Dang, Jill, you're unstoppable! Good for you, girl!

A challenge sounds good to me. Holidays can be the undoing of many good intentions, so let's band together. I intend to make Thanksgiving my treat day for the week, but I am going to "eat like a skinny person" (but not one of those skinny SOB's that can pack away the food and not gain an ounce). I maintained last holiday season, so I know it can be done. This year, I want to keep losing through the holidays, though.

The contact for People called today. They're sending a photographer, his assistant, a hair/makeup stylist and a wardrobe stylist out here on November 14! Good grief, this is unreal. I have the wardrobe stylist's e-mail address and will send her our sizes and preferences. Sounds like there's a small chance we might get to keep some of the clothes if they have to be altered for us. And get this, they just got done doing a shoot with Pete from The Biggest Loser. The lady said he was so nice to talk to on the phone. His wife was tickled he got to keep some of the clothes, because he's still losing weight. Go, Pete!

So I was a little off on my weigh in this morning.. I realize I wrote down my starting number on Monday, and then this morning I wrote down 262... but not realizing I had lost a pound. I am a little out of it sometimes! SO! I am down 1 pound, 14 to go! I start those 5HTP pills next Saturday, and I have a feeling my body will agree with them again and I'll drop weight without trying.. so I might have to up my challenge.

I actually DID exercise today... lots of the time I just say I will and then lay down.. lol. I can feel my body getting stronger, but i'm finding I need MORE food, is that odd?

Jill - the more the merrier! You are dropping weight like crazy gal, so it might be a challenge to keep up with you!! Those vacations sounds nice. I hope they enjoy Vancouver even tho the rain refuses to stop! Maybe they can see the two Starbucks that are literally RIGHT across the street from eachother.. yet both are busy.

Kimberley - that is just TOO cool! Do you feel the need to step it up a little to see if you can drop a few pounds before they come? I know I would..

Marge - now I love yah... possibly like a sister.. but this "Amy" garbage has to stop! hehe...

Alrighty, I gotta sleep.. I got home LATE, 11:15pm, and I gotta be up at 7:15am.. So i'm looking at 7-ish hours.. but I could go for 10!

-Aimee

Holy cow ladies, I get to do back to back posts? Its feeling wrong to be awake right now... I am going to look forward to sleeping tonight! hehe...

-Aimee

we can be your support system!

Awww, I'll take it! very happy to be offered it! (Amy stuff?)

Aimee, when I started doing the gym more regularly my appetite increased. I can see all the extra exercise making you hungry.

An Alaska cruise sounds great! Hope they have a great time. Man, you're going to be an expert in weddings soon, Jill.

I changed my ticker to read my actual weight, I'm down almost a pound today. Aimee, my Canadian friend, we're the same weight. But you're a smaller size than me. I can't fit into 18s yet. I honestly don't think I'll make 15 lbs by Christmas, maybe 10, though I think even that's ambitious. I'll take 10 Jill, I hope that mojo you have going rubs off on me!

Kimberley, can I say I knew you when? Really fun. Can't wait to see the spread in the magazine.

Congrats on those lbs shed, gals.

Rob and I are about to go out to lunch and I have to dry my hair. Have a good one!

Good for you, Aimee! Jill! Marge! We're all losing, because I am down 2 pounds this week to 204. It was teetering between 203-204, but I went with the solid number. Oh, what a relief.

Yes, I want to lose as much as I can before they come. I wonder if the wardrobe person will do alterations on-site. Guess they'd have to, eh? I am so not the fashionista. LOL

Hi! So I went to take my friend to the doctor, but she had to go home.. and since it was a walk in, I thought I'd pop in and see the doctor. So I got a prescription for the pill, and got some advice on the whole 5HTP thing. He says that it's safe, and when they prescribe things it's just a version of that.. so I feel better about taking them. I did however get my blood pressure checked, not good. In my defence? I had coffee for breakfast, coke at lunch, a brownie, and had TWO incredibly aggrivating, annoying, frustrating things happen JUST before he did it. It was 138/90. Eek! Oh, and I had a REALLY high salt lunch. Probably the worst day to get that checked.. heh.

Jill - I'm glad you are on board! Whats the deadline on this goal? Christmas Eve morning?

Marge - I think you should make a tracker too (you too Kimberley if you are game!), I think you should aim for 15 as well... set your sights high.. because the worst that can happen is you will achieve higher weight loss! I know you can do it. I suspect I don't actually weigh 262, my scale at home.. not so accurate. We might get a good scale, and then I could really tell yah. Also, I really do carry my weight well, I have a large frame AND I'm muscular.. I thank goodness for that everyday! Oh, this doctor mentioned something about my weight, and I told him it was coming off slowly.. and he said.. it's one of the hardest things to do! A smart doctor, I'm IMPRESSED!!

Kimberley - I second Marge... can I say I knew you when?? I shall be bragging, "omg I totally know her!" and showing it to everyone... so yah, make sure you have a fresh haircut and a good bra on! Oh.. and seamless undies! It's a necessity for every gal!

Well, time for this gal to sleep.. I believe the first thing I said this morning was "no"! Okay, time for sleepy... nite gals!!

-Aimee

Sheesh, that sounds like my BP was back a few months ago. I'm happy to report that it was really good on Monday when I saw the doctor, though.

Okay, okay, I added a challenge ticker. My sig's going to take dial-up users 5 minutes to load at this rate! LOL

I'm going to save myself some embarrassment and not say how long it took me to figure out how to make that second ticker at ticker factory...

I bet your scale may be off by as much as 10 lbs, Aimee. You know I can't possibly accept the idea that that expensive Tanita scale I got could be off by that much. Besides, when I changed scales the first time my weight went up by, I think it was 9 lbs, which was traumatic enough.

I'd have to say, considering the situation, I don't know how much stock I'd put into that bp number.

Kimberley, they probably use tape, safety pins, and whatever they can to make the clothes fit right for pics. GREAT weight loss. When I reach 204 I think I'll...I don't know what! I'll be so overwhelmed with joy I'll probably hurt somebody (by accident!).

Yesterday we walked through the park after lunch, all the trees are in the middle of chaning colors, with the bright, sunny 70 degree weather, it was so relaxing. Then a guitar player sat on the bench next to ours. We got a free serenade. I made curry-apple butternut squash soup last night too, so we'll have some of that with dinner tonight. You know, I pooped out last week and never carved the pumpkin we bought. Wonder what I should do with it....

Have a good one, gals.

My brother has a Tanita scale, I got on it and it was within a pound of my scale at home.. but every other scale I've gotten on has said I weigh less. Usually 5-10 pounds less. So I keep going by my scale, mostly because I've heard Tanita scales aren't wrong that often. I figure as long as I'm consistant with the scale I use.

Today I am off on an adventure with my friend, we are going downtown Vancouver shopping. It's going to be good.. I love downtown Alrighty, I better go shower.. my friend is ready to go and I have LOTS to do! Have a good one gals!

-Aimee

I still have dial up, heh heh. I have been eyeballing DSL. I think I'm about to give in. It's getting hard to view videos and I get bored waiting for pages to load and files to download.

Your day sounded really good, Jill (and shopping in Vancouver, I'd go for that!). Must be fun exploring a new neighborhood. You'll find your ducks. In the past few years we've been getting lots of black squirrels back here. And we were talking to our brother in law yesterday (saw him in the park) and he says he noticed lots of new birds this season, we all think the migratory patterns have changed due to the climate changes. I saw a hummingbird moth this summer which I've never seen in the neighborhood before.

Today we're going to take it easy. I went to the gym this morning and it was practically empty. I'm still not up to my level BI (before injury). Slowly but surely. Even though it's after 12, gotta jump in the shower

Have a great Sunday!

Shopping and hiking...Sounds like a nice weekend all around. I've been working on The H-Man site this weekend. Next thing I'll add is a section for healthy recipes we've come up with or have enjoyed from others. We really want the site to be an encouragement to people, especially after the article prints and we get traffic from that.

Other than that, we went to Caribou twice this weekend. Our favorite gal from the coffee shop is moving to Utah at the end of the month - we're so bummed! Her last day there is "black Friday", the day after Thanksgiving. She's so friendly, just terrific. I've been stopping by more often since I know she's leaving.

I finally got a great wireless keyboard and mouse this weekend. Good tools make all the difference...I'd been limping along with a cheap wireless set that had to have the receiver right by the darned things and STILL didn't work right most of the time. Now I have a Microsoft Wireless Comfort Keyboard and mouse. It has a slightly curved, ergonomic keyboard; it's not split like their other ergonomic keyboards, but it has a nice padded wrist rest built in. Best of all, it has a light touch and it works well. LOL Howie was on call this weekend, so he got his beloved DVD sets of The Waltons seasons 1 & 2, and I got the keyboard.

Looks like we're hosting Thanksgiving again this year. I have such mixed feelings about it. I like entertaining, but it is so much work. Well, if nothing else, it's motivation enough to get the house clean. The photographer being here on the 14th guarantees the living room and kitchen will at least be clean...

Howie wants to put the tree up for Thanksgiving, so looks like we'll be decorating early. Can't believe it's already the holiday season...His surgery date will be here before we know it.

Hey Girls!! I can't believe the weekend is over... I do get tomorrow off.. so technically.. It's nice to have a short week coming up!

So the shopping wasn't sucessful! My friend got bored WAY too easily,and I had to wait 45 minutes for her to pick me up. So we didn't even get downtown until 2pm, I had 4 hours! Eek! Thats just not enough time to cover so much ground yah know? I got a few things for Josh and something for my brother.. so it wasn't a complete waste. It's hard to find your shopping match! I think my brother and I do well together, we both know what we want, can keep going until we pretty much die, and he supplies the money hehe..

Jill - Can you make me a smoothie too? heh. I am jealous of your weekend... I can't wait until Josh and I work normal jobs!

Marge - dial up? No way jose! You gotta get with it girl!

Kimberley - the decorations are up in the malls, christmas music is blaring in a few stores... christmas is nearly here! I do love christmas.. I love the spirit of giving.. it makes me happy!

Alrighty, just a short one from me.. I am tired all over! Nite!

-Aimee