Good Morning girls!Boy this is too early to be up before the alarm even rings!! My poor dog has allergies--we are going to have to go get him tested and upgrade the stuff he is on. It works for awhile and then he's miserable again.

Shawna--compliments are always nice--you are doing so good!

Cristina--DD's friend said it was hard to go back after the two week leave too. He did say it is not as bad as the media makes it seem. No fun to be there though.

Michelle ma belle--if you do your watp in the heat make sure you are drinking plenty of water.

Good morning ladies,

Another day another dollar as they say. I am frustrated today. I am back up a pound. Don't know why other than I haven't been getting in much water, cept I got in 6 glasses yesterday. It's just so cold to be drinking lately. I rode my bike last night, ate healthily all day, just don't get it.

Shawna, how nice for your boss to have noticed. Makes you feel good don't it?:bravo:

Christina, Benadry effects me the same way. Knocks me out cold. Maybe I should take some at night.. all though I slept till 7 this morning, that is unusual for me. I am usually awake by 6 at least.

My son Josh and his fiance got in last night around 11:30. They have to meet with the minister today. And yes I am helping to plan the wedding. His fiance's mom and I are very close friends. She even works part time for us.

Hi to Jules, Deb, Michelle, Laura, Chimara and everyone else.

My sisters did upset me, but now that I have had their visit I know I won't see them for a while so I can just settle down in my own life. They do this every so often. Then they forget about me and all is well again.

Susan, you going to Hawaii? Did I miss something somewhere? I thought you said your ex was seeing things your way on Rachel. That just makes it extra hard on you if he isnt'.. sorry to hear that. You sure have your plate full. Even though I have 5 sons, you are going thru a heck of a lot more difficulties with your two girls than I ever did with all my boys. And I always thought little girls were so sweet and innocent.

Well, I better scoot. It looks like rain again.:rain: I'll check back later.:mag:

Have a good one all,:gossip: :sunny:
Ginny:carrot:

Ginny--I don't care how careful I eat, how much water I drink and I can exercise my heart out--if I am stressed I gain. I hope you have a sunshine filled & less stressful day & with lots of fun, happy customers buying lots of stuff!!

*yawn* *streeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetch* Oh yeah! It is a beautiful day here!!! A few clouds here and there, but that sun is bright! I really hope I get to take a long walk sometime today. I so badly wanted to yesterday, but dh had to help my grandparents with something and didn't get home until after dark. I DON'T walk after dark anymore because I had a dog come after me that I didn't see and scared the stink out of me. I have 2 toddlers so I couldn't leave the house until he got home. Anyway...hopefully I will get a chance to make up for it tonight! I hope this weather stays this beautiful all day! Top O' the mornin' to you all!!!!!

PS....do tons of repetitions of 'pony girl' and 'pony boy' count as exercise? :D

Isn't Richard Simmons or maybe it was Susan Powter that says -- just move!!:carrot:

Hi Everyone
 

Hi & welcome to the playground!

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:welcome3: babyholdon2me :welcome3:
my name is shawna and just joined the kindergarten about a week ago, everyone here is really nice and good company.
i have 3 daughters that are 16, 14 and 11(PMS CITY), and a foster son who is 7. my husband and i will be celebrating our 18th wedding anniversary this year. i am a manager for a store called rack room shoes, that is where i spend 50 plus hours of the week. my oldest daughter plays volleyball and her senior night is my inspiration to get this weight off.....i promised myself i will not be the fat mom there!!! i know losing 109 lbs by october is not really realistic, but i will take whatever i can. being an athlete all of my life, my muscles tend to remember what they used to do, so i lose weight a little bit faster then most. which is a good thing, but when i plateau i get a little upset:tantrum: ...but i stick with and then im losing again. i have been down this weight loss trail before, after the birth of each child, i would get down to about 195-200 and then slowly gain it all back. i vow not to do that this time, my health is the most important thing now, and being this heavy is not good for me. ok enough about me.....LOL
Hope everybody is having a good day, im drinking my protein shake right now, i put peanut butter in it today....not too bad, but i think i like the banana better. i slept through breakfast, not so good!! im off work today so i need to get some house work done....blah:stress: then i think im going to go do some cardio:tread: , we have water aerobics tonight, but doing some cardio would be good too.
tty'alll

:welcome2: :welcome: Mari ~~ You have come to a chatty group so join right in!:gossip: :cofdate: :cheers: :comp: You said that you had a st roke three years ago? Did they say what caused this, because you are young?:( You have done really good on your weight loss!:cp: :bravo: What plan were you on to lose your weight before Jenny Craig? Yes, I'm full of questions, but I like to know all of this good stuff with weight loss!:dizzy: :o ;)

Ginny ~~ You work so hard!:( I hope you can get some relaxing time in sometime today; take it easy!:hug:

Jules ~~ Whenever I get in gear and stick with my WATP, I do make sure and get enough water in. I usually do it first thing in the morning when it's still cooler. They're saying that it's supposed to start cooling down some today to about 80F.

Welcome Mari!
Hi Bep and Shawna
Jules - I am waiting for my yarn to come from WEBS ( yarn.com) before I can start the skull tote. The pattern for that cracked me up, it said, " Just because you knit doesn't mean you aren't dangerous!" Let me know how your knitting is going - I have lots of online resources and I read a bunch of blogs so I could recommend a few depending on what you are interested in.

Ginny - good job on the water and biking. I skipped my yoga this morning (tsk tsk), but made up for it by working on the cow-poop pile. I have managed to move most of the unit all by myself - not all at once mind you - but I'm still pretty proud of myself.

Cristina - bulgur is a whole grain - very good for you. I get it where I buy my bulk grains... it can be cooked 1 part to two or three parts liquid, depending on the consistency you want. I blend it with lentils which cook up with the same proportions and do all kinds of things with it. You can blend it with eggs and bread crumbs and make veggie patties or veggie loaf. The other night I took 1 cup lentils/bulgur mixture to three cups of chicken broth and simmered it for about 20 minutes with paprika, allspice and garlic cloves. I served it over brown rice. I really liked it...Bulgur by itself can be cooked up like oatmeal...I need to try that some day for some variation

Gotta run and take the DD to swimming lessons

back later

howdy
 

ok i lost my list of what all of those abbreviations are for, somebody help me please......watp? i know its right in front of me but somebody help me out .


thanks,
shawna

Katy--I hope to get as good as you one day--my ds's gf would love the skull tote especially with a neon pink skull and black background!! There is a Common Market (www.commonmarket.com) in Frederick (about 45-60 minutes from my house on the highway) I am off the 1st full week in June -- not going anywhere special--we have a couple of "projects" Our anniversary in the 7th and I want to go to the Olive Garden which is also in Frederick so I will stock up.

Michelle ma beel--I am glad the temps are cooling down a little for you--good luck with your WATP

Bep--I miss kids in the house--both of mine are moved out--and what's ironic is when her marriage ended DD (soon to be 19) moved in with DS(21) instead of moving back home. It's actually closer to college and work for her.

Mary--I have a 21 year old Ryan!! Welcome!!

Shawna ~~ WATP means Walk Away The Pounds, and they are workout videos.;)