Penni60

So that was that noise I heard. Actually I probably could have heard you. My back yard is literally the 405 freeway. I am so glad there is the sound wall up now. IT wasn't there when we first moved in. But I am so glad they put it up. Pretty cool. You guys should have just gotten off at Sherman Way and dropped in. We were just around the corner from the 405.

I know why there are so many DQ's in Texas. So you won't go hungry and die of thirst driving through the state. LOL Texas is a nice state.

Marie: You little vixen. Wouldn't you want to know what I wanna "scream" about. I will leave it up to your imagination. OH man!! I could go in many different directions with that comment. It is sooooooooooo tempting.

Already posted that one. Me in my new outfit. LOL

Texas certainly is a whole other country. I will agree with that. Hey, and what is up with all the "Dairy Queens?" When I drive through the lovely arid state I count how many DQ's I see to release the boredom. LOL!! It takes forever to get through the state. Like 3 days. LOL!!

Keeping a sense of humor certainly keeps me sane when all I wanna do is scream. LOL!!!

OK here is my data for the day. Breakfast: Skipped it unless you count two cups of cafe vienna Lunch: cheeseburger no bun, ice tea Supper: 1 piece ( less than 1 oz ) of chicken tikka masala; 1 tablespoon of saag paneer (spinach dish); 1 piece ( 4 oz ) tandoori chicken; 1 tablespoon of mango chutney; grilled onions; two cups of Indian Tea; two 8 oz glasses of Water. MMM MMM GOOD!!!!!! I love Indian food. And it goes down so easily. Exercise: 20 min recumbent bike; 20 min treadmill; 20 min Pilates in my new workout outfit. LOL!!! Good deed: OK so this is stretching it here but it was all I could come up with today. I paid the gardener for my sweetie since he forgot to leave a check and I did not ask to be reimbursed. I also endured 2 hours of watching some video film work he is editing. That is soooooooooooooooo boring but he appreciated the effort. I promise I will think of something better for a good deed tomorrow. I forgot to do measurements today so I will do them tomorrow. Lisa: You are working new muscles so of course you will have sore one pop up you never knew you had. The same thing is happening with me and the Pilates tapes. Man Mari Winsor can kick some major butt with her exercises.

Thanks for all the compliments. I was afraid it looked worse that it really did. OH WELL! AT this point I am not much caring because it is a size 16/18. WHOO HOO!! I might just wear this to my next Dr. Billy appt. LOL!!

OK if this offends anyone then sorry. I still think it is tight but hey I am in it. LOL!!! Anyway, I look cool doing my workout. Here is the pic of me in it. Need honest opinions here. Does it look horrible?

Anne: So how are you doing? We haven't heard from you and starting to get worried. I have you in my prayers.

Hey Bright: Let us know when you arrive in NYC and I am so there. I haven't been back to NYC since 2001. I am dying to go back. I like to visit that town. Maybe that can be our next LBT BASH. LOL!!

Por Nada Lisa

Marie: Yeah I will get you a spandex thingy. What color do you like and Black isn't an option. Well the pants can be. Heading to work out. Will check back in later. Not sure what my good deed will be today. Gotta think on that one some for today. Love all you guys.

Marie: I did not weigh on Monday so this weigh in qualifies as my official weigh in for the week. SO THERE!! NEENER NEENER!!! LOL!!! Love ya

I will take some pics tomorrow and post them. LOL I am so proud.

Careful what you wish for.

OK let me just start this by saying, " OH MY GAWD! " I went shopping yesterday after I got a much needed manicure and pedicure. I was feeling a little down cause I was in a slump / plateau weight loss wise. So I go into WalMart and think just for shits and giggles let me go to the NORMAL people section and look at workout clothes. Now mind you I knew I was heading to AVENUE after so I didn't really expect to find anything that would fit my little toe much less all of me. I find some really cute leopard shirts and some black pants. I take them into the dressing room, laughing the whole time thinking these will never work and I will need to have the fitting room clerk come in and help peel me out of them. OR I will hurt myself putting on the pants and have to be rushed to the ER and have to explain why my arms are in the legs part of the pants. "Well you see I figured if I couldn't put the legs in the right place then I could put my arms in there and use it as one of those half sweater thingys everyone is wearing these days." Can you imagine the laughs in the ER when that is explained. OK I digress. So I take the cute leopard outfits (there are three of them by the way, Blue, Gold, and Grey--have to get all three) into the dressing room. I make sure the door closes and no one is even anywhere close to my stall. I don't wanna send up warning signals to anyone when they hear me beating and banging on the sides of the walls because I can't get into much less out of the outfits. LOL!! I undress. That is a shocker cause of the floor length mirrors. AGH!!! It's like being on "What not to wear." I keep expecting Clinton and Stacey to barge in and say "What are you thinking?" LOL!!! Anyway, I am picking up the Gold leopard shirt. I think this is the one that I really like and if I can't wear it there is no need in trying on the other. GUESS WHAT??????? IT FITS!!!!!!!!!!!! IT is tight but IT FITS!!!!!!!! But here is the best and coolest part. THE PANTS FIT TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now you wanna know the size. Remember this part guys, this is the most important part. I am in WalMart where NORMAL people shop for clothes, not Avenue, not Lane Bryant, not Catherine's, but WALMART. The size are you ready 16/18. IS not that the coolest thing EVER? I haven't wore that size in about,.....oh,......... say 30 years give or take one or two years. I was in the dressing room and started crying. I was so thrilled I had to step out of the room and look at the BIG full length mirror and dared Clinton and Stacey to come around the corner. I was hollering "SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" I am all verklempt!!! Love you guys. By the way I bought all three outfits and one more blue and black one. I will be stying and profiling when I work out now. LOL!!

WHOO HOO!! NecksRus. I know what you mean. I found mine not long ago as well.

Yes, Lisa you get food and clothes. I promise. LOL!! But you gotta wait till Vegas. OK Supper tonight: half a baked potato with cheese, half a small bowl of chili, and ice tea (two 20 oz glasses). Water was pretty lacking today although I did manage to get in about 56 oz of ice tea. My doc says that counts as water intake. LOL!! I think it is still better to drink the water though. Lisa, are you hearing me??? I weighed myself this morning. GUESS WHAT????? I am down to 251 now. THat is another lb gone. WHOO HOO!!! Step it up baby. I am bringing it. LOL!!! Love ya

Marie: SHHHH! I'll buy you a new outfit. SHHH!!!

Umm quality time with sweetie does count if it is a task like that. I hate that sort of thing. It is boring to me and I thought yeah I will do this for him since he is such a great guy and I love him. LOL!! I think it counts. Let's let the rest of the group determine if it counts or not. So there. (HEY, Over here, don't tell Lisa but if you agree with me I will pay for all your dinners at Vegas. LOL!!)

For some unknown reason I skipped breakfast altogether. BAD PENNI!!! LOL!! Lunch: bbq pork (but only ate half and will have the other half for supper most likely), two bites of mashed potatoes, two bites of baked Beans (OOPS here come the farts), and ice tea. Oh also had a bowl of tomato Soup. No real exercise today. I am thinking about getting in the pool in a few. Does that count? Good Deed: Went with sweetie on a Guitar string mission. He has a gig this Friday and needed to change his strings and no one in the valley had his particular kind of strings. So we had to go looking for some. I went along for the ride cause he asked me to go. He loves it when I go with him. LOL!! More later.

Lisa: I just sent you an email. OK forgot to post my meals yesterday. LOL!!!!! Breakfast: one scrambled egg, two slices of oranically grown tomatoes, cup of international cafe vienna coffee Lunch: one cheeseburger (no bun, just ate the meet and cheese), three onion rings, 16 oz of root beer (I know I know the carbonations isn't good, but I wanted it) LOL Dinner: two pieces of a chicken, cheese quesadilla (only ate the insides, no tortilla) with a dab of sour cream and guacomole, four french fries with ketchup, about an inch of my sweeties burger that had swiss cheese and a 1/4 inch of bacon on it, NO BUN, 16 oz of ice tea with Equal. NO Snacks during the day. I gave my pedicurist and manicurist a larger tip than usual yesterday. That is my good deed for the day cause they did not look at the tip just put it in their pockets. I gave them a $10 each. LOL!! Bet they were surprised. WOW! Looking at everything I ate yesterday it seems like a whole lot. No wonder I am at a stalemate on losing. I drank about 50 oz of Water yesterday. So I have to up the ante today. Today's meal will be coming tonight before I go to bed. My exercise yesterday was 30 min on treadmill and 30 min on my new nifty swifty recumbent bike (thanks Lisa). And I walked all over the place when I went shopping after my mani and pedi.

Lisa; I just added your AIM to mine. So, I will be there for ya. And anyone else here is my info. AOL(AIM) Penni60 Yahoo: pennimerrick MSN: Penni60

Glad you are back with us as well. Wonder what happened? Oh well you are back now. Welcome to the Bash in Vegas. Looking forward to meeting all you guys.