Angie you can do this! Look how far you have come...you are strong! Great job at supper tonight. Tonight I had a cheeseburger without the bun and a salad. I am trying to cut down on my sugar. I don't know if that is what is getting me to feel so bloated? Btw glad you pm'ed Cherie. I miss her motivation! Take care girls

Well, I did make it through tonight. YIPPEE!!! I hope some of the bloated feeling goes away tommorrow. Of course I do this right before the weekend so we will have to see how that works out.

Julie, I dont know if I could give up sugar, I am a big sugar addict. :lol: Good for you! We can do this, I know we can.

Hello everyone,

Well the rains finally stopped. It was sunny today with some clouds around the valley. The temp got up to about 67 today. Just a nice day all around.

Kempy: There aren't too many cactus around my house, just trees and bushes. My front yard is a coarse sand and the back yard is just dirt. We've been waiting for the weather to cool so we could start putting grass seed in the back. Right now I have to get rid of as many rocks as I can. I started paying the neighbor kids 25 cents a pound for rocks. It's really working!!!;) It didn't take my daughter very long to figure out that the big rocks equaled big money!! What part of Louisiana are you in? My mother used to live just outside of Paris, Texas and we used to go to Shreveport.

Angie: We've got our sun back now. I'll send you some. :sunny: :sunny:

We have progress reports to get out by tomorrow. I have been sooo busy this week. I am so glad tomorrow is Friday. :dancer:

I hope everyone is having a great week.

Cal

Hey Girls,

So sorry I haven't been able to post. Don't know where I've been for the past couple of days. I derailed A LOT on my diet, and I'm trying to get back on track. The good news is that I FINALLY fit into my old pants! whoo hoo! And I got a bunch of compliments at work. I'm really glad. Except now I'm sitting at the computer and there's a bag of chips in the fridge. Urgghhh...so tempting!

I'm glad to hear that everyone is doing so good. I miss Noelle too! I hope she's having fun in Bankok and not buying too much stuff. Well, it's pretty late here but I'm gonna try and do this pilates workout I bought yesturday. I tried it out and it made my entire body sore! Means it's working right?

Hope everyone has a wonderful Friday tomorrow. Talk to ya'll in the morning (well afternoon for everyone else).

friday....friday...friday!!! whoooo hoooo!!!!:D

Good Morning. I did it yesterday, heres hoping for another good day.

Cal, I would love some of your heat up here. Today the wind is howling like crazy outside. The windchill is in the teens because of the wind. Needless to say, I wont be going outside for a walk. Time to build myself up to get on the elliptical. :lol:

Jacks, Hi. Congrats on fitting into your jeans again. YEAH!!!!! I hope you managed to resist the "evil" chips. I know how hard it is.

Julie, How did you do last night? Good I hope.

Kempy, Hey. How is your plan going?

Cal I love plants so living out there would kill me. When I went to Denver I had to point out to Joe that no body had any plants on there decks. I live close to New Orleans. Shreveport is a good 6 hour drive from here. Needless to say we don't go up there. :Lol:

Jacks I can't wait to be able to fight into me jeans again. I have a pair on today but the button is undone. What a terrible feeling.

Angie the plan is going ok I guess I read on another site that what I am going through is normal and that everyone has follwoed the same path. I don't mind losing slow as long as it goes. Of course it would be nice to dorp a few pounds quickly but I guess if my body isn't ready to let go I can't force it. I am just going to keep on truckin'.

I did my indoor workout. I am sweaty and gross feeling but I do feel like I did something. I hope I can remain focused to lose 8-10 pounds by the time we go to Florida. I seem to be holding weight right now. I weighed in at 148 this morning. YIKES!! For some reason the smaller I get then when I do go off plan for a while I bulk up 10 pounds like nothing and it wants to just stay.

Good Morning Girls

Angie my night went great last night. After supper I did not do any snacking, just water. I was tempted to have a pumpkin ice cream cone but I didn't. You know though eating ice cream in one of those small cones really controlls the amount of ice cream. I figure I can fit a half cup serving in one of those small cake cones.

Jacks great news about the pants:)! I would love to be able to get into an old pair of my jeans. I often joke it is like stuffing sausage trying to get into them:lol:!!!!

Kempy I guess the slow way is the right way to do it. Hope you have a good day at work. Do you get to get outta that place early today? Julie

Way to go Julie. I am proud of you for resisting the ice cream. I have a problem resisting. but last night there was one cookie left and I gave it to my daughter to eat so I wouldnt.

The wind is so bad outside, I am half expecting the house to get picked up and land some where else. :lol:

Where is everybody today? Kempy, Whatcha doin?

Well, I had better get back to work.

HAPPY HAPPY FRIDAY! HAPPY HAPPY FRIDAY!
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Wow...this week sure felt like it went by fast! All the better though...time to relax this weekend. Hope everyone has some great plans for this weekend. I'm hopin to do a hike up Diamond Head. Kel threw out his back yesturday and so he's bed ridden. I hope he'll get better, but if not, I'll go by myself!!

Angie - I would love to get an elliptical trainer for my apt, but it's probaly too big. I'm already crammed with my yoga stuff, pilates ball, and ab roller in my living room. I hate doin the one at the gym, they're always all sweaty. I'm sure you can lose the weight before you go to Florida. When do you go?

Kempy - I'm feeling good about my pants. They're tight, but at least I can get them on. I hoping the tightness will keep me on track and from eating any snacks. Sounds like you're doin really well on your diet. I'm hoping to go get that book that you suggested this weekend.

Julie - Resisting ice cream...way to go!!! Unfortunately I wasn't that lucky last night with the chips. Semi-unconsciously I grabbed the back last night when I was on the computer and started chowin down. I realized what I was doing half way through the bag. I punished myself by doing 300 crunches. Now my tummy's sore. Oh well.

Cal - Man, bring some sun here too! It's been a bit sunny but we've had a lot of showers. The weather is cool but I hate having to walk through the rain. I didn't have my car yesturday b/c it had a flat so I needed to walk to my meeting 1 mile away in the rain!!! urgghhh...

Hey did anyone watch the Britney Spears interview yesturday? Diane Sawyer was relentless. I missed the part where she started to ball. I wonder what Diane asked her to make her cry so much.

Anyhoo...it's 9:30. Gotta get going on this report before my boss gets in. I'm countin the days until I can go back to school, get my MBA and become a CEO for a Fortune 100 company, then I can be worth $1M (instead of Britany Spears)...:lol: haa haaa!!!

-jacks
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I am sitting here bored out of my mind. To make it worse I have a headache. :headache:

I can't leave early today b/c I think my boss is getting agrivated with me doing that. See, I told you he was bothering me. I leave early so that he doens't have to pay me OT but if he is going to be a big baby about it then I will just stay and sit on the clock.

Jacks that is so cool that you get to go hiking on a mountain. We are so flat here. I freak out when I see a little hill. When I went to Denver I about crapped myself. (sorry for the visual)

Hi Jacks, God I would just love to go hiking in your area this weekend! The high here for tomorrow is in the middle forties. Yes I did watch part of the Britney Spears interview last night. I thought it was kind of strange? She started to cry when Diane asked her about the rough year she has had....I think it was about the whole break-up with Justin.

Kempy to bad you have to stay. I don't really have any plans for the weekend. I might go shopping and see what is out there to wear for a Christmas party. I use to love to shop for clothes but now it just not getting me that excited anymore. Maybe if I was a size 6 it would make a difference:lol:! I really don't know if I should get a dress or a pair of pants and a dressy shirt?.?.

Angie I hope your house did not blow away! I am thinking of the movie the Wizard of Oz, I just love that movie.

Well I think I am going to make salmon for supper tonight. Talk to you girlies later!

No, I missed it Jacks. Darn, I would love to see what made her cry. I dont like her new music. I liked the old stuff when she was younger. Hiking sounds like so much fun. I hope Kel feels better.

Kempy, You are so ready for a change of job,huh? I cant wait until you get to work for yourself. It will be so great.

We have decided to leave for Florida on December 22 so hopefully we can beat most of the crowds driving down. We are going to spend a night at South of the Border (a truck stop with stores and restaurants and amusement rides) and we are going to Hanna Park for a night in Jacksonville on the beach. Then we are off to Tropical Palms RV resort on December 25-January 2 when we have to head back. BOOHOO.

Hey Julie, we posted at the same time. Have you noticed that we do that alot? :lol: I guess we are on the same wavelength. haha

Have fun clothes shopping this weekend. I am sure you will find something very pretty to wear.

Angie you are going to be gone a long time! We are going to miss you....to bad you don't have a laptop to take with you. But second thought maybe you want to get away from the computer, phone and T.V.s.;)