Yeah it's slowed down in here. I think people have a lot going on.

And there's only so many times you can say 'I sucked this week'.

Sorry, I'm in a cynical b!tchy mood today. CD1.

The past few weeks haven't gone well for me. I'm slacking. I took a mental health day yesterday and played hookey from work. Not sleeping well. Stuff just sucks.

No loss for me this week. AF was coming, so I don't know if that made any difference. It didn't seem to before, but now that I'm so much thinner, it might. Who the heck knows.

Grumble grumble.

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Glad to see some people posting! I've been needing to hear other people's success to inspire me.

Robin - WTG on the weight loss!

Tammy - it's awesome that you are able to keep your self-control

Cassie - I'm glad you're going to the meeting - I think that's a great way to get the help we all need sometimes.

I ran yesterday morning and did pretty good w/ my eating. I did have some Doritos when I shouldn't have last night, but probably only went over my target calories by 50 or so. DH stayed home "sick" today so he could go to swimming lessons w/ us, so we slept in and I didn't run, but I will definately be on this elliptical before the day is over. I'm trying to focus on the goal of losing 10 lbs (though I really have to lose 14 now) and keeping that focus - I got to a point in my run yesterday where I could turn one way and go home but I knew that I needed to do at least another 5-10 minutes if I want to lose. I was 1/2 lbs lighter this morning.

More water! More exercise! Less junk!

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Steph - I MISSED you. I was wondering if you had quit and run away to Mexico when you didn't post yesterday.

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Thanks.

I wish.

Mostly, I sat on the couch and cried or napped.

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Hey girls. I am still here. Just crazy busy this week!

Got a power walk in two days this week so far with Riley in stroller and Carter on bike and am meeting a GF tomorrow morning with the kids so Carter can play on the playgroud while we walk the track around hte playgroud. First thing int he am because tomorrow is dh's birthday and we have house guests coming for Carter birthday this weekend. So TONS of stuff to do but can't clean until last minute as my family messes it up right away. Especially Riley!

Kelly way to go!

Steph- mental health days are good! Did you at least lay out in the sun? That is my idea of a true R&R day!

Oh and my BFF that is coming Friday night...I told her bring your running shoes girl we are going Sat morning...She exhaled and said I can not keep up with you! I said I will walk so she said okay then I will bring them. SO that means we are going Sat morning. YAY! I love it when I can make others workout it also makes me go!

So girls the moral of this story is ask someone to go on a walk with you today! It will make you both feel better!!

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Karen ~ I wish I had been at the beach. Or laying on a towel in the backyard for crying out loud. No, I spent the day feeling like a big 'pile'.

Not eating properly in the past few weeks. Not been doing my pushups much in the past week. I've just lost all my energy and motivation. It's enough to just have to breathe right now...

But I did fit into a pair of size 9/10 slacks last night at Walmart. I didn't buy them cause I thought they were too flared in the lower leg, but I wanted to try them on.

How sad is it that 'full-strength' gatorade is almost too sweet for me now? I was falling down big-time on my water consumption over a few days -- I had a fledgling thought that it had something to do with the taste. So a couple days ago, I started watering down my gatorade. How weird is that?

I need to drnk a few margaritas and go see Sex and the City this weekend. How many calories are in a big, fat margarita (I drink mine on the rocks -- frozen drinks are for the beach to me Ohhh...a pina colada on the beach...swinging in a hammock...why can't I just win the lottery...I guess I'll start playing...).

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Ok, I guess I need some motivation, too. I am feeling blah, eating bad, and have only gotten in two workouts this week. I'm sure I'll gain, especially since AF is about to show her ugly face at the beginning of next week. Sigh......I want another cookie....BAD BAD BAD!!!

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*Steph hits Jenna with the non-cookie-wanting stick*

Did it help?

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I won't be making it to WW tonight, dh and I came down with a BAD virus last night, though it was from where we ate, but it must be a 24 hr thing. He started at 10 PM and I started at 3 AM, we both tried to go to work, eached stayed about 15 min and headed back home. I'm just PRAYING that Rhylee doesn't get this. It's miserable, coming out of both ends!

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Ugh, yuk, Cass ...my folks had what sounds like that a few weeks ago when they were in Florida. It was a hard-and-fast-kick-your-a$$ thing, just passed from Dad to Mom to my sister, then they were better.

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I'm just hoping we contained it to our room! I've wiped a few things down that we may have touched that she'll touch. She loves our bed so I am washing sheets now. I'll be sure to keep her out of there.

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Cassie - so sorry for your "crappy" start to weight loss - I didn't mean for that to sound so gross - LOL. Seriously, I hope you're feeling better soon.

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Kel, that made me snort out my nose. And I'm not a potty-humor type.

My mother was telling me how miserable she was when she was sick, that she was *TMI ALERT* sitting on the commode, with her face in a towel dry-heaving (she doesn't have a normal stomach - gastric bypass 5 years or so ago), and everytime her middle would contract to dry-heave, it would shoot out the other end. I know that's pitiful, but it just makes me giggle.

I really am loosing it.

Cass, the only thing I can recommend is that purell hand stuff. When Shyann had cancer, and catching the flu could literally have killed her (she had no immune system at the time - with leukemia you have underdeveloped white cells, and the chemo can cause a compromised immune system too), I was neurotic about it, and I got her through the entire first cold and flu season when it was critical (she was only diagnosed in October) without so much as a sniffle.

I don't advocate the use of it ALL the time, certainly at times like that, or when someone is sick, or trying NOT to get sick.

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So far so good she's in good spirits, I am feeling a little worse than earlier...Ugh my parents keep passing by our dog yard on their golf cart and I just put Rhylee down So of course they are going nuts!

Steph - I imagine its 10x's worse on a weight loss patient.

I need a hot bath and BED! It's only 7:30...not so sure Rhylee is going to stay in bed.

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Steph~ LOL! No, it didn't help. I ate another cookie. At least I got on the treadmill tonight, exhausted as I am.

Cass~ I am SO SORRY! I had that (it was a 24 hour bug) a few weeks ago. I lost 4 pounds in one day! Most of it's back now.

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I was doing good today - then I ate half a bag of Doritos - then made myself throw up

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