Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

@Annr - May the Forth be with you too - ha! I said that a lot today - even wrote it on a check in the reminder area - just for a laugh - it was a check to a great niece who was graduating High School off in Colorado. Good catch for your Navy son.
You've dealt out some good advice to others today but it sounds like you are frustrated yourself in the kitchen. Actually you are almost 100% in control in the kitchen what with you being done and closing it down 2 hrs before bedtime - I think thats very admirable. Pllus you are so strong for being able to eat your light meal of salad etc while fixing meat and potatoes for your thin son and your disabled hubby.
You go swim and think about how well you're actually doing!

@Melfornia - I didn't see anything about a Premium Package - I'll have to do some reading when I get a little spare time.

@Skinny - I'm in a hurry for you to see that specialist for your shoulder (or scapula or whatever) too I hope the 19th comes asap. Hey is Cinco De Mayo being celebrated at school?

@Laurie - swimming in open water is very different than swimming laps in pools - just as climbing a rock wall inside a building is different that climbing an actual rock outside. Perhaps you should plan to forgo maybe the next two triathalons. Just tell yourself you're not going to do them on account of the swimming. THen keep swimming laps , riding the bike and running. As the tri's dates pass you up, I think you will react one way or the other, happy or sad, and that reaction will tell you what you need to know about yourself. If you find you miss the tri's then you'll need to find some open water to practice in, which I'm sure your friends will be able to help you with.
Laurie - is the aunt who passed away the one aunt who sort of wanted you to come live with her?

well that's about all the personals I have time for right now, but ladies and gents you all seem to be putting your health up there as the number one priority in your life. Good for you. I support you 100%. Keep it up! With the milder temperatures don't you feel as if spring is rising in your own blood? If you are up before dawn, you can hear birds singing outside. Its quite invigorating. (How you say? just don't ever go to sleep...)

AFM - don't know if I mentioned this before, but I traded in my car and bought a new used car - a 2011 Malibu - now I'm trying to re-finance my house, and hopefully merge my car loan into my home loan, but right now the rates are not being kind to me - they are exactly the same as when I bought my condo 3 years ago....so I am just calling my lender every day to see if they drop or go up...

My step-mom has made good progress at the Rehabilitation Center and on May 1st she moved from there to her final destination, the Masonic Home in her own home town, 40 minutes from me, but she is just 5 minutes from both her 2 kids. She is sort of crabby about how small her room is and how her furniture is arranged and how the food tastes and she doesn't get peaches often enough (so we are hiding them in her room) but she is very happy in that she has found 3 very nice ladies she has known over the years who are now living there as well.

My step-sister has the awful burden of getting her mom's little but crowded place sorted out and furniture auctioned off and the place sold. I won't be involved in that. (thank the Lord for small favors)

Some days I have been so busy I don't get my morning coffee in, and its quite upsetting but I make a point to do it whenever I come back home even if its late afternoon, so I'm trying to log it then. Like today, that's all I've had is coffe and a bagel and its already tomorrow at 1;40 am so I better get something in me that has some protein, and I'm guessing its either scrambled eggs again or cottage cheese again. Such is life in the great midwest.

Another Drs. appt. tomorrow. Time hasn't stopped the swelling in my hands and feet. I'm on a diuretic this guy prescribes - maybe he can just make it stronger.

I waited patiently for a letter from the Rheumatology Doc I saw 2 weeks ago to tell me his findings of all the x-rays he ordered of my hands, knees and feet-Well, the letter came Saturday.

It read "I will defer reporting the x-ray findings for your regular doctor to go over with you when she returns, as you are scheduled to see her on June 30th. There are either changes of osteoporosis or degenerative arthritis. I will enclose a pamphet for you to read."

BUT there was NO pamphet enclosed! So Monday I get to call the office and ask for that....I suspect I need surgery in my hands (my thumbs specifically - I can't open anything and I always imagine monkeys doing better than me when I wrestle with jars or pop-top cans) but I'm not sure about my feet. Thanks again, Doc.

oh, here's some GOOD news. I'm flying to Sedona AZ, on May 26, meeting up with a girlfriend and staying at Forest Houses Resort, right on Oak Creek in Sedona, til June 2nd. I'll be off-line as the location does not have wi-fi or Cell-phone connections. Should be really relaxing. Was going to hike a bit, but my feet are shot, and until I know whats wrong with them (thanks Doc, ) I won't be pushing it. My girlfriend, (a very frustrated kindergarden teacher and ex post facto baby sitter of an extra 35or so non-English-speaking 5 and 6-year old immigrant kids) (who are all untrained and wild) (not saying the non-immigrant kids are docile tho) she is really looking forward to school being over!