Weight Watchers Chat - Part II

[sjms71]

Good morning all, I haven't had a chance to catch up on the thread. Our power just came on after being off since yesterday afternoon. Thank goodness the NC tornado's missed our house by 1/4 of a mile . It's like nothing I have ever seen. My neighborhood is fine however, down the street where it went through lots of damage. Trees were not uprooted but sheered off. The bank drive through destroyed. It was scary but glad I am fine and we just missed the worst of it.


NC STATE Hope you made it through the storm ok on your end.

 

[Sandi]

Good morning all, I haven't had a chance to catch up on the thread. Our power just came on after being off since yesterday afternoon. Thank goodness the NC tornado's missed our house by 1/4 of a mile . It's like nothing I have ever seen. My neighborhood is fine however, down the street where it went through lots of damage. Trees were not uprooted but sheered off. The bank drive through destroyed. It was scary but glad I am fine and we just missed the worst of it.


NC STATE Hope you made it through the storm ok on your end.

Glad to hear you and your family are okay Stephanie. I'm sure that must have been frightening. Just seeing the devastation on TV is sad; living it is much worse.

 

[robinb]

For those of you who frequent the Community Board, you may have seen my recent post. On Monday, my (almost) 15 year old cat Mackey died. It has been such a rough week - he was my baby and I haven't been handling it too well. I'm exhausted - emotionally and physically. Needless to say, I have been off-plan since.

Laura, I'm so sorry for your loss {{hugs}}. Our furbabies are important to us and part of the family. My "heart cat" Nikkei is 12 years old and starting to slow down a bit himself and I know that he too will be gone in a few short years .

Good morning all, I haven't had a chance to catch up on the thread. Our power just came on after being off since yesterday afternoon. Thank goodness the NC tornado's missed our house by 1/4 of a mile . It's like nothing I have ever seen. My neighborhood is fine however, down the street where it went through lots of damage. Trees were not uprooted but sheered off. The bank drive through destroyed. It was scary but glad I am fine and we just missed the worst of it.


NC STATE Hope you made it through the storm ok on your end.

Holy cow! I didn't even know you lived in NC. I'm glad that you are safe and I'm sending our good thoughts to your neighbors who were not as lucky.

 

[sjms71]

Thanks for the good wishes. We were VERY lucky as it was very close to our house. I see how when you see these areas where houses are untouched and others flattened.

 

[GoofyMomInOhio]

For those of you who frequent the Community Board, you may have seen my recent post. On Monday, my (almost) 15 year old cat Mackey died. It has been such a rough week - he was my baby and I haven't been handling it too well. I'm exhausted - emotionally and physically. Needless to say, I have been off-plan since.

It has been up and down - Monday I was sick to my stomach and ate almost nothing. Tuesday I ate everything I could find. The rest of the week had the same peaks and valleys. I didn't do my usual grocery shopping, so the drive-thru was my best friend almost every night and I've had more pizza this week than I've had since I started WW in January.

I know there is nothing I can do but just get back on track - go to the store tomorrow and make sure my fridge is filled with good, healthy things so I can make wise choices.

Thanks for listening - just wanted to put it out there so I can be accountable for the choices that I make ...

- Laura

I'm very sorry for your loss. They are such a major part of our family. Our dog is almost 15 and is my first baby.

Good morning all, I haven't had a chance to catch up on the thread. Our power just came on after being off since yesterday afternoon. Thank goodness the NC tornado's missed our house by 1/4 of a mile . It's like nothing I have ever seen. My neighborhood is fine however, down the street where it went through lots of damage. Trees were not uprooted but sheered off. The bank drive through destroyed. It was scary but glad I am fine and we just missed the worst of it.


NC STATE Hope you made it through the storm ok on your end.

Wow, I'm glad you guys are okay! My heart goes out to all those who's lives were affected by the storms.

 

[Sandi]

Hey WW Friends, I just finished the mid-Michigan Susan Komen 5K race and I beat my old December "Jingle Belle" time by about 5 minutes. I'm no Speedy Gonzales, but I clocked in at 32 minutes 21 seconds. My time in December was 37-something.

The weather wasn't very good -- 38 degrees, cloudy and windy (gusting to 40 miles/hour). It actually snowed this morning. In spite of that, there were hundreds of people running for this important cause. My office is right across the street from the capitol building where the race started and ended. People are still crossing the finish now.

So, I'm getting a few activity points for today!

 

[dthogue]

Good morning all, I haven't had a chance to catch up on the thread. Our power just came on after being off since yesterday afternoon. Thank goodness the NC tornado's missed our house by 1/4 of a mile . It's like nothing I have ever seen. My neighborhood is fine however, down the street where it went through lots of damage. Trees were not uprooted but sheered off. The bank drive through destroyed. It was scary but glad I am fine and we just missed the worst of it.


NC STATE Hope you made it through the storm ok on your end.

Stephanie - so glad to hear that and your family are ok - how scary that must have been for it to be so close. What a terrible day of storms all along the East Coast yesterday.

 

[dthogue]

I'm glad I didn't say anything in advance. I HATED the show and Bebe Neuwirth and Nathan Lane could not make it better. Maybe they re-wrote it between when I saw it and when it finally made it to Broadway, but it was uninteresting and far racier than we expected. I am no prude, but I thought it was not appropriate for a 9 or 10 year old. I did like some of it, my favorite part was when Uncle Fester sang his love song to the moon .

Great job getting back on track!

Loved the moon song too! Nathan Lane is no longer in the production and I could take or leave Bebe Neuwirth, but Fester and Lurk were awesome and I just loved Wednesday - what a talented young lady. It was a bit racey,but I think most of it went right over my daughter's head

 

[dthogue]

Hey WW Friends, I just finished the mid-Michigan Susan Komen 5K race and I beat my old December "Jingle Belle" time by about 5 minutes. I'm no Speedy Gonzales, but I clocked in at 32 minutes 21 seconds. My time in December was 37-something.

The weather wasn't very good -- 38 degrees, cloudy and windy (gusting to 40 miles/hour). It actually snowed this morning. In spite of that, there were hundreds of people running for this important cause. My office is right across the street from the capitol building where the race started and ended. People are still crossing the finish now.

So, I'm getting a few activity points for today!

WOW Sandi that is great - I'm so happy for you - I can only hope to get to that time - great job. SNOW, yuck - hopefully you see warmer temps soon.

 

[sjms71]

Hey WW Friends, I just finished the mid-Michigan Susan Komen 5K race and I beat my old December "Jingle Belle" time by about 5 minutes. I'm no Speedy Gonzales, but I clocked in at 32 minutes 21 seconds. My time in December was 37-something.

The weather wasn't very good -- 38 degrees, cloudy and windy (gusting to 40 miles/hour). It actually snowed this morning. In spite of that, there were hundreds of people running for this important cause. My office is right across the street from the capitol building where the race started and ended. People are still crossing the finish now.

So, I'm getting a few activity points for today!

You go girl, good for you that must feel so good!

 

[sjms71]

Stephanie - so glad to hear that and your family are ok - how scary that must have been for it to be so close. What a terrible day of storms all along the East Coast yesterday.

thanks Tammy,

The stinky thing was my son's 11th birthday is today. I wasn't able to get his balloons cause everything closed. I am a huge crafter so make all my own cards and I waited until last minute to do that so it didn't get done cause no power. Had no power to make his big bday breakfast he requested. But thank goodness I worked on his cake Friday and Saturday morning. I made a Mario Bros. cake with fondant (which I never did) and I am glad I finished that.

 

[GoofyMomInOhio]

Hey WW Friends, I just finished the mid-Michigan Susan Komen 5K race and I beat my old December "Jingle Belle" time by about 5 minutes. I'm no Speedy Gonzales, but I clocked in at 32 minutes 21 seconds. My time in December was 37-something.

The weather wasn't very good -- 38 degrees, cloudy and windy (gusting to 40 miles/hour). It actually snowed this morning. In spite of that, there were hundreds of people running for this important cause. My office is right across the street from the capitol building where the race started and ended. People are still crossing the finish now.

So, I'm getting a few activity points for today!

Way to go!!

 

[Sandi]

thanks Tammy,

The stinky thing was my son's 11th birthday is today. I wasn't able to get his balloons cause everything closed. I am a huge crafter so make all my own cards and I waited until last minute to do that so it didn't get done cause no power. Had no power to make his big bday breakfast he requested. But thank goodness I worked on his cake Friday and Saturday morning. I made a Mario Bros. cake with fondant (which I never did) and I am glad I finished that.

I wish I had some crafting talent -- and that I enjoyed it. I'll bet your son loved his cake. Now he can look back on his 11th birthday as the year of the tornado. How many points in fondant?

 

[sjms71]

I wish I had some crafting talent -- and that I enjoyed it. I'll bet your son loved his cake. Now he can look back on his 11th birthday as the year of the tornado. How many points in fondant?

Honestly, I didn't figure it out. It was marshmallow and after rolling it and cutting out all the shapes, uck didn't want any. I'll try and post a picture tomorrow. But DH made him say it was the day after the tornado. We drove down the street parallel to our subdivision, omg the tornado must have gone directly down that street. Work crews still had part of it closed but we were able to look down it and was covered in trees.

 

[Twingle]

Wow, sjms71, I'm so glad to hear that you and your family are ok! Happy, happy birthday to your DS, that's how old my son is, and it's such a fun age. Smelly, but fun

Sandi - GREAT JOB! You should be so proud of yourself! Rah rah rah, sis boom bah for you! I did a 5k today too, in support of Autism Awareness, and walked/ran it in 43:24, so you are quite speedy to me!

Laura - I'm so sorry about your fur baby. Extra hugs and pixie dust to you, I know it's just a tremendous thing to go through. We're all here for you.

DisMomme, robinb, and Sandi, thank you so much for your kind words. It was a hard thing to go through, being made to feel like you're less than, but finally standing my ground has been amazing. And, to give you some idea of how far my FAMILY has come, the 5k I participated in today was only my second one. The first one I did was in October, and I requested that my family attend, at least the end, so I would have someone that loved me to cheer for me when I finished. Well. My husband decided it was more important to attend another football game with his fraternity brothers. And, my children, being told by their father that mom racing was no big deal, thought it was no big deal, and went to my parents house. But today, while they did not attend my race, I came home to them holding up a HUGE banner they'd made, standing on the side of the road waiting for me to get home. It says "Great Job Mom, ROAR" (because whenever I go to my WW meetings, I always sing "I am Woman, Hear me Roar" when I walk out the door, and they get that this is like an anthem for me) and they drew a bunch of pictures that they felt represented me. I of course, cried. Wish I knew how to share pictures here from facebook, if any of you can help with that, I'll post the pic. It was very cute, and I was way surprised.

So, see, this amazing health journey we're on? Apparently we're dragging our family, friends, and loved ones along with us. How powerful is THAT?!?

Hope all of you have a super night - I'm having a mojito with my activity points, lol.

 

[cepmom]

great job on your race Sandi! that's a great time

Stephanie - I am glad you are all doing well. its scary to hear the reports of the damage these tornadoes have caused

twingle - loved your story! if I had a "bravo" sticker you would get a bunch

thank you again for all the good thoughts! you guys are the best!
I am doing ok..going slightly stir crazy since all I can do is sit around. Poor DH is running around like a crazy person with the kids, helping me, laundry etc. the good thing is, he finally has some sort of understanding of all that I do around here

 

[dthogue]

thanks Tammy,

The stinky thing was my son's 11th birthday is today. I wasn't able to get his balloons cause everything closed. I am a huge crafter so make all my own cards and I waited until last minute to do that so it didn't get done cause no power. Had no power to make his big bday breakfast he requested. But thank goodness I worked on his cake Friday and Saturday morning. I made a Mario Bros. cake with fondant (which I never did) and I am glad I finished that.

Wow - you are crafty - cake decorating is one of the things that I would love to take a class on - I hope your son was able to enjoy his birthday despite everything going on!

 

[sjms71]

Ok this was my first try so go easy on me . There was other elements of mario bros. on the other side of the cake.

 

[Sandi]

But today, while they did not attend my race, I came home to them holding up a HUGE banner they'd made, standing on the side of the road waiting for me to get home. It says "Great Job Mom, ROAR"

So, see, this amazing health journey we're on? Apparently we're dragging our family, friends, and loved ones along with us. How powerful is THAT?!?

How cool. Congratulations on completing your race, too. Aren't we all fabulous!

We are getting snow accumulations today. I'm so sick of snow and cold. We're supposed to get into the 50s later this week, so we're all happy about that. We're pitiful Michiganders.

I went a little nuts last night with food. I was watching the Burn Notice prequel -- Sam Axe movie -- and I just kept eating. I wanted to kick myself. I've been doing pretty good since about 10:30 last night. I need to keep on track from here on so I don't back slide on my successes. Good luck to all of you, too. I know I need luck!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

I had to skip WI this week becasue of an issue with my 16 yr. old. She is battling depression and is having a really bad time lately. Anyway, my home scale says a loss of 2 pounds so I am going with that. I am trying to get medication for my DD but family dr. says they won't prescribe them for kids and the wait to see a psychiatrist is weeks away. I may take her to the ER and see if a dr. there will prescribe for her. I did take her for counseling and the psychologist says she definitely needs it . A little prayer and pixie dust sent this way would be appreciated.

Sorry to hear that you're going through this with your daughter. I wish you good luck in finding the help she needs.

For those of you who frequent the Community Board, you may have seen my recent post. On Monday, my (almost) 15 year old cat Mackey died. It has been such a rough week - he was my baby and I haven't been handling it too well. I'm exhausted - emotionally and physically. Needless to say, I have been off-plan since.

It has been up and down - Monday I was sick to my stomach and ate almost nothing. Tuesday I ate everything I could find. The rest of the week had the same peaks and valleys. I didn't do my usual grocery shopping, so the drive-thru was my best friend almost every night and I've had more pizza this week than I've had since I started WW in January.

- Laura

I'm sorry for you loss, Laura. I hope you're feeling better this week and have gotten back on track.

Good morning all, I haven't had a chance to catch up on the thread. Our power just came on after being off since yesterday afternoon. Thank goodness the NC tornado's missed our house by 1/4 of a mile . It's like nothing I have ever seen. My neighborhood is fine however, down the street where it went through lots of damage. Trees were not uprooted but sheered off. The bank drive through destroyed. It was scary but glad I am fine and we just missed the worst of it.


NC STATE Hope you made it through the storm ok on your end.

I'm glad to hear that you are all safe, Stephanie. I was thinking about you on the weekend while we were watching the news about North Carolina. It must have been scary with it being so close to your home.

Hey WW Friends, I just finished the mid-Michigan Susan Komen 5K race and I beat my old December "Jingle Belle" time by about 5 minutes. I'm no Speedy Gonzales, but I clocked in at 32 minutes 21 seconds. My time in December was 37-something.

The weather wasn't very good -- 38 degrees, cloudy and windy (gusting to 40 miles/hour). It actually snowed this morning. In spite of that, there were hundreds of people running for this important cause. My office is right across the street from the capitol building where the race started and ended. People are still crossing the finish now.

So, I'm getting a few activity points for today!

Congratulations on your accomplishment! It snowed here yesterday for most of the day but we didn't get any accumulation -- thank goodness!

thank you again for all the good thoughts! you guys are the best!
I am doing ok..going slightly stir crazy since all I can do is sit around. Poor DH is running around like a crazy person with the kids, helping me, laundry etc. the good thing is, he finally has some sort of understanding of all that I do around here

I'm glad you're doing better, cepmom. I hope your shoulder is better too. You're so lucky that it was just your wrist and nothing worse!

Ok this was my first try so go easy on me . There was other elements of mario bros. on the other side of the cake.

Oh, that's beautiful!! I had no idea you had so much talent! I've never worked with fondant but now that you've got your first one under your belt, I'm sure the rest will be easier.