Hi Girls,

Today was a day from **** at work but I survived it. There was a lot of arguing. I was surrounded by it but I prayed, stayed busy & tried to block out as much as I could. Now I'm off for 3 days & I'm so happy.:D Can you tell by my big smile?

Jen, wtg with your first exam this semester. You make us proud. ;) Dave will be 31 on Saturday. He's going out with his friends so we're taking him out for lunch & cutting a small cake. My family let us down but that's okay, Im not going to let it get to me. You are so right about how hard it is to consistently try & make the right choices the rest of our lives. This the best we can do. All these other diets cut out one thing or another. WW is the healthiest & the easiest.

JanieD, this is what Terri wrote. I sent her what you wrote about her.
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From Terri:
Tell everyone hi and I miss them too. I do check in and lurk once in awhile. You are so sweet to send this in. Tell JanieD not to stress herself out too much by using time goals. Each day she will be getting better and better. Go 1 day at a time and the lessened stress will do her a lot of good. If she isn't quite there by summer she will still look better than she did before.
Terri
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It's so nice hearing from her. We really need to plan a day for all of us to chat. We can set a time & go into a private chat room. I've done that with David, my brother & my nephew.

Myra, glad to hear you lost 1 lb. That's not bad.:)

Hi Dianne, Ruth, Sandy, Viola & Pogo. :wave:

Till tomorrow.

Love,
Es

Hello my friends ~

Well, another Friday is here tomorrow.....whew!! Thank goodness! I really have had a hard week, both with getting back into work and into eating right so now that this week is just about over, I think I'll be okay.....

Es and Jen ~ thank you so much for your encouraging and uplifting words.

I am taking steps to get back on track. I have taken my treadmill out, bought a VCR for the bedroom and will be getting some workout tapes this weekend. I will go to the grocery store either tomorrow or Saturday and I am going to start back to the gym Saturday morning. Wow, I know this sounds like alot but girls, I've been really bad, bad, bad this week.

I know this might sound contradictory but even though I've been so bad, bad, bad.....I am really SO ready to be doing well. We are planning a vacation again, for our anniversary which is the first week in May. We're going to Williamsburg, VA with friends so I have 2 whole months to be good and I know I can look great by then....well, much better anyway. :)

thanks again for your kindness and uplifting words. I really appreciate you all..........(hi Terri)

Zoe, that's the spirit. Those are the steps you need to take to be ready . Exercise is the key, always remember that. Even when you've blown it & if you've been exercising you burn off some calories but if you've blown it without exercise those calories just sit there. You hang in there. ;)

Today I'll be out most of the day. I have to go to the mall to buy David's birthday gift & WW. I have to rejoin cause I missed a couple of meetings. I'm going to another center cause it's better than the one nearby. The other one is about 10 minutes away. The leader is an aerobics instructor & she's in her late 30's maybe early 40's. I like that she talks about exercising. My kind of gal.:D

I'll be back tonight.

Have a great day:wave:

Love,
Es

Test! This is Terri

Jen,
Congratulations on your exam. You and Ruth are such conscientious students. I am sure Steve would love to have the 2 of you in his classes.
To answer your question, I was squeezing into a 14 and refusing to admit I really needed size 16. It was really nice to fit into a 10 again.

Es,
Thank you for being the go-between for Terri and I. If you post her e-mail I will thank her directly. As usual she hit the nail on the head. I am such a stickler for deadlines that I feel I have to make them for everything. This is a lifetime thing and I just have to stop stressing over it.

Myra,
Congratulations on your 1 lb loss!! You are so focused girl... keep up the great work!

Hi to Pogo, Dianne,Sandy,etc....
JanieD

Janie,
We "older women" make the best students.......and employees.......:lol: Thanks for the compliment. I've always regretted not having gone to college; now that I am, I'm determined to do it with honors.

Es,
Sorry to hear you had such a lousy Thursday at work. Enjoy your lunch with David...and wish him a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY for me. :hb:

Zoe,
Your determination is great! You're bound to enjoy a lighter new you when you go on vacation for your anniversary. :)

HI :wave: to everyone. Hope we hear from all of you this weekend. Sandy, how're your folks doing?

~Jen

Great to see you here, Terri!

Hi:wave:

I was out all day today so I'm pooped.:yawn: Just poppin in to say hello.

Terri!!! I hope this time it works. You've been gone too long.

Jen, thank you for wishing David a Happy Birthday. I just spoke to him a little while ago & he sounds so happy. He's looking forward to tomorrow to spend time with us then with his friends.

JanieD, 14 is so tight on me right now. I can't stand it. I'm hoping to be size 12 by the summer. Size 10 is perfect.

Hi Dianne, Myra, Ruth, Sandy, Viola & Pogo:wave:

Till tomorrow.

Es

Hey ladies, hope everyone had a great week and your looking forward to a good weekend. I should be studying, but I thought I'd log on for a moment and say hello.

Well, I not only haven't been posting or visiting the chat room much, but I also missed two weeks of ww weigh in. I had a 2.2 lb gain for the two weeks. Now it is time to get back on track!!

I wish the weather would warm up, maybe Spring would put a little bounce in my step!! I just can't seem to get motivated to exercise.

Everyone take care,
Ruth

Well, I convinced myself to get on the treadmill tonight. Only stayed on it 30 minutes, but hey, it's a start!!


Nite,
Ruth

Good morning my buddies :wave:

Sorry I've been MIA lately. Works been soooooo crazy that by the time I get home, I just wanna eat, take a shower, maybe get comfy on the couch and try to watch a show on tv - I say "try" since I wind up falling asleep, lol.

I've missed you guys. I spoke to terri by e-mail the other day, she says hi and she misses everyone. She said Bruce is working on getting her computer fixed.

Well, just came from saturday morning WI and so surprised and happy to have lost 1.8 lbs.!!! It has been going so slow for me, like .8, maybe 1 lb., etc. that this was really a great loss for me. I have 2 food challenges this weekend though. Today a bridal shower and tomorrow my granddaughter, Strawberry Irish Puffy Jade, is being "dedicated". Sort of like a baptism, but not, lol. Her parents are born again christians. Alana and her older brother Darren will be the baby's sponsors.

Speaking of Alana, she came home last night and we hadn't seen each other for 5 weeks. She said "OMG, mom, you lost weight, you look beautiful"!!! I knew there was a reason I always liked her, :lol: I felt like crying.

To all those struggling, hang in there. One day at a time. We are gonna have ups and downs. Remember this is for the rest of our lives, its not just an "easy fix". I'm really glad to be back at ww, but I don't fool myself for one minute, its up to me to get what I can out of this. And I know I will struggle and I know I will gain and lose, but that's okay, that's life! This is not a race.

Sorry, I'm not trying to preach here, cause we are all in the same boat and all very supportive of each other. That's what I love about coming here, plus you're all a little "kooky" like me, so I fit, :lol:

Happy Birthday to Jessica and David - hope you all enjoy your time together.

Hi, Jen, Es, Ruth, Zoe girl, Janie, Pogo, Viola, Myra (congrats on your 1 lb. loss) and Terri (come back to us). Hope you have a great Saturday. Will try to come back tomorrow night.

Hugs,
Dianne

First of all........

Ruth, it's great that you got on the treadmill! The point is.......you did it. Good for you.

Dianne, first of all, congrat on another loss. :D You must be looking good; way to go to Alana for seeing it and giving you your due!!!! And, have fun tomorrow at Jade's dedication.

We were hit by a big winter storm; got about 4 inches of snow last night; now it's coming down heavily again, supposed to get about 6 more inches.

Jess,etc., were supposed to have come for dinner tonight; they live about 30 miles away however, so it wouldn't have been a very good idea for them to travel in this. We're hosting St. Patrick's Day dinner here, on Saturday, the 16th; looks as tho we'll also be celebrating Jess's birthday.

later,
~Jen

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. It has been quiet around my house. I did manage to get out last night in the cold weather. I've been wanting bookshelves for my computer room and I finally went to Walmart and bought them. Hopefully Maurice will put them together next weekend and I'll be able to pick up this pile of junk on the floor!!

I've also got some studying in yesterday and plan on studying most of this afternoon.

My scale was down this morning a little, just hope the ww scale is as kind next week!! I hope I can walk off the 2 lbs I gained!! I've decided to eat a high fiber cereal every morning, hoping that will curve those munchies that I've been dealing with.

Well my daughter Angela is calling so I most go, check in later.

Ruth

Hello my buddies,

Ruth, I love Walmart. They have everything & at low prices. My son just bought an entertainment center that was $80 marked down to $40. He thought they made a mistake but they said it was on sale. It's a really nice one too. About high fiber cereals, Pete eats Fiber One every morning. I like Total. I usually throw in 1/2 banana.

Jen, I wish we would have at least one snow storm before the spring weather gets here. We haven't had much rain either. Happy Birthday to Jess.

Dave's birthday turned out nice. I bought him an ice cream cake from Carvel. It's his favorite. I didn't have any!!!! I was so busy serving everybody(bro. & family) that I served, cleaned up & left early because his friends were coming by to pick him up at 7:00. We ate at the Olive Garden. We were so full. I ate salad first so by the time my order came I wasn't hungry anymore. I have another birthday in 2 weeks.:rolleyes:

Dianne, baby dedications are the same as the baptisms. The only thing we use annointed oil instead of holy water. Hope you had a blessed day. How much do you weigh now if you don't mind me asking? It must have felt so good with the compliment Alana gave you.;) She knows her Mom is looking good.

I guess Terri is still having a hard time with her computer:(

Time to go lurk.

Be back tomorrow:wave:
Hugs,
Es

Happy Sunday Afternoon Ladies ~

Well, the weekend is just about over.....AGAIN. I was very productive this weekend, caught up on some things that I've been letting go. Scrubbed the main bathroom and was on my hands and knees doing the floor and I am hurting today! I really AM out of shape. So the treadmill is now in my bedroom, the new VCR is also in there and I bought a beginners kickboxing tape. I am SO ready!! :)

Es ~ thanks so much for your kind words. I am so glad I have you's guys

Terri ~ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that you (BAMA)?????.....come back, come back!!

Jen ~ older women??? older women??? where??? here??? I don't see any older women here.......:lol: Oh, you mean US?????? Holy cow, you DO mean us.....hehehehe

Ruth ~ I'm going to give what I get from y'all.....just pick yourself up and keep on going. We all have days, weeks, even months where we don't do very well.....I really believe that missing the weigh in makes it worse....for me anyway. Hey, ONLY 30 MINUTES????? I am starting my new exercise program tomorrow and if I make 10 minutes, I'll be happy......WTG girl!!

Dianne ~ good going on losing that 1.8 lbs!! So glad that you were able to see Alana after all those weeks. I'm sure that you would have loved the visit even if she didn't say you look like you lost weight. :) (Loved the Zoe girl thing.......ever hear their music??)

hi to everyone else. Have a great evening and enjoy the rest of your weekend, what's let of it. Here's to a new start for those who need it.................