IndioGirl55

I know we have pple who don't like to cook - but I find that just the fact of cooking makes me feel good - even thought I'm not eating it.. But I need to cook - plus I prefer hot food over cold.. Apples probably gets me on this one - since she's our cooker I made salsa - then forgot I took ck out - and had bought one at Costco the other day - so had to cook it so I don't waste it - baking it right now and will freeze it after it's cooked.. But I guess what I am trying to say -that cooking makes me feel good - gives me something to do.. well I could be cleaning out the closet - but don't want to.. Eva - sounds like you had a good NYE - I have sweats - thermal & sweat shirt on socks & shoes - my feet are cold - I know we have frost warnings out - lower end of the valley where all the ag is will get colder than us and so will DHS where Phyl lives.. Well off to the couch - I'll be cking back later - cuz I am having a cup of coffee -

Yep I agree the friendships we have made here are for a life time - I am so happy about that - Hell I get more support from you guys than I do from the pple in my real life (we need another word for that) As far as your original thread - We have 3 original posters left on my #7 and one adoptee - so there are only 4 of us now - and in the beginning our thread had TONS of pple - hell we woud have 20 pages in 1 day... Was real hard to keep up with - just got a post the other day - she lost her band - getting it back next month - back up to 300 - had a baby - but hasn't been back since - we get a couple pple who might ck in once a yr then we never hear from them again

Charlene WTG on walking this morning - I use to have a pediometer - I would clip it to my bra every morning - but I don't know if I calibrated it right - I think it's in a drawer - I always wanted a body bug - but never wanted to spend the $$$ - I think you need to change shops every few yrs - they get too use to you and dont do such a good job - The one before my last one - I ended up changing within the shop - cuz I was always a walk in (they never are on time if you do make an appointment anyway) but now than one has opened next to Target - I am going there - a block a way ;0) Memory - well I don't know about that- but did read - but most likely missed something or someone ;0) but not intentional Well I get comments like did you lose more weight - you don't need to lose more weight - no I haven't - it's the outfit.. Even if I lost another 15 lbs - I would be in my bmi range - but I don't want to lose anymore - I can eat - have treats and maintaine - hell a size 4 is hard enough to find - I rarely ever see size 2's.. Mountain - I have them - I know when GF came from WI she was in awe of our mountains (we went up the Tram - Santa Rosa Mtns in March and had Snow up there)- where as I take them for granted I thought everyone had mountains LOL I have your number too- I just really thought omg this girl is thinking of me on NYE I just never get a chance to call anyone - mostly cuz of the time diff - hell when I get ho e from the gym it's 6:20 my time so it's 9:20 for most of you.. Well washed the face threw on a hat - went and got my catfish - stuff to make salsa - tomatoes & chilis cooking - I have so much food in the fridge - I have a lobster tail and stuff for salad - Oh I found baby romaine at costco - about 8 little baby romaine bunches more of the green stuff less of the white - I don't care for the hearts or romaine - too much of the white leaves - I like green - and we are suppose to eat color.) They are just too cute ;0) OMG I can't believe it's 3:30... I guess it's cuz I didn't get up till 11ish - Apples - on the OWN channel they have a guy who's helping a hoarder - they are going thru her closet - if you haven't worn it in a year - give it away - I have tops that still have tags on the (white ones ;0) that I haven't worn and they are over a yr old LOL - won't let that guy in my closet - I have shoes like that too LOL Well off to the couch - think I wil have some coffee - my salsa stuff should be ready to throw in my Ninja - so will cbl

HAPPY NEW YEARS DAY !!!! Well Deb got here around 7 - we had salad lobster veggie and I had maybe 2 bites of potatoes she brought brownies had 2 small squares - she had a couple drinks - I didn't - Salt is an excellent movie !!! Really only watched the ball drop on Dick Clark - it was mostly commercials and just interviews - Did watch the back street boys & new kids on the block (I loved them back in the day - I was a big New Kids on the Block fan even though I was in my 30's) I was so suprised to see Mark Walberg on there since he's a big movie start now a day... That was the only part of Dick Clark that we watched - we watched house hunters after the movie... Deb left around 2:30 I went to bed at 3ish - dogs had me up at 7 - but I got on the couch and went back to sleep - got up at 11:15 ish .. Lobster was ok - not great - I think it's cuz it's not main lobster (I ate 1/2 then a few hrs later the other 1/2) CANDICE - Well it's 1:30 here so 4:30 there - You are on the plane !!!! Going to miss you... Karla - What did you do last night - what are you doing today Don't know what I'm doing today Hell I just got up a little while ago - had my coffee - I know it's Saturday but feels like a Sunday to me - Ya 1 more day off work - I have gym tomorrow at 10 ;0) Phyl - Then new furniture looks great and comfy... cbl

Good Afternoon Gang OMG you all have been junking up the thread this morning LOL !!!! Tina - Cheri gave great advice (as usual) Yes you did let her take control - Yes you have done things in the past not to be trusted - Addicts are very manipulative pple - I know my DS was one... Oh we need tires - or spent the $$ at the casino now need food - yada yada yada.. He's sober but I don't fully trusts him cuz he has been sober before and gone back to using... Baby steps - nothing is over night - we have to work for everything... Oprah - Like Cheri's saying Take what you want and leave the rest - It just goes to show you that even pple with all the $$ in the world - chefs - gyms everything at her disposal and she still has a weight issue - Why - I understand - she does so very much for everyone else - food is what she does for her - it's her drug of choice.. I agree - sometimes she's a bit to preachy - I record her shows - but only the ones that I find interesting - I agree w/Linda - Cheri should have been on the teacher one.. I just went and found the channel on my t.v. 230 ;0) - I added it to my fav's and when channel surfing (I'm like a guy - I channel surf alot - or leave it on QVC just for the noise while on the computer) Cheri - I would assume that since you live in a big city that you would have a support group (lb) I think that's a great idea... Hugs Hugs Hugs on the wanting to self medicate w/food right now - a book isn't going to do it - it's keeping you in the house - I am glad you are going to get out.. Diets - Well as I am always saying they don't work - none of them work cuz you aren't going to follow them for the rest of your life as they are too restrictive - ya as long as you restrict your calories - any and all of them are going to work - but that's the secret restrict calories - exercise - that's the only way you are going to lose the weight - PERIOD END OF STORY... For me and my body - I have had a dessert (sf) & starch (normally only 1 serving a day) every day since 7/17/07 - I have exercised 4-5 days a week since 7/07 3.6 yrs. I restrict my calories - I exercise - I have lost 114 lbs - I have maintained that weight loss for 2.6 yrs. I over indulge at times but I get back to eating healthy and never quit exercising.. I have not dieted since day 1 - I just eat healthy low fat - limited carbs/starches/sugar.. Each of our bodies react diff to all these things (fat/sugar/starches) one plan isn't a one fits all - we have to find out what works for us (that's a lifetime livable change) and stick to it I need to make my NY resolutions about taking my Vitamins too cuz I am REALLY REALLY bad about not taking them and I think that's why I haven't been super motivated lately (energy wise).. Melissa - I thought that it was the sweetest thing that you text-ed me last night - I am sure glad you had a great time !!!! Linda- I hear you on loving GD but wanting your time - At our age I truly believe it's now about us not raising the gkids - I've been there done that but again I was only 36 when Andrew was born - and gotta say I love being an empty nester - He called last night to wish me happy new yrs ;0) Apples - You have found what works for your body - yep you are lucky to be able to eat more than most of us - but you sorta have the opposite problem than us - you have a hard time getting the calorie in - where as we have a hard time keeping them out - so you do have an issue - just diff than ours - and as to that bitch- f her ;0) I'll share the rent a car w/you - cuz I will be flying in too.. Vote is to stay outside city by Cheri's and take the train in ;0) The only thing I have to deal w/will be the dogs/cat issue.. For those who need Pedi's I bet you will find a shop open somewhere - most Vietnamese shops are open almost 24/7 365 LOL well at least here in the desert ;0) - During the winter I normally don't get them - since my feet are in closed in shoes - I just do my own - another NSV I can reach my toes ;0) - plus no one see's my feet - another plus for being single - and I don't have to shave legs every other day LOL Lori - My xdh was a handyman - I do miss that I would love under cabinet lighting... I always leave the living room light on during the night - if I had under cabinet lighting that would be my night light (my room isn't close to kitchen/living room - so it doesn't bother me - but I can see if I get up in the middle of the night to take the dogs out) Well Deb got here around 7 - we had salad lobster veggie and I had maybe 2 bites of potato (Charlene Sweet Taters are good carbs) she brought brownies had 2 small squares - she had a couple drinks - I didn't - Salt is an excellent movie !!! Really only watched the ball drop on Dick Clark - it was mostly commercials and just interviews - Did watch the back street boys & new kids on the block (I loved them back in the day - I was a big New Kids on the Block fan even though I was in my 30's) I was so surprised to see Mark Walberg on there since he's a big movie start now a day... That was the only part of Dick Clark that we watched - we watched house hunters after the movie... Deb left around 2:30 I went to bed at 3ish - dogs had me up at 7 - but I got on the couch and went back to sleep - got up at 11:15 ish .. Lobster was ok - not great - I think it's cuz it's not main lobster (I ate 1/2 then a few hrs later the other 1/2) I had never broiled it either - but it's easy - try it Lori... Apples - it's always hard to figure what to take cuz you don't know what you are going to feel like wearing... I don't plan my clothes for a week of work - I walk in my closet and say what do I want to wear - I think our problem is that we have TOO MANY choices LOL... Well - Don't know what I'm doing today - I know it's Saturday but feels like a Sunday to me - Ya 1 more day off work - I have gym tomorrow at 10 ;0) Weather Today 54 right now..Plenty of sunshine. High 56F. Winds light and variable. 56 High 33 Low Well off to ck my #7 thread - cbl - Happy New Yrs everyone...

OMG Eva - you aren't going out til 10 - I don't know after I have eaten that I would have the energy to go out - Eating does me in ;0) Yep too cold for icy drinks - coffee & kahlua or baileys Well just called Deb - she's on her way - that girl... it's almost 7 p.m. - I guess we might go see Andrew at work (Cold Stone) for dessert -

What's a dirty girl scout martini ?? Sounds good ;0) - I agree rather go out when all the crazies are at home - Yep you would think pple would learn not to drink and drive - I have - I use to - was lucky never got a dui... Cheri - Nothing wrong w/staying home hell I think all of us except Melissa are staying home... I still like to watch the ball drop - drank coffee so I should be up... Well Debbie still hasn't shown up - We didn't have a specific time - but hell I asked are you coming over she said yes - I should call - but this kind of things bugs me - she's flakey at time...

Thanks Gang !!!! I am truly blessed to have you all in my life... Ok Chicago is it ... Heck sounds like most of you will drive - I will be flying - We gotta pick a date though - May - June ????? What works for everyone (ya that's going to be the hard one) July 15 out for me - it's my DS 40th Bday - going to talk them in to coming down here cuz w/the dogs I just can't take off cuz I have 3 and Andrew has 2 and no way are we driving up there w/5 dogs... But other than that - I'm open ... Linda - LOL w/the dance CD - Enjoy though - Apples - My Dad & Stepmom use to play games - well mostly cards & yazhee together and they golfed together.. Have fun

Great advice !!!!

Yep Karla staying home - not into the crowds - got the movie Salt & Town to watch - don't know when Debbie's coming over - got lobster - asparagus - baked tatos and salad for my menu.. When is everyone going home - How's Simon doing Candice - Whats the word on your Mom - You leave tomorrow I bet you are really excited... Just talked to Phyl - Their at Tracey's - Earl is being ok today - she said he's manic/bipolar - one day a BH next day nice LOL

I got 3 lobster tails at costco for $34.. Thought that was pretty good - I got an extra one for me for tomorrow ;0) I haven't had lobster in ages - sure hope it's good - I am going to broil it - I have never done it before - I usually boil it - but last time I had one from Costco and did that it was awful.. Charlene - let us know about the meat - I use to send it to my Aunt Dot for Xmas - one of those from QVC cuz she was always complaining that the steaks at the retirement village were over done (she's new yorker - likes her meat red - where as most southerns like it well done right ;0) I've never ordered it for myself - I just go to Costco ;0) Great you are 2 hrs a head of me?? 7:20 pm so will you stay up or watch the ball drop at 9 and then hit the sack ;0)

Apples - Great was right - it wasn't sundown yet in NY ;0) so she was ok ;0) I'm a day ahead of myself - keep thinking it's Saturday since I didn't go to work.. Great - I don't know how I would deal with the humidity now that I have lost the weight - I know that before - it about killed me.. Jessica - LOL our glasses sweat here in the desert to in the summer Yep your snow - our summer - same things just different conditions.. Peaches went for a walk last week in the snow - took her 1/2 hr just to get dressed in all her layers LOL - Where here in the summer the lightest and least amount of clothing - I don't know when Deb is coming over - Got 2 movies - Salt and Town - hope they are good.. I'm drinking coffee so I will be up at midnite to ring in the new yr... Great what you are taking is good - I normally get stuff like that to take to parties - or make guacamole - something easy... Well not much to report got lobster cut out of shell - salad made - potatoes actually baking in the oven not the microwave - asparagus in the pot - movies on the table - should be a nice night...

Is it all the time or after you eat or drink - you are still swollen - tiny sips of anything - Gas X Strips & Walk.. Welcome to Band Land !!!!

HAPPY NEW YEARS My friends, sincerely, I will never stop wishing that your journey through this world will be touched by kindness, inspired by wisdom, graced with understanding, and kept safe from all harm. Wishing you all not just happiness but pure joy, not just wealth but Heaven's treasures, not just silence but God's peace. Happy New Year.

HAPPY NEW YEARS My friends, sincerely, I will never stop wishing that your journey through this world will be touched by kindness, inspired by wisdom, graced with understanding, and kept safe from all harm. Wishing you all not just happiness but pure joy, not just wealth but Heaven's treasures, not just silence but God's peace. Happy New Year.

Just got home - Will have to turn on CNN.. Pray that everything turns out ok - Stay in the house Charlene - I bet you got helicopters over head Cheri - I think staying outside the windy city would be best (cheaper) I've never ridden a train ;0) - 1st we need to ck out the hotels for cost and Pick a date - I think we are all on board to come and see you ;0) OMG aren't you going to be a wreck LOL - I stayed in Homewood Ste in MN liked them had a kitchen& everything... Great for left overs I say things like that too - my filter isn't great... Charlene - WTG bring in the NY on the train ;0) Eva - I don't know our temps - again haven't watch the new - but it's cold... I can tell you that.. FridaySaturdaySundayMondayTuesday 56° F | 29° F 54° F | 31° F 54° F | 36° F 58° F | 38° F 61° F | 40° FPartly CloudyPartly CloudyPartly CloudyChance of Rain 20% chance of precipitationPartly Cloudy Hourly Hourly Hourly Hourly Hourly You guys have to understand 29 is like being at the South Pole for us desert rats LOL - I know I talked to Candice (Peaches) last night - it was 2 above zero - I can't even imagine that - Apples White outs - OH HELL NO our retirement village is going to have to be in FL - We will be near Laura & Jessica :0) at 6 tonite its suppose to be 42.... Well I know my gas bill will be high next month - the fire place will be on ;0) Is your pisole going to be your hangover remedy like menudo ;0) - My sis doesn't like tripe so she makes pisole too ;0) Jodi - HAPPY NEW YRS TO YOU TOO - I guess you broke Shabbot ;0) got on the computer LOL Dassi musn't be home... Joyce WTG at the gym - I think my hip issue might be a little arthiritis - cuz it's bugging me today.. I'm have you all - I have my here gf too... I think friends and outside interest are important in any relationship - you can't be together 24/7 and become so dependent on each other that you have panic attacks when they aren't around or that you can't even take care of you... I know that my sis to a degree is too depended or doesn't trust DbIL - cuz like when they are here in the desert and he goes sees his friend and isn't back when she thinks he should be she's calliing looking for him.. Well gotta finish some stuff around the house cbl HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE...

Candice - I'm glad I made you laugh - its good for the soul !!!! Keep us posted on your Mom - I bet you won't have time to ck in - I know I don't on vacation and it cost to much $$$ on the ship for air time... OMG we are going to miss you - it will be only me phyl and karla... Karla - I'm the same way - I will stomp around and do it myself - martyrs ;0) - Have you tried taking acid reducer meds - you can get them otc - I take them... Try it... Have fun shopping Went to bed late - drank coffee last night - got up around 7 - been playing fb games - need to get butt moving... cbl

Tina Yep Manic is better than depressed - I agree - On our get together - spouses usually don't come.. We talk about our bands - we talk about our emontions - just like this is our safe place to talk - our get togethers are the same way - She is welcome - but she will be the 3rd wheel cuz she's not banded and won't really understand what we are talking about .. It's not like you are 900 lbs - why can't you drive - who told you you couldnt drive - have you tried lately.... LOVED THE WAY YOU PUT IT - SO MUCH BETTER THAN ME ;0) Linda - Maintence is a slippery slope - I know for me that I have to be mindful of any snacking - I don't buy like the 100 cal snack pack cheetos - Cookies etc - cuz I know I won't stop at one - That I have learned... Like I said - I limit my starches to about 1 a day (popcorn doesn't count I have been pretty lucky - I haven't had any real problems - but I am alway aware of what I am eating - I know that I have to be mindful of my addiction - and really I don't crave that old junk like I use to - I crave my meat/fish veggies ;0) and a little sugar ;0)

Good Morning Peeps - Happy New Years Eve... Tina - The more you read the more you will find that you are not alone in this journey - We are more alike than we are different.. Girl one thing I gotta tell you (and it comes from experience) you partner is way to fricking controlling - I know about this - my Xdh was controlling and that's not good - Your partner has to understand (and I know where she's coming from cuz another Xbf & DS was a druggie) that if you want to go out get high or drink you are going to do it - keeping you locked in the house isn't going to change that - She can not change you.... You are going to do what you want to do. You are a grown women and if you want to go out - go out and meet friends - being stuck in the house 24/7 is a bad thing... I know what it is to be in your 30's in an unhealthy relationship - you think - oh I'm fat this person loves me for who I am - I don't want to start over - they will change if I love them enough - Well gf - I don't care how much you love someone - you aren't going to change them (this is a life experience (mine) - My Xdh would badger me if I was 5 min late from work - I was always on edge.. Not a way to live. The reason for lbt is support and yes it's been mine since 5/07 and I'm still here - Why you ask - for the pple on this thread - They get us - they understand - I have a saying - "No one understands a fat chick but another fat chick" So we get you and where you are coming from -I don't know how far Chicago is from Nashville google it - start a vacation fun - Every time you have a $5 bill put it in a jar for vacation... Melissa - I have little bowls from target - they are just a little bigger than chineese dipping bowl - I haven't seen them there in a while - black on the outside blue on the inside (they had red & beige too) and I have tons of the $1 kiddy bowls that you get in the $1 isle... I eat off dessert plates too and have small spoons and forks... I measured these bowls and I use to weigh and measure my food - I am pretty good at eyeballing now - but heck after 3.5 yrs I should be.. Have fun at your party tonite - enjoy yourself.. Charlene - Girl !!!! You make to many freaking excuses... You need to make a contract/deal w/yourself - I will have 1 starch today - that's it... So when will I have it - for bf - lunch or dinner - I always save mine for dinner - But again you have been losing weight - so I can't complain too much - cuz the end result is all that matters as long as you are eating healthy WTG on walking today !!!! Hugs on the pain... Cheri - I think Chicago would be fun - like I said never been there - well the airport ;0) but that's it - I think Memorial day would be good - I am pretty free too .. Glad you had some hanky panky ":0) - I had a lot of it back in the day (looking for love in all the wrong places) and I think I used mine all up - I have no desire anymore - but that's ok w/me cuz I don't have a bf - so why would I want those urges and not have anyone to act on them with ;0) and another reason I don't really care about getting in a relationship - they might want it and I could care less. Pretty sad for a 55 yr old - could take hormones but why.. I think we all blurt out things at times I know I do - But some pple understand where we are coming from - as you all know I don't sugar coat things - it's not in me - I speak my mind - So I think that's what it's about - we who speak our mind understand that you aren't being rude just honest - We get you - Idrise & I discussed this often - he's a X new yorker - he's blunt - I'm blunt - we get each other - there are pple out there who want you just to be nicey nicey cuz they don't know how to deal with the truth - they are fake pple imho.. Apples - I gotta get my bills together this weekend - get Ranch stuff to accountant - not looking forward to it... Well you will be in AZ before you know it :0) it's cold right now but compared to what you are dealing with it's summer ;0) Eva - You are up for any trip LOL you are our traveler ;0) - I will have to find a house sitter - or board my doggies - they have never been to a kennel and that idea kills me - but they have a big place here where I can have them all 3 together - it's called the Grandpaw... Hotel for dogs/cats .... My GF Debbie and I will be having a pj party too - movies - pj's lobster ;0) Julie - Sorry your pain is back - keep a journel maybe to track what's causing it to flair up again - any outside stressors..

Girl - I totally understand wanting your house back to you - who's there - and how long are they staying.. Tell them you just had surgery and to get off their asses - So glad you got some food in you...

Apples - Don't feel bad - it wasn't you - there was just so many directions to go in and so many pple to talk to - I seem to gravitate to the pple who were just sitting around me... So those are the ones I had conversations with - I didn't get up to go to the other side of the room and Hell that wine went to my head too - had a little buzz going on.. Plus we didn't have much time could have added another day - 2 nites and 1 day just wasn't enough time... Need to have at least 2 full days and 2 full nites - (4 day weekend) come in on Thursday - Leave on Sunday... That's usually enough time for me

Peeps.... #1 no matter how good your restriction is - it isn't going to make your food choices - That's up to us... Yes it's tempting to eat all that junk - but here's what I do - I make deals w/myself - My office is full of junk from the holidays - 5 lbs boxes of See's candy - Cookie - etc.. I make Xmas cookies w/my Grand Daughters - so I tell myself that I won't eat the junk in the lunch room so that I can have a few of the cookies I make w/my girls and I add a couple of extra days to my exercise routine.. If you know you are going to a party - eat light for bf & lunch so that you can have a treat or 2 - or a couple of cocktails.. But make limits on yourself before you get there... Say ok I am going to have a glass of wine and a some chips and dip - Stick to your deal Then the next day - get back to eating healthy... And if you do over indulge - then hit the gym - say you normally work out 1 hr - then increase it to 1.5 hr for a few days or add an extra day or 2 of exercise - if you do this and go back to eating healthy and pump up the exercise you shouldn't gain anything and if you do it will come off in a day or 2.. Even pple who don't have a weight issue over indulge sometimes - but the diff between them and us is that they do it 1 day - not 24/7.. So Peeps - Pull up the bootstraps - make deals w/yourselves and stick with it - your health is much more important than eating that stupid cookie - it's only junk food - you have control... You really do - Look at that junk and say F you I'm no longer letting you control me - you are just stupid food - you can't have any control over me - I'm the one in control.. Good Luck Peeps - It's doable - I did it - I'm doing it - and life as a healthy person is so much better than a life as a morbidly obese person !!!

OMG it's going to take all night to respond :0) Great by the time we need a retirement home - Your parents most likely won't be w/us :0) well don't know about that your GM is 100 so you got longivtiy in your blood ;0) Glad DD is better.. LOVE THE OUTFIT !!!! LOVE THOSE JEANS LauraK - That's a good feeling ;0) Have fun and enjoy !! Charlene - I thought you were on the train - why didn't you have a salad !!!! Girl - I'm on my way to TX ... I guess for me - I would rather not eat than eat at fast food place - I am just not a fast food person - never was.. Like when I drive up north or in the airport - I just don't eat (or I take popcorn w/me & jerky)... Well when Eva and I were in DFW we had ck salad but it was at a reg restaurant - but when you like have 1 hr between planes - I would rather just not eat - I will get some popcorn.. Yep you need jackets - Glad DS got home safe... I would worry to - White out - I couldn't imagine - well have had sand storms like that back in the day - now a days we are so built up we don't get them like we use too.. Chris Happy NYE... Oh so you married an older woman ;0) - Tell her we send Happy Bday wishes... Enjoy NYE remember make good food choice ;0) Linda - Chicago fine w/me - now we just gotta get dates that concide w/each other - I agree - That we didn't have time to visit w/everyone - but next time we can ;0) Tina - your Mom is most likely our age (50+) how's her skin - does she have wrinkles - how about your dad - that's where you can get an idea about your DNA - I agree w/Great - I lost 100 lbs in 11 months 1 week - (just found that post the other day) My doc said that I lost weight like a bypass person - but what's it really about is calories in vs calories out - that's all weight loss is - bypass pple don't have to learn to eat healthy - hell they will lose the weight due to the malabsorbtion issue - they don't have to work as hard in the beginning - but if they don't learn to eat healthy and change their diet they will put it back on cuz after about 2 yrs their intestine starts adapting and start re-absorbing calories again.. Yep Sandy - little things like cleaning house - walking up a flight of stairs - walking the mall - so much diff now adays Not working out tonite ;0) it's Thursday and it's against my religion to work out on Thursdays :0) - it's been my day off since I started exercising 3.5 yrs ago - OMG I have been exercising that long.... That's a 1st - a FANTASTIC NSV.... At 2:45 they send an email saying if our work is done we can go home at 3 - why didn't they say that 1st thing then maybe I wouldn't have goofed off in the morning LOL... My stuff was done - stayed till about 3:20 then went to post office to drop off QVC returns - then to Costco - OMG pple are pigs - they bring out food and pple rush to get it then just freaking stand there and eat it - they don't care that they are blocking the isle.. Saw a couple girls I know - Got lobster for tomorrow - asparagus - and Lemon Cooler cake - That's my new yrs treat.. will end up throwing it away - or maybe I'll freeze it and bring it out when the kids come at the end of Jan - but hell no they don't need it either.. In the trash it will go - will have a slice or 2 then will be done.. it's 65 in the house - just turned on the heater my feet are freezing... Food today... Brunch - ate omelet (egg beaters & 1 oz hamburger & salsa and green onions) around 10ish so wasn't hungry for lunch... Dinner - chicken on top of a green salad w/avocado & red onion - bolt house yogurt dressing (got rotisserie ck at costco) Snack ?? Had 2 cups of coffee when I got home - so might not have any.. Well 10 pple most likely have posted since I started this... so will cbl

Good Evening Gang... Candice - What's going on w/your Mom... Ok I just called her (called her 6 my time - 9 her time it's now 6:30)- Mom is staying over night in the hospital - not sure yet what's wrong - but she's doing better - she was hungry (Mom) and that's always a good sign... Not working out tonite ;0) it's Thursday and it's against my religion to work out on Thursdays :0) - it's been my day off since I started exercising 3.5 yrs ago - OMG I have been exercising that long.... That's a 1st - a FANTASTIC NSV.... At 2:45 they send an email saying if our work is done we can go home at 3 - why didn't they say that 1st thing then maybe I wouldn't have goofed off in the morning LOL... My stuff was done - stayed till about 3:20 then went to post office to drop off QVC returns - then to Costco - OMG pple are pigs - they bring out food and pple rush to get it then just freaking stand there and eat it - they don't care that they are blocking the isle.. Saw a couple girls I know - Got lobster for tomorrow - asparagus - and Lemon Cooler cake - That's my new yrs treat.. will end up throwing it away - or maybe I'll freeze it and bring it out when the kids come at the end of Jan - but hell no they don't need it either.. Karla - I would be pissed to if no one did anything - I would either yell or go and clean up and they would know that I wasn't happy w/them. Gall Bladder - ugh - well they could do both surgeries at the same time if it is... I had mine taken out in 85 when they still cut you open - but mine hurt me in my back and stomach in a funny way like a ball of dough stuck in it - didn't ever throw up - plus didn't have a band either... Phyl - How has today been - I hope better xooxo Well need to feed the dogs - cbl

Cheri - Ya at the club it was very noisey :0) - I guess so much was going on - that I didn't notice - I knew you were out and about cuz you had never been to Vegas before - I would have never known that you were feeling ill at ease ... Ya that is a problem with a large group - you really don't get a chance to always talk to everyone.. So glad your Mom has agreed - Hopefully your Dad will too.. One less thing for you to have to worry about.. I love the idea of us all living in the same retirement village - but you guys gotta come out this way - I don't think I could live in snow ;0) - We could go to FL with the rest of the retired pple :0) LOL Now Cheri is junking up the thread :0) Meredith - So happy to read about your fur nephew - just puts a smile on my face to know he's home safe and sound.. I don't let my dogs out period - I would be to afraid they would go exploring and not come back - get hit by a car or that someone would steal them..