Hi Girls....so I didn't avoid the cake but on the plus side it was a tiny piece of ice cream cake.

Dips so happy to see you back! Can't wait to see pics. Very glad to hear you had a good time.

Noelle I would just about do anything to see that view from your hike right now. It is cloudy and just gloomy. With a side of brown grass, haha....Hope you have a fun rest of the day!

Kempy your dinner last night sounded good. I am sending you good vibes. I feel like I am in need of them too. You know I lose a couple of pounds too and then boom they are back. I think being after 30 years old has a lot to do with it. It was so easy when I was 20. Hugs honey.

Aimee that is amazing your daughter has not been sick in five years. You are very lucky. Enjoy your weekend!

Hi Maggzs!

I think I am going to get my butt out of this chair and try and burn some calories, do you think making dinner and dishes would be a workout? I think that is all the energy I have, haha....Check back later, have a great weekend everyone!

For once I had a nice, relaxing, boring saturday. I want to post my pics but by the time i finish resizing them for this site they are so tiny. Could you all tell me how I cam set them up on another site so that you all can get a good look??

BTW- dogs and beaches do NOT mix. Niko was throwing up sand all day after we went. I didn't even see him eat the sand. So mom I am He's fine now but I bet he's like, "what happened to all that nice weather?"

J- A small piece of cake is okay. Glad you had fun.

Noelle- I left the sunshine back in Fla. But I am so honored to be in your highest regards You're so great. I adore you. BTW the bikini wasn't teeny weeny but it was cute. Got it from the Victoria Secret catalogue! I can't wait till summer moves up north.

Okay, gotta finish watching tv. TTYL

Hello Everyone,

Dips: Welcome back. We really missed you.

Only 1 more day and then back to school. I keep reminding myself that there's only 10 weeks left. Two things to shoot for: end of school and vacation. Last day of school is June 7 and we leave June 8. I know these 10 weeks will go by really fast and I'll be stressing with getting everything ready for the trip and taking care of end-of-year things at school. Also, if I move to a different district I'll have to pack up my room...on top of everything else.

I have rested some, but yesterday and today I've been feeling just exhausted. I'm really going to try to just relax tomorrow and do a lot of nothing.

Has anyone talked to Angie? I hope everything is ok.

Have a great rest of the weekend.

Cal

Happy Monday, if you can say that. We went to the New Orleans car show yesterday and had lunch with some friends. It was an all around nice day. I went in early today for one client but I am back home now. I don't have to go in until 3 so I thought I would use this time to walk and do some TaeBo. I don't know what it is about this time of year but we just get so busy. I think that is why I am having a hard time writing all of my points down for WW. We are out to eat with friends and going to their houses so much I lose track of what I eat. I try to make healthy choices though. I guess I will get my groove back soon. I have to weigh-in Wed. and I am not looking foward to it. Maybe some miracle will happen between now and then and I will drop 2 lbs.

Cal I hope you rested up. I am sure you are back at school today but you will be done b4 you know it. Are you guys really starting to warm up over there? We are still in some pretty cool weather but I am sure that will be over with really soon.

Dips I have never used one of those pic sites. I know Cherie has though. Maybe you just download straight to it and then post your link. I think it is called shutterbug or something.

Julie I wish I could give you some of this sun. It is so nice right now. i have the backdoor open and I can hear all of the windchimes in the yard. It is a little dry though but I will take it over cold weather.

Noelle what did your fun weekend include?

Angie and Cherie I hope you guys are ok out there.

Maggs and Amiee it is time to jump back into the week. We all usually take off from posting during the weekend but it is time to fill us in on your fun weekends. Hope to hear from you soon.

Hi Girls

It is a sunny morning and a nice 40 degrees, I will take that. My eating was okay this weekend. Yesterday I had a sub sandwich and last night we grilled burgers. We got the yard raked yesterday and I think I see a couple of my tulips pushing up. I really have that summer is coming feeling.

Cal your trip will be here before you know it. I am so excited for you. That trip sounds like it will be just fabulous. Did you tell Ashley about Disney in Paris yet or are you going to keep it a surprise? Either way she will be thrilled. Have a good week at school.

Kempy you know you got me rethinking getting a glass table top for my patio set. I am afraid the kids would smash it with their toys or somthing. I am on the look out for a nice set. Enjoy your day until you go back to work.

Dips glad you rested up. Like Kempy said, Cherie used a website like that but I never have.

Noelle how was the rest of your weekend? Hope it was great!

Hi to everyone else I did not mention. I have to get my laundry done and then I am either going to run to the store or get some excercise in. Check back later on.

Exercise is done!

I just talked with a friend of mine about WW and why I was stuck. We figured a few things may be to blame. Not exercising enough, walking the dogs once just isn't cutting it anymore. Not getting in my good fats, I have some pills for that. Not eating enought points, I wasn';t eating the points I got from exercising. I am going to try to fix these and see what happens. And, I was right I did get between 6 - 8 points for my 4 hour yard work last week. YEAH!!!

Hey girls, just checking in. I took the dog out for a walk this morning, but it hasn't stopped raining since 9 a.m. yesterday. She was pretty soaked by the time we got home even though I cut the route short. My hand was getting numb holding up the umbrella with my one hand and the leash in the other Yesterday we did hit the mall, I didn't really buy much, but just went to get out of the house. Then I made chicken marsala for dinner, it's a WW recipe and it tastes so good. I was a regular Julia Child Oh yeah, and watched the Constant Gardener--good movie! I have my weigh-in tomorrow so I am hoping for at least 2 lbs gone

Kempy, we have a car show coming up next weekend and I just got some free tickets. Did you see anything way cool?

Cal, sorry you had to go back to school today....we have a little Hawaiian holiday here so the kids got this Monday off, just a little extra day at the tail end of Spring Break.

Julie, 40 degrees and you're celebrating huh? I'd still be freezing my butt! But I can understand when you guys get single digits... the tulips will be in full bloom before you know it.

Dips, the photo sharing website is shutterfly (dot-com) can't put links in... it's free. Or you can just email us to share those pics.

Anyway, I've got to run back home (i'm in the office). I left Michael w/my sis and told her I was only going to the store and back

Have a good one

Kempy - lol, my weekend was so far from fun. I had to work a fundraiser for the fire department on Sunday that took up half the day and the rest of the weekend (saturday also) I studied my butt off for an a & P lecture exam and lab practical. Now I have that behind me I have a sociology exam next monday. My weigh in is tomorrow, but I have feeling not many changes. Although I have found this killer yoga - pilates workout that I really enjoy because it stretches me out, which I neglect during my cardio/weight training.

Good luck on your weigh in Noelle. I hope those 2 pounds are gone also.

jbbm - I also have that summer is soon here feeling. I can't wait either. I love warmth, sun and being outside. The only downside is that there are so many june bugs/gnats around here during the warm months and they drive me nuts. Do you have those real bad where you live also?

kempy - it gets so discouraging sometimes. I know I have to follow things to a T or nothing happens with me. My body just doesn't allow for any short cuts. Now that the weather is warming up though, I really hope to get back into running because that is one thing that worked for me. The bad thing is that it has been 5 years and I know it will take me forever to be able to run any distance again. I have those shorter wider muscle fibers (allowing for more weight lifting type of exercises) rather than those long lean muscle fibers that are suited to distance/endurance. But over time those can slowly change and that is how some non-runners become runners. I hope I understood that right - anatomy is just kicking my behind this semester. But I read it last night cramming for my exam and was like ah man.... anyways that is the exercise that really works for me for some reason. I lost 30 pounds one time runninng for like 5 months with no adjustment in my diet. Now that I am closer to 30 though my metabolism needs different boosts. So sorry for rambling about that. But I understand the frustration.

Hi Dips!! I am so looking forward to wearing a bikini some summer down the road Don't worry a size 6 is still awesome looking and no reason to feel like you could be a smaller size. If you get down to a smaller size that would be great for you, but a size 6 is great and I am sure women were looking at you and jealous as all get out. I would be.

Alright girls. I will try to be a better poster this week.

This past 2 days I have been on a training seminar & its been full on food, plus the week end is always on the casual side so I am in carrier over mode from then. Then tomorrow is back to work as per normal but Thurs & fri back to conference type days with full on food plus lunch out for a chinese banquet with the boss!

I just dont seem to take a trick this week nor do I seem to be able to stop thse scoffing even when I am home. I had been doing so well but this past few days I just cant seem to stop scoffing.

Words of advice greatfully accepted.

Hey girls! I came home for lunch today too. I hust hate sitting up there with nothing to do. So, I came home and started to water the front yard and I took the dogs for a walk. I am just waiting for my lunch to setting so I can do TaeBo. I don't have to be back to work until 3:45 so I have plenty of time to fit it in.

Amiee I had no idea you were in school. You probably said something b4 but my memory sometimes doesn't hold stuff for very long. When do you graduate? What is your degree in? I have never been able to run. I have tried so many times but the shins just wont allow it.

Maggs I have been having the same times as you are. I just can't see to get myself together. I feel that I am doing ok and then something happens and I fall off the wagon again. My big test is going to be this weekend. We have friends coming in Thrusday night and they will be here until Monday morning. That is alot of paying attention to what I put in my mouth. It is so much easier when it is just Joe and I. I am going to try to cook though so that should keep things a little healthier. I am going to puch for healthy food places too when we go out to eat.

Ok, I think I need to start to move again. My food is making me sleepy. I could just lay down and take a nap. NO, I have to workout. I have to weigh-in and I want to see some sort of movement.

Hello ladies, I got my exercise out of the way. I didn't take the dog because I thought it would be raining, but wouldn't you know it, the sun actually came out--that is surprising because we have had close to 4 weeks of rain already, with maybe only a day or two a week of sunshine. It rained ALL of last night, not too heavily but just steady. I think we have had a flash flood watch for most of the month too. I'm so looking forward to bluer skies and sunshine. I am looking forward to my WI in a couple of hours, I want to see what kind of results I made from really kickin' butt and sticking to my points.

Maggzs, it's always hard when you don't have control of where you eat. Are you able to at least bring your own "legal" snacks to your seminars so maybe you won't feel like eating so much when lunch time rolls around? Hang in there and soon it will be back to the old grind where you have control of your menu plan.

Aimee, that is interesting about the muscle fibers (short/wide vs. long/lean). I have no idea what type I have but I suspect I am like you I have never been lean enough to actually have much muscle definition Good luck on your W/I tomorrow and don't strain your brain too much studying

I have to get a move on... chat with y'all later. Hi to everyone

Well, I am starving and I have no idea what to eat for dinner. Joe is having dinner with someone in Baton Rouge so I have to fend for myself. Of course, this is the night b4 grocery day so there is only odds and ends left. I guess I can scroung up something.

Noelle I forgot to say that the car show was kind of lame. It was kind of like being on a big car lot. I was expecting the kind of thing you see on TV. All flashy and loud but it was no where close. I wondered if they didn't think many people would show up b/c New Orleans is still so bad. Oh well, it was fun to get out of the house anyways.

We are still waiting on the rain they said we would have. Noelle I wish I could take some for ya. We really need it down here. I say that now and watch what will happen next month. I bet it will be soggy here.

Well, I hope everyone is doing great. I had to bump up up from page two. I'll check back later to see if any of you guys have posted.

WOW is all I can say! I am back from my weigh in and floating on a cloud... I lost 4.2 lbs this past week! All I did was GO BACK TO BASICS--control my portions, track my points, drink my water and exercise. I used almost all of my earned activity points and just a few of my flex points and voila! 44 lbs down. I just realized that I reached my 2nd 10% goal. I get to change my chicky avatar and my ticker... I'm actually starting to think I may actually get close to my Easter goal. It's still a bit ambitious from this point since I was slacking off for the past few weeks, but today's weigh-in really made me realize if I follow the plan honestly, it works wonders! I am so stoked!!!

It's still raining here and the weather advisory said the flash flood watch has been extended til tomorrow. I'm going to drown soon!

Kempy, I have been making the WW chicken marsala recipe and it's so tasty and easy to make, and only 4 pts per serving of 1 piece chicken and 1/4 cup sauce. I can PM you the recipe if you didn't get it from your center. Of course when I don't feel like cooking, I heat up a can of Progresso soup (usually chicken noodle or maybe Manhattan clam chowder) and eat the whole thing. I'll be thinking really hard and trying to send you some rain cloud vibes. I wish these here would go away and fast.

Anyway, just had to come here and shout my news from the top of my lungs

Hi Girls
Just popping on quick after dinner tonight. Had a meeting at school and dd had a pre-kinder program.

Noelle you go girl! I am so proud of you and all your hard work

Kempy I hope you found something good to eat. We had baked chicken and there was a piece leftover....to bad you don't live closer

Hi Maggzs, Aimee, Cherie, Cal, Angie, Dips and Red....okay I think that is all of you

I have got to go get dh to bring ds in, he has some homework tonight.

YEAH NOELLE

That is so great. I am amazed at how much you dropped in one work. I am hopeing for something like that myself. You know, 2lbs off. Just so I can reach my 10%. I am PMSing right now though so I might be holding some water.

I didn't get that recipe at my meeting. I would love for you to e-mail it to me. I am always looking for new things to cook. I ened up eating 2 veggie burgers (tomato basil flavor) and some green beans. I told Joe and he said he was thankful he wasn't home eating that.

Hey Julie nice to see you post. For some reason I am not getting e-mails when you guys post. So, I have to just keep checking to see.