200+ (Week 48) "Hot for Halloween"

pinbotchick

Yep it's def mon!!! Packed my lunch but left sitting on counter. My 2nd client passed out while I was working with her. Called 911, she was unconcious for about 2 min - enough time for me to lay her down on ground and prop feet up. My heart was going 1000 beats a min. Ambulance people only found low blood pressure but took her to ER for a work up. Im still shaky and it's been 2 hours. At least her husband thanked me for being there. So yeah I ate a big bag of munchos 260 cal plus some chicken wrap that the gas station sells. Now my headaches and I can't tell my other clients due to HIPPA laws. (*sighs*)

I just finished reading "through a dogs eyes" by Jennifer Arnold. Very good true story on how she trains dogs to assist handicap people. I taped a PBS special about it.

Kendal - Joey def is a dirt bag!!! Yes it is your fault you're getting a divorce (*wink*)- you choose to be an intelligeent woman and not suffer his cr@p any more!!! I remember you giving him chances that he blew. He is the only one responsible for his actions. If my husband cheated, he'd be gone too.

I hope the rest of the days goes well for us all.

Amy - I love the library.

mish3131

Having a good day! Just did some shopping and picked up some snacks for work then tomorrow I will pick up my fruit for the week at work. I must say, doing food shopping on my lunch for my work breakfast/lunch has really worked out for me. Now, where are those chocolate covered 100 calorie pretzels...:)

Laceylala

So far so good today...eating well, having a decent day at work...yeah me. New tv shows start this week. Gonna try wii boxing tonight with that new game I have.

Kendal: I put my degree (actually simply searching on the net) to good use and found these for you, have fun next time he calls and wants to spew scripture at you:
Hebrews 13:4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
Proverbs 17:7 Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince
James 1:26 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. (my personal fav for him)
And one from the Book of Lacey: Fluck him. FIle the divorce papers anyways and get it going. The house will sell when it sells and you don't want to have to be tied to him in anything other than credit on the house than you have to!

I also pawned my wedding ring from #1 (yes that is what I call him on the rare occassion I talk about him). It was fun lol.


Victoria - WOW that is scary!! Geeeeezzz.. I guess good thing you were there right?

Kristina - I hear you on the not getting out much. GO! Go!

Amy - good to hear that things are going better for you and Gabe now. I saw the post about the spider...yuck!

Misch - good job on the food.

pinbotchick

Got my run in - 2 miles on treadmill. One of my cats is going to drive me nuts - twice he brought us treats in the middle of the night - yeah one was live and escaped into my closet!!! Now he has a bird in the living room. Feathers are all over (*sighs*).

Lacey - loved the quotes.

akasullengal

Morning ladies!

Pub trivia was a blast as always last night. The bonus categories were geography (not our strong suit), and 2000's pop culture (100%!). Of course got to bed later than I would have liked and was definitely feeling it this morning.

Thought I would maybe be able to get up early and do my run, but it wasn't happening. Thought I might take a long lunch and get a power nap in, but instead, I think I'm going to try and hit the gym. It's supposed to be up in the mid-uppers 80s today, so I imagine even by lunchtime it'll be too hot to get a mid-day run in, and last week when I ran after my group ended it was basically dark the entire run, and I was amped up and couldn't sleep for a while. So, I'm thinking I'll hit the gym for some cross training instead, and do the run tomorrow hopefully.

Another long workday. Meh. Is it Friday yet?

anvy0530

I have had the weirdest 24 hours. Sorry to those of you I'm friends with on facebook as this will be a repeat. Last night, I was jerked out of my sleep to the sound of frantic doorbell ringing and loud German outside my house. I came downstairs to find the polizei shining their flashlights in my front window. When I opened the door, they told me they had gotten a call about an American woman who was trying to kill herself with a knife. I assured them I 1) hadn't called them and 2) wasn't trying to kill myself. They took down all my information (do you know how hard it is to find your passport and ID and remember your ungodly long German telephone number when there is a gaggle of German cops in bulletproof vests standing on your porch?!?!? The cops probably thought I was dumb.) and told me they must have been called to the wrong address. After they left, my next door neighbor told me they were looking for the previous tenant who had a history of suicidal behavior and apparently moved to a different town without changing her address linked to her cell phone. So when her phone called the cops, they came to MY house & not wherever she lives now. Yay, for confusion! A funny post script to this weird tale is that I discovered that all of my neighbors for about a 2 block radius knew about the incident by about 7 AM this morning. I had neighbors from all over (people I don't even know included) coming over this morning to get the low down on why the 3 cop cars, 1 ambulance, and a doctor's car (Germany has doctors that respond to emergency calls much like ambulances but separate from the ambulances) were at my house in the middle of the night. So I disseminated the story to the neighborhood through the neighbors that know English and all is right with the world again. Weird.

I have had a lot of running around today as I am trying to sell DH's car and had to go out to let a guy test drive it. Said guy is going to buy it so I have to get the stupid thing inspected before I can transfer the title over to him on base (more running around). After that, I discovered that someone in the UK is using my bank card to fund their book buying. So I had to cancel my debit card (effectively cutting me off from all sources of cash until I get the new one in the mail in, like, 10 days - I'm sooo glad I gassed up my car this morning). Just a weird day.

We're getting ready to take Gabe to soccer & I'm bringing the dog & we'll run around the track while he soccers it up so I can get SOME kind of exercise today. Sheesh.

Victoria: Sounds like your cat needs to meet my spider infestation. Scary about your client passing out. That would fluster anyone.

Lacey: Awesome. Quotes.

Kristina: I forget that it's still summer weather in some part of the world. I was just talking with some neighbors about snow shoes and cross country skiing as our weather heads towards winter. Sounds like a gym day would be right up your alley.

Laceylala

Morning. At least its Tuesday right? LOL.

I made The Bomb Meatloaf last night. OMG we were drooling all over ourselves! Here is the recipe in case anyone else wants The Bomb Meatloaf, lol;
2 lbs 7% or less hamburger
1 egg
about 1/2 cup raw oatmeal
about 1/2 cup of israeli couscous
2 carrots peeled and grated up
2 cups raw baby spinach chopped up
1/4ish cup yellow onion chopped
garlic minced (to taste I guess...I think I had about 3 cloves in there)
rock sea salt (trust me, rock salt is the way to go)
pepper
Sweet Baby Rays bbq sauce, or one that is just as good

Mix it all up in a bowl, add more couscous or oats or bbq sauce until you get the mixture the right consistency. Put it in a bread pan and flatten. Top it with a good thick layer of bbq sauce and sprinkle some more rock salt over the top (it makes the bbq sauce get all carmelized in the oven). Now at this point you could probly cook it, but I let mine sit in the fridge overnight covered up. I baked it on 365 for about 1.5 hours.
WOW. It was so moist and amazingly tasty and good. My husband and I both decided that it was the best one I've ever made...so I am glad I could remember what all was in it.

Tonight trying that mole sauce I made for the first time with carne asada taco/enchilada type things. Should be goooood.



ANYways...husband is on the list right now. We all play around and wrestle with Gracie but sometimes, like a man, he just doesn't know when to quit with me and last night was one of those nights.


Amy I read your post on FB...that is IN.Sane!! I guess it turned out to be a good way to meet people though huh? LOL.

Victoria - we used to have a female cat who would bring in half dead birds to give to us...and then proceed to play with them until we could put them back out side. My male cat now brings me fully dead critters. I think they do it to give gifts to us or something..lol.

Kristina - I was in the grocery store last night talking to the vegetable person and she was saying that its supposed to be in the mid 70's this week, our last Indian Summer days per se. I can't believe this, but I dread it. Even though I hate fall because it brings the 7 + months of rain, I don't want to deal with sinus pressure, plugged ears, runny nose, dry nose, etc. etc. that come with the drastic changes.


Hey Victoria - I remember you saying that your wedding anniversary is coming up. Did you decide to do anything or find something? Do you have anything like this near by that you could both go to: www.bonnevilleresort.com for a night, massages, etc.? My five year is Friday and I am trying to plan something for us, but its got to be something we can take G with us...so not sure yet either.

akasullengal

Amy- I saw your post about the "incident". Crazy! Even more amusing is how everyone in the neighborhood knew so quickly. You have to love word of mouth. Was interesting to hear how many people came out for a potential suicidal person. A doctor actually coming out? That's unheard of here! haha. Sorry to hear about your bank card. What a bloody mess!

Lacey- if I ate meat, I'm sure that meatloaf would be pretty dang yummy!

Well, I did end up taking along lunch, but instead of going to the gym, I did my run. It was only in the mid 60s when I started, but I think it must have heated up 10 degrees or more in the hour I ran. Did 5.4 miles at an 11:59 pace. I felt like I was dragging, but my time was much better than I thought. Glad to have the exercise done for the day, so I can veg out when I get home.

I've got social work supervision on Friday, and my co-worker talked about doing a 5 mile run after. She's training for ther Detroit half as well. I'd like to run with her, but I'm serious worried about keeling over and dying. I mean, I figure she'll slow down a bit for me, but she's probably at a 10ish min/mile pace, and I'm nowhere near that yet. Eep?

Laceylala

Dropping in for a sec. Our five year anniv. is Friday. I looked for last minute deals to some of the lodges in Oregon that all three of us could go to with no luck. BUT...but....but...I found awesome deals for us to fly from Eugene to Seattle for two or three nights to stay on the waterfront near Pikes Market so we are gifting ourselves a mini trip!
Yeay!

stroynaya

Just dropping in for a minute before I crash for the night. Thought I had recovered from being sick last week. Felt great all Sunday. Then yesterday I passed out on the train on the way to work. I was apparently out of it for a minute or two. The train cop was already arriving by the time I came to. (Kind of weird when I read about Victoria's patient passing out.) Didn't get hurt when I fell and the hospital couldn't figure out a definitive reason for me passing out. So I am attributing it to being sick because yesterday afternoon the congestion and sniffles came back with a vengeance.

Kendal-Sorry to hear about your money troubles. I gave up tv a while back for budget reasons and now that I can afford it again, I don't really miss it. The netflix streaming and online options are generally good enough that I can still watch most of the shows I like. Don't know how much of a bookworm you are, but another way to earn some cash is to sell any extra books you've got laying around on half.com (e-bay affiliate).

Amy-Your story gave me a good laugh. Can't imagine having to deal with such a situation and while speaking a foreign language!

Lacey--Have a great time in Seattle. September weather there is usually still sunny and warm during the day. A nice outing (though a bit pricey) if the weather is nice is to go to Tillicum village. It's a boat cruise in the puget sound with a stop at a native american village on Blake Island where you have a traditional salmon bake with local native american dancers providing entertainment. For a cheaper cruise, take the ferry to bainbridge and back. Also, for the future possibilities file, check out Joseph, Oregon and the Wallowa Lake Lodge. It's a pretty and often overlooked corner of the state.

akasullengal

Sarah- OMG! Are you feeling okay today??

Morning ladies. I'm spending most of the morning today in another team building exercise. This time luckily does not involve trust falls and effective communication skills, but it's a cooking class! Cooking w/ yogurt. I'll let you all know what I end up making.

Plan on hitting the rec center after work today for some crosstraining. The vegging for the rest of the evening.

Anyone watch Glee last night? It was good... not spectacular. Anyone else notice how skinny Rachel has gotten? Holy collarbones batman!

Anyone watch the Biggest Loser? Wasn't a terribly exciting first show, but of course it still got me to weep like a baby. What I do find a bit frustrating that like all shows, they totally cast the most attractive foks. I mean clearly by looking at these people they already are pretty good looking and when they drop all that weight, they are going to be knock outs. And plus, how is it possible to be that overweight and not have a double (or triple) chin? Why can my body not jump on that train? Also, some of these people were former athletes, marines, have lost a lot of weight before, so you know those people are going to do well. I don't know... perhaps I'm just getting a bit jaded with the show. Will I still watch? Hell yeah. What I did find a bit refreshing was that while there are some SUPER on the show, and I'm sure everyone is "obese", there are some people who are like under 300 pounds. I don't know... in some ways I just relate to them more. But OMG everyone on the show has a sob story this year!

anvy0530

Kristina: I am so eager to watch the seasons of Glee and the Biggest Loser. We don't get them here in Germany so I have to watch them once they are up on Project Free TV (which they aren't up on yet). Sigh...I miss the States!!! I am especially eager to see my friend on the Biggest Loser. A team building exercise involving cooking could be cool - let us know how it goes.

Sarah: OMG!! How scary. I hope you are taking it easy and I also hope your docs have done all the test they need to do to rule out anything serious. When I was in basic training in the Air Force, I came down with some kind of virus and while I was standing in formation waiting to be dismissed to go to the clinic, I totally passed out. So, yeah, being sick can do that to you.

Lacey: how exciting - a mini vacay!!! Have fun! And you're right - my little incident actually facilitated me meeting 3 additional neighbors. Yay.

Well, we did our dog walk and then Gabe & I did Insanity Max Cardio. I'm still planning on getting my 1800 minutes this month, but I'll have to buckle down to get it done in the next 8 days. I stepped on the scale (finally) and saw that I'm down almost 2 pounds so that's incentive to keep my butt moving. Have a great day!

KendalBeee

I took yesterday off work and it was the best decision ever. It was a good day. I haven't had a chance to catch up with your posts though so I will have to find time for that tonight. Work is kinda busy right now.

stroynaya

Not feeling any ill effects from passing out. The hospital was mostly precautionary on my part and liability cya on the part of the amtrak people. However, I am home again sick today as I was up all night sneezing and coughing. grr!!

Also, I got so many reproving looks in the hospital every time I answered "none" to "who is your primary care doctor" that I scheduled an initial appointment with one next week. I have lots of excuses for this (hate going to the doctor, moved a lot, overall am healthy except for the overweight thing, etc), but am giving in and at least making a good faith effort to find one I can tolerate.

KendalBeee

Lunch break! Got caught up! Yay!

I pawned my wedding rings (and a set of earrings) yesterday. I definitely didn't get paid what I wanted, but it felt good to get rid of them. Its enough to cover the cost of terminating my directv contract. One of my sister's friends randomly found out I'm interested in buying a wii and she's trying to sell hers. She has a lot of accessories to go with it and only wants $150 for it, so I think its all timing up just right. First I will order the converter box and rabbit ears that will be needed to keep the local channels. Once those come in and I unplug the directv and make sure I can still get the local news, then I will cancel directv.

I have a 3.7 mile charity walk on Saturday for diabetes. A lot of people in the office are freaking out (and didn't sign up for it) because its almost 4 miles and I keep trying to tell them that 4 miles is nothing. Even though thats the farthest I've ever walked/jogged, its still not that big of a deal to me.

Amy- You can watch Glee on fox.com the day after the episode airs usually. I don't think nbc posts the entire BL show though.

Sarah- I would have been more embarassed about passing out in public than anything. Hope everything is ok.

Victoria- I would have been very shaken up about the client passing out too. I'm sure it got your adrenaline going for the rest of the day. Eww about the cat presents though! :sick:

Kristina- I'm kinda getting sick of the BL and the contestants they choose. Its like if you don't have a sob story to sell, they won't cast you. I only watched the second half of the show last night, but it seemed to follow the same recipe for all their other seasons.

Lacey- have a great trip!! I've always wanted to visit the north west! It seems real pretty there! I would take a million pictures.

Laceylala

Kendal - you have to really like rain to live in the Pacific Northwest. REALLY like rain. It makes it all pretty and green, but the eternal grey sucks. Did you notice when they were in Portland on BL how grey the sky was? That is how it is here for a good 8 months out of the year.

Kristina and Amy - Glee was awesome last night except for Rachel. She was seriously pouty and all woe is me the whole show. Like overdoing it way too much. She was highly annoying. Great singing though!

On BL - The asian girl whose first little brother drowned in the pool with her and then the whole car accident thing? WOW OMG WTF!?!? I cannot even imagine having to live through that. I wanted to smack her father.

Today has been all sorts of crazy. The whole month at work has been one insanity after the next. One late job after the next. One fire to put out after the next. I hope October is better, lol.

stroynaya

Kendal--I was mortified...but not as much as I would have been had I worn the dress I originally planned on. Thank goodness I decided not to at the last minute and wore my normal pants outfit. :laugh:

Amy--Both Hulu and NBC websites are posting full episodes of Biggest Loser season 10 online. Online episodes are typically posted the day after they air on TV. Lots less commercials too!

KendalBeee

Kendal--I was mortified...but not as much as I would have been had I worn the dress I originally planned on. Thank goodness I decided not to at the last minute and wore my normal pants outfit. :laugh:

hahaha!!! yeah! That was some divine intervention!

Lacey- no, I could not deal with 8 months of gray skies. But I'd still like to visit. And I agree that Rachel was too pouty and selfish in the lastest episode.

With the sun going down earlier, I can't come home and sit for an hour before going to the park. Lexi and I went 4 miles in an hour and 5 minutes. I was kinda scared that I wasn't going to get my last .33mile lap in cause it started lightening, but other people were ahead of me so it motivated me to jog as much as possible. Got a nice 952 cal burn from it. I think the few times my hrm wasn't getting a good reading, I didn't put it on correctly. I think my sports bra had gotten under it and the chest strap didn't have a good skin connection.

I've taken the first step of getting rid of directv. I've ordered a tv antenna online. I earn points by shopping online. My tv in the living room is new enough that it won't need a converter box, but if I want to watch anything in the bedroom, I will need a box. I will wait till I earn enough points online till I get a walmart giftcard to cover some (or all) of the cost of the converter box. Hopefully it won't take too long. A sister's friend somehow found out I was thinking of getting a Wii and she's looking to sell hers. She's including 4 controllers w/the jelly covers, 2 nunchucks and a couple games for only $150. Thats a great deal, especially for so many controllers. Thats about what I was looking to spend, and considering there's all the extras, I think I'm going to take her up on it.

Somehow I've started using this board to talk about all my random thoughts of the day and less about weight loss.

akasullengal

Kendal- I totally use the board sometimes that way as well. We're here to support one another!

I'm pretty cranky today. I think it's a combination of lack of sleep this week and approaching TOM. I always get a bit more morose and weepy the days leading up and the first couple of days of TOM, and also the fatigue just doesn't help. I might try and powernap it at lunch in hopes of making it through the rest of the day. AND even though I've been eating pretty well today, I'm up another pound. almost 182. motherbleeper. I know it's mostly TOM. apparently I just should weigh myself for like that week and a half because it just gets SO discouraging. Tomorrow's number isn't going to be pretty, even if I do well today.

The high today is going to be 87, so I'm not sure about running today. I should hit the gym again after work then to get my workout in, especially as it's last chance workout day. Tomorrow I might get the run in with my coworkers, who are way too fast for me... so I don't know how I feel about that. Might go out to dinner to celebrate and friend's dissertation defense. We'll see. I really just feel like climbing into bed and not emerging until Monday next week.

anvy0530

Hi all,
Today was a busy day. We sold DH's car so we had to do all the junk that went along with that. It actually didn't take too long & we were back home by 11 am. We did school and then took the dog on a walk. During our walk, we came to quite a big hill and I asked Gabe if he wanted to race up it a couple of times. So we did some hill sprints while the dog watched. Gabe can sprint like the wind so I wasn't surprised that I was behind him every time but I was surprised that I almost caught up with him a couple of times. Gabe even told me that I was getting faster. (I love it when he gives me compliments cuz they always come out of nowhere) Later on, I slogged my way through my B210K workout - it was tough after doing the sprints earlier but I got through it! We found out at DH is not coming home on Dec 18th, like he thought. He is instead coming home on Dec 23rd. I know that 5 days shouldn't matter a lot but our anniversary happens during those extra days and he's already missing my birthday & Thanksgiving. :sad: At least he'll make it home for Christmas. <sigh>

Kristina: I'm cranky too! I gave myself a time-out and watched the newest episode of Glee this afternoon on the Internet (I STILL can't watch the biggest loser as there are limited web sites that show American TV shows outside of the United States - I always get an error message that the show is not available in my location when I try to go directly through the tv network web sites ) Maybe you shouldn't weigh yourself when your TOM is right around the corner as it just bums you out and it isn't REAL weight gain that it reflects.

Kendal: that Wii deal sounds like a good deal to me. I love my Wii.

Sarah: Unfortunately, Hulu and NBC don't allow people outside the US to watch their shows. I have to go through Project Free TV and they don't have the newest Biggest Loser yet

Have a great day everyone!

pinbotchick

Howdy gals!!! Sorry I've been busy. Managed to run 8 miles on the treadmill this morning. I'm getting tired of this training. I can't wait for the race to be over. It turns out I'm flying to Phoenix the weekend before the race. Not sure if I told you ladies. My quick lunch break is over. I hope respond individually later.

akasullengal

Victoria, I can't imagine running 8 miles on a treadmill. UGH. I have to hand it to you!!

Still feeling cranky. And TOM arrived-- no surprise. I know my emotions like clockwork. I'll weigh myself in the morning for weekly weigh in, even though I know it'll be up due to TOM and then won't weigh again until it ends probably, because it gets so discouraging. The only bright spot is that my heaviest part of it should be done by the time I do my long run on Sunday

It's hot outside. Blech. I know I should go to the gym today, but I totally have no motivation. Will really try and force myself to go, but will probably only do 30-45min instead of my hour, as I have a dinner to go to around 6:30 (another reason weigh-in will suck like who tomorrow).

Ugh.

anvy0530

Victoria: 8 miles on the treadmill?!?!?! How do you NOT go into a coma? I did my 4 miles on the treadmill and, by the end, I was so bored I wanted to strangle myself with my headphone cord.

Kristina: Sucks about the TOM. Mine has inflicted itself upon me today too. For some reason this month, my body thought it would be really fun to have 2 periods spaced 2 weeks apart. I don't know what THAT'S about but I am freaking tired of it.

Laceylala

I think I too have been smacked up side the head hard pretom BS. I am all cranky and tired and woe is me and feeling sorry for myself...for no other reasons than the normal ones. I want to curl up on the couch, drink hot tea with lemon and honey and watch movies.
Last night I didn't eat dinner because I was still full from lunch so I made Gracie her GF mac and cheese, added some canned salmon and frozen peas and called it good. We sat down and watched Prince of Persia. That is a pretty good movie. I could look at Jake G all day all buffed out like that! Yummo!
Then I watched Survivor. Man that one swim instructor lady is looney! I am rooting for the older team. And Fabio. He is funny.

Greys starts tonight. yeay!

Kendal - thats a good price for all that stuff and the Wii. Controllers are expensive.

I gotta get going at work here..bleh

pinbotchick

Hey gals - I worked til 7:45 then went out to dinner with DH and shared a wet burrito plus beer.

Kendal the Wii is awesome and you got a great deal!!

Amy - The first 3 miles were the worst on the treadmill. Then the "endorphins" kicked in and the rest flew by. I was listening to a really good book in the last 3 of 8 hours so I was distracted.

Kristina - I only got to 65 here today and rained all day. But the tree colors are wonderful.

I'm home this weekend and will be happy to rest.

Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday!!!

akasullengal

meant to do this last night..

:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: new thread y'all!!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: