top except for her H&M clothes & a few for Macy's that I'd wear. I want clothes that r flattering, not Weird. I'd wear all of Ronnie's line & most of the other female designers & they are Fab Designer's even though they didn't win.

oops, I gotta go now. I have a client coming in 5 minutes to pick up her 2 halter-style maxi-dress's I made for her.

:hug: TTFN, Dee
Be back later to see if y'all r awake yet :)

Lunch time here. I didn't have much to pack but I'm having a boiled egg and a Kashi bar. I also have some watermelon for later. Dinner tonight is taco's so I'm ok with going this light at lunch.

My walking partner and I had a great workout last night. We were traning for speed in our 5k races. We usually walk for 45 min and however far we go in that time is good with us (that is our 1st week of the month general walk), so last night it was about speed, so we got to moving. We did our course that we do every Monday night and realized we have 20 more minutes to go, so we did it again.

We ended up going 3.51 miles in 52 minutes! We were might proud of ourselves.

Starting next week my friend doesn't have anything on Wed nights all summer so we are going to add that night as a workout together and it wll be some cardio for 20 min (so most likely the elliptical) and then hit the weights. I haven't done weight training for a LONG time so it will be good to get back into that--in the summer the weight room isn't that crowded at the Y.

Dee: Your food sounds yummy and you did great with only gaining that 1/2 lb.
I watch Revenge too and I love it! I DVR and watch it on the weekends.
Thanks for offering your phone #. I'll PM you some time--I think you already have my email?

Looking forward to reading posts from the rest of you!

Afternoon Girls….boy it is feast or famine around here huh…either only one of us are posting or everybody is, hahaha

I am doing okay …still staying OP and doing well that way ….just getting kind of bored with it since I have been doing it since Feb, but I gotta realize this is a lifestyle change and get over it I guess ….my scale is showing up a pound even though I have not cheated at all …but I know our bodies fluctuate daily so not gonna go all crazy over it.

Dee – you are so talented….you can make and design clothes and you are a chef ? You are the whole package …well I guess we would have to talk to your dh about that, haha ….I am with you on the Survivor thing…I really didn’t want Kim to win …I actually wanted Chelsea to win…Didn’t care much for the other girls ( well I did like Sabrina ), and of course Tarzan was a straight up weirdo…I kept thinking about your coke and dr pepper thing, and I am gonna HAVE to try it ….I love cherry coke of any kind so I bet I would like it …now that’s just the regular dr pepper right? Not the cherry flavored one? All the food you had this weekend sounds so delicious to me, haha …And thank you so much for the pretty compliment.

Susie – hope your work week is going well ….just think we are half way done !!!!

Hi Mel and Mandy !!! And everybody else reading.

Have a great day everyone, it is beautiful here, nice and sunny and just the right temp !! Great day to be at the track if I was off work.

Carri