A Diamond in the Rough -- Candy's Journey

[Edwards20]

Thank you sweet friends. It's been a long exhausting day. I am almost ready to leave the office for the day. I am having issues getting on here at home - time wise, connection wise, etc. So, if I don't check in this evening, I will talk to you all tomorrow.

[losin4good1980]

Keep your chin up hon and don't forget to have some "me" time - it feels very good Just go and have a bubble bath or a nice long shower.. or a nice relaxing walk by yourself - anything to get away and shut everything off for a moment ... or ten.. Have a good night!! xoxo

[pri17cess72]

Hi Candy! Hope you get some rest and quiet time for yourself!

[LovesDivine]

Hi!!!

Hugs and prayers.

[AuntieMame]

Just checking up on you. Those 220s are hard to shake, aren't they? I don't know why they are so hard, but it seemed like it took a lot longer to get out of them than the other decades. It really was a sticking point for me. I was really excited to break free of them, and you'll break free soon, too!!

[pescacat]

Hi Candy-
Just wanted to check in and say HI-Hope things are going better for you and Hannah. I know with your vacation coming up soon you're super busy but I sure hope you get a chance to just lay on the beach and relax real soon!
**hugs**
--Laura

[Livywilltim-mom]

Good Thursday to you, Candy

Hope you and yours are great today!

Hugs

[twinkerbell]

how's your day going? I will go back and read up on things later...
have a great day!

[dantesmom]

Hey Miss Candy glad to hear Hannah is doing better! I will keep your friend and your Aunt in my prayers. Both of them are going through such trying situations emotionally. I will pray that god offers them at leat a little peace of mind in this time.

[monet0329]

hey sista.. missed ya..

glad lil Ms. Hannah is doing better.. keep up the Activia.... should keep her going ..

how are YOU doing? good I am hoping..

next week I hope to see you in the 200's.. so cool..teens that is.. yeehhaawwww...

ok gotta run.. not much time here.. love ya darlin..

[Edwards20]

Originally Posted by losin4good1980

Keep your chin up hon and don't forget to have some "me" time - it feels very good Just go and have a bubble bath or a nice long shower.. or a nice relaxing walk by yourself - anything to get away and shut everything off for a moment ... or ten.. Have a good night!! xoxo

Thank you Maggie. Taking a bubble bath is one of the things I dreamed about when I first started this WOE. I am still not comfortable with the idea that I can FIT into the tub and be able to relax. Perhaps when I reach ONEderland, I will give it a whirl. However, until then I will need to find a way to ESCAPE ............

Originally Posted by pri17cess72

Hi Candy! Hope you get some rest and quiet time for yourself!

Thank you my dear friend.

Originally Posted by LovesDivine

Hi!!!

Hugs and prayers.

Originally Posted by AuntieMame

Just checking up on you. Those 220s are hard to shake, aren't they? I don't know why they are so hard, but it seemed like it took a lot longer to get out of them than the other decades. It really was a sticking point for me. I was really excited to break free of them, and you'll break free soon, too!!

Dixie, I agree ... this has been the hardest one to break. I pray that it will be a sticking point for me as well.

Originally Posted by pescacat

Hi Candy-
Just wanted to check in and say HI-Hope things are going better for you and Hannah. I know with your vacation coming up soon you're super busy but I sure hope you get a chance to just lay on the beach and relax real soon!
**hugs**
--Laura

Great to see you Laura, and I love your avatar. What a beautiful lady you are.

Originally Posted by Livywilltim-mom

Good Thursday to you, Candy

Hope you and yours are great today!

Hugs

Jaimie

Originally Posted by twinkerbell

how's your day going? I will go back and read up on things later...
have a great day!

Twink.

Originally Posted by dantesmom

Hey Miss Candy glad to hear Hannah is doing better! I will keep your friend and your Aunt in my prayers. Both of them are going through such trying situations emotionally. I will pray that god offers them at leat a little peace of mind in this time.

Hey Sally. Thank you for your prayers.

Originally Posted by monet0329

hey sista.. missed ya..

glad lil Ms. Hannah is doing better.. keep up the Activia.... should keep her going ..

how are YOU doing? good I am hoping..

next week I hope to see you in the 200's.. so cool..teens that is. yeehhaawwww...

ok gotta run.. not much time here.. love ya darlin..

So far so good with Hannah this week. I dream of the teens

Man, yesterday was wild at work. I am still not completely done with my book and it has to be turned in today. I will get something in it today. Just hope it's enough.

I had the police scanner on last night. It's usually pretty boring, but there was some DRAMA going on here last night. Apparently, a woman truck driver was tied up to a tree in the woods off 411. Her rig was parked on a road OFF the main road. She had been in touch with someone in Virginia and told them that she had been kidnapped, drugged and tied to a tree. I worried all night as I listened to them try to find her. I often wondered HOW could someone do this someone else ... then I wondered ... IF you did this to someone else, would you leave them with a cell phone ??!!?? Then, if you are tied to a tree and drugged, HOW can you dial the cell phone ??!!?? Then, if you dial 911 would it not go to the nearest law enforcement center ? Maybe it doesn't work that way. Our officers were on the phone with VA officer and used GPS through her phone co. to find her. The truck had Wisconsin plates on it. When they found her, they never mentioned that she was tied up. Very odd. Here are the links to the stories. Here is the one from my NEWSPAPER. Then here is one with pictures, etc. from one of our COMPETITORS. There was a dog and cat with her. A most bizarre incident ........ and they didn't give all the details in the stories that I heard on the scanner. So, I wonder how much is really true.

Ok, that is your crime drama for the day.

[Edwards20]

Now, for my official weigh in:

Friday, 6-29-07, Official Weigh-In

Beginning Weight: 264
Last Fri. Weight: 222
Current Weight: 220
Weekly Progress: -2
TOTAL LOSSES: -44

So, I have now officially reached 220 (it's the 2nd time I have seen it in the past few weeks, so I will claim it and change my stats). So, I am ALMOST 1/2 way there.

Randy has claimed goal. As of yesterday, he has lost 50lbs (DAWG!!).

[hawkwife]

Wow, I am proud you are back to 220!! I said I wasn't gonna weigh, but I think I will today, just to get a new starting point--then maybe I won't weigh again until next Fri??

It seems to play with my head too much!

Here goes another day---not gonna let ya down!!


Jen

[LovesDivine]

What a story!!

Woo hoo on the loss! You are doing great!

[BeepBeep]

Great job on the weight loss Candy!

Keep going and keep reaching for your dreams.
I know you can do it!

[Livywilltim-mom]

YIPPPPPEEEEEE!!

220 is GREAT! Congrats

Randy has done remarkably well too, if you can stand it, pass along my congrats LOL !!

Trying to keep myself occupied for one more hour...going to follow the links you provided for that wacky trucker story.

Hugs

[seb]

Even with all your stress you had a two pound loss. That's awesome. And send congrats to your hubby. He must feel great to reach goal.

Bizarre story about that lady.

Have a great day, Candy.

[pri17cess72]

Congrats on the loss! Keep up the good work!!! What a crazy story.....

I posted some info on Tri Tip in my journal so you can see what it is. Apparently it is popular in California so that is probably why you did not know what it is.

Have a wonderful day!!

[hawkwife]

Weight is up to 218, but I am starting AGAIN today...not gonna let you down!

[Tippy Toes]

Candy, I made a post at Support for you there.

That was weird about the lady trucker... And look at you! There you were, worried all night for a complete stranger you never met. That is what makes you so wonderful, my friend!

I see 2 more lbs have left the building! YAY for you! Tell Randy congrats and save you a spot in goalsville as you will be there before you know it. And you really will. You have the TT guarentee. If you hit a road block we'll get around it but so far you are zipping along at a good pace.

[HAB]

Morning Candy, hope you are having a great Friday so far!

Look at you, 220! Hold strong through the weekend and I bet you'll see 219 by Monday!

[Edwards20]

Originally Posted by hawkwife

Wow, I am proud you are back to 220!! I said I wasn't gonna weigh, but I think I will today, just to get a new starting point--then maybe I won't weigh again until next Fri??

It seems to play with my head too much!

Here goes another day---not gonna let ya down!! Jen, if those scales bother you and mess with your mind .... don't weigh. I choose to weigh morning and night, but I can't put stock in them. I have to go by how I feel and how my clothes fit. YOU can do this, OK ?


Jen

Originally Posted by LovesDivine

What a story!!

Woo hoo on the loss! You are doing great!

Thank you Lisa.

Originally Posted by MaintainLC4me

Great job on the weight loss Candy!

Keep going and keep reaching for your dreams.
I know you can do it!

Jen, it's great to see you. Thank you for your friendship and I was glad to read you are better.

Originally Posted by Livywilltim-mom

YIPPPPPEEEEEE!!

220 is GREAT! Congrats

Randy has done remarkably well too, if you can stand it, pass along my congrats LOL !!

Trying to keep myself occupied for one more hour...going to follow the links you provided for that wacky trucker story.

Hugs

Ok, Jaimie ... I told him. He just grinned. Did you get a chance to read the stories on the trucker ? MUM was the word about it yesterday at the office. VERY ODD.

Originally Posted by seb

Even with all your stress you had a two pound loss. That's awesome. And send congrats to your hubby. He must feel great to reach goal.

Bizarre story about that lady.

Have a great day, Candy.

Thank you Sue.

Originally Posted by pri17cess72

Congrats on the loss! Keep up the good work!!! What a crazy story.....

I posted some info on Tri Tip in my journal so you can see what it is. Apparently it is popular in California so that is probably why you did not know what it is.

Have a wonderful day!!

Thank you Liz. I read in your journal about the Tri Tip and replies. WOW, I wish I could find it here.

Originally Posted by hawkwife

Weight is up to 218, but I am starting AGAIN today...not gonna let you down!

Don't let YOU down girlie.

Originally Posted by Tippy Toes

Candy, I made a post at Support for you there.

That was weird about the lady trucker... And look at you! There you were, worried all night for a complete stranger you never met. That is what makes you so wonderful, my friend!

I see 2 more lbs have left the building! YAY for you! Tell Randy congrats and save you a spot in goalsville as you will be there before you know it. And you really will. You have the TT guarentee. If you hit a road block we'll get around it but so far you are zipping along at a good pace.

Thank you TT -- you are my guardian angel. I actually feel like I am on pace. My initial goal was 100lbs and I was allowing a year (which may or may not be feasible). So, with 6 more lbs, I am halfway to my goal. Again, I am more concerned with how I feel, how my clothes fit and look as opposed to the scales and the time frame.

Originally Posted by HAB

Morning Candy, hope you are having a great Friday so far!

Look at you, 220! Hold strong through the weekend and I bet you'll see 219 by Monday!

Thank you Holly.

Weight was still at 220 this morning, which made me feel good. We bought some SF snow cone syrup (that I tasted last week at the party) and made a pitcher of daquiri's. YUMMY !!!! Had a nice steak on the grill, etc. It was a really nice evening.

We will be going to Alabama here in a little while to cook out with the in-laws, watch the fireworks and bring my Hannah back home. Gosh, I wish they lived closer.

I am gonna strut around the boards a bit. Haven't been out of the journals in a while. Sorta missing some folks in the ML too. Hope everyone has a good weekend.