Hi chicks,

I was feeling a little down as I can't go to my spin class tonight as the baby has a fever so I shouldn't drop her off at the gym daycare. She seems okay, just hot and very sleepy.

Being able to get a 3 fat chicks signature and ticker has really cheered me up though. As did the fact that my new scales said 139.2 today! I am really pleased that I have lost 6 pounds in 4 weeks of dieting.

gracesmommy, congrats on your loss!! hope your LO feels better. It is so sad when they are sick. :(

yana, :welcome2: About a month ago I started using a sticker chart for myself. It has worked really well for me personally. I get a sticker if I exercise that day and a different sticker if I stay OP (eating-wise) that day. I had a hard time defining OP, but decided that the easiest, most flexible way for me is calorie counting.

I am amazed at how active everyone is and wanted to say good job.

Yana welcome I myself am still new but I love it!

ok to my dismay I can not find any of my pictures newer than Dec. 2006. I'm trying to not freak out until my Hubby can take a look. Anyway here is a pic of my son and his best friend from Dec. of 06. they had just turned 3.

evening all...work was good today...not crazy busy..i actually got a lunch break...got out of work on time...and we made more money today than we did yesterday...go figure.

I did feel great today for working out. We are going to walk the mutt tonight before bed (after dh favorite cartoon...futurama). Going to try to work out again in the am.

Alright all..hope everyone else is good...hey to all the newbies.

I got my siggy approval today!!! YAY!!! I thought I would post and test it out. Sounds like you all had busy a busy day. The good news is my throat feels better... the bad news is that I have such a pain in my lower calf, I feel like I'm gonna die. I called the MD and they said that if it didn't feel better soon to go to the ER for some tests. I started the pill about 4 months ago so I'm praying it's not a blood clot.

Anyway, I'll see how I feel tomorrow morning. If it's still killing me (sharp burning sensation) I will go to the hospital.

Hope you're all doing better than me... LOL :)

Good Evening Chickies!!!!

Today was a much better day for me... went on an eliptical machine for 30 minutes ... quite the experience I must say. I think I may try it again tomorrow.
I am staying in my range for calories too... this calorie counting is addicting... I should have started doing this a loooooooong time ago, and I might not of been in this boat.
My brother and his family came over tonight... and brought pizza. I was a good girl and only ate 2 small pieces. We are going on vacation w/them next month and were chit-chatting about our plans. Getting excited about that.


Welcome to the newbies... I am a newbie as well. It is lots of fun here. The ladies here are a great bunch.

Hi chicks, Had another b-ball game tonight, we'll play for the championship Thurs. night then we start All-Stars, woo hoo, I'm beside myself with joy:cry:

Got a couple of good runs in last night and tonight, my shins are still killing me and the knees are weak but I think I'll make it through it. I worked in the yard all day, mowing and pulling weeds. Power was out for a few hours for road const., had to move power lines I guess, so I had a great excuse for staying out all day. Plan to pull weeds and work on clearing the other side of the creek too the rest of this week, but we are expecting a heat wave, so it may not be quite as much fun as I think.

:congrat:, to all the newbies, you found a great place to be!

Toni, good for you getting your ride in with the kids, thats a heckuva workout!

Pam, sounds delish, my family isn't so big on meatballs, I don't know why, I love em!

Alicia, I wonder if you and I are related. We are both so accident prone. I "fall" up the stairs all the time, my DH thinks I'm losing all capacity to function normally:crazy: what does he know? Hope you don't hurt too long

Kerry, I Love to mow, my body doesn's love me to do it neither do my sinuses but I do it anyway and then pay the piper later.

Gotta go, dogs are moaning, probably means no one let them out while I was gone to the game and running, funny how I'm the only one that knows how to work a doorknob:chin:

Trish

Kerry,

Sorry! I called it a Family Fun Walk - I guess the real name is Family Fitness Walk. Recently our town decided we were all not very healthy people (based on statistics) and had a Health Fair and different activities. The fitness walk is a bunch of people who signed up to walk every Monday and Thursday. We have a log we are supposed to keep track of our miles, and everyone is supposed to wear these free TShirts they gave us. We have only made it 3 times, but we try. Our town has a concrete bike path that runs all through it that is used for the walk. We actually walk on the path from our house to the park to sign up - it's about a 1/4 mile. Last Thursday my kids and I walked 3 miles. At the end they are having a celebratin and giving prized for the most miles walked, etc. It's kinda fun. Just hard fitting it into my schedule.

Pam,
Is this recipe posted in the recipe section? It sounds like it would help me, we have spaghetti about once a week, but it's just the stuff in the jar...

Toni,
I don't know if it has that effect....but since my husband rarely mows the lawn (we have 4 boys, he usually makes one of the older boys do it) when he does I will joke with him "You have never been more sexy to me than you are right now" when he come in sweaty and covered with grass. And then he'll laugh because he knows it's not him all sweaty that I'm talking about, but the fact that he's actually mowing the lawn!! :D

Holly

Hey All, come join us on the Wednesday thread!