Hey guys! Busy day today, REALLY should not have spent the morning laying around. I need to work tonight though, so I'll just call it "resting up" for that. But I need a major grocery haul and some ironing done. Robert gets off the bus at 4 so we have time.
Last night was kind of cool because I told DH not to let me make excuses~ I needed to go to the gym. Well his dad called and needed him to help him dig up his yard so he said he would but promised to be home by 7pm so I could still go (gym closes at 9) well I was getting annoyed by 7:45 he still wasn't home. So when he finally did, he told me to go ahead and GO but I had about resigned myself that I wouldn't be able to go. But I did and was of course glad I did, a good solid hour of cardio, sweatin and burnin. And DH did the kids' baths and bedtime snacks.
The gym is offering a new thing, it seems fun. There's a list and every time you come in you can earn play $$$ ....$1 for 10 min cardio, $$$ for inches lost, lbs. lost, if you take a class, if you refer a friend, all kinds of things. And double $$$ on Friday and Saturday. Then on another wall are things you can "buy" with your money, warm up jackets, t-shirts, duffel bag, lifting gloves, etc. So far I have $20 (the prizes start around $100) Seems like fun. I have my eye on this hoodie/warmup jacket, it's around $320. Oh and they haven't announced it yet but one girl was hinting that she thought I won the Aug-Sept contest!!!! She said a few gals still had to weigh in, but thought I was leading so far!!! Did I mention I had lost 10 pounds and 4 inches from my waist and 5 from my hips! In SIX weeks! WOW! I knew I'd lost some, but I was impressed! My arms/legs measurements were close to the same.
Lumi...I KNEW IT. I thought you were wearing a Steelers hat in your avatar! Sounds like I have a built in rival here! LOL Actually I'm the Browns fan in this house, DH is a Philadelphia Eagles fan. Funny story, the kids both have McNabb jersies and we sent Rachel to daycare in hers once and one of the teachers said to another, "Hmmm....I thought Rachel's last name was ***** (my name here)" LOL so now we call our kids Robert and Rachel McNabb. Are you from PA?
Jeni! Happy Bday to DH and enjoy your vacation! Should be a relaxing one for you, do you have any fun plans? How's Tommy's potty training goin? Rachel still wears Pullups to bed and we had a babysitter over the weekend who forgot that little fact, put her to bed in her panties, and we had a MESS on our hands, her waking up screaming at 5 am. LOL poor kid.
Azure's got it right, Glitter, you SHOULD go for Americas Top Model or something! Girl you are so SMOKIN hot right now! Your confidence just seeps through my computer screen (going to get a paper towel!) What a difference! I LOVE the pic of your back side
Yes I said it. so there. Wow, and running for almost an hour straight! AMAZING! I had a fun dream that I was running, I was floating and it was so cool. Then suddenly I was naked and someone was trying to rob me. Dreams take these odd turns.
Aud my twin sister. How's it goin? You sound kind of down in your last post. Need a BL?
step away from the beer young lady!
Lets make a deal, I won't drink for a week. For now. A week, who's with us? I know Audie and I aren't the only lushes around here.
And I admit it'll be easy this week for me because I'm not a middle of the week drinker, mostly during bowling league and this weekend is my w/e to work so I won't even BE at bowling, so I KNOW, I know. But I'll pledge this one week and make it two next time. The last BL I had was on Sunday night. Oh and I think you DD will like the HP books, esp in a book club, and esp if she wasn't that excited about the movies. I think it's a bit over Robert's head, he's only 7 and a second grader. But he wasn't scared of the final Star Wars movie and I thought it was really dark. So who knows?
Musictchr! I'm not worried about those two pounds, I wonder if it's water weight? What day do you WI again? Check again in a few days and I bet that'll pass. I hear ya on that one though, it IS hard to lose and so easy to see a gain, I'm STILL losing this weight I'd gained from the broken ankle (MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!) Well to be fair, I'm probably about where I was when I broke it, but I gained it in about 4 weeks and took about 10 weeks to lose it back. Proud of you girl for those 5 am wake ups to do your treadmill. In fact, tonight when I'm at work, I'll be sending you positive vibes around then. .... unless I'm in a code or emptying a bedpan or something...LOL remind me where you live, I wanna get my time zones right.
WELCOME Kymmi! I love the way you spell that! Cute! I've heard that formula, drinking water-half your body weight in oz.....115 oz, is doable for me. of course when I weighed nearly 300 lb, that was ALOT of water. FIND that mp3....I attribute 80 % of my success on my iPod, the music distracts me through cardio...BORING. Find that thing wouldja? Mine usually ends up in DS's room, do you have kids to check theirs?
FREEQUE my girl! How you been!? How's school and acting? I keep watching tv to see you on a commercial one of these days!
Are you going out, having fun? Studying too hard? Are you still talking to that toxic ex? I hear ya on blowing it up after dark, I can be good all day too, and eat like 500 calories snacking. Last night, with the late night gym run, I only drank water after my shower and I didn't feel hungry. Maybe you need an evening exercise session? My evening snack is usually this, a whole wheat tortilla, a THIN smear of reduced fat peanut butter, microwave for 10 sec just to get the pb melty, then wrap it around a banana....I estimate it at around 250 calories, and it is very filling, I don't usually need anything else after that. So we just need to come up with FILLING snacks, I can munch pretzels, cheese, etc all night long. We need to come up with snacks that pack a punch. Any ideas?
Well I guess I've been on here about an hour, between gabbing and chasing Rachel around, so I better get some of the above chores done....Quick hit o' the WEED
W- 4-5 liters (work tonight, so it's more than usual)
E- Breakfast was WW English Muffin with PB and SF jam
Lunch will be South beach wraps and 1/2 bowl of Healthy Choice Chicken noodle soup....no need for snack since I laid around all morning
Dinner will be some kind of grilled chicken? salad? and take the leftovers for dinner on nights tonight.
Morning snack when I get home will be the pb banana wrap decribed above, I'll need something to hold me in that gap between getting home in the morning and getting Robert on the schoolbus (about 45 min)
E- no formal exercise, but I walk alot at work and I'll get up tomorrow and go to the gym
D- Get the chores done, have a positive attitude at work even though I work with my archenemy....LOL If I need to, I'll come post on here instead of pick on her.
xoxoxoooxo Michelle
Time to get back on track. I've actually gained 2 pounds over the last week and a half. Why, oh why is it so hard to take off, yet so easy to put back on? Going back to school has made it easy to fall back into the old, bad habits. 
Heaven only knows how bad it would be if I'd been slacking about the treadmill. It's worth getting up at 5:15 AM.
Or...er...good afternoon I guess. Sorry I've been lacking in the posts. I'll try better to keep up. I'm not always able to get on a computer, but I'll try my hardest. 
But I'm trying to make up for it today. I had yogurt for breakfast and subway with baked chips and a water for lunch. So far so good. Here's my WEED for the rest of the day...
