Tulip, welcome back! That party sounds like it was sooo much fun. Makes me want to have a princess party now! Glad work is going well and that you are enjoying it. As for sneaking a treat now then...you gotta reward yourself sometimes! Just not ALL the time! Keep up the great work!

Hay Jenn! Congrats on Hitting ONEderland! And now you want to be down to 197 by July 1! That'll be easy for you! I like your little barbell system! You've already lost 20lbs!! AWESOME work! Glad you were able to spend alone time with TIm. ANd I'll keep my fingers, toes and eyes crossed that he gets the job! Have a great day!

Well I'm off to do laundry after I finish my tea. Work is killingme, but I'm finally getting all caught up financially. So I can't complain. It's nice to see the bills paid and the bank account growing. So I owe I owe, It's off to work I go! LOl These late hours are killingme tho. I'll get used to it again once I can find a sleep pattern!lol

See everyone tomorrow!

Thanks HS! It is great to see that you are getting all caught up financially...No one likes the feeling of being behind... I hope you can find that sleep pattern for yourself rather quickly so work gets more bearable!

Hey ladies!

HS - I wonder why you're having problems. I haven't had any posts disappear that I'm aware of. Eve is doing absolutely GREAT! We had a few incidents that just pointed out some rather gaping holes in her training, but she's an off the track thoroughbred - I pretty much expected that. The woman who had been her guardian before us apparently invested a great deal of time getting her dressage trained, because she appears to know a considerable amount more than we expected! More than we know, by far. :lol: So we've been spending the majority of the time working on her groundtraining and teaching her to tie, etc. Arashi is doing so well, too... coming along beautifully. And poor Shadow - she actually has a bone spavin. We're working through that though, and it shouldn't be too much longer before she's sound again. So lets see .. you're working again. What are you doing? Did I miss that? :o

TF - Aw. Princess party. I think my daughter would have killed me if I'd ever thrown something like that for her. ;) It sounds like yours was a terrific success!!

Jenn - :bravo: Congrats on being in onederland!!! That's fantastic!! I remember when I hit that I cried. I thought I'd never see anything under 200 again. One pound at a time, eh? :D

My biggest challenge has turned out to be TIME! Argh. I need to get to bed no later than 10 at night so I can wake up early enough to work out. BUT I haven't been able to do that lately. Mostly my own fault. But some of it just pure scheduling issues with the stable since they've moved the lessons to either early morning or evening to avoid the heat. I ride in the evenings, and now I have to wait till lessons are over and sometimes that's after 8:30. Well last night as the darkness fell and the moon came out and the quiet settled over us... it was just too hard to stop riding. The sound of his muffled hoofbeats in the sand and our breathing was so peaceful. Mesmerizing almost. No saddle, just him and me. It was so hard to make myself slide off him and just be me again. So I didn't get to bed till after midnight. tsk. No excuses tonight. I'm staying home so I can get some sleep. So tomorrow morning, I workout! Ha! ;)

Welcome back Raven! Glad to hear Eve and Arashi are doing so well...Poor Shadow...spavins are a pain...they reoccure too...they suck. Hope everyone stays well!

Tulip...how you doing?

Jeo/Jenn...any word for Tim yet? My eyes are hurting from staying crosseyed so long! Good luck!

Sorry for the short postie folks...but it's back to work I go...I am now known as The Bar***** cuz I put our head chef in his place when he tried to pull some childish stunts that could have gotten staff hurt. But hay...Better Bar***** than hurt and unemployed!

Take care and I'll see everyone tomorrow afternoon since I actually have a day shift!!!

HS- No word on the job yet, but Tim has Friday's off so he is going to call them tomorrow and see if he can find out. BTW, good for you standing up to the chef, at least people now know you'll stand up for yourself. I wouldn't mind being called 'Bar*****' especially if I knew it was because I was protecting other people's safety. My friends and I used to work dorm security and we called ourselves the 'security *****es'! :lol:

LMAO I like that JEnn! Security *****es...that's better than Security Blankets!! I hope Tim gets the job! Hay any word on how his mum and sis liked you? I KNOW they just loved you to pieces!!

Just a quick pop in ladies..gotta be up for opening shift in 5 hours! take care and I'll see everyone when I got home at 4pm!

Good morning lovelies!

I went to the gym and water aerobics last night and back to the gym at 6:00 this morning. I got weighed and measured so I wouldn't have to do it during TOM again. Here are my losses: (this month/total)

Bust: -1.50/-2.25
Waist: -1.50/-3.25
Abdomen: -3.0/-4.5
Hips: -2.25/-4.25
Thighs: -0.5/-0.5
Arms: -0.5/-2.0
Weight: -10.5#/-22.5#

Needless to say I was quite please, except for the bust thing

Anyhow, I hope y'all are having a great Friday!!

Hi,
It's still saturday here (Just) - thought i'd pop in to say hello. I have just finished a late shift (4pm-10pm) and am due back in at 7:30am in the morning, so not much time to socialise...here or with friends in person so it'll be short and sweet i'm afraid!

Had a half term from ****...i have eaten the same diet as the kids all week..crossiants...muffins...pizza! Ahhhhhh i have been so ill...I dont' know why i do it - I know it is gonna make me ill but i just do!!! Had severe reaction to all that wheat this morning and cried!!! I have told the family to keep me away from it all, don't let me eat it! I have filled the fridge with good stuff that i can eat to keep me to my plan.
I love having the kids home from school but find it so much of a temptation to eat the stuff i'm not allowed, in school time i find it so much better to eat my own food!

How are you guys?? Jeo/Jenn well done on reaching onederland..I'm really pleased for you, keep up the good work!

HS - You sound as tired but as happy with work as i do??!! I'm loving my work, the residents have really taken to me and i feel as if i'm making a real difference! Bit like you on the old chef issue?? lol - you stick to your guns HS and stick up for your emplyees!

Raven - Nice to hear from you - still enjoying those horses i see?? Isn't riding really good exercise?? All that riding should be making you fitter? Keep in touch, it's great to hear from you!
As for the princess party - my little one loved it..however if i had suggested it to the other two at that aged they'd have disowned me...there real tomboys, but my youngest is a really pink girlie!!!


HS - Is it down to the four of us now?? what happened to Grassie?

I'll try to pop in tomorrow, I'm out of work at 4:30pm but have to pick up family from doing a 23.4mile sponsored walk for our local children's hospitial....oldest daughter and hubby are going to try to do it all, the two younger ones are going to beat their personal best of 7.3 miles...unfortunatly i have to work so won't be able to do it with them, but am going to meet up with them after 5pm to do the last bit...so i may be too tired to switch on the pc until monday!!
C u when i can

Tulip

Hello, fellow addicts! Yes, I'm still around, and still losing. This morning showed 213, and I think my scale is done spazzing out--it's not bouncing around anymore, or at least not as much as it was. I even stepped off and on about 8 times just to make sure, because my eating has been crappy and my exercise non-existant. But I guess eating is still better than it used to be, even if I am a few hundred calories over my goal. Today I'm way under goal, so I'm sitting here munching on blue tortilla chips and hummus. This new Greek style hummus is really good--even better than the roasted red pepper hummus, and that stuff is tasty!
So anyway, I guess I'm doing fine. Could be better, could be worse, as usual.
I guess that's it from me tonight.
I hope everyone has a peaceful, healthy Sunday.
~Elisha

wow...my post didn't show up again. No word from 3FC folks as to why it's not working for me most times now. Am off to work and will post later...Congrats to Jenn! YAYYYYY Elisha!!! And Tulip...Stay away from the Wheat!!Lol Keep on going ladies!

well at least that last post showed up...eating has been horrible today...thanks to exbf. He's just being an idiot...not a mean idiot...jsut a dumbass. It's like having a child...I told him if I wanted to look after a kid, i would have had one by n0w or I'd borrow my niece and nephew for a few days.

Well that's been my day...trying to destress...hot bath helped...chips didn't. I'm paying for it now.

Take care and see everyone before I leave for work tomorrow!

Good morning ladies!

Nice to hear from you Miss Elisha..we missed you! Congrats on jumping on the scales 8 times...your a true SA!! LOL. Greek style hummus is fabulous..my uncle is greek and makes his own, which i knick out of the fridge when ever i'm over at his restaurant...wicked stuff, so is his Tatziki!!!

HS - don't you just hate childish men??? Why don't they just grow up eh? be strong Splashes...look how much fun your having when he's not around...you don't need to start carrying all that excess weight again!! lol

Well my news...oldest DD and Hubby walked 19 miles and the two younger ones managed 9!!! I am so proud of them, they have raised a fair amount of money for the children's charity as well!! I'm especially proud of the oldest as this time two years ago,she had just undergone corrective surgery on both feet and was in plaster for 6 weeks!!! She's gone off on a geography field trip today, aching like anything!! Poor love!

Scales said 130lbs this morning so i'm not too pleased, I MUST I MUST STICK TO MY EATING PLAN AND DO SOME EXERCISE!!!!!! I've kept off the wheat all weekend so it's a start!! Thanks for the reminder HS...your a star! ;-)

Until tomorrow!

Boo Hoo for Tim, Jeo/Jenn but i bet HS is relieved that she doesn't have to go around with her eyes crossed anymore!!! Obviously didn't work anyway!!! LOL Hope he has better luck with the next one!


My eating has been good today and my water intake has been good as it was actually 30 degrees today !!! Mega hot for the UK..my plants are wilting and youngest DD caught the sun on the back of her neck, due to a rather severe hair cut during half term!! woops...need more sun cream tomorrow!!!

It's 11:40pm on Monday here so i'm off to get some much needed beauty sleep..see you guys tomorrow!

Ohhh JEnn...I'm sorry Tim didn't get the job...but that just means there's a better one elsewhere for him! One door closes another one opens! Glad to hear work is busy. Busy at my work too!

Tulip glad to see you back! Uhoh...130...but I bet it's ToM soon! Or just finished. Congrats on the all the walking! Twas hot here too...close to 30...for you Merkins..that's 90F... Just hoping it's gonna rain soon to get rid of the humidity! My feet are killing me...so I'm heading out!

Take care ladies

Hope to see Elisha again soon. Raven when she gets a chance..and everyone else who's gone AWOL!!!