Weighty Issues #4
 

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okay, I am back on track today! :lol: Next weekend I have to make sure that I plan it out so I don't mess it up again. I dont want to fall back into that pattern again because that is what made me gain all my weight back in the first place. My lomein was awesome though!!

Last night we made a fire for the kids and we all made s'mores and the kids had hotdogs. I have never had a s'more and boy werent they good. i ate about 4 of them. And I used lots of chocolate. BAD GIRL!!

We watched National Security last night. That was so funny. Analyze That was kinda boring. I still have to finish it this morning.

I got in 3 miles already so hopefully it isn't raining tonight and I can do it again and start my week off right.

Hi everybody,

I hope you all have had a great weekend!!! mine has actually been pretty good so far. I'm slowing getting back on track. Although I'm going to have to bust my butt to get to my vacation goal, especially since we're leaving on Saturday (Hopefully, as long as the money comes thru) AHHHH, dry desert air, good time to get a tan. ;) Well this is also the last week of school for my son. 2 1/2 days left and he will be a 2nd grader. Where does the time go? But by the end of the summer, I'll be thinking that the time doesn't go fast enough. I've got to plan some activities for them this summer, especially since I'm going to be home with them the whole time.

Angie: Glad to hear your back on track. Lomein sounds soooooo good right now. I have to try and behave myself while on our trip. It's harder when I'm in the motorhome though, cause there is a pantry and fridge with all kinds of stuff in it. And when your driving for like 8 hours, all there really is to do is sleep( which I won't be doing with the kids around) or eat. :dizzy:

Well my daughter Ivy wants me to go watch the Wiggles movie with her so I'm off for the night. Talk to you all tomorrow.

Hey I found ya! :wave:

I am busy right now doing billing I just wanted to pop in real quick. I will be back later this afternoon.

OK now I can sit down and write a little.

Sandy Joe only went to fire school for work. He had to do a week long training. He has to be HAZMAT certified and fire certified just in case something happend and they needed him. He works for a pipeline company that deals with propane. (and no he isn't Hank Hill lol)

Noell we went to see Bruce Almighty. I laughed thru the whole thing. I think it helped that I had already had 2 medium maragritas and a strawberry daiquiry. I want to see Nemo though. I love cartoons!

Jen I am sure you will be were you need to be for Saturday. Just keep your head up and think about what your pay off will be. I have never ridden in a motor home. Is it fun?

Angie what luck! How many new accounts did you get? Alos don't be so hard on yourself. You are doing so good I bet you don't even gain anything from the eating. Oh by the way, I got the BB FF yogurt and I can't stop eating it. It is so good. I really have to control myself.

Joe not being home does suck royally! Talk about getting lazy. When he isn't home I really don't have any motivation to do anything. Even the dog is bored.

I am thinking about going to school again. Just a few random thoughts going through my head.

Hi there girls, I seemed to have found you. I figured I'd go looking because I hadn't gotten an e mail saying there was any new messages. So, I went a hunting and found you.

Kempy: Sorry I was all messed up there, didnt realize he worked a pipeline. But, still I would be lonley too.

Angie: How many accounts did you get ????? Come on~~~inquiring minds need to know...LOL

Hugs to all,

Noelle I just read your journal and I am so sorry so hear about your friend. I think we sometimes forget how precious life is until something like this happens.

We are here for you if you need to talk. :grouphug:

still crying
 

Hey girls, I'm here. Thanks Kempy for the consolation. I didn't realize how fond I was of her until I thought of all the things she did for me, inspiring and mentoring me. I will miss her. Yup, it's so true that you don't know what you got until it's gone. I'm glad I'm all alone in this office because I've been crying like a baby. On the plus side I don't feel like eating much of anything. And hey, congrats on your decision to go to school again. Life's too short not to take chances and do what you gotta do.

I need to step out the office and get ahold of myself. Live life to the fullest girls, enjoy your family and friends and cherish each and every one of them every day.

Noelle: I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. But, I do think your right, live life to the fullest and do what you want to do, because there are no gaurantees.

Wishing you all a good day/evening

Hugs,

WOW< Finally I can get 5 seconds to post!!

Noelle, I am so sorry to hear about your friend. I choked on some Candy once when I was little and it was a good thing my grandmother was there because my mother was drinking and didn't take me seriously. I still remember the feeling of that. SCARY! I am one of those parents that never allowed round candies around my kids because of that.

I got 2 new big accounts for the Irving Company. I should start them on Wednesday when the boss gets back from Boston. I cant wait. I hope he loses all of them!! Bad arent I?

Kempy, I just went and bought 2 things of the Blue Bunny. I dont want to run out. :lol:

I have been nibbling and I cant understand why I would do that. I ate 2 donut holes today and some of Jays chocolate Croissant. I dont want to relax and gain any weight back because I just started to feel comfortable where I am. I really need to work on it because I dont want to wake up in a few months and have gained the 70 pounds back.

Thanks for your hugs and sympathies over the loss of my friend. Those tears sure helped. Anyway I'm in a better frame of mind right now. Her niece from NJ is supposed to fly in on Thursday to take care of her affairs including a memorial service possibly this weekend or early next week. I really don't think they'll be flying her back here since she had no family here, all are on the mainland--and there's only one sister and the niece. So sad.

Angie I remember being 4-5 years old and choking on "Life Savers" of all things. Isn't that ironic? My mom used to hide them in her dresser drawer but that didn't stop me from finding them and choking on them :dizzy: . Back then people used to start whacking the choking person on the back, but now there's the heimlich maneuver. Congrats on your 2 new accounts and good luck on getting the rest of them. See? There is justice in this world--cheaters get caught and honest people get their due. Gosh, I know about nibbling. Isn't it scary how fast the weight can come back on? and if you don't buckle back down right away things can get out of control! I'm having a pretty good food day so far and hope for a good week.

Well, I've gotta run again, check you gals out later. Take care of yourselves.

Hi everybody,

I hope you all have had a good monday. Well today was weigh in day........I lost 5 pounds I am now only 3 pounds away from my vacation goal. I guess the step up in my workout helped. I just can't keep it up for too long. I took a break from the gym today and just did some regular walking today, but it's back to the gym tomorrow. Eating was okay today, I think I had a little too many pretzels, and I just got done eating some fat free frozen yogurt. Maybe that's why I feel guilty. I don't know. I'm still working on the rest of my water.

I have officially gone crazy about the trip. Nothing I have planned is good enough for my sister or it's nothing that she wanted to do. Even though I have asked for feedback for the past 2 weeks. Oh well. I just have to keep whining about it. I wrote all of it in my journal, so if you want to hear the whole thing, you could read it there, otherwise this post will be a mile long by the time I'm done with it. :lol:

Noelle: I am so sorry about your friend. That's really hard. I wish I had something else to say, but I'm never really good at that. If you need anything......

Angie: Congratulations on your new accounts!!!!!

Kempy; I've been wanting to see Bruce Almighty since I saw the previews, but I never know what to do about Jim Carrey movies. Some are really good, and some are just awful. But now that you said it was hilarious.....I'm going.

Sandy: How are you doing?

Well I better go for now. Hope you all have a great Tuesday!!!!!

Hey there chicks,
I'm officially back on the wagon again. Gosh, it was so easy to fall off and has taken me weeks to climb back on and keep my butt planted. I need to get this weight off!!! I hate it. I have joined a challenge page though, so I think that will help. I seemed to have given myself permission to go off plan a little and just one thing led to another and another and another....bad cycle!!! So today Tuesday June 3, I am back!!! I'm not sure if I will follow the WW plan to a tee, but I will and am going to pretty much follow it, but will not obsses about my points. I tend to have a really low pt day and then an okay pt day and then I may be over a couple of pts, so I think it will all work in the end. And isn't it OPRAH that said you have to find a plan that works for you not everyone else. Maybe I have discovered one for me?:D

Angie: Congrat's on the accounts, thats great. The Irving we have down here in the town next to me Waldoboro, they have a bakery in their store, so I did not realize that some of the stores account out their baked goods? And I never knew that their dougnuts were baked.....LOL...but don't they have to be fried to be frozen? I'm not a baker!!!! LOL.

I know what you mean about the hard candy, I still have a heart attack when someone tries to give my 5 year old a life saver or a hard ball candy of some sorts.

Jen: Congrats on the 5 lbs, that is so great!!!! Keep up the wonderful work.

Kempy: Hope your day goes well. What do you want to go back to school to be? Anything in particular? I think it's a great idea, especially since you don't have kids and stuff, you can really get some stuff done. Once you have kids (god love them) you don't get to much accomplished for the first few years of their lives.

Well girls, talk to you all later.
Hugs,

Good Morning!! I just got my walk in and I jumped on the scales this morning. I am back down to 142 and I have no idea how it happened. :lol: When I say I messed up on Saturday I mean that I MESSED UP BAD. I won't complain though.

JEN, WAY TO GO GIRL!!!! I know how you feel with the planning of your vacation. Plan what you want to do because you will never make everyone happy. Make sure YOU have fun. I am envious of you. I want to go do something. We made a fire in the yard for the kids Saturday night and made S'mores and hot dogs and it was so much fun. I told Jay we should rent a camper for a night and take the kids in the woods and go camping. I hate to sleep in tents but I think a camper would be fun and it would only have to be for a night because we only get one day off a week.

Sandy, That is how I diet. I have people look at me like I am crazy because I dont follow any plan but when I started 3 years ago I said I would have to eat as closely to normal as I can to make it work. so I bought lowfat or fat free versions of the same crap I always ate and it works for me. :lol: You can do this. I think most places like that buy them frozen and just heat them up and fill. Yeah they need to be fried before they can be frozen. I do that for Sundays or we would never get a day off. hehe

Noelle, You can do this. You have come so far. How was last night for you?

Kempy, Going back to school sounds great! Sounds even better if you can work for yourself. You would love that! Good Luck!

Jen you go girl! I am with Angie on making yourself happy. A vacation is about relaxing not trying to please everyone. I bet when you get back and tell your sister how much fun you had she will be upset that she didn't go. Don't worry about it you just have a good time.

Sandy I think you have to make the plan work for you too. I know what works for me doesn't work for anyone else. I am with you too about being on the wagon again. I started over yesterday too.

Angie you kill me (in a good way) you can mess up and still lose weight. You are doing something right.

I am trying to go in for electrolysis scholling. I have to figure out how to pay for it and what we will do if I cut back on my hours. My mom thinks I should work here Sunday - Wednesday and go to school Thursday - Saturday. IS SHE INSANE!! I need a day off somewhere. I know myself to well, I can't work and do something non-stop. I told her what would happen is that I would ge feed up and end up quiting both things. Not a good idea.

I did some weights yesterday and I was going to take Echo for a walk when I got home. Well, the walk idea got cancelled b/c of the cat. She kept following me. I couldn't get her to stay at the house so I just threw some things in the yard for Echo to chase. I am hopiong that the weight training counted for something. Oh well, today is another day.

My cats try to follow me sometimes too Kempy. I usually throw some rocks into the yard and they chase them and I can get a clean getaway. :lol: Plus they are all so fat I doubt they would make it very far. Silly kitties!!

I found a new game for Rebel. I hit the badminton birdie in the front yard and he chases it and brings it back and drops it. He loves it. He is a ball freak too.

I hope you can figure out how to do both. It sounds cool.

What a day I am having. I am trying to find a loan for this school and I am not having any luck in doing so. :headache:

I know that if this is meant to be it will happen but I can't just sit back and wiat for it to happen by itself.

Good Luck finding some financing Kempy. It sounds like such a good thing for you that I hope it works out. Is Joe gone this week? If he is going to be working alot for a while school would be great for you to stay busy with.

Noelle, where are you today?

Someone started a new thread and said that most of the other threads are just whining. I kinda have a problem with that because I think I need to whine to help stay on track. I thought we were here to help each other and I figure having a bad day and complaining about it counts too. Now I agree with the swift kick in the *** theory but really, If I was to tell you "GET BACK ON TRACK NOW!" when you want to eat candy would it really make you stick on track? It wouldn't me because I would have already made up my mind that I am going to eat. I think that only we can make ourselves stick to a diet and the rest of us are here for support and friendship and that is about all we can do. Does that make any sense? Plus I have whined ALOT but I also managed to lose 65 pounds doing it. :lol:

How is everyones day so far?

We are women, we do that the best. :lol: It makes me feel better to talk about what is going on. I don't necessarily think it is whinning.

I agree. I like that we discuss all of our problems and don't try to sugarcoat everything.

I found out today that Corey hasn't paid his lunch money every week. I owe for 13 lunches. I hope he enjoyed spending it because next year I am paying with a check in full the first week. Their last day of school is next Tuesday. YIKES!!! What am I going to do with 3 screaming,fighting kids everyday all summer. :lol:

Put them to work!!! :lol: I am sure they would just love that.

That little booger, I bet he bought candy. Have you said anything to him yet? I would love to be a fly on the wall for that conversation. :lol:

Oh he knows. He saw the caller ID when the school called and he stayed in his room when I came in from the bakery. I told him I knew and he said he didn't spend it. They like to lie to the end. So I guess I will send a check in with Brit and make sure it gets paid this time.

Alicia says she wants to be a baker when she grows up so she would like to work for about 10 minutes. :lol:

I like today, I actually got caught up. Until tomorrow because we should start the 2 new accounts then. I hope. That should be a couple hundred more a week. Now maybe I can pay off the credit card. That would be nice.

Hey girls, I'm here. I stuck close to home today to get some laundry done and in a few minutes I'll be off to pick up my son from school. I do plan to head to the office this afternoon but only because it's air conditioned. It's a scorcher here today. The breeze is really light so you can really feel the heat. I just found out that my friends memorial service will be on Monday evening so I plan to go to that.

Kempy how long is your school for? Do they offer any kind of financial aid? Yeah that sucks wanting to go back to school to make more money, but not being able to sustain the same income--what about bills in the interim? *sigh* I wish I would've listened to my parents when they were willing to pay the full tuition :lol: , I should've been a doctor...(yeah right) .

Angie did Corey have some extra YuGiOh cards that appeared out of nowhere? :lol: I wonder what he did w/the money. Check under his mattress maybe? Well, at least the school still fed him even though he didn't pay for them. Are you gonna make him work those off? I would.

Sandy, I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW how hard it is to get back on track. I've been struggling w/the same thing as well. I did good yesterday and today so far so good. The only thing I can offer is that if you keep trying, eventually you'll get that "click" back and we'll be back in the groove. Don't give up, I'm not. We can do this!

As far as that other thread about not whining...well, I think it helps to hear that other people are struggling with the same issues as we are as far as losing weight. I like positivity too, but a little too much sugar can be, well...a bit annoying if you ask me. I like that we're pretty honest about our feelings here, whining, ranting and raving included.

He has been buying candy lately but they bribe money from grandma all the time so I didnt think anything of it. :lol: He will have something for a job I am sure. I will take some of your heat. It is windy here today and I really just want a warm day to lay out by the pool and maybe go swimming. That would be great.

Way to go on being a good girl yesterday and today!!! I think you have done great so far even with a few slip ups. As long as we all pick ourselves up and continue forward I consider it a win win situation.

Well, I am off to walk around the block. I will check back later.

Hey Angie and Noelle I just e-mailed you a new pic of Chris. I dropped her a line to make sure she was still ok. She looks great!

I got a workout in again today. I works chest and triceps and I was able to get in 20 mins of cardio. I know that isn't much but I only have an hour to change, workout and then change back so that I can get back to work. I am thinking this aftrenoon workout might actually work. I was going to walk Echo tonight but it is SOOOOOOOO humid I can bearly breath out there. I let her run around for a little while but even she was ready to go inside.

Oh yeah Noelle, the school has some sort of aid but I can't remembr what the woman said. I have a meeting with her on the 14th so I will be able to get the infor then. I am just trying to get as much info as I can right now.

hey girls,

I was going to post earlier but I guess I was just being lazy for a while. Well today was okay, got in the exercise and the eating was actually really good I think. I'm finishing up my water. I'm actually starting to get tired. I was up until 2 am with my daughter again. This is getting really hard. She does sleep late, but then so do I and by the time we both get up it's pretty late in the day, and I can't get everything done that I wanted to. She is still up right now, but I'm thinking she might pass out soon. :crossed:

I have decided for the next 3 days I am going to work out twice a day. Walking in the morning at least 2 miles, and then I will go to the gym in the evening, for the walking, biking, and elliptical. Now I'm not planning on doing that forever, it's jsut to jump start this before I go on vacation. I'm really going to try to be good. We brought the motor-home over today to get it ready. I need to start on the house again, and make sure it and all the laundry is done by Thursday night so I can pack everything on Friday. For some reason I'm wired right now. Sis is still annoying the **** out of me. I'm still hoping she decides to stay and take care of the dogs. She started complaining about how my kids are going to make so much noise and stuff. They're kids. Please, oh please stay home.

Tomorrow is my sons last day of school. He's in first grade. I loved his teacher this year. She was so nice. I can't believe the year went by so fast, pretty soon he'll be graduating from high school.

Angie; I saw that thread also. I don't really agree with it either. For some it may be a good idea, but not for me. If I don't whine on here, then I have nobody else ot whine to and then I know I will give up. And the lunch money thing...it sounds like something my son would do :lol:

Kempy: if they offer financial aid there might be some kind of grant you might qualify for. You could always apply and see what happens. I beleive the website is www.fafsa.gov

Well we had a kidnapping here in Denver today. A 2 week old baby was taken from his mom on a street corner or something. We have had Amber alerts all day. They still haven't found her or the baby, and that was almost 12 hours ago.

Well I better go, this has gotten long enough. I will talk to you all later. Hopefully in the morning! You all have a great Wednesday.

Chris looks great!!

Kempy, glad to see you came back to Gen's thread for the challenges. I like doing the challenges even if I don't make them all. :lol: YEAH on getting in a workout! You know it is sticky and humid when the dog doesn't even want to play. haha

Jen, I hope your sis backs out of your vacation. It sounds like you will have a much better time if she doesn't go with you. I hope you have a great time either way! Did they find the baby yet? That is so sick that there are so many weirdos in the world.

Sandy, Where are ya and how are ya doing?

Noelle, I hope you have a great day!!

I suppose I should go for a walk and get it over with incase it gets hot!!! HAHA I am so funny. It won't get hot, we have sucky weather here!!

Good Morning everyone!!!! I am in high spirits so far. Nothing has ruined my day but then again it is only 8:30 AM. I am going to keep a good outlook though.

Sandy did we upset you talking about that other thread. I noticed that you were on it. Trust me we didn't mean anything. I like coming here to vent, you guys are my friends and that is what friends do. I don't think we whine. We just get it out and that is very healthy.

Jen I am with Angie, I don't think your sis should go. It sounds like she has already made up her mind that she wont have fun so leave her butt at home. :lol: There is nothing worse than a party pooper! Also, do you do any form of weight training?

Noelle did you get the Chris pic? Are you out there laying around on the beach while all of us are at work? You luckygirl you!

Angie I wished that you lived closer too. I am so tired of being mby myself with no one to talk to I have entertained the notion of having a kid. :fr: OK maybe not that bad! I just make myself go to bed early b/c I have nothing to do. I ended up eating 2 cones of that blue bunny last night. I am planning an early morning trip to wally world to get more. I think I might stock pile the stuff it is so good. I am going to request that my Winn Dixie here carry it so I don't have to go into wally world. You know I am not a big fan.

Be ready guys, I am in a good mood and I am ready to type so watch out there will be more posts today!!!

Hi girls,

No, none of you offended me in any way about the other thread. But, knowing that we are all friends let me clarify something about the other thread. I have known the person who started the thread for some time now and she is a great person, willing to help anyone. She didn't mean not to come there and say I am having a bad day and I don't know why or stuff like that. What she means is not to continue only to post when you are having bad days. She wanted an upbeat kind of thread. After all we are woman and one of the things we do best is whine...LOL. But, I can see how one would get the wrong idea, I hope I have explained what was really ment by that. If you read what another one of the girls wrote you will see that she kind of said that she sometimes needs to vent and say she is just plain doing miserable, and thats okay.

I would never leave you all, you are part of my salvation along this journey. I think I just needed another breath of fresh air you know. I'm sure that you all post more than just to this one thread? I post on 3 of them now. I used to do 2 others, but they just seemed to fizzle out.

I'm having my second OP day and think I have found renewed spunk again?

Good Morning girls,

Well I'm hoping to get alot of stuff done today. Hoping is the key word here. The weather is pretty sucky here today. It rained all last night which is okay but it's only supposed to be in the 60's cloudy and rainy. Yuck!!

I wish my store carried the Blue Bunny stuff. Well they have the regular ice cream, but not the low fat or fat free kind. I'm so jealous.

You guys are right, I know we'll all have a better time without her. Unfortunately she knows that and might go just to make it **** on everybody else. She's awfully bitter right now for some reason. Well I think I know why, but I won't bore you guys with all the right now.

They still haven't found the baby yet. I'm hoping soon. There haven't been any sightings of the van or anything so far. There has to be someone out there who knows something.

Kempy: Actually I don't do any weight training right now. I don't want to do it at the gym, there are too many guys there and I can't do that in front of them. I have a weight machine at home and one of my goals for the day is to get it cleaned off, so I can start using it. But I probobly won't start until I'm back from New Mexico.

Sandy: Hope I didn't offend you about the other thread. If I did I'm sorry.

Well I think that's long enough. You girls have a good day. Talk to you all later.

Sandy I am glad to hear that we didn't offend you. I totally agree with the fact that we need to keep positive. I do know some people on these threads that only post when something is wrong. I wonder if they are like that in person too.

Jen are the guys in your gym in some sort of wonderful shape or something? What I like about working here is that the people are so nice. No one makes fun of anyone b/c everyone is here with one common goal and that is to get healthy. I bet it is all in your head about them looking at you. Trust me from my experience in gyms guys are more interested in looking at themselves and checking out other guys. They have a bad habit of compairing themselves to other people (my hubby included) I am not trying to push you I just hope that you aren't ruling out weights b/c of some stupid ole' guys.

Actually the guys are in pretty good shape. And it's not all the guys that make me uncomfortable. It's the young ones. There are alot of high school kids and such that go there and it just makes me kind of nervous. I know I need to get over it. I have been thinking of maybe setting up a session with someone to get the low down on the machines, and make sure I'm using them right. Then maybe I won't feel so out of place. Wondering if what I'm doing is right. You know what I mean?

Well I better get going again. Talk to you all later.

Jen, I am the same way!! I want to lift so bad but our gym is only young guys and I dont want to go to a gym full of young guys. I am thinking about getting a cheap weightbench for here but I still dont know anything about lifting. :lol: I know I need to do something though.

Kempy, I stockpile the Blue Bunny. I had 3 containers in the freezer last night. haha. I almost ate 2 cones last night too. It tasted so good I didnt want to stop....Jay didnt stop at one though!! :lol:

Noelle, There is no justice in the world. My loser BIL got inspected today and passed!!! HOW??? His house is a dump and he is doing it in his actual kitchen. As far as I knew that was illegal and the ******* said the inspector was going to try to smooth things over with his Irving accounts. That jerk can get out of anything!! Can ya tell I hate him?!! :lol:

Anige I can't believe that! I hope those accounts realize what was going on b4 he trys to "smooth thing out". They should go with someone who is a good business person, you!

I just got on www.bluebunny.com and found some store in my area that sell it. Ther is one right around the corner from me. Who knew? I am hitting it this weekend. It is $1 more but it is worth it to me not to have to go to wal-mart.

Hey girls, I had 2 OP days in a row (just like you Sandy)...did we get "IT" back? I sure hope so--feels like it anyway. :dancer:

Hmmm, I can't stockpile cartons of any ice cream or ff yogurt--I'm the type that will eat it directly out of the darn carton. I do stock up on Healthy Choice low-fat chocolate fudge bars and TCBY vanilla/fruit swirl yogurt bars. I find that anything pre-packaged and single-serving sized I can manage with--no measuring required. Oh yes, mustn't forget Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches too--vanilla is much better than chocolate flavor though. Who knew?

Angie were you guys able to give the new account(s) a sample of your products? Even if your evil BIL trys to weasel his way back in, maybe they'll choose not to use him after they taste your superior products...you know, I'm sure it's happened before :lol: . Ugh, I know what you mean about not liking the in-laws though. How does Jay feel about him and what he's doing? My hubby would pretty much defend his brother no matter what I said so I try to avoid the whole subject matter entirely, I get too PO'd.

Kempy, thanks for sharing that pic of Chris w/us. SHe does look great! I emailed her and said hello and she sent a few other pics of her and her sister as well--both of them very striking, beautiful women. She's asking for your email address again though since she said she didn't save it in her address book...can you drop her a line?

Sandy your explanation of the other threads intent I understand. I wouldn't want people who only post when they have something to complain and whine about, yet do nothing to help themselves...well, you get the picture. Hey, it's all cool though right? Funny, when I have something to whine about (especially weight related), I tend to stay AWAY from the threads :lol: . I'm glad we're pretty much on an even keel here though, we're REAL ya know? And life has it's ups and downs.

Jen--family, love 'em or hate 'em, they're still family :rolleyes: , what can you do besides grin and bear it? I feel for you though, I do so wish you all can have a great time making memories, good or bad.

I just got done eating some Dannon Light & Fit creamy strawberry yogurt (100 cals) w/fresh strawberries :T . Yum, sooooo good, and only 10 cals more than the regular Light & Fit. I think the improved texture of the "creamy" variety is well worth that extra 10 cals. Ok, I need to get off here and get cracking on some work *sigh* . Is it lunch time yet?

Kempy, I just went to that websight and boy, they have some yummy sounding premium flavors. I have had the Peanut Butter Panic before and it is awesome!!!

Noelle, I hope they decide to honor their word and stick with us but BIL is such a weasel he can get out of anything. It is sickening. How can such a scummy waste get everything? I guess my wholesale distributor was talking with my MIL and said that he has delivered to businesses dirtier than his. YUCK now that makes me want to eat at home forever!! I am just so sick and tired of being upstanding and doing things right and watching that *** keep getting ahead. I'll let you all know what the woman says tomorrow. Jay hates him so it makes life easier for me. :lol: Jay is the youngest so he has grown up with all of his brothers treating him like **** so he pretty much cant stand any of them.

I cant wait for the fresh strawberries this year. I love to go picking them. They are so sweet and big.

Hey did you guys enter the Hawaiian Fantasy sweepstakes on the Blue Bunny website? They're giving away a family of 4 trip to Honolulu! Enter, you may be THE lucky winner :lol: . Wouldn't that be great? OK, I won't enter so that increases YOUR chances of winning...yeah, um, that and uh, well, I already live here, DUH.

I have got to head back to that site. I would love to win anything!

Noelle I have a problem with portion control too. I mean I ended up eating 2 cones last night. One was smaller than the other one though, does that count for anything? :lol:

Angie your strawberries havn't come out yet? Our season is around March. Talk about good! My brothers friend has a farm and he will usually sell them to us for $5 a flat. They usually sell for about $18.

Ours come out in July(I think). We picked so many last year that I had to freeze them. I could eat them until I am sick.

I tried to enter but after I signed up for the club and tried to access it it said there was no member with those credentials so I tried to get on with the email confirmation and that wouldn't work. I will try to enter every day. I would like to win something.