Cherie, btw if you are still here are you still eating yogurt? I had one this morning and it was pretty filling and I love to add cold cereal to it. It is good with alot of nutrition. I told dh I need more calcium because I drink milk only with desserts :^:, and we should all start thinking about getting our calcium now at our age. I might buy some viaciv(sp?) chews. Okay going to get going now. Bye

:-) I had ESP Jules.... I'll be taking my laptop, so I will try to log in at some point... I just can't make any promises. I will be on today however!

OK.. my office brings in Krispy Kremes doughnuts every Friday.... and I've been doing a pretty good job of ignoring them.... I just want something to eat right now.... and they sounds so good... no, don't worry, I won't do that to myself.. it's just my inner depressed voice wanting to eat since the scale didn't like me today. I guess it liked me, I am lower than yesterday, however, for the week, it didn't go down. Oh well..... NO KRISPY KREMES. I had the urge earlier when I went to go get water to open the box and fill it full of water... :-) but I resisted, and just moved them out of my way (the box was hanging over the sink, hence the impulse).

Back to work now.....

C.

Julie.. I eat with my lunch every day, the Dannon Fit and Light Apple yogurt with Fiber. I used to eat the Yoplait Whips, loved those, but the lower calories and fat with the added fiber made me switch to Dannon. I am eating a pretty balanced diet, 20% fat, 30% protein and 50% Carbs, getting in 25 grams of fiber, and keeping it all under 1300 calories a day. I need to get more veggies in my diet, but that would be my only downfall. I am doing well with my calcium, three full servings a day, and I take a calcium supplement about 4 times a week. Today, I forgot to pack in my extra South Beach cereal bar, (trying to get my calories closer to 1300, than 1000, which is where they have been this past couple of weeks) so I guess I will have it tonight after I exercise for a treat.. I don't normally eat after 6:30 if I can at all help it.

OK... getting closer to lunch... I am HUNGRY!

:-)

I'm pathetic. I went to heat up my lunch, and the krispy kremes are there.. so as my pizza was heating up, I opened up the box and just stared at them. Just stared. Oh they smelled so good... and the one that I love, the cream filled with brown sugar and nuts on the top is still there, in BOTH BOXES... yeah.. I closed the lid. Got my pizza out, so I at least still feel like I am splurging, even if it is a Lean Cuisine pizza, Pizza is still Pizza. :-) OK.. back to my lunch!

:strong: :bravo: :dance: :cheer: Go Cherie, go Cherie, go go go Cherie, great job passing those up. I don't know if I could honestly do it right now. But pizza sounds great. I might make a homemade one this weekend with a wholewheat crust, with homemade tomato sauce, green pepper, onions and mushrooms and mozz. Sounds great. You know I did not know that Dannon had a yogurt out with fiber in it. I am going to have to look harder for it. I have no idea what to eat for lunch....kids are eating. My son his usual, but dd is getting so picky at lunch. Supper is a breeze with her and ds that is his picky meal ( can't win,lol) , but she does not like macncheese or pb&j's. So today I took her to the pantry and said what do you want? Tomato soup with goldfish crackers, spaghettio's, cheese and crackers? What does she pick? A can of mushrooms, ate almost all of them so far....we had them the other night on our mushroom/onion cheeseburgers and founds out she loves canned mushrooms. I will just give her some milk for some protein, LOL, kids. Your caloric and nutrition intake sounds pretty healthy. Sounds like alot of good food for 1300 calories. I guess I need to plan my meals more during the day. Well gotta scoot. Check back later. Smile everyone, it helps :).

Julie.. that pizza sounds great! YUM.... and yes, go look for the yogurt.. there is apple and a couple of flavors I think. They come in a 4 pack. Oh, and I understand your frustration with your little picky eaters... the mushrooms are cracking me up, I probably couldn't get my girls close to a mushroom.

OK.. 2 hours and 15 minutes and counting... yeah.. I'm ready for the weekend. :D

I have my tuna here for my 2 pm snack.. but I think I am sick of tuna this week. The thought of having tuna breath again for a few hours til I get home to brush again just doesn't sound nice. I may pass on my extra protein today. Maybe I'll make up for it at dinner!

back to pretending to work here!

Cherie, GREAT JOB on passing up those donuts. You rock :dancer: I wish I had a LC pizza right about now, I like those french bread ones with lots of red pepper on it. You know, your current OP menu sounds awfully close to what mine would be if I were following it :^: You're doing awesome and forget the scale, I bet you have a 2 lb drop of more next weigh in. Have a wonderful weekend w/ you 'friend' Alan ;) He'll wise up one day soon I hope.

Hey girls, not doing so well today foodwise. I ate 1 oreo poptart this morning and a just had one bottle of water--just one. Usually by this time I've at least had 3 bottles. I feel like I'm always on the run and when I get into the office I just get so bogged down that even though I'm hungry I can't always stop to eat. It's this 'too long in between meals' that gets me. I don't eat during the morning so I pig out in the afternoon or evening. Blah, I have got to get back on a sane, normal eating plan that will keep me from gaining and hey! maybe even help me lose weight, how about that concept? I will join Angie on Monday :strong: I will have to restock my fridge with good things that won't tempt me.

Julie, your dd likes canned mushrooms? How funny. I had to bribe Michael to eat some canned corn the other day, he'll usually eat it but I dunno, some days he's so darn picky it drives me nuts. He's a mac'n'cheese and pbj boy too. He's recently added Spaghettios w/meatballs to his repetoire but I hate that all he really likes to eat is coming from a can...I feel guilty, but hey, what can you do if that's what your kids will eat? I don't want him to go hungry. There's that budget issue too--and it's not only money, it's time--there's just not enough of it. Sorry to ramble on about it....just going w/that train of thought. OK, I'm back in my right mind :lol:

OK, so who do ya think will be the final 2 on AI? My guess is that it will be Carrie and Bo--and if it is, I'm going to be dialing like crazy for Bo because I can not stand Carrie anymore, Ms. "I'm It" Ice Queen. BAH!

I think I better go now and get some real food to fuel my brain :)

Hey girls whats up this evening....?? We are about to eat dinner, salmon and I just want to have a salad and a veggie with it and skip the white potatoe.

Noelle, I know the money thing about getting kids to eat too. I feel so guilty for throwing their food away. Because a can of this or a box of that or money doesn't grow on trees!! I feel you. I talked to my mom who is a nurse about their sometimes picky eating and she said don't worry, they will live, they will eat when they are hungry. I guess I am a worrier. We just have the fruit pop-tarts in the house right now. THREE boxes!! You know what don't get down on yourself....you are a busy woman. I will join you and Angie on Monday. I believe in you!! Go girl. Stock your fridge. I remember when you would say were eating your Kashi cereal in the a.m. and your subway for lunch. Maybe just eat more often and more healthy snacks, if you can fit it in with time and being busy.

Cherie, have a great weekend with Alan.
Hi everyone else.

Noelle, I forgot to say....I think it is going to be Carrie and Bo too. GO BO!!!! I do not want Carrie to win. She is getting that "Hollywood" attitude. I think I might dial in too if Bo is in the final two. I wish they would have Clay back on as a guest. I love some of his songs. So romantic....

OK... NSV here... I went and got the girls something from Burger King, and nothing for myself... I am going to have something healthy in a few! Yeah me!!!! Its soooo tempting... I was going to get us all something from KFC.. but then started looking at the nutritional values and the sodium for everything was off the charts.. 2000 mg.. so... I am being good, and then splurging tomorrow with Alan..

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OK.. just got off the phone with my ex. His schedule is changing once again... now he will get the days Friday and Monday off. I will no longer get a free weekend. I am so frustrated and upset...I offered to try to get him the IT position that was open at my company, and he never sent in is resume, I was going to try to work in the same building with him because he would make more money and possibly pay me child support, and he would have regular hours and I could have a life again... DAMN.... I am just frustrated. Now, not only will I not get child support, I won't get any time off either. This just really bites. This makes me want to binge.. right now.. I am such an out of control emotional eater... geeze... I just had my cereal.. I should be OK... but its going to take everything I have in will power tonight not to start crying and start eating the ice cream in the freezer.

OK.. I need to get off here and do my Pilates. talk to you soon.

Cherie

:grouphug: HUGS Cherie!!! You are doing so good, don't let this setback derail you. You are a great mom and I admire you for raising your girls by yourself. You are an inspiring and strong woman. You passed up the donuts, you passed up KFC and BK....you can bypass the ice cream. Go ahead and scream, yell or cry if you have to, just let that stress out without sabotaging yourself. Man, if I lived closer I'd take the girls off your hands for a night so you could relax and enjoy yourself. Gosh, no child support? Is it that he doesn't have a steady job or because of his illness? I know that in my state they suck the support payments right from the payroll (I'm sure you're familiar w/that scenario doing your job and all...). Girl, you are a superwoman doing it all and I know these words might not give you much comfort, but I am here to chat if you need to. Try and enjoy the rest of the evening and have a good one w/Alan tomorrow. Chin up! :)

Happy Saturday Girls
 

Good Morning

Cherie, hugs from me too. I wish we lived closer because I would take the girls and they could play with my babes and you could hae a break. Honestly I would do it. Just as Noelle said. And also as she said you did a great job passing up all the goodies and fast food. You must be in a super hard position. I kind of understand because my mom was a single mom with my brother and I. She worked her @ss off just to get us by. But I love her so much for everything she has done and given up for us. My dad did not pay child support on a regular basis either. And did not see us on a regular sched. Don't feel bad about venting or letting your feelings out. Thats what friends are for. Have a spectacular day with Alan. Thinking of you.

Noelle I hope you are resting up from the week too. I don't know what we are going to do yet. The wind gusts are up to 40mph and the temp is thirty-six. The heat is actually kicking on. Dh may take the kiddos to see his mom, they have not seen her in a couple of weeks and I am going to clean this house like a mad woman. From dusting to scrubbing :lol:. And then I plan on making a comfort homemade meal for tonight and watching COPS. I love that show. Bad, huh? LOL. But I think it is going to be lasanga and garlic bread or either shredded chicken enchiladas with all the fixings and sides. I had some egg whites for breakfast so I would like to save most of my calories for this evening. Well enough babbling from me.

Kids are singing so loud I can't hardly type. Time to go get this place spiffy and shiny!! I just love a clean house. Everyone come out. I miss you.

Btw anyone watch 20/20 last night on food myths?? It was pretty interesting. Okay gotta run. I have to get a new battery for the video camcorder and a bracket for our hard-drive. So much to do. I better get off of here. Check back later.

Hey girls, I had a full day of shopping today. Michael has a May Day program next Friday at school and their theme country is Italy...the teacher wants the boys in a long sleeved green shirt and get this--white long pants. Who in their right mind would want a boy child wearing white pants? I can not tell you how many freakin' stores I scoured before I found a pair of little boys white long pants. The girls are wearing red shirts and white pants. I guess they're supposed to represent the colors of the flag? Anyway, WalMart had tons and tons of little girls white pants, capris, shorts, you name it. But nothing, abso-effin-lutely nothing for little boys. I was getting PO'd just having to go from store to store. So much that I almost contemplated buying him a pair of white jeans in the girls section. Luckily I found ON THE CLEARANCE RACK at Children's Place a pair on sale for $9.99. Thank God because the only other alternative was a pair of Polo brand slacks for $45. I really don't know when or where I would have my son wear white pants otherwise, he can stand still and get dirty :lol:. Anyway, enough ranting all over a silly pair of white pants.

Julie, I didn't see that 20/20 about food myths, maybe I'll catch a replay? Did ya get to watch Cops? bad boys bad boys whatcha gonna do...whatcha gonna do when they come for you... :lol: 36 degrees? chillin'! Yum, your dinner whichever way you decided to go, sounds good.

Well, hope everyone else is having a great weekend. One more day of leisure then it's back to the old grind. have a good one.

Hello Ladies,

So busy!! I am so ready for this year to be over. I am trying to get into a school closer to home for next year. There's one school in particular that was labeled failing that I see as a great challenge. I hope that school calls me. I hate that schools are labeled anything. This particular school has over 90% English Language Learners, yet schools like that are supposed to have the same goals as schools in neighborhoods where the average income is at least 6 figures. :mad: It's really bad also, because according to NCLB every school has certain goals they have to meet to achieve AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) and if only 1 identified group (ELL, Special Ed, etc) does not meet their goals the entire school receives a label of underperforming or failing. Never mind if every other group met or exceeded their goals. Teachers are even penalized if the student attendance rate is too low. (2 years ago teachers at the school I was at lost $1200 because attendance was less than 95%). Enough ranting.

Noelle: I know how frustrating it can be to have to go everywhere to find one item. Of course, you know that now you'll find white pants for boys everywhere. :lol: Red, green, and white are the colors of the Italian flag.

Julie: Your meals always sound so good. I have resorted to making crockpot meals because I'm so tired all the time. Also, it's starting to get pretty hot. Although we have not reached 100 yet, it has been in the mid and upper 90's. Today it is nice. We had a thunderstorm roll through yesterday evening and it really cooled things down, although it is a bit humid. The temp now is 61; the high should be about 75-80.

Angie: I'm sure things will really get busy for you. I really miss your posts. I hope things are going really well for you. Is there any time during the week that your bakery is closed? I'm sure you've already told us, but I don't remember. I think after June 3 my brain will start functioning again. :lol:

Cherie: I'm sorry about the situation. I'm sure things will work out. I'm with the others, if I were closer I'd watch your little ones. I'm sure Ashley would like to have some playmates. :) Hope your weekend is a great one.

Hello to Gina, Kempy, Dips, Summer: Come out and play!!

Cal

Good Morning girls!!!

Noelle, YEAH on finding the pants. Too bad you had to buy stupid items for nothing. I know with 3 kids I wouldnt be able to spend money on a pair of pants that I know they would never wear again. I am glad you found some cheap ones that will do the trick. I hope you have a great weekend.

Cherie, {{{HUGS}}}} I hope you and your ex can work something out so you can have some time off. My sis has a loser for an ex who has NEVER once taken her kid for the night(and he doesnt even have an excuse other than the fact that he is a lush). Lucky for her my parents take her kid every other weekend for her while she works. (she is on rotating weekends at the hospital) Keep your chin up, I am sure you two can work something out.

Julie, Hi girl. Do you have any great crockpot recipes for me? I like Cal have been trying to do crockpot meals to save time since our workday is neverending. :lol: I know you always have such great ideas.

Cal, What recipes are you slowcooking? Up til now I have always had the time to cook big dinners but now I am so busy that we end up eating junkfood. I hate it. :lol:
I bet you are happy that school is getting closer to being out for the year. We are closed on Sunday at the bakery which means that I get from 2:00 on Saturdays until noon on Sundays off. I still have to work on Saturday AND Sunday but at least it is a small break. I am not sure I will even get that this summer because in a tourist town we need to grab the money while it is hear.

There is a big company that owns 400,000 acres of land up there that is going to develop it and put in house lots and huge luxery resorts so if anyone is looking for a vacation home there will be pleny available in a few years. I am excited to see what changes it brings. Alot of the townspeople dont like it but jeepers we are so far in the woods that anything that will attract more people here year round and summerwise cant really hurt. As long as the crime stays away though because we have a low crimerate. I would hate to see the crime of big cities hit us.

Well, I should find something to do around the house until I have to go cook. Talk to ya later.

oh yeah, I have bought my Lloyds BBQ meat and veggies and watermelon and bananas for this week so keep your fingers crossed for me because I really have no choice, I have to lose this weight now.

Good Afternoon,

Angie great job buying some healthy food for the week. I am :cheer:for you. You know about those crockpot recipes, I remember when I was working full time 40-60 hours a week I would use my crockpot alot. I would just simply add like a pork or beef roast liption onion soup water cut up onions and carrots and potatoes. You can prepare the veggies the night before!! I also would fry hamburger the night before and make a huge pot of chili in the morning or a beef taco casserole(ground beef, tomato soup or tomato sauce, taco mix, onions, water, and topped that mixture,when you get home on fritos, cheese, salsa, guac. and sour cream or make burritos out of the mixture?) mix a can of chicken broth and cream of chicken add s&p and chicken. I say anything you can make you can make it in the crockpot and enjoy!! I know there are great recipes on the web. Btw I would love one of those vacation homes for the summer....

Noelle you poor thing....white pants for a boy?? I would say rent a pair from a tuxedo shop if nothing else :lol:. I have honestly never seen any white pants for boys. First of all they would have them dirty in a minute, that is probally why they don't make them. I get mine dressed and boom grease dirt or whatever. My dd gets dirty in her pink or light colors. LOL. Part of life I guess. I feel guilty when I spend money on myself. Isn't that funny I would rather buy for the kids than me. I would not have spent the 45 on the pants either. I hope you are having a beautiful day. I wish we were laying out on the beach with a tropical drink and :blah: :blah:....

Cal I wanted to say hi to you too :dizzy:, I hope you get a position closer to home. Being a teacher must be a hard job. I will keep my fingers crossed that the school you want calls you. Good luck. I can't believe it is that hot there right now. Wow, we are below average for temps. It is only forty-nine degrees here :(. I want to just sit in the sun for twenty minutes, it always boosts my moods. Well gotta run everyone.

Hello to everybody. Today is major splurge day. Bacon and cheese omlettes for breakfasts and Lasanga and garlic bread tonight. Way to many carbs. I got some excercise in though today. And cleaned the house some more. You know I think cleaning is a great work-out? I wonder how many calories it burns? Check back tonight.

Confession time....ate two huge pieces of lasanga and four pieces of garlic bread. Yuck. I am not going to have to worry about vampires!! I could use some chocolate.

Good Night Girls

Hope you all had a nice weekend. Talk with you tomorrow :)

Good Morning Girls, just pulling us off of page 2. Check back later :)

Good Morning everyone. I've been a little busy this morning.. seems that is was just last week I was running payroll.. and now it's time again to prepare it.

I had a great weekend. Thanks everyone for listening to me rant on Friday evening. I need to call Steven and find out more about this change in his schedule. It just puts a wrench in some very important plans that I had for May.

Saturday I dropped the girls off at their dad's and met Alan at his house.... while we were waiting for the Fed Ex guy to show up, we finished putting up his track lights. Afterwards we took off with our list to the different stores we needed go to. Had lunch at PF Changs and came home and started preparing for his party. It was a nice one, but I didn't know anyone there. Next morning, I slept in, and we finally got up and went and spent the afternoon at the Oklahoma City Arts Festival. It was a beautiful day for it. We stopped by the Wal-Mart (I found the Denise Austin Fit for Kid's DVD for Hannah) and got stuff for dinner and came home and relaxed for an hour or so before we started on dinner. His family, dad, stepmom, brother and brother's girlfriend came over and we had made homemade spaghetti and meatballs, salad, garlic bread wine and for dessert, chocolate lava cakes with cool whip.. YUM. We watched Meet the Fockers.. funny, but not as good as the first. Needless to say, I didn't have any time to exercise, and I didn't really watch my calories... but I had a GREAT TIME. This morning, I didn't want to come to work.. I needed one more Sunday.

Cal, it's great to hear from you.. good luck in getting the other position closer to home!

Noelle.. I can't believe they wanted you to go buy white pants... But I am sure he will look adorable!

Julie... YUM on your food yesterday! :D

Hey Angie! You can do it girl.. you got the food ordered.. things will work out!

OK.. well, I need to get back to work. I am back on track today, after taking three days off of exercise, and two days off of my diet. I'll be back later after I get some work done!

Cherie

Cherie, sounds like you had a really nice weekend. Lots of parties and good food. So you italian too?? I ate way to much and paid for it by feeling ick. But I am with you, not so good eating this weekend, but I am so ready to get back on track this week. I didn't know Denise made tapes for kids. She has two girls I think. I bet she will and enjoy it and you can join in :). Didn't do to much this weekend. Checked WalMart's food section to see if they had that dannon yogurt with fiber but mainly just their brands. Have to get it at the grocery store. Got into it a couple of times with dh, but I won't get into that, to boring for you guys and a long story, you know unsettled things?? The weather was cold and windy and it is suppose to rain alot this week and be chilly. Oh well, I sure hope May is nice. Well I might go warm up a cup of tea to warm up. I am freezing. LOL.

Good morning girls...just a really quick one before I start getting ready for work. I saw this funny plaque in a catalog:

"I love you more today than yesterday. Yesterday you really pissed me off." :rofl:

Cherie, I watched Meet the Fockers last night too, stayed up til 11 pm :tired:

Be back later. HAVE A GREAT MONDAY. Go get 'em!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:Noelle, Love it!!!! You may have to hang one of those up in your office. Talk to you later. Have a great one.

Just checking in after lunch. I am drinking like crazy today. I still taste garlic from last night. I bet no one would want a kiss from me :lol:. Well dd is laying on the couch and wants a book read to her and think she might take a nap. WOOHOO....now if ds would take one. It will be interesting next year when he is in school full time and they make him lay down. Noelle, does Michael have do that? Or Cherie do your girls take "rest time" at school?? Just curious....

Julie... no, neither of my girls takes naps anymore.... That doesn't mean that every now and then, I won't put them both down and say it's nap time.. usually I can get them both to sleep and I can get one myself. That was another part of our strict schedule that I had.. Lunch then naps right after, and it aways seemed to work. They don't have naps or rest time at school either. Meg is in half day classes (other half is day care) and Hannah is full day. They just get recess. There are times when I pick them up, the teacher tell me that Megan seemed really tired.. (those are the days she probably should have taken a nap) and so she was cranky or acting up... Oh well. :-)

Well, I am back on track, need to go fill up my big cup for the third time today. I'm ready to get home and do my pilates and my treadmill work. I actually MISSED it this weekend! I'm making progress.

Alan took some pictures of me at the Arts Fest, and man.. that is more incentive to workout... an outfit that I thought looked halfway decent on me looked like crap. I have these huge thunder thighs.. from sturdy German stock... ick!!! Now I know exactly where I need to lose the weight.. (well I need to lose it all over, but my hips, belly and thigh area needs it the most). So.. needless to say, it wasn't hard for me to get back into the program today.

OK.. back to work....

Cherie, thanks for responding. Next year in my ds's kindergaten they have "rest time". He is so active, but he will get use to it. I try now after lunch to read books or say no rough housing. Doesn't always work. I had the same thing happen to me, I was looking at pictures from Easter and thought the sweater I had on looked nice but I looked kind of pudgy in the pictures. Even though I am close to my goal I need to firm up. You know the last pics you posted from Alan's party I thought you looked great. Just like Noelle said a woman should have curves. I lost my chest after having two kids, blah. Such is life!!

I am such a talker today. Tomorrow I have things planned so I am getting on here now. I hope everyone's day is going wonderful. Hi everybody!!

Hey girls, I'm back in the office eating my breakfast, Kashi Good Friends cinna-raisin crunch w/ff milk. I need to go and find my vitamins...that always seems to help w/warding off the cravings. If I eat right and take my vitamin I can stay on track. Sheesh, why is it so hard to follow a healthy way of eating? I think all of us know exactly the right things to do to lose weight, I could probably recite to you in my sleep what works for me to lose weight, why can't I just do it? It's such a head game, ya know? I have to psyhe myself out to go for a walk this evening when it cools down, I always get really lazy at the end of the day. I have to remember how energetic and alive I feel when I get some good exercise in. Must remember....seems so long ago :lol:

Julie, good luck w/getting both kiddos down for a nap. I would love taking afernoon naps w/my little one, most times I'd fall asleep before he would, then wake up to him staring into my face asking if it was time to get up yet :rolleyes: I think Michael's class has a little nap after lunch, maybe 30 minutes or so. I don't know exactly but I do know that I had to buy him a little padded fold up mat so I assume that's what it's for. :) Hey, did you see that Regis and Kelly show where she got up on the scale in front of the audience? She weighed like 105 lbs, that skinny little waif.

Cherie, your weekend sounded wonderful. What did you have planned for May? A weekend getaway? Hope everything works out for ya. I agree w/you on Meet the Fockers, funny but not outrageously so. I'm going back to Blockbuster at lunch to return that and the movie Birth, w/Nicole Kidman. That one sucked big time. Don't even bother. It's the one where her husband dies suddenly, then a few years later when she's about to remarry, a 10 y.o. boy shows up and says he's her husband reincarnated. It's weird, has slow timing and ends badly. That was a waste of time. Plus Nicole is a beautiful lady but she had this really short, cropped butch hair cut and it made her look way too angular and thin. Blech. I know exactly how you feel about looking at pictures of yourself. At least your weight doesn't show in your face. My face is so round and my double chin, yuck, scary! :eek: :lol: I think we are our own worst critics though.

Angie I would love a Summer vacation home near you. Now if only I could afford a house of my home where I really live! :rolleyes: How are you doing today girl? Back on the wagon? I'm trying, I really am. I think w/all of us trying we're bound to do some good. Let's do it, I'm tired of being fat.

Cal, good to hear from you. I wish you luck on finding a new school that suits you. I totally agree it's unfair for the whole school and teachers' performance to be judged poorly when it's only a small portion that may be failing. They have got to revamp those standards for the NCLB. My mom taught ESL students for a long time but she retired at the end of the year before those laws were put into effect. I feel for you. How are you feeling these days? Still getting those afternoon group walks? It must be heating up for you guys big time. I had an offer to go to Vegas in June for my nephews soccer tournament but I said, no thanks, too hot for me.

OK, what happened to Kempy again? And Gina? Summer, Dips? Hello to all, hope all is well and hope you guys can drop in sometime. Have a great day.

Hi everyone, this has been the first chance I could sit still long enough to post today. Well, I started my diet today and I have been totally on track EXCEPT for me and Jay split a raised donut with chocolate crunch on it. The crunch was a new product that we bought and we wanted to try it. It tastes awesome but it looks kinda funky on the donut with the light of the donut showing through. :lol: I had every intention of coming home and excersising today but I havent found a spare moment what with cooking and deposits and orders etc. You get the drift. :lol:

I made a smore cheesecake today for the bakery. It is a good thing I cant slice it til tomorrow because that baby came out looking awesome!!! That should be a big seller this summer with all the people going to their camps and RV parks.

We had a dozen or so women from the Red Hat Society hold their meeting out front this morning. They had a good time. It was nice to see so many people all sitting out front at once.

Well, I gotta go find some supper. Talk to ya later

PS: Noelle, I know exactly what you are talking about. I am having the exact same feelings you are right now. We can do this though....heck we have done it enough times already. :lol: I have to admit that I was so depressed when I stepped on the scales this morning because the reality sunk in that I am so close to my highest weight ever that it feels like I wont be able to do it again.

oh I forgot to tell you guys but Brit tried to have her tongue peirced last week. They actually got the needle through but as they were putting the stud in her reflexes made her pull her tongue in so he said to let the hole heal over and to come back in a day or two and he would redo it for half price. That kid is one brave girl. I could not willingly do that to myself. YUCK!! Jay said she squeezed his hand really hard but she says it didnt hurt that bad. :yikes: She wants to get it redone so we will see. She is just waiting for us to get the time to run her back up. It actually healed overnight. GROSS!!!!!!!!

**shudder** :p :yikes:

Ang.. I ditto what Noelle just said! OMG~!

Girls.. we all can do this, and we are all doing this together.... we each have our obstacles, but with each other's support, we can have a great summer dropping this weight!!

((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))

OK.. I need to go get serious with my treadmill! :-) Talk to you all soon!

Cherie

Good Evening Girls

Noelle I can't believe Kelly Ripa only weighs that much. I think she is like 5foot 4inches!! She just must live off of coffee or something. Wouldn't you love to just know what she eats during the day?? Hope your workday was good. You are right I think we do all know what it takes....but it is hard. I didn't do that well at supper. But could have been worse. Did get my excercise in today though about twenty minutes low impact. Btw great job on that healthy breakfast and taking your vitamins :).

Cherie are you going to tune into the Bachelor tonight?? They go to hometown dates tonight so I might watch. Thanks for the motivational words. Keep them coming!!

Oh my god Angie, tounge piercing?? Ouch. Yikes.... The smore cheesecake sounds great and I bet it will fly off the shelf with all the tourists. Whats summer without a smore and add cheesecake, yum. Great job staying on track. And great job splitting the donut with Jay. You could have ate the whole thing. Baby steps and you will start to lose.

Well I think I am going to go fill up my water glass again. Bye for now.

Good Morning.. It's Payroll morning, so this will be short! :-)

I got my treadmill work in last night, 75 minutes (while watching the bachelor) 5.32 miles. I would have gone for 5.5 but my sister called me right at the end, and I lost my motivation to finish.

The girls loved the Fit Kid's video by Denise Austin. It's a 20 minute video for the kids (there is also one for family, but we didn't do that one) and it involves so standing cardio, some floor strength training, warm up and cool down, and it's just a fun video. They both had a great time doing it. Hannah wants to do Dance Dance Revolution tonight ... so I will try to get her to do both.

Well, after my great weekend, I am up 1.5 pounds from Saturday. It seems I am going to be stuck in the 150's forever. Not going to give up ..... I'll be back on the treadmill tonight.

OK.. back to work! Have a great day.. I'll be back this afternoon!

Cherie

Well, I finished payroll.. it's been transmitted and out the door. I forgot my lean cuisine for lunch today. Luckily, since I am trying to add a few more calories (I don't think I am eating enough) I had a piece of whole wheat earthgrain's bread and a tablespoon of peanut butter and a banana extra today. So, that, with my yogurt and cheese was my lunch today.

I wish I could take the rest of the afternoon off... but I only have 2.5 more hours to go, so I should be OK. Tonight is the Amazing Race, so I will try to be on the treadmill during that. I am also going to fit in my pliates since I didn't do it last night.

OK.. well, it's bathroom break time... I'll be back later!

Cherie

Good afternoon!! Today is my sisters 30th birthday. She hung out at the bakery with us all day. My s'more cheesecake came out awesome and I am very proud to say that I had only 1 small bite to see how it was!!!!!!

My new big prob comes next week when we will be starting Bagels. :yikes: I LOVE garlic bagels. It is a total tease but so many people want them that we should probably do them.

Cherie, Congrats on all your exercising. I wished I could figure out a time to get some in. At least I am on track right now so I take that for a bit of a victory. :lol:

I gotta go to work. Talk to ya later