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Well, today is turning out to be one crappy day!! I am so depressed I can't hardly stand it! I just feel like if I started crying, I would never stop! I don't know if this is hormonal or what, but I don't like it! My baby had to go get his shots today, I just hate to have to put him through that. He did good though. He's tough, like momma! The nurse informed me that this was his last one until he's four, yay! Well, so far I've done super on my eating, but the day's still early, lol. ~Later

Well, here it is my birthday, yahoo, ...not!! 34 years old, yuck. Man, birthdays sure do suck. But like some wise person said, it sure beats the alternative.
My husband, my teenager and I went out of town today to see a movie and eat. We ate at a Chinese buffet and I really pigged out and to make matters worse, when we got home I ordered chicken strips and all the fixin's from KFC and hogged out even worse than I did on the Chinese food, lol. It was NOT a dieting kind of day. We watched Pearl Harbor, it was long but it was really good. Don't listen to the critics, it was definitely worth seeing. I cried and cried. It was so good!!
Almost everyone remembered my birthday, so it was an okay day. We bought the baby a tugboat sandbox today, he loved it! But boy, oh boy was he ever a mess. So, cute!!
Well, it's been a really long day so I think I am going to head for bed. Oh, by the way, I've lost another pound, yippee!! 173 and going down! That's 19 pounds gone forever!! One more thing, I bought a pedometer, I love it! It's called Fitness Pedometer 360 by Sportline. You program it with your info and it tells you how many calories you've burned by walking or running. It's really great because unlike most pedometers this one shuts off if you are inactive for 4 minutes, thus saving your batteries and giving you real time for your exercise. I bought it from www.myhealthpro.com. It was 40.90 including tax. The goal is to get 10,000 steps each day, which I do, easily. Running after my baby mostly ;o) ~Later

Well, I've not checked in here for a long time...sorry. This has been a really good week for me. Wednesday evening my husband and I decided to go for a walk. I don't know what in the hell possesed me that night but all of a sudden I heard..coming right out of my own mouth, mind you...why don't we RUN!! Can you believe it??!! I haven't ran more than 15 feet since high school. Well, let me just say that the little lady (me, *grin*) who, a year ago, couldn't even walk through her own house without getting winded, ran 3 blocks total! Can you freaking believe it? I was beyond proud of myself. I was so proud, I started crying, it was really quite the moment. I'm still smiling :o) My weigh-in days are on Thursdays for my Diettalk 2 down challenge, and I am so pleased to announce that I have indeed lost another pound!! I am 172! I have lost 20 pounds, hip, hip, hooray. I am really kickin' some ass. Oh, I almost forgot, I am starting back up at the gym on Monday. I can't weight..hee, hee. I have really missed my ole recumbent bike. I miss working out with weights too. In just these 6 weeks that I haven't been able to go, I've already lost a lot of tone in my legs. They aren't tight like they were when I was working out, I liked having tight fat, LOL. Worked in my garden all morning today. I planted my Snow Fountain Cherry and had to re-arrange a bunch of my plants. It was a lot of work. My husband got all the supplies he needs for my fountain and will be putting it in sometime next week. When it gets all finished, I'll put a picture up. It's looking really good. By the way, if I haven't mentioned it, gardening is my passion. I love to garden, it's the greatest escape, unless the family follows you outside, lol, which always seems to be the case around here. I'll probably check back here after I've gone to the gym on Monday; to let you know how it went;o) ~Later

Well, needless to say, I didn't get to go to the gym! My teenager is the most uncooperative butt in the world! That is not to say that I haven't been exercising because lordy, lordy, have I been putting miles on that pedometer!! My husband and I have been going on 3 mile walks for the last 3 days. We live in such a small town that we can literally walk from one side to the other in about 1 hour! Oh, I am updating my stats. Let me just say that I ROCK!! I still have so far to go but man I've done great so far! I am retaining water this week, yay...not! I stepped on the scales yesterday and it said 175, I don't think so! That's why I hate the scales. I know I've not gained 3 pounds but just seeing it makes me nuts!! Plus, my Diettalk weigh-in is tomorrow...yuck. I hate not losing for my A team!