Hello Ladies,

Noelle & Kemp, it does not just sound like your states that like to make a buck I think its just Govvernments in general as it sounds so similar here to. You cant turn around without having to pay to get it checked first!

Kemp, I can sooo relate to the cheese thing... that & anything salty. I did however remain pretty strong, which did surprise me as I did feel pretty seedy at some times. All my own fault but I did have a good night & it seems so long since I have been out just with 'the girls'.
To answer your question Kemp, I manage a education centre for adults with an intellectual disability. There ages vary but mostly they are around 18-30 years of age with just a few older ones thrown in for good measure. It is not physically hard work (unless one of the guys spits the dummy) but is mentally challenging as you do always need to be on the look out for things going pear shaped. That does not take into consideration the staffing issues that come up from time to time. But I have worked in this field for about 15years & I do really love it.

I am back on track today which is good cause its weighin day tomorrow. I just do it at home & my scales only go up or hopefully down in 5kg or 1pd increments perhaps I should look at something a little more detailed????
I have many many extra hours up my sleeve here at work so I am heading out early today to take advantage of some vouchers hubby got & am going for a facial/hair treatment & massage this afternoon woooohooooo!!!


Julie hope you are feeling better today. Nothing worse then not feeling good when kids are about & want to do stuff for the hols.

CHat later....

Hey everyone, my daughter's birthday sleepover lasted all weekend, then monday was school, and catchup all week and today I feel awful and sleeping a lot. Hopefully, I am just really exhausted and not sick. I have too much to do this week. I'm sorry I haven't been around and sorry I haven't read too many of the posts, I just want to get back to bed. Good night ya'll.

Hello to everyone!!!! I think I read about frustration about the weight going no where - yeah, I think that is my world, I haven't got on the scale in over a week and so I will weigh in tomorrow. We will see.

~Aimee

Hi Girls

Feeling better today. That was just terrible, fever and body aches. I just hate to think my kiddos felt that way too. I lost about three to four pounds since Monday from not really eating. But I am sure they will come back once my appetite does. So today I am going to catch up on work around here and play with the kids.

Maggs I hope you enjoyed your day getting your hair done and a massage.

Aimee I hope you got some rest.

Noelle that rain has got to slow down huh? I hope you got to the zoo. Congrats on the loss!

Kempy 4 hours of yard work? That is great excercise. I hope the scale was kind to you with all the excercise you have done. Cute picture of the dog!

Time for me to go some stuff done. Take care all. Hi everyone

Hey guys. I am home for lunch.

Amiee I was wondering where you were. I forgot about the party. HOw did your weigh-in go?

Maggs I have a friend who is a massage therapist and I trade out with her. (I do Electrolysis) She has her eybrows done and I get a massage, what a trade out! I know you will love your day of pampering.

Well, the 4 hours got 1.5lbs off. I am still trudging along though. My weigh-in is next week so I still have some time. I plan on spending it wisely though.I am going to make sure that I don't sit around all weekend and I am goignt o make sure that I get in lots of veggies.It woudl be so great to hit my 10% goal on Wed. I am not going to force it but I would love to see that happen. Then, I could get my WW keychain!

Hi girls, not much going on this morning other than having 2 kids out on spring break (Michael and his cousin)...they are running around upstairs like elephants! I'm hiding out downstairs until the laundry is done then I have to go into the office. We did get to visit the zoo yesterday and it was great. They have a lot of the new exhibits up and it was really wet, but the rain did not come down while we were there. My favorite animal was the pelican--I know you guys may get to see these all the time (Kempy!) but I honestly don't remember ever seeing one up close and personal before. We have no such thing native here. I took a picture of it since it just stood there. I didn't realize they were so big!

Kempy, I know you can drop those last pounds to hit that 10% Getting that keychain felt really good and was really motivating to keep going.

Hi Aimee, I hope you can get yourself rested up so you feel back to 100%. Was your scale kind to you today?

maggzs, I've recently been going out for some 'girls nights out' w/my gals from high school (I've been out for almost 17 years!) and it is such a great way to catch up with each other and just have fun. Good job for getting back on track, was the scale good to you too?

Julie, yeah you're sitting upright at your computer at least. Glad to hear you're feeling better today.

Dips, I hope the reason you're not posting here is because you're on your much deserved spring break...you better come back and post some pictures though.

Angie, girl, we're going to have to send a search party out for you soon.

Cherie, same for you girl. How's the house hunting going? What are prices like in OK? I hope you guys find something really great.

Cal, enjoy your days, I know you are.

Well, I gotta run for now, Hi to all and hope everyone has wonderful day.

Hello Ladies,

Well weigh in was VERY kind... 2 pounds today wooohooo. I cant really believe how it was all possible but I am not complaining. Hope everyone has a great day.

Well, girls - hopefully this weekend I can catch up on everything goin on around here. Thanks jbbm, kempy & noelle - I feel a little better, I think my body is really trying to not get the flu. But I did pilates and weighed in - wooo hooo down 2 pounds. I will get really stoked when I am down in the 170's and then the 160's and then 150's and ha ha you know what I mean. But I was very happy to see some movement and it makes me feel like I might do this thing!!

Jbbm, did you all have that nasty nasty flu - it is awful here, if you catch it ur down for a week... and I really hope I don't got that because I have exam & practicals coming up. Glad you feel better.

Noelle aren't pelicans awesome. I think thye are great. Well, hopefully I can catch up on everything!!

Take care everybody.

Good morning ladies, thank God it's Friday. I am so ready for the weekend. Last night I went to a neighborhood board meeting to hear about a proposed 330 unit affordable housing condo project to be built in my town--directly behind my house! They're talking two 105' high structures 50' from our property line. While I totally support the premise of providing affordable housing for people in the community (the median price of homes on Oahu last month was $615K ) I am against it being built in the location (50' away from my backyard) and the size of the project. Traffic will be a mess and I know parking will become a nightmare. The land is owned by the state so they can pretty much do with it whatever they like, but I can't imagine going into my backyard and seeing a HUGE freakin' condo RIGHT THERE in my face. What's gonna happen to the sun and the wind? I wish there was a way to have them consider scaling down the size of the project. I don't know what to think about it but right now I am sad/angry. I wish more of my neighbors gave more of a rat's @ss and spoke up against it...

On a more positive note... we've got some successful losers on board

Congratulations Aimee and maggzs on your loss! You guys are working hard and it shows!!! Good job guys.

Kempy, just wanted to wish you some continuing good vibes for the weekend. Count those points! (chant with me : )

Julie, are you up and at 'em today? I hope you are feeling much much better so you can enjoy your weekend with the kids.

Cal, how goes it?

Hi to everyone, have a good one.

Hi Girls

Maggzs Great job!

Aimee you too! Great job! I hope you are not getting the flu. I don't know if that is what I had or not. I have had the actual flu about eight years ago. I just felt really bad for about three days this week. But I am feeling better. With kids in school they have a cold once a month.

Kempy sounds like you are motivated for a healthy weekend. Hope you make your goal for Wednesday.

Noelle what a bummer about the condo's. I am hoping the best and they find somewhere else to build. I bet that would make your dogs not so happy either.

Cal are you back to school next Monday? Enjoy your time.

Dips are you sipping a cool drink on vacation yet?

Cherie, Angie and everyone else....Hello

I think my dh is going to try and get out of work early today so we can do something all together. I am not sure what yet, right now the sun is out but the high today is only in the thirties. Maybe we will bundle up and head out to the zoo. Not to much planned for this weekend. Just going to fil's tomorrow for his birthday. I want to avoid the cake. Check back later today.

Hey guys.

Great job Maggs and Amiee!!! I hope you can pass it down to me for next week.

Noelle that really sucks. Why in the world would they make them so tall? Is there that much of a housing shortage that they need to pack that many people in? My mom is kind of having the same problem. They want to build right across from her subdivision. Her road is not big enough to handle all of those big trucks and then all of the people that will live in it. She is thinking about selling her house b4 it is too late. I wish you the best of luck with all of that. I think we are trying to get our plans together to get out to HI next year. That would be so cool!

I am relaly trying with the points thing. We are going to dinner at a neighbors house tonight and I am bringing a salad. I made sure to ask what she was cooking. Not the best food to eat on a diet. I hate feeling like I have to deprive myself just to lose another lbs for my weigh-in but I just don't know of another way to go about it. I swear if I drink any more water I am going to exploed and that would not be pretty. I just I am just feeling a litte down. I am almost finished with week 12 and I wanted to be at my 10% by then. I know I am doing great but I want more. Don't we all though?

Hang in there Kemp... you will do it, even if you need to make up for it in excercise over the next few days. Just remember that you need to live a little to & in doing that it means enjoying yourself with friends.


heres a bit to keep you going.

To tell the truth I need a bit myself today, Its just so easy to slip up when you least expect it & then feel sooooooooooo bad. But I am trying to make right choices telling myself those really dont taste so good & that they are not worth my not fitting into my clothes properly.

Anyway will get off to do the housework today, its Sat here now & I have had a lovely lie in reading but as no one else is going to mop & scrub the toilet etc etc I best get motivated.

Noele, I was sorry to read your dilemma. Can you lodge objections on any grounds? perhaps you can do so on the size of it & maybe start a petition. I know here people often just dont have the time (or inclination/motivation) to attend those sort of meetings but stick a petition in their face & they will happily sign. You could walk door to door with it. Plus think of the added advantage.... all the points you will save with the walking!

Have a great week end ladies.

Hey everyone... thanks for all the kudos, support and motivation. That feels so good.

Noelle, how high will the condo be. This is wishful thinking, but if the condo is so high that it blocks the sun from your backyard (say mostly shadow throughout the day) or what have you... speak to an attorney. Believe it or not, there have been cases against condo associations for infringing on air space/terroritory. Sounds far fetched, I know, but we learned about those cases in my Real Estate Law class (back when I was a paralegal) and I don't have those books on hand to give you specifics, but maybe if you speak to an attorney and it is a doozy of a condo (I don't know how tall they get your way), just maybe there is something that can be done. Sorry to hear about that though.... really stinks.

jbbm, I am so super lucky, I have an insane immune system I have gotten ill maybe 4 times in my daughter's life. It seems on Wednesday i was just plain wore out. Sometimes we go and we go and soon run out of steam. Women, wives & mothers just don't get much credit. So thankfully, my friend kicked my butt in gear yesterday and I am feeling better, although still sleepy. I must have lost some mad sleep at some point. My daughter has my immune system and hasn't been sick since she was about 5 and she is 10 now.

Thanks kempy for the kudos. By the way - I know I could float so nicely now after all this water I have been drinking. I am doing the 21 day challenge board and one of my goals is drinking my 8 servings of water. Shooo, lately I have been dehydrated or something because I have drank about 5 1/2 a day or so. I have never felt so bloated and swollen since my water was about to bust during my labor. I actually found myself praying for my water to break early LOL

Maggz, that is a good trick for the mind to remind yourself of how that stuff does not help us fit into jeans. But don't deprive yourself always because then this long journey will become miserable and hard. I hear that the deprivation feeling is what lures people back into some unhealthy habits. Don't feel guilty about sneaking in something every once in a while. I cheat by tricking my brain with a protein bar that is made just like a certain something (I know we aren't allowed to say certain things) but with some good protein. I made that a snack the other day and I smiled all the way through it. As well, I sometimes sneak a bite or two of this or that. The protein / granola bars have carbs also, but the ones I choose have a good bit of protein and i don't feel guilty and they taste alright. It is enough to kick my craving. But don't let yourself feel bad and yes, YOU ARE DOING AWESOME.

Hello My Gurlz,


I am back from my florida vacation. I did NOT want to come back. Only in miami can you walk around half naked and carefree! I was like, "I am so damn hot", walking around in my mini skirts and bikinis YES I wore a bikini and I felt pretty good as a size 6 until I saw those girls who were like a size 1 and thought to myself, "okay maybe I could be a 4". I'm crazy, I know. But I missed you girls and it is nice to be back to posting. I know I missed a lot and I've been trying to catch up.

Noelle- You are so close to the 40 pound loss and I am soooo proud of you! You are doing a great job and you should pat yourself on the back for how far you've come.

Kempy- Don't stress yourself out. 4 days does not completely reverse several weeks of work. You'll be fine, besides, we all have to cheat every once and again to keep from going insane.

J- I missed you so much. I hope the kids and hubby are good and I am glad you are feeling better these days. Afamily outing sound fabulous. I( wanted to take Niko to the dog park today but it's very cloudy in NY and the forecast predicts rain. Anyways have fun and then tell me what happened!

Maggs & Aimee- I am still trying to get to know you both a bit better. I've been on Vacation so I really have a lot of catching up to do but I do want to congratulte you both on your weight loss. You go girls!!

Angie- Holla at'cha girls. I'm back from oblivion and you should be too!! Don't make me come to Maine!

CAl- Sounds like you have something cool to look forward to. I can't wait to see what the castle looks like!

RED- I missed you. Hope the weather in Asia is better than here. HAng in there with the weight loss. You will find your way, you are too good not to.

Okay I'm going to post a few pics from vacation. I miss florida so much. 80 degrees everyday, not a cloud in the sky. Summer needs to make it's way to NYC Quick or else I'm going back to miami!

Hey guys! It is abeautiful day down here in the south. It is in the mid 60's and not a cloud in the sky. I am having to water the yard though b/c it is so dry. We have had lots of wind and it just dries everything up. You think with all of this beauty I would be in a good mood. Well, I am NOT! I have no idea what it wrong with me. I just woke up in a foul mood. I went to to grocery and I had to hold my tounge b/c poeple were just working my nerve. It must be PMS time and I am getting a good dose of it today. I am going to have to ask my WW leader what to do about this platue. I am stuck and I hate it. I am going up 1lbs and then down 1.5, up .5lbs and then down again. I have no idea what I am doing wrong. This is not what I wanted to happen so close to vacation. I wanted to feel like Dips walking around all proud in my bathing suit. Doesn't look like it is going to happen. BLAH! Sorry again for the bad mood. It just keeps coming out.

Dips it is so good to see you. You better post some pics soon. I can;t wait to see what fun you had. You always have fun though. You are one person I don't have to worry about with that.

Amiee I never knew that about law suits. I always just figured that if the government wanted to do something they would do it no matter what. You are one smart lady. I have a pretty strong immune sysytem too. I usually don't catch anything. Wiht me being in a salon we get exsposed to lots of germs too but I manage to fight them off. So, that means I have to fake sick to miss work. Naw, I always go in if I have a client. I work for myself so that is where to money comes from. I wish I could get a check too though.

Maggs you are so sweet. I did indulge a little last night at our friends house. I did bring my salad and had a large helping of that but I has to sample the other stuff. She cook venison and let me tell you that stuff was awesome. I have never had it like that b4. I usually only eat it in suasage form but this was awesome and VERY healthy. She make scallopes potatoes, green bean casserole and garlic bread. For dessert she made biscuits with a little sugar topped with sliced strawberries and cool whip. Talk baout to die for. I tried to figure the points and I think I did ok. I only used 10 of my FP's. In my town we have tons of strawberry farmers. So, this time of year I load up on them. We even have a festival for them each year. That is kind of what our twon is known for.

Noelle has HI floated away yet with all of the rain? I watched a cool show the other night on Discovery about volcanos and they said that there is a new island right off of the big island that is about a mile below the sea surface. They think it will emerge in about 10 thousand years. Shame we wont be around to see it but that is cool that there will be a new island. amazing what I can learn on TV.

Well guys, I need to move the sprinklers around the yard. I'll check back later.

Woo-Hoo Dips is back, we needed our little ray of sunshine I can just imagine you on South Beach walking the walk in your teeny-weeny bikini Yeah, we want pics!

I went for a hike this morning with Michael and my sis. We drove about 28 miles away from home to the east side of the island and hiked up to this lookout with a lighthouse down below. Just a tiny little lighthouse, but the view is pretty awesome. You can see the island of Molokai from that vantage point plus some humpback whales swimming around in the ocean. And it was overcast the whole time so no sun to make us sweat, it was great and a good workout.

Kempy, sounds like you did really well at your friends party, I've tried venison once, I think it was smoked, but it was pretty tasty. Girl, we are on the same PMS thing. I always get a migraine a few days before and yup, this morning, just like clockwork, there it was... I am hoping I can keep control of my sweet tooth this weekend, at least until I weigh in again on Tuesday. I am hoping to see BIG results at my next WI since I didn't do too well last time.

Aimee, thanks for the tip about talking with an attorney. I get the impression that the project is already a "done deal" but it can't hurt to go and shake some trees and find out what the real scoop is and see if we can't at least stall the project.

maggzs, thanks for the petition idea. My mom was thinking the same thing so I guess if it's to be, it'll be up to me.... and yeah, at least I will get a workout walking around. I have to go and do some research to make sure we address the right person(s) to make the complaint to.

Well, there's still time today to do something else fun so I'll be off...what to do what to do... Have a great weekend!