Karen~ Thanks for the pep talk. I know all about it being a life style change....i just have my weak moments, or moments where I just want to give up because I'm so tired of ALWAYS working on weight loss. I feel like I've been on a diet for half of my life! Lose it, gain it, lost it, gain it. Granted my last big gain was mostly to do with my pregnancy. Blah. I just need to get out of this SLUMP and get back in the swing of things. Thanks for listening.

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Anybody have any tips for running on the beach? Do you wear tennis shoes or do it barefoot? What part of the beach do you run on? I've always walked on the beach barefoot right on the shore where the sand is wet and hard -not sure a/b running but looking forward to it.

I need to be going on a run right this minute but all my exercise clothes are either dirty or in the wash, so maybe I'll just have to settle for the elliptical - I can do that in pj bottoms.

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Kelly take it from someone that runs on the beach every year...DO NOT I repeat DO NOT go barefoot. You will have the most sore feet and arches. I did tha tone year and it was AWFUL. The samd acts as like apumice stone and it wore all the skin off my feet! Plus when you run you need support for your arches so I always run in tennis shoes. If you have a pair you don't mind getting sandy maybe take those.

I normally run out on the streets and save the beach for walking because I am more entertained at "things" to look at instead of the ocean. I love the ocean but a bit of a boring run to me. I look at the houses and the cars and people on the street. Also that way I could measure my distance by car first.

I hope you have a GREAT beach trip! When do you leave again? We leave July 5th and I can not wait!!! How many days are you going to be there??

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I love the beach also. We are leaving on July 12th. We are going to Gulf Shores, Ala. for a week. I am so excited and READY!!

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Chrystie - we are probably going to Gulf Shores in Sept. for our Anniversary. Where are you guys staying. I know 3 different families that went in the past week! We've never been and it's not that far away. We had a group going in 2005 but Katrina hit the Monday or so before and there was no way for us to get there. We would have had to go to TN then come back down they gave us a full refund.

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Thought you all would like tonight that DH and I talked this morning and he thinks it would be good idea for me to see a therapist.

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Kelly - Just let us know how things go okay?

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Kelly that's wonderful!!! Good job on communicating with him!!! I'm glad you are going to talk to a professional that can help you!

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Kelly - Good news! I think that is a great idea. We all need some extra help now and then.

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Kelly ~ I'm proud of you. Don't be too hard on yourself, we all have our moments. Your beach trip sounds like so much fun!!! I'm jealous!

I am jealous of ALL of your beach trips people! Take me, take me!

Okay....I seriously am going to get back on track! Night before last was chinese takeout and last night was pizza and sundaes so that crap is OVER! I had a whole grain bagel with cream cheese and coffee for breakfast and hope to eat well all day. I do great during the day but then DH ruins me when he gets home. It has been raining so much that I haven't gotten in my and Ashlyn's walk since a week ago so I need to work on trying to work out in the house....I'm just not a stay in one spot kind of girl though. Plus these stinking lactating knockers are in the WAY!

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Jenna ~ I need to get back on the horse too. I've been so down and so bummed...I've slipped with the exercise and eating properly too.

BUT, I'm getting my (much smaller) a$$ back on the horse. After all, I can't parade around the beach in Florida in a bikini if I don't look my absolute BEST, right???

I already got a response from one of the people I emailed about work in St. Petersburg. And Danny says he wants to go. This is all scary and surreal, but...I feel better since deciding to go.

TIME TO GET THOSE BIG GIRLS PANTIES, ALL AROUND!!! Back on the horse girls!

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I called someone and left a message - so hopefully she'll be calling me back soon to set up an appt. The talk w/ DH was very emotional. I was crying a/b who knows what and he was telling me how I'm not sweet anymore, I'm just basically miserable and angry all the time for the last year - I was like, "Hello - I've been telling you that." I again brought up wanting to take meds and he said NO. I told him how I didn't want to be miserable and didn't want to be just like my mother but I can't just "Fix" this and I've been to the dr. and she just told me to go to therapy - and he said, "well, maybe you should." I was saying how I didn't really think I needed that or how it could help me, and he said he thought the same thing but he went to therapy (as a child/adolescent) and it helped him and he doesn't make the same mistakes his parents did. I said, "Can't I just take some anti-depressants?" And he said that that's the easy way out and that he sees that as a last resort and we're not to that point yet, to try this first. One of my good friends has been telling me that for months so I guess there is some truth to it. OK, sorry for all the babbling.

I haven't worked out yet today, but did do really good w/ exercising yesterday and eating "normally," I'm down 3 lbs in the past week (but it is re-losing weight I had already lost) but I am 12 lbs away from my real goal and I really think if I can just exercise and drink lots of water and try to eat like a "normal" person, I can get there before I go back to work.

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Good....good. I'm a strong believer that if you do need to be on anti-depressants, you need to be under the care of a psychiatrist too, so I think DH is right on with therapy. I'd insure that you see a psychiatrist, so that the DOCTOR can determine about medication. We aren't the doctors for a reason. It's possible that DH is afraid of something, some side effect, something someone told him, etc. But I'm sure he wants *you* back. I'm proud of you for pursuing this.

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Kelly~ I'm with Steph. i'm proud of you. I am the first one to admit that I have been to therapy. After my dad died my mom put the whole family in counceling, which really was a great thing to do for us. It really taught me a lot about myself. I'm actually still friends with my therapist - she's AWESOME. I hope you can get some help and feel better soon. (((hugs)))

I ate a lemon cupcake for breakfast. Still not doing good over here. Oh, well. Tomorrow is another day, and if I can get in a workout hopefully I can burn it off.

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I'm not even commenting on the things i've been eating. LOL!!

My SIL is back in therapy and I AM SOO PROUD of her! She's gone before and LOVED it, it took a while but she has finally went back. Sometimes I think I'd love to go.

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Uuuh...nice breakfast Jenna.

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