Taking It Off Together Tuesday #17

Whoa. Just got back from Vegas yesterday and I've been bombarded with work and budgets. But I wanted to get this post up quickly - seeing as I've been MIA for a while. I didn't even get a chance to post a BAM entry last Friday! :(

Bad news is that I gained a half pound over the last week, good news is - it could've been more - since I tend to give in to the munchies much more when I'm traveling.

Hope everyone had a great weekend - I know I had WAY too much fun, and it wasn't even my birthday. ;) Hubz turned the big 4-0. :D

Check out the girls:

This week our contest is sponsored by Christy! She is offering an Earth Theraputics Foot Care set for the prize for this week! If you'd like to sponser a prize, let me know! We are currently out of prizes!

The names of this week's "losers" were dropped into a coffee cup and this week's WINNER is Tammy!

Congrats to Christy for being this week's biggest loser of 3 pounds!! Be sure to cruise over to her blog and congratulate her!

Chris - 1 GAIN
Tammy - 1.0 LOSS
Life With Hashi-Thyroid Blog - No Report
Grace - 1.1 LOSS
Leigh - 0.5 LOSS
Clara - 2.0 GAIN
Dette - 0.5 GAIN
Julie - 1.4 GAIN
Cheryl - No Report
Audrey - 0.8 LOSS
Christy - 3.0 LOSS
Tina - No Report
Danielle - 2.0 LOSS
Jessie - No Report
Steph - No Report
CYN - No Change

This week's total - 3.5 LOSS!

Taking It Off Together Tuesday #16

Here's me:

All Time High: 153.5
Last Week's Weigh-In: 150.5
This Week's Weigh-In: 150.0
Variance: 0.5 LOSS
Overall Loss: 3.5
Pounds to go: 25.0


This week our contest is sponsored by Julie! She is offering a copy of the Biggest Loser Cookbook as a prize this week! If you'd like to sponser a prize, let me know! We are currently out of prizes!

The names of this week's "losers" were dropped into a coffee cup and this week's WINNER is Grace!

Congrats to Clara for being this week's biggest loser of 2 pounds!! Be sure to cruise over to her blog and congratulate her!

Chris - 3.5 GAIN
Tammy - 0.5 GAIN
Life With Hashi-Thyroid Blog - 1.0 LOSS
Grace - 0.2 LOSS
Leigh - 0.5 LOSS
Clara - 2.0 LOSS
Dette - 0.5 LOSS
Julie - 1.0 LOSS
Cheryl - No Change
Audrey - 0.8 GAIN
Christy - 0.6 GAIN
Tina - no report
Danielle - 1.0 LOSS
Jessie - No Change
Steph - no report
CYN - no report

This week's total - 0.8 LOSS!

Snow Flower & The Secret Fan

When we chose this book by Lisa See for one of our book club picks, I wasn't actually very excited. But the ancient secret code - "nu shu" - invented and used by Chinese women caught my interest. It reminded me of Anita Diamant's "The Red Tent." And I loved that book.

This novel takes place in 19th century China, and tells the story of two girls paired as "old sames" - an emotional match to last them throughout their lives. The two women speak of their footbinding experiences, arranged marriages, the joys and tragedies of motherhood... and more....

Until a huge misunderstanding threatens the very core of their friendship.

***

Not a thick book by any means, I expected to breeze through it. But I was mistaken... there were so many emotions to process... so many trials and tribulations... You can't read it too quickly because you find yourself asking yourself, "What would I have done?"

Definitely a recommended read.


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