I save lizards here. They will sit on them trying to hide them but I can tell what they are doing. The have a certain look on there face like they are trying to hide something.

I save a hummingbird the other day. I went out back and heard him but I just thought that he was flying around the feeder and then I noticed he was stuck between the cement and the deck. Poor little guy. I had to use his wings to pull him out. I did it really lightly though and then he just flew away like nothing happened. I think it would be cool if the year he would fly up to me like I was his friend or something now. You know, like that fabel about the mouse and the lion.

I am busy so I need to get off the puter.

Hump Day
 

Hello everyone. We've got rainy kind of day so far but it's supposed to clear up soon. I'm kind of tired today since we stayed out a little late last night at the boxing match. Our guy Brian Viloria won his match in the 8th round :dance: . I was wincing the whole time, watching w/morbid fascination :lol: . There were 6 bouts and even an exhibition match between 2 12 year olds--all of 80 lbs. I think I had the hardest time watching them. I couldn't imagine letting my son get into that sport, and watching him give or get blows to the head :( .

You guys are softies aren't you? I don't think I'd try to save a mouse but I have saved my cat from a chameleon before. I heard the cat yowling outside and he must've been trying to hunt it but it bit him on the pad of his front paw instead :rolleyes: .

Sandy that cruise sounds fun! I've seen the commercial where the ship blows it's horn and the tune is "When you wish upon a star". Cool. My next family vacation plan (if I don't get to go to Bangkok because of SARS fears) is to go to Las Vegas and Disneyland. My son will be 5 next year and I'd like to take him before he starts kindergarten.

Well gotta get some work done since I'm here...I'll check back later. You all have a great day.

One more thing, Angie are you getting enough calories in? I've been trying to up my calories to like 1500 so when I get lower in weight I can reduce it down to 1200. According to fitday I was only getting between 1000-1200 daily--much too low for that stage of the game. Now that I've been eating a little more food, the weight's been coming off more steadily as long as the exercise is consistent. THe only other thing I can think of is get that water in. You may be retaining water if you're not getting in enough fluids. As we say here in Hawaii, "suck 'em up!"

Good Morning girls!!! I am kind of in a funk this morning because reality has set in. Gennels challenge ends this weekend and I added up my loss for the MONTH...2 1/2 pounds!!!! What the ****??!! I have been working out faithfully and my mess ups weren't really mess ups so what is wrong with me.

Easter is coming up and this makes it harder to say I am not going to eat anything bad. Especially since I need to make an Easter Bunny cake(My mom made them every easter and now I do it with th kids Tradition ya know.)

Angie don't be hard on yourself. You are doiing great. Just becasue you didn't lose to much this challend is ok, look at how far you have come. You might be gettint to the leveling stage. Maybe you are at the place where your body feels more compfortable.

I would love to go on a cruise of anykind. I thought Joe and I might be able to do it this year but we keep adding things to our list to do so I don't think we will have time.

I am busy yet again at work today so I am going to try to pop back in later today.

Just a quickie post to let you all know I lost 2 lbs this week. I did not hear from the dr. so I am assuming my blood levels were not to bad, will find out for sure next Tuesday.

CONGRATULATIONS SANDY!!!!:cb: :cp: :bravo:

You are doing so great!!!

Yowza chickies, you're all probably in bed by now. I was having an antsy kind of day, didn't want to stay at work (who does?) so I hightailed it out of there and caught the movie "Bringing Down the House" by myself. I've never gone to a movie by myself before and I must say, it was pretty darn fun. That movie was hilarious and just what I needed--I recommend it if you need a laugh. It was a bargain showing too $5.25 instead of $7.25. I think that may become something I do for myself at least once a month :D .

Sandy awesome job on the loss! :dancer:

Angie, hang in there! 2.5 lbs lost for the month is POSITIVE! Just give your body time to adjust, it may take a month to stabilize. I know my weight goes up and down by 3-5 lbs sometimes then finally settles on the lower number. Go back and read Gennel's posts--she's the one that said she had months where she plateaued yet she stuck with it and look where she's at! You are an inspiration to many here on these boards. Hold your head high and keep on truckin'. You're well on your way and you'll get to your destination. You look great!

Anyway, I ate one too many reese's peanut butter eggs :o at the movies so I better get off here and head home so I can exercise a little. Ciao ladies, have a good night.

I am now up one pound!!! I am so PISSED!!! I have been drinking 8 cups of water,I have been getting in more cardio than just my hour,I have been eating healthy. What gives?!!

A plateau I could handle but the jumping up is brutal! I never had this happen last time and it depresses me so bad.

I will be back on my diet Monday but I think I am going to enjoy this Easter weekend. I will worry about my weight Monday.

Good goin' Sandy!! :cp:

Noelle I have never been to the movies by myself either. My MIL goes all of the time. I guess i just think it will be kind of weird but hey, maybe I should stop thinking that way and just do it. At least then I could laugh out loud and not worry about the people that are with me. I could be that old crazy woman in the audience who laughs like a hiena (sp) throughout the whole movie. :lol:

Anige I know you are having a hard time but liek Noelle said you are such an inspiration. I am sure other poeple have gone through the same thing you are going through right now. I think you should just relax and enjoy your weekend with your family. I am sure they would love for you to chow down with them. I am sure it has been a long time since that has happened.

I will be getting off of work at 3:45 today so I think Joe and I will be working in the yard again. We made a pathway with big slate rocks so now we have to go set them in the ground. We left them out for a week so that they would kill the grass so we will have an easier time cutting around them to set them in.

Hey gals. Rick gave me a "day off" so I could stay home and do laundry--what a nice guy, eh? :rolleyes: Anyway, I got a headstart on my walk this morning so I can either go somewhere this evening or get another walk in. :dancer:

Angie, I know you don't normally do in-between meal snacks but with all the extra exercise you've been doing, maybe your body needs more calories? I don't understand the gain part but if it's only a pound or 2 it's probably just water retention. You know how to solve that don't you? Drink more water! :) It sounds crazy but the more you drink, the better your body gets at flushing out waste, including fat. If 64 ozs aren't doing it, try upping it by 8-16 ozs more for a few days. You may be peeing more but I swear, the scale goes down quite a bit when I consistently force myself to drink 80+ ozs of water. It's when I slack off then the losses slow down. In any case, you are and HAVE been for a long time, my inspiration. Don't know how that makes you feel (I know, you're saying Shut up already Noelle :lol: ) but I just wanted you to know that.

Kempy your yard and deck is going to look so awesome, I can see it already. Louisiana in the summer, having a BBQ and drinks on the deck, lazing around... :df:

Anyway, I hear my son having a disagreement w/his cousin....mom needs to go and intervene since it's getting a little heated. I'll check back w/ya chickies later. Have a good one.

I never went to the movies by myself until I became a Russell Crowe fan.
Hubby went with me the second time I saw Gladiator and he really liked it. (Gladiator started in theaters in May 2000)
I saw Gladiator 10 more times in the theater by myself.
I guess when you're initially obsessed by someone, you have no problem doings things that are different.
I went to see Russell's band TOFOG 3 different times in Austin TX.
Russell still leads my list of favorite actors, and yes I knew he was getting married on his birthday a month prior to that date (April 7th), from the Crowe's Perch message board.
Tied for 2nd place on my list would be William Petersen (CSI on CBS), and Michael Chiklis (The Shield on FX).

So now you know I'm certifiable. :lol:



I don't see that many lizards around here, but my in-laws (they live about 70 miles SW of Houston) have these strange looking little albino lizards. I didn't know there were any off white lizards !
The other day we had the most adorable green frog asleep on top of the little phone box on the outside wall of our house.
Our cat is a strictly indoor and screened porch cat, so she couldn't get to him. He has moved since then.
He was So cute. I guess he lives in that corner, cause it only gets a few hours of direct sun every day.


I bought myself a t-shirt when I turned 40 that said "Older Than Dirt".
I turn 50 on May 20th.
Hubby was griping on his birthday last month cause he turned 42, and I said "At least you're not facing half a century !"
I can't believe it.
I remember when I thought 40 sounded like "rest home" !
I'm in denial.
I'll just say I'm 30 and holding. ;)

Hope everyone has a good weekend !

Well!!!! I've been gone for quite awhile, sorry for not saying goodbye We (BF and I) went to Idaho to visit my family for a week. Special treat... My new found sister and her hubby came to Id. as well. It was a great time! I completely abandoned my diet and only gained 3lbs...
Then, just a couple of days after we got back, we went to Longview to visit his family. Side note- BF is working w/ his BIL down there, so he went to work, and I just went to hang out w/ the fam. tried hard to re-esablish my diet and gained 7 more.

O well, I'm home now. Lacking motivation... there's been so much that happened I don't think that weight loss is top priority right now.
... In longview I had an episode of severe chest pain, no ideas yet as to why... and money sucks, our i-net almost got permanently disconnected. Thankfully we avoided that and I'm up and running today.

So I haven't read any of the past posts yet. I'll come back w/ comments when I have.

Have a great weekend all!!!!

-W-

Good morning everyone. I am down 2 lbs this week despite the reeses incident. :dance: I thank God for my revving metabolism for the past couple weeks. I'm sure it'll slow down next week w/PMS and all, but for now, I'm riding high baby!

Hey Washu :wave: , glad to have you back. Sounds like you had a great time w/your visits aside from the chest pains. I hope you went and got yourself checked out--didya? didya? That's nothing to sneeze at for sure. Thinking good thoughts and sending them your way. Take care of yourself, you hear?!!!

Gar we have those red dirt shirts here too, a little outfit makes 'em on Kauai. Too funny. Heck, you're not old (certifiable, yes :lol: just kidding) I think age is just a number--it's how you act that keeps you young. So I take it your a Russell Crowe fan, huh? Huge understatement, I guess. I like Harrison Ford (except since he's taken up with twiggy Calista...) and Patrick Stewart (Capt. Picard on Star Trek), Sean Connery and uh, Robert DeNiro...now keep in mind that I like these men for their acting ability, not their looks, Yeah right...gee that list is a little geriatric for my age, isn't it? :lol:

Kempy did you get your pathway done? Get some pictures posted over here when you're done, we wanna see.

Anyway, I need to get some breakfast for my boy so i'll check back later...oh yes, the site goes down for maintenance tonight so I'll wish you all a safe and Happy Easter in case I don't make it back today.

melekalikimaka -
l have trouble picturing Harrison Ford with Calista F.
At first I didn't believe it, but I guess it's true.
They seem like a Very odd couple.

And yes, I can even tell you the day that Russell Crowe hard wired himself into my brain (June 9th 2000), and he's been there ever since. His getting married didn't change anything for me. :)

I've always felt that Sean Connery is the Only James Bond.
I still think he's hot. Love the Scottish accent, too.

Don't mean to ignore everyone else.....just fun to talk about actors.

It's looking very gray here, but it hasn't rained yet.
Highs are the low 80's.