Clyde, Glad you're checking in. Hope all is good.

shari, Great job on meeting your goal. You should be proud! Thanks for the encouragement for a good week. I need all the cheering I can get right now!

I decided not to weigh in for a couple more days given the fact that I didn't following a very careful plan this weekend - not to mention the fact that TOM is expected to visit here in the next day or two - ... that guy sure gets around now doesn't he??

Like yesterday, my day will be spent with my 16 month old grandson while his parents are at college and work - I know I need to do more about getting some extra exercise - so that I can keep up with him for the rest of this school year! :-)

The weather is STILL beautiful here... my heart goes out to those who are weathering the storm down south...

Just a quick check in for me. I need to get ready for work and I was busy "helping" kids get up and get going. Some days are harder for them than others!

Really nice weather here finally. I'm taking my shoes to walk at lunch. Oh, and I have to fix a lunch, so that's why I have to hurry! Have a great day everyone!

Happy Hump Day All,

Not doing to shabby here, took a peek at the scale (I usually do mid week) and was down 2 lbs. I won't change my tracker until it's official on Friday but I am pretty happy . Got some exercise yesterday I walked with my mom in the morning and DH and I went back to the gym in the evening before dinner. Not sure about today I was hoping to get in a bike ride but it's warm and a little muggy (I don't do heat well and the older I get the worse it gets) so I may leave that for tomorrow. We'll see what I can do today. I'm off to the grocery store to pick up some odds and ends, plus doing laundry. Those jobs seem to be never ending.

I just wanted to add a word of caution to people. I got these energy drink tablets at a party I went too. They're all natural, nothing I hadn't had before. You dissolve them in water add ice and drink. I tried one yesterday, man did they upset my stomach, my heart was racing at the gym and last night I had the worst headache. Apparently they did not agree with me at ALL. My DH goes well you know pot is all natural, that doesn't mean it's good for you. So just be careful what you put in your bodies.

Shari - Congratulations!

Beth - TOM is due for a visit here next week. Have fun with that grandson.

Cat - I never worry about 1 meal, as long as it doesn't start a trend.

Rennie - Glad you had fun camping. We did too.

Clyde - Nice to hear from you. Send some of that rain this way. All the grass around here is brown, brown, brown.

Dianne - Hope you had fun on your walk.

Lovn - That's cool that your daughter's best friends with your friend from school's daughter. Had you remained friends or did you "meet again" when they became friends?

Well I should get moving or I won't have anything for lunch .

Have a great day everyone.

-Tech

I didnt weight in over labor day... went to the fair and overall had a good time this weekend.... so weighed in today and while I might not lose I haven't gained so that is good....
started my class today and will start teaching tomm. so its been a busy week....
once I am back at school it should be easier... especially being so busy

hope all are doing well.
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Hi all. Thought I'd join you, though I've been waiting till a September thread was started. LOL

I started my journey on July 15th, my 45th birthday. I woke up that morning and took myself to a WW meeting. Since then not only have I been eating healthier, I have also been exercising, first time in my life.

I look forward to getting to knowing you all better.

I'm with Debbie..... just waiting for Sept thread.... LOL. I enjoy reading all the posts, even though I'm not much of a writer. My life is very hectic and this is the way I unwind. Hope everyone is getting back to the school routines and the shorter daylight hours! It has been beautiful here in PA.
Have a great day.
tt15

Tech
Glad you had a great time. I love the camp grounds. Sure there is work involved getting everything set up and then having to pack everything up but in between is my relax time.

Back at the docs again today for this darn knee. I was told no walking aerobic videos for the whole month. No walking. No doing anything that is hard on the knees lol. She said I could join curves if I wanted because the machines are pretty low impact on the knees except for the squat machine. Does anyone go there? We have three of them in the area. One I know is horrible because I went there with a friend to check it out. The one I went to check out today seemed ok. Seems you do a 30 min workout two sets of a circuit on all the machines they have and then you use the stretch machine. They also have something on the machines that tracks that you are using them correctly and tracks your heart rate and such as I understand it. Wonder if it is worth the money to add to what I have been doing? 99 to sign up and 34 a month seems like a lot of money if it isn't worth bothering with.

Deb
Welcome
45 is a great time to start getting in shape. Well, any age is a great time to start getting in shape lol. You are going to have wonderful years ahead of you. Might as well be in the best shape you can be.

tt
Welcome
You will find we are a great group of people here and we love to give encouragement and have a few laughs.

Rennie, I know a lot of people like Curves because it's a simple routine, but I know others whose bodies got accustomed to those machines quickly and then stopped making progress. I go to Gold's Gym and I pay less than what you quoted for Curves. There is tons of equipment there, cardio and weights machines and also lots of classes to choose from. Just my 2c.

Beth61, Glad you're having fun with your grandson...I'm just finishing TOM myself and it was a doozy this time...I weighed almost 4 pounds more yesterday than I did on Tues or this morning...crazy, but at least that's what it was..Pfew!

Diane, Sounds like you're doing really well. Packing a healthy lunch, I'm sure, and taking shoes to walk during break. WTG!! My kids had a rude awakening yesterday. A lot more children are riding their bus and it arrived more than 15 minutes earlier yesterday than it did last year, but he's already later today than yesterday so maybe it will level out.

Tech, Sorry to hear about your bad experience with the energy pills. That can be really scary. Actually my best friend and I have become that way due to our daughters realtionship. She's 9 years younger than me so I met her just 6 years ago when our girls started playing soccer together. We just all fit. Her son is a year older than my oldest son and they play all the sports together and her hubs and mine get along well too. We even did vacation together this year and had a blast.

36Paws, good luck in class and teaching. Glad you had a good time at the fair.

Debala, Wow you are doing awesome. Great job! I've been thinking we should start a Sept thread as well. Glad you jumped in anyway.

tt15, Hope you had a great day as well.

DS has his first FB game of the season tonight. He's playing full back and middle lineman and will be doing the kicking and punting. DD has volleyball practice and younger son has soccer so we haven't decided if DH or I am going to his game yet. It's raining now so I hope that quits before 5pm!!!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Lovn, looks like someone else started a September chat thread. But, I wanted to comment back to you, so I'm holding on to August for one more post!
That's funny what you said about the bus being early. My kids bus is coming about 20 minutes earlier than last year because they changed the routes.

Walking was good yesterday. The weather was beautiful. My friend is having relationship issues, so I think it helped her to talk while I just breathed hard!

Ward
I live in a tiny town. We don't have anything around here at all. I might hold off on the curves. I can't see money being spent on something that isn't going to be doing me any good. Thanks