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pancakesmajor- Emma is a pit/jack russell/beagle mix, and, I may be biased, but think she's the cutest thing

sounds like an interesting mix. Do you have photos? We have two jack russels. Im afraid *they* are the cute things ever. . ;-)

No way man. MY jack russel is the cutest dog ever. My italian greyhound is a close second. lol

Sorry guys... MY pups are the cutest things ever!!
But Kristina... Emma is pretty damn cute!

Amy - Awwww big fluffy lovey pups!!

Victoria - Bahaha! I actually giggled out loud at that! (and personally, i'd rather he dressed as snape )

Pam - Greaat to hear the dress was a hit - You're having NSVs all over the place!!


As for me, i'm getting more and mroe comments at work about weight loss. It feels pretty awesome. I reckon it means that although the scales aren't moving very fast, all the exercise i've been doing must be paying off! :happy: Also, Isaac commented on how my bum is changing because of all the walking i'm doing Oh sorry... TMI?

Now, MY awesomely adorable pups.



Alex is in Green and Xena is in pink. I was sitting out on the back step one morning, and they both decided i looked like a good place to sit. TOO CUTE!!!

Having a good time with family but gave up logging due to sharing of food. And my Bugg is saying low and not charging. Sighs. I'll call today a wash and admit I was over. The brewpub for dinner with 2 beers and 1/2 share of 12 oz prime rib were good. No real ex today, but I'll make up for it in the morning.

All the dogs were cute but Hallie's right - cats rule!!!

Having a good time with family but gave up logging due to sharing of food. And my Bugg is saying low and not charging. Sighs. I'll call today a wash and admit I was over. The brewpub for dinner with 2 beers and 1/2 share of 12 oz prime rib were good. No real ex today, but I'll make up for it in the morning.

All the dogs were cute but Hallie's right - cats rule!!!

I'm pretty sure that carbing it up for a race is a good thing!!

Thanks Lacey!!! Have a great time. I'll be thinking of you on my run.

I'll really be thinking of all of you this morning. My cousins wife did the full marathon yesterday and said the course is awesome. I can't wait. I'm waiting in the lobby for everyone. 4 of us are doing are doing the 1/2. it's really fun when lots of people are in a race - we sooo totally need to do a race together!!! It looks like Alaska will happen in late Aug next year. People are starting to arrive and the race is in an hour I'll check in later!!!

Good morning ladies. Going to the gym again today. I forgot to mention that I got up to 45 minutes yesterday on the elliptical. My weight is way freaking up today. Gotta get it back down by the next weigh in. I originally typed "gotta try to get it down..." but I changed it. There's no "trying" about it, I HAVE TO get it back down by the next weigh in.

Anyway, time for my egg toast breakfast and then going to the gym. Love you ladies!

Good morning ladies. Going to the gym again today. I forgot to mention that I got up to 45 minutes yesterday on the elliptical. My weight is way freaking up today. Gotta get it back down by the next weigh in. I originally typed "gotta try to get it down..." but I changed it. There's no "trying" about it, I HAVE TO get it back down by the next weigh in.

Anyway, time for my egg toast breakfast and then going to the gym. Love you ladies!

I'm right there with you! I had a bad day on Friday, and my weight jumped up nearly 2lbs Saturday morning just to yell at me. I'm now in the process of working that back off, one pound down! You're right, though...there is no TRY! Trying is what we have all been doing for years without much success. I just hope I maintain for my official weigh-in tomorrow on MFP...I don't want to have to log a gain!!!

Lacey: Sorry about the burnt finger, but I'm sure that the exciting adventures will more than make up for the bad hair days

Victoria: I'm so excited for you run, and I know you will do wonderfully! I'm no where near interested or ready for a anythingK, but I'm super excited to hear about everyone who's doing it!

Amy: I'm freezing too! No rain here today, but it is actually colder in my house (made of brick, like the third little pig) than it is outside...just craziness!

I hope everyone has had a great or at least fairly good weekend?

Question: I want to make sure I understand the weigh in standards for the group. Is it two times a week, on mon & fri? or is it one or the other?

being new its a little daunting trying to keep up (and catch up) with everyone & what is going on but i'm going to give this conversation thing a shot

rkorton - oh man, i love a nice beer and its been a struggle not to indulge... how did it go this w/e?

lady - crystal light margarita flavoring?! *makes room on grocery list* going to make a convert out of my SO lol

jessi - your kitty mischief story made me lol irl. cats are amazing with what they can get into.

kristina - okay yeah, my friend got her MSW last year though its been a struggle for her to find work. i originally looked at masters programs for Anthro but they are becoming fewer and far between but you can find good cultural resource mgmt work with an MA. i decided physically that was not something i'd be able to maintain. anyways, yeah.. i'm a huge proponent of therapy & until recently didn't understand why some got PhD's and others didn't so ty for the added info FYI, You are a goddess for keeping up with everyone's weight/stats in a spreadsheet. I imagine all the newbies like myself flooding in must make your job that much harder so thank you a 100x's over for doing it!

jessi - glad the jumping rope sans rope worked out for you... if it gets your heart rate up, it has to count right? I'm sorry to hear you aren't feeling well now, i hope whatever it is, is easily taken care of.

crystal - i'm so sorry to hear about your dog my heart goes out to you ((hugs))

hosanna - completely jealous of your soon to be HP adventure & hooray for being an HP nerd!! you obviously have a wonderful fiance, i hope he shares your love of Potter at least a bit? did you get into pottermore? (i ask this knowing i have little time to spend on such things but as an avid fan, DO WANT IN ASAP haha)

So many cute doggies, i want to cuddle them all


My week started off rather rough with the tail end of a sinus infection. I made the mistake of trying to do the 30DS tuesday and had to stop towards the end when there started being spots in my vision. Thankfully by wed evening I was feeling normal. Now that I'm in the habit of daily exercise it nags at me when I can't do anything, which actually makes me a bit crabby or whiney and I'm going to assume that's no fun for those around me :P Food wasn't too much of a battle until Friday when I gave in to the SO wanting to go out to dinner. Since I changed my diet and started looking at what is in most of the food @ our favorite restaurants, I've made it a point to stop going. I knew most of it wasn't anything approaching good, but my gods - some of what restaurants serve is downright frightening. I didn't eat much during the day and had the space in my goals but it the act of going out to eat ended up being kinda stressful It was nice to let myself have a glass of wine and unwind though so ultimately I think it was a success.

Had a nice NSV today when I found I could get into an old pair of capris that I'd stashed in the depths of my dresser. They even fit comfortably... such a good feeling, even more so than a change in the scale or measurements for me. It feels so much more concrete ya know?

The only real dim spot in my week is one of my cats. She's just past 10yrs old now and a few weeks ago I discovered a growth on her upper lip. This past week she thew up once and it wasn't a usual hairball or her eating too much too fast (the latter she's done since she was a kitten) - sorry to be gross! Her appetite has lessened noticeably (she's the type to come and meow at you as soon as the dish is almost empty until you go and fill it). The growth looks like it might have started to bleed... ugh. I got pet insurance for her and since I'm unemployed and only floating on some savings and my mom's help, I cannot afford much in the way of medical care. I'm going to take her in this week and see what a vet has to say but from what I've read online, I'm not too optimistic. I know a lot of people don't exactly get the appeal of cats, but she's my baby. *sigh*

Hailie - Sorry about your crazy naked lady!! People seriously overreact sometimes. Also, I do prefer kitties. I have 3 of them.

Crystal - I chew gum instead usually, or eat things like green peppers and green onions.

My mouth still hurts today, and is still swollen, but I'm kind of suspecting it's an infected salivary gland (which I've had before)... which sucks because generally speaking, the "best" solution per the doctor is to suck sour candy. I'm not much of a sweets person, and I basically detest sour things. I do have some cinnamon jolly ranchers on my desk at work, so maybe that will work in the "drool it out" concept. (I'm also not a fan of cinnamon. I just stock the candy dish on my desk for the rest of the people there.)

I get to go grocery shopping this afternoon. I should have gone Friday but the store closes at 10 and the football game didn't end until 9:30 (and we still won 42-6). Yesterday I was taking pictures all morning and then napping all afternoon. Today has been calmer, and we got a walk in this morning already. I'm excited to go shop, because I have a ton of meat and cheese and really want to make salad.

I ordered silicone muffin cups because I basically just cook in my toaster oven thanks to sharing a kitchen and me being pretty germaphobic - aside from the obvious muffins, cupcakes, and mini quiches, what else can you think of that I can make in these? Not even necessarily diet-friendly food, but in general.

asarcasticsmile - we weigh in once a week. You pick the day anytime from fri to mon and post it here. Sorry to hear about your cat - I'm a crazy cat lady with 6 of them - so I really get it. (((((( hugs )))))

I too put the Crystal light Magarita flavor on my shopping list.

Alooooha! Hope everyone is trying to enjoy their weekends!

Jessi – I hope your under-the-back-of-the-tongue-something-something feels better soon! Macaroni Grill is a chain restaurant that serves a ton of really heavy pasta dishes. It’s delicious, but even the “healthier” options like grilled fish and orzo have over a thousand calories an entree. When we first moved here the sports thing was really weird because football was on sooo early and “night games” were “afternoon” games for us. But it is also kind of nice because then you get it out of the way early and have the rest of the Sunday to do weekend stuff.

Victoria – WOWY! CONGRATS ON A GREAT RUN – YOU SURVIVED AND YOU KICKED SOME BUM! :happy: Hehe I’m not sure when the barcode scanner showed up, I’m just thankful it’s there. I hope it helps you log more too

Regina – Woohoo way to go! :flowerforyou:

Crystal – Awww Crystal your lovely pup was so pretty. I am so sad for you. Big hugs! I don’t have many tips when I get that craving to eat something sweet because I’m super mad or super sad except to go for a walk, or I make myself drink a full 16oz glass of water. After the walk, I sometimes will feel a little better and don’t need it anymore. And as for drinking the water, at least after that I am kind of full, so I don’t go overboard on the eating if it does happen. But – I am also so excited for you to go on your cruise! You will have a blast and look so great for it!! My husband and I did our first cruise together (his second) in the Mediterranean this summer and it was amazing! The food was great and the activities were super fun. Besides the shore excursions, one of my favorite things was going to an art auction on the ship and getting silly on the free champagne (and probably buying too much artwork lol – that’s why they give you free champagne!) I am so excited for you guys!

Kristina – Happy for your dates!! Thank you soooo much again for putting this together – 45 people is a LOT to keep track of! And you’re right – Emma is super cute!!!

Hosanna – You and your puppies are too cute and I’m so happy for you about the Harry Potter thing - sounds like so much fun! It is so great when our hubbies love us, quirks and all! (My husband doesn’t get the HP thing, but he would buy me the books as soon as they came out and just shake his head and smile when I stayed up all night reading the whole thing in one sitting.) As for your bum – work it girl!

Annette – Woohoo what a great Friday workout!

Kristina/Jane/Lacey/Bobbie – Haha maybe all of your Jack Russells are equally the cutest things ever?

Lacey – Glad you made it to your destination safely! That was one of the few things I missed about America when we were in Europe this summer, nothing opened early! Hope your finger feels better soon – and updos are better in muggy weather anyway

Amy – OOOOh my your pups are adorable! Do you play soccer? I used to in high school but screwed up my ankles so I didn’t play for a long time, and I started playing coed flag football here and screwed my ankle up again! So now I just do kickball lol. Good luck with the lantern – I am not crafty at all and am amazed at the things other people can do!

Hailie – Haha poor crazy naked lady. Big hugs for dealing with all the crazy people that you deal with – and big props for surviving! :flowerforyou: You are so strong girl! I feel you on the family functions – After I started gaining weight, whenever I went to functions for the Filipino side of my family I would dread them tremendously. I would get pinched and butt slapped and they would go “Aaaaaayyyyeee Tashiiiiya you are getting so chubby! Aarriiye! You used to be so skinny!” And then I would get harassed for not going to Manila to visit the rest of the family… PLEASE! A girl can only take so much! :explode:

Kendal – Your baking party sounded like a blast! :happy:

Fi – Yay for NSV! :happy: And yes – restaurants ARE frightening – life would be easier if we stopped going to them, but maybe not as much fun? I’m sorry to hear about your kitty :frown:

Our Friday night at Apartment 3 was delicious - but I had no idea how to add the calories so I just saved 1090 from watching my earlier meals and sweat off the rest. I still have no idea how much I actually consumed, I had a flatbread pizza with mushrooms and truffle oil, and a drink with stoli bluberri and veev acai spirit... so I'm HOPING it was around 1100 calories lol.

Saturday was tough; I had class all day and they feed us breakfast and lunch - GOOOOOD TAAAASTY HIGHLY CALORIC breakfast and lunch, and I needed to keep my energy up to sit through 2 hours of econ, 3 hours of stats and 4 hours of org behavior! We went for drinks nearby after class, and instead of having one I had THREE stoli sodas :drinker: (our school's football game was on, along with my alma mater football game on the next tv, and the Samoa-Wales rugby match on the next - it was a VERY exciting/heartbreaking night since all three of the teams I was rooting for lost :brokenheart: ) so I figured I pretty much blew it. I came home and did some Turbo Jam Cardio Party and Ab Jam and burned a ton of calories, and then I wasn't hungry so ended up not eating dinner... so I actually ended up coming under my calorie count (yay) :bigsmile:

Today I was dreading the scale since I haven't been the best this week - but I actually ended up LOSING 1.8lbs from last week! So now I'm at 215.2 - less than a quarter of a pound away from my Oktoberfest goal yay! :happy: My body fat is down to 40.0, which is the number I'm really worried about. We went to Buffalo Wild Wings (the walls are covered in HD tvs and we watch pretty much EVERY game) for football this morning and we had people there at 6:15am to save tables for the 7am games. They serve bar food; I haven’t really seen anything remotely healthy there) so I ended up splitting a breakfast burrito with my husband and drinking a Virgin Mary among many glasses of water. We estimated around 600 calories for that, and chose higher counts to be on the safe side. I’ve got a lot to do today to catch up! I think I’m going to do some more resistance training along with the cardio. Lots of homework/studying/exercising to do, so I’ll catch you all again in a few days. Enjoy what’s left of your weekends and start Monday off fresh! :happy:

Wow, that's a lot of the oldies but goodies who are missing for this week...Come on, usual suspects, let's get this challenge going!

Blah, went over by almost 700 for my sodium today - it's been ages since I've gone over on sodium. That's what I get for eating Taco Bell. Ah well, that will be something to keep in mind next time I want to "Make a Run for the Border".

Hope you're all enjoying (what's left) of the weekend!

Hey girls, I don't know how much I am going to be around for the next week or so. One of my two BFFs is having brain surgery this week. She has a tumor the size of a softball sitting on top of her brain and it must be removed, now. We don't know if it is malignant or benign. We don't know if it has affected the skull bone and if that will need to be removed, we just don't know.

She has a 4 yo daughter (2 weeks younger than Wiggle) and a husband at home and they are, as suspected, a mess. The 4yo has no idea...just that mommy has an owie on her head and needs to go to the hospital for a couple of days.

I will be cooking, cleaning, and babysitting for the family flying in.

Your thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated and I will check in as I can.

Blessings,
Sarah

HE>i

ETA:
Kristina: I am going to take a pass for this week -- if you don't mind.