Good morning, ladies. :)

Mel, I am with Spryng on the b/f issue. I tried with all 3... my first was a complete failure.. even the nurses in the maternity ward told me to give it up! :lol: My 2nd was better, but he was one of those babies that would nurse for 10 minutes, then fall asleep for 20 minutes, then wake up and nurse another 10 minutes, etc. He would have been attached to me all day, and I had a 23month old to chase around! He did fine on formula. Now my last, he was a natural nurser, and I b/f him for about 3 months, til I couldn't keep up with him anymore. He was a little pig! He drank five 8oz bottles/day at 3 months old!!!! I pumped and mixed breast milk and formula til he was 6 months old, then it was just formula after that. I am a firm believer that a happy, well-rested formula-feeding mom is better for baby than a miserable stressed-out b/f mom!

Emily.... hang in there! PMS is a tough time! I am hoping since I started this plan just after my period ended, that I will be more able to resist in a couple of weeks when I hit my PMS. I'm finding that the longer I do this, the less I want junk, because it makes me feel just awful after. Hope you got some rest last night.

Spryng, glad your meal turned out so well! Sorry about your slider, though. :( Ginny is so great to send you another one. :) Hope you also got some good rest last night.

Ginny, are you down for the count with the tummy bug? Gosh, I hope not. Please check in when you can.

Karen and Michele, hope you girls are well, too. :)

So, I had a GREAT walk last night! I was a little tired, but once I got going, I felt really good. I brought my 2lb hand weights along and swung them the whole way... boy, could I feel it! I came home and slept like a baby.

This morning's work-out was not so great. I struggled through 20 minutes on my bike, because of my chest cold. I intensified for about 5-7 minutes, but kept it light the rest of the time. I would have liked to have peddled a bit longer, but it was getting tough to breathe and I had to cough, so I stopped. I know I just need to take it easy til I get over this. And tomorrow I'll take a break from exercising because I have to work tonight AND tomorrow night, so I will sleep most of the day tomorrow.

Well Spryng, I guess I won't keep you in suspense any longer. I stepped on the scale again first thing this morning,and I was so excited with what I saw, I just have to report...... It read 171lbs! So, since Monday, I am down 6lbs! :D I know that you always lose a lot during the first week, so I am not setting myself up for losses anywhere near this great each week. But I have worked really hard this week, and I am so happy. My "official" WI will be Monday, so maybe I'll be down another pound by then, but if not, I am happy! :)

Well, I have lots to do today, so better get moving...... have a great one, all. :)

Good morning!
I have a busy morning.....when aren't they? So, I will not be able to get personal too much. Please forgive me.

Jen- WTG on your WI!!!!! That is awesome.
Karen- hope that knee is better.
Spryng- and when you master gourmet cooking......come and make dinner for me too! Just think, when Dh gets home he will come home to a svelte gourmet cook!
Emily- half the battle is having the right snack foods in the house- good job!!!! (why is it we all gravitate to junk in a rush?)
Melissa- WTG with your weight loss! Can't wait till you are a WW again too. And glad that you have found a formula that Myra tolerates well. Colicy babies are no fun.
Michele- glad that you are feeling better!!!!!!! Take it slow- as if you can! How sweet of Dd to read to you (ok, I am sure you are craving something a bit more challenging than the Night B4 Christmas!


Last night I had to take Ds to pick up his ailing bike- and then because we were there we did our weekly trip to Walmart. But that got us home at 10......and I still had to put at least the perishables away. So I am beat! No walk this morning, but Dd has a soccer practice after school and I usually walk then. I'm feeling a bit better- but have a combo stomach bug/cold - nothing really bad but I am not 100%. BTW Spryng- I am not looking at my workout slider right now- but you have to grade your exhertion level. Low is casual walking. Medium is brisk walking- and enough of a workout that you cannot sing while doing so.
High is running- can't really talk while doing that. 20 minutes at high might just eek it into 2 points. I'll have to check. I did buy (while waiting for Ds's bike ) a 3 mile high intensity Leslie Sansone tape, she uses hand weights for it. Probably get to use that this rainy weekend.
Gotta go fold the laundry mountain.
See ya!!!
:lol: :) Ginny

Karen, hope your knee is better.... how did it go at the gym?

Ginny, hope you get some rest and are feeling back at 100% very soon!

Just wanted to check in now, while I had a minute. I am working this weekend (tonight and tomorrow nite) and dd's b'day is Sunday, so we'll have company and I won't be around. Hope you all have a great weekend! Talk Monday...........

Hi everyone!

My knee is feeling better but still very sore. I did go to the gym and used the recumbant bike and then did my upper body routine. :strong: I am feeling the PMS effects tonight though! I am starving even with 1500+ calories today! UGH!

Jen - WTG on the weight loss! WOO HOO! Great job!:cp:

Im not sure how much I'll be around this weekend either.. My Aunt and Uncle are in town and my cousin is having us over. Also TMO morning my other cousin who just finished basic training and then chemical training in the Army is arriving here at 7am! He is being stationed in WA! I am so excited to have a bit more family here!! I am so proud of him! He is 20! We are praying he wont be sent to Iraq, but so far it looks like he will be here in WA for 3 years or so! WOO HOO!

Ok.. I need to run! Got to type up a letter! Talk to you all soon! :cheers:

Good evening all!
Well my day has gone relatively well. My eating has been perfect... my ds... well that is another story. He is almost 3 yo and but does he know how to push my buttons! I've been exercising patience all day long with him. I think I have come to the conclusion that he must be bored. I need to find activities to keep him busy during the day. After dinner at night he and his older sister paint with water colors in the kitchen and that keeps them busy and happy for about 35-45 minutes. I need to find more things like that to entertain them during the rest of the day. Any suggestions? He gets bored with coloring very quickly. He hates puzzles, they frustrate him and he ends up throwing the pieces around the room. So any other suggestions for a 2 yo?
But my eating has been great. I'm really missing my points finder though. I wanted to make pita pizza today but couldn't because I don't know the points in some of the ingrediants. I guess I'll wait a few more days. But tomorrow is my WI. It's not been a week yet since I started WW though, just my usual WI day. Wednesday will be my first complete week on WW. Should I just wait to WI or do it on my usual day? I think I'll go ahead and WI tomorrow. Lets hope I see a loss. I'm stuck at 169 and would love to see 168!! So lets hope for the best.
Karen, glad to hear your knee is feeling better and good for you to get your workout in despite that! I didn't work out today because my legs and arms are soooooo sore from yesterday's workout. I thought I'd give myself a day off to recover and then go at it again tomorrow. I don't want to strain my muscles any more than they already have been. And that is great news about your cousin moving closer. I know how you feel about liking to have more family close by. I only have one cousin that is 20 minutes away... all the rest of my family are states away from me. My DH's family is all right here though. Good for him.. not so great for me, lol.
Jen I hope you have a great weekend and your dd has a great special day come sunday. How old will she be?
Well I'm sorry I can't get personal with everyone else but I am going to steal a shower and hop in bed now. With ds on a rampage today I am physically and emotionally drained. I'll check back in tomorrow!

Just had to jump on here for a sec, I just did my WI and guess what?! I'm down 2 lbs!!! I was so excited to see that. Guess WW is the plan for me, it broke my stall! And I'm sure the exercise helped alot too. Well I'm off to start my day (with a smile!) Talk to you all later and have a great saturday!!!!!!

Congrats Spryng Jen Karen!!!!! You all are doing so great. I'm so happy to see all thes losers! :) What a bunch of motivated gals. You all keep up the great work. Ginny I hope you are hanging in there ok with all that is going on. You are seriously a fantastic lady.

Things here are going along really well. You can't even imagine how great it feels to be up and moving again. I'ma super hyper active person the kind that watches a program, holds a convo with a toddler and does a crossword all at the same time. I was going insane. But yesterday the girls and I went and had their pictures made. Aww they were perfect. I bought more than I had planned but it was worth it. We then visited a friend who was holding a yard sale and had a nice dinner at el sombrero. I picked up a new outfit... :lol: I can't believe how big I am! But it felt great to be out and about. Today has been alittle busy. We are still bulding onto our home and doing remodeling. Hoss and I worked most of the day cleaning out closets and storage areas We had so much JUNK! It is shocking what you find going thru those places. We had alot of great laughs at some of the clothes we use to wear and some really old photographs. He just left a few minutes ago to bring the horses and cattle in. So I thought I'd pop in and say hey!

Oh and Spryng about your ? on the 3 yr old. Are you looking for something he can do on his own or that includes you too? For the dd I can relate to pretty easy having girls. We took an old trunk and filled with old clothes hats shoes just about anything you can think of for them to dress up in. I cut the back open on some things and sewed a tab of velcro on so they could dress themselves easily. We mounted a mirror at their height on the wall and let me tell ya it keeps them occupied for hours. For the ds. I'm so unexperienced in that area. I have no idea. He might like the dress up too tho. I aso give my dd's little chores to do usually they don't do the job as well as I do but it occupies them and they feel like they are helping me. I let them fold the bath linens (I always re-do it later) give them a wet wipe and let them dust, let them push the dust mop around... have to watch that one tho cause they can become dangerous with that, just little things like that. You might check at your libraby or book store, sometimes you can find really great crafty things for them to do that are super easy. Macaroni art on paper plates. If you wnt email me and I'll sed you some of my fave sites that occupy my kids.
well I gotta scoot Hoss is back

Good evening all!
Misty it's great to hear you are feeling yourself again and out of bed! And thanks for some ideas on what my 2 yo can do to keep busy. Yeah I need things that I don't have to supervise because it's too difficult with Tanner being so young and needing 99% of my attention. But the dress up idea sounds nice! I'll have to invest in something like that. he loves my clothes and makeup.. so i'm sure he'll love to dress up too, lol.
Well my day has gone great. I made chicken enchiladas for dinner (6 pts per serving) and I must brag here.... it was fantastic! I used whole wheat tortillas and it was great! I have three left over and plan to eat a couple tomorrow. Yum!! But because I had two tonight I hit my limit for today. I'm at 21 points and don't really want to go any higher. I also got in my workout... boy I love that tape! I can already feel my muscles getting stronger and my waist band getting looser. It won't be long now before I can get into my size 12 jeans. Maybe another week or two at most. So exciting!
Well I have to scoot! Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Hi gang..... I'm just about to hit the shower before work tonight...... I'm not very well-rested... only got about 4.5 hours of sleep today, and I have a busy day tomorrow with dd's b'day. I can come home from work and sleep about 4 hours in the morning, though.

But, I just gotta share a mini "crisis" I'm having....... dd will be 8 years old tomorrow. Tonight, I was giving her a hug and a kidd before bed when I smelled this "odor"........ she had terrible B.O.!And, she'd just had a bath! UGH! I am not ready for this! Ginny, you are probably laughing, since you've been through this already! :lol: Anyway, I let her use a little of my deoderant before she went to bed, and we talked a bit about how body's change...... nothing more than about bodoy odor, but I guess we'll have to be getting into periods soon. My 2 sis's were very young when they started their's... 9 and 10 years old. So, I've known that early development is in the gene pool. BTW, I did sneek a peek as I was helping her with the deoderant and no signs of an "peach fuzz" yet, so I think that's good.

Well, gotta hit the shower and grab something to eat.... it's gonna be a long night and I haven't eaten since 5am. Hope all is well.......

Just me here....
Jen- I feel for you. Puberty comes on as a rude shock....maybe a brutal awakening is more like it. I remember when Dd came home in 5th grade with the classwide homework assignment to purchase and wear deodorant.:lol: She did not need it at the time, but apparently someone in her class did. Hang in there, and hold on to every sweet moment of Dd that she has to come (and there will still be plenty) A big hug to you.....

Spryng- congrats on your WI. Hopefully that slider will get there soon for you! I am not doing so well today- so my creative thinking cap is not on at all. I am sure I can come up with something I used to keep Ds entertained and alleviate boredom.
Hey, have you ever tried books on tape for kids? Good luck.

Michele- so glad that you are up and about now!! Glad that you got rid of some junk!!!!What a good feeling, isn't it???

All around it has not been such a great day here. Dd and Dh were at each others throats again..........I won't bore you with the details. Just that is has been rugged here and I think I want to go live with Peter Pan. I have done a ton of stress eating too- all around not a good day. I did get a short walk in and 3/4 of the way thru my new Leslie Sansone video- until Dh stormed in the room and demanded that I turn it off.:( Nuff of me bellyaching.........Dd is tired and and wants to go to sleep.
See ya tomorrow!!
Ginny

Ginny I am so sorry you are having a rough night. I wish I could drive over there and rescue you! :) But I'm sending you a big hug! Don't fret about stress eating... it happens. Did you say you started the flex points? Can you just take from that? If so then you didn't set yourself back at all. I decided to start the flexpoints today since it was my WI day. I've done a ton of reading on it now and asked lots of questions so I think I understand it completely. But I don't plan to use them during the week. When DH comes home I may use them for a meal out or something but other than that I'm keeping them put away, lol. I haven't even beein using my AP's or banked points yet. I am content with my normal daily points right now. But it's nice to know they are there if I need them.
Jen I hope you have a fun day tomorrow. Hopefully you can catch up on your sleep soon. I can't even imagine that pre-puberty stage. I have several more years before I have to worry about it but even the thought scares me. I guess because I remember going through it myself and all the things that happen at once it seems. Ahhh.. toddlers are good to have, lol.
Well I am so tired tonight for some reason. Maybe my workout from this afternoon is catching up on me. I'm suppose to call DH at 9:30 pm but I don't know if I can keep my eyes open that much longer. But I'll chat with you all tomorrow! G'nite!

Good morning!

Spryng- sounds like you are getting this WW thing down. Using your flex points is optional, as you said.....and I do not usually use my activity points either. Did you speak with Dh last night?
How is he doing. Hope you got some rest too, tired lady!

As for me- well, I did go for a walk last night and what I did not mention is that I fell and banged up my knee pretty well. So I guess I won't be walking for a few days:mad: . It is kind of swollen- not all that painful just puffy and hard to bend. Boy am I a bonehead!!!!!
Today is my day in the saddle with Dd and her college pursuit (we are going to view a college softball game of a school that is interested in her). Dh needs a break from her, so I am accompanying her after church. Gotta go-
have a great day!
Ginny

I dont have much time to reply to everyone as I am due to go out to my cousins in a bit to see my aunt and uncle who are in town from Californa!

I am still OP.. Stying off the scale until tmo which is my official WI day.. but I can tell I am losing! I also met my goal of 6 days of exercise! Today is my day off..:strong:

Yesterday I went to te Eddie Bauer Store with a 20% off coupon (My DH's company had a corporate event with them) and got 6 new tops for fall! All in a large! WOO HOO! I tried on pants and a 14 fit! I didnt buy them because they were all to low in the waist and I am just not comfortable yet in that low rise cut. But I am OUT of the EB size 18 and XL! WOO HOO! What a good feeling that is!

Anyway.. I will check in tmo with more weight gone.. I hope!
:dancer:

Good afternoon all!
This will be quick because I need a nap.
Ginny I'm so sorry to hear about your knee! That must be awful. Hopefully it will heal soon so you can get back out there again.
Karen, I'm excited to hear about your WI tomorrow. YOu are doing so great and congrats on getting into a 14! I know that feels good.
Well i didn't get to bed early last night because as soon as I logged off here I had a knock at my door, my aunt and uncle came to see me! It was a nice suprise visit. So I ended up staying up with them until late, getting up early, and now they just left so I need a nap! I'm so tired.
But Ginny, I need your help with some points. I had one egg white scrambled for breakfast and about 3/4 cup of shredded and fried hash browns... can you give me the points for those please?
OK, I'm off for a short nap. Hopefully it's enough to get me through the rest of the day. TTYL!

Congrats Karen on sizing down! THat is such a great feeling! And WTG on meeting your 6 day goal too! Hope you enjoy a great evening with your family.
Ginny hope your knee feels better soon. I'm so sorry that happened to you. Hope to hear your day with Dd went well.
Spryng, hoep you got lts of rest. I know how tiring having company can be. But it's always nice to see family. How's Dh doing? Is he getting really homesick?
Jen, awww I feel for you hon. Puberty is along ways off for my girls thank goodness. Big hugs :) Your a great mom so I know you'll handle it perfectly. Hope the birthday party went great too!