Good morning everyone! Glad to see everyone showed up yesterday!!! It wants to be sunny here today, but the clouds are winning out. I am eating a proper breakfast, I have a 7 hour shift today. So I want to make sure that I have energy all day long. Right now I'm doing the bartender/server thing again until something full time comes along.

I hope you are feeling better soon, Grassie. I know how you feel about the potty thing all night long. Get lots of rest!

SB! A cruise! I've never been on a cruise. It certainly is incentive to get into shape! And running and yoga all in one day, you Impress me to no end!lol

Raven, keep up the great work. I don't know how you do all the things you do! ANd such determination. YOu are the Determinator!lol

SHelley, a box of raisinettes and a pina colada are treats. Not bad things. We all deserve a treat now and then.

Tulip, I hope all is going well with the business negotiations...keep us informed and don't lose sight of your goals!

well, time for me to go finish my breakfast and take the doggies out for their walks. I'll try to hop on later tonite!!!

Quiet day at Scale Addicts!lol Just stopping by on my way to a nice hot bath to say hello and sweet dreams to every one. Had a great day at work. It was busy so it went by fast and the tips were great. Ate well and avoided the urge for tater chips!

Tis raining cats and dogs here and looks to be rain in teh forecast for the whole week. I hope it clears up for my bday next week! I don't wanna be celebrating in teh rain with bad hair!!

Take care everyone and I'll see you all tomorrow either before or after work!

Morning...!

couldn't post yesterday, every time i tried i got booted out :( Hopefully this will get through!

Ate reasonably well yesterday - not feeling quiet as bad as i did at hte beginining of the week spent yesterday on a school trip with my youngest daughter walking children up and down hills in the forest...good excersice or what??? :smug:

Raven - it does sound like i've got a lot on my plate, but after working full time for the past 8 years, when my kids were smaller now i seem to be rattling around doing very little....kids don't take half as much effort these days so i just feel like i'm wasting a lot of time at the mo!! Hope your sticking to your 176...it's nearly thursday....well done on all the excersice you've been doing, i wish i could be that motivated :?: !

Shelly - treats at the movies are just that - treats - we all need a little something at sometime or other!! I also know what you mean about sounding jealous and inconsiderate....i get the same reaction from loads of people...126 sounds great, but i am VERY short small boned with a curvy figure shape which can look overwieght very easily...if i go above this i feel really unhealthy..it's just the way i am!!
Glad your enjoying being back in the work force...it is kind of a nice place to be after years at home is't it?? I spent the first 6 years at home then started my own business, which meant i could take my kids with me, and juggle it all, but it put me back out there, which was great for my self confidence!!!

SB - A Cruise...you lucky thing...what an incentive to get into those shorts!!! WOW i'd love that..keep up the good work with the running and yoga, it will speed up the process!!

Grassie - thanks for the loan of the determination...it helped no end..feel much better today!!
I know what you mean about ToM..oh god i hate it...drinking until you pass out sounds good!!!! :lol: :lol: but the walking and squating sounds too much like excersice for my liking!! :p Grassie your letting the couch potatos down...excersicing while the rest of us sleep!!! :D :D

Splashes - sounds like working is going well, loads of tips sounds like the best bit!! :D Hope you enjoyed your bath?!
I wonder if it was quiet in here yesterday coz they all had the same problem as me??
Weather is cold but clear here in good 'ole England, I hope it stays that way as we are off to the coast at the weekend for some serious walking!!! :)

Until tomorrow
Tulip
~x~

Just a quick morning hello, ladies!! glad you got in Tulip. And I wouldn't be surprised if that's the reason. I had the same issue the other day. This site seems to have some major glitches at times!

It's raining here but it's mild. And the famous saying goes...You don't have to shovel rain!

See everyone tonite after work!

Good morning friends! :) Hope yalls day is off to a wonderful start.

The scale still hasn't moved for me :( If I could find the time to do some exercise, I'd probably be losing faster. I've been stuck at this weight for 2 weeks now. *sigh* Haven't lost even an ounce and I've been eating really well...with the exception of the occasional treats :) Which shouldn't be the problem because I reward myself after a week or so of eating good.

TF -- I understand what you're saying. I'm 5'7 and all my weight is on my hips, thighs and butt. Most people carry thier weight all over but mine is all in one location... Even if I get down to my goal weight I can still look a little overweight. The rest of me can be a size 8 while my butt is a size 12.. LOL

Alrighty, off to work! Catch up with you gals later! :) Have a great day!

Hee hee - "you don't have to shovel rain!" I like that.

Hi guys! I'm feeling myself again. (okay, not "feeling myself" - feeling LIKE myself) I had a great nights sleep last night and even found the courage to get on the scales and see how much damage I've done these past few weeks (month). 145. It's bad but not nearly as bad as I'd thought. This is managable. I think I feel better just knowing I haven't picked up the 15 I thought I had. I did pick up 12 but the 133 I saw was so long ago was probably one of those flukes that can happen sometimes :) I'm thinking I was around 135 at the time.

TF - I'm glad the deterimination helped. I need it back though. I hope you understand. I'm sure you've found yours by now :) Oh, and I'm going to need it to do some exercising but believe me, I will be thinking of you and your couch the whole time :)

Shelly - I use to drink the shakes and they did the same thing to me! They were so good though I just kept drinking them for a while! sad huh....And don't worry about movie treats - you have to be able to live of this is not a way of life - it's a short term thing you live with and then fall off of. It's not an all or nothing race. I have to keep reminding myself of that. (and I have a bad habbit of letting a little slip pull me completely off the wagon). You're doing so well! Don't let teenagers at a movie theater make you feel guilty! :)

Okay guys. We've got a new teach. Been hearing about how incredible she is all year long - we've been stoked to meet her. She somewhere around 12 YEARS OLD. Okay, not that young but she looks like a teenager! She is good though and has very nice control over miss big for her britches. (who has been baking us cookies and bringing us house plants lately - I think she got the message). We are now learning painless trigger point therapy. Much nicer therapy than the type I use to get - left bruises and made me cry. This is painless for the receiver but today MY fingers are killing me! Now I have to build whole new muscles - wonder if they have a machine for these at the gym :)

I'd better get going. The gym is calling for me. If I keep ignoring it will stop. Talk with you all soon. Meri

ok just popping in to say I'm on a caffein high!lol it's 1am here and i'm still buzzing!!lol watch out for them ChocoChai Lattes!!!

Good morning. I hope all is well with everyone. I finally weighed myself this morning - 146. Not good. Not as bad as what I thought it'd be though. One of these days I will actually hit 135.

I'm trying to plan a nice romantic evening with the bf. I wish I knew of somewhere we could go for a dinner picnic. I don't want to go to a resturant. We eat out enough as it is. I've never been good with the romantic thing.

Better get to work. Have a wonderful day!

ahhhhhhhhh - - - WHERE'S MY POST????????????????????

I posted this morning, a long one as well and i've popped back in tonight to catch up as my post was after HS's caffine high so i was the second on today...and it's NOT THERE!!!!!!!!!
HU HU huhhhhhhhhhh - it's not fair!!! I can't type it all again, can't remember all of it!!

oh well - hope your all having a great thursday...i'll "try" to post again tomorrow!!

Seems I'm not the only one who's had issues with the site eating up my posts.

SB...a picnic sounds very romantic! A nice place by a stream or lake would be nice...too cold up here tho. Hope it's warmer down there. Don't worry, 146 isn't too far from 135!! You'll do it!

Tulip...it's frustrating isn't it! It's happened to me several times...or it's only shown half of it...or split it up in the wrong places....I wish they would get these issues fixed on this sight...seems like they are more concerned with getting cute little icons than with fixing the real issues.

It's cold and rainy here today, and I'm consoling myself with toast and butter. Not a good thing...but at least it's not tater chips and chocolate! Weather Channel says it's going to be raining right thru until next thursday. And snow for the weekend. So that means next Tuesday will be a washout...literally. Another wet, cold Bday...that sucks...

Happy April 1st folks!

Poor HS - more snow!!! I won't tell you how nice it is here today then. of course in a couple of months, then the heat index if 110 in the shade, you can laugh at me. :)

Guys, I got on the scales today and I'm down 1/2 pound. It's a start. Today we got stressful news about my cousin in Iraq. His convoy hit two land mines this week and the vehicles right in front of and behind his vehicle. All of the soldiers in the two Hummers were killed and the stress of it caused on of the guys in my cousin's vehicle just lost it. They had to pull him of his gun and now my cousin is the gunner. That puts him in an even more vulnerable situation. I'll be so glad when we don't have to worry about the lives of people we love - but I think that day is a bit away still. Don't worry, not trying to start political conversations, just needing to let off steam or something like that about my cousin's two close calls. I remember changing his diaper...doesn't seem like he's old enough to be where he is!

SB good luck with your romantic evening! It's really sweet to plan it in the first place!! :)

okay guys I am getting work done today, so I'd better get back to it. Talk to you more tomorrow.

My thoughts are with you and your brother Grassie! My brother is finally home from Afghanistan. I know what you are going through. He's been there since 911. I tell you...it's not conducive to a healthy lifestyle. Especially if you are a stress eater like myself.

Tis cold and rainy here again. I'm starting my Weeklong Celebration of my Sparkly Day on Tuesday. Tonite my sister and I are going out to my favorite cafe for ChocoChai latte. Tomorrow nite my friends are taking me to dinner and dancing. And it just keeps going from there till next Sunday. Which will end my Sparkly Day bash with lotsa chocolate!!! YAYYYYYY

I'll see everyone later more than likely!

Hmmmmm I'm all by myself in here! How sad is that. I didn't do diddly squat yesterday...I think this weather is really starting to get me down. BUuuut good news is...I haven't been eating badly. Not really hungry these days. Arthritis is killing me with all the rain too...so don't feel really active. But am going to the barn today...that should get me going...a bit..see y'all later I hope!

Good evening!
Just thought I'd pop in before i go away on our Easter holidays - not sure how long we are going for..hubby has an appointment on Wednesday so he will be back for that but we (me & the kids) may just stay at the coast...depends on the weather really!!!

I'm going to try to keep to a healthy eating plan and i intend to walk every day and if it's not too cold i'll surf as much as i can as well!!

HS - have a great birthday!!!! :hb: :gift: :balloons:

Grassie - well done on the 1/2lb loss, better than a gain :smug:

See everyone when i get back :)

Have a happy Egg Day Tulip!!! I'm just popping in afore I turn my clocks ahead. Have a great day tomorrow folks!!!

Hi yall! How's it goin? Sorry I haven't posted in a few days... life got really busy there for a while :)

I was really bad this weekend. I'm not going into details as to what I ate but I think I gained a couple of pounds. I'm not even getting on the scale to find out how many. :lol: I'm gonna be extra good this week though. OH and I'm buying a new treadmill soon!! I can't wait.. I love to walk and walking is the best form of exercise to lose weight in my experience.

My head hurts! I put some dog food in my dogs bowl this morning. I had to bend over to do it...and when I stood up, my head hit the corner of my kitchen counter... owie!! What a way to start off the day. I feel like someone hit me over the head with a baseball bat!

Grassie.. I know how you feel.. my brother in law was in Kuwait for over a year and there wasn't a day that went by where I didn't think about him or worried about him. He just came home about 3 weeks ago. My thoughts and prayers are with you as well. and a big :bravo: for your 1/2 pound loss!!

SB -- hope your romantic evening went well! :)

Okay, guess I better get off here and get ready for work. HS -- If by some chance I don't get to get on the puter tomorrow...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!! I hope you have a wonderful day full of surprises :)

Ta Ta for now!

OK ladies...I'm starting Thread #7 so if you are here...go there!!

Hope you went and got yer head checked, Shelley!! I hope you don't have a concussion! Get better soon!