I feel really unmotivated today. I have so many things on my plate and im stressed out. and i havent really felt like doing anything. Including me working today but im doing that because i need the $$
I've been wanting to read a book called As Seen on TV by Sarah Mlynowski its about a girl doing a reality TV show and since I love reality TV...well ya know, here's the description of it.
Mlynowski's third novel follows Sunny Langstein to New York, where she's relocated to live with her boyfriend, Steve. Without any real prospects of employment, Sunny accepts an offer from her father's much younger girlfriend to audition for the new reality television show, Party Girls. Sunny wins the part and is whisked off for a makeover (her brown hair becomes black) and a fashionable name change (she becomes "Sunny Lang"). Sunny's costars are Erin, a wild slut; Brittany, a well-endowed lush; and Michelle, a tall, cool redhead who might be a potential friend. Party Girls premieres to impressive numbers, but as the show goes on, Sunny begins to buy into the hype: the recognition, the handsome men at the bars, the glamorous life. Then her relationship with Steve is put in jeopardy when Party Girls turns into a competition with the prize being the chance to host Party Girls II in L.A. A fun and telling look at the world of reality TV and the lure of fame.
Sara I'm sorry Hon. Will you have any off days soon? Try to at least get as much rest as you can.
Is there a book you'd like us to read?
Melissa - That sounds like a good read. I looked it up on Half.com and there are a lot of cheap copies available.
Love the tree Danielle.
Mia - I'm so jealous! Have a great time Lovely. Heck, I wouldn't worry about dieting either if I was going to New Orleans. Seeyawhenyougetback!!!
Does anyone have any other book suggestions. I have been thinking of A Day Late and a Dollar Short. But, really, I'm open to anything. I just wanna read something!
Jest dropping in for a moment Getting ready to take a walk. Cant wait till tonight BL starts. Got to run I am going to walk to the store to get me some Taco season so I can have it for my chicken.
Havnt been able to read all the post but my Bday is July 29.
Anybody else having problems posting at all? Had a big post all typed out and then it disappeared. no time to retype now. So just giving a and I'll BBL!
Good Wednesday morning everyone!! Well I ended up with a pretty GREAT day yesterday!!! Monday night we had spaghetti for dinner, not sure if I told you all this but spaghetti is a big overeating meal for me. I love the stuff I could eat it all night long! But I told myself that if I didnt overeat I could have some for lunch the next day and thats what I did! Now mind you portions for lunch were very modest! Hey I didnt overeat spaghetti!! I think another thing that helped was I started my meal with some canned spinach (I know gross!) but with the whole ecoli thing going around I felt safer! I dunno why its freaking me out so bad...what a horrible way to be~! Anyway, GREAT day for me!! made my 100 oz of water! I had a parents meeting at my oldest daughters school, I tell ya middle school is so different and the meeting went on for sooooo long!! But, I did get some great ideas for the PTA that I run!
AF showed up too so I suspect very little if any movement on the scale on friday.
Today I'm skipping my first 2 classes, its picture day at my youngest's school and since that is a PTA function ..well you know. Plus we are doing this rescue recess thing at school this week so today I'm going to run recess, I want to do a great big Simon Says game!! Cross your fingers it doesnt rain!
Bonnie! I'm excited for biggest loser to start tonight!! I wonder how it is gonna work with 50 contestants as opposed to 2 teams.
Alright everyone!! Sorry I missed you all this morning but you know I'll be checking on you this afternoon! have a WONDERFUL day!!
good morning
Trish.
melissa
heather
Amanda
Dani
Liz
how is everyone doing so far hey what happened to Elyisha?
question what do you guys eat as a healthy snack and do you know of a good healthy granola bar? i hate oatmeal but i might eat it if it dosent taste horrible
working on my water today guys hopefully ill get it today
Hi Bonnie. Thanks for the reminder about BL. I want to watch it. I've only ever seen maybe two episodes before. I think it was the first season. I have to confess that I think I didn't like to watch it before because it made me feel lazy for not doing something about my weight. I've seen every episode of CFC though. CFC didn't make me feel so bad. High entertainment value and I don't really think that most of them are that serious about changing their lives. That sounds really awful, doesn't it? Heck, I'm flawed.
Hi Melissa - Melissa reading your posts is really motivating me to get on the ball about registering for school next semester. I can't believe you do all that stuff! I don't have any excuse, do I?
Great job on the spaghetti! That would have been super hard for me. I love spag and lasagna. I've never had just a modest portion of either. Congrats on the water too!!
I can understand you being scared about the spinach. I think I'd be nervous about eating it too. There's a bridge and a tunnel that go to Canada in Detroit. It's a very short drive to Windsor, Ontario. Since 9/11 I haven't been over. I was already not very fond of bridges and the tunnel under the Detroit River had always given me the creeps. Since that day though, I've been too terrified
Danielle - I think Trish mentioned something about losing a post yesterday. If it happens again, try clicking the "back" button in the uppper left corner. That might work for you. I wish I had thought of that before.
Trish, if you're reading...... Try clicking the back button next time!!!
Mia - For a snack I like to eat about 25 almonds and have a cup or two of water. About 10 minutes later, the hunger is gone.
Something has happened ladies. I don't know if it's maturity or madness due to sleep deprivation (). I have lost interest in the scale. That's right. You read correctly. I have lost interest. All of a sudden. I'm more concerned with eating right and exercising. The rest of it is more than I want to worry about.
Of course my weight is still important to me. So are fitting into those clothes I bought with the intention of wearing by mid October. Other than that, though, I'm only interested in weighing once a month now. On progress picture day. I found out that I like measuring. (Thanks Melissa!) I'd like to do that every couple of weeks.
I'm not really sure when or why "the change" took place. I just hope I stay this way.
Good morning again!! Had a little time to kill before recess!
Mia! Good morning to you too!! Elycia left us and started another group. Have you tried any of the Slimfast bars? They are usually all just under 200 calories, most of them i find too sweet but I really like the blueberry and cherry crisp ones. They are more of a granola type bar. Other than that the only ones we usually get here are the nature valley ones...oats and honey, they are so good but loaded with sugar I'm sure.
Amanda...I LOVE school! I'd be a student the rest of my life if I could. If only there were no such thing as student loans!! Actually if you've never been to college before there are so many grants out there. Pell grants and higher ed grants. I wouldnt have any student loans at all if I didnt take the extra in student loans to live on. The grants that I get pay for all my tuition and books. And I didnt have to apply for them. Money isnt a reason not to get an education! Scales are for fish!! I'm so glad you arent a slave to it!! It doesnt define who you are anyway! Keep up the great work!! You've made some amazing changes in the last week or so! Its all kicking in!
Okay off to have a pear and head back to school! Have a great one everyone!
If there are no objections, why don't we read the book that Melissa suggested yesterday? As Seen on TV, by Sarah Mlynowski. Let's start it in October. I saw a bunch of them on Half.com really cheap if anyone has trouble finding a copy.
Melissa - I've been to college. I was going for elelmentary eduction (group science). I have since learned that I really don't want to teach. I had started to feel that way few years ago. Up until last year I helped tutor at some elementary schools as a part of the No Child Left Behind program. I loved participating in that, but at the same time it cemented that feeling for me.
I have about 80-something credits. I really am not certain what I will get my degree in. But I've made a decision to pick something in within the next several weeks and follow through. I can't let those credits be for nothing. If I change my mind later, then I'll consider a Masters. My job will pay for me to get either a business or engineering degree. So we'll see...
By the way, thanks for the kind words
Happy afternoon! The sun is shining but not quite as hot thank goodness!! We've finally 'cooled off' and are in the low 90's this week. LOL Hey, compared to 115 for 3 solid months, anything 90 feels good! We are even expecting some rain which will be great for this dryness we got going on. I think about the only fall leaves I'll be seeing will be the ones on my tree!
Amanda, I think it's terrific that the scale is losing it's grip on you. It is an extremely hard concept to deal with, but I think you will be much better for it. I know that you will be fitting into all those new clothes in no time, those will be exciting times! I love the sense of accomplishment when smaller new clothes fit, makes me feel like a million bucks. Even if it was a shirt from Target or WalMart! LOL
Melissa, sheesh you are a busy girl today! I really hope that the school & that principal appreciate all the wonderful things you will have done for that school & community. You are doing an amazing job and those kids are going to be rewarded big time for it. Yay for another amazing day!! I knew you could do it, and yep, I told you to be very proud of that portion control with the spaghetti!! It's the little things. And you've gotten all your water too, simply fabulous!!
Bonnie, BL should be alot of fun. Feels like we've been waiting forever for it. Hope you're able to get back to plan!
Mia, doing a-okay in these parts, how about you? As far as granola bars, cant really reccommend anything. I would think that maybe just eating granola would be healthier than a bar that's been put thru a process to make it stick together? I tend to stick to fresh fruit or some finger veggies. Pretzels are a good in a pinch when I want the crunchy/salty thing.
I think what I am most looking forward to when I lose weight is the feeling of being "put together". If that makes any sense? I know right now, being overweight I feel limited on the things that I can wear. Now I realize that there are lotsa clothes out there for us big girls, but IMO there are many that big girls should not be wearing! I dunno, maybe my thinking is skewed on this point but I really feel there is a big difference in how someone who is of size should dress versus someone who is alot thinner with alot less space to clothe. I just remember when I had lost alot of weight before and that feeling of being all put together with the right outfits & shoes. And feeling of entitlement of particular things to wear because I was smaller. It was a really exciting feeling to me, one I hope to get back very soon!
I would love to read Melissa's suggested book title! I will order this afternoon, I can't believe how incredibly cheap they are. How bizarre is it that out of 5 libraries at my disposal none of them have this book?
Hello Ladies I wanted to pop in here and say that I have done the Leslie thing today I did 3 Miles total a 55 min workout plus I walked to the store for taco season. Kinda Good that I dont have a license and I have to walk. I enjoyed myself. I told my Dh that I wanted an IPod for xmas so I can use it for my walking.
I am pretty excited how the 50 Contestants are going to do to I hear they have a new traniner though with Bob. I hope she is good. I cant wait. Well Better be getting things done school gets out soon.
so yesterday it rained I couldnt go out running, I ended up doing 45mins of Carmen Electra's strip tease Disk 1 and about 30mins of Tahitian Dance for weigh loss for beginners. I'm not good at dancing and have never done those moves in my life so Carmens wasnt easy for me. I have no coordination. hehe.
The tahitian dance was nice but since I was talking to Matt on the phone I feel like i didnt do as good as i could have.
Sara 
no time to retype now. So just giving a 
and I'll BBL!
Congrats on the water too!!
). I have lost interest in the scale. That's right. You read correctly. I have lost interest. All of a sudden. I'm more concerned with eating right and exercising. The rest of it is more than I want to worry about.
I tend to stick to fresh fruit or some finger veggies. Pretzels are a good in a pinch when I want the crunchy/salty thing. 