Monday Roll Call

 Good Monday Morning Everyone!

It is a beautiful day here and is supposed to be in the mid 80's.       Get out and enjoy it before that 4 letter word rain comes back for the rest of the week!

For those of you who missed the conference, please do everything in your power to go the next time.  We had sooooo much fun!  It was a great learning experience and a wonderful time to get re motivated to our commitment.  The speakers were really great!  I know that I learned a lot from all the speakers as well as the exhibitors.  I am struggling right now, seeing old habits rear their ugly heads and I feel between the speakers, the resources I learned and talking with several life coaches I am going to be back on track.  I also found a weight loss counselor that specializes in weight loss counseling that is not too far away with weekend hours!

My knee surgery is up in the air for tomorrow.  My internest did not like my EKG so he is sending me to a cardiologist.  That was scheduled for the day of surgery so I can celled my surgery.  However my surgeon had another opinion and got me in to a cardiologist today so I may still be having surgery tomorrow!  I sure hope so  Nothing like doctors calling in favors to get things moving!  So wish me luck that things continue as originally planned.  

Hope everyone has a great day! 

Good Monday morning Nancy and Illinois!

Wake up sleepyheads! After I posted I saw that you posted and deleted my original post so there is only one roll call. It sounds like you had a great time at the conference. Hope you get the news you want to hear regarding your surgery tomorrow.

It looks like another beautiful day! The sun is shining!

Today is Ian's 4th birthday. I've got to call him this morning to sing that happy birthday song. I've also got an eye doctor appointment and the formidable pile of laundry to get done. I think I'll even do a little shopping for things to take to WV with me. Tonight we are meeting a friend at the Lockport "Cruisin into Summer" concert.

What's on your agenda?

Have a great sunny day!

Good Morning,

Nothing exciting going onhere today. I do want to start getting packed for Our Alaskan Adventure. We will be leaving Thursday night, to spend the night in Chicago to catch a plane on Friday Morning. So, I will be out of touch until we get back.

today, I do have laundry to fold and put away, and do some more pickup. I need to get gas sometimes this week.

Nancy, I hope you get good news from the cardiologist today. Please let us know.

Carol, when are you leaving for WV?

Com Ed is still busy on our street, moving poles and stuff. Everyday they are doing more. Maybe they will get started on the street and sewers earlier then August. It's going to be a total mess  all winter.

Stay safe,  don't forget to exercize.

Hugs
LISA

Hi Lisa,
Not leaving til the 1st of July. Can you tell I can't wait to go?
We will be there to celebrate Tyler's 2nd birthday on the 4th of July.
Of course we will also celebrate Ian's birthday when we get there.
I already called and sang to him and Tyler had to talk too!
He's the phone kid in their house, Ian's not much of a talker on the phone, but in person he is completely different.
Hope you have a great time on your Alaskan Adventure!
My sil and bil did an Alaskan Cruise a few years ago and they loved it.
Have  fun!

Good Morning my wonderful IL friends!

Nancy the conference was awesome and really remotivated me as well.  I actually lost the 3 pounds that I had gained over the last few months!!  I am psyched up again now and ready to lose those last 20 pounds!!

Today, well I called Tyler's Derm because when I picked him up yesterday he's got another spot on his chest that seems to be the MRSA rearing it's ugly head again...they said they couldn't get him in til Friday!!  I was like WHAT?  It's extremely contagious and it's bad...she got us in tomorrow.  Mike told me to take him to the ER though...the spot is on his upper right chest and it's about the size of the bottom of a glass...and very very swollen.  It's affecting his using his shoulder as the pain goes through that too.  We'll decide what to do when he gets his butt outta bed!  lol
I also have to run and pick up his contacts, go to the bank and then hunt down some of those Titan Bars that I tried at the conference!!  OMG yummy!!

Tyler has a ball game tonight so we'll see how that goes with his chest/shoulder hurting.

I hope everyone has a great day!

Good morning Nancy and the rest of Illinois!

I had a great time over the weekend and hope to do either an OH event or just a weekend get away with all my OH friends soon.  Maybe before summer ends.  I will post my pictures when I get a chance.

I went to Riley's 3rd birthday party yesterday on my way home.  She is a pistol!  She told Uncle David that he needs to "change you hair back to how is was before!" many times.  She does NOT like the blue/green/blond thing going on on top of his head.

David was accepted as an AC at camp for the summer, so he is set.  Liv will be working/volunteering part time at the museum, starting 3 days per week.  She is heading into Chi-town this weekend to do lots of cool touristy stuff with her Girl Scout troop.  They are sailing on the Tall Ship Windy.  I have always wanted to do that!

Besides being back at the grindstone, nothing much else is going on.  I hope to attend the Rockford Support Group tonight, but I will only be able to do that if I get a nap at lunch!

See you all later and have a splendid day!

It does seem you all had a good time at the OH conferance.  I am hoping you really did learn a lot and I will gladly be the recipeint of some of that secondhand.

One of the major things that has been a discouragement to me over the years of fighting to lose weight and gaining it back is the hunting one must do to find products we want and then also having to watch all of the foods labeled as health foods wjich really are not when you check the labels.

I moved my psych eval back to mid July due to my Vertigo.  I have a nut appt later this week but have not made much progress if any.  The scale just does not seem to want to cooperate.  At least the cardio clearance seems to be taken care of.  My meals are getting smaller but still the scales do not want to budge.  Money has been tight so I have not been doing slimfast and will likely have to if I am to lose any more between now and surgery.

I will go out tomorrow for the first time since the attack of vertigo.  I have not trusted myself to be out driving but I must get the cars oil changed and do the emmissions test and plates this month.  This emissions test thing is all new to me since I have not done this type of thing.  Our car is now three years old so it has to be done to get the plates but is hopefully not a problem. 

Nancy I do hope the surgey will be a go for you.


My  daughter came home and went out grocery shopping. She decided since her hubby won't do any thing about his weight she will. She took his debit card so he can not eat lunch out. She is packing him a healthy balanced lunch. She told him if he has a business meeting he then could take the card but other wise no more pizza for lunch. 


I sat in a couple of the leader meetings and I learned alot in them to about how to stick with the basics.

I loved meeting and getting to know each of you better. Like I told my daughter my family has grown and this side of the family and I have a greater connection.

Ok gotta go play soccor with the boys!

Karen

Good afternoon!

Im downloading my pictures now, so I'll post them soon.

I had such a great time with all of you and learned alot of great things at the conference.  I came home to a clean house, dishes done, toys picked up, and everyone sleeping.  I am so proud of my little family for finally making it through 2 days without me!  I guess there were a few incidents, but they worked them out on their own!  WOW!  For my three, that is a huge accomplishment!!

It was so nice to see everyone in person again and have so much fun!  The emcee of the event was Bo, and he did an awesome job, and made the conference all that much better!  I learned how to play Roulette, how fun, and danced for the first time in a long time.  Thanks to all my friends for being goofy with me!

Now back to business, I got on the scale today for the first time in weeks.  I figured I had lost some more, cause my clothes were getting loose again, and I was right!

Whoo hooo!  I am at 105 pounds gone!!!  Hurray!  Made me feel good and motivated again.  Now to keep it up.  I feel more motivated now after the conference and have some new tools, recipies, and protein ideas to help.  I really needed a kick in the pants!  I have not been a good girl lately, and now I vow to be better and to get back on track.  It was so motivating to see how well everyone has done and to see those that had plastic surgery!  That is my dream!

I will upload the pics now!  Enjoy and have a great day!