I weighed in! And I am down 2 pounds this week! Yay :) I got on my older (wrong!) scale and it said 239, so I'm really only about 5 pounds from where I was when I first moved out here (about 2.5 years ago). I'm excited :)

-Aimee

Aimee - Good job this week!!! I'm so happy for you, you've been staying on plan and it really shows!! I think we probably have the same taste in clothes... a little funky, a little sassy, but still wearable and not too revealing! I haven't made it out to the shops yet... I'm leaving shortly though, really!!

Lexi and I walked around the yard at her school, (the Dog Club we belong to) 4 times before another dog showed up. The other dog happened to be 'Chipper', Lexi's sister (I know, REALLY stupid name for a girl dog!!). Well the owner is an idiot, and Lexi hates Chipper with a passion. A little info about the Boxer breed; female Boxers can not get along and will, at times, fight to the death! (What *****es huh?!) Well the dumb broad lets her dog in the yard (off leash) and she get all up in Lexi's face, so, of course, Lexi growls at her and still she dosen't recall her dog! UUUGH. I hate people! So she got to run, uninterrupted, for almost a half hour. Then I took her to the pet store to pick out treats! What a good mom I am!

I got my June issue of Cooking Light in the mail, so I need to read that today too! I love getting new ideas and recipes to try! If I ever had to get rid of my cookbooks or lose a limb, well I guess I'd change my name to Ilean! (but then I weigh less, hmmm, maybe not a bad plan... )

later chicks!

Ugh, I am having issues sleeping. I will be SO glad on Monday when he gets home from his LAST morning (4am-12:30pm) shift!! He woke me up about 10 minutes ago when he got up and left, but I just can't get back to sleep. I have a stitch above my belly button on the right hand side, and down also on the right hand side, but just above my pubic bone. TMI? I really have to take better care of my body, I know these symtoms all too well.. It's a nasty combination of Vestibulitis and IBS, I was reading somewhere that they definitely are known to co-exist. I can get rid of all of this by sticking to an almost bland diet, with very very little sugar, lots of water and veggies. Our bodies are so complicated at times, and I know I kinda deserve this with the pasta I ate for dinner tonight..

Sara - you are close to it with my style, however, I do wear a lot of form fitted clothes, and have a few shirts that are low cut without being sl*tty. The biggest difference might be that ALL of my pants are low rise, I have an incredibly low rise, and if I find "ultra" low rise anywhere, I scoop it up! I am SO casual most of the time too, with wearing a t-shirt and jeans a lot.

Alrighty, my stitch is gone, so I'm going to go diveinto bed and hope to fall asleep pronto :) Hey Jill, you are already up on your end of the world!

-Aimee

Yupyup, I'm already up! I know I didn't weigh in yesterday--I didn't today, either. I know I'm up, and I don't want to face it, so why frustrate myself with the scale when I can just wait another week and maybe see a loss?

Last night was pretty busy--I walked with $69, so not bad. My partner made over $90, but he got over $45 in tips from ONE table of 8 people, so had he gotten a normal tip there, we would have made around the same amount, so it's all good.

I have been so bad with my food this week (which is why my weight is up, duh). Not only did I eat on Monday like it was still the weekend (since it was a holiday), but I also ate out on Tuesday night, and then for lunch on Wednesday and Thursday, I had leftovers from the Tuesday night dinner (chicken parm with pasta on Wednesday, barbecue chicken pizza yesterday). Last night, I also had some loaded cheese fries at the restaurant because they were extra (the kitchen made them, but the server forgot to say they wanted no bacon, so they had to make new ones, so the loaded cheese fries were just tsitting there). I didn't only eat them because they were good (REALLY good)--I ate them also because they were FREE :p A free dinner totally works for me! But I'm paying for it this week. I also haven't been drinking nearly enough water, so I'm sure I'm retaining some (additional sodium in restaurant food + drinkning entirely too little water = major water retention!). I need to get back into the swing of things right quick if I have to find a dress for a wedding in the beginning of July (Jeff's friends' wedding).

On a happier note, I finally hauled my butt over to my doctor's office between jobs yesterday and picked up the results from the blood work I'd had done a month ago. Apparently, I'm a vision of health! EVERYTHING they tested (all different cholesterols, thyroid, sugar, minerals--potassium, sodium, etc.--blood cells, and all other kinds of fun stuff) was in a normal range. the only exception is my HDL (good) cholesterol--mine is 33 and they like it to be above 40. All considered, though, I'm glad to be healthy (despite the 15 years I've spent being clinically obese).

Well, only have to work one job today (YAY!). Then home to clean up and meet my Jeff for the weekend. Here's wishing a Fabulous Friday to my FABULOUS ladies!

Hi all...hope all is well with you...been busy...had to set up the new PC yesterday, and reconfigure everything onto it ( favorites, etc)...Sigh!!! Everyone keeps telling me I am really losing weight...my clothes are getting bigger, so something must be happening there. I weigh in at Curves tomorrow, then will measure Sunday, so wish me luck there! Other than that, not much else to report, just trying not too eat too badly, trying to stay somewhat focused, and working in the yard...Hope ya all have a wonderful weekend, and all that jazz!! WTG on losses, raises, and what have you!!! Diana

Good Morning Fabulous Ladies!!!

Working today... yuck! I work with some cranky people!

Did a sneak-peak at the scale this morning; after working out, drinking water, and having sweaty clothes on, and I was down 2 pounds! This comes the morning AFTER walking 5 miles for chinese food!!

getting too busy on my radio at work now... chat with you all later!

Goodmorning! I don't know what was with me last night, but I am feelng better today. Hmm, I guess it's not morning anymore, it hurt to drag my butt out of bed this morning.. lol.. I didn't REALLY have to get out of bed, I don't work until 5:30pm. I have most of next week off, my manager is mad at me I suspect, so I only have 2 shifts. I imagine I'll get called in when someone calls in sick.

Jill - Get back on plan.. NOW! Hmm, did that work? Cuz I could do it in caps lock ;) Remember, the instant gratification isn't worth it. Thats all I've got so far..

Diana - I can't wait to hear about your weigh in and measurements, you are doing so well, and it's time for that signature to change! :)

Sara - yay 2 pounds is awesome :) Whats your weigh in day?

I am feeling super lazy, but I need to do some laundry.. I did the dishes this morning... I am slightly productive... see? heh. I feel so boring, lol... have a good one :)

-Aimee

LOL @Aimee~ I will change it after I know...lol, you are so funny...what happened at work to make the boss mad? You seem like such a sweet person, why on Earth could she be upset with you? And WTG Sara, 2 pounds down is way better than 2 pounds up...Keep up the great work...Where is Kimberley too? Must just be that time of year...everyone is busy busy busy. Well, gotta go shower, just planted the last of my flowers, and am filthy, and so hot, we go from "BRRRR" to "Pant, Pant, Pant" here, lol...And going out for my fave pizza and salad, too, YUMMMM!! hag1 gals! ;)

PS: in High school, I dressed very odd...Sometimes my hair was purple or bright red too, and I dressed very preppy to boot...Ahh, the 80s, I wanted soooo to be like Molly Ringwald, even made a lot of my own clothes or improvised the ones I had...then I geot into a wild phase, used to be called Boogie Bunns, and dressed sort of trampy I guess...Very mini skirts, and very high pumps, and VERY big hair, LOL...then went into a Biker type of phase, ( black and leather mostly), now, in my old age ( LOL) I am reverting back to my casual, preppy like ways...I am sooooo looking forward to filling my closet with jeans, new ts, polos, dresses, skirts, shorts, etc...etc...etc...hehe..

Hi all, what a day!!! Last night I went out for dinner with work colleagues, my best work friend, Laura, is leaving to travel the world, then she came to stay at our house, to celebrate my birthday this morning. We went for a long walk, then out for breakfast. We went to a very swish gym for a workout, swim, spa and sauna. So it's been a great birthday, a mix of indulging and exercising!!! I'll miss Laura, she and I workout a lot together at work.She is 5 foot 9 and about 130 pounds, but I don't feel weird going to the gym or swimming with her!!!!

My dh bought me new pyjamas for my birthday, he got the right size!!! I was so proud of him, not even I know what my correct size is at the moment!!!!!

Happy bday kykaree! I just left you a little thread over in 100LB group! Sounds like you are having a good one :)

Diana - I made my boss mad by not taking every single shift she's offering me, which I don't get, because the most recent one was at a different store... and I EXPLAINED to her that Josh gets weekends off, and I'm working weekends, and thats its important for me to spend time with him. She's single.. so maybe thats why she doesn't exactly get it? Either way, I don't WANT every single day off to be spent at home waiting for her to call, and cancelling MY plans. The other day I was going to hang out with my friend, and she called me to come in, I told her I was gonna be out until 4pm, and she asked me to come in at 4 until 6:30, I said yes. And then when I talked to my friend, she said we wouldn't be back until 5. I couldn't get ahold of my manager so I just cancelled my plans. I also found out recently that the maximum raise I can get a year is 17 cents!!! 17 CENTS?!?! Thats just ******ed! I'm done venting.. lol..

I went grocery shopping today, and the parking lot has put in some speed bumps, which when we went over it, cracked part of my car. I called the mall admin, and hope they will be calling me back soon. In the mean time.. I am off to have some lunch!

-Aimee

Happy birthday, Kykaree!

Hey, ladies - sorry I've been AWOL. Wednesday evening I was going to settle down and do some posting, but I felt cruddy and went to bed very early. Yesterday was just plain busy with stuff.

But I'm alive and kicking, and today feel pretty good. Aimee, I am not taking Sudafed and its generic equivalents because they raise blood pressure. The doc has me on Zyrtec and Flonaise for my allergies, and Ultracet for when the headaches get too bad for over-the-counter analgesics.

Promised Howie I'd at least get the office and kitchen clean tonight, heh. I got behind this week and last since I've been working out in the yard more and just plain spending more time outside photographing and enjoying the days. I can't seem to do both, you know? ;) it's such a gorgeous evening, and what I really want to do is sack out by the pond with a book.

A family of common grackles, especially the fledgling chicks, has taken a keen interest in our pond's water feature. Moving water really is a bird magnet. There are five babies, and today I watched them squawk and jostle for the best position on the flat rock where the water disperses and falls back into the pond. They're considered a nuisance bird because of the great numbers they tend to flock in and their tendancy to raid birdfeeders down to nothing in a day or two, but these babies are really entertaining.

A friend of ours from Dave's Garden who farms and sells produce at a farmer's market in North Carolina is going to mail us some herbs, pepper, tomato and cucumber plants on Monday. What a cool thing to get plants in the mail from friends...And we even have these plants' bed ready, for once.

How can I forget one other thing. The scale made me happy today -- I was down 4 pounds since last week, so I'm now 221. One more pound and I'll be at my wedding weight. Yahoo! I'm thinkin' my treat for reaching that milestone is going to be some highlights when I get my hair cut next time. ;)

I forgot the photos! As you can see, the young robin really blends in with the dappled light. He sat very still as I approached, hoping I would not see him. I got within about 3' of him before he flapped off to another part of the yard. The grackle babies are a little more savvy, though I was able to sneak the back door open enough to put my camera outside and get a few shots. Unfortunately, none of those came out well, so the grackle shots taken through the window screen were all I got today.

All right, where are you all? Come out, come out wherever you are....

Olly olly oxen free! :lol:

Goodmorning!! I am SO excited to go to work today... yah right... the fulltime employee (there is only one), is giving her notice today. The staff is going to be lost without her, and I'm not in any position to take on all the extra crap that she did. They really need to get rid of the manager, because the employee would stay .. we'll see how things will turn out..

Kimberley - you are all alone, whats going on here?!?! I remember now about the raising of the blood pressure thing.. I wonder if I have to worry about that.. I should go to the doctor and get all of that checked out. I take the no-name brand of sinus medication for my sinus headaches, I'd be stuck in bed, dying, if I didn't. I don't know how you do it! Congrats on that weigh in :) 4 pounds is GREAT :)

Well I must run off to work, have a great one gals :) I'll bbl!

-Aimee