Roll Call- Friday 9 May

[SandyL2002]

Re: Roll Call- Friday 9 May

the good news is, i think i am close to getting those last few pounds off...my new goal is to make goal by the end of the month when i will fly home to VA for my parents' surprise 40th wedding anniversary. boy, it takes FOREVER to get the last ones off....i remember when i was in the 200's the pounds seemed to fly off in induction. i have had to totally readjust how much and what i eat at this point to make the scale move at all.

cheribaby, wow! and sandy! what is up with storms in VA lately???

Don't your parents live in VA Beach? You know that is only about an hour from me I dont' know what is up with all these Tornado's.. I sure hope its not a sign of Hurricanes to come this season.. I am so not in the mood for that!

[partytrouble]

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hey sandy,
no, my parents are up in NOVA. my sister is in va beach tho and i went to college in charlottesville, so VA is in my blood!! miss it, ESPECIALLY this time of year when i bet all the dogwoods and azaleas are blooming. out here in the desert, not much is blooming at all!!!
yeah, the tornado stuff is bizarre!!

[cheribaby]

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Hey, party, I saw in the news that a neighborhood in Stafford where my brother lives got hit. They've confirmed that it was a tornado. My brother's house wasn't hit. It's crazy. I grew up in Stafford and never participated in a tornado drill in my entire educational life. We just never had any. It wasn't heard of.

[HulaMom]

Re: Roll Call- Friday 9 May

Yippee!!!!
I just finished my report at noon Hawaii time. Just in time for the end of business on the East Coast. WHEW!!!

This morning I worked at home because the boys were off school. My oldest threw something at my youngest and missed --- but it went straight through our living room window.

I didn't have time to get angry, so I told him to clean it up and we would discuss implications later. I had WORK to do.

It has been a loong time since I have pulled an all nighter, and I've been working under pressure for about a week straight.

Yippee!! broken window no-worries. I'm finished! I can relax.
I'm going to bed

[Sarc]

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Sarc good job getting to day 5~~~how are you feeling?

Cheribaby outstanding choice passing up french fries & hanging out with DS!!

Have a great day everyone!

I am wonderful, thank you. When I started induction the first 3 days went along just fine. However today I faced my biggest challenge yet: I went to my local store to purchase some Atkins friendly groceries. As I passed the yoghart sections, a quick glance at the perfectly ordered tubs stopped me in my tracks. The soft feeling of it on the tongue deluged my thoughts, coupled with its poignant sweetnesss. I stood there enslaved by my thoughts before I yanked myself away. Just when I thought it was safe, I found myself headed straight to the bakery department. Each new step I took, brought with it a stronger aroma of freshly baked bread and cakes that were being generously topped with icing.Soon I was near a table enshrouded with countless bread related delights. A pack of beautifully decorated doughnuts crowned the top of it. Interlaced strands of white and black chocolate spiralled one of them. I thought of how good it would be sinking my teeth into it, and having it inside me. At that moment I was hooked. Right then and there I contemplated tearing away the plastic packaging, and devouring that enticingly decorated doughnut. Reality soon struck, and I acknowledged the consequences for consuming something that I have yet to buy. I needed my 'fix', and decided that I buy something that I have eaten before, that I knew would satisfy my pangs for sweetness. I peered over the multitude of custard buns. They were all liberally strewn accross the table, with some lazily stacked. I sorted through them, looking for the one bursting with the most custard. Finding it, I raised it up towards me victoriously. Immediately a euphoric feeling raced through my entire being. However soon , just after I began my way to the nearest pay till, that euphoric feeling began to wane. It was displaced with a voice, a voice coming from a more effectual place than my carnal desire, which resulted in this situation in the first place. The 'voice' became stronger- it was my intellect reaffirming the reasons why I am doing Atkins, and why I should not proceed to eat what was clutched in my hands. To make the decision easier I considered what the alternative to eating the buns were.It was a lightbulb moment- CHEESE! With this info I was armed with 2 options: 1-buy the buns. 2-buy cheese and stay on track to achieving my goals.The choice was obvious - I dropped the buns and headed for the cheese isle.