Need a motivating buddy to lose 50 pounds with by April 2007

[carbjunkie]

Hey girls...how are you this morning?

Boy am I paying for eating that sodium yesterday. I feel so bloated and my feet are swollen. I definately paid for those chili fries and that soup at lunch. Last night I felt like I swallowed a rock! Both R and I were complaining how we felt. We just don't eat that sick food ya know? Ok..no more cheats they aren't worth how it makes u feel...and don't I know this already?

It's a short morning..kids gets out early and I'm off to OC for T today and R has an appt too. He is wrapping up his thesis for his masters degree. He graduated in 05 but the univ has been dragging their butt with closing his paperwork.

Ashley..it's hard to get some treats in when visitors are around but you just keep up your exercise and you'll be fine..as usual

Jina I also can't wait to hear that number drop again

[carbjunkie]

I just got back from washing my car..oh my gosh you guys..it is SO beautiful outside. Finally! we have a clear blue day with wind..nice.

Ok..I'll come back to check on you girls.

T

[Stelakate]

How are you my hoe's? I am a retardo my CBS appt isn't til FRIDAY! I was filling out my diet sheets for the natzi and I looked at the time of my appts. yeppers, not til Friday morning. Shucks. I am starting my period today too so that extra weight will be lovely. Actually I don't feel bloaty anymore like before, or at least this month. I think it's cuz I don't hog on sodium.
WOW you two and your eats, I am jealous as hell. I want some chili cheese fries, Dr. Pepper and some chinese and let's have that strawberry and ice cream dessert. YUM.

You only live once, but, I do know how s h i tt y you feel afterwards, right? YUCK. It kinda sucks for you Ash, I truely feel for you when your Mom's in town and it'd be the same for me (it always is when I am over there) they don't seem to get the dieting thing unless they too are dieting, it's like...those choices are hard to make when it's your Mom or any family for that matter. It's part of that internal battle and the make-up we are acustomed (f'ed it up) to. Sorry about that. Once she leaves your routine will be back.

How is maya. Those devil spiders, it wasn't that right? I have seen first had the effects of those bites....it would be devastating...all the tissue eaten away to the bone, serious business. Have you ever seen a spider around your house, if you have don't ever tell Kate. She'd NEVER visit. Hates spiders, bugs and any other weird thing like that.
So many weirdo things can bite and leave weird marks...hard to really tell what it is most of the time.
The weather is sh i tty here today, rainy, windy and cold. I usually like these days but we are trying to go to a late game tonight w/o Stela and have a drink....it will rain out, just our luck.
I am cleaning, laundry and organizing Stel's scrapbook I am behind a few pages and its so hard to catch up sometimes so I gotta get to it.
Breanne lost the rest of her mucus plug and some pretty promising cramps. BRING ON MR. F! I can't wait to hold that itty bitty tootsie woo. LOVE babies so much.
We are supposed to be setting up our pool today, wont be doing that w/ this stupid weather. It's a soft sided one w/ a really nice pump and solar cover, just big enough for my fat ass to sit in it w/ the kids or 2 adults...no laps or anything crazy, like a big jacuzzi really but perfect for us. It gets so hot here and I like to get a tan w/o going to the public pool. last summer my Mom and Dad had a really nice one so I was in it everyday, then some neighborhood kids came through the yard (which is like a acre and very private) and SLASHED IT. It was not 10,000 but for my parents to spend their money on something nice for the kids, it sucked. Ended up being the same cost as her home owners insurance so she just said vuck it. Was nearing the end of summer anyway and the girls never put the cover on it...very irritating. I am a weirdo about getting into water, there can be little to no debris in there and if there is even the slightest hint of wet paper-CYA. I cant do any type of wet paper. GROSS. I am a spook, right?!
Well, someone is chatty today. Guess I will give your eyes a rest.

OH how I love you two women.
Have a glorious Hump Day, good luck in the OC today T.

[cardenas5usa]

Good afternoon gal pals! Mom is off and I am cleaning house. Already got 5 loads of laundry folded, oh yeah, and another two working. Got all upstairs vacuumed and down swept. Baths cleaned, bedrooms cleaned. I am on a roll!

So breakfast was a HB egg, and lunch is getting out of the refrig as soon as I am done typing. turkey and roast beef lunchmeat, and a slice or two of cheese.

I am waiting on a lady to call me back and give me all the details of a catering I am doing on Sunday. Said yes I would do it months ago, and a few things are changing last minute.

I am outtie for now, Ash :-D

[Stelakate]

Hi girls. Good eats Ash. Feels good to get all that done right?! pd in full effect now- that's good let's get through this and get it gone by the weekend. The weather is being tricky may just have ball to watch tonight after all.
Stela is being a pill these last few weeks. Getting into the terrible one's?? Thought I had another year for that. She might be extra fussy due to more teeth but whatever it is-let's get on with it I want my sweetie back.

I cleaned my closet out, taking inventory and giving so much to my sister Kristy and family. There wont be much I can wear after these next 2 months. Even t-shirts are going to be too big. I have a few pair of capri's in smaller sizes (with tags of course) that I cant wait to get into. You should see my closet now-it's bare. As I grow too small for the clothes they hit the road. I will not hang onto fat clothes. Well, maybe one pr of capris I have worn to DEATH just because-otherwise, no way. I will never go back.

OK gotta run. Haven't been hungry today at all, but I do love those Quaker rice Quakes...the mini ones. Yum.

[cardenas5usa]

Oh, happy to post that I avoided the strawberries and ice cream, SO happy bout that. Actually this time it was pretty easy, cause I had already eaten some strawberries just all by theirselves, so good, and the ice cream we bought wasn't any good kind (I am a total ice cream snob,lol) so an easy pass.

Jina, bummer, I was all pumped to hear your numbers, oh well, you get to post em with the rest of us on Friday, that'll be fun, no pressure tho K?!? ;-P Who knows what kinda bite Maya had, but it is really gotten much better since yesterday even. No spiders in here really, but with a big back yard with trees and tons of play stuff, the kids are always out there, so it was just a reminder for the kids to really pay attn.

T glad you are having good weather today, it is cloudy and cool here, a few breaks of sun, as long as it clears up for the weekend, it's all good.

BBL, Ash

[Stelakate]

Last check in girls. Off to meet up w/ some girls and have a few cocktails before the game, I just love the summer time....so much more to do, outside especially, after a long winter we are really ready to get out and about.

Good job on the ice cream pass, ice cream was never really my downfall....but it's good on a hot summer day.

I am not feeling pressure of the scale, especially w/ pd here-it is what it is, it will be what it will be. I am serious when I say, I just don't get nervous and too hung up on it anymore because for a while all on it's own, it's gonna go down.

Still, the exercise will boost it and I didn't do that today, except lots of sweaty house work.

Alright my nails are wet and I am messin them up, without fail I always do something right after I paint them.
Have a great night.

[cardenas5usa]

Checking in, hope you are having fun Jina, I just can't wait till we can go out and have cocktails! Honestly I think about it all the time, what we'll do and where we'll go. Anyway, just had dinner, had a salad with a small slice of LC fritatta. The evening is winding down and Maya is starting her homework. :-D A

[Stelakate]

How are you lovely ladies this beautiful Thursday morning? I am at work - but it's up to me when I take off so it's gonna be a short Thurs. instead of a long dreaded one. Yay me.

Man, this pd is kicking me, I usually do need some pain control and forgot my liquid tylenol at home so I have to deal w/ it here....don't think I can swallow pills til next week. Then I start that b12, iron, calcium, vitamin junk everyday.

It's gonna be in the 90's today but lots of thunder/severe warnings, so we'll see.

I am on the phone right now with a patient. I have told her 4 times to hold the line I am the only one in the office, she continues to talk and then finally to hold, only to tell me the same thing over and over and then say she'll call me later. I can't take that kind of thing, not being here alone. WEIRD doesn't cover it. How rude are you that when I say 5 times I AM ALONE here today, you keep me on the line?????????????????????????????????????????????? ???

UGH!
So, last night was fun but I am tired, late to bed. Still waiting on the call from Bre, she went in yesterday and she is now dilated to 3....just come on already.
I will check you in a bit.
PS, Ashley, I think about it too...all the time. Us meeting and taking a fabulous picture where T is so excited her teeth are showing and I frame it and look at it in my home all the time. aww. Someday. I mean it.

What are your plans this late fall or winter? I know I can get a cheap flight to Vegas...if only for one night we can do that. Otherwise w/ the entire family it might be harder....that s h i t gets expensive. We'll see.

[cardenas5usa]

No big plans for fall/winter, and if we are thinking vegas, it might be nice to escape the long winter, like you said, even if for a day or two. What a strange lady with the phone, it's like DUH, hold on woman,lol. But hey, you are outta there early today, yippy skippy!

Morning T, how are ya doin' girly?! :-)

I'll check back later, I am off to curves, Ash

[carbjunkie]

Hi girls..sorry I didn't log in yesterday when I got back but kids are studying for finals and were hogging both computers.

R and I just got back from bfast. We went together to drop off the kids and wanted to go to starbucks but decided on bfast instead...was nice. There is a great cafe (Marmalade Cafe) a over by the kids' school. I had eggwhites n potatoes w/coffee.

I didn't get any exercise in yesterday..I just can't seem to get it together but I'm trying to stay positive with such negative results ya know? It keeps me from self sabotage.

Nice to see you girls this morning..and yes meeting is always in the back of my mind

Love Yooz

[Stelakate]

Great to see your off to curves again Ash. No exercise for me yesterday, I hope I can say today is different, it does help w/ period pain. I love potatoes, all kinds- doesn't matter. YUM. Having a cook-out tonight so the food should be good and plenty, that is, if Bre doesn't go into the hospital. How tired of that are you gurls?? Yah, me too.

Alright, I will go...getting so much scrapbook stuff done today, I am as caught up as I can be til I print off some pictures....I just love that. Feels good getting things done.

Talk soon.

[cardenas5usa]

I'm back from curves, killed two birds with one stone, exercised and talked to the lady about catering on Sunday. So that is all set. I am making grilled chicken, spinach, and sundried tomato roll-ups, bruchetta with smoked salmon mousse, and butter and garlic mushrooms. For dessert, mini coffee cakes with orange zest cream cheese frosting, and then mini fresh strawberry cheesecakes.

T, I know how it is when kids hog the computer, it seems like an eternity,lol. Can you believe school is almost out? It seems like the year has really zipped by! Do your kids stress finals? I used to breeze through them, all except my Spanish finals, those I really studied hard for (big smile on my face.) Which means I spent a lot of time with E, hanging out and practicing my Spanish....oh those were the days ;-)

Well I just had another slice of my fritatta, and a ton of water. Fofo is back to work today, and E is gone early to wait for the Health Inspector, since he was off the day she came 2 weeks ago, they just turned her loose in the restaurant, and she came back with a long a s s list of nit-picky things for them(namely E) to fix, he has been busting his chops to get it all done. So after today he is going to be just relaxing in the ease of his "new position." His boss/partner said he wants E to hire someone to cook at night now so he won't have to be away from his family so much. I guess now they are in the place financially for them to be able to do that now?!?!?!! So now all he has to do is to be there in the mornings and looking over everybodies shoulders, making sure they are executing all his recipes and orders correctly, of course he will always be the handyman though.....I swear even if it isn't broken, he'll fix it and make it better, he is just cooky like that,lol. Anyway, I am just rambling.



BBlater chicas, Ash

[Stelakate]

Hey that menu sounds great, very excited for you Ashley. E too. Hard work pays off, congrats to you both! I left work just after 12:30 and wasn't even intending on it, Kate called frantic, the side gate got left open (for the first time ever) and the dogs were out and missing. Scouring the neighborhood for an hour and finally found them. Down the hill a street over near a creek. LUCKY, we live very near busy streets. I was running all over on foot so theres the exercise, just glad that's over.
I have to go clean for company. Talk later.

[cardenas5usa]

OMG, I am so happy that you found them!!!!!!!!!!!! That is so lucky for you girls to have found them so fast! I am always so worried about pets when they go missing, along with the cars that can get them, there are a lot of weird people out there that do not nice things to strays. Well, at least you got out of the office early and got your exercise in already too ;-D

We just got back from lunch, E called and said all was good with the inspection and that he had time to kill so he took us out for bowls, mine as always no noodles, this time with shredded cabbage and chicken breast, and a s h i t load of chili sauce. I know I will be suffering the ring of fire later tonight, hehehehe.

Okay, I am starting my strawberry puree. I haven't been baking for so long, it feels so good, the smells, the tastes, the whole act! Jeesh, you'd think I was talking about sex,lol.

No baby yet???? Come on Bre, we are all waiting, much love and cheeres to a speedy delivery!

Ash

[carbjunkie]

Hi girls..just got home (again) and my day is over thank goodness cuz I want to relax! Today was my high schoolers last day so we went to lunch (I had half sandwich n salad)

Ash..your menu does sounds yummy. Good luck girl.

Sorry to hear those doggies got loose..scary but glad they are ok. I was laughing imagining you running around after them nice exercise!

Ok..I'm off to the couch for a few.

T.

[cardenas5usa]

Wow, so summer is officially kicked off for your big kids!! I am so looking forward to Maya being done, she has until Friday the 15th. It seems so late in the year, I used to always be done by the end of the first full week of June. Anyway, are your kids going, doing anything this summer or just hanging out? Well, I am glad you can relax now and take a few for yourself. Lunch sounds good, I am getting munchie now, think I'll have some turkey and cheese. A.

[carbjunkie]

Hey yooz! I'm headin out for the night. I'm watching, "two can play that game." I love it...w/vivica fox.

How did your evenings go? I'll see ya on the dreaded scale

till morning
XOXO

[cardenas5usa]

I'm just surfing the web for menu ideas, but I am about up to my eyeballs with cheese, and tomatoes, and olives, I swear summer rolls around and it's all people can think about,lol.
Okay, it's a date, I meet ya on the scale! Yikers!!!! I am nervous!

:-O A

[carbjunkie]

I knew the scale was going to scream at me. What I have been listing here as my eats has been the truth..except for wed I think which was an ok day.

Up 2 lbs..I guess I like the chinese water torture huh?

Jina I know you've got a great number coming..gotta be happy for that!

Ashley I wouldn't worry..you've been exercising so you'll be ok.

T

[cardenas5usa]

TGIF! It feels like summer again, we have blue sky and it's going to be a warm one! Before I head out to curves I wanted to post my weight, 161.8. I am extatic about that since my mom was here and I didn't go back into full diet mode till Wed. So hopefully this week I can break into the 150's! cross your fingers,lol. BBL,A

[cardenas5usa]

Oh T, sorry bout that 2 pounds, you know it is just the scale nazi, so next week you'll be back down! No prob bob :-D

Can't wait to see your numbers Jina!

[Stelakate]

Morning girls. Thanks, the dogs are good....and annoying as ever. We had people over last night for dinner and games Bre+fam and Leigh and Amy, it was a late night. Bre went into the hosp. at midnight her bag was leaking fluid...they kept her she slept -ok- and they started potosin this morning...she is contracting but they are far apart for now so I canceled my CBS appt and am heading up to the hospital. I weighed yesterday at work, 246. Good job w/ your # Ashley is that the lowest you've been? I think so....hello 150's....wow that's a skinny ass person. Love's it.
T, what can we say? You know you cheat, even a bit, you gain. Sucks. Sorry.
Alright I will keep you posted later girls.

Love ya.

[cardenas5usa]

Wow, quiet in here today. My lowest number was 160.8, that freaky time I weighed and then got my camera to weigh again and I was 161.2 five minutes later. So I am close. We just got back from the butcher shop and Woodburn. I got all my cheap produce for my Sunday catering and E picked up 150 pounds of chorizo for the restaurant.

Well, I have got to put all this stuff away and Maya is due any second, C U tonight. Ash

hmmmm...maybe Jina is at the Hospital with the new bundle, I hope so, can't wait to hear!!!!