Smokin' Hot Green Pepper's 3/11 week 10

Sounds bad -- no kickboxing last night. I was chatting w/my neighbor. Learned my children are not taking the school bus from my development. So time w/neighbor gave me info about my kids.

However, weight is down... 171.6 BMI is 30.

Yeah, a loss.

Have a good weekend all..

Don't worry Kelly I feel I may have sabtoged my progress. Purchased bags - handful of different MM varieties for a pretty jar I have sitting on my coffee table. Sigh..... who's coming to my house ... I'll share.

This is the problem when you run into the food store a little on the hungry side... of course due to the heat, I brought the bags into work (can't have melted candy now). The bags are mocking me... eat me, eat me, you know you like it...

Ok so was not able to workout yesterday or today allergies got a whole lot worse and the coughing YUK!!! So I weightin at 253 today so I really got to get focus. Will see the doc on the 16th and he will decide to do surgery again or not. If not I will go back to work on the 19th.
Kelly I so know what u mean I feel the same way
Well I have a new child in my home, he is a young man that both my children went to school with. He has fallen into some bad times with family, school and work. So I took him in.He has been a blessing to all of us! Iam so glad I said he could live with us.
He been a big brother to my son and has helped keep peace from me and my daughter. He been a big help, he been a true blessing. He has a good heart he left yesterday to go help feed the firefighters that are battleing the fires here in Texas. So my plan tomorrow is to go and work out

Sorry I have been on lately. Things have been hectic since Labor day. I am happy Zan has finally got his bottom right molar in and is sleeping better at night and for naps. Yeah mommy can get few things done around the house and a little computer time without Zan. What normally takes me 5 minutes to do takes me 15 minutes to do with Zan.

He is starting to express his independence and his sense of humor. When it time to leave our apartment, he will stay by our door just out of my sight until I walk down the hallway and push the elevator button and tell him the elevator is coming. Then he takes off running as fast his little legs can carry him, often falling down a few times. I would go ahead of him a little bit and hide just out of his sight and as he would come around the corner I would say BOO. He is trying to do the same thing to me now. Yeah I am so excited that if things go according to plan Ody will be getting a new wheelchair soon. This current one is about 6-7 years old. Definitely time for a new one. Still working on getting back into a school routine. Mornings will be filled with activities for Zan and exercise for mommy while afternoons will be nap for Zan and free time for mommy.

It is amazing how fast time is flying by. Zan is 16 months and his personality is coming out more and more each day. Ody will be 19 on Halloween. Boy am I getting old. In a few weeks I will be 39. I am not going to take that well. I am already sad about it. Boy I am just a rambling away.

Kelly- Glad your chin is almost healed!! I am happy that you got some time with your BFF. That time is very important to have. It keeps us sane. I think we all have times where are good days are fewer then are bad days. Pretty much since Sept. 3 has been bad for me. Each day is a new day and I keep trying.

Jacque- Your house guest sounds like great help. My brother lets people live with him but they are not good for him or his family but he can't say no to anyone who needs help. I pray that never happens to you.

Barb- I have been on a cookie kick lately and that has been making me have lots of bad days. I normally don't have cookies in the house but the last 3 times I went to the store I was hungry. OOPS! Came home with cookies and donuts each time. As soon as cookies are gone time to buckle down again.

My little man has been asleep for over 3 hours and just woke up hungry. Time to start laundry and feed my skinny minny. Have a great day ladies!

Kelly- good luck with getting started on your outdoor chores. I know I have my own indoor chores to do like changing out Zan's toys and cleaning out my junk room. I can barely get in the room anymore.

Have a great day!

I didn't do well this week... didn't kickbox either...

173.2

Have a busy weekend scheduled. Hoping to enjoy the weekend.

Did give my roommate notice last week -- she needs to leave for many reasons. The tension is thick between us... especially since I moved MY laptop to MY room. And I've been spending time on MY laptop w/o asking someone.

So I'm counting the days down till her leaving. During the hurricane as I was w/o power I realized hey, i like being in the house alone. I'm ok w/this.

I am 221.6 (9/16/11). Being sick isn't how I would recommend losing weight but I will take any loss I can get.

Sorry I have been MIA. I am still sick. It really stinks when you can only breathe through your nose without going into a coughing spell especially with a curious 16 month old. I can't talk or laugh without coughing and if I am coughing, I can't breathe. My throat and chest hurt from coughing. Thankfully I usually get chunks of time in between coughing spells. I am trying to have as little contact as possible with Zan. The poor thing is suffering from mommy withdrawals. Daddy has been picking up the slack and I don't know who wants mommy to get better faster: Zan or Dan. Neither one is very patient with the other. Thank God Ody is flexible. I am scared I am going to give the boys what I have. I am trying to cover my mouth as much as possible and wash my hands often. I having being spraying Lysol in bathroom where I try to do as much of my coughing as I can. Ody has a fever now. He doesn't cough so I don't know if he is getting what I have. We maybe going to the urgent care tomorrow.

Barb- Glad M&M's are gone. I wish my cookies were but I have been too sick to eat cookies and my husband only eats 2 and he is done for the pack. I think that is a first for me to be too sick to eat cookies. Yeah for you!! I am happy that you are kicking out your roommate if it isn't working!! You should give my brother a lesson. He had 2-3 roommates plus 3 kids in house. Kids didn't like the roommates and wanted them out for valid reasons. Finally, my dad & step-mom stepped in since technically they own the house. It caused a conflict between them. My brother has a huge heart and can't say no to anyone in need.

Kelly- Look on the bright side whatever you get done now in your yard you won't have to do in the spring or at least I think you won't have too. I am not sure if you hand me a shovel I would know which end to use.:happy: I know when I work 20-40 hrs/wk I was way more productive with my day or at least it felt that way now that I stay home. I look at what I would get accomplished during my week when I worked vs what I get accomplished now. I feel like a failure but it is not because I didn't do as much as I did before; it is because I have shifted my priorities. Doing things with Zan is more important than doing housework. Your husband is lucky to have you as his wife. My husband only gets1 vacation of 9 days without me to his camping/fishing. All the rest of his vacation days we use as a family not that he gets that many vacation days anyway.

Jacque- Yeah for NO Gain. That is always good. Miss you. I hope you get feeling better soon.

Sindy & MissV- Thinking of you guys. Miss you. Hope things are going good for you.

Have a GREAT Sunday! I am ready for some football. Go, Pack Go!!! :bigsmile:

Kelly- Hang in there. Take 1 day at a time and understand so days will be bad. You have to keep trying to find something that works for you. For me, I have to exercise as early as I can or else I put it off and won't do it. I heard about keeping a jar that you put $ into when you meet your daily goals for whatever. I was going to try this to get me motivated to change up my exercise routine. For very time I do something different from treadmill or elliptical, I am going to put a quarter in my container. I like the visual aid to encourage me and money to spend. I am going to splurge on a book as my reward for filling the container.

Yeah my Green Bay Packers WON!! Now if I am lucky my fantasy football team will win. I will probably taking Ody to doctors tomorrow. We have to be very careful if he gets a chest cold like I have because he could die from it. Ody doesn't know how to cough very well. It will be fun trying to bring both boys to the doctor when I am still not healthy. I am finally improving but still not back to normal. Hopefully by Tuesday. I still have a weak voice. It is hard to cheer when you have little voice and still struggling to breathe. Got to go. Have a great day!

OK Im back!
Gettin my butt into gear again and MFP works, I need to stick to it and buck up. Ill tell you all about my new town and new team studd soon, i truelly did miss you all.
~Vita

Welcome back MissV!! I can't wait to hear about your new town & team.

Kelly- I don't think wanting to exercise everyday is normal thing for most people. It is choice like what to eat is. Some people have easier time making those choices then other people but they struggle in something else.

Dan is with Ody who is in the hospital with pneumonia. I am at home with pneumonia and Zan. I want to go to the hospital but it is not in Ody's best interest. How am I supposed to get better when I am so worried about Ody? I am so NOT happy. Time for Zan to have lunch and nap. Maybe I will nap with Zan.

Positives today:
Zan is being good.
I am starting to feel better

Ody is in ICU on a ventilator because his oxygen levels are low. I am devastated. :sad: :brokenheart: I can't wait to feel better so I can hold my son's hand even if he don't know it.

Positives today:
Zan played well by himself today.