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So I know what was up with my belly Friday…hormones.  I got up yesterday and started even though I am about to finish the first week of a new pack of pills.  Talk about pissed off!  My doc warned this could happen as I will continue to get more and more irregular but still, I didnt want this right now! 

So all I can do right now is ride it out and hope I stop soon.  I was fine yesterday but today I am back to having a yucky belly.  Funny though, I dont have cramps anymore *knocking on wood*.

We did have alot of fun at the yard sales yesterday.  I found a ton of clothes, really nice clothes for a little of nothing.  I’m gonna have to start using another one of the spare bedroom closets if I dont stop soon!  I cant help it though, I find all sorts of name brand stuff, some still with the original tag on it!  So why not buy it for 50 cents? 

And Friday night while I was hanging out on the couch I heard my email alert go off.  I got up the check and it was from a fellow Freecycler, offering a 3 year old female shih-tzu.  My grandmother has been wanting a small dog for a few months now.  She hates being alone and wanted a companion. I emailed the girl back and explained my situation and she agreed to hold the pooch until I could talk to my grandmother and bring her over to see it.  After we finished with the sales we made the short trip over to a neighboring town and let her meet ‘Bella’.  It was love at first sight!  You would have thought my grandfather had sent that dog down from heaven just for my grandmother!  After about a 45 minute visit we were back in the car with Bella in my grandmother’s lap.  She is over the top.  I mean I havent seen her this happy in a long time.  Needless to say this makes me very happy too.

She has one of those movable 4 panel dog runs that she wanted us to put up at her back door so that all she has to do is open the door and Bella can run out and potty.  So we went over this morning and got it all set up.  Well, yesterday I made the mistake of saying I was craving beans and cornbread.  It ended up turning off cold and rainy yesterday so I was thinking comfort food.  Well, she picked up on it and made me beans and cornbread today. :-0  I had packed my healthy lunch but there was no way I could insult her by not eating what she cooked for me.  So I did.  I still ate my healthy stuff but I did include some beans (which I am sure had bacon grease in them) and cornbread (with full fat butter I am sure).  In her mind a little wont hurt! LOL!  If that was only so true.

So I feel like I didnt have a good day food wise.  I am really gonna have to watch what I eat tonite so that I can try to reverse the damage from today.  That along with my unexpected, unwanted visitor is gonna make this a shitty weight in week I bet.

I need to get up and go for a walk but, uhm…not gonna happen.  My belly is really kicking it this afternoon and I’m not getting far from home.  I dont think its the food I ate, I think its the hormones rushing again.  Does anyone else get belly issues with their t.o.m.?  I think that is worse that the period itself.

So thats been my weekend in a nutshell.  We are expecting rain and storms all week…yuck, so I probably wont be able to walk much.  Not that I cant work out inside, I am just so ready for it to get nice and stay nice.  Yeah, I am dreaming.  Once the rain stops it will turn off about 1000 degrees and then I will be begging for my elliptical and a/c!!  :-}

Hope everyone had a great weekend, I’m gonna go check out your blogs!

My belly is upset today.  In fact its down right mad.  Dont really know what is going on unless I have a little touch of something.  I almost feel like I have a hangover but I didnt get drunk last night! LOL!

My head is a little achy, I am having hot flashes and I’m not too sure I’m gonna be able to eat supper.  Surely this will pass, I’ve got to get up at 3 in the morning to do my monthly recon file for work and then I am gonna head over to my grandmothers for coffee and then we are heading out for a morning of yard sale-ing.  I cant be yucky now!  Oh well, I have a weird belly anyway so I might just be having an off day.  Cant hurt the diet any if I dont feel like eating, right?

Its gorgeous out today but I havent made it for a walk.  Maybe in a little bit if I feel better but I probably wont attempt it.  I’m not so sure it would be safe to be too far from home if things start to get ugly! 

But the weather man just said its gonna be cooler and cloudy tomorrow, well crap!  I didnt need to hear that, my grandmother doesnt need to get cold.  She wont have a good time if she cant take her time and shop.  I’ll make sure she bundles up in the morning and keep the car heater running if I have too.  We plan on heading out at daylight but its only gonna be 45 then.  We may have to wait a little later. 

Guess I’m gonna go grab a snack and see if my belly will feel better.  Its like I am sick to it but feel its empty at the same time.  Guess it wouldnt hurt to put something in it…maybe!

No, not Tom….my laptop!!!!!!

The 2nd love of my life.  He has been broken since right after Christmas and I have been fighting my old, broken down PC to even stay up and allow me to get online.  I love him but he is Windows ME and totally not into ME anymore!

All my photos, songs, files…all my precious stuff was on ‘him’.  But his poor power plug just broke off the motherboard one day, without warning and before I even had a chance to back him up.  Just like that, he was gone.

I called and called begging everyone to fix him for me but alas, they said it would be cheaper to replace him than fix him.  What nerve, I said!!  He might be down but he wasnt out by no means!  His (and my) saving grace came last week while my sis was in town and we were in our hometown visiting our grandmother.  Passing by what I thought was an empty office building I saw a banner than said Laptop Repair.  Could I, should I try once more and risk being told again he was too old, not worth it?  I waited days, gathering my nerve….and then called.

And what did I hear?  “Oh yeah, I can fix him, only 75 bucks, no problem.  Will be good as new!  Can have him back to you tomorrow.”  I dropped everything and ran with sis and bil in tow.  And he didnt lie!  I did have to buy a new power cord (when it broke off it melted the plug on the a/c cord) and it came in today.  He is now powering up over on my bar…and I think he is smiling because I didnt give up on him.

I know, you probably think I am half baked but seriously, this computer is my nerve center.  Its the way I stay in touch with my family, get to see pictures of my new niece, talk to friends in far off places (like my best friend in Alaska who I have not seen in years) and I also use it for work.  Not to mention I found you guys on him and he also holds all my WW’s and dieting treasures.  So it really means alot to hear him over there humming away, almost like seeing a long lost friend who you thought you would never see again.

I gained 3 pounds since my last weigh in 2 weeks ago.  Upset? Nope.  I am one happy girl right now.  All due to a little gray man named Compaq.

So gray skies are moving back in.  And cold temps too.  Well poop!  I so enjoyed my walk today, it was over 80 here so I could have worn shorts.  Oh well, back to the elliptical I guess.

Tomorrow is weigh in and the bloat is finally leaving.  Got up this morning and showed 3 pounds off me.  Thank goodness.  I wouldnt have freaked if I went in and weighed heavy because I know why but still, knowing I am finally peeing it off makes me feel alot better.  Except for the constant runs to the bathroom.  Speaking of…. :-p

Ok, now where was I?  Work was a booger today but even with all the stress and I mean stress up the waazoo, I didnt break.  Even though there was a cheesecake in the fridge I didnt get into it like I would have probably just a few months before.  I grabbed my little container of yogurt instead and went back to my office.  Didnt come home and go nuts either.  

So I have to say my last few days have been a real snore fest for me, diet wise.  I know I need to cherish the calm days because all hell can break loose at a moments notice. 

Hummmmm, I’m kinda boring myself.  I think I’ll just go take a hot bath and watch some tv!

Since I am a 3rd Irish I had to celebrate a little bit.  I have managed to stay within my points (thank you MGD 64) but who can be Irish and not drink a beer or 3 today?  LOL!!

Actually its such a nice day out that we had some friends stop by and thats how the drinking begain.  Its warm here today(yay!!) so I went for a long walk.  And man did I sweat!  So when I got back I really wanted a beer.  Ok, so not the best choice but we did pass up going out with friends to a bar where it would have been full strength beer and deep fried everything.  I went ahead and ate a healthy supper but I’m sure I will still pay for it anyway.  Who exactly created a holiday which is nothing really but a 24 hour excuse to drink?

Anyway, I’ve had a really good day and I enjoyed getting out and walking.  It was almost hot on that black pavement so I guess I need to start waiting a little later in the afternoons now to get outside.  The eating has been in check, nothing bad besides the beer.  If anything maybe it will make me pee off this bloat; no I know it will only make it worse but I dont think it could get any worse!  My belly is HUGE!  While I was out walking today I was trying to suck it in.  Well I finally realized it was sucked in but still sticking out!  I hope those fluid pills kick in soon.  Atleast this only happens once a month.

So I hope everyone is having a great St. Patty’s Day!  We are good for holidays now until Easter.  Oh man, that is Tom’s family’s 2nd biggest holiday!  Talk about food, you have no idea!  But I’ll worry about that next month, right now I gotta concentrate on staying outta my beer stash in the back of the fridge!

Luck ‘o the Irish to ya!

I can finally feel this dark veil of doom and despair lifting!!

Ok, so I am not dark or despaired but I could have if I had to suffer another cold and rainy day!  When I went into work this morning it was raining, big surprise!  But this afternoon when I came out of the cave the sun was shining.  I wasnt prepared!  I had left my sunglasses in the car and was blinded by daylight by the time I got to it!  But thats not bitching by no means, let it stay this way for awhile…PLEASE!!!

I was hoping to fit in a walk this afternoon and might still but I have some chores to do inside first. To start it off when Tom got up in the middle of the night to pee he found the rug in front of the toilet in our bathroom soaked!  I guess ours ‘broke off’ the seal and was leaking from around 9:30 last night until he found it.  Talk about a mess!  It wasn’t pee water or anything but still!  So I have around 2 loads of towels to do tonight.  On top of helping him install the new toilet he is going to get after work I then have to clean up the mess we make.  Plus I have leftover chores that I just didnt get to yesterday for feeling so bad.  But thats cool, cleaning is one of my favorite exercises.  I will just crank up the tunes and get busy!  And I will probably spend some time on the bike tonight to so I will still get to burn off some calories.

Food wise I have had a good day, not really too hungry even though I start a new pack of pills tonight.  Normally I still experience PMS even though I dont have the period but besides the bloat I am feeling fine.  But what a bloat I have!  I could pass for a pregnant women!  Man my pants were tight today!  Thank goodness for water pills!

So thats about all for my Monday.  Nothing much to talk about so I guess I better get that washing machine to pumping! 

I’m not sure what is up with me today, I am so run down I can barely go.  I really think it has alot to do with the time change, I always seem to have a hard time adjusting in the spring.  I slept in today until 11 which is unheard of for me.  And then that sorta messed up my entire day.  I did get around and clean some before we had to run to Sears and Wally World.  Between the two though I told Tom we needed to stop at Subway and get something to eat, I felt like I was about to pass out.  Not really hungry but weak.  Goodness I hope I’m not trying to come down with something.  I feel fine overall, but I really want to curl up on the couch for the rest of the night and do nothing.  But not gonna happen, atleast not for a little bit becasue I still have stuff to do, including making Tom a big ol pot of veggie beef soup.  He can eat it for a few days in a row and drop around 10 pounds with no effort.  Makes me so mad!

Its been another gloomy, gray cold day here (Nancy come and get it, PLEASE!!).  I need some friggin SUNSHINE!  I am sure thats adding to my mood after the great weather we had last weekend.  I think it has been a week since we have seen sun and I am in withdrawls.  Enough already, winter be over!!!!  Still no gloomy day munchies though, normally when its like this I become a bear but not this time.  I think the sun is gonna come back tomorrow…after I go back to work and get locked in my cave for 8 hours a day.  But atleast it will be daylight late and I can go outside and play.  Tom is gonna air up our bike tires and we are gonna start riding around the river park in the afternoons when he gets home.  I am really looking forward to that!!

Guess thats about it for today.  I’m gonna go start on his soup and cornbread, I’m having the other 6 inch piece of my sub for supper along with some grilled veggies.  Anyone want to come and finish up my laundry?  With my sis and bil being here for a week I have extra to do.  Not that I am complaining though, I am missing my big sis something terrible today. 

I was sitting here bored a bit ago and decided to run uptown and check out this little consignment shop we have.  Not much of nothing but it was something to do.  So I start checking out all the clothes.  And I found the most darling little bitty black skirt.  It looks like a Catholic school girl skirt.  It was my size and only 50 cents.  So I bought it!!  I came home and tried it on, OMG!!  How old do I think I am?  I couldnt help it, I had to laugh at myself.  I had thought I would wear it with a pair of black leggings and my black knee high boots (what a co-worker calls my fast girl boots).  Now I’m not so sure.  For a moment I guess I thought I was back in my 20’s!  Who knows, once I put the entire outfit together it might not look so ‘young’.  But it sure did give me a laugh regardless.  Maybe I’ll wear it one night and make Tom take me out.  I’ll let ya know what I decide if I can stop laughing long enough!

Its been a long boring Saturday around here.  Its still cold, gray and rainy.  YUCK!  I have not wanted to do anything.  On a bright side I got my laptop fixed, which I was told want possible.  And what made it even better was that it only cost me 75 bucks!!  I’ll be back on it next week and I can re-store this old PC.

As you can see I have nothing really to blog about today.  Not really up to exercising as its just too blasted cold.  But the diet is going great, you would think I would have the cold weather munchies but I dont. 

Here is something though I found in my Prevention magazine this month.  Its a virtual model sight.  So I did myself at my starting weight last year, 246 and at goal, 165.  And considering I am such a water baby I had to put myself in a bathing suit and put me on the beach. I am so ready for summer and my pool!  If you want to do yourself the site is www.prevention.com/mvm.

Hey my buddies!  How the heck is everyone doing this wonderful Friday the 13th???

I had the best visit with my sister this week.  In fact she just left this morning due to the nasty winter weather we had yesterday.  So we got an extra day to hang out.  The entire week went by way too fast but I have nothing to complain about except that.  Now I am just getting in from work (first day all week) and the house is so quite and lonely.  :-(  I already miss them and all the noise.

But she had so much fun this trip she decided to try to come home again in 3 months, probably around the first week in June.  So that already gives me something to look forward too!

Diet wise this past week…well lets just say I could have done alot better.  I am sure I gained as we ate out alot and on the go and I didnt make the best choices.  But I am not upset about it and will take it as it goes.  But she and I talked and we have set Memorial Day as my goal date for me and a milestone date for her.  That will be right before she comes back home again so we have a little competition going on to see who can lose the most!  I am sure she will as she is just starting off and has alot more to lose, remember the good old days when you could drop 2-4 pounds a week without really trying?  The closer to goal I get the harder it seems.  But its gonna be fun and it will make us accountable to each other.  Plus next trip we already decided we wont be splurging too much, she will be used to her new diet by then and with me being at goal I wont want to gain or temp her.

But anyway.  I know I can get there and by setting that goal it will help me stay on track.  I dont know if its from all the eating or what but I am feeling very strong right now.  I am feeling strong for this weekend and all it might bring, food temptation wise.  I want to show her we can both do this.  In fact we exercised together and it was SOO much fun. Dayum I wish she lived closer.  In fact I told her that over and over and over and over…

Anyway, I know I have so much to catch up on but I probably wont be able to go back and read a weeks worth of blogs.  So I hope everyone has been doing good and having a good week.  I have missed everyone and cant wait to see what everyone has been up to!

Hey buddies!!  Just a quickie as I am super busy with my family.  But I am having a GREAT time!  My sis got in Friday afternoon and we have been running since.  Yesterday was the best though, my sis, grandmother and myself went yard sale-ing!  We spent 5 hours hitting every sale in my hometown.  We laughed, we cried and we just enjoyed ourselves.  And to make matters even better, my grandmother came back to my house with us and spent the night.  Talk about a first!  That really meant alot to me.

This morning we got up and I started breakfast and she asked if we wanted her to make homemade biscuits.  Well HELL YES!  Ok, so that wasnt a good diet choice but who can pass up their grandmother’s homemade biscuits?!  LOL!

So the food choices havent been the best as I was hoping but I have no regrets.  I am having too much fun to worry about food (but not going crazy overboard!).  My sis and I have been comparing recipes and diets and checking food labels at Wal-Mart.  So I will have no regrets when everyone leaves because family time is more important right now.  Its just one big reunion right now and we are still rallying around my grandmother as she still struggles with the loss of my grandfather.

But enough of that, I just wanted to check in and say hi and hope everyone is having a great weekend.  It is 86 here today so I am decked out in my shorts and flip flops and heading back outside where everyone is and enjoy my Sunday afternoon.  Hugs to everyone and I really hope your weekend has been as great as mine!