age 45-50 group. Anyone interested?

I have looked for twins and poked around other groups without finding a real support group.

I am 48, 5'5", SW 151, CW 134, GW 128

I am the school teaching mother of three in their upper teens, wife of my 3 lbs from goal hubby.

SO...

Anyone interested?

Hi everyone!  I got out and walked again yesterday.  It's supposed to rain here on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and get colder, too, so I need to try to get as much in as possible early this week!  I'm still hoverine at almost 2 pounds abouve where I was most of last week and not sure why but I looked and it's still lower than last month at this time.

momo-hope you can figure out a way to walk or exercise safely in the winter!  How'd your son's hair turn out?  We tried to cut our sons' hair at home before but it didn't turn out very well!    Praying for your mom and you.  I really don't understand how they can know results and know that it's upsetting for people to wait for them and not say anything.

aly-have fun this weeknd!  Good to hear from you again.

connie-that sounds so cute!  I'm glad the brothers are taking care of each other.

Hope everyone has a great day!  Betsy

Awwww...Connie can I ditch my science test taking kids and come snuggle in a warmed blankie with your adorable boys? and maybe a Bloody Mary for breakfast.... *sigh*

Betsy, I am so with you! hair cutting is best left to the pros! We still chuckle when we think how bad our boy looked when I got done with him!

Alylou

Oh, I'm good at cutting hair. I went to school for it many, many years ago. Right out of high school. I don't like cutting hair, but I will cut his for him because he likes when I do it.

Girls, finally got a surgery date for my mom. The 21st (next Tuesday)!  She has to get another biopsy on the suspicious area they found. But the dr said it's probably nothing. Thank goodness!  Now we're getting somewhere. It seems like it just drags out. Ya know?

I did my Jillian Michaels dvd just a while ago. What a workout!  But it gives me so much energy. I just left it in the dvd player and just might do some if it again later. :) 

I've decided not to take those B-Complex vitamins. I take a multivitamin and I think that's sufficient enough. I don't see how taking a vitamin can really help lose weight. I've been doing it this way for a year, so I'll just keep on truckin'!!!

The dizzy spells have gone away too. I think I had low blood sugar for a minute. Who knows!

Hi girls,

I'm not doing very well since the vacation.  I'm trying to get back on the wagon and I refuse to give up!!!  My gym where I walk is closed until maybe later next week and that is not helping at all.  Plus I took J out tonight for a big birthday dinner and tomorrow I take one of my best friends out for hers.  It's hard to spend that much money and not enjoy with them.  The food was fabulous tonight.  I bought him a digital camera and he was happy with his present and evening.  He always does such nice things for me on holidays and my birthday. 

Tammy that certainly sounds like good news.  My mom and favorite aunt are both breast cancer survivors.  I'm praying she'll make it though everything smoothly and get it behind her.  Hugs and prayers to you.

Hi all!

Things are still holding in the good here! Your prayers are working! I did get some rest last night and yesterday so i feel a little better myself. Weighed in at 134 so MAYBE going to start getting away from the stress lbs!!!

Momo does sound like good news with your Mom! Hugs and prayers still coming your way and Moms!

Janet I've been so crazy....Have you any news yet? Sorry I've been neglecting all of you lately and only focused on my problems. Love you all for understanding though!

Betsy You are another one I need near me to get me out walking!!! I have yet to get back to my exercising......

Aly but of course you can hop right into that fuzzy warm balnkie with my boys! They love to snuggle....They also love the smell of celery so about that bloody mary....They might have to help u with that! It's definitely getting TIME to put away the pina colada's except in the afternoons!!! 82 afternoon 38 mornings!

Tru and Sue I couldn't have made it the past few days without reading all your kind words as well as everyone elses. Sue I wish I could say my weight was muscle gain but.....back to the NOT exercising.

SUZ!!!! IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK!!!!!! WE MISSED YOU!

Now where is Axe and Skn????? I still haven't given up on Jen either!!!

Lucy I'm hoping I can get back to myself soon....with my looney humor and sarcasm that probably keeps you all from picking N.C. as a vacation spot!?! 

I'll check in again later ladies!

Have a wonderful day!

Connie & Neiko

Good morning everyone!  I weighed in at 139.2 today which is the lowest I've been able to get to so far!  Not sure why there were a few days at two pounds higher but hoefully that will end and I can start losing again!  I have a really busy day today so I can't write much.  My younger son is having problems so I'm taking him out for brunch (he wakes up at 11 so it can't be breakfast!).  Hopefully he'll be willing to open up to me about what's going on.  I have to get a lot done before that so I'd better get going!  Have a great day!

Betsy

Weigh in Wednesday

I'm still the same and I'm actually grateful about that considering the way I've been doing lately.  I'm having a lunch with my BBF today for her birthday and we're having Thai.  I always get the chicken and vegetables with brown rice.  It's freshly prepared.  No msg. Totally yummy and healthy.  It has carrots, green beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, baby corn, broccoli, and a few pieces of pineapple with thin slices of chicken.  I never thought I'd like cooked cucumbers but it's one of my favorite things in the dish.  Wish ya'll were all here with me to try it.

Betsy great job!  I hope the problem isn't nothing major. 

The secretary brought in a huge homemade german chocolate cake today for bosses day because he's going to be out of the office tomorrow.  Challenges, challenges........sigh......... Did I ever say that all the women in my office are slim?  again ....sigh.....

Weigh in!  Last week: 174.4       This week:  170.6   A loss of 2.8 lbs for the week!  I said I'd try harder this week and it paid off! :)  Doing a happy dance!!!! 

Now that I'm back to 170, I have to get below it once and for all!

Lucy ~ Congrats on staying the same!  Not bad after a vacation.  I don't like Thai, so can't comment on that. I'm a person who only likes ONE chinese dish! lol 

Betsy ~ WOO HOO!!!!  Happy dance for you too!!!  :D   We all did great this week!  Nothing like food to get a boy to talk! lol  Hope he opens up to you. I know my son doesn't really talk to me about his problems. Dad handles that department.

Connie ~ What was your goal weight? I ask because you look good in your pics? Are they taken at your goal weight? I know, I'm so nosey! Sorry. 

We are being positive about this stuff with my mom. We have to be!  She even jokes about getting wigs in different colors if she has to have chemo! lol  My g'ma just thinks it's awful she jokes like that about something so serious. Guess she thinks my mom should crawl into a corner and cry all day about it. Geeze!  Guess that's just her though.

My mom said it'll be her chance to be a blonde and see if blondes really do have more fun! She said her other one will be auburn. Her natural color is dark brown. She makes me laugh! :)

Hi all, just checking in to see how you're all doing. Greetings to all of you, doing so well with your weights. I've had blood tests, no rheumatism, no thyroid problems, no mononucleosis, no deeper infections. And the jaw specialist tells me that my jaw is doing fine, healing very slowly but otherwise fine, but also told me to keep looking, this is not the way it should be. So the search goes on. Anybody any experience with hypoglycemia or candida? While waiting for the next appointment, I'm trying out eating sugar free and eating every 2 hours to keep my blood sugar level more constant. See if that makes a difference. Quite an interesting project to eat every 2 hours when you want to lose weight - in the longer run though it might just be a good idea I've figured... Saturday I'll be off with my oldest daughter to Denmark to visit my mum, haven't seen her in about 6 months  So I'll see you end of next week - take care!!!!!

I have only a short time today - but needless to say home renovations really are a pain!!!!!!  Aly, thanks for asking....the kitchen is coming along SLOOOWLY, but surely, lol.  Oh well tomorrow is another day!

Hope you are all doing okay!

Suz

Hey all! I probably won't get back on untill Monday so I wanted to wish you all a HEALTHY (people and kitties!) and happy weekend.

I'm off to get the ingredients for a boat load of humus for the daughter. My last bit of cooking for her. We leave as soon as I can sneak out of school tomorrow!

Alylou

Hi!!!  Where is everyone?  It's not the weekend yet! lol

I woke up this morning with another freakin' cold!  I can't believe this. I want to go see my mother on Sunday so this cold better just hit the road. I haven't seen her since she was diagnosed, just talked on the phone. I want to see her before the surgery. And that got postponed til Wed now. Something with the equipment at the hospital. Geeze!  Always something!

Bye Aly!!!  Have fun!!!

Hi everyone!  I had a good brunch with my son.  He actually talked and talked!  Very unusual for him, he doesn't talk to anyone, which is part of the problem.  He seemed ok, better than the night before.  I've still been doing well at both walking and eating, hopefully it'll show up next Wednesday!  The girls and I all have colds and coughs now, though.

Lucy-the Thai food sounds delicious!  I'd love to be there to try it.  Chocolate cake and an office full of skinny people, sounds terrible. 

Momo-great job!!!  Hope next week is the week and that you can stay there for good!  Glad you're mom can joke about everything, I think that helps.  Hope you're feeling better so you can go visit her.  I'll be praying for her on Wednesday.

Tru-ope you can find out what's going on soon.  Have fun with your daughter and your mum!

Suz-renovations always seem to take forever!  Hope they're done soon, I know it can get frustrating to deal with it for such a long time.

Aly-have fun with your daughter!

It's getting late here, I'd better go.  Have a great weekend everyone!

Betsy

Hey Betsy!  I'm glad someone came by! lol  :)  It's so much fun to talk with kids. Isn't it?  Good one on one time is always nice. I like doing that with mine.

I worked out tonight to my dvd for an hour. I'm feeling it in my stomache, legs and arms!!!  Wow!  It's really working. =)

Good nite all!  It's late and I need to get up early...dr appt for my back.

Hey All!  Well I am still in NYC, and was feeling a little frustrated with the contractors working on our kitchen.  Seems the electrician dropped the ball and didn't come on the correct day, so everything came to a stand still while I was gone.  Back on track again now....and i just have to resign myself to the fact that things won't be finished now until early next week.  So....no kitchen use for me this weekend.  Which of course is a challenge because now we will have to eat out for another couple of days!!! 

The weather in the North East has been beautiful!!  Think it is to cool down a little over the weekend but I hope the sun still stays around!

Hope you all have a great weekend!!

Suz 

momo-I like talking to my kids, too, but haven't had enough time to spend with them one on one lately.  I need to make that more of a priority, especially with my younger son.  Glad you got so much exercise in!  How did the doctor appt go?

suzen-that's so frustrating that everything stopped while you weren't there!  Hope you can find some healthy food for the weekend!  We're celebrating my husband's birthday tonight and then tomorrow having company here for dinner so I probably won't do well!  I've been very good all week, so hopefully it all counteracts!

Betsy

Hello all -

Boy, I've been gone (from here) a week and can't believe all the posts to catch up on. Sorry to hear about health problems - especially for momo's mom and Janet and Tru and Connie's little kitty, too.

It was great to read the posts from Suzen - so glad you are back with us. When I grow up, I want to be a world traveler, too! :)

Just a quick note about my Anniversary trip to Colorado - boy did we have fun! The zip line was the greatest - I was n-n-n-nervous at first, but soon I was loving it. We did about 25 or more different ziplines. Stayed in the trees all day. We went over rivers, through trees, etc, including some over 100' up in the air and one over 1400' feet long! I think it was the most fun adventure I've ever done. Besides that, hubby and I had time to just be together. Wow, that never happens. We stayed in the most marvelous B&B in Durango, in an individual cottage; and then a swanky hotel-suite in Denver (we got a free upgrade!). I missed the kids more before I left (I mean, it was really, really hard for me to think about leaving them) but once we were on our way - I really relaxed about that. We talked by cell phone each night and, thankfully, no one had any problems while we were gone. Oh yeah, it snowed in Silverton, Colorado one day, too - roads were a little rough in a tiny rental car, but the scenery was gorgeous.

So now I'm back to reality - major band events for daughter this weekend - including a BBQ tailgate party for the whole band tomorrow before one of their competitions.

I told my hubby, (it makes me feel guilty to say it,) but I really want to travel a little more often (than once in 25 years) just with him. Do I lose my halo for that?

Great to catch up with everyone - Sue

Hello!   Went to my appt today and it went well. Always does, except when they want to poke a needle in back then I fight them! LOL  Anyway, she put me on another med for my leg pain. Cymbalta. Yeah, it's an antidepressant. BUT it can also be used for nerve pain when you have nerve damage. 

Thing is I took this little capsule at 7 and its now 8:45 and I am ready to go run a marathon!!!!  My eyes feel like they could pop out of my head!!!  She told me I'm going to maybe have a few side effects that will go away or become less bothersome after a week. I just have to tough it out til then. One of the more common side effects is feeling nauseated (sp?). I don't feel that yet. But my legs won't be still!!!! 

My mom had a horrible visit to the dr's today. She had to have what we thought was a little biopsy done. Her last one wasn't too bad. She had to have 4, yes 4, done today and they were awful. She's in so much pain. she had 2 in each breast done. One good thing is they placed the markers and wires for surgery.  I feel just awful for her.  They had to go thru the cancerous tumor (the already painful one) to get to one of the lumps to be biopsied today. I wish I could take some of her pain away.  This just has to be awful for her.

Sue ~  Sounds like your trip was great!!!  And no, you can keep your halo! LOL

Tammy you have been a super woman lately.  Congrats on hitting the 160's!!! My mom joked though her surgery and treatments and it helped all of us get though it.  She bought a blonde wig too!!! LOL  I never saw her wear it though.  She liked the turbans better.  I'm praying your mom gets good news after all this is over.   

Sue - The trip sounded fantastic.  Having a happy marriage makes for a happy family so plan more trips and don't feel guilty.  When all our kids were home we always managed at least the anniversary trip.  I know it's not easy to leave them.

Aly - You whirrr though so fast.  I understand how busy you are since my daughter is a teacher also.  I picked her up to go see mom with me last week and she graded papers the whole time she was there.  I asked why she even came and she said, "Well at least I was around people".  I feel for all of you this time of year.

Tru-  I'll miss you and I hope you have a great visit.  I certainly hope they find the mystery illiness too.

Connie - How are you???  You bubbly personality keeps me going. 

Suz - I hope you get the contractors straight.  I hope everything gets done quickly and to your satisfaction.  I bet NY is exciting.  Large cities intimate me.

 Betsy - your doing great too on your plan.  I hope you and the kids are well quickly.

I'm trying to prepare for my 5 mile walk on the 25th for Breast Cancer awareness and I think I've over done it.  My knees are tight, achy, and puffy! 

I hope everyone has a great weekend.  I have no idea what I'm doing yet.  J is going deer hunting with his bow so whatever it is will be solo or girl time.

Hugs to all!!!

Hi Ladies!

Hope all is well this cold damp saturday (well at least here)!

Neiko and I are still holding steady. Momo I know exactly how you feel about your Mom's pain and I am sending more hugs AND CAT PURRS to soothe!!! Always in my prayers, all of you, I hope all of the scary illness and surgerys and doctor appts. have you all ending with a smile and sigh of relief soon!

CAN WE ALL AGREE TO CHANGE ALY'S NAME TO ZIPPY!!!!!!!!!!

Love u all! Have a fantastic weekend!< I hope no one can take away our halos!!!!! I really need mine these days!!

Connie

Meant to also add to Lucy....Love your picture! Ms Festive Halloween! You look great!