Good morning PIC Divas!! ;) I am chugging my 8-ounce motivator...no, not water yet, :coffee2:

DEE!! Welcome back. I was so excited to see you posted. You know that songe 'We Got Annie' from the play itself...I can hear that in my head 'We got DeeRod...We got DeeRod. Everyone was here waiting for you. You had courage and came back to us. YAY :bravo: That's a hard thing, but you are here.

I have been lazy drinking water...It is not being my friend. I look at is clear liquidy-ness, and the Diet Lime Pepsi calls my name....what's a girl to do.
Buck up, fill 'er up, and start chugging.

Take care all, love L2L

Good Morning,
The sun is shinning and it is going to be another hot one.

L2L: Water is not so bad once you get used to it. I try to drink about 150oz a day.I average about 120oz. Glad the siblings were placed together. It is really the best for them. There can never be too many that love a child so keep visiting and give the caregiver a break every once in a while.(that is the #1 request that most kinship caregivers want, a break) Counseling for young kids normally goes very quickly. They work through the garbage. M did play therapy at 3. She still goes for some "tune ups" but to see the progress was truely amazing.

Dee: Glad you are back. Yup, if you fall off you have to jump right back on that horse. Motivation is hard but that is what we are for. Lean on us!! Get back on track, make good choices, drink your water, and find some time to exercise. LOL

Petra: Slow and steady weight loss is the best way. I am sure you know that.I will take a 1lb loss over a gain any week. Not sure what my weigh in will be. I hope I didn't blow it but I am not going to stress about it. LOL I know I could of made better choices and it is always a learning process. Hope the pink eye is better. I had it a few years ago, never figured out where I got it from.

TEB: I am glad it is Friday too. Although I only worked 3 days this week, I have been so busy!! I should be back to normal by Monday and my week starts all over again!!

Momx3: Congrats on the new baby! Great job on the treadmill and curves. I do love to exercise and I missed going to the gym while on vacation. I am going tonight after work. Dh is playing Mr Mom this week so he has M.

Jeannie: Hope you are staying cool in your part of the world.

Well, I will tell you our dinner story the other night. Afer going to the water park all day we stopped for dinner at a historic hotel in Hot Springs. The kid that waited on us sat us in the back corner of the room and then forgot about us. M wanted salad with her dinner. Most places are shocked a kid wants salad and normally will give me one or let her change her fries for a salad. This place charged us $4.50 for the salad and $4.50 for the child's chicken fingers with fries. $9.00 for a dinner for a kid, my dinner was only $9.99. Then they ran out of ranch on the salad bar. M's favorite and they didn't have enough for her chicken. It was actually very watered down dressing. The salad bar didn't have much on it and in my opinion was crappy. We make it through dinner and dh's gives them our bank card (debit, credit card) to pay. The kid comes back and says it is declined. I know dang well we had money in the bank. It wouldn't of been so bad except he announced it out loud and was a jerk about it. So Dave paid with cash. After we left the dinner place we stopped by an ATM and it gave us cash and we checked our balance and there was plenty of money in the bank but for a while there I was wondering if I had messed up our checking account again. It ruined our dinner and the attitude was horrible. The food was over priced and not very good. It was the only bad expierance we had in S. Dakota. Most everyone including the horse lady calling me fat was nice.

Well, I need to head to work. Everyone have a wonderful day!
Hugs and Blessings,
Lisa
Wyoming

Hi everyone, just wanted to pop in and say Hi. I am packing up and gettting ready to go on my vaca. I'm not sure if I'll have internet access or not so I might not be around for a while. I am promising my self to stay on plan while away. We are going to be in a house so we can cook and everything for ourselfs so I dont' have to worry about eating out constantly and there are lots of things to do that are active. I can do it! Every other vacation, I give up ussually before I leave the city because I'm running late so I grab a breakfast sandwhich somewhere and then I just snowball in to junkfood eating habits. This time I'm not going to do it. I'm going to take 100 cal snacks for in the car and be OP while I'm away.
ttyl, I'll miss you all.
Jennie

My baby Squeak
 

I took her to the vet this morning to be spayed. I think it was harder on me than her. I doubt she's ever even BEEN in a car before (except for when someone dumped her out). Poor thing. I hope she comes through okay.

I didn't get to lift weights last night. My coworker didn't get back in time and I didn't want to stay over when I had to get up at 0600 this morning. But I'm hoping I'll get to do my 20 minutes of exercise today. I HAVE to!

I hope you're all doing well. I have to take Squeak to work with me (or Lt. said I could NOT come in, it's up to me). There's enough officers on today that I can be absent without much fuss. I guess we'll see how Squeak comes through her surgery. I'll check back in later today unless something bad happens. Enjoy your Friday's and hang on... week end is nearly upon us.

Hello everyone!! Yes I am here! Having a good week so far!! I have lost 3 more pds!! So far 52 pds since the end of March!! Woohoo!

Went shopping yesterday all day like 12 hours!! Whoa!! Anyways got soem good deals at the childrens place like the whole was only 3.99 each! So I bought 3 jeans of my son and 1 t-shirt and 1 pair of jeans and a dress for my daughter and only spent 24.00 bucks!! Plus my mom and I went to Cabelas wow what a wonderful place it was so neat in there!!

Well hope all has a great weekend!!

Morning Ladies :coffee:. So I have been on SB for a week now so I weighed myself this morning :goodscale (naked :fr: ) to see how my first week has gone and I am down 3.6 pounds since last Friday and that's with TOM. I won't post it in my ticker 'cause I usually use my curves weight with my clothes on but I am down to 330.2. YEAH!!

Sunshine - Way to go on the 3 lbs lost!!! :cheer:

Hotcup - Kitty will be fine. It is always harder on us then it is on them. Try to relax. :D

Jenie - Have fun on vacation and we look forward to hearing all about it when you get home.

Lisa - Sorry to hear about the bad time you had at dinner. I hate it when things like that happen. :mad: Especially when you know you are right. I might have been tempted to go back and rub it in their faces. When they told you it had declined you should have said "Oh no there is money in there why don't you show me how you did it" and make them show you that it declined.

Lookin - Yep, you gotta drink the water. I'm lucky because I actually like water. :yes: It's all I drink.

Petra - Another pound down!! :cb: How is the exercise going? I want to thank you again for teaching me about SB. I really think this is a plan I can live with forever although August will be hard because my b-day and my 2 dd's are all in August. I guess that will be my first true test.

TTYL

News from the Vet... Not so good
 

They called at 11:45 and said they had her prepped for pre surgery, sedated and as per my request had begun to investigate her "BAD BREATH", they found an infectious mass in her MOUTH. They requested to remove it and biopsy it. Not good. But they are going to go ahead with her spay. I mean, she may be okay, but I'm worried to death. It's already an extra $52.00 and this may just be the start of it. I'm also concerned I'll not know how to take care of her when we get home. I've taken the day off and arranged for BF to come up and watch her tomorrow, so I can go to work, worry free. Poor Squeak :(

Hotcup - I am so sorry about poor squeak!! I am praying she will be alright.

Hello,
I know it has been a LONG time but I'm back :D finally got the computer fixed and the DSL up again woohoo... I feel I missed so much :(

I haven't lost anything since I last reported, I have been sick with the flu or cold or what ever this bug is and it's been hard to work out or eat right I hope I get better fast so I can start up my work out routine. It's SOOOO hot!!! and I just feel like :censored: right now.

I hope you are all doing great and sticking to your programs

Sunshine- Congrats on the loss!!!

Momx3- Congrats on your loss too!!

You're all doing so great

HotCup- I hope your squeak comes out of this alright feels much better soon :(

MoonRay

Turtle-Hope your kitty is okay. I know how much sick animals can worry you.

Moonray-Long time, no see! Glad to have you back. It's like old home week on the PIC chick thread.

Mom-glad you are doing so well on SB. The birthdays will be a challenge. If you have control over the cake, there are some interesting flourless chocolate cake recipes. I can look for some for you if you are interested. I've never tried any. I'm doing well with the exercise. I'm going to try to go to the yoga class again tomorrow morning. It's at 8, which is tough on a Sat. morning.

TTYL

H E Y P I C S !!!

wooo hooo the weekend is here!! :cheer: (tho i still have to work tomorrow) but they are calling for it to be 85 a virtual cold wave is comming!!!! soooooo much better than the 90's with 75% humidity!!

I got some serious tanning planned for the afternoon! umm what about my messy house? who cares l'll clean it in the winter lmao


MomX: way to go!!!! I saw a receipe in the SB book for a chocolate sponge cake.or maybe a carrot cake made with wheat flour and sugar substitute?

miss turtle: dont fret ... they will give ya all the scoop when u pick ur baby up... what to do and what not to do..mainly just dont let her run around too much or be too active for a few days and as someone mentioned she will pretty much take care of her self... u may have to find some soft foods for her becuz of her mouth.. i gave myah baby food meats when she burned her mouth.
and tuna i put in the blender.

lisa: ya know i think i would have whapped that horse lady over the head with the weight watchers book! lol just kidding..well now u are home u can fly by on the broom and whap her ... uhh i am so allergic to horses..when i get around them i look like i have pink eye... and sneeze 4 ever


Petra: hows the pink eye comming along? did u figure out how u got it? the yoga sounds fun and relaxing..


sunshine: i love bargains 2... i love to browse the thrift stores... and e-bay!!!


jennie: hope u have a great time and enjoy yourself!


looking to lose: what great news about the lil guy! u never know it may be more fun having the kids over for visits.. then when they act up.. u get to take them back!!
keep tryin... there are so many children that need a loving home.. and your turn will come..OMG diet pepsi lime thats my coffee!!!!

Moonray: hope u are feeling better soon... suxs to be sick...


deer: jump on back into the groove... its nice to see u back.. this is a wonderful thread u started and im so glad that i found it!!!


ok gotta go get my walk in ...

Petra - Did you get my pm?

Howdy All,
We today our Frontier Days started..can anyone say..is it over yet? I am taking the girls to the parade in the morning. Dave isn't going. :mad: He is worried about not having everything together for his broadcast. I was going to go to the gym to work out but he decided he wanted me home instead. I think it was because he wanted the yard mowed. So I did that and I am pulling weeds out of the back yard. So I got 3 hours of exercise in. LOL and got a lot done toward the weeds. We have thisle in the back and I hate it.I love to walk barefoot in the grass and I can't keep shoes on M anyway.

Hotcup: hope kitty is doing better! I love my kitties, they are a pain at times but when they curl up on my head and feet on a cold night..I am glad I have them. LOL

Moon: Glad you are back! Sorry about your puter problem. How are you doing?

Curly: I was ok with the horse lady. SHe tried to be nice about it and we had such a wonderful time it didn't matter to me anyway. LOL I figured my fat butt fit on the horse and it went down the water slide, we had a great time and that is all that mattered.

Momx3: great on your loss and being on program.

Petra: hope you have a quiet weekend. Don't work too hard and make sure you eat your 3 meals. I have problems with that on the weekends too.

Sunshine: congrats on your loss too. WOW 52lbs gone forever. That is great!!

Jennie: have a great time. Stay on program and enjoy yourself!

I am a little worried about weigh in tomorrow. If I maintained I will be ok. Hopefully I didn't gain. I had lots of activity this week so I hope it out weighs the extra food I ate. LOL We will see.

Everyone have a great night.

Hugs and Blessings,
Lisa
Wyoming

We survived the night
 

Squeak looked so horrible when I brought her home. She felt dead. But little by little she improved until she was digging and wanting out of her cage. I couldn't keep her from running and jumping though. She chose a shelf over the bed to sleep on. Despite my better judgement, I left her alone and I guess we both slept well. She was asleep in the sun in the window when I woke up and she leapt to me in one bound to say good morning. So I guess she's feeling much better. Now we just have to wait on her biopsy results.

I don't know how I managed to not eat all day. I did over eat, but I kept track of it all. I drank my water and I managed to FORCE myself to do twenty minutes of exercise (while my sister was here).

Jay was going to come up to watch Squeak while I went to work, but I don't think she needs him too. But we ARE going to have to put a flea bomb off. Every summer the fleas get worse here. Darn things.

Thanks for all your well wishes for Squeak. That was a very traumatic day for both of us. I hope it all turns out.

Believe it or not, I was a big loser this week!!! I loss 2.4lbs. All I can say is WOW! I really shouldn't have lost but I think all the extra exercise helped me. I almost didn't go this morning but I forced myself to see the results. I love WW scale, it jumps and jumps sort of like a merry go around where it stops no one knows. LOL I was happy with the results. My total now is 23.4lbs with WW and 29.9lbs unofficially. I really feel great!

Going to go get Skyler and take her and M to the parade this morning. I need to stop and get water for us. It is going to be a hot one. We should have a good time. I probably will take them swimming this afternoon. It is too hot not too.

Hope everyone has a great day. I will check in later.

Hugs and Blessings,
Lisa
Wyoming