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I find it totally mind-bobbling!! whoops... that should be mind-BOGGLING! Ha ha ha ha ha! :huh2:

Oh. My. Goodness! Today the scale read: 231.4! TracyK that's exactly what I'm doing: "I just jumped on it like a surfboard and kept riding until the wave was over!" I did shave yesterday... hmmmm... perhaps that helped! :huh2: Seriously, I think I started the contest a couple weeks ago @ 244.something?? This is craziness! But I'm LOVING it!! This will DEFINITELY keep me AWAY from eating the FREE PIZZA at the school's annual Sock Hop tonight!!! I will bring something yummy & legal for myself from home. Don't want to mess up the mojo!!! (But did I mention that it's PIZZA?? and, erm... FREE???) (I've promised myself pizza (not A pizza, "some") when I get to -100... that, and a massage!) Time to go to the dentist. Waah.

I did a quick calc based on ticker numbers & came up with... <drum roll please>......... 833! That's AMAZING! WE R*O*C*K!!

I watched that, too, Janie! I dvr'd it so the kids can watch it, too. I'm going to get his book too. That's the kind of life attitude that I try to cultivate in myself & others. I *wish* there were more positive-message shows like that on TV instead of being bombarded ALL the FREAKIN' TIME w/body counts, teenage girls beating each other up, 3rd graders plotting to harm their teacher, violence, murder, mayhem, and stupid crazy "celebrities". I think our world would be a much better place if we would focus on the POSITIVES rather than the negatives. Every day, in every town, there are amazing stories to be told. Y'know... I am so passionate about this that I think I am going to e-mail Diane Sawyer & other news programs... it can't hurt!

:sigh: Ooh! Ooh! Me! Me! :glare:

I got my ticker back! Yay!

Lol Terry... trust me, you don't want all that. Honestly, I am not doing ANYthing differently. The only thing is taking the Xyrtec... that's it. I really am wondering if it's just dried me out so much that it's sucking all the extra h20 out of my fat cells, so it's reflected on the scale. I'm eating the same... exercising the same (actually none the past week since I got sick)... drinking the same... I even ate ice cream! I think it's just a phase... that my bod was holding on & holding on and it's decided to give up for a bit... but trust me, it will hold on again... SOON... if I know my bod! (Even worse, it will re-claim the lbs it gave away!!) So sorry... no "secret" to be had here... you know that if there was that I WOULD share!!

Hey... Still not back to 100% but am simply pretending that I am. Ha. Went to aqua aerobics this a.m. and have lots to do today. Scale was down AGAIN! I honestly don't know why, but I'll take it and am grateful for it! Make it a great day, everyone!

Hi girls... Am still sick, but having to move along w/life's activities anyway... only good thing is that the scale is DOWN! I don't remember my exact contest starting weight (hope someone else here does!), but I'm at 234.3 today, which I think is almost -10 for the contest??? Maybe it's the zyrtec drying me out??? Anyhoo, that's the lowest number I've ever seen, so it's good! I'd still like to be at -100 (or seriously close) by our trip... we'll see......... That's it for now... take care everyone!

Hey Vi's... I'm still sick. We did go to dinner on Sat & it was really nice & fun. Yesterday I woke up feeling even worse than on Sat. Did 2 things: went to ds's raquetball tournament game and then to the mall w/dd to do some spring clothing shopping. About 1/2 way through the shopping I couldn't take it any more... I felt sooooo crappy & grumpy we had to come home. It feels like my head is a huge balloon that I wish would pop already... ears are all clogged & my throat still feels like it's swollen shut... ugh! Got into my pj's & went to bed.... am going to try to take it easy again today... at least 'til the kids get home & I have to take ds to soccer practice tonight... buh bye.

Just got back... doc said it's just allergies! WTF?? Doesn't FEEL like allergies. Did a strep test & it was neg. Hrmph. So bought Xyrtec took one... feel *slightly* better... but head still hurts, throat still swollen... Oh, and I had to show them my driver's license before they'd sell it to me?? Another WTF??? Off to take a quick nap then get ready to go out tonight! TTFN!

Thanks, gals... Terry, be careful about saying that about not being sick all Fall/Winter... I said that EXACT SAME THING on Thurs night and BAM... got hit w/it on Friday! I even knocked on wood when I said it... but in retrospect, I'm thinking it was plastic w/a wood finish... dang it!

Hey Vi's~~ I'm up! That's something! Actually showered & dressed & ready to go... to the DOCTOR'S!! I have a 12:15pm app't for a strep test. The "razor blade" feeling is gone from my throat, now it just feels like it's swollen shut! and that's pressing up against my ears, making them hurt... + my eyes still feel all hot & wet... d'ya know what I mean?? So not feeling great, but have TONS to do + dinner tonight... dh said we could re-schedule it, but we NEVER go out w/just adults to a nice place and I know that SOMEthing else will ALWAYS come up... so we are going unless I REALLY feel much crappier as the day goes on. Right now it's manageable... I just have to take it slowly & not think about it. I'm taking dd out for some spring clothes shopping today... I need something to wear for tonight, as well + shoes... then she has her riding lesson... then home, a quick nap (??) and out tonight. Phew! Make it a great one, everyone!!

Waa waa waa. Pity party for 1, right this way. :cursing: As I was out & about today, as the day progressed, my head started to hurt, then my throat started to hurt, and then my ears, and my eyes got all hot... came home, tried to take a nap but couldn't (talk about FRUSTRATING!)... and now I'm here to report that I'm officially sick! Some sore throat feels like razor blades/sore head thing. Lovely. Not. Also, today is my 21st wedding anniversary. That makes me feel sooooooo old. Sheesh! 21 years????? Where does the time go??? We're going out to dinner to a nice restaurant tomorrow nite w/another couple. I did not PB this a.m.... tried, but nada. Stupid quiche. I am grumpy. Good night all.

Good Fri Morn, Vi's~~ Ugh. I splurged and had a piece of crustless ham & cheese quiche for b'fast this a.m. (99.9% of the time I have a protein shake for b'fast...) and it is stuck in there, gurgling all around, and HURTING! I'm not sliming tho, and don't feel like I need to PB... but maybe I should go TRY to PB?? Or is that too much like bulimia?? Ugh. Ow. I also have to leave for the day in 5 mins... so need to make up my mind FAST! Make it a great day, everyone... avoid crustless quiche!

Yay it posted, but the color changes I included didn't... <shrug>... :bolt:

Hi gals... Tried to post earlier, but it vaporized. Good thing I copied & saved it 'til later (which is now)!!... FINALLY! I get to type: Good Thurs Morn, Vi's!~~ Only, it's afternoon now... duh. Yesterday a.m. the 'puter was working fine... then I went to the Y and then met a friend for coffee... and when I came back: POOF! No Puter!! Waaah. But dh came home from Chicago last eve and he fixed it somehow this a.m.... I don't know how & I don't care how... THERE. Something nice about dh: He can fix computers!! Man, I needed you guys last night... I've been really, really good w/exercising & following the bandster rules since we started the contest... well, last night I was ready to heave it all and go head-first into a vat of SOMEthing chocolate! The scale wouldn't budge and I was getting oh-so-very frustrated. But I couldn't get on, so I actually got into bed @ 7:15PM!! I watched tv, read a magazine... but I wouldn't get out cuz' I was afraid I'd eat!! So then this a.m. I got on the scale and it was DOWN -- Hallelujah!! Finally. So I didn't blow it and am still being a good little bander and trying to break out of the 30s!!!!! Phew! Yay on the approval, Kat!! Happy Bandiversary, Pam!!! Celebrate the great year you've had AND the wonderful one to come, as well!! Tracy heard Haydee on the radio -- now THAT is cool!!! Xmas in April? Oh my, Terri!! Can we come to the party?? Judy, feel better! Hi Janie & Laura & Suzie!! Ok, off to the store... bbl! Laura... a hot topic on the news today is that you DON'T need to drink 8 glasses of h20 a day... that it is not a proven fact that it does ANYthing good for you... doesn't help w/wt loss, nice skin, or help your kidneys flush out toxins. I agree w/Suzie... the "experts" can't make up their minds. I feel better when I'm hydrated, so will continue to glug, glug, glug... + I like to imagine my fat globules flushing away w/all the pee'ing that I do! (I know, T-M-I!!)

Oops? I should be pre-measuring my food? Actually, I guess I do, sometimes... always at lunch I weigh my 3 oz of protein, whatever it is... but I don't measure veggies... and if we eat out, I eat pretty much whatever will go down in the time it takes everyone to eat... last week I brought home about 1/2 of my steak + mushrooms... I definitely don't stop @ 20 mins... I'll go longer to get it in... I'm still a fatty in my head... so yeah, I keep on eating 'til I get what's rightfully mine!

This is actually what my eyebrows look like when I don't wax them: ... seriously.

Ok, here's another "techno" question for you, Laura. Now when I look down at the bottom of this page to see who else is on here, your name says "FairyFacade+"... what's the +??

Oooooohhhh... that's a mean one, Haydee!! DH would *KILL* me if I joked about something like that!! Hoo la la!

Are you talking to ME??

"I'm not trying to be funny..." but it somehow always comes across that way!! Wonder why?...

Make good choices, Tracy!!!

I'm not trying to be funny... but what's the benefit of the social group? How is it different from what we do here?? (I'm starting to feel like an old person who can't understand technology!! AAAAAAAK!) But seriously...?