Whew! Finally! A chance to catch up with my girls!!!
Bootsie~ WTG on the loss hun!
That's awesome! 5 lbs is pretty big loss!!
Jellofer~ you're doing great! Keep it up!!
Delphi~ Sorry you're still not having any luck with a house--how about your friend, is she getting anywhere? Congrats on the lb down hun! I know it's not nearly as fun given what you're going through, but I'm not going to let it go without being recognized.
Hang in there girlie!!
KimL~ man, I dunno, I don't have any suggestions. As I've been eating healthier, I've been spending way more money on food--but I think with some tweeking I'll be able to cut back some. Perhaps check over on the food board here and ask the girls over there.
MsP~ WTG on the loss and the super long run!
That's fantastic! Ya know, I forgot to tell you, when I was doing one of my first 20 min runs, I kept saying to myself, "it's as natural as breathing" over and over again--your words really helped keep me going that day!!
You gotta try that lasagna sometime--but like I said, give yourself lots of time for prep!! In fact, make the sauce the night before, do your chopping the next morning and then start cooking (the onions, spinach and squash) and assembling a couple of hours before you want to eat--just to be on the safe side.
You're looking into the P90X too? I got mine on eBay for $59 but it took the guy forever to ship it (just shipped yesterday)--if it's all there and a good copy, I'll give you the guy's name if you want it. I'm with ya on the cold weather--not sure what I'm going to do about running...the thought of running on a treadmill for 3 miles--
--I don't know if I could stand to look at my cement basement wall for that long, and running outside? I dunno...we'll have to see!
SG~ Sorry to hear you're so busy, but busy can be good right? Ya know, I had a pretty cruddy run on Saturday. I posted over on the Exercise board with the Running in Sept group and all the ladies there said the same thing, "not every run is going to be a good one, but you will have better ones so just keep running". Today my run was so much better! I even shaved about a minute and a half off my previous best time! I think it's just to be expected, some workouts are better than others, some suck!
Congrats on the fantastic inches lost girlie! That ROCKS!!! Ahhh, don't you just love seeing those numbers go up, up, up?
April~ ahh, well, see if I was shopping all by my lonesome I wouldn't complain one single bit--but you see, I have these two little heathens...
Actually, they weren't too bad today and I drug them to 3 different stores!!
My hubby's a meat and potatoes kind of guy, but surprisingly picky too--especially when I bust out some meatless recipe. However, since he's working and I'm the one cooking--he either has to eat it or make his own dinner!
Besides, he really should be eating a lot healthier!! LOL Your sister is crackin' me up! Well, now you know that your pg sister needs you to be able to read her mind and that you should probably be prepared to make her fries at a moments notice!
Hang in there hun!
shasha~ congrats on the loss!! Glad to hear Zumba was fun! Sounds like you're working those lunch hour workouts! WTG!!
Molly~ sounds like you're rockin' and rollin' chickie!! Hope you met your goal today for a POP day!!!
Mystical~
Aw hun, I'm just speakin' the truth dear! You CAN do this! You have such a great outlook and your whole attitude is so fantastic, how could you not do whatever you set your mind to?
Man, I need to take lessons from you ladies who cut up veggies before you need them--I have zero prep skills! I am always scrambling at the last minute to get things done...well, with the exception being the lasagna!
I learned my lesson there!
I really need to start doing some meal planning and prep work like chopping/slicing/cooking/freezing...I know it would make things a whole lot smoother! Have fun on the road with hubby tomorrow!
Ruth~ I was just thinking about you today! So glad to hear you had such a wonderful time on vacation!! Wow, that must have been so cool to see a mama bear and her cubs!!!
Now, I expect you to start planning your next vacation ASAP! Why stop at just one? Take a few long weekends! Plan a couple vacations a year!
Don't sweat that teensy gain, it'll be gone in no time flat!! Glad you're back and maybe you and I could start the P90X together! Mine was finally shipped yesterday by the yahoo I ordered it from on eBay (took him long enough, geez!) so I hope to have it tomorrow or the next day, but I'll probably wait until Oct to start it--cuz I'm anal like that.
Tummy~ oooh, a hair cut? You are going to show us right? RIGHT?
JasonsLea~ I love rain too! Love it, love it, love it!!!
dcapulet~ Congrats on the 2.5 miles!!! That's awesome!!! And thanks for the spaghetti squash tip--I had it again today...I'll probably finish it off tomorrow too!
It's good stuff Maynard!!
Whew! Okay so let's see...went shopping at 3 different stores to get ingredients for breakfast bars/cookies that I never made because when I got home I realized that I had no place to put said ingredients and there was even more stuff without a home because my pantry was an insane mess so I figured I should clean that before I made a mess in my kitchen, but first I had to make lunch for the girls and then I had to shoot a few emails to my mom, check in here and do a fly by post and then I wanted to clean the kitchen before I attacked the pantry so I had to do that then I unleashed my inner Xena like Tummy did and I tore apart the pantry and put it back together all nice and tidy!!!
How's that for a run-on sentence?
I'm still not done in the kitchen though. I now have to find a place for all of the paper plates/plastic utensils/napkins that were in the pantry and that means I should probably tackle my laundry room to make room for it there. Sigh...I hate cleaning the laundry room! But, I'll do it because if I don't it's going to drive me bananas and I need to get this stuff off of my island!!!
So, play date tomorrow so now breakfast bars/cookies to take with us.
I guess I'll just have to make them tomorrow sometime.
Scale was up .4 today, but I figured it would be so I'm not too bothered by it.
Got my 3 mile run in today, shaved about 1.5 mins off my best time so that made me happy--especially after my uber crappy run on Saturday.
Well, I better get going. It's almost 10:00 and I need to get to sleep! Hope everyone has a great night!! I'll catch y'all tomorrow!