Hi everyone!

It started out cloudy this morning but the afternoon has shaped up nice weather wise--the sun is shining. I'm hoping for another sunny day tomorrow so I can take advantage and get outside for a walk over my lunch hour.

I went to my meeting at noon today and was down another 1# taking me to 138 ... I'm pretty excited about the weightloss since it's been so long since I've been down in the 130's. I'm wondering if being off the bc pills has something to do with this...hmmm. I'm not complaining. My ultimate goal has always been to get back to 135; I was there back in 1987 (pre-ww) and would love to get there again and maintain it. We'll see.

I'm meeting my dh and boys at our rec center tonight after work to do some walking while they play basketball. It's been a stressful day at work today so the walking will be good.

Hope everyone has a great WI!

yeah melissa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and a big good luck to myra.

i'm off to drink another 96 oz. of water

lala

HI gals,
I am new to this thread. I have been on the Fab 40s thread since July 4, and have lost over 30 lb since then. Myra good to see you here. I am getting very close to my personal goal and know from past experience that maintenance is my biggest downfall (I have been lifetime since 1995). I think it is way harder than loosing weight. Just thought that I would drop in here and see what kind of tips all of you maintainers have for keeping yourselves fit and svelt

JanieD
179/146.5/143

Good seeing you here too Janie!

Melissa, kudos on the loss! That's great. Did you keep any of your clothes from '87 that you can wear now?

Hi Janie; congrats on your 30-lb loss. I agree, maintenance is harder than losing. This board really helps, though!

Myra, I hope everything went well yesterday.

Lala, I have to know, why are you looking for a cloudless day in 1998?

Dh, Dad and I are heading to the beach this weekend, so I'm hoping to get lots of walking in. Too bad it'll be too cold to swim! May also take my kayak, if the waves in the bay aren't too bad. I'm so glad y'all chose exercise for the challenge topic; I really need to recommit to that. No gyms down here in the boondocks, so we have to look hard for different stuff to do.

Melissa - woo hoo! It is pretty exciting to be in the 130's. I can't remember the last time I was in the 130's and I know how good it feels.

Janie and Janet - Welcome - you've have found a great group of women thattotally support each other - I'm so glad I found them.

Seasaw - Hope your week is going well.

lala - I have an amazing DH. He works in the evening so he cooks all of the meals at our house. He calculates the points for them and leaves me messages with all point information. He cooks everything low fat, low cal etc. I could not have done this without him!

Laurel - where are you?

Myra - take a deep breath - everything will be ok. Please remember to look after yourself.

Patch - Glad to hear the computer is up and running and thanks for starting the new 12 week challenge! Let's do it ladies!

Kena

Hiya everyone.

I'm coming down with something again. This is really strange. Its a once a month one day killer death train ran over me cold and then it miraculously leaves. I think its related to my TOM. Anyways, dragging today.

Kena- I love that DH calculates points. What a sweetie. DP said something rather irritating last night about "processed white trash foods", so I refused to talk to her except to explain the benefits of processed cheese slices as a miracle adhesive. I have to admit, I am eating way more processed foods than I ever have. Time to get back to whole foods, except for the luscious amounts of goat cheeses and artisanal breads that come into our home.

Janet- I'm looking for satellite imagery near Monterey Bay for a work and class project. I am trying to find a relationship between satellite-derived sea surface temperature and temperatures collected by instruments deployed in the same area at the same time. I'm then going to see if I can develop some sort of algorithim to compare them or figure out what kind of corrections need to be made. More info than you needed. Suffice it to say, I found one good image out of about 100 I looked for. I hope I can get it done quickly.

Patch- good to see you! How's the new job?

Kt- How goes it? I hope you are having better luck with job hunting.

Laurel- I'm going to call the raritan, new joisey police to put out a APB for you.

Melissa- again, way to go on the loss. I am so happy for you.

Myra- are you an accountant? Please don't stress, your journals are faboo and unless you are eating a couple of packages of thin mint gs cookies after you post, you are not out of control.

So, here, life goes on. In my DP's departure, I am left with all sorts of new job responsibilties. Some I like, some I don't, but looks like my dream job of project manager can soon be a reality. Too bad I don't get a raise too.

Well, after my tome, I must bid you adieu and get some work done.

lala

Not an accountant, but it does have to do with numbers. I edit an annual statistical yearbook that goes to the printer the beginning of May on top of all of the usual writing I do. I am a freelance writer.

Hi all! Thanks for the congrats...

Janet: No, I didn't keep any of my clothes from before, of course, now they're pretty outdated.

I have to share this with everyone...I had a black pantsuit that I bought after reaching my WW goal 3 years ago...anyway, I pulled on the slacks this morning and they're really loose! What an incredible feeling. I have a belt on to keep them up! Anyway, it's a strange feeling knowing that these aren't snug and that I can actually take off my jacket without having any bulges,

Lala: My allergies started kicking up with the Spring-like temps and things starting to bud so I started taking my Zyrtec again. The itchy throat and stuffiness have cleared up since I started taking them again.

Janie: Glad to have your here!

Weather here was chilly but sunny...I managed to get outside and get some walking in over the lunch hour today. Also had a meeting across campus so I managed to get another short walk in as well.

It's good to see the board hopping again

Hi all. I feel so out of touch with everyone, but I hope to be around more often over the next few weeks.

First of all, hi and welcome to Janet and JanieD. It's great to have some new folks in the group; I've learned a lot and received loads of support from this thread and I know you will too.

Melissa - you go girl! I am so proud of you. I knew that the hard and steady effort would pay off at some point.

Myra - of all the people who are NOT out of control, you head the list. I haven't had time to catch up on all of the posts, but I gather you are worried about your points? I've seen your journal girl and I echo lala's comments.

Okay lala, enough shop talk! This is the kind of thing DH gets into from time to time. I am so happy there are people in the world who like this kind of work. I know it is responsible for so much of our progress. If it were left to me, we'd still be living in caves - counting points of course - but chiselling them onto stone tablets and lugging them off to WW meetings.

Kena: He calculates points and leaves you notes??!! I've changed my mind about cloning...make me a copy, quick!

I hope to resume my regular running schedule today, altho there's word of snow for this evening so it may be indoors on the treadmill. We don't have any big plans for the weekend and that's fine with me. We've been out to dinner and various other functions which centre around eating much too often in the past two months. I just want to stay home and eat veggies.

Lala, that study sounds fascinating; thanks for explaining it! Sure hope you get to feeling better soon. And congrats on the project manager job!

Seasaw, thanks for the welcome; I can tell, y'all are a very supportive and friendly group.

Melissa, you must not be a packrat like me, then. (Although I did throw out all my "before" clothes, I still have a few things from college, 1970's no less! And you're right, they're way outdated, all but the jeans and boots.) How great that your goal-wt pantsuit is loose!

Kena, what a terrific DH you have! Did he always love to cook, or did he learn when you started ww?

Well, the kayak's in the minivan, Dad's packed and ready to go, and Dh and I are through w/work, so we're headed for the beach. Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Regards,
Jan

[b]Janet[/n]- I got news for you, your boots and jeans are in style again.

Ach, at work with a full on something in my body. My beloved brother, the ENT, thought that I may have some sort of low-grade immune problem. I think he'll spend the day looking up my wierd symptoms. Always nice to have a reassuring doctor in the family.

Anyways, it snowed this am, hard and I whussed out on going to yoga and to my ww meeting. Its my TOM and I just couldn't bear it. I may still run over tomorrow (new week and have to pay for missed meeting) and consider it done. I'll have to find a meeting for the week I'm in LA too.

So, anyways, back to moving images and making silly little web pages.

lala