I was happy the news informed us of the change last week. Seems it use to be a week earlier and some devices automatically turned back. The government changed the date, but they didn't seem to tell the atomic clock! My alarm clocks are based off that and I had to manually reset the time. Now I get to do it again! Putting a note above coffee maker for reminder. Thanks for the reminder!

HI!! I have been so busy, I did not even get a chance to get here this week:( I tried from work and kept getting blocked out. I guesss the school district wants me to work not be on the net What's Up With That :) I did a WI at CURVES again on Weds and was only 2 pounds from goal so safe, I just did not have anytime to go WW's and WI I do have one coupon I paid for left so I will for sure make it next week and just use that:) I was so mad today!! Last week I had my cholesterol blood test and today the nurse called because it is up 26 pts:( How can that be I have lost weight, exercise 3X's a week plus the work out I get at work!! I almost cried:( I was taking a name brand pill, but they now have a generic one, so of course with my HMO I have to take that or pay full price could that be it?? I thought generic was supposed to be just the same:( Also since I got on WW's in March I quit eating oatmeal for breakfast~~I started eating the fakey eggs it help me so much to make it through work til I could eat my lunch at 1:30. That was one of the main reasons I lost so much weight, it kept me from eating junk as I was serving lunch to the kids (those chicken nuggets at up pts wise ya know:( DANG!! I am so upset:( I see the dr on the 12th:( I just can not figure out how that could happen:( TK my DS has had Sirus radio for about a year now and loves it, sometimes he sits in his truck in the driveway to finish listening to that stinky Howard Stern when he gets home form work:( He always has a world of information to tell us from that guy LOL!! I am gonna make it OK through the holidays:) I just need to watch portion control! OH ya know the worst problem I am having now that is so cold out?? Is drinking enough water:( I am bloated:( Any suggestion's???? I think my 2lbs over are because of my lack of water:(

Ruthie, been thinking about your plateau a lot. Some random thoughts: Last time in WW, I set my goal at 145. What happened? I stopped right there. I do not know why but it set a mental block in my mind that anything past that was not achievable. (You know they always say it's just the 'lifetime' goal but you can go further if you want). So this time they also wanted to set 145, but I asked them to make my LT 141 :-) Just figured once I get there I'll need that extra push. So here I started at 170, I'm currently at ~162, feel way better although NOWHERE near how I feel when I"m at LT goal. After reading your thoughts, I thought about myself. So for me what's the diff between 145 and 135 that might give me my own internal push to hit the next 'goal'? I think 145 to me means somewhere between a 10 and a 12. 135 would mean a solid 10! So for me, to push myself past that mental wall, I am going to set a size goal and not a weight goal. That way my mind wont play tricks on my weight!!! Ruthie, hope my random thoughts help you to evaluate what type of 'goal' you can define that will mean the difference of getting past the wall. I mean "passing 145" isnt really enough of a goal - at least so far it hasnt worked for you. But maybe a size goal? Maybe a weight goal? Maybe an exercise goal? You just need a new goal!!!! Maybe a weekly goal. "By this time next week I will do ______". That way you do it in weekly increments. At least you'll have something defined to shoot for!! Hope this is helpful.

Shhhhhh! They haven't found me yet! I spent a good deal of this winter and some of last ridding my office of a gazillion wholesale plant and equipment catalogues. Then I took all the Flower and Garden magazines and bundled them up by year and found very grateful recipients. I was drowning in paper and I absolutely hate vendors who send you paper catalogues when you buy from them online. Like.......save a blinkin' tree, whydoncha? Now, I scan through them if/when they come in and they immediately go in the recycling. Ahhhhhhhhhh. I watched a couple episodes of "Hoarders" on the tube and it frightened me because how does one know when they cross that magic line? LOL.