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I've exercised 4 times this week and gained1 1/2 pounds.

Susan

Thanks for starting us over, Susan . You read my mind as I was going to do it this evening. :)

Exercising and then gaining. Go figure!!!
I am really watching what I eat and am drinking lots of water. I can't ride my exercise bike yet because of my knee. It's so much better. It's healing nicely. However, it hurts too much to cycle. I can walk-----if I do it early enough.
I have no idea how hot it is today. It must be near 100!

Everyone have great weekend.
We would love to hear from anyone new to this thread. Please post so we can get to know you.

Tina
145 personal goal

I think it must be at least 200 degrees here!!! :D :D
Tina, glad your knee is getting better! I know it hurts.. take care of it!


Susan

The temp gauge here claims its only 95 outside. But I'm not buying that...its :devil: ishly hot out there.

Susan I bet your gain was caused by gaining a bit of muscle, even though your loosing weight :shrug:

Wow I just clicked on the smilies, and there are more of em then I ever saw before!! My kid wants me to use everyone of em in this message...LOL.

Tina glad your knee is starting to get better, don't over do it with the walking though.

Gonna go work on dinner, and no we aren't having banana's :cb:
Take care...and have a good weekend all :dance:
Dee

Wow:cp: I love all these new smiles. Dee, I'm glad you found them.

Okay, it was 97 degrees at 8:30 p.m. tonight. No wonder the house isn't very cool.

Dee, if you weren't having bananas, what did you have???

Tammy, have you recovered yet?

Everyone stay cool:cool: .

tina

You know how I love the smilies:cp: If I could use them all the time I would in all of my emails. :dance: I love the dancing one. Did you know that you can only use so many:sp: in one post... it won't let you put a bunch!

Off to exercise this morning..:jig: check out this smilie :fr:

Susan

We only had one person that really took Pamprin at camp, and she really did have cramps. We even gave her permission to go back to the dorm and sleep instead of going to one of the practices. One of the boys wanted to take a Pamprin, but had no idea what it was for. I told the director and he told the boy that they needed to have a little talk. lol

Tim took a 4 hour nap yesterday afternoon and a 3 hour nap today. I think I'm finally getting back into the swing of things.

Tim will be having cross country every morning at 7:30 from now until school starts. He'll also be having band practices in the evenings. This Wed. they play in a band show at a county fair north of here. Hope it's cooler. Especially since I'm chaperoning again!!!

Our county fair starts the 16th. Tim will be working in a lemonade shake-up stand as well as doing the cross country and band stuff. He will be one busy kid. I'll be working a couple mornings in our band booster food tent at the fair. I'll also be going into my classroom to get it ready. Oh boy. School for kids starts the 26th. My first official day is the 23rd. Have to have the room ready to go before then because the superintendent and principal have such long meetings on that day. Teacher work day, yea right!

Goal: JOURNAL!!! I am definitely out of the habit.

I hope it's a good Sunday for everyone.
Tammy, did you teach Sunday school today? It sounds like you won't be able to sleep in this week. :( You will stay so busy until school starts. I know you are glad that Tim is into everything. That's so good for him at this age.
I'm with you about journaling. I'm going to do it every day this week. (taking one week at a time here)

Susan, are you going home to see how your parents are after that flood? You don't have much time before your school starts.

Our schools begin August 19 and the teachers have to be back the week before. My sister is going to "enjoy" this week since it's her "last." lol

Okay, i'm going to journal and count points to the "T" this week. My knee still won't let me cycle or walk to agressively. I've found that I can jump rope in place without it bothering me. I've read that you should do it for 5 min., 3 x a day. I can't do it for 5 minutes straight but can push it to 3 min.

Okay, I'm writing a book here.
Have a great Monday and stay OP.
Tina

Hey All,

Our kids go back on the 20th. However, I start back on the 13th, we have 4 staff development days, Monday is a work day, and then the kids come. Only thinkg is that I have to go to a meeting tomorrow, and 2 other days this week I have to go and present to the new teachers. Guess that means my summer has come to a rapid halt.

I haven't gotten to get home yet. I think that will help my mood. I have not been in a very good mood lately. I'm on the verge of crying at the drop of a hat! I guess I'll get to go when Pat gets released to drive which most likely won't be until the end of the month. I'm going to have to do some juggling with his physical therapy, work and my work... to make sure that he gets to where he needs to be and I'm also where I need to be. I'm going to talk to my principal tomorrow about it.

I'm not good about journaling either. I need to get good at it. I did exercise 4 times this past week so I'm proud of that!

Tina, 3 minutes jump roping is great!!! I love to do it but those days are over for me with my knee. Take care of it.

Tammy, I don't know how you have time to eat with all of your running. Tim has so much energy..... will he share?

Have a great rest of the day and Monday.
Susan

Tina, I teach Sun. school next week. Then I only have one more time after that. I'm not going to do it after this cycle. I don't feel that I'm doing a very good job. I'm disappointed in myself for not doing better and for being a quitter.

I'm going to get back into the journaling too! It really does make a difference.

I would think that the rope jumping would hurt your knee! I'm glad that it doesn't.

I wish Tim would share some of his energy! I don't know how he keeps going sometimes. Maybe that's where those 3-4 hour naps come in. lol

Susan, hope things work out OK with your work schedules and Pat's therapy. It's hard to get everything juggled, isn't it? I can relate to the crying. I get those moods sometimes too. Hang in there!!

Hey that isn't fair! School starts the 15th for my daughter! It's even earlier then other schools in the area. I get to enroll her on Tues...which only takes a few minutes... but 20 mins to get to the school..LOL.

WOW everyone around here is busy busy busy...except me :)
I just go to work, then come home, and that wears me out! I lead a very dull life... :shrug: what can I say. Even talking online to my "guy" friend has become dull...and repitisious (sp).

Great to hear that you are able to do Jump Rope Tina!! Especially with your knee hurting and stuff.

Susan, I hope you get a change to go home soon. Sounds like you need the change. Hope all goes well w/your schedules, and you can make time for you!

Have a good tomorrow everyone...
Dee

It's Tuesday.

My knee is so much better!!!!! I couldn't wait to let y'all know. I can bend it without it hurting. That place right in the middle is finally healing up.
I know, I know----I must take it easy. :)

Dee--many a day I wish I was back at work. We could trade places for a week---what do you say!!!!! ;)

Hope everyone is doing okay. I fell off the OP wagon last night but am back on it today. I haven't been able to do without any sweets for 6 weeks, like my gyn suggested. But, I'm going to do the best I can OP.

Take care,
Tina

Today was the first time I have journalled in ages. So far I've been OP today...not the best choices food wise, but at least its with in points... still have 1 point left over, but I'm not gonna eat it.....just in case I underestimated some place!

Tina I'd prefer to not be working....but only way I can do that is win the million dollar lottory... :lol: as if that will happen!
Glad to hear you are back on the OP wagon....the best you can do it always the best!! Hang in there with out them sweets.

Dee

I haven't written things down, but I know I've been doing OK on the food. Water too. I already walked this morning. It was so much cooler this morning. That made it nice.

Need to go to WalMart and pick up pictures that I had developed later. Big plans for the day, right? Later this afternoon, I'm chaperoning the band again. So glad that it's cooler. The bus gets pretty warm!

Do you think it's nap time yet? It's 9:00, I've been up for about 2 hours. Lazy me!!

Tina, glad the knee is better!

Dee, good job on the journaling! I need to get my WW materials out where I can see them. Right now they are under some papers on the hutch in the kitchen.

It's 8:00 a.m. and it's already 80 degrees! I'm not walking this morning.

Dee, good for you, tracking your points. I hope today is just as good.

Tammy, I think you deserve that nap. It sounds like you'll have a very busy day.
I can't remember, do you have any pets???? I need to take our cat in for a check-up and a nail trim. He knows when I'm thinking about taking him . :) He just ran and hid under the bed. I guess I'll make an appt. tomorrow There's no way I'd get him out from under there today. :lol:

Kady, what are you doing?

Sis, what's going on?

I'm going to start another Weigh In Results thread now.
Tina
145 goal

T.G.I.F.
After I wrote the last post, I was petting my cat and found a lump under his chin! :fr: I called the vet's and took him in. Turns out, the vet believes it is just a cyst. She took a sample and found some cells that had infection. I'm to take him back on the 21st. Until then, I'm giving him antibiotic drops and (for 7 days) putting a cream on that spot. Needless to say, Wednesday was not a good day for either of us.:(
He seems okay. It's a challenge to catch him to give him the medi.

Other than that------I'm eating and not losing. My knee is almost healed. By next week, I'll be able to resume exercising. That'll help with the weight loss.

How is everyone else doing?
Tina

YIKES about the cat Tina! Hope it turns out OK.

We have a dachsund named Kramer. He is a weird puppy! He is 8 years old, so really not a puppy. He is on a pill twice a day for seizures. We give him the pills in a small bite of cheese. He loves cheese! He had seizures every now and then for a few years, but last Sept. (9/11 to be exact) he started a seizure that lasted more than 2 hours. We took him to the vet while he was still having it. She gave him meds to stop it, then she took him home with her for a couple days to keep an eye on him. She's great! I think he has only had a couple small seizures since that day.

Ate too much today, and didn't do any exercises.

It's Saturday-----what are y'all doing?
I don't have any plans. I just got back from the vet. I looked at this little bottle of medicine and it looked like I'd already given half a bottle and still have 6 1/2 days left. They said that was a common question---the bottle isn't filled to the top to begin with. And, since I'm giving such a small amount, it'll be enough. What a way to start a day! I had a feeling maybe the women in the office had written down the wrong amount to give---or something like that.

I fixed French toast for breakfast----r.c. bread with Egg Beaters in a pan using Pam. And, had Lite syrup. Very Good!!!!! Now, I'm going to try my exercise bike.

Hope all is well with you, Susan . Haven't heard from you in ages.

Tammy, sorry about your little dog but glad the medicines are working.

Dee, Sis, Kady-----have fun this weekend.

Tina

Hi everyone,

It has been a busy week around here. :dizzy: I had to do some presentations at the new teacher training on 2 different days even worked a little up at school. However the most important thing, I exercised 4 times this week :cp:
:flow2: There are even more smilies!!! Yea!!!!

I go back to work officially on Tuesday the 13th. Will be in staff development all week, then the following Monday is a work day and kids come on Tuesday the 20th.

Tina, I hope your kitty is ok. I spent the day taking 2 of my dogs to the vet for shots. One of my dogs has a couple of lumps but the are fatty tissue. Animals, what would we do without them.:flow1:

Better run! I'll try to be better this week about writing.

Susan

Susan, great job on the exercising!!!!! Way to go!!

Tina, the French Toast sounds yummy. Send some my way.

I'm planning to go into work in my room tomorrow morning while Tim has Cross Country practice. I want to get as much done this week, because our county fair starts Friday. I know I'll be there alot with the band booster tent and the band has different activities there during the week. Oh boy!!!

Take care everyone.

Hi everyone,

Well, I went to weigh in this morning, I'm up again. I've started writing everything down and will continue to exercise. Pat reassures me that I will gain this first month while gaining muscle and then I will start to lose. I certainly hope so!! :idea:

Tammy, have fun working in your room! I can't believe it is time to start back!! I go tomorrow and officially start!!:stress: The fair sounds fun!! I love fairsand festivities like them.

Tina, how are you doing? What's the weather like? Hot, I'm sure!!!

Off to watch General Hospital and then off to exercise at 3:30!

Susan

It's Hot here!

How is everyone doing?????
Susan, I hope you have a good day today since this is your "official" start.

Tammy, can you believe that I've never been to a country fair?!!!:eek: Of course, we don't have them around here. I'd have to go elsewhere to find one. I wish you could take some photos and send them to us. Have a great time but watch the heat. Drink plenty of water.

Dee, what is your daughter doing the rest of her summer vacation?

Sis, how is your family?

Kady, don't forget about us. When do y'all start back to school? That's the question of the day, I guess. :)

I'm happy to say that my knee is doing great! The scab is starting to come off. Yuk.....

Everyone take care and be sure to post!!!
Tina

Tina,
My family is hanging in there. My brother's surgery seems to have gone well. My mom is hanging in there. Still room for improvement. Been trying to stay close to OP but having a hard time. I think I gained the 3 I lost. :( Maybe not, I sure hope not anyways. Hope all is well with you and everyone else. Thanks for asking about my family. Any prayers are appreciated also. :) Have a great week....Sis

Well summertime is officailly over around here... school starts in the morning!! yucky! So we filled the new book bag, got the new clothes layed out for morning, labeled the supplies, and my daughter got to bed just after 10pm ..... and 6:30 comes much too early :sp: (I should home school her, then we can start at 10ish and be done by the time General Hospital comes on!)

Sis, its good to hear that your family is hanging in there. Just remember to do what you need to keep you hanging in there too!! Hope you didn't gain any weight back either.. take care of your self!

Way to go on your excercises Susan :cp: and your hubby is probably right... you might see the scales go up due to muscle increase, but on the bright side... you'll see the clothing sizes dropping faster!

Well I should head to bed... its after 11pm... have a good week everyone... Dee

Hi all,
It's 12:15 and I'm up already. I plan to go back to bed shortly. I was asleep and woke up thinking about school stuff. So I got up for a little while. :( I'm ready for the weekend already!!!
I've exercised everyday this week so far. I'm really proud of myself!!!! I'm not concerned with my gain, I know if the long run it will come off. I do feel better!
Better start heading back to bed and hope I go to sleep!!
Susan

Well, it sounds like school is here for lots of people.
I hope the school year is a great one!!!!

Did everyone read Suzanne's message about changing servers? Friday night, she is changing to another one. Sounds like we're going to lose our cookies. :)
When I tried to reply today, I had to log in. ?????? Sounds like it's already starting.

I think I'm on the downward side.:D One pound was gone this morning. Yea!!! I've got a lot of work to do.

Congratulations to all those who are exercising so much.

Later,
Tina

I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!! lol I say that every year. I get so nervous! I'm already getting into that nervous mode and we don't start till the 26th!! It's so silly.

Tina, if I think of it next week, I'll take my camera and get some pictures at the fair. Not sure how to send them to show people, but maybe someone (HINT HINT HINT) could give me some advice.

Sis, I'm always praying for friends and family. Hope it helps!

Dee, new school clothes? Tim and I were talking about that this afternoon. We haven't bought anything! We did get him a new pair of shoes for marching band, but that's it. I don't know when we'll have time to go shopping for him since he's so busy fair week, BUT I'm sure I can make some time for myself!!!!! LOL

Susan, I've been waking up at night dreaming about school too! In my dream my classroom was moved, and it was remodeled, and it shrank, and the list goes on and on!!!

I hadn't read Suzanne's message. Thanks for mentioning it.

Hi,

Tina, thanks for the note about Suzanne's message. I'll have to go read it. Congrats!!!! on losing!!! :cp: :cp: :cb: :dance: Keep up the good work!

I weigh in the morning so I'll see how I did this week. I've gone to work out, 4 times a week for the last 3 weeks. Hopefully, I will see some results soon :)

Tammy, Isn't it silly to have been teaching forever and still get nervous? I guess the day I don't is the day I need to find another profession. I even tried to be sick but it didn't work :lol:

Have a great evening.
Susan

Tammy,
Send us the pictures to our emails. I think they are in our profiles or we could send them to you in a private message. What do you think?
Susan

I don't have a scanner thingy to do pictures. That could cause a problem. lol

Tammy, I don't know if you have a Walgreen's near you. I guess any place where you get film developed will have this-----you can get your photos put on discs now. I'm not sure how much is costs. I have a freeby coupon once and got them that way.
If you did it that way, you wouldn't have to worry about a scanner.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!!!
Tina

Hi,

Hope everyone has had a great weekend. I did absolutely nothing!

Susan

Hi All,
I'm going to start a new thread. Look for it!!!
Tina