WoooHooooo!!!!! Congratulations :spin:Lamorgan!!!!!

Wildfire - You're probably right... when we got home Luna followed her around sniffing her from head to toe. She probably thought "well, you don't smell like me or momma anymore... here *liiick* I'll fix that!"

Terri :moo:

Congrats LAMORGAN!!!!!!!!

Wildfire I am doing better FINALLY but they wanna give me a bigger dose of the steriod inhaler ..I just spent 150 on medical perscipts this week I will wait on the new one..

I dont have much time so just to update the scale went down from 263 to 262.4 Dont know what that means except a loss so I am thrilled!!!!!

Talk more manyana
Sheila

A L L R I G H T L O I S !!!!

Congratulations...I hope this job turns out to be everything you hoped for -- and more!

Sheila, good for you on the loss!

Punkin, glad the kitty's ok. I'm jealous of all you cat people -- I grew up with cats but became quite suddenly allergic at 16, and as the years have gone by I have just gotten worse and worse. I would love to have a kitty, but...

Wildfire, boy this IBS flare-up has gone on and on. Hope you kick it soon.

Eydie, I know what you're saying about feeling abandoned on the food thread [HINT, HINT]. Even if you're not sticking to program, guys, it's a great way of tracking the choices you make . I think it's been a helpful part of my (successful to date) effort to get the bingeing under control.

OK, I'm off to walk 3 miles in the cold. Later I have my gum surgery. :( I won't be eating much for a couple days, I guess...

Hoorah, Lamorgan! May it be everything you want it to be! Will you be keeping your other job too? I know how that is to be so up in the air about something. Finally, the pressure's off!

Yesterday was my husband's birthday so I had cake and ice cream for dinner last night--oh well, today is a new day.

If you have a special occasion that screams for ice cream, may I recommend Healthy Choice's Dulce de Leche low fat ice cream? It's outrageosly good, creamy and caramel-y! [and goes well with cake! ;) ]

Punkin, I'm glad Stella's home!:)

Thank you for all the well-wishing everyone! I'm soooo tired today, I think the relief has caught up.

Yes, I'll keep delivering papers, it's my maintenance plan! :o If I didn't walk each morning for an hour and a half, I'd have gained back everything I lost last year. As it is I must stay very aware what I eat. Sometimes it's amazing what goes in my mouth when I'm not tracking properly.

Also I like to walk in the dark under the moon. I think up the most wonderful poems, and I now carry a pad and pen to jot things down because often by the time I get home I've forgotten them.

Poor kitty to have her claw growing into the pad of her foot. Think of all the unfortunate kitties out there who don't have a caring person to watch out for those sorts of things. One of my neutered cats is spraying a lot in the house lately. I am ready to scream! Had to wash Morgan's knap-sack today because it smelled like cat. Yuck.

Must be a sign of spring. If I had known that neutered male cats still spray I may have done a few things differently... I know that all males don't do this but Morris is very male, very dominate, very determined and possesive. A Male-chauvinist cat. :lol:

Have a great day! Hello to everyone sorry I'm not being personal today, must make some coffee and clean this messy house.

:sheep:
Lois

Good Morning Ladies!!!!!!
I am feeling alot better today !!!!!!!!
LaMorgan when I am out in the night under the moon I get a sense of calmness and fulfillment that I cant really explain ..my mind is clearer and my self esteem just boosts .. I know it doesnt make much sense to most people but it is the best time for my sense of oneness.. (ok I will stop I sound flaky :lol:) Sorry about your Kitty deciding he is master and still marks his territory despite his neutering.. I have heard of that happening (I have had cats all my life) but words still dont remove the smell of cat :(
Ruthie My daughter just became allergic to cats all of a sudden.. I didnt know that could happen I thought the doctor just had a cat-hating thing..I have always been around cats they are calming and they seem to know stuff about you before you do.. I had a cat once that just would NEVER leave me alone. She would do everything in her fuzzy power to try and keep me from doing stuff , like jump on stuff I needed to lift and rub all over my face to distract me.. Or Sniff my belly and meow like she was in pain.. 2 months later I found out I was 5 months pregnant but due to complication I was internally bleeding so I thought I was just having messed up monthly cycles. Unfortunately due to that complication I was unable to carry to term ,even after 10 days of blood transfers and hospital bedrest ,due to excessive blood loss..
As for the food journal I dont post there because I am not on any special program. Slimfast you drink your breakfast and lunch and eat at night thats basically it.. A very dull food journal if you were to ask me..
Wildfire Just rest and get your IBS in control that is more important right now.. I know a few people that deal with IBS so I can only tell you I do know it sucks and that flare ups can drain you physically and emotionally. Get your calcuim in and your acidphillous ( I cant spell that word ) and post when you feel better.
Eydie Happy Belated to your Hubby!!!!! That ice cream sounds REALLLLL GOOD :T
I been checking out a few sites I like www.workoutplan.com just for a few pointers
Well Ladies I will end here Talk with you soon
Sheila

Since I been feeling better I dont think I will be home to post this weekend so I will talk to yall on Monday (unless I sneak on :s: )

Hi girls!

I was back to work today, and had an uneventful IBS day....shhhh...don't tell my gut. I hope it is the start of a calm period.

Tomorrow I am going to the Y to sign up and get a schedule for exercise classes. I know my way around a weight room, so that I can do on my own. I am going to be back OP and getting in shape. I ordered a nice knee-length leather coat and it's just a little bit tight in the chest.....I'm betting if I lost 10 lbs it would be fine. So I'm going to hang on to it as inspiration. I really think I'm ready for the gym, and there will be lots more to do at the new Y. Like water aerobics....they're fun and never seemed like exercise! I'm looking forward to hauling some weights too....I was actually pretty cut before IBS sauntered into my life. I'm gonna be a grrrrrrl again! :strong:

Sheila, glad you're feeling better! And congrats on the loss! That's spooky about your cat knowing there was a problem with the pregnancy. I agree though....they just seem to know things.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Eydie! :)

Ruthie, how did the gum surgery go? Take it easy this weekend, especially if they've given you any pain medication. I'll be back on the food journal starting tomorrow.

Anyone watching Survivor? Looks like Marquesas will be better than Africa.

I'll report in tomorrow after the Y. :wave:

Hey guys! My surgerized site hardly hurts! Yay! And...I just looked thru the food thread from the beginning (~a month ago) and I see definite improvement, although I still tend to go for a high-fat meal at least once a day. Something to work on.

Where is Flower? Flower! Hello! Let us know you're ok!

Wildfire, you go girl! The gym scares me. I am not social enough. Let us know how it goes.

Sheila, that is totally bizarre about your Gyno-Cat! I am so happy you sound so much more content than in your previous posts, when you were living at the old place.:wave: ;) Yay Sheila!

Lois, my favorite thing about walking early in the a.m. is when the sun is rising on one side and the moon is beaming on the other. Breathtaking!

Eydie, thanks for the ice cream tip -- my b'day is next month, maybe I'll check it out.:s:

Take care, girls. Gotta go do some fundraising for my marathon!

Thanks for asking about me ladies. I am so busy, it is not even funny. I worked 44 hours this week and I have 48 scheduled hours next week. I also did a wedding this week plus kid duty. I have to get bills, grocerys and laundry under control this week end. Griffin is clung to me every second he can.

I missed out on saying congrats on the job, congrats on grad school, congrats on the new home! You all know who you are. :)

I am just trying to find 5 minutes to check in here each day but the last 3 days, I have not had even 5 minutes!!! I have tomorrow off and then who knows my next day off. We open the store on Friday if we get the permits in on time. 4 days early. Grand opening is the 21st. Lots of overtime and lots of stress.


I need to get off line and call the doctors and find out when I can get in to check on my results.... Sometime in the evening.... More tomorrow. I have to relax for a bit while things are calm. ~thinking of you all and missing my free time termendously!!!! ~flower Ps/Isn't it ironic, when you have $, you have no time to spend and enjoy it!

Flower....... GREAT to see you again , you been missed.. You know I havent had much time online since moving either.. I thought maybe things would be less stressful ( they are BUT) I have no personal time..

Ruthie..... You are soooo right I am much more content since moving.. I been able to cook what I want, do things to my own schedule and NOT someone elses.. I dont have my mother telling me things (that I swear) she just tells me to get on my nerves..

Wildfire....Glad your feeling better now (*knock on wood*:jig: ) That jacket sound great.. I am not a coat / jacket person ( no wonder why I get colds and flu so easily) I did have to break down and buy new pants that fit me now I didnt want to but I had to.. Nothing special just the old ones have seen better days.

Well I have to get going.. Hubby only has one day off this weekend and we need to go and do some stuff. We barely see each other since he started this job..

Take Care All
Sheila

Hey chicks!

Well, I don't have to worry about getting to know anybody at the gym. It's so small I won't have a choice...I'll be rubbing elbows with whoever is on the machine next to me! :D It was fairly quiet when I was shown around, and nice and cool in the gym area. It cost me $54.00 for the next two months, which isn't too bad. I have an appointment with one of their fitness trainers at 10:30am tomorrow just to get shown around the gym and how to use everything. I already know about 95% of what they have, but I'm sure there will something in there that I haven't seen since I used to haunt a gym. Sometimes just figuring out how to turn on a treadmill can be a challenge. :lol:

There is a class on Wednesday nights I'm interested in, it's Abs & Back. I need to work on both....I'm sure my usual sore back is partly from weak back muscles. A lot of their classes seem more advanced than what I'm ready for, but I'll check out a few and see what I can do.

Ruthie, glad your gums aren't painful after the surgery. When is the marathon, anyway? And is it a full-lenth marathon?

Flower, glad you found a minute to pop in! Even though you're tired and don't have enough time to do everything, just remember how badly you wanted to find work when you were waiting to hear back on interviews. ;) Hopefully once the store is open you'll settle into a more regular schedule.

Sheila, isn't it wonderful having the freedom to do as you like in your own home? I don't know how you survived as long as you did at your mom's. Yeah, I got a fantastic deal on the leather coat, and of course it's no longer available. So if I were to return it I know I'll have to spend more to get one like it in a bigger size, and that's IF I can even find one now with all the spring clothes coming in. I can wear it and it looks okay if I don't button it all the way up right now. Once it's broken in a little and I lose a few pounds, I think it will be perfect. Before you know it, you'll be buying new pants because your other ones are too big! Oh, I checked out workoutplan.com, it's pretty neat.

Well, I'm going out for a walk. Haven't been able to since my recent IBS battle started, and I need the air. Went grocery shopping after the Y, so I'm all set. Like Ruthie says, no excuses, no distractions!

Ah, come on girls! I know you're out there somewhere! :p

I spent an hour with a sweet, well-meaning, very nervous Y staff member, along with two other new members for a tour of the fitness center. Good thing I already know a lot about the various weight machines and proper form, etc....because he didn't seem to. I didn't want to embarrass him by pointing out his mistakes, so I kept quiet. I stayed to do 20 minutes on the recumbant cycle, after trying the elliptical trainer for about 10. I'm going to scout the web for a good upper body and lower body workout and assemble my own workout routine. Upper body, lower body, and rest days.

Tomorrow night I bowl, so I have until Tuesday evening to get ready.

Today is going to be spent cleaning up here!

Good afternoon everyone, winter is trying to return to Southern Ontario, but I suppose it's still that time of year.

My youngest guy has a bad cold and is kind of pitiful and sweet, cuddly and sleepy. A glimpse of the baby he was a few years ago! Husband working yesterday and today so not much going on here, except cleaning up and cooking, then cleaning up again.

Last night we went out to play Euchre, had fun but were out way too late.

Have fun at the Y, Wildfire! Too bad the staff isn't too knowledgable. Could be hazardous to gym-newbies.

Tons and tons of laundry to do,

See ya tomorrow
Lois

Hey everyone! I am still breathing... granted it is through my mouth right now since I have another sinus infection... :( Finished the first half of the semester, the "bad" clinical is over I don't know what I made yet, got an A on the final so I hope I pulled an A out of this foresaken clinical. It has been a Heck of a month.

I don't know if you remember me telling you guys my sister in law was going to have gastric bypass surgery... but if I didn't she did. She had it on February 14 and was in the hospital until Saturday before last and was back in that Monday and they are estimating that she will be in for at least two more weeks. They did the surgery laproscopic and they originally messed up the stapling and had to go back in on the 22 to fix that it had abcessed. They fixed that and sent her home like 3 or 4 days later. Then she started running high fever took her back to the ER and after several test it turns out that they "nicked" her spleen in the process of the surgery (must be something pretty common because you have to sign consent papers to acknowledge the risk of damage to the spleen) well she was infected with fluid above her diaphragm and below as well as a pocket of fluid around her spleen and stomack. :mad: I really wish she had tried harder to loose the weight "naturally" but after a life time of being overweight and being 350+ pounds on a 5'3 frame she didn't feel like she had a choice. She says she wouldn't recommend it to her worst enemy and if she had known it was going to be this hard to recover she wouldn't of done it.

We are in the process of converting our workshop into a work out shop.. we purchased a weight machine and a punching bag in the past month, next purchase is a good treadmill and little TV for out there. I haven't had a lot of time to work out but it is nice just being able to step out the back door and do it when you want to. We are going to carpet it, so that it wont be so uncomfortable to stretch and do floor work. With the treadmill I will be able to read, study and walk to get in some extra miles that I have been slacking on.

Love my new job, the ER is amazing, granted this is primarily a childrens ER- I am mostly dealing with kids with snotty noses and fever but I am learning sooooo much... I love it.

Flower I am glad the job is going well, understand the lack of time, I have been lurking but just don't seem to have the time to post.

Ruthie, I am so happy for you!!! Grad school!!!!!!!!!!!! :) You turned your notice in too, didn't I see that you posted that? Knowing that your getting there has to be amazing. Grats on the commitment to the walking too... Maybe one day I will make the time to train for a marathon (dream of mine) !!!

Wildfire, I am glad your feeling better, I have been studying GI in school this month... it sound like IBS is the complete pits!!! Good luck with the Y!!

To everyone else, glad your well!!! Will post as I can.

Hugs!

Amy
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Howdy old friends!
 

Remember me???? I am baaaaaaaaaack. After 6 months of graduate school, I am finally able to check things out, having finally established a routine.

Am I still welcome? I still need support!!!

Love,
Linds