Welcome ammkaz! :wave: You're not too late! We're glad to have you!

Morning all!!

Welcome ammkaz!! We have a great group, pretty informal, just giving each other lots of support as we work toward a long term goal.

Eny, I've gone the colposcopy route too. It does make one very uncomfortable for a bit. The things women have to go thru...hang in there ! Did you finish the quilt? I'd love to see a picture. I envy your craftiness. The only thing I can make is a mess!!

Dixie, I had an issue 2 winters ago with my knee. We have 2 rottie's and I was taking one of them with me on a run and he accidentally pulled me down the front steps. I had to spend the rest of the winter rehabbing and then ended up doing ok with it, but it's got a tear, so surgery is really what's needed, but I don't want to do that. Every time I try to up my mileage, it seems like, it can't take it. I think maybe a 5k is going to be my limit. I have been trying to get my mileage up because I wanted to do a half marathon, but that is not going to happen. This time, I had left my house to go for a 5 miler, I ran the first 2.5 with no problem, I live on a mountain road, lots of ups and downs, but coming back, there is a steady mile and a half up hill. The knee is not happy with hills, either ups or downs, I made it, but I haven't been able to run since.

OK, nuff about my whiny self :D. Today is the start of the HS football season. It is absolutely pouring here. 3 hours in the rain to watch YS. I am Mom, I will be there. Got to go do my crunches though, have a great day all. TTYL!

Welcome ammkaz!

mothermavis, you sound like a great mom! We are having a rainy day today as well, courtesy of (former) Hurricane Hanna. Doesn't look like today will be a day for walking, but I'm going to force myself to get on the bike. I've been having a really hard time getting myself to exercise lately. But today, I'm going to force myself to do at least something. Sometimes, I'll "bargain" with myself - I'll tell myself I'll only do 1 mile instead of 3; 9 times out of 10, once I've started, I just keep going.

Hope everyone has a great day! ~Rita

Thans Rita, have a great day!

Yeah it's not fun MM - i'm feeling MUCH better today though - and I'm happy to report that I didn't let the uncomforatable cramping stop my workouts! Thursday, I did a 1 mile walk away the pounds instead of a higer intense strength/cardio video like normal - BUT I STILL DID SOMETHING! I was completely back on track yesterday with the scheduled workouts - and this morning I'm good to go!

I haven't finsihed the quilt - I'm the world's WORST procrastinator! The baby shower is tomorrow at 2 - so I HAVE to get my BUTT in gear! I'm almost done with the top - quilting it doesn't take long - and then I just have to bind it. Sounds easy enough right??? :rofl:

Pat - this morning was Week 1, Day 3 of Push ups - and I did 66! :yay: It's amazing how strong my arms are getting! I think the fact that both of my M-F DVDs have pushups in them too... so really I'm doing them 7 days a week!!! :) But it's in smal sections, so it's not bulking my arms... I really want to get rid of the bat wings! :bat:

Ok - off to go work on the quilt and get DD to finish cleaning her room!!! check in later girls! Oh - i'll post a pic when I finish it too. :)

Guess WHAT!!! AFTER 3 1/2 MOTHES OF BEGGING, YELLING, COAXING, PLEADING, AND BRIBING - DD's bedroom is FINALLY CLEAN!!! :yay: :cheer: :woohoo:

It's been driving me CRAZY - but she's 6 1/2 - and I WAS NOT going to clean it for her! So yesterday I called off trick-or-treating and that was enough to scare her to work! What drives me crazy :crazy: is that if she would have just focused for an hour or so straight it would have been DONE!! Ugh. ;)

Oh - AND the quilt is DONE!!! WOO HOO!!!! I finished it yesterday :woo:

Where is everyone - we're not usually this quiet!!!!

Eny~Have they posted the list of team members for the TBL yet. I checked it out this morning, but didn't see any thing. Am I dizzy again? Slow day here. Glad to hear you got the quilt done!!!

MM~aching joints stink. I fell off my stability ball splat on my butt on the floor. I think that is why my hip is rebelling. It wasn't a pretty sight!

Catch ya all later. Pat

They won't post the teams until the 13th. This week is initial weigh in week - and then Chellz evens out the teams and posts on Saturday. :) I knopw the beginning can get a little confusing!!!

Now i'm working on turning a pair of corderoys that still fit in the waist, but are HUGE in the butt and legs into a skirt! Aren't I resourceful ;)

Hi Eny and everyone! :wave:

I'm here, just been reading not posting. You're keepin' me busy in the Halloween thread! lol

Eny, you amaze me. Anything beyond a button back on is beyond me, I even found a glue to put a pocket back on a shirt rather than sewing the seam.

Dixie, you scared me, when I saw your post about teams, I thought I missed the weigh in- that would mean I didn't get on a team. Eny is right though, a bit confusing at the beginning the first time. I get overwhelmed by the volume of the threads in the beginning too. But that's me.

I am making homemade sauce today from my garden excess. Yum! Right now I have a pot of sauce cooking and Eggplant parm in the oven.I have to do my crunches and a also have to get out for a walk. OS and I are going to play tennis this evening.

Ooh, I bet your kitchen smells yummy, MM! Hope you're feeling better. You too, Pat!

Glad you finally got your quilt completed Eny. I bet that's a weight off your shoulders.

Great day early yesterday - totally OP eating. walked 3.5 miles, plus did some work w/ weights, toning, etc. So then, why did I “pig out” last night??? Granted, not a binge like in the old days, but still more/later/worse than I’ve been doing.

Since I'm trying to make this a lifestyle change and not just a diet, I know some days are going to be worse than others, so I just have to accept that I made some bad choices yesterday, but today's a new day and get right back on the wagon.

EarthShaker, I've been thinking about you as I'm reading about Hurricane Ike. I hope the next few days aren't too bad for you, your family, and friends. Stay safe!

Hope everyone's having a great day!

Hi Everyone,
I'm jumping in here late....hope there's room for more. Here it is September again and I am in the same boat wanting to lose by Christmas. I know counting calories works, I just have a hard time sticking to it. I was actually hoping to lose by summer. My goal is to lose 20 pounds by Christmas. That is only 5 pounds a month. That shouldn't be so hard, right? Then why havent I done it, already? That is something only I can answer. I workout 4 to 5 times a week, eat healthy every day of the week, and binge on the weekend...hmm, theres my answer. As if I didnt know. I really want to stick with it this time. I had started south beach last week and have already decided I didnt want to go down that road again. I started at 166 and I wont weigh again until tomorrow morning. I've stocked up on low calorie foods, 100 cal snacks, fruits, vegies and lein cuizines. Knowing that Christmas is just 4 short months away is a big inspiration to me. There's nothing worse then feeling fat during the holidays...right? I am going to post my weight weekly and my calorie intake nightly. I have done good this weekend and I've even exercized I intend to keep it up...Lets do it!

Welcome Elislvr, sounds like you have a great plan and you are welcome here, the more the merrier.

Rita, sounds like you did fine, even with the little excess, and you are right, it's a whole life style, there will be blips, let's keep going!!

Eny, I want to see the quilt!

Hi ELVISLVR, :welcome2:

Falling off the wagon on the weekends ... sounds like me! (Tho I'm actually having a good weekend, so far, for a change.) I was thinking something today that I'd never realized before ... one of those "ah ha!" moments ...

I tend to fall off plan on the weekends and it is usually because I feel like I've been good all week and want to "live" a little and enjoy myself without having to count everything I put in my face. Like I'm treating myself. But then it dawned on me that the reason I was good all week was FOR ME. So why do I need to go and EAT (of all things) FOR ME? Why do I feel the need to indulge as if I have been deprived of something I've been doing FOR ME all week? So now I'm thinking this is absurd behaviour! I want to lose weight FOR ME and am doing it FOR ME ... so why should I need to do anything else FOR ME, especially doing something so counterproductive to the good I've been doing for myself? Crazy! I know it!

So now I am going to keep that in mind whenever I find myself longing to be free from the calorie counting I'm doing. (I put off counting as long as I could because I was rebelling against the idea of having to conform. But the scale was not being nice to me so I started counting a couple of weeks ago and am glad I did!)

Sorry to ramble on everyone. Just one of those things I felt like sharing. :)

Have a great day everyone! :sunny:

Blue - Hang in there! Weekends used to be really hard for me too - but now I think of them as another day to work on ME... everything I do is for ME in some sense... even when I binge COMPLETELY - it's for me.. I feel like I deserve it or whatever the reason I come up with - but when I see a lower number on the scale that is ULTIMATELY FOR ME! It's for my health - for me to be 75 and seeing my grand babies - and being able to spoil them rotten... It's ME BEING SELFISH FOR ME - FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS!!!

:welcome: elvislvr - we're a fun group - you'll love it here!!! :D