Faye.. good luck. Sounds like it's something big. I hope it turns out ok for you.

Carrie.. LOL! I feel about the same way. I don't want to move again if I can help it, either! And we don't even have all that much stuff to worry about any more!

So we all went out as a family to Denny's. It was so nice that I skipped my TWD class this morning to stay with them longer. I had to guilt my husband into it, though. He rarely gets to just sit quietly (sort of) with the rest of the family and enjoy it all. Usually he comes home and puts them to bed. He admitted that he had a good time, too.

Luv ya ladies.. dave wants the computer and he's threatening to pull the plug just to get me out of the chair. Ha ha!

-Lee Ann

Hi all,

Well I am finally feeling a bit better and made it out to the gym today for my 'legs, bums & tums' class. I was going stir crazy - hadn't been to the gym for a week and had loads of pent up energy! :crazy: I'm still blowing my nose every 15 mins, but that's an improvement on every 2 minutes!

FAYE - I hope whatever you are waiting on works out for you - I hope things are okay for you and I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

CARRI - Sorry I'm late in congratulating you - but Woooooooooo-hoooooooo! on the 15lb loss! Wow, that is fantastic!! That must really motivate you to stay OP. Keep it up, you are obviously doing all the right things!

JULIE - I may need to check my thyroid too - a friend has suggested it, but I don't like to bother my doctor! I had it tested 2 or 3 years ago and it was ok. Glad you are enjoying the skating - you must be superfit now and I bet you've laid down a lot of muscle on your legs!

LEE - I don't envy you moving house - it will be worth it once you are all settled in. I can't believe how quick things move in the US - here it takes forever, then usually all falls through at the last minute!

Have a nice weekend

Love Amanda x

Good morning girls! It is kind of unusual that I get weekend posters anymore so it was nice to see.

Amanda: Glad you are feeling better. My allergies cause my nose to drip all the time and it drives me nuts, especially at night so I know what you mean. Sometimes it wakes me up so much that I take kleenex and stuff it up one nostril just so I can sleep. Nothing is worse than being asleep and feelng this creepy crawly feeling when your nose runs! I am already so old I drool at night.....:o

LeeAnn: We moved every three years for 20 years than between 1989 and 2001 we moved three times more so I am definitely moved OUT! We are going to stay put in the condo unless we win big at the casino or with the lottery or something! :lol: Even then, it would have to be millions and millions as I am not doing yardwork! I know you can't wait to be totally into your house. Congratulations btw!

We got up and got ready to run errands yesterday and the phone rang just as we were leaving. Jack saw the caller ID was a Memphis # and before he could tell me not to answer I answered and it was work! They had some motor go out and the mechanics were changing it out, but they needed someone to go out and recalibrate some electronics on it. He told the foreman he had errands to run and then he would go out there. He went out around 1 PM and didn't get home until about 6. They don't want to pay for on call so it is whomever they can get ahold of and the one other guy that will answer his phone was moving his mother-in-law in with him this weekend so he couldn't. I told him the honey do can wait until next weekend so he can have at least one day of no work, but he said we would do it today. It isn't anything awful, just moving the old queen size bedrails to the garage and repasting some wallpaper in the hall bath since I didn't get time to strip, sand and repaint it like I wanted before my sister got here. He is also going to help me lug in paint to start doing touch up. I don't like being in the garage alone if I don't have to. I am a big wuss thinking I will run into some rodent in there! :lol: The complex hasn't had any more problems for several month now, but I am taking NO chances! There really isn't places for them to be now that it is all cleaned up out there, but you can't tell my brain that!

Well, I am going to go. Oh, Carri, I think you are the one that reads the Harry Potter books. Guess what? I figured out who took the locket/horcrux out of that chalice in the lake where Dumbledore and Harry went to get the Horcrux. It is Regulas Black! If you look at the note, he addresses it to the "dark lord" and the only people who called Voldemort dark lord were death eaters so it kind of just came to me! My dd says that has been known for a long time on the websites and the rumor that is big right now is that Harry is that 4th Horcrux, but that sounds a little far fetched to me.

Faye:)

MONDAY: Today is Mission Monday and our Mission this week is information. I think sometimes we are woefully ignorant of food facts and dieting facts. Read labels on food and medication or supplements for dieting, check them out on the web to see if they are safe. Read the small print if you join a diet club or plan on using a particular diet so you don't get burned financially. Make sure the diet you want to use is safe!

Morning gals. Somehow I am back to square one with the cold. It came on yesterday and is full blown again today. I have to just push through it though as I have begun to paint and I can't just stop in the middle of it. I only have a little over 3 weeks until my sister is here and I want everything to be perfect when she comes. Mainly I am uncomfortable with a sinus headache, which is no fun, but hey, I have had worse things! I am just tired of being sick this last few months. I push myself to do stuff even if I am sick, which I know isn't smart, but if I don't do them they don't get done.

I hope everyone has a great day today!

Faye :)

Bump.

Afternoon Girls....well I DID it !! I finally made it through a whole weekend without cheating on my program...usually every weekend I break down and have something totally fatty but I didnt this time, and even dh was eating poorly right in front of me ( bad dh ) :) :carrot: I really feel like I got the ball rolling this time, I was down another pound yesterday... I am changing my signature to my real weight even though I am truly embarrassed about how far I back slided but I gotta be truthful with myself.

Faye - I hope everything will turn out okay for you and your situation. I will be thinking of you and Jack. On the topic today, I am the queen of reading labels, even the gals here at work ask me to advise them on it...kind of makes you feel good.

Amanda - Thanks for the congratulations, glad you are feeling better and ready to get back to the gym ...

Leann and Julie - Hi to you both ... :hug:

Talk to you all later ( got 3 points all weekend, no exercise )

Faye, hope everything turns out the way you want it.

The quilt show and I didn't get to do much - I took my husband for blood work on Friday morning and they ended up admitting him to the hospital because his hemoglobin was down to 5.6 - 3 pints of blood and a new central line to administer it, I ask them about a tiny sore on his leg that has been healing - called in a vascular surgeon and 5 stints later, 3 in left leg, 2 in right, they finally declared him in good shape again and sent him home. He only had 40% circulation in the left leg and 50% in the right. He seems to be doing much better - they also started him on Procrit to keep the hemoglobin up. He's been eating everything in sight...after so many weeks of hardly eating. Just have to get him into shape for the surgery. It's just one thing after another. I got to the quilt show Wednesday and Thursday, then spent Friday and Saturday at the hospital - Sunday I told the nurses a white lie that I had to go to work and went for a couple of hours since it was just down the street from the hospital. He was okay with me going and doing okay then.

I just feel like I'm worn out. I haven't been sleeping well because I have something going wrong with my hip that is so painful when I lay down. I'm trying to ignore it. I just don't have any time for me right now. My boss has been really good about me missing work, but I hate to miss anymore. I have to take dh to doctor the 21st so I'm going to try to get to my doctor that day and get it looked at.

Been doing good with SB/WW - down 7.5 pounds since 2/06.

TUESDAY: Today is Target Tuesday and our target this week is desserts. Should we deny ourselves completely, should we eat regular ones just once in awhile, should we eat ff or sugar free ones? This is something you have to decide for you. Some people can't stop at just one dessert, one bite, whatever and should consider not eating regular desserts at all, others can. I think we all need a treat now and then so be sure and include something a little sweet at least once a week even if it is just a ff pudding! There are a myriad of items for the sweet tooth so pick carefully girls and read those labels!

POINTS:

Carri :cp: :cp:

A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THESE LADIES:

Carri :cp:
Susan :cp:
Amanda :cp:

Susan: You may have bursitis in your hip. Bursitis kind of feels like if you could just sit a certain way or just move it a certain way, it would feel better, though it won't. Your dr can prescribe a good anti-inflammatory for it, if that is what it is and heat helps a lot too! Glad you got to go to the show some and glad the dh is back up and going again and eating. I know you have to be running on empty! We will keep you in our prayers!

Carri: Hey we all bounce around with this weight thing so don't feel embarrassed. I decided a long time ago not to beat myself up about it, just do something about it.

Everyone have a super day. It is supposed to be like 70 here today and gorgeous!

Faye ;)

Hello, ladies - just a quick check in. 3 points for yesterday. I've done some easy exercise just to keep limber, but that's it until the hip straightens out.

We're supposed to hit 76 over the week end - I can't wait. Daffodils and Bradford Pear trees are blooming...SPRING!

WEDNESDAY: Today is Wednesday's Woes so get it all out girls!

POINTS:

Susan :cp:

I have to run girls, lots to try and do today.

Faye :)

THURSDAY: Today is Time for Us Thursday so give yourself a treat and take some time for you.

Hope you all are having a great day! I ran tons of errands yesterday and finally got the paint I needed for the kitchen. The stuff I had was too old and I couldn't even stir it! :lol: I hope to get the countertops done today and a lot of housework done as I am way behind. I had intentions of doing some yesterday afternoon and evening, but Jack wanted me to sit and watch a movie with him so that screwed it all up. I am not complaining about ever being with Jack. He was funny last night. He said he thought our family probably thought we were sickening the way we hung all over each other. I told him, who cares, most of them are probably just jealous. Hey, anytime you have a man that EVERY day says to you, "Do you have any idea how much I love you?" He's a big BIG keeper! :lol:

Not much to comment on as no one was here yesterday! :lol:

Have a good day today!

Faye :)

Hi everybody

Sorry I've been MIA...it was Ben's 7th birthday party last weekend and I've basically been eating CRAP all week. Still getting plenty of exercise, but generally feeling icky about myself bec. of all the sugar.

Today's another day, though. Hope everyone's doing well!

Julie

Just a quick hello. Had a bad day yesterday - carb cravings took over. Back on track and drinking a ton of water today. 72 degrees and I'm trapped here at work - not fair, I need to go for a walk.

FRIDAY: Today is Fabulous Lbs Down Friday so let's hear about those losses ladies!

The phone rang last night and my dh answered and was talking to someone. Come to find out it was my dgs. I got on the phone with him (we haven't seen him since Christmas) and I said hi and he said hi and said, "What questions do you want to ask?" I told him he had called me so he should be asking the ????. He just giggled so I asked him if he was excited about soccer starting and he said yes. I told him that was the only question I had and laughed so he started laughing and said, "Well, you coud ask me how is school." So I did that so it was this back and forth thing with him giving me ?? to ask him. He got on this diarrhea kick and his mom says he is in that toilet humor stage about everything poo or vomit or whatever. BOYS! He also started making squeaking noises like a mouse over the phone and said their was a mouse in the phone line and just laughed and laughed. He really getsa kick out of teasing me about being afraid of rodents. His mom says he is reading everything he can get his hands on now include signs on the road, which drives her nuts. We are going out to dinner and to a movie with them Tuesday evening I guess. Boy they sure grow up fast. He just had his First Grade orientation.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day, is down lbs and has a great weekend.

Faye :)

Down just .5 this week, but I'll take it. The way my weight loss pattern looks, I'll probably maintain the next 2 weeks.

It's supposed to be 75 degrees today, but rain this morning. I'm really ready for this.

Got a new top on Clearance at Wal*Mart size 12-14 (which was marked a large!) for only $3. Finally, something that actually fits. I actually look 10-pounds thinner than when I am wearing my usual baggy stuff.

Morning All - I didnt weigh myself this morning but the other day I was down a pound, so I will just mark that down as my pounds down this week.

Faye - my nephew ( 6 ) is in the same stage - everything is poo or gas or something ...I think it is a boy thing ...

Just a quick pop in, everybody have a great weekend!!!!