XTC2 (Ex-Thick-Chick Club)

Hello all....

This website changed my life. ( : Sounds overly dramatic, but it is true. I hope to look back a year or so from now and think, "I am forever grateful......"  Anywho, I think my favorite part of cc, aside from all the great educational information, is the overwhelming support and friendship I've found here. I guess most of my life I've only trusted and truly befriended a handful of unique women---I hold my friends in the highest regard and do not take camraderie lightly. The women I have met here are seriously my spiritual twins! I always felt very alone in my weight loss journey----no more!

That said, I think my cc girls, and you know who you are, are the best! ( :   My buddies, my pals, my soul sisters =P Chat away to motivate yourself and others! ( ;

~~Olivia

Hello Ladies!

It's awfully quiet around here this week! Everyone must be busy getting ready for the holiday :)

Val ~ I cannot BELIEVE that they would do that to you while you were sitting there - geez! Sorry about that. Your family must be related to my hub's ;)

J ~ that's awesome news that your bro will be home before Christmas most likely!! WoW! How nice will that be? And nice scenery on your run today - I love to see the babies like that :)

I hope you all have a lovely holiday tomorrow! And I want you all to know how thankful I am to have found you - you all are the bestest :)

Just poppin in to say hi.  Busy today, will be on tomorrow.

hi val  ( : 

I am so sick of being sick.   =P    ALl weekend holiday weekend th-Sun and still today = sick.   SUCKY

how are all of you? 

PS:  I got up and jogged anyway!

Hi ladies!!  See journal for my wonderful weekend, it was great!  I finally got my data working here at work but I have to do it one at a time instead of 80 files at a time so it's taken me ALL day to do what I usually do in an hour, sheesh!

As for the internet, I don't know if they're ever going to restore it on my other computer, tuds.  They keep saying "soon" but we've all given up hope and it sucks BIG time.

J~ sorry you're sick, I hope you start feeling better soon!!

Val~ yeah, I can't believe they were saying that stuff with you right there, I would have cried even if no one was being mean.  I hate being talked about  or argued over, that's such a weird feeling.  Did you have fun at the parade and a good turkey day?

Jess~ YAY for good interviews!!  I really hope things continue to go well for you and you will ace the second interview and get the job!!  What a great present for the holidays!

Daizy~ yes I love those kiss cookies too!!  I made them last year but I think I'll try another cookie this year, I like to mix it up.  I want to make Peanut Butter Buckeyes this year, we'll see if I get around to it! 

Peanut~ is Parker back to 100%?  How was his first turkey day?

Well all of my cookie jars are done, I just need to tie the christmas fabric on them and the recipe card for the ingredients they add.  Then I have to finish packing my stuff for my RFL meeting tomorrow night and it should be a quiet evening!!  Hope you're all having a good Monday so far!

Hi ladies!  Hope everyone is having a good day so far.

J~ I commented in your journal.  We'll help you get through this but DO NOT take J back just for security reasons, that's silly and you know it.  If you do choose to take him back someday then it will be for the right reasons. 

I'm so sorry for all the M drama with his ex.  That is a really tough situation to be in but it just isn't healthy for him.  I hope he is able to find a solution soon so he can move on with his life. 

I'm so so sleepy today!  I have a big bunch of grapes, a banana and a cucumber for snacks today.  I bought apples but the bag was all rotten inside so I'm taking them back, grrrr. 

Well, I have a ton of work to get done so I better get to it!

Hi girls!!

How was everyone's weekend?  Mine was relaxing and great!!  I thought today would be less busy, but of course today, it did not slow down. 

Happy Tuesday!

Hey Ladies!

RING ~ So glad you have internet again!! YAY!! Have you woken up yet? And J LOVES the buckeyes - his Mom usually makes them for him, so I don't double them up. Have fun if you get to it! I am waiting to see if the Food Network 12 Days of Cookies has any good new suggestions this year - so far, days one and two have been great! LOL

VAL ~ Hope the parade was fun last week! And glad you had a nice weekend.

J ~ I hope you find some peace for yourself soon. I agree with Ring, don't take him back just for security's sake. You need to be 100% HAPPY with your life, and that includes your partner - and he wasn't doing it for you. Are you feeling any better this afternoon?

PEANUT and JESS ~ Hope you're both well :) We miss you!

yay, internet, abbs!   and I know you are right.   I will be ok. 

glad all of you are well and happy.

I second the missing peanut and jess.    (((((HUGS))))

Happy Belated Birthday Peanut!!! Hope your day was fun :)

 

 

J ~ hope you are ok!

I'm not ok, but less cruddy.   ( ;   I will make it.   just need to break it down and get it done. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY. DEAR PEANUT!!!  I never knew is my excuse.   ((((((P)))))) 

We should do that.   Birthdays -- I mean, I draw attention to mine because I am like that =P   byt humble ladies like T would never,  gosh

good morning, ladies!   wish it was 3 weeks from now! 

oh well. hump day it is. 

I have GOT to get over this whole insomnia kick and get some sleep.   I slept from about 9 -11:30 last night and then laid awake the rest of the night with terrible ghost gall bladder tummy.    gosh.     that's ridiculous.  Needless to say, this is day two with no workout. 

Hope all of you are well and happy!   ( : 

I have a stomach bug.....currently sleeping on the couch.  Will be back tomorrow.  Love you all.

Back....AND I have time to journal today!!!  Who knew?  haha,

 

How is everyone's Thursday going? 

I feel better today, turns out it was food poisoning.....no one else ever got it.  But I am good today :)

 

hi all! ok i have a fav turkey day memory! It's really only funny if you were there-

Ok, so my mother always make the most incredible and overwhelming turkey day spread- like two kinds of potato, four veggies, three kinds of cranberry sauce, etc. So the first year my Tio John and his kids (At the time, 17 year old twins, Daniella and Alex) are with us. Alex was trying so hard to put all that food on his plate, but he doesn't want any of it touching , especiall the gravy touching his veggies.  So myself or my sister looks over and he has constructed a great wall of mashed potatoes to "protect" his veggies from the gravy, and starts to freak out when we all start laughing. It was hilarious!

Ok, other wise, I posted a blog about how I need help!!

glad you feel better, val!   ( :

LOL< to a point I snorted, peanut!!!!!!!!  my sister is not so bad about it now, but she was totally like that as a kid.   lol --  

How is everyone?  I feel better today.   and I am so confused about J.    Other than that, all good, almost Friday, hur-freaking-ray!    

LOL, for a second i thought you snorted a peanut. That was hilarious, until I realized I am peanut. ANd you didn't snort me. At least that I know of ;)

Anyway, I feel like I want to do a challenge come January. I never make weight loss resolutions because I feel they are self defeating, but I really want to lose the baby weight by next September.  Anyone else up for a New Year Challenge?

YES< peanut!  heck, I have a challenge that is lose 5% by New Year's that is moving slowly because people stop talking for days at a time.   BUT I would do one here happily!   ( : 

how is everyone?  quiet today

Hi I'm here!!  I had an all day training yesterday and today has been engulfed by my co-worker spilling diesel fuel all over himself and cleaning him and the spill up properly and filling out reports since I'm the new safety rep.  So blah to that!

Peanut~ LOVE the story!  You've all had glimpses of my weird eating habits but I'm so bad that I will sit down with two plates and three bowls at thanksgiving.  Or I will just have one thing on my plate at a time if it's runny.  but once that spot on my plate is empty, if there is still "contamination" there, nothing can go in that spot or I'll wipe it off with a napkin.  I can't stand my foods touching and it's almost physically pains me to watch D pile EVERYTHING onto his plate a once.  Seriously, I can't watch him eat it, just the thought of it makes me sick.

Anyway, I am currently in the Biggest Loser challenge for Relay which will be over in May.  I'm with you Peanut- I've GOT to kick my butt into gear because I don't have the excuse of housing and birthing a beautiful baby boy!  Make a list of all your meals that you normally make and group them together.  For example, one night you make chicken breasts for dinner  and the next night day for lunch you have grilled chicken salad.  Either cook three chicken breasts or save some of your dinner for the next night.  BUT, put it away before you sit down for dinner or you'll mindlessly eat the whoe thing and forget to save some.  I do that all the time.  Actually, I used to cook up 3-4 chicken breasts at a time on the weekends and freeze them in tupperware and then when I needed something fast I could just grab it and dump it on a salad or put bbq sauce on some for D or whatever.  It's really handy actually, I should start doing it again. 

J~ You have a lot going through your mind right now.  Take some time away from both of them for a few days and just think about what YOU want and need from each of them.  Don't go back to J just because he's convenient and don't  but keep in mind all you've talked about with him and how he's dealt with this change in his life.  I'm not pushing for J or M, I'm sure they're both great and as long as you're happy that's all that matters to me!

Daizy~ hope your blah day gets better and you have a great time at your Christmas thing this weekend!!!  I hope your foot feels better soon!

Val~ glad your tummy is feeling better!  Congratulations on getting the job at church too!  What will you be doing again?

Jess~ when is the 2nd interview?  Any news?

Well ladies, I have to finish this report and then I'm outta here!  Sorry I didn't get to comments today but now that I have my computer back (yay!!!) I will get back to my normal commenting and posting hopefully!!!

Hope you all have a great weekend!  This is the holiday season and we can get busy and lost in our obligations but we all need to take a few mins to ourselves to keep that inner peace and balance. 

love you, abbs!  ( : 

Yay!  I'm all decorated for Christmas!!  But TOM is here and making me STARVING!  I want sweet, I want salty, I want it all!  It's time for my 10am snack and non of my healthy snacks seem to be trumping the call from the cookies. 

I wish I had more exciting news but this weekend was just quiet and fun!  We made one trip to Target/Lowes for more lights etc but of course we couldn't find exactly what we were looking for.  We needed another box of 300 white corded icicle lights and one box of 150.  Well we coudln't find the 300 box that twinkled, they were all steady illuminating.  Well the 150's twinkled so we bought three boxes (150+150=300 right?), problem solved.  NOT.  The 150's twinkle differently than the 300's and it looks stupid.  But we bought the last boxes of white-corded 150 icicle lights at Target so blah.  We have two different twinkling light sets.  I'm so irritated although it looks fine.  I just like everything to be perfect.