In search of my body...not the one I ate! Part Deux... We sit at the popular table!

[chbc]

Thanks. I've worked 19 years for that opportunity for our family. It does suck, and oh how it hurts. On the upside-I have no appetite. Thanks again!

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

Thanks everyone! We bought it last year. We had been looking for a while for land. This was just the right price and locating. DH works at 3 am so he didn't want to travel to far from work we live on the farm now so he drives 1 min to work so now he will have a 5 min commute. Luck guy.! It is in the same school district which is great, it is a great one at that. There are only 5 houses on the road now. We will be #6. one whole side of the street is mainly farm land and the owner of the farm is trying to buy more land so that farms don't disappear from the area. I have no one beside me or infront of me the other house by us is across the street and up about 20 feet. I can't wait to start showing the house being put together! Just have to figure out who is giving us the best deal for the best house and then sign papers.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Wow, look at Nicole! She already figured out the typing in white trick! I am super impressed!

So are you saying I am an idjit cause it took me months...

That is right...NO video games. I am totally the mean mom. And you are right...that is unheard of. Riley complained earlier in the school year that he was the *only* kid in his whole class without one. I said the typical mom response, "I am sure it feels like that honey, but you are not the only one..." So the next week I was volunteering in his class and I had to work with each kid individually. So I asked each one about video games. And YES, my kid really IS the only one without a game system!
I totally agree...my kids use their systems in the winter at 40 below and that's about it..I have never had to yell at them because sports and being outside is more important than being inside to them..plus they know if they are inside mom can ask them to do something so aren't they smart kids...

No news on the job, it is posted as open until position is filled. I have been so blessed by letters of recommendations from my peers. It has been heartwarming. Admin. buddies thought the application letter was great and the resume' as well. Pray I get an interview and am offered the job. I'm going to want lots of input from all of you on interviewing. Weight loss is at 125. Holy skinny minnie!! POST SOME PICS!!

First, This is going to be all jumbled. Skip it if you want. I love the prom pictures! Sara is gorgeous and I love the dress, Treyner looked amazing, too. But does he ever take a bad picture? Umm..yes..I can pull some for verification...and they both looked beautiful..I was so proud...Glad they had a good time. !

My DD had a great 21st birthday celebration. (and we survived a vacation with my mom, sister and aunt, without any major breakdowns. Good thing it was a short trip!)
Have a great evening, Vicki

My boss was down at the same time for her DD's 21st!!

Dawn and Jodi--haven't heard much out of either of you other than prom was good. And Jodi...I just noticed your ticker!!!! I had no idea you had lost that much already! WOO HOO! Keep going girl, and you will be in Onederland before you know it!

She will and I will be right behind her...she does look awesome...beautiful and sexy.. [/Quote]

I just ordered belly dancing for beginners. I ordered two different ones one is for fat burning and the other is for belly buns thighs arms and abs.
My sis took belly dancing classes...her belly grew... it was a very smart belly..it learned a lot
Has anyone tried these? they are work outs from Veena and Neena. I saw a Yoga for wimps that looks about my speed too.

What dvd do you guys use?
ERIKA you don't count because you are a work out freak! I think you'd KILL ME!!

So...hi.

The last few days or so were hard for me...what can I say? I didn't have anything to contribute to the conversation. Thanks to those of you who got it. I have been doing this, the life style change, since the end of October and sometimes I just want to eat a pound of candy and a hot fudge sundae. I have to be honest, it's all I have!

Today I weighed in for the first time in two weeks...and I have my period...I gained .6lbs, which I think is a total victory. Seriously, practically two weeks off course and my freaking period and only about half a pound! Whoo-whee! Also, I have barely even exercised in that time!

I read this horoscope which is more motivational stuff based on your sign. It comes out weekly. They are called Free Will Astology - check them out. http://freewillastrology.com/horoscopes/ Here was mine, that came out today:

"Dear Star-Reader Brezsny: You are the only wizard who can save me. I have a bad job -- just $72,000 a year -- plus a lover who's not all that cute and a home that's not worth as much as it used to be. My health is good but I hate my nose and a$$. Can't afford a BMW or a vacation to Spain. My world is unraveling! Hope is fading! Please tell me what to do! - Virgo on the Verge." Dear On the Verge: I suggest that you temporarily suspend your strident yearning. This is one time when it's important to cultivate more appreciation for what you actually have. I urge you and all Virgos to turn your attention away from what you think you lack, and devote your psychic energy to loving what is.

And I was like, okay, I get it! Stop being a perfectionist! So I went out and tried on swim suits with Ms. Greenie and guess what? I bought a bikini. Size 14. Only wearing it to the public beach with friends, not to parties or on a cruise ship (yet) but heck, it gives me something to work for. Now I care how toned my stomach is and how fast that thigh fat disappears. I think I might have to store it in the pantry, right in front of the chocolate.

And, yes, trainer tomorrow. Back on the wagon. Grr.

I need to quit the stinkin thinkin too babe....

No no date just heard that it takes 4-6 weeks after order is placed and company 1 said that she is known to place order a day or two before closing. So if we stay with company 1 closing will be in June mid to late in month. Hopefully by September we will be in it!

Beautiful house spot...I am sooo jealous....

Lyz...like your daughter and you...great pics..

Been busy with Treyner and the college stuff and all the othet homework he needed help with at the end of the semester...

Plus...TUPP has been crazy...I need 3 more qualified consulatnts before Friday midnight...1 I have for sure...2 are iffy and I need them or I am put back 2 months in my step up proccess..I lose tons of cash and a trip I wnat is delayed....I am on a mission...

I wil post more tomm...off to get ready for the kids coming home...

I am starting the 5 day pouch test Tomm.....I hope to lose 15 pounds this next 2 weeks... I got the groceries....Hooray...no more delay..or excuses..or crud....

 

[3DisneyKids]

5 day pouch test???

 

[Dizneydawn]

5 day pouch test???

It's a diet plan for those who have had gastric-by-pass...it is meant to shrink your stomach (pouch to those who have had surgery)...I know 2 people who have had huge success with it....Dan's friend from Iowa lost 15 ounds in his 1st 2 weeks on it...simialar to many other diets...it is meantto purge your system of the carb monsters in the first 5 days...

In my 1st 2 days it is liquids...soups, broths etc w/ lot's of water...they even give you recipies...By day 4 you can add turky, chicken etc....

I know i may not lose as much as Dan...obviously a surgically altered stomach will always be smaller...but it is supposed to be amazing...it was created by Dr's and patients who started gaining weight back after surgery...
"how can we trick our stomachs into thinking that it cannot hold as much as we have stretched it out.."

I' will monitor my success...and let you know..it will be good kick off..then will go back to fit-day or try sparkpeople...I am looking forward to the jump start..

So proud news....I walked 4 miles on Sunday with Dan and my dog Lily...I have blisters on my feet to prove it...beautiful walk in the woods on a state bike path....no seals though EriKa....just a huge flippin Turkey that scared the crud out of us as the dog chased it out of the grass...and the most beautiful bright blue bird I have ever seen....

Well....that is about it on the update stuff...will let ya know scale starter and intake later tonight...

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

Ok. I say we start a movement. 3 day weekends all the time. That extra day, when banks and "white collar business" is closed is just what I need. I got so much done yesterday.

pixie, I see you're online. You gonna post? you know you wanna.

DAWN - 4 MILES! Woo doggies!

 

[3DisneyKids]

I am here, too! I agree with Lyz--that extra day makes all the difference! I feel fresh and relaxed and ready to go again!

Kat, Liz, and Lyz--sorry about last night. AIM crashes on me all the time. And I was too tired to fight with it last night, so I just went to bed. Long PM coming later today to make up for it.

Steph--great lot!

Paula...Earth calling Paula, come in Paula! How was your week-end?

Nancy--so glad that the play was a success! Yes! And now you get your life back...and we get YOU back!

Heather--bummer about the new job....but instead of holding out for a new job, maybe you can try a mediator with your old job??? (Since you have not yet been terminated.) MUCH cheaper than lawyers and you get to start earing moolah again.

DAWN--Woo Hoo for the walk! BUT...if you are getting blisters from a 4-mile walk, you need new shoes. Take it from me and Nancy...the wrong shoe vs. the right one makes all the difference. Can't wait to hear how your jump start goes...but ugh to the all-liquid thing. I need to chew! I am doing a toxic cleansing today as well...just getting all of the chemicals and crap out of my bod. Fruits and veggies all day, with some plant-based protein thrown in. Today, everything will be fresh, organic, and raw (for the fruits and veggies). I will have a veggie burger at dinner, but I am cooking that!

Ok, off to boot camp. Will report later.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Ok. I say we start a movement. 3 day weekends all the time. That extra day, when banks and "white collar business" is closed is just what I need. I got so much done yesterday.

pixie, I see you're online. You gonna post? you know you wanna.

DAWN - 4 MILES! Woo doggies!

Aww..Thanks..I feel all touched...

DAWN[/B]--Woo Hoo for the walk! BUT...if you are getting blisters from a 4-mile walk, you need new shoes. Agreed...they are new..really comfortable to walk the mall...but I got the blisters on the ball of my foot under my toes..to be fair..they are tender since they have not been up to much...but I do need shoe that will last with me and my feet... Take it from me and Nancy...the wrong shoe vs. the right one makes all the difference. How do you go about finding the right shoes?? Can't wait to hear how your jump start goes...but ugh to the all-liquid thing. I need to chew! Me too...I just had the pumpkin-sausage soup..YUMMO!!! Seriously...was skeptical...but I loved it...will make it all the time and I know the kids will like it too...I used the BOLD saugage..which kicked it up and I need flavor...plus there was some minimal chewing..the liquid is only for 2 days...and I was way proud of myself...I wantedto just graze..it was 10am and I had eaten nothing so I was straving...but I forced myself to make it...and feel really good and PROUD. I am doing a toxic cleansing today as well...just getting all of the chemicals and crap out of my bod. Fruits and veggies all day, with some plant-based protein thrown in. Today, everything will be fresh, organic, and raw (for the fruits and veggies). I will have a veggie burger at dinner, but I am cooking that!

Ok, off to boot camp. Will report later.

Glad you too are feeling good about today's choices...I also wanted to report that I weighed in yesterday morning at 256.... Soo there is a totally acurate starting point...

BTW....I got my hair cut and colored over 2 weeks ago..it is a strawberry dark blond now...with brown in as well....went to this fancy salon...love the cut...not sure about the color...but learned a lot about curly hair and how to take care of it...and guess what..no more frizz...

soft curls...love that. Dan says he loves the color...I am very undecided...I have been blond for 11 years...but the highlights with bleach needed to go...too drying for curly hair...my hair does look healthier...and the expert said if I do not like it...we can put blond back in with color...just no bleach...

I will tell you that it was worth it just to find someone who has a clue how to cut curly hair....best cut I have ever had...lays awesome...

I will have to post some pics...that should tell you how busy I have been...forgot I forgot to tell ya....

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

BTW....I got my hair cut and colored over 2 weeks ago..it is a strawberry dark blond now...with brown in as well....went to this fancy salon...love the cut...not sure about the color...but learned a lot about curly hair and how to take care of it...and guess what..no more frizz...

soft curls...love that. Dan says he loves the color...I am very undecided...I have been blond for 11 years...but the highlights with bleach needed to go...too drying for curly hair...my hair does look healthier...and the expert said if I do not like it...we can put blond back in with color...just no bleach...

I will tell you that it was worth it just to find someone who has a clue how to cut curly hair....best cut I have ever had...lays awesome...

I will have to post some pics...that should tell you how busy I have been...forgot I forgot to tell ya....

Must see pictures!!!


I to have gone red from Blonde. I was brown with blonde highlights for years than I dyed blonde with blonde highlights I finally said ENOUGH. I went to the hairdresser and I brought in a picture of Phyllis Newman (Y&R) and said DO THIS PLEASE! Well, after three different shades of Red I have finally found one that I like.I wanted a light red like phyllis but it faded to quick and went back to blonde. The next shade went to brown and this shade still has a lot of red in it. It is a darker red but I love it! Here it is in different lights.

This is my niece , she spent the day with aunt Stephie!

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

Stephanie - a picture of you! Yaaay. You know I imagined you as a blond, and you were, I guess...but...I like the red you. "With Glasses", (I'm singing)

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

Stephanie - a picture of you! Yaaay. You know I imagined you as a blond, and you were, I guess...but...I like the red you. "With Glasses", (I'm singing)

Yes these glasses are my new babies. I never like wearing my glasses until I got these they are sooo stylish and they are PINK. My fav color. I used to wear my contacts all the time, now I can't wait to get them out!

This was back in 01 Disney trip this was when I was trying to dye my hair blonde. It turned red and I hated it. But I love Love this shade.

 

[3DisneyKids]

Your hair color in that last picture is the same shade of reddish-brown as mine (I like to call it auburn, though it is a bit of a stretch.... ). I am darker brown in the winter and more red in the summer. I have never colored my hair. I have NO gray at all yet! And let's not forget that I am older than most of you!

Right now, though, I have a lot of blonde highlights. I think it is from spending so much time outside in the spring sun (which is so much stronger). In another few weeks I will post more pics.

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

I have NO gray at all yet!

That's just cause it's scared of you, like the rest of us, and the boys at boot camp.

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

Your hair color in that last picture is the same shade of reddish-brown as mine (I like to call it auburn, though it is a bit of a stretch.... ). I am darker brown in the winter and more red in the summer. I have never colored my hair. I have NO gray at all yet! And let's not forget that I am older than most of you!

Right now, though, I have a lot of blonde highlights. I think it is from spending so much time outside in the spring sun (which is so much stronger). In another few weeks I will post more pics.

Oh stop bragging I have had dam grey since I was 23!

That's just cause it's scared of you, like the rest of us, and the boys at boot camp.

 

[3DisneyKids]

That's just cause it's scared of you, like the rest of us, and the boys at boot camp.

Ok, so I wasn't gonna say anything today...but let me tell you, I ran them all into the ground today! Seriously, and not just the running segments...but with the whole workout...they were dogging it and having a hard time and had to keep stopping, etc. and I just kept totally going. There was this one segment where we have to walk around the parking lot with our knees up high while holding a 20-pound dumbell over our heads for like 3 minutes...and I was jogging it while they were walking. Even one of them said, "What the hell did you have for breakfast???" It was awesome!

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

You go Erika! Show them boys who rules!!!

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Hey!

Heather - so sorry about the dream job.

Dawn - way to go on the walking!

Stephanie - love the pics. It's fun to see what my friends look like!

Erika - I totally knew you would end up shaming them all! Hehehehe!

Kat - remember, IM tonight.

Lyz - we so need to get your laptop back!


I have been awesome this week! I weigh in tomorrow and expect to lose. I just looked at the food for this week yesterday, and treated myself to some wine! Because life without wine is very sad. I have been okay on exercise. Hey, at least I got half of the equation, right? So...when your trainer doesn't call you back, do you think that's a bad sign? Just maybe?

 

[Dizneydawn]

I have aim up tonight - no clue again how I cannot be seen or can be seen and need to add buddies to me...let me know what to do...

 

[SeptemberGirl]

I have aim up tonight - no clue again how I cannot be seen or can be seen and need to add buddies to me...let me know what to do...

Dawn, tell me your AIM name so I can add you!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Dawn, tell me your AIM name so I can add you!

Hudsynmarais

And I have some stuff you won't believe....