MARCH CHAT SPOT

New month New spot to post so use the April Chat Spot now. Thanks Teri

Happy April Team

There's nothing like family! This is a big month for family with Easter and we have lot's of family birthdays, the most important being my dad's. We have about 85 people coming to my dad's 90th birthday celebration.

Still my goal is to weigh less by the end of the month. I am wearing my pedometer and trying to get in as many steps as I can!

Edited by: DEEDAYE at: 4/1/2012 (08:38)

Joyce, safe travels & enjoy that family time!!!

Thanks for posting DEE, I will have little computer time for the next couple days...travel & family....See you about Wed!

Good Saturday Morning Team,
Sorry I haven't been around. Life has been hectic, as usual, with the 90 minute commute, work, and home. My dad had hernia surgery this week. His birthday is April 24. He'll be 90! My birthday is the day before, April 23. We are planning a big party for him on April 21, so that has me busy too! My eating has been way off. I need my Spark time and all the support & encouragement I get here. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Can you believe it is the end of March? It was just December of 2011. My heavens!
This New Year 2012 is just flying by! I hope your year is going well. Chris

you gotta think outside the box sometimes so that was a good brain puzzle.
I have had a migraine off and on for two days. Don't really feel that well but have to get my grandsons tonight for the weekend not a big deal they will watch tv or play and I can rest.
I have my finances in order now with a new financial planner so signing off on that tonight.
Got the mortgage papers signed and faxed back today.
Cleaned my grandson's room somewhat at least I have the laundry in baskets and he can bring them down later. Both him and his mother are sick with colds and bad coughs.
I guess I better go and get a couple of things together before I have to leave.
I don't have a picture on my laptop it is plugged into my daughters monitor. I am going to have work on finding the receipt or go to costco and see if they will print me up a new one so I can use the warranty. They will come to the house and fix it.
Have a good weekend. Teri

Remember this old, brain teaser?

The Fox and the Goose StoryFox, goose and corn story

Andy went on a journey accompanied by a fox, a goose and carrying an open can of corn.

He happened upon a stream which he had to cross and luckily found a small boat that he could use to cross the river.

Andy discovered he could only take himself and one other - the fox, the goose, or the corn - at a time. He could not leave the fox alone with the goose or the goose alone with the corn for obvious reasons.

Can you work out how Andy gets all safely over the stream? Clue, there are four journeys.

Scroll down to find out:












Have you figured it out yet?







Answer To Fox and Goose Question:

Take the goose over first and come back.
Then take the fox over and bring the goose back.
Now take the corn over and come back alone to get the goose.
Take the goose over and the job is done!

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These are religion based cartoons. Some are kinda cute. Chris

Congratulations on the good weigh in, Terri !

Glad you enjoyed your trip and you had a little down time from your every day chores.
I found my purse so that is great news.
I have made it to aquafit both days this week and am planning on getting there every day this week.
I am still having a bit of stomach issues but nothing major.
Went to see my DD for her birthday on Sunday and visited with a few friends.
I went to the doctor yesterday about my allergic reaction on my face and if I could get cream to stop the itching I tried it awhile ago seems to help with the itching.
I weighed in at the doctor yesterday and I am down a few more lbs. since my last weigh in but different machine again. So I am going to start a Monday morning weigh in at the doctors office and stick to that. I will use this weeks weight as my starting weight and go from there.
I have been off work the last two days early it is pretty cold but nice and sunny.
My computer is still up at my daughters she is bringing her new computer home tomorrow so I will get my laptop back and be more regular and start tracking again.
I think I am going to ask for a tablet for mothers day this year.
I better go I want to get a basketball net for the kids for easter it fits on the inside of their trampoline since they moved to the country they can't use a normal net because the driveway is gravel so no good surface to get a footing for it so this is going to be fun for them.
My van's hatch won't open the mechanic has it apart and ordered the part so hopefully it is in and can be fixed before I get the kids on Friday.
I will try to be back on again tomorrow but you never know. Take care. Teri

I am back! Five days of visiting lots and lots of family. I saw a new 2 month old baby and the almost 90 year old mother of my best friend. I saw the families of my 3 brothers and one sister. Wow, what a variety of people. There is a plan for my oldest brother (in his wheelchair) to carry the new baby down the aisle at this July's wedding for the baby's Mom and Dad. So he has to stay healthy! He has been getting pneumonia from aspirating foods. Some youngersters are starting college and traveling the world. My sister started taking in a foster child or two. That was big news. I met 3 of them. I heard about the training required for doing that. I also heard about the training requuired for volunteering with Emergency Management teams. Lots of people were kind of struggling with finances and health problems like fibromyalgia, depression, arthritis, obesity, a severe circulation problem, etc. And we visited a few family graves. All in all, it was a fantastic visit. I am so glad I was able to go. DH was cared for by his youngest brother. They cooked NO FOOD that I had left. I guess the 2 guys had take out all week.

My recent 3 blogs tell more about the trip.

It is good to be back even if I had a crown put in this morning already.

Chris

Congrats on using less meds that is such a big bonus with weight loss and better care of ourselves. I am not on any regular medication I take pain medication when required.
It is really cold here today probably still above our normal temps. but we really have been spoiled the last 2 weeks with July and August temps.
I had to go to emerg. on Thurs. my stomach cramps were getting worse and then I felt fevered. They gave me an enema and sent me home with more stuff to clean me out because they didn't know and couldn't find what was wrong. I am supposed to go back if it doesn't help. I will go to my family doctor I was trying to wait until Friday morning to go but when I couldn't get warm and felt fevered I thought I should get it looked at. The cramps are better but still don't feel too good and uncomfortable when I eat food. But a lot better giving it a few days and see how things are. I have an appt. on Apr.3rd with one of my doctors. I have had a headache off and on for a few days also.
I have loaned my laptop to my daughter figure her computer got taken out like everything else that took a zap in that storm. So won't be on regularly probably for the next week until she gets her computer looked at.
Teri

I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL

I HAVE BEEN OFF BP MEDS OVER A YEAR NOW. AND SEVERAL OTHER MEDS
SINCE I JOINED SP

GETTING OFF MY BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION!
I think it is going to work this time! One week today since my last pill and BP is doing OK.
I joined SP in July 2011 and have been gradually building up the cardio. The BP med then resulted in low potassium so I can get rid of 2 prescription meds and still feel healthy...that is the whole goal of this health journey.
Still testing several times a day for the next 4 days to be sure I am OK with this as high BP is silent but so important for our kidneys

ITS REALLY NICE HERE ALSO . I AM TRYING TO GET OVER A SINUS INFECTION,
THIS YEAR ITS A LONGER DRAG OUT FIGHT ON WHO WILL GET ON THE BALLET .
VERY MUD SLINGING , THE WORST EVER .

It is another beautiful day up here not sure what it is in fahrenheit but it is going up to 26 shorts and t shirt weather in March can't ask for better than that. We aren't convinced we aren't getting another snow fall before this spring is over.
I made it to aquafit still have some gas cramps not sure why.
I tracked yesterday my food I always track my exercise it is easy doesn't take any time.
I will track again today.
Still finding more damage from the lightning that hit the house it is probably why my daughters monitor is not working. It was the worst storm I can remember at least the thunder was the worst I had ever heard. My city got it really bad apparently grapefruit sized hail.
I can honestly say I don't understand your politics. In Canada they announce an election we have one candidate from each party they have 60 days to convince us who to vote for and then we vote and that is the end of it. It feels like your elections last forever with all this primary stuff etc. I am glad I don't live down there. I hate the 60 days of one saying something about the other and each bringing up stuff someone did 30 years ago.

WOW
EVERY BODY IS IN THE CHILLING FACTOR,WE ARE IN 50 MAY GET UP TO 68
THATS OUR SUNNY AZ ANY ONE FOR OBMA ????
ROMNEY WANTS FAMILY PLANNING CENTERS DOWN . AND RICK DOESNT CARE ABOUT UN EMPLOYMENT .
WE NEED HEALTH CARE . ANDI JUST STARTED GETTING MY LATE HUSBANDS
WIDOW PAY . AND THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT GETTING RID OF SOC . SECURITY.

WOW 3 INCHES LOST THATS GREAT . THATS HOW MY DH IS . LOSE WEIGHT WITH OUT TRYING HE WEIGHS 158 . I WEIGH 145 HE HE HA HA TO CLOSE .
GET THE TOE CHECKED OUT . ITS INPORTANT . HAVE A GOOD DAY TEAM

Go figure! DH lost 3 whole inches in his waist!

We women struggle and struggle and shrink minimally at best. He has no exercise and hates anything looking like healthy food. the one thing he did was give up Klonkike Bars for his daily treat. I have been buying him Skinny Cow chocolate cones. Man! they are expensive. I need to find a friend with a discount store card.

Chris

I love that people are thinking only a week at a time or even 3 days at a time. We set ourselves up for failure when we think in longer time periods.


Just a thought! Chris

Hope your toe gets better soon! My feet are freezing this morning. 24 degrees outside this morning. Snow melting slowly!
I wish our country well!
R

I suggest you go see your doctor before you do any damage to your foot. A break can really cause issues. I know first hand I had a broken toe and continued to work no benefits. A couple months later went to the doctor and she said it wasn't healing and I had to go off work and stay off my feet for 2 weeks to give the toe a chance to heal. Then a few years later from different toe and foot injuries I had to have surgery because of floating bone chips etc. So get to your doctor when you can just to be on the save side.

Off to do laundry and housework before I go to the pool. I think I will try to leave early and stop and get all the point card replacements I forgot to do yesterday. Teri

My dad always says that voting is like choosing the lesser of two evils. I think your right. Most people want to make a positive difference, but there is so much past things to simply maintain (like the deficit and the Social Security issues) that it tends to be impossible to actually make a difference.

I wish I had a pool I could go to. Maybe, then I could swim while my toe is still hurt. I tried to walk yesterday, but it hurt and I could only do about 35min instead of 45min. I debating about going to see the dr. who did my foot surgeries and see what he says. I'm concerned if I let it go too long it will really hinder my progress and (I'm not telling anyone else) I want to enter our YMCA 4th of July race this year. I've decided I can either walk 5miles or run 2, but nothing less.

My view on politics is a lot of them are just crooks but some of them actually go in thinking they are going to make a difference only to find out it is an old boys school mentality and there is nothing they can do to make any difference. Some I believe really want to make things better but then find out the mess that meets them when they get into office from previous administrations and it doesn't matter if it is local, provincial/state or federal politics.

Rhonda snow still OMG I live in Southern Ontario and all winter we probaby haven't even had as much as we usually get in one snowfall and I am loving it. It was over 20 yesterday which is our July/August temps. our normal for this time of the year is 4-6. We are in t-shirts and we should be in winter coats. The sun is shining and it is supposed to be this warm until Sat. when we are supposed to go back to our normal temps. I am enjoying it while we can because we just don't know what we will get. I can't believe we won't have another big snowfall.

I finally got my cable working this morning. Last night I was a crazy person.

I am getting things done around here and going to make it to the pool today. I am also going to try to commit to tracking my food every day this week. Starting right now won't be hard haven't eaten anything yet. I better go do that right now.

Have a great day. Teri

TERI THAT'S HIGH PRICE GAS
WE HAVE A HEMI ITS COSTING CLOSE TO 100 TO FILL.
WHEN WE PULL THE 5TH WHEEL WE GET 14 GAL TO A MILE.
YOUR NOT WEIRD ON THE PURSES EITHER I LIKE LEATHER . I LIKE SMALL ONES
ALSO .I DONT GET WOMEN WHO PAY 160 FOR A PURSE . THESE ARE WOMEN IN MY BUDGET BRACKET.

IT RAIN FOR 2 DAYS . THIS MORNING THE SUN CAME OUT & I TOOK THE PETS FOR A WALK IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

RIGHT NOW I AM CAUGHT UP IN THE POLITICS. I AM FOR THE TEA PARTY YET
FOR THE MAN . I CANT REALLY DECIDE WHO I LIKE .DONT CARE FOR ROMNEY

LAST ELECTION I VOTED FOR OBMA . JUST DONT KNOW
I WATCH EVERY THING THATS FAIR & BALANCE .

Hello everyone. We have snow in our high desert home. Dogs loved our outing yesterday to the Anza Borrego State Park. They got a lot of romping & sniffing & chasing in! They played in the snow at a spring on the way down & on the desert floor of the park where the snow didn't stick.
We had a picnic by the indian rock.
I got plenty of exercise myself and we all enjoyed it. We still have grey skies today & lots of snow still covering everything yet & it snowed some more during the night! Not sure if it will warm up enough to melt off today or not. It's 28 at the moment.
Hope you all enjoy your day.
Rhonda

Our gas right now is about $5 a gallon we measure in litres so I just did the conversion it changes daily but it stays around $4.90 a gallon the last few weeks. I have to fill up weekly if I go anywhere if I stay in town it lasts me 2 weeks and it costs me $120 a fillup.
I drive a minivan because I have so many kids to take places.

I am pretty much done replacing everything in my purse. I got a purse from my friend yesterday it was actually a purse I had given her. I like small purses but I need to have a certain lining. I have issues with different textures and feels. My family thinks I am weird.

I made plans while at my friends that her and I are going to take the east coast cruise sometime this summer. I will look into it today and get the info. A sparkfriend I have been talking to for years has offered her home for my DH and I to stay when we take the Alaskan cruise I am not sure if we will be there long enough to spend a night but I will visit with her and she has offered to take us to show me where I lived as a child. It is on Vancouver Island in Victoria I lived in an area called Esquimalt it is an army base or at least it was. I wish my dad was still alive so I could tell him all about the journey when I got back.

I have to take a PVR and a digital box back to cable this morning for replacement from the storm. I will finally have cable back in my room.

Beckafano sounds like it will be a nice trip and I hope you enjoy yourself. On Saturday when I went to Toronto to visit my friend I saw the pictures from her trip to New Zealand and Australia. They were beautiful she doesn't take many pictures. I don't either but what we take are usually the high points.

I guess I better go and finish up with the cards etc. and my cleaning. I am going to declutter today. I have started the freezer/dryer room..I live in the basement part of the house so this is my living space and sometimes it just gets really cluttered right now with mostly laundry that I haven't taken upstairs to my daughters yet or empty boxes. I want to do the computer room so my one grandson can sleep in here again. He does not sleep well with other people around or noise he has a hard time falling asleep. I put him in the computer room and he is off by himself and it is quiet and dark he will go to sleep faster.

Have a great week mine can only go up from here. Not sure about aquafit today m throat is starting to bother me again. I will go gargle as my friend reminded me this morning. Teri

BECKAFANO

I CANT WAIT TO SEE HOW GAS WE ARE GOING TO SPEND
PULLING A FIFTH WHEEL TO HUNTING BEACH FROM PHOENIX

WE ARE AT 3.99 AND IN CAILF. ITS 4.40

BRAYSHOME and 1AVERY - I can't wait to see how your vacations/trips go. I love hearing about other people's vacations.

1AVERY - I have to admit I am very lucky to have a computer genius for a husband. As far as the multiple TV's go, my husband has talked about a wireless connection that hooks all the TV's to one device and it doesn't matter if people want to watch different things or the same thing in different rooms, the basic idea is that they are all 'connected' to the 'access' device and that device is what gives you the searching capabilities. It's like having several computers on one wireless network. If your honestly interested I can give you my husband's e-mail and he can tell you how simple or complicated it is.

TERI
I RECALL ONCE I HAD DAYS LIKE YOU.

I TOLD MY FRIENDS AFTER A STRING OF HAPPINGS . ITS NOT MY DAY,
LATER ITS NOT MY WEEK
OR MONTH . ONEOF THOSE YEARS ??? HAD THAT TOO

WE JUST GET THROUGH IT

HOW BY LAUGHING

I still don't have cable in my bedroom don't know what the problem is they said it would be fixed overnight but all the other boxes are working except this one. I thought it was the tv again but they both work fine in the living room. I will take the box back today or tomorrow.

We don't make great money so I try to save money when I can but not on cable addicted to tv. I don't watch near as much as I used to.

The computer hooked up to the tv sounds great wouldn't know how to do it and the problem is we have 6 tvs in the house with people watching all different shows so we really need cable. I have streamlined it down to 2 free PVRs and 2 free digital boxes so we just pay for the cable itself. I have internet and phone with a different company and pay $50 a month for those. I don't think I can get a much better deal.

Well I have just one calamity after another a little angry with myself for leaving my money in the bank machine this morning I can't find my purse. I have searched and searched the whole house and my van. I usually keep it under the seat so the only thing I can think of is I left it in the shopping cart at giant tiger or my van wasn't locked last night. I am usually really good at locking it but you never know. I called giant tiger they haven't opened yet but the lady will call me when the cashiers come in and hopefully it is there. I am supposed to go to Toronto today to meet a friend but I won't have any credit cards or license or anything. The money is a non issue if it is gone my loss but it is replacing everything in the purse that will be a big issue. There are so many credit cards, point cards, bank cards, and library card. License and health card. The list goes on that would take weeks. License place isn't open on Saturdays. The credit cards etc. will get here faster than the government ID. OMG just one thing after the other. I am praying I left it in the shopping cart and someone turned it in even without the money will be GREAT. I have to learn to slow down and take my time and look around. I can't go back to sleep and I was going to go to the pool but can't do that either my stomach is sick with the waiting.

I will probably still go to Toronto anyway I need to have the visit with my friend. I really can't do much about everything until Monday anyway. I will call the credit card places before I leave and cancel them all if I don't find it. I have checked all my bank accounts and the one credit card that is in the front of my purse and nothing has been touched. That is a good sign because with the computers now it shows up instantly on your account.

Have a good weekend. I will keep you updated with my adventures or loss of my mind whichever you want to call it. Teri

I AM ALSO STREAMLINING OUR BILLS

I HAVE DECIDED SINCE I RETIRED 2 YEARS A GO TO RID OF CELL PHONES
WE USE PAY AS YOU GO FOR EMERGENCYS . THAT WILL SAY 167. PER MONTH
I HAD DIRECT TV . PAYING 111.00
I CUT IT BACK TO LOWEST PKG OF 54. PER MONTH.
WHEN I RETIRED I TOOKMY RETIREMENT IN LUMP SUM AND PAID OFF ALL CREDIT CARDS EXCEPT ONE . I FILLED MY CONTRACT FOR A LEASED CAR & SENT IT BACK.
WE SOLD ONE MOBLE AND BOUGHT ONE USED AND PAY MENTS ARE CUT IN HALF
AND A NEW LOWER SPACE LOT. WE HAVE CUT AND CUT . I USE COUPONS .

BUT WE HAVE PLANNED A TRIP TO CAILF FROM AZ. WE ARE GOING TO HUNTING BEACH . MEET UP WITH FAMILY WE ARE BLESSED. ITS RUFF WE ARE STILL BLESSED

My husband and I gave up cable a few months ago. It saved us over $60/month. We got a computer and hooked it up to the TV instead of the cable box and we can watch all of our shows (without commercials or with very few commercials) through the broadcast web-sites for free. He also (he's a computer genius) copied all of our movies onto a computer and the computer hooked to the TV streams whatever movie we want without having to change disks. I love it.

June it is hard getting back to anything after being away for awhile. I know what you mean about weekly accountability I do better when challenged or have to weigh in weekly. I am going to start doing my own weekly weigh in.

The cable guy will be here in 5 minutes. WOOHOO I still may be able to take Shannon the little boy I babysit to the library this morning for a program and I will read.

I have done a little house cleaning this morning while waiting for cable. I guess I better go put a housecoat on and make him a path down the stairs. Setting stuff on the stairs that either has to go to the van or upstairs to my daughters.

Chris there is so much you can do with ham and turkey for variety. The ham and pea/bean mix sounds good.

Have a great day everyone. Teri

Winning the lottery sure sounds good right now! Since retiring, I have been cutting down on expenses. Now, Id better just cut my grocery bill, too. we can eat out of the cupboards for awhile. I had been stocking up. I told hubby he will be eating ham and turkey for awhile. I have a huge ham and a big turkey in the freezer right now. I bought a 13 bean soup mix for the ham scraps. Love to all!!! Keep on sparking! Chris

Teri, on your 4 lb weight loss and getting to the aqua aerobics. I am re-joining Weight Watchers tomorrow. I stopped when I had my knee replacement this past October and did not go back. So back I go....I think I need the accountability each week. I have been doing good not eating after 8 pm the past week. Hope everyone is doing okay. Enjoy your week-end everyone! June

WOW MY SISTER LIVES IN YUCAPIA SHE HASNT SAID A WORD .


I LOVE ANY MOVIE ABOUT TEENS . I LOVE GREASE, WHERE THE BOYS ARE.
DOESNT MATTER THE YEAR .

California has been have a series of storms was without power all morning. More rain to come tonight.

Hi Everyone

It is good to see so many of us on the same team. I think as we get older we just tend to do more to ourselves. I spend as much time down as I do up. There are a few sparkfriends and I that joke about wrapping ourselves in bubble wrap we may not get hurt but I don't know how we would get back up we would just roll around on the ground wouldn't we.
I have made it to aquafit 3 times this week and will get there again tomorrow. WOOHOO!!!
I am making good choices and I weighed myself today on a different scale and am down 4 lbs. I am not getting excited until I weigh myself on the same scale next week then I will know for sure that it is going in the right direction.
I didn't win the 13 mill last night I still have the 50 mill on Friday night so I could still be a millionaire yet.
I took the kids home last night.
We had a terrible storm this morning I have never heard thunder like this before. I think my house may have been hit a little by the lightning. My cable went out during a big crack and the cable went out in the area it is fixed but not at my house. They can't get out until tomorrow morning. I have my internet with a different provider thank goodness because my 17 year old grandson would be really upset. He is mad because he is going to miss March madness but at least he went onto my wireless and can play his video games his mothers wireless is out too. We can watch our recordings on the PVR so that will get her caught up.
I have a movie to watch Old Dogs with Tim Allen and Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. I watched Gnomeo and Juliet this morning it was a really cute movie. I love kids movies.
Take care. Teri

TAKES TIME TO ADJUST TO BEING ALONE I WAS A WIDOW 15 YEARS BEFORE I REMARRIED 'BEEN WHERE YOU ARE

My son and DIL moved out and I have been kind of down. Not use to being by myself during the day but slowly getting use to it. Can't get use to the time change.

I THINK BACK NOW AND CAN LAUGH

YEARS AGO I DECIDED TO JOIN A LA FITNESS GYM. I WENT OUT BOUGHT ALL THE GEAR . NEW CLOTHING GYM BAG AND SHOES . I FELT SO GREAT . MY FIRST DAY
I STROLLED IN FEELING LIKE , HEY EVERYBODY JUST LOOK AT ME !!!!!!

A FEW MINUTES LATER PEOPLE GOT THEIR CHANCE SOME HOW I TRIP
UP CLOSE TO THE FRONT DOORS ROLLED OVER INTO THE FRONT OF MIRRORS

PEOPLE JUST LOOKED AT ME ,I SUPPOSE THEY DIDNT WANT TO EMBARRASSED
ME . I GOT UP AND WALKED AWAY LIKE I WAS WORTH A MILLON .
I DIED ON THE INSIDE

I am so glad to hear I am not the only one...............

The worst thing was in Toys R Us years ago. I spent a couple of hours shopping and had a basket filled. I left it to get something and a clerc had put the stuff back! I got my stuff back and the same thing happened! I could see the newspaper headlines:

Woman loses it in Toys R Us!

AVERY! - It happens to everyone. I once got $60 out of the ATM and then left my purse in a town 1 hour away. By the time I got back, the purse was there, but the money wasn't. The saddest part is that I think it was the employees of the restaurant that took it, not another customer. But there was nothing I could do about it.

BRAYSHOME - Oh, my goodness, I sprained my ankle once and it was a long recovery. At least I know I'm not he only one who gets injured doing every day stuff. And the dropping stuff over and over, I think I do that about every other day ...at least! It seems like I can't drop something once, I have to do it at lease two or three times, sometimes even more.

REBECKA

I WAS CHANGING PILLOWS . ON THE SOFA . THEY WERE SCATTERED ON THE FLOOR
THESE PILLOWS ARE LARGE THEY ARE PART OF THE SOFA
HOW IT HAPPEN I CANT SAY . MY FOOT WENT UNDER SEVERAL PILLOWS I LANDED IN THE FLOOR. TODAY I HAVE A REALLY HUGE BRUISE BY MY ANKLE .

TERRI IVE HAD THOSE DAYS . ONE DAY SOME HOW I DROPPED THE COFFEE CAN
I WAS REFILLING THE COFFEE CONTAINER.I CLEAN IT UP . I PRIOR JUST CLEAN THE FLOOR . SO I RE CLEANED IT, SO I CONTINUED TO FILL THE CONTAINER ONLY TO DROP IT AGAIN. I WANTED TO SCREAM

I had a wonderful chat written up and it went out to cyber space somewhere I hate when that happens because I usually don't have time to redo it or don't feel like it.

I wanted to do housework while the kids were gone today but that didn't happen. I sat in my van and talked to my sister for about an hour. Went in to get groceries and stopped at the bank machine to get $100 and I left the $100 in the machine someone thought woohoo!!! my lucky day. I was checking my bill and they charged me full price for something so went in to show them and it is also the lottery booth. I don't buy tickets often and thought I will get one for the $50 million draw on Friday night. It was really busy and I listened and thought I will get a rock, paper and scissors one for $3 you can win $10 easily. I thought I will get a $2 poker ticket and WOOHOO!!!!! won $75 instant win could still win more tonight in the draw so that cheered me up only down $25 now.

I can't tell my kids about the $100 they want to commit me already. No fear there who would do the babysitting, laundry and all the running around and phone calls for them.
I have to go get the kids shortly and it is a beautiful warm day today so they will probably want to go to the park or something. I will see what the lady I babysit wants to do with her son she likes to keep him busy but sometimes after working all day she just wants to go home. I don't blame her yesterday that was my day and it was rainy so came right home and they watched movies and got baths.
Have a good night. Another good day without the sugar cravings. Teri

My gosh I'm so tired. I'm trying to work up the energy to mark books and go for my run tonight. I'm going to do it I think, now that I have put it in writing on the net, but I just need to rev myself up!

Terri, I couldn't keep up with you either. Thanks for the suggestion on the pool exercises. I wish I had access to a pool without having to pay a tone for some kind of membership. I've been trying to talk my husband into one of those 'revolving' pools, because he's a swimmer and it's his favorite exercise, but he keeps making excuses.

Teri, I could never keep up with you! Chris

Limiting computer time surly should be one of my goals. I sit way too much!


Today U-verse from ATT will replace comcast.

Pros: the TV will be much improved. And I will be able to copy programs and replay them and skip the commercials.

It is cheaper for awhile.

CONS:
-When they warn me of a price increase, I have to remember to call them and get a lower price. the salesman told me this.

-My computer guru says Comcast still has faster internet even though U-verse is fiber optic.
that is so hard for me to believe. Maybe fiber optics is faster but maybe the connection from the street to our house is the 'old' copper wiring and that can't go any faster.

-ATT has lousy customer service. I needed help switching emails from comcast to gmail and so I called ATT customer service. So, I tried it out and yup, it is true.

-changing companies and email when I am overwhelmed by paperwork and phone calls and hubby's OT/PT appts. was pretty dumb!

Have a great day everyone!

Chris

Hi Team!

WOW Teri, I'm exhausted just reading about your day! Sounds like your are getting a real workout even with the pool closed!

Brayshome, thank for the info. I have to check it out. I have to be careful because I am on several medications and worry about an interaction.

Well, my Spark time is over, time to work!

If possible you can always try pool exercises. It wouldn't be so sure the toe isn't broken they break so easy and it wouldn't hurt to have an x-ray if you have coverage. I live in Canada so take a lot for granted where healthcare is concerned. We are starting to lose some of our coverage lately but not x-rays or every day stuff yet.
I haven't really replaced them with anything I just stay away from them will not bring them in the house. I love fruit and yogurt and that is usually enough if I don't have the culprits in the house.
I was busy again today. Two of the kids didn't wake up until 9:30 and we had to leave around 10 for the library. Got home gave them lunch and then took them to day camp and I went to the pool. Picked them up right after the pool came home a friend dropped by that had been in Florida for a month. Gave them dinner and baths and they are watching a movie and I am going to put a movie on for DH and I to watch. Not sure if it will be Footloose which I saw at the theatre and was very uplifting and fun. Or I don't know how she does it haven't heard any reviews on it so not sure if it is any good. Tomorrow will be much the same except no pool for me so will do housework and laundry. The pool is closed on Tuesday that is sad. I was pumped to get there everyday.
I haven't tracked but going to give myself a reprieve until after the kids go home because my days are jampacked. I have been eating ok so not to concerned. I will have to do a new weigh in and get started.
Have a great night. I put a new title This Weeks Inspiration read it and feel free to add any quotes articles or anything else you think will help the team. Teri

While on the treadmill yesterday, the belt slipped and I fell. However the treadmill is in the corner of the room so my other foot got stuck between the wall and the end of the treadmill and the belt 'pulled' my foot under it. My big toe hurts like crazy. I'm sure it isn't broken, but it has a nasty bruise and is swollen. So, I'm gonna have to work on changing the treadmill set-up. I was also wondering if anyone had any ideas on what to do until my toe heals. I don't want to quit walking, but I don't want to damage the toe either.

Irwin Naturals Ayurvedics Body Type Kapha 90 Liquid Soft-Gels-(larger body frame)

May I ask which body type you ordered?

I suppose I am the larger body frame. Chris

GUGGUL

I will try anything. For arthritis and lose weight. What a great combination.

I want that! Chris

Awesome, Teri! No sweets is great. What have you replaced the sweets with? Chris

WOW TERI & DEE

THERE IS A SUPPLEMENT FROM INDA
YOU CAN BUY ON LINE ( HERB ) FOR ARTHRITS AND TO LOSE WEIGHT


ITS CALLED GUGGUL
IVE ORDERED IT . INFORMATION FROM DR. OZ

Hi Team,
I hope the day bring some sunshine & relief to everyone. I spent week dealing with pain myself, even going to the emergency room. The doctors were trying to decide if was my gall bladder or something muscular. I will have an ultra sound next Sat. It seems to be muscular, but they want to rule out the gall bladder for sure. The x-ray showed what I knew that I have arthritis I my spine. Just add it to the arthritis in my knees, ankles, & hips! All the more reason to get this weight off!

I hope you feel better soon ECO and Chris.
I have been having a lot of more pain body aches and pains than normal the last few weeks. I am not sure if it is my fibro or what.
I had a busy day yesterday took the kids to Home Depot for just before 11. Then brought 2 home and took 2 to the park for 40min. Home to feed the 4 of them then off to pick up another one and to the concert for kids at the library. Stayed until 4 and then home and then over to a friends with the 5 kids for pizza and play. Stayed until 8 brought them home got them ready for bed. Started watching Gnomeo and Juliet it froze turned it off and watched Marketplace a Canadian show that talked all about travel insurance not being covered very enlightening I will be ready when I travel. Hard time falling asleep had a headache most of the day. Fell asleep and the 3 year old woke up with a fever at 2 actually 3 now. DH came wondering in about 3:30 AM and then 3 year old talked and played until the medicine finally kicked in around 4 or so. I fell asleep at 5 daughter sent me text at 8 and I was already 15 minutes late for work babysitting a 7 year old boy. Grabbed the 3 year old and ran. Left the other 3 with DH. Came back around 10 and the 2 boys had just woke up the girl. Fed them and they did their thing I have laundry going, dishes in the sink and DH is snoring away. I am going to 4 of them ready to go back to where I babysit leave the one 9 year old girl here with DH and will get her later she doesn't like noise and chaos very bad place to be if that is the case. My sanity doesn't have a much longer life span right now.
Better run now and pack up the food and stuff for the day. Headache pills will be in the mix. I am probably going to take some tylenol or advil for body pain. So I should get some exercise today it is beautiful and only going to get nicer. So probably take them to the park for awhile. Have a great day and start the week off right. I didn't track my food yesterday just too busy no time. I did good. I have 2 chocolate bars in my purse that I keep forgetting to take out. So that is a good sign. I haven't had any sweets other than fruit for 3 days now. WOOHOO!!!! Teri

Well, it is Sunday and a new week. It is Sunday, isn't it? I get really confused . Not going to work daily can make all days seem the same. I am continually checking the date at the bottom of my computer screen.

I changed Internet providers and that meant changing my email. Oh Lordy! that gets really complicated! I had help finally and it seems to be working fine. Tuesday is the big day when I totally lose my old email.

I am having major, major pain in my shoulders, neck and upper arms.I had Tylenol in me and had pain patches on. Usually that takes care of it. Last night I considered going to the emergency clinic nearby. Then I used the big S-hook thing --hope you know what I mean. I did that for a good 40 minutes. then my husband (bless him) with his good arm massaged my upper back. All that helped.

This morning it is normally sore but not at all like last night.

I think the spine has arthritis and then the muscles and nerves get involved and aggravated.

Have a great Sunday everyone. We sure do have our ups and downs, don't we!

Chris

Had another pretty good day today. Hopefully my weight will drop by Wednesday so I can get rid of my profile picture. Have a great evening.

No food after dinner tonight.
I am going to bed soon.

Hope you're feeling better Janet! xoxo

Janet, I hope after some rest you are feeling 100%!

I didn't do well at all yesterday. I had no energy, was sore from exercise earlier in the week and developed a sore throat and a stuffy nose. I haven't been sick in such a long time that I don't even remember the last time. I didn't feel like cooking so just ate whatever junk my husband had laying around. I'm hoping that another day of rest will get me back on my feet. Meanwhile, I'm going to go make some tea. I did get most of my garden planted this week.

Happy Saturday Team!
I had a rough week so I am glad the week end is here! Getting things done around the house. I have lesson plans to do and papers to grade. I hope whatever you do you have a great day!

Yesterday, I had my worst evening binge in over a year and a half......what was I thinking.

Spring has sprung and so has our incentive.
It is true you do what works for each of us. It will be different and as long as we are motivated we can do it.
I was on yesterday but forgot to chat did some sparkmail to a few of our members.
I also and this is a WOOHOO!!!!!! tracked my food for the first time in a long time. I am not going to worry so much about the range as making sure I eat healthy and am happy with myself. I have to go weigh myself maybe Monday morning at the doctor and then start weighing in every Monday morning.
I have my 3 grandchildren until Wed. so I will be busy keeping them busy. I am hoping to get to aquafit every afternoon while they are at day camp. It will be rushed but I can do it.
DH was just fixing the bathroom sink so will get something to eat. Maybe oatmeal or something else that fits into my healthy eating plan. Taking kids to home depot to build every 2nd Sat. of the month home depot offers these for kids. They enjoy it DH usually comes to help also I always have 3-5 kids with me.
I better go and call the library to see what time I can pick up tickets for this afternoons concert taking 6 kids. Then we will come home and have a nice peaceful evening.
Take care and keep working on getting to be a healthier you. Teri

KAT, Sorry to hear about your accident.


I hope you get back to normal soon. It is wonderful seeing your post! We miss you! Chris

You folks are giving me incentive to try harder today. I have been slipping. OK--I will go have my healthy oatmeal, walnuts, raisins, and chia seed breakfast. It is filling . So I should be OK till lunch. I will look for a nice spark recipe for dinner tonight. (Last night I slipped badly and ordered a pizza.) Pizza is a sign I need to rein myself in. Chris

Had a good day so far. Still struggling with sweets. I think I will go on a low card, high protien diet for a few days to get rid of the sugar cravings. Hope you all had a strong day today.

FAMILY PRAYER

THATS POWER

Yesterday was a GREAT day. My brother got out of jail the day before yesterday and yesterday morning he texted me to ask if I could pick him up and take him to church / Celebrate Recovery with me. I was so ecstatic that I was going to be able to spend time with my brother and that he seems to be making great choices the moment he got out of jail. I love my family so much and I want good things for them. I just keep praying for them every day.

Hi everyone,
I'm doing very well. I've lost 7 pounds since December when I made the decision to go low carb. With taking the weight off more slowly than in the past, I'm hoping I can keep it off. Since going low carb, evening binging has ceased to be a problem. I sometimes have a snack in the evening if I am hungry. I was tracking my food consistently and often was low on calories so would eat a snack to get into the correct range. I haven't been tracking the past couple weeks because it just takes too long. Because I live in a motorhome, I have satellite internet with limits on how much I use and the Spark pages load really slowly because they have so much stuff on them. So I'm cutting back to just logging food occasionally. I have a pretty good sense by now of how much to eat. I know this plan isn't for everyone but it is what works for me.

DR SHARMA
TOLD ME MON . HAVE A SMALL BREAKFAST .That's BECAUSE I EAT AT10;00
AND THEN I HAVE A SNACK . AT LUNCH FOR ME 2:00
I HAVE TO HAVE A PROTEIN SHAKE ,THEN SENSE ABLE DINNER

NO EATING AFTER 6:00 I LOST 5 LBS .AND ITS NOT WATER ,

SHE SAID ITS A FAST 5- TO 10 LOSS A WEEK .
I DO PORTION CONTROL . AND EXERCISED . EVERY ONE IS DIFFERENT
DO WHAT WORKS FOR YOU

I am so happy to see so many people saying HI.
I am still having a hard time today but better than the last few so tomorrow can only get better.
In 3 days I have decided on 3 different eating plans. I went to a weight loss place that wanted me to eat only protein. I tried it for a day and my stomach felt so heavy I couldn't do it. I was just trying a 2 week free trial. So stopped that.
A sparkfriend is on Dr. Fuhrman's eating plan for 6 weeks no meat and only 1 cup a day of oatmeal and all the rest is fruits and veggies and 1 cup of beans a day. She lost 30 lbs. in a short time and 5 inches off her waist. After 6 weeks you can have meat again.
Then I watched Dr. Oz and kinda liked Chris Powells plan High Carb Day then Low Carb day and the 7th day you eat what you want but out of the house and don't bring any of your guilty pleasures into your home you will eat it.
I ordered the book from the library and if I like it I will buy it. I always lose weight when I track on sparkpeople it keeps me motivated. So back to tracking my food daily.
I track my exercise. I have most of the food I eat already in the tracker so it really doesn't take much time.
I like challenges so maybe I will challenge myself to start on Monday and to track my food everyday for a week. Anyone else want to give themselves a reasonable challenge.
Let the team know and we can support each other on our journey to a happier and healthier us.
I want to start sending out a motivational or inspirational quote or story at least once a week. I will send it to the whole team via e-mail anyone that wants to opt out you can delete my name or something so you don't get it from me.
Have a good night. Teri

HI EVERY ONE
FOR THE ONES WHO DIDNT HEAR WHAT THE DR TOLD ME . SHE SAID
SMALL BREAKFAST , FOR LUNCH MAKE A PROTEIN SHAKE. AND HAVE SENSIBLE
DINNER& NO FOOD AFTER 6:00
I STARTED THIS MON I HAVE LOST 5 LBS & ITS NOT WATER . I FEEL BETTER
MY STOMACH HAS DECREASED & WAIST . TAPE MEASURE . I LOST .5 IN BELLY
AND .5 WAIST.

CHECK DR OZ . GOOGLE . AND SEE WHAT BODY TYPE YOU ARE
FROM INDIA THERE ARE REMEDY'S. I AM HIPPY LIKE THE PEAR

SUPPLEMENT GUGGUL WILL HELP MELT THE FAT . FOR POOR CIRCULATION
AND GARLIC FOR UPPER RESP .SINUS . AND THAT'S ME .
FOODS TO CUT BACK ON ARE OIL, SUGAR .
IF ANY ONE NEEDS MORE INFORM . I SAVED THE TAPE . OH THE GUGGUL
HELPS ARTIRTHIS

Just stopping in to say hi! I'm having a hard time right now. It's been months and months and I just can't lose this weight I put on in Oct. A roller coaster ride up and down and yesterday and today I have cravings that are driving me crazy. I want a binge but I am not letting myself do it. I decided to eat a bit more of the healthy stuff than I usually do and see if it calms the monster and to counter that, I went swimming for an hour for exercise. I've got a bit of stress going on and perhaps that's doing it. Whatever, this too shall pass.

Hi!! It's a nice day here in New Jersey, though I can hear the wind HOWLING. I have a four day trip (work) coming up, then I'm on jury duty for a week and a half. All of this disrupts my routine, and routine is what keeps me on "the wagon". At least when I'm in a hotel I can't wander into the kitchen and mindlessly shovel in the food!

Hi! Excuse the photo. I had a gain this week so I have to have this boobie picture until i lose weight again. It is giving me incentive to really try hard this week. I still struggle in the evenings, but am working to overcome this. Good luck everyone. With a lot of work we can do this. Have a great day! Monica

Hi. I'm not new to this team, but I'm new to this thread. So here is my Hi and hope all is going well with everyone.

Hi! I am peeking in before lunch. I am looking forward to trying a new dish for dinner, pork chops primavera. I am hoping that the pork and vegetables will satisfy me so that I do not graze in the evening. Wish me luck, and I wish the same for each of you.

Hi Team
This will be the chat spot for March and then in April we can update it and start over.
Come on over and say Hi try for daily if possible let us know how you are doing. We are here for each other.
Make the committment to stop by as often as possible we are here for you.
I am going to make a committment to drop by daily.
So HI everyone my day is going by really fast too fast actually wanted to accomplish a lot more. I had a lot of computer and phone work to do and it is really time consuming.
Off to aquafit and then back to work. My work is not hard it is watching a 7 year old boy after school until 6. I get a lot of reading done during that time.
Have a great day. Teri