Daisalana

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Awww Haydee those pics are sweet!! I wanna baby!!!! :biggrin:) Ok, we all in favor of Xmas Exchange deadline August 24th? Pam- Jamaica Mon! Studying studying, so close to finish.. one teacher said I can take the Exam early since it was suppose to be while I was gone, I reminded her, she said she will send out directions.. I got directions last night and it says dates while I'm gone. I don't want to bug her again, but..that doesn't help me?! Argh! Last night I had more calories than I anticipated.. can't remember why now?? Had roast beef, green beans, 1/2 biscuit, root beer float for dinner. But I alloted for the float.. I think something I had, had more calories than I expected.. I dunno. I'm making tea for b'fast.

I drew names for it last year, I do plan to host it again BUT I can't draw names this early, since I don't get the total count till end of October (I believe that was last years cut off and it still changed up thru December!)

Hah Pam, I'm the same way. I am such a packrat, and I fight Russell tooth & nail to keep all my CRAP! He told me just the other day that he has a storage rental in TN from when he first lived on his own, furniture, and 'stuff'. Not sure how I never knew about this, but.. I was like OOOOO TREASURE HUNTING!!! And he immediately shoots me down, saying he is going to go clean it out by himself so nothing makes its way back to our house.. little does he know, I'm going to call his mom one of these weekends and have her take me there.. I just love.. 'stuff'. I bet there's all kinds of fun treasures in there, if nothing else I can see how he lived when he first moved out. Oh and you don't want ibuprofin (anti-inflammatories.. advil).. Tylenol is ok.. but I do take advil once in a while, my aches & pains are always inflammation pains in my muscles.. tylenol doesn't help that Piehole report.. B'fast: 1/2c low-fat chocolate milk: 85c/4g protein Lunch- Cup of Broc & Cheese soup from Jason's Deli: 226c/9g protein Tonight is cracker barrel night!!

That is so bizarre Pam!! So one thing I was confused about, was C the suicide caller? And she just called your number by accident? I ate a bit more than I meant to tonight, we went to Red Robin first and miraculously I could eat half of a giant burger, with the bun.. is a mystery to me!!!!

Ohhh that reminds me, I bought the Elephant book one of you suggested.. I completely forgot about it, it's on my bookshelf.. Ok, I gotta read that one first too lol.

I'm in for a book club, if it's not diet books?? I only heard ya'll mention those. I'm actually reading Journey to the Centre of the Earth right now, but I should be finished in a day or so :wink2:)

Skirt didn't post for me either!! But I doubt it'll fit me :thumbup: I actually got a size 16 stretchy/flowy/silky skirt from Cato yesterday, and it's too big. I was going to take it back but I already threw out the receipt (derr) I had 1/2 cheese roll up from taco bell & 2 bites of pintos & cheese w/onions.. for lunch.

So far.. B'fast- 1c of lowfat chocolate milk: 170c/8g protein Lunch- Going soon, not sure where yet.. so I'll edit this when we get back.. I am going to see Dark Knight again tonight with my parents, and I have allowed myself 1/2 small bag of popcorn w/butter.. which is about 400 calories, so that is going to be my dinner!

It was Atlantic Salmon, cooked on a cedar plank with lemon pepper on it. Then I put lots of lemon juice on it..has no butter.. This website says Fish, salmon, Atlantic, farmed, cooked, dry heat 178g (I don't know what grams equal?) 367 calories, and 39g protein.. the one I have in myplate is 10g of fat.. holy crap.. How is it fatty? It's FISH!! Edit to add, it says 178g is half of a fillet, which I don't know how much a full fillet is.. see how silly I am? I swear I've never eaten fish in a fillet before in my life!! The thing I get, says it is 10oz, and I eat half of it.

Yeah I can't get away from work in the fall, our rush season starts mid-August and I'll be working like crazy till January hits. But spring will always be good for me!! I've been doing myplate for over a week now, making sure I'm doing good. Only discrepency is my cedar planked salmon, I get hugely different stuff from all over the place, so I'm guessing which one it would be. 1,170 calories & 101g protein (the salmon I picked was 340 calories/58g protein.. anyone know if that's right for 5oz salmon?? Seems awefully high in both)

Here's my total for today... B'fast-Coffee w/SweetnLow Lunch-5oz Salmon and 3 pieces of broccoli (and about 1/4c of unsweet tea) Dinner-3oz of chicken breast in homemade broth gravy (so to be low carb) & 1/2c of peas 4 bottles of water throughout the day ..... I plan to have something sweet tonight, probably a 100 calorie shortbread cookies.

Heeeeey V's.. I had to share.. I went to Cato's and I'm officially an in-between in their store. The smallest plus size (14/16) was too big, but the biggest normal size on the other side (XL) was touch and go. I was just going to run in for like 10 minutes, it ended up being a big (frustrating) ordeal while I figured out what would work. But the good news is, this outfit, is size 12 skirt, size XL top BOTH FROM THE NORMAL SIDE.. and get this, not an inch of stretch in either of them.. I had fingers crossed and ohmygoodness.. I was so excited. I showed Russell and he said something about "You can tell it's not plus size" so of course, I asked why.. he said because it actually shows off my shape, plus size clothes are baggy and hide shape.. I dunno where hes been, I rocked tight clothes up to 330lbs lol.. Anyway I am so excited!!!!! And when uploading these pics, found a pic taken the other night.. was eating some homemade diet cake recipe I found and Russell thought it was funny.. see how good it was?

I am going to Cato's soon to get some stuff for Jamaica.. Haydee, I wish we had a Deb's here, I would go friggin nuts. Some of the shirts I got there are my fav, I wear them out!! I wish so bad I could go back, so cheap, soooooo cute..

Throw the kisses out!!!!!!!! I had half of a salmon filet for lunch, and a couple small pieces of broccoli. Busting my butt to finish this weeks' homework early so Friday I can do nothing but my Finals.. ends up one of my classes, the last test is this Friday, and the FINAL is next Friday. ARGH!! Very annoying, it's an easy class and I'm not worried about it.. but I was hoping to be 100% done with school when we left for Jamaica. We get back from that on the 6th. I gotta go shopping sometime this week to get a new bathing suit that doesn't fall off of me.. and some summer dresses..

My doc said my band was tight when he put it in, and I believe him. I have 2cc in right now I think.. and I am way too tight I need like 1.7cc I think. 1.5cc was a decent amount, but when I hit 223lb the restriction just magically poofed and I kept bouncing. Now I am 2cc and I am too tight, despite going under 223lb it won't stop being so damn tight. Just don't have time to go back to him right now. Drinking my water now!

I want the Wiifit!! The house she's in, is a house DH&I rented when we first moved here (site unseen, we just needed a place to move back to), it was cheap and in a good area.. but it's a POS house to begin with, it's really old and the owners are cheap.. there's plumbing and electric problems, but they wouldn't spend the money to fix it.. they kept telling us WE could pay, and I'm like hell no I'm no updating your house. The stove & dish washer were portable, and the refrigerator went in the laundry room..and the washing machine connectors were from the 70's, so we had to buy a plug to adapt our new machines.. but, when we moved out, parents decided to take over renting it for her.. they have trashed the place more than it was.. the toilets, neither worked.. they were both crusted over, looks like a cave.. black cavern looking, with a hole in the middle.. and no water in sight.. meanwhile water is leaking from the ceiling into light fixtures, and in some closets that we noticed.. lot of mildew and rotting away.. We took inventory of things my parents are going to have to replace.. carpet, painting walls, lots of holes in the walls, both mirrors in both bathrooms were shattered.. then we were trying to figure out what to do with the toilets, and one toilet seat is stained beyond repair (with pink stuff, not sure what it was).. then mom was messing with the plumbing, knocked off the top of the lid and busted it.. so I think they're going to have to buy a whole new toilet.. and everything in the house is old POS, so that kind of sucks.. it's a teeny tiny toilet, from 30 years ago. It's a headache.. luckily my parent's friend/handyman owes them $1k, so she's going to tell him they bought this house to fix-up and have renters waiting, and need him to fix it up by mid August. They're going to recarpet and repaint before handing it back over. The leaking everywhere, mom says that's their problem, but I watch enough judge shows to know it's neglect for my sister to have never told the landlord, so it's ruining the walls/floor in the house. We turned the water off in the yard, and water is still bubbling from all over the place.

I'm In! And I'm only in, because I've done really well the past few days.. under 1,300 calories for 5 days now.. and my legs are so sore, they are bruised to the touch.. feels like I ran a marathon or something.. So it's like I exercised.. haha. Today so far.. coffee w/sweet-n-low for b'fast )

OH and I have 4 finals on Friday, and we leave for Jamaica on Saturday!!! I can NOT wait!!!! I think Im going to pay for the professional beach pictures (apparently they are for hire out there) so I can have some good lovey dovey pics.. I don't display any wedding pics hardly anymore, I was such a cow :teeth_smile:

((Jenn)) You don't need him to define who you are anyway, so if Aug 1 is when you're ready to let go, make sure you let it go that day. Move on, worry about you and only you, and the rest will fall into place!! Just got out of a long hot bath, spent the past 2 days helping my mom clean up my sister's house.. oh my god. When my bro & his gf did this crap, they were living in my parents' house, so it was just 1 room of junkie crap/mess to clean.. my sister had a whole 3 bedroom, 2 bath, and 2 garage to funk up. I couldn't even explain the garbage, stench, funk, and everything else. We did 3 moving trucks completely full to the brim with trash yesterday, today we hauled out about 15 heavy duty size garbage bags of dirty clothes (I think she has never washed clothes, she just bought new ones).. clothes and funk were stacked everywhere. I am wore out. We went to the visitation today and I have to say.. she's not who I thought she was.. I moved out of state at 17 for college, and by time I moved back (2 years ago) is when she grew up and got into drugs..so the times I thought she was clean, she is a quiet mopey person.. ends up, it's just drugs.. she's been on drugs since I've been back (I knew weed, but apparently it's more serious than I ever realized)..so it was amazing, she smiled a lot, laughed, had things to talk about.. so not the person I knew. I also told her how, *I* was the one to clean out her nightstands and dispose of all her...goodies... wow, the girl has a collection.. plastic gloves and all I had to unscrew them and dispose.. She laughed.. laughed! Poor Russell was helping bag clothes with me and ran into a bunch of used condoms (I don't know/!??!?).. Good news is, after today mom told me since I busted my ass to help her (boy did I, my whole body aches).. she is taking Russell & I to Tunica on their treat.. they always get the hotel and food for free, but they're actually going to give us money to gamble with.. that was nice.. We still have a long way to go on the house though.. lots of bleach.. I'll stop rambling now, I am hungry and tired.. going to go make something to eat and curl up with Pogo & a movie! Miss you guys, wish I could tell you guys about this with a cup of tea & some smokes on the back porch!

((Terry)) Why doesnt mary jo take any insurance? Thats bull crap!!

Good news is I lost 2 of the 3lbs I gained back already :thumbup:)

Yeah Haydee post the insight you get, cause I still can't get up the nerve to go to someone. I am good about not buying the crap most the time, my problem is.. when I DO buy the crap, I can't limit myself! I have no boundaries with it. But before I buy the crap, if I try to talk myself out of it, I normally can. Just like bread with meals, I keep telling Russell (now that he is low-carbing) to remember to tell them DON'T BRING BREAD.. if they bring bread, I gotta try to eat it, then I either get sick or too full, etc.. and it's not something I need to fill up on. I'm an out-of-sight, out-of-mind kind of person. If I make an effort not to buy the gallon of ice cream, I'm good.. if I buy it, I eat it all no matter what my good intentions are. And thanks Pam! I missed it last time, probably skimmed over it. I never eat fish, so this is a new thing to me. I almost bought fish last weekend, but here's my thing.. I love shrimp--only from Red Lobster. I love crab legs ANYWHERE. I like scallops at japanese restaurants & Red Lobster. If I buy crab, scallops, or shrimp, fresh from the grocers, bring it home and cook it.. its crap, I've never once liked it. Even when I do garlic butter, or sautee, bake, etc.. it never tastes like it does in restaurants. So me & fish, I thought about buying it.. but I have never liked seafood I make, would fish be any different?

Awww cute pics Haydee, Russell is the same way, his 'big smile' looks just like that lol. Your sister is doing great!! Your parents made some pretty ladies. Is Juan popping out of his shirt in that last pic?? I just had salmon again for lunch. This time at TGIF's.. yuck. It was old tasting, extremely fishy and 8 wedges of lemon didn't knock that back at all.. I ate through about 3oz just to fill up.. yum yum protein :thumbup:

The WSOP has started airing on ESPN, they are starting with the small tourneys.. my dad said they broadcast the main event (that he was in) starting sometime in August. I'll let you know, I told him to tell me so I can TiVo it.. they recorded him quite a bit, so he should be on there at least some. He ended up winning $42,000 for 128th place. But I should say after he finished, and before he could catch a plane home he ended up hitting some video poker machines for another $10k.. it's good to be him! And because of his earnings, he is actually at the dealership right now buying my mom the new 2009 eclipse.. (she had the 2004, and I have the 2004 convertible version).. now she's 1-upping me again.