Hello Everyone…
Terri – Hi Thanks for the warm welcome
I have a Pilates video that I bought, but was always afraid to use. Mainly because I thought I was too big to do any of it. I even bought a beginning yoga video… (yikes) … used it once, and I was like HOLY COW! Hehehe, kid likes it tho
How long have you been using your Pilates video? I have Leslie Sansone’s Walking Away the Pounds 3 video pack, along with a Lifting Weights to lose weight video by Kathy Smith. I have a Richard Simons Sweating to the Oldies video somewhere as well, but haven’t seen it in a while. I really like the Walking Away the Pounds video (WATP). I guess I should take a look at my Pilates video as well hehehe.
Kerri – My grandmother lives in NY and every year, when I used to fly out there, she always made me go pick asparagus, eggplants and whatever fruit or veggie that was in season… I remember she once made breaded asparagus… I tried it and WHEW! I’m with you on that, never again hehehe…
Amanda – Hello… I can understand how you feel when you say your husband is a police officer and you wake up and he’s not home yet. I have a friend whose husband works at once of the jails out here in cali… he’s been stabbed twice, and she freaks when he doesn’t come home either. Yes depression sucks… and the strange thing for me is, it comes out of nowhere. I’ve been much better, haven’t had a major case of depression for a while, although last night I was a bit upset. My sister is staying with me because she and my mother had a fight and she doesn’t wanna go home *sigh* The problem is, she knows I’m trying to watch what I eat, so she said okie I’ll make some dinner tonight. I thought that was kewl. She gets mad at me when I tell her I gotta make sure I see what all you put in there and such, and she gets grumpy at me. So I just went to the bedroom and sat there thinking about things and how hard it is for people to understand that the only way I’ve been successful at loosing weight is by counting my calories and weighing things out and writing them down in a food journal. Maybe I was just being to controlling? What’s one night of just letting go? Maybe it was just I thought she would be understanding since she too is trying to lose weight. Never ending circle, but it wasn’t as bad as it usually is (my little depression spell last night). I also understand about the loss of a loved one. I lost my grandmother in 1995 to cancer. The only person in the whole world who understood me for me and accepted me for me. I gained 70lbs that year, it put me in a horrible state. I had nightmares for several years after her death. As far as stress relieving techniques… I bought my step daughter (well future step daughter) I bought her a Play Station 2 and we bought a game called Dance Dance Revolution 2 (DDR). Have you heard of it? It’s that dancing game, where you watch your character on screen and step to the same beat as them. Anyways, I found that to be pretty kewl in the stress relieving department. Also, I got a yoga tape… basic yoga for beginners. I heard yoga was good for stress relief, but man some of those moves are like WOW! Even for beginners hehe…
2cute – Thanks for the welcome and kind words on my pictures. That was my first time attempt at loosing weight. I managed to get myself down to 350lbs, however, I got sick (I think from loosing weight to fast???) and I gained about 12lbs back. But I know if I did it once, I can do it again… I’ll just do it slower
Hilta – Hello
I’m an American Idol watcher as well!
I’ve already seen one girl who I think has been the best out of all the ones they showed so far. I think her name was Kimberly?? She was a blonde and she said her favorite was Martina McBride. Heheheh… anyways Welcome! *big hugz*
Boy… I sure do talk a lot
Today so far has been a good day. I’ve remember to keep track of everything I have ate through out the day, and managed to keep up on my water… well I’m a little behind on water, but not as bad. I used to think how the heck can someone drink all that, but I’ve been doing good on that.
Today was a trying day. Tuesdays and Thursdays are my long days. I get to work at 8 am and then at noon I am in class til 7. I had a hard time staying awake in class today, so I sorta… came home early *GASP*
I’m gonna go catch a nap before making dinner, then I’ll do a WATP video and maybe some DDR. Cept I’ll have to do it alone, kid got herself grounded
ahh kids, gotta love them!
Okie… I’ll shush now! Take care everyone!
Sue…