Lauren - I want to go on a fox hunt! That sounds really awesome. But I would need one of those big black hats that those Euros wear. Only requirement. I'm glad you brought the horses home! Man, those minis you posted were so cute, and I don't even like horses that much.

Mary - Where in Mexico are you going? Have so much fun! The weather will be SO NICE. You mustttt snorkel

Feral - Glad you're feeling better. The medicine working with the congestion?

Haley - ONE MORE MONTH! Study hard Kick that test in the ***. What happened this morning? I'm curious now.

Stella - Enjoy the massage. Hope your feet feel better soon. I can only imagine big, big ouchies.

Mary - I <3 Mexico. We used to go to Puerta Vallarta. Its on the coast, but its down south, in the mountains. My dad took me on this 6 hour horse back expedition into the rain forest. Sooo much fun.

Haley - Good for you for rolling with it


So, apparently if you walk 30 miles your dominant leg just turns into one huge muscle cramp. That was painful, and it does feel somewhat better, but she wants me to come back in a few days. Um, I don't have that kind of fundage at my disposal.

She also suggested starting to exercise again tomorrow. No running, but the elliptical on a light intensity for about 40 minutes may help loosen things up. Until then I'm wrapping my feet back up and I shall be applying IcyHot as much as possible.

Stella ~ That stinks that your leg is acting up. Hopefully the elliptical will loosen things up and make it better for you.

Mary ~ Ooh...Mexico? Sounds like fun!!!

Feral ~ Glad you're feeling better this week.

I was away for the weekend in Canada with some friends and had a blast!!! I bought some new stuff at the Roots Outlet and found a Lulu tank top that I have been coveting for months on sale!!! haha And it is a size smaller than I thought I would be. It actually fits pretty good. I'm excited about it

This week will be a short work week since we have training we have to go to on Thursday and Friday. I feel like the school might self destruct since the entire special ed department will be at this training. LOL

Stella - Oooh I hear Puerta Vallarta is awesome!

Those asking where I'm headed - We usually head down to the Riviera Maya (half hour from Cancun and Playa del Carmen) and stay at one of the Iberostar all inclusive resorts. We're going down the first week of August, when it's super hot lol. I prefer going in May, but August is usually our vacation month. It's an awesome resort and I recommend their resorts to anyone because they have several all over the world. They're very affordable and high quality and keep you quite entertained!

It is so gorgeous out. I want a bike really badly. Like, REALLY badly! And it would be cool to get the pedal adapters for my spinning shoes :3

Ok girls, this is the week! I'm going to stay on plan all week, or try my hardest anyway. This week i have to take it easy on the hard workouts, cuz i'm running a 10K on saturday!!!! AND my mom is walking the 5K. SO excited. I'm going to head to kickboxing in a bit.

Soo... can anyone tell me why the scale has been stuck at 164 +/- 1 for like 3 weeks? lame... at one point i saw 162.5... but then we jumped right back up. GRRRRR... i want to get in those 150's so bad!

Morning ladies! Not much new to report over here - still working my butt off, literally and figuratively I've been trying to get back on track with my eating and exercise, but I've got enough going on in my life right now that I don't need to be too stressed out about having a cookie or two every now and then!

This weekend will be a big challenge for me, though - I'm headed back to MI for a long weekend that's going to involve a lot of different meals with different meals. I'm going to do my best to keep up with my exercise and focus on stopping eating when I'm full, but we'll see - hopefully the scale won't hate me too much when I'm back!

Jess - Good luck with the 10K! I'm skipping out on that one.

Mary - Man, Mexico sounds like a blast. So it'll be hot. That way you can get your tan out and lounge in the ocean. Do you scuba dive? You should! The all-inclusive resorts sound nice. We were going to do that one Spring Break but ended up just skipping out on that and partying ourselves. I bet they'll have lots of yummy food. Mmhmm.

In personal news, I got a free entry to run a 5K in Santa Monica (called Heal the Bay) on May 16. I don't know if I'm going to PR or anything but it'll be a good run before my 10K on the 22 and the hugeeee half in June. Holy crap. The Half is a month away...

Hello ladies

I went into work late today on account of my lower back (not letting me sleep well). A co-worker suggested I ice it instead of putting a heat pack on, and oh my god. He's my hero of the week. I was just ablet od o 45 minutes on the stair master (on low intensity) and I feel great. My leg doesn't feel crippled and my lower back is fluid. Also, I sweat buckets from my back. It was very odd. I'm not weighing myself until Thursday morning - hopefully I can get a normal work out in tomorrow.

So this morning i was 180 back down from my weekend ribs LOL I worked really hard today did a good workout and then did some doggie wears and then pushed mowed the backyard and realized i didnt have time this week for us to get the riding mower so i ended up pushing the front yard as well then at 3 went to do some landscaping work before my shower i hopped on the scale to see if i had a good day and 179 was staring back at me so excited hoping it stays there over night!
For dinner a concoction not sure what to call it ww penne ricotta, mushrooms, zucchini, pasta sauce and mozzarella smells yummy!

Stella ~ I thought of you yesterday. I finally made it back to the gym after about 2 weeks and I did my 60 minutes on the elliptical. I was sweating buckets and totally exhausted at the end of my time, which is completely different than it's been recently. I remember you saying the same type of thing where you weren't sweating like usual.

I went for a walk today after school with my next door neighbor teacher. We went to the next town over to a walking path and walked about 4 miles give or take. It was awesome...but really buggy! haha We plan on doing it again and bringing bug spray the next time. It was something new and different and now I know how to get there for future reference. But the bad part is that it runs along an ice cream stand that could be very tempting in the future

Chele - doesn't it feel awesome after all of that frustration

I'm in class and she's talking about ethics. I have to take continuous thics classes for work. Kill me.

Hi! I am alive and doing well!

FINALS are going well and so is my working out/eating.

April was a hard month, only lost 3 pounds but a loss is a loss.

My goals for May:
No carbs after 6pm
No alcohol
Gym 4+ days a week
Hiking on Saturdays
Lots of water
Lots of veggies, fruit and lean meats
GET UNDER 200

hey ladies! hope you are all well.

I met with my nutritionest today for appointment #2... Jenny's challenge, to not count calories but to follow Canada's food guide... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't count calories...are ya nuts?!?!!?? I'm gonna try it girls...I really am, see if I can get out of this plateau I've been in since January!

Hey everyone! Guess I'm back on the boat....for now.

Hi everyone.. I'm new here, hoping to join in.