hI GUYS!!! I am back. we have been sooo busy - practically living at my parents house. Dahlia - your anniversary sounds so nice. I am glad you had such a nice time.

I am exhausted, and watching tv and napping on the couch today. tomorrow i have the day off, and am going to clean the house. it is still kind of mess form my party.

Glad you are all well -

Meg

hi guys. just decided to post again. i am hoping to get back on track tomorrow because the play is over. i am going to clean and do laundry, and make menus for the next few days. hopefully i can get to the store as well. wish me luck!

Good morning ladies,

Good luck Meg....good luck to all of us. We woke up to snow this morning, but it's suppose to hit a high of 50 today,, then more rain/snow this weekend... sure hope not, not a very good start to May...

For the next two months I will be eating less and not cooking much. I will be putting in 10-12 hr days with customers then have to do the book work in the evening, that don't leave much time to prepare meals. And after all that sleep often wins over food. I usually lose weight at this time.. I just have to try a little harder to make good choices and then keep it off the rest of the year. I am beginning to think that I was just meant to be a chubby little grandma...I have the body shape of all my aunts on my mom's side, never knew any females from my dad's side so can't compare. So maybe its a losing battle to even try to fight it... just have to keep active in order to keep healthy.

Ok, well have a good day all and hope to read more posts later.. I think we've been
left to our own in here.. so us 4 will have to keep it going.

Dahlia

Dahlia - can't believe you had snow! we are in the 50s today, but 70s tomorrow. already done 2 loads of dishes, and the kitchen, bathroom and living room are clean. the den and bedroom look like a war zone - and i am not exaggerating. dining room has all the stuff from the party - clean but not put away. i really want to have it clean when dan gets home tonight. have a few hours to put into it still....

Dahlia, don't give in. any way that you can buy some pre-packaged good foods? fruit is an easy snack, and maybe some low-fat cheese for protein. cooking good food does take alot of time, but maybe you could find some premade meals that could at least keep you maintaining, and then like you said, make a solid effort during the off months. at least being on your feet all those hours is burning calories. i will throw some positive thoughts your way today...

chris and cathy, hope you two are doing well today.
Meg

Hi Meg, Dahlia and Chris,

I've had a very busy weekend in the garden winching out scotch broom bushes with hubby and i even got him to remove a humongous gorse bush which was starting to dominate one of the rock walls i'm so glad to see the back of that and it took 2 pieces of heavy equipment to do it an excavator and a winch on a truck i also got a very good sunburn for my efforts too i'll make sure that i wear sunscreen this week as the temps will be climbing up to 28* I'm a chocolate free zone now and i must confess i had really got into the habit of looking for some for "afters' think i'll have withdrawal symptoms for a while so i'm back to eating FF Choc Pudds not like the real thing but i'll make do, i really want to see some weightloss now before summer.

Cathy - good for you! I plan to do my gardening this weekend if it is warm enough. Also want to take a bunch of stuff to good will. next week dan is takiing off to fix up a car so we can sell it. it needs some body work and then a paint job. with the proceeds we can pay off ALL our credit cards. Very cool. Good for you in the choc free zone! have you tried sugar free jello with a little light cool whip on top? that is my low carb snack, and it hits the spot after dinner....

talk to you soon!

Hi, girls -
You can do it, Cathy! Keep focused on losing for summer!

Meg, good to hear things are getting back to normal for you. Bet you're relieved the play is over.

Dahlia - I don't want to hear "I'm meant to be a chubby grandma" !! None of us are meant to be fat! Come on, girl, you can do it. So what if your family is heavy - you can make those different choices.

Only lost a pound at my WW weigh-in this week and I think it's because I've been eating way too many Soy Chips (you can have 25 of the suckers for only 2 points!) but they are very salty. So I'm definitely not having any from Wednesday on and going to drink a river of water to make sure I'm not retaining any water by Saturday! I was home sickly yesterday and though I didn't go over my points, I sure didn't eat healthy and of course, didn't exercise. So it was tough to get on my treadmill today. But I did. I only do a 20 minute routine - but it's a killer that I picked up when I was trying to do "Body for Life"

Tonight I'm going to review some yoga tapes that I've had for probably 2 years and never put in the machine I can't find some others that I know I've got. I'm really bad about doing yoga - I find it very hard (I'm just a stiff kinda gal) and I like to see results faster. So I think I need to start using a tape instead of just trying to do my own routine. We all have to experiment and find what works, eh?

Take care, girlfriends,
Cris

Hi girls. Just checking in. Cris - good luck with the tapes! I used them for a while, but got a new coffee table, and now I don't have enough room.

Went to the store, so I am stocked up on good food. I made salmon stuffed with long grain rice and green beans for dinner. A little diet soda and i am all set!!

Now I am in the LR and dan is in the BR. He is watching hockey, I am watching Law and Order. Love that show!

Hope you all have a great night!
Meg

Good morning Cathy, Meg and Chris,
Talk about mixed up weather, (I know you weren't but anyway ) yesterday we woke up to snow, today it is raining and thundering out,, suppose to hit 70... then cool down again on Saturday...

Meg, we love Law and Order too.. Now we are also into SVU.....doink doink

OK Chris, I am not giving up. I am not a quitter. I shall overcome,,,,,I continue on with my life style changes.. I keep trying to find the right niche I need to lose weight....

I never tried yoga, but ahem.... we have a new coffee table so now I don't have any room...hahahahaha... love that excuse....

Ok, well off to work. Going to train the gals on the procedures today....I never realized how much we actually do at work till I have to show someone else how to do it...LOL

Have a good one,
Dahlia

Dahlia and Cathy, go back into you memory banks for a minute. Do you remember 2 jobs ago when I got my salary cut? this is over a year ago? Then I got the new job in Indiana that I quit 2 months later, and then started waitressing and getting my Real Estate license? I just got a call from that boss this morning.

The woman that replaced me was my old boss 3 jobs ago (are you confused yet?), who now works from home. She just take consulting work, since they couldn't afford anyone full time (why I left). She gave them an estimate, and her work ended up being 2x as much. When my old boss said they couldn't pay her the 2x amount, she said he had a reputation for not paying people, and I WAS THE ONE THAT SAID IT!!!! He called to find out if that was true. I DON'T REMEMBER SAYING THAT! I am very upset, and so is he. I told him I would call and talk to her. What should I say? Honestly, I don't remember saying that, and I don't think it was something I would say. I just remember giving his info to here, and vice versa, and saying that maybe it was a good deal for both of them. Should I call her? I don't want a big confrontation.

This has ruined my morning. Any advice would really help me here. Thanks.
Meg

Don't mean to hog the microphone, but I just weighed in, and am still at 186.5 - thought I gained weight during the show. I am very excited. Now it has just been a holding pattern, not a spike.

See you later!
Meg

Hi Meg,
We started out at 39 this morning with strong 20-30 mile winds gusting to 40mph this afternoon, at 9:30 we had thunder and hail for about half an hour, now at 5:19 it is 75 degrees out,,, typical Michigan weather, don't it just make you all want to move here...we are opening for retail on Saturday,, and they are calling for possible snow.....it is going to be crappy till next tuesday, so won't be expecting any gardeners to come a shopping...Oh well, that is life...

Meg, since this is upsetting you so much, and the boss from 3 jobs ago. *L*I would call this person, won't call her a lady, and have it out with her. I would ask her why she would say such a thing and then say you said it...even if you did, she should not be repeating it to him of all people... has this woman no class or what? Think about what you will say before you call her, read her the riot act and then let it go, and forget about it....do you have any more contact with this boss/man or her other than the past? If not, then put it behind you, and don't get stressed out. That is my 2 cents worth of advice. If you are like me, you will fuss and fume over this until it is resolved, and the only way to resolve it is to speak to her, get it all out in the open.

OK. well hubby just called he will be home for supper in half an hour so I best get my butt in gear and get those pots and pans rattling... he don't know I just got home from work 10 minutes ago..LOL

DAhlia

Hi Ladies

Meg, I practically lived on diet jello and light coolwhip when i was on WW i was going to make some today and then forgot about it so i'll make some in the morning i also used to put a sponge finger in and fat free vanilla pudding to make a trifle that is about 100 cals and yummy

I do remember that job you're talking about but i can't for the life of me think why this man would call you after so long i mean, most men just put it down to *****y women and ignore them but for him to contact you (if he has'nt before) is puzzling me.
I think this woman probably named you because you'd left and she was'nt expecting any repercussions. I'd call her too like Dahlia said but don't say you can't remember saying it, call her bluff and say outright that you did'nt say and why would she say that you did also say how upsetting it has been for you and your ex-boss. BTW, if he has a reputation for not paying and if you were the one that apparently told her then why the heck did she agree to work for him in the first place if i'd been warned by an employee i think i would have thought twice about it.

Cris, Congrats on the weightloss

You guys are the BEST! I have had no contact with him, except when I ran into him about 9 months ago, and we just exchanged "hi's". And you are right, if she had been warned, why even take the job?

I haven't been bold enough to call, because I don't know what to say. My best friend also worked for the company, but left before me. She was floored that he called. Her advice was to let it go, and if I ever run into him and he has the guts to bring it up, to just say I tried to contact her but we never actually got in touch. The odds of me running into him again are very low. And, a year later, would he even remember? I don't like the fact that she is spreading rumors about me though.

Low carbing is going well today. Tonight is stuffed pork chops with broccoli. I have alot of energy - and am feeling really good. When I eat a bagel, or a carb filled meal it really does have an impact on my mood. I always also feel overstuffed.

Dahlia, wind here is at 50 mph. I get nervous about one of those window washing machines on the tall buildings falling again. We had 2 in the last year - one on the Hancock Tower. They are saying that visibility on the roads can suddenly go to 0 becuase of dirt. Pretty scary. I am staying in!
Sorry to hear about the weather there, but hopefully the sun will come out and you guys will sell a bunch!

Cat - that trifle sounds yummy. Where do you get the sponge finger from?

Chris - a pound is a pound. Congrats!!! Keep up the hard work.

Well, off to watch yet another episode of Law and Order. I am a freak!

Meg

Hi Meg, glad to hear that you are feeling good and if you feel like you can let it go then let it go i'm more of a confrontational person and would let her have it with both barrels i just get the 'sponges' from any supermarket they are'nt really sponge like soft cake they are more biscuity and crumbly i can eat a packet if i let myself and i've had 8 today just snacking i'll have to stop that and make some trifles