"Calling all Canadians -- March Chat"
 

As promissed....:D

TTFN :wave:

Yep, I think a thread-of-the-month is a good idea. Think I'll suggest it in a couple of other places, too. Thanks, Ilene.

Good Saturday morning! Cold, clear and crisp here this morning.

Good Saturday Morning...
not much to say,,,took my youngest son to vocal lessons,,,first time driving in a couple of weeks...did well. Even stopped at Tim Hortons for my coffee...feeling human!
Getting picked up tonight by one of my closest friends,,,going over to another friends house to watch our favorite movie Pride and Predjudice
Yesterday I was so proud of myself...I was hungry had the munchies. so instead of binging on the peanut butter cookies I made I chopped up some cellery and carrots.
Well I should get in my shower and nap....

Good Afternoon. Fellow Canuck here! :) Hoping that the snow will finally go away. I hate winter!!!

Welcome, Margaret. Glad to have you with us. The more company, the more fun. Drop in often. :grouphug:

Have a great evening, everybody. We'll see you all tomorrow. Keep on doing all the good stuff and the rewards will come. :carrot:

hi everyone i found you. glen

Merry March to all my fellow Canadians!
I have not been good this week. I hit the gym twice; the rest of the week I worked. I have been retired for a year and a half, and went back to work part time because a friend needed a tax preparer for the season. Ahhh, back to sitting at a computer all day.

The weather has moderated this weekend. Hope that's the first sign that spring is on the way.

Have a good week.

Hey all, not much happening,,,hubby and I went grocery shopping,,, so I have all the veggies I have been craving...

Thought I'd say a quick hello. Not feeling too great today. Hope I'm not coming down with something nasty.

Hang in there, gang. See you tomorrow. Hopefully feeling better.

Hello fellow Canuck :wave:

Today is :sunny: and bright ... I'm off to the gym in a few minutes to do some leg workouts...

Hello fellow canucks!

I've been horrible with exercising so far this month. But I did manage to stay away from the chocolate cookies my husband brought home and left in clear sight! Small victories are better than no victories, I guess.

Life happens, but here I go again
 

Hi all my canadian friends, trying again, and hope to not sabotage myself today. Am going to try to eat well today, and remember that just because I mess up one time I don't need to carry it on for the rest of day. Just keep swimming, just keep swimming:carrot: .

Good morning all,,,,

Shannon, my favorite movie is Finding Nemo...just keep swimming!

had a fantastic sleep, was in a bit of pain last night,,,did too much...grocery shopping, folding clothes and lil stuff around the house.
So took a pain reliever and it knocked me out. Hate taking anything, makes me have horrible dreams...which I didn't have.
big plans for today is eat my celery, finish folding the last two loads of laundry.

Hi there, I'm new here and it's nice that I found a bunch of Canadians to yak with. I'm Carol, married 19 years to a great guy and mom of two teenagers, one girl and one boy. I started to get serious about my wieght at the end of January and so far have lost 12 lbs. I'm still on the high of eating healthy and light so I haven't hit any major obstacles in that area yet and I've gotten real serious about excercise and especially weight lifting - I think that is the ultimate answer for women over 30. I look forward to getting to know all of you!

Snowflake,,,I would still consider that a big success.
Welcome Carol, we can get pretty chatty in here. been married 19 yrs too,,,2 teens,,both boys. Just had surgery so am off doing anything.

My oldest son had 2 surgeries last year...ever heard of someone growing too fast too soon? His feet went from a size 9 to a 13 in a year. On both feet they noticed the outer bone didn't grow as fast and is being crowded by the other bones (bully bones I call them) anyways they are all now hardening together (build up of calcium) or so they say. They don't know what they are doing,,,there was a Dr. who thought he had a severe case over in Ontario,,but once he saw Brandon's file he just told our Dr. good luck. Brandon is also severely flat footed (suction cups when hes bare foot on the floor) So he had the 2 surgeries on 1 foot(broke his foot in 4 places to make an arch) took part of a bone from his hip and pinned into the short bone in his foot. He needs to have the other foot taken care of... hes in so much pain he can't walk. His appointment for his specialist isn't till next Monday, Im taking him to our clinic to see about getting some pain releiver for him. This is very stressful in our house..

oh my, that sounds so painful,hope you and him get better soon.

How are you all doing??? I think I'm doing pretty good considering it's TOM There guys here and I don't want to offend them.

I'm doing great with the Beat the Bulge game and am looking forward to game#2 starting on Monday 13/06,any of you interested??It would be nice to have some Canadians participating(hehe),just a thought.
The weather here is pretty nice,it's +1 right now and up to +6 on Thursday supposedly.we'll have to wait and see!!
Have a good day,eh.
Wendy

Angie -- OUCH !! Your poor son!! Hope things heal up real soon :hug:...

Today was a super duper gorgeous day, I ran 8k in record time for me, 56 minutes...

Ilene, that is fantastic! Is there a goal you want involving your running?
Is running 8 km a normal thing?

Well went and saw the Dr. took over 3 hours...I was exhausted and in so much pain. But we did get not 1 but two types of pain relievers for Brandon, T3s and another that is also an antiflamitory....

weather was great today...nice and warm,,,had all the windows I could reach open. so when i came home it seemed fresh in the house...

Hi Gang . . . Nova Scotia is still attached to the rest of Canada . . . weather is fairly mild here, too and the sun keeps coming and going. It was beautiful yesterday (I think I remember it). I'm still not feeling 100% but it's coming along. Of course, when I read your posts, Angie, I realize how lucky I am. I hope everybody is feeling better really soon.

Welcome to Snowflake and Mrs. Moby. I'll look forward to hearing more from you. Glad to have you aboard "HMS Losing-It".

See you soon. Keep on fighting the good fight.

Hey everyone!

I thought i would introduce myself! My name is Charlene, i'm 23 years old and i live in Abbotsford, BC (as most of you probably know, it's an hour outside of Vancouver) It's cold and looks like rain here today (surprise surprise!)

Hope everyone is doing well! :)

Good afternoon everyone! Thanks for all the welcome's!

Angie - I'll be sending positive thoughts your way for you and your son. Hope you're both feeling better soon!

It was a nice day here on the shores of Lake Huron and it's looking like the temperature is going to be going up all the way through to the weekend. They are calling for thunderstorms though which is always wierd when there's still tons of snow around. Oh well, all that rain should take a bunch of it away. I can't wait for spring! :-)

Welcome aboard, Lejellybean. Come and visit often.

Hello Canada
 

Hello Canada.
Sitting here in Saskatchewan. Lots of snow melting today, we got about 30 cm last week, so its a heck of a mess out there. Looking forward to getting to the gym this evening and pushing myself hard. Went last evening and it felt good. I have figured out that the only way to make it work...is if there is sweat involved.

Take care all.
Christine

Hey Charlene! Welcome,,,

Christine, hope you have a good workout!

What a warm day here,,,had the windows in my bedroom whide open,,and I relaxed,,,watched Smallville,,,finished season 1 and now have 2 to watch.

Ate clean till I had not one but two muffins,,,washed it down with a coke...duh what is wrong with me?

ANGEEEEE -- Step away from the MUFFINS :angel: on your shoulder .... :lol: Aw heck we all have those days you have the rest of the day to eat clean...

Today I worked chest and triceps at the gym, ran around and did errands, corrected DD French essay :faint: ... swam for an hour tonight to destress from the correction...

This weekend I am going to a Yoga camp in Val Morin Quebec for some R & R and snowshoeing :dance: can't wait :D....

Wow, lots of new folks! Welcome all.

I have some great news...I've lost over 25 lbs. I'm down 27.2 lbs. now and tht was a big goal for me.

My broken ankle is healing well now and I can walk on it. I'll be out of cast in two more weeks! Yipee! Our community has an Inernational Women's Day event every year. It's tonight and I'll be going. Then we're going to the city on Friday for a couple of days and I'll be eating out there. Get to see our granddaughter in the city as well as our three kids and their significant others. Love that.

Not much more news. Hope everyone is doing well.

Good Morning from Nova Scotia . . . Our two beautiful spring-like days have ended and we have snow on the ground again . . . not too much, mind you, but snow just the same. Oh well . . . it will eventually be Spring.

Glad everyone is doing pretty good with the exercise routines. Don't worry too much about those muffins (. . . we all need a treat once in awhile . . .) unless the pattern continues.

Nothing too exciting in my world. Eating and moving are within acceptable bounds and I just keep plodding along. Have a great day, everybody. Keep up the good work. :carrot:

Today, just off the shores of Lake Huron :) It's 5C but windy and wet!

Hey all, thought it was going to be beautiful today but Hubby just called to say they closed part of the highway due to storm. Batten down the hatches.

Maggie be careful, hopefully the storm is only over here and you don't miss out your city trip.
And be careful with the foot,,,try to keep it up as much as possible. Its been 9 months for me but I still remember that horrible achy feel.

Ilene, have a fantastic time at your retreat.

Meowee are you feeling better?

Brandon has been maintaining the pain alot better, he can now shuffle along instead of crawling. He has a nasty cold, sinus and all.
My big plans today is to make a few calls, having to organize and gather some props for a play
ok no more muffins! I really mean all the muffins are gone now. lol

:wave: it's suntan weather here.it's 10 degrees here meowee are you awol today. :lol: :) glen

It's more like rain-burn weather here today, Glen, but it is fairly mild and most of yesterday's snow has gone again. At this time of year, I get a little dose of SAD when the sun doesn't shine. At least the days are getting longer and that's a good sign. :)

Nothing much else around here is noteworthy. I'm hanging in there, doing good things in the eating and moving departments, although I can almost feel the need for a binge sneaking up on me. I'm fighting it . . . and so far I'm ahead. :carrot:

Have a great day, all, and here is a double dose of :dust: :dust: to keep us going.

Afternoon all! Just wanted to check in even though I don't have any good news to speak of. I came down with a sore throat/cold Wednesday night, am up a pound for this week (ugh!) and just got a call from my Mom telling me she had to call the ambulance to take my dad to the hospital. (He had surgery 3 weeks ago and keeps having complications) Soo, I'm just trying to pass some time until she calls again to give me an update. Thank heavens for excercise and it's stress reducing benefits!

Hey Carol, I hope your dad is ok,,,,

Meowee Ive heard of people with SAD getting a certain light to help them.

Nothing new here,,,slept alot yesterday, and didn't sleep well last night so Im hoping I don't get myself into a bad cycle of sleeping during the day and not at night.
its cold here minus 10...snowing.

It is gorgeous here today. Not only did I take my jacket off to do some outside work, I'm going for a walk in just my sweater. Ah spring!

Rained all morning but the sun came out this afternoon. Supposed to be sunny again tomorrow and Monday and the temperature is supposed to hit 10C. I hope so.

Angie . . . I don't think I really have SAD, per se. I think its just cabin fever.

Carol . . . Sending you my best wishes for your Dad's recovery.

SusanB . . . Guess we'll have Ontario to thank for our mild weather for the next couple of days. I just hope Calgary's snow fades out before it gets to you.

Have a good evening, everybody.

We're supposed to have flurries on Tuesday. Best make sure I walk again tomorrow.

The sun is here. It's a beautiful morning, but still a little too windy to be considered comfy. But thanks, Ontario, we know you did your best. If the wind goes down it will be really delightful.

hi meowee it's cloudy here and it was sunny here yesterday. :) :coffee:
glen

Don't send us any cloudy, Glen. I want more sun.