Well, I finally came "unplugged" somewhat :cp: . I have good news and bad news....the good new is that I managed to lose the gain by "unplugging". The bad news is that I am still where I was last week. No loss to report for the team. I am really, really suprised that it was not a gain, however. A couple of days ago, I sneaked a peek at the scales and was up 4 lbs.:yikes:

Blu, please don't leave us, please, please, please. Just be here to give us support, and so that we can do the same for you. Please don't abandon us.:love: We love you too much!

Dip, I totally love the constipated smiley. :sumo:

Cristi, congrats to DD on the new job! I hope it works out well for her.:goodvibes

:bravo: to you "losers" this week. That is awesome. I hope to be there with you next week!

I took off again today with DD and took her to the doctor......she has strep throat:sp: :hot: If I don't get the kids well soon, I am going to totally lose my mind.:crazy: But, every cloud has a silver lining, so.....my pediatrician is the one that I was going to interview with next Wednesday. Since I was there today, we went ahead and talked, so she told me to consider this my interview. She has pretty much narrowed it down to 2 at this point, and I am one of them.:dance: :spin: :) Keep you fingers crossed. It will be about 6-8 weeks before the position will actually be open (it is a new position), but I can be patient!

Well, I gotta run. I will check back tomorrow. I hope to have some pictures of the new horses soon. They are doing great and I hope we can saddle them up tomorrow and try them out.

Kathy, where are you? We miss you!

WTG Robin on getting "unplugged" :p That smiley :sumo: does look constipated! :lol: Hey, you still did good regardless if you didn't have a loss this week. I will say it as I have said it before, it is just as hard maintaining as it is losing so WTG! :cp: :cheer: Thanks :thanks: for the congrats on DD new job. She did fine today, although she didn't have much to do except help go over some paperwork because their computers crashed 2 days ago. So today was a pretty easy day for her and she liked it. Speaking of jobs~sending you more luck and good vibes in the hopes of you getting that job. :crossed: :lucky: :goodvibes: Can't wait to see photos of your horses-I bet they are beautiful. Boy, you are just having a time with the kids being sick aren't ya? Sorry to hear about DD-I hope she gets to feeling better soon.

I think I am going to turn in early tonight ladies, all this running around has me pooped, I have been up since about 4:15 this morning. :yawn: :tired:

Hi Dip, Blu, Ledom and Kathy, and anyone else I may have missed.

In case you missed it at the top of the thread ladies-looks like there's going to be some changes to the Buddy Forum-You ladies might want to take a gander (if you haven't already) at the thread to see where we are going to be moved. They are making a new Support Forum. Take a look :mag: ladies. TTFN

Hello Everyone.

Congrats to everyone. We all did so well this week. I am amazed to report that I lost 21 pounds tonight. :rofl: I was running late tonight and I ran in to weigh myself and I stood on the scale and gasped at the weight (Very Very high) Then it hit me I really am suppose to weigh myself by myself.... so I put the baby down on the floor. :o So I guess that that loss doesn't really count so the actual loss to report for this week is 2 lbs. :dz:

Robin this is almost up there with the grocery incident. I am so glad that you had to go today because you weren't expecting it so you were relaxed and not nervous at all. No that Wednesday would have been different, but now you don't have to worry for 5 days wondering how things will go. :crossed: And Way to go on maintaining.

Cristi that is exactly why I find the commercial so gross. So glad your daughter liked her job. If kids are happy then mom's happy.

Dip I always look foreward to reading what you have to say. You must be the person that everyone flocks around whenever you are out.

Blu I will just repeat what everyone else has said :nono: I am sorry but you can't leave us. We all need to support each other. So please stay.

Robin, Cristi, Dip, Blu, I just want to say thankyou to all you wonderful ladies for all your wonderful posts and support.
:love: :lucky:

Thankyou
Kathy

okay I do not want to be a burden here. I don't want to cause Chaos on your challenge. Right now I want to really get my program moving again. I was really doing well and had been slacking.

Day 3 is done. I did okay. I counted all points, drank water and got a lot of veggies in.


LUCKY! 21 pounds is great LOL! Glad you did not DROP the baby when you saw that.

Well gotta go.

I did skip the doughnuts in the breakroom this morning. Also when we stopped at Wendy's for DS. I got a diet drink.

I will not sacrfice what I want! I will be on program for a long time.

Hi Gang! Sorry I was MIA today, but this not having a computer on the first floor is a bigger PIA than I thought it would be. One of the 'girls' is in heat, so we have them separate with a gate across the stairs. So to come up, I have to get the boys into the laundry room first. It's a hassle.

Got some painting done this AM, went to lunch with a buddy, and came home in time to go out for supper with DH. As soon as this food settles, I need to get down to the dungeon and lift some weights. Anywho, I'll check back later on when things have calmed down a bit.

Everybody did great this week! The NYC's are looking pretty good too! I think ledom may have forgotten, so I'll PM her real quick.

Check back later and will have some replies.

dippity do dah

Ok, I'm back. Robin, so glad to hear you became 'unplugged.' Now, I'm plugged up and I must have got it from you. :sumo: Sorry to hear about the strep - don't know how you do it, girl! Sick kids, DH, job, horsies, house - you are what I deem a Super Woman! The good news is you maintained! :cb: I am so hoping you get the job with your ped. Think positive! and we're all pulling for you.

Kathy, I thought I'd split when I read you lost 21#! But 2 pounds! Woo-hoo! Way to go! :cheer: Be Proud! We had a discussion a few weeks back about how we give up our identity when we get married. I try to have a good time and fun no matter where I'm at, even here at home on the net. However, I've toned it down in public because my husband is quiet and shy. He's never said anything about it, but I felt obligated to take any focus off of me. But the new me says to **** with that - if he'a a wet blanket, that's his problem, not mine. And last Saturday night, I had a fantastic time when we went out. :joker:

Cristi - sorry to hear you had another headache. I'm not big on chiroprators but if he's helping you, then stick with it. You are doing so marvelous with your walking! And I am really excited :twirly: about all those minuses already under your signature. Glad DD got a job, and it sounds like it will be good experience for her. Now, for that license - on one hand you want them to have that independence, and on the other, you're scared to death for them. All part of them growing up and us letting go. Is it harder with a girl than a boy? My friends with girls think it is. I don't know if I could have handled raising a girl. :shrug:
>>>>enchiladas <<<< OMG, I'm drooling. Can yu come over and cook for me?

Yesterday for supper I did have my pasta and sauce, and it didn't taste as good as I thought it would. The carbs caused me to hold water, and I was so bloated when I got up this morning, I looked like a beach ball. Might as well have just taken an air pump and stuck it in my belly button. So I did a tri-cardio this morning to try and make up for it. And pulled a hamstring. It doesn't appear I'm going to make it down to lift weights tonite, but I will do it first thing in the morning. This is the week I start to do weights in the AM and cardio in the PM, anyway.

Well, I better get downstairs and spend some time with the 'boys' before bed. I feel so bad when they are all seperated, but we don't want the girls to have any more babies. One's too old, and the other 2 are too little (in size), although the one in heat now is the mother of the other tiny one. One of these days, I'm going to take all 3 boys in at one and get them neutered. Maybe after the first of the year.

See you tomorrow and hope you're having a restful and/or fun weekend!

dip

Whew! What a busy day. We had so many people coming and going around here today. We had mother in law from Florida, father in law from Florida (they are divorced):o , and my nephew.
Then came one of DH's co-workers and his wife and 3 kids with their horse:fr: Today was the first day we got to ride our new horses, so I wasn't much of a hostess. The mare that we bought has a wonderful smooth little gait, but she is only green-broke:fr: ,not what I had in mind at all. The "idiot" gelding that Randy bought (you know, the one that hates me), is broke, but oh so stubborn and we can not find his gait at all! What a terribly bumpy ride he is.:stars: Needless to say, they both need a lot of work. Where will I find the time or the courage?:shrug:

Dip, I am so undeserving of your praise. I have absolutely too much on my plate and tend to not be able to give 100% to any of it. The horses were supposed to be, and hopefully will be, someday, a contribution to family time, togetherness, etc. However, their care takes a lot of time and takes away from other things.:halfempty I feel like a bad Mom, because I don't spend enough time playing with the kids and stuff. We are very close, but that quality time, sitting and playing together is lacking. I know that in the blink of eye they will be grown and will not want Mommy to sit down and color, or play a board game with them and I will be so, so sad because I spent too much of my time, cleaning, doing laundry, caring for the horses, working, etc.:( :( I have cut back on their extra curriculur (sp) activities because that is such overkill. We all kill ourselves trying to assure that they get to do any and everything they desire. No one wins when you spend your life running from school, to soccer, cheerleading, football, softball, etc. I let them choose one thing, and we stick to it. DD chooses softball. Not sure what DS wants to do yet.

Cristi, I go to the chiro also and I finally made him stop popping my neck. I just can't stand it and I am really hard to pop, too. I tend to want to fight the neck popping and have left with headaches that would last for days. Now he sits me up on the table, and uses some kind of mini jackhammer thing on it instead of popping it. It feels really great but I don't think it is as effective.
I dread the day when I have to let my children actually drive, or date, or anything else for that matter. I am a little overprotective and don't know how I will handle them growing up. I might as well face it, it is gonna happen though.

Thank you ladies for being here for me and for all your wonderful support! You help me in all aspects of life, not just weight loss. You gals are truly my best friends.

I have really rambled tonite, huh? :blah: :blah: :blah: Thanks for listening.

Well, I gotta run, it is late.

By the way, I stayed so busy today that I forgot to eat until about 6 pm, and that was just a bowl of cereal. I had to have something very fast, I was beginning to feel :dizzy: I know that is not a good thing to do, but at least I didn't overeat.;)

I'm late to the party but no one is here yet anyway, so I'll start the new thread.

dip