Hi Amanda, Yes you have and thanks for the welcome

Well this is kind of strange that no one has posted yet today and here it is 1:30 in the afternoon.

Hope all are well. Yesterday I get 2 points. Today is a better day. I am out the door in a minute and to the gym.

I have another goal this year and I think after all is said and done it is the hardest one I am making. I have got to stop giving others and events control of my emotions. I have to take responsibility for them and not let others actions or inaction decide if I am happy or sad or have a bad day or a good one. I have always done that.

I keep a journal on another website and had been thinking lately that if the site went out of business or for some reason my entries were lost I wouldn't have a copy of my posts. I have been posting daily. I had thought about starting to post my journal here, before the crash. After that I did what I had been thinking about and printed out all of my entries. I plan to continue to do that no matter where I post my journal. I would hate to lose them even though they aren't all that interesting.

Well until later,

Beth

Good afternoon all--

I guess the site's been down all day for repairs. This is the first time I've been able to get on the boards since this morning!

4 points for yesterday. Had a really good day. I think today is going well, too....my stomach must finally be shrinking back down from the holidays because normally at this time of the day I want to snack like crazy. Today I just don't feel hungry. Hooray! It could also be that I'm drinking an extra 32 oz. of water for the past couple of days. I was drinking 2 bottles (64 oz.) and now I'm trying to always get in a 3rd (96 oz.) Plus a little green tea here and there when I'm cold.

Beth, it's a balmy 2 degrees here right now! When I took the kids to school this morning it was -10 (without the wind chill).
It's a beautiful sunny day, but I don't want to do anything because it's so cold! Just want to curl up in front of the wood stove and read. But, gotta get in at least another 10 minutes of exercise to make today a 4 pointer.

You're so right Beth about YOU being in charge of what kind of mood you're in and if you have a "good or bad" day! Good for you for realizing that!

Well, hope to see everyone on here soon. This waiting till the afternoon to post is totally throwing off my whole day!

TTFN,
Julie

WAHHOOO we can post again. It is such a mess that I am not going to post smileys or topic for today but I will pick it back up tomorrow. For those of you with points of ANY kind! GREAT JOB!!!

Some of you gals, I don't have your e-mail addresses so I couldn't send you an e-mail about this mess this morning. I started an account for us with myfamily.com so we could post and some of the girls posted there this morning.

I know you may feel uncomfortable, but if not, send me your e-mail address and I will put you on my list so that when something happens again, we can be in contact. I will also send you an "invitaion" to the myfamily site. It has a chat that we can have and all can use it, though when I posted with another group over a year ago and used it, it would bounce me out each time so I don't know if I will be able to chat. I don't have Beth, Julie, Amanda, the new lady Cathy, the new lady Donna though I haven't seen her since the first crash and hope she can get back on. Here is an e-mail address that I use for my website and you can send it there, then I will respond to you with my AOL address so that you have it. It is my main one and I don't want any NUTTERS getting it from the site. [email protected]

Welcome to you Cathy! It is great to have you. Please participate in any or all of what we have to offer here, points, our 1st quarter challenge, the daily topic, etc. The info for them is always the very first post of the thread.

I am going to e-mail everyone to let them know we are back up!

Later, Faye BTW: Cathy if you want to participate in the 1st quarter challenge, I need you to give me your starting weight. You can e-mail it to me if you like (you aren't eligible for the gift until the second quarter though) and Debbie, I need your weight as well if you are joining in the challenge. Last but not least, Pam we don't have your iron monster amount yet either!

I am going to cut and paste what everyone posted this morning on the myfamily site.

Hey everyone! Hope you found it ok! I know this isn't the best solution, but it was all I could come up with. Maybe they will be back on line soon. (me)

I found it! I hope the 3 Chicks get their wonderful site up and running again. In the meantime 2 points for yesterday. Housecleaning tonight. I drive my ds nuts, I turn on the music and sing and dance my way through vacuuming, dusting, floor washing etc.... He thinks I have lost it---then I make him help me! He is such a good kid. Have a great day!
Judy

I love to clean to music. You can bebop around and get something done you don't particularly want to do. I am a music freak though so I am always listening to music, singing etc. Yeah for you on the points. I hope they get it up and running soon too, this is not exactly the best way to post! lol (me)

Yeah... hey at least we have a way to communicate with each other...LOL!! No points for exercise yesterday but everything else... was just too pooped out to exercise...lol i hope u all have a great day... i lvoe u all and remember to take care of U!
Sandy

I got 4 points today and am staying on track! Woohoo. I am also having smoothies for breakfast to get in all my fruit for the day and boy was the one I made today good. I will post it in the recipe section for you to try. It was yummy and filling too! (me)



There you go! You are now up to date with this morning's conversations!

Faye

Hello Hello

What a roller coaster this site has been on!

I get 4 points for yesterday

If anyone got to read my post Wednesday, part of it was about this young fellow I've developed a fancy for. I came across an e-mail address and am working up the courage to drop him a line. I've always been scared of such things which is even more reason why I should. Whatever happens I will have overcome my fear. And sometimes its good to do such things even if you expect a negative answer just for.... character building...or practice even...right?

Classes are back on after having been canceled for 2 days...unprecedented at this university. The ice is finally melting.

Beth – I often find myself in similar situations tying up my emotions in things I shouldn’t. For me the problem is interactions with people. Its something I’m slowly working on.

Hi Ladies,

What are the pts for? diet, exercise, water and ? or am i totally off track? and what is the challenge? and what is the gift? must admit i'm in a few of them at the moment

So far so good today done some exercise but want to do more, hopefully i'll get on the treadmill in a while then i've got lots of cleaning to do..i might even try dancing around

Cathy - If you look at the first post on page one of this thread it gives you all the info but the points go as follows:

on plan 2 points
water 1 point
exercise 1 point

The challenge is for the first quarter of the year, Jan 1 - April 30th or May 1st...I'm not sure which. It is to see who loses the most weight. I also am not sure what the gift is. Only those that were part of the group at the start of the challenge can win the prize but you can still enter. Also if your here for the next challenge you can enter to win then.

I just got back from the gym. I am adding more cardio to my work outs. I enjoy weight lifting so much that I realized I had really cut back on cardio and was spending all of my time on that so I am trying to make a better balance.

Julie - It was a beautiful 70 here today and sunny. I guess I should stop complaining lol.

Faye - I sent you my email. Let me know if you don't get it.

Suczin - I have always been of the old fashioned mind that if someone is interested in you they will let you know it. However I have learned that there are a lot of men out there just as nervous to approach women as we are to approach them. I have also found that showing too much interest makes you look needy ( a problem I have) and being confident and busy and having a life makes you so much more alluring. I have a feeling your character is fine and doesn't need building.

Have a good one everybody!

Beth

grrrrrr...I don't like this crash at all...and its freezing here too okay well I guess I'll make the best of it.

Faye I will email you ok.

take care

I finally, got back here . I had to re- register, I got to keep my user name, but still had to go thru the whole process again, i sure am glad i found my way back here.
I decided to start counting calories instead of the lo-carb diet.
I have been op and drank my water so i get 3 points every this week, got to add the exercise.
Faye, post that recipe would love to try your smoothies.
Faye I will email you my email address and also let you know where I am from oklahoma city.
Beth , that is something I am also going to try to do this year is try to be acountable for my own actions and also the way I am feeling, unstead of letting people control how feel: I usually try to blame other people for how I feel. And i know that IAM the only one who can decide how I feel today. I can only be sad or unhappy if i chose to be that way.
This year I am going to chose to be HAPPY!!!
Every morning I am going to make a conscious effort to have a good day no matter what any one else has to say about it.
So why don't you join me? Let's start having HAPPY DAYS instead of glooming ones.

Happy Days to everyone,
Donna

Can't believe I forgot - A very warm welcome to Cathy!

Beth - thanks for the advice. Only problem is, I don't know when or if ever I will see this fellow again, so I just thought I'd drop a casual e-mail along the lines of "hey, I had fun hanging out with you, we should do it again sometime". I know what you mean by seeming too pushy, and I'm trying to avoid that. If I had the opportunity to let it build on its own...we had a class together this term, or something like that I would. Alas.

Hi Ladies,

Beth..thanks for the info i was only joking about the gift but i'll make sure i check it out.

Susan..thanks for the welcome and i think thats a great idea to drop that guy a 'casual' email..go for it..you never know

Boy it is really quiet then bang everyone posts!

Here goes: Dorothy, Beth, Donna I have stored your e-mails. I will send you an invite to join myfamily so you can use it and use the chat when we have chat night.

Cathy: Yes, as Beth said, points are 2 program, 1 water, 1 exercise and I give smileys out daily when you post what your points were for the previous day, except for Amanda who totally screws me up because she is in the UK! As for the Challenge, Everyone sent me their weight as of Jan 1 and as of May 1 you then send me what you weigh on that date. On May first after I have everyone's weight, the person who has lost the most lbs wins a $30 Visa gift card. Now, like I said, you are not eligible for the first challenge gift because you have to be a member of the thread for 1 whole quarter. The reason was that I could see a bunch of people joining just to try and get the prize and then drop out. That is not why I did this. I want to give everyone an real incentive to lose those lbs. You will be eligible for 2nd quarter though and like I said, if you give me your weight I will put it on the spreadsheet I have of everybody and we can keep track of how much you lose each quarter if you want to be part of it. Since you are part of several groups, you join in where you want here and sit out where you feel you don't want to or don't have time or whatever.

Donna: You are going to do this sweety. We are all in this together and we are going to get these lbs off once and for all. the recipe is really easy and really yummy. It is 1 up fresh or canned pineapple with about 1/2 can of juice if you use canned, 1 cup oj of your choice, 1 cup fresh or bottled mango slices, 1 tablespoon powdered sugar and about 4 ice cubes (more if you want it slushy). Blend in a blender until foamy and everything is purreed. If you go to http://www.recipesource.com/side-dis...smoothie1.html there are a BUNCH of smoothie recipes of every conceivable kind. You can ask the girls and they will tell you that my #1 priority is to make weight loss FUN! Part of having fun is happiness and you can be happy doing this. You can't be unhappy when you are improving your health, your lifestyle and your body image. Happiness is a state of mind only and I am a firm believer that we can't always be happy, we need sadness to come into our lives to appreciate things and to make happiness truly something special, but when you are happy, your body reacts positively and that is the goal we want!

Susan: Nothing VENTURED nothing gained so go for it. I don't think it is pushy at all to tell him you had a great time hanging out with him. If you don't say anything, he won't know will he and if he is interested he will contact you again. Being the beautiful woman you are, I am sure he will get right with you!

Beth: Yeah, you don't want a lean body and a fat heart! Gotta balance both. I have a funny story to tell you about that. I never do anything half way and so I have been spending time doing strength training everyday with cords. I walk for cardio and then do 20 reps of each upper body exercise. I was sitting with Jack tonight watching Oprah and doing my reps and the darn cord broke and I about killed myself. I guess I worked it too hard and it just gave out, but man that was like getting smacked with a Green Giant rubber band!

Well my sweet ones, you all have a good night! I am going to go to the myfamily site and send those of you who don't have an invite yet and have sent me an e-mail address your invite to join.

Faye

*****PAMELA, WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU GIRL?******

FRIDAY: Today is Fabulous Face and body Friday. Do something special to protect your skin, etc today!

Good Morning ladies!

Anyone that wants to post losses, may do so and I will continue to compile them for a thread total today.

You all have a great day and I will peek in later when everyone is up and running!

Faye

A Cheery 15 below zero morning to you all!

Dear Gawd, it's cold outside! It's the kind of cold where you have to wear sunglasses to go out because if you don't, your eyeball slime literally freezes. And when you breathe in, your snot freezes......breathe out, unfreezes......freeze, unfreeze, freeze, unfreeze.........EEEWWWWWWW

Anyway, at least it's sunny. I got 3 points for yesterday. I probably could have counted my wood carrying and a little "dancing around" as my exercise, but it really wasn't enough...know what I mean? I got up early to exercise this morning, and when I went out to the garage to turn the heater on.....the fuel was frozen. INSIDE the house!!! So, I spent the early hours this morning trying to fix that. I have the heat inside the house cranked up to 80 with the door to the garage open, but it still isn't warm enough out there for the furnace to work. So, I guess I have to go out later and get a new propane tank for the portable heater. Hey, at least there's no frozen pipes to deal with! That is the BIGGEST pain in the arse!!!!

Well, there's a reason we say "If you can't take the winter, you don't deserve the summer!" And I do love the Maine summers. Actually, I love the Maine winters too....just could do without the extra hassles. On the bright side, I probably burned a couple hundred calories just trying to stay warm while pumping gas this morning.

I'm fairly certain I'm losing weight again.....YEAH! I'm back to writing everything down and really watching the calories. But it's TOM for me right now, so I'll weigh on Mon. or Tues. and hopefully there will be some good news. I really need to see some progress!

Gotta run, now. Everybody stay and motivated today and all weekend!

Hugs,
Julie