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Weighty Issues #31, Sept. 05
Welcome to the September edition of our Weighty Issues thread. We're a group of wonderful women from different walks of life, spread out across the U.S. from the east coast to the west. We support each other through the highs and lows of every day life--it's not just about weight loss, it's about LIFE. If you have something to say or need a shoulder to cry on, come on in, grab chair and stay awhile. You'll be glad you did.
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Hey girls, I started a FRESH new thread for us. Let's get motivated after this long, overindulgent weekend and get ready for looking good during the not-too-far-away holiday season :eek:
I'm re-posting Cherie's post from the last thread so it didn't get left behind. :) I'll be back later. Quote:
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I'm baaaaaaaacccckkkkk :lol:
First things first, Cherie, you are doing a kick@ss job on SB! :bravo: Were you quite all right after your coke? You were in a good house for that to occur, glad you didn't get hurt. Oooh, great gift from Alan and you got to spend a b-day celebration w/him. Things are moving in the right direction, eh? ;) The girls must be beautifully tanned after their fun at the water park. I'm so glad to hear them having a great time and enjoying themselves. Well, we had a 92 degree weekend. Didn't go much of anywhere but just hung around the house and played Scrabble all weekend (seriously). We had an old board game with 2 of the letter tiles missing. We went out and bought a new "Deuxe" wood Scrabble game. It's fun because my mom had bought Michael Scrabble Jr. and after a few games of that, he said it was boring. So we just let him play with us. He's getting to be quite a good speller--better than his father :lol: Then on Ebay I saw a "Premiere" edition of Scrabble, even more high falutin' than the Deluxe version :rolleyes:. I told Rick I want that for Xmas, I am such a geek. :lol: Well, I really have to get the boy up and ready for school right now. Hope to see all you other beautiful ladies check in. :wave: Angie, Cal, Dips, Holly, Julie, and Kempy (if you're able). Have a great day. |
Hi I am here too. I have to work but I wanted to get subscribed to this thread so I dont miss any posts. :lol:
I am not sure how long Kempy will be away. She has power but the power surge took her computer out. Noelle, Your weekend sounds like fun to me. I told Jay the other day that people would think we are so boring to hang out with because we dont do anything. :lol: Cherie, I am glad things are coming together for you and the girls...you all deserve it. I will be back later |
Hi My Girls!!
Cherie- I am soooo proud of you. You are doing fabulously well. You will be one hot little number by the time your reunion rolls around. Have fun with Alan tomorrow. What a wonderful man he is. MAke sure you show him lots of appreciation ;)
Noelle- Scrabble for me is more of a mental fake-out challenge than anything. I suck at spelling thanks to microsoft word. ( gotta love spell check) So I bluff my way through the entire game. J- Your poor babies!! Glad they are feeling a little better today. Well Tomorrow is the first day of school. I'm very excited. I got my stuff all set to go so the remainder of this year should proove to be very interesting. YAY Education :D |
Dips have a great time on your first day of school. Can't wait to hear about it every step of the way through-out the year. You will do so well :).
Good Night Everybody else. Have a nice night.... |
Good Morning everyone! It's Wednesday, so that means the weekend is on its way here! Today is Alan's birthday, and I can't wait to spend this evening with him. I think I will go by and get his favorite beer and take to him. :-) I know he will drink it. Then off to dinner.
Dips.. have a great day at school! Julie.. are you feeling better? I hope you and your son are doing much better... are you getting used to him being at school yet? Hey Angie! How are you today? Noelle.. Scrabble scares me :D I can't spell for the life of me. I have to sit here and look at the work and re do it and re do it. I normally keep a dictionary by my desk, but here I just go to dictionary.com to make sure I spell things right! Hey Holly! I hope you had a great weekend! Kempy (((HUGS))) We miss you and hope you come back soon! Well, since I was going out to dinner tonight, I already got up early and did 40 minutes of step areobics. I plan on doing some treadmill work tonight once I get home.. just trying to counteract the dinner I will have. He mention italian, and that is a weakness for me! :-) OK.. well, I better get back to work. I'll check back in later! Cherie |
Goodafternoon Ladies,
Dips hope you are having a great first day at school. Good Luck! Angie, how are you? Are you baking up anything good today? Cherie, Have fun out to eat tonight and enjoy a glass of wine. I LOVE italian food. Maybe I will make a big batch of spaghetti and sauce tonight. That is sweet of you to get Alan his favorite beer. I am sure he will love it. Btw you are doing so good excercising. It is raining here right now so I can't get my walk done. I was thinking of getting my treadmill out but I can't find the key that goes in it, you know the safety thing? I will look through the bazillion toys and I am sure it will turn up in there ;). Cal are you busy with school? Hope you are doing well and the kiddos are behaving for you. Thinking of you Kempy. How is it going Noelle? I missed Tommy last night. BUMMER!! I need to send myself an e-mail so I can remind my brain when it is on. Have a great day and don't work to hard. Well girls I just got back from having lunch with ds at school. It was really fun. Oh, I have to tell you last night dd and ds were playing in the family room and I heard screaming, my dd knocked out my ds front tooth and now the other one is loose next to it! I checked them the other day and they were not even ready or loose yet!! Yikes! She was swinging a plastic kiddie chair and he turned his head and bam! Poor baby, has a bad cold and that now. We have a friend of ours who is a dentist in the neighborhood so we took him over to his house last night and said that it should be okay. Well enough rambling form me....Have a wonderful rest of the day! Bring on Friday :lol:! |
Btw do any of you girls know which baby teeth are suppose to come out first, bottom two or top two? I was so mad yesterday when I called his dentist and they would not give me any information because he had not been seen in almost a year and the dentist was not in! They could have just answered my questions. Thanks!
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Julie.. not sure what is supposed to come out first.. but Hannah's two bottom teeth came out first, then her two top teeth.. now she has another top tooth that is loose. (This is from the perm. teeth coming in). Actually, I think she has lost three of her bottom teeth. Sorry to hear about your son. I bet that was a little tramatizing for him.
Good luck finding your key. For my old treadmill at Alan's, we got a wood shim and cut it down to use as a key. Luckily, when I was moving, I found the original one, but the wood one worked just as well. You might try some cardboard too.... :-) Yes.. I'll be having wine tonight and good food and dessert.. he has to have dessert! But I am planning on coming home and getting on the treadmill. :-) I want to reach my Friday goal, so I have to stay focused... even though I am doing a planned splurge tonight. OK everyone.. have a great afternoon/evening.... I am out of here in about 30 minutes. I'll check back in tomorrow! Cherie |
Hi Everyone,
I was really happy and relieved to hear about Kempy. I'm so glad they are ok. I can't believe that this quarter is half over already. The kiddos are doing pretty well. They have some issues, but they are much better, overall, than the group from last year. It's difficult to have middle school kids in an elementary school. Many of the younger kids, as well as some of the staff (aides), are intimidated by the older kids. In fact, the middle school kids lost some privileges because of behavior toward themselves, the younger kids, and the aides on the playground. They complained about the administration treating the school like a prison. I told them to quit whining and look in a mirror or at their friends for the ones they should be angry at. I told them that the administration didn't do this to them: they did. Tomorrow I have an official evaluation with the principal. I asked him to do it this week because I have an awesome lesson dealing with author's point of view and comparing and contrasting points of view. I think it will go over well. I hope everyone is doing well. Enjoy the evening. Cal |
Good Morning!
Cal... good luck with your evaluation!! Julie... how is the tooth situation? I'm going to look at Hannah's loose tooth tonight to see how bad it is.. and let her "work" on it before I "WORK" on it. :-) She keeps saying its bothering her when she eats.. so it must be getting pretty lose. Last night, I had a wonderful time. It was so good to see Alan. I ended up going to his house, and changing into a pair of jeans that I have't worn in a while, and they just slipped on like a glove.. it felt so nice! Now to move on to my next smaller pair of jeans! We ended up going to Bravo! a really nice Italian restaurant. I had a glass of wine, and a small piece of herb bread, and then not even half of my entree of spinach tortilleni with alfredo sauce. I even told them no, I didn't want to take the rest home.. I would only EAT it. :D We went back to his house and he opened up another bottle of wine and we shared that and just had a nice evening together. His best friend stopped by and we had apple pie and vanilla ice cream for dessert. By the time I got home, I really didn't feel like getting on the treadmill.. so I took the night off. Luckily I did do my 40 minutes of step areobics yesterday morning, so I still had a good day. Today... just busy working. I am even looking forward to doing my step areobics and my treadmill work today... I must be sick! :D I am one pound highter than I was on Monday... but I am not stressing over it. I am still highly motivated and determined. Dips.. how did your first day of classes go? Angie.. how are you? Are you enjoying that new Truck? Noelle? How are you? My sister MIGHT have to go back to Hawaii for her company to work out a problem there with one of their call centers. She has such a bad job. Two years ago she spent 6 weeks in Hawaii for her job (She works for a timeshare/vacation type company, Cendant). Must suck to have her job and HAVE to go to Hawaii. :-) Holly... come check in! Kempy... Hope you are doing OK!! Thinking about you and Joe! Back to work for me.... I will talk to you guys soon! Cherie |
hello!
Cherie, you dinner sounds fabulous. I am happy for you that you had such a nice time. As for the tooth, the gum looks like it is healing well. I think there might be a tooth under there? It hit me he is growing up fast starting kindergarten and now a missing tooth, lol. Good luck with Hannah's tooth. I think the bottoms do fall out first. Cal I am glad that the time is flying by for you. Almost break time! Good luck on your evaluation. You are a great teacher. Well girls sorry this is a quick one but I have to go pick up ds from school and I just got back from the mall. I needed some foundation and Estee Lauder was running a gift pack special with a purchase. It came with a really cute little tote bag. Okay check back later on. Hi out there everyone. |
Hey girls, checking in this Thursday morning. I don't know if I told you guys I had my work computer up and running again the other day...well, my friend came over again yesterday and did a little more tweaking and diagnostics, he said there is one file that is corrupted and is affecting the rest of the system. He fiddled with it from around 10 am til after 5 pm. Needless to say, I'm not really able to get much work done over there. I decided to stick around home today where at least I'm near a computer that works and I can talk w/you guys. I need to go to the office store to pick up some color markers for Michael...they ran an ad in late July for a crayola 10 pack for $.39. They were sold out for weeks, but I got a rain check and now they are in. The limit is 10 so I may pick up a few packs for spares. Well, that's about my exciting day. Oh yeah, we had to go and buy a new washing machine on Monday so I got a new Whirlpool Duet--which according to the commercial, can handle 16 pairs of jeans at one time. We will see! Oh the joys of domesticity.... :lol: (I've still got Scrabble on the brain)
Cherie, you did good girl, saying no to the LO's and working out before hand. Sounds like a wonderful relaxing evening. Congrats on the jeans too. That's hot! Julie, your poor DS, that must've hurt! I think whatever teeth grow in first are the first to loosen and fall out. For most kids, that's the bottom two. Michael's two top front teeth are getting loose as well. When I took him to the dentist last month, the xrays showed the permanents under the gum, as well the baby teeth on top--he looked like a shark :lol: I didn't get to watch Tommy either on Tuesday. For some reason, the time or day just doesn't stick in my head. But! I did buy the CD Tommyland yesterday. It isn't that great, but I like him crooning to me when I'm driving around town :devil: :lol: Cal, I don't need to wish you luck on your eval--you will do wonderful! You are an awesome teacher. You were right on when you told those kids to take a look at themselves instead of playing the blame game. Dips, how's the school schedule working out for you? Study hard. Angie, what are you guys up to these days... what's gas running up there in ME right now? and what does it cost to fill up your beautiful new baby? Gawd, regular right now is running around $3.10 and we're expecting it to hit up to around $3.60 next week with the stupid gas price cap. Holly, how are you doing girl? Jump right on in and say hello again. Kempy, hope you guys are doing fine and getting back to normal. Can't wait to hear from you again. Well, I gotta go and check the dryer. Check back later. |
TGIF Everyone... The weekend is ALMOST here. :-) Well, I had my weigh-in this morning, and was somewhat dissapointed. I am up 1.5 pounds from yesterday and 2.5 from monday. So that has minimized my loss for the first two weeks on Southbeach to only a -5. I'm not going to use it as an excuse to go feel sorry for myself, but hopefully I can get upset at it enough this weekend to really kick some butt and continue my plan.
Noelle.. congrats on the washer! That is a really cool one... I am sure you will love it. I hope your computer situation gets fixed soon. Julie.. I am a Clinique gal. :-) I need to find out when the gift with purchase is for Foley's. (Macy's now) I think it's this month... well, used to be for Foley's, but Macy's used to be in August.. so I guess I better start looking. How is the tooth situation? Hannah has another bottom tooth that is really loose.... I had her work on it last night, but she didn't get it out. Maybe tonight. Well, last night I went an registered/signed up the girls into Girl Scouts. :-) Hannah should have started last year, but it just didn't happen. So this year, she will be a Brownie, and Megan will be what they call a Daisy. They didn't have Daisies when I was in GS a very very long time ago. :-) Anyway... I hope they enjoy it. OK, well, I need to get busy here at work. Payroll runs on Monday. I'll Check back in later. :-) Cherie |
Hello girls!
School is a son of a gun to get started. I have all these books to buy and ofcourse they are sold out at all the stores because everybody else needs them and then one of my classes got canceled because there weren't enough students so I had to rearrange my schedule which was a pain beacause I had to make sure it didn't conflict with my work schedule but its all good now so lets learn!
Cherie- The scale can be a tricky thing. Keep in mind that when you work out, your body retains water so the scale will fluctuate. Don't sweat it, you are doing fabulously. Keep it up! Kempy- I'm thinking about you, Hon. Keep your spirirts up. I miss you so much Noelle- I am going through an adjustment period but I'm doing fine. School is going to be tough while working full time but I'm ready. Sucks about your work computer, hope thatworks out. I've been doing some school shopping myself. Got some cool notebooks, pens, post-its and a day planner. I'm cookin' with grease now! Hi J- My little ray of sunshine. I love the little gift bags that come with mall cosmetics. Anyway, you work that foundation like you got it going on! Cal- You are an awesome teacher, your eval should acknowledge that. Let us know how it went By the way, Babes, I interviewed for the supervisor position the other day. My boss said the interview was "flawless" I find out if I got the job next week. Wish me luck! Goodness knows I need the dough :D |
Hey Dips... good luck on your interview! I hope you get the job.
Well, I didn't exercise yesterday. I wasn't because I needed the break (I had actually exercised every day for the past two weeks) rather, it was because I let what the scale said yesterday affect my mood and that is why I blew it off. I also ate a few things more than what I had planned. All because of what that damn scale said. Today, I am back on track. It's been a small stuggle, but I just had lunch.. so I am feeling better. I have already gotten back on the treadmill this morning and did an hour. Now I am about to take the girls to the park and get out of the house. I'll check back in later.... Cherie |
Good Evening on this Saturday!
Hi girls Cherie, good job being back on track. You know I have been excercising and taking 20-30 minute walks and I weighed in and not a difference! But I am not giving up my walks. They just make me feel better even though the scale is not going down like I want. Don't give up girl, I know you won't though. You are doing very well :). I like Clinque too. I think they are having their gift days around the beginning of October here. I just wanted to try a new Foundation and I actually like it. It is called Equalizer. Cool about Girl Scouts. Love the cookies. I think I will get my daughter in it when she is older. Dips I will get my fingers crossed about the job. I bet you landed the job! Glad the schedule got figured out for you. Well girls going to watch some tv. Playing nurse here still, lol....everyone is still getting over their colds. Didn't do to much today, my mom and my brother came over to visit. We are having a major heat wave, it was in the upper eighties today. And so humid you could drink the air. Heat index way over 90. But we are suppose to cool down this week. Yeah! Angie where have you been? Miss ya and hope everything is fine with you. Hi Noelle, Kempy, Cal, Holly, Cherie, Angie and Dips. |
Well... I ended up going out to dinner with my neighbors to a local mexican restaurant. I logged all my food, and I think I did fairly well, but I do need to go jump on the treadmill to not feel guilty about it.
Tomorrow, I will be out of pocket. Going back to church, and then going up to the nurse who befriended Steven house and she and her husband are making lunch for the girls and I... then the girls will have a chance to swim in her pool.. and after that.. Alan told me to call him and stop by his place, WITH the girls! :-) Then I'll come home and do my treadmill work again. (I am getting up a little early and watch the F1 race while on the treadmill, so I will get both of my workouts in). OK.. well, I need to get off here, do some walking.. then do some work in preparing for Monday's payroll. Have a great rest of the weekend girlies! Cherie |
Cherie, have a great time at Alan's with the girls! It sounds like you have a busy, but nice Sunday planned.
Good Night Girls....have a happy and safe Sunday! |
Victory Shall Be MINE!!!
In all this madness that is my daily life I woke up to a scale which read 130.5 pounds. The kid is dangerous! :strong: :cb: I think the four hours of paddle ball with my dad did the trick this week. Sports will work your entire body, let me tell ya. I've never been this close to my goal. I'm sooo excited! :D :cloud9:
Cherie- I know how it is to be discouraged by the scale. My weight is always fluctuating which is why I weigh myself at the same time everyday to gauge it as acurately as possible. your weight fluctuates every day all day. Do not let the scale rule you, just use it as a guide. You are so determined and you're doing great. Glad the girls are having fun these days. They sound like a great spirited pair. J- Keep up those walks. You will see a difference soon. Have fun doctoring up the kiddos. When I was a kid, that was what made being sick fun! I knew my mom would caterto my every need. She still does. Mommies are so great. Angie- Don't go MIA on us. Where the heck are you??!! Hi Noelle- I was watching an HBO special which was based in Hawaii. I won't get into the context of the show :rolleyes: I just wanted to note that Hawaii is absolutely gorgeous. I would love to go someday. I gotta work that into me list of things to do before I'm 30...maybe 35 :D |
Good Morning all!!! I didnt do much this weekend. We went and looked at new fifth wheels and travel trailers all day yesterday(just for fun since I am now officially maxed out!! :lol: ) We figured we would look for a floorplan that suits us and then look for used ones for cheap next summer maybe. I found the perfect one for us and it is pretty cheap new. It is a Tahit by Suncraft model number 28DBS. It has one slide for extra room and a bunk area for the kids. It would be perfect for while they are still young and then move up to aq fifth wheel when they grow up and move out. I can keep dreamin cant I? :lol: Oh yeah...my legs are killing me today from going up[ and down so many steps.
Cherie and Dips, You are doing an awesome job. I am so proud of you both. You would die to know what I weigh right now. :yikes: It is my highest It makes me sad that food rules my life be it when I am thin or fat like now. I wished I could just think normally and eat normally. Julie, You should have an email from me. I hope you can find something you like maybe a nice bath set or something and relax and enjoy some you time while the kids are in school. Love ya.!!! Has anyone talked to Kempy this week? I should call her and see how they are doing this week. I wished I was closer because it is killing me to see all of those dogs and cats with no help. I saw a newsclip where they were driving around shooting the dogs in St. Bernard Parish. That is terrible. The rescue groups are having trouble getting in to help them get out. I keep thinking of how hard it must be on the families to wonder how their pets are and not know. I mean It would be the straw that broke the camels back if I lost my home and everything I own and my pets on top of that. That maybe just me but my pets rank right up there with my kids. I donated to help the pets too. They cant really help themselves and they depend on us. Noelle, I will try to post some pics of the truck this week...we have lots of goodies coming for it so I want to get pics of it all done up. :lol: I am a freak>. Mickey(our dog) chewed all the whiskers off the face of the kitten this week. Poor guy is lopsided but he loves it when the dog nibbles him Well, I gotta get to work. |
Hi girls
Angie, you are so sweet....I love the gift certificate. Thank you so much! Yup, Monday I turn 30 :yikes:! How fun looking at the fifth wheels, my neighbor has one and I always look at it when I walk by ;). I have not talked to Kempy this week. I should give her a buzz but I don't want to bother them if they are super busy. I miss her around here, maybe I will give her a jingle to see if I can do anything. You know I saw a special report on tv about the dogs and other animals that are lost from their families. It is just so sad. I saw a guy crying because he was so upset by the loss of his dog. I was thinking about getting together some old (but like new) baby clothes from the kids and sending them down there. I might contact our local tv stations to see if they need any clothes. Your Mickey chewed off the kitties whiskers? LOL...I can't imagine what the poor thing looks like. Thanks again! Dips you are doing grrrreat! Keep going girl :bravo:! I am going to try and get some work done around here. When my mom came over yesterday we had an ice cream cake and we are having another cake tomorrow. So I better get this butt moving. I think I won't be outside too much today. The heat index is 87 already. I am taligating already too just had some big sub sandwiches, hehe....the Packers come on this afternoon. Think of Brett Farve's right hand LOL, that is the one I shook last year. Sweet memories! :love:. Check back later on. Have a great Sunday. Hi Angie, Noelle, Dips, Kempy, Cherie, Holly and Cal! |
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE !!! :balloons: :grouphug: :gift: :woo: :balloons: :grouphug: :hat: :hb:
I hope you have a great birthday and get everything that you want. Love ya |
It's about time, young lady!
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Happy Birthday Julie LET'S PARTY! :wave: :chef: :hb: :joker: :cp: :cb: :bravo: :hat: :gift: :dance: :flow1: :grouphug: :goodvibes :woo: Hope your day is filled with happy things and everything you wish for. |
Hey girls, happy Monday. I wasn't able to get online much this weekend. My dad slipped/fell off a step-stool a couple of weeks ago and he had to have surgery on Friday to get something fixed. He's left-handed and of course that's the shoulder that got injured...so he's a little incapcitated right now. Shoulder's all taped up and in a sling. Us girls have had to step up and take over all the housecleaning duties that he usually does--and just when we had him trained too! (I'm terrible, I know :p ) :lol: He'll probably lose a few pounds too because he can't really feed himself too well with his right hand--Hey! that's an idea for me!
Julie, well, as you can see the above post, I wish you only the happiest of birthdays. Whew, that heat index must be killer for you guys, your mom is so sweet to bring an ice cream cake for ya. Cal, I got your message over the weekend...sorry I couldn't call ya back, I don't have your number stored in my new cel phone. Thanks for calling though, you're sweet. Yes! We go on vacation in about 3 weeks. How'd your weekend go? I sent you a PM. Angie, OK, I guess because I've lived on an island all my life, I didn't know what a "fifth wheel" was :^: :doh: so I had to go and look it up. Those are pretty cool! I didn't know they even come in 2-story?! That would be cool to have since you've got that fancy new truck to tow it eh? Did you see how Matthew McConnaughey(sp) helped to rescue all those cats and dogs? He is such a babe for doing that :love: Dips, you go girl!! You work it, you got it :cb: My gawd, the last time I weighed 130 was when I got married many eons ago :o Any word on the supervisor position? Cherie, you are doing awesome! You live your life and enjoy the good things and you still lose weight--never mind the up and down thing, as Dips said, don't let the scale rule you. Holly, give us a holler :wave: Kempy, we miss you bud! How you holding up? |
Sorry I was AWOL yesterday. It was Payroll Day, and I was futher behind than usual.
Happy Birthday Julie!!!! I hope you had a great great day! Noelle.. I am so sorry to hear about your dad. I hope the surgery goes well this Friday. Keep us posted. Dips WTG on your scale victory. At least one of us is making progress. I am STILL at 152.50. I was that last Friday, I was that the Friday before. On Labor Day Monday, I actually saw 150.00, but how the **** that happened I, don't know. I can't seem to get this body to let go of the fat. But.. I'll keep trying. You are inspiring me. I can't wait til I am down to 130.50. Angie... we love ya no matter what weight you are. You've had some pretty tough and stressful times this summer. Its going to get better, and you will get your motivation back. In the meantime.. just continue to hang out here! Kempy... we miss ya girl. I hope things are getting somewhat back to normal for you. Cal... I hope school is doing fine! Holly..hiya!!! Come back out and play! OK.. well, I need to get busy here at work. Oh.... The Biggest Loser premieres tonight. I plan on being on my treadmill for the whole show. 90 minutes. Hopefully it will give me the extra motivation I need to continue and not give up! Talk to you all soon!!!! Cherie |
Hi girls! Thanks for all the birthday wishes! I tried to post last night but it wouldn't come up.
Noelle, that was so kind and thoughtful of you. I will have fun with the gift! Hope your dad feels better soon. You will have to be his helper now. My mil just a surgery on her leg so I am going to make her some dinner this week. Cherie, thanks for the reminder about that show. I would have totally forgot about it. I loved to watch it last year. Those people were so awesome on it. Are you still doing SB? You will see those pounds drop, keep it up girlie! Angie, how are you? I want to get over to target soon! Dips how is school? Did you find out if you got the job? I hope you got the books that were sold out. Cal almost break yet? Thinking about you Kempy.... Holly are you? My birthday was really nice yesterday. Dh and I moved our sectional to our downstairs family room and brought our couch up from down there, its a newer burgandy leather couch and then we went and got a new loveseat that is tan with some burgandy in it. It goes pretty nice. Dh got me some new walking shoes, a Paula Dean cookbook (i just love her!) and gift certificates to the mall and to get my hair done at a new place I want to try. He spoiled me this year. I ate way way way too much cake the last couple of days! Well girls dd wants lunch better run and the chores are calling my name. Check back later on. Have a great Tuesday everybody :) |
Hey girls, I am back online with my work computer and I am just dizzy :dizzy: with happiness. :cb: My 4-in-1 printer is working too, not just 2 out of 4 or 3 out of 4 like usual :rolleyes: . Thank God for computer tech friends! I didn't get any breakfast (just coffee) or any lunch yet for that matter so I am starving. I guess I'll pick up my boy from school and see about getting something to eat. hehe, I got a bright yellow post card in the mail from WW yesterday, I am keeping it close to my heart. I am goingt to probably suck it up and join WW again when I get back from my vacation. I'm a little mortified about going since I gained back the weight that I lost there a year-and-a-half ago, but I'm sure they see people like me all the time, that's how they stay in business eh?
Julie, you're very welcome for the gift, whatever you choose--and choose something that makes YOU happy. Your DH did good this year, I'm so happy for you. How's your DS and DD liking their school year so far? Cherie, you are probably getting ready to do your 90 minutes on the :tread: right about now. I think I'll try and watch that show too. I SO hear you on how hard it is to lose weight when you get older--it was much much easier to take off in my 20's. You go girl, you are inspiring to us with your determination. I gotta run for now and pick up my boy. :wave: Hi to Angie, Kempy, Dips, Cal, Holly and everyone. Come out, come out wherever you are. ps. thanks for the well wishes for my dad, I'll make sure he gets the healing vibes. |
I am soooo frustrated. I am up another pound from yesterday!!!!!!!! Here is my food diary and exercise log. What am I doing wrong??? I am now 153.50. (On Labor Day I was 150.00 EVEN) I've exercised every single day except one (this past Friday) and over all, I've kept my calories pretty consistant over a week at a time's worth...
http://www.calorieking.com/public/?m...alendar_day=14 I just upset with my body, it's not doing what I want it to do, and yet I feel like I am putting in a 100% effort. I should have gotten that burger and fries last night like I wanted. Instead, I came home and made soft tacos. On my food diary, I just listed the amounts for taco bell soft tacos, but I know mine were much lower in calories. I used Carb Smart torts, and 97% lean ground beef, and low fat cheese... and not alot of it either. I just am not understanding why my body is resisting me so much. Ok.. I am finished with my whining. I got another flat tire yesterday. Second one in two weeks. I took it to Wal-Mart and they replaced it for free. So now I have two new front tires on my car, and the back ones are only a year old. I watched the biggest loser last night... I think it's going to be a good show. It's going to keep me motivated .. I was on the treadmill for 80 of the 90 minutes the show was on. later when INXS was on, I got back on for 11 minutes and finished out my goal I had set for myself. Julie.. sounds like your hubby did a great job with your birthday! Congrats! I am glad you had a nice one! Noelle... congrats on getting your computer and printer fixed! YEAH!!!!! :-) I would try WW if I thought it would help me... oh well.. it's just a matter of finding out the right combination of calories and exercise for me I guess. Hi Angie and Holly and Kempy and Cal! Hope you guys are doing well.... OK.. I need to get back to work.. Talk to you soon. Cherie |
Oh Angie.... ((((((((HUGS)))))))))) How terrible. I hope she is ok, and that you all as a family can get through this together. You guys are in my thoughts and prayers.... Please let us know if there is anything we can do for you. ((((HUGS)))) again...
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Angie, I am so sorry. My thoughts and prayers are with you and the family. I wish your family well. Hugs girl, love you!!
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Cherie, our bodies can be so difficult at times. I bet maybe you are building muscle and pretty soon the muscle will start burning those calories. Don't give up on yourself ever :).
Sorry about the flat tire. What a bummer being the second one. Gotta run girls, I just got back from a doctor appointment. Angie, again I am praying and thinking of you. Please, please let us know if we can do anything for you. Hi, to everyone else....check back later on girls. |
Angie, thanks for letting us know what's going on. :grouphug: You must be so worried right now. Don't feel like you have to beat yourself up about not knowing what's going on in your kid's life--remember that not too long ago time where you could be all moody and secretive, defiant, rebellious...I'm speaking purely from my personal experience of course. What I didn't want my mom to know, she mostly didn't know. You hang in there and for sure, if you ever need to lean on us, we're here for you. Praying for a speedy recovery for Brit.
Cherie, your body will adjust to your new workout and eating schedule, most likely by next week. Sometimes it just wants to cling to the pounds, for your survival, ya know? You have the most amazing will power and determination. You're awesome :strong:. Man, having a flat sucks. At least you got two new tires out of it :^: and I am happy you didn't get into a fender bender with the flats. Julie, did the doc give you a clean bill of health? just kidding, I'm getting nosey. Have a good day. Have a good one everyone...gotta get back to work. :comp: |
Just wanted to drop in and let everyone know that I'm just very busy. Midterms just came out and it's amazing that the students are now asking about the work their missing; some have had work missing since the middle of August. What's more amazing are some of the parents thinking that their child should get to make up work they missed, even a month later. :dizzy:
Noelle: I am counting down the days until break. Thank you for the PM. Angie: I think I missed something somewhere. I read everyone sending hugs (as I do), but I didn't read anything. Is everything ok? I hope so. I'll be able to spend a little more time with more personal notes hopefully tomorrow. Til then, have a great night everyone. Cal |
Good morning ladies. Not much happening here except it's HOT as heck and soooo muggy. Where's the rain when you want it??? I watched a little of Regis and Kelly this morning, they had a guy from Barcelona, Spain trying to break the Guiness World Record for breaking the most watermelons with his head :dizzy:. He did it at 32 watermelons. That's just nuts. I'm bringing my sis and BIL to the airport this morning, they're visiting family in NY (Buffalo area?)... Then I'll be off to the office.
Angie, how's Brit doing today and how's the rest of the family holding up? Thinking of you guys. Cal, it's pretty strange how some parents will try and defend their kids' actions and make like the teacher is in the wrong :shrug:...I know you can keep them both in line though :) Julie, did you catch the finale (I think) of Tommy Lee's show on Tuesday? My sis called me but I missed it--what's wrong with me? :lol: What are you up to today? :wave: Hi to Cherie, Kempy, Holly, Dips and everyone, have a great day. |
Hey girls
Noelle I did see the finale. I thought the show was going to be on longer. I missed Regis and Kelly, I have not been catching much of it lately. I still don't know how that Kelly is so thin. I think she looks too skinny. Forgot to answer your question, ds is doing great in school. No notes from the teacher :lol:. No news is good news I guess sometimes. Dd is not going to start pre-k until early winter. She is having a blast having mommy all to herself though. Cherie, I forgot to ask....how did it go at Alan's house with the girls? Sorry if you already said. I have been a scatterbrain and busy lately ;). I hope you are not down on yourself yet about the scale. It will drop. Keep your chin up sweetie. :) Thinking of you Angie. Well hello to Cal, Dips, Kempy, and Holly. Got to go get dinner on the table. Having my favorite, chili and cornbread. Check back soon. Have a good one. TGIF tomorrow :D!!!! |
Cherie, I know you are a Survivor fan and the first one is on tonight! I am happy all the good fall shows are starting :). Now we can all chat about them. I thought Biggest Loser looked like it was going to be a good one.
Anyway girls I am going to rest for the night, I am kind of tired. I took a nice long walk today. So I don't feel so guilty about all the cornbread I ate ;). It should even it out I hope. I didn't tell you all my ds lost two more teeth. That is a total of three in about two weeks!! I guess they are ready to come out. Cherie did Hannah's loose one come out yet? My son said he wanted them back in :lol:. When we were putting the teeth under his pillow he had to go and take it out of the plastic bag and brush it before his bath. I got tears in my eyes it was so cute. Okay Survivor is on. Bye for now. |
Anyone see Survivor? The first challenge was so hard! It looks likes it is going to be an okay season. Okay....Good Night.
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Good Morning! I took a few days off and hid I guess. I realize that isn't good for me cause I tend to lose control and just not care, and not exercise. :-( Oh well... I am back today, and will be good!
This weekend was fairly quiet. Saturday, we went to see Alan and his friends at the race track, and I got my times all screwed up, so by the time we got there, it was over for the day. I did get to spend the afternoon/evening with him, and as a surprise, Alan's son Preston was there. This was the first time I got to spend time around Preston in over two years. WOW. Things went better than expected... and we left there around 8 PM so all the guys could go play their XBOX halo thing out in the trailer (Jonathan had set up a big screen... you just have to know these guys). Yesterday, we went to church, and I was just really lazy all afternoon long. We went to Steven's cousin's house yesterday evening for a cookout and the girls had a blast playing with their boy cousins. Today... trying to get back on track! Oh... I got confirmation this past Thursday, the girls will be getting social security benefits.. such a weight lifted off my shoulders. :-) Well, I guess I better get back to work. I'll talk to you girls soon! Cherie |
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