well awesome your back! I am glad it went well and that you had a good time. To bad you couldn't get a bit more sight seeing in and god it sucks your coming down with a cold! Drink some OJ and beat the crap outta that cold so you can get right back on the workouts.

Maybe you and I should set a goal for xmas to help motovate us?

Anyway I hope your feeling better and I hope you get to see the nip/tuck season premiere tonight! I'm excited I really hope its better than last year.

First: STILL feel like crap. I'm cold but sweating, hot but freezing, hungry but feelin a bit pukey, my heads pounding... gaaarrr! Why me? Seriously?? I really do need to get some orange juice... lots of cals, but super tasty and well, lol, it will probalby help me out a bit.
Second: Nip/Tuck!! Yay!! I've never considered myself a tv junkie, altho lately I seem to be watching it more and more, but thats one thing I cannot miss. WILL not miss. And now that this weeks episode is done, I'm a little bit sad wow. I'm officially a loser!!

Well, when I woke up this morning my stomach pretty much recoiled with the thought of food, so I didn't actually eat until about 1pm.. bad, I know... I left work a bit early just because the mall has a gazillion trick-or-treaters tomorrow, and I need to put up the new store promotion, so I'll let my employee handle the kids and I'll take care of buisness, but I'll stay a few extra hours tomorrow, get stuff done, and she'll have help in case someone in the mall REALLY wants to buy something. but I doubt that will happen. Oops, sidetrack... Anyway- so I got home bout 3:30, had a southbeach chicken wrap with a slice of cheese and some ranch, 2 of those little asteroid hundred cal paks, and a HUGE bowl of cereal... I would normally feel bad about that "little" meal, but other than a few bites of pumpkin bread, that was all I ate today... At least being sick has a small benefit, yeah?? hehe. Needless to say, I did NOT work out tonight, and won't be tomorrow night because I hafta go see saw4. MUST I should say. yeah... you know what I just decided? I really am a tv junkie... yikes...
Alright guys, have a good halloween, hopefully I can report small amounts of candy consumed. THat would definately make my day

Hey Jess! How did you do on halloween? Are you feeling better today? I seem to have caught a small cold as well. God I hate cold weather! Its time to relocate to san deigo or something lol. I hope all is well and chat with ya soon!

Well guys, I've been gone a few days. Actually was in the hospital... Know how I felt like crap? It got so bad that I was puking up everything...drank four ounces of gatorade and puked for six hours. So I went to thewalk in clinic Friday afternoon and they rushed me to tne er, and I just got out about an hour ago. I somehow caught Meningitis,viryl, and it was awful! I still feel like crap, but I have today n tomorrow to be completely better... Anyway,that's areal quick update, but I'll be back ina few days!

holy hell that is serious! I am so glad you got some help though. Take it easy and rest up. Get over this and then you can get back on track. Please be sure to take it easy for the next little bit you really don't want to mess around with your health. I am sure in a few days you will feel heeps better.

I'll check in again soon feel better champ!

I DO feel better finally! I went back to work Thursday, and it was nice to not feel so useless, just sit around all the time, lol. The first few days after the hospital were a bit rough, watching tv made me tired, hehe. On the upside, they gave me a prescription for vicadin for pain, and I only used three of them, so thats good. Its kinda weird tho- everything tastes funny to me now... tea, which I LOVE, tastes weak, water with lemon is what I ALWAYS drink, and the lemons taste chemical-ish to me... Bleh. Hope that goes away, lol. While I was in the hospital tho, and this made me sooo mad, I was so dehydrated they pumped a crap-ton of fluids into me, and I actually GAINED 12lbs! It was all water, I realize, and its gone already, but still. Freak a girl out why dontcha. And my back still hurts a teensy bit- I had to get a spinal tap, and the left side of my back kinda aches, weird. hm.
BUT, this week, I'm getting back into the diet part of my skinny plan, and the workouts might not happen right away, I'm thinking next week I'll start that back up, but I NEED to do this...
Travis: Your kickin ass man!! Keep it going You rock!

Jess

Hey sorry I have been away for a short bit. I kinda fell off the wagon for a week or so but im backl now. I was so afriad I was going to gain a ton too but turns out after all this only up a pound so thats good.

How have you been? Your right I will post a goal for the two of us for by the end of the year. I think of somthing tough but obtainable!

Nip tuck this year is crazy I am loving it!!! I hope you havent missed any.

I hope your doing well and Ill check in later!

Travis

I just hadta get on here quick: My computer is being screwy, and I'm trying to fix it without wiping it, so I'm using a friends comp real snappy like, but I haven't been totally good this week... bad!!! I haven't been aweful, but it could be better... So, I'm gonna start working out again on Sunday I'm hoping, and I've gotta get my friggin diet back on track, to much chocolate.. I think thats cuz everything tastes funny to me except chocolate..lol. excuses excuses..
anyways, I'm gonna try to figure out whtas goin on with my computer, and I'll be back soon!

Computer is still not working right, so this is another quick post. OK- so, food, still not doing too well, still haven't gotten back to the gym, I'm actually pretty much disgusted with myself right now... My sister and I went to get new coats tonight, and none of them looked good on me! I got stuck with long arms, so none of the sleeves seem to fit right, and the fat girl coats aren't as cute as the skinny girl coats. No fair. So, then it just depresses me more, and then it just makes me want more chocolate no happy medium here!!
On the up side, the sister that I live with is FINALLY moving out, she just needs to finish getting her crap out so we can finish doing the floors and stuff, but I already feel soooo much happier- shes stayed at her new apartment three nights now, and these have been the BEST three days of my life, lol. How sad to say that just beingable to not worry about having someone else there is the highlight of my life, lol.
OOOOKKKK, so I'll be back in a couple days, hopefully with better stuff to report!

Hey Jess! Hope your computer gets fixed soon. I know what you mean about shopping for coats. I couldn't find any cute ones to close over my enormous boobs. lol I'm trying to lose some of it, so I can button the coat I bought, it was too cute to pass up, and "almost" closed. Why!!!! lol

MissJB: LOL!!! haha, no, I do that all the time with jeans- if I have just a teensy bit of a muffin top, I'll totally buy them, for "later wear"... wow. I just need to friggin get skinny, be easier to shop... psh.
ANyways, guys, I AM still around, although not often enuf- swear to God, its my computer but I'm in a bad way without being on here- I think I've gained plus some, of what I've already lost... Whyyyyy? Grrr.
Ok, hopefully will be on in a few days, talk to ya later

Pattern? Im not being mean or trying to be, but I think the problem lies that your continuously self defeating yourself. Go to your library and check out the Attractor Factor by Joe Vitale or Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins.

Self defeating? Oh yeah. I'll be the first to admit that even tho I wanna get skinny, I let things get in the way of it... I can fix this, honestly. Today I came home and emptied my cupboards of everything remotely bad for me, felt great, and then went and drank with friends. WOW. I only had three beers compared to the customary five or six, so thats definately something, but I just need to get things in gear. It will happen, I have done it before, I manage a friggin health supplement store AND worked in a gym for three years. I know whats neccessary to do it, I just hafta have the frame of mind to DO it.

you will get that mind set Jess. Just keep a positive outlook. I know at least when I get gloomy thats when I tend to slip.

I don't know anything about the books mentioned above by the other poster so I can't comment on them. I can tell you from my experience I don't like self help books. I don't like someone telling me how to fix myself who doesn't even know me. However thats just me and I know of Tony Robbins and he has helped many many people so yeah perhaps its something that would work for you.


As for our goal I think 6-10 pounds for this month is good for the both of use. We have 26 days to do it so buck up champ lets get on a roll!! I am taking my starting weight this friday so be ready with yours and we can get crackin!

Nip/Tuck tonight woot! lol

Hope your day is going well!

Travis- I agree with you on self help stuff... It doesn't really do much for me. The problem is myself- I just gotta quit eating crap and start moving more. But, ten pounds this month, i got this yo.
And I hafta dvr Nip/Tuck- going to the Seether concert, so I'm gonna miss my show, BUT- and there IS an upside to this- ever been to a Seether concert?? You sweat buckets I'll get a bit of a workout there! hahaha...
Anyways, I have started counting my calories again. I know a lot of people don't like that method, but it most definately works for me. So I can only eat stuff I can count, or if I MUST eat at a restaraunt, its salad with dressing on the side. MMMM. tasty, lol.