Happy Birthday to me, I am now thirty three!!!!! Can't talk at all, gotta get to work. Just wanted to tell someone it was my birthday! I have no idea my next day off. Crazy. I do think I would be great mgmt material! I live at this place!!!! ~flower

PS/happy birthday to the other 17 of you who share my bithday on this site!!!!!

Ruthie ~ Sorry to hear about your landlady. It is sad to watch the grieving process even from the outside!

Well, as my BMI goes I am at a 23 and right in the middle of my healthy weight range. I would really like to get down to at least 140 which is what I look like I weigh right now to be honest. I carry my weight pretty well. The diet program I was on "eDiets" said I should weigh about 146/147 and according to my scales I am at 150.... which is actually 156 by the doctors scales at the hospital.. so another 10 pounds would hurt, and anothere 20 would put me in about a size 6 but I realize that may not happen (obsessive thinking) I am working to tone up the kids and I work out about 2 hours three nights a week. I guess really what bugs me the most is my legs I have huge legs muscular but huge.... and in turn I can't wear what I want. I have lost 2 inches in both thighs since I started my "healthy" life but I would like to loose 2 more and all I seem to be doing is bulking them up instead of slimming them down. The top of my body doesn't match the bottom of my body if you get my drift.

These are my current measurement (March 2002)
Weight – 150
Waist 29
Hips – 39
Chest – 31
Thighs – left 22 ½ right 22
Calves – left 15 ½ right 14 ¾
Biceps – left 11 right 10 ¾
Size 8

These are my original measurement (March 2001)
Weight 182 (NOT MY HIGH WEIGHT)
Waist 31 1/2
Hips 42 1/2
Chest 36
Thighs 25 1/2
Biceps 11 1/2
Calves 15 3/4
Size 12/14

I guess I could just accept myself like I am but are any of us really satisfied with how we are? I am not. I am happy with the change and would really like to not gain any of the weight back. So far just a fluctuation up and down like 4 pounds, which I attribute to water.

Well that is it for todays diatribe...

I have to get ready to go to a blood drive.

Have You ALL Donated Lately?????? [COLOR=red]

Todays goal: Drink 64 ounces of water..... Stay under 1500 calories....


Hugs,
Amy

Happy Birthday Flower !!!!!!!!

Hope you have a super super day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy, Happy Birthday Flower!! 33 is great!

It is so dratted cold out there this morning, I felt like I was going to get frost-bite on my cheeks. Minus 10 celcius. Yuck. But it's March, and I don't trust March weather. Soon I'll be sitting on my porch in my bare feet...

I'm going to hide inside until it warms up.

I think that weight loss and finding that ideal weight is a very personal issue. My weight is still good, I've for the most part maintained since my loss last year, but my need for this site is part of my maintenance. A loss of 10 pounds for me would put me back at my low of last summer, where I felt really great.

I find that the WW mindset of 10% is a good one. It's hard to think of losing many pounds in a chunk, 10% is less daunting.

Sheila ~ I'm sending you good 'quitting smoking' energy!!! It's a tough addiction to beat. I've just passed my 4th anniversary.

I donate blood every 2 months, and I think the first Monday of April is my date.... Sometimes my blood iron level is too low, here in Canada your iron levels have to be at 120 to be able to donate. Sometimes I'm around 119... Have to eat lots of meat over the next week!

Bye!

Lois

Good morning and Happy Friday!!!

Yes, I'm over the pissy's - I went home last night and moved/stacked rocks lining my driveway for 30 minutes in 25 degree temps. Nothing like throwing rocks around to get out your aggresions!

Happy Birthday Flower!
I hope you have a wonderful day!

Ruthie - I love that he's having a celebration of life. That's what both my Mom and stepfather want (thank the Gods) and NOT a funeral. I think it's a beautiful idea... I'm sure your just being there is enough comfort for your landlord's husband right now. Feeling totally alone is the worst.

Amyjo - Do you know what the waiting time is for donating blood after a piercing? I had my tragus pierced about 6 months ago...

I better get some work done! Happy Friday again!

Terri

The Canadian Blood Services makes you wait 1 year after a piercing or tatoo..... Must be similar in the States..

L

Hi Everyone
I just got back from Barnes and Noble they didnt have the whole Leslie Sansone tape set I just got the 2mile Walk away the Pounds (High Calorie Burn) and I also picked up a "pilates" all in one workout..
Then I went to walmart and bought a scale and a set of three pound weights to use with the walking tape.. It recommends 2 pound ones but they didnt have them and due to my size I guess 3 pounds wont kill me..
I stepped on my new scale I weigh 265.5 That is the start at weight I am going to start with now..

Happy Birthday to you Flower

It is FREEEEEEZING here so I am glad I was able to find one of the tapes I was looking for .. Pilates (which for the longest time I thought had to do with blood) has things based on TaiChi Yoga classical and aerobic danceand precision sculpting.. Who knows I might have wasted 12.99 on that on I am not THAT Fit yet but I guess I can do walking one day and then try the Piltes the next..

No I havent given blood yet reason being I am scared ..Two my iron is a bit low due to not eating right so I am trying to fix that (ferrous sulfate pills make me sick as a dog when I take them)
Well I havent eaten yet today I been busy since my eyes opened it is now 2:30 and since I SHOULD be eating 3 times a day I really messed up today..

Now the smoking thing I will start THAT quit on Sunday night.. Hubby works sunday - thurs and when he is around 24 hours a day he smokes like a chimney.. It is easier for me to have a few nights of no DH when I quit since I tend to blow a gasket at him I promise to try to keep my smoking withdrawls off here

Congrats LAMORGAN on your 4th anniversary quit!!!!!!!!
Well gotta go and try out my tapes Talk soon

Take Care
Sheila

Have a great weekend everyone!

I'm off on my walk in about 3 seconds...

Sheila - Congrats on quitting smoking this weekend. I quit when I was 21 - so that's what.... 11 years now?? Wow, time flies... I was one of the lucky ones though that could just put them down and never want to smoke again. I wish I was like that with food!

See ya all on Monday!!

Terri

Hope you had a great day, Flower!

I got a sun burn at lunch today. It is warm in southern NV!!!

Today was okay. A guy offered to give me b-day spankings. Lucky me huh? Work was fine. Tiring but fine. I am off to go eat at my favorite restaurant. Mexican. I love fish tacos!!!!! Thank you for the b-day wishes!!!! ~flower

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FLOWER! As I say to all my friends on their birthdays, "thanks for incarnating!'

Spring seems to have brought in some fresh inspiration here! I don't think that I've mentioned that my latest 'project' is counting calories--yep, just like our mothers did--and I've got to say there's something to be said for the classics! I'm averaging about 1650 calories per day and my clothes are fitting MUCH better, and I don't have that constant 'full' feeling. I've always kept a food journal and I can see how entries like 'a handful of crackers', etc., something very non-specific, could add up quick, calorie wise!
I haven't dared to weigh myself yet; it'll be a while. Anyway, this is my 11th day doing this and I'm feeling good about it.

Anybody else trying something new?

Hi Everyone
Hope your weekend has been going good. I tried out my walking tape and let me tell you something I SHOULD have gotten the 1 mile tape first!!! The 2 mile High Calorie Burn tape I have really kicked my butt..My legs still hurt from using muscles I didnt know I had.. And my arms kinda hurt (yup after 15 minutes that extra pound per handweight you can really feel) My DD was making fun of me when I did that tape. And she said to me " What you think doing a little video will help you get thin??" Then she said "Mom you will always be fat you just wasted money that SHOULD have gone to buy us kids our Nintendo 64" Well I have NEWS for her.. She has MY genes, I told her that she will have weight problems when she gets older if she doesnt exercise more and stop eating all junk food in sight.. She told me she is like her father and she is going to be like her father Tall and thin.. Her doc even said she could use the exercise .. Anyway enuf about that .. I will prove her wrong
Eydie. I am also counting calories I need to keep betwen 1500-2000 daily .. To me thats is alot of food.. I been having to eat in the morning which I never did in the last 10 years (unless I was pregnant) Eating lunch , which has always been a passing thought.. I am also keeping my sugar down and my sodium down and keeping Fats to 30. I can DO this I KNOW I CAN

So Flower did you take the guy up on the offer of the spankings??? Sorry about the sunburn, but in a way I am envious since its too COLD to go out for long periods of time to even get a wind burn.. I know SPRING is coming but it is taking its sweet time getting up into my little corner of the US

Well I gotta do good food shopping.. (My kids LOVE the good food after they BEGGED me for the other stuff) Now I need to buy more..Hope all is having a great day and Talk to you all Monday
Take Care
Sheila

Hello everyone!

Busy weekend, I put up my bathroom cabinet, towel rack and chrome-y tp thingy... it rained cats and dogs so I didn't get to paint. Oh well, next weekend's supposed to be beeeeautiful.

Had an awsome week weight wise - 3 pounds!!!!!
I guess 128 oz of water a day and upping my walks from 1 to 2 miles really did something. So I reached my April 12th goal and can now officially say "buh-BYE 240's"!!! WoooHoooo! I also now have less than 100 pounds to loose (ok, 99.5 it's still NOT 100!!!!)

Eydie - Thanks for incarnating... I'll have to remember that!

Gotta run - work's a' callin...

Terri

Hi All
My weekend went pretty good. I have only done my walking video twice since Friday though.. That one is intense and I guess I need to get my body adjusted to the new way of working it.. I am talking the outside muscle on my legs ache big time as well as the under muscle of the upper arms ( I didnt know there was a real muscle there. )
I am a bit leery of the Pilates Video since I have a spare tire I want to get rid of before I can keep pace of the tape..But I will do it ( I havent even watched it yet) I think thats what I will do after I am done on the computer..
I went shopping last night and I think I made good food buys.. I bought bananas and apples and oranges rice cakes and bagels and even bought some WW soda ( chocolate fudge and root beer , Both are sugar and calorie free) and I bought some pop corn kernals that I have to pop in a pan (Not the microwave kind) That way I can put my own salt or butter if I want ( although I wont used either) I have tuna and light mayo and a few other things I cant think of right now.. Oh yes, cant forget the salad fixings.. and light itlaian dressing..I THINK I did pretty good.
I decided to just blow off my daughters remarks..She has been "kinda" edging on my wrong side lately.. In fact when I told her I was gonna quit smoking she had some wisegal remark like " What attempt is this?? Why bother afterall you will just fail again.. So I have decided I wanna make her eat those words Let her find out her remarks wont get to me.. (Although I feel kinda weird if I get caught working out to my tape in front of my DH.. ) This morning I started my workout and got to the .50 mile point when he came home I hurriedly shut off the tape so he wouldnt see me.. I have yet to be able to keep up with the pace of the instructor . But I am trying as hard as I can.. PLus I cant do the weights as long as the tape can (they use 2 pounds I use 3 pound weight)
Anyway Hope your day is going well I am still having this feeling I need to step on the scale no matter that I promised myself that I would weigh in once a week.. It is hard the temptation is there and I know that if I did lose any weight it would all be the water retention from dealing with my TOM..
Well HAve a great day I will check in later
Take Care
Sheila

So far I drank 24 ounces of water today just need to put in 48 ounces to make up for the water dyhydration I get for the 3 cups of coffee I had this morning.. (hmmm does WW soda count as water??? or not??) BYEeeeeeee

Sheila - others may disagree with me but I was told by a nutritionist that anything with no calories and no caffeine counted as water.... I don't know how much that I agree with that philosophy. I personally don't think anything substitutes for water but if you have to get it down in the form of flavored or carbonated it is better than not getting it down at all because the major percentage of it is H2O... Just my 2 cents for what they are worth.


Hugs
Amy