A GREAT BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SYLVIA!!!!!! Hope that you have a terrific birthday and a great year ahead.

Hi there Sam - Congratulations on your new home. What a wonderful time in your life - your first child and now a new home. It's always so nice to hear from you. Wow, terrific that Charlotte is sleeping through the night. Good to be able to get caught up on your sleep, I'll bet. You are doing so well, continuing with your school, back onplan and all. Way to go!!!!!

Yes, I will be taking pictures tomorrow for sure. Can't wait to see Chrissy. :D

We just had a visit from our little grandaughter, Cambree and her mom. What fun! She is 2 1/2 and growing so much the past couple of months. Can't wait for the new arrival in December too. Really something to watch your family grow. :)

I hope you are all enjoying the weekend. Take care everyone. Talk to you soon. Love, G :wave:

Happy Weekend All,
It has been a crazy and hectic week. :dizzy: Nicole is healing, bruises starting to fade. Her teeth are still too loose for the dentist to work on yet. She may yet lose them. We got a bill from the mans insurance company. They want $1800 for the damage that she did to his car. :mad: Her teeth will cost over $2000. Needless to say we have consulted a lawyer. Seems to me that a person should take precidence over a car. Agree??? At the moment dieting is the last thing on my mind.I just can't concentrate.
CJ: Congrats on that beautifull baby. I can't imagine 9 grandkids.Also on your 10 pounds. It must have felt great getting that 10 pound ribbon.
Sharon: You really are having a busy summer.You aren't working are you?? Never mind just enjoy. We all know how short life is.
Gail: I love the idea of your produce delivery. I wish that we had something like that here. I would jump right on it.Have a great time with Chrissie. Wish that I were there.
Trish: Congratulations on your loss. You should be so proud. That last pound will come off and you will dance at your sons wedding. Have a great time.
Sam: Sounds like you had a good week on program. I can't believe that the baby is sleeping through the night already. That's wonderfull.:angel: Bless you both.
Well ladies this is my weekend to work so let me make my lunch. Take care all. Love, Julie

Hi ladies. Well, I went back to work today:( All good things come to an end I guess. We had a good time. Didn;t do much, but got to see my parents and grandparents and my brother and his family. Went to a casino, but didn't win anything. I was such a BIG spender:lol: I spent a whole 20 dollars. My husband spent the same. I enjoyed my self though. We went to my old hometown a looked around. All in all it was a nice relaxing vacation. My kids called almost every day. :lol: The house was still standing when we got back. So next year I will be able to relax some more!:D

I will weigh myself probably Tues or Weds. My husband is still on vacation until Tues. We are going out for our ann. on Monday.


Julie: Hope your daughter is doing better. How can the insurance company want her to pay for the car? What did the lawyer say?

Gail: Wow you get to meet Chrissy! Have a wonderful visit, can't wait to hear all about it.

CJ: Way to go on your weight loss. It won't be long now till you get your 10% soon.

Trish: your doing Great! You will definetaly make your wedding goal. You will also get the Labor Day goal too.

Dreamer: Sounds like you are getting everything in order. Isn't it nice to have the baby sleep through the night?

Well, I have to go got things to do before I can go to bed. Take care everyone and have a peaceful Sunday. Mary Kay

Well, I lost 2.4 of the 2.8 lbs. that I gained last weigh-in so I'm feeling much better about life. Then again, Saturday night was a blur of pizza and ice cream. Sunday wasn't much better because we were at the VFW all day doing Family Feud and eating burgers and fries. Man, these weekends are what's killing me!

Speaking of Family Feud, our team lost in the first round. Oh we had a really good time but one of our players is a new guy and he was really disappointed. I spent the rest of the time there putting the answers up on the board, etc. I got to choose the questions and some of them were really tough. Then again, some of the ones I thought were hard, the players whizzed right through. Anyway, one of the teams that was supposed to play on August 12 cancelled out and they asked if my team wanted to play again. I'll check with them today. Maybe we'll do better next time. :^:

Meanwhile, I'm once again starting my work week trying to get back on track food-wise. I guess I should really stop weighing myself every morning but I'm hooked. :dizzy: I actually sat down and ate breakfast (cornflakes and skim milk with banana) this morning but forgot to bring my sandwich for lunch. One of these days I'll get it right. I've got to stick to it this week. A group of us are going to lunch for someone's birthday on Friday so I want to have a few points saved up.

CJ, I forgot to congratulate you!! 10 lbs!! What did you do with your ribbon? Mine's on the fridge.

Julie, I can't believe that guy trying to get your daughter to pay for his car. Some people will try anything! :mad: Hope your lawyer can work that out.

Sam, congratulations on the new home! Hope you get the family all settled in soon. I do enjoy bike riding (especially down hill :lol: ) I keep forgetting you're over on the other side of the planet and it's winter there. Well, that gives you plenty of time to drop some weight before bathing suit season!

Gail, how was your visit with Chrissy?? Can't wait to see the pictures!

MK, welcome back! Sounds like you had a great time!

I have to run now. I'm hoping to leave here a bit early. Have to buy a wedding gift and a housewarming gift. Oh man, I hate shopping when it's not for me! :devil:

Hope you all have a great day!
Much love, Jo.

Hi Everyone,
I just posted a long reply and lost it. I have no idea what happened. So here I go again.
We got back fromt he cottage last night. Had good weather and lots of fun. I even got brave enough tto drive the Jet Ski. Was going to try to water ski again after many years, but decided I had enough bruises on me from falling off the pier into a raft.

C.J....Congrats on the 10 pound loss and on the beautiful new grandson.

Julie....Hope Nicole is doing O.K. I can't believe the man would want YOU to pay bills. What an idiot!!!!!!

Jo....Your camping trip sounded so nice. Except for the downpour. Did you get wet?

Sharon...You sure are a busy little bee this month aren't you? Tell Papa and Jerry we said Hello and hope they are enjoying themselves. Am sure you will have fun camping with Chrissy and the girls. Wish I were going.

Trish....What a determined gal you are. You sure will make that 25 pound lioss by the 14th. WAY TO GO!!!!!!!

Angel Eyes.....Keep up that motivation.!!!!!!!

Gail....I think your produce delivery is great. I bet the produce is a lot fresher tooo than you get in the stores. Hope you were able to connect with Chrissy. She is one special gal and so are you so the meeeting would be great I am sure.

Dreamer...WHOOPIE!!!!! You will soon be a home owner. Congrats. And congrats on finishing the course you took too, and doing as well in it as you did. Not easy when you have a little one that needs lots of your time.

M.K....Sounds like you had a nice vacation. Sometimes just not doing much is nice too. That's why i like to go tot he cottage. Our next vacation in Aug/Sept. will be one where we are in the go all the time.

Chrissy....Hope you had a great time in Seattle with Mary and a very nice visit with Gail. Get those pictures on here soon. Have a fun time camping when you get back.

Happy Birthday to anyone that just had one.Love to all Sandi:dizzy:

Good Evening!

I just wanted to stop in and say hi. I don't have time to write a long post, but just wanted to let you know I'm here and reading your posts. I'll come backand address everyone in the next few days before I leave for Annapolis.

Trish :)

Hi to Everyone! Hope that you all had a terrific weekend. I surely did!

Well, Chrissy and I did get to meet on Sunday for lunch. Ken and I drove down to Olympia where she was staying and we all went out to a quaint farmer's market with Chrissy's niece Mary, and then we went for lunch at a nice restaurant. The time flew by so quickly, I didn't want to leave at all. :D

We took some pictures and hopefully they will turn out okay. Ken took some of them and he has a knack for cutting heads off, so hope he didn't cut our heads off Chrissy. :lol:

We had a great time and hit if off so well. I agree with Sandi - Chrissy, you are a very special person. You must be arriving home anytime now. Hope that you had a good trip and get some rest before you have to work tomorrow. Take care. :)

Trish, your son's wedding is this coming Saturday - you must be awfully excited. Your post is so calm - I would be going a little crazy right now if I were in your shoes. Tell us about your outfit for the wedding. Bet it looks so terrific with all those pounds gone. Did you notice I joined the challenge too? It was hard to admit where I got myself too, but a relief to get it out there and get myself going back onplan again. So, maybe the challenge will help stay on track. :^:

Sandi, your holiday sounds like lots of fun. How did you fall off the pier - what happened? Glad you came away with only a few bruises, but that's bad enough. Yes, Chrissy and I had a good time together. She is just as great as you say she is.

Jo, way to go getting that weight back off! I know what you mean about the weekends being murder. Being away for most of the day yesterday and again today, my eating choices were not the very best, but think I managed to stay within my points both days. Gosh, I even turned down Ben & Jerry's ice cream yesterday :cool: I did have some ice cream today, but it was MacDonalds so think it is ice milk and fit in with my points. Here's hoping.

MaryK, glad that you had such a nice vacation and that your kids didn't let you down. They probably don't even fight when you are not around. :lol: A Happy Anniversary to you and your hubby. Hope that you have a great celebration today.

Julie, I hope that Nicole's teeth will be okay. The poor little thing - how awful to have that happen and then they want her to pay for the damage to the car? What's up with that? :mad: Hard to figure people out.

Sharon, dear friend, where are you? I haven't heard from you and thought maybe you went away for a few days. I had a wonderful time meeting your sister-in-law Chrissy. Wish you could have been there too. Maybe soon we will be able to get together. Sure hope so. ;)

Well everyone, time to go and wash some lettuce. :lol: I have fruit and veggies coming out my ears and have to prepare it or it won't get used up. Too bad they don't deliver it all washed and ready to use. Now, would that prove that I am just a little bit lazy or what? LOL

Talk to you all soon. Love, G :wave:

Sorry to be missing......
 

My problem seems to be these days....a lack of something in my heart. The motivation is there...but not totally there. I need a really good pick-me-up!! The problem is I've lost 35 lbs...bought the new clothes, still excercising 3x/wk, started jogging....am buying the healthy foods (and eating them) but now I'm not too careful about some of the little extras and without losing any weight.....am still on the plateau for 3 months now. Any ideas?? I'd sure be open to them, but believe me....I've heard it all. So come on....GIVE ME YOUR BEST SHOT!!...I think I need a good wake up call....(or a little kick in the butt) to get me going. Another little problem, is some of the threads that I posted to before,,,,no longer exist. The posters....have stopped or dropped off the face of the earth....after building up that part of the thread and sharing so much....are now gone. I don't want to be brushed aside....and lost. Sorry to be so down, not usually like me. BUT....since this is a success and motivational thread...am going to get me a perfect breakfast....and have a perfect day, because if anything.....I'm a planner. So with a busy day at work, soccer afterwards...and dh away, its SUPERMOM gear!!! bye,

HI EVERYONE! And a Good Morning to you all.

Well guys, I am in a BUTT KICKING MOOD this morning, so here we go - ANGEL - THIS ONE'S FOR YOU! {{{{{BUTTKICK!BUTTKICK! BUTTKICK!}}}}} :lol: Anyone else who needs it, you are welcome to share. :D

Sure hope that helps, Angel. I for one would love to be in your shoes. I am having a tough time just getting going and would love to see the scale drop a couple of pounds even. Tomorrow will be my weigh in day so am hoping for a loss. Stayed off the scale for the week because that can get me so discouraged.

The weather has been so hot here. Yesterday I drove Ken to the hospital for X-Rays and possible removal of the stent they put in to help him pass the kidney stone. Well, it seems he only passed part of it. They are leaving the stent in till he passes the rest of it - that could be awhile. He was really disappointed because we thought that would be about the end of it. Rats! Because he had the day off work, we went for a long drive in the mountains, enjoyed the beautiful scenery, saw two deer and some snow on some of the higher mountains, and felt much better after being out in nature for awhile. Also picked up some nice big rocks for the garden.

So onward and upward today. Or should I say downward. Have to go out this morning to an appointment - hope to be back before it gets too hot later in the day. Thank God for airconditioning in the car. Take care everyone and have a super day. Love, G :D

Hello All,
Very hot night tonight. We are expecting thunder storms but no rumbles yet.Hopefully I can get this posted before it starts. Nicole and Sean are out with their friends. Kinda hard to let her go when I just want to hold her close. The reason that they want her to pay for damages is that the policeman gave her a ticket for jaywalking. She did have her head in the clouds(as usual)but she walked across 3 lanes before he hit her, was wearing white and is not a tiny little girl. She is 5'8".Even though he had the right of way he still should have stopped. Every time I drive past that spot I see her bruised face and get angry.:mad: I know that I have to let it go but I get terrified to think that I could have lost her.
Gail: I have to take some of that butt kicking from you because I seem to have lost my motivation. Haven;t walked in almost 2 weeks. Did work in the yard for a couple of hours today. Will that count??Haven't journaled either. Where did it go?? And how do I get it back??
Sandi and Mary Kay: Sounds like you both had great vacations. Should be well rested and ready to jump back in. :)
JO: Your family feud has always sounded like so much fun.I find it much easier to keep my eating in check during the work week. When I am home on the weekends it's a lot harder. The fridge just seems to call me.
The wind is picking up and suddenly it's getting much darker. Think it's time to go. Take care all. Love, Julie

:wave: Hello Ladies!

I hope you are all doing well. It looks like I'm going to be posting more often... my wonderful husband gave me a computer for my birthday! :spin: You all know how much I missed my computer when my husabnd decided to "fix" it last year.
Thank you for the birthday wishes!!! I had a wonderful birthday weekend ... went and got a manicure/pedicure with a friend, then off to lunch ( I didn't have dessert so I was good) then off to dinner with my husband ... the next day went up to my parents' house for a lovely bbq and birthday margaritas ( I know I'm bad ... but I didn't have any of the cake or ice cream) and just hung out in the jacuzzi. Very relaxing ... just the way I like it!!

I'm really watching what I eat not only to get pregnant but, I'm going to Las Vegas August 18 to go see the Go-Go's at Mandalay Beach!! Can we say hot, hot, hot!! I have to try to lose abit so that I don't scare people when I wear shorts and sleeveless shirts!!! :o

CJ- What a cute baby!!! Looks like your daughter is going have to watch out for all the girls that are going to be knocking at her door!!! Thank you for sharing the pictures!!

Gail- Thanks for the butt kicks.... I can feel it know! LOL Is Ken feeling better? How is the produce delivery going?

Sharon- Sounds like you had a fun holiday! Have fun with your family!

Julie- I know what you are feeling. I'm happy your daughter is OK. July 3rd, I almost got hit by a speeding van ( 55+ on a City street) while crossing the street. I was in the crosswalk with the right of way and he or she (I didn't see what they were) tried to turn behind me and hit my purse (a leather, thin backpack) and kept going. I had the right of way. I was so shaken that a homeless man asked if I was OK. He said that he sees that stuff all the time and wonders why people are always in such a hurry that they endanger innocent people who are just trying to cross the street in a cross walk. By the time I got home, all I could do is cry. At that point you realize your mortality and the moment you are living almost didn't exist.

Judy- You and your family are in my prayers! {{{{{{JUDY}}}}}

Jo- Did you have fun camping?

Sam- Congratulations on finishing your Uni work!! How many semesters do you have left? Charlie sounds like such a cutie ... you've got to share some pictures with us!!

Well ladies, I've got to run and feed my puppy, Lola before she starts to tear stuff up.

Sorry to ramble on and on ... can you tell I'm excited about having a computer again?!?! :D

I will definitely post soon!

A big HOWDY to all of you I didn't address individually! :wave:

Sylvia

Hi you guys! I have absolutely no time (am swamped at work :dizzy: ) but wanted to check in and say hello. :wave: I'm always thinking about you all and I've come here to read the posts and keep up with you but just haven't had time to write. Was hoping to try to get in last night from home but ended up weeding the garden instead. How'd that happen!?!? Hm, think I need a day off .... again. :rolleyes:

Promise to write as soon as I can. Miss you guys!
Love, Jo.

GOOD MORNING!
 

I don't even have time to read the posts anymore! Just dropped in to let you know I'm still kicking!

Cal's condition continues to worsen. Lots of blood in his urine now. Heavier doses of pain medication keep him going. I really have my hands full.

My weight is really dropping now! I guess that's a good thing. Just don't have time to eat or sit for very long. Have to keep moving, if I stop I'll not be able to get going again.

Love you all, keep us in your prayers please!

Hugs, Judy

Hello All,
Just came from a session with Nicoles lawyer who makes my head spin with "terms". I just want my kids teeth taken care of. I do have good news for a change. We are celebrating our first anniversary this weekend. It actually will be a year the end of this month but the 2 kids are away this weekend. So we are going into New York on the train for dinner and a play. Sounds so romantic doesn't it? Can't believe a whole year already. Do you remember when we were planning the wedding:dizzy: :dizzy: Have to admit it's been a great year (except for Nicoles little accident). Now if I could just get back on my diet:mad:
Sylvia: Sounds like you had a great birthday both in gifts and in celebration. Your near miss sounds frightening.Do you think that they were trying to get your bag?? People are crazy.
Jo: Cheer up, the weekend will be here before you know it. And gardening definitly counts as exercise.
Judy: We are all keeping you and Cal in our thoughts and prayers.
Niles is tempting me with dessert. Skinney Cow anyone??:lol: :lol: Take care all. Love, Julie

Just going on to the new thread. :D