Good morning everyone,,,,,gosh every day when i get on here there are more new names,,,:}}} well today its raining here again,,,yesterday was such a perfect day outside,no wind,,warmer ,sun out,,,,and just beautiful,,now today rain:{{ oh well,,,that is the way it usually goes for calif this time of yr,

well i have my grandson starting today from 8:30 am till 11:40 am ,then i run him to school,only few blocks from me,,,,

well i feel better this morning,,,stomach is still a bit shaky,,,nothing like it was tho.

Well i haven't exersise in two days now,,,but today i will do the treadmill here at home and tonight run into the gym for an hour,,so trying to slowly get back on track with that,,seems i just get going good and come down sick:{{ i never use to catch things like i do now,,not sure why now,,,inless having the lil ones around so much,,,don't know. just part of life you deal with i guess,,,hubby says i need more vitamins,,,,i hate PILLS,,yuck,,,,:}

well today my menu is going to be,,,,,,

BREAKFAST:,,V8 juice,,diet pepsi,,,water,,scramble egg 2pts,,2slice diet bread w/tsp mayo 2pts,,1/2 banana 1pt

LUNCH:,,, Cup canned soup 2pts,,1/2 bologna sandwich 2 1/2 pts,,wow chips 1pt,,ice tea

DINNER:,,, Cube steaks,,4pts,,salad 2pts,,green beans & corn on cob 1pt,,ice tea

Snack,,popcorn 1pt,,,,diet pepsi

well thats it today,,,hope everyone has a great monday and i will be back later and read journals and make comments,,gotta shower right now and get ready for grandson to get here,,,,talk soon,:}}}

Sunday evening,,,,,,well hi everyone,,i didn't make it on here this morning,,,,i did manage to get here yesterday morning,,which at that time i was feeling ok,,,,then about 10am yesterday morning i started feeling bad,sick to my stomach,,,well by noon i was one sick girl,,,hugging the bathroom toliet,,and so sick i could not eat or drink all day on sat,,,,,sat night hubby fixed his own dinner,,,i thought i was gonna die,,,and every bone in my body hurt soooo bad,,,guess i got the flu bug that lil bradley had on friday when i kept him with me all day,,,seems i catch everything anymore,,never use to,,guess it goes with getting older huh.

Well today i woke up so weak and empty,,cause i couldn't drink water or anything yesterday and so today i have drinked nothing but water,not alot but everything else taste bad to me,,,i tried to eat some lunch when me and hubby went to town to get grocerys,,,we stopped and i had a BLT,,,,but could only get half of it down and maybe 10 fries,,,ice tea,,,,,came home put grocerys away and thought i was going to lose my lunch,well i kept it down,,,so i laid down for about two hours and i am feeling alot better tonight,,,just weak and slowly getting back to normal:}

well we sure are getting alot of new people on here,every day seems to be more new names,,,,,love it to:}}

well i will write more in the morning,,,and hopefully be back on track with exersise and water and eating,,,tho i got on the scale and i did lose ,,,,,,but i am not going to count that yet,,probley alot is just water,will wait till tuesday night to get my weight charted:}} ok have a great evening,talk to you all in the morning,,Nite;}}}

Morning everyone,,its so cold here in northern calif today,the north wind is blowing and feels like ice outside:{{ burrrrr.

well last night me and hubby went to dinner,i had peice of NYS and salad and 1/2 baked potatoe and ice tea,,,my stomach is still bothering me and i tend to think its from the pizza i over ate the other night:{

Well i got a letter from a friend in NYC this morning,he has been on the Atkins diet now for two months,,i was so shocked,,he says he went to the doctor yesterday and weighed and has lost 30lbs so far,,,wow i was jealous,,,,tho they say guys lose faster and he has alot to lose,,but 30lbs is alot?? huh,,,,,,i am truely happy for him tho,,he says his doctor is so pleased and he says he is eating good on this diet,,,

well today i am watching the baby some while my son and his wife start moving into there new house,,its all finished and we went by last night to see the baby cause they were over there putting there new blinds in the windows and gosh its so nice,,,but new houses are always so nice,makes mine feel old now,lol,and its only 9 yrs old:}

well i am going to finish laundry today,walk on the treadmill,,and clean the fridge out since i didn't get that done yesterday:} and make a grocery list for tomorrow,,,and read up on low carb stuff today,i have the Atkins video tapes about his program,maybe i will put those in and find out there what i should eat if i want to incorporate some low carb in my dieting now,,,i love weight watchers and i am loseing but i keep wanting to change to this low carb thing,,,,why is that?? lol,,i know,,why change if what your doing is working huh,,,maybe i just need a change,,but i probley won't change,,anyway,hope all of you have a wonderful weekend and still to your diets;}}}

My menu today is,,,,

BREAKFAST:,, 1cup homemade soup,,,4pts,,diet pepsi,,,water,,,

LUNCH:,,salad w/chicken cut up in it,,3pts,,1 cup soup 4pts,ice tea

DINNER:,,1 cube steak 4pts,,salad 2pts,,green beans 0pts,,corn on cob 1pt,,,ice tea,,

Snack,,,probley none tonight cause i have the lil guys and to busy to snack when there around,:} Have a great weekend!!

Hi everyone,,i know today is a great day for alot of you,since its friday:}}} just another day for me,,,anyway,,last night i blew it,,,i fixed a big pepperoni pizza for dinner with our homemade soup,,well i was planning on having one small peice,,umm confession time ,,,i had three peices,and they weren't small,,,i can only imagine what that cost me,,,,,,lol,,oh well,,i wanted them so bad,,,and by the time dinner got around i was in a weird sort of mood and started eating dinner and it was like i had totally forgot i was ever dieting,strange strange,,,,,but i paid for it later,,my stomach hurt about two hours later for a couple hours:{ i think to much oil from the pizza and the crust was really thick,,,,,anyway,,don't want no more pizza for awhile ,,,but i look at it this way,its over with and today is a new day,,drinking lots more water today to flush it out of me,,lol,,,and eating nothing but my homemade soup today,,:}

well gosh that felt good to confess:}}} so lets see,,,today its raining here still,,,i didn't get my fridge cleaned out yesterday,but today i will,,,,might have my grandson brad today ,cause he isnt feeling to good this morning,,,and kathy my daughter has to work and ashley goes to day care,so i will have him if he doesn't go to school.

Ok going to walk today 15 mins this morning,,,then before lunch 15 mins,,,then mid afternoon 15 mins an again tonight 15 mins,,that way i can get an hour in walking and it not seem so hard,,,i think if i do this on a reg basis i can keep it up,,,,:}

well my menu is simple today,,,,

BREAKFAST ,,,1 cup homemade soup 4pts,,,diet pepsi,,,1/2banana 1pt,,,water

LUNCH:,,,1 cup homemade soup 4pts,,crackers 2pts,ice tea,,,apple 1pt,water and if i am still hungry,,,,ss jello w/ff cool whip

DINNER:,,,1 cup soup 4pts,,,crackers 2pts,,ice tea,apple & banana in cool whip,,2pts,,,,

Snack,,popcorn if i need something and diet pepsi,,1pt,,

well thats it today,have a wonderful friday and see ya all tomorrow:}}}

Well its already thrusday,,,geez where does the time go:} Sounds like so far everyone is doing great today,,its going to rain again here in calif,,,cloudy and getting darker and darker out there,,,i have the grandkids this afternoon at 3:00 till 9 tonight,,won't be but about 5 more weeks and i will be watching my new grandson ,can't wait either;}}}

Well last night was a nice night,,,had my kids over for dinner,,and then after they left,,,i took a hot bath,,,and popped some popcorn and then watched Temptation Island,,wow that show is addicting,,,even tho its hard to watch at times,,,i really love it:}Then Once and Again ,,that is my all time favorite show on tv now;}

Well today i have to clean my fridge out,,i cooked two Tri Tip roasts last night,,,and i am making a Huge pot of homemade veggie beef soup with that meat today,,,can't wait,,i could eat that soup at every meal:}}}

well i did one hour on the treadmill last night,,,was tough,,,but i did it,,,not sure if i can do an hour a day tho,,,but will try,,,maybe it won't seem so long each time once i get into a good routine,ya think? i know right now it seems like forever,,,,

well i need to go jump in the shower,,the home health nurse will be here in one hour to change mother inlaws catherder,,,,so i best get moving,,,,

My menu today is going to be,,,,

BREAKFAST:,, Bowl cereal 3pts,,,2slices diet toast w/butter 2pts,,v8 juice ,,1/2 banana 1pt and diet pepsi

LUNCH:,,,1Cup homemade soup 4pts,,crackers 2pts,,1/2 tuna sandwich 2pts,,,,ice tea

DINNER:,,1 slice pizza 6 pts,,cup homemade soup 4pts,,green salad 2pts,,,ice tea,,,,,

Snack,,,apple & banana in ff cool whip ,,2pts,,,,

well have a great day everyone,,,drink drink drink WATER:}}}}}

Well weigh in last night was great,,,lost 2 lbs,,so maybe the exersise i am doing now is helping ,,now if i can just keep this up,,but i will continue to just take it as it comes and not let it get to overwhelming,,,the meeting last night went great,,,i can't beleive how many people are at the meetings lately,,,i know it will probley taper off soon,but so far everyone is sticking it out;}

Well i had a good night after i came home from my weight watchers weigh in and meeting,,,i popped some popcorn and we watched a movie i had bought last weekend when i went shopping,,,its called,,Coyote Ugly,,,gosh it was a good movie,,hubby stayed up till 11 and watched it with me and didn't fall asleep in his chair,,lol,,,he normally can't stay awake,,but this movie kept his attention:}

Well today i am going to up my treadmill,,been doing 30-35 mins,and i am going to do an hour today if i can,,,wish me luck:} Tonight i am going to go to the gym for an hour,,,yesterday my daughter was offered a full time job at the gym,,,monday - friday 9-5,,weekends off,,she would be running the day care they have in there,,and can take her kids with her,,so that will save her two hundred a month on day care for ashley ,,,,ashley goes three days a week ,,,well now she can just go to work with mommy:}}

Well no rain this morning,,but it will start before the day is over,,looks like this next month is going to give us some good rain here in california:}and we need it,,just don't want to much and them start yelling ,,FLOODS,,,,,well sounds like everyone is doing great here,,,

Someone answered my entry yesterday,,,signed it 'Peg",,,does anyone know who that person is?? i was going to respond to a couple questions she asked,,but don't know who it is,,,

Well todays menu is going to be,,,,

BREAKFAST:,,scrambled egg on diet bread w/mayo,,4pts,,v8jucie,1/2 banana 1pt,,diet pepsi,,,water,,,

LUNCH:,, 1 cup pasta w/stewed tomatoes 4pts,,,salad 2pts,,,jello w/ff cool whip,,,ice tea

DINNER:,,,Grilled chicken 3pts,,,salad 2pt,,,corn on cob 1pt,,asparagus w/butter 1pt,,,apple&banana cut up in ff cool whip 2pts,,ice tea

SNACK,,,,popcorn & diet pepsi 1pt,,,,

well hope everyone has a great day and keep drinking your water,,making great choices and exersising;}}}}

Good morning everyone,,,,,well tonight is weigh in for me,,even tho the meetings where i go are packed right now,i enjoy going and finding out how i have done and listening to the leader talk,,,last week was great.

well we had a beautiful warm sunny day here yesterday,,and now today its raining:{{ guess the weather is going to tease us now,,seems to do this around this time of yr,just when you think spring is trying to roll around the corner it rains:{

Well no grandkids today or tomorrow so i am going to get some major cleaning done ,,,but first i have to get on here and check all the entrys and then answer them,,,,thats my morning,,,and i love doing that,,,is anyone else on here as hooked on this site as i am?:}}}}

Well i walked for 35 mins last night on the treadmill,,the more i do the more i want to do more,,,i think finally i am getting into the routine of walking again,,,i think when spring gets here i am going to take an hour in the evening and walk outside while hubby is here and working around outside rather than use the treadmill,,

well sounds like everyone here is really into there programs,,gosh all of us are going to be so skinny before we know it:}

Ok here is my menu today,,,,,,,

BREAKFAST:,,1 scramble egg 2pts,,2slices diet toast w/jam 2pts,,v8juice,,2slices bacon 2pts,,,,diet pepsi and my water

LUNCH:,,, Large green salad w/chicken cut up in it 3pts,,cup tomatoe soup 2pts,,,ice tea,,,,jello w/ff cool whip

DINNER:,,,,steak 6 pts,,salad 2pts,,,,,brocolli & corn on cob 2pts,,,,ice tea

Snack,,,,popcorn & diet pepsi,,,,,,

well that is it today,,think i am going to lay out a tri tip roast and cook it to make soup with tomorrow,,,love soup when the weather is rainy and cold,,,,well hope everyone has a super good day and just remember,,,Take things ONe day at a time and drink your water:}}} and exersise even if its only a few mins at a time,,,,every bit counts;}}}

Hi everyone,,,,well i am late getting on here today,,,,this morning i was just running behind,,got up later than normal,,,then had to get ready to head to town early,,,,my daughter came over and sat with her grandma so i could run into the bank and stop and have my nails done,,then i stopped by Wal Greens and got a few things,,,

My weekend was good,,,,sat i didn't do much,,,sat night i babysat ashley and brad for my daughter,she had a party at her house,,then sunday i was surpose to go shopping out of town with my daughter,well ended up going by myself,,,she umm had a slight hangover,,lol,and she wanted me to feel sorry for her,,but i didn't:{,,,infact what she really wanted was me to watch ashley and brad all day while she slept,,i said NOPE,,not today,,i am going shopping,,,,so hubby stayed home with his mom and worked around here,and i went to the New mall and shopped all day:}}

Tho on the way i was detained a bit,,was driving down the highway,gocking out the window not paying attention to how fast i was going,see there was hardly no traffice,,beautiful day,sunny and bright,,,well i was gocking at the cows off to the right of me,happened to all of a sudden look down,,and OMG i was going 80 miles an hour in a 55 speed zone,,,umm to no avail,looked up in mirror and YEP,,,,Highway Patrol on my butt,,,,,pulled me over,,scared the chit out of me to,,lol,,anyway,,must of been my lucky day,he asked me if i knew why he pulled me over,i said with a smile,,YES i was going a bit to fast,,he grinned at me and said,Yes um you sure were,,,and asked if i have ever had a ticket before,,i said no,,this will be my first,,he said,well just between you and me,i will just give you a warning and he let me go:}}}}}}} i was one happy lady,cause he could of got me for going 25 over speed limit{ but was very nice,,,,,,

Well today is going pretty good,,beautiful day here today,,alot warmer out today to ,,,,

Ok,,i have been walking on my treadmill and useing the total gym,,,haven't yet today,but i will,,,,

And i see Herb is back with us,,,was happy to see that,isn't it funny how you get to know people here and when they leave and don't come back,,bugs the heck out of ya,,but very glad herb to have ya back:}}

Ok here is my menu today,,,

BREAKFAST:,,,v8 juice,water and diet pepsi,,,,wasn't hungry this morning:{

LUNCH:,,,Ice tea,,Taco 6pts,,,,

DINNER:,,1cup chili beans,,,4pts,,,green salad 2pts,,corn on cob 1pt,,ice tea,,apple and banana cut up in ff cool whip,,,2pts,,

Snack,,,,popcorn 1pt & diet pepsi,,,,

well thats my day,hope everyone is doing great,,sure are getting alot of new people on here huh:}}} i love it,,,,

Good morning,,,nice saturday morning here in calif,,,still having a power problem,,,but doesn't seem to be as serious the past couple days,,,who knows tho what next week will bring.

Well i have a busy day ahead,,,got to do my sat cleaning and finish laundry around here,,,clean mother inlaws room,,,do her laundry,,then this afternoon i am fixing a homemade pot of chili beans,,,and tonight i am babysitting my grandkids over night,,ashley and brad,,,my daughter is having a birthday party at her house for a girlfriend,,so they will party party,lol

But i won't have to worry about her drinking and having to drive home,,so thats a plus:}

well i had gotten so excited about the gym and then they go and shut it down because of the power problem we are having:{ oh well,,hubby last night said he will do workouts with me here on the Total gym i got him for christmas,,,,and i really like it to,,,

well tomorrow i am going to go shopping out of town with my daughter,that is if she is feeling ok after the party,,lol,,me and her haven't gone shopping together out of town like this in,,,,oh gosh,,so long i can't remember,,so will be nice to spend the day together like that;}

well my menu today is going to be,,,

BREAKFAST:,,,1 egg fried,on diet bread w/mayo,,5 pts,,v8 juice,1/2 banana 1pt,,diet pepsi,,cup sf hot coco

LUNCH:,,large salad w/tuna mixed in it,,,4pts,,cup tomatoe soup 2pts,wow chips 1pt,,ice tea,,,

DINNER:,,,1 cup chili beans,,,4pts,,,small salad w/chicken 3pts,,,crackers 1pt,,,,apple cut up in ff cool whip and sf jello,,ice tea,,,,

Snack,,,v8 juice and jello

well everyone,have a great day and be safe:}}

Good morning everyone,,,well its friday and i know that is great news for all of you who work out of your home,,,,:}Well i slept in alittle longer than normal today,,but guess i needed it and it felt good:}

I had a good day yesterday,,,altho i went to the dentist and he had to give me 5 shots in the gums before removing the temp bridge,,then he put the permanent one in and thought everything was fine,,loved how it fit to and looked,,,he found a small defect in it and said he wanted to send it back and have that fixed:{ so now i have to wait till the 5th of feb to get it put in,so he just put the temp one back in my mouth,,,,oh well,guess waiting another week isn't going to hurt,been waiting a yr now.

well i didn't get my full alotment of water in yesterday,i can't drink for a few hours after he does that to me,so didn't like that much,,,but today i will do better,,,well they shut the gym i go to down for awhile,,,because of the power problem we are having:{ oh well,my luck,,i start something and then they shut it down,,,but i will just have to do more here at home,,:}

well today i am going to do laundry,,do some reading,,bought some new books last week and haven't really read much in them yet,,One is called,Winning the Fat War,,,its about 400 different people who have lost lots of weight and tells ya how they did it and kept the weight off,,,very inspiring to me:}

well my menu today is ,,,,

BREAKFAST:,,, 1/2 tuna sandwich 3pt,,1/2 banana 1pt,,v8juice ,diet pepsi,,,,water

LUNCH:,, cup tomatoe soup 2pts,,1/2 tuna sandwich 3pts,wow chips 1pt,,apple & banana cut up in ff cool whip,,2pts,,ice tea,,water

DINNER:,, Steak 6pts,,salad 2pts,,asparagus 1pt,,corn on cob 1pt,,ice tea,,,,

Snack later tonight,,,jello w/ff cool whip 0pts,,diet pepsi

well i hope you all have a wonderful day,,drink your WATER ,,,exersise and make good food choices ok,,and keep a food journal:} See ya tomorrow,,,,