Sandy - I am so sorry to hear of your husband's cousin. My thoughts and prayers are with your family.

Tina - Loved the football pictures. :) What a proud mama.

Hugs to all! :grouphug:

Night all. See you tomorrow. :)

Wow .. I feel like I have been MIA forever.!!!

I love my family and I love my company... but ... I almost feel like I have been punished by not being able to come here and read and post when I wanted to. I am going to have to reconsider where I keep my computer if I keep having so many live-in company.

I would be polite and visit with them... but then when they went to bed I wanted to come here and my computer was in their bedroom. :rolleyes:
Anyway... hopefully I can get a few days in now. :)
I am going to go back and try to catch up some reading.. but I am soooooo far behind I won't get it all in.
Be back later. :wave:

Barb... great photos...
Sandy .. cute cartoon. :lol:
Of course I had to look at pictures. LOL

Good morning!

I'm not going to stay long because I'm going to go do my 20 minutes on the stationary bike before work. I'm not real excited about it but I'm going to try not to whine.

Barb - Great pics. Thanks for sharing! So glad to see you back and that you had a good time.

Sandy - Good to see you again too. My thoughts are still with you and the families. Hope you get to feeling better soon.

2Cute - Wow, you've been inundated with family. I love my family but fortunately they come and stay one night and GO HOME! :lol: Yep, you may have to move the computer because we sure miss you!

Everyone else - GET UP and get moving. Hybernation is soon upon us to we need to get back in gear; get refocused; dust off the exercise shoes/equipment/tapes, whatever; throw out the comfort food and most of all - not undo all the good we've done this past year. We want to hit January 1, 2004 lighter than when we started and motivated to keep making progress. The holidays will be a challenge so let's get prepared. That's my Motivation Monday moment. :drill: :drill: Hop to!

Take care and have a great day!

Well girls I am glad to be home. I love going to the seminars but I love sleeping in my own bed.
We went out to a great resturant Sat. night Cajuns Warf(sp)
it was on the Arkansas River. Food has been terrible the last few weeks but I saw myself naked in the mirror at the hotel and I almost cried. I am going to start fresh this morning (pray for me).
I know I am up several pounds.

I promise I will try to get in here more and post.

Well its back to work today so I better run catch a shower

Morning Chickies,

Been up since 4 am! Getting some major cleaning done, I have been procrastinating so long, it was quite the daunting task, but, naturally now that I get started it is not so bad after all. And talk about exerice. I have been doing some moving:lol: I am so very grateful to be able to do it.

Sandy, cute cartoon. Thanks!

Barb, great pictures, looks you had a wonderful time! (always a bit of a let down to come back to ther "real world" uh, but there is always a next time, right?

Terri, you are up and at em' early too. Have a good day, keep that momentum going chick:wave:

Hi Mary, :grouphug: J-Ann, Terri, and all the rest of you chickies, love to you all:love:

I'm back !!!
 

Good morning ladies. :)
I can't believe I got to come here and read some this morning.
It has been soooo long. I havent read since thread #423. :eek:
I got to peek a few times. but not really read.
I went back to 424 to see our Tony in Mickey Mouse ears. :lol: I thought they were Mickey ears for real. LOL .. I figured he was racing near a Disney park. LOL

Lucky and Tina... "Chicken Soup for the Nascar Soul" .. how funny!! :lol: I LOVE IT !!!

Terri.. I hear I missed your birthday... Belated Happy Birthday !!!

J-ann...You are such a great support person. {{ HUGS }}
You are always so positive. I remember the good ole days when I was too. LOL
I just wanted you to know I really appreciate you.

Pam .. I hear you did a great job refraining from two wedding cakes.
Way to go girl !!!
And doing some MAJOR cleaning too... you are my idol for the day. :D

Sandy, I hope you get over your cold quickly. When I get my first sign I take overdoses of Vit C and zinc and that usually nips it in the bud.

Tina... oh how I could relate to your Travis Tritt story.
It broke my heart thinking of you being down on yourself.
You keep getting out there and ENJOY you life to the fullest. !!!

Mary.. I hope your spirits are up. How could you ever think we would avoid you !!!! We love you and wish you would post MORE.
I am past the shock of me NAKED in a mirror. LOL .. but I remember the first time I really looked at myself naked. It was disheartening. Now... it is just me. I don't know if that is good or bad. ???

Andria... how dare them not post YOUR article online. LOL
And the nerve of them wanting to sell their magazines. LOL
Just be sure to always share them with us when you can.

Barb... I read you cruise review... very good.
It sounded like you had a WONDERFUL trip.
I have never been on a cruise and I learned a lot too.

Thin... glad your trip went well. Did you find a curio cabinet ??
Your mini vacation with hubby sounded nice too.

Kat... reading all of your replys made me realize how much I truly missed ... because I did not know about anything you talked about. LOL

I know I have missed a lot more of you... I am so sorry.
I still have 423,25,26 to catch up on. I just am out of time for now.
I love you all and missed you terribly.

I do have a question to ask. I know I can't meet everyones needs.. but
Which month is best or worst for you for our Spring Fling.
Late April, May or early June.??
Are kids in school going to be problem ??
Any dates definitely out for anyone?? I wrote one date down as a no for someone... I think Barb .. but I have misplaced that date. Who and when was it??
Okay.. I am going. It is great to be back... see you later. :wave:

Howdy!
 

A quick Good Morning to all...You know...it really was morning when I started this post!

I just had to tell Barb how much I enjoyed your pics! Especially "formal night," you looked lovely!

Welcome back, 2cutie! Perhaps it was just ME that was confused! A distinct possibility.

Mary...don't cry about what you see in the mirror. Use it as a starting point and tell yourself you won't look like this for long! Welcome back to the wagon!

Sandy, same to you! I hope you feel better soon.

Terri, GREAT motivational speech! Just what I needed, thanks!

Pam, some of my best cleaning is done in the middle of the night...hey, whatever works! It always seems much worse than it actually is, doesn't it?

Thin, sounds like you and hub had a wonderful time. This is a nice time of year to get away. :love:

J-ann, I wanted to join you in a cyber WI (not Wisconsin) too but the timing was all wrong: I already ate this morning, I have clothes on, I haven't slept yet...I'll have to try this again tomorrow...cuz I really didn't like what I saw!!! (I just refilled my water glass, in a desperate attempt to flush away what must SURELY be water gain!)

I haven't been to WW for the past three weeks. Yes, I know...very bad...but so typical. Start up. gung ho for a few weeks. cheat a little, (cuz I'm doing se well)...cheat some more... skip WI, thinking I'll do great this week to catch up. do worse. gain back what I had lost. skip meeting again. keep promising myself that this week will be better. hate myself for being a failure....AGAIN.

..............sigh...................

So here I am again. What is going to be different this time?

I had an interesting revelation last night, on my way to work. Now, I am late for work every single night. No matter how early I get up, how prepared I am ahead of time, I am always 15 minutes late. Eating too much isn't my only bad habit! For instance, last night I felt the need to fold the clothes that were in the dryer as I was getting my pants out. Had I NOT done that, i would have been on time. BUT...I realized that somehow my brain has been programmed to do what it can to get me to work at 11:15. In the same way, perhaps, I'm also programmed to eat the way that I do to maintain this weight. Because really...I'm just treading water here...lose a few, gain a few, lose a few, etc...

So basically, I need some re-wiring done inside my head! :yes: Well, of course...I knew that! How to go about doing just that is what I need to work on. With that in mind, it's back to basics:
Baby steps, consistency, repetition, re-programming. I know exactly WHAT to do. Just a matter of doing it, huh?

Well, that's it for me today...I'm off to re-fill my water jug, fix a salad for lunch, and get on my bike for a ride on this CHILLY, but nice, Fall day.

So everyone go have a great day for yourselves. Pick at least one good thing to do for yourself today. You are worth it!

Hello all from the Library
I ate a slim fast bar and skim milk for breakfast.
At lunch I drank a slim fast that I had put in the freezer till slushy. then I got out and walked around the Court House Square a good 25 minute walk it was nice. I may do it again. I am determined to do this.:D

GO MARY GO!!!!!!!

Good to see you getting back into rhythm Mary. Lace up those sneakers and walk those sox off. :)

Does anyone read the Skinny Daily Post? (different thread here at 3fc) The author (JuJu) has successfully taken off a large amount of weigh through good nutrition and exercise...she offers daily musings on weight loss, exercise, life and such and then you can comment on the thread if you wish.........

ANYWAY...

I was just catching up on a few that I've missed and this one just really seemed to hit home today...Juju spoke of setting goals and what it takes to achieve them...

When you have the clear and compelling picture of your preferred future state written down, drawn, painted, or set to music, you have a tool to use for all decision making in your day. Big decisions and small ones. You simply ask yourself: Does this action or activity contribute to or hinder the realization of my vision? And you make your choices with a clear goal ahead of you.

:chin:

Made a lot of sense to me...(pertaining to that "mental re-programming" that I need to work on!)

I just wanted to share...

Hi ladies - hope you all are having a wonderful Monday.

The weather here is soooo nice - sunny, low humidity, almost 80 degrees.

I am so behind in reading the old threads. I will try to catch up some later.

Like Kat, I also need to do some major re-wiring in my head. I have not been eating healthy, not drinking enough water, not exercising. Like Kat said, I'm treading water too. I'm upset with my dad right now, actually furious and I just don't want to deal with him anymore. My sister and I just don't have a real father-daughter relationship with him at all. He never has spent time with us and he has no idea what we are all about. It really hurts our feelings to see him hug other people and tell him he loves them and he has NEVER shown us affection like that. He never asks how we're feeling or anything like that. He just calls when he wants or needs something. I just feel used.

What a drag, I've been AWOL and when I do get in here I start whining. Please forgive me.

On a more positive note (drum roll please) --------- I BOUGHT A TREADMILL!!!! Yes, miracles do still happen :lol:. I ordered this one from one of the shopping channels. It is not motorized and has a little computer so you can see how many cals you've burned, how long you've walked, how far you've walked. The only thing I don't like is it on an incline and you can't adjust it. But I can order a kit so I can change the incline. No excuses now.

Well, that's it for now. I'm going to back track through the threads now. Barb - loved your cruise pics! See you all later.

CONGRATS ARE IN ORDER
 

PAM ---- down 45.7 lbs; you go girl. Congratulations. You are proof that effort pays off.

:bravo: :bravo: :bravo: :bravo: :bravo: :bravo: :bravo:

And, great job on not indulging in the wedding cakes!!!

:cp: :cp: :cb: :cb: :strong: :high: :high:

like a bad penny...
 

I just keep turning up!

I just had to respond to Connie. Unfortunately, you cannot change what has already happened. For whatever reason, your father can't act the way that you want him to. I know how that feels. I just want you to keep something in mind:

IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT!!!

You have done nothing wrong. I hope that you can let go of those feelings of sadness and regret and anger. It won't change anything and does nothing but make you feel bad about yourself. You are a good and decent person, deserving of love and respect. If he can't give that to you and your sister, then give it to each other.

It took me a long time to realize that I have no control over how other people act, I can only control my own actions. For years I despaired at how my parents did not treat me fairly, (still don't at times!) but I no longer think that there is something wrong with me because of that.

{{{{{hugs}}}}}

Oh yeah...one more thing...come here and whine away, anytime! It's a great place to vent where nobody can interrupt you with a story about how they're so much worse off than you are! That is a total pet peeve of mine. I hate when people ask, "How are you?" only to launch into a long spiel about how rotten their day/life/year is!

Last thing...I swear! Good luck with the tread mill! You just may surprise yourself with that incline...just do as much as you can...increasing a little each time you use it! You will do great.

Really leaving now....

I AM HUNGRY

Mary, If you are really hungry, and not bored hungry or stressed hungry or fill in the blank hungry, .....

GO EAT YOUR DINNER ... or at least an apple or some yogurt or something to get you to dinner.
:) :) :) :)