Hi everyone! I have my class reunion later tonight and I am nervous/excited about it. It will be great to see people and catch up. I was hoping to be in better shape by now, but I am happy w/ my progress, so no regrets there. I have a great outfit and as long as my hair will cooperate (although w/ this humidity, that is doubtful!), I am going to look GOOD!

Hi Bluesers,

Congratulations, whoo-hoo, yay for Vix - a virgin 160# !!!! Great work!:carrot:

Jill - glad your father is doing as well as can be expected, I know this is a "weight" off your mind. Hmmm, will that help with WI? Yes, you got the Sybil reference right, clever one.;)

MJ - hope you have a great time at your reunion. That is such a hard thing to do, go see old classmates, but like you said, you're looking and feeling so much better now. Hope it was a blast.:D

Nori - great NSV, not turning to food for comfort. That's a biggie. Continued prayers for Lucas. Amazing how children can be happy through so much.:hug:

Hey you elliptical junkies, I did a full 30 minutes on mine today!!! That was with no arms though, but it's a start. Plus I worked pretty hard in the yard today, so I'm hoping the scales will smile this week. A maintain is okay too.:goodscale

Working Monday (home visits) Tuesday (charting and billing) going to the county fair Wednesday - the Doobie Brothers are playing and its included with fair admission. Going with my son, girlfriend, her baby and Jessie. Thursday, DH and Sybil, er Doragone are going camping for 5 days at the coast. Don't think they have wifi, but if they do, I'll keep in touch. Otherwise, you may not hear from me until about the 12th. Will we be done by then? And when do we sign up again?:?::?:

Hope to come back to big losses, yours and mine. Stay OP, drink water, exercise and be happy and proud you are taking such good care of yourselves.:cp:

Dora

Hahaha, Dora, my mom used to always call me sybil. Mainly because I'm a Gemini, she said I always got bad when the moon is full.

Just a really quickie post from me before I go to bed. If anyone wants to send me some good running vibes around 9-12 tomorrow, I'm going to be running my half-marathon route with my clinic group. I'm trying very hard not to be intimidated and to remember that it's only 3K more than I've done for the past two weeks. Gah. 21K. Sometimes I question my sanity.

I'll let you know how I do!!

Good Morning!

Dora--It was fun. I wasn't going to go, but one of my friends talked me into it...I'm so glad she did! 30 mins on the elliptical! That's awesome!

Kim--You can do it!!! Let us know how it went!



The reunion was a lot of fun! I was a little surprised, actually. Not sure why, but I was. One girl totally didn't recognize me (although I really don't look that different). Once she realized who I was, she kept telling me how fantastic I look--my hair, that I have been working out, etc--nice ego boost! One funny thing happened....two of my former classmates live right down the road from me. They kept telling everyone how they see me outside all the time w/ the dogs...no big deal, right? No, except I take the dogs outside in my pj's all the time...so who knows what they have seen me outside in! Oops!

And to top it off...I am down another pound. I am not sure exactly how, I have been really slacking w/ exercise since being on vacation. That will all change tomorrow--gym bag is already packed and mp3 player is fully charged!!

Have a great on plan day!

Hi all, I had another good weigh in 159.9, how awesome is that? I totally believe I can lose that .9 this week. I posted it for the week. Hope we kick some butt this time around!

Originally Posted by krjpy:
Anna - How did you get to be so wise and sage with your advice? You can make me laugh, cry, jump up and down, but you always say the right thing at the right time.

I wanna be Anna when I growup.

I don't know how, but I can tell you that being as direct as I am is very offputting for a lot of people. Aim WAY higher than me.

Originally Posted by KimProbable:
Works too hard - this coming from the lady who wakes up in the wee hours of the morning and exercises her butt off? And then does another workout later in the day just for good measure? Hmm.... ;)

I thought the same thing.

Originally Posted by Tyler Durden:
Yeah, but that stuff is fun! :)

I don't raise kids or home school or keep a bunch of flakey parents in line or make my truck run on grease or even grow my own food. I'm really a lazy git.

I cannot take credit for the grease. DH does all that. Congrats on the weigh-in BTW.

Great job, Vix!


Kim, I injured myself today, so I definitely question your sanity. But more power to you for pushing farther every week. I am really happy with 3.2 miles for maint and the occasional 4 when I get an urge.

My other news is that Petey died, and I am sad. We have no idea what caused it, but best guess is either heart attack or some sort of kidney issue. He barely drank anything Friday, but did not seem any different. I checked him before I went to bed at 12:30, and he was OK. We found him yesterday morning. He drove me nuts, but he was so freakishly soft. He used to lay on my tummy and watch Biggest Loser with me. For the most part, I will not miss having a rabbit, but I will miss my little bunny.

Wait, I have other news too. We are getting rid of our dish. We are now a Netflix only family. Yea.

i broke into the 250's this morning.. im on a roll atm.. its funny becuase im doing less exercise then i was before and now im losing??? weight loss is a funny thing.. lol .. i have to put in my exercise for the week over on the booty page to figure out how much i did.. i just know its less though.. and this week i lost 3.4 pounds.. :) cant be unhappy with that :)

Amy - WTG!!!! :carrot:

Anna - Yay for Netflix! Boo for the running injury. Are you ok? And :hug: for Petey.

Vix - Congrats on the excellent weigh-in!



And for me...I had a fantastic 21K run today. My goal for this race has been to come in at under 2:30 (my best time 6 years and 40 lbs ago was 1:45) and today with the ultra-relaxed pace we ran at we came in at 2:26! I'm so totally going to kick my goal's butt on race day. I'd do the world's biggest happy dance if I beat my old official race time of 2:14 but that might be pushing it a bit so we'll see how things go.

After I came home and showered, we headed out to McD's (bad, I know but it was a quick and easy solution) and then shopping at Costco. I'm seriously exhausted now. DH is making coffee then I'm going to have a nap!

Amy -- Congratulations on breaking through another barrier! Whoo hoo!

Kim -- that sounds like it was an AWESOME run! I told you you were going to be faster than you thought, all that consistent training is paying OFF!

Anna -- Awww, RIP Petey, he sounded like such a cutie pie to me even if he did drive you nutters sometimes.

MJ -- Sounds like you had a great reunion, I bet you looked awesome!

Dora -- It sounds like you have a busy week planned! Have a great time camping this coming weekend!

Vix -- Way to go on dropping even further, w00t!!!!!!!!! You are in the groove!


I've just posted my final weigh-in of the challenge, I can't believe it all went by so fast! It seemed like it was going to last forever and yet flew by in a blink!

Originally Posted by vixjean:
I had an AWESOME WEIGH IN NOW, 160, AWESOME! YEAH! Virgin #!
Twenty horrible lbs lost FOREVER!!!!!

Vix - CONGRATS!!!

Originally Posted by trailgroomer:
I am losing inches but not pounds - but want some pounds off please - one week to go to finally contribute something here

Girl - take the inches, they may not look as good to you on paper, but they are what makes people look at you an say - WOW, you look great!

Originally Posted by Doragone:
Hey you elliptical junkies, I did a full 30 minutes on mine today!!! That was with no arms though, but it's a start.

30 minutes! :woohoo: So proud of how far you have come on your elliptical.. We, I am going to have to pratically start over since the part for mine are still not here (UGH!!!)

Originally Posted by KimProbable:
Just a really quickie post from me before I go to bed. If anyone wants to send me some good running vibes around 9-12 tomorrow, I'm going to be running my half-marathon route with my clinic group. I'm trying very hard not to be intimidated and to remember that it's only 3K more than I've done for the past two weeks. Gah. 21K. Sometimes I question my sanity.

I'll let you know how I do!!

We question your sanity too, love you, but still question. Good vibes coming your way!

Originally Posted by onthetee:
I don't know how, but I can tell you that being as direct as I am is very offputting for a lot of people. Aim WAY higher than me.

In otherwords, tact, what is that, I like you more and more each day:D

Originally Posted by amouse:
i broke into the 250's this morning.. im on a roll atm.. its funny becuase im doing less exercise then i was before and now im losing??? weight loss is a funny thing.. lol .. i have to put in my exercise for the week over on the booty page to figure out how much i did.. i just know its less though.. and this week i lost 3.4 pounds.. :) cant be unhappy with that :)

Congrats on your great lose. We are really cooking the end of this challenge

Originally Posted by Tyler Durden:
I've just posted my final weigh-in of the challenge, I can't believe it all went by so fast! It seemed like it was going to last forever and yet flew by in a blink!

Congrats on all your weight loss, now you just have to wait for the throwdown with the other 2 teams biggest losers, but I am proud to say that the Blue team has the biggest loser of them all ... I know we do!

Nori & Jill - sending :hug: to you and your families. I hope you all breath easier soon.

Well, I guess stress and travelling does well by me--I am down a pound this morning from last week. I'm not going to post it yet, though--see if I can get a lower number for this LAST weigh-in! I don't mind waiting till the last minute for this final week since I won't have next week to include anything I lose later this week!

My dad is doing okay. His pain is increasing, but that's because he's getting up and walking around instead of just laying in bed. His fever did not return at all yesterday, so that was good.

I think the hardest part for me, really, is just seeing him laying there, feeling so helpless. I am a 100% daddy's girl, and it kills me to see him in that hospital bed. I know he's recovering well and doing just fine, but I still tear up about it at times. He's only 55, though, so he's got lots of good years left in him after this!

Jill- thanks for the update. I am really glad to hear that dad is okay. I'm thinking of you and sending all sorts of good vibes your way!

Jill -- I'm glad he is doing so well! I hope he won't have to be in the hospital for too much longer, I'm sure everyone would rather he be at home! Sending more positive vibes to his healing will continue uninterrupted, already up and around sounds GREAT!

Jill-Thanks for the update :hug: Keeping you guys in my prayers!


Josephine-Way to go! If you are not the biggest loser of the whole competition I will be shocked!

I'm sad that today was my last weigh-in of the competition. I'm not ready for it to be over yet. :(