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Julie
SandyB
Faye
Carri
Susan

Ok, girlies we need to kick more butt, Carri, Susan let's step up the pace a little and get in your four today. I know it is hard Carri, when you feel crappy, but even a little exercise will help you feel better.

We are going for 100% today ladies:

Ok, my stupid way of dealing with the rodent problem until they die off is this: I pull into the garage and beep the heck out of my horn figuring if anything is lurky to eat me it will be scared off! Only problem is GETTING INTO the car! I know I am a total dope, but I really do try and it is no use, I am a huge chicken!

Man, was I sore going to the gym this am. I struggled but did my workout. I felt just like this little fellow: It is rainy here and my old bones have been protesting since last night. The good thing is it is in the 70's today! Spring is coming yipppeeee!

Have a good day ladies and remember your point count today! HUGS TO YOU!

Faye Man than smiley really must be a leprecaun as he sure does disappear fast!

I appreciate the push Faye but I got a mighty flow going on if you know what I mean plus the bad cramps, I would say it might be out for today....but ya never know

Carri: take care of yourself first and let the other go until you feel better than!

Man, what a week for me! I went and got a sandwich came out of the place and had a nail in my tire and Firestone charged me $25 to plug it! Isn't that awful!

Just wanted to peek in.

Faye

Hi Everyone

I've been lacking in the exercise department this week due to this darn foot of mine but today i was determined and hobbled 2mls and i wish i had'nt done now because i'm paying for it

Gosh Faye, that is a lot just to fix a tire its not so bad here because the place we go to fixes them for free as long as you bought the tires from him but i did'nt on this car i bought them in Texas! I'll have to change them again so i can get free service

Hi Everybody!
Checking in. It is soooo very slow at work today (real estate). It is spring break here so everybody is out playing, not buying homes. Even our agents are out playing, but I am stuck as the secretary manning the office just in case that million dollar client walks in!!

I am having trouble getting back into the swing of things. Got the food back down, but the water and exercise are tougher. I am drinking more water, less soda, but my ankles are swelling again. When I stopped with all the water, my ankles and feet went back to normal--no swelling at all. Isn't that kind of backwards?? I need to drink water, but the swelling is so blasted bad and uncomfortable, and it is not that TOM either.

Ed and I went for a walk after dinner last night. That was rather nice, maybe not as aerobic as it should be---we did stop for a kiss or two!! But it is a start...
Talk to ya'll later,
Judy

Just wanted to update you on the situation with Sandy/Gigglez. Let's see, her mom went into the hospital and they thought she was going to have to have her leg amputated, but she told me today that they were able to save her leg. She is home now, on intravenous antibiotics, which Sandy has had to learn to do for her mom for a week. She said she will check in when she can, but please keep her family in your prayers, especially her mom!

Thanks and see you in the morning!

Faye

FRIDAY: Today is Fabulous Lbs Down Friday. How did you do girls?

check in later

Faye

Good morning lovelies!

Well, yesterday bit hard in the food dept. I did get my water and exercise, though. I went out to buy a digital scale (cuz the old one would fluctuate over 10 pounds when you stepped off and stepped on again.) Went to Linens N. Things, found the scale, then ended up spending 2 hours redecorating my whole bedroom! DH has had a hard time coming up with an idea for an anniversary present (will be 12 years on Sunday.....yay, us!) so I called him and said I wanted a new comforter. It was one I had my eye on since Christmas and was like, $300!! he said to knock myself out! So I did........I have a gorgeous 4 poster bed with iron scrollwork connecting the posts like a canopy. I have always wanted curtains for the bed, but never got around to making them. So I bought a blood red velvet duvet (cover for a feather comforter), a king size comforter, and matching red velvet and gold brocade curtains with bead fringe as tiebacks. Oh and really soft gold sheets. The room is just GORGEOUS!!! Now all I need is an oriental style carpet to replace the braided rug that's in there now...some new window curtains.....and a new wallpaper border and it'll look like a castle! At least for that one room. Hmmm, maybe I'll take a picture and show you all. The bed is sooo luxurious now. I just want to roll around on it all the time :wink:

Anyhow, so by the time I did all that my son was starving......so I took him to a burger joint and we ended up eating fried food. So, no op points yesterday. On the other hand, now that I have a pretty new scale and a pretty new bedroom, I really want to get the rest of this weight off. I did manage to lose the couple of pounds I'd gained over the past couple of weeks, though. SO I'm back down to 212..........

Well, gotta fly....kids need to get to school.

Everyone have a day!
Julie

Well I can hardly believe that I have a loss to report on my TOM, but I do !!!!
**** 1.5 pounds down **** ( my smileys are not working, again ) ... I imagine it might be a little more of a loss once I am over TOM .... I am now only 7.5 well I guess it would be 8.5 to be under 200!!! I am so excited...even as I cramp and bloat, ha ha

I am so glad today is Friday...I so need to sleep in tomorrow and relax...

I will keep Gigglez mom in my prayers...

Everyone have a great day!!

oh and p.s. only 3 points yesterday ....

Julie - that sounds like my dream bedroom, I love, love red.....

LBS DOWN SO FAR:

Carri 1.5
Faye 8 (I know it is unbelievable but I weighed myself 3 times!)
TOTAL SO FAR 9.5 this week

Let me hear from the rest of you on lbs down!

Julie: Your duvet doesn't have velvet covered buttons on it does it? If so, that is the exact one I want for my bed. I saw mine at Bed Bath and Beyond. My room is gray and dark red with one wall striped gray and red so I have been waiting until I buy a king mattress to get the bed coverings but I told Jack that after vacation we are going to be working on this house. Only thing is, we want to go on a cruise and I am making the $700 deposit when I come back. That is going to be our vacation for next year though we are booking for Jan 2006. Oh well, maybe a job will jump up and hit me in the face!

Carri: Hope you are feeling a little better today.

Have a great day ladies!

Faye

Faye !!! 8 pounds off !!!! Wow !!!
" Great Job "

Thanks for the well wishes, you know how it is, I will be okay tomorrow

HEY EVERYONE.....DOWN 11LBS SINCE MARCH 1ST WHEN i LAST WEIGHED!!!!!!!YES...i WEIGHED YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING...SO IT WAS THE SAME...ALTHOUGH SOME MAY BE CONTRIBUTED TO THE STOMACH VIRUS...as we have been down with till Wed....thursday we felt much better...my hubby and I were the last to get...gosh ,am I glad were done with that...Thursday we went to Westville,Ga on a field trip with my 8 year old son's tag class...it is a city dated back to the 1850's...we had a blast...partially due to the fact we felt so much better...we went on a mule and buggy ride,the teacher actually conducted class when we got there,and she did it like they did in the 1850's...slate and slate pencil..they had to recite poetry,they did a play and had to do math on the slates,and then they ended it with a spelling bee...then we had a nice lunch that we all had packed,tour the town,got to have old fashioned lemonade and gingerbread...what a nice time we had ,we got to visit the merchantile and buy some goodies before we left...his class has been studying the time of the 1850's and what a way to enhance it...I have been doing very well on my exercise the days that i wasn't sick and real well on eating,and as far as water,i drink it all the time...I will be wearing those black jeans when we leave...well I am off to get some things done...later ladies....Joy

Hi Ladies

Judy, I was reading something about water retention yesterday and i just found it to post for you here it is : Cut down on salty foods, including prepared SALAD DRESSINGS cereals, soups and fast foods. Walk, bicycle or do other aerobic activities to help pump out fluids that can pool in your legs and ankles. Drink parsley tea, available in health food stores and take up to 250mg of Vitamin B6 daily. I hope there is something here to help you

Julie, YES please post a photo the room sounds absolutely lovely.

Congrats Faye and Carri on the losses

Joy, down 11lbs Well Done!

Being a couch potato is having an adverse effect on my weightloss efforts but i won't bore you with the details I'll just concentrate on healing my foot then i can get back OP

Hi all!

Not been around for the past few days - things are just so stressful here.

Nigel's mum is stable at the moment, but apparantly on Monday they didn't think that she'd make it through the night......but the hospital didn't phone us to let us know, so we only found out from someone else who visited her, and that was a day or so later. We went to visit her on wednesday and she seemed quite bright - but the doctor said she is still critically ill .

It is all just so stressful as Nigel is ill anyway and finding it difficult to cope - the whole thing is made worse because his mum and sister have ongoing mental health problems,and poor Nigel bears the brunt of it all.

It is taking it's toll on both of us - needless to say, my diet has gone out of the window! I'm going to try to get back into it tomorrow.

I think I am going to stop attending my weightwatchers classes and just follow the diet at home. The thing is, I am NOT enjoying the classes at all - I remember Cat telling me that they could be 'cliquey', and unfortunately that is what I have found. The class is dominated by a group of very dominant pensioners who talk amongst themselves for the whole meeting, so I can't concentrate on what the leader is saying. I usually come out feeling really fed up - but i don't want to spent £4.75 just to get weighed! I'm happy with the actual WW diet, and feel it is something I can stick to, so i will carry on at home. I'm thinking of asking one of the girls at the gym to weigh me once a week, so i still have the discipline of being weighed by someone else.

Anyway - enough of me!

Well done Faye, Carri and Joy on your great weight losses!

Might not be here everyday at the moment, but I will check in as often as I can!

Love u guys!

amanda xxx