Hey Kim!! First off, I just wanted to mention that I love your attitude and your spirit!! And also, you will definitely reach your goal by April!! My 20th birthday is on April 21st, and I am hoping to be 10lbs lighter and toned up too!! By reading posts, I have noticed that you are in Bootcamp, so the both of us will be able to celebrate our b-days a little lighter! Also where are you from? You mentioned the Stampede... is that like "the running of the bulls"?? Could be a dumb question! Sometimes, I'm a little airheaded! :laugh:

:dn

Good luck with everything, and I will be seeing you @ Bootcamp!!! :o

Kim there is no doubt in ym mind you will make it to your goal. You are totoally kicking butt, and I cant imagine anything changing that! Convocation... is that voacational training to be a convict? Stampede, is that one of those crazy stampers conventions with all the women running around trying to buy the best stamps before they are gone (a rubber-rama)?
A new journal, and I am placing bets you are going to be thinner then 140 by your birthday, I bet you will be 135, or less. You will have to start a newjournal, because you will have a new goal to match your new hot body.

Wow, this is weird.....I'm not getting notification of my new posts, and is it just me or is this journal a bit strange---my first post is in the middle of the replies?? Hopefully that makes sense.....if it's just a glitch you may think I sound a bit crazy, but that's what it's showing me right now.....hmmm. :shrug:


So. Hello all!

Jessi: Hiya! Thanks for stopping by.....now that I'm at home, where I can access DT and not feel bad about it, I'll be checking in on everyone much more....DON'T worry about it!!

Lisrey: Aw, thanks! THIS WILL BE THE YEAR! :)

FSU: YEAH BABY!! I'm in Manitoba (Canada) but I spend summers in Calgary and in July we have the Calgary Stampede (aka the "greatest outdoor show on earth"). HUGE rodeo, parties for a week straight, lotsa hot cowboys, and it's customary to wear tight jeans and stetsons---but I never did due to my weight. This year is gonna ROCK!!

Elsie: Hey chickie! As to Stampede, see above (although a crazy-assed stamp convention would also be great reason to party); convocation is indeed vocational training as a convict, for which I will get my degree in May of this year!! :) And I really wanna look good in my cap and gown.....

Well, went to the in-laws for supper (turkey and other Christmassy-type foods), was good, just got home and have a bazillion loads of laundry to do, so I will be going and will check in tomorrow morning.

Have a great night all! YEAH 2005!!!!!!! :D

Okay, this journal is still acting up.....ACK!!!!! I just posted and it went BEFORE my first post, which is AFTER posts from other people. HELP!!!!!

Well. Brand spanking new journal, I love it!

So, I have decided to start a new journal. It is titled "Goal by 30" because I want to hit my goal by my 30th birthday, on April 15th. That gives me 3 1/2 months to lose at least 10 pounds.....and I can do it!

Today is January 1st, 2005, and it amazes me that I spent so many years miserable about my weight. Finally, I am feeling better about myself, I have more self esteem, and I aim to keep it that way!

So, as of today, my stats are:

Weight: 150 lbs

I WILL lose 10 lbs by my birthday. I WILL look fabulous for convocation in May! And be able to wear sexy clothes for Stampede in July! I WILL keep up my exercise regime and keep eating right. I WILL NOT let the stress that I KNOW will come due to school destroy all the things I have done so far.

YEAH! :)

Kim...
Hey girl! I wanted to stop by and welcome you to your new Journal and say HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! I hope you do well this year! It has been a long time since I have visited you...and I'll try to be better about it this year. :)

Hi there!

I have read your posts in others' journals & I like your spunky attitude. Thought I'd come pay you a visit! I'm on the last leg of my weight-loss journey too. Hope we can cheer each other all the way there. Go for it!

Lisrey :coach:

The mixed-up posts thing is partially my fault, I suppose. I noticed that 1/1 posts were being time stamped for 1/2 early a.m., and I let John know. He fixed the current time, but the posts that were created when the time was off kept the wrong time. Therefore, strange positioning of replies. :o

Too bad it took place on a day when so many new threads were opened!

I have heard of the Calgary Stampede. Sounds very cool! Do you participate in anything for it, or do you just go as a spectator? One of my rewards to myself last year for losing as much weight as I had was to take horseback riding lessons. I am still quite a novice, but it's fun! Do you ride?

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Lisrey :D

AHHH, thanks Lisrey, I was wondering about that. It happened in my journal too.


Kim,
You sound so positive. I think your goal is very do-able. I also really like that you aim to keep your self esteem high. That is SO important and sometimes difficult to do.

Way to go

And congrats on a wonderful new journal

Happy New Year

Dar

Hi all!

Lisrey: At the Stampede I just watch.....I used to ride a lot, took lessons when I was younger and a close family friend bred champion Arabians so I did spend a lot of time around horses. But I haven't been on a horse in a long time! ....I'd love to get back into it, one of my best friends just bought an acerage about an hour from my house and they have 5 horses so I'm planning on getting out there as often as possible now that I'm back at home. Unfortunately I'm only here for 4 months; in May I'll be back in Calgary and then in September I'm going straight to grad school.....so I'll have to get in as much riding as I can!!

Dar: Thanks! :o I find it strange about the self-esteem thing.....It has only been in the last month or two that I started to be able to tell that I had lost weight, even though my clothes I wore before didn't fit.....in my head sometimes I still look the same, but I'm working on the self-esteem and self confidence thing..... :)

Monday morning. Things are good! School starts on Wednesday and the house is almost finished (wanted to get it nice and clean before my time disappears). Geo just called and is on his way home for lunch so I gotta go get it ready for him (scratch the gotta....but I'm gonna!) so I'll be back in a while to post more!!

So cool about the horses! I am learning English style riding. It has been quite an experience for me so far... I am just now starting to learn to canter. I wish it was as easy for me as it seems to be for the little kids who take lessons where I do! :o

Hey, what are you studying in school?

Lisrey :*

I hope you had a good lunch (wink wink nudge nudge)

Hi Kim;
Are you at school in Manitoba or in Calgary? What are you going to take at grad school?

You are doing great, that's amazing you could do so well with your weightwhile you are at school .

Pat

Hi Lisrey, Elsie and Pat!

Lisrey: I wish I learned English riding.....I've only ever done Western. And I do think it's easier to learn when you're young.....I had no fear at all when I was a kid, and it's just that much easier! I'm a petroleum geology student at university. Love it!

Elsie: Oh, I did.....believe you me. Let me tell you, the last week or so......sigh. I'm worn out!!! :)

Pat: Hi! I go to school in Manitoba, and then in the summers I work for one of the petroleum companies in Calgary.....this past year I actually worked an 8 month term instead of my usual summer term. I'll be going to the U of A in Edmonton for grad school this coming September, and I'm really looking forward to that.....I visited the school and met some profs and students this past fall. So I lost the weight while working, and I'm actually worried about going back to school for my final term, I think I'll have a much harder time this next 4 months..... 8-|

Well, not too much time to post this morning.....need to get my butt in gear, get in the shower, and get to the school. Often there are postings for used textbooks on the bulletin boards around campus, and as I am taking all "extra" courses this term (I'm technically finished everything I need for my degree, I just need a few more credits) I don't want to spend $500 on books I don't want to keep---I always buy the books for my geology courses, but I don't feel such a need to get new poli sci texts! So I'm off and running.

Will stop by later to check out your journals!! Have a great day...... :)

I wish I was worn out! I miss thatl. I need to leave the country for a few months again :) Well have fun at school, Dear :)

Ack, I've got to become better about getting here every day..... :)

Well, today was officially the first day of school. Most of my classes look pretty damn boring. Ack again. There are NO used texts for any of my classes and all the books are bloody expensive. Depressing!!

Things are good. Calories haven't been the best, I've got to smarten up right quick before I start to backslide......!! It's been fun though, most people I've run into didn't recognize me at first, makes me feel good. :) In fact, one of my guy friends made some comment about how he was wondering who the supermodel (hardee har har) on our floor was, and then he figured out it was me.......a bit of a brown-noser I guess, but still made me smile!!

Well, it's 1:30 am and I need to shower and get to bed.....so good night to all, I will get to journals tomorrow, I PROMISE!! :)

GEO....... WHERE ARE YOU, I"M BACK AND I WANT TO HEAR.... I MISSED IT, the whole big reunion and all I'll have to dig for your Old journal maybe its in there.... Where are you.... Come back......

Kim, it doesnt suprise me that people wouldnt recognize you. I mean most people who see me on a regular basis, who didnt know me when I was at my heaviest, dont notice the weight loss, but the ones I havent seen in a while sure do. THough it kinda annoys me that the people in classes with me never noticed or mentioned it, I mean I was a size 11 when I started. I never thought I would complain about not getting weight loss atention! Who am I? Anyways I hope your classes go well. I still have a week and a half until mine start. I just ordered all my books used on amazon, I only spent about $230 bucks on them all, so I am happy.

Ack, it's been a WEEK since I posted.....gotta get settled into a school routine and get here more often......

Maxi: HI!! Glad you're back......the reunion was great, he didn't recognize me! I planned on surprising him by picking him up when he got into town (he thought my sister was going to meet him and I told him I couldn't leave work early on my last day) but they were 3 hours late due to a blizzard in Ontario and so he called my cell and knew I was coming......oh well. We had a couple great days in Calgary, and then drove to Saskatoon and spent two nights at my mom's. Went boxing day shopping and I got spoiled rotten.....now we're back home and things are almost back to normal, except he still can't keep his hands off of me..... :) . I have to leave for school in 10 minutes but I will post in your journal tonight, I PROMISE!!!!!

Elsie: Ooooh, Amazon, I wish I could've found the books I needed......oh well. We start early here for some reason, although our exams start on April 8th so we're done pretty early.....actually, this year I only have 2 finals, for whatever reason in most of my classes they've decided not to write finals at all. YAY! No complaints here........ :)

Well, I don't have a lot of time to write this am......just wanted to check in, as I haven't been here FOREVER...... 8-| . But I SWEAR I will peruse journals after school, and post what's going on in my life lately (although nothing too exciting is happening or anything....ack!).

Wow... Glad to hear from you! It's hard getting into a new routine. Once I land the Job of my dreams I might it hard to get in here to... But I'll have to find a way ay? I look forward to hearing from you.

Isnt it amazing how differant you become treated without Fat on your bod. My DH touches me differantly its weird. But I aint complainin :laugh:

You keep saying you will posy more, but you are a liar! :) Ok just a little selfish. I wish I only had 2 finals, though I dont think I will have one in 2 of my classes, but I am pretty sure the other 4 I will. I love Amazon, I have put my old textbooks up there and have been selling them left and right :) Way better then what school give you for them.

Wow! I have not checked in on you in a while. You are doing FANTASTIC. Your ticker is ALMOST THERE!!! Good for you. What commitment! Glad to read you are doing so well! :)

Well. I can not BELIEVE how long it's been since I've been in here........it's somewhere between an outrage and a travesty. And I NEED to be in here....

CONFESSION TIME: Kim's been OFF THE WAGON. ICE CREAM has been the worst part of the last month or so..........I've gained 3 pounds from where my ticker is (and I had gone under the ticker by 2 pounds before that). AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH.

I KNEW it would be harder being at home, with Geo the eating machine, and busy with school........my exercise has dwindled to next to nothing, I'm always having to do school work (case in point---it is 3:54am, I have a midterm tomorrow, and feel guilty that I am taking a break when I should be studying).........All my clothes still fit (thank heavens) but I feel like HELL. I get no more than 4 hours of sleep a night and just don't have the energy to put myself back into this........

I miss everyone here. I know I have to MAKE TIME, that my health is important.......at the same time I'm obsessive about school and my marks so I find it really hard.

HELP!!

I'll be back this afternoon.......sorry for being gone for so long.

:c(

Heylo :wave:

Isn't it a wonder why?? Why is it easier to eat crap? The healthy is stuff is still easily acessable. I have found this to be my downfall as well, Life becomes hectic and all the good things we do for ourselves our put on hold. I'm feelin your grief.

Take it easy, and re-group when you can.... You will..... Sometimes we need a little fall so we can get back up and become better.. I think? Well you know what I mean..
:hug:

Get rid of the crap if you have to. Geo can be a helahty food eating machine. Talk to him and tell him that his supportign you means that you two need to eat better. I did that with Nick --who thinks brocolli is poisonous-- and its been much easier. Regardless you need to get your butt in here and visit us!

And I'm back again.....

Finally got scared straight. Got on the scale and it said 157. Still a big difference from where I started but it'd be soooooo easy to let it creep up until I have to start all over.....I got rid of all my big clothes so I got to make sure I keep fitting my smaller ones!! Until I shrink out of them!!!

Went shopping the other day and spent almost $40 on fruit. Bought a bunch of easy stuff to take to school for lunches (Fruitsations, fruit cups, fruit etc.....hmm, I like fruit.) plus picked up some fish and other good stuff. Also did NOT buy any crap!!!!! YAY!!!!!!

My biggest problem right now is time. And my back. I'm overloaded at school and just feel like there's never any time to do anything else (case in point--it's 1:42 am and I need to finish a paper and a presentation tonight, plus I have to get up at 7am for school......wheee, another all nighter! ACK!). Half the time I'm not getting any sleep. Plus during my last pilates class in Calgary I apparently damaged a disk in my back and have been getting these horrible base-of-the-skull headaches almost daily. Went to my doctor and he put me on muscle relaxants---so the other half of the time ALL I do is sleep. THIS SUCKS!! I need to get my back fixed but may need surgery......and don't have time right now to take off from school.

There. Got all my complaining done.

Hope everyone's doing well. I think I might start feeling a bit better once my eating is back on track (more energy etc).

I'm going to go eat pineapple and work on my paper.......talk to y'all tomorrow....... :)

Ouch! So sorry to hear about your back. That sounds awful; I hope you won't need to go through surgery. :console:

I am with you on the fruit thing! Love, love love all kinds of fruit. THE best dessert around! And of course it has natural sugar so perhaps that'll keep you pepped for your long nights with the books? School is a real challenge but so worth it. Good for you for realizing that you need to focus on your health while you're still in school. Although I'm sure it's very hard, it's better than waiting until you've been out for 10 years (like me!).

Take care of yourself,

Lisrey :)

Its about time!

I was thinking about you. I read in a weightrainer's nutrition book about how good pineapple is for digestion, and I totally thought about you. So eat lots of it, I hate it, but might have to start eating more of it.

Good thing you were scared now, wbefore your weight gets out of control. We understand you have no time for us, but make some time for you.

Ooooo, I'm back! Twice in one week, never mind twice on the same day! Ooooo!

Hiya Elsie and Lisrey! Thanks for coming by......I've got my complaining out for the time being, so I'll be happy from now on...... :)

Let's see. Missed classes today---pulled an all-nighter and by morning had such a raging skullache that I just couldn't make myself do it. I HATE missing classes......it's the first day I've missed this term. Wouldn't be so bad if I knew people in my classes but this term I'm taking random courses just to get enough credit hours to get the hell out of school. Ack.

Tomorrow I'm getting grad pics done, when I get the proofs back I'll put one on here. I really was hoping to be down more weight by this point, but instead I'm up.....but I've decided that rather than be miserable that I screwed up I'm gonna get back on the wagon, and be happy at how much I've managed to keep off and continue the fight.........guess I should change my stats too. Blech!

Well, gotta get to work. Also in desperate need of a shower. (YUCKY KIM).
Oh, and....

Lisrey: I wish I'd gone to school earlier.....I hate the fact that I'll be graduating at 30 instead of 22 like everyone else!! And with grad school I won't really be in the work force until at least 32.....but I guess, better late than never!! :)
Elsie: PINEAPPLES ROCK. I swear, you'd HAVE to love 'em if you could try the ones I've been buying...... :)

And.....back again.

Weight is up even more, THAT'S IT, gotta smarten up (for the hundredth time). It's just soooooooooo hard right now (excuses excuses excuses.....) :( Busy and stressed, that's me. One more month until school is done though, yay! I think if I can just stop gaining until then I'll be ok.........

Classes are going all right, non stop exams to study for though, haven't gotten much sleep at all in the last while. My headaches are getting better though, started going to a chiropractor who's been working on my neck and back.

THAT'S IT!! NO MORE JUNK FOOD. NO MORE MUFFINS FOR BREAKFAST.....NO MORE PIZZA FOR SUPPER CUZ IT'S SOMETHING I DON'T HAVE TO COOK. IT IT IT IT. THAT'S IT. X-(

Well, gotta get back to the books......gonna change my stats this time though, I've gone up too far to pretend I can get back to 150 in a day or two........

Sad. I'm sad.

Ack. :c(

Hey, Kim!

I think school and dieting have gotta be one of the toughest combinations. Take it easy on yourself and just focus on maintaining until you finish those tests. Are you able to get any exercise in? Making time is so hard when you're going for the grades. Is your sweetie in school too, or can he be put in charge of seeing that you get healthy meals?

Good luck on the exams -- it'll be over soon & you'll be able to concentrate on weight loss once again!

Lisrey :up:

Hey Kim! Hang in there! I know how hectic school can be as well as trying to fit everything all at once. It sucks!!! Keep smiling though. That's an important feature. You're doing great though and keep a positive attitude and you can achieve anything. Talk to you soon!!

Melinda :D

Hi, Mel and Lisrey!

Well, eating still sucks, no exercise.....bleh. I have an exam today (it's just about 4 am) but thought I'd do a quick post. Actually I have an exam every day this week, so my eating won't be improving!!! BUT I'm determined to be the one to take the dog for a walk every night this week, I think getting moving a bit might help how cruddy I've been feeling lately......

Any day now I'll be hearing about NSERC (scholarships for grad school) so I'm all wound up about that. Ack!! Not much is new.......school, eat, sleep, eat junk food, study, eat, eat, eat, drive, school, eat.....etc. 8-|

And that's about it! Guess I should get back to work....have to leave for school in 4 hours and have tons of stuff to go over (boring class though, don't feel like going over anything.......bleh). Tomorrow is DAY 1 of the GREAT WALKING CHALLENGE! WHOOOOO! After that, the next step is to get eating under control......but baby steps, right?!?

:)

YAY!!!


Found out tonight that I was awarded a top-tier NSERC scholarship so yayyyyyyyy grad school, funding is HERE!! That made my day. YAY!! :D

Eating: bad. Had a bowl of ice cream DROWNED in chocolate sauce tonight.....honestly it didn't even taste very good, I have NO IDEA why I ate it anyway. ACK. Actually I do know......TOM is 2 days late (I'm notoriously irregular so not a big deal) and chocolate is my painkiller of choice......bleh. 3 more weeks of school and then NO MORE EXCUSES!! As soon as I get back to Calgary I'm back to Curves too, which really helps keep me on track as well. 8-| So. Got ANOTHER test in the morning (getting sooooo sick of exams!!) so I should go study.....just trying to make popping in here a (fairly) regular habit again!!

:)

Congrats on the funding!!! BUt are you sure you want to keep up school, the way you have been eating, you will gain it all back --bad school--. I hope all has been well for you. CHeck back in more often, we miss you.

And I'm back!

I'm actually ok with grad school and diet---1.Geo will be here and I find it WAY easier to stay on track when he's not expecting a 5-course meal for dinner, and 2.I'll be living in the city, close to the school, with a gym available that I don't need to drive an hour to get to. Actually I think my scale's on crack.....stepped on it today and I'm down 5 lbs. So I really am not sure how things are going! Eating's not great, but maybe I'm not gaining as fast as I thought.....ack, who knows?? I still fit my 8's and even my pair of size 6 Levis, and as long as that stays true I'm ok until I get back into Calgary....

Let's see. My first two finals are two weeks from Monday......that's somewhere between "ack" and "yay", we'll see once we get a bit closer! :laugh:

Not much else is new......got my first midterm from the last week back, got 102% on it (gooooo, bonus question!) so I'm in a good position to finish the term up the way I want to, I think. Everything's good! This weekend will consist of a combination of studying and cleaning the house as it's disgusting pigsty right now. Blech.

Be back later.... :)

Well once again....it is 4:40am and here I am.

Weather is horrid right now.......snowing and cold. Blech!

So this past week has been strange.....good news (funding!) followed closely by my truck engine blowing up yesterday. ACK! I have to get a car, and pretty damn quick as I commute every day.....so the last day has been spent dealing with the bank and looking around for something good that will hopefully last me a while. ARRGH!

Eating......eh, bad.
Exercise....what??
School.....thankfully only 2 weeks left. Unfortunately that means all the papers and tests I have are coming up and I better get my butt in gear!!!

Gotta get some sleep. ACK. Stress. Stupid truck.

Hope everyone is having a better week than me!!! :)

SO leaving Geo again huh? What does he think about that? When are you guys going to get married? The joys of wanting a career, and having a pain in the butt boyfriend (well maybe its just mine :) )

Well Kim, if you are fitting into size 6-8, I wouldnt worry, that means you are still looking awesome. I just think we jusdge ouselves much harder now, because we know what "healhty" food is, but we arent going to eat that for the rest of our lives are we, LOL. I am sorry to hear about your truck, that sucks. I hope I dont have to deal with that for a long time, mine is only 3 years old, but if something were to happen to it, I would be in trouble.

I am happy that you are visiting more often!

Elsie Elsie Elsie!

Oh boy, I've never had a vehicle that new.....seriously. Sad but true. Ended up buying a car.....got a 1996 Taurus GL, mint (and I mean MINT) condition, loaded (just missing a CD player so I bought a changer on-line tonight). Got her cheap cheap cheap, too! Very excited, love it.....but my insurance DOUBLED (ACK!!!) which kind of bites. Oh well, Geo took it to the shop tonight and gave it the once-over, did an oil change, and he's really impressed with the shape it's in. Maybe I'll post the photo if I can get it to work (never seems to for me). That's about it for news.....busy finishing up school. That's about it!

Better get back to my paper.....see ya later! :)

Well

Middle of finals....actually have two tomorrow, aaacccccckkkk. And here I am, finally posting!!

I think it's time to start a new journal (although I have sadly neglected this one). My 30th birthday is in 3 days and I'm getting farther from goal......up to 163 now. ACK. When I got home in January my scale got down to 148. That's 15 friggin' pounds.....I gave myself leeway due to the stress and time constraints I deal with at school, and now I know for sure. For me it's all or nothing. I can't go off my eating because I lose my willpower. I felt sooooo good before, lots of energy, felt HEALTHY.....now I feel like a tired lump. SO, my new journal will be a DAILY thing to help keep me on track. Good thing is I did it once and I know I can do it again.....and in all honesty once I was solidly into it, it wasn't that hard for me. I'll be back in Calgary at the end of April, back at Curves, back to working and working out and nothing else. SO. I finish finals at the end of this week and I won't even pretend that in the next few days I'll be able to begin again. THE MONDAY AFTER MY BIRTHDAY (April 18 is the date) I WILL BEGIN AGAIN. That's it, that's all, I've had enough!! And on that day I will start a new journal and post regularly and get back on track!

I did it once....I can do it again! And THIS TIME I know I HAVE to stay on track......detours hurt me too bad!

:crazy:

You have a plan & you can do it! Good for you for recognizing what you need to get back on track. I have found that the closer I get to goal, the harder it is for me to remain focused, food-wise. The exercise is a habit now and I can maintain, but losing requires that food discipline for me... 8-|

Anyway, I would love to come read along in your new journal. If you think of it, send me a pm and remind me when you start it!

Lisrey :up:

Aw, thanks Lisrey!

Well, off to school this morning, gotta trade notes with friends for my last final tomorrow.......have gotten one mark back (yay A+!), check to see if the others are posted......

TOMORROW I WILL BE OLD. AAAAACCCCKKKKKK. It's weird though, I seriously feel like I'm in my mid-20's or so. Which I suppose is a good thing.......just makes it all the stranger though.

Have a good day all!! :)

Wow. I'm old today. Aaaaacccckkkkk. Sad. Wrote a final and managed to destroy my GPA within 2 hours.....and that should've been my easiest class. More sad.

Ah well.

MONDAY BACK ON TRACK. NO EXCUSES!!!

Happy 30th birthday!!!!!
One of my easiest classes at school lost me the gold watch at graduation, the teacher gave me an A-, I was quite depressed. :(
Good luck with the rest of your finals. And, good luck with your new start on Monday; just keep to the plan and you'll do good.

heh
163 ain't heavy, and 30 ain't old (this, from a 180-something 36 year old just working through her bachelor's degree)(who's *barely* fitting into stretch 12s)

So, Buck Up little camper, and have a great birthday! :gift:

Happy Birthday, Geolokim! :party: You aren't old, you're barely starting to get ripe! :apple: I'm 37 (soon to be 38), and I don't feel old at all.

Sorry about the test... why'd they go and schedule a test on your birthday, anyway?

Lisrey :hug:

Well thanks, Karen Jessica and Lisrey!!

Ok, I know I'm not OLD and I certainly don't FEEL old (just out of shape, lol), I just had it in my head that 30 was a big one to hit (same thing happened when I turned 25 too, I thought WOW.....how'd this happen!! lol)

(And Lisrey....ever since I started University I've had a final on my birthday EVERY YEAR!! I haven't been able to escape it!)

So I have officially finished school, verrrrrrry exciting. Now I'm kind of scared!! Moving to a big school next year, it's something I'm looking forward to.....but terrifying at the same time. I guess at least I'm not moving into the "real world" yet, working for a living (har har har). Now I need to clean up this house.....I have 2 weeks until I leave for Calgary to work for the summer. One thing I gotta say about gas prices....they suck but they assure me of a career in the future!! (I know, that's not a consolation for anyone else.... :) ).

My birthday was pretty boring. Geo ordered a giant chocolate cake from our local bakery (really not something I needed to eat at this point, but YUM!) and we got Chinese food, a ton of it really. Satay chicken, curry beef, Singapore noodles that just set my mouth on fire.....plus a few other things. But good! And that's about it. As sad as it is I fell asleep on the couch last night!!!! Today is my mom's birthday, must remember to call her (I always told her she had bad timing.....I was born 1 1/2 hours before her birthday!!).

Today's plan: Clean house (not just a quick tidy like usual). Take dog for a looonnnnnggg walk. Get him ready for the groomer's on Monday (which will be a giant production.......he is a Saint Bernard so he's been outside all winter and smells just HORRID as it's wayyyyy to cold to bathe him in the winter, plus our tub isn't big enough). Need to fill out the paperwork for the company I'm starting with this summer.....this time I'm with one of the big 5 oil companies, very exciting for me! And I'm tossing out all my school stuff today (notes and whatnot). DONE! Convocation is at the end of May, my sister and I will drive out and pick up my mom from Saskatoon and stay here for a few days to attend (Calgary is 1400 km from here so it's a pretty long drive!) so at least I get to see Geo once this summer..... :)

Well......should go visit a few journals! Have a good day all....... :D

Congrats on the big school finish!! well done!!

I suppose, all things being equal, I would rather have finals on my birthday than, like...the first day of scholl or something (and I have a feeling it wasn't so much your mom's timing, unless she planned a C, than her daughter's ;) ) (As soon as my daughter is old enough to moan about her day after Christmas B-Day I'll remind her I wanted her to come earlier, but she was comfy in my tummy! :) ) (but even still, you could use your birthday as a chance to give your mom a happy Birth and Birthing day card :) Which, of course, wouldn't work since her day is the day after yours...) (ahh, well, It's a rambling, nonsensical thought in someone else's journal...no ink was spilled...)

Happy days, and GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS!!!

My daughter turned 30 in March, she thought it was terrible! Little do you know!
Where on Earth are you going to school in the middle of Manitoba? Good thing you are getting used to paying more insurance in Manitoba, you won't go into cardiac arrest when you see how much you have to pay when you get back to Alberta!

Congratulations on grad school. What are you taking?

Pat

Yay for finishing school! :cheer:

So glad you had a nice birthday dinner.... NOW you can focus on your weight loss again! There's a big reason to celebrate, right? :D

Have you ever posted a picture of your dog?

Lisrey ;)

Happy Sunday all!

Jessica: I guess it wasn't REALLY her fault, I was due on May 12 and showed up a month early......actually my sister was a month early too. Hmm. Last night I was joking around with her, told her it was poor planning, and she goes "WHAT planning, with you there was no planning involved!" lol. NICE!!

Pat: I'm taking Petroleum Geology at the U of A in September......I'm just finished up at Brandon University in Manitoba now. I actually live about an hour east of Brandon and commute in every day......THAT is something I won't miss, especially when it's -45 out!!!

Lisrey: I haven't, but I'm going to try.....he's a sweetie! Actually I have a hard time posting pictures, I'm not very good at making them the right size to be post-able (they're always too large).....maybe I'll try and post a pic of him in here..... :)

It's Sunday, it's beautiful out......except for the 60-70km winds going on. Yesterday I washed all the walls in the living room, hallway, bathroom and utility room, SCRUBBED the floors, polished the furniture......worked my butt off all day! The house hasn't looked this good in years (sad, but true). Today's plans? Do the dishes. Read a book. (My mom-in-law bought me a couple of Dan Brown books for my birthday and gave them to me before she left the province a few weeks ago but I am so good I didn't touch them---now that school's done I CAN READ FOR ENJOYMENT! YAY!).

Geo is home, should go finish dishes.....will be back later to attempt a picture post and check out journals!! :)

Ok......so here is the Dew, back from the groomer's, all fresh and clean!! (For a minute or two, anyways). Second pic is just for height perspective---he comes almost up to Geo's waist and he's about six feet or so (maybe just shy). He's likely slobbering in the pics, sorry, it's constant so it's hard to get one without slobber in it :) .

Well, that's strange.....just noticed the date stamp on my camera is just a bit off!!!!!

All right. Now that I've got a program to resize photos, figured what the heck.....





I'M DONE!!!!! :) :) :)

Wow! Great photos! Thanks! I ask for a picture of a dog, and I get lovely you! :D

The dog's cool, too! He's really big and beautiful. How old is he? I am a cat person who's trying to get to know dogs better. I am pretty sure one of these days my Sweetie's going to insist on having one, and I want to be ready. It's funny, right now I seem more interested in dogs than he does!

Thanks again -- you look great!

Lisrey :ribbon:

You're so pretty! I bet it feels great getting done with school. I just started a masters program (MBA) this January, and I've got 2 more years after this semester. I wish I was done with classes this semester already. I've still got 2.5 weeks left. 5 exams (I had 2 yesterday even!) and 1 big writing assignment (due tomorrow!) Ah school. Makes life "interesting."

You don't even look like you're 30. I would have guessed 25.

Have a great day! Keep up the good work. Exercise. Eating right. Having fun!
Thanks for letting me stop by!
Rikki :D

I LOVE YOUR GLASSES!! (I am, with glasses, the way many women are, with shoes...they're my litttle weakness...Man, it sucks being broke...)

Greaat pix, puppy looks like a sweet man, and you look very nice...and so...graduated.... :)

I envy you your pleasure reading (Do you have Angels and Demons? I'm not at all sure I like it... would be interested in a different perspective) ) Hope you're enjoying life!

Happy Thursday all!

Lisrey: Dewey's going to be 6 in May.....he's our first dog (I would highly recommend people start with a smaller one for thier first.... :o ) but he's got to be one of the best natured animals I've ever seen in my life! We have cats too, lots of them (6!!) and a bunny. Geo didn't like dogs but I talked him into it, he's very attached to the Dew now....!

Rikki: Thanks for stopping by! (And thanks... :o ....nobody actually guesses my age. I think the fact that I just finished my undergrad helps too, people tend to equate that with being a bit younger than I am). MBA, wow, I'll be joining you on the Master's front this fall! Thankfully in the thesis-based Masters I only have to take 3 courses in the two years......YAY! Minimal exams! :)

Jessica: Thanks! I notice glasses too (my "thing" though is perfumes.....that's what I tend to spend wayyyy too much money on!). These glasses were the first time I decided to get whatever I want and be damned with the cost......I figured since I need to wear them 24/7, I might as well get ones I like rather than my usual whatever's cheapest philosophy! So I went to the most expensive optometrist in town (the only one who carried a large selection of designer frames) and found these Ralph Lauren glasses, I liked them and they're differently shaped.....blah blah, sorry, I'm rambling on a bit!! Actually I started with Angels and Demons (haven't read the DaVinci Code yet) and loved it, it's what got me into the Dan Brown thing. Just started reading one called Digital Fortress, about codebreakers intercepting email, I'll let you know how it is when I finish!

SO. Went to the school yesterday to check my marks, this semester went really well! I'm happy, marks were super good! I was worried about an astronomy class I took, for whatever reason the final seemed SUPER hard, but I did fine (I guess it was hard though, he said the average was 55% and he had to boost everyone's mark by 5% because of it). It's one of those classes with 200+ people in it (maybe that's normal for some schools :o but I go to a school with less than 4000 students on campus, so most of my classes are 20 people or so, particularly the 3rd and 4th year classes).....hmm, what else. Today I need to wash my car and start getting stuff ready to move to Calgary in a week. Promised Geo I'd make my famous meatloaf for supper, maybe with garlic mashed potatoes. I haven't been so good about my declaration to get back on track on the 18th (oops) although I have added more fruits and veggies......in Calgary for sure, it's SO much easier! What's sad is I wore a t-shirt I bought in December yesterday, it's a medium and it fit really well when I bought it (ALMOST too big!) and yesterday it was a bit tight. ACK! THAT'S THE SIGN IT'S TIME TO SMARTEN UP! I know I have to, and I've always been bad for the "I'll start tomorrow" mentality, but one more week might be easiest so I can cook what Geo wants and not worry about making 2 meals etc.

Wow! I'm talkative (?typative?) today!

Well, should go check out journals......be back later!

:laugh:
Typative. You're funny!

Good luck with the move. Great job on the marks! I go to school with less than 4000 on campus too, so the most my classes have is 30. Man, I wish I only had to take 3 courses! My undergrad was in journalism/PR, so I have to take 8 undergrad business classes before I can really get into my grad program, which is 10 courses. I don't have any idea if it's thesis based or not. I need to check on that. I think I have the option to do either. (Test, or thesis.)

Have a great day!
Rikki :D

Happy Sunday!

Hi Rikki, thanks for stopping by!! I'll have to stop by and visit your journal later.....life has been crazy the last little while so I haven't been too good about visiting other people.... 8-| . But I will smarten up soon!!

Arrived in Calgary yesterday......staying at my sister's for a few days. I start my new job tomorrow morning---very exciting, and a bit scary!! Let's see.....when I got in last night my sis took me out for supper as a reward for graduating (gotta love her!) so we went to Mortal Koil and pigged out......let's just say the damage involved sampling half the martini list as well. Good? Oh, yeah. Good for Kim's expanding waistline? Oh, nooooo. Tomorrow we're going to Curves after work so this is it folks, this is all, I'm getting back on track and losing the pounds I've so quickly packed right back on! (Now it's like 13 or 14 pounds I've gained......up to 166-167 or so). Ack! Depressing, but once I start I'm usually pretty good at sticking with it, I just tend to put off starting till tomorrow.....or next week.....or after a special occasion....you get the picture. :o

So, I should let my sis use her computer for a few minutes, but I will really really try hard to get back on later today and visit other journals.

Wish me luck at my new job....! And MONDAY is D-DAY ("do-it day") for Kim! Think good thoughts for me!!

:)

YAY to new beginnings!! (and to mmmmmmm martini lists :) )

Hi there! :wave:

Have we been through the whole "what part of Manitoba are you from"? I was born in Dauphin. :)

You are ROCKING at the weightloss thing.. Quite an inspiration! :cheer:

Corinna

Hi, Jess and Cori!

I'll post more soon (promise!) but for now I gotta be quick and dirty. New job is great but I share an office with 5 (yes, 5!!!) other people. Eating has been great the last couple days, I'm back on track! Back at Curves too.....I had gained 12 pounds which sucks but wasn't as bad as I thought. My mom went to the doctor yesterday for a biopsy and they removed a lymph node, and she has to go in today for an emergency mammogram, they're pretty sure it's cancer (my family is cancer riddled right now....) :c( . That's about it for the updates....will try to borrow my roomie's computer tonight and post to people!

:)

I am sorry to hear about your mom. I hope she recovers fast and well!

Glad to see that you're back on track. How do you like your job?

Keep up the great work!
Rikki :D

I'm sorry to hear about your mom too. That's scary and also very stressful. I hope all goes well with the mammogram. :hug:

Yay for getting back to Curves & healthy eating! Yay for a cool new job! We can do this, right?!

Lisrey :up:

I AM SO HEARIN ya sistah.. I too share an office with 5 ESTROGEN RIDDLES ladies. I gained 9 pounds since working here, and I swear, all I ever hear, I"M HUNGRY... where are we going for lunch? Or, MAX.. YOUR EATING THAT AGAIN!! yuck!

Brats.... Good to see you still around.. But Im sorry to hear about your mum... sweetie I will pray..... (( HUGS!))

Hi all!

Haven't been around much lately....until I get my own office it's difficult to get on the site at work and I finally got around to borrowing a friend's computer to post.... :) .

Jessica: Oh yes. Martini lists. One of my many downfalls!!
Corinna: Dauphin! I'm actually from Saskatoon but have lived in Manitoba for the past 10 years now.....in Austin, on the #1 half way between Brandon and Winnipeg. :)
Rikki, Lisrey, and YAYY MAXI!!!!: Thanks......the results came back yesterday and it is breast cancer for sure, they haven't gotten the lymph node results yet but it doesn't bode well. So I'm sad. My convocation is 3 weeks from today and she is supposed to come to Manitoba with me, but depending on the treatment may not be able to, and she's really upset about that---I think she had given up on me ever going to university! The job is going GREAT, the people are wonderful, my only complaint at all is the sharing of an office but that will be remedied in 6 weeks when our department is moved to its own floor (there's been a boom in the area I'm working in, and so lots of people have been hired lately....hence the crowded conditions). Not much is new.....going to Curves and eating well again (and it was actually easy to get into! Who knew?!?) and working, and that's about it!

So I gotta get off this computer, and once again will have to wait to check out journals and do some posting.....sorry :( . MAX---good to see you back! And to everyone--please keep my mom in your thoughts! She's my mom AND my dad, and probably my best friend..... :c( . Ack.

Hope everyone's week is going well....I'll make sure I'm back in a day or two!! :)

big hopeful thoughts for your mom :hug: and you, too :console:

Hi all!

Quick post again....I'm such an awful DTer, no time to visit other journals and post.....I apologize, I'm horrible :o . Life is just crazy right now!

In a nutshell:

LOVE the new job, plus just found out I got a 10% raise already! YEAH!

Mom has lymphosarcoma as well so she starts chemo right away and then will have surgery to remove the lymph node, and a mastectomy (spelling??), very sad but she's fine with losing a breast......she's a bit of a scrapper, that one :) .

Will see Geo in 2 weeks when I go home and officially graduate! Wheee!

Have been good since I got here (May 2nd) and have lost about 5 pounds of the 12 I put on. Yay! Down to 160......140, here I come!

Well I have to run, got roommates lined up the ying-yang waiting for me to get off their damn computer.....I miss you guys! Hope everyone's good.....will be back soon as I can!! :)

Wow! 10% raise right away?? Where do we sign up?? :O That's awesome!

Great job on the loss -- don't worry about how much you can pop in here, as long as you are on track and losing, keep going!

Lisrey :laugh:

I'm jealous! Both about the raise and the loss. But hey, I'm very happy for you too! :) Keep up the great work! I'm glad you found a job you love. Life's too short to be in a job you hate! Congrats on the loss! :cheer:

Keep up the great work. Post when you can. We love hearing from you!
Rikki :D

Wow, it's been over a month since I was last here......awful!

And what's even worse is, very little is new to report! :o

Well.....I am down to about 153 now (right back where I left off in December......sigh, think of where you COULD'VE been by now, Kim!). Other than that.....mom's ok, taking chemo well.....my roommates and I are moving this week (so once again I'll be crazy busy!).....I discovered Vietnamese salad rolls and fell in love (mmm!)....work is great.......we've had constant rain for the past couple weeks and flood warnings are constant......and that's about it!

Hope everyone's doing well. I'll try to make it back soon!! Miss you all!! :)

Hey girl. Have fun with the move. Seems like all the DTers are moving these days! :laugh:

What are vietnamese salad rolls? They sound delish. Glad your mom is taking to the chemo well. Here's to continued recovery! :)

Well....once again, haven't been here in quite a while....ack!

Hiya Rikki! Salad rolls are lettuce, carrots, rice vermicelli, and either shrimp, chicken or pork, wrapped in a rice paper wrapper and served with spicy peanut sauce for dipping. Mmmmmm! Actually extremely healthy, and one of my all-time fave foods.....

Hope everyone's doing well. As of yesterday I was down to 149......70 POUNDS GONE! :1stprize: Verrrrrrry excited about that.......at most I would like to take another 14 off. Can't believe I've come so far!!

My mom's doing well.....chemo is actually going all right for her, which I'm grateful for. I'll go home at the end of August to see her.....

Not much else is really new. Eating well, gym 3+ times per week, and I've started doing 5-6km walks most days that I don't end up hitting the gym as well. And that's about it!

Miss everyone......will come back sooner this time........

:hug:

Wow, Kim, that is amazing! Congrats! It seems your new environment is treating you well. Do you still like your job? I sure hope so.

The salad rolls sound so delish! I wonder if I could find them around here...

Once again, CONGRATS!!!!!!!!! :1stprize:

Hi Kim, long time. I hope all is well with you, and congrats on the continued weight loss.

Hey Elsie! Long time, yeah.......busy busy busy!! :)

Hiya Rikki......like the job, stressed out about crappy deadlines right now. Had salad rolls for supper....mmm! You gotta try them..... :D

So right now I'm housesitting for a friend so I have no excuse for the next week or so....I'm gonna make an effort to be here! Tonight I'm exhausted, got up at 4am to drive to Edmonton in the vain hopes of finding an apartment for September. Anything close to the University is crazy expensive and anything farther away racks up the commuting time.....sigh. Think I found a place, it's a small basement suite and nothing special but I don't have the time to spend looking.....ack! And it's only for two years, right?!?

Let's see. Trying to be good, working out when I can (crazy project deadlines right now so not as regular as I should be) and the occasional spoonful of pb keeps somehow popping into my mouth (by accident, of course!). At 147 now, another 7-12 and I'm going to start upping my calories a bit and focus on toning.....when I do work out now I'm doing free weights and such as the belly and upper arms are bugging me a bit (although I was told today that the butt looks great! :o)

Well, that's not very interesting is it? But I'm so tired I can hardly see straight, so I shall come back tomorrow am while I am drinking a big strong cup of coffee (with Splenda, of course!) and blab more and post in journals, even if it's just a sentance or two.

I miss everyone! Ack!

Hey, congrats on 147! That's where I am too! :) Have a great time housesitting!

Thanks Rikki, and congrats too! :D

Well, I got the apartment so I'm happy that's been taken care of. Think I'm going to hit Jysk today and get some of the small stuff for my new place....should go to the gym but not sure if that'll happen or not today, what with the stress levels at work and all I could use a day of pure relaxation right about now..... 8-| .

Actually I'm in a fantastic mood today. Figured out the school budget and it looks like Geo and I will be able to take a nice vacation in the spring, which we need! Now I just need to make sure I'm bathing-suit ready.....ack!

What else is new.....um, not much unfortunately. Life is pretty good right about now, pleasant change of pace! Hope everyone else is doing well! :)

Bathign suit rady?
You are 7 poiunds from your goal and have lost a lot of weight. No matter what you will look better in a bathingsuit now, then you did for many years. Edmonton eh? I knew a girl who lives there. One of these days I will amke it up to Canada. I have to, I already bought scrapbooking stuff to do it :)

Hey babe... I know how you feel about getting swimsuit ready. I went through that for Hawaii. I didn't get to my goal (obviously) but I did do what Elsie said. I thought back to what I was, and how I looked back then. Then I just enjoyed myself, swimsuit and all. (And p.s. lots of other women, fatter than me, were wearing skimpier suits and not caring...that helps too!)

Where are you going to go?

Thanks for the visit to my journal! Have a terrific day! :)

Rikki that is so true. I went down to MExico a couple of months ago with nothign but bikinis (they were on sale) and I didnt want to wear thm in public. But Everyone down there was wearing them, even womena weighiung more than 50 pounds heavier than me, so I didnt feel so bad.

Ahhh, Elsie and Rikki, my speeeecial leeeetle frieeeeends! :)

How true, how true......at least at this point I can see myself wearing a bathing suit, something I never would have done before.....I just hope I can get to where I'd like to be first!! :o

Where are we going?? Good question! Likely Mexico or Cuba......we're going to hold off until spring and then hopefully grab a good "last-minute" deal to save a few bucks......if worst comes to worst we'll go to Vegas for a few days, as long as we get away together, we'll be happy...... :D We haven't had a vacation in 10 years, so it's getting to the point of being a necessity.

Today was a good day, hit the gym, did cardio and weights and worked up a good sweat.....that's to make up for yesterday when I decided I "needed" pizza and proceeded to eat like I thought it might disappear without my help. I went to bed last night with a tummy sooooo bloated it hurt to lie on it, actually had to sleep on my back. I actually disgusted myself. Ack. I'm going to remember that pain for the next time I decide I should give in to some ridiculous craving.....ah well, live and learn, thankfully I don't have a scale here so I have a week to get back to where I was......I HATE that!!!!

Other than that.....the long weekend's been good, spent wayyyyy too much money shopping (as usual, har har), spent most of it being a lazy bum! Yay!

Elsie: You SHOULD come up here! Yay!
Rikki: Any suggestions of destinations (preferably cheap ones!!) would be greatly appreciated.....sad but true, we thought about staying in Canada and going to the east or west coast, but it's cheaper to leave the country than it is to travel within our own..... 8-|

See ya'll tomorrow!

I have gotten 2 great deals to Puerto Vallarta this year, they seem to have a bunch of specials. My latest one was 7 nights in a 4 star hotel, airport transfers, and airfare from Oakland CA for only $429.29, that is including tax. The last trip I paid about $650 for 6 days, and I thought that was a great deal. I would just sign up for travel zoo and look at their wekely specials until something slays you. I know what you mean about needing a vacation. The only vaation Nick and I have ever taken togehter was to Vegas for 4 days. That was in 2002. SO 10 years and one vacation. Definately doesnt work for me. Well I hope you have a comfy couch, I might have to come and visit it for a while. To think all the countries I have been to, and I have never been to Canada.

I have been to Puerto Vallarta too! It's a nice place. I was surprised. I went on spring break, and there were actually more "calm" people there (like people with kids) than crazy naked spring breakers. That was nice. I think I paid about $600 for the trip too. Check out www.vegas.com (www.vegas.com) DH and I went there for our honeymoon, and we spent 3 nights, 4 days at the Luxor in a hottub suite. Including airfare. For $300 each. It was a fun trip! Hawaii is amazing, but expensive. We spent about $5000 (including meals, souvineers, super nice hotels, and a nice flight), but we had been saving up for a couple of years to go. Expensive, but fun. I want to take our next vacation (hopefully when I finish this masters!) to Spain and the Coasta Del Sol. Oh, and the U.S. Virgin Islands sound amazing too.

I know what you mean about the tummy ache. When I started eating healthy, I just can't over indulge. I feel so sick. There is this italian pizza/pasta buffet DH likes, so we go about 4 times a year, but I REALLY have to watch what I eat because I feel so sick if I eat too much. That's a good idea to remember the pain!

Have a great day! :)

Thanks for comin' by, girlies!!

elsie: my couch is your couch...... :) Puerto Vallarta sounds good, it's likely either there or Varadero, assuming all works out as it should.....unfortunately the deals we get up here aren't usually as good as the ones leaving from the States. Ack!

Rikki: Sigh.....Hawaii! Looked into that but a bit pricey for right now.....saving that until I'm done school and making the big bucks!!! :)

Well. Super stiff today, increased the weight I'm working with on Monday and did extra lunges.....damn thighs are sore!! Eating was good yesterday and so far today (pleasant surprise, har har har). I think I'm going to start writing down what I eat again, I do think that helps me.....

Today: Honey Oatmeal for brekkie (140 cals)
Fruit Source bar for a snack (130 cals)
Leftover Curry Chicken with Rice Vermicelli for lunch (approx 300 cals??)
BBQ Pork Stuffed Bun from Chinatown for a snack (approx 200 cals)
2 bites of a banana roll, also from Chinatown (50 cals?????)

Total so far today: 820 cals, or thereabouts
Aiming for: 1200-1300
Planned supper: Lean Cuisine Lasagna, 300 cals; salad, 50 cals (dressing!!)

Total planned: 1270 cals


Not bad.......I think with the amount I tend to work out now (500 cals+ supposedly burned during 45 mins to 1 hr cardio, can the counters on those machines be trusted??, + 45 mins free weights) I should be aiming more for 1400-1500.....what do you guys think???

I also need to stop shopping in Chinatown.....I LOVE the bakeries and I could live on their stuffed buns, but there is no calorie info for that kind of stuff....I tend to assume 200-250 cals per bun (just a white hamburger bun type thing with 1-2 tbsp of filling inside), I don't think they could be THAT much higher.....the banana roll was a bit of a treat, I've always wanted to try one so I got one.....had two bites, pretty sugary and very gelatinous, but I love trying new things!!!

Well, should get back to work......I'll stop by later and we'll see if I stick to my plan!! :)

Good for you on counting cals again! You'll get to that goal in no time. We are at the same weight! We should challenge each other with goals and cals and stuff so that maybe we could get to goal at the same time! :)

Have a great day. Stick to that plan! :whip:

Hi Geo! I just thought i'd drop in and say good for you on the weight loss! That's great! I was reading your posts about vacations...We live in FL and although so generic to travel to, the Keys are great and you can easily afford a decent hotel and all that jazz at just the right price. But I loved Hawaii...I didn't pay for my trip so that must be why. :) But it was wonderful. I'd save up and go. Rikki, our next trip is to Europe in two years or next summer. We're getting caught up on bills and then going on travel sprees all over. We're going to WYO for a backpacking trip next summer with my 'rents.

Anyhoo, soo off topic, but you're doing great! Glad you found an apartment and hope that wards off some stress.

Melinda :D

Heya girls!

Rikki: Yup, sounds good. So let's start today! I'm at about 1500 cals for the day, +600 cals burnt on elliptical + free weights.......sooooo excited, I'm starting to see definition in my biceps!! Yay!

Mel: Hey, good to hear from you again! Actually we're looking at Florida as well......I've been there (ahem, in 1984), we went to Orlando for Christmas when I was 9, but Geo's never really been ANYWHERE.....it's something for us to consider! I did find a hotel + air package that was a good price, hopefully good deals will come up closer to April.....!


Well. Today was a good day eating and exercise-wise. I've decided to up my cals from the 1200 I was trying to hit, to 1400-1500. I'm finding it hard to find info on how much to eat when you're working out 1-2 hours most days and I'm worried that if I stay too low any weight loss will slow or stop. So I'll try this for a while and see how it goes.....if anyone has any suggestions they'd be welcome!

Other than that.....3 weeks from today is my last day at work, and back to Manitoba for a week to pack up some stuff, and then back up to Edmonton to start school! Yay! Not much else is new.....tomorrow is my last day house sitting so I won't have internet anymore.....don't yet know if I'll have the net at my apartment in Edmonton either.... :( . Hopefully though!

Hope everyone's having a good night...... :) I'm tired and off to bed!!

(10:51pm......ooh Kim, you ANIMAL!)

You're doing great! Your exercise sounds awesome. I think 1400-1500 calories sounds very reasonable if you're doing that much exercise. I'd be comfortable with that. Sounds like life is good -- and busy! Take care & come back when you're able!

Lisrey :x

Ok. Sounds good. I was at 1800, but I am thinking I'd rather be more in the 1500-1600 range. I don't want to cut too many cals out of my diet, but I read somewhere that cutting no more than 500 a day is fine, and should bring about great benefits! So here I go! :)

Have a great last day house-sitting. Hope you have internet so we can continue chatting!

Well, this journal is about to be officially closed, as I am now a lot closer to 31 than 30 (ack!), and I didn't do a spectacular job of keeping up with this one. So come see me in my new journal! :)