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Frank: So sorry for your loss. My dad died rather unexpectedly in November of 08 nine weeks after my sister Gretchen (age 52) died very unexpectedly of a stroke. The family is now closer than we have ever been. I have been over to Mississippi many time over the past 15 months and am in contact with my mom daily. My mom and…

Stiring, You have been through a LOT! Give yourself a break. It also sounds like you were too skinny at 98 pounds particularly if you did not have your TOM and now have it back at this weight. Stay at a healthy weight. I work (tangentially) with children with eating disorders. You don't want to go there. There is a reason…

Hi all!! Found you! Welcome new members. Good to hear from you Nita, fellow Texan. I picked up a couple of pounds over the holidays but am ready for the new year and new healthy lifestyle. I have been nursing a shoulder injury for the past couple of weeks. (Repetitve injury from reaching into the backseat to get my big…

Hi all! Happy 2010! It has started off with a bang! Was off work Dec 30 through Jan 3. This week has felt like a month! Things slow down right before the holidays and then return with a vengance! Spent most of today working on an executive speech. Daughter goes back to Austin this week. We are going down on Saturday to see…

Merry Christmas to all and a very Happy New Year! We had a white Christmas in North Texas! First white Christmas I have had since I was a senior in high school and we drove from Mississippi to Michigan to be with my uncle for Christmas. Wednesday afternoon my daughter was in shorts and a tank top with temps in the 80's.…

Tron, I've been thinking and praying about you and your brother all day. Do what you and your brother can to take control. Walking into a doctor's appointment with all your ducks in a row will help put the control where it needs to be: with you guys (or y'all). Write down everything. Encourage all of the family to write…

Hi all, I tried to find my last post and can't believe it has been so long since I posted. I may have started on one and never posted it. Anyway, I'm here. Tron, so sorry to hear about your brother. You are certainly in my thoughts and in my prayers. The biggest advice I can give you and your brother is to make sure that…

Hi All! Crazy weather in north Texas: It was in the 70s yesterday and was 26 this morning. Everyone be careful in the ice – yuck! We spent most of the weekend watching ballets that our daughter danced when she was younger: local Nutcracker production Saturday night and on Sunday afternoon another local holiday ballet. I am…

Hi all! Daughter is on her way home from Austin now. She will keep us in line with our eating while she is home. She and I are going to water aerobics tonight if I can manage to get home in time. Sorry it is so cold for everyone. It is supposed to be in the 70's in north Texas tomorrow. Alf and Stiring: What willpower! My…

Hi all! Did lots of shopping over the weekend. Almost done except for the gifts for family coming from Mississippi for New year's. I always wait until after Christmas to buy those gifts. Get really great things on sale! Now that my kids are in their 20's it is so much easier to do Christmas: no more being on waiting lists…

Hi everyone! Crazy busy week at work with long hours at the beginning of the week. Was shocked yesteday to find out it was Thursday. Every day felt like Monday. I did manage to get to the trainer with hubs on Monday and to deep water aerobics on Wednesday. Hubs is now ready to be serious about the weight loss and fitness…

Zebras: best wishes on good outcomes for all the family surgery. Think about bringing healthy snacks with you. Waiting room stress can lead to bad food choices. Daughter came home from Austin yesterday. She and I made it to water aerobics last night. Yea! son should be at the San Francisco airport now. Should be to DFW by…

Hi all! I'm back from a trip to Mississippi to see family and be there for my mom's 79th birthday last Thursday. My father died a year ago today but I could not work out travel plans to be with the family today. I think everyone will be ok today. My brother-in-law Mike (husband of my sister. Gretchen, who died unexpectedly…

Hi all! Did not get to check in yesterday. After missing the trainer on Monday, my goal for the week was to do some kind of work out each day. I did it! Tuesday: Ended up walking close to three miles at work: two meetings on the other end of the campus: about 3/4 mile one way, in hose and heels. Wednesday: treadmill…

Hi all! Did not get to check in yesterday. After missing the trainer on Monday, my goal for the week was to do some kind of work out each day. I did it! Tuesday: Ended up walking close to three miles at work: two meetings on the other end of the campus: about 3/4 mile one way, in hose and heels. Wednesday: treadmill…

Hoosier! I was just thinking about you today and wondering about the second wedding. Glad all went well! Beautiful family and beautiful mother-in-law! Great for you! Stiring: Glad you are there and safe. Since the food selections on base are so bad, particularly fresh vegetables, can you venture off base for local fare…

Hello all! Sing, thanks for the new thread. Welcome newcomers. Stick with this group. There are so many wonderful people to offer encouragement and share successes and offer support during a slip. We went to Austin this past weekend and went to the Longhorn game with our daughter and her boyfriend. We walked from her…

Tron: Great insight into your family dynamics. Good for you to fight the temptations! Every battle won is a victory. Celebrate your successes. Stiring: Hard to believe you will be in Korea next week with a full social calendar. Best wishes on the trip. Sing: Keep up the great work. I can get my cholesterol checked for free…

Hi Stirring! Hang in there. Nervous energy burns calories! We had a successful Halloween last night. I have to remember with the time change happening after Halloween instead of before, trick or treaters start later. WE had around 150 t-o-ters. Had make more bags as we had only made 120. Lots of groups of kids with their…

Hi all! Save your pumpkin seeds. Check out the chicken pepian recipe on foodnetwork.com Roasted tomatilos, pablano pepper and pumpkin seeds. I think I am going to make the sauce to put over tilapia later this week.

Hi all! Happy Halloween! We started the day with the Jack-o-Latern jog at the park close to our house. We are blessed with an awesome city Parks and Rec Department. About 200 runners and 150 walkers. Many people dressed in their Halloween costumes. Brisk 45 degrees which is quite cool for north Texas. Great fun and a great…

Hi Duffy! Glad to hear from you! MK: So sorry that your hubby has to go over seas on such short notice and at this time of year. We are here for you. Stiring: Best wishes in Korea! Take care of yourself and have a blast at the ball, even if it is rubber chicken, That still sounds like a fairy tale. Alf: Congrats on the…

Hi all!! Finally have time to get on the thread. Have been logging food and exercise but haven't had the time for you guys. Hoosier: What a wonderful family and you look maavelous! Can you now do wedding planning in your sleep? MK: moving grown children's furniture counts as exercise. I counted the moving we did in Austin…

Stiring: Put some Christmas music on or go to any retail outlet: they already have the Christmas out! I weigh myself every day too. It gets too easy to to start "skipping" when you don't do it every day. I don't worry about a couple of pound change as long as increase only lasts for a day or two. About to go to the…

Hi all! I am not abandoning this thread either! I need to kick into high gear now. Been at the same weight for a while. I am wearing clothes that I could not wear before joining MFP. The skirt I bought for my sister's funeral last year now hangs on me. I can't wear it any more! Got a phone call Friday afternoon when I was…

Hi all! Sunnysmiles: your talk about swimming made me get in gear make it to deep water aerobics TWICE last week! Meant I had to leave work at 4:00 but I don't need to be tied to the office. Not sure I can do it this week. I have late meetings several days. About the mom thing, I talk to mine everyday too since my dad died…

Hey Stiring, Plan to give out candy or treats at your hotel! Doesn't have to be given to kids... Celebrate your moments regardless of where you are. We eat grits in north Texas. Not on many menues, but we eat them and offer them to our guests. Life is you, life is not only tied to place. Love and enjoy all moments. Life is…

Hi all! Sunnysmile's comments about swimming got me hankering for water aerobics. I purposefully left work early enough to make it through Dallas trafffic to get home, change into my my swim duds and make it to 5:30 deep water aerobics! Yea!!! I LOVE deep water aerobics. There is a shallow water class at 7:00 pm but it is…

Hi all! I am back from a great trip to San Francisco to see our son in graduate school. We had a wonderful time with him and did tourist things: took a shuttle tour of S F and saw the King Tut exhibit and de Young art museum. (King Tut was in Dallas earlier this year but we never made it, had to go to S F to see him...) We…

Hi all! Trying to post and pet the bossy cat at the same time so he won't walk on the keyboard! I'm back from my trip to Mississippi and New Orleans. My brother-in-law Mike, had family over to his house for shish-ka-bobs on Sunday night. This was the first time he has had any family over to his house since his wife (my…