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Sorry I haven't been around. Yesterday we had a field trip. Those days are so draining. To top it off, I haven't been feeling well. My glands are so swollen in the throat. I feel a bit better today so I don't think it's strep. Thank goodness!

This week has been crazy: Mon. - out for a conference all day; Tues - gave the class an all day district benchmark test; Wed. - field trip; today - I had a 3 hour ELL meeting. I'm wondering when I'm going to actually teach my class this week!

Thanks for the words of support! It's amazing how hearing "you can do it" from people can be motivating. I made some bad choices last weekend, but I pulled it together. Tomorrow is my birthday. So, we'll be getting take out for lunch at work, and then I'm going out for dinner with my family. That's going to be hard! But, my birthday only comes once a year.

Good day yall,
Today is a lovely day here, so I went walking outside where I work. It felt good. I am hoping that tonight I can build up the guts to put in the JM 30 day shred DVD! I had a fabulous salad for lunch and I have just about met my water daily requirement. So today has been good so far!

Where is everyone else at? I wish Deneen would reappear!
Bobbie...hang in there. I don't know how it is to be snowed in,but I'm sure it is not pleasant. We really need you to come back to us.
Tamara...really enjoyed the article you posted yesterday.
Welcome to abcstewey....Can you give us your name?
Karen...I have great respect for what you do.

Hope everyone else is doing great. I am not looking forward to weigh in tomorrow, but good luck to everyone else!

You all have a good rest of the day and if I can I will check in tonight!

Sucks, sucks, sucks! Oh and goodmorning everyone!

I am UP 1/2 lb again this week! That's all I have to say for now! :explode:

Hey guys,
One of our members that wanted to join our team is not very computer savvy and is having a hard time finding her way back to our thread. I have sent her the link. She said she tried adding others at her friends, but must have done something wrong. The only 2 on her friends list is me and Tamara. Could the rest of you please send her a friend request. Her username is jeanne1949. She is doing great on her journey but needs alot of support and motivation.

Thank you guys.

Nicole...have fun on your trip.
Tamara...hope you had a wonderful lunch. And you are so right not to sweat a 8oz gain. You are probably just pure muscle now!
Rupi...Where are you?
Deneen....Please come back!
Bobbie...I miss your post....come back soon!
Kerri...good job on maintaining. You are doing great....just keep it up.
Karen...hope you actually got to teach your class today and hope you saw a drop on the scale.
Jena....congrats on your loss! You rock girl!

Anyone else I missed...sorry....Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Hello ladies!

Thanks for your encouragement and words of wisdom

The week wasn't all that great, but I am here....and luckily the scale didn't let me down...i lost 1.2 pounds :laugh: yay! I'm at 142.1...hoping to hit 140 next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have the week off work this week and uni is starting up again, so will be back to a good schedule.

Time to make dinner, tlk to u guys soon :drinker:

wohhoooo bobbie- I totally knew it since you were talking about feeling ill and such!!! THere is a website for pregnant and postpregant weightloss or management whatever you wanna call it. its a sister site of sparkpeople. Anyways if you want it let me know. And it was the pinapple core wasnt ? hehehe j/k

Good morning everyone. I slept so good last night. I was exhausted after all the excitement from yesterday. I think I was alseep on the couch by nine. I woke up this morning feeling great. I made french toast for us this morning. Now we are getting ready to go to Providence to celebrate. The hubby found some places that he wants to take me. So we are going to have a fun day.

Tamara - Thanks for always being so supportive. You are an awesome friend to have and I miss you dearly. Have fun at the gym and with Amber later. I am glad you had a good night.

Amber - I miss you girl. Keep up the great work on here. It is a long journey, but so workth it. I finally got to the weight that I could have a healthy pregnancy and it is happening. You can and will do this. We are here for you.

Jessica - Thanks girl. I would like the website. I generally stick to webmd and the husband is looking up stuff like crazy. I think he is going to be the most excited dad ever with this pregnancy. I doubt it was the pinapple core because I did not eat it. I think it is more because we are sex addicts and it paid off. lol SOrry if that is TMI. ANyways now it is time for you to get pregnant again.

Rupi - Thanks for the comments. We are super excited. Good job on your loss too. Keep up the great work. Don't let everything overwhelm you.

Marcie - You are my sunshine! Thanks you so much for checking in on me. It means a lot girl. I know you are upset about the gain, but you can and will get that scale moving in your favor again. You know you can do it and so do we. I am always here for you.

Jena - Great job on the 2 pound loss. It looks like you will reach that mini goal in no time. Unfortunately I have to abandon that challenge, but I am going to continue to exercise and eat as healthy as possible. I refuse to gain all my weight back. I am going to have a healthy pregnancy.

Karen - It does sound like you had a hard week. Now it is the weekend and you can relax and destress with some cardio. Make some time for you this weekend. It doesn't sound like you had much you time last week. Hang in there.

Kerry - Maintaining is a step. Now you get to exercise again and that will help to get the scale moving. Keep on doing what you are doing and you will see results.

I am so sorry if I have missed anyone. I hope that you all have a great day and a fantastic weekend.

Hello girls! Just checking in ....

Reflecting on the month that I've had, with many bad days, and unexpected surprises from unexpected guests i can say that i didn't expect it to be great for weight loss, but 5 pounds down by the end of january is not that bad of a start, right? Thanks for being such great supporters!!!! I didn't expect to find support online for this journey....the reason that I started the weight loss challenge was (very few people know i'm doing this, let alone why i'm doing this)....at the end of last year, my mom was rushed to the hospital for a heart condition. Her dad (my grandpa) died almost 30 years ago from a heart attack, and this was the scariest situation that I could face, especially being half the world away from her. She didn't tell me anything was wrong until she was out of the hospital and was given the green light for her health. And now, with the help of my family, a nutritionist and her doctor, she has lost 40 pounds, and is now healthy. I'm so proud of her, but she is constantly worried about my university eating habits (lets just say she knows how much i love frozen pizza's and ready meals), so when I go home in 5 months I want to surprise her by being back at 125...a number i haven't seen since i was 18 (o lord, 8 years ago :ohwell: ).

We all have our own reasons for being here on MFP...for some its general health, others the motivating factor is family or starting a new family (or adding onto the existing one) :bigsmile:

I'm really proud of all of you for sticking through everything .....we are 2 days away from end of january....a month into the challenge! Give yourselves a pat on the back, and reward yourself with a treat (remember, it doesn't have to be a food treat)

rupi :flowerforyou:

Good morning. I hope everyone had a great Saturday. I know I sure did. We had a good day of celebrating our great news yesterday. It felt like every little kid or baby was smiling at us. At dinner there was a family in the booth behind us with a toddler and he kept talking to us all through dinner. It was the cutest thing. The parents apologized and DH told them that it was fine and shared our news with them. It turned out that the mom at that table was 27 weeks in here pregnancy. It was great. We also saw Black Swan. That movie was great, but so intense. Natalie Portman deserves an Oscar for her role. We also went to the Tiffany store. The husband showed me what he was going to get me for Valentine's day and it was so beautiful. He was going ot get me a ring for my right hand, but it was going to be a pretty penny. We decided that we will scale back on the spoiling each other since we are pregnant. I have asked him not to get me anything at all because all I wanted was to be pregnany, but that is not okay for him. I am one lucky woman. Anyways we had a great day yesterday. We have picked out our two boy and girl name's. Our boy names are Patrick Riley and Shawn Alexander. Our girl names are Caitlin Rose and Moira Elizabeth. Each name has at least one irish name. I am so ready to go to the OBGYN and find out more.

Today we slept in and had an egg sandwich for breakfast with an apple and a yogurt. We have to go to the grocery store today and the DH has to get a haircut for inspection. We are having left over spaghetti for lunch and I think grilled cheese and soup for dinner. It is going to be another great day.

Jessica - Thanks for the link. That is too funny about your hubby. Mine almost cried when I showed him the first positive pregnancy test. He has told so may random people. It is killing him to not tell everyone just yet, but soon he will be able to. Yesterday he kept an eye on what I ate and the caffeine intake. lol He might just drive me crazy, but his heart is in a good place. I have also told him that I am going to milk this pregnancy. He has 9 months of pampering me to do.

Tamara - Thanks girl. Have a great workout today. I sure hope you and Amber get on the same page and get to the gym together soon.

Rupi - Thank you for sharing your story about why you are doing this. I am so excited for you. Your mom will be so shocked and so proud. Good luck on your journey. I know all your work will pay off in the end. 5 pounds is a great start. Thanks for reminding us why we are all her and doing this.

Okay I got to go get ready so that we can go do our errands. Have a great Sunday!

Bobbie.....I am super excited for you and your husband!!! You guys are going to be wonderful parents!!!

Not much time for much more....I've had my granddaughters with me since Saturday....so not much time for anything esle

TTYL!!!