Ammi: So glad you are well again & ready to break in that gazelle again!
Awesome that you got to meet up with Sharon , glad you were feeling up to it. Take care & don't over do it!

Ammi i am so glad you are better i was worried you were in the hospital! glad you and Sharon met hope you 2 have a lovely time!

Pochita: I noticed you posted a Bio & joined the exercise thread. :wel3fc:
This is an amazing place with some really terrific ladies. Good luck on your quest for fitness!

Andie -- Trust me when I say that it is NOT what I expected! I'm even still hesitant to BELIEVE I might, sometimes, like exercise while I'm doing it. BUt I am finally willing to admit I usually feel better AFTER the fact.

Good for you on NO to Arby's. Husbands are like that. Mine was. Finally, after about 5 months, he joined me on the weight loss journey. BOY, did that make things easier (and he's lost almost 70 pounds!)

JILLY & ANDIE – I hear you on checking out several of the TOPS groups. I should know by tomorrow if I’m going to get that tanker job and what my schedule will be, so then I’ll know what groups I can go to. I can definitely see how the members would make or break the group – Look how great this site is, because of the wonderful people here!

ANDIE – Actually, this gym is a community fitness center that I guess is associated with Akron General Med Center, and even with all the stuff they have ( I can hardly wait to find someone to play racquetball with! ) it’s still about $4 cheaper per month than Curves, plus it’s open SEVEN days a week, from early morning until 9 or 10 at night, and it doesn’t close for 2-3 hours in the middle of the day like most Curves do. So for both time and cost, as well as variety of activity, this place has the advantage.

LILION & ANDIE, As for the ogling, if I’m doing cardio I’m panting too much, and if I’m doing strength I can’t think of anything but the weights. Besides, they know they’re ogle material and they’re always looking around to see who’s looking – and I couldn’t Bear getting caught! Especially because they’re all half my age. I just couldn’t give them the satisfaction.
…OK, maybe just a peak now and then.

LILION – Sorry the WI wasn’t all you’d hoped for, but I’m glad it’s headed back in the right direction again!

ANDIE – YES!!! SMACK HIM! I dated a guy for 10 years that always insulted my weight and the way I looked, but he’d pitch a fit if we went out to dinner and I didn’t finish my meal – which started with drinks and appetizers, ended with rich deserts and after dinner liquors, and had everything else in the middle including more booze.

OK, NIGHTKATT, before you ask, *I* didn’t bring the stuff into the house! Yes, there was ice cream in the freezer, but it’s in the garbage can now. It’s still in the box tho, cuz it wouldn’t shake out of the box. And yes again, it arrived in the garbage can one serving smaller than it left the freezer, but only a small serving, cuz I was paying attention when LILION was telling us about choosing the small bowl. I actually used a very little ceramic cup that my dad made. I figured you might be looking after me, so I might as well ‘fess right away. Besides, other than that, I’ve been a very good girl today! *** Also, VERY good job on that double batch of crunches you did!!!

ANNIE, I wish I could blow up your avatar and see that puppy better. They’re SO cute! As for the elliptical, I think all the work I’ve been doing on the treadmill certainly helped me, but it’s definitely harder than the TM is! I wish I could find my walkman, too, cuz that would make the time go easier I think. It sure had me puffing in no time! *** I hope that icky medicine really helps with the pain since the side effects are so rough. I hope your back is just plain BETTER soon!!!

AMMI – I’m just flat out jealous that you and Sharon got together! I’m really happy about it, I’d just love to meet you both! It would be wonderful to have a 3FC World Reunion… if reunion is the right word? When I win the lottery, I buying tickets for everyone! Where shall we hold it? Hawaii? Sydney? Rome? Ooooo, Vienna??? (Then we could visit the Spanish Riding School!) How ‘bout Tokyo?

MELISSA, Hang in there! You WILL make it to break the “00” and it will feel SO good!

Well, he did it again!!! I just popped in to the Dollar Store for cat food for the barn cats. I was only in there a couple minutes, but when I came back out, there sat that rotten little dachshund with a sad, innocent look on his rotten, kissable little puss. And the cardoors were all locked. Do you have any idea how many people went by and asked “Do you have a spare key?” Yup! And it’s sitting on the console right next to the other key. How come he’ll only jump on the button enough to LOCK the thing, never Unlock it?! Fortunately I was only couple doors from the local small town cop shop and they actually opened it for me. Most police won’t do that anymore, so I was really appreciative!

Tomorrow morning is my driving test for the tanker job. Wish me luck!

VAL - rofl .. your poor baby in the car ... was it a hot day?? WTG on the ice cream hun .. while Im not a big ice cream fan you definitely have more will power than I would be able to ... I did a look through my cupboards and fridge/freezer this morning to see what naughty food I still had inside .... boy am I BAD! Only in a way tho .. I have had a multi bag of snack size milky ways in the fridge for over a week now and I have only had TWO! And the sugar free cookies . I have only had half the pack so far and I have had them for a couple of weeks .. havent opened up the multi bag of chippies ... or the pack of muesli bars .... and I still have 2 boxes of the hot chocolate (the box has about 10 sachets in each one worth about 70 cal each) .. so that has lasted me the whole month! I am finding that when I see them in the fridge 9 times out of 10 I prefer to grab the carrot thats in the shelf drawer below it lol. So like I said .. you have a lot more will power and self control than I did lol ..

LILION - Congrats on the scale still moving downwards ... doesnt matter if its half a pound .. a whole pound or more .. at least its still going down :)

ANNIE - are the doggie piccys your babies or do you find those piccys somewhere .. Im with Val .. wish some of them I could blow up to see better .. they look sooo cute!!

ANDIE - WTG on getting in Richard before bed!! Thats so good that you didnt give in to the "dont want to" feeling :) Today I actually went out and bought some new clothes ... I purposely bought a size smaller top because I thought if I cant fit it now then I will by Xmas .. and the bottoms I got were 2 sizes smaller (I only buy stretch pants .. and I was wearing a XXXL .. so I bought an XL instead). I wanted to see if I could fit the 3xl top cos its not one of my usual stretchy material for clothing ... sooo .. I snuck down to my room so I could see how much more I would have to go before I could fit it ... GUESS WHAT IM WEARING!! The WHOLE outfit I just bought!! The top is a little snug over the boobs .. but it actually fits!! and I can move great in it .. and oh its nice and COOL!! lol .. so Im gonna go down and get another one and 2 in a smaller size cos I really like this top and its on special rofl .. will get my hunny to take a pic of me on the weekend .. will be almost 4 months ... soooo .. that will teach me for always buying big baggy clothes and nothing fitting wont it? Thank you for your encouragement tho :)

And give your hubby a smack already lol .. good grief .. like the journey we are on isnt hard enough!! As for the rude comment .. please dont let him get away with that .. I dont care when someone is in a grumpy mood ... that doesnt give anyone the right to insult someone .. esp those they love. You definitely dont deserve that when you are working so hard.

PATTI - WTG on your loss again .. boy .. youre gonna just fade away at the rate youre goin lol .. excellent .. the FFM must have had a good week lol ..

NANCY - WTG on your holiday plans .. and Im sure you will not walk over the bridge ... hunny you will GLIDE! I look forward to seeing all your wonderful holiday pics :) Ummm .. mashed cauliflower?? On purpose?? Or overcooked?? rofl.

WYLLEN - Great work on your new step in the journey .. I will admit I often feel like that .. and only about 50% of the time do I really fight it .. I really need to work on that now that I have had it bought to my attention with your new mindset .. thank you for sharing that hun ... soooo many new things to learn on this journey arent there??

AMMI - Its so great that you are feeling better hun ... Im sure that you will be spending time catching up on everything that you had to put aside the last few days ... just dont overdo :) Have fun with whatever you are doing :)


Okee ... as I said above ... I went out and bought a new smaller outfit.. the top in non stretch material (which is a new thing for me to do lol) ... and hot dog .. the whole outfit fit!! Wasnt plannin on trying until closer to Xmas. So that has made my week ... Im not gonna worry about the size thing anymore ... Im just going to try to stop buying baggy clothes lol.

Had a nice lunch at Subway with my dad today .. paid off my CC (AND CUT IT UP!!), cleared most of my other bills .. and tomorrow we take over the new house .. well ... we will own it .. but the tenant is still there lol ...

Gonna go and sit out in the sun ... oh .. bought myself a pedometer today too! ... Just got to learn how to work it now rofl.

Huggies all

Love and Laughter!

Katt