Kery...I'm sure it is just stress. I think my husbands more stressed than I am though. He's driving me crazy. I hope this goes away once his k9 school is finished. The entire thing is costing us almost $7,000!! We thought it would only be $4,000. Just saying that hurts. Anyway, I think HE is stressing me out. Oh and the oatmeal thing. Girl, get the microwave kind! Haha...Im so lazy.

Lynn...sorry about your computer. They confuse the **** out of me. I was able to call the airline. You can request about 30 different options on some websites as far as vegan, low cal, low sugar, low fat, etc. I love that!

So, I bought a Louis Vuitton purse today. Fake of course. Welcome to the Middle East. I bought a huge purse and a wallet. It was about $200 all together. I also bought my mom a wallet. I love it. I've wanted for a while. I would never buy a real one. EVER. I'm too cheap for that. If you can get one that looks real, why not?

I stayed on plan today. We went to Chilis but I was good. Ok, Ill post later.

Love,
Deanne

ugh...no posts in 2 days. I hope everyone is ok.

Love,
Deanne

Hi Deanne As far as I'm concerned, I'm ok, just have been browsing instead of posting (and I didn't have much to add to this thread, that is). At least the Brat is leaving me alone today, I'm sure not complaining

Deb- What does leaving out the MSG do? How bad is it for you?

MSG is alot like salt in that it really makes you retain water. Whenever I have chinese food that has alot of MSG, I can tell the next day because my hands are puffy.

Sorry I've been so quiet lately. I went out of state on Thursday to meet up with some friends. In fact, I'm writing on my friend's computer right now. I'll be back home again on Monday evening sometime.

Deb

awwww... what a cute little baby! Congrats!!!!

Deb

I've heard that dieting can mess up the timing of your TOM, Deanne. And, then worrying about it doesn't help either. You could always go buy a store pregnancy test and take it. Then, when you find out it's negative, your TOM will probably start 5 minutes later.

Deb

Ok, Sid's surgery went fine. She was out of the OR and into recovery in 15minutes. She came out of anestesia great and is healing just fine. It amazes me how quickly kids bounce back. Anyway, things here are going just great.. thought I'd let everyone know.

Hey chicks...I'm glad y'all are posting now.

Kery- I'm glad that little brat is leaving you alone! It's always a better day when it does.

Deb- So, last night I realized just how much pent up anxiety I have. I don't really know why. Yes, I'm a little stressed about going home. Also about being away from my hubby for a month. I just didn't know how stressed I was. So, Nic and I are laying in bed talking. I just started crying. I mean BAWLING. I was so upset. So, he hugged me and talked me down from it. Three hours later...Aunt Flo made her appearance. It's very strange the way our bodies work. So, all is well. I hate TOM but glad to see it this time I'm ready for this ravenous eating to be over.

Kim- I'm so glad that Sid is ok. Was she scared at all? How long until shes fully recovered? How are you doing?

I went shopping today with Nic. I bought 3 pairs of pants. I wanted some pants that are comfortable for the flight home. I got some jeans too. I was able to fit in some jeans that I usually can't. Very exciting! I weigh what I did when I was in Mississippi. I was scared that I would go home overweight from what I was before. I didn't want to face old friends like that. Everything is pretty much in order to leave. I got my ticket today. Other than that, nothing major is going on tonight. I'll post later...

Love,
Deanne

Kim - I'm glad things went okay! The anesthesia was probably the worst part of the whole procedure, at least from what I remember of mine, but I'm hoping that she will now quickly.

Deanne - Yes, I really like when he's keeping quiet We were invited for lunch at family's yesterday, and I even managed to behave (the only mistake I did was to take two small balls of vanilla ice cream - err, do you say "balls" for this? I'm not sure of the right word). Nothing destructive, and I didn't even touch the fries and bread

The "o_O" moment - The scales says I've lost 4 lbs since last week... I know I've played quite nice in the past days, and did a load of exercise/physical chores on Friday and Saturday, but this still seems a lot, given that I'm at a point when weight loss should normally be, well, way slower than in the beginning... I guess I'd better not try to understand. Or put the blame on TOM ending at my last weighing maybe.

Other good news is that I think I'm coming down with some slight stomach bug (not enough to stay in bed, just being "bothered"), so at least I won't be tempted by too many bad foods today!

HELLO- I am here.... whewww I am tired!!
well the new pc is hooked up but there are wires all over and my computer room is a mess.... it is too hot to deal with right now.... yikes
Heather had a show this weekend.. it was stressful, busy and crazy. Had the dress rehearsal on sat and sun was the show. She danced her little hiney off. Saturday she is in a show singing.I was so tired I fell asleep at 8pm last night, I never do that.. she is the one dancing and singing and I fall asleep.. a sign I'm getting old LOL

girls... I have not been on plan... I have been terrible. I have gained, although I'm a chicken to get on the scale. The sad part is my trip is a month a way..... I never got to where I want to be. I am starting back on track today.. full force!!!!!
Deanne.. glad aunt flo made her appearance.. some meds can screw a girl up.. look up the med you are taking...
diane.. baby is too cute... good luck
kim.. glad syndey's sugery went ok.... kids do mend fast!

I am so upset about Natalee Holloway, I would be insane if that happened to my daughter.... terrible... terrible..
I will post latah.. I'm off for my hour walk...

Hi girls!
Glad to see I didn't miss much over the weekend. Didn't even have time to log in, we were crazy busy this weekend. Friday my husband and I were doing the "date" thing, (we ate Mexican food; I definitely didn't keep to my points that day, but it wasn't terrible either...except the chips maybe... afterwards we played with Play-doh!). Saturday there was so much to do. I stayed within points, but just BARELY. That evening I had a wedding I was being paid to film, then I joined my husband where he was helping people move their entire house into some trucks... fun stuff. Yesterday we weren't home between 8:30am and 9:30pm...sigh. DEFINITELY not on track yesterday. And I didn't eat any sugar all week except yesterday when I had to make an exception for some chocolate my friends brought me from Germany and Switzerland.
Kery, congrats on your loss. Few things are as exciting as losing 4 lbs in a week!!
Deanne, I'm so glad TOM finally came; that's a relief, at least!
TTYL!

Hi everyone, looks like the usual crowd is back in full-force after the week-end, it's good to see

Sara - Thanks Somehow I think it must be more water or whatnot than anything else, but it sure was encouraging!

I've had this thought roll in my mind earlier on, as I was reading weight loss-related articles... and this is one thing that really eludes me: everywhere, you read that fat is used for storage, that it was normally meant to save our sorry hides during times of little food available, blah-blah. Okay, this actually seems pretty logical to me. Then, what comes next? "If you don't eat enough, your body will start tapping into your muscles as well." The whole too-low-caloric-intake-is-dangerous, ad nauseam. Why on Earth is the body so DUMB? It has this huge store of fat available to survive on, and what does it do? Eat its own lean mass. That'd be like cutting my hand and cooking it to survive while having a stash of food nearby and not touching it. Silly, silly body! Isn't it supposed to preserve its vital organs first and foremost, among them this nice muscle called heart? Aaaaah, I'm gonna get a headache wondering about this!

Now if I could find something for dinner tonight, I'm not hungry and the thought of eating something doesn't seem like a terrific idea, but going on an empty stomach all night long is the best way to pork out on crap from the bakery next door tomorrow morning, so I'm wary!

Well, I am still here....barely! This has been the most difficult time I have ever been through. My dad takes one step forward and 2 back. He fell the other night at the rehab hospital, busted his face up, bruised his elbow, but is otherwise ok....then they tell me yesterday while I am watching him do his physical therapy that his hemoglobin is down again, so apparently there is internal bleeding somewhere. He has lost 50 pounds, and looks aweful. I have maybe gained a pound with all this going on, I am not sure. Don't really care at this point. Anyway, to all the 'old' posters, I wanted to update you all. My dad is not through this yet and It was a month on the 8th. I missed my kids like crazy (didn't see them for most of that time), but I can't spend the night at the rehab hospital, so at least I am home part of the time now. They are not being shuffled around so much.
I can't wait to get back to normal and start posting again on a regular basis.
Take care!
Kim

Kim - {{{{hugs}}}
I hope that things will be better soon, for your father, and for yourself!