Amarantha, thanks for the encouragement!
Hope you feel better!

ceara-glad your surgery went well and that you are on the recuperation trail. hope that low grade fever is a thing of the past very quickly. please take it easy.

wildfire-your roses are beautiful.

aria-you are doing great!

amarantha-hope you feel better asap!

hi arabella, frogger, kaylets, eydie, and to all the remaining royals!

i can't even begin to catch up completely on all of your posts, but please know that i really do think of you, even when i am unable to post personal notes. i am definitely taking a fresh start card. my efforts have been anything but stellar lately on the food plan front, but today is the day! i have been keeping up with my tai chi tape and back exercises, but had let the food portions go off track big time. new day, new dawn as far as food goes. ate pretty healthfully and reasonable portions today. i am in on the end of this sprint at least. better late than never, i say! take good care, one and all!

Queenly Ones - a flyby to say I'm hoping we
've turned a corner here.

DH in hospital since last Wednesday, Intensive Care since Friday. Five litres of blood, clots, fluid removed from his abdomen Friday, two litres of fluid from his lungs today. Still intubated, heavily sedated, all sorts of evil things. But he is still with us and hopefully will improve some tomorrow.

I crashed today, hit a wall after the procedure for the lungs. Fortunately, both kids were here today. DS here since Friday, DD as can be and coming back tomorrow. Somehow after the burnout of the day, I'm feeling a bit better this evening.

Cannot answer or even read all posts at the moment but wanted to check in to remind me that life goes on.

Hello all,

Just a quick pop in to say hello and that try as I might this morning, just couldnt post...

And so interesting your post says " Today is the Day!" WSW as that is today's thought.... and the question is "What's for supper?"


And as for making up for typos, miswrites, rewrites and just generally having to admit that we were wrong.....DON'T YOU JUST HATE IT!!! Especially when its so much easier to blame someone else??? But we know we can't!
So....

Ceara- glad to hear you are on the recup trail....

Aria-- Congrats on your day count... it keeps getting higher!

Anagram-- Still holding our embrace for you.... sending a positive thoughts...
and always here for you! (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((HUG)))))))))))))))))) )))


Wildfire... A rose yet!

I need to call it a night.....

Take care....

Thanks for the update, Anagram. Still thinking of you. Glad the kids are there. :)

Hello everyone!
Thinking of you Anagram and sending prayers for you husband.

Wednesday June 15, 2005
 

Weight: 156
Average for this week: 1820 calories and 67 minutes walking :)

7 DAYS TO GO ~ 1800 calories and 50 minutes walking

Have a great day everyone! :balloons:

ANAGRAMATIC: Thanks for the update! Have been crossin' fingers and toes for thy dh and sending what vibes I can in that direction. It's good thy children are with thee and that you are coping ok, though it's understandable you'd be hittin' walls and crashin' a bit. Wishing you the best!

:queen: s ... a flyby as I have to go buy a wedding present. Working in mountains late tonight and must get some rest!

K, after my accident, I've kind of gotten into the habit of being the one wrong all the time ... think it's time to get over that now! So the next work mistake, I plan to blame someone else (I have a candidate) ... just kiddin' ...

Aria, you are doin' great!!! :cheer: Sent ya a couple o' huzzahs on your journal this a.m. as well. Keep goin' ...

Wsw!!! :wave: You are doin' great keepin' up with your tai chi and back exercises ... that's really important ... it's great to hear from ya!!! Have a good rest o' the week!!!

anagram-so glad you were able to check in and let us know how dh and you are doing. big hugs and good, healing thoughts and prayers are going out to you, dh, and your family! it's good that your kids can be there also. take good care of yourself!

hi amarantha, eydie, kaylets, aria! and to all of our royals!

i am sticking to my new-found resolve today thus far. take care, all.

HEllo all...

Again, this morning, my computer was crawling... so... here I am now.....

We are getting a break in our heatwave.... DH did a lot of work in the garden Mon and Tues when he took vacation time and now we have tomatoes and peppers needing to be babied thru this heatwave..... got some other seeds too...


hope everyone had a pretty good day....

I'll try again in the am!

Mornin' Queenies!

Still feeling like crud, but hope to be in the last couple of days of intense cold. It's at the dry cough stage now, not my favorite. Work is ok, had a meeting with my manager the other day and he was so much less forceful about my need to produce content than the editor I replaced. I always felt frantic, like I'm supposed to be writing but all the other tasks take up most of my time. His attitude was, if you get the time to get writing done, that's great. So I feel quite a lot less pressured.

Anagram, I'm so glad you stopped by to let us know. Keeping you and your husband in my thoughts and prayers! :grouphug:

Amarantha, you're right -- the accident is receding into the past and losing significance as it goes. Just think of all the accidents we narrowly miss when we do stupid things! I'm sure I'd cause widespread mayhem and chaos if half my mishaps led to consequences :yes:

Ceara, so glad you're recovering well from the surgery! Good work getting off the meds. I avoid when possible too. Although right now I'm taking cold meds so I can sleep. And woe betide anyone who tried to stop me!

WSW, nice to see you stopping by! Hope you're feeling better. And kudos to you for keeping up with the tai chi & etc. Even if we let some things go occasionally, a single good habit can give us a thread to follow back.

Eydie, thanks so much for the gentle reminder re: mind/body! I did some tai chi today (teaching DH -- really like him HAVING to do what I say ;) ) and will definitely do a 10 min meditation. And I'm going to ressurect (sp?) my checklist once I'm feeling closer to 100%.

Aria, look at you go! Huzzah!

Wildfire, what a breathtaking rose! Surely a powerful omen in your new home!

Kaylets, yes I surely hate having nobody to blame! Oft times when something is amiss in the house, the first thing I ask myself is "Who left that there?" or somesuch and I just HATE it when the answer is "Oh, huh, it was me."

K -- off to breakfast. Love to all, mentioned or un-

Hello everyone!
6 DAYS TO GO ~ 1990 calories and 60 minutes walking

Better take it easy with the calories today.

Morning all!!! Haven't been on lately, sorry about that. I stayed home from work for 3 days this week just because I'm fed up with not doing anything. I figure, I can not do anything at home and still accomplish more than sitting here doing absolutly nothing. I have decided I want to stay home and work. I want to be at home with Sydney. I realized Friday when I picked her up from my Mom's that there were things she was doing already that I didn't even know she could do. I feel like I'm missing out on so much!!! Has anyone really worked at home and made good money? I don't make A LOT now, and I guess it's sort of low for northern virginia ($45,000 year). But I guess that is what I would need to make in order to keep the life we have now. My company won't let me work from home (already explored that), so that option is out. I continue to scour the web for ideas and LEGITIMATE companies.

Anywho....

DH and I have decided to venture into the low carb craze again. Lost almost 80lbs the first time (you remember). I'm glad he's decided to do it too since it was SUCH a pain the first time. I had to do it alone. It posed enormous problems and a few arguments over food. Believe me, no one should argue over food! What a dumb thing to argue about! LOL Maybe I might lose something afterall before the challenge is up. Still at 243 this morning. But we just started monday.


It's good to see everyone here.

Good morning loves,

I just got back from California, went to visit my Bo-beana and her ever growing sprout of a daughter (she'll be 14 next week!). I guess I didn't say anything about me leaving.... that's weird.

Sorry for the fly-by postie, I'm here at work by myself....

Anagram, I am so sorry about what DH's going through. You're in my thoughts, I'm glad the kids are there for you now. Check back when you can, but know we're all thinking about you. ((((hugs))))

Wildfire, ewww gallbladder attack????? Ouuuuch, my girlfriend just had an attack too and said it was the most painful thing she's experienced. Hers is coming out soon too. Take care of you!

Hello and hugs to everyone mentioned and not. I've been in a bit of a funk lately. I assume it's partly because Sunday's Father's Day, partly because I'm not eating my feelings and actually having to FEEL what's going on and it hasn't been a picnic. On one hand I keep thinking "it's been 2 months, get over it" on the other hand I'm thinking "it's ONLY been 2 months". I lost a man that had been a father to me for 28 years.... guess I shouldn't expect to be "over" loosing him in 60 days. Part of my visit in CA also involved a visit with a girlfriend with terminal breast cancer, and that was pretty hard too. It's just been a tough few months...

So, I'll pop in from time to time, but I need to spend a little time taking care of me. I will be checking in though!

Smooches all,

Terri

Hello all!

Slept in a little this am so here I am now... and feeling like it will be an early night...
***********
Thought of the day :

"Two men look through the same bars:
One sees the mud and one sees the stars."
---Frederick Landbridge

Question of the day :

"What's next?"

***********


Hope everyone had a pretty good day.....

Spoke w/ one of the head people at WW's here in this area asking for a status on my application..... got an apology for not getting a response sooner and was told that my daytime schedule is the problem. Since I really am not available till 5:30, there are slim or no openings in the other time slots....
DH says if I really want this, I need to find out if I can even consider being a WW's leader full time ...
Then on the other side....maybe this is just another clue about how much WW's and I don't fit... at least.... not now....


but ... not stressing... just marveling how somethings that seem so important at a distance can become so not important when you get up close.


Pumpkin.... of course you still miss your step dad...and yes, you have been through lots of things the past year, year and a half. If it was one of us, what would you say?? Yes, please treat yourself gently. Still have a mental image of you riding that tractor w/ your tiara....

Must hit the shower, am crashing as I type....

Hugs to all.... more personal messages soon.....

ANAGRAM!~ We're here for you !


Last call for tea!

Hello all!

Here we go, ready or not!

FRIDAY!

**********

Thought of the day :

"You can't leave footprints in the sands of time if you're sitting on your butt. And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands if time?"
- Bob Moawad


Question of the day :

"What do you think of as soon as you hear an Elvis song?"


*****


To borrow from someone else's great post....

Who wants to do it with me???

The journey of couse!!

:) !!!


KETTLE IS ON!

5 DAYS TO GO ~ 1975 calories and 50 minutes walking

Better keep an eye on these calories...

Punkin, it's so good to "see" ya!!!! :wave: And I agree with K ... of course, you miss your dad ... good for you for not "eating" your feelings. Won't help. :)

Aria!!! :wave: :cheer: :cb: You're doing great!!!! FIVE MORE DAYS!!! Hooray(s)!!! (rhymes)!!!

K, I think you'd make a great WW leader full-time, but definitely you'd need to make sure it's what you want. You'll do the right thing.

Lots more to say but I am late. Bye all!

Morning Queenies!!


Punkin-I'm right there with you missing your dad. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't miss mine. He died a week before my 7th birthday; that was 19 years ago. You'll always have him in your heart. I'm proud of you for not giving into memorial eating. (That's what I call it. You can call it whatever, lonely eating, emotional eating, whatever.) Hugs to you!

QOD:
As soon as I hear and Elvis song I think of lying ontop of this big cabinet stereo we used to have when I was younger. It looked like a sideboard, or big dresser, but had a speaker in the front. The top lifted up like a chest and inside was the 8 track, a turntable and a radio. I used to pop in the Elvis live from Hawaii 8 track or an Elvis record we had and lay ontop of the stereo. Fell asleep quite a few times!!!

Mornin' all and

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cb:

Have we thought about the next challenge? Solstice is on Tuesday (or Monday night depending on your location). We could do a "Fall for Fitness" and stretch it to August or so... Juuuuust puttin' it out there.

This challenge is kinda a wash for me. A huge accomplishment was NOT gaining anything during my almost-week in CA. I'm down 9 pounds from last month, so that's definitely progress in the right direction, especially with my somewhat down, totally not normal chipper self at the helm.

Thank you for your understanding words Kaylets, sometimes - even though it's exactly what I would tell anyone else - you need to hear it from someone else's mouth for it to sink in. There's just some sort of block with me accepting the same advice that I can give....

Amarantha, you're correct, eating the feelings won't help. Thankfully I've realized that if I DO eat it, not only will I still have the feelings to deal with, but I'll also be facing an even bigger weight issue than I already have! :eek: So far, so good....

Bummed that the tractor was hauled off for maintenance yesterday! :( My mom told me it was going soon, I just didn't realize soon meant NOW. So, no tractoring for me this weekend (putting away the tiara for now). Probably a good thing as the ground's too wet to mess with right now anyway. Rain, thunder, etc. in store for the weekend - sounds like a good time to read, crochet and scrapbook! (and maybe squeeze in a nap!) :yes:

Anagram, continuing to send thoughts your way...

Eydie, how's your dad doing?

Have a great weekend everyone,

Terri

Thanks Frogger, I don't know anyone close to my age that's lost their dad. My oldest friend has, she's 50, and they weren't that close - so the support is there, but it's a little different. Ya know? Thanks again....

;)

Next challenge: Hmmm. Fall doesn't start until September 22nd. Maybe we could do labor day on the 5th of September. That seems a bit of a stretch though. Friendship Day is Aug. 7th. We could Fight Fat for Friendship or Fitness and Friends or something.


The big piss off of the day...
When you wire your friend that you've known closely for almost 13 years $500 because they're about to be sleeping in their car and don't have enough for another apartment quite yet and they don't even call to say thanks. AND they don't even return your calls..... Yup...Don't loan money to people...

Hello all!

Hard to believe its the weekend already.....

Anyone else watching the Spielberg "Out of the West" series??? I 'm not sure I have the name right... Its keeping my interest but not exactly what I expected.... but definitely knocking a lot of romance off the idea of how 'good things were in frontier days'.....

Pumpkin..... if you have a chance, I am going to send you a PM about WW leadership since you've had real experience....please look for my note...

Also, 9 lbs down in one month, even two months sure beats all my records...
One time I was close to that and then "maintained" for nearly another 2 mos...
Sad but true, the older our bodies are, the friendlier the fat and our bodies become....

Frogger... Yes, I can relate to your experience w/ your friend and the loan.....
Hope your experience works out better than ours.... Ours was to a close family member ... the only way we know the money was picked up was that Western Union sent us a confirm and we havent been repaid either... not a dime... Its a hard lesson, especially when you think you are being compassionate...

hmmmm.....next challenge..... hmmmmm.....

Aria! Hats off to you!

For me, time to get some machines running and to the gym...
really need to get into the sauna ... an appointment for myself.....

KETTLE IS ON!

Hi everyone! :)


4 DAYS TO GO ~ 1420 calories and 50 minutes walking

Hi all!

Not a word from my so called friend. I CANNOT believe this!!! I have left messages on his cell and he just doesn't call back. I'm not mean or anything on the phone, I'm just like, Oh I haven't heard from you. Just wondering if you got in to your new place. Hope everything is OK. Worried there might me something wrong. Call me!

Anyway-5lbs down!!!!!! 5lbs down for my DH too. YEAH!!!

Hello everyone! :goodvibes
3 DAYS TO GO ~ 1660 calories and 50 minutes walking

Hello all....
ready to just kick this computer into next week!

Cleared some temp files and am back to try again!~


Its very overcast today and nearly ch illy compared to what the temps were just a few days ago... DH and I went to the gym and then had a very late breakfast.... tried going to the gym on an empty stomach... not sure that really is a good idea... at one point I felt light headed but not sure if that has anything to do w/ the fact that I was really struggling to get my heart rate up .... Took me the longest time to get w/in 10 heartbeats of what was supposed to get cardio to start burning....


Dh and I did a little internet research this morning regarding personal trainers and fitness instructors and found that there is lots of stuff to sort through...
Lots of "certifcations" available... still not sure which are "professional" vs which are required by jurisdiction......

How is everyone?

I am in the mood to just pick up one corner of the house, get it up on a good tilt and everything that starts to slide, TOSS....

Really am fed up w/ the clutter....

Maybe I should make some tea and grab a trash bag...

:)!

Hi, all!!! I'm in super not wantin' to work mode again but I need to do so, so hope you'll all forgive me double postin' ... notin' that the discussion here has touched on where do we go from solstice goals, I'm just gonna repost what I posted in my journal today in the land far far away. Won't be over fantasying ya here w' the details of my two-part personal challenge (which I haven't made up yet), will be following it on the journal. Again, we ALL know, that Amarantha be not nuts, she just useth fantasy as an allegorical tool, right? :)

Too right!

Sorry for the me-me postie and lack o' replies. Hey, do ya mean it ISN'T all about me? :yikes:

I changed the names here to protect the guilty! :)

"Having lost the pound they gained the week before, but failed to reach their solstice goal, Maisie 'n (Amarantha) spent the a.m. grimly closeted w' the EDN (Evil Diet Nanny) to assess whether Maisie should go to the Dietary Victorian Boardin' School for corrective action and A should go do Dietetic Community Service in Diet Dilemma Village. EDN, however, was inclined to give the Darin' Diet Duo another chance and they all had an amicable breakfast and went into Diet Town to sign up for U.S. Independence Day Diet Festival events, aka the FIRECRACKER CHALLENGE, by invitation only!!!

And WHAT an excitin' festival it will be!!! EDN signed up for the baking contest! The challenge: To perfect her recipe (she doesn't have one but anyhow, she's gonna perfect it) for homemade stone ground whole wheat tortillas with NO freakin' sugar or cornstarch in 'em by July 3 (so that A can take some w' her to work on the 4th, since it's a workday for A)!

Maisie 'n (Amarantha) signed up for TWO events: The Six-Day Sojourn to Saturday, June 25! Rules for that challenge will be posted in the center of town (translation: I'll post 'em separately), as well as the Seven-Days To Independence Sunday Sprint, which will be posted following the SATURDAY, June 25 public weigh-in in the Diet Town Square, but invitation only.

A 'n Maisie have a special wedding to attend that Saturday, so they feel the Saturday weigh-in next week will be a perfect send-off on that!

ATTN, EARTHLINGS: At all times, the PRIME DIRECTIVE (low gi rules, no refined sugar, no white flour, no etc.) ARE IN FORCE on your Diet Planet. There WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS (except maybe a tiny slice o' weddin' cake on Saturday, should the choice be not to offend anyone). REMEMBER, we of the International Galactic Lower GI Dietary Force WILL BE WATCHING. EDN is our agent and has full interplanetary authority to PUNISH any PRIME DIRECTIVE infractions to the fullest extent of galactic law (WE CALL HER 'THE PUNISHER' HERE ON ALIEN LOW GI PLANET NUMERO UNO! Be afraid, be VERY afraid )

Have a lovely festival, Earthlings!

Good job on THREE MORE TO GO, ARIA!!! :wave:

:goodvibes Thanks, Amarantha! You look all psyched up yourself.
We just had dinner at the Indian restaurant for father's day and I was very careful with my selections and portions. Always too salty, in any case. :(

:lol: Aria, I AM a bit psyched!!! Or psycho!!!! :cb:

Frankly, the life o' Maisie 'n Amarantha/Athletea is somewhat more colorful than mine own! :) In reality I didn't go anywhere at all today ... wrote stories for work, have more left over to do than I'd like but can live with that.

The house is starting to get hot ... I only have AC in two rooms, mostly for the sake o' the pets as it doesn't matter much to me ... fans everywhere else (it's an old house and the cooler hasn't worked for years ... so I had several servings of a fruit sorbet I make with just unsweetened frozen low GI fruit whirred in the magic blender with ... might have been a bit too much for my blood sugar ... anyhow my cals were good ... details on journal!

The Indian food sounds good and it sounds as though you did a good job o' handlin' it challenge wise!!!

Kaylets, I am also fed up with the clutter in my house.

To all, mentioned 'n unmentioned, good night!

Hello all!

A Firecracker Challenge sounds great-- short, doable and fun.....

Woke up sore and grumpy but since I have next week booked off for vacation, I need to clear, clear, clear the desk....

Am still pysched about the idea of getting into the physical fitness industry....
Am hoping that next week I can do some real research and get some salary ideas....

Speaking of salaries, Frogger, I'd be glad to swap a boring, nothing to do job of $45,000/yr.... I realize cost of living and etc is a factor but it would be handy to have spare time to do some thinking for a book or blog....

Time to pack the lunches....

KETTLE IS ON!

Whoops, almost forgot...


Thought of the day :

"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."
---Milton Berle


Question of the day :

"What motivates you?"

Morning ladies!

What a day I've had already! Sat on the commuter train for 3 hours this morning. Guess what, govt. boss is out on leave today (didn't bother telling me or I would have stayed home!!). So I'm blowing this pop stand and leaving at lunchtime. Nothing like a 3 hour workday!!

Another note, our home equity line people have frozen our account. DH wrote a check to pay off a bill and they deemed it not quite his signature (even though he signs the same way on everything. I've never seen a more consistant signature in my life!) So now we are trying to get them to open the dag gone thing back up. No one is calling us back!!!!

Well, I've got to grab some coffee and something to snack on. Have a great day ladies!

And no...still no word from my money grubbing friend...

Hello everyone!
2 DAYS TO GO ~ 1700 calories and 40 minutes walking

:lol: I'm w'ya on that do-nothin' job for $45,000, K!!! Where can we get one?!!! :cb:

Do we wanna post a short thread on Wednesday just for the 4th, then move on to another one?

Froggie, hope ya have a great day after ya blow the popstand. Weird about them freezing your equity line ... red tape is a pain!

Aria, TWO MORE DAYS, TWO MORE DAY!!! Hooray!! You are doin' so good!

No time to even scan but I miss my Royal Cohort.

DH in Intensive Care for twelfth day. Heading back in shortly. DS with him now. Critical but stable.

Hello everyone! :balloons:
LAST DAY ~ 1400 calories and 50 minutes walking

I did peak at the scale this morning and am still at 156 lbs, so I have maintained my loss for the week. :goodscale
So, one thing I did accomplish for sure is that I got back into shape with all this walking and it feels great! :cb:
If I keep this up, I will lose more weight soon! :)

Morning Glories!!

Forgot to weigh in this morning, so I'll post when I get home. Running late as usual!! But I just have to get one more kiss and hug from Sydney. I love when she wakes up in the morning, she's so lovey :D

Heard from my friend FINALLY!!! He has rotten luck. Whilst moving his junk from storage to his new place, he got pulled over for speeding. He had 4 unpaid parking tickets and they had suspended his license. They hauled him off to jail on the spot. So his mother came and bailed him out, so that's where he has been. I feel horrible for him.

Flybye as I'm negatively obsessing with some things right now ... including but not limited to a part of a piece of CAKE (NOT low glycemic) I ate ... didn't eat much of it but it's a violation of my prime directive, brought on by using glucose tablets this week, I'm sure ... although the tabs were necessary, will post re that on journal, except that forum is down, apparently.

Anagramatic, so glad that dh is stable but sorry he's been in ICU so long and is "critical" ... you take care ... thinking of you!

Aria, FANTASTIC job on your countdown to summer ... and on maintainin' the number on the scale whilst gettin' fitter 'n fitter!!! :cheer: Dost thou have any plans for a great new challenge?

Frogger, thy lil tadpole soundeth cute. Don't blame ya for going back for a second hug.

:queen: s, it's the Solstice ... so let's all report, report, report on how we did on the challenge ... and decide if we want a new thread!!! :)