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erh20000plus

Happy Tuesday!

Staci - Sounds like you had a wonderful time with your son!

Jane - Look at you go! Speedy McSpeedspeed! Just wait and you will be challenging him soon!

Steph - I am in the same boat. Hovering at 251 and not being able to get past it. Thought about calorie zagging but just do not know enough about it yet.

Cynthia - I am thinking that you and Loki are in cahoots! My puppy (yes I still call him that) is ten years old which for a mastiff mix is quite old. Though we did take him to the dog park last night and he was running around like he was two. I am sure that my hubbie will have to give him some aspirin today. I did get some mums that are flowering quite nicely but I still haven't touched the flowerbeds. I will have to do that this weekend.

Becky - Wow! I can hear the energy. This trip seems to have revitalized you!

As for me, I made Hot Spiced Apple Cider last night for work today. Took puppy to the park. Yelled at my daughter who did not get her room cleaned and took away her iPod and Computer (Columbus Day = no school). Filled the dishwasher to find out I am missing 8 steak knives. Registered to go to Anime-Zap Con in January because the kids are always watching anime. Played computer, yada-yada. Not too interesting.

Have a Tremendous Tuesday!

laneybird

Becky- Welcome to my state Our food is AWESOME!! Glad the plane ride went well

Eileen- The Apple Cider sounds so good.. it's cool and rainy here... would be perfect. Could you deliver some to work?

Cynthia- You're a gardening fool! I don't have much of anything to landscape in front of my apartment but I need to work on it BIG time. The crazy lady who thinks she's the gardener of the aprtment complex planted some awful somethings (Idk what they are) and so now they've died and look like crap lol

Stephanie- I am sure you're going to meet that goal!

I've been slammed with home life, work and cleaning houses (I'm a single mom, so this is all Christmas money thank goodness.) I planned on starting 30DS last night after work and Logan's tball game but I couldn't find the stupid dvd. Found the case, but where the dvd is... who knows. Made me mad. Searched over an hour, but that time it was going on 10:00... and after 12 hours of work and a ballgame, all of 4 hours of sleep, I called it a night.
I've hit a stall on weight loss, so I'm working my butt off (lliterally) to lose this week.... so we will see. Hope everyone has a Terrific Tuesday!!

stephaniezoundi

Becky - sounds like you are having a great time. So jealous of the hockey game. I know how you feel about the plane but that is so great about not needing the extension on the little plane!

Lane - keep up the positive attitude, and I hope your 30DS shows up. I've asked for it for my bday so I'll be able to join in on the craze.

Ehr - hot spiced apple cider sounds yummy!!!!!

Cynthia - its always so nice when someone totally gets it. Likewise, I'm sure the weight will shift. I don't know how you keep your calories so low, I'm afraid I love food a bit too much for that.

So today has been a good day. There were yummy chocolate treats out in the staff room at break (and believe me after marking the most diabolical year 7 work I have seen in a long time, it was tempting!) but I managed to avoid them - literally walked the container across the room so they weren't near me. To continue my day, I was on my way to the gym when I got a text saying my spin class was cancelled. My spin buddy and I agree though that we would take over the spin room and do our own session. We stayed for 35 instead of 45 but I was waaaaaayyyyyyy sweatier than I would be in the class. It felt great knowing I don't let things that that rule my life anymore and that exercise is a priority.

Not looking like a loss this week but who knows maybe the pound freeing fairy will show up over night and cause some magic to happen in my fat cells!

StaciO

Hi all, I am home from work today and tomorrow with strep throat. Yuck! I woke up feeling really crappy but started to feel better as the morning progressed and the antibiotics and tylenol kicked in so I started doing some Insanity. I am now dripping in sweat and huffing and puffing which is making my throat hurt some more. I think I will go flop on the couch and watch a movie instead. I just wanted to check in with you all and I'll be back later or tomorrow when I am feeling better.

RENAEJAE

Quick post to say hey! I have some catching up to do with all of your post. Staci - bummer about the strep - ugh - that can be miserable. You're smart to go get meds early. I still have a UTI and really need to go to the dr. I keep hoping it will get better and it's still persisting after a week. Such a drag. Just not myself and the over the counter stuff I was taking made me so irritable I wanted to kill someone - so I'm just chugging cranberry juice (which has 140 cal/cup!)

Glad to see so much activity here. I'll be back to myself soon. Missed you all over the weekend!

k2quiere

Ok, so life has been totally, unnecessarily busy, and I am so far begin the times in multiple threads. Even if I haven't posted or commented on anything, know that I have read everything. I just wanted to drop in and say that I love you guys (well, guy and gals ;-)) and I have never been so jealous hearing about others exercise as I've been in the past couple of days.

So, question for the group. Is it wrong that I don't want to go home (NJ) for Thanksgiving? We used to go every year, out of tradition for holidays always being held in my grandmother's house, even though she's no longer with us. Well, now the majority of us are in other states, so it's not the same anyway, but we kept going. Last year, I got my uncle to agree to come here for Thanksgiving with the caveat that we would once again go there this year. However, neither of my sisters are going to go (one has a baby and the other has to work that weekend) and my daughter may have to work that weekend and my boyfriend has to work every other day that weekend. Mom is trying to force the issue that we still go out of obligation, although the people that matter, to ME, will be here in NC. Ok, I guess really my question is, when do you let go of holiday family traditions once they really no longer apply to your immediate family??? I have no problem being a total ***** or rather listening to my uncle *****, but mom lives with me, and I don't feel like hearing her whine.

CanToGirl

Hey everyone,
All is going well. Nothing new. Its almost rinse and repeat. But I'm ok with that. Took a nice walk with Eve today and enjoyed the Fall colors and warm temps, since its going to get colder in the next few days. But thats ok because I'm ready for Winter. Ready for the cozy pants and the fireplace roaring with snow falling outside. My mom is coming up to visit tomorrow and plan to do some shopping and lunch. Excited to have her up here. Got the family picture proofs today and we look like a normal family. Not a dysfunctional like we are sometimes. :laugh: Will post a pic once I get the book back from my in-laws.

Staci: Sorry to hear about the strep. Never had it myself but I heard it sucks. So hope you recover soon.
ReNae: Same with you, hope you get better soon.
Steph: So proud of you, for taking action when it would have been easy to throw in the towel. I hope when I am faced with a challenge like that, that I am strong enough to make the right decision.
Bobbie: That is a tough decision to make. I personally am always for family gathering, but I am lucky to have my family no more the 2 hours away. Sending good thoughts your way.

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KnottyNCrotchety

I'm sorry so many are sick, I am finally recovering from my cold and it has been miserable. And that's just with a cold, not Strep or a UTI!

Bobbie, I grew up in Alaska, where we didn't get to spend many holidays with anyone other than our immediate family because it was just too expensive. Thanksgiving was always my favorite, as you would almost never choose to go Outside for that holiday when Christmas was just around the corner. So you would spend Thanksgiving with your adopted family of friends, friends of friends, coworkers, and people you had just met that had nowhere else to go. I still think of Thanksgiving as an "orphan" holiday and we always invite someone to spend it with us that has no one to share it with. So, I guess my advice is to start a new tradition. I know it will be hard for your mom, but it will grow on her. Its a lot less stress, trouble, and work to stay home and cook than to travel at that time anyways. She will come to enjoy the relaxation of sleeping in, dozing on the couch after watching the parade and then napping after eating. (Or is that just me that sleeps the whole day away in 20 minute bits?)

Steph, I am so proud of you for going to spin "class". Rock on.

I had a hard conversation with my 17 year old daughter tonight. She was saying how great I was looking and asked how much more I wanted to lose. I said I did not know exactly, but wanted to be down to a healthy weight and would decide when I got there. She asked if I was trying to get down to her weight and I didn't quite know what to say. She has always had a very healthy body image, something I NEVER had, but is very, very curvy and a chubby (not really fat, but chubby in that teenage girl way that will turn to fat eventually) size 14. I am currently in a size 18. She is shaped very differently from me, I am an hourglass and hold most of my weight in my arms and legs while she has no waist at all but lovely arms and legs. My goal is to be quite a bit smaller than she is currently, but I hesitated to say that and I don't know if that is wrong. I love that she thinks nothing of wearing a bikini, wanders around the house in her undies and is very comfortable with her body. I have never been that way and don't want to ruin that for her. But the conversation really made me question how this is going to affect her. My goal has been to try to get to my goal weight by my birthday in June, which I realized tonight was also going to be her high school graduation. It all really has me thinking a bit about my goals and when I should be trying to achieve them.

Icewolf_The

Oh my little chicks... First things first.

RENAE
--- GOD DAMMIT WOMAN. Do not make me fly up to Maine to kick your *kitten*, drag you to the doctor to get you on antibiotics for a UTI at your age. Seriously. WTF is wrong with you. I say this, because my darling. I almost destroyed my kidneys with a UTI that I did & didn't know I had. I went on a cruise, the cruise doc gave me a zpac, it kinda didn't kill all the UTI I got from swimming in their ****ty pool (yes literally **** from the old people who go in the pool with diapers on I learned. ****.) Anyway, So I went another 2 weeks and when I DID GO to the doctor. I had to get put on CIPRO and this was when the pill was brand new. I ended up paying almost $300 for 2 weeks of that **** because the infection had already spread to my kidneys and I was headed for dialysis for life at age 31. I still think they are partially damaged because when I get UTI's now I no longer feel any pain/burning/etc. SO GO. TOMORROW. DAMMIT. *pounds head on desk*

Bobbie
-- Put Mom on a plane to spend Thanksgiving with your Uncle. Hasta Luego... Because as good as your advice is JJ. I can tell, her mom, is like my Mother in Law. She will NEVER shut up, EVER for the rest of her life because it's "not what we do'' ya-ta ya-ta ya-ta. Holy jeasus. And Bobbie, your traditions don't have to be su madres... So you give her the choice. And then that way, she has to live with HER decision. You can fly to Tio's solamente... o.. su vivo aqui con tu familia... Suck it.. LOL And Lo siento chica... pobrecita... *HUGS*

Staci
-- *sniffs* I am sorry you're feeling sick. At least you went to get Antibiotics UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE I could point out. Oh wait I did. (Yes Julie I know. I'm a ****. But I'm a **** that cares. ..) So I hope you feel better Staci. May I recommend Lemon water with a smidge of honey in it. (warm of course) We used to drink it before vocal choir performances in college when we had taxed our throats. *HUGS* Oh and zinc tablets. I don't know why they make your throat not hurt, but they do. Bug one of the docs maybe they'll tell you

Steph
--I love food more than you can possibly know. I feel like a pig eating 1200. I think I should be back down at 800. *sighs* I just haven't been able to ratchet it back down lately. Honestly it's all willpower at this point. There are days I break, there are evil things I eat, I just give up eating other things later in the day to avoid going over calories. It's not good, but Not much else I can do at this point. Just bidin my time. I vote we have a rousting party for our adipocytes ... We'll send them on a snipe hunt

Becks
--- I"m glad that happy Becks is back... Now back away from the pig fat and grits. Before someone gets hurt. Who am I kidding. I'd be right there next to you asking for seconds.

Lane
-- How the hell do you live in that state and not weigh 800 lbs? Seriously. Too much access to good pork. *cries*

Eileen
-- Wow hot spiced apple cider... did the spice happen to be rum? *cackles* Okay So for the steak knives... I don't know if they're part of your dinner ware set (silver) or not. But if they are, visit my favorite site in the universe. http://www.replacements.com
Mom (who has the worst taste in china) has these awful apple plates (Franciscan ware) that she keeps breaking and I keep having to reorder them piece at a time. Of course it's all discontinued. At any rate. They also have silver (and sterling) crystal, and collectables for sale and you can buy things by the piece. And good for you on child punishment

Julie
-- Are you still mad at me? *bats eyelashes cutely* I still lubs you

JJ
-- I dunno what to say about the daughter convo. I don't know what to tell mom either when I drop below her weight. Erik actually said, "do you mind if I wear one of your tshirts?" to me tonight when we went out to dinner, and I said, "why would I mind" It actually seemed like the most normal thing in the world. I know, weird isn't it? So your daughter is happy with who she is, I think that's fantastic. Don't sweat it, just keep doing your thing. When you get down to her size be happy, share a shirt or pants and then just quietly slip by in the dark of the night and keep losing weight till you get to where you're happy at the weight you want to be. I don't think she'll be upset. She might even join you.

So speaking of Hubs... I should have probably put this in the other thread but I'll post it here. I finished up weeding/aerating/recomposting all the beds today 3 days 15 hours, booyah. Very happy with myself. And I was sitting in the chair on the patio taking a break at the end of it all. (finished up in the dark again today). And he came outside to check on me and see how I was doing and he said, "I really want to say thank you for doing all the gardening, it means a lot to me." And I said, of course. "you're welcome, I'm just happy I am able to do it again. I'm sorry I wasn't for the last few years." He said well that's okay. Btw, can I ask you do something for me? I"m like sure, what do you need.
I shoulda known...
He's like well the grass under the lime tree has gone muddy in the back half and I was wondering if we could rip it up and re-sod it. *blinks* Um.. yeah but if we're going to do that, we should really aerate and compost underneath it and fix the drainage issue in the corner of the wall to force the water out into the rest of the bed. And I'm out of compost. Singh farms not open till Saturday. Oh he says. I said, but I'd be happy to do it, can I get your help? So he actually scraped off most of the dead grass that was still there and now I just have to start digging down underneath to rotate the soil. Trouble is, it's underneath the tree. So you have two options, Hunchback, or kneel. Ooooh that's gonna suck. Have I mentioned that lime trees are covered with thorns?. oooh double suck.

So I'll take my RL compliment for the week and I also added in two new lights one in each of the long planting beds on the low voltage lighting wires. So more glow We replaced two burnt out bulbs and trimmed up the lime and part of the lemon tree. It's hard to trim the lemon right now, she's full of fruit, so I just used the rake to pull down the bits I could get Erik to top out for me. Still have bits in the center I can't reach with rake or loppers. I remember planting the tree at 15'. Now it's over 25 feet. Whee. I just worry the wind will catch the top like a parasail and rip her out of the ground. With monsoons you can never tell.

When I trimmed the rosemary bush I got so many trimmings I decided to make a wreath out of them for the front door. I'll still have enough to give away and I don't dry or save any. Afterall if I need some, I just cut it Same with the oregano I trimmed. But I will dry it out, One can never tell when you need oregano.

Night all! Early day tomorrow!

OH and my NSV for the day, was that I wore my new 80's black slouchy suede boots (only about 10" tall below calf) to sushi dinner tonight (both of them right and LEFT) and I didn't have any foot pain. *crosses fingers*

Cynthia

erh20000plus

Happy Wednesday!

Lane - If I could, I would in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, I do not think they would appreciate me calling in sick for the rest of the week to get it to you. Go figure! The same thing happens at my house with the DVDs. Someone (usually under the age of 16) takes the DVD out of the player and just sits it on the first available counter space instead of back in its case.

Steph - You go, you crazy spinning woman, you!

Staci - Sick and still working out? Ahh, man..now I know I am lazy!

Renae - I am pretty sure if your daughter had this problem she would be forced to see the doctor. Go on and set a good example!

Bobbie - Without going into family history, I do not go to "family" holidays anymore. I gave my mom the reasons why and she couldn't argue with them. Let me just say I saw my brother and sister once each last year during everything that I was going through and they live at the most 2 hours away and traveled frequent through the city I live in. Stand up for what you want or you will always be giving in. And Bobbie, I know that you have the cahones to follow through.

Julie - That sounds perfect. Maybe a little Stepfordish. But still pretty darn nice!

JJ - Yeah, I am going to be in your shoes in a couple years I fear. Currently my 13 yo is slim and too dang pretty for her own good, but all she eats is mac-n-cheese, bread, cheese, chips, and sweets. She sits in her room on her computer and iPod hardly ever coming out. I hate forcing her to do activity but I am afraid that she is going to gain weight and not know how to lose it. I tried talking her in to doing zumba with me, but no. I just hope that I set a good example for her to follow if she ever finds herself that way. I guess my point is that when she is ready she will look towards you as the example of what to do. If she is happy with herself and active, let her be and cross that road when you come to it.

Cynthia - I moved my mums around last night, does that count as yardwork? Dang it! Now I have leaves all over my front and back yard. Guess what the children will be doing this weekend? Probably nothing. LOL! Nice NSV. I want to get some boots but I have to be careful with my lingering neuropathy in my feet. If I wear something too restrictive, I do not feel it until I try to sleep and my feet are just agony. Oh, well.

As for me, nothing new. Hubbie made supper last night. Ham, corn on the cob, boxed mashed potatoes, frozen yeast rolls, and broccoli and cheese from a bag. I didn't have the heart to tell him that none of it looked good to me. The ham was too salty. I didn't touch the potatoes or corn. And now my fridge is full of leftovers. Great! He won't touch leftovers. I thanked him for cooking dinner, cleaned it up and fed the dog a piece of ham. He just does not get the whole concept of healthy.


Have a Winning Wednesday my fine losers!

StaciO

Morning guy and gals. I am feeling much better today and will get to go back to work tomorrow.

JJ- thats a tough one but I say just do your thing honey. Your daughter will have to decide for herself when and if she wants to lose weight. She will see your examle though and that is the best you can do. You need to get healthy for you and if that means you end up smaller than her then so be it. My daughter and I have kind of had the same conversation only she is a thin little thing. She asked me recnetly is I am trying to get down to her size and I told her "No, I am trying to get down to a healthy size. If we end up wearing the same size then who cares." Aparently she does because she mentioned that I always pick out cute jaskets and dresses. I think she may want to borrow them if we end up the same size. LOL

Okay, I gotta go get something to eat besides the half a cookie I swiped from the kitchen this morning. have a super day.

stephaniezoundi

JJ - you do what you have to do for you. I know that's hard. I had the opposite issue, my mom got jealous when I shrunk below her/ she passed me (she is continuing to gain and is now what I was when I started or close to it). You are setting a healthy lifestyle example that hopefully your daughter will choose to follow.

Renae - agree with Cynthia - get self to doctor ASAP.

Its been a good day. My body is playing with me. I wasn't expecting a loss after what I saw last night on the scale but the fat fairies rewarded me with a 1.7lbs loss. This makes me happy. I am looking foward to having a good week and surprising my trainer when she is back for our regularily scheduled torture session on Wednesday. its my birthday Tuesday but won't be indulging until the weekend. And yes, on my birthday there are no calories. Hope you've all had a good day!

CanToGirl

O.M.Gosh Steph, Love your new photo. Just love it and look at those collarbones!!!! You are gorgeous!! So happy and proud of you.

RENAEJAE

I'm feeling better today and hope to be back to myself tomorrow. I really pushed myself today and ran half of my 3 mile power walk today. Felt really good about that. I keep hovering on the scales and it's killing me - I guess I can't expect big changes if I don't increase my workouts.

Thanks for the not so gentle kick in the head Cyndi **HUGS** I hope I don't have issues down the road like you did. I really was going to go to the DR today if it wasn't better.

Steph - your new picture is beautiful! WOW - you have transformed yourself. You are just amazing. I'm so proud of ya!!

Frustrating day at work - my computer was down more than half the day so I've been playing catch up. I should have just ditched this place and gone to my daughters FH game. Looks like rain for the next couple of day so I'll need to get up early and hit the treadmill since I won' t be getting outside for my noon time walks. Heading to bed early tonight!!

~keep it skinny

MrsRazor7

Hey everyone. I know that I am not checking in that much, but I am going through a lot right now at home. I am doing a good job sticking to my diet, but everything else in my life feels like it is falling apart. I will try and get caught up, but I am not in a good place and I don't want to rub my sadness or funkiness off on any of you. Hopefully I will be doing better soon, and I will be able to get my thoughts and self back.

Icewolf_The

I am tired. (OMG really with that burn today? who'da thunk it) And I just wanted to say. I love you all.

I'm going to go pass out now.

The toad is being a bad toad tonight. I took my HRM off.. a new high it hit tonight. 214. ****ing thyroid. *gacks*

*sleeping*

edit - day = say... **** i am tired

daylitemag

Hey everyone. I know that I am not checking in that much, but I am going through a lot right now at home. I am doing a good job sticking to my diet, but everything else in my life feels like it is falling apart. I will try and get caught up, but I am not in a good place and I don't want to rub my sadness or funkiness off on any of you. Hopefully I will be doing better soon, and I will be able to get my thoughts and self back.

Keep your chin up Raz! At least that's what "they" always say. Mind you "they" tend to be a bunch of idiots, so it's best just to do your own thing. We're here for you and this is a safe place to unload, so if you need to please go ahead. I'm sure whatever you are going through is something that others here have also experienced and perhaps can lend a sympathetic and knowing ear. Regardless, good job on staying in control of your eating and please stay strong. Peace.

daylitemag

@JJ: I don't know why, but your post about the conversation with your daughter nearly made me cry. I have no idea why it affected me so deeply. I wish I had some sort of sage advice to offer, but I just don't. What I can say is that you sound like an amazing Mum and I believe you will find the "right" path for both you and your daughter. At a minimum, you are leading by example and probably many of the food choices you are now making will also be adopted by other members of the family (assuming you do some or all of the cooking). That you daughter has such a positive self-image is a testament to her upbringing, and is so incredibly wonderful that I can't put it into words. I have lived my entire life with extremely poor body image and it has negatively impacted my life in so many ways that I can't begin to count them. I am envious of your daughter, and I think she will be just fine.

@Becky: I loved your post about the plane ride(s). I think someone should start up a new airline and call "Chubby Express", all the seats will be extra wide and the arm rests would go up super easy. The seat belts would be ten feet long and no one would be allowed on the plane who wasn't overweight. All the food served would be healthy and plenty of water. I tell you what, I would happily pay a 20% premium to fly on Chubby Express, and if statistics are anything to go by, so would more than half the population of NA.

erh20000plus

Happy Thursday!

Staci - Glad you're feeling better. Hope you had a wonderful day!

Steph - Beautiful Picture! I agree that birthdays have no calories! Hope you have a fantastic time! And Fat Fairies? LOL! I need to find me some to let me release some weight! Are they attracted by honey or lard? Hereee Fairy Fairy!

Renae - Ain't it funny how everything revolves around the box? I hate days like that! Hope your computer is up and running! Nothing like a busy day to make time fly!

((Lexie)) We here for you! Whenever you are ready. Also, I like the new picture!

Cynthia - If I did everything you accomplish I would be comatose and in a full body cast! Rest up!

Greg - Chubby Express? Maybe they should offer that wrist weights and some in seat exercises? Video of Jillian Michaels? Nah, that's probably too much.

As for me, last night was not my best eating night. Corn salsa and chips and a cookie. I was under my calories but still. Bad Eileen! I need to hunker down and get back in control. Going shopping on Saturday and I will start making menus for next week and I will stick to them. No more of this mundane crapola. More tea, less coffee. More homemade, less processed.

Have a wonderful Thirsty Thursday!

RENAEJAE

I'm with you Eilleen - we've been rushing through dinner for the past few weeks with field hockey games or practices every night. Now that it is done I'm making a 'clean' list and will restock. My food hasn't been bad - it's just been limited. I need to stock up on berries and nuts again.

Becky - are you still traveling? Hope you are back on track after your splurges. Sounds like you have been enjoying yourself and that air travel nightmares are behind you - woot woot!!

Cyndi - rest my friend! Your body needs it.

Greg - you are such a sensitive guy - I just love it. I often wonder what my DH would post if he were on a thread like this. But then again the only thing my husband does on the compute is look up motorcycle or bicycle parts / sales. He could find a website without my help. LOL

Lexie - I hope things work out for you on the home front. We'll be right here if you need us. Great job not turning to food. You're a changed person.

JJ - I went back to find your post about your daughter since I was playing catch up. I love that she is confident about her self image. I also have a cute chubby little 11yr old. (see profile pix). Thank goodness she doesn't let it ruin her day when mean kids call her fat. I'm sure it hurts her feelings but it doesn't let it stop her from joining all the sports and other school activities. She just has a round shape and has my brothers barrel chest, no *kitten* and a round belly. All adorable if you ask me. She is a character too - she can keep us in stitches for hours on end. As she hits puberty I'm hoping that she will grow about 4 inches and thin out a bit. But for now I just gently remind her to make healthy choices. ps - she would love to wear a bikini too but I haven't bought her one the past couple of years. Kids can be so mean - I try to protect her from that as much as I can.

Well - I've gotta run. I have a meeting this afternoon outside the office so I have to get tons done before I head out. I slept in this morning (my body needed it!) and it's raining so I may not get any exercise today. My legs are feeling my run from yesterday so it might be a good thing to take the day off anyway.

Drinking my water for thirsty thursday.
~keep it skinny

daylitemag

Going shopping on Saturday and I will start making menus for next week and I will stick to them. More homemade, less processed.

Two great pieces of advice right here: [1] plan ahead; [2] ditch the over processed, salt ridden stuff and go for homemade goodness!

StaciO

Happy thirsty Thursday my friends! Fill you glass and drink up. With water that is.

Lexie- I haven't been feeling well the last couple of days so I am looking at your profile pic and thinking it is new but I am not 100% sure. You look fabulous though.

Heading out to lunch so I will check in later.

stephaniezoundi

Hello all!
a pretty good day here. Hubby here passed his construction safety exam so we went out to enjoy Thai food. Way over on sodium (thank goodness its thirsty thursday) but I think I worked out all right on calories. They don't have nutritional information.
Thank you for your compliments on my new photo. My best friend brought it over and I couldn't actually believe the way my face looked....like a different person, and I like this person!

Icewolf_The

HUgs to everyone.
I am officially a crankapotamus tonight... but I have a pretty good reason.

The stupid thyroid scan tonight. (Jeasus Renae did you have to have one of those an Ultrasound?) I swear to god. Like I posted on my wall... I'd rather have two old fashioned boobie squish mammograms and two vagina probes than have that done again. EVER.

Dude (who is not an idiot, did my vagina ultrasound and was very good), takes the probe and just I swear, felt like he was crushing my neck. For about 40 minutes. At one point he pushed down and I just retched and gagged. He's like sorry. I'm like, So am I. Feck what the hell else am I supposed to say. No please, continue to choke the life out of me, I'm enjoying it. Thank you sir, may I have another?

In fact my neck is killing me. And my thyroid as a result has been shooting extra hormone all day. I had my HRM on while out and about. Hit a new record 234? 235? I can't remember now.. anyway HRM didn't even 'keep' the number it was too high. Also hit 214, 225, 206,... I was all over those 200's most of the afternoon about every 10-15 minutes it'd spike.. I finally got home and took one of my last remaining beta blockers and the ache in my chest has gone away at least. Christ almighty.

Sorry foxes, didn't get much of a workout today. Took the afternoon off and went to a movie and dinner with Hubster.


Stephy congrats on your hubster passing his exam very good news! New jobs on the horizon I hope?

Staci and Renae feel better my darlings

Eileen look at my blog, has easy salsa recipe, it's 10 cal for like 1/4 cup. And if you leave out the agave sweetner, it's even less. (like 8 I think). The best chips I've found are ones called. "Food should taste good". They sell them at whole foods (of course) I don't know where else, black and white bag. You get 12 chips for 140? 150 calories? Which is almost double your average chip count off the shelf for about 99% of chips. Means more snacky, less guilt. (Average restaurant tortilla chip is 5 chips for 150 calories) And my favorite are the lime ones. Jalapeno is good also. But they have cheddar and blue corn and all kinds of flavors.

Okay off to nappy land. I hope I don't wake up at 5 am again. Too damn early.

God natt mina älsklingar

idahogirl71

Hi everyone.....my computer got majorly infected with viruses and crashed so had to have it completly refurbished back to its original factory settings which really sucks because I lost everything on it....thankfully I had most of my pics saved on a backup disc.

And I recieved the BEST birthday gift ever! My 40th birthday is on the 21st. I have not been looking forward to turning 40, but no longer care about it. I have a new man in my life.......and he is A-MAZE-ING!! Only bad thing is that he lives 283 miles from me in Butte, Montana. But I spent the last 3 days with him and may move there in the spring. I am definitely going to be spending my birthday with him. And he shocked me by having a candle light dinner (and a healthy one at that) for me when I walked in the door. I have NEVER had anything like that done for me. I cried when I walked in and saw it!!

Tami

k2quiere

Tami, that's great! I'm glad that you're happy and boo about the comp!

erh20000plus

Happy Friday!

Renae - Hope you meeting went well! It has been raining off and on here in IL as well. Good thing that where I work there is a underground concourse to all the buildings in the complex and we are allowed to exercise walk there otherwise I wouldn't get any walking done.

Greg- Now I just have to work on the follow through!

Staci - Hope you are feeling back up to par!

Steph - Congrats to your hubbie! He will be back to work in no time. I have my fingers crossed for him! And you should be happy about your pic! It is beautiful!

Cynthia - Though I can say the thryoid scan is one of the few tests that I have not had in the past year and a half, I understand and feel your pain. The worst one so far has been the breast MRI in which I almost did not fit in the machine, was claustrophobic (which normally I am not) because I couldn't get a regular breath it was so tight, and I was in it for almost an hour. Errrgh! Hope that you are feeling better and am proud that you didn't go postal on the technician! I will have to check out your blog and see what I can steal...ah..make.

Tami - Sounds like you been have one wonderful week - other than the computer. I thinks you might have got yourself a keeper!

As for me, I had a crummy night. Body aches and the medicine did not kick in til sometime after 3:15am and of course I am at work usually at 7am. Get to work and the primary bit of software I use needs to be reconfigured which I can't do and the guy that can fix it doesn't work on Fridays! So I had to cancel my meetings and get to twiddle my fingers and try not to fall asleep today! I am almost tempted to go home and sleep the day away but I am already in the red for the days I took off for vacation and want to save the rest of my time off for the holidays. Dang it! Maybe I can hole up in a conference room and nap this afternoon.

Have a fantastic friday!

Oh, wait. I want to start Friendly fridays again!

Bobbie - I would like to tell you what a wonderfully strong and confident woman you are! You always make me smile when I read your posts!

RENAEJAE

Cyndi – sorry you had to endure that thyroid scan. I remember it being a real ‘pain in the neck’ **heckle heckle** But what I remember being worse than that was the needle aspiration. That freaked me out. Then when the results came back they said it was benign and we could just leave it alone. I said “there is a lump in my neck the size of a softball and you are taking it OUT!” As if I wanted to live the rest of my life wearing scarves.

Tammy – Nice to hear that things are going well for you. You deserve it! Bummer about the computer. We rely on them way to much these days.

Eilleen – what is it with computer issues this week? Full moon? Mine is still not behaving and IT will need to come back and ruin the rest of my day. I hope you have a great weekend and your body aches go away.

Can I just say TGIF!!! Holy long week. I managed to get some miles in everyday but one, but between not feeling great earlier in the week and rain at the end of the week it’s been a struggle. I’m feeling much better now so it’s onward and upward. Doesn’t look like I’ll reach my original goal of being at 200 for my physical on Nov 2nd, but I’m hoping to be under 210 by then. If I could just get these next 5lbs to move along. Stubborn pains in the *kitten*.

Heading up on the mountain this Sunday for a day of fall foliage, ATV riding and pie baking with the family. It’s one of my favorite traditions and I’m looking forward to putting on my *kitten* kickers and relaxing for the day. I'm bringing the salad so we will have something light on the table.

Enjoy your weekend! ~ keep it skinny

CanToGirl

Friendly Friday~~Renae~~ I love reading your posts about what you and your family will be doing. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, almost like wearing a cozy sweater in the winter time with a cup of hot cocoa watching Ever After. Thank you for putting real life experiences in a world of taking better care of ourselves and know it can be done.

NSV for me today. Went to Old Navy to put my coupon to use. Found some good workout shirts and yoga pants. Then I knew I needed jeans because I have one pair. So grabbed a 18 and to big. Yippie!!! So I bought a size 16 jeans. Though the scale is not my friend lately, I can tell I'm slimming down. Yea for me!!