Funny story (well, mildly funny, anyway)

"Kate Dicey" wrote in message
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Anny Middon wrote:

Yay! Great set of NSV's!

Thanks, Kate.

I just updated the Excel file I use to track my weight loss journey and
realized I've now lost just over 50 pounds. Have a lot to go, but it is
nice to have a half-century gone.

Anny

Great NSV's, Anny! Especially not having anything but unsweetend icetea at
the fair, that was really good.
As for the housecleaning, I can so relate, it 's not one of my favourite
things either... but when I get around to really thoroughly clean the place
I claim activity points for it and I 'm really proud of myself.
Congrats on the ribbons at the fair as well! We don't have those fairs here
in Belgium, but it seems like a fun thing, and I would definitely try to
enter a few things as well, cooking being one of my passions.The difficult
thing would be not to taste everything a few times before entering the
contest. You know, just to make sure they 're really good :-)
--
Nathalie from Belgium
134.1/93.5/minigoal 93.3/ Goal 68 Kg
295.6/206.1/minigoal 205.6/Goal 150 pounds
WLL : 207.5/206.1/195.5 lbs
94.1/93.5/88.7
"Anny Middon" wrote in message
. ..
I'd better start off my admitting that housecleaning is not my forte.
Also,
my clothes dryer is on the fritz (new one is delivered tomorrow,
hallelujah!) so the dirty clothes pile on my bedroom floor is horrendous.

So a week ago I'm getting ready to mow the lawn and I don't want to wear
my
last remaining pair of clean jeans or the "not so dirty can't get another
wear out of them" other pair. The rest of my jeans in current rotation
are
gathering mildew in my nonworking dryer. I hit my reserves of jeans too
small to wear and try on a few and find a pair that has patches on its
patches but fits. In fact, it may even be a tad large. Yay, me!

Now during the week this week I had some food problems. I stayed within
my
points budget but my choices were pretty abysmal. I bought a can of the
Fat
Free Pringles and ate the whole thing in 2 days. Not to mention the five
ounces of bakd Lay's potato chips I had those days. And then yesterday I
had a sensible breakfast and lunch but got hungry before dinner and ate a
full bag of microwave popcorn. *Not* the snack-sized bag, either. And it
tasted so good I ate another one. And then was too queasy to have dinner.
Forget getting some good veggie and fruit servings (I don't imagine poporn
or potato chips count as veggies) or some nice dairy -- it was salty snax
city.

So today I'm getting ready to cut the grass again and I reach into the
dirty
clothes pile and pull out that raggedy pair of jeans. And I can barely
fasten the snap, forget about the zipper. A week ago they were loose and
now I can't even get them fastened! How much water weight had all that
sodium put on me? And maybe it's not all water! All my hard work and
I've
put on who knows how many nasty pounds in just three days.

I'm getting really upset, I'm practically in tears, but the grass still
needs cutting so I start searching through the pile for a pair of dirty
jeans.

And I find the pair I had worn last week while mowing! The pair that
didn't
fit was one I didn't even bother to try on the week before because I knew
they'd be too small. There was nothing to do but laugh.

And a NSV -- I went to our local county fair today. It seems most of the
crowd is busy munching -- funnel cakes and elephant ears and ice cream and
ribs. I'm hungry and I have reason to celebrate -- my salsa took third
place and my raspberry jelly took second place. So what did I have? A
large glass of unsweetened ice tea. I told myself that I had enough
flexpoints left to get a treat, but nothing really appealed to me.

Anny

Great NSV's, Anny! Especially not having anything but unsweetend icetea at
the fair, that was really good.
As for the housecleaning, I can so relate, it 's not one of my favourite
things either... but when I get around to really thoroughly clean the place
I claim activity points for it and I 'm really proud of myself.
Congrats on the ribbons at the fair as well! We don't have those fairs here
in Belgium, but it seems like a fun thing, and I would definitely try to
enter a few things as well, cooking being one of my passions.The difficult
thing would be not to taste everything a few times before entering the
contest. You know, just to make sure they 're really good :-)
--
Nathalie from Belgium
134.1/93.5/minigoal 93.3/ Goal 68 Kg
295.6/206.1/minigoal 205.6/Goal 150 pounds
WLL : 207.5/206.1/195.5 lbs
94.1/93.5/88.7
"Anny Middon" wrote in message
. ..
I'd better start off my admitting that housecleaning is not my forte.
Also,
my clothes dryer is on the fritz (new one is delivered tomorrow,
hallelujah!) so the dirty clothes pile on my bedroom floor is horrendous.

So a week ago I'm getting ready to mow the lawn and I don't want to wear
my
last remaining pair of clean jeans or the "not so dirty can't get another
wear out of them" other pair. The rest of my jeans in current rotation
are
gathering mildew in my nonworking dryer. I hit my reserves of jeans too
small to wear and try on a few and find a pair that has patches on its
patches but fits. In fact, it may even be a tad large. Yay, me!

Now during the week this week I had some food problems. I stayed within
my
points budget but my choices were pretty abysmal. I bought a can of the
Fat
Free Pringles and ate the whole thing in 2 days. Not to mention the five
ounces of bakd Lay's potato chips I had those days. And then yesterday I
had a sensible breakfast and lunch but got hungry before dinner and ate a
full bag of microwave popcorn. *Not* the snack-sized bag, either. And it
tasted so good I ate another one. And then was too queasy to have dinner.
Forget getting some good veggie and fruit servings (I don't imagine poporn
or potato chips count as veggies) or some nice dairy -- it was salty snax
city.

So today I'm getting ready to cut the grass again and I reach into the
dirty
clothes pile and pull out that raggedy pair of jeans. And I can barely
fasten the snap, forget about the zipper. A week ago they were loose and
now I can't even get them fastened! How much water weight had all that
sodium put on me? And maybe it's not all water! All my hard work and
I've
put on who knows how many nasty pounds in just three days.

I'm getting really upset, I'm practically in tears, but the grass still
needs cutting so I start searching through the pile for a pair of dirty
jeans.

And I find the pair I had worn last week while mowing! The pair that
didn't
fit was one I didn't even bother to try on the week before because I knew
they'd be too small. There was nothing to do but laugh.

And a NSV -- I went to our local county fair today. It seems most of the
crowd is busy munching -- funnel cakes and elephant ears and ice cream and
ribs. I'm hungry and I have reason to celebrate -- my salsa took third
place and my raspberry jelly took second place. So what did I have? A
large glass of unsweetened ice tea. I told myself that I had enough
flexpoints left to get a treat, but nothing really appealed to me.

Anny

That's the great thing about this newsgroup. The folks that started
before us are our role models, and we become role models for the folks
that start after us. We identify especially with people whose stats or
stories resemble our own. I'm glad you've found something in my
experience that helps you. I, in turn, am still relying on you and
others to help me.

"Anny Middon" wrote in message
. ..
"Prairie Roots" wrote:
Great story Anny. Congratulations on your award-winning
condiments.
--
Linda P

Thanks, Linda! (BTW, you're one of my role models.)

Anny


"Anny Middon" wrote in message
. ..
I'd better start off my admitting that housecleaning is not my
forte. Also,
my clothes dryer is on the fritz (new one is delivered tomorrow,
hallelujah!) so the dirty clothes pile on my bedroom floor is
horrendous.

So a week ago I'm getting ready to mow the lawn and I don't want
to
wear my
last remaining pair of clean jeans or the "not so dirty can't
get
another
wear out of them" other pair. The rest of my jeans in current
rotation are
gathering mildew in my nonworking dryer. I hit my reserves of
jeans
too
small to wear and try on a few and find a pair that has patches
on
its
patches but fits. In fact, it may even be a tad large. Yay,
me!

Now during the week this week I had some food problems. I
stayed
within my
points budget but my choices were pretty abysmal. I bought a
can of
the Fat
Free Pringles and ate the whole thing in 2 days. Not to mention
the
five
ounces of bakd Lay's potato chips I had those days. And then
yesterday I
had a sensible breakfast and lunch but got hungry before dinner
and
ate a
full bag of microwave popcorn. *Not* the snack-sized bag,
either.
And it
tasted so good I ate another one. And then was too queasy to
have
dinner.
Forget getting some good veggie and fruit servings (I don't
imagine
poporn
or potato chips count as veggies) or some nice dairy -- it was
salty
snax
city.

So today I'm getting ready to cut the grass again and I reach
into
the dirty
clothes pile and pull out that raggedy pair of jeans. And I can
barely
fasten the snap, forget about the zipper. A week ago they were
loose and
now I can't even get them fastened! How much water weight had
all
that
sodium put on me? And maybe it's not all water! All my hard
work
and I've
put on who knows how many nasty pounds in just three days.

I'm getting really upset, I'm practically in tears, but the
grass
still
needs cutting so I start searching through the pile for a pair
of
dirty
jeans.

And I find the pair I had worn last week while mowing! The pair
that didn't
fit was one I didn't even bother to try on the week before
because I
knew
they'd be too small. There was nothing to do but laugh.

And a NSV -- I went to our local county fair today. It seems
most
of the
crowd is busy munching -- funnel cakes and elephant ears and ice
cream and
ribs. I'm hungry and I have reason to celebrate -- my salsa
took
third
place and my raspberry jelly took second place. So what did I
have?
A
large glass of unsweetened ice tea. I told myself that I had
enough
flexpoints left to get a treat, but nothing really appealed to
me.

Anny

Hi, Anny, I hope the gained weight is from the salt and is soon gone.
Congratulations on your salsa and raspberry jelly.
--
Take Care
Catherine
joined 5/20/98
Lifetime 6/2/99
154/134.4/136
Personal goal 126
"Anny Middon" wrote in message
. ..
I'd better start off my admitting that housecleaning is not my forte. Also,
my clothes dryer is on the fritz (new one is delivered tomorrow,
hallelujah!) so the dirty clothes pile on my bedroom floor is horrendous.

So a week ago I'm getting ready to mow the lawn and I don't want to wear my
last remaining pair of clean jeans or the "not so dirty can't get another
wear out of them" other pair. The rest of my jeans in current rotation are
gathering mildew in my nonworking dryer. I hit my reserves of jeans too
small to wear and try on a few and find a pair that has patches on its
patches but fits. In fact, it may even be a tad large. Yay, me!

Now during the week this week I had some food problems. I stayed within my
points budget but my choices were pretty abysmal. I bought a can of the Fat
Free Pringles and ate the whole thing in 2 days. Not to mention the five
ounces of bakd Lay's potato chips I had those days. And then yesterday I
had a sensible breakfast and lunch but got hungry before dinner and ate a
full bag of microwave popcorn. *Not* the snack-sized bag, either. And it
tasted so good I ate another one. And then was too queasy to have dinner.
Forget getting some good veggie and fruit servings (I don't imagine poporn
or potato chips count as veggies) or some nice dairy -- it was salty snax
city.

So today I'm getting ready to cut the grass again and I reach into the dirty
clothes pile and pull out that raggedy pair of jeans. And I can barely
fasten the snap, forget about the zipper. A week ago they were loose and
now I can't even get them fastened! How much water weight had all that
sodium put on me? And maybe it's not all water! All my hard work and I've
put on who knows how many nasty pounds in just three days.

I'm getting really upset, I'm practically in tears, but the grass still
needs cutting so I start searching through the pile for a pair of dirty
jeans.

And I find the pair I had worn last week while mowing! The pair that didn't
fit was one I didn't even bother to try on the week before because I knew
they'd be too small. There was nothing to do but laugh.

And a NSV -- I went to our local county fair today. It seems most of the
crowd is busy munching -- funnel cakes and elephant ears and ice cream and
ribs. I'm hungry and I have reason to celebrate -- my salsa took third
place and my raspberry jelly took second place. So what did I have? A
large glass of unsweetened ice tea. I told myself that I had enough
flexpoints left to get a treat, but nothing really appealed to me.

Anny

Hi, Anny, I hope the gained weight is from the salt and is soon gone.
Congratulations on your salsa and raspberry jelly.
--
Take Care
Catherine
joined 5/20/98
Lifetime 6/2/99
154/134.4/136
Personal goal 126
"Anny Middon" wrote in message
. ..
I'd better start off my admitting that housecleaning is not my forte. Also,
my clothes dryer is on the fritz (new one is delivered tomorrow,
hallelujah!) so the dirty clothes pile on my bedroom floor is horrendous.

So a week ago I'm getting ready to mow the lawn and I don't want to wear my
last remaining pair of clean jeans or the "not so dirty can't get another
wear out of them" other pair. The rest of my jeans in current rotation are
gathering mildew in my nonworking dryer. I hit my reserves of jeans too
small to wear and try on a few and find a pair that has patches on its
patches but fits. In fact, it may even be a tad large. Yay, me!

Now during the week this week I had some food problems. I stayed within my
points budget but my choices were pretty abysmal. I bought a can of the Fat
Free Pringles and ate the whole thing in 2 days. Not to mention the five
ounces of bakd Lay's potato chips I had those days. And then yesterday I
had a sensible breakfast and lunch but got hungry before dinner and ate a
full bag of microwave popcorn. *Not* the snack-sized bag, either. And it
tasted so good I ate another one. And then was too queasy to have dinner.
Forget getting some good veggie and fruit servings (I don't imagine poporn
or potato chips count as veggies) or some nice dairy -- it was salty snax
city.

So today I'm getting ready to cut the grass again and I reach into the dirty
clothes pile and pull out that raggedy pair of jeans. And I can barely
fasten the snap, forget about the zipper. A week ago they were loose and
now I can't even get them fastened! How much water weight had all that
sodium put on me? And maybe it's not all water! All my hard work and I've
put on who knows how many nasty pounds in just three days.

I'm getting really upset, I'm practically in tears, but the grass still
needs cutting so I start searching through the pile for a pair of dirty
jeans.

And I find the pair I had worn last week while mowing! The pair that didn't
fit was one I didn't even bother to try on the week before because I knew
they'd be too small. There was nothing to do but laugh.

And a NSV -- I went to our local county fair today. It seems most of the
crowd is busy munching -- funnel cakes and elephant ears and ice cream and
ribs. I'm hungry and I have reason to celebrate -- my salsa took third
place and my raspberry jelly took second place. So what did I have? A
large glass of unsweetened ice tea. I told myself that I had enough
flexpoints left to get a treat, but nothing really appealed to me.

Anny

LOL! I can sooooooooo relate to your story. I went through a similar thing when
I moved into a smaller size. Threw on a pair of jeans, found them much snugger
than I remembered and feared I had really packed on the pounds overnight. Later
in the evening it finally dawned on me to look at the silly size tag ... they were
a size smaller and the lean cut. Boy did I feel better. LOL

Congrats on your prize winning items ... and the ice tea celebration!

Joyce

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 05:03:13 GMT, "Anny Middon"
wrote:

I'd better start off my admitting that housecleaning is not my forte. Also,
my clothes dryer is on the fritz (new one is delivered tomorrow,
hallelujah!) so the dirty clothes pile on my bedroom floor is horrendous.

So a week ago I'm getting ready to mow the lawn and I don't want to wear my
last remaining pair of clean jeans or the "not so dirty can't get another
wear out of them" other pair. The rest of my jeans in current rotation are
gathering mildew in my nonworking dryer. I hit my reserves of jeans too
small to wear and try on a few and find a pair that has patches on its
patches but fits. In fact, it may even be a tad large. Yay, me!

Now during the week this week I had some food problems. I stayed within my
points budget but my choices were pretty abysmal. I bought a can of the Fat
Free Pringles and ate the whole thing in 2 days. Not to mention the five
ounces of bakd Lay's potato chips I had those days. And then yesterday I
had a sensible breakfast and lunch but got hungry before dinner and ate a
full bag of microwave popcorn. *Not* the snack-sized bag, either. And it
tasted so good I ate another one. And then was too queasy to have dinner.
Forget getting some good veggie and fruit servings (I don't imagine poporn
or potato chips count as veggies) or some nice dairy -- it was salty snax
city.

So today I'm getting ready to cut the grass again and I reach into the dirty
clothes pile and pull out that raggedy pair of jeans. And I can barely
fasten the snap, forget about the zipper. A week ago they were loose and
now I can't even get them fastened! How much water weight had all that
sodium put on me? And maybe it's not all water! All my hard work and I've
put on who knows how many nasty pounds in just three days.

I'm getting really upset, I'm practically in tears, but the grass still
needs cutting so I start searching through the pile for a pair of dirty
jeans.

And I find the pair I had worn last week while mowing! The pair that didn't
fit was one I didn't even bother to try on the week before because I knew
they'd be too small. There was nothing to do but laugh.

And a NSV -- I went to our local county fair today. It seems most of the
crowd is busy munching -- funnel cakes and elephant ears and ice cream and
ribs. I'm hungry and I have reason to celebrate -- my salsa took third
place and my raspberry jelly took second place. So what did I have? A
large glass of unsweetened ice tea. I told myself that I had enough
flexpoints left to get a treat, but nothing really appealed to me.

Anny