Well it really helped me to stay on track yesterday when I posted what I was going to eat for the day. This morning I had a Morning Start Bar that I got from Wal-Mart. It's Atkins approved and even though I am not doing Atkins it was balanced and looked good so I bought a few. Not too bad, no sugar so it tasted a little bit artificial but ok. For lunch I think I am going to have a turkey sandwich on WW and a yogurt. For dinner I haven't really decided but I have some meat I can thaw out so I will go from there. I'll think about it and post later. Well I need to get my shower while the baby is napping so talk to you guys later!

Ok I'm back!! From shopping, did you miss me?! LOL... what you don't spend every minute waiting for my next post?? Hmmm.... something to ponder later, lol.

Well grocery shopping went find. I also found a treat!! Weight Watchers now makes little cakes and muffins and such, like little debbie!! I bought the chocolate cake ones and they are only 1 pt each!!! I figure that will be a great after dinner dessert. I bought that new foundation too... I hope it's as good as they say.

Oh, Jaymi, there are lots of makeup stuff you can have... foundation... powder.. blush... eyeliner... mascara.. eyeshadow... don't forget to curl those eyelashes... lip liner.. lipstick... lip gloss.. concealer... etc... there are so many fun things to play with! I get so jealous of people who don't need foundation or powder, mu cousin has nice skin and never wears makeup, but not me, I need something to even out my skin tone, but of course this year since I tanned it is much easier to cover and doesn't take as much. So how is your day going? You sound cheery!

Mel, so glad your dh is feeing better. I'm sure he is resting and your not, right? Maybe you can get in bed early tonight. And that does sound so painful how they had to fix his knee... ouch! I would have required morphine to even think about it, lol.

Michelle, stop teasing us with your WI!! LOL.. I can't wait to see the numbers! You cracked me up when you said if I would have been OP I could have been 120, LOL... thanks for rubbing it in!! LOL. I thought about that too, lol. But I like to sabbotage myself, lol. What is the fun in getting to my goal weight, lol... then I'll have nothing to talk about each week!

Jill congrats on the loss!! That is great! What plan are you on again? I forget too easily anymore. I watch ABC soaps... all my children and General hospital are my favs... used to love one life to live but the story lines are lame right now on there. So I usually skip it. yeah when I had direct tv I never watched soaps anymore either... I have regular cable now but still watch them. Just one of my little sinful luxuries... lol. And it was so nice getting to chat with you last night! We have more in common than I thought! You can really get to know people better in the chat room, don't you agree? ;)

Ricci, hi! Sorry about your computer problems. Mine is on it's last leg too. i don't think it will hold on much longer... I'm sure the internet will be next to screw up.. all my other programs have problems now. And the net runs super slow these days... only a matter of time. Bring yours over and we'll have a bonfire!! But at least you have webtv as a back up!

Mindee... hello again! so glad you are feeling at home here! If you ever want to see pics of some of us you can go to this site http://groups.msn.com/MomslosingWeight and check us out, we'd love to see what you look like too! Also we chat at that site every now and then at night so bookmark it so you can join us ok?

Di, I knew QOTD meant that, lol... crystal writes QOFD... I didn't know what that meant, lol. But maybe it was just a typo. And I'm not sure about needing to eat more.. I mean I ate ALOT!! lol. But maybe I did get some exercise in? Have you ever been to a truck stop? It's a hike to get to the building and then we walked for hours at the beach that day so maybe I didn't do as bad as I thought, lol. Obviously something worked.

Lori, what IUD are you getting? I have Mirena... I like it so far except for the cysts I get every now and then. But not having to worry about pregnancy is fantastic! Why has it been a hassle to get it? So have you lived in Germany your whole life?

Well, guess I should see if Tanner is ready for his nap. Dinner tonight will be pizza... (flexpoints) lunch was McD's... their fries were gross today though. What a waste of pts (of course I still ate them all, lol)
For those of you sharing you menu today... how is it going and what are you having??
TTYL!

Hello everyone. Hope your days are going well. I just got done with lunch and didn't go off plan! Yeah!!
Spryng I'm not on a plan per say cause I am still nursing my daughter so I can't restrict too many calories. I am just trying to cut out the junk food cause I know that wont hurt either of us LOL! I'm going to work really hard next week on just getting my eating plan down, then I will try and get the exercise going strong. I plan everything all at once or I will get overwhelmed and just quit. It was so fun getting to chat with you last night, I really do think we have a lot in common aside from the fact that you had 3 kids before I had 1!! You really can get to know a person just from those chats. I look forward to getting to know you more in the future!

Well I bought a scale last night and it is a denise austin one! I thought that was kind of funny but it came with a CD program that is fitness related so I think I will load it later and check it out. I'll let you all know what it is all about! Ok need to go feed the baby! TTYL

LOL Spryng, really I don't think you are an idiot! ;) Menu today is B: Cereal w/FF milk and JAVA. Yum. L: Lean Cuisine Thai Chicken and D: Chicken soft tacos and salad. You are probably right about all the walking you did, lots of points added for that. I'm glad you did so well, it gives us all hope! What new foundation did you buy? I haven't seen the little snack cakes yet, but I did purchase some ice cream in a cone. 2 points each is doable.

Jill congrats on your loss as well! What a fantastic job you are doing. I'm not addicted to any soaps, I'm afraid to watch for fear of getting sucked into them. I'm trying to read more, so if I have spare time that's what I do. "if" being the operative word!

Michelle and Mel, you are absolutely right, of course it doesn't matter what's going on with them, because they are fantastic little guys and they are truly the light of my life. I just want to make sure they get every oportunity to make the most out of their life. They are so sweet. I posted some pictures of them on the MSN website, just a few, but it's been a while since I've posted pics so I thought I'd share.

Gotsta go eat lunch and I'll pop in again soon.

Hi to everyone i didn't get personal with, hugs to you all,
Di

Spryng- My IUD drama started over a year ago, not long after DS was born. My husband is not in the army but his job involves supporting the army and working closely with them. Because of this we are allowed to use all Military facilities while we are in Germany including the hospitals and clinics. So, anyway, at my 6 week check up after DS was born I ordered a Mirena and was told that I would get a call when it came in and we would then make an appointment for insertion. Well, a couple months passed and no call and then DH went to Iraq so it wasn't really a top priority anymore. More months pass and I finally give them a call and there's still no IUD. DH is due to come home in February so I call again and this time they tell me that the Dr that inserts the IUD also has to give me a consultation. So, I finally get the consultation but since its been over a year since my last pap I have to get another one before my insertion. Now its April and I get my pap. I call back to get an appointment for my insertion and I'm told that the next available apointment is May 14th, the funny thing is that we're flying to the states on that day so I'm forced to wait until I return to make an appointment because they can't make an appointment more than a month out. We get back to Germany and the Dr who is supposed to give me my IUD is away for a few weeks and I'm told to call back at the end of June, when he should be back. I call back at the end of June and now he's gone, he's no longer stationed in Germany. AAARGG!!! It was one thing after another. I call the ob/gyn office again and they say I have to talk to the head nurse but she is on vacation. So, finally, today I go there and the head nurse has returned from her vacation. She looks at my file and asks me why didn't I just get the IUD when I had my pap? I tell her that everyone in her office told me that the person who gives the consultation has to be the person that does the insertion and she says that's not true, you now have an appointment on Sept 2. It was such a run around!!! And such a pain.

Sorry for the long explanation!! We have lived here for almost 2 years. I actually grew up in NY and went to college there and left when I joined the army. I met my husband in Texas, he was also in the army, and lived there for 5 years before moving here. Have to let the dogs out, be back later!!

Lori, what a freakin nightmare about the doctor! I tend to get the run around on many things here in the states as well. Annoying isn't it?

So what's the Labor Day challenge? I need a kick in the butt to lose more weight.

-Di

P.S. Spryng those Smart One's ice creams are the BOMB, snuck one in at lunch, very yummy.

Crazy Friday
 

Hey Ladies~

I'm going to post and then go back and read the thread (yall are on FIRE today). I hope yall are having a good day. Mine has been crazy and my eating has reflected that. Just keeping honest. But I still plan to exercise tonight and will get some water in. I need to do more journaling...that always helps me as far as emotional eating. Ok. Now I'm off to read about yalls days. I'll get personal in a later post.

Hello again!

Just a quick post from me... I'm fixing to take Tanner outside the play. The other two go out whenever they want (the yard is fenced in) but I still have to watch Tanner because he climbs and eats everything, lol.
Dinner was good... good ole frozen pizza. LOL.. actually I love frozen pizza. make some cookies for dessert. They were good too... boy I love flexpoints! LOL. I did get some crocheting in at nap time.. I couldn't sleep DARN COLD!! Got a cough now... so annoying.

Anyway...

Cheri, tell us all about your crazy day! We are here for you!

Di, thanks for letting me know about those icecreams... are they chocolate?? Sounds yummy! And I want to know about the labor day challenge too... I need to get my butt in gear and exercise!!! maybe tonight. I bought that new Mabelleine Mousse matte foundation? I saw it on a commercial for the first time last night. It comes in a little glass jar and looks like frosting! LOL.. I was so intrigued when I got it home I unscrewed the lid and smelled it hoping it would smell that mocha or something, lol... but it smelled like makeup, LOL. Darn!! LOL. I'll put some on tomorrow and tell you how it is.

Lori, that really is crazy about your IUD. I hope that when you finally get it you have no problems with it because all that drama and then it doesn't work out for you would be terrible! I love mine but I know women who hate theirs and have them removed weeks or months later. unless my cysts get worse I'll have mine until 2008 or something like that.

Jill what kind of exercise do you do? I have several dvd's... The Firm... a bootcamp workout one (its neat) denise austin.. I really don't like aerobic ones though... makes me sweat! LOL.. I do have a pilates one I like but my cousin has it at the moment. I should go get it back. Don't worry about me having 3 kids before you had your first, lol... I like to do everything fast!! LOL. Plus I was married just 2 months after turning 18 and got pregnant on our first anniversary (nice gift eh?) lol... so we started our family quickly. I just figured if I had them young by the time they were grown I'd still be young enough to do things with them, you know? I've seen those denise austin scales! Let me know what that cd is about, sounds cool.

Ok, gotta get these kids outside... they have WAY too much energy today for some reason, lol. Couldn't be the cookies could it?? NAH!! lol TTYL!

Just added some photos...
 

Over at the MSN site. :)

Just thought I'd let yall know. :)

OH and Michelle, I'd love to have a name that sparkles. :)

Do you really want to know???
 

Spryng--Thanks for asking...it's just mostly the kids being wild. In general my kids are well behaved. I mean they are kids, and they are all boy. But they are good kids. But usually about once a month...and it tends to coinside with my PMS they get silly. Basically they have been constantly bickering and picking at each other. Nathan has been mouthy and argumenative, Daniel has decided that he doesn't want to get up, doesn't want to get dressed, doesn't want to eat, doesn't want to take a nap, doesn't want to shower, doesn't want to put on pj's doesn't want to go to bed. Basically, he doesn't want to do anything, except the opposite of what I say. And Elijah, well he is heading into the terrible twos with abandon. Has decided that he will say no. No. NO. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO all.the.time. Oh and he does the cute little fits complete with laying on the floor and kicking his feet. Now see, any one of these things alone from the boys is ok...but when they all decide to triple team me it gets me CRAZY. LOL So we've had lots of redirection, time outs, loss of prelidges etc etc etc around here. But the fact is I can't allow others behavior to determine my eating. KWIM?

Anyway, we had Papa Johns for supper and are making cookies before Tiger Cruise comes on Disney tonight. Then I'll do pilates once they are in bed. Tomorrow is a brand new day...with no mistakes in it (in the voice of Anne of Green Gables)

Now lets see if I can wrap up a few QOTD's from memory. My heritage--I want to day dutch and irish. My hubby is danish and has his family tree traced back to before they ever came via Ellis Island. My favorite movie--this is hard, I love old black and white movies. I also enjoy chick flicks. I could watch Dirty Dancing over and over, Kate and Leopold, Gone with the Wind, Sleepless in Seattle. Lately they've been showing Maid in Manhattan on Encore (over and over lol) and I've caught it a few times. Make Up--oh man I LOVE LOVE LOVE make up. I don't wear it everyday. But my must have item is Mascara. I used to be one that wouldn't leave the house without make up...but having three kids in 4 years and wanting to get our the door before someone puked on their clothes remedied that. LOL

Welcome to the group Mindee...I'm sure you'll love it here, this is a fabulous group. :)

Once again I can't keep up ladies!
Congrats to all you losers, hugs to all that are having health issues/dh issues etc :)
Welcome Mindee! Great place to be.
Party tomorrow so I'll write a nice post in the am if I get a chance :)
LOVED chatting last night...
Must have...mascara and concealer.
Went to the zoo this morning for about 3 hours...was fun and boys were pretty good.
Love to all.....GOODNIGHT!

Good evening all!
I can't believe there wasn't dozens of posts since my last one.. did everyone find something to do this evening? LOL...
My evening went great. Took the kids outside and we played tag and races... I even tried teaching my dd how to do a cart wheel... LOL.. ok don't picture that, lol. Actually I did them just fine but I think I pulled something in my back, lol... I'm so out of shape! But we had lots of fun. Then we found a 7 year locust!! Has anyone see those beetles that crawl up a tree and split itself open and a fly like creature imerges?? They make all those buzzing noises in the summer in your trees. Anyway, they live underground for 7 years, come out, hatch mate and die. Well I've seen the carcass of them on many trees and even caught the winged one after it's been hatched but never saw one hatch. Well we caught the locust tonight, I put it in a glass jar and within 20 min it was hatching!! SO neat! (I'm a nature freak) After it comes out it's white... very pretty... I let it dry and all that then took it outside to let it go... they don't live very long. But the kids thought it was neat and so did I. Very cool. But I am that kind of person... when i was young I would stomp around in mud holes for tadpoles and crawdeds and keep them as pets, I caught snakes and lizards and just loved it. I would rather be outside than anywhere else.. well some things change but you really can't take the country out of this ole girl, lol. I just love it.
So after the nature exhibit (lol) we watched Hook. The kids haven't seen it and it's a good movie. My two oldest watched every second of it. Cute movie.
And that is my evening, lol. Now I am tired, trying to get rid of this cough before getting in bed. I took some cough stuff but it's not working yet.

Cheri, I know what you mean about having kids that want to do their own thing. My kids are pretty good too. Bubba though, my 3 yo, he's my stubborn one. If anyone gives me trouble it's him. But it comes and goes.. somedays he's an angel and others I want to lock him in his room and never let him out, lol. But I've learned what triggers his disruptive side and can avoid it sometimes. I hope yours get better soon. It really is draining.

Well, guess I will surf the net for a while. TTYL!

Good Evening gals !!!! Remember me??? haha - I know - bad, bad bad, to abandon all of you! I have been helping run an estate sale all week and got your cold Spryng :( It knocked me out, every day when I got home I went straight to bed! aacck!!! Tomorrow should be fun, its my Birthday! ;) :) 22...oh so old....NOT! haha! - Going to dinner w/ DH.

Anyone chatting now!??! well - I will check and get off here, gotta switch the laundry and get some sleep, I am finally not feeling so drained! :) Goodnight - I promise to get my butt back on track MOnday with you all! I can't believe that all the posts! SHEESH!!! Its tough to keep up!

Hey Guys! I was glad to see the thread wasn't out of control when I got home from work! Everyone must have found something better to do LOL!

Spryng I go the gym and do cardio and weights usually. I am going to start going next week cause my mom's Dr. told her she HAS to work out 5 days a week cause along with some hormonal problems that she is finally getting solved she also has inflamed arteries and that is just asking for a heart attack or stroke! Having to keep tabs on her exercise will make me go too, so I guess that is good. Bayley does well in the day care there so I am not worried about that. I try to take a walk with Bayley during the day too, if it's not too hot. I have a couple of the Denise Austin tapes, they are pretty good. Do you do them everyday?

Kristin, sorry I missed you! I just popped in the chat room and then went and ate dinner so I wasn't there when you came in. Sorry! :)

Well I will check in a little later to see if people are chatting, I was a semi bad girl tonight and had Taco Bell for dinner. I had chicken thawed but was in a bad mood and didn't want to cook so I made my hubby go to Taco Bell. I only had 2 chicken soft tacos and a small nacho but still not the best choice. Oh well I will be shopping tomorrow and will get a lot of good stuff to have around here to make dinner with so I won't be tempted to be bad. I'm going to try that recipe that Spryng posted, the green chile chicken thing. Sounds good! Ok have a great night guys!

I'm still in the MSN chat room if anyone is up for it!