My day was way good as birthdays go, you may read about it on Alternachicks chat thread. I bought a new scale. Mine was off by ten bounds. Guess I am at 200 again! Bummer!!!

Non scale victory!
 

Took the great neighbors to brunch today. Very enjoyable. And food's been bad all day. Bad, bad.

The "victory" is that I wore an outfit I had not had on for many years (most of the things I've saved are pretty classic). It looked good, felt good. Two of the women (I see them pretty often) commented that I had lost so much weight and then said they'd "hate to see you lose any more because you look so good right now". Of course, they are just so nice but since we know I still weigh 215 pounds.......Last time I heard that I was at 130 and it was a loooong time ago. But it was a big nsv anyway. So out go all the winter "too bigs". And most of last summer's as well, I suspect. Frugal me wants to get every last wear out of things but I'm realizing it's at the expense of non-scale victories.

Been so slow I thought our thread took off to the LSM to seek out the banished leprechauns. Must just be spring breaking out all over and everyone out enjoying it. Hope life was good to you this weekend.

Glad you enjoyed birthday, flower.

Haven't seen robins yet, Kaylets. May be there but I've only seen the black crows or whatever. HEAR lots of birdies in the a.m. though. Mourning doves particularly loud today.

wsw = good for you for staying op through emotional pain. I've been falling apart lately and feel I've got to get it together before I regain. DO NOT want to go backwards. My commitment is basically to eating healthy and seem to have forgotten what that means lately.

FRESH START (again).:D

Fresh Start Monday!!
 

Hello all!!

Fresh start Monday!


:D :D

Hello all!!

Yesterday DH and I went to visit a Trader Joe's store near by. They specialize is whole and organic foods-- Found the Empress's Cafe Twists but found them after we had already found Chocolate Meringue cookies. The Meringue's are OH MY GOODNESS Good. And so much bigger than the Meringue kiss cookies recipes. And 4 cookies are 2 pts ( 100 calories). Rich, sweet taste of chocolate. Not as rich as a candy bar but not that "almost chocolate" taste.
Their website shows more stores than their grocery bags list. ( The store we were in wasnt listed on the bag)
And PS, if I remember, the container of Meringue's was just bout $4.00. Finally, something great to bring to a Party or Potluck.

DH's decided to incoroporate some fish back into his regime as he thinking he's not getting all the Omega 3 's he should. He made lemon pepper sword fish w/ baby portabellas, steamed asparagus and sweet potatoes last night. I blend cinammon, splenda and Brummell yogurt spread into the sweet potato and am a happy woman. Don't think a restaraunt would've had such a tasty, healthy meal to offer.

So, here we go Monday, here we go----Personally, I'd prefer it was Saturday again but know I must deal w/ Monday to get to another Saturday...........

As the Empress would say, we must not be interested in defeat- as long as we are facing the right direction, we are still trying! We may need to tread water as we regroup and regather momentum but we are not defeated! We are doing the best we can! We are learning new things everyday!!

We may not show the results we want today but are we expecting too much today??

Today's thought is
COLOR=darkblue]"Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but never quit." Conrad Hilton, Hotel Executive[/COLOR]


Take care my lovelies!!

Fresh Start Monday!
 

Monday BONUS!!


Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

:lol: :dizzy: ;) !!!

Good Morning All!

We had a great time in Williamsburg but I am tired today.

Kaylets- It was his Virginia Fuel jam (Virginia chapter of the Metallica Fan Club)

He played wonderfully and we went shopping on sunday. Didn't buy much (a few souviniers but got some walking done!)

Weighed in this morning and I am up 1 lb. I'll see how it goes this week. I'm hoping for a 2 lb loss for the week. I'm going to be really good!!!:^:

Supposed to be absolutly beautiful weather around here for the next couple of days. Time to break out the spring duds and see what's too big.

Everyone have a good day!

Well, I bought a new scale on Saturday and instead of being 189 like on my old broke one, I was 201.5. Today it is reporting a 199.5. Not gonna make my Easter challenge but I am gonna keep trying to get them to go down, down down!!!! Not gonna give up!

Hello all... :wave:

What a weekend huh? Hard to turn off the tv and hard to keep watching too. We're trying to find out where our neighbor's son is - last we heard he was in San Diego, but we think he's shipped out (he's a Marine). I used to baby-sit this "kid" and now he's... well, I guess he'll be out there soon.
Probably a major reason why my stomach's upset and I've had a kink in my shoulder for over a week.... I won't even mention the damned twitch in my right lower eyelid. Ugh!

Anywho, had a mega-boring weekend. I forced myself to do nothing, felt poopy all weekend, and still don't feel rested. I am down 1/2 a pound though - building on the loss from my traveling week... I've been craving protein and devoured a steak last night - and could've eaten a second! I normally go 2-3 days between eating beef or chicken but I don't think this is going to be one of those weeks. Meeeeeat, I need meeeeeat! :cbg:

This week, more house stuff. Ordering some gravel to tame some of my 5 acres of dirt! I have daffodils and jonquils (sp?) coming up and the place is looking "springy". In a few weeks I'll plant my annuals on my front and side decks. :cool:

Eydie - The beach sounds great! It's one of the things I miss about living in the Bay Area - no beaches in central Oregon!
"My guy" will be working in LA as an assistant - not here in my office - but he will be an employee, which guarantees we'll meet - someday. He called on Friday to chat, once for an hour, then again a few hours later asking if I would keep him company while he was stuck in traffic... I feel so lucky to have maintained our friendship.

WSW - Keep up that sunshine therapy! It does a world of good when you're going through hard times... hang in there.

Kaylets - :cb: How do we like you now? We think you're awesome! Congratulations on passing that test! So how hard was it to not go into your boss's office and say "nah, naaah, na, na, naaaaah!" (apply thumb to nose, wiggle fingers and stick out tongue accordingly).
I did do carry on only on my way to Arizona, then checked a bag on the way home (it met me in Sacramento). Either way is easy - as long as your carry on bag fits easily under the seat in front of you - I had to shove mine in there and yank it out (not fun with a row of people waiting for you).
As for the roadrunners - they're small compared to the cartoon ("beep beep, zip bang!" - sorry :lol: ). They're about a foot tall with their little tails in the air - and they look MEAN. They stare down my Dad's beagles like they're wondering if they're slow enough to catch and eat!
Oh, and the robin joke was HYSterical! Thank goodness those little flying poop machines have moved on!

Flower - Happy belated birthday!!!! :hat: I'm happy it was a good one!

Anagram - Yea, the nice loss while away from home has me scratching my chin too :chin:... and the fact that the urge to binge still hasn't really returned. I guess I grew some in the few days I was with Dad - perhaps quietly learned a life lesson? Maybe a little healing?
Congrats on the NSV too. Sooooo cool to get back into clothes and have people notice!

Well, guess that's all from me for now. Have a wonderful day everyone and let's hope Monday's over fast!

Terri

Hi all!

Punkinseed- way to go on the weight loss! The sunshine therapy is continuing here again today. It really was gorgeous yesterday and again today. This weather is spoiling me a little.
Frogger-glad to hear you had a good time in Williamsburg.
Anagram-i hope things will start to get easier for you soon too.

I lost 2 lbs. this week, so really down 1 because i had gone up last week, but since I lose slowly, I'll take it! I'm op and exercising, so pleased about that. I hope everyone has a good remainder of their day. I'm thinking of all of you. Take good care of yourselves. All the best, wsw.

Happy Monday!!!!

Oh wow, last week was horrible, had me wondering if I could ever get back on my feet. Saturday I had a conference to go to, missed the car-pool and had to ask my friend to drive me to SeaTac ('bout 20min away) I was so frustrated when I got there, late, and remained grumpy through the entire thing. But... the speakers were very inspirational and I guess that I took a little something away from it. Last night I got back on the phone and set a couple of CutCo appointments:) That makes me feel better... but here's the kicker. I e-mailed a resume on Friday on nothing but a hope, and I was feeling so inspired today that I decided to re-email and make sure that the had recieved it. No sooner had I hit send, my phone rings, it's that place. He hadn't gotten my second e-mail yet, but said that they were very impressed w/ what they saw in my resume :D (he nearly offered me the job over the phone) and invited me to meet the staff tommorrow!!!:cb: :dance: :goodvibes :cb: I was (and still am) so excited that I danced around the living room after we hung up. :lol: Don't get me wrong, I'm still going to my interview w/ the resturant today, but this other thing would be soooooo much better! BTW: receptionist/ assistant producer @ an animation co.

AND

nsv: for my interview today I put on a size 10 skirt. I could get it on last fall, but it was really uncomfortable... Today, it zips up fine and feels great!

And the thing is... I would never be acomplishing these kind of things without the support of you gals. :grouphug: Thank you so much! :goodvibes::goodvibes:

-w-

Kaylets, you were asking about the weather at the beach---we had it all! It was rainy and cold one minute, then the sun came out, then rainy and warm, then foggy, then sunny. We had everything but snow! Still it was great--don't know if I mentioned this already but the big treat I got for myself was a set of 4 belly-dancing videos and one of those fancy, jingly coin belts. Hee hee!:devil: DH is lovin' it---so nice to know that after 19 years I still have the power to intrigue!:s: :s: :s:

Flower, you made out like a bandit on your birthday. Wow, that was a lot of loot!:) I read your diary today and I want to tell you that when I first started doing Pilates it wasn't pretty.:lol: I felt like I had no control and was just flailing everywhere--and now I'm pretty good at it. Which tape do you have?
How's Grif doing today?

Anagram, nothing tells the real story like how well our clothes fit. I remember "blousing"my tops because they wouldn't fit over my hips and butt---I love it when my old things fit properly now.

wsw, congrats on losing the 2 pounds!

MissWashu, is the job a sure thing? It sounds great!

Greetings to everyone else!

I'm doing well as far as food and exercise these days. But I'm struggling with body image issues. Comes and goes....

Eydie-I have the one for dummies. :) I just started Yoga too. I think the yoga one will help with the flexibility I need for the pilates tape. So...it gets easier? Good.

'afternoon ladies (and any lurking gentlemen)

WSW - Way to go on the loss! :cb:
:flow2: Here comes the sun, la la la la, here comes the sun, la la la la, and it's all right, do do do do do dah dah... (that's all the singing anyone's gonna hear from me!)

Miss Washu - YOU GO! The job sounds wonderful (and fun to boot). Good luck at your "juuuust in case" interview and let us know how meeting the staff at the other place goes!

Flower - Yoga gets easier... I'll never forget the first successful 'down dog' - where I could feel that I was doing it perfect. Amazing... and you feel taller afterward too!

Gonna have to look into Eydie's belly dancing... I think that sounds like fun! :cb:

Toodles for now, must away to home!
Tomarrow I'm off to Home Depot to buy deck makin's and get my windshield fixed. Oh, yeah, did I mention the chip in my brand $#%^ new $%(&* car's windshield I got on my way to #%(& California???? Yep... :rolleyes:

Terri

Monday, Monday...
 

Glad it's almost over. My boss is an ***. Completely acting like a child, and I'm not having it! I'm fed up, completely. I applied to three jobs yesterday. I'll likely take a pay cut if I move because I have some supervisory status in my position, but at this point I'd flip burgers to get the **** outta there, if only it would pay the bills. So, it's official....I'm looking for work (elsewhere).

On a more positive note, our team beat the first place bowling team in our league tonight, so that moves us into first place with only a few weeks to go! :cb:

I'm enjoying my new treadmill. Having it in the middle of my living/dining area makes it pretty hard to ignore. I figure even if I only do 15 minutes, it's better than nothing. Although I've done at least 40 minutes every day. Last night I did an hour.

Punkin, that's so cool that your guy is going to be working for your location in CA. Good way to keep in touch! :s: Get that windshield fixed before it has a chance to crack...much easier repair bill to swallow! Will keep a good thought for your neighbor's son. Hey, congrats on the continued loss!

Eydie, glad your enjoyed your beach get-away! It soothes the soul, doesn't it? I'm having those body image moments, too....keep wanting to see results, frustrated with the lack of, then think hey, it's not so bad, then hate to look in the mirror...rinse and repeat....

MissWashu, congrats on the interviews! Come stand next to me so I can absorb some of your good luck through osmosis, will you? Great NSV!

wsw, congrats on the loss! Amazing how a little warm air and sunshine can turn our moods around, isn't it?

flower, you just need to break that scale in, that's all. ;) It's just sensitive because it's new. Glad you had a nice birthday!

Kaylets, sweet potatoes with cinnamon...mmmmm...I love sweet potatoes! Give me a plate of them with some baked baby carrots and I'm a happy camper.:T Hmmmm...you can reduce your age by 16 years, huh? I'd be 18 again!!! Definitely going to dig out my Yoga videos... :yes:

Anagram...lean on us when you're not strong, and we'll be your friends, we'll help you carry on.....okay, I'll stop singing...but you know what I mean. :grouphug: Let those compliments you received carry you for a few days until you get your sea legs again.

Hello to Frogger, Arabella, Empress Amarantha in the Kingdom of Lurk, Senamay if you are out there, dollar, ceara, and anyone I may have missed! :wave:

Tuesday evening
 

Hello all!

Punkin- glad things went so well on your trip-- DH shaves every day, did you pack a razor or just buy one when you got there?

and this is interesting about the friend. Lonesome in traffic, heh? And he could've called how many other people?? hmmmmmmm

Yes, the news is like a car crash, you don't want to know but can't stop looking-- Who would've thought that the S Korea base my sil is at seems safe compared to Iraq right now??

No, I did not stick my tongue out- I resisted!!
;)

We had to replace a windshield in DH's brand new truck too.
Little pebble hit it during one of the storms and then the intense cold just made the crack grow.

Flower-- glad you're birthday went so well. Sorry the new scale is higher- Have you ever put 5lbs of flour or sugar on the scale to test how right it is?
I know how important those 2lbs are but believe me, a day will come when you'll wonder if it was really true or just a dream.

MissW-- what a great day for you! Resume impresses, your dress to impress fits like a dream---- Maybe the wheel has turned? Just keep smiling-- Having "dueling" interviews is a great feeling for me-- it makes me calmer knowing I have two chances instead of just one. Try and get lots of rest tonight so you GLOW in the am!!

Eydie- Everything but snow is a good description!! Makes such a difference when you don'tm have to be anywhere-- not sure if you were right on the water but storms on the water are awesome. Better than tv or fireworks.

WSW_- GOOD FOR YOU! I know that feeling this week too! Only pound but sure felt good-- almost like it was 10!!

Frogger-- wow, I had no idea-- The whole fan club met in Willamsburg?? More, more tell us MORE ( please!)

Wildfire-- Good luck on the job search-- sometimes, that's the only option-- " see ya, gotta go now"-- Really makes you wonder, DON'T THEY KNOW WHO THEY"RE DEALING WITH??

Somehow, cleaning or what have you, I tore a muscle in my shoulder and need to rest it. Too bad, I cant' do that sitting-

So good night all!!

Oh, and ps, did I mention I was a lb down myself!! Yahoo!