Thanks Lovn - you guys are the best
 

I'm going to check in more than I have been - I have been remiss - it looks like youve got some more of those little cheerleaders going which is all good - It's hard to figure out where the stop losing go into maintenance mode..

anyway - also bought this GPS watch that monitors heart rate / distance etc - it's motivating me to run further - which I guess is good - I want to do a 1/2 marathon before I turn 46 - so hoping this thing will help motivate me to do that.

C.

It's Sunday morning... feels more like it should be another Saturday - what a beautiful day it was yesterday too - the weather was fantastic here... I'm always so sad to see summer go though - it is about this time of year that I begin wondering why I don't live in the south - where summer lasts so much longer!

Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying this long weekend!

Welcome Alwaysej
 

I'm 45 too - just turned at the end of June. I started here in March - started becoming the fitter trimmer me in Jan - down 45lbs since the beginning of the year and have MUCH more muscle tone - I feel better and owe a lot of it to the gals on this site for keeping me on track and stoping all the negative self talk I had going on.

So - welcome and always come back here for support and advice and just plain general help with this journey.

C.

Welcome to Alwaysej! Yep, you fit in here!

Sillycat, glad you posted again. You were missed! You're doing great with your weight loss, good for you!

Beth, I know what you mean about seeing summer go away. I lived in the mountains for 8 years where the summers were very short. Now, I live where it is warmer, but I have never gotten over the "sorry to see summer go" feeling. Even though we have had over 90 degree temperatures forever. I'm ok with it! But, we drove up to a lake yesterday and I noticed that the trees and bushes are just starting to turn colors. Fall is coming.

Rennie: Hope you have fun at the campground!

tt15: Have fun at the farm!

Clyde: Hope the weekend is great for you, too.

Lovn: It looks like our sons are the same age (12) and my daughter is in volleyball, too. She's 14. The boys had a football game yesterday and they were awesome again. They won 42-6. They really are a good, disciplined team, so I think they'll go far this year. This is just such a treat after such a dismal season last year. Our boys don't play for the school until 9th grade. They are playing in the county's junior football association. It's a huge program. They break out the teams into 5th graders, 6th graders, 7th/8th combined, but split into lightweights and heavyweights. My son is in 7th grade, heavyweights. It makes me kind of laugh that the boys think it is such a cool thing to be on the heavyweights (mainly because they are the ones who generally get to play in high school because of their size). Can you imagine splitting a girls team into lightweights and heavyweights? You would have a bunch of devastated girls. Anyway... there are 8 teams total in heavyweights and we play a different team each week until the playoffs at the end. I think our guys have a great chance of going to the superbowl. It's a big deal for them because they get to play at the local college/high school field. I absolutely love this sport even though they have a chance to get hurt. The teamwork and cameraderie are amazing this year. My daughter had fun, too. She is their team manager (water girl), so she got to hang out with the boys. She's in 8th grade, so she knows a lot of them. My goodness that girl can flirt. Where did she get that from????

Ok, if I missed anyone, I hope this is a great weekend all across the country! We're having a little bit of rain today, which is ok. We were going to go camping this weekend, but they said it would be rainy today and tomorrow, so we're skipping it. We went fishing last night (my husband likes to fly fish at night on the lake), and we got home late, so I'm dragging a bit today. We'll see what I get done.

My daughter finds out on Tuesday what team she will be on for volleyball. She has worked hard, so I hope she makes it on to the A team.

Until then... I have a few chores to do this weekend!

Beth, Our weather has been unbelievably beautiful as well. It's been a great way for my children to end their summer. Today is their last day of freedom. We may go to a parade, but for the most part we're just going to hang out relaxing and then try to go to bed by 9pm. Wish me luck with that!!

Welcome alwaysej, I'm 44 and started on this journey for better health in May 2006. Of course I'd been on many diets before that. Gaining and losing the same 30 pounds. Now I too just want to be fit and healthy and am not worrying about the size of my jeans. 3FC has a lot of good advice and hugs to help make the journey easier.

Diane, Big city leagues are so much different than here in the boonies!! There will be no play offs of any kind at the junior high level and we definitely don't split light and heavy weights. We wouldn't have enough boys!!!! My son's team only lost one game last season, but we do not anticipate a repeat as most of our big linemen moved up to high school this year. Ds first game is away Thursday night. Either my husband or I will have to miss it. I have two other children who have to get to soccer practice here at home...unnnleeees I can get my mom to get them to practice. That's a good idea. I just hate missing games!!! My 8 y/o DS is the water boy for our team. We don't have to worry about him flirting hee hee....Good luck to your DD.

All's well here in WI. The kids and I got our bathroom painted last week and it looks very nice. I was brave and let them pick the shower curtain and then they picked paint to match it. They did not pick anything like I would have picked and I absolutely love it. Just goes to show mom doesn't always know best. Hoping to ride bike this a.m. My children like to ride to get ice cream treats and I think today I will have one as well since today summer is officially over for us. I know celebrating with food is all wrong, but it will be a controlled celebration and the biking burns most of the calories. I always feel it's a good lesson I'm teaching. Have a treat, but enjoy using your body to get there. Have a great day all.

Lovn: It's funny how different things are all over the country. You're talking about going back to school, and my kids have been there for 2 weeks now. Mine will have a fun time getting up tomorrow. They've been sleeping in a lot this weekend. I normally let them sleep in a little bit, but they both have had colds, so I wanted them to get as much rest as possible.

It rained some yesterday, so the weather has cooled some. We needed that! I don't have a lot planned today, except for laundry. We might ride our horses if the rain doesn't come back.

Then... back to work and school tomorrow.

Hello All,

We're back from vacation, it was a nice relaxing time. We went to the Finger Lakes area of NY. Drank too much wine the first couple of days, but surprisingly when I weighed in on Sat stayed the same and Fri night we had steak at home. Of course Sat we went out to my parents and had brats and potato salad :( Oh well, I don't eat like that every day. Today we broke the bikes back out, unfortunately we waited too long and it was pretty warm out, but we still did about 15 miles so I'm pretty happy. Now I won't feel guilty about the corn chips with my avocado salsa this afternoon, although I will abstain from the hurricane and have an iced tea instead.

I've read all the posts, welcome newbies, congrats sillycat on meeting your original goal, :wave: to everyone else.

Have a great rest of the holiday everyone.

-Tech

thank you all for the nice welcome!!!
You all are such nice people. I feel very welcome!!!

Silly
Congrats

Tech
Welcome back

Just got back from camping and haven't even cleaned the car out yet lol. Just thought I would stop in and say hello. Had a wonderful relaxing time.

Hi all - I'm baacckkk! Been away and crazy for a while and now I also have to fight two teens for the computer :dz:

I travelled across the border to Duluth this past week to shop for 5 kids for school - now that was insane! :dizzy: It has been over 16 years since I have been there - what a beautiful city!

I was afraid to weigh in after the past two weeks of travel and stress, plus TOM was visiting - so unofficially I weighed myself - it was the same - neither up nor down. That was good news, as my walking was sporatic and we were dining out quite a bit.

Tomorrow I will do the official weigh in - I feel confident that it will be good. My plan for September is to walk 100 km in the month. So far 5 k is down!:carrot:

Anyhoo - good luck to all this coming week!

Shari

Hey all!
 

Just finished 4 mile run + strength training. Off to shower and work

Shari - it's ok - at TOM we all bloat out so don't let it get to you.

Cool - camping sounds fun hope you had a great time - where did you go shy?

Tech - don't worry about one meal - just enjoy it and then get back on the wagon - heck you guys are the ones that taught me not to take one meal or one day too seriously and I believe that stopping the negative self talk freed me up to live a little which made the whole weight loss thing more tollerable.

Hang in there all - and have a great day!

Diane - hope work is going better these days!!

Diane, Hope your kiddies are feeling better. We're suppose to get rain today and I hope we do. The humidity has been running at 100% for a few days in a row again. It makes for an awful lot of sweat when walking!! Yep, dropped the kids off at school this a.m. and then went to brkfst with a friend and then we walked 3 miles. It's kind of been a tradition for us the past few years. She's my best friend and our 6th grade daughters are best friends too. It's a nice way for us to send them off each year.

Tech, We had a little impromtu party yesterday afternoon and I had a couple too many Berry Weiss beers. That's probably why my walk was so sweaty this morning! Glad you had a good vacation.

alwaysej, I'm glad you feel welcome!

scaryshari, I'm glad you survived the back to school shopping trip. It can be a nightmare. Good luck on meeting your exercise goals. There are some great threads in the exercise portion to keep track of your exercise if you're not already doing that and would like too.

sillycat, You hang in there and have a great day too!

Hi girls.

I haven't been posting much but I always check in.

It's so humid here and tomorrow we're getting rain from Gustav which should cool things down. Just got home from my volunteer work that always keeps me busy.

Welcome to the new girls.

Hi all! Official weigh in today was good - reached my 20lb loss:cheer2: Tomorrow the kids start their first full day of school and on the bus. I am hoping things will settle down again. I am thinking an addition to my walking is needed soon - more weights, yoga? don't know yet.

I hope you all do well this week!

Shari