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Tracy,

Congratulations on all the weight you've lost! 64 days of compliance is outstanding. You are doing so well - you'll be at 30 pounds down easily by the end of the month. Keep it up!

Thanks Queenie! I'm giving it all I've got!

aquarianskye wrote:Woohoo on the weight loss to date! I can't wait until I'm just 'overweight'. What an accomplishment!

Thank you! It does feel like a major accomplishment to me!

Congrats on your amazing success!

bikipatra wrote:Congrats on your amazing success!

Thanks Biki!

Congratulations on the 64 days. That is impressive and wonderful.

Tracy,
Congrats on your sussess ! You are an inspiration to all of us and helps us stay on track !

Hi Tracy !
Just wanted to say good morning ! It is a very rainy day here, but the weather won't keep me down ! Sure hope thinga are going your way in Michigan ! My best friend lives in Wisconsin...Beautiful area... all of you mid-westerners are so sweet and friendly !

Hi Pam! Thanks for checking in on me. I'm headed out to the outlet malls this morning. I am in dire need of something that fits! Hopefully I won't be disappointed.

It's pretty cool here today. Only 40 right now with an expected high of 60. You are right about mid-westerners being friendly. I'm only midwestern by default right now, since I've only lived here two years. Living the first 34 years of my life in Arkansas I still stick out here like a sore thumb. Thursday I was in Walmart buying water. The cashier asked me how many cases I had in my cart. I said eight. Well actually I said "ate". She said "oh, how cute! Where are you from?" I said "Wow, one word is all I said and you've already figured out I'm not a native!" It's been fun up here with everyone being so accepting and for the most part most everyone is complimentary of my southern accent. A lot of funny things have happened as a result though. Twice I've ordered ice tea in restaurants (actually it sounds more like "eyes tae" when I say it) and twice waitresses have brought me Asti as in Asti Spumante. Both times got a great laugh from the waitress and everyone at the table! Oh well, its been kind of nice being a novelty for two years, now I'm headed to Tennessee where I'll just sound like all the other hicks!

Have a great day! I'll check in tomorrow for roll call!

Hope you find some great clothes at the outlets!

Yay Tracy!!! You will be in the 30 pound club before you know it!!!

I know what ya mean about the accent drawing attention. I was born in MO and lived here in my youth and a lot of myadult life. I have also lived in TX for nearly 10 years and when I lived in CA and in MA they thought I was either a "suthern gal" or a "cowgurl". LOL

Linda

BabyTrace wrote:It's been fun up here with everyone being so accepting and for the most part most everyone is complimentary of my southern accent.

Hola, Tracey!

I lived in Arkansas for 4 years...and people were always commenting on my "accent."
Wha??? "I don't have an accent, you guys do!"
And if it happened to be a woman asking, they'd be offended that I'd called them a "guy." Oh boy.
One old mountain man that I met actually tugged on my hair to see if it was fake,
'cause "hay-uhr don't come in that cullah" ~ !!

Also, people always used to stare at me and would ask if I was from Tahlequah.
I once said, "I don't even know what a Tahlequah is!!" That got a big laugh.
(For those of you not familiar with that area, Tahlequah is an Indian reservation in neighboring Oklahoma.)

I finally moved back to Cali, where pretty much every other person looks like me (!), but I brought some Arkie home with me, too!
Even though it's been well over 20 years since I've lived there, I still say "y'all" and "fixin'" and "reckon" and "yonder," etc.
Some of the more colorful sayings have stuck with me, too - they can be very useful sometimes!
(Why, they're handier'n a pocket on a shirt!!)

I hope the outlet mall shopping went well ~ needing something that fits because everything is too big is a way cool NSV...congrats, girlie!

People almost never guess I'm from Texas unless I'm drunk-it brings it out. I took enough acting classes where they try to erase your accent and spent enough time in yankee-land (CT), that I have a hard to place accent.

queenielou wrote:Hope you find some great clothes at the outlets!

Thanks Queenie! I did find some great charcoal gray pants at Ann Taylor. I've been reading that gray is "the new black" this season. They fit great, but I only bought one pair because I'm hoping to be shrinking out of them soon. Plus I know there is both an Ann Taylor and Ann Taylor Loft outlet in Nashville.

I found a couple of cute shirts at Banana Republic too. All and all it was a pretty good trip, finding just enough to tide me over.

I kind of need to make a confession though. I have 4 new pairs of jeans coming on Wednesday. I know...4 pairs...that's a bit excessive. I guess I just had a hard time making up my mind online and I wanted to have several pairs to try on. Because I'm petite I end up having to buy a lot of clothes online since most retailers don't carry a huge selection of petite or shorter length jeans. I fully expect to send a couple of them back.

Hopebaby wrote:Yay Tracy!!! You will be in the 30 pound club before you know it!!!

I know what ya mean about the accent drawing attention. I was born in MO and lived here in my youth and a lot of myadult life. I have also lived in TX for nearly 10 years and when I lived in CA and in MA they thought I was either a "suthern gal" or a "cowgurl". LOL

Linda

That's funny Linda. I travel a lot with my job, but I'd have to say I get the biggest reactions in the North East. A lot of times I notice that when I'm leading a meeting they are watching me talk more than they are really listening to what I say. Maybe it's because I talk so slow in comparison that they are having a hard time paying attention!