Hey ladies, only 6 more days until next week's weigh in! Every day counts! What are you doing to make sure you lose your goal amount for next week??

Allison, I'm thinking of you today and hoping your work situation is going ok!

Melinda, I'm hoping you are doing well and post an update soon!

Rachel, Nice job last week on 1.5 lbs... you can't be stopped!

Catrina, you're probably on a run right now, you mad woman!!

Ashley, I love Phanton of the Opera! Nice choice for some entertainment, my friend!

I can't even tell you ladies how happy I am to have the day off from work!

Today I plan to grocery shop, exercise and besides that do NOTHING!!!

Have a great day, Pink Ladies.

hehe as a matter of fact...I did just get in about an hour ago from a run. Took my son out for a two mile practice run lol. Gonna get in another one Thursday morning, to make sure that he's conditioned good enough for his run on Sunday.

This is what I think of when running:
LOL
If you guys haven't seen the movie...watch this funny clip at you tube, it's hilarious. I especially like the part when he's running down the block. Run, fat boy run.

Sorrry I haven't been on as much lately. With getting back to work and buying clothes for the kids because winter is coming, well , keeps me busy. Everyone has done a great job on losing! Right now, I am struggling with the scale. I think because of meds and also TOM coming, it doens't want to move at this time! Plus 150 has always been a bad number for me but I declare that I am keeping off that scale till Sat. and whatever I lose, I will take it and be happy because it puts me another step toward goal! I am not going to be able to do my exercise class for a month now. Got an offer for a night job that was too much money to resist and it runs for a month so I guess I will put it off. It isn't that I LOVE money (it is helpful) but I have to take lots of odd jobs to make enough money to go home and visit in the US and that takes LOTS of money.
BUt, keep up the great work girls!

Hey Rachel, it's good to hear from you. I totally relate to having to put exercise on the backburner in the name of moolah. I have some crazy, long insane hours right now that make it tough. I'm sure traveling back and forth between countries is ridiculously expensive. My boyfriend and I can't even afford a small, local vacation! xoxo

Hey ladies I'm a bit buzzed right now. I don't drunk dial... But I drunk blog apparently!

Anyhow, I want to let you all in on something I'm not quite comfortable blogging about/talking about all the time. Here's some nasty honesty for you:

I want a baby. NOW.

My boyfriend has a 6 year old from a previous relationship. His daughter's mother is a nasty, cheating woman. I think it hurt him deeply. He doesn't want kids yet with me, but says he definitely does want kids with me. Just not now. There's no doubt in my mind that he loves me deeply.

My thing is- I want kids. NOW. I have always wanted to be a mom. And now that I've found that man I want children with, I want to make them!

I am on birth control. I have even considered going off of it and surprising him, but thought this would be too deceitful and the wrong way to bring a child in to the world.

I am insanely jealous of people who have babies and/or are pregnant. I don't know how to get over this GIANT maternal craving and wait patiently for my boyfriend to be ready (whenever that is?!).....

Any advice would be appreciated...

Megan- I've been in your shoes, and it definitely sucks having to wait for someone else to be ready when you're chomping at the bit. I agree with you that "surprising" him is not a good choice, you don't want him to end up resenting you and your child. Have you thought about volunteering some of your time to work with kids as a way to feed your need to mother? Maybe help out someone you know who just had a baby? I know you work long hours right now, but even a few hours a week might help satisfy you, and the few hours would definitely be nothing compared to the huge time commitment of a baby of your own. As for the jealousy, well, I never found a good way to deal with that. Before I got pregnant with my son, I was having some health problems and the doctors were giving me worst case scenarios, which included never being able to have children of my own. As I'm going through this, my brother's wife announces she's pregnant, then my sister made her announcement that she was pregnant. Although I was happy for them, I was also devastated that I might never get to experience the things they were experiencing. For now, take comfort in the fact that you get to sleep through the night, that you can pick up and go whenever you choose, that you don't have the added expense of diapers and formula, that you can wear nice clothes and no one barfs or pees or does even worse stuff on those clothes, that you can take a shower or use the potty without having another person in there with you. You can also just make use of the time you have to wait to get your body ready for having a baby, and make sure you're the best baby house you can be. I don't know if any of that will help you out, but that's what I've got for you. Good luck!

Megan, I agree with Allison with what she said. Being surprised that you got Pg before he wanted is NOT the way to go. My last one, my DH did not want but I did and let me tell you, our marriage was in trouble for a long time before we smoothed things out so don't go that way. You want both of you in agreement to it and no lie coming btw you. We can all list the bad things that go with having a baby but when you see their chubby little cheeks and such, well, all that logical thinking goes out of the window I know but I really think you should wait till both of you are ready. You will need his help when you have a baby and his support will be invaluable. Your best bet is to get your body ready, start researching about babies and things to expect and costs of having a baby (so much for clothes and all that!) Be ready for it, start saving money for it. Offer to babysit for people that have babies. Looking at them and having them to yoruself is two different things. But take your time! Babies are here forever (they might grow older but still babies to us) but your youth, time, freedom is not. I love my children so much but wish I had waited because there is so much I want to do but can't now until they get older. But that is my responsiblity and i take that seriously. What you can start with doing now is just dropping small hints to your boyfriend. Dont' push it, you will push him away then but gradually get him use to that thinking. Perhaps babysit in your home and get him thinking about a baby in the house. Little by little, he will come around to your thiking> But take your time!
Got to run.

Hey ladies thanks so much for the advice. I appreciate your understanding on the topic. I really think it's true that I should spend this time getting my body ready for a baby. It'll be so much easier and healthier if I'm not overweight when I do get pregnant.

I am going to stop beating having a baby over Alex's head... I bring it up constantly! He always says "Not yet" and "A couple more years!" But me being me, I've wanted to be a mommy since I was so young, and feel like my biological clock is ticking, even though I'm only 25. I'm like a kid myself and feel like I can't wait 2 years!

Oh and then of course the top post today is a 25 year old that is thrilled b/c she just found out she's pregnant. Ugh. I guess I'll just have wait my turn. Thanks for your support, ladies. You're the best.

I don't know much about babies... or ever wanting one, but I'm sure one day you'll have exactly what you want :>

I know it's so hard wanting a baby when your significant other isn't ready. I went through this myself with my husband when we'd been married about a year or so I was ready and he was not. This is going to sound bad, and I am not necessarily recommending it to you to do, because I know it won't work for everyone. But I kind of talked him into it. Told him all my reasons for wanting to start a family while we were young...told him how I was feeling so empty inside while watching friends around me get pregnant and have babies...there were all these different reasons. I don't want to say he "caved in", but essentially that is what he did....he gave me what I wanted just because he loved me and wanted my happiness. I'm NOT saying that is what your boyfriend should do...I mean, I've often reversed the thinking and thought, why wasn't it me who gave him what he wanted, in waiting a few more years. Know what I mean? Anyway...not trying to tell you to do one thing or another....just want you to know I can totally sympathize and I will be thinking of you and I hope that you find your peace in the situation, one way or the other.