Holy cow - at 165 today! What a nice way to start a holiday weekend! (I'm taking today and tomorrow off)

Anyone with me for miles?

Dance-I am so happy for you. I am trying to stay away from the scale for a few days. I was getting obsessive again. I'm hoping for 191 by labor day. I'm in on miles today. I walked 2 yesterday and did an hour with wii fit. It said I burned 450 calories yesterday. Hope its pretty accurate.

Hi Ladies, (head hung low) sorry I've been MIA...

Life has a way of getting away from me lately. Work has been crazy, as someone is leaving and i'm helping to pick up the extra work. Plus, someone else may be leaving the dept and I really want his job, so I have to prep for that to.

Homelife, just as crazy. Not working out, I have been arp'ing though. I had a treatment just the other day. I'm thinking that no matter how much I ARP, it's not going to help 100%, as I do have a legitimate back issue that can't be cured by it. So, I went to see my spine specialist and..........I have to have another steroid injection. I go next Friday. I'm hoping this is the end of it - I'm really sick of the pain. My eating has reflected how fed up I am - I've been eating crap and I can't work out since the pain is in my hip and back, which drives pretty much everything. So, I'm just frustrated because I wanted to look awesome for the SIL's wedding in a month. I just have to gain focus again, and I'm not sure how when I'm in pain.

On the brighter side...

Dance! Congrats on 165! You rock!!!!!!!!! So happy for you.

Burgundy: Did you get your miles in? How is everything? Thanks for stalking me on FB, glad to hear from you and get me back on the board.

I'll catch up with everyone else later - just a lot going on at home. I'm taking after Dance and doing home improvement. The hubby and I are replacing the vinyl tile in our kitchen/eating area which is a big job and putting down new flooring. Guess my Labor day is full of hard labor!

maddiesmom - so good to hear from you! Sorry it's such a tough time - pain is just the worst. And no worries about being away for a bit - we all go through phases. But (with lots of love and support) *STEP* *AWAY* *FROM* *THE* *JUNK* *FOOD* - or whatever it is you're eating that you know you shouldn't. Even if you can't workout for a while, you will feel so much better about yourself if you go back to your eating plan. Emotional stresses and tough times really test our ability to stick to weight loss plans but you've worked so hard for so long to even take tiny steps backwards now, especially right before that wedding that you will be so gorgeous at. I hope the injection is helpful and gives you some relief. Lots of luck with the flooring project - that's tough stuff to tackle yourselves with a little one and a back problem to boot!

Ugh - not feeling so hot today - kind of achy like when you have a fever although I don't think I have a temperature. Bummer - I have so much to do to get ready for our guests - I guess some of it won't get done :(

How are all of you doing?

Vicky-so glad you came back but so sorry you are in so much pain. Thats gotta be tough. Hope the injection helps relieve you. We've been thinking of getting new carpet throughout the house. Right now we are still technically renting though, but are buying it in the near future.

Dance-hope you feel better real soon. Relax a little, Im sure the work that needs done can wait. Have fun with your guests. We are having some friends over today and then going to a bbq on Sunday.

I couldnt help myself and took a look at the scale this morning and to my surprise I was at 191.6!!!!!!!!!!!! So happy. I was hoping to make it there by Sunday. Now just gotta make sure it sticks. I have chicken to grill and plenty of veggies. SIL is bringing some bad stuff, gonna stay away from all that. Gonna stick to chicken and my fruits and veggies.

Have a great Labor Day everyone.

Still at 191 this morning. SOOOO happy about that. I've been working out the wii the last few days and obviously its working for me. It says I have been burning 500 calories a day.

I spoke too soon about needing a new job. The boys grandma is in Canada for a few months to take care of another grandchild so I will have the boys quite a bit now. Gonna have them later today, Mon, Wed, and Fri, maybe some over the weekend.

Gonna try to get a walk in later if it doesnt rain. Gotta be at the boys house at 8 so hopefully the weather cooperates until then.

Hope you are all doing well.

I"ll just keep posting til somebody shows up. LOL

I didnt get a workout in yesterday. My calves are sore from doing the bicycling on wii. So I had a rest day. Still at 191 this morning. Got til tomorrow to make it to 190. I know its probably not gonna happen but it will be soon.

Got a BBQ to go to today. Trying to find a healthy recipe. They have a lot of pasta salads and red meat. Gotta throw some fruits and veggies in there.

Haven't got much time (I'm borrowing my friend's internet for a minute while she gets changed!) but I HAD to post this: I weighed myself when I first arrived at the flat, still at 152. Weghed myself this morning: 149.6!!!!!! I ACTUALLY hit 149!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAARGH!!!! I am OUT of the 150s!!!!!!!!! eeeeeeek!! :D
So ridiculously happy right now!!!!!!!! :D:D:D

Glad to see Maddiesmom back and I'll catch up with everything when I get internet which will hoefully be Thursday :) hope you're all having a good weekend!!

Congrats Katy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So happy for you.

I couldnt help myself, I took a walk and then just because I jumped on the scale and it said 190.6!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am hoping it sticks!!! Gonna eat very sensibly at the BBQ and keep this motivation going. I am gonna reach 189 this week!!! Gonna have to keep gum on me all the time, especially since I will be at the boys house a lot this week. Sometimes I find myself wanting to just eat and eat when I am there. Not gonna do that this week. Gonna climb the flight of stairs from the basement as much as I can while there.

Did anyone hear about the earthquake in New Zealand? My sisters house is about 20 miles from the epicenter. Luckily they are ok and no damage to their house or car. She said is was really scary. They got woke up at 430am to that.

Walked around 3 miles today and did quite a bit on wii fit. It estimated I burned 603 calories today.

Hope you are all having a great holiday weekend.

burgundy - wooohoooo for 190!!!

katylil - great job on 149!!!

How cool that all three of us hit our labor day goals! you girls rock! Visitors are packing up to leave - good visit overall. Hope you all enjoyed the weekend...

It is awesome that we all made it to our goals. I have been working my butt off this week on the wii and walking when it wasnt raining. Gonna stick to this routine. Its obviously working.

Well done Burgundy and Dancer!!! :D I'm thinking we might need another challenge (maybe Halloween?) as this really seems to work!! Haha

(This is going to be long by the way!)
I still have no internet (I'm in the uni IT room at the mo) but the rest of life is pretty good so far!! I love my flat and my housemates, we started back at our classes yesterday. A HUGE MEGA WORKOUT. 2 hours of body conditioning - cardio and hardcore toning. It hurts to laugh right now! - followed by 2 hours of non-stop dance (we're learning the routines for our auditions next week so our teacher is pushing us hard to learn it in time!) PLUS the 15 minute walk each way to the theatre and back, not to mention the dancing I did when I went out last night!!!

Food-wise I'm so proud of myself! Both my housemates are on weight-loss/healthy eating as well so our flat is completely junk-free. We all have porridge for breakfast, salads or light sandwiches for lunch, and stirfries or weight-watcher ready-meals with extra veggies for dinner. Snacks we have TONS of fruit. We went out last night and were all on vodka and diet cokes. Even our post-night-out munchies were pitta and hummus!!!!!! We've also all started taking these natural Green Tea essence capsules which are apparently supposed to be brilliant for kick-starting metabolism, so we'll see how it goes! :)

I've been getting so many compliments off my friends as well :) It's really boosted my confidence to have everyone noticing the change, I feel so much happier with myself and my confidence has improved. Even in my dancing, I felt it was all so much easier yesterday to get the moves down than it was last year which is making me think I can really do this and I've signed up to audition for a lead in this terms course production. Auditions are next week and I'm already nervous! :/

Argh. Sorry this is so long!!! Hopefully we'll have the internet hooked up by next week and I'll be back in business with this thing :)

Hope you're all having a good week!!!

katylil - sounds like things couldn't be better. So glad your flatmates are into eating healthy too - I bet that makes it so much easier. And what a ton of exercise you're getting!

burgundy - what are you doing for exercise today?

So I was a lazy bump on a log yesterday after my visitors left and I ate some stuff I shouldn't have but I'm back in the groove today and am planning on a walk after work with a friend and healthy meals.

Katy-you are gonna kick the 140s butt with all those great workouts. Good luck with your upcoming audition. Thats great your flatmates are on board with the healthy eating, being "junk free" in your house will really help.

Dance-I walked 2 miles and plan on working out with the wii later.

Tried to relax some today. Had to go out for dog food and got a couple Halloween decorations. Bought a new shirt at JC Penney. Its a button up shirt and I was sure when I got to the muffin top it would be too small, NOPE, it buttoned all the way with no problem. Its a large and on sale for only 4 bucks. Great deal!!!!

Have to go to the boys house tomorrow. Their mom leaves at 4 am and should be home around 630 pm. Long day. The 7 y/o has his first day of school tomorrow but its only a half day. Then I have to do the same hours again on Friday.

Hope everyone is having a great start to the week.