Hi guys! Mac is doing better. The Remidyl helped a lot. Made him look like a puppy again. So sweet. His feet are better though. He's not quite back to normal but he's wining for us to chase him again so that's good. One more day and I will.

Eating well today. Made pasta last night and am enjoying it. Had a nice breakfast and (sorry TF) exercised for about an hour this morning. I feel great! I'm hitting the gym tomorrow!!

Well, just wanted to check in and say hello!!!! Hope you all have a great week! Where is everyone??

Howdie doo everyone. Or at least to Grassie!lol Grassie looks like everyone up and left us. Just you and me now!lol Hope Tulip had a great time on the Easterweekend. Haven't seen Raven around...she musta got swallowed up in a stall! Southern was by and so was Miss Elisha...a ways back. Shelley hurt her head. Seems we are bunch of klutzes!lol

Eating poorly today. Promise to do better tomorrow. Rain and snow in teh forecast! This is the longest and coldest winter I've every had up here!

Can't wait for the REAL spring to show up!

Heeyyyyyy what am I, invisible? Go back a page and I'm the last post there! I'll check back in tomorrow... VERY late night at the stables. Need SLEEP!

Hee Hee! Hi RT! I see you....all the sugar got to HS for a second.... HS, drop those bad foods. (see, I'm not as good at it as TF, because I just ate a brownie... there's too much guilt in my lectures for them to be effective).

I'm doing much better this week than last though. I'm exercising this week. It's miserable weather here too. Foggy and colder than it should be. By now we're usually sunny - but then they say we're below the level of rain we should have. Even with all the snow this year. Last year we had too much, this year too little...who plans these things???

Didn't go to school last night. Wanted (needed) a nice night with the BF. So I surpised him. Guess what we did all night long......nope not that....we fought. UG!!!! At least it was stuff that had been brewing for a while and now it's in the open but I don't think I'll stay home next time the urge hits me...to school I go!

Well, off to exercise!! Roomate got a Gezel - something like that - and I've been dieing to try it out. Something's wrong with me...."dieing to try out" exercise equipment???????

There's Raven!!! Wow man...too much caffein for that kitty!lol Glad to see ya!

Grassie, don't you hate that when you plan something nice and you end up arguing? Hope everything got all cleared up. and what the heck is a Gezel? it sounds like a german cake. yes...Dying to try out exercise equipment ...there's something ominous about that statement! LOL

See everyone later tonite hopefully! And yes today I am eating well!

It's one of those exercise machines where your legs fly back and forth - I tried it and I have to say - there's no exercise happening there, you're legs are just swinging - no muscle involved.

not eating well today. Was doing okay but fell off the wagon. Will try again tomorrow!!

Ahhh Grassie...I too have joined you on that path. On the wagon, fall off the wagon. On the wagon, fall off the wagon. Maybe we need to hold hands to keep each other from falling off?lol How sad we are this week. Like you said, tho, tomorrow we can start again!!!

Morning!!!! I did something wonderfully fun today. Went bra shopping. I HATE bra shopping. The only thing that could have made it more fun was the sales lady insisting that I needed the $60.00 one and constantly trying to "fit" me. She FITTED me the last time I went bra shopping (this isn't a constant thing with me - she was this annoying the last time too, so I remember her!). I explained this and she STILL stalked my dressing room, extolling the importance of a well fitted bra. Finally I opened the door and told her I study pain for a living I know a butt load more about this than she does and she ALREADY fitted me......she got the not so subtle hint and left me alone after that.

I found two nice ones and am shocked at how old me old ones were! Nothig can boost your self esteem like new undies

I am posting my dog on dogster.com today. Still have to load pictures of him. But if anyoen is interested I'll tell you how to find him when I get done. He's a happy fella!

Not eating bad today but didn't exercise. The bra thing just threw me a little.....I will do a little at work. Boss is checking out early today. I will do yoga (somethig unreal about doing yoga at work). eating has been okay though. Staying away from scales and going on how I feel right now. (right now I feel like a roly poly - plan not working).

Well, HS good to see you today. How is the job market going?

Grassie--how ironic! I work in a lingerie dept. and we don't fit people unless we're specifically asked to, and that's not often. She's right though--proper fit does make a big difference, but it doesn't need to be done more than every few years or if you dramatically change your body.

Let's see, where am I? I dropped the 2 pounds I had gained back before Easter plus another one, though it's 'unofficial' until Friday's 'official' weigh-in, but maybe I'll drop even more before then. I'm doing well on exercising, and not terribly bad on eating, either. Still arguing with my family about the definition of "healthy," but I expect that to continue until I move out and start feeding myself exclusively.
Which, by the way, may be sooner rather than later. I got an email today from the HR chief at the company offering the job I REALLY REALLY REALLY want... he said the VP is on vacation until 4/23, but when he gets back my resume will be the first thing he sees. I'm so excited. The next 9 days is going to be sooooo long. I know, I know, hope for the best but expect the worst, as my father says. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
Tomorrow's my dad's birthday, I don't think we're having cake or anything (we've still got leftover cake from Easter!), but we'll probably go out to dinner with my grandparents. We were going to throw him a big party, since he's the big 5-0 this year, but he adamantly refused. Oh well, I don't need to plan hors' doeuvres for a big party anyway, since I'd end up eating them.

Ah... it feels so good to be back on the wagon! I was afraid I'd lost sight of it for a while there. I think this has been the longest I have ever been off track (at a little over a week) and been able to pick it up again. I'm so proud of myself. Climb on up, chickies, the view is fine!

I hope you're all having a wonderful day, and feeling as good and as motivated as I am right now. I think I've got enough enthusiasm right now to go around!
Off to do yoga! Hooray for stretching!

~Miss E

What a bunch of nice things to hear about! New Undies and lost weight! Grassie and Miss Elisha, I congratulate you ladies! So much better than I am doing. I ate a whole box of Honeycomb bymyself today. Closest thing I got to exercize was looking at yoga tapes.

Keep up the great work ladies!!!!

I am going to have a massage this morning. Not a student (activate another trigger point and send me home in more pain than I arrived in) kind of massage, but a real professional massage. I am sooooo excited! I asked my anatomy teacher to work on me. Lord knows I need it. We're learning something at school that is new, which means we are all screwing each other up. Scary to be learning something new this close to the end - but here we are!!

I got on the scales this morning. 146. I remember being excited because I was at 133. I let myself gain 13 pounds. I keep telling myself to remember how stressed I was at the time and I'm much better now. I am keeping it in check - I was expecting 150 or something like that. But either way, I'm not thrilled with this number either. Definately something to work on.

Three more weeks of school! Tonight is my last practical. I'm not really worried about it. At this point I just want to PASS. I don't care if I'm a straight A student anymore.

Miss E - glad to hear you don't harrass your customers I hope you get the job!!!!! How frustrating to have to wait though. The night before I interviewed in my old job I was pacing the floor yelling "do you know how much money that is????" I was so excited....then I got there and realised I wasn't being offered anywhere NEAR that $$ - but I still wanted the job and was thrillllllled! Good luck to you! Hang in there for the wait!

HS - looking at exercise tapes has got to have a calorie burning effect! Think about it - you're heart rate speeds up as your head is conflicted with "I should really do this tape - NO DON'T DO IT - I DON'T FEEL GOOD...REMEMBER MY TOE??? -but it would make me lose faster and over all it's good to exercise - NO!!!! WE'LL DO IT TOMORROW - TODAY LET'S HAVE A BOX OF HONEYCOMB."

that has to burn something up! right???

Well guys off to my massage. See you at work. mrm

Hiya all

Haven't been around much....feeling really bad about everything at the moment... Eating terribly....haven't walked as much this week due to kids being at home...hope to find some energy and enthusiasum soon!

Keep up the good work everyone!

Tulip

I have gained 5lbs this week....think it's a combo of all that carb binging and the toes. Plus it's TOM. sooooo hopefully I will be doing better this week coming. I also caught that nasty spring cold that is going around up here. I feel really bleccchhhhh.

Grassie I love getting pro massages...feel sooooo good afterwards..and sooo...energized...I would like to feel sleepy!lol Don't worry about the weightgain right now...as long as your mental/emotional health is better and the stress levels are down. I too was an overacheiver at school...4.0 thru most of my semesters. Then I thought...who cares...as long as I pass and am happy...and i still came out with a 3.8!

It's all how you feel emotionally and mentally. Stress is a killer...literally.

Tulip: I hope things cheer up down your way. Maybe things won'd be so stressful now that kids will be back in school. Gees...another stress peptalk! Just look down at your siggy on here and remember that it's true...One door closes, another one opens. Hope you are feeling happier soon!

See everyone tomorrow!

Hi guys, TF, hope you're feeling better. You're right there is a lot going on! That's okay though - it's mostly positive stuff, right?! I hope things are working out for you.

This weekend I went to the ocean with my bf and his brother, who is visiting from oregon. We had a great time. Toured an old WWII battle ship and saw a civil war fort (patterned after one built in Russia two decades before the civil war). Was a perfect day with lots of yummy food and it is recharging me to eat better and be happy.

I have eaten myself right into hypoglycemic fits. Not bad ones at all. I just know it's time I be more sensible if I truly don't want my food taking control of me. I feel much more ready to jump back into it now.

HS I hope you are too! How did the exercise tape thing work out?? I rode my bike last week - not far, but I did ride that counts, right? I am planning to ride every day this week but not more than 30 minutes, then Thursday I am joining a group ride that is about 17 miles long. We got about 13 mph so that's about 1 1/2 hours. That will be my long ride for a couple of weeks until I can get my lungs and my legs back. I'm excited to be back on the bike!! I didn't realize how much I missed it!

Okay, talk to you guys later.....mrm

Ahhhhh the wacky weather up here...after the huge storm yesterday morning, it got bright and warm and sunny. BF and I climbed tothe top of a chain of hills here called the Niagara Escarptment. ANd boy was I out of breath. But what a view. it was easy all the way back down. Good hour hike all toll. As for the tapes...I did the yoga tapes! very worthwhile. Eating has been pretty good. Needs to be better tho. I need to get a bicycle. I love bike riding. My last one got stolen.

Grassie good to see you feeling so chipper! just a few more weeks and you are done school!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYyy

TF I hope you are feeling better. I am battling spring allergies. They make me feel horrible.

Well...I hope to see Raven, Shelley, Leanne, Southern, and Miss Elisha back soon1

Grassie and I will hold down the fort till y'all get back...