Starting everyone off with a HUGE DOSE of those SUPER CHARGED {{{{{{{{{{{VIBES}}}}}}}}}}}!
As you've noticed I'm not on much. Have been going around in circles with the ISP since 4/4......and it is NOT my phone line. Had those guys out yesterday. Not going to trust being on here long.
I had a gain last night of .75........so that puts me back at the very top of my leeway......but at least I'm still legal. Man this has been a tough haul!!!!
Congrats to everyone that has been doing well and to the rest of us, we are doing the best we can for the moment....but deep down, we know we could be doing better. The scale does not lie......only we do to ourselves. That's why I love going to TOPS....because I do have to be accountable. No one does this to me but me, and I will take responsiblity for it.....never blaming others.
To all you ladies having rainy weather, count your blessings. Colorado is having a horrible drought and we have started our wild forest fire season already. One area of the state has conditions that haven't been seen in more than 100 yrs!! There is a huge fire going on about 70 miles from me [started behind a high school from a cigarette] and we have had awful winds like I have never seen. So far over 2000 acres. I fear this will be a scarey year. Fire bans are going out like crazy and summer tourist season hasn't even started. Send us some of your rain!!!
Have a great day everyone....I'm CHEERING YOU ON!!!! {RAH-RAH}
Hi Ladies
How is everyone doing? Hope everyone is having a good OP day.So far mine is going really well. Wrote down what I ate. Rode the bike for 35 min and 22 seconds and went 9.12 miles. I was wondering. There was a menu thread. Are we still doing that. If so I think I am going to do that. I think that may help me through this rough spot now. To account to someone besides myself as to what I am eating. And if I am doing something wrong maybe get some advice on what I need.
Made some pasta salad for the dinner tonight at church. Having the memeorial service for the pastors wife tonight. We are having meat trays and people are fixing different types of salads and desserts. I am going to try and not eat anything. Thought I might eat something before I go. Then if they have lettuce salad I can have that. I know that there will be macaroni salad and pototoe salad. And those will be no-no's. Or I may take a slim fast bar. But I am going to stay OP. No matter what. I want to have a loss next week.
Got news on the pups (Sadie) spot. It is OK!!!Yeah. They said it shows that she has gotten a shot of some kind and has had a reaction to it. Now they have to figure out which one. Sadie goes on Tues and gets the stitches out. Thanks for your concern on her.
Shortstack Hows your son? Hope he is feeling better. And how is your pup. Does he/she lay with your son when he isn't feeling well. I know ours will. Its funny how they know when you dont feel well.
Summer Thanks for the {{{VIBES}}} I think I know how you feel about the computer thing. We have been having trouble with ours. And they have checked the lines. Even sent a intertech they have at the phone company out. They keep telling us it is our problem. But they are starting to come to the conclusion some of it is there problem. Even our neighbors are having the same trouble. So I told them it all cant be me. And you will have your gain off by next week.
Sherri How are you doing. Glad you had a good time at the park. It is nice to go there. I like to fix basket lunch and go myself. Son likes to go fishing. So we will go and I will sit and read or cross stitch. And hubby and son fish. You are doing great. Hope you have a good day.
To all the other ladies. I am thinking of all of you. I know you all will get to goal before long. It just takes time. So you all have a good day.
A TOPS PAL
I know what you mean coco about writting things down. I haven't been doing it completely. Glad to hear your pup is doing better. That is great. Yes KC lays down with Brandon when he is sick. He is sleeping now, both of them side by side.
The thing about brandon when he gets this sick he is a terror. The things he has done today. I know it's cuz he isn't feeling well. But he can't keep doing them. took me an hour to get his first dose of medicine down him. So the tv is off, and all of his toys are packed up for a day. I put him in my room to take a nap, he was almost out, and i checked on him. Got up, but got quite so i thought he feel back to sleep. Wrong. I heard water running.
Got into some of my nail polish. sheets, bed, him, and his clothes. Took care of most of that. Put him back into bed in my room, quite, went to check on him. Emptied out my plant. While cleaning that up. sent him on the couch to go to sleep. checked on him, my water, and my pop all over my floor. he cleaned that up, while I picked up all his toys. He has just cried himself to sleep. Oh, missed the part about pouring his water on his crayons, and they started to desolve. Good day going here. Being on program. Not doing to bad. But not totally in control. I know you can stay on plan today. Just one day at a time.
Well everyone take a deep breath, and hang in there
we can do this.
Well, I'm almost ready to go to SRD. A friend that was in our chapter before she moved, is coming to spend the night with me and go to SRD with our chapter. We're looking forward to it. SRD's are always very inspiring and a lot of fun, too.
It's good to have you back, Mary Ann. Sorry that you had such a bad time with your tooth. A painful tooth can really mess up a well planned vacation.
Summer, I hope they get the fires under control soon. I remember a few years ago when Florida was having a lot of forest fires. One of them was about 15 miles from where we live and smoke was everywhere and it was hard to breath, and A lot of people had to evacuate there homes and go to safety. I -95 had to close down. So, I hope you get a rainy season soon.
Thanks for the vibes. I needed some today, tomorrow is weigh in for me. I just hope that I can turtle.
Wendy, hope Brandon is soon feeling better.
Coco, sounds like you are on track with your food and exercise plan.
Have a good day everyone. Hubby just came in, so I'll go talk to him for awhile.
Hey everyone,
It is so good to hear from those who are going to the SRD's. I hope you come back inspired, and ready to pass that on to those of us who aren't going.
Wendy, if you can stay on plan after a day like today with your sick, mischievous little one, then you are a better woman than me! Any one of those incidents would have sent me chocolate hunting. I have not written down what I have been eating this week, first week I have missed after doing it faithfully for 4 weeks. I really missed it!! Tonight is weigh in, and I will start writing down again first thing tomorrow morning. Hope you are able to do it, too. I put a happy or sad face at the end of the day on my paper after I count the points. Occasionally, the face is crying it was so bad, but even writing on the bad days helps me keep some control. I know I have to count and measure in order to accurately record. Good luck on the writing.
Summer, that must be so scarey, with the fires so close. I have never seen a forest fire, and will be happy to never have that experience. I will pray for you, for rain, and for the firefighters. Keep us posted on how things are going. You mentioned leeway. are you a KOPS? I am sorry, I do not know y'all well enough to know where you are on this journey of a life time.
CoCo, I am amazed at how much exercise you do! That is so commendable. At this time in my life, I do no formal exercise. With the arthritis, it is difficult. However, I intend to start water aerobics next Monday. We have a pool a few miles from my home, and it only cost $1. each time we go. They offer water aerobics three days a week at both 8:30 am and 12:30 pm. I went for awhile a year ago, but the ramp to the building housing the pool is so steep, that I had difficulty navigating it with my canes, as they have no railing. However, since I have lost ~38 pounds, and feel a little more sure of myself in walking, I am going to try. That is so sad about your Pastor's wife. Was she young? Was this an expected thing? Three years ago, we had a Pastor and his wife of 4 years. They were mid thirties. On their 4th wedding anniversary, they went to Grandfather Mountain, and she, tragically, slipped on some lose gravel and fell over the mountain. She and the Pastor had moved here 2 years prior, on the same day I moved here, and she and I had become very close. It was such a sudden and tragic loss.
Nita, Have fun at SRD!!!
ok, I tried to put two of those faces in the text, but they came down to the bottom. What am I doing wrong?
Mary ann
Thanks for the call girl. Don't worry about the gain. You know what you have to do this week don't you? VERY LOW CARBS girl and plenty of water and exercise. Then you will have it off and then some.
I think it is terrible with the fires. Thank god they are not in your backyard. I know that 70 miles isn't very far either. You stay safe. We had a mixture of rain and snow today. One min it was raining then it stopped then it started to snow like crazy then stopped. This is very strange weather we have had for sure.
You can do this. Grab the horse by the ears and hang on for the ride. I hope you get your ISP fixed soon. We miss you here.
CoCo,
You will do fine at the party. You are determined and you can do it. You are on the right track keep going. Just don't forget to write down everything. Keep up the great work. I am here. I did add you do my msn messanger and it said you didn't have a port. It won't let me add you. I never got your message to add me. I don't know what is wrong with it.
Good luck with the party. Stay focused.
Nita,
I hope you have a great time at the SRD. You will be seeing eleni right. That is great that a friend is going with you. Tell eleni we said hi.
Maryann,
Great job with your points. I have done great with my points all week also even though I had a gain. But I know it had to be the meds because I was sooooo good. I am with you if I don't measure everything I can't tell how much I am eating either. It is best to measure then you know your points for sure. Then you know you are on track.
I hope the aquaaerobics work out for you. I took them for awhile. I liked it. The only problem is that I live 45 min from where they have them. I was working up there at the time. Now I am hardly ever up there. So it is inconvenient for me. I don't know when I would get the time to go. But I am going to start my walking at 6am on monday everyday. I will walk then on mon, tue, thur, and friday. The other days I will just go when I get up.
Hang in there you are doing great. Keep up the great work and stick to your points.
Thursday 4-25
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