tapshoes

Whoo - hoo! That is fabulous! And a size 10...who cares what the scales say, a size 10 in the closet is wonderous!! Way to go!

Pregnancy induced cravings I can understand. Sadly, the chocolate-covered meat thing is not restricted to mama's-to-be; there is a wide audience of tasters - completely beyond my comprehension.

Yesterday - wasn't feeling well... B: 1/2 banana with 3/4 cup ff yogurt S: 1 oz cheese L: ff yogurt, ff pudding D: 1/2 cup raisins, ff pudding

I don't stand a chance of breaking the plateau unless I do.

Shiny/skinny...Don't be too hard on yourself about the weight gain - our bodies fluctuate alot. It averages out over time...at least, this is the rationale I have decided to believe it! Hope your husband hears soon about the position...ideally he hears because he is successful. Keep us posted.

OUCH!!! Keep us posted.

and then there are those who take it, and cover it in chocolate!

WOW - Lots of things going on here.... SheSmiles - I concur; a variety of perspectives makes things interesting (and only occasionally volatile). And, sorry to hear about your sore toe. ThinnerDenise - The bosses husband? Not the boss? And yeah, right, not really her boyfriend, and not going to be freinds anymore. I believe it...not! Fairy, Losin, Thinner and Susan - I cannot relate to being best friends with my mother. Nor can I relate to being alienated from her. She is as she is, I am myself. We love each other because we are related, but that's it. Glou - nothing like being home, is there? LilMissDiva - Glad to see you back. BBK - voted again. OK...am I caught up?? It's Wednesday...and I'm boppin' to the music on my Ipod until such time as any coworker arrives to spoil my fun.

I'm on a roll.....

I agree with Justmel - and in fact, I had almost the same situation only for Easter. I put small amounts of what I could eat (potatoes, mashed turnip, etc) on my plate. I was prepared (if anyone was so rude as to ask why I was not eating more) to say that all the work in preparing the meal takes away some of the pleasure in eating it, and that I am a nibbler when I cook. A very honest statement. In fact, not one person commented...everyone was too busy with their own plates to worry about me, and I was busy clearing plates, preparing the second or third courses, getting the desserts/coffee, pouring wine etc. It is not anyone's business including inlaws, or my family. I am an adult - what I do to my body is MY business, no one else's. Therefore, no one (DH excepted) knew, or knows of my surgery.

I chose not to tell anyone other than DH. Why? Because I did not want the endless questions: how much have you lost; can you eat that; etc. Nor did I want a bunch of 'monitors' watching every mouthful I took or the unsolicited comments one way or another on what I chose to do to my body.

Today, I did my second of the 3 extra walks for this week...not because of any inspiration or overwhelming desire to, but rather I've been up since 1am and couldn't sleep, so once the sun rose, I went for a brisk walk...

Done. When does voting end?

OK I posted (I think) 2 pics of quilts.As mentioned, the colors and detail aren't really demonstrated, but what the heck, they're posted. I am waiting to see some others!

Congratulations to everyone - lots of positive energy and good NSV's! I note though that several of you refer to going into retirement in a negative way. For me, I am SO looking forward to retirement, and even more so as my health and body image and body improve!! I'm thinking retirement is going to be a blast without the hassles/inconveniences of work...come on retirement!!!!

Great attitude - and just wait for your 50's...

Darlin or Hun - most of the time Old man - when he is does something old man-ish Sweet cheeks - when being playful Cap'n D - when we are working in/around the house

B: ff yogurt and 1 banana S: 1 oz of cheese L: bowl of lentil soup with grated cheese; jello S: ff pudding D: 1 ounce pork tenderloin with 1 tbsp steamed rice and 1 broccoli 'tree' S: handful of raisins

Unfortunately, a scan of an old photo does not reproduce well. The quilt is varying shades of purple.

One of my quilts

It's 3am and I'm wide awake - have been since 1:30...who is awake at this time of night by choice?? Grumble bitch moan complain; insomnia sucks! Growing older sucks. Having cats sit on the keyboard while you are typing is a pain in the proverbial

Stupid NSV, BUT I can see bits of the chair seat as I'm sitting on it. Here I was, sitting at my desk, lamenting/cursing my plateau, and for the first time ever I noticed that there is chairseat visible to the left and right of my legs, and some chair is showing between my legs (I'm wearing pants, it's not that Im wearing a skirt hiked up to the wazoo!!). Yippee!!!! Tapshoes spins on her chair like a giddy kid at a soda shop (those of you old enough to know what that is can appreciate the excitement of that novelty). :biggrin:

Oh RSG, that's a lot of crap to deal with...but you seem to have the right attitude - yeah!! Stay away from the freezer section at the grocery store. Yoga in underwear...I had a mental image of me in my grannie panties doing a few contortions...if nothing else, that gave me a giggle!

Old lady eyes? What's that? Do I have potentially another ailment that I don't know that I have????? After all, I am older than you! I'm older than almost everyone...except my mom, and psychologically, she is younger!

Glad to hear you and your house escaped unscathed; so many faced so much damage to their propoerty's. I cannot imagine that kind of devastation. Glad your dog enjoyed the romping and you, the cooking. I hope your GF has now relxed - it must be terrible and very disabling to fear that much.