Kerry - That's so cool that you're doing this with your daughter! She has a great role model in you ;)
Thank you for the congratulations - I missed that before :)
I envy you that kickboxing DVD! I think I seriously need to invest in a DVD or two...maybe Walking Away the Pounds, or a Strip one ;) Ooo, DB could probably rent me one for free!! (Perks of being a Blockbuster boy hehe)
Mermaid - Luckily, my guy is in school, too, so if I sit down and do homework, he often does, too. Then there are the times when I'm plugging away, and he watches movies :lol:
Ginger - Considering the amount of time I've been spending on the forums lately, I'm definately not working too hard! :lol: On schoolwork, anyway...working just 4 or 5 hours after school seems to kick my *** royally.

I feel like I forgot someone! This thread is so much fun, but sometimes hard to keep up with all the posts by various people :lol:

My eating yesterday was good(ish). I tried a SlimDown protein bar for lunch...it's 140 calories, like 9 grams of fibre and 16 or 19 grams of protein, sweetened with sucralose. It was gross! It kept me full for awhile, though (sitting down, anyway). I nibbled too much at work. Tonight is my last night at the icecream parlor...I was going to stay on maybe one day a week, but I think for the sake of my attempt to cut sugar out of my diet, I need to say so long :)
Otherwise, I got mostly protein, and I got in a LOT of walking. Today is going to be another great day! :cb:

I hope everyone has a great Thursday! :hug: (One more day until the weekend!!)

Hi!
I know Penelope, it can be so hard keeping up with lots of posters. I totally admit to liking smaller threads- sometimes they are lonely, but rather that than me trying to keep track of many buddies. Glad your eating was ok.....keep it up!

Kerry, my sister in sweat, how are you today? Get some workout time in?

Mermaid-hang in there.......hope you are feeling better! Gotta love those kids with homework, midterms, etc......I really think it was easier when they were babies.

Gotta go get ready to face the masses for a fun afternoon. Ugh......
Take care
G

Hello girlies,
Posted a quick note to Gin last night to explain that I'm sick with laryngitis and various symptoms of a head/chest cold. My voice goes between teen boy going through puberty, Demi Moore back in the day, and a rather odd cross between Isaac Hayes and Barry White! :) I haven't walked in 2 days as I'm finding breathing / coughing / wetting my pants all the exercise that I need for right now! I'm miserable....and of course can NOT take off a day from work as these are the very last days of the semester! Anyway.

My sons are having exams. DS1 can't get through exams with out some SpEd drama! (Not complying with IEP YET AGAIN!) DS2 just put a semester project in his book bag.... He also has a Civics exam tomorrow, so I need to go help him review his notes!

Tomorrow. My first born will be 16. SHHHHESSH! That means birthday cake! :) I CAN do this. I WILL do this! I AM doing this! I need to update my ticker to show that I've removed 2 more pounds from my fanny!

Sorry not to get personal.... civics notebook on my lap as I type!
((hugs)) of strength and support to you all!
take care,
meeee

Ginger - I kinda like big threads...it keeps things popping :)

Mermaid - Wow, chicky! Your life is so busy :dizzy:

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Where is Summerrrr? Did I miss something?

I am on my way into day three of no bingeing :cheer: I am also sore from speed walking everywhere and scooping icecream at work. Oh, that euphoric feeling of well worked muscles :D

:hug: to everyone. Happy Friday!!! ;)

Hi Penelope, Mermaid and Ginger,
Just a quick note to say hi! Have been busy getting my workouts in every day for 30 minutes, then eating healthy too, and doing all my work for school. Squeezing in a few moments for my Avon and a few minutes to relax. Going on a field trip tomorrow to Pittsburgh to the Carnigie Science Center. Leaving school on a school bus at 6 in the morning and have to be at the musuem by 10. But it takes a good 4 hours or more to get there. Then spending the day there until 5 and heading back. They plan on having us back at school by 10. So it is going to be a long day. Guess I will get in some reading time. LOL No workout in the morning for me. Just walking around the museum tomorrow.
Penelope I use to work in a DQ and an ice cream palor at college. So I know what you mean. Hope things are going well for you today. I love my Walk away the Pounds dvd's. They really make me sweat and feel good after I do them. Hope you find some workout dvd's that you like.
Mermaid tell your ds Happy Birthday. Where does the time go? My sdd will be 12 in two months and my sds' will be 10 in three months. I remember when I first met them at 6 and 4. The time sure does fly. You will do well with the cake. Just have a small piece. Hope you are feeling better. Sending hugs your way.
Ginger my sister in sweat, so how has your stress eating been? I hope that you are regaining some control. Are you feeling any better? Hope your charges were good for you the last couple of days on the bus.
Well girlies, I am going to get off of here. Watch a little bit of tv and then go to bed. Have a great weekend!
Chat with you all later,
Kerry

Hey ya'll.............. WHAT A WEEK! TGIF! I am still not feeling well. My voice is still rather, um, lets call it husky! Our oldest turned 16 today. Man, do we feel ancient! Cake is one of my huge trigger foods. ....I had a small slice and I'm ignoring the sound of it calling my name! Going to bed instead! My electric blanket is calling me LOUDER! So. For now, I'm calling it a week, a day, a year in my kiddos life.... !
take care, type to you tomorrow!

talk to you all tomorrow!

Kerry - That was a heck of a quick note! :lol: Do you type 85 wpm, or something? J/K ;)
Good for you for sticking with the exercise and eating :cheer: And keeping up with your homework...I know how tempting it can be to procrastinate (like I'm doing right now :p)
Enjoy your field trip! I want to hear all about it. DB and I went to a museum in our town a couple of months ago. It was my first time at a museum, and it was really cool. I want to go to several more.
I don't have kids, but my neice turned 3 last year, and my nephew turned 1. Just the other day, I was thinking about how cuddly they are when they're just little babies, and I felt sad. It's so bittersweet to be a part of a child's life, but so wonderful :)
I was just reading over the thread again, and you mentioned that you had read The Choice, by Nicholas Sparks. How was it? I love Nicholas Sparks! The Notebook is my DB's favorite romantic movie of all time :)

Mermaid - I hope you feel all better soon! :bravo: on the cake! That's awesome!

Hi :wave: to Ginger and Summerrrr.

I'm working on day 4 binge free :cb: I'm having a cup of java, and then it's off to get ready for work...I work 4 hours at the grocery store, and then right after, 3 hours at the icecream shop. Last night, I had a friend over and it was really nice to just be a couch potato, have a few drinks, and gab.

Have a great weekend, ladies! Lots of :dust: to you :)

Hello, girlies!

Hope the weekend has been good to you AND that you have been good to yourselves! I have continued to be lazy this weekend. I've got one heck of a cold that I just can't get rid of!

So, Penelope, Congratulations on your BingeControl! Working in a grocery store AND an icecream shop? I would be a total mess! Did you get your homework done? Hope so!

Kerry, right after I asked you about that ball, I was flipping through tv and I saw that ball for myself! So, do you like it? Does it make a difference? It seems like it would just knowing how those moves work and imagining having something under you! At another point in my life, 1000 years ago, back in college, in a required gym class (when I THOUGHT I was huge but wasn't EVEN really CLOSE to be large let alone HUGE! SIGHHH), the coach had us doing crunches with a towel rolled up, stuck in the small of our back. She also had us only coming up part way... gotta remember this was the full "sit up" era. We thought she had lost her mind! WHO knew she was ahead of her time?!?! Hope that you've enjoyed your weekend trip to the museum! I luv, luv, luv a good museum! :)

Gin, How goes it chicka? Hope you've enjoyed the weekend! I survived the boys exams. SO DID THEY. It was a close call. The youngest is in full "I*hate*the*world*Don't*care*about*school*wait*unt il*mom*screams*THEN*
react*"mode. He is a sweet kid REALLY but MANNNNN! Of course, we can't forget that YES, once again, for the 10th year, I had to REMIND the hs to follow the oldest kids educational plan..... I'm going to have to agree. Babies were so much easier! Oh, don't want to forget! For his birthday, DH gave DS an old beat up Bronco of ours that isn't even CLOSE to being road ready. You would have thought it was a Lamborgini! DS is thrilled! He has talked about getting this truck since he was about 8 SO we've fulfilled his dream. (giggle, giggle, giggle!) I told him to get that hunk of junk of his out of my yard!

Well. Enough from mee! I've put a roast in the crock pot. DH is at work. Need to address the laundry and living area! I'm sure a nap will be thrown in there too! Tomorrow is a work day at school so THAT is exciting! :)
Will check in to hear how you all are later today! Make good choices for what your reach for AND how much you reach for! Move that fanny of yours! (Once I get to the point where I don't send myself into coughing fits with any sort of physical activity, I will heed my own advice!)

Ya'll take care!

Mermaid, I hope you feel better soon..

good luck to everyone. :)

Thanks, wannabe! I can't believe the weekend is over ALREADY!
SIGHHHH!

Mermaid - Thank you for the kudos :) Sometimes I feel like a mess...mostly with stress, and sometimes because of tempation at the icecream shop...I usually just promise myself a skinny paralyzer (1% milk and diet coke) when I get home at night ;) It helps with the sugar cravings AND the stress :lol:
No, I didn't get my homework done...and I'm still not :p There's no one at school, though! One of our teachers isn't even here. I wish I had stayed home. Our truck wouldn't start, and we are in the middle of a cold snap. I was a block of ice by the time I got to school!
I agree...where the heck did the weekend go??? How are you feeling?

wannabethin - Thanks, chicky. How'd you do?

:wave: to all the other girls. Is anyone else getting this weather? Either way, drive safe, stay warm, and lots of :dust: and :hug:

Having lots of fun here in vacationland.........;):dizzy:
Wish I had time for a long hello, just wanted you to know I am still alive and ok. Dh fell off a step stool at his mothers while trying to make a repair- it was a cheappieceof**** plastic step stool and most likely broke his ankle.
The xray showed a hairline fracture, waiting for the MRI to confirm. And for those of you who know my Dh.......well we are just having a ton of fun here!:dizzy:
Stay well. Be back when I can post more and get personal.
G

Oh dear! Gin, I am so sorry to hear that your dh has broken his ankle! I'm so so sorry! ((((hugs)))) Hang in there......don't kill him! Don't forget to be good to YOU! GOOD LUCK!

Get your homework done, Penelope! Hope the vehicle problems are a thing of the past!

I must go finish my report cards..... MUST. They are due tomorrow! MUST!
This cold is lingering.... Controlled my eating today. Got most of my water in. Walked a bit this morning with my friends at school.... Felt good to be back at it! Nearly have a voice left at the end of the day! but I still just want to go to bed ...but must do those report cards!

Later girlies!
take care,
meeee

Evening Ladies,
Well I survived my fieldtrip to Pittsburgh on a school bus 4 hours one way. Then yesterday cleaned house and fought with my dh. So I was glad to come back to school today. Have to laugh because dh went to the doctor's today and was told that he has to watch his weight. He is twenty pounds over weight and the doctor is concerned. Remember when he would give me fits over my weight and make snide comments. But I told him that this is fine because we can help his daughter better this way. Enough about me!
Penelope, the fieldtrip was awesome! The musem was a lot of fun. They had a sub to tour, a sports works building and then the four floors of exhibits. So you would definately have to spend the whole day there from start to close to see everything. Think I have convinced my dh to take the kids there this summer. Hope your week is off to a good start. The Choice is a really good book. Makes you do a lot of thinking at the end, about if you were faced with that choice which way would you go. I highly recommend you get it and read it.
Mermaid glad that you and your boys made it through exams. Hope that you start to feel better soon. Don't you always have a terrible time in the winter months with staying healthy? Sending hugs your way. Hope your week got off to a great start!
Ginger, sorry to hear about dh. Hope he doesn't drive you too insane. If so, just pop in a walking video and sweat your troubles away.
Welcome Wannabethin! How is your week going so far?
Well I am going to sign off here. I have to put a flyer in my new Avon books and then I think I am going to go to bed early for a change. Chat with you all tomorrow.
Have a great evening!
Kerry

Mermaid- you get those nasty report cards done?! Its great to hear of you being really back on program! I am so excited for you! Glad you are getting some walking in too- even 15 minutes is one AP! Hope your voice is doing better too. And some unrequested advice about raising teens.......when the going gets tough, the tough get walking. Seriously, when I get really, really annoyed with an adolescent (even the adult adolescent with the broken ankle) I go for a walk. First of all, it keeps me from committing murder, and it keeps me from stress eating. And thanks for the advice, I was good to me this am.....had my hair done (I made the appointment 6 weeks ago, timing is everything!)

Kerry-thought of you this am,my sister in sweat. (did my kick box tape) Glad your trip was so great and that you enjoyed it. You have a meeting tonite, right? Blessings from the scale fairy....hope it goes well. Kind of nice that Dh has been told to lose some weight too- perhaps it will help him to be more supportive of your efforts. And what a great example it can be for his Dd.

Wannabe-Glad to meet you!
Penelope and Summer- how are you doing? (Summerrrr we miss you........)

So far, so good. My eating has been ok- and I did get that DVD in.
Better go get ready to face the monsters this afternoon.
See ya later!
G