Oops I did it again! WHY MUST I YOYO!!!

[CheapMom]

Hi Jodi- my kids are DD- 8 (going into 3rd grade) and DS- 7 (going into 2nd grade) Also I have DS 18 mos- but he is not practicing math skills yet.
We had a good day today- hope y'all did too!
Mary

 

[toystoryduo]

Mary,

Mary

to Mary,

to you....

and many more!

Good morning, Mary! I pray that you have a wonderful day today and a blessed year ahead of you! Do you have any special plans for the day? I hope that you are treated like a today. Take good care of you and enjoy your special day!

Tracy

P.S. Did I mention that I WISH you a ??? Have a great day!!!!

 

[jodistar]

Oh Mary, I'm sorry I am a day late . Happy Birthday Did you do anything special for the occassion?

 

[CheapMom]

Thanks Tracy & Jodi-
I had a really nice birthday. I got a smoothie maker and my brother and sister-in-law came over and we made fresh mango daquiris and pina coladas. It was very fun.
It is really great because my brother is married to one of my best friends from high school and last year they bought a house really close to ours. They have a little girl who is 2 and a baby boy just 6 months younger than my Thomas. It is all very confusing because I am also married to the brother of my other best friend from high school. So my 2 best friends from high school are now both my SILs!
I ate fatty good stuff yesterday but I didn't gorge and the good news is no cake.

 

[Strings]

Belated Mary,

I am always late for parties. I'm glad that it was happy ans spent with friends/family. Actually 2 of my best friends, Cathy and Patty, dated Won in high school. Cathy and Patty married Mikey and Marty, 2 best friends form grade school. I dated Mikey for about 3 months. Our relationships are very odd. Fortunately, it works for us.
Have a good one.
Beth

 

[jodistar]

Hi Mary,

Just checking in to see how you are doing at the start of the week.

Thank you again so much for the clippee. You're the best

Hope everything is well.

Have a good night

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Mary,
Stopping by to say hello and to see how you are doing. I hope you are having a good week! Take good care of you!

Tracy

 

[CheapMom]

Hey guys- my maintaining is going okay but I think I need to get back to business with excersise and points- I am going to baby step my way back on plan and hope to be back 100% by next week.

I have been doing 30 slow crunches each night before bed. My eating has been on and off- have had some good days.
I have been having fresh mango smoothies almost every day and they are SO good- I am not giving them up I think they are about 4 points so I will work them into my eating plan.

Here are my modest goals:
Keep doing crunches every day- must meet water goal every day
Keep points under 28 today & tomorrow,
under 25 Sun & Mon, and then by Tuesday and on eat 23 or less.

Until September I am not getting back on treadie- TOO hot here. Will do lots of swimming, continue and increase crunches, and do lots of stretching. I have been stretching in and out of the pool- I can do a back bend!

I have lost 14 pounds since starting WISH- I would like to lose 20 pounds (6 additional pounds) by October 15th.

Anyhow- I hope everybody is doing well. Have a good weekend-
Mary

 

[Strings]

Hi Mary,

I think your goals are reasonable and doable. I hope you have a great weekend. Great job on the backbend.
Beth

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Mary

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend! Your goals sound very attainable. Just keep on keeping on and you can do it, Mary!

Thanks for your post in my journal. I think I am going to have to get a part time job, but that's okay. I will start looking on Monday after DH's interview.

Take good care of you, Mary!

Tracy

 

[DoeWDW]

Mary, sounds like you are back on track! Those smoothies sound delicious - like a legal treat!!

Keep taking those baby steps toward your healthy living habits!

Hope you have a wonderful day!

 

[Strings]

Just dropping by to say Hi! Hope your weekend was a great one.
Beth

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Mary!

Stopping by to WISH you a wonderful day today! I hope that all is well with you.

Tracy

 

[CheapMom]

I have been doing well with eating. Small portions and no junk for 3 days. I weigh the same. I am pretty pleased with how things are going. I am sorry I have been away from all your journals for so long. I will try to get caught up by tomorrow night.

Good night, all!
Mary

 

[DoeWDW]

Mary, I'm so glad to hear all is well with you! Hang in there and keep making those good choices day by day!

I'm throwing a WISH party on the healthy living road! We're celebrating all the good choices we make each day! We've got the music on and we're dancing and having a ball! Can you feel the party atmosphere?? Celebrating with WISH friends is always fun!!

"Celebrate good times, come on!!"

 

[Strings]

Hi Mary.

I just thought I would stop in and say hi. Glad to hear that you are doing so well. I had to laugh at your post about Camden Yards. My nephew is Camden bacause both parents like Cam, but my sister is a special ed teacher and she has bad associations with her Camerons. have a great weekend.
Beth

 

[CheapMom]

Hi guys-
It's Friday and I am back to an official once a week weigh-in. My weight is stable. I am down 15 pound total since my start in April. (But only 1 pound down since June)
I have been in a good groove with food. Thunderstorms rolled through Baltimore 2 days ago and the weather is much more comfortable. Today I will walk at least 1.5 miles. I want to lose 1 pound by next Friday. I can do it.
My smoothies- which I was thinking were an indulgence have turned out to be an asset in my eating plan. I have been replacing my midday meal with a smoothie- either mango or banana vanilla and they are so filling and delicious. Last night for dinner I had terriaki chicken with broccoli and at the last minute decided I should add cheese sauce to the broccoli because I realized I had not eaten any fat all day!
Oh, the worst thing happened yesterday. I was at Sam's Club with my 3 kids and the baby started crying. I picked him up and tried to soothe him and with no warning he projectile hurled all over me. It was awful. Poor baby. He seems fine now.
TTFN
Mary

 

[Strings]

Hi Mary,

I am glad to hear that DS is feeling ok. I have a story about Starbucks and katie. Remind me to tell you sometime. It was messy. Your smoothies sound wonderful, and if they keep you OP Even Better. Have a great weekend.
Beth

 

[CheapMom]

I just got some good news. DHs work is sending us on a cruise. It is a yearly business trip and each year there is a different destination. For example 1 year it was Disney World, another year Acapoulco (sp) and so on. I don't want to take the kids (it would be too expensive, they have school...) but am worried about being away from the baby. I have never been away from him. I suggested we take just Thomas along but I think DH would rather not. We will see. Don't know if my mom would want to watch him for 3 or days- might be too much for her.

I have to admit- I had a bad day yesterday. I was grouchy and impatient with the kids. Then I came home and got everything ready for dinner and couldn't get the grill started so decided to wait for DH who didn't get home until after 7- then he couldn't get the grill started either. He ran down to Home Depot for propane- got back- IT STILL WOULDN'T START #%$@&*
You can imagine how hungry we all were. I was shoving all kinds of bad-for-me stuff down my cake hole. Anyway- finally he got the grill to work and we all had a good dinner. Ugh.
I PROMISE MYSELF_ I WILL DO BETTER TODAY!!!!

 

[CheapMom]

Also DH is up for a promotion. We should know in about 2 weeks.
He would be pretty young to hold this position he is hoping for. He would be the sales manager for all locations of his company.