Warm thoughts and prayers go out to James, Deb. I hope the surgery goes well and he makes a quick recovery. What type of work does James do? It seemed like I knew at one time, but I forgot.

Hi everybody,
I'm still here. We have the news on and they are talking about being at war in 24 hours...this is so scary.

I'm still plugging away at Atkins. I went to a luncheon today and was able to stay OP. I have followed the program to a T for over 3 weeks now and have lost 11 lbs. (beats gaining 11 lbs!). I found out that my bil is on Atkins and he lost 15 lbs. in 6 weeks so it is nice to hear I'm not the only one in the family on Atkins. I will see him in person over spring break (right before Easter) so it should be fun comparing notes.

I had a piece of salmon and a salad tonight for dinner...a nice treat!

Spinning class is basically doing aerobics in a room full of stationary bikes. The instructor sets the pace with music and cues. It is a very high energy class and lots of fun.

Shhhhhhh........

I'm trying to be quite so I won't wake everyone up!! :lol: Where is EVERYONE???? I miss your posts!!!

I walked another mile yesterday, played basketball, jumped rope and did 10 sit-ups!! :D I also had 5- 16 oz. glasses of WATER!! :spin: My food choices have been great too!! (I HATE water...so this is good for me!!)

It's a rainy, ugly day here.I have a hair appointment at 10:00 this morning for a trim and frosting.I'm not doing anything to the house today.I'm tired from doing so much Monday & Tuesday.

Debbie.........Tell James I love him and he'll do just fine tomorrow. He'll be in my prayers.Sorry your Spring break has turned out like it has...But hey....look at mine...CLEANING HOUSE!! :( Atleast your free from SEX for awhile!! LMAO!! :lol:

Gayle......Did you get rested up?

Jeanne......WTG on 11 lbs!! :cp: YOU GO GIRL!!!! Did you like my clipart that I made for you & Lisa?

Ok FLOOZIES...Come out whereever you are!!! ;)
Have a great OP day!!
Sherry

Oh yeah......One more thing:

I weighed on Monday.I'm almost to ashamed to tell you what my weight was, but I am because that's why we're here.For love, support & motivation. I weighed 191!! I was once down to 170! I have gained so much during the winter! :( But I NOW have lots of motivation, exercising more,drinking water and watching my portions & fat. I know I can do it!! :cb:

Sherry
3/17/03
191

hello everyone!
hoping this day finds you well!
been engrossed in the war thing.
looks like its gonna happen.
my nephew is in kuwait.
worried bout him.
hes in gods hands.
wondering how many hate crimes will happen tho.
our own people to make trouble for us.
i dont understand.
deb,
so sorry to hear of dhs surgery.
hope all goes well and a rapid recovery.
yes men are babies.
noone gets as sick as they do.
lol!

shelley 100 purses?
i got only one i dont like carrying it.lol!

dee,sorry to hear bout your mom how is she now?

sher,way to go on the excercise and water
ive been trying real hard on excercises it worked i lost 4 pounds
im excited.no change in diet. just excercering.
next week im cutting on 2nd helpings no eating after midnite.
im doing small challenges to keep the weight moving down!

maui,great going on losing the 11 pounds thats awesome!!!!
well off to scour the news .
be safe!!!!
doni

You girls are toooooo funny!!!! Sex, what the heck is that???? Steve and I scheduled it in before he was to leave town this week...after the weekend we basically just said: "love ya dear, but.."" we were to exhausted!

Are you guys still doing curves?

Sher: Still sooooo tired, could be my iron, plus I have this nasty allergy sinus thing going on.

Dee: Where are you? How's Mom?

Sorry Doni, we were posting at the same time.

I have two second cousins that are brothers over there also. All we can do is pray for all of our military and their families.

Debbie, I'll be keeping James in my thoughts and prayers. I know he will do just fine. Does he have a hiatel hernia or an inguinal hernia? Hang in there......but you are right.....men are such babies!!!!

Sherry, wow! You are one workout momma!! Are you still going to curves along with your basketball and sittups? You and Debbie will look HOT on that Florida beach!

Jeanne, 11 pounds is terrific......another HOT beach momma!

Dee, how is your mom? How are things at home? I really miss your daily posts. You always made me smile!

Gayle, I hope you get some much needed rest this week. Whew, you make me tired!

Shelley, is the relay this weekend? I talked to my BIL yesterday. They are getting layed off in Florida City and are moving on to West Palm Beach. Is that anywhere near you?

OK, I'm with Sherry......WHERE IS EVERYONE??????

My good friend that lives out of town called me this morning to say that she is a new grandmother! She is the first in our school group to have that honor. Her grandaughter is Avery Paige and she weighed 5 pounds. She runs an in-home daycare service so guess who will get to take care of the baby everyday? It will be great that she will get to watch to baby grow and change from week to week.
Our oldest, Ben, has purchased a new truck with his re-enlistment bonus. We bought it here because they are less expensive here and my hubby is going to drive it to Montana next week. The bad part is that after driving 1500 miles, he will only get to spend a couple of hours with Ben. They are of course on high alert and living in the kennels with the k-9s. They are on call 24/7. I was hoping they could at least have 1 day together, but, that is military life. I'm at least thankful that he is in Montana and not sitting on the Iraqi border!

Have a good day all,
Ramona

I was posting the same time as Gayle and Doni.

I meant to ask...Lisa, how is your mom doing?

I'm checking in. I hope everyone is doing well.

In summary, the garage isn't done yet, but I have made progress. This weekend I'm going to look at an outdoor flea market and perhaps go that way at getting rid of some stuff. The price seems right -- $5 to set up. I'd rather do that than have a garage sale here, or at least that's what I think now.

I'm not sure when I'll be coming to Nashville. I've not heard from my high school friend in awhile as he had been ill. I do have commitments here for the next couple of weeks so maybe after that, I can get something set up. I would love to go see "Nashville Star".

Take care, and I'll check back in a day or two.

Ramona-West Palm Beach is a couple of hours away. BTW, it is 90 degrees here today! I ran this morning, it was a bit foggy, and the air was so thick and no breeze. I sweated my you know what off because of the air!

Did someone say sex??? What's that??? Actually, we did have some time to ourselves this weekend for the 1st time in at least a month!!!

The relay is next weekend, and I think we bit off more than we can chew. For one thing, it's at a high school and we have to get all the stuff there before 4:PM, and I don't even pick up my girls from school until 3:30. It's going to be fun trying to get everyone there on time. Also, we need to find someone with a tent. And of course once we do, I don't know how to set it up. I hope some of the kids do!!! We went to a meeting last night about it and I can tell you that I wish we could back out!! I am just afraid of not getting everything done in time, not to mention the fact that we still don't have many donations. We are going to have the entire youth group get together tomorrow and start making banners and stuff. I'm not sure if I told you that the relay is called the rockin' relay this year, so we named our team "Stayin' Alive." We bought one of those huge balls at Walmart that we are going to cover with aluminum foil to look like a disco ball. Also, we are all going to wear black shorts or pants with our temple t shirts. We bought black and white bandanas that we are going to write Stayin Alive on with white fabric paint to wear on our heads. We will probably all look like idiots, but oh well, we are going to do the best we can! Want to come and walk with us? We can use all the help we can get!

Love to everyone!

Hi Girls:

Debbie: I am so sorry to hear about James. My prayers are with you both tomorrow, but I know he will be just fine.. After all, he has you!! :lol:

Sherry: You sound like you really have things under control now, with your exercise, eating & water. You go girl!! I too have gained weight back in the last 8 months with all the foot/ankle problems I have had. You would think hopping on crutches would help somehow, but NOT!! I am ashamed to say I weigh in at 196.

Jeanne: Good for you!! 11 lbs. I too know that Atkins works when you stay with it. I lost 20 lbs in 6 months 2 years ago when I was being very dedicated to it. I need to get that dedication back. But you go girl... Keep up the great job you are doing.

Dee: How is your mom doing? Hope she is on the mend and back at home where she belongs!!

I don't have time to post to each and every one of you, so to the rest of my floozie friends!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!! YOUR ALL A GREAT BUNCH OF GALS!!!

WE CAN DO THIS.

With that said!!! I am still looking for the inspiration I need to stay on track for more than 3-4 days. I do great for that time frame and then I fall off the wagon. God what does it take!!!

Anyway enough about me. It looks like most of us have issues that give rise to stress attacks and makes us fall of the wagon. We have to find ways to counterattack and keep us going so we can all be strong and healthy!!!

Gotta run now.
Love you all
Carol

Ladies......

If you are ever eating out and have a choice between a BLT or a grilled cheese, PICK THE GRILLED CHEESE! A grilled cheese on Texas toast has 282 cal. and 12 g. of fat. A BLT on Texas toast has 581 cal. and 41 g. of fat!!!!! :fr:

Needless to say, I found this out AFTER I ate the BLT....

Hello I'm here! Mom's surgery went well. The surgeon took more tissue than he said he would. He told us that he didn't like the way it looked so he removed it. Mom now has spring fever, and over did it yesterday by taking her one ton siamese kitty cat outside. Instead of insisting he come in, she picked him up. She said she was sore. She see's the oncologist tomorrow I'm hoping for good news. I found out from my aunts that mom wasn't telling me everything. I don't know if she was shielding us or just was in denial. The oncologist has rated her a 4 on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the worst. He also would not put her on a 10 year survival. I just pray a whole bunch.

School is almost over for me and I will begin my clinicals on Friday morning. I went out and bought 2 sets of scrubs. We have to wear our uniforms or scrubs.... NO JEANS...... our uniforms consist of jeans and our work shirts, we also can wear special pants. I have one pair of those special (and EXTREMELY expensive) pants... I think if I'm going to get blood and guts and stuff like that on my clothes, then it should be cheap scrubs. Also, they're all tax deductable so that's a good thing.

Unfortunately, my husband was in an accident last night. He's fine, and by the sounds of it, so is the girl who drove into the back of his trailer. I really was shaking when I got the news. It happened in Chicago and he said he was really upset. It was not his fault, and while the girl was taken away in an ambulance, the police officer on the scene said she wasn't hurt too badly.

TV has just broken the news that there were air raid sirens in Iraq. When I married Jim, he was in the army. My heart goes out to the troops and their families.