New and would like a buddy

[MI CHICK]

Well that's such a happy/sad story D!!! I can't believe that in such a small town that the sheriff didn't take the man to jail for being drunk & abusing his dd! It's one of those stories that you almost wouldn't believe if you didn't know the person telling it! But her stupid dad can't take her memories away & she's old enough now to slip out of town to live somewhere else. When you hear those things you are so afraid that sexual abuse has been going on at home for years...or maybe I'm leary cause my brother is a physcologist & I've heard too much.

Glad that the rest of the prom went so well. I was in a huge class like you & didn't go to the prom. But our church had a prom where we went to a fancy resturant & then they had a great after party like the one you had D.
Was a wonderful time & parents knew you were safe & not out drinking & driving. Were around 75 of us I think. Was for juniors & seniors. The college I went to was a small christian school--my high school was huge & had all these problems w/race riots & police in the halls etc so I wanted a small personal school when I left. They had a prom style grad party held at a different ballroom each year. These were great fun too. Being a smaller school of probably 250 students total (had 600 in my hs grad class) they let all classes attend to have the #'s needed to rent the ballrooms I suppose. Went to 3 of those. So I had 5 fun times of getting all excited & dressed up. They are all special memories. The proms here the last 10yrs have been like the ones you are telling about YH w/all the rentals of blocks of motel rooms & drinking & fighting etc Most of my friends kids didn't even want to go to their proms for those reasons.

Well D it's snowing here this morning LOL!!! Been warm enough that it's not going to stick but it was not a happy thing to open the bedroom curtains this a.m. to blowing snow Good thing we went outside yesterday.

We had a great day yesterday. Was so cool yesterday that the island pretty much just had it's residents & a few die hard fisherman so we really enjoyed it. We parked & dh took a lot of pics & I walked the road & enjoyed looking at the swan pairs & ducks etc. He'd drive down the road & find me when he was done. There are only 4 roads I think. And we did a small portion of a marsh walk off the island on our way home but it was pretty cold w/the lake breeze by then. So I did get some exercise. YH from the Ohio/MI border up thru our area is basically one city connecting to another. Going north from us in about a 1/2hr you start to hit a little bit of farm land that subdivisions & strip malls haven't sucked up. An hour from here & you are getting into the "upnorth" of MI that is still rural & beautiful. That's one thing about the death of the job economy here is that it finally stopped the urban sprawl that has been sucking up mile after mile for the past 25yrs.

Well I am baking 2 cherry turnovers for dh this morning. He loves a sweet treat w/his morning coffee on weekends. I will make myself more bacon & eggs after I do this post. Yesterday we ate at the only place on the island which is a bar. Beautiful view of the lake while eating. Just a plain local place if you know what I mean. We usually look for these places when we travel cause they so often have the best food. Food was just bar food & not all that good. But was fun to sit in with all the locals & the view was great. Had to pick apart a sandwich & I did eat a few deep fried mushrooms w/ dh....took the batter off the first couple & ate just the mushroom but then, well you know....lol Dh didn't want any dinner at home later on & neither did I really. But he did get out the potato chips my mom had sent him thru me the day before & I had 6 of those. So hopefully 6 chips & some breading will equal one meal count wise and be the dinner we didn't eat.

Great job on the prom eating D!!! What an excuse you had to just give in & nibble---and you didn't!! The fact you didn't is even more important than the fact that you only ate chicken fingers, if that makes any sense to you.
You will be all sore & swollen this a.m. I'm sure so just take it easy girl. Your son sounded handsome--am sure him & his date were a beautiful pair! And he's dating older women already...LOL!! Wish you could post a pic of them for us to see. Hearing all this stuff makes me feel so old

YH dh's cousin owned his own business which Hulette Packard bought a few years back so they are having a nice early retirement. I live thru all the trips they do....they did the Galapagos too and the pics were great! He worked really hard over the years so I don't begrude them their good times--but that doesn't stop me from being jealous LOL!!!!! And your Curves #'s sound great
I'm not sure how you lost that many inches in the few trips I'd thought you'd made to Curves....you must have been going more than I realized. Now your pants will really fall off! You need to tell ds to go to skinny girls apt for a few days so you can get into room & start sorting out some much smaller size clothes!!

Well gal's this is turning into a book per usual so I best get a move on! I've sure I will be back a couple times more today...I am so addicted it's silly

[Denise78]

LOL C, I am right with you in this addiction. Here I am coming home after being out all night and where was the first place I went??!!

I loved reading about your adventures, C. Felt like I was right along with you and dh!! What a wonderful day the 2 of you shared! Tomorrow I will accompany dh to his dentist appt, we'll shop & go out to lunch too. Not as big an adventure, but fun to share the day all the same.

Speaking of world traveling....my father called to tell me that he & my stepmother are flying to PARIS this week. Will stay there a couple of days and then will take an 8-day cruise on a riverboat up the Seine River, stopping at different ports, final destination Normandy. Then they will turn around and stop at yet even more ports and back to Paris for another couple of days. I am VERY envious!! Somehow a trip to the dentist seems so pathetic in comparison. YH, I'm ready for those Galapago Islands whenever you are!!

Ds2 won lots of prizes in the auction last night, $20 gift card to KMart, $25 gas certificate, $10 Dairy Queen gift card, 2 free movie passes, lots of McDonald's coupons, a "bag" chair, water jug, dvd tower, etc. Oh and guess what they sent home with me? A pizza!! I put it in the refrig and will send it back to college with ds1 today so it is out of my sight. Don't know why I took it except that it just seemed natural to say yes when they were passing out the leftovers.

I remember after my prom, we all went to the beach but my bf was not a big drinker so it was more of a romantic get-away than a drunken one. Probably not any better since I was only 17 & I'm sure my parents would have much more appreciated me being chaperoned than at the beach alone with bf in the middle of the night!!

Both ds's are sleeping still but I woke up when dh woke up. I'm still dragging so I'm sure I'll get a nap in later. Was smart this year and took a sm throw pillow with me to sit on. Those metal folding chairs do me in every year. So my hips don't bother me this morning, wish I had thought of it last year -- I was in severe pain then. This yr is not too bad. My feet are swollen and burning. Never thought to put them up during the night. So I will work on that today. But at least I am able to walk.

Sorry you got the snow now, C! I hope it stays warm enough that it keeps on melting. Sun is shining here and I think it's supposed to stay warm the next few days. Please!!

So YH, is this a movie wkd? Any good ones? Our nearest rental place is an hour away, so we watch a lot of regular tv. I think that is how today will be spent, in bed & in front of the tube and hopefully not in front of the refrig!

Yesterday's menu:

B-coffee
L-2 sl turkey breast, 2 sl cheese
D-steak, cauliflower, lettuce
S-string cheese, pork rinds, breaded chicken tenders

Happy Sunday! D

[yellowhair11]

Just back from grocery shopping and Walgreen's bonanza and here I am again.
My new find was WW english muffin-1 pt - probably not great but I had to buy them - I passed on the quaker cakes as I am eating too many. Maybe the muffin will satisfy me more in the evening, I don't think a smigeon of jelly or the ff butter/marg. would hurt too much. Ill make a pork or beef roast today. My plan was the pool for exercise but pouring rain all day, everyone still sleeping here of course. BF got movies from the library yesterday but don't know what they are. Did you ever try that netflix ( movies by mail ) D ?
Oh gosh - get that pizza out of there ! What a nice day you had C - I would go camping in MI but I think the other way - Lake Superior area. Thats a hoot about the camping - I'm with you D - give me a 5 star resort plzzz....when the boys were young we did all the cottaging / camping stuff, my mom would come too, the ex sob did not. I think the RV thing would be fun but how do you buy one and put gas in it Once I dated a nudist for awhile - we went to all these nudie places, geez... He was a nice guy but the nude thing got old. Don't fry that bacon in the nude C !!!
Geez D.. I think you should go on that trip with your dad ! Sounds like the prom was nice except for Cinderella ending - uggghh- the evils of alcoholism. I have not been at Curves that long, I joined right after D - I am giving credit to Callanetics for the inch loss but its hard to pinpoint one thing. I have not seen the skinny gal here again - S3 states she has a BF in the hoosgow - he was with a diff. one last nite ! I think he meets all these gals on my space or maybe the beach. He really likes the skinny gal tho - I told him he does not need to get involved with someone that has a maybe BF in jail but what do I know. He showed me skinny gal's pic and she is a knockout. Today will be rest and the tube - try to be good with the eats !

[HoneyBera]

Hi all! Still lurking and enjoying all your adventures, and gaining strength vicariously! I have been on a tough plateau. I just got back from the doctor's office and weighed in. I knew you would all be happy for me as I am down to 259 LBS! That is 45 lbs. off so far!!! I am so happy!

I hope this finds you all doing well...and losing! Hang in there!

Take Care
HB

[Denise78]

I am looking forward to trying out those Callanetics tapes but will wait till I am home alone. No sense giving the entire family that much reason to make fun of me.

Has the rain let up any, YH? It's really sunny here today. Still have snow on the ground but it's melting.

Yes, we had Netflix for a few yrs but the kids monopolized it and I never got a chance to rent a movie because they always had one out and kept them longer than needed so we cancelled it. I might start it up again since it's only ds2 home now and he shares better than the others. Dh doesn't like watching movies tho. He'd rather watch a sitcom because he falls asleep in the middle of a long movie. Plus we don't have the same tastes -- we both like comedies but he goes for those slapstick ones and I hate those.

Laughing about you dating a nudist. What courage you have! I don't care how skinny I was, I don't think I could walk around naked with a bunch of strangers. Course these days no one is inviting me to do that anyway.

Took a little nap but the phone woke me up. I might try to go lay back down again. Hope you're enjoying your wkd! Hey C & T, hope you are having fun too!

P.S. Some of those sugar-free jellies are pretty low in calories and taste good. Oh what I would give for an English muffin!!

D

[Teresa3]

Well, it's bedtime but I just wanted to say hi for today. HB, it is good to hear from you and hear that you lost another 5 lbs.!

Congratulations, D, on not eating pizza at the prom, and then bringing one home and not eating that one, either--you are a superwoman! What a tragic ending to the Cinderella tale, D. How traumatic for you to have to go through that! I hope the girl does get away from that awful dad--he sounds like a terrible abuser. You'd think the sheriff would have thought about investigating the drunk father! Hope you had a nice restful day today, D.

Sounds like you had a really fun day up at the island, C. Very romantic. I love to go into bars and eat, too, and get a feel for the local folks. You get a real feeling of being connected, and sometimes the food is really good, too. Too bad it wasn't, but you still enjoyed it, eh! Congrats on going easy on the eating the rest of the day!

YH, what did you do today? I hope you did something fun and/or relaxing.

We went to another chamber music concert! Just here locally, and it was the last one of the season for this group. They played music with Asian influences, quite a different program from the usual things you hear, so I enjoyed it a lot. Then dh and I just hung out watching TV and I got some Chinese take-out. Duck, mixed veggies, and eggplant. I'm sure it was more calories than I needed, but not too bad, I hope!

Have a good start to your week, everyone--enjoy your excursion to the dentist, D! At least it's not you in the chair! T.

[yellowhair11]

Did not do much on Sunday - bad rain all day so watched the tube with BF. Sould have went to the gym but could not bring myself to drive in the rain. I usually get documentarys or dramas when I rent movies, alot of foreign films if im in the mood to read the subtitles, not into comedy's. I dislike sitcoms and so does BF. The nudist thing - the people were all shapes and sizes - older - families- and very educated for the most part, alot of really nice people, at least thats how it was ten yrs. ago. I never thought I could do it but after one time it was no big deal and actually a pleasant experience. Im glad you got to go to another concert T - sounds like you and dh do more things together than the rest of us here other than the tube events. Yep, view those tapes alone for sure D, you have to concentrate, I dont let anyone here see me do them, I do it here and there from memory as I have nowhere to watch the dvd unless S3 is gone, there are some I cannot do. My roast turned out good - I am actually googling easy recipes for meat now and cooking them better - I overcooked stuff before I am finding out - my mother overcooked everything and it was habit.

Sun.
am - yogurt, tangerine
lunch - english muffin w ff butter, shrimp cocktail
dinner - rare roast beef and few bites of mashed potatoes
snacks - fruiti's -2 and goldfish pac

[Denise78]

Good morning!

Good to hear from you T. Was wondering what you were doing this wkd. Sounds like you had a very nice time at your chamber music event. Is this indoors or outdoors?? Dh & I went to an outdoor wedding on a golf course in the Rocky mtns in Denver this summer where they had chamber music during the ceremony. Really added to the beauty & sophistication of the wedding.

Chinese food and English muffins. Sounds so good!! I am jealous. I sent that pizza back to school with ds1 without even having one bite! Whew. Glad to get it out of my house. That was a HUGE temptation sitting in my refrig yesterday.

Sounds like you are really into cooking these days, YH. I love a good roast. We had a fish day yesterday. Dh fried up some Alaskan pollack (which I had a nibble of but since he breaded it with cornmeal, flour & breadcrumbs, I didn't eat any) and pan-seared some scallops and broiled some bacon & shrimp. Was very yummy and low-carb.

Yesterday's menu:

B-coffee
L-scallops, bacon-wrapped shrimp, broccoli, 2 sl tomato
D-pork chili (no beans)
S-string cheese, pork rinds, 10 almonds

My friend & I are going to Curves this morning and then out for salads for lunch. This afternoon, dh & I will venture to his dentist appt, do some shopping and go to the new Mexican restaurant for supper. We went there once and I loved their chicken taco salad so I'll probably get that again. Ds2 asked that we bring him home Chinese takeout.

Another sunny day here. How's the snow, C? Hope it stopped raining for ya, YH. I imagine you always have nice weather, T, lucky you!

Well my friend just called to say we're on for today so I better go get ready.
Have a great day ladies! D

[MI CHICK]

Well I've been for my mamog & bone density already & back home w/my coffee. Was thinking about walking to the video store to return our dvds, it's past the bulk food store. Actually it's 1 mile each way. Am sure I could do it but it would take a couple hours round trip I'm sure & I
don't think I want to give up that much time today now that I think about it. So scratch that. I will do the gazelle. Did it for 30mns yesterday. Then too I have the water arb class tonight.

I can understand the nude thing YH just not w/other folks around. Like D said even if I was a size 0 I wouldn't want to do a group. I have always thought it would be an interesting experience to sit naked in the warm sun surrounded by the swaying grasses I see out west...seems like it would be such a soothing experience....can't imagine the amount of sunblock I'd have to use....lol!!
Your menus have been sounding really good lately--like the kind of eating you can do the rest of your life. I had the ww eng muff in the past & thought they were good. Did 'em toasted w/ the all fruit spread & the jam made w/Splenda. Preferred the flavor of all fruit spreads. Did you ck out the ww ice cream cups?

Congrats on the 45lbs HB That's grand! I can tell that you are still walking w/your pack. Did you get to biking yet? I brought mine up from the basement & then realized that I couldn't do it w/my hands right now.

I use to camp w/my cousin when our kids were small & I just loved it!! We used the state parks w/the pit toilets-which were always very clean-& bathed the kids in the lake at nite. Kids slept in the tent & she had a 30yr old camper that her & dh traded something for that we slept in. DH isn't into camping at all. We borrowed equip once & tried it but the only thing he liked was the bonfire at nite.

Well D at least it's dh under the drill today not you LOL!! I so hate that drill.....I need to get scheduled into the dentist & so does dh. We have some dental insur now which is great. Doesn't pay for it all but any part is a help.
I have to schedule the echo & stress today. Still haven't scheduled the hand dr yet. Gee makes me feel ancient to be trying to fill my calender w/all these medical appts...

My eating was on track yesterday but when I stepped on the scale this a.m it said 237. The bouncing up & down will drive you crazy. Today I've got food lined up & exercise so I should be ok.
bft=bacon & eggs
l=ck cassr w/artichoke salad
d=mexican meatballs salad
s=?

D I made that ricotta cream. One in the mocha & one in the lime zest. NASTY So much for the pudding sub. Darn was really hoping

Ok off to library to get Callenetic dvd

[yellowhair11]

Wow, im proud of you C, a mammo and a bone - all in one day. You guys have inspired me to go to the doc which is Thurs., not sure if thats good or bad - I have a list going.. And the gazelle thing I can't do the gazelles - I went for a body wrap once and you had to go on something similiar all wrapped up like a mummy on top of it, I thought I would die. We want to know all about the water class. The english muffin was good yesterday - it was bread What tape did you get at the library ?

Hope the report was good for dh at the dentist today and glad you are getting to Curves. Are you all rested up ?

I ordered a Callanetics for your Back book today - ancient and only .99 cents ! The shipping was 4.00. I always wanted that book. Having leftover roast beef for dinner, picked up subway for s3. We are having a cold front tonite so probably 70's tommorrow. I am hoping I can sleep tonite as I don't want to miss class on Tues. again.

[HoneyBera]

HB, it is good to hear from you and hear that you lost another 5 lbs.!

Congrats on the 45lbs HB That's grand! I can tell that you are still walking w/your pack. Did you get to biking yet? I brought mine up from the basement & then realized that I couldn't do it w/my hands right now.

Thank you so much! I've missed you guys! I am so thrilled that I am losing again after such a dry spell. For the last few weeks I have had a dreadful chest cold that made breathing difficult. I could barely work, and my walking had to take a back seat. But just today I walked again (the mile with loaded backpack - I always walk back and forth to the bus four times daily [split shift] - it's part of my daily routine here at work), and I am just about to begin Curves with my friend/co-worker Melanie. She's already going.

No bike yet, but the Curves idea should help right now. C - my hands bother me too (severe carpal tunnel syndrome due to all the driving) and I really hear you about the bike. Sometimes it's like a shard of glass being jammed through my palms. Really sharp pain. But I'd like to try again now that I have a bit of the mountain of fat off. One shovelful at a time.

So glad to hear from all of you! I need to nap right now - got only 4 hrs. of sleep last night. Not getting up with insomnia like YH, but just ran out of time for sleep...like now! TTYL

HB

[MI CHICK]

Well I'm back from my water class. Tired but not sore--that's what I like about it. 7:30 class was full so we had to take the 8:30, but that's ok cause there were only 5 of us. Pool all to ourselves. So now I am trying to just drink my water & go to bed. Don't want to see that stupid 237 again in the morning

Go to the doc now before they change your insurance YH! That was part of what I decided--get a reading on everything now cause who knows about a few months from now. We've had so many changes over the last few years. I'm calling tomorrow to schedule the last round & will call the hand doc too. Will have to do my right hand for sure as it really bothers me. Couldn't do a couple of the exercises with the boards tonight cause it was too much on my wrists pushing the wgt of the water away from me.
No Callanetics anything at the library--everything was Pilates.

Had 3carb wwheat tortilla by LaToritilla Factory. They make regular ones too but I remembered them as being some of the better lc ones from before. It was ok. The lc breads just aren't all that great. With SB when I get to phase 3 I can at least make a good quality loaf of grain bread that I will enjoy. The mexican meatballs were good & easy to make. Made extra sauce so dh could have some over rice. Were made with tky breast & you couldn't tell--dh didn't have a clue. It was Honeysuckle White & did not have that strong bird taste. Maybe I will use it for more stuff. Had their Brautwurst over the weekend on the George Forman grill & they were also very good.

Well ladies I'm off to bed. am pretty sure I will sleep like a baby

[Teresa3]

Congrats on all the exercising, C! 30 min. on the gazelle, and water aerobics! That sounds like a lot of fun. Do you mainly stand and do exercises, or do you swim? I would love to do that but the chlorine bothers my dry skin. Sounds like you are really going to enjoy it, C. Your little bump up in weight is probably just water retention from the extra exercise.

Sorry to hear you were so sick, HB, but glad you're doing better now, and back into walking! Hope the transit system will do something for you in regard to your hand pain since the driving must have caused or aggravated it. I guess we're all finding out our bodies are not able to endure all this physical stress for years on end!!

D, I hope you had a good workout at Curves today, and a fun lunch with your friend--you deserve it after all the volunteer work you've been doing lately! And glad you have some sunny weather. Maybe you'll be able to wear those capris this week after all! Our musical event was indoors. We don't have a good outdoor venue for chamber music, but they do have things like blues in the park, but I have a very hard time sitting on the ground, so don't go to things like that these days.

YH, glad your roast came out well. I love rare roast beef, especially on salad. Did it stop raining there so you could get to Curves or swim? Hope you had a better day today.

I went to the gym yesterday with dh before we went to the music, and went for a little walk in the arboretum today. It's gorgeous up there now; everything's blooming and there's so much pink and yellow and purple--it's like walking through a sunset! Very windy here, though, and everybody's allergies are kicking up. Oops, I see it's past bedtime! Have great days tomorrow, everyone! T.

[yellowhair11]

I am glad the water exercise class was good C, can you choose the 830 every week now - the small class would be much better. I got the scale going up too now but know this can happen. I think maybe just go on it once a week but then maybe we need to keep it in check like D does. I think the water aerobics/swimming would be so good for you T - I know there are products to block the chlorine if you are that sensitive - one that comes to mind is derma swiss pro - apply before the pool - and after you shower a lotion that you pat on - never rub. How are you doing D - I hope the mex. rest. was still good along with the rest of your day. What do you do at the gym T ?

Mon.

am - cantelope, red grapes, and plum
drink potion

lunch - salad - red leaf lettuce w 1 egg, 1 babybel, gr. pepper and tomato
( I am getting sick of the pre packaged salad bags - not lasting and
no nutrition in iceberg lettuce so now on the bunches of lettuce ) Still
using good season's mix w olive oil & and braggs apple cider vinegar.

dinner - roast beef - few bites of mash potatoes

snack - fruiti, 9 animal crackers, 1 goldfish pac

[Denise78]

Hello ladies! Yesterday was such a busy day that I didn't have time to post last night and I missed that!!

Got my Curves in. Asked to be measured but the gal was too busy and I had things to do so I didn't want to wait around. Will try again on Wed.

Went out to lunch for salads afterwards. Dh called to say he was home waiting on me. Ran to the bank and then met up with a former co-worker so my friend & I stopped to chat. BIG mistake. I had told dh I would be home by 1 pm. Got home at 1:45 so then I had to rush around and get changed quickly to go to dentist. Poor dh. He had an abcessed tooth so they pulled it. They told him his peridontal disease was so far gone it wasn't even worth doing a cleaning on him and that eventually he will have to have all his teeth pulled and go for dentures. I wasn't happy to hear that, he is only 48 yrs old.

I read a couple of magazines while waiting on dh at the dentist. Got a kick out of the new diet fads. One is the "S" diet. You can only eat snacks or sweets on days that begin with S (wkds). All other days, you can eat whatever you want, as long as it is only 3 meals per day and only one helping per meal. The other diet was even funnier. One guy went on an all bean diet, eating 6-8 cans of beans a day, and lost 140 lbs. Don't think I'd want to be downwind of him.

We did lots of shopping and later stopped at the Mexican restaurant for supper. I had a chicken taco salad but didn't eat the shell. It didn't hold me over so well this time, maybe because I skipped breakfast, had a salad for lunch and no snacks all day. I bought this new flatbread, 6 carbs and it's a pretty big size. So I had roast beef & cheese in that when I got home at 8 pm because my tummy was grumbling by then. Stopped me from snacking the rest of the night so that was good.

Yesterday's menu:

B-coffee
L-salad w/grilled skinless chicken in it
D-chicken taco salad (no shell)
S-1 sl roast beef, 1 sl provolone, 1 flatbread

I'm off for a pampering day today. Going to get my nails done and a pedicure too!! Tomorrow I get my hair highlighted and cut. The weather was gorgeous yesterday, keeping my fingers crossed that Thurs will be the same and then I can wear my capris!!

C, I am so glad you enjoyed the water aerobics class! That is definitely going to fast-forward your weight loss. And T, sounds like you got some good exercise in with the gym and walk (which sounds so beautiful, all those pretty colored flowers!!). I'm so happy that you both are doing so well.

YH, a cold front in the 70's?? Oh girl, you need to come visit me in January when it's below zero here. I hope you got your rest and are able to go to your class tonight. I know how much you like it and it certainly is paying off. You are doing so awesome!! I try to eat the green leafy lettuce as much as possible. Much more nutrients in it than the iceberg and I think it tastes better too. Funny the book was only 99 cents and the shipping was $4. That's how it was when I ordered the Callanetics tapes, paid more for the shipping than the tapes!

Well certainly sounds like everyone is starting the week out great with all this exercising and good eating. Keep it up ladies!

D

[yellowhair11]

Hi Ladies,

I am so sorry about your dh's teeth, I hate for this to happen to anyone - I just shelled out big bucks for s1 to have his teeth fixed on a credit card because they told him he will lose his teeth if he does not have all this stuff done. It was not peridontal tho, are you sure they can't do anything - second opinion ? Was this ongoing and inevitable ? I have spent so much money keeping mine. Thats so funny - on my last visit to get my crown I read the same diet - I would gain 5 on the weekend and lose 1 M-Fri.

Looks like im going to miss my class again, I am tired and stopped at Curves on the way home thinking ill get a pick me up if I stop there. I hit my ankle bone very hard going from one station to another and it is all swollen now like an egg and I am limping so Im going to lay down with some ice on it. I probably should have never signed up for the classes until I get my sleep under control but its a 10 class pass and I could go there on a weekend and take something else. I was just so excited to find a Callanetics class and did not think about a weekday night issue with my no sleeping.

Just made tacos for the guys and skinny gal is here. She seems nice and was very gracious and told me the tacos were delish This gal does not look as skinny as the jeans and bra - but its the same car. Just think - we could be a sz 0 and look like an 8

[Denise78]

At this point, I'd take the 8 without even considering a 0!!!!! Sad to say, but I was a size 8 when I married my ex-husb. Ugh. I doubt I'll ever get to that size again but I would be happy with a 14 or 16 now. Just out of the plus sizes and into a regular L would be fine with me! Glad she turned out to be such a nice girl.

Sorry you hurt your ankle! Sounds very painful. It's hard to juggle a full-time job and a late night class to begin with, but especially with your sleeping schedule, and now this added injury. Can you maybe put your class "on hold" till you get things figured out??

Dh's had teeth problems for awhile, We just never thought it was this bad. Now I am even more determined to be careful with mine because I do not want to suffer like he is, poor guy. He's at the point where he just wants all his teeth pulled but I am the one begging him not to. I feel that it's a huge decision and once it's done, there's no going back so I want him to really think it over.

I've been very careful with my eating today, even packed my lunch and ate it in my vehicle on the way to get my nails done. The scale is moving in the right direction so I am hopeful for a better week than last!

Well supper is almost ready so I better go finish things up. Be back later!

D

[Teresa3]

Oh, that is too bad about your dh, D. I'm with YH on looking into a second opinion. Over 20 years ago a dentist told me I was going to have to have gum grafts because my gums were bleeding. Boy, was he wrong! I actually had been on a low-cal diet and was nutritionally deficient, that's the only reason my gums were bleeding. I haven't had any problems since then. Maybe I wasn't flossing enough, too. Although, dentures aren't the end of the world--that's what everybody used to do.

You're doing great on your eating, D. You got hungry in the evening and ate something acceptable--that's when I usually go overboard. Good for you! I got my pedicure yesterday, and am getting my haircut and highlights Thursday, so I guess this is our week to pretty up! Now if we can just shed a few lbs., too! I found out that eating Chinese food two days in a row is a very bad idea--my weight went up 2 lbs. even tho I thought I was eating low carb! I think there is just more sugar in those sauces than you can tell, and of course, the salt. I hope it's just water!

YH, sorry to hear your weight went back up a bit, but it's probably just a natural fluctuation--you don't eat that much! Too bad you're too tired to go to your callanetics class. I hope there's no time limit on your pass so you can get all your money's worth eventually. At my gym, I just ride the bike for a few minutes, do the chest press, inner thigh machine, tricep pulldown, leg extension front and back, and gentle ab crunches. Never use more than 20 lbs. on the machines or it makes me too sore, but it's enough to help me stay in some kind of minimum shape. I hope! I would think you are very close to your goal now, YH. Are you still thinking of going to 120? That seems very thin for 5'4". I'm only 5'2" and I'm going to be happy to be in the low 140's I think, although I would love to weigh in the 120's or 130's. Fun to meet the size 0 gal--maybe the 1 wore off the label so she's really a size 10!

C, was today the day you were getting more medical tests? Hope they all turn out perfect!

I went to the gym and walked up at the arboretum again today. Did OK for lunch w/salad, turkey, berries and wh cr. I have to drop my car off at the shop this evening so we are going out to dinner downtown. I will try to be good! Take care, Gals! T.