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WE'RE CELEBRATING TODAY!!
Not only did I manage to keep the two lbs I lost earlier in the week off, but I also now fit into something extra special to me...
No. It's not my grandmother's ring... But it is a ring!
I graduated HS at 16 (Home-schooled) and while I did want a ring to celebrate it, my DM didn't want me to get a regular class ring, since we both knew that once I got married, I'd never wear it again. So we picked out a nice ring with my birthstone and I wore it for about 3 years...until my weight gain kept it from fitting on my right hand.
Well fast forward to last night; I was getting ready to go out for the evening and decided on a whim to try it on. And it slid perfectly on my finger! 5 years and it finally fits!!
Here's a pic from this morning:
I still have it on my finger right now as my anchor to keep me going. Had a healthy breakfast this morning of Cheerios and strawberries and I'm ready to take on the world!
The ring is absolutely beautiful! I'm so happy for you that it is fitting again. Don't you just LOVE days when you have that "take on the world" type of feeling??!!
Oh dear! I have tons of catching up to do. It was a totally crazy couple of days and I forgot how much I was scheduled and so I just took a break from this thread for the 2 days. I will read through it all and catch up later.
I work at a school where we have a huge federal grant and yesterday the evaluators were in our building looking everything over and interviewing a bunch of us and observing our teaching and basically deciding whether our grant will continue or not. My class is based almost totally on the grant and so I had a huge amount of pressure in being sure I was completely ready. This meant getting my classroom ready, adjusting lesson plans and just tons of extra work. My administration has been crazy with us this week and it was just very stressful. Thankfully the evaluators are done for this visit and we won't see them again until spring.
On top of all of that, my DS is sick again. I am feeling so bad for him because in the past 2 months of school, he has missed 14 days. DS has immune issues (and a lot of other medical issues) that cause him to miss school. It is hard to be his mom at times though because he is at the point where he is just tired of being sick all the time and is feeling a little like it is not fair that his life is this way. I have tried to spend some extra time with him this week to help him with school, play some games with him and just help him get through it. We are hoping that he will feel better soon but are scared that he has mono again. I guess I will be calling his doctor again today.
So - with work, a sick kid, trying to be healthy and get my workouts done...there was little time to check in here. My goal today though is to go back and read what I missed and at least try to respond to some.
I will say that even through the stress, it was a decent week. I really worked hard not to give into temptations when eating and get all my exercise in. It did pay off because I lost 2 pounds this week.
Chat with you all in a bit!
Jen
SO sorry to hear about DS. I'm not sure I realized he had immune system issues. Does he have an auto-immune disease? Anyhow.... so much to worry about for you this week. Hope you are able to relax a bit this weekend. Congrats on the 2 pounds.
I'm always jealous of scrapping days!! It just reminds me how far behind I am...lol!
Well... I didn't get much done, but I had fun. And I am further behind than ever now!
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Happy Friday!! For a four day week it went pretty slow! I have to rant for a minute [RANT AHEAD] I just received a notice from my Condo Association that we have to have our dryer vents cleaned out...ok, I get the safety concerns and fires BUT we just had a mandatory clean out November of 2009??? Now I have to take off a 1/2 day of work to wait for the guy to come and pay $50 to get it cleaned. In addition, we had to pay an extra $250 for the additional snow removal costs from last year AND they had just upped our COA dues by $60. The nickel and diming is driving me crazy!!! [RANT OVER] Thanks for the space to rant.
On some better notes....SNOW this weekend for NJ!!! Finally!! I'm excited to get socked in and do stuff around the house in my pajamas....that's after I join Weight Watchers. The meeting is tomorrow at 8am. I am THERE!
Quiet day at school today and a fun Thai dinner tonight with Brian. I'm getting to bed early tonight so I wake up ready to weigh in!
Make great choices today my Donalds!!
I was gonna ask it if you made it to WW, but I see in a later post it was cancelled due to snow. OH well. Hopefully you will make it in there another day real soon!
Pamela - We are doing a field trip to the library haha! A field trip to Europe would be nice! In my history of American consumer culture class we are taking a field trip to the mall! I def think Im going to love my classes this year.
Oh well.... it was worth dreaming about, right? Great that you are going to love the classes. Learning is so much easier when you like the subject!
I should also clean the fish tank today and put away some laundry, which Ive been saying all week! Tonight we are going to see Beauty and the Beast with mom and some co workers, so that should be fun. Beauty and the Beast was the first movie I ever saw in theatres so its exciting. I might try to bring my own healthy snacks so I dont ruin my day on popcorn and candy. Lunch will be leftover homemade pizza from last night whole wheat dough, onions, garlic, artichokes, turkey sausage, spinach and goat cheese..it was so yummy! I like a lot of stuff on my pizza and I dont really like cheese on my pizza haha! Dinner tonight I think will be turkey burgers and maybe sweet potato fries depending on time.
I also have to go to Verizon because my phone is broken AGAIN. I just got a new one before Christmas, this is getting ridiculous. I wish they could let you get a new phone if the phone you have is so crappy.
I think Id like to couch one week, but I will check back AFTER I fill in my planner so I can decide when. Who do we contact about coaching?
DD is having issues with a new phone we just bought her after Christmas (well, new to her... .bought it as a refurb on the Verizon website). I hate dealing with phone issues!! Hope you were able to get it replaced for free!
I know you're wondering . . . did she walk??????
Yup!
Now, this was most certainly not the longest, fastest or most calorie burning walk in the world. But I managed a pretty steady pace for 14 minutes thru Lowe's last night. Well, the last two minutes I was looking for the door (I was somewhere by the toilets!!!) but I got up and moved. I'm hoping that I can gradually increase my time. Thanks again for all the encouragement.
And I lost 1.6 pounds this week!
Good for you for following through and getting in the walk! And great job on the 1.6 pounds!
Busy weekend. Tomorrow I have to help run the concession stand at the wrestling quad meet. The meet starts at 9 am and runs until 4 pm. I miss my hockey days let me tell you - 1 hour in and out.
Sunday is the Patriots game, and I am having family over to watch it. I think I will make my Father's favorite - chicken pot pie - just watch my serving size. Maybe I will make some of the WW old 0 vegie soup. I will also plan on having a few cocktails - since I don't have to drive.
Janis
I hear you on the concession stand and full days at sporting events. Gotta love DS's basketball and soccer games.... 75 minutes and done! Swim events are considered SHORT if they are done in 4 hours!
Nice of you to make a pot pie for DFather. Enjoy your cocktails!
My favorite Disney movie is probably Mulan.
This week I lost 1.5 lbs!
WTG!
Lost another 2.4 lbs this week, but I am sorry I haven't been keeping up on the posts. I joined the Y last week and my first day there, I ended up with an injury, so I am depressed about it. I have bursitis near my knee. I am doing my best to heal it this weekend by keeping it up as much as possible and alternating cold/heat. I am so mad at myself for getting injured. I think I caused it when I sped up the treadmill to fast. My Disney trip is about 3 weeks away, hoping it heals quickly, but I had a long week on my leg at work which didn't help matters.
Sorry about the knee injury. Take care of it so you don't have a sore knee for Disney! You can still get in some exercise and continue that GREAT weight loss! Try some upper body stuff, free weights, punches, that sort of thing.
Hi everyone!
After 4 days of eating pretty much anything that I wanted at
Disneyland I still lost 2 lbs!
But I didn"t want to let Team Donald down so I was actually not as interested as usual in all the treats. I even had just 1 bite of a Tigger Tail! I didn't know that was possible.
Now off to catch up on the 23 pages I have missed.
Hope DIsneyland was wonderful! Great job on two pounds down!!
I finally had the opportunity to apply for a new job at the VA. Please send prayers and good thoughts my way as my current job ends on May 7 and I would like to be in a permanent position well before then. I also would like to get away from the stress that my current office is having. It's not the workload, but I cannot go into details. This particular job that I have applied for would have been my 1st choice of any job so I'm hoping that it is destiny.
You know I"ll be praying for you Deb. It would be a great thing to have this job in place before the current one is done..... and would give you some peace of mind when you go to Hawaii. Would they be okay with that vacation time I assume??
Good Saturday morning everyone.
We have about 1 to 2 inches of snow on the ground. I hope it turns to rain soon. I have to work on costumes today for the local high school. I have two places to be today. Ds1 also has to work today so the sooner it turns to rain the less chance his class is going to be cancelled. (He teaches bio labs).
Thanks for all the great memories about the Disney movies. Some people have mentioned The Little Mermaid. That reminded me a story about my ds1. For some reason Ursula from that movies scared him so much that as soon as she came on the screen he would start to cry. I don't even know if we have a copy of that movie. If they were showing that at his day care they would put him in another room because he would get so upset. I have only seen THe Little Mermaid show art HS when I went with a friend and her girls.
As much as my DD loved Ariel, she was also freaked out by Ursula!
pjlla You deserve a day to just scrapbook. I hope you got some things done.
Thanks. I got a bit done.... not as much as planned, but better than nothing.
Question of the Day
If you had a day just for yourself and you couldn't be at DW, what would you do?
Well... I'd love to say that I'd do all kinds of healthy stuff like a 2 hour workout, etc. but in honest I would probably shorten the workout to fit in time at my scrapping table!! I honestly sat here and thought about it.... if DH were away and the kids were off to school or friends and the housework was reasonably caught up, what would I do??? I would put on a favorite movie or an old episode of BL on Netflix and scrap and scrap and scrap.
If for some reason I couldn't scrap or didn't feel like it, I might go shopping. I would hit all of my favorite "bargain" stores that no one else wants to go to with me, like Building #19 and the Goodwill. I probably wouldn't buy a lot, but I love to look.
I would want to spend it walking around the mall, haha. For some reason, I like to do that and I don't know why! There is a mall near my house that is huge- it goes around in a circle, and if you do a lap, it's one mile. And there are a TON of shops in it that I like
So I would go there and walk around for a bit.
I do enjoy a bit of mall walking myself on occasion.... but I feel bad when I pass those Seniors out for their morning stroll! 
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So....I have good news and bad news.
The good news is I went and got fitted for running shoes yesterday
I got an awesome pair that are super comfortable, the guy told me I was doing everything about my training process correctly (running a little, walking a little, cross-training on days off) and that I run correctly too. I'm a forefoot striker, which is the best kind of striker to be, apparently!
The bad news is I didn't lose at all this week and I'm really frustrated about it. My mom is a pretty driving force in my life and she has the ability to really make me feel like dog poo sometimes. She has been going to WW and has lost almost 60 lbs since she started (which I am really proud of, by the way!
) And I've cheered her on from the beginning as best I could. But since I've started my own efforts back up, she has yet to express any interest in helping me and cheering me on. Never a suggestion to walk together one night, never a thumbs-up on a good meal or good day. Just working in a silo. So I don't feel like I can communicate to her much of anything- like this bad week I just had, haha. I just feel very stunted and unheard at home, which I feel partly relates to the numbers on the scale.
I just needed to vent that out because it was weighing on me. And I didn't want to use it as an excuse! So thank you for listening, guys
Just a bit of "mom" thoughts here. As the Mom of a teenage girl, take my word for it when I say that there are times when NOTHING that is said is the right thing. Maybe she is afraid of offending you by commenting on your changes. I know that there are times with my DD that if I were to comment on her eating a healthier meal or something, it would be tossed back at me with a "Are you calling me fat?" or "Are you saying I need to lose weight?" or "Why do you have to comment on everything I eat?" type of thing. There are truly days when I feel like I cannot win with DD. For she and I it isn't so much that she needs to lose weight, but she is an athlete and still a growing girl and I am concerned about her not-so-healthy choices sometimes. But I've learned to bite my tongue quite often. I do try to make it a point of noticing when she makes good choices, but like I said, sometimes my innocent or even positive comments are tossed back.
I'm sure Mom is trying to be helpful or at least not be hurtful. Have you ever TOLD her that you would LOVE some positive reinforcements? Or that you would LOVE to plan a few days a week when you walked together? Or maybe you could suggest some sort of healthy challenge or contest? Like a manicure for the one who journals all of her food for a week? Or the one who eats the most servings of veggies during the week?
Sure, she is your Mom.... but she isn't a magician or a mind-reader. TELL her what you need from her.... and offer up reminders of the times you have been there to support HER during her weight loss journey. Don't just stew about this.
Ok Im all caught up now. I missed getting on here yesterday. It was a busy day at work. I was there from 730a-7p. Not fun at all. I was exhausted by the time I got home but I went to the gym and ran for 30 min. I felt like I was carrying a load of bricks on my back when running and it wasnt very enjoyable at all. I think I was just too exhausted from the day. Running at 9pm I think is not the ideal time for me but its when I can work it in.
I have tracked all my calories and exercise in my fitness pal this week and I drank tons of water. I did have a day or two that I ate an extra 100 or 200 calories. I had a loss of 1lb this week. On wed. I was down 2.2lbs but by friday I was only down 1. I did let this get me a bit frustrated but now I am realizing that this will sometimes happen. It has helped reading through all of your posts too. So I am now just going to be thrilled that I lost at all and move on. Heres to an even better week. (insert smily face with a glass of water saying "cheers")
We got about 3 inches of snow over night and now zumba was cancelled today. I am disappointed. I will still do some kinect dance central 2 today. Ryans basketball game also was cancelled so it has been a lazy morning. The kids were out once already playing in the snow.
Tonight we are going to my in laws to celebrate my birthday. They are making wings. I asked for something healthier and my MIL said she has celery to go with it.
They just dont get it. So I have alloted calories to have 6 wings. I am afraid I am going to be a bit hungry by the end of the night. But what can I do??????? (feel free to offer advice on this one)
Ok well I hope you all are enjoying your day. Those of us that got snow have fun and be careful if you go out driving.
Well, I know you got a great suggestion on how to handle the wings day. But I must say... if you were celebrating YOUR birthday, why are they making a dinner that you couldn't/shouldn't/wouldn't eat????? Shouldn't it be the birthday girl's choice? Anyhow, love to hear how you handled it.
You could bring along a salad to you in laws, that way you could have a big salad to go along with your wings. I'm sure it will take sometime for them to get used to your healthier way of eating, but I bet if you bring a side dish that is healthier with you, they will see that you are serious and maybe next time they will keep that in mind! And Happy Birthday!
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This is a great suggestion. If you felt "selfish" bringing just a salad for yourself, you could even bring a big salad to share or another healthy side dish for everyone.
Hi Everyone! Sorry that I was MIA all week. It was a crazy week to say the least! We ended up taking our 1 year old to the hospital for some tummy issues he has been having. My great-aunt passed away. Our dryer broke. Oh, I could go on and on. So I did my best through all the obstacles, but didn't see any results. My weight stayed EXACTLY the same down to the tenth. UGH! It's frustrating but it is also pushing me to work harder this week!! I hope to catch up and keep up better with you all his week!
Oh my heavens above! I hate weeks like that! And heaven knows we all have them at times! Glad you were able to stay in control and have a maintain for the week! I see a big woosh weight loss in your future!
Hope your baby is okay and the tummy troubles were nothing major.
This week: I lost weight and did all of HH! DS survived mid-terms. And I had a skinny day
! One of those days where everything is going well, and you even feel very slim and fit all day...I get those every once in a while - since I am still down almost 50 pounds from where I was at my heaviest, and doing pretty well this time. It is a very motivating feeling.
Oh my! I LOVE those skinny days! I feel like I haven't had one in a while, but maybe it is more about my head than my body these days. Great job keeping up with the HH this week too! That may be another reason why you are having a skinny day!! THose suggestions/challenges that CC puts in there are so healthy!
Got caught by the smilie police - over 25, so sent back to delete some. Then it froze, and never submitted, so I hit refresh and it brought me back here. Now I am going to copy this and then give it another go...maybe third time will be the charm...
I've had that issue several times lately. Yesterday early morning (after workout and before shower) I was reading and clicking on the multi-quote and got to the last page I needed to read. But the page refused to load.... so I went to take a shower and never made it back here!
I went from shower to breakfast to basketball game to swim meet to late dinner here at home to a bit of tv with the kids to bed!! Never sat down again to see if the page ever loaded!
This did not copy the "interior" quotes - but you mentioned preplanning and checking points before you eat. I totally agree, I have had more suprises than I like. At least having an idea...we have a few places that if we are out and about and want to stop and eat that I know they have something that I can fit in, and I try to plan ahead. Thank goodness for splurge points when I didn't have the chance
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Yup.... I've learned the HARD WAY to try to know the points UP FRONT! I make much better decisions that way. I gotta give a round of applause to the restaurants that don't make that an impossible task these days. Pizzzeria Unos has a touch-screen kiosk in their lobby with all of their NI on it..... but be careful to read the PORTION SIZE. Most of their "individual pizzas" and many of their other dishes are listed as TWO portions!
Aren't bananas zero? Banana is my fruit of choice - it fills me up and gives me energy, as well as being easy to transport and eat. If I eat an apple, it usually doesn't satisfy me, leaving me wanting more. And oranges are an awful lot of work! These are the easy to get and store fruits though, which I tend to pick up.
Well.... on the newest WW Plan (points plus) I believe all fruit is zero points. But I do "old school" WW. I haven't actually attended a WW meeting in over 5 years. I had done it so many times, that when I re-started this journey I didn't want to give them any more of my $$, so I decided to go it alone.
So of course, I haven't "learned" the new PP system. And last year I developed my own hybrid WW/South Beach plan. I stick with my WW points, but I try hard to watch my white carbs/fruit carbs, a la South Beach. I started out doing a pretty strict "phase 1" plan, but decided that it was TOO strict for me and included too much animal protein, so now it is more of a phase 2.
I have to laugh about your fruit comments though....makes me realize how DIFFERENT everyone is! I love apples. I probably eat at least one every single day. I find them relatively filling, as compared to the half of a banana, which is 1 serving on the old WW plan. Plus for me they are more thirst quenching and less constipating. And I'm not a fan of oranges, but LOVE grapefruit!
This just happened to me (so much for the new servers!). I hit Submit, and the little circle we have indicating activity just kept going around and around...I actually hilighted my whole post, right-clicked copy and then hit refresh. I was lucky and it came back, but I have pasted before when things like this happen - then you don't lose everything you worked so hard for. Just click reply on the bottom to open up a reply window again. I ended up double-posting like you because when I refreshed I did not think it had posted.
I think from now on, just before I hit Submit, I will highlight and do a copy just in case it disappears on me.
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Well, DH is getting better, but now DS is sick. He hardly ever gets sick, so it is bad. Need to keep up my sanitizing. Hope he will get over it quickly, he tends to only be sick for a day or two at a time over something DH and I will suffer with for a week. Missed our holiday party last night since DH was still coughing up a storm, and with ice and snow forecast, did not want to drag him out in that with the way he felt. He seems a lot better today.
Work is still heavier than normal, hoping it slows down after the coding adjustment we do this spring. I will be going on our trip right at the beginning of April when they do the changeover, so I will have to hit the ground running when we get back...it won't be fun, along with trying to catch up.
Anybody here ever try Jenny Craig? My coworker is trying to make up her mind. She was talking about Weight Watchers, and her DH said he wants her to do the diet where she orders the food...not sure why he is making her decision. I told her to decide what would work best for her, but I only know WW, so can't tell her about the other ones.
Hope everyone is having a great day! Off to send in my weights and HH now!
Carol
Your friend needs to make up her own mind about what plan she wants to do. Letting her husband decide or bully her into making a choice based on his decision will NOT work for her! That kind of thing makes me....
I had the best week weight loss ever. I guess working out an hour before the kids are up.Then another hour when they are at their activities really paid off. I am so happy and it help with the rest of the crappy week. I worked more than I wanted to. Husband told me we will not be going to DW this year. I look forward to it so much. I live in a crappy awful town and it is my one thing I look forward to. If I still lived in my old town I would not be as upset.
Great job being active this week!
he said maybe we could go to Disneyland for 5 days. But I do not want to offend anyone on here. But I have no interest in ever going their again. Driving long distances is not my idea of a relaxing vacation. Also I found people extremlily rude inside and outside of the parks and the places outside the parks where awful. I refuse to waste any money on something that is full of rude people and most of the vacation is spent in the car with crazy drivers.
Sorry you feel that way. How long a drive is it? Is it DL you don't like or just the drive?? I find that there are rude people EVERYWHERE we go....be it WDW, DL, the movies, Chuck E. Cheese's (ick....hate the place), the local mall, or even my kids sporting events! 
I try NOT to blame the venue and I try to get myself away from these people as quickly as possible.
Sounds like you need a more "chill" vacation next time. Something soothing and relaxing like the beach or maybe a cruise?? Just thinking out loud here.
Congrats on all the weight loss loser. If I missed anyone I hope you are all having a good weekend.
I wish winter would end and all this awful snow would go away. |If anyone else lives in - degree weather I am right there with you. If you have never spent winter in -39 weather you are lucky.
I could NOT handle that kind of cold. Sorry you are going through it right now. I think the coldest I've ever seen on a thermometer since I've lived here in NH has been about -15.... or maybe just -10. That is enough for me!
Hello
We had another busy day bowling. The boys bowled well, but spending 7 hours every Saturday at various bowling alleys is getting old fast. Another month and it will be done for this year.
My parent's purchased a new livingroom set and gave us the old one. Since we have a Great room we had room for their old couch and chair in addition to ours. I ordered slipcovers on Overstock for the 2 couches, chair and recliner. The couches and chair are stone blue and the recliner is sage green. I also ordered nesting ottomans in sage green which give us lots of additional storage. We also have a leather computer chair in there, but it literally had no leather left on it. I went to JoAnn's yesterday and found a nice stripped fabric which has the stone blue, sage green and other colors that are in our drapes. I spent last night and tonight covering the computer chair, making throw pillows, a table cloth (greatroom) and pot holders. I think we spent a total of $300, but it is a huge face lift and it doubled our seating space. It feels so cozy
I'll bet you feel so accomplished too! That sounds great! You are such a handy-woman!!
Good SUnday morning everyone.
I didn't do much around the house yesterday. I did do some things for the local high school's spring musical. We went through our stash of costumes. Later in the day we went to a local community theater and went through their costumes for things we needed. We think we have most of our costumes except for the two main characters. We are doing Annie Get Your Gun. It was well worth the two hours we spent yesterday afternoon.
I hope the community appreciates all of the time you dedicate to this theater!
We only got about 3 inches of snow but then it rained and got cold. My car is covered in ice. Dh shoveled the snow off the front walk but it is still very slick. WE are taking dh's truck to church this morning and hope it gets warm enough to melt the ice off my car
We got snow until about 2pm. Fortunately it never changed to freezing rain.
I may be taking my friend to a quilt shop this afternoon but it depends on if she can take the day off since her mother is very ill. If we don't go then I may go see Beauty and the Beast while dh watches football.
Kids and I are heading off to see B&TB today!!
Question of the Day
I usually go grocery shopping on Sunday morning. What day do you grocery shop? Is it the same day every week? Do you plan out your meals ahead of time? Do you shop with a list?
Well.... in my more organized days I plan EVERY DINNER for several weeks (sometimes MONTHS) in advance! But I've been really slacking on that lately and only planning a few days in advance. Partly because life has been busy and partly because I'm trying to use up a bit of freezer overage.
I do NOT shop the same day every week. My shopping is more sporatic. I will stop usually once or twice a week for fresh produce and milk. Then I will probably do a "big" shop about every other week. I do use a list. I made myself an aisle-by-aisle list of my favorite store. I can print it out and just circle what I need and make notes. It doesn't include EVERYTHING in the store.... just the things I tend to buy. I would share it here but it is looooong! Four pages, three columns per page. But I try to be "green" about it. I print it on the back of scrap paper and I try to use the list more than once. The first time I might circle and make notes in blue.... then I will save it and the second time I might circle and make notes in red. It doesn't usually last past two uses.
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Happy Sunday morning friends!
As I mentioned above, I got on here yesterday with the intention of reading and replying. But the pages were loading so slowly that I went to shower while the last page loaded and I never made it back!
Kids had a good day yesterday.... DS's basketball team lost their game, but by the closest margin yet! They were actually ahead at one point, but kind of fell apart in the last minute or two. But DS got in a few shots plus a penalty shot, so he was happy.
DD had a decent day in the pool, especially considering she didn't practice all week due to mid-terms. She swam the butterfly leg for a relay (not usually her thing) and had a good time, if not PB. And her other swims were within touching distance of her PB times, albeit a bit slower, so she was satisfied.
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my victory came in the way of staying OP for the whole day, despite getting home late and being very hungry!!! I wasn't sure how the swim meet would go, so I hadn't planned anything for dinner. But it ended early enough to eat as a family, so I grabbed a rotisserie chicken and a bag of salad mix on the way home, plus an OP treat (gotta follow those HH rules this week!). I managed to NOT go crazy and pretty much only eat what I had planned (okay.... I admit, I ate two more points of chicken than I had planned) and then walk away from the table. I enjoyed my OP treat (Skinny Cow ice cream cone) and was done for the day. The extra chicken did put me over by two points, but I'm not worried about it. I"ll count it as Flex points and move on!
Thanks to everyone for the kind words about my scrapping day on Friday. It didn't go quite as planned. DD forgot her lunch and I had to drive back to the school with it.... then about an hour later she called to say she forgot there was no 3pm bus that day because mid-terms had "officially" ended at noon (she was there for a reschedule block) and I would have to come back AGAIN to get her. Actually, DH went back at 3pm for her and she didn't actually come out until nearly 4pm! Then he brought her home and she had to be back at the HS at 5:15 to catch the swim bus to the meet that night! And keep in mind, we live about 35-40 minutes round trip from her school! So that was a grand total of FOUR round trips to her school from 7:30 am to 5:00pm.... plus then we drove 2.5 hours round trip to her swim event that night!! So needless to say, I didn't spend as much time scrapping as I planned. I actually only completed about 4 pages. But at least they are DONE and in the book!!!!!
The plan for today is that DD and I will head out to see B&TB. DS is still a bit undecided about going. He wants to go see Red Tails soon and I might take him Tuesday afternoon, as the school has an early release day. Gotta check the movie schedule first. So I might encourage him to save his share of the movie budget for that day. But whatever....
Need to go eat and feed the family. I'm OUT of breakfast ideas! I made high fiber whole grain pancakes yesterday (with extra oat bran and flaxseed meal
) and the crockpot oatmeal did not go over big last weekend, so I didn't repeat it. I don't want to serve a "syrup" breakfast two days in a row, so it may be scrambled eggs. But I'm trying to keep our animal proteins down. That pretty much just leaves carbs (bagels, toast, cereal) or beans. Maybe a small batch of fruit smoothies and??? who knows.
TTYL.......................P
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Hope you all are enjoying the weekend!
It means a lot. 
I can't wait to go!!
