WOW, Aimee! That's a GREAT loss! :cb: I have that same reaction sometimes, you know, no matter how much it is I wish it were MORE! :lol: I guess in a way it's good, it keeps me going. The measurements give you a better idea anyway, so extra congrats on the inches lost.

Good news on the Marge front. I finally broke the 270s and entered the 260s! Lost 1.6 lbs this week. That brings me to 268.8. April was a good weight loss month, 4.6lbs gone, yeah baby! I'm going to get my new jeans today. :)

Sara, I have the **** cat, :lol: I love her though. If you've ever seen Shrek 2, she makes that Puss n' Boots face, with the big eyes, so even when she's the biggest brat in the world, my heart melts. Plus I'm a big softie anyway.

Maybe a different deodorant would help. I'm kinda lame when it comes to getting out stains. If tide doesn't do it, I'm lost.

Hey, here's an interesting story for you all that's been on my mind lately. Did you know Jack London (who lived and grew up in the Bay Area where I was born) was the first American author to make $1million in his lifetime. He bought a large chunk of property in Sonoma, the Valley of the Moon. He built a farm and home in the middle of a redwood grove (you can tour it, it's run by the state parks department).

Well, he decided to build a huge mansion about a mile further into the countryside in the middle of another redwood grove. It was going to be stupendous, three stories, with an indoor swimming pool, multiple fireplaces. The day before he was going to move in with his wife, a fire burned down the entire place to its stone shell. It's believed that a disgruntled worker started it with greasy rags.

London died not long after the house was destroyed. He was a heavy drinker and led a wild life. He rose from living in a wooden shack (which you can still see in Jack London Square), where he learned to read by candlelight, to sailing around the world on his own yacht, living in mansions, making oodles of money, and hobnobbing with the in people of the time, including US Presidents.

Here's a picture of the the remains of Wolf House.

Kimberley - how did the weigh in go? I don't know how to get the stain out, I used to get yellow stains from my deoderant, and my grandma would bleach them out. They never fully wanted to come out, but my grandma really forced them out. heh. I love my grandma! If you get botox injections in your armpits it'll make you not sweat, thats the extent of my knowledge. Oh wait! One of my friends in highschool had a simular problem, her doctor helped her work it out. I don't know what she did though.

Jill - Everytime I try and nap 80 billion people call me.. people who normally never call me. It baffles me really, why they need to call right then. Josh went to sleep last night at 7:30pm, and just woke up now, and it's 10:30am!! How's that for a sleep? Not only that, he slept on our guest bed all night. Crazy boy. Why on earth are movies so expensive? I don't even go to movies anymore.. however they did drop the price I believe. It used to be 13.75 per person, but I think they dropped it to 9.25. Or maybe it was just because I went to an afternoon movie.. possibly. Still, I wait until movies come out on video, heh.

Marge - woohoo, congrats on that loss! :) I can't wait until I see something BELOW the 250's, I don't remember being that weight for 3 years!! The measurements were a good thing for me to do, because technically I was still up 1 pound, so I looked thru my old weight loss journals, and I lost the most amount of inches when I was walking 40 minutes 5 days a week, plus doing a weight program every second day, I lost 11.5 inches in 22 days. Not bad.. I should try to do that more.

Alrighty! Enough babbling from me, I need to find food! I'll bbl!

-Aimee

hey e1! Wow, wtg on all the losses!!!! and I know how you feel Aimee~ I would be so glad to reach 250 again...then 225, woo-hoo! It will happen...Somday...Well, guess that is it for now, soooo busy this weekend...HAG1 all, :)

Good, uh, morning! We came home briefly after our weigh-in and McMuffin goodness, but went back out again to the YMCA. I didn't exercise today, just got another fitness assessment done. Howie worked out while I talked with Constance and got my measurements done.

I lost 3 pounds this week -- unbelievable, especially since it's TOM next week. I sure am not going to complain, though. LOL! My body fat has gone from 39.5% (2/14/2005) to 34% today!

Another good thing, Constance showed me an alternate way to grip the handles on the bench press and other upper-body machines, one that may help with my hands. She also told me it's okay and good to work through some pain in my knee :yes: ...I was glad to hear I can still do those machines as long as I'm careful, and that it's good for my knee to do the strength training.

One bit of bad news, though. My blood pressure is really high, at 150/105. :sorry: I never, ever had high BP, but this last year or so, it's been creeping up and this is bona fide not good. I need to make an appointment with my doctor about that and the spotting, which continues to a lesser extent.

Okay, back to good news. Constance wants Howie and me to write an article about our weight loss and what we're doing to get in shape. She wants to put it in the brochure! How cool is that? I've got to pull my scattered thoughts together and start coming up with an article.

We stopped by Subway for lunch on our way home from the Y, and managed to lock ourselves out of our van. Howie had the cash in hand for lunch, but his phone and keys were locked securely in the vehicle.

After trying to call his mom both at home and at church (no answer), my mom (busy signals), his brother (no answer), I tried my best friend Amy. I started leaving a message on her machine, something along the line of "Amy...Help! We're stranded at Subway with our keys locked in the van...", when one of her sons picked up. She was in the bathtub. Mercy.

I told him not to worry about it, got off the phone, and kept trying other relatives. As soon as I hung up, she called back. Thank God for caller ID, too. She bundled all three kids back in the mini-van and drove us home to get our keys.

That's what friends are for...Everybody sing! ;)

Kimberly what a great loss! Especially your BMI!!! WooHoo!!! Could your BP be effected by your McMuffin breakfast? I know when I go to give blood I have to be really careful that I don't have to much salt the night before or the morning of and not a drop of coffee before donation either or my BP is all crazy and I get deferred from donating that day.

Not an overly exciting day here, went to work for a few hours this morning for some overtime to help get us caught up on paperwork, YUCK! Then stopped at the grocery store to pick up flour (it's pizza night tonight and I'm all out of flour!?). Had to come up with something quick for lunch because I had about 10 mins after getting home to have lunch ready for Sam's lunch break... so I grabbed some fresh spinach and red leaf blend, strawberries, pre cooked packaged cubed chicken breast, shredded parmesean, and some Marzetti's just two blue cheese dressing and had a fabulous salad for lunch! Oh yum was it tasty! Had to save calories for my afore mentioned pizza for dinner.

The braty dog was looking so sad I took her for a 2 mile walk after Sammy went back to work! So I got in some bonus exercise today, good for me!

Yes, the coffee and salt may have been the culprit. I had some pretzels crushed up on low-fat ice cream last night, and then the Egg McMuffin and a large black coffee. Heh. But it's never been that high for me. I have an appointment for May 9, and I can always cancel it if things are back to normal by then. I'll get a BP check next week when I weigh in and see what it is.

There is so much hidden salt in what we eat...The pre-packaged sliced turkey breast, for instance, is really high in sodium, but I bought it for quick lunches this week. Normally I cook chicken breast and slice it thinly for salads and sandwiches. One more nutritional thing to watch, looks like. Ah well.

I was afraid I was going to have to walk 2 or 3 miles from the Subway restaurant to our house! Glad that exercise wasn't necessary, though in truth I could use it.

Boy, a hot stone massage sounds wonderful, though. Any massage sounds great!

Kimberley - thats an awesome loss! Woohoo! I don't know much about blood pressure, just that you need to get it undercontrol! That would be a very long walk from Subway to your house, glad to hear someone could come get you guys to get the car keys. Thankfully we can't lock our car without the keys, so we've never had that problem.

Sara - I'm dumb.. but who is Sam? Can you make some pizza for me too? I'm hungry! I had a salad for lunch but I'm still hungry! I think I'll make spaghetti squash and homemade sauce for dinner.. doesn't sound good compared to your dinner though.

So I'm having issues with my stupid phone, the phone company came over today, and the guy said it's my phone.. which I bought from them. And they won't let me return it, it has to be fixed, I've had this before.. with my cell phone, they don't fix it. It's aggrivating, Josh is buying a phone with a cord today. He had to buy jumper cables last night because the battery in the car died again (wiring issues I believe). Silly cars. I need a new one. I'm having a bad run on things I buy.. I should not buy anything! hehe. Can you imagine.. lol. I'll bbl!

-Aimee

Amiee - Sam (Samantha) is my roommate and best friend. I really hate refering to her as roommate because we are so much more than two people who share rent! We have seen each other through so much in the last 6 years we've known each other... She's just 21 and I'm a few months shy of 28 so there is a bit of difference in age but heck, I still get carded if I'm out with her so it's a win-win situation right!? When I was married I bought a house accross the street from Sam's family, she's the oldest of 3 kids and I had actually become friends with her mom. Then I kind of became a big sister or something like that to Sam when she had teen girl issues she didn't want to discuss with her mom. Well I was 21 back then and being an only child was like 'what the heck do I know about raising a teenager!?!?!' But I guess I did okay! We're really on the same level on alot of things. We share alot of things jointly (like Lexi the boxer dog for instance) and really don't like not spending time together. It's all rather odd I guess.

Also to both you and Jill, great losses this week!!! Good for you gals!!!

hey all...Wow, wtg Kimberley!!!! Yes, I agree with the others, was probably the salt...but good thing you are getting everything all checked...I have dceided to join Calorie King, I like what I have read so far...

LOL at Sara...I can totally relate to having a friend like that, even despite our distances, and the fact that her ex-Ahole kept us apart, Heather and I have a bond that is unlike any I have ever known...She is truly a soul-mate of the best kind...
Even if she were your significant other, nothing wrong with that as long as you are happy, but since she is just your best friend, that is fantastic to have a friend like that in this life!!!
HAGN All!!

Cat!!!
 

:D Speaking of cats, here is one I just finished for my craft show, LOL I hope these links work, if not, Marge I will be hunting you down to resize lol...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4.../catnmouse.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...epee/mouse.jpg

and flower pots I just planted

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4.../flowerpot.jpg

I had quite a bit of celery yesterday and a serving of the packaged luncheon meat turkey; both are high in sodium. Let's keep our skinny fingers crossed that this is just a momentary blip on the BP radar. I am going to start getting frozen veggies instead of the canned, especially after comparing the sodium content of the same 1/2 cup serving (35mg vs. 380mg!).

Happiness is smaller sizes time...I just found a pair of black Venezia 20-tall black boot cut jeans on clearance at Lanebryant.com for $9.99 + 4.99 shipping! I'm psyched now, gotta get down just one pants size until I can wear them.

Heh, I went back to change my order to two pair, but when I put that in, it said to "please reduce the quantity entered". Hope their inventory's accurate and that the ONE pair arrives! I hope I hope I hope I hope.

I can imagine that sweet potato vine trailing down from the pelargoniums! That's going to look great. Is the cat sewn? My screen resolution is set high and it's kind of hard to tell. He looks fun. :)

Ty
 

TY yes, I thought so too about the vine, I love that vine, I could even let it grow up the post of the deck, or once I get a hanging plant above the deck, plant more in there so it trails too...I usually get million bells, but may get a Purple Wave this year, our back yard gets so hot...
LOL yes, I have hand-sewn him , then paintd him and stiffened him up with varnish before I attatched him to the rusty spring...TY :D

The planters look great, Diana. Your cats are cute too. :) Keep the pics. I love seeing garden pics. Up the block from us there's a row of brownstones where the families have a sort of block flower competition. They do it all in planters and flower boxes. Then they have the Greenest Block competition in Brooklyn. I'm not even sure who sponsors that.

Yesterday I ended up buying jeans, a couple of shirts and some much needed underwear. The store was packed; I had to wait 10 minutes just to try on the jeans. Next time I'll go in the morning.

Aimee, the last time I was below 250 was 20 years ago! Yikes, hate to admit that. I can see it in the distance, though.

They're playing KC and the Sunshine Band on the radio, Get Down Tonight. Haven't heard *that* in a while, heh heh.

Have a good one everybody.