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[catjrow3]

Okay, I will let you give up the kids, I dont have any young ones to give up anyways! hehehe... Grandchild is due in May... and your right, I am too young! She will be 23 when she has it, which is a fine age I suppose, but I dont want to be a grandmother, either way!! But such is the way of it! Noone asked my opinion... LOL

Off the computer for the night, hugs to all!!

[Lildrew]

Cathy, I just noticed your picture in the green scarf!! HUBBAHUBBA!!! You look AMAZING!!!!!!!

[catjrow3]

Originally Posted by Lildrew

Cathy, I just noticed your picture in the green scarf!! HUBBAHUBBA!!! You look AMAZING!!!!!!!

Haha... I have on a strapless dress too! LOL Its from Last Christmas...still right about the same weight as last year (boo!) ... but thank you!!

[verbqueen]

Good lord, Cat--you look about 19 in that picture! SO cute!!

[catjrow3]

Originally Posted by verbqueen

Good lord, Cat--you look about 19 in that picture! SO cute!!

AWWWW I think you are my new best friend... 19... Can I even remember being 19???

[verbqueen]

You look like Christie Brinkley!

[shelbyla]

Morning ladies! Whew! Got a ton of threads to catch up on! Vegas was fun. Not too OTT but I'm about to get on the scale this morning so we'll see what that sugar I had yesterday did to me... bbl

[1BellaDonna]

OMG! So true, Jess! Cathy, you DO look like Christie Brinkley...AND you're going to be one smokin' hot granny! :-) My hubby was 23 when we had our first and it's so weird to think back to how young he was. I definitely think "kids" should enjoy their youth and all its opportunities before having kids but, like in our case, surprises happen. In the end, our "surprise" made my husband turn from a selfish, immature, hurtful DB into the most AMAZING, loving, selfless and generous partner and father. Go figure. lol Sometimes, I think God swapped him out with his long lost GOOD twin!! Wishing your daughter all the best and that the baby brings out only the good in the situation.

Michelle- Are you sure nothing was OTT? Or are you just keeping what happened in Vegas in Vegas? ;-)

Drew- How's it going?

I'm struggling with this round. Surprise, suprise! I just feel hungry and want to eat. the b and p is there but not like last attempt at a round. i'm praying TOM is the culprit and things calm down. I just ate 3 Oreos. Sigh.

Anybody else miss that feeling of being full, not stuffed, after eating a meal while on P2?

[catjrow3]

Letitia, I was 19 when I had my first one!! Talk about surprises..... Cassie (my DD) planned and tried for 2 years for this one. Silly girl! I told her to wait longer, but alas, I know nothing (even though I had a child young)... they will do as they wish!!

Thanks for your compliments ladies... My hair is not that light anymore, but when I looked at that photo again, I thought about redying it again!! LOL I liked the color alot... Hated the roots!!!

I totally feel you on the feeling full/P2 round stuff. It was making me sooo bad. I have only been back on a reasonable diet for 1 day now. I ate like 1200 calories yesterday. My weight is not good, but I need control of my eating before I can try to fixate on another diet diet. I wish I could stop the out of controllness of the ED... drives me crazy that I dont feel in control of myself.... but I am glad you are under control with the BP and hope that all stays that way!!

Okay on to the day chickies....

[Lildrew]

Hi Ladies! I am doing poo-ish. It's my new word. I am going great on P2. My head is definitely back in the game and so far no hunger, so I think I now have my dosages right.

Poo-ish comes from work. One of the people I work for went to HR and my supervisor about a task I did for him and threw me under the bus. He didn't have the common courtesty to come to me and tell me. Turns out he is VERY passive aggressive. They are going to move him off my desk, but if it happens again they could let me go and I have only been here since last March. I was totally blindsided and am still reeling from it.

I really want to stay here, so I am praying that any move they make on my desk is with someone I can really work with. I have worked with some real hard asses, but at least you know where you stand with them. I can't stand passive aggressive people ESPECIALLY men!!

I was proud of myself though, because through all the stress of yesterday I was able to hold it together and not go off protocol.

Okay, vent over.

[1BellaDonna]

oh boy, drew. i really hope that all improves with your work situation. be sure to cover your @$$ as much as possible. i swear i learned the hard way about people. i used to really think that everyone was nice and gave the benefit of the doub to everyone until i got stabbed in the back like crazy. hard hard hard lessons but i'm lucky i learned them early on in my career. now i supervise new grads and if they learn anything from me i pray it's CYA. lol keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. HUGS! HUGS! HUGS!!!!

life for me has been a struggle the past few days, especially. i honestly ate 2/3 a package of leftover oreos from the program that i run....yesterday afternoon!!!! some p2, huh? TOM started today so i hope that i will mellow out. as well, i finally talked with my dh about the specifics of our dire financial situation and feel a bit better. the situation is crappy but now it's not just on my shoulders from me keeping it hidden from him (i didn't want him worried when he was supposed to be focused on taking his lsat's). also, today i spent 3 hours figuring out our budget and our finances up through this contract (1 june). now i know what exactly to expect and when we might be able to loosen the purse strings a tiny bit. Please say a prayer for me so that i might get a couple of private clients to help ease the financial pain. OH! and if you're praying, please add in a prayer htat my company will make me salary, increase my pay, AND give me some work opportunities during my summer so that i can bring in some moolah AND not have to pay expensive COBRA insurance. UGGH!!! you know, i seriously looked up how much i could get for donating plasma? this is worse than college!! lol hmm, do they make lo carb ramen? (not sure about shirataki) ;-)

okay, i'm off. i hope you ladies are doing well today.
btw, i was up to 160.4 today but considering i ate 2/3 pkg of oreos, just started TOM today, and have been so stressed and busy that I've not had much to drink (super dehydrated). oh yeah, i also keep forgetting to take my doses. uggh. MUST. GET.IT. TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[catjrow3]

Praying for all those things for you Letitia. I know how hard and stressful it can be with money woes. I do hope things figure themselves out for you soon!! As for the oreos... UGH! I cannot have them around me at all! I end them mindlessly too!! One after the other... They cannot even make them in little packages so you dont have a whole thing to go through.. nope... just the little mini bites, but you cannot dunk those for nothing!! LOL

TOM is here too... so I totally get the "urges"... hopefully he will leave us both alone soon!! HUGs!!!!!

[1BellaDonna]

LMAO!!! Oh Cathy, you crack me up! I am sorry to say that those cookies were from work. At home, I am a "wee" bit more accountable bc DH is home and would notice the missing package of cookies. lol Good thing I'm back on the wagon (somehow back down to 159.6) and hate milk or I'd probably try to see if those mini's could be dunked. I think you were challenging me!! ;-)

Feeling okay today...will just keep chugging on. How are you doing today, Cathy? Othre scammers?

[catjrow3]

I caved and had froyo last night with marshmellow cream, and weight up 2 lbs this morning, really? UGH!! I had a bit more salt yesterday too, but should not have been out of this world... oh well... another day another pound... I am even just trying to maintain, if not lose... so i can stop the roller coaster and get the he!! off..... Glad you are feeling okay today and yeah for being down!! Things will all settle out soon! I just know it!! Chin up

[shelbyla]

Oh those minis can be dunked! Trust me on that! I need to stay far far away from Oreos. They are a giant trigger for me. Someone brought two packages to our holiday potluck yesterday but virtuous me had the roasted chicken that I made, a little bit of carnitas, a bite of curry chicken and some veggies. Then I ran away from the dessert table... This morning, I was down almost two pounds. So success there.

Hugs to everyone struggling with job and/or financial cr@p. I may b1tch about my job and it definitely isn't where I imagined that I would be but at least I have decent bennies and a good salary. I have two friends who are really struggling with the whole job-without-insurance thing, multiple layoffs within the last year, and looking for new work without a college degree. This new job market is really really tough and I am just counting my blessings right now.

In boy news, I am still dating Mr. New Guy but he has had a lot going on in his life with school, his job, and his family so hasn't had a whole lot of time (see above ref to job woes). He is taking a bit of a step back from me and our "relationship" such as it is because he is having ego issues, primarily. You'd think that he would WANT to date someone who places more value on WHO a person is rather than how much money they make or what kind of job they have...but maybe not... In any case, we are still seeing each other but I am keeping my options open right now.

Off to Florida in a couple of weeks for the holiday. Hopefully my mother will chill out on the baking thing and at least TRY to keep stuff low-carb'ish. She and my Dad have embraced low-carb in the last year so I am hopeful that this won't be a complete disaster. I'm going to do my best to exercise and eat decently when I am there and fingers crossed, come back not too much heavier than where I left. I'll be loading New Years weekend for a round at the beginning of January where I hope to get down to my goal weight.

[Lildrew]

Hi Ladies! Thank you for the hugs! Work is better and I am settling in with my new attorney, but I am still freaked about it all.

I know I can't do anything about it at this point, so I am just relying on God and keeping my chin up.

So, yesterday was kind of cool for me. I went out to eat with some coworkers and instead of doing TERRIBLE and getting a huge Chicken Caesar Salad or a grilled cheese sandwich like I wanted!!, I got the Buffalo Chicken Wings, which is not good on P2, but I wasn't hungry for the rest of the day and was able to not eat for the rest of the day, which I think helped. I have NEVER been able to do that before. Definitely a level of control I have never had before.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!!!!!!

[catjrow3]

Thought I had better check in here and see how everyone is doing?

Letitia? You hang in there? Hows the B&P, under control? I was out of control again so started my injections again a couple days ago to see if i can get it moving down again so I will stop binging. When it goes up, I get more frustrated and gives me more reasons to binge...

Got my hair redone yesterday, tried to cancel it, as I felt too "fat" to have my hair done, but DD20 kept me going with her so, I got it highlighted and bangs again...

Otherwise, just plugging along, trying to focus on normal eating and get to and through the holidays and then hopefully totally refocus again.

Drew, how you are doing? Still on this round? I am sure you doing great!!

Shelby, drama calm down? Still good with the new guy, even if less often with his busy lifestyle?

Jessica... still on P2 or did you move on to P3 now??

Hope you are all doing well!!

[1BellaDonna]

hi my dear! glad to see you come back in here. this thread was like a ghost town. lol

anyway, i'm happy dd convinced you to get your hair done. you still deserve pretty hair no matter what your weight! :-) i'm trying to figure out what to do with mine but i'm super super super conservative with my hair and just deciding to part my hair on the opposite side takes major guts for me!!!

B&P has been so-so. Continues to be an issue about 4 or 5 days/wk on some level. yesterday it had a day off. lol was down to 156.0 today so slowly chugging along. i start p3 on christmas so don't have much longer. starting to fantasize about eggs and veggies. ;-) this friday a group of us are going to this fun dive-karaoke bar. i feel like such a wild woman, having gone out in mid october! i plan on having a shot or 2 just bc dh and i rarely get socialization time and this night has been planned since the last visit. i'm expecting the weight to go up and am ok with it since i'll surely need to do another round or try out that JUDD in the new year. i'm not sure which way to go with that. i DID order the 2 vials of pellets but am just learning about JUDD. i'm curious if it would be better for me and my ED or worse.

anyone have thoughts on it? ooooh! better run. my assistant should be here in a minute. hugs to you all!!

[catjrow3]

Originally Posted by 1BellaDonna

hi my dear! glad to see you come back in here. this thread was like a ghost town. lol

anyway, i'm happy dd convinced you to get your hair done. you still deserve pretty hair no matter what your weight! :-) i'm trying to figure out what to do with mine but i'm super super super conservative with my hair and just deciding to part my hair on the opposite side takes major guts for me!!!

B&P has been so-so. Continues to be an issue about 4 or 5 days/wk on some level. yesterday it had a day off. lol was down to 156.0 today so slowly chugging along. i start p3 on christmas so don't have much longer. starting to fantasize about eggs and veggies. ;-) this friday a group of us are going to this fun dive-karaoke bar. i feel like such a wild woman, having gone out in mid october! i plan on having a shot or 2 just bc dh and i rarely get socialization time and this night has been planned since the last visit. i'm expecting the weight to go up and am ok with it since i'll surely need to do another round or try out that JUDD in the new year. i'm not sure which way to go with that. i DID order the 2 vials of pellets but am just learning about JUDD. i'm curious if it would be better for me and my ED or worse.

anyone have thoughts on it? ooooh! better run. my assistant should be here in a minute. hugs to you all!!

Well good for you getting to 156 thats good!! You were 160 something last post, so you are making progress (its all coming my way, but thats okay)..

As for the JUDDD, I tried it, did okay on it, but it did trigger my binging... but maybe not as frequently. But I could not lose weight on it at all.. You go down after a DD, and then go up after an UD... over a course of about 2-3 weeks, I was up a lb...so, did not lose, but I think I could learn to maintain on it, if I did not binge with it.... Sounds like a good plan for your night out... enjoy yourself! I cant drink, goes straight to my head and stays there, but I bet you will have fun!! Thinking about you, and here still too!!

[shelbyla]

Hi guys. Hugs all around. Hopefully everything is going better on the ED front. Wouldn't it be fantastic if there was a magic pill that you could take to make it all go away? Weight, drama, work, ed's...valium?

Anywho, I had some wheat on Sunday, primarily due to a massive hangover from Saturday (pasta always calls my name). I was up a whopping 6 pounds overnight! Jeez louise! I really need to do something about this sensitivity! I may try adding a melba/grissini in my round in January to see if I can decrease this slightly. After a chicken thigh cd yesterday (and pretty much feeling like crap all day long), I was down the 6 pounds plus a few more tenths today. Gah. Don't want to be doing THAT again nay time soon!

New boy is still ok. Finals are on Thursday so we'll see if his time frees up after the holidays. Theoretically that is one of the biggest issues but I really need to see someone more often than twice a month for an actual relationship. I refuse to just be a convenient booty call--as good as the booty in question might be! Again, lining up to date me--I've got options. I just wish I didn't like this particular option so very much!

[verbqueen]

Hi guys! I'm still straggling along on P2. I'm determined to make it to 155 before I quit, but I keep sabotaging myself. Just too many food-oriented activities and events this time of year, darnit! But I'm staying after it, and I WILL get there.

I shouldn't be quite so absent from here on out. All my big concerts are over, my out-of-town relative Christmas gifts are shipped, and I'm about ready to lay back and watch goofy stuff on TV and be lazy for the rest of the holidays!

Hang in there, girlies! We can't let a little holiday (or finals) stress interfere with our general fabulousness!

[1BellaDonna]

hi lovies! quick check in. glad to see everyone popping back in. was down to 156.0 today but then had a binge episode. it just came from nowhere. so disappointed bc i'm sure the scale will show it tomorrow. :-( trying hard not to beat myself up over all of my transgressions and am just glad that i'm not like a sausage stuffed into my clothes-casing anymore. i'm down 12.8 lbs. too bad i had gained over 20! oops!

big hugs to you all. hope you're getting into the holiday spirit!

[catjrow3]

Originally Posted by 1BellaDonna

hi lovies! quick check in. glad to see everyone popping back in. was down to 156.0 today but then had a binge episode. it just came from nowhere. so disappointed bc i'm sure the scale will show it tomorrow. :-( trying hard not to beat myself up over all of my transgressions and am just glad that i'm not like a sausage stuffed into my clothes-casing anymore. i'm down 12.8 lbs. too bad i had gained over 20! oops!

big hugs to you all. hope you're getting into the holiday spirit!

Hugs!!! Today will be better (I keep telling myself this too... as I had an episode yesterday too...grrrr)... lets be better today!!!

[1BellaDonna]

was down to 154.2 today but am not sure how that could even be. TOM just ended yesterday, so perhaps it was water weight that was holding on. not sure. i'll take it, but youre right, cathy. we need to be better today. btw, your hair is cute! i don't know why you didn't think you could rock the bangs. you're face is so thin!! i likey. :-)

hope you have a great day today!!!

[catjrow3]

Originally Posted by 1BellaDonna

was down to 154.2 today but am not sure how that could even be. TOM just ended yesterday, so perhaps it was water weight that was holding on. not sure. i'll take it, but youre right, cathy. we need to be better today. btw, your hair is cute! i don't know why you didn't think you could rock the bangs. you're face is so thin!! i likey. :-)

hope you have a great day today!!!

Thanks hun, and congrats on the weight this morning (mine took all yours and some more...) definitely not down for me!!

As for the hair, I always had bangs, tried to grow them out, and hate it, so I cut them again. I am more used to bangs than not!!

[shelbyla]

Super cute new avi, Cathy! I like the new hair too. Did you say that you thought it was too light or am I misremembering? Anyway, I like it too.

Hugs to both of you guys. I wish I could do more to help on the ed front...

[catjrow3]

Originally Posted by shelbyla

Super cute new avi, Cathy! I like the new hair too. Did you say that you thought it was too light or am I misremembering? Anyway, I like it too.

Hugs to both of you guys. I wish I could do more to help on the ed front...

I think I had said after my jamaica trip it was too light... but I think its pretty good right now..

Thanks for the comment

[verbqueen]

Letitia, 12 pounds is some significant weight loss! Congrats

Cathy, I too love bangs--every time I get rid of mine, I hate it and I cut them back!

I was down a pound and a half this morning, so the weekend overindulgence weight is now off. Just gotta knock off those last couple of pounds to get to goal.

KUTGW, friends. We're not letting Christmas defeat us!

[1BellaDonna]

okay, my weight was up today. praying it's water...but still going to stick with this until christmas. man, i can't wait to eat eggs!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

way to get that 1.5 lbs back off jess!
cathy- you're making me want to get bangs again. hmmmmmm.
michelle- glad things are calming down...and that your sassy-self has options! lol hopefully the current will get his head straight. when do you leave for FL? take me with you? i could use a vacay. okay, i'm actually officially on vacay until 10 jan (minus a trip up to vista to supervise on monday). however, one can only get so relaxed with a 2 year old and 4 year at home. thank goodness they're so daggone cute and snuggly.

[shelbyla]

Letitia - I leave next Tuesday for Florida. And frankly, I'd LOVE to have some company other than my family! lol Love them but they drive me bananas in about 3 days...