Dear Lisa,

I am so sorry to hear about your neighbor. Losing someone so close to you is so hard. I remember when my friend's Dad dies, she told me that she kept expecting him to walk in the front door - she just couldn't get used to the fact that he wasn't coming back. My thoughts are with you...

Hi Tech - sorry to hear about your migraines. They can be tough. Take care of yourself!

Dahlia, that pie sounds GREAT! I am giving my husband a shirt with red polka dots on it that he saw in a window last weekend. It is very mod looking. He already gave me a pair of earrings. We got them at the Art Institute when we were there with my friend this weekend. My brother and SIL are having the whole family over for ham on the 14th. Should be fun.

Just got back from the store. I have done well today - but did have a few bites of chocolate. I have a low carb dinner planned for the tonight and the next 2 nights. Did all the shopping today. I am trying to take it seriously.

I didn't have any caffiene today, and therefore bypassed the gym. I have a HORRIBLE headache. I am sure it will last a few days.

Just finishing up a low-carb snack. Talk to you later!

Meg

Morning Ladies!

Lisa, my condolences on the passing of your neighbor and I will remember her in my prayers this morning. It's never easy. I'd love to see a picture of your new look!

And, Tech, hope the migranes are gone by now -- my son and I get them occasionally but it is my daughter who is plagued with them on a much more consistant basis. I feel for ya! BTW, you don't have to always feel like you have to be witty or doing great on your weight loss plans when you post -- we're here for every kind of mood, up and down! Usually when my eating goes down the drain, it's related to stress. I commend you for trying to exercise -- you'll be back on track. Going off is all part of the process.

Dahlia, thanks for the reminder on Valentine's Day -- what a good wife here as I have nothing planned. I've got a few days yet!!

Cat, I can put up with a few gray strands but we are talking whole head of gray here :yikes: ! Have you ever thought of treating yourself and having it done? I'm not sure what the prices are in your neck of the woods though, but here they are not too bad. It's my one splurge on myself. But then, some women look really good with natural gray -- unfortunately I am not one of them. I have a friend who is in her 40s and she looks awesome -- she keeps it short and it's a very soft looking gray.

Meg, congrats on all the effort you have put back into your diet plans -- one step at a time. I just bet your hubby is going to look spiffy in a red polka dot shirt! Russ has a bright red one and even though it's not one of my favorite colors, he looks good. Hope your headache is better!

OK, Pam, Emily and Carol -- wake up!

Well, the coffee's ready and so is the newspaper -- round two of my morning routine awaits! Have a good one and keep on keeping on :).

Terry

Oops, forgot to mention that I did WATP again yesterday -- three days in a row now! I'm getting there :)

Good afternoon ladies,
I'm checking in late today and am happy to see so many posts. Lisa condolences on your neighbor, losing someone close is always hard,, losing anyone is hard.

I got up early today and went to Curves by 8 so I could meet my friend for breakfast. We had a nice chat and promised not to let so much time go by again... but we can't do anything now till July. Work cuts into my social life...:) Anyway it was nice to work out early, I hope I can do that starting next week.

We get some snow every day it seems. The last couple days didn't amount to anything, but it's in the air. We have a lot on the ground, they are finally removing it from the roadsides, there is so much, if you had to pull off the road in many places it would be impossible.

Well, I left so early I didn't get a chance to read any emails so better catch up. Later
Dahlia

feeling pretty good. yesterday i think i stayed on target under 50g of carbs. this morning i had a bowl of low carb cereal, and upped the treadmill 10 minutes to 27 total. tomorrow I will try for 5-10 more minutes, working my way up to 45.

Off to clean the house!

Meg

Hello All,

Didn't exercise today either, had to go in to the office early (well early for me) for my first closing :D. I am so happy now I've not only spent $$ on this RE thing, but made some :D. Still been eating poorly, need to get my but in gear (seems like I keep saying that), but I have been increasing my water back up.

:?: Someone was talking that you need to drink twice as much water as you do caffine or alcohol to make up for the dehidration (sp????) has anyone else heard this?

Meg - Yea on getting to work on the treadmill and increasing slowly good luck. Hope you're no-caffine headache is easing.

Lisa - Sorry to hear about your neighbor :grouphug:. Thanks for the info about Kraft/Curves, I think I'm going to try that, I've been thinking of joining. I also entered to win the 1 year, maybe I'll get lucky.

Terry - YEA on the WATP 3 days in a row, I'm impressed. I really don't get the migrains too often about 1 every other month or so, which made yesterdays that much more of a pain (no pun intended) since I'd just had one last week. I hope this doesn't mean anything.

Dahlia - I like the pansy pic. Congrats on getting to Curves early, I hope you can keep it up too.

Well, I should go take out the trash. I'm procrastinating (like that's anything new).

Have a great day everyone.

-Tech :D

Hi Ladies,

T, I stopped going to hairdressers years ago after i was "scalped" by one and ended up in tears :cry: funny how a bad haircut can have that effect :lol: and since that day i've had family members cut it and i've always coloured it :D and it must be O.K. because i've always gotten compliments about my "nice hair". My hair is'nt grey as such its very dark with lots of silver strands i don't mind it at all ;) these days i'm more in favour of rinses that wash out after a few shampoos i don't like using anything containing peroxide or ammonia. I'm still thinking of having my hair layered and have gotten into the habit of walking around the mall and gazing into salons to check out the stylists 'do' :lol: its amazing how many hairdressers have terrible hair :yikes: I always walk away thinking "Good god who does YOUR hair?" :rofl:

I missed exercising yesterday :( that was the first in 8 days :rollpin: but i got back to it today and walked 2.25mls with the treadmill set on the mountain program.

Tech - how long have you been in real estate? That is what I am going into. My job starts in about a month.

I was told you should drink like 64 oz of water a day, and then another 8oz for every 80z of caffiene that you have.

I made my low carb dinner last night. it was great! I think we have enough left overs for tonight.

Today I need to go to the gym again, and then prepare for children's theatre rehearsal tomorrow.

Hope everyone has a good day!

Meg

This cold is getting worse and worse. I am still cleaning the house - TONS of laundry. I am on my 4th cup of decaf tea. I no longer have headaches - I am a decaf drinker! :lol: Talk to you later!

Meg :)

Hi Ladies,

I've been cleaning too Meg, i've just cleaned out my closet trying to win the never ending battle of downsizing :lol: i've thrown out 4 pairs of shoes and cleaned and re-organised the rest and i've still got 48prs of boots, sandals and shoes left :rolleyes: i can't throw anymore out because the majority of them are unworn :lol: it really is a fetish of mine buying shoes :yes: and i intend to hit the shoe shops in England..i have no idea why buying new shoes gives me so much pleasure :shrug: but i just can't resist them and jewellery :D

I walked/jogged on my treadmill today and did just over 3mls alternating between one minute at 3.3mls and one minute at 4.5mls :cb: and i felt like i was bursting with energy afterwards :)

Hey T, i forgot to ask "just why does Russ find your eyebrows so amusing?" :nose:

Yep, Cathy, 48 pairs of shoes does qualify for a shoe fetish. :lol: And here I thought you just collected chocolate! That's our girl!

Lisa, if you are browsing, I was thinking of you yesterday with the funeral and all. I am sure it was a rough day for all. Hugs.

Woke up with the makings of a dewzy of a cold -- sore throat, stuffed up nose, and the sneezes. Good excuse to take it easy today and declare it a "Veg Day." But, I couldn't resist organizing my computer desk and that took an hour. It's great now that Chris has his own computer because this is all mine. I love having everything in its place -- my own personal fetish.

Cathy, Russ said I have no eyebrows anymore. I do!

Meg, isn't it amazing how laundry seems to multiply even more after you start to do it? I swear that pile has a life of its own sometimes :yikes: . I just did towels Wednesday and there were none left in the closet this morning. Showers are Chris' fetish!

Dahlia, you still catching up reading??!!

Tech, congrats on your first closing (I am assuming that it is anyway) :high:! Regarding water consumption, I have heard that also. I just drink it because I like it.

Starting to fade here and I think a nap is in order and some Sudafed.

Have a great Saturday, ladies :).

Stuffed up Terry

Hello and happy valentines day ladies,

It must be the time for colds, I woke up with one on Wed. and I'm still suffering with it... taking Coricidian HBP which helps but sure know when the 4 hours are up and it's time for more.

We have sunshine today but only 23 degrees F. but I'll take it. Hubby gave me a card this morning and a stuffed Gorilla wearing a leopard loin cloth that dances to the Jungle Boogie. It's cute and funny. He buys me a monkeyof some kind each VAlentines,, (long story).. :) :jig:

Haven't done any exercising since I went to Curves on Thursday. I am going to try to go earlyon Monday before work. I'll see how that works out.. I enjoy going and I feel good afterwards, but I don't get any boost of energy or anything like a high of any kind. Not sure what they are talking about when they say you get a high from exercising. :) :) :) :)

This guy is cute.

All those shoes.. wow. We have another Imelda Marcos on our threat. :lol:

I only own work boots and shoes, and everyday shoes and good shoes. I bet I don't have more than a dozen pairs all together. In warm weather when I am home I prefer to go barefooted. In the cooler weather at home I wear slippers. I don't really like shoes. I like to look at them in store windows but I think that is where they look the best.. oh well I'm wierd... :lol:

Well, nothing going on.. making hubby a roast beef dinner on my french red glass dishes for supper. I use them every Valentines day. Tomorrow we are going to go see 50 first dates. I have my cherry pie square baked, waiting for it to cool so I can frost it. Made an extra one for son and his family.

Well, going to go putter till time to make supper. Just got back from mil's, had to get a repair man out to fix her satelitte dish. Now she is back in business watching HGTV....

Take care all,
Dahlia

Ugh T :p hope you feel better soon :D i thought you'd had your eyebrows dyed and thats what Russ was laughing at :lol: you've just had them reshaped have you? ;) as for laundry there is only hubby that i have to cater to and that man has been spoilt rotten because he thinks he lives in a hotel/motel :rolleyes: everytime he get undressed after work there is a full load of clothes just from what he was wearing :eek: underpants, longjohns, socks, jeans, t-shirt, shirt, fleece jacket and denim jacket and last night when he came in he was absolutely black :p and when he took his workboots off..yeeewww :( i banished him immediately :rofl: and the worst thing of all is that he peels everything off so socks are stuck inside of longjohn legs etc..t-shirts are inside out :rolleyes: sometimes i just leave them that way to teach him a lesson but he's never said anything to date :lol: he probably wears them like that :lol: and he uses 3 towels everytime he takes a shower :yikes: now even i only use 2!!

Bridges of Madison County has just started..i've never watched this before, I may get on my treadmill while its on..i heard it is a good film but its off to a slow start.

Good morning...

Dahlia - I have a horrible cold also. I took some alka seltzer cold last night, and it seemed to help. I still have an awful cough and runny nose. I look like death warmed over.

Our Valentine's Day party was great. I made a cherry pie with a heart as the top crust. VERY Martha Stewart. I was impressed with how well it turned out, considering I haven't baked a pie in many many years.

My low carbing has been going well. I am back into the groove again. I did splurge on VD (our hostess made home-made mac and cheese, and then I had some pie), but then I was back on track yesterday morning.

I am loving my decaf tea. Or sometimes I just have hot water with lemon. I wish I was working out more, but I just don't have the energy today with this cold. I think it is best to get better first. Or is that just an excuse??

Well, time to go lie down in an effort to get better!

Talk to you all later!

Meg

Hello ladies
Meg, sorry to hear about your cold.. they are miserable aren't they...? Mine is getting better, I've already gone through one box of pills, but just being in the greenhouse all day with the sun and the humidity was good.
I got up at 6:30 today and got to Curves and back in time to gather all my stuff and head to work.. I just got home and had my shower, supper is in the oven and I am exhausted... it takea bout a week to get used to being on my feet all day and wearing shoes... I hate shoes remember and am usually barefoot or in slippers. My feet are killing me.. I will take some ibuprofen with my supper. I just know I will be asleep by 9 tonight. Poor hubby got driven to the couch downstairs last night, between me and the dog he couldn't sleep. I only snore when I have a cold...he went in for a mri today on his brain... I kidded him that I always thought he needed his head examined... :lol: they want to rule out a tumor or anything causing his facial paralyist, he still has it. Hopefully it comes back ok.

Well, I have some cleaning up to do in the kitchen right now so I'll see you all again tomorrow. Have a good evening.

Dahlia

Good morning everyone. Miss me? LOL! I kinda dropped the ball this weekend and didn't even get online to check the boards. Our neighbors (Grandma's) funeral took more out of me than I expected it too. I haven't worked out since Friday but will remedy that today. Eating, however, has been good - haven't had much of an appetite!

Since working out, I had actually gained 3 lbs, putting me up to 203 for some reason. Today however, I can report an actual LOSS! Down to 197.5. The last time I checked on inches (remember, I've only been measuring since 1/28), I was down 3.75 inches all around.

After the funeral last Friday, DH took me to Green Bay to a huge closeout sale and bought me a laptop for my karaoke business. So now I'm DJing too! Eventually, I'll get all 500+ karaoke disks on the computer and won't have to lug all of them around anymore. We went out to eat for Valentines day - STEAK! Well, we actually planned on Red Lobster but there was a 3 hour wait! Yikes! Other than that, I've just been kinda zoning through this last week. Have to get back on track and get focused again.

Take care all!

Sniffly-Sneezy-and-Stuffy reporting in -- add me to the list of ladies with a wicked cold :dizzy: . I only get perhaps two a year so I'm not complaining. Lisa, congrats on the pounds lost! And, Meg, you're doing great by staying focused on your plans too. I lost those two pounds I had gained -- back to square one now.

Dahlia, count me in as one who hates shoes too -- I even go barefoot outside in the winter to get the dogs, etc. Not in the snow though! And, if I have 12 pairs of shoes, that's doing good too. Even hate socks. Now Katie is just like Cathy -- she loves shoes and can never resist a bargain!

Hope all goes well for your husband and I will keep him in my prayers.

Cat, John sounds just like Chris as he never separates his clothes either -- hmm, I should leave them as is as well. Heck, he wouldn't care either way. Must be a male gene!

OK, ladies, fading here --- time to take some more cold stuff.

Have a good one and I am sorry I didn't get to many personals this morning -- thinking of you all though!

Hi guys. Third night in a row where I moved to the couch in the middle of the night due to my coughing.

I feel a little better today. I have to teach the kids this afternoon - I hope I have enough energy!

I weighed in this morning, and haven't lost anything. I need to exercise more, but it seems I just keep getting sick!

Well, I am going to rest again...

Meg

Hi guys,

Well you can add me to the list of people with colds. Do you think it's possible to catch a cold thru e-waves :?: It was nice and sunny this weekend, but cold, they're forcasting 40's for later this week :eek: I don't think I'll know what to do, may have to take the dogs for a walk.

I did get a little exercise in this weekend, we wen't mall walking with my sis and then walked around a camper and RV show. It was fun looking and dreaming, but man was I beat when I got home. Part of it was this cold starting, but alot was just being way out of shape. I'm going to be in trouble when April comes and I'm back to my other job.

Terry - guess I must have that guy gene too, my DH is always complaining that I toss my clothes in the bag inside out with the socks stuck in the legs :lol:

Dahlia - Hope DH's MRI went well. Count me in on the no shoes list too. It's really funny the dogs know I'm leaving when I put shoes on and run to the door.

Meg - I just got my RE license in Oct. I'm working out of a local C21 office, not for a builder like you will be. I wish you luck, I am constanly amazed at the turnover rate in the business. ps I'm using that cold as an excuse to and it works for me.

Lisa - Glad you could enjoy v-day even with the funeral. DH and I were pretty suprised at the lines for dinner too since we forgot it was valentine's day (we celebrated on fri because we were supposed to go to nephew's birthday party). Good luck getting back on track.

Cat - what does your husband due that he get's so black???? 48 pairs of shoes :eek:, I don't feel so bad now, my problem is I just don't throw old worn ones away.

Well, I'm going to go take some drugs and zone out until DH get's home. Have a great day everyone.

-Tech ;)

Hi ladies,
Meg and Terry, chin up girls.. keep warm drink liquids and all that stuff.. My cold is doing really well, I haven't taken any meds for it in the past two days.. working in the greenhouse is always good for that. Well, my second day back is over. In the last two days I with the help of one other woman have transplanted 1,728 tiny little seedlings into 432 flats. We usually do a little over 10,000 flats so we are off to a good start. It's easy but tedious work.

Tomorrow I will get up early and go to curves again. I have to work alone tomorrow so I won't get as many done.

Not much else going on... so I have to go make supper now.. have a good evening everyone. CAtch ya all tomorrow.

Dahlia

Hi Ladies,

Just popping in to say "goodbye" and to wish Terry, Dahlia and Meg GET WELL SOON wishes :D

Tech, hubby is a welder...he fixes heavy equipment and he usually comes home covered in hydraulic fuel and the like :rolleyes: :p i could'nt fall for a white collar type of guy could i? :shrug: :lol:

Oh Boy, 6pm and i've not packed yet :eek: got to get happening here..see you in a couple of weeks :wave:

Have to make this quick.. my first message didn't make it some error somewhere, I said Cathy, good bye and have a safe and fun filled trip and enjoy your time with Olivia and your daughter......Terry, Lisa and Alum hope you are feeling better and good morning to everyone else,, hope you all have a great day.. I am just back from Curves, I won the drawing on Monday.. yeah!! nice way to start my day..... out the door for work.. catch ya ll tonight...
Dahlia

Bye Cathy!

Zookeeper - very cool with the DJing/Karoke. How did you get started?

I think I am finally getting better, although the nights are still bad. Last night I just went straight to the couch and stayed there. I am feeling MUCH better this morning.

I work today, and then am going to go to do 45 minutes on the treadmill. I made low carb buttermilk fried chicken last night. It was good, but it was the first recipe that really didn't have alot of flavor. I am going to add more seasonings the next time.

Hope everyone has an OP day!

Meg

Just got back from the gym. 23 minutes at 3mph on the treadmill, and 10 minutes on the elliptical. I am wiped! I was going pretty fast (for me) on the elliptical - listening to the "Hairspray" cast album. I TOTALLY worked up a sweat, and feel great!

Hope you all are doing well!

Meg

final check in for the day - just under 1200 calories, and 33 carbs! woo hoo!

Hey, where is everyone? No exercise today, but right on goal with carbs and calories! Talk to you tomorrow!

A quick good morning here, back from Curves, it has worked out this week anyway, I have gone to curves before work, it helps limber me up for all the walking and bending I have to do at work. Going shopping tonight and grabbing a bite out with hubby. Going to be going out for fish every friday starting next week so figured we make it an evening and get our groceries too. Then Saturdays I am free for office work and myself. Oh, the scale moved down this morning....yeaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!

Gotta run, see you all tomorrow. Have a good TGIF and stay op... and Meg get back to your exercises...you can do it....

Dahlia

Dahlia - good for you for hitting the gym in the morning before work!

I am planning to hit the gym again today. I did teach my kids yesterday, but it was not as active as I thought. Then I cam home and coughed a whole lot! :(

Trying to go for another day cheat free!

Meg

Since nobody has time to post on the weekends, thought I'd give anyone who checks in a few laughs,,, have a great weekend everyone and :)
:lol:

SnappyAnswer #1
A flight attendant was stationed at the departure gate to check tickets. As a man approached, she extended her hand for the ticket and he opened his trench coat and flashed her. Without missing a beat she said, "Sir,I need to see your ticket, not your stub."

Snappy Answer #2
A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store, but couldn't find one big enough for her family. She asked a stock boy, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?" The stock boy replied, "No ma'am, they're dead."

Snappy Answer #3
The cop got out of his car and the kid who was stopped for speeding rolled down his window. "I've been waiting for you all day," the cop said. The kid replied, "Yeah, well I got here as fast as I could." When the cop finally stopped laughing, he sent the kid on his way without a ticket.

Snappy Answer #4
A truck driver was driving along on the freeway. A sign comes up that reads low bridge ahead." Before he knows it the bridge is right ahead of him and he gets stuck under the bridge. Cars are backed up for miles. Finally, a police car comes up. The cop gets out of his car and walks around to the truck driver, puts his hands on his hips and says, "Got stuck, huh?" The truck driver says, "No, I was delivering this bridge and ran out of gas."

Snappy Answer #5
A crowded United Airlines flight was canceled. A single agent was rebookinga long line of inconvenienced travelers. Suddenly an angry passenger pushed his way to the desk. He slapped his ticket down on the counter and said,"I HAVE to be on this flight and it has to be FIRST CLASS." The agent replied, "I'm sorry sir. I'll be happy to try to help you, but I've got to help these folks first, and I'm sure we'll be able to work something out. " The passenger was unimpressed. He asked loudly, so that the passengers behind him could hear, "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO I AM?" Without hesitating, the agent smiled and grabbed her public address microphone. "May I have your attention please," she began her voice heard clearly throughout the terminal. "We have a passenger here at Gate 14 WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him find his identity, please come to Gate 14." With the folks behind him in line laughing hysterically, the man glared at the United agent, gritted his teeth and swore. "F***you!" Without flinching, she smiled and said, "I'm sorry, sir, but you'll have to get in line for that, too."

Snappy Answer # 6,
THE TEACHER Snappy Answer OF THE YEAR A college teacher reminds her class of tomorrow's final exam. Now class, I won't tolerate any excuses for you not being here tomorrow. I might consider a nuclear attack or a serious personal injury or illness, or a death in your immediate family but that's it, no other excuses whatsoever!" A smart-*** guy in the back of the room raised his hand and asks, "What would you say if tomorrow I said I was suffering from complete and utter sexual exhaustion?" The entire class does its best to stifle their laughter and snickering. When silence is restored, the teacher smiles sympathetically at the student, shakes her head, and sweetly says, "Well, I guess you'd have to write the exam with your other hand."

How funny!!! I like 4 and 5 the best!

Well, big lesson learned today. I ate like I normally do on a saturday. 3 eggs with ham and cheese (I am on atkins, right?), 1/2 english muffin with a little peanut butter. When I plugged in that and the rest of the day, I found I was at 2500 calories :o :o :o

Now I know that I really need to cut back on the weekends as well! I just love using Fitday - it really helps out for stuff like this.

Well, I hope that you all are having a good weekend. Have any of you been following the story of the guy that faked his own dissapearance - and they had to turn around the flight to Morocco? He works with Dan! Dan even did work for him on the side on his wife's computer, and he gave us a $100 bottle of wine. I guess they are LOADED! He owns a Bentley!

Anyway, if any of you know who I am talking about, I have TONS of dirt, but I won't bore you with it. I know the story is national, but it might not be that big of a deal outside of Chicago.

TAlk to you soon!

Good Sunday morning to everyone,

The sun is shining already and it promises to be a nice day. I am going to church in a little bit here and then out to supper later with hubby and son and his girlfriend. We are celebrating our birthdays, hubby's was the first of this month, the gf's was the 13th and mine is tomorrow. Hubby is going to buy me a cake so I'll have to be good so I can have a piece.

I have been really making good choices all week, Lisa I am with you, weekends are harder. Sunday is the one day I enjoy having breakfast, usually egg and bacon or sausage, today we had a nice slice of ham with an egg and a hash brown and toast. The rest of the week I either have a slim fast or a bowl of cereal. It works out good to go to Curves before work. As long as the weather is ok I'll keep doing that 3 days a week. I could not go after work as I am way to tired.

Not much to say, everyone is busy having a good weekend I hope. So catch ya'll later.

Dahlia

Hi guys, just a quick check in. Dahlia, hope you have a great birthday! I have spent the last 4 hours cleaning my apartment. That is alot, considering it is only 1000 square feet. I am really doing the big job. And- good news - I lost 2 pounds! Only 8 more to go to get rid of 10 pounds for good!!!

See ya!

Good Morning!

Sorry I have not had much time lately to post, but I have been thinking of you guys. Happy belated birthday, Dahlia :balloons: !! I hope you enjoyed your day and your cake :). Meg, you are doing great with your eating. I also find the weekends the toughest and have vowed to make more of an effort from this day forward. I have not heard to that guy, but will keep an eye on the news for more stories. I see Cathy is on her way to England, and I hope she gets a chance to check in every so often as she did the last time.

All is well, just busy and still feeling the effects of that stubborn cold. I really have not gotten to the computer much at all except to check for email. Is anyone else not getting email notifications on new postings here in 3FC? They seem to come sporadically now. Hmmm .......

We had a movie marathon these past few days -- keeping Blockbuster in business that's for sure!

Need to get my Monday chores going .... and WATP.

Hope everyone has a great Monday :).

Always .... Terry

Terry, hope you are feeling better. My cold is finally gone, but now I have a rash on my face from a new soap I tried - how frustrating! :mad:

Things have been going well. Hade lunch with a friend on Monday. Had high carb dinners both Sunday (for the end of Sex and the City) and Monday (there is NO excuse ;) ). Yesterday I broke the cycle, and am back on track. I made Pecan Encrusted Salmon from my Atkins cookbook- it was so yummy - I am glad we have leftovers!!! :lol:

To the gym today. I haven't been since last week. Gotta get there!

Well, hope everyone is having nice spring weather!

Meg

Howdy Meg!

Glad to hear that you are back on track :). I am probably one of the few who has never seen Sex in the City. I read today that they want to make a movie named the same, but "Samantha" is holding out because she doesn't like the way she was treated by SJP. Now, the movie I may rent!

I have been doing very well :yikes: -- three days OP with both food and exercise, and the scale has moved down 2.5 lbs since Monday morning. 7.5 more pounds to go before my first mini goal -- "ten pounds at a time (sound familiar?!). Of course that's not my official weigh-in day (Friday will be) so it may go up some. I have been doing SBD as best I can and WATP plus ab crunches. I know it's the exercise that's doing it for me at the moment.

Glad to hear that you are feeling better, Meg. I still have a few sniffles but nothing like it was before.

Hope all is well with everyone else. Cathy must be in England by now -- hope she's having a great time hugging her GD to smitherins!

Back to my coffee -- havea great day everyone :)

Terry :comp:

Hello,

I'm new and this is definitely the thread for me. I made a poster that reads "Increments of 10" and put it on my wall. So I was happy to see this topic. BTW, those Snappy Answers were great. I really liked 1,3,5 and 6. :D Soon as I get a scale (I'm a scale addict too, so I've really be avoiding it), which will probably be this Friday, I'll be able to post my weight. But I'm really, really, really apprehensive about doing that. I haven't bothered with a scale in so long... I don't really want to see the numbers that will look up at me. But what the hay, you can't change what you don't acknowledge, eh?

~Shayla

Hi Shayla! Welcome to our group! Alot of us have been around for a while, and we welcome you!

I am 2 pounds into my first 10 - I hope that it will be the last time for the 180's. Everybody does their own plan - whether it be low carb, low fat, etc. Please feel free to post anytime...

Well, guys, I finally got a new battery for my pocket pc. I am downloading a pocket diet tracker. I am really excited about it. I will let you know how it goes!

Talk to you tomorrow!

Meg

Hi guys. Just finished inputing breakfast into my new diet tracker. I love it! Now I can do it wherever I am, not just at home using Fitday. It also lets me input new foods, tracks my weight and excercises, and has cool looking reports. I am trying it free for 30 days. I am digging it!

Well, now I need to spend some time getting ready for Oklahoma rehearsal today. I have to teach 3 musical numbers, and I need to choreograph them this morning. Luckily I have done the show before, so all I need to to is look at the old tape and write everything down. Much easier than making it up from scratch.

Hope you all have a great day...

Meg

OMG, I love the theatre and musicals and all that jazz. When I read this, I was completely unintelligible for like a minute and a half. I really want to act in plays, musicals, tv and movies. It's always great to see someone else who's got their foot in that business! Good luck to you! :)

Love and Light,
Shayla

Hey Shayla - how cool! I used to be an actress for 10 years, did some commercials, 2 movies (Poltergeist III and Meet the Applegates - speaking parts) and alot of musical theatre. Then I got tired of being broke. I went into advertising, and started doing volunteer work with my Mom for a children's theatre group. My Mom directs and I choreograph. It is 4th thru 8th graders. I love it.

Talk to you later!

Meg