Welcome ammkaz! 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 . 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???

Pat - this morning was Week 1, Day 3 of Push ups - and I did 66! 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!

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!!!

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 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

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!

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,

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!

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!!!

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