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Oh Boy...been busy all day... I must have been the one to cause the Ruckus... :o :o I just wanted to tell you , Jill, that we care about ya, and don't want to see ya get hurt ...Sure it is great to have an Idea of where you want your life to go...Sometimes things just happen to change things, Par for the course I guess...I wanted to be a fashion Illustrater in the worst way in HS, but could not afford school, and was not good enough gradewise to get a scholarship and back then the best schools were in NYC and LA neither of which I could remotely afford..Sigh...I did not mean to upset you and if I did, I am sorry :halffull: ...Maybe I misread your post, and felt like your big sis or something, please take no offense..I just hate to see people make the same mistakes I did...No matter who they are...Sorry my dear.. :sorry:

Kimberley am so sorry about the kitty...I love kitties so much. .Dh is allergic to them, but whenever I see one outside, they always come to me so I can pet them..Poor thing.. :(

I know what you are saying Marge, about kids...I used to have so much innocent fun, ( Movies, Ice Cream etc) nowadays, wow...Scares me to think of the things they know about. My neices knew abot Sex when they were 8 and 10, even telling me their friends already did it, like it was no big deal..

Kimberley, I thought my schedule was wacky :lol: ...LOL...DH just finished 11-2 shift, is off til Friday then goes in 7-3, so we will have a relatively normal life for 6 days, then he does afternoons ( 3-11)...I usually eat on a regular schedule, and fix him his when he is home or he takes it with him. Or else I would be all screwy like I was when I first got here, I used to stay up all night and sleep all day with him when he worked 11-7 shift :tired: ...Also, my TOM is whacky...I have dealt with PCOS most of my life, in HS when I ran 4 miles a night, I had no TOM at all, only 3 a year...then after I broke my back, I went on BC pills to get regular , then stopped taking them, and was regular for a long time til I moved here..Then startd gainin weight again, and was lucky to have 4 a year again...Last July, while on vacation in Maine, I started, and was greatful, when you are so irregular you want TOM believe me...well every month, like clockwork, I had one, until I had a miscarriage in December...Seemed like I was bleeding constantly for weeks after it, because all of the stuff had to leave my body...well, had a TOM in Jan, but had spotted a LOT...then last month, had a lot of spotting and another Miscarriage...Now, if all goes like normal, I will be having another TOM next week...I think this exercise will help me out with all of it, and eating better.. ;)


Aimee! WTG!! And GL to you, hope you get it... :cheer: :bravo:

TreeFrog~ love that name, so cute, love treefrogs, they are cute :D welcome to our crazy group, please join in whenever...

and, my dear friend Heathr has Strep throat all, she says hello, but is now being put on Anibiotics to get well, poor thing!!! :p

okay enough babbling frome me today, off to bed, hag1... :cool:

Good morning, all!

I definitely got of to a late start today--I didn't wake up until 5:30 (which is the time I usually leave the house for work) :fr: I got myself together and was out of the house in 15 minutes, so I was only about 15 minutes late f or work. How good am I :cb:

I just found out I have a meeting today at 1pm, so it better not be too long! Anything that goes past 2pm cuts into my gym time :tread:

I had trouble sleeping again last night. I got home around 11:15pm, packed my clothes for the gym and restaurant for today, and packed my food for today, and was in bed by midnight. However, I was awake again at 3:30am, and then my alarm went off at 4:50, so it's no wonder I overslept after I hit the alarm. I just wish that on these nights where I only have the opportunity to sleep 5 (or less) hours that I could actually sleep for the entire time! :tired:

Aimee--Congrats on your interview! Do they carry plus-size clothing (and more importantly, would you get a good discount :p )? My closet filled up with shoes very quickly when I worked at Payless.

Diana--When I first started getting my TOM (when I was 13), it was irregular and never became normal until I went on BC pills when I was 16. The beauty of the pill is the regularity, and I'm actually starting a new routine so I only get my TOM every 6 weeks. I'm so sorry about your miscarriages, though. I can't even imagine how frustrating that must be.

Kimberley--2 weeks of spotting, yuck (especially when you like/want to swim)! I hate spotting cuz ya never know when the spotting might stop all together or if it'll grow into full-on TOM. I have taken 2 pills on the same day before and never had a problem (I actually was supposed to start a new pack on Sunday but forgot to fill my prescription, so I had to fill it Monday and take 2 that afternoon even though I usually take them in the morning). I've never mixed different kinds, though. You are lucky you're just spotting--if my sister takes 2 pills in the same day, she actually ends up getting sick :barf: You're smart to have a back-up pack on hand--I've never done that and have come across times when it would have been helpful.

Well, time to find me somethin' to keep me awake. I don't like tea, but maybe I need to start drinkning it for the caffeine (I'm sure it would be better for me than diet pepsi, and I can't stand cofee). Have a Wonderful Wednesday!

My mom and dad had to put one of their cats to sleep today, just a little while ago, actually.

oh, I'm so sorry! I know what it's like to lose a pet you love. That's so sad.

Aimee, glad to hear it about your job interview, good luck! That will be a major relief for ya. Now that you described the area where you live more, I really can't wait to see your pics.

don't put time constraints on things you have no control over.

what an experience. sorry you had to go through that. my sister wanted to have kids so badly by the time she was 30 that I think she really rushed into her marriage. She has 3 great kids, a great job, but doesn't seem happy to me and I think that has to do at least partly to do with that relationship. With 3 kids, a big house, and all the debts and obligations that go with it, divorce becomes a much bigger issue.

Now, if all goes like normal, I will be having another TOM next week...I think this exercise will help me out with all of it, and eating better..

it's definitely helped me. I tend to be pretty irregular, but in the last month it's like clockwork.

Well, it's going to be 70 degrees today, YAHOO! I can actually go out without a coat! I think we might head over to Coney Island and hang out one of the days this weekend. I have to get some new sunscreen. I'm so freakin' white that if I start going out without it I'll end up like a tomato. Lots of Russians have moved into the area (actually into our neighborhood too), so most of the kids who are selling those famous Nathan's hotdogs (if you all have heard of Nathan's :lol: ) are all Russians now. A few years ago they built a big baseball stadium there where the Brooklyn Cyclones play (go Cyclones!). It's a blast to see their games. On Fridays there are fireworks on the boardwalk that you can see from your stadium seat.

Have a good one everybody. (Don't forget to watch Lost tonight!)

It's supposed to possibly hit 80 here today! I would be more excited if I didn't spend my ENTIRE day indoors, but at least the weather's getting nicer, so hopefully that will also mean nicer weekends. I, too, am "so freakin' white that if I start going out without it I'll end up like a tomato." :lol: I actually use SPF 50, I think, and it has to be waterproof, sweat proof, blah blah blah. Otherwise, it is bright red skin, dehydration, and peeling for me all summer long. Jeff and I are going to an Orioles game up in Baltimore in a few weeks. Some people say baseball is boring, but I really like it (I think beacause I played softball for like 12 years, so I'm biased). And yes, I know of Nathan's hotdogs. There's actually a Nathan's counter in a movie theater near me, but since it's in a theater, they charge movie theater prices--like 6 bucks for a hotdog or something ridiculous like that. :mad:

Oh jeez, meeting time--here's hoping it doesn't go past 2:00! Hope everyone else is having a great day (been quiet here on our board so far today)!

hey all, just a short note, day number 7 is done, whew,,I am heading into three weeks of Curves on Monday, I am so glad..I feel better already, don't know if I have lost anything, but feel like I may have, who cares, all I know is I feel great, my knees are sore a little today, but other than that, Woo-hoo...I have a cold-sore on the top of my lip, have gotten them every since I was a child, my dad gets them too..I HATE them...I only get one a year, usually after I sweat a lot or something, must be I sweat too much, lol..I hope it goes away soon, even as small as it is it hurts...:( I need to get cracking on the house work, no matter how much I don't want to..lol...has to be done. Making-Home made Pizza for dinner tonight, I make my sauce now, after years of experimenting I came up with one i really like...I really think it is in the sauce...just my opinion, and the pan. My pan is seasoned just right, gets the crust nice and golden...other than that, not much else going on...Our new neighbors have a yellow tabby cat, just saw him out in their yard today, hope my dog doesn't see him, that would not be pleasant...Maybe he will come see me some morning while I am out planting my flowers...I love kitties, sorry to hear that , Marge...One thing about pets, there always comes that time, and it always hurts too much...and we have a lot of Russians and Chinese here...never saw so many til I moved here. How is Coney Island? I hear the beach is a mess...that's a shame. my parents went there when they were first married...

well, hagd all, and see ya later...:)

I'm scarfing down my afternoon apple, it's been BUSY here, scrambling around to find a Spanish interpreter for some documents.

Once I went to a baseball game I found out how much fun it is, completely different than watching it on tv. I got to go to a Yankees game one time, we took a ferry up the East River to the stadium -- it was a BLAST. At the last place I worked we got tickets for a basketball game in Madison Square Garden. That was great too, but I like baseball better. Mmmm, a Brooklyn Lager, a Nathan's dog with saurkraut, the smell of the sea, and the Brooklyn Cyclones, doesn't get better than that! Well, a date with Mel Gibson.... ;)

I usually stick to SPF 15, but it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to try a better one. That stuff is expensive, isn't it? I have a big forhead and when it gets sunburned I look like an apple head. :lol: an apple head with glasses.

Diana, I can't imagine that you haven't lost weight after all that work at Curves. I admire your resistance to the scale. I've had weeks where I've weighed myself EVERY day, sigh. For me, that is like torture.

It's true Coney Island has gotten run down, and the beach I'm sure isn't as nice as it once was. There can be glass and garbage in the sand.
:( In the last few years the city has been trying to improve the area, after a couple of decades of neglect and really the neighborhood being marginalized by huge projects for the poor. Still, the place has a lot of character. The boardwalk has been redone and it's a fun day out. There's an aquarium. The subway takes you right there too.

Enjoy that pizza, it sounds delicious. Tonight it's chicken, asparagus and mashed sweet potatoes. I think I'll make a pork roast this weekend. I have this recipe for a dry rub that's really tasty.

Hi, y'all. Well, spotting has become TOM - I am wrapped in a little ball of cramps, worst in ages, but I don't care! I'm just happy it came! Men all over 3FC are going blind just thinking about the contents of these threads of ours, LOL! The headache's back again, probably allergy-related since the trees are budding out. Time to get a refill on Zyrtec.

I've never heard of Nathan's hotdogs, but I'll tell ya, I've been jonesin' for a good kraut dog ever since I made that Chicken Reuben the other night. I opened two cans of sauerkraut, but only ended up needing one since I made less meat than usual. So, I think we need to get some low-fat turkey sausages, like a spicy Italian, maybe. Mmmmm!

In the meantime, how long does an opened can of kraut keep? Nothing like food-poisoning-induced weight loss! ;)

Goodmorning! I still have 15 minutes left to my morning... and I gotta tell yah, I wish I was still in bed! The bf was having problems sleeping last night, he's pretty stressed about his supervisor at work, who isn't doing his job, or anything for that matter. So we were up until 2:30am talking about it, and then he had to get up at 5:15 for work. I'll go meet him at work today with a burger and a HUGE pop, he's probably dying right now. I did just get semi good news though! He's getting all 4 wisdom teeth pulled on Monday and was worried about how much we were going to have to pay, so I made a few calls this morning and found out the most he'll have to pay is 234. Which is great news because we thought it might be up at 1,000. We are both pretty stressed about money right now, the transition from one job to another for me should hopefully go smoothly, but you never know right? Either way, I can get cash from my brother, so it'll go fine.

Jill - I hear yah on that sleep thing, I went thu a thing where I was sleeping an hour a night, my body basically started to shut down.. MAKE SURE YOU SLEEP! Take liquid calcium, drink tea.. do anything! Sleep is so important when we are trying to lose weight. Alright.. enough nagging from me.. ;)

Kimberley - 2 weeks spotting is CRAZY! I don't know how you can handle that. It would drive me insane. I've been very "lucky", I know the exact day, time, minute that my period is going to start. Usually I can prepare by taking ibuprofen in advance for the cramps I get, I need to see a proper doctor about that. I'm ruining my stomach from taking SO much ibuprofen. I'm averaging about 28-32 extra strength ibuprofen in 2-4 days. It takes me about 2 weeks to get my stomach under control afterwards. ick. On a side note, I always found my period stopped when I was swimming.. I don't know why.

Marge - I am banned from using the Digi cam ( I broke it 3 times, heh), but I'll see if I can make it work without breaking it. I'm going to walk down to the mall to meet Josh (the bf), so it'll be the perfect time to take pictures. Its also NOT raining at this moment, woohoo! It's always so darn rainy in April, I find it usually clears up around mid-April.. so I'm waiting for that :)

Diana - holy cow, I didn't realize it has been so long that you've been doing Curves! I'm so proud of you, it's not an easy thing to get into a good workout routine. Keep up the good work gal :) Can I come for dinner? I want homemade pizza!

I just got a package in the mail from my mom, with about 10 different careers I might enjoy. Each has 2-3 pages of details about the job, where you get hired, the money involved, the schooling involved. I'm excited to read over these later :) My mom is the best.. and it really helps that she's a career counsellor. She's going to send me that Winsor Pilates diet this week, I'm excited. lol. I'm going to give it my all for 10 days, and we'll really see if I lose a dress size! I'm SO weird with dieting, I absolutely HATE it, so I go on these "spurts" where I go really hardcore for 2-3 weeks, and then maintain for a few weeks (almost a month this time), and get back into it. I don't know if thats a good thing, but it works for now. I might have to rethink that in the future.. But until then.. I'm pretty excited for the Winsor Pilates thing. Until then I'm going to do my best to cut that sugar/wheat stuff out again.. it really makes me feel ill. And if that isn't a good reason to quit.. I don't know what is! Well I should get going, I have to eat and make some more calls, and then it's off to meet Josh! Have a great day (but I'll be back!).

-Aimee

Aimee, be careful with that ibuprofen -- it can cause liver damage. My doctor tells me when my knee or back is bad to do 800mg every 4-6 hours. Anyone on a high dose like that long-term, though, she wants to monitor with blood tests to watch liver enzyme levels. So far, I've not stayed on it more than a few days at that kind of dose.

Up until this weirdness, I was very regular on the pill. Green pills time, Wednesday morning, hello there. It was right on schedule today, just not as obvious a transition, save the cramps.

Your mom sounds awesome - what a thoughtful thing to send you. Times of transition can either be terrifying or exciting. I get the feeling you're the type of person for whom life is an adventure and you'll do great!

gnight all
 

hey ther e1, busy getting things ready for an online craft show we are having next month..
Marge, I think Coney sounds cool...Maybe some day we will make it there. I like nathams Hdogs, they just do NOT like, me, they give me wicked stomach cramps...I wish I could find some footlongs YUMMMMM..With some home-made sauce, YUMMMM..
Jill...oh pooh me forgot what I was going to say...hmmm maybe it will come back to me...lol
Kimberley, you are so funny!!! Sorry you are having cramps though, that stinks...I love saurkraut, I use the vlasic in th jar though, never had the canned before..
And Aimee....Looking forward to the pics when you can take them. How do we post pics on this forum anyhow, I have NO CLUE...I will show some of my house, and my baby, etc...oh duh, manage attatchments at the bottom maybe? I will attatch a pic of my baby here and one of my dollies ( am giving her to my neice) to see if it works! LOL never saw that b4...lucky you to have a mom like that too...You sound like you have a great life!
well time to hit the hay another work-out in the am..Sure do hope I have lost something, yes, I will be there going on 3 weeks already on Monday, I am shocked...I will be incorporating walks too, so that will help, and bike rides now that the weather is warming up...
HAGN and see ya tomorrow gals! :D

hmmm can't load pics here, says they can only be 50 KB and if I make them that small they will be really distorted...so now to figure this out tomorrow, lol gnight!

Diana, you sure this is read-only?

I don't know how to attach pictures either.. I still haven't taken any.. but I'm gonna! Today I walked to the mall... about 2-2.5 km's. I'm now getting worried about this 10km walk I am commiting to, I want to have a good time.. I don't think I can/will. Then again, who cares about the time right? As long as I finish it! I'm hoping Josh will do it with us as well, cuz he walks at a fast pace than me, which really helps and pushes me. Alrighty, enough with unfounded concerns!

There is a little fair down at the mall, we might go check it out this weekend. I used to love going on rides, but I'm getting less adventurous with my old age ;)

Kimberley - I had origionally asked my mom during a fit of tears to help me find a career, and that I really need her help. She knows me pretyt well and I feel she can help me the most. I once saw a career counsellor who told me that she couldn't help me until I took a month long-40 hour a week course. Unfortunately, I have to work, I have a car loan, rent, student loans, a credit card.. no room for not working. Plus, since the closest person in my life is a 51 year old, I've absorbed a lot of information from her.. so I tend to be more mature than people my age. It was funny, I was having a problem at work, and was trying to explain to my older manager that I was feeling excluded, but not actually BEING excluded. She couldn't understand the difference.

I am going to go and see if I can find some pics.. and I'll try to post them either later or tomorrow! I gotta get some beauty sleep.. my big interview is tomorrow! :)

-Aimee

hmmm, guess not
 

that worked well I see, lol ty for letting me know...that stinks...that was supposed to direct you to the 2 pics only...GRRRR...there has got to be some way to do this...I'm on a quest now...BBL ya'll, gotta get ready to leave... ;)

Good morning, all!

Guess what--I'M AWAKE! I don'tknow how or why, but I actually do not seem to be struggling to stay awake at this particular moment (by now, my head is usually bobbing as I'm trying not to fall asleep at my desk--or I just lose it and completely DO fall asleep at my desk :p ). I got out of job #2 a little early last night--left around 10:30, so I was home before 11 (gotta love it when the manager doesn't want to be there, so he lets everyone else out early, too). I decided not to do much last night, so I just crashed on the couch and was asleep by 11:30. Of course, as per usual lately, I could not just fall asleep and STAY asleep--no, I woke up about 1:40am. It's so frustrating to WANT to slep and just not be able to! So then my alarm went off at 4:40am, which means I got hardly any REM sleep at all last night (just like every other night for over a week now), so I thought I'd be tired like usual, but for some reason, I'm not. I was actually surprisingly awake and mildly wired throughout my shift at the restaurant last night :hyper: I should have plenty of opportunity to catch up on some sleep this weekend--my friend from college is coming to stay with me for the weekend, and we're going to a concert in Annapolis on Saturday night (O.A.R., if any of you know of them), so should definitely be a good relaxing weekend.

Aimee--I try to sleep--honest! I just can't seem to stay asleep once I'm out. You're so lucky you can TAKE ibuprofen! I am allergic to all NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatories), so I can't take ibuprofen or naproxin (over-the-counter Aleve) or even aspirin. All I am allowed is Tylenol (acetominophin), which doesn't even budge a headache or cramps. I developed this allergy after my first year of college. I took Aleve one day for cramps (worked REALLY great to get rid of my cramps, so I took it every TOM), and I ended up in full-blown anaphylactic shock. The doctor said if I had gotten to the Emergency Room 5 minutes later, I would have died. As it was, I had no blood pressure when I got there because my body was so swollen, it actually constricted my blood vessels so no blood could pump through my body. Fun times. Just another of my close encounters with death--makes me think there MUST be a reason for me to be here. Someone up there's lookin' out for me :)

Kimberley--Yay, TOM! :p Doesn't it feel weird to be HAPPY about it? I feel ya, though--I'd much rather know it's full-on for a few days instead of just spotting forever. How frustrating!

Alright, a quick whine about my diet--yesterday I broke down and went down to the cafeteria pretty early. I knew I needed to get up and walk around or else someone would surely find me passed out sleeping in my cubicle. So, I decided to go down and get a diet pepsi (I MUCH prefer fountain soda over the bottles from the vending machines). However, when I got down there, I decided to get something to nibble on. Did I get a little thing of healthy cereal or a bowl of the chilled fruit that was out on the salad bar? Oh no, that would have been too easy. No, instead, I opted for the BIG FROSTED DONUT with colored sprinkles. I LOVE colored sprinkles. Did I stop there? Oh no. Right next to the donut was a CHEESE DANISH (I am so addicted to anything with cream cheese--cheesecake is my biggest downfall). So, since I couldn't decide between the donut and the danish, I had both. Yeah, that's right, BOTH. It was really good. I felt really bad. So, to make up for it, I didn't eat my 2 hotdogs and the orange I had packed for lunch. I know there were more calories in the junk food than in my lunch, but at least it helped to compensate for some of it. I got on the scale this morning (Thursday's my weigh-in day), and I'm at 305.5, so up 1 pound from 2 weeks ago. I was actually surprised it wasn't a lot more considering what I had yesterday AND what I had all last week in CT (I probably can't even count the number of brownies I ate on all of my fingers and toes combined). So, 1 pound to lose this week to be back on track. I know I can do it :)

Okay, that's certainly a long enough post, so I'll be going now. I actually have work to do since this new proposal came bombarding our office yesterday, so I'm flooded with stuff to do today, which means no more poting timm tomorrow morning. Happy Almost-Friday!! :D