Welcome Orca, is there a nicer name I can use?xxxx
I remember everyone getting Gazelles on here, I've bid on a 'platinum' Gazelle but there's no instructions with it & no matter what search I do I can't get any info on it's weight limit. Has anyone got one or knows the weight limit? thanks!xxxxx
Well I was doing great but last night I had some beer, why? I have no idea! Doh!!!
xxxxxsharon

ps Anyone heard from Zelma? I hope things are going well for her and her family.
xxxxxxsharon

Missed out on going to the pool today because it is Remembrance Day here and the classes were canceled. I can go tomorrow though, so I will be able to get my two in this week. The instructor on Monday seemed to have it out for us. I have never been to a water aerobics class that strenuous. I think she is an upper limit kind of teacher who wants to go as fast or faster than the fastest student, which is me. The little old ladies were practically dropping like flies and started just grouping up and talking. I thought I was going to have to take himself out of the pool with the big hook. Although this morning he looked at himself in the mirror, and said that he thought he was getting muscles. It was so cute. He's a serious nerd who never played a sport or did anything really physical growing up, so this is all new to him.

Went down to the cafe @ work today and had to pass up the Nacho's. Decided a cup of soup was a better choice. I have not dieted in such a long time I forgot how difficult it is. I have been walking the dog for about 15 minutes in the evening but other than that I have not really been exercizing. The doctor recently changed my Blood Pressure/water pill to Diamox and I am retaining a lot of water now making me very uncomfortable. We had to go with Diamox cause I had excess spinal fluid in my head. From what I understand overweight/obese woman are more apt to get this. Has anyone had any experience with this?

Hi Heather11, I've never heard of this fluid thing before BUT coming from the UK where we get free medical care we are often years behind AND Drs seem to keep us in the dark about tests etc. Good thing on the soup, I'm like Homer when it comes to Nachos (or Doritos), lol! No is VERY hard to say.xxxxxxx
Well I got the Gazelle, someone put a higher bid with 14 seconds to go & I just managed to type a higher bid before it closed, it makes me SO mad!! I was the only bidder until then. Hubby is fetching it tonight or Friday I'm excited, just hope I get on with it as well as Ammi did, wasn't it 100lbs lost or something? Anyone else had sucess or failure with Gazelles?
Where is everyone? So many 'regulars' aren't on here very often, if at all. COME BACK!!!!!!!
Pink, hope you have fun with your new pup, they can really help with depression, hugs & stroking are proven to be theraputic.xxxxxxxxx
Catherine, lol!!!about your husband, does exercise help his medical condition? It must be hard though when it gets so cold outside, all I want to do is snuggle under a quilt.xxxxxxx
xxxxxxsharon

Sharon I have a gazelle. Love it think Annie has one too. My only problem is that my hands fall asleep only after 10 min so I when I do it its only at 10 min intervals 4 or 5 times in a day. Some times that is good since some of the kids I babysit can only stay out of trouble for that long b4 then need to be redirected to a different activity.

Me again!!!!! I lost 3lbs SO happy!!!
xxxxxsharon

morning all...

Welcome to all the newbies! Glad to have ya!

Sharon: I have not heard from Zelma in a while..I too hope things are getting better for her. My friend had the gazelle a few years back. SHe was around 230lbs back then. THe only thing she said was her thighs rubbed together and she thought she was going to start them on fire lol

Catherine: Sounds like your water classes are going great! Muscle on the hubby..whoohoo!

11heather: Nacos are very hard to pass up! WTG on choosing better!

As for me: My friend/co-worker told me yesterday at work that she watched Dr oz..and it was a show on MRSA. She looks right at me and says do you know you can die from that? Knowing all the crap and emotional **** i went through when i had it. I said to her..I am trying to not think about it anymore! She said do you know that you will always have it and you can pass it to people. I finally said to her..You can die from ALOT of things in this world..I am sure I will die of something! PEOPLE just make me so mad! She knows what **** I went through back then. Sometime people should just shut up! ( sorry for the mini rant lol) Now..I am on my paranoid thing again with it! Every little bump I get I panic.

Good morning ladies..not much new with me..taking today as my day off cause i did circuit training tuesday and wednesday and my shoulders are sore today so im giving my body a rest today but back to circuit training tomorrow! The scale was up a little today but i had alot of sodium yesterday and i think that is why so im gonna try to drink alot of water the next couple days and hope that it wont affect my weigh in on saturday morning! Well, got things to do i will talk to you ladies later

Heather

Good Afternoon all,

I have been gone for so long but I just wanted to pop in and say hello to you all and that I think about you all every day.

Things have been rough for me. I have gotten a bad tooth ache that needs a root canal but they won't touch it until the end of November for heart attack related reasons so I have been on antibiotics and pain meds. I have been having some major depression lately with everything at once.

I'm sure I will come out of it but just want to isolate for a bit so I don't contribute to anyone's mood. It is supposed to snow here tonight and it has been grey and gloomy so that maybe adding to my depression.

Taking things slowly as far as exercise goes cause that's all I can do. That is making me super sad. It feels like I was going 60 miles per hour then hit a brick wall.

So enough of my cheering you all up. lol. I will be back when I am in a better state of mind. KNow that I am thinking about you all, praying for you all and wishing the best of health for you all.

Blessings ,
Annie

Hello everyone! Hello newbies! Hello Winter... I can feel you coming.... lol. So found out today that after Monday's weigh-in my friend and I are merely .25% away from 1st place in our YMCA Better Weigh Challenge! I am workin' my BUTT off this week! So close to victory.... I know we can do it! I spent over 3 hours hiking and disc golfing today, and then did a 40 minute Indian folk-dancing workout I recorded on DirectTV. Gonna hit the gym tomorrow for a bit of circuit training, and then again later on for a Boot Camp class. I wanna win this thing SO bad!

Ummm, me AGAIN!! Has anyone had problems getting onto the site? All day today & some of yesterday I tried but kept getting 'connection problem' coming up.
Went on the Gazelle for a few minutes BUT as you said Cyn my thighs DO rub together but it was fun.
xxxxxxsharon
ps Hippiemom how did you do, did you win the YMCA comp you were in? xxxxx

Oh yeah Sharon,

Then entire site was down. Connection problems since late Thursday nite.

Glad it's back up! I missed you all.

Hugs,
Ratkity

Good afternoon ladies...lost 2 lbs this week! I have 7.7 lbs to go to make my goal of 50 lbs lost by december 19th which is exactly 5 weeks away..i picked that date because we have a xmas party that day on my husbands side of the family so i would really like to be down at least 50 lbs maybe more.

Today i went thru all my clothes in my closet to get rid of old tops that are stained or raggedy looking and i have 2 bags full plus i found a whole lot of tops that i can wear now so im excited about that plus i found a couple more holidays tops i can wear..i have a ton of holiday tops that i can finally wear that i havent been able to wear in about 10 years so i cant wait for thanksgivng to get here so i can start wearing them all..yippee!

I had trouble since yesterday morning logging on it it kept telling me that i couldnt connect to the site..it sucked! but im glad its back now and hopefully it will stay that way!

have a great saturday
Heather

Annie-Little or lots, we will take you however we can get you. Maybe when the snow hits the ground and everything is Norman Rockwell and fluffy, you'll feel a bit better. We don't call them dark nights of the soul because they fun. You know that you always have my prayers and best wishes.