200+ "Us vs. The Turkey"
Replies
-
I think the interview went ok.....it was more of a group "prescreening" type interview. There were 4 of us sitting around a table with a lady from torrid. She asked some real general questions. I think I stood out as the most confident of them. I got home around 6:45. I wasn't going to work out today but my Wii Fit Plus came! I've been playing with that for the past hour or so. I really like the Boxing game, the hula hoop and the balance bubble. I also picked up Lexi and created a pet mii for her. She's dang 65 pounds! And it took forever for the balance board to register us and I had to pick her up three times for it to finally work. lol she didn't know what was going on.
anyways, thats how I finished out my day0 -
Kendal: I hope your interview went well. Being confident will definitely be a plus for you. How fun that your Wii Fit Plus came!!!
Kristina: I, too, have been fighting with the desire to eat crap. I ate a bit of dark chocolate yesterday but managed to stop myself at one. I hope you were able to get to the gym for your biking!
Lacey: I DO love me a Chipotle burrito!! They are ridiculously good. I generally get it in a bowl without the tortilla though (those massive tortillas are close to 500 calories) but they are mmmmm...mmmm good! I, too, have been gently exploring the world or red wines over the past year. I still favor whites and I love a good Moscato or Gewurstramiener but there are a lot of good reds in the world too. Oh, and your trip sounds super-fun!
Victoria: I KNOW that the USPS can't possibly hold my P90X for ransom much longer so I'm sure I'll be starting not too long after you do....I hope!
Well, I lost 1.8 pounds this week, taking me down to 212. I'm sure stoked to lose over a pound the last two weeks in a row! My habit, over the last months has been to lost a couple pounds and then stay stuck there for weeks before losing a pound or two more. I much prefer the steady pounds lost! Also, I found out last night that Travis might be returning home as early as next week - which makes me VERY happy. I think we'll find out for sure today if he's going to come home or not (my fingers and toes are crossed). Hope everyone has a great Friday and good luck with the scale this week.0 -
Yeah - I'm back down to 183 this morning!!! That's a pound less than last week and only a pound over my low weight of 182... I've watched the intro video and scoped some of the videos out - I can't wait for Monday!!! Tony is funny and it looks like I should be able to handle it.
USPS - Just Bring It!!! Get that video to Amy!!! Great job on your loss!!! my fingers and toes are crossed too - I hope Travis comes home sooner.
Kendal - my fingers are crossed for you too!!! Glad the interview seemed to go well.
Kristina - Did you get the latest Vegetarian Times mag? I want to cook now.
Lacey - I ordered the book in print. If there are recipes, I want to browse through them. Thanks for the info.
Have a super weekend!!! TGIF!!!0 -
Hey everyone...I don't have much timeneed to finish chores and a baby gift that needs to be done by Sunday...2 parties this weekend that I need to make a dish for....baseball practice and now basketball practice....but I am meeting with one of the moms for a run on saturday during ....busy busy!!
Amy...fantastic with your weight loss!!! You have really been sticking to it while hubby has been gone....but I hope he is home soon...
Lacey...Yum Burritos....I could so go for one right now! I have never really likes wine, but have to admit...with the way you speak of it...makes me want to try!
Kristina....hate that your foot his giving you trouble, but I have seen your still bringing it!
Oh man, I just heard that pony whinny....I am in trouble...have to run pals...will check in soon!! Have a great friday!0 -
Victoria: I subscribed to Vegetarian Times - I can't wait to get it! I have been slowly removing meat from most of our meals. But I need some serious help with figuring out good vegetarian meals, so excited to check this mag out. I got 3 freebie downloads with recipes for subscribing...gonna check 'em out & see what we come up with! Good job on your weight loss!!!
Deb: You are such a busy bee! Enjoy your run on Saturday!0 -
I forgot to weigh in this morning!! :noway: And I'm eating crap today so I probably won't want to weigh myself tomorrow.
I could use a nap
lol
\randomness0 -
Kendal: Bummer on the forgotten weigh-in! I could use a nap too.
Well, I just found out that Travis is coming home early. He leaves DC Saturday night and will be back on Sunday morning! I knew he was coming home, I just didn't realize he'd be here THIS weekend. SOOOO HAPPY!!!! :happy:0 -
YEAY AMY!!!! WOOHOO!!!!
www.foodgawker.com - Amy and Victoria (and everyone else) check this site out. You can search for vegetarian or vegan and posts will come up with recipes...this site is just for foodbloggers to post pics, then you click on the pic and you go to their site and get the recipes. I cannot recommend this site enough! It is what keeps me cooking and inspires me to try new things. In fact, I need two more recipes for dinners and one for my vegan lunch next week so I will be on there shortly.
Also the interesting thing in this book Food Matters - the author suggest that you really shouldn't need to worry about protein, most people get enough of it anyways. I think though when you are working out and all you probably do need a bit more for your muscles..but I am trying not to worry about it as much and just to make sure I am getting enough healthy good foods instead. And there are many plant based foods that have more protein than meats...you just have to eat them lol.
Congrats Amy and Victoria on the weight loss! Kendal - enjoy that food and weigh in Sunday maybe?
I will weigh in Monday morning as usual. I will be half way through TOM and it is a good way to ensure I eat well over the weekends. I am both excited and nervous to weigh on Monday. I hope last week wasn't a fluke and that I will keep losing, God knows I have made the best effort the past week and a half than in over a year.
Tonight I work out, then home, dinner, pass out early. I always do on Fridays. Tomorrow grocery shopping and Target for household supplies. Sunday, cleaning the house and company for dinner and trick or treating.0 -
On Foodgawker.com - WOW! I foresee wasting hours & hours here0
-
On Foodgawker.com - WOW! I foresee wasting hours & hours here
YES YES YES!! I've been getting on this site for like 8 months now, it is my absolute FAV site on the internet. There are just so many cool foodblogs out there and this is a nice way to get to see some of them.
Another good site for vegan recipes: www.peasandthankyou.com. This mom is pure vegan. Nothing else. And everything is kid friendly.0 -
Lacey: I love you! That's about all I have to say about the web sites your recommended! www.peasandthankyou.com is freaking fantastic too. Great, great, great food ideas AND I can totally see my 7 year old actually eating the stuff. I am tempted to try the "crack wrap" as soon as I can get my hands on some hummus!0
-
I've just wasted 3 hours but got some great deals and my 20th anniversary trip to Las Vegas is booked!!! I got the flights for less than $250 each and the room is $60 plus tax each night. We will be staying at Tuscany Suites. Bryan's aunt recommended it - she goes to Vegas and it's her fav place. It's a block off strip from the Bellagio and very close to the brewpub. I love priceline and hotwire. Warning - I may tend to babble frequently about Vegas for the next 4 months. We're going from Feb 5th to 12th.0
-
Today has been a mostly good day. Gabe had a soccer game this morning and, for once, it wasn't raining or freezing cold. He also scored 2 goals and had a ton of blocks as the goalie. I love watching him love what he does. Then, we came back and went for a 3 mile run in the woods with the dog. Gabe's legs were tired so he didn't want to run as fast as me (understandable as he played 60 minutes of a soccer game and I did not) so I told him I'd run up ahead and catch back up with him when I turned around to head home. He was cool with this. I thought all was well. Apparently, Sofie didn't understand what we were doing so when I got too far ahead of Gabe, she just stopped. When a 95 pound dogs stops dead, you aren't getting her going again until she darned well wants to. As it turns out, she didn't want to until she was absolutely sure that Gabe was with us and NOT being left behind. Dogs are funny.0
-
Amy I love her site. I have yet to try any of her recipes but as I continue on the whole vegan till dinner I will need to find some new recipes (mine are pretty limited vegan wise) and pandt will be the first place I look. She has some good links to other vegan bloggers too.
That is great to see Gabe loving soccer!!
Victoria I've been to Vegas many times. Love the place and will gladly ramble with you. I have to go at the end of march for a tradeshow and then will be staying after for another 4 days, so I will be there for a week which is too much there but i don't mind vegging next to a pool soaking up the sun. If you guys like steak, you should eat at Strip Steak in Mandalay.... O. M. G. Awesome!
So I went to work out last night, yeay me! However I ate a whole huge plate of Mexican food and had a beer which puts me way over cals...so back to the gym i go tonight to work some off and be extra careful today to make sure I eat right on target. I also need to do my squats challenge day 3. There was a hot guy (finally!!) working out near the mirror I needed to use and yes...I got all intimidated so I did extra cardio instead lol. Plus it was more fun to stare athis backside lol.
Today G and I need to hit about three stores for groceries and supplies and I am thinking about going to the mall too. Ugh. Maybe not.0 -
Eye candy while working out - I'm jealous!!! I'm thinking of making the Sweet and Sour Tofu with Brown Rice for dinner from PandT site... I just wasted (really should say learning) a few more hours drooling there. I'm off to get my P90X fit test in (sighs) I've been putting it off all morning...
Amy love your dog story -- LOL...0 -
Eye candy while working out - I'm jealous!!! I'm thinking of making the Sweet and Sour Tofu with Brown Rice for dinner from PandT site... I just wasted (really should say learning) a few more hours drooling there. I'm off to get my P90X fit test in (sighs) I've been putting it off all morning...
Amy love your dog story -- LOL...
The first eye candy. I was thinking when I joined "ohhhh..co-ed gym, yeay hot guys to look at!" NOT NOT NOT!! All I've seen are older more decrepit men and zit faced teen boys. Its okay but you know...lol. Its nice to have someone to look at once in a while to get some motivation at the gym. LOL.
Did you guys watch her oreo video? OMG. I was grossed out but cracking up at the same time. Apparently she only lives an hour north of me in salem. Who knew! She's got a cookbook coming out next summer too.0 -
I forgot to weigh in first thing this morning. My last weigh in was Thursday morning and I was 216.6. Doubt I'll still be there after this weekend.
Last night as I was getting ready to go out, I was balancing on each foot to put socks on and something popped on the top of my left foot while I was balancing trying to put on my right sock. It has hurt ever since. And today there is a small knot where it popped. :sad: It huuurts!!0 -
Fit test done - here are the results... Resting HR 78, pull-ups 0 (Sheesh), vertical leap 4" (YEAH), 3 real push-ups (WOW and thank goodness for my large chest - I didn't have to go as far down), toe touch 3" past toes, wall squat 1 min 3.7 sec, bicep curl 23 with 10 pounds, in & outs 10 (failed miserably the goal was 25), and 2 min of jumping jacks (failed) since for 30 sec I had to go to the low impact type due to calf pain but amazing HR recovery - 122 during activity and in 1 min dropped to 82... Now I'm off to take measurements and before pics... The directions say to show skin but do I really want that much flab to show... Don't worry I wont post those...
I can't wait to see where I am in 90 days.
Ouch Kendal - it sounds painful... I hope it feels better soon. Did you ice it?
Kristina - where are you???
Deb - any advice for me with P90X?0 -
Victoria: Wow - your fit test stuff is making me nervous. Your HR recovery is really good, isn't it? Must be all the running, I bet your heart is in great shape!
Kendal: I always manage to injure myself doing something trivial - like bending the wrong way or banging the crap out of my knee in the bathtub (not that I've done that and had a huge bruise there for 2 weeks or anything)...so I feel your pain. Ice it & rest it.
Lacey: Haven't seen the oreo video but since you said it's gross...I'll have to check it out! I like eye candy while working out. It's the one nice thing about the few times I went to the gym on base here - hot military guys.
I made a butternut squash vanilla risotto for dinner tonight and seriously had to force myself not to eat the whole pan of it. It was that good (I got the recipe on Food Network - it's Giada's...she's awesome). Gabe ate around the butternut squash but enjoyed what he did eat (kids! never know a good thing!). While I was peeling the squash a huge chunk I was working with flew off the counter & onto the floor. My dog came over to investigate - as she does whenever ANYTHING hits the floor. I jokingly said, "if you can fit that thing in your mouth, you can have it." The next thing I know, my dog is chomping away on a huge piece of raw butternut squash...she ate the whole piece and came sniffing around for more. Silly dog. I gave her Gabe's risotto leftovers so I wouldn't eat them. She loves me.0 -
Amy - can I come over for dinner? The butternut squash sounds awesome!!!!
So I was cooking dinner and the boys talked me into going out for dinner. I guess I wont be cooking tomorrow...0 -
Measurements and before pics done... The directions say to show skin front, side and back with hands on hips and with arms in bicep flex pose... I reluctantly took them in my skivies (*flushes*) I didn't want that much flab to show... Don't worry I wont post these...
Hey Lacey - are you Portland? Have you been to the Gilt Club? We just saw a special on it... One of our future vacations will be to that area - sooooo much good beer is calling to DH...I'm looking into cont ed classes so we can write the trip off. Seattle is a close second on places to go.... Followed by Washington DC and Phoenix where we have friends...
I'm about ready for bed - Catch you later...0 -
Amy that sounds good except the chunks of squash. I like ton use winter squash in things but not eat chunks of it. Got to puree it.
Victoria I am an hour and a half south of portland. The northwest is full of microbrews, Portland especially. It's a really pretty city. Bend Oregon is full of distilleries or so I hear. If you want to come to Portland, check out www.mcmenamins.com. They have all sorts of hotel restaurant bar places where they've taken old old buildings and Converted them and they are really cool and fun.
Well I am officially sick with a cold and am just praying it is a short one and that I can combat it with emergenC and alkaseltzer before I have to leave in a week. LAME.
I made chicken squash burgers tonight, they were pretty good. And then I made a pineapple cheesecake for our company tomorrow night in a pie tin, but the recipe called for a spring form pan and it made a mess. Tastes good still though. Lol
Ok I am out of energy. I haven't been sleeping well and now I don't feel good. If I could just get one night of good sleep I know I'd feel better...but we Will see.0 -
Oh and Victoria no I haven't been to the Gilt Club but I just looked at their menu and it looks out of this world! We are going to portland for thanksgiving and eating out...so this one goes on the list of places to consider. YUM0
-
WOWSA - 52 plus min of stretching!!! Yes - I was too excited to wait and start P90X in the morning. So I popped the stretching DVD in. Where was this when I was doing the 1/2 marathon training? I could have used this and highly recommend you all get the Stretch X DVD!!! So far, I'm loving the series. I may be cursing Tony in the morning. I actually started sweating from stretching - now my whole body feels great...
Lacey - 15 years ago we visited Bend and went to several breweries. I had a therapist friend that lived there. I can't even remember her name - how sad is that...
Happy Halloween!!! DH and I started putting together a list of things we want to see and do each day in Vegas. I may need to stay a few more days.0 -
Sorry ladies for being MIA. I have no excuse other than being a weenie.
I haven't been eating well the past few days. It's all emotional eating. You know, you think after a year of eating healthier, one would be able to not fall back into old patterns, but no such luck!
So, my foot continues to give me some problems. Less so now, but it's been difficult. The frustration of not being able to get some good exercise in (and the natural antidepressant effect it has on me), and the falling into old habits, has put me in a funk, which I"m trying to get out of. In terms of the foot, on Thursday, it had been feeling better, but then towards the end of the day, a weird thing started happening. When I flexed and pointed it, it sort of "creaked" is my best way to describe it. The bones sort of feel like a hinge that needs to be oiled. Don't as me… And it continued to be a bit painful to walk on through Friday. So I didn't do any exercise since Wednesday. Staying off my foot the past couple of days has helped tremendously, and it's not hurting today, though still has the "creaking" a bit.
In terms of eating, I've been carbing it up like whoa, plus I got too into my Halloween candy. Whatever I have leftover from the trick-or-treaters, minus only a handful of pieces, needs to go into work, because it's too tempting. I just can't have this stuff in the house. It's too hard for me to not dig in. I also had pizza, bought it on Friday, and finished it by Saturday. I didn't eat much else on Saturday, but it was not a healthy caloric load for the day.
Today I've gotten back on track a little bit. Still no exercise, but I went grocery shopping, and made vegetarian chili for the week. It's yummy (not an oversalted fiasco like last time-- some how screwed that up), and is nice and hearty. If I had exercised today, my intake would have been fine, but as I didn't, it's still not where I want to be.
Tomorrow, it's back to the grind, and i need to get back on the bandwagon. I'm such a self-sabateur. I've come too far to screw this up. I was 180 this morning. *bangs head against desk*
On the only positive note of the weekend, I ran into an old coworker at the store, and she was like "oh my god, you look amazing!", which was nice to hear, but also made me feel even crappier about what I had been doing over the weekend. The moral- I need to whip myself back into gear. I did get a fair bit of cleaning done around the house, so I was semi-productive. Also went to Old Navy today (outerwear on sale, but I was underwhelmed, but picked up a needed fleece, as I'm swimming in my XXL- hello L!), and I was able to zip up a pair of size 12 jeans. Key word: "zip". There was some serious souffle-ing going on top, but it's progress. I think the last time I was a 12 was my freshman year of HS. Certainly could not wear them, but they're in my sights!
I hate that I shouldn't be running yet. I think I probably should take another several days to a week off from running, which SUCKS. I miss it. Go figure, and I'm afraid I'm going to lose the mileage level I was at with it. I mean, 5 miles was a short run for me, and I'm afraid I'm going to die trying to do that distance if I wait much longer.
So the exercise plan is to hit the gym this week and do other cross training… bike mostly, possible some elliptical, and maybe some swimming.
On y'all's end (yes, this post is essay length):
Victoria- glad to see you back down another pound! I did get the most recent Vegetarian Times. Love all the recipes!! Jealous of the Vegas trip! I've never gone. Want to pack me in your luggage? I'll make myself scarce once we get there! As for your fit test, I would totally rock the 0 pull ups too. Those were always the bane of my existence in HS. The teacher would be like, try! and I would just be hanging there, screaming "I am trying!!" *shudders* I think my heart rate recovery would be okay as well. That's one thing I've noticed with running… I might be somewhat out of breath, but quickly, I can tell my HR is coming down. Can't wait to hear your continued progress with p90x!
Deb- hope your weekend went well, and you were able to get the run in on Saturday!
Amy- Vegetarian Times is fabulous. They have an archive of all their recipes on their website that you can check out. I've found so many quality recipes through them.
Lacey- hope your weekend went well! Will definitely have to check out those sites!
Kendal- eep! I hope your foot is okay! How does it feel today?0 -
My foot feels better today. The knot is gone and it doesn't hurt to touch it.
Halloween was a blast!! We dressed up Friday and Saturday night. We got to the bar Friday night and NO ONE was dressed up and there weren't many cars in the parking lot, so we didn't even go in. Instead we went home, changed into normal clothes and went to Amber and Michael's house to watch a scary movie. I don't care what you say, Zombieland is a scary movie and I did not like it. It is nothing like Shaun of the Dead. We stayed out till 4am.
Saturday night we went out to a different bar and had a great time. Before we even got inside, a girl who was walking in at the same time started gushing at how awesome we looked. I was Alice in Wonderland, Amber was the Queen of Hearts, Micheal was the (gothic version) Mad Hatter, and Taylor was the Cheshire Cat. We got our drinks and were standing around a "table" (aka a barrel) when the photographer came and told us we should go sign up for the costume contest. Taylor went outside to smoke while Amber and Michael went to sign us up. I stayed at the table and this kinda redneck guy named Paul came over and hit on me. Introduced me to his group of friends (basically they were all cousins). But Paul was asking me where my boyfriend was and said that my bf shouldn't leave me sitting there by myself cause someone is gonna try to pick me up cause I was looking so good. :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: (of course at that moment a size 0 with her boobs UP AND OUT with as much skin covered as legally required walked by and Paul and his cousin Mike were both like "DAMN!" all loud and stuff....but still...doesn't change the fact they hit on me too :bigsmile: )
And then later on the dance floor, the boys had gone somewhere else and Amber and I were dancing to the band. There was a group of guys in front of us dressed as the guys from Jersey Shore. The guy who was dressed as The Situation backed up on me and booty danced with me for a minute or two. :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: (the only reason I know who he was is because he was wearing a big fake, poofy thing on his chest to have the abs HAHA) He was hot.
The boys came back and I told everyone I was going to go get myself another beer. It was crowded as crap in that place by then (around 11:45ish) and I was a little tipsy so as I was passing behind this one guy I lightly touched his shoulders, said "excuse me" and slid past him. I kept on going but I heard him yell "lose some weight" at me. :sad: :frown: I acted like I didn't hear him but it still really, really hurt. Why do people think they can say *kitten* like that to strangers? Who the eff is perfect? Where does he get off judging me like that?? I tried to brush it off. Yall are the first people I've told. The costume contest was supposed to start at midnight and I didn't want to ruin the mood of the night by telling everyone about it, plus it was embarassing.
But yeah, I stood there for the next 15 minutes worrying about getting up on stage. Wondering if he would yell that out at me again in front of that huge crowd. How would I respond to that? What would the emcee say? I was so nervous. I didn't know how the costume contest was going to work, but it was being sponsored by a local radio station. The radio station people were the ones signing everyone up and they chose the top 3 costumes for each category (sexiest, best group, scariest, and then best overall....a guy on stilts dressed as Frankenstein won overall). We were chosen as a top 3 for group costumes. We got up on stage and they couldn't really tell if the crowd was louder for us or a group of dead prom kings/queens. (the third group was a snowman and snow woman...pretty funny) They ended up saying the prom people won. No one yelled at me (that I could hear anyway) so I was thankful. We had to stay around for a little while to get our consolation prizes so we all went outside. Everyone outside said we were robbed and should have won. Taylor said he couldn't go anywhere without someone stopping him wanting a picture with him in his Cheshire Cat costume. People pulled his tail and everything lol.
Today Taylor and I took my Halloween decorations to my parent's house and put them up for them. I didn't give out candy this year so I wasn't in a mood to put them out. We also helped carve pumpkins. Its not something Taylor and I had actually planned to do but I enjoyed it. That was the first time my parents have spent any time around Taylor and I think they liked him. They had briefly met him once before, but this time they got to sit and talk.
So that was basically my weekend. It was a LOT of fun, but I feel like I will still dwell on the one small, negative comment from some douche in the bar. :frown:0 -
Kendal - (((((((((((big hug))))))))) some guys are idiots. Glad your family likes the new man.
Kristina - I too feel if I don't run, I'll lose it.
Day 1 of P90X done!!! And yes I thought I'd die several time... There were moves that I didn't know existed. Today was core synergistics. My abs will be sore tomorrow.0 -
Busy and behind....just call me BB.....will check in this afternoon! great job Victoria...keep pushing play...I'm joining ya...but I need to get on it....0
-
HI all, I just have a sec to check in. DH got back yesterday and we've been hanging out with him. I ran 5 miles this morning, so I'm feeling pretty good about that. Didn't have too much junk food on Halloween - feeling REALLY good about that. I'll check back with everyone later. Have a good Monday!0
-
Kendal- people suck sometimes. It's such a shame that people feel like they can say those sorts of things to others. It's totally fine to make cracks on people's weights. ARGH! Just.Not.Right. And they don't think that those sorts of things affect us, right? Would totally put me in a funk as well. Think about how you got hit on though. I bet you looked hot!
Victoria- congrats on day one of p90x!
Deb- glad you were able to check in, albeit briefly!
Amy- way to go with the running! Wish I could do 5 miles this morning :grumble:
It was bloody cold this morning! Winter has arrived! Brought my leftover candy into work today. Took out about 5 pieces or so and kept them at home. Hope to ration them, but even if I don't, it's not that many calories. Like clockwork, the vast majority of the candy is gone already this morning downstairs. Excellent!
Foot is still giving me some problems this morning, but not horribly so. Probably not the best move to wear heeled boots today... oh well. Will try not to walk around the office as much. Brought my gym clothes with me and will hit up the rec center after work. Will do either bike or elliptical and maybe some free weights.
Will probably do pub trivia tonight, so will need to keep the calories on point for the rest of the day. I'm just so worried I'll fall off the wagon... always a constant worry. Perhaps that anxiety is what's keeping me from not doing so. Haha. Back to the daily grind. Today shouldn't be too bad at work, I think. Just some things to catch up on, and some appointments. Should go by pretty quickly.
Hope everyone is having a good day.0
This discussion has been closed.
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 393.8K Introduce Yourself
- 43.9K Getting Started
- 260.3K Health and Weight Loss
- 176K Food and Nutrition
- 47.5K Recipes
- 232.6K Fitness and Exercise
- 428 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.6K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153.1K Motivation and Support
- 8.1K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.4K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.8K MyFitnessPal Information
- 15 News and Announcements
- 1.2K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.6K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions