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Good morning Buddies!

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I?m getting a late start this morning.  I actually slept til the alarm went off at 6:30 this morning, but I was up a couple of times during the night.  We didn?t go to bed til midnight and lay there talking for at least half an hour, so I didn?t get a whole lot more sleep than usual.  But I?m definitely gonna take a nap afterwhile.

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I?ve gotta spend time packing today.  We?re planning to hit the road early tomorrow morning, although we did discuss possibly leaving this evening?that?s why a nap today is in order!!

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There?s really shouldn?t be much to pack besides clothes.  It?s just that when Micheal moved into this apartment (while I was still in Fort Wayne) he went shopping and bought all this extra stuff!

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The apartment was fully furnished when he moved in, including dishes, cookware and linens.  He went and bought more cookware (he didn?t like what was here), bakeware, extra sheets (he didn?t like theirs), and even gold chargers and a fancy mirrored candleholder for the table!!  Oh, I almost forgot the spice rack and cooking utensils!  Now all of that has to be packed.  Men!  They complain about all the ?unnecessary junk? we buy for our home then they go out and do the same thing!!  I had made a comment about bringing a couple of things from home and he said we didn?t need to haul all that junk out here, then he went shopping and bought more junk!!!  Go figure!

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Well, the cookware we?ll be able to use at home.  We?d been talking about getting new stuff anyway.  And those gold chargers will look nice with my blue dishes.  But the sheets?  Our bed at home is a full size.  The one here is queen size.  I don?t think the sheets are gonna fit our bed.  Well, we can use the flat sheet but not the fitted.  Hey, that gives me an excuse to go buy a new queen size bed doesn?t it?  Yeah, I think it does!

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Yesterday I did pretty good?cereal for breakfast and a salad with tuna for lunch.  For dinner I had a thin lean pork chop, some potatoes and green beans.  I did have a couple of bites of cake, but not enough to throw me off.  Tonight I won?t have to cook because Micheal is gonna clean up the leftovers and I?m gonna do salad with tuna.

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Well, guess that?s it for this blog.  I wish I had something witty and insightful to share, but my brain isn?t processing at full capacity yet this morning.  I think maybe I need to go make some more coffee!!!

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And remember:  Don?t let a little slip  ruin your trip!!!

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Good morning Buddies?.wait a minute.  It?s not morning.  Well, technically it is, but the alarm hasn?t gone off yet.  Of course what difference does that make when I?m always up an hour or more before the alarm?  I NEED SOME SLEEP!!!!!

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Guess I?ll take a nap today!!!  And I?ll probably take one tomorrow since we?re gonna be leaving early the next morning.

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Yesterday was another good day!!!  I had salad with tuna for brunch, fish with salad for dinner, and pudding cups for snacks (2 total for the day).  So, I did pretty good.  Tonight will be a lean pork chop with veggies.  That?s all that?s left in the freezer so we decided we?d both eat one tonight and Micheal would clean out the leftovers tomorrow night.

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Ok, I did cheat yesterday.  I had a bite of Micheal?s cake?but only one.  That?s all.  I swear!!!!  Yeah, I know a bite won?t hurt me but I just had to get that out!!!

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Well now Micheal?s concerned I?m not eating enough.  But like I told him, we?re gonna be traveling Thursday, so that means eating on the road.  Ok, we?ll be eating in restaurants, not on the road, but you know what I mean.

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Friday and Saturday will be busy, but I?ll cook while we?re home.  I won?t buy salad stuff just for a couple of days, but I do have plenty of veggies in the pantry, and I think I still have some shrimp in the freezer. 

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Then Sunday will be a travel day again.  So that?s two days out of the next 6 that we?ll be eating out.  So eating a little less right now won?t hurt me.  My body?s not going to have time to go into starvation mode before we go on the road.  And you know eating while traveling isn?t easy!!

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Ok, that?s it for now!  Hope everybody has a wonderful day!!  I?m gonna spend part of mine packing a few things.

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And remember:  Don?t let a little slip  ruin your trip!!!

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I hated having such a wonderful weekend come to an end.  We didn?t do much besides watch TV all weekend.  But we spent the time together, and that?s what counts.

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It was too cold to go out and do anything!  Yesterday afternoon it was only 5 degrees!!!  And that was up from an overnight low of 0!!!!!!  But by bedtime, it had gone up to 8.  And it was 12 when I got up at 5:00 this morning.  When we went to bed it was snowing, but there?s less than ? inch of new stuff out there this morning.

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And we?re getting out of Minneapolis none too soon!  They?re saying one day this weekend the high is only supposed to be 0?that?s a big fat zero, with a low of -15!!!!  Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!  Now that?s COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I?m glad we won?t be here for that!

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Anyway, I had another good weekend where food is concerned.  I had a meatloaf sandwich on Saturday but that was ok cuz dinner was salad and fish.  Yesterday I had a cereal bar and a pudding cup for breakfast and tomato soup for lunch.  There?s nothing better than sipping on a big mug of hot tomato soup on a cooooold day (unless it?s sipping hot cider)!

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We?re working on emptying the fridge, freezer and cabinets of food before we have to pack up, so we?re not gonna go grocery shopping again before we leave.  That means eating out or ordering in a couple of times before Thursday morning.

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I had eaten skimpily enough since Thursday night?s dinner at TGIFriday?s that we decided to order pizza last night.  I had my thin crust Hawaiian while Micheal had his thick crust loaded with everything (except anchovies?yuck!).  I was checking my books and all and a whole medium thin crust Hawaiian is less calories, fat and points than half of a loaded thick crust pizza!  I didn?t eat the whole thing, but I didn?t go over my points either, and I got to splurge on pizza!  And I actually prefer the thin crust Hawaiian than that heavy supreme that Micheal had!

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Now, touching on yesterday?s blog, Micheal?s decision for eating out this week is Olive Garden.  He already told me that my meal was going to be salmon with veggies and salad, and NO breadsticks!  Guess that man is gonna hold to his promise to help me!  And I?ll be eating a lot of salad before we leave cuz I have a lot of salad stuff in the fridge?salad with cod, salad with tuna?.lots of salad!

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I?m looking forward to stepping on the scale after we get home!

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Well, I?m off to read blogs.  Hope everybody has a wonderful day!!!!!

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And remember:  Don?t let a little slip  ruin your trip!!!

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Boy did I ever catch it last night!  We were eating dinner?Micheal was eating his meatloaf and fettuccini alfredo and I was eating my fish and salad.  I guess you could say I was feeling sorry for myself.  I?d had a meatloaf sandwich for lunch, but nothing else except my fish and salad.  But anyway, I looked at Micheal and told him that if I hadn?t lost any weight when we get home, I was quitting.  He asked me what I was gonna do then and I said probably expand to the size of a blimp and explode.

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Micheal just looked at me and calmly said ?Well, I?m not gonna let you quit?.  HUH!?!?!?  Where did that come from?  Yeah, he?s been supportive since I?ve started this journey.  But I guess you could say he?s never been very ?encouraging?.  He?s commented about the changes he sees.  And he?s said he would help me.  He hasn?t said a word about me ?cooking? two different meals at once.  He doesn?t mind that I buy most every diet book that comes out.  But he would still offer me ice cream, peanut M&M?s and other things like that.  And he?s never questioned or commented on what I ordered when we went out to eat.

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He?s watched while he eats a Double Whopper with cheese and a large order of fries, and I eat a kids meal or Whopper, Jr.  He?s watched while he eats a huge bowl of Reeses Peanut Butter Cup ice cream and I eat a Healthy Choice ice cream sandwich or a pudding cup.  But he?s never said a word.  And he watched the other night while I ordered and ate dessert (at least a little of it), without saying anything.

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?Well, I?m not gonna let you quit.?  Where did that come from?

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After dinner I told him that if he isn?t gonna let me quit, he was gonna have to help me.  Then I started telling him that if we went out to eat, if I was familiar with the menu, before we went in I would tell him what I want and he would order for me.  There would be no desserts and no breads.  And if it?s a fast food restaurant it would be a kids meal.  He said if it was a fast food restaurant it would be a kids meal but with no fries cuz some of them now offer healthy alternatives to fries.

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Then he proceeded to tell me that if I tried to quit, he would send me back to my Dad and tell my Dad to straighten me out!!  The gall!!!

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Then, he started telling me all the changes he?s seen in the last 8 months.  He can feel my ribs.  My tummy doesn?t hang down as far.  My butt doesn?t have a ?shelf? on it anymore.  He can put his arms around me easier.  My old robe doesn?t gap open at the bottom now.  I?ve gone down from a size 38 to a size 32 in jeans and now they?re getting loose.  I have to pull the truck seat up in order to push the clutch all the way in and he doesn?t have to worry about me killing myself getting behind the wheel if he forgets to move the seat back after he drives it.  My toes are skinnier for Pete?s sake!

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Ok, I get the picture.  I won?t quit.  My body is changing.  And if the scale doesn?t show it when I get home, I won?t quit.  Something is happening to my body.  And it?s a good something.  But with all the changes, the scale has to move eventually.  There is no way it can?t.

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While we?re home, I?ll take my measurements again and carry my measuring tape with me when we?re away from home and measure once a month.  That will be a lot easier than carrying the scale with me, and I will have something to go by so I won?t get discouraged so easily.

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But all of you know how easy it is to get discouraged.  You know what it?s like to eat the baked or grilled seafood and chicken instead of the steaks, BBQ and wings.  You know what it?s like to eat salad while everybody else is eating pizza and burgers.  You know what it?s like to want that hunk of gooey chocolate cake and yet have to settle for a cereal bar.  And I know that?s what I have to do.  I can?t eat the junk.  I have an addiction to the junk.  And one bite just gets me started.  I want more, and if I can?t have more, I get discouraged.  So I have to give it up completely.  I?m a junkaholic!!!

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I know what my body needs.  I know my body?s changing.  I know what I should and shouldn?t eat.  I know what I need to do.  And I know I?m gonna get discouraged again.

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But I also know now that Micheal?s not gonna let me fail in this journey.  He may not give me the ?encouragement? I want.  But he?s never been that sort of person.  He?s never been free with the compliments.  He?ll tell me my outfit is nice, but doesn?t say I ?look? nice.  He?ll comment on my makeup or hair, but he doesn?t ?compliment me? on it.  I?ll get all ?dolled up? to go out and he never seems to notice it.  He?ll comment on the changes in my body, but he never tells me he?s proud of me or the progress I?ve made.  That?s just the way he is.  I never hesitate to tell him he looks handsome or is handsome, but I never hear compliments from him.  So I got the impression that he didn?t care one way or the other.  I was wrong.  And he let me know, in his own way, that I was wrong.

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I guess I still have a lot to learn about my husband!!!  But do we really ever get to know everything about somebody?  I may still never hear compliments or encouragement, but I do know now that he notices and cares.  That makes a big difference.

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We all need to know that the people we love care about what we?re doing.  I didn?t think Micheal cared one way or the other.  Now I know he does care and it will make this journey a little easier.

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I know this was a long blog, so please forgive me for going on.  It was just something I had to get out.

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And remember:  Don?t let a little slip  ruin your trip!!!

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It?s early Saturday morning, Micheal?s still asleep, and I?m sitting here at this silly computer, drinking coffee and watching ?Message in a Bottle? on TV.  I would love, just once every month or so, to be able to sleep late?maybe 6-7 hours of unbroken sleep in one night instead of the 4-5 I usually get.  I?m just so tired all the time.  But this tired old body won?t let me.  Pain wakes me up and I have to get up.  So I guess I?ll just have to dream a little dream of sweet restful sleep.

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Nope, sleeping pills won?t help.  Yeah, they?ll make me sleep, but it?s such a deep sleep that I don?t move all night.  Then the next morning I have to have help getting out of bed because of the pain from lying in one position all night.  So it?s a no-win situation.  Guess I?ll just have to make do with the shorter night?s sleep and a nap during the day (when I can make myself take one!).

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Ok, enough of that.

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Yesterday was another good day, foodwise.  I had a Special K cereal bar for breakfast (wasn?t up to eating anything else), a chicken sandwich for lunch, and a salad and fish for dinner.  I also had a fat-free pudding cup for dessert and one for a snack during the day.  So I did ok.

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I fixed meatloaf for Micheal last night.  Now I love meatloaf, but I?ve been eating a lot more chicken and fish and a lot less beef (never been a big pork eater).  And watching Micheal eat that meatloaf?well, I wanted some sooo bad!  So I took one bite of his.  I can?t really say that it was all that good.  He said it was, but not to me.  I wonder if that means my tastes have changed or I never really cared for beef to begin with?  I?ve always preferred chicken or seafood.

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So we?re going to spend part of the weekend packing a few things up.  Wednesday is Micheal?s last day here in Minneapolis.  We?ll probably load most of our stuff in the truck Wednesday evening and head home early Thursday morning, if the weather cooperates.

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We?ll have Friday and Saturday at home and head for McLean, VA Sunday morning.

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We?ve spent the past week looking for a hotel in McLean, but haven?t been able to find one for under $195 a night (except a couple of fleabag joints)!!!  Yeah, the company will pay for it, but we just don?t like spending that much on a hotel!   We?re used to places where it costs less than $300 a week (we?re a couple of skinflints).  But last night I went to the Extended Stay site and found one for $105 a night!  And it?s less than 2 miles from where Micheal will be working.  And Extended Stay has the kitchenettes with the full sized fridge, small sink, microwave and 2 burner cooktop.  So that will be better than the other hotels where we?d have to eat out all the time.  I can cook good stuff!

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Well, I?m off to read blogs.  Hope everybody has a wonderful day and weekend.

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And remember:  Don?t let a little slip  ruin your trip!!!

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Eating too much of the wrong things is NOT worth it!

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I didn?t eat much during the day yesterday?Special K cereal for breakfast and for lunch.  But dinner was a totally different story.  I knew we were going to TGIFriday?s with Micheal?s team from work, so I had saved plenty of points from yesterday and from earlier in the week so that I didn?t even go over, but I still overate during that one meal.  Even if I hadn?t saved up points, with what I had left from yesterday and my flex points, I still would have been ok.  It?s just WHAT I ate and how much!!

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I ate some of the appetizers (most of them were deep-fried).  For my meal I ordered salmon, which came with mashed potatoes and a veggie combo.  I ate all my salmon, most of my veggies, and maybe half of my mashed potatoes.

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And then there was dessert, which I should have passed on.  But I didn?t.  I had a brownie with ice cream, but didn?t even eat half of it.

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I figured it up, and I stayed well within the points I?d allotted for the meal, but I should have stopped before the dessert.  It was just too much food.?a lot more than I?m used to eating at one meal.  And I?m no longer used to the fried junk and the sweet stuff.  This morning my stomach is protesting.  I guess it just doesn?t like that junk anymore.  Go figure!!!

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But I also woke up hurting from head to toe, so today?s definitely going to be a lazy day.  I hate it when I wake up hurting.  It makes me feel so worthless when I can?t do anything but sit in the recliner and read or watch TV.

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Well, I?m gonna go read a few blogs, then take my Ibuprophen and kick back in the recliner and be a lazy bum.

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Oh, and Jo?the ?S? word was ?Shopping?!  Dawnie had made a comment about how often my blogs contain that word!!  And I?m sure you?re not quite so proud of me today, after my dinner last night!!

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Well yesterday was another OP day.  Had that Subway sandwich for lunch, and for dinner I had salad with chicken.  Later I had a 100 calorie pudding cup.  Oh, and I had some Light Lays tortilla chips and some fat-free bean dip.  So I?d say I did pretty good.

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Tonight is the team dinner for Micheal?s crew from work.  And it will be at TGIFriday?s.  I know they have several items I can order that would keep me completely within my range, but I?m not going to worry about that.  I?ve been under on my points every day this week so far, and now I have almost an extra day?s worth saved up, not to mention my flex points!  I know, some die-hard Weight Watcher?s followers will say you?re not supposed to save up points, and the meeting leaders would tell me not to do it, but it?s worked for me in the past, so I?m gonna keep doing what I know works for me.  And I?ll count today as my splurge day!

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So yesterday, after I picked Micheal up from work, we went to Tuesday Morning and picked up a 3 piece luggage set.  Micheal decided he really liked Tuesday Morning.  I think I?ve created a monster!!  But we?re talking about a man who really likes buying things like fancy wine glasses, silver chargers for the table, and things like that.  Aren?t I sooo lucky!!!!!!!

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After that we went and got groceries.  And I picked up plenty of goodies for me?100 calorie pudding cups, lettuce, low-fat dressing, dried fruit, fish and fat-free bean dip for an added treat.  So I?m set for a few days.

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But the big accomplishment for yesterday was, (drum roll, please!!!) I spent a big part of the day out running around and passed up every fast food joint on the road!!  I didn?t stop at a single one of them (well unless you want to count Subway)!  I?ve stayed in all week, for the most part, because I was afraid I would screw up, but I decided yesterday that I really needed to get out.  And I did good!!!  I really have to say that I?m very proud of myself!  But I?m not gonna push my luck.  And even though I have points to spare for dinner out this evening, I?m not gonna go crazy.  Besides, there?s no way I can eat that many points worth of food at one meal!  My stomach just won?t be able to hold it.

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I just looked out the window and it?s snowing like crazy, and the sun?s shining!!!!  It?s already snowed enough that the cars in the parking lot are completely coated.  It?s mostly a light powdery snow, but there are a few huge flakes mixed in with it.  I just saw one that was at least as big as a half dollar!!!

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Ok, I?m gonna shut up and go read blogs.  I hope everybody has a wonderful day!!!

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Oh, I almost forgot?Jo, I got the January toy and took it to the fire department for Toys for Tots yesterday!

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And Scott, you?ll notice I didn?t use the ?S? word a single time!! (just for you, Darlin?!!)

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And remember:  Don?t let a little slip  ruin your trip!!!

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Hello Buddies!!!

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First I just want to say thanks for all the comments on yesterday?s blog.  I even sent a copy of it to Dr. Marc so he could see what a monster he?s created!!!

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Now on to the good stuff!!

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Today has been a shopping day!!  Yes, Dawnie, I said the ?S? word.  But, if you haven?t noticed, it?s been a few days since I last said it!  Ok, I said it Monday, but it was in reference to Saturday?s shopping trip (there, I said it again!).

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So, I took Micheal to work this morning, then I went shopping (oops, I said it again!).  Then I took him lunch, which was turkey subs from Subway, so I was a good girl!!  I don?t know what?s for dinner yet, cuz we?re going grocery shopping after I pick Micheal up from work.

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Anyway, I got up this morning and put on my jeans, those 32?s that were pretty tight when I first got them?well they?re loose on me!!!!  I?d been wearing shorts and sweats around the apartment the past few days cuz I hadn?t gone anywhere, (not since we went shopping Saturday) but when I put my jeans on this morning, I could definitely tell the difference!  So needless to say, I?m tickled pink!!  I?d just about bet I could get into 30?s now!!  But that would be another shopping trip since Catherine?s is about 10 miles away, so I?ll wait til we get back home.

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I may go shopping again this afternoon before I pick Micheal up from work.  I haven?t decided yet.  I can?t go shopping too much before we leave Minneapolis, though, cuz we don?t want to end up with a lot more stuff to pack.  And I can?t go shopping after we get home, cuz we have too much to do before we leave for Virginia.

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So I guess I?ll just have to wait til we get there.  I?ll have to go grocery shopping after we get there, and I?ll have to go find a Dollar Tree to go shopping for all the little necessities we?ll need at the hotel there!  No, we don?t take a lot with us.  It?s easier to just go shopping for the little things after we get where we?re going than it is to pack it all and take it with us.  Besides, we never know what we need til we get there.

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So today was probably my last real shopping trip til we get to Virginia.

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And I guess I?m all done with this blog for today.

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Oh, how many times did you count the ?S? word???

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I?ve been thinking again?or maybe I should say, contemplating.  I?m gonna copy Madeliene?s blog here, and part of the comments from Dawnie and myself.  Madeliene and Dawnie, I hope you don?t mind, but I think it all bears repeating:

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Madeliene?s blog:

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?i have somewhat become addicted to this buddy system blogging, and well as sad as it sounds we all have something other on our plates to worry about and we let our weight ,weigh us down,i been reading for hours now and well my hearts goes to alot of us who have issues and still lend a helping hand and a generous ear to us who turn to others advice to give us encouragement and power to do what it is we already know we have to do  to get the results we need,

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and i ask myself WHY!! i been thru worse  in my life divorce ,death, trauma, embarassements, and well what is the mind game with a diet that seems so simple i just can not put in my  mind to do, but i want to help the world  loose weight , and advise people when i dont take my own advice, get a load of that picture, does that make any sense, not saying i don,t enjoy you all i absolutley  love hearing and learning, but just wonder what is the mental block , there are some stories i read on here i just want to go through the screen and hug the person who posted because i feel for them, and then some i just want to choke, but we are all in this world to spread the love and  care to share,  but i dont want to sound like a broken record, so please when i skip a beat and sound like i and repeating myself just throw the record out, i suppose this is exactly what i am suppose to get out of this buddy system i need to get angry enough at myself to start seeing what it is i need to see to help myself, i am talking it up and getting it out,…?

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?When I first came out here, I decided right off the bat to say whatever came to mind…Some people “get” me, some people dont…And thats okay…

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I dont blog for them…I blog for ME…I am slowly, slowly, healing my head, and my heart, from a lifetime of self hate…

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And this is the best free therapy I have EVER seen…?

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And my comment was:

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?But it’s also a matter of privacy and security.  We can get on here and pour our hearts out.  We can talk about our childhood traumas, our broken hearts, our hurts, our dreams, our desires…all without fear of retribution or ridicule!

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In order to heal our bodies (which is what we’re trying to do) we have to heal our hearts and minds.  And the first step there is to face our lives head on.  We’re doing that here.?

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A lot of us came to BuddySlim with a lot of excess baggage.  We had heartache, fears, stress, anxiety, loneliness, low self-esteem, self-hate, family problems, financial problems, unhealthy habits, physical limitations and a plethora of other things that have, in the past, prevented us from losing the weight we need to lose.  And those things are probably a big part of the reason we gained the weight in the first place.

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What we have done here is give ourselves, and everybody else who needs it, a ?Safe Haven?.  I don?t know if that?s what Dr. Marc intended when he created BuddySlim, but that?s a lot of what it?s become.  Dr. Marc, I think you can be proud of what you?ve created.

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And yes, as Madeliene said, BuddySlim is addictive.  Our blogs have become windows into our hearts and, if I may, into our souls.  The comments are therapeutic.  Those comments give us encouragement and support.  They help us to see what we might be doing wrong.  They help us to find the right path for ourselves.  Those comments are made out of love and genuine care for each other.  They give us hope.   

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It?s hard to dump all that excess baggage, but, like I said in the quote above, with BuddySlim we can share our burdens without any fear of retribution or ridicule.  We can begin to heal our minds and our hearts, which hopefully will lead to healing our bodies.

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And as our bodies heal, the weight WILL come off?maybe not as fast as we would like, but it will come off.

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I?m getting there.  And it?s all because of Dr. Marc, BuddySlim and my dear Buddies.  Thank you for being here for me?and for all of us.  And thank you Dr. Marc for creating BuddySlim.

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Yesterday was another good day for me!  I had Special K cereal for breakfast, ham & cheese sandwich for lunch, Special K bar for a snack, salad with grilled chicken for dinner, and a Weight Watcher?s chocolate muffin for dessert.  And I had all my water.

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Now I?m off to read blogs.  I hope everybody has a wonderful day!!!!

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There?s not much to it, but it?s all I got!!!!!

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What a wonderful weekend!  We spent part of Saturday shopping and yesterday was spent just relaxing and enjoying each other?s company. 

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I did quite well in the battle of the bulge!  Yesterday I had a Weight Watcher?s Chocolate muffin for breakfast, a ham & cheese sandwich and some Light Lays with fat-free dip for lunch, and fish with lots of salad for dinner, with low-fat strawberry parfait for dessert.  Oh, and Micheal and I shared a bowl of light popcorn last night while watching a movie.

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So that?s a whole week without cheating!!  Maybe I can do this!!!  I will have one evening challenge this week.  Micheal is taking his crew out to dinner and I?ll be going, too.  But I think I can do ok.  Most of them are vegans, so we?ll have to find a place with plenty of vegetarian stuff.  That means they?ll most probably have salads.  And if they have chicken or seafood of any kind, I?ll be ok.

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As of right now, Micheal has to be in McLean, Virginia on the 5^th of February, but that can always change.  They have him scheduled to be in McLean for about three weeks, then a week in Virginia Beach, then back to McLean til about July.  Oh, and in March he has a 2-day conference he?s supposed to attend in Boston!  Yeah, more keychains, cuz I?ll get to go with him!!!!!

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Well, this is a short one, cuz we didn?t do much yesterday, and I don?t have anything really bright and witty to say, so I guess I?ll give you all a break and go read some blogs!!!

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Hope everybody has a wonderful day.

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And remember:  Don?t let a little slip  ruin your trip!!!

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