Hey Gals! I know I promised that I was gonna post more, but man, this sickness is wearing me out! I barfed most of today, and slept the other half. Nasty really.
Nice to see everyone posting again I will come and catch up soon!
Hello gals! I weighed today, sneaky me. It's offical, I am a happy bunny, I am 199. I feel now I can just concentrate on my training and let the weight take care of itself. I have no specific weight goals now, and goal can take as long as it wants, as far as I'm concerned. I have started to work on a five year plan, so that I have something to focus on once the weight is off!
My five year plan includes musings on whether a triathlon could be possible. I scare myself!
Hope you start to feel better soon Aimee, sounds awful!
Aimee and Kimberley--it's great to hear from you even if you don't have much time to post! Sending happy thought both your ways (which takes work since you're on opposite sides of the continent! )
Kylie--WOOHOO for ONEderland! What a GREAT feeling that must be
Marge--I'm with you on the getting more serious. I realized that January is almost half over already and I only have till mid-April before I have to wear that dress for my sister's wedding! I've been frequenting Fitday, but I still need to actually keep my calories under control a little more rather than just log the 17 pieces of pizza or whatever
Sara--great to see you back here You're such an inspiration with all your hard work! Oh, and I definitely think Denise Austin has an annoying voice, too
Well, my plan of going home and napping didn't pan out. I went home, putzed around on the computer, had some dinner, watched an old episode of Gilmore Girls, printed out some pictures, and started a scrapbook page. I tried to go to bed kinda early, but then I got nosey and looked through Jeff's nightstand drawers I'm glad to say I didn't find anything incriminating (nor did I find anything on his computer, which I also snooped through a little)--I did find a letter from an old girlfriend (the one before me), but it didn't bother me since I know, for example, that I would keep tokens of my relationship with him even if we were to break up and move on. I know snooping is bad and wrong and all that, but it's reassuring to NOT find anything, ya know? Bah, I hate being an obsessive girl
The scale was up 1.5 lbs today. I think it is because I didnt drink as much water as I normally do. I usually have about 90 oz and only did 60. So I am doing the Super Flush!! 90 oz before noon! As of 10 am, I have 30 down, on my second 30.
Okay, Kimberley, put down your drink so you get it through your nose, I typed into my address thehmandotcom. I think I've become a much too literal person. I'm very happy to hear that Howie got through that operation and that it all went so well. I was thinking about you two. Hang in there, rest, recuperate.
I don't know about you, Kylie, but I'd be (I'll be) kissing strangers (well, the good looking ones) when I get to Onderland.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Great going, woman
still need to actually keep my calories under control a little more rather than just log the 17 pieces of pizza or whatever
Jill, heh heh, I find it's more painful to eat the goodies when I have to actually log them in and see the numbers, yikes. Those cookies tempt me less I see in hard print that they're shooting me over 2000. I could easily see myself doing the same thing, re: looking around.
Jen, I remember reading a post on the 100 thread from a lady that tracked her weight ups and downs I think it was every hour for a day, then over a couple of days, or some such thing. It changed dramatically even hour by hour. I know mine can change by a pound from 7am to 8am, don't ask me how that's possible.
Aimee, recover, recover, recover...I'm sending that over the www.
We just got about 10 new clients, and half of them are close to being completely crazy. Add that to the current crew and well.... Boy, could I tell you stories. I'm just about to head out to the gym, in a few minutes. It's 4pm and I haven't had any goodies off my diet. Hey, the small battles add up over time. I think noon until about dinner time is the hardest period for me.
Just a quick postie tonight. I had a very long drive home in thick fog. It was unreal how dense this fog was. Anyway, I read posts earlier, but was at the hospital and didn't reply. Too tired to now, wouldn't ya know? There's good news posted at thehman.com for y'all.
Good morning, all! A little later posting this morning that usual--had to "defend" myself on a thread where someone was on a strict liquid diet and was asking for help because she was feeling hungry (duh!), so I explained that liquid diets don't teach you how to eat properly and in order to not feel hungry, you should probably eat more than once a day, but that apparently wasn't what she wanted to hear, so she basically snapped at me defending her diet and telling me that I should do more research before I say a plan won't work Ugh, why do people ask for help and advice if they're not willing to take it? I've been given advice that I don't take, but I don't get all fired up about it since I know different things work for different people!
Anyway, now that I've ranted about that
Marge--I used to eel guilty when I logged my millions of calories into fitday, but I think lately I've gotten into the midset that even the way high calories is better than I did basically throughout the month of December, so I've been kind of in denial about how bad my diet is NOW *sigh* I'm getting there, though
Kimberley--I am SO glad that things are going well for you guys! AND I'm glad that you find the time to come and update us...I know it's not a priority, so we sure do appreciate it!
Jen--hehe, how'd the Super Flush go? 90 oz sounds like SO much, but then I think about how I usually have 9 servings (8 oz each, so 72 oz) just while I'm at work, so I probably don't get much less than you in a day. Oh, and all the trips back and forth to the bathroom count as exercise, right?
So, I was Jeffless again last night. I had a 7:30pm conference call for job #2, so I napped from about 5-7, then did the call, then watched my 2 hours of Lost while working on my scrapbook page a little. I'm proud to say I didn't snoop through anything (not that there's probably anything left I haven't seen ), and I am SO excited to have my Jeff back tonight. It's amazing how much I could miss him in only 2 days when I think of how long (a year and a half) we went where we could only see each other on the weekends. Guess I got used to that second warm body in bed pretty fast--I had to add an extra blanket to the bed the past 2 nights!
It's busy today at work so i'm gonna make this a quickie!
Kylie! HOLY MOLY!!! I'm so excited for you!
Kimberly, nice to hear from you, get some good zzz's!
Aimee, stop being sick already! We need good stories, and yours are always the best!
Jill! I'm shocked that you're a snooper! ( I am too )
Marge, great job on the lack of 'treats'!
Jen, oh. my. god. that is a heck of a lot of water... I'd float right out of my cube at work!
My elliptical found it's new home last night (as I wipe away a tear for my dear departed friend...) A girl from work bought it, now I just need to go get the new one I want. and i'll have to put it together too... that sucks.
Going to a comedy club tonight with some friends, should be fun...
Morning, ladies. Wow, it's quiet in this here thread. How's the French advice Diana? How's the 5-year plan, Kylie? (reminds me of my history of Communism class, heh heh, they always had 5-year plans). How's things with you, Jen and Sara? Aimee, how's the flu from ****?
Howie is looking good, Kimberley. Great news that you might get to leave by Friday. I'm sure that's a huge relief. I went on a road trip from SF to LA in college, we drove through the Central Valley on the way home. It was night time, and all of a sudden we hit a wall of fog. I'd never seen anything like that before. I was driving and I got behind a truck and followed his lights until we could pull off, then one of my friend's took over. i'll never forget how scary that was.
Jill, I've noticed the diet discussions get people pretty worked up, I guess because some people start to feel desperate about it. I've had my desperate moments too. These past few months have been more frustrating than desperate though. Re: Lost, I like the Mr. Echo story line, not crazy about the new commando woman from the tail end. Even after all the time Rob and I have been together, it's still strange when we sleep apart.
The gym yesterday was still PACKED. I had to go do resistance machines after the treadmill, then go back to do the elliptical. Usually I do all my aerobic at once then move on to the resistance. I may go take a midday walk, it's 56 and sunny here.
Just checking in, actually home a little early tonight. I wanted to get home earlier so I could get the bedding washed and fresh. Howie's coming home tomorrow! I got here and Dea already had the bedding washed and in the dryer. What a sweetheart. I'm about ready to crash. Gosh it will be good to have him home, not just because of the long commute (1.25 hours each way if no traffic), but because I am tired of being Howieless.
Jill, I just get the dogs in bed with me - no extra blankets needed! LOL
Jen--I can still see your blog link in your signature...maybe it was just a fluke?
Kimberley--ahh, just another reason to have pets! We can't have dogs in our apartment building, but I REALLY want one. Guess we'll have to wait a few years till we move again On a brighter note, I do get to go visit my sister this weekend and stay at her place next weekend to take care of her dog while they are gone, and he is an AWESOME dog, so I have a part-time long-distance pet
Aimee--nice to se you at least stopping by! Hope you feel better soon (though I know it's hard to rest when working retail!).
Well, I got my Jeff back last night I think the few days apart did us good--he was very sweet and in a very good mood. His mother has been out of work for over 2 years because she hurt her back on the job, and her money has been tied up in courts the whole time, and she JUST got her check for her back-pay they owed her, so she sent Jeff a new coat and $1000 cash So we made a trip to the mall last night so he could buy a Nintendo DS (the new hand-held one) and 2 games. She told him he had to buy something for me, too He asked me what I wanted, but I just kept saying I didn't know. While walking through the mall, I saw one of those kiosks with all the calendars, and I said I needed a new calendar for my office, and they were all 50% off, so we each got one. I told him he could tell his mom he got me a calendar, and he was like, don't you want something else?? So now I'll have to think about it...
I will come and catch up soon!
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and I only have till mid-April before I have to wear that dress for my sister's wedding! I've been frequenting Fitday, but I still need to actually keep my calories under control a little more rather than just log the 17 pieces of pizza or whatever 
I'm glad to say I didn't find anything incriminating (nor did I find anything on his computer, which I also snooped through a little)--I did find a letter from an old girlfriend (the one before me), but it didn't bother me since I know, for example, that I would keep tokens of my relationship with him even if we were to break up and move on. I know snooping is bad and wrong and all that, but it's reassuring to NOT find anything, ya know? Bah, I hate being an obsessive girl 
I was thinking about you two. Hang in there, rest, recuperate.
I think the few days apart did us good--he was very sweet and in a very good mood. His mother has been out of work for over 2 years because she hurt her back on the job, and her money has been tied up in courts the whole time, and she JUST got her check for her back-pay they owed her, so she sent Jeff a new coat and $1000 cash 