Hi ladies!!

I jsut got home from cleaning rooms today omg how bushed I am!! I cleaned 17 rooms today and they were pig stys ughhhh!!

Well today was my weigh in and I lost .5 lb weighing in at 219.4 and thats good considering yesterday I had 2 cheeseburgers and a piece of birthday cake at the party!!

Ok I'm gonna go rest my feet are killing me!!
TTYL!
Michelle

Hey, Penny! Great job with maintaining :) I know next week there will be a loss!

Michelle- :bravo: on the .5 loss!!! A loss is a loss, girly! :)

I have a question for the WW gals (or anyone else) - have any of you read any of Fergie's books about her experiences on WW? I was curious if you liked them - pros/cons, etc. I'm curious about it because I wanted to know if she talks a lot about how she maintains her weight what will all the travel, etc. Thanks!

Hey everyone, hope u all had a great weekend :) We're renovating our house at the moment, so spent Sunday knocking down walls. Now I have holes everywhere lol...I think I got so into the spirit of demolition I didn't stop to think that we wouldn't be up the fixing part for a couple of weeks yet. I guess I'm just gonna have to learn to live with it. House looks better already tho, in a way...lots more open plan now, and looks bigger cuz it's not seperated into all those annoying sections.
I think I'm gonna have to check in here more than once a day...this place moves so fast!! Thanks to everyone who shared their opinion on my pregnancy dilemma. U know, I think I knew that already, and I really do want too...I was just looking for an excuse lol. I want to be one of those sexy preggo chicks this time round...not the scary ones wearing polka dots. Altho that's not gonna be easy...why is it all Maternity "fashions" (and I use the term fashion VERY loosely) seem to be made out of all the fabric that non-pregnant women wouldn't be seen dead in? Anyway, that's my observation for the day ;)
My kids r on vacation for 2 weeks right now. I usually go walking every morning after I take them to school, but with them home I won't be...at least in the first week. The 2nd week they'll be at my ex-husband's (who shall be henceforth referred to as the moron). And as much as I'm a bit upset (yeah right lol) about not walking, it's probably well timed. We just got a new puppy last week, and by the end of the vacation she should be ready to start walking with me. That's why we got her...I hate walking alone.
Anyways...kids r awake, and I should probably feed them, so ur all rescued from my babbling for at least a couple of hours (I have to feed 2 kids, 2 cats and 2 dogs...this takes time!!).
Take care all...and I shall return!

Oh yeah...Lisa, u mentioned in one of ur posts awhile back about making a mean spanish rice. Don't spose u'd share the recipe? Pleaseeeee?? I love it, but can't find a recipe I like :):):):):):):) (that's me sucking up lol)

Anyways...byessssssssssss

Nikki.

Hey everyone!
Michelle, great job on the loss, it sure beats a stall doesn't it?? ;) I'm doing ok with my plan, but because of TOM, I probably will be holding my weight tomorrow instead of a loss. But I'm prepared for that so it wont bother me too much, it just means a bigger loss next week when some water weight comes off me as well.

Nikki you seem very calm considering you are demolishing your house! LOL I'm sure it will all be worth it in the end, so keep that in mind as you shuffle through dust and debris.

Leigh I haven't read any of Fergie's books, but I'm interested in what she has to say about maintaining as well.

Steve is home, he surprised me by getting home early. I didnt have time to make my meal plan for the week and had to get the shopping done because of some stuff going on around the house. Hopefully once I plan our menu for the week I won't be running back and forth to the store. No fun with the boys right now.

I probably wont be able to check again till tomorrow. Have a great evening everyone.
-Di

Good evening all!

Just got home. Had a really great time at dh's cousins house. But I decided that I will stop addressing her as dh's cousin, lol, takes so long to type out. So because we are becoming really great friends I will call her my cousin :D and I am proud to say that! lol. But we just chatted the day away and it felt so good.
But now I am home and back to regular routines. This house needs some serious TLC, but that can wait until tomorrow. TOM arrived right on schedule :( well at least my bloating will subside now. But all in all, a really nice weekend.

Di, I love having a menu for the week. Hope you got all your shopping done! I hate it when I forget something too.
Nikki, what all are you doing to your house?? Sounds like lots of hard work but I'm sure it's going to look great when it's done. I can't wait until we can remodel most of this house.
Leigh, I've never read any of fergie's books but I know she has a column in the ww magazine and I like her insights on ww and her weight. She maintains her weight by being choosy and calling ahead when she travels. Of course she has people that can set things up for her and all that, we don't.
Michelle, 17 rooms would wear me out. Can you believe that when I worked for best western I cleaned 35 rooms a day??? :hyper: It was a killer. I worked 10-12 hrs a day then. Don't ever want to do that again. Congrats on the 1/2 lb loss!!! With all your hard exercise I'm sure you are losing more fat than that but really gaining lean muscle mass. Are you measuring yourself? Because you really should. I know you are toning well because I seen your pics! :)
Penny, congrats on maintaining!! When you have a bad week it's all you can hope for. Now this week will be great for you!
Ginny, did you get to go swimming too?? Sounds like fun! How was your dd's graduation??
Geri, how are you tonight?
Di, thanks so much for telling us about that movie! Now I can't wait to see it! I haven't seen it here at my local video rental place so I'll have to check at a bigger on in the next town over, but it sounds like something I'd be interested in.

ok, I think I will do some stuff around here before I go to bed. Talk to you all in the morning!! G'nite!

Hi, all,
I haven't posted in a few days for a couple of reasons. First, the kiddos are still sick. Now youngest has bronchitis. Second, I have been embarresesed to be on here. All of you are doing so good on losing weight, and I am not. I have been on a plateau for awhile now, and while I am happy for every last one of you, I wonder what I haven't been doing to lose the weight. Sorry not to get personal, I will tomorrow. Have a great evening ladies.

oh Criminy Ricci, I'm not losing weight this week! So no need to be embarrassed. I'm sorry your kids are sick, it's really hard to deal with sick kiddos, especially more than one at a time, so I feel for you there. My weigh in is tomorrow, I just hope I'm not "up" but if I am I will post it and get past it. Tomorrows a new day Ricci. :)

Spryng, the movie has been out on Dvd for about a month I think, so you should be able to find it at a bigger store. My hubby and I do Netflix, online where you get movies sent to you automatically, 3 at a time with no late fees. Late fee's always used to kill us! We just got 50 First Dates sent yesterday, it looks funny and I'm very ready for a comedy after all my chick flicks. LOL

Tonight I made a spicy chicken casserole with some brown rice, onions, eggs, low fat cheese, jalepenos etc... It was pretty tasty and hit the spot and great for left-overs. I'll figure out the "points" and pass on the recipe to the board later if you remind me. I always forget things like that.

The boys are asleep, they were pretty cranky today. They couldn't go outside because the people building the gazebo were here from noon till almost 6pm and they still aren't finished! The wrong parts got sent. I don't even want to talk about it or I'll get mad and it's not worth it.

The funeral for my grandfather (Pake) is tomorrow morning and I couldn't get a flight out to attend in time. I wish I could be there with family, but it's not going to happen. I think Pake would understand, but I still wish I could have worked it out but Steve couldn't get the extra time off from work to watch the boys.

Well I'm off to read and relax and work on a menu plan for the week, this will help me stay on track for the most part (I hope) It's so easy to stray, it makes me angry with myself.

hugs and goodnight,
Di

Gonna start a new thread!

See ya' there ! :)