Jennifur

TracyK You go girl. I was trying to get to 200 by Labor day but no way that is going to happen. I can't move off 219. but i feel like my belly is getting flatter. my muffin top is going away. My size 20 pants are getting sooooooo big, I shrink them in the dryer and they almost fit for about an hour and then gone. I looked cute last night. my mommy told me so. LOL anyway, I'm going to the gym shortly and then going to bake in the sun before work. It is going to be sooooooo very hot here today and I'm working a 9 hr shift. YUCK

Kat sorry, we posted at the same time. I am so sorry and you are in a situation that must be so hard. I think a good therapist is the key. Consistancy and discipline? Let her know how special she is but that if she carries on like she does that she will not be able to do fun things and go places. ????? Make her stay behind a few times as hard as it is. don't get her something when she is crazy, but maybe put it aside for when she earns it. Find something she likes to do to help so she feels important and not like she is in the way. I didn't have to deal nearly as bad, but my dd was 9 when her brother was born, and she was feeling a bit left out for some time. I am sure you will get it in time. You are a strong woman!!!

Terry - yes, i will be working somewhere, I still need a real job until I am up and running, but if all goes well, I would think that I can be self supportive within the next 18 months, 12 if I'm lucky. I want to branch out and do project managment for people who live out of state and own homes local to me, and from what I found out this weekend, there are lots of people like that. Anyway, i'm still stuck at 219 - i have an appt on Tuesday, but I know I'm not going to get a fill, I was at 233 when I was in his office last month, (4 weeks between appts) I don't know if I really even need one but I know I need to loose more. Liquid diet ... I hear you calling. No gym for me today either, I did put down a floor but no gym, I'll be hitting there in the am. I can't wait to give up a few nights and start working days.

TracyK Thanks, I know what you are saying, people are in different places and I don't like to preach. I do feel like the power of prayer is amazing, but just finding this and to me it is a non traditional setting, which is even better. Off to go to a softball game, church has a team and a few friends who play are dragging me out, it is all turnin g around

Good morning again all Thanks for the encouragement. As soon as he gets home I'm going to talk to him. I feel like this is the path that god has for me. For those who are not very religious, I don't want to offend. I have not always been. DBF's accident really changed my life and my outlook on life, but the more I give myself, the more I feel like things are just working or going to work....I should be freaking out about the place I'm in but I just feel ok. Anyway, I'm off to put a floor in mom's room. Hope everyone is having a great day.

Hello everyone I'm just getting in from work. Man I am glad this week is over... I have tomorrow off and then work straight to next Monday. So here is my new plan. My contractor whom I love, has put his busines on hold because he got so busy and couldn't find good help, so he put the extra time into his 7-3 job to compensate for the money he was making on the side. Well he is getting laid off in the next few months. We both knew this was going to happen, but he is going to get his business up and running strong. Well, I am going to talk to him tomorrow, so I'm not on 'payroll" I am going to offer to go into business with him but get my own DBA and do a Construction Management company and do his leg work, some labor, find good help for him, advertisement, find subs for jobs he can't do. I think this is going to get me the experience, my name out there and help him out too. I can work a full time job for the first year and then i will be right where I need to be for my 5 year plan. I am so excited and hope he is too. That way he can include me in his cost but write me a check like he is paying a company and not payroll. Doesn't that sound perfect. It came to me at church!!!!!!! Terry - you look awesome!!!!! there is hope for me yet, I am 3-4 lbs more than your starting weight. It is funny, because since I've been very agressive about going to the gym, I feel like I am taller, but I know it is because I'm lighter and carry myself different. I am standing up tall and proud instead of slumping and trying to carry those 41 extra inches and 60lbs. Judy - so glad church went well and DH was surprised. my church presented our pastor with a gift at father's day and it was very emotional so I am sure there was not a dry eye in the house. Well, I'm off to bed, I'm so very tired, but so very excited about wat I think I'm going to do. Actually I know I'm going to do it. This is my in to a Man's world!!!

Good morning violets I am still holding 219 but holding it at night too, yes I am nuts, and usually when i do that I end up dropping a few. I am so very tired, went to bed at 1:30 and ds came in at 6 and alarm went off at 8 for church. so I'm up and showered and drinking coffee. I am sooooooo glad I'm off tomorrow, but I have to be at Lowes at 10. So I have to get up and get myself together hit the gym and get changed there and go to my interview never ending

What about rattattui?? that is suppose to be a great movie. Of course the simpsons is not really for children, but me being such a bad mother, both my 3 & 13 year old love them. It was a good movie. Have fun with what ever it is you do... can't wait to hear

Morning ladies. . . I am up because I had to go to the bathroom so badly I can't stand myself. - so it is 8:34 nd i got 71/2 hrs sleep, that is like an eternity to me lately so I got up. I want to get some sun today and relax. Tonight is oven night and we have a huge catering job tomorrow that we need to prep for tonight. I really want to go to church tomorrow so I hope I can get up. I need to be there Anyway. Terry - I was cracking up... some days I weigh myself all day and still gain in the am, I never get it. I'm learning to back off the scale. Speaking of which , after a long hard night and feeling bloated this am... I am still at 219, so I think maybe on my day off I might loose something this week. I think I would see the numbers go down if I was not working in the conditions I was. Judy - I have lost 4inches in my arms - that excites me. my hips are my problem area - i've lost 10 inches there but that seems to be the place that is not moving now. I am just so stinking happy i'm missing 41 inchesI have never accomplished so much in so little time. I lost weight with LA Weightloss before and was only 5 lbs lighter than I am righ now, my belly was flatter, but I am in the same place... so who can complain about that, I never thought I would be here again. now that I am done carrying on like a crazy woman... I am going to drink another cup of coffee and maybe go to the store with my mom and then bake in the sun

Wow, so quiet today. Judy, I better get going... you have 1/2 inch on me. LOL I took today off of the gym, I think I broke my toes the other day, my dd slamed into my foot with shopping cart and I had on flip flops. I can hardly get shoes on well = off to bed

Interview was ok... today was the special finance dept with a local car dealership... we will see, I am waiting to hear from food bank, I really want that one. just woke up, having a cup of coffee and then off to work

Laura Stay strong, I am convinced that slow and steady is good, our bodies are adjusting to all that crazyness. I tell myself that every day. I had to go take measurements. I only lost 4 inches total since june but I am very please because I have lost 41inches in total So if i have to catch up that is ok, better than sagging all over like if we had bypass.. remember that ladies. it is a head trip and i'm convinced of that too. anyway, I'm going to have a little lunch and take a nap, I am so tired and it is so hot here, it rained a little and I think it made the humidity worse.

Morning all you guys are so funny, but so sweet. Next week when I can breathe I am going to meet me an old friend who is a travel agent. I have an interview at 10:30 but I'm going to leave at 9:45. I want to be early, I don't have anything to wear - not a thing fits me! well nothing work related. I have been wearing my pooh boxers to work at night. It is so hot. I have oven duty on Saturday night, so I am counting that as a cardio workout. you can not even imagine how hot it is in there. it has been mid 90's here with 100% humidity then have 4 500degree ovens in your face. WHY AM I NOT LOOSING ANYTHING?????lol plus I'm not that tall so I am constantly on my toes trying to reach the counters, boxes and top ovens. Anyway, blbahblah blah. I hope you all have a good morning, if this is my job I guess I'll get it... if not. .. i feel like now is a good time for me.

Michelle where are you??? I'm coming for your party... I love eddy's and have a bowl every single night... I'm on my way... LOL I need a road trip. Thanks ladies for all your support nad encouragement, I'm home, off to shower then the gym and then work. TTFN

Morning everyone... I am off to get some health insurance I don't have to pay for. Here is my horoscope for the day: The high intensity charge doesn't go away today, even though the anxiety can diminish. You are being given tools to work with so you can accomplish more without suffering from burnout. Even if your love life cools, your career can be very hot now. One way or another, something beneficial is coming your way, assuming that you are ready to receive it. Sorry, I had to do it... isn't that awesome! so maybe this is the week for me. I have a couple of interviews this week and the health insurance thing today, that would take so much pressure off me. Maybe it is going to be ok... I know it is going to be ok. Go Judy - I tell myself all the time, I am more than 1/2 way there for the 100lbs, so I know how great that feels. Well, after 5 hrs sleep and a 18 hr day yesterday, I am off to do it all over again today. I might take a nap in the sun before work or fall over at work. I want to be good for my interview tomorrow. Til later Pamela - It is suppose to be so hot this way next week... perfect time to be at the Cape

Hey ladies, thanks, I did need that and now I'm just getting in from work and I'm all swollen and feel like crap. I have to get up at 6 and leave at 7;15. I am going to try to get some health insurance in the am through family health plus. Now that I have paychecks I should be good to go! I am so tired. I am going to bake in the sun tomorrow when I get back before i go to work, I will have about 2 hrs. Track KS - you are sooooooo funny, but... Judy is right... they look great from the back, and that is how my levi's fit after surgery, that now fit... so there is hope, they are Mens 38... OK not great, but I loved them before so I'm glad they fit.. shoot, I couldn't get them over my hips in March night all

Hello all so I went and applied for a job at the regional food bank, I don't know how much it pays but I so want that job. Something keeps pulling me there. I also got a call from a car dealer I applied for a special finance position 2 weeks ago and I have an interview there Friday morning, and I have a 2nd interview with Lowes Friday. Is it possible that I might have to make a choice???? Wouldn't that be great>... I want the food bank, I don't really want to sit behind a desk but will if I have to. Money is a huge issue right now. I am going to gather info I need for health insurance appt tomorrow and then hit the gym and pick up the kids and off to work from 4-11... I am soooooooooo tired, you can not even imagine hope everyone is having a good day. I'm so excited.... and since I ramble at least once a week for the last 4 months about the job, I had to share. OH... i stopped and had lunch with a few people I use to work with, and as I was running to the bathroom, I heard one of my fav people (they have no idea about the surgery) say loud enough for me to hear... Boy she is really getting skinny..... IT FELT GREAt... although I know that I still have 45more lbs to lose, it was nice to hear people say good things behind my back. LOL Watch out DBF.... people are taking notice!!!

Terry I have done the same thing but I miss the gym every day but I feel better. I got a dog last sept and he is just getting nuts, with me being gone every night now he is just getting more out of control. I don't know what to do. he is just a year old and big.

Morning girls Denise. I can see a huge difference!!! you look wonderful but I do understand, I can't see a difference in myself either - so I have started to convince myself that no matter what, I am lighter and I am healthier and that was the purpose of all this Well, I need dog training or I need to get rid of the dog, he is eating everything and destroying everything - I love him to death but it is not fair to him or to us. HELP??????

I miss you guys uring the day. so much goes on. I set my august challange the same as july. 15 weight sessions and 8 cardio is perfect. I usually don't do them both on the same day so that is 23 days! Pamela.... I love those things.. LOL... but get rid of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my mom is here and she does not have an ounce of will power... she has celiac disease and gets very sick if she eats wheat... well she found my 3 year old's cookies (golden oreo's) that were stale and she ate them! wonder where I get it from... I told her junk is not allowed in the house unless discussed. she insisted I got chips and shit for my dd's bbq sunday, I told her not and all that stuff around was why I am a fat ass... she got it. LOL Anyway - I hope you all have a super night. I am going to bed so I can get up in the am and hit the gym at 9 am! I hope I get a day job, i miss night water aerobics at the gym and hate getting home this late. Laura- I am so sorry to hear you had such a bad night. I hope you are ok now... and get a good night sleep, great job on the jeans Tracyks - you go girl... I am wearing 18's at the moment but they are getting big and no muffintop as Judy would put it. That is how I am in 16's so i'm just go to go with it so I don't make myself feel uncomfortable. what a great week for everyone!

I know it sucks... go to court, plea not guilty, 99% of the time they will reduce it to a non moving violation, no points and collect your money... that is what they want anyway. (not that I know this from experience:rolleyes)

Jennifer - I lost 10lbs right after my fill and gained it all back at TOM and now right back to 218 again 4 days after. I myself feel like I just got a fill - i had a small yogurt with fiberone cereal in it and I'm so very full. I can't do 1400 cals, but I think I am doing better with the variety. at least I'm regular again, thank goodness for that! What every works, my next mini goal is 215 so I only have 3lbs to get there - I can do that!!!! Judy - Once again, you are amazing and such an inspiration!

Terry - I hear you, I broke mine down in July because in June I didn't do any cardio or very little, so I wanted to track it better. I am going to shower and hit the gym and then meet for lunch. As for July, I did excede both challanges I set for myelf, so lets see if I can do it for august! I hope everyone has a great day, I'm so stinking tired....but here i go!

Morning violets..... Today the b-day continues........my mom is taking my daughter shopping and then ds are going to meet them for lunch. I have to work and she has cheerleading tonight, but we will have a nice day. Our b-days are usually a week long here, so hers should be almost over...

Wow, I miss so much when I'm gone at night... My dd is officially a teen - 13 at midnight. We just got in from the drive'ins. We saw the simpsons and chuck and larry. I always worry about cartoon movies because they usually wreck it for me, but this one was actually good... a bit mushy for about 30 hot seconds but good, and chuck and larry. ... if you like adam sandler movies... it is a good one. Anyway - back down to 218 today. so happy with that. What a struggle the last couple of weeks have been, but at least I'm going in the right direction again. Pamela - how exciting that your Cape trip is this week, I was thinking about that today when my mom mentioned she wanted to go there. Hello all my fellow violets... off to bed... catch up in the am