Hi Girls

Happy Easter!

Noelle I am totally off track with eating. The kids got tons of candy and chocolates from both Grandmas and Grandpa. Lets just say I ate alot. My plan for tomorrow is not to have "just one" because just one for me turns into just one more....just one more, you get the picture:D You will be right on track back on Monday, hey we have to give ourselves a break....Easter comes just once a year.

Cal I hope Ashley had a fun Easter. Good idea about the jelly beans. Grandparents loaded the kids up with all the good stuff this year.

Well I think I am going to get ready for bed. We were gone all day and did not get back until 7 tonight. Hi everyone. :)

Hi guys. Well, I kinda fell off the wagon. I ate 100% clean all last week and I got in all my walking and when weigh day came in I had not lost an ounce!! So, I have figured out that the scale does dictate my moods and when I get back on track I am going to fight myself to get the scale in the shed outside so I cant use it and I am just going to concentrate on living healthy and if the weight leaves it does. That is about all I have left to try to do.

Well, We had a fun Easter...even though my kids are 14,12 and 12 they still wanted the Easter bunny to come. All week I said no we are not doing that what are you 4? :lol: On Easter morning they got to wake up and no candy hidden. :rofl: So Jay took them to McDonalds for Breakfast while I hid candy and set up their baskets. They were pretty surprised when they got back and got to go on an egg hunt. It was fun and I took a few pictures.

Jay didnt have pink eye. His eye kept bothering him so he went back to the docs who sent him to a specailist. He had gotten something in his eye while he was working on his parents house and it caused a cornial scratch. Luckily it was starting to dissolve so the doc left it alone. I think it still bugs him though just not as badly.

On Easter morning we got the news that a man was murdered in my hometown at 3:15 am (murders just dont happen up here that often so when they do it is a shock) and then we heard of another murder about a half hour away from there. I guess a canadian guy went looking for sex offenders that were listed on the Maine sex offender registry and killed them. So of course they take the registry down to protect them. The guy then killed himself on a Greyhound bus in Boston when the cops caught up with him. It is so strange and seems so random. You can look up WABI tv5 and read the story if you want.

I am going to go prune my shrubs today. they are so big now.

Just bumping us up from page 2.
We had a nice Easter. Luckily, Ashley didn't get much candy so no temptations. :D
Everyone must be really busy.
Come out and chat!!!

Cal

Hi Girls

Sorry I did not get here yesterday. Kids were off of school and we spent time outside and went to Grandmas. I can't wait to get rid of this Easter candy, I sent some with ds in his lunch and dh can start taking it to work.

Angie, I would also like to put my scale away too. When I don't see a loss I get so frusterated especially when I have worked hard. Keep up the good work and you will "feel" the results. You guys were awesome to surprise the kids...you and Jay are such good parents. Poor Jay and his eye, maybe the antibitoic drops helped heal it. I hope it gets better soon. What a freaky story about those murders. I think that is crazy though that they took that list down. Hopefully it is put back up so the public is safe from them.

Thanks Cal for bumping us up! Glad your Easter was nice. Have a good week at school.

Noelle do you have a weigh in today? Good luck girl. Hope the sun is shining and the rain is staying out of your area.

Well laundry calls, I will check back later. Hello to everyone else.:)

Hi ladies, happy Tuesday. (what happened to Monday? :?: ) Easter weekend was fun. I made Easter baskets for the kids and filled some plastic eggs to hide. My 9 y.o. niece never made it so Michael and his 13 y.o. cousin did the egg hunt. I didn't even hide all he eggs I made because he probably wouldn't have found them all. The dogs are such cheaters though, they go sniffing them out and clueing the kids in on where the eggs were hidden. Suprisingly i didn't eat all that much food, but I ate a ton of chocolate. I guess I've been not eating candy for the past 5 months and BAM! I just lost it. I did good yesterday though, didnt touch one. I also did my long walk on Sunday, then Rick and I took 4 bunches of flowers up to the cemetary to see my MIL, two uncles and an aunt. I did a lot of walking there because I can never remember where to find my two uncles' graves. :lol:

Come on guys, let's get going and get this weight off....I am so tired of tired of being fat. I wanna feel good and look good and most of all, be healthy! (sorry, I needed that pep talk too)

Angie, that is really sweet what you guys did for the kids. They may pretend to be so grown up but just below the surface, they are still your babies. Sorry to hear about Jay, but at least it's healing up. That must be so painful. I'm glad that murderer guy was caught and dealt(?) with? That must be so scary to have something happen so close by. I hope they get those websites up and running again, they are there to protect the public. Once you go breaking laws without regard to other people, you no longer have the same rights as everyone else--just my opinion of course. And hey girl, you did all the right things last week, I'm proud of you. I think you have a good idea on your hands about hiding the scale. Like Julie said, you will feel it when you are healthy.

Julie, hopefully all the candy can leave your house soon so you don't have to deal with the temptation. I'm right there with you on not being able to stop at one. Luckily my sisters come over quite often and I let them scarf down the junkfood--I always tell them, better you than me :lol:. Yuck, I do have my WI today, I'm going for a walk this morning and then see what my scale says. I am 100% positive I have gained, no getting around that. I guess I will just suck it up and take my self-created lumps. If I skip this weigh in there's no telling what I will do...I may just fall totally off and gain back all I've lost I really don't want that. I'm glad you guys are here to hold me accountable. :hug:

Cal, you are lucky and SMART for not giving Ashley much candy. I figured willpower would keep me straight--but instead it just went out the window. :shrug: :ink: I'm glad you all enjoyed your Easter. Every day that goes by you just get closer to your awesome European vacation. I'm thinking of a way where I can sneak into your luggage and go with you :s:

Kempy, are you back from your cruise yet? How was it??? We want pics!

Maggzs, you too. You're probably still on vacation though... have fun!

Hope everyone else has a wonderful day. Let's make this a good one. :strong:

as expected.....
 

I gained 1.4 lbs this week. I know what I did and didn't do on my program so I have no one to blame but myself for this gain. I am using it though, to refocus myself and get back to basics that I know how to do, and just do it. I am proud of myself for going in to WI knowing the end result. I was seriously thinking about not going, but then I would only be cheating myself. I will get past this.

Noelle, I look at your ticker and I see how many pounds you have lost and I am so so proud of you! Don't you let that one pound get to you. You are doing so wonderful! Gosh, you know I wish we all lived close to each other and we could all go walking after dinner.

We grilled hamburgers tonight. I over did it. They were big and a half of one would have been enough. It is a beautiful 62 degrees. The wind is kind of chilly but I can't complain. The kids are watching Chicken Little and I think I will make them some popcorn. Have a good night ladies.

Just a quick check-in. I WI today, instead of yesterday, and I am still the same...no gain and no loss. I guess that's good enough. I keep telling myself that at least I stayed put and didn't gain anything.
It's only 8:30, but I'm so tired. I'll chat later.
Good night.

Cal

Thanks Julie :D I wish I was in WI in cool weather right now. It's been too bright and sunny and giving me a headache when I walk outside, although we've been getting low 80's so I guess I can't complain too much. I would love to go walking with any of you ladies and just chat away. Mmmm, grilled burgers sound great. There's a place in Waikiki called Teddy's Bigger Burgers and they are soooooo good, served in 5 oz, 7 oz or 9 oz patties. I haven't had a taste of one since November though. :drool:

Cal, a maintain is good! It shows that your body is using the energy you gave it to a tee. Hope you can catch up on your sleep tonight. :hug:

Well, I was planning on taking a short nap then going for an afternoon walk, but the kids were screaming in the backyard and I didn't get to catch that nap after all. I have a headache....am I making excuses? yes :lol: I didn't go walking after all... Anyways, got to get some laundry put away. Have a great night and chat more tomorrow.

Hi Girls

How is everyone doing today? I had a run in with some cashews and a few pieces of chocolate:nono:yesterday, so I am up two pounds in one day! I think it may be water from the salt in the cashews. I did turn on FitTv this morning and did a short workout to Gilad. (beautiful Hawaii Noelle!) I have got to get to the store to get an anniversary card for my brother and his wife. Other than that just doing housework today.

Hi Cal, you are so right no gain is a good thing!

Noelle hope the headache is away today. My dh likes to watch Dog the Bounty Hunter and it was on last night and I had to watch. LOL

I wonder when Cherie is going to check back in. I hope she and the girls found a house they like.
Angie, Dips, Kempy, Red....Hi to you.
Check back later

Hey ladies, happy Thursday. What's everyone up to today? I'm busy with paperwork but I am also helping Michael do a posterboard for school. I am scanning pictures of him when he was a baby until now, he will be featured as "star of the week" in his class next week. He can share pictures, his favorite things (toy, book, food, snack, etc) and he has to do a small presentation by the end of the week next week. Shoot! I was doing well yesterday, but then we went out for dinner at this diner/burger type joint. I ordered a grilled chicken sandwich but it had mushrooms and jack cheese on it, with some avocado. I ate the avocado, but tried to scrape off most of the cheese and stuff. I only ate half of it, but I did eat the fries it came with. I am staying off the scale until the weekend. I want to drop a few since I gained some last week. *sigh* It's a learning process and for sure, it's going to take a lifetime.

Hi Julie, you know any kind of nuts have tons of sodium. Just drink your water and that blotation should be gone. I have a jar of roasted peanuts at home that have been calling me...I hate PMS, sometimes I shake out a handful of peanuts and get into the Nestle chocolate chips meant for baking :ink: It's terrible! Did ya catch AI? We were watching it during dinner last night. That was a surprising bottom 3 to me, but overall, I'm not that excited about the show anymore.

Anyway, hope everyone is having a good week. Hope to see some posts.

Hello My gurlz
 

Gosh I missed so much but school is kicking my butt and its down to the wire now. Still I had to come in and check in with my ladies...

It's been ten days into my 30 days as a vegetarian and I don't know how I made it this far! I never realized how much meat I eat until I stopped. There are some really decent substitutes but its not the same. And here you all are talking about your burgers and sh*t :lol: UUuugghh! :eek: I'm going bananas :crazy:

To add insult to injury I'm on my period and I'm having man problems. I'll give you the quickie version:

So I meet this guy and he's just perfect. Attentive, reliable, romantic affectionate...so of course I'm like, Nobody's that damn perfect there's gotta be something wrong with him. So we're dating about a month now and he picks me up from work (in a BMW) to drive me home. Once we got there we sat in the car kissing for a while and soon I discovered why he's so damn nice. It's to compensate for the fact that he...uh...comes up short in other areas (catch my drift?) so now I'm thinking of how to break things off without seeming like a comeplete jerk. I'm sorry there is just no compromising in this area. And Ya'll better not laugh at me :( it's not funny. It's only funny when it happens to OTHER OTHER people.

TTYL Babies!

:chin: :o :rofl:

Ahem, now that I've composed myself after reading Dips post... hmmm, sister, ain't that right! It's not funny and I won't give you all that spiel about size doesn't matter, it's all about technique etc... I'll just leave that one alone. :devil: Let's talk about vegetarian burgers. I rather like Gardenburgers myself :carrot: Hmmm, I totally forgot what I wanted to post. I'll be back later when my mind has returned ;)

Dips....:lol3: :rofl:....:^: :o

Happy Friday! Dh has got some fish ready for dinner so I can't stay long, just wanted to say Hi!