Thursday, June 19, daily thread

[GaPeach]

Morning all! Don't ask me why I am up so early because I don't know-lol.

So the scales continue playing their tricks on me this week. After a high of about 136 early, I was down to 131.6 for the last two days only to be at 133.4 this morning! Ugggg, I hate the ups and downs, but TOM showed up (early!) last night so I think that has something to do with it. Anyway, it is still down for the week so I am happy with that. I have to work today so I will miss my normal meeting, so my official WI will be tomorrow. I'd like to be at 133 or below so that I can hopefully still make my personal goal of being at 129 in time for vacation (July 9th).

Got my son off to visit my parents last night, so we will be childless off and on for the next two weeks. One of DH's son is also out of town. We will be able to spend some time with his other son, which will be nice. We have my son alone often, but it is rare for us to have one of his sons without the other, so it will be nice to have that one on one time with him. Out of all of our kids he will benefit most from the personal time. Not sure what our plans are, but I have the weekend off so we will try and plan something. I think I will suggest going hiking, since we haven't done that in ages and I could use some exercise that isn't the same old boring thing I don't seem motivated to do any more!lol

[asharpbowler]

Good morning Abbie and others to follow!
Yesterday was pretty good.The daycare kids loved the movie and we had a good time.Here is an embarrasing moment.I get up to the counter and order the kids popcorn ,slushes and all and realize I have no money with me.(OMG I am so crazy)I meant to go to bank first but ds called and forget his scetch book for art and asked me to drop it off on my way.Its the opposite way to the bank.(:bcb_mad2)I had to ask them to just put them aside and go to bank and get money :bcb_blush.Dgd(TEENAGER:bcb_grin) Thought this was funny but I was so p:bcb_mad2ssed.I guess I survived but I know I ate more than I should yesterday.(D*amn TOM).On a good note dgd played wi fit yesterday and loved it.When I went to bed last night she was still on it.Thats probally more exercise than she has had in a year.(Really)
Abbie great going on the loss you will look great for vacation.
Have a great day everyone.Oh yeah dh still taking pain meds and goes to a surgeon tommorrow.He really don't look good and for some reason is losing his voice.He is gone to work of course but hopefully can rest this week-end.

[Quiltin1]

Good Morning to all those up early (and all who awake a bit later too). It was another 4:30 am morning forr me...full moon ya know!:bcb_bigsm

I have been struggling with fatigue lately and it finally dawned on me that as a Type 2 diabetic I am not eating corretly. Of course I knew that when I was dfoing it but denial....... :bcb_grrrr So.....my main focus has got to be getting back to a healthy diabetic way of eating. I can still be OP with WW just cut the sugars! I have been on that slippery slope to bad eating and it must stop! :bcbkickbu

[Latte Addict]

Hi Buddies,

I finally took a peek here after awhile and I'm soo soo proud of all of you.

Abbie, a truly belated CONGRATS FOR REACHING GOAL!!! I know you still have your personal goal, but that is SOO close too! :bcb_up

Nikki - You are just a workout machine! Love it! Everytime I slack on exercise, i remind myself that you hop on the elliptical at midnight! lol

I will work at getting to know the others better....sorry about having been MIA for so long. It has been a struggle and the binges have gotten bad. I finally had to enroll in some food delivery thing with JC. It's for 6 weeks and a personal consultant keeps me accountable. So i think that's what I need for right now. I'm on day 2 and it's a struggle eating processed foods for so many meals, but it does keep me in check.

-Anna

[Melissa73]

Hi ladies,

Sorry I was MIA yesterday but it was a busy and GREAT day all around.
yesterday was my last day of school and I spent my 1/2 day painting things. Spray painted all of my own, personal, shelves that I brought in two years ago that looked like CRAP. One is green, one is blue, the big one is red and a small one is orange. Then my paraprofessional, who is so creative, did stenciling and painted designs on them, they are soo cute now. I also painted a space in my room that wasn't supposed to be done, but it hasn't been done in 2 years and i just took matters into my own hands. My principal walked in when me and one of my students were painting it and we managed to stand in front of the bucket of paint and she didn't notice. PHEW!!! LOL It looks soooo much better now. After School I went to the gym for 90 min. I got in a GREAT cardio workout 45 min high intensity (christen I drank plenty of water before and during). and then anothe 45 min of cardio & weights (abs, chest and triceps). I earned 10 aps and it felt GREAT. I had to get home after that, get DS something to eat, drop him off at a friends so he could go to baseball game with them and then go pick of my friends and then off the see The WEdding Singer in Hartford.

My friend Eddie was sooo good in The Wedding Singer. He was a dancer in the ensemble and is FABULOUS!!! He looked so good, haven't really spent much time with him in 5 years, since he moved to NYC...but i'm so proud of him. He's 25 and like a younger brother to me. LOVE HIM!!! So it was a great night. We went out to the Huke Lau afterwards and I had a very large, 2 person scorpion bowl (drink) all to myself. I was a bit hammered...LMAO, thank God my friend Paula was able to drive us afterwards. It was a great night out!

DBF is getting tickets to the Red Sox game on Saturday. DS is going to be with his father all day. DBF and I are going to go to a beach in the Boston Area in the morning and then go to Fenway for 4pm. I can't wait to have a great day together with no kids. I've never seen a Red Sox game either, WOOHOO!!! TAlk about exciting! They are Playing St. Louis so it's a pretty big game!

I see these early birds this morning but today I slept until noon (ooops). I was tired and drunk last night, so it felt good to get some sleep. Granted I had to get up and get DS off to school at 6:30, but then I went back to bed. I had to get my AC fixed in my car. I walked to the gym while my car was getting fixed and did 15 min on the bike, 200 different situps, and weights ( shoulders, biceps and back). So I got in 45 min of moderate exercise and earned 3 aps so far.

DS came home from school today with his report card. ALL A's! Looks like the concerta really helped him with his focusing in school. He had A's and B's and 1 C all year but then the last term he gets all A's. Now I owe him 50 bucks, because honestly, I didn't think he would do it. :bcb_grin and he proved me wrong. I told him 10.00 for each A he brings home. :bcb_up I"m so proud of him! They also sent home a paper from the nurse with all of their information from their screenings all year. He's 12 years old, 60 1/4 " tall and weights 88lbs. BMI of 17.08% and they checked off Underweight. He is a bony little thing, but he's very active and very healthy so i'm not worried about the Underweight thing. Once he hits puberty he'll probably fill out a little bit more. Jeesh, I wish I was in the underweight category. LOL.

Wow, sorry for the novel. Where is everybody today?

Anna: So glad to have you back. Missed you! Hey, you have to do whatever you have to do to stay in check. YOU CAN DO IT!!! :bcb_up

Quiltin: You aren't the only one who has done some bad eating. So let's get that willpower in high gear and eat right. WE CAN DO IT!! IT will only benefit us and we will feel so much better.

Barbara: Wow, poor DH going through alot of stuff huh? HOpe he feels better soon, for your sake as well. Men can be very whiney about being hurt and sick, so much more so than women are. I know I hate it when DBF is sick, he's such a baby! LOL.

Abbie: To be child free. It's a nice feeling sometimes. DS's father is up visiting for 3 weeks from FLorida. So it's been nice to have some free nights and days here and there. Enjoy. Hate when the scale tricks us like that, but i'm sure you'll be at your pgw or very close by the time you leave. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!

Hope everybody else is having a great day! XOXO

[GaPeach]

Barb- I'm sure you were frustrated....but I can see a teen thinking it was funny....ya know they gotta laugh at us old folks some times!!!

Anna- So glad to see you- and TY! I agree with Melissa, do whatever works best for you. And I am glad to see you are still working that out! You don't have to check in every single day....but please don't disappear again...we missed you!!

Quiltin- Oh good call...you really have to watch everything I am sure. DH is diabetic so I can empathize. But you are right to worry about getting that in check as your top priority!

Melissa- Your summer sounds like it is getting off to a great start!

[Melissa73]

Good evening buddies,

Well I stayed POP today. YIPEE and earned 6aps. :bcb_up I took an extra 30 minute walk after dinner and did week 1 C25K, while DBF fixed mom's lawn mower. AFter my walk, my mom had left to go get a spark plug for her lawn mower and didn't come back for a long time....finally we see her walking. She walked home from the store because her car died at about 8:15pm. So DBF and I drove over to the store and had to take her battery out, then had to find replacement. It was getting late and we were driving around trying to find a store that had the right battery. Finally at exactly 10pm we got to K-Mart and begged the manager to let us in and get a battery and they had the right one. So at 10:30pm...we finally got home and can spend a few minutes together before we fall asleep! bcb_sad But at least mom has her car back. MAN, What a night!!!

I found out the other day that I can sign up for a 26 pay check option for next school year. I"m sooo excited that I won't have to worry about money and budgeting for next summer! :bcb_up

Good night buddies! Sweet DReams!