Hi all:

last night I was feeling better but this am feeling congested, tired and head-achy. Will continue to rest and recover. I am feeling more motivated on my diet--last night I wanted to eat more after dinner even tho I was full--but didnt. Brushing my teeth helped.

Lady--thanks for the encouragement--I hope you are counting painting as exercise--that is hard work. I know how hard it is to have guests and stay on target--tis similar to vacation, huh!

RVVM--you did really good last night--eating lots of veggies and some frozen yogurt when you are craving--that is good! Drinking more water would have helped. I find if I down a huge thing of water--I have done 30 ounces at a time, really helps. You feel mega full for a while and sometimes when the fullness goes away then the cravings are gone too.

EleM: you are going to have to arrange a full scale exorcism of that scale--or stop using it--it must be hard to be working so hard on your plan and not see the results! I admire all the exercise you are doing and hope to emulate you when I am better.

shyla; hang in there--and give yourself compliments for staying within your points--thats what counts! I am sorry you are in pain--but you are keeping on with your plan and your studies anyway--that shows you are really doing some good habits despite adversity!

Okay--time for more rest.

OK, so I thought I come here and find a bunch of enthusiam...so I'm the first one to go...that's fine...but I hope to see a least a few of you to follow. LOL!



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Tina you are beautiful - I really will try to do some pics later tonight but it might be Saturday before I can we are gonna be at practice tonight and have plans for tomorrow night and I can't really post pics from work. Sorry.........

Hey ladies, I had a long post all typed up but computer froze and I lost it. So here is a quick version cause it is now time for work.

Scales were better today and down 1 pound to 231. Hopefully the WWW from TOM will go away soon.

Better get to work.

Hi Gals and TGIF !!! Sorry I have been MIA for the majority of the week. Hope you are all doing well and looking forward to the weekend.

Have a great day and I will catch up with you all soon

Hey ladies! Just a quick check in! I'm down another pound... need to change my ticker!

Ok ladies, it's picture time, eh? Tina, you are gorgeous! I used to LOVE having my pic taken, but not anymore... so I'm scrounging here. I don't really have any *during* pictures yet, but here's "before".

I'm not sure I know how to do this. Let me see if this works. (eta: okay, click on them and they will enlarge, I think)

The first pic is the most recent (last month for my brother's wedding). It's not a close up, but when I saw it, it hit home how much I had gained / what I really looked like.

The second pic was this past spring.

The last pic was last year, I think.

I know I have more / better? pictures, but I can't get to my network drive right now. I'll have to reboot or something, or maybe have DH fix it. Anyhow, these are at least a few to get me started / show you "who I am"

Robbin, thanks for the compliment. Don't worry, you can post your pics as soon as you have a spare moment. I know how busy you are. I can't wait to see you!

Hi Louie!

Shyla, thanks also for the compliment. You're quite the little hottie yourself! Thanks for participating, it's great to put a face with the name. Now I see that you're not an elf...LOL! You have a beautiful family by the way! Congrats on losing another pound!! That's the way to do it...one pound at a time. Keep notching away at it!

Okay girls i am going to try to post the pics but i have no idea what i am doing so forgive me if it takes me several posts to actually get them here. Quick update first. Amelia did awesome with her surgery yesterday!!! She was such a big girl and so polite and sweet. She did not act afraid at all, even as they wheeled her away to the "secret room" the staff was awesome with her and made it really fun. Her eye looks pretty good, can hardly tell what they did. I have some pics but don't know if anybody wants to really see bloody eyelids! Anyway she was a little freaked out when she came out of surgery with a patch on but all was well when they took it off about 45 min later. I still can't believe what a trooper she was!!

As for me i am still living in scale ****!!! I really think i am going to run away for a little while today, (my son is wearing me down really bad with behavior issues lately) and while i am out i am going somewhere to get a new scale. I think i am going to hit Bed Bath and Beyond and just try them all until i find one that is consistent! I really want one that my husband can weigh on as well and he is right around 350 right now so that limits me a lilttle. But i can't take the inconsistent readings anymore!!!!

SNOW - glad to see you are back and sorry to hear about the cold! Sounds like you did really well controlling your eating over vacation. Binging is one of the hardest things i fight to control. I do it still to some degree, just not as much quantity as i used to and now on healthy foods! Yes the scale will meet its great reward probably this weekend. A SLEDGEHAMMER!!!!

TINA - hope you enjoyed all your company! I love having people visit but it is always so hard to keep myself on rountine when there is someone else in my space! The pics are amazing!! I love the shirt you have on, you are getting to be one real hottie!

ROBBIN - yes it is TOM reaking havoc i am sure!!! DO NOT FRET! Well not too bad anyway, i know i need to practice what i preach here but it is so hard!!! The reading on the elliptical is getting harder, i am going to get stronger magnifying glasses today and see if that will help. I think the sweat rolling in my eyes makes it harder too!!! I do love to read and find myself spending way to many hours doing it at times! Maybe we can start a book club!

LOUIE - forever faithful on the flybys!!! Are you doing okay girl, I thought things were supposed to be slowing down for you!

SHAWN - you are beautiful! You have a fabulous smile! You know soon you will be saying i can't believe i LOOKED (not look) like that! Stay motivated and keep working on it, you will have awesome during pictures before you know it!!

Okay here goes on the pics so hope it works

Okay so i don't know what i am doing with the pictures! here goes try number 2! They are on as attachments so not as big as they could be. I am going to keep working with it to see what i can do. The one with the blue shirt, ironically sitting beside my elliptical, is the most current. I dont see a lot of change but we are always hardest on ourselves!

summer 06 231.jpg cropped boat pic.jpg Tina you will have to let us know how you got your pictures so large on your post!

Erin! Yay! You got your pictures up! I can DEF tell a difference in your face! You look great! Keep up the good work!

And thanks for the compliments ladies! Still trying to wake up here, so I'll holler at ya'll later.

Welcome to the weekend

Loving all of the pictures, you gals are beautiful

Things are slowing down for me and I am going to try try try to get back to posting on a regular basis this week. If nothing else you can certainly rely on me for a fly by

Erin ~ any luck finding a new scale ?? I have a WW digital one and haven't had any problems with it. I hope that you find one that works for you

Shawn and Robbin ~ congrats on kicking those lbs to the curb !!!

Tina ~ do you still have your company there or are things back to normal for you ?

Snow ~ hope you are feeling better

To all the other gals ~ hope you are doing well.

Well I am off to meet some friends for coffee, then have a bit of shopping to do. Hope you all have a great Saturday and I will TTYS

Erin, it's great news that you're daughter surgery went well and she was such a trooper. Sometimes I think these things are harder on us than them. I'm glad it's all over for you now. Now for those pics! Girl, all that eliptical and swimming has been paying off for you! Great job! You should feel so proud of yourself, look how far you have come! I see a difference definitely in your face, neck and shoulders. It hard to tell in a sitting picture but I understand you did to compare to your before. I used photobucket to post pics and that's all I know...LOL! I didn't so anything particular to make them big.

Hi Shyla! Wake UP!

Louie, nice to hear things will actually start to slow down for you. I'll have my parents again either today or tomorrow. But like I said my dad rarely works in the city, once he's done it'll be back to weekend visits only. My sister she comes by every few weeks on weekends. Other than that, that IS my normal life...LOL! Have a good visit with your friends. I know the shopping oughta be good..LOL!

Hi Ladies...Guess it's time I post my before and now pics. The first one is my pic on my drivers license. The second was taken a couple of weeks ago at Crater Lake.

Shawn - thanks for the compliment! Are you awake yet??

Tina - Thanks to you as well! Okay so what the heck is photobucket?? Never heard of that one before!

Louie - got a new scale today, its a homedics brand but can't really remember the version. It says it is accurate up to 350 so hubby can weigh too. I am planning to keep the receipt and box so that i can take it back if it starts acting up early on in the process. Will let you know in the morning how it compares with the others! Glad you are loving our pics but where are yours??

Cheryl - glad to see the photos the face says it all doesnt' it! you look great, not bad scenery either!!


Well girlies i am off to work on a few projects before bed, kids are settled down to a movie and are actually behaving at the moment. Had a good day out alone to do what I wanted. Unfortunately i satisfied a sugar craving i have been fighting for a long time but i think it did me some good! I really feel better this evening and overall didn't do too bad today!

Will update ya'll on the scale posession in the morning! Hope you have a wonderful evening and we will see even more faces tomorrow!

Hi There-

Just a quick pop in...I have to work all day tomorrow (returning student move-in) and have had a hectic week as it is, so I'm just stopping in to say Hi...and to post my pics. The one in the striped shirt is last year at this time...the one in the aqua is from February, and my avatar picture is from June. I don't have any full body shots, but I think there is a SMALL difference in my face between the three...maybe???

Anyway...I'm off to finish laundry and such...woo hoo- school is back in session ladies!!!!