Wow, you live an exciting life! We live near a large Air Force base and have the occasional scare but so far no crashes since we've been here. Thank goodness!

You might be able to find an outlet for the tapes in England or something similiar. Try doing a search for handicapped aerobics or exercise.

Back on track today. I had a bad weekend, food-wise. Ate far too many carbs that I didn't even enjoy. Sometimes I wonder if my brain becomes disengaged.

my mom retired this weekend, and i found a great brunch for sunday. it was sooo yummy. i had a huge salad wiht all sorts of veggies i'm too lazy to cut up on my own. and a waffle wiht strawberries. yum.

i went to the gym 4 times last week, and i did cardio and weights on each visit. yea me! friday was a pissy day. the eliptical trainer attacked me, and i have a big gouge on my knee now.

i love the gym in our work building. it's empty, for the most part, and i can put my cds on the sound system. :) i wonder if i can get a gre cram course and put that on the stereo....hmmmm

have fun this week!!

susan,

u think we all do that from time 2 time.

trixie- u go girl!!!

Hi Girls,

Its the first very serious crash so close to us but as we have the special boat marines next to us we are always on the alert for terriorists. We do live life on the edge here and often get stopped and searched and car gone over with a tooth comb. My friend lives by the main gate and they know me well, but I still get sxtopped every time to try to park in her drive in case I am a car bomber. Still you cant say life is boring!!!!!!

Vivienne

Hello Ladies! I am now down 4 lbs. I'm at 186 lbs. and only have 1 more pound to reach my end of the month goal of 185. Feeling good and loving life. Thank you all for the support.

go lisa!!!!! LIsa! LIsa!

Way to go, Lisa! I know you make your goal and then some by the end of the month. Let's continue to support each other. Together we can do it!

right on susan:)

Well done Lisa good to know it can be done losing weight with our problems, it gets shruged off here as oh its glands you will never lose weight. I only lost 2lbs for the whole month so am not impressed with myself at all.

Vivienne

Vivienne - think about the 2 pounds and what is represents by looking a 2 pounds of butter next time you go to the market. Aren't you happy you don't have to carry that around. At least you are going in the right direction, even if slowly. So give yourself a small pat on the back and fight on!

Thank you all for your kind responses. Viv. 2 lbs. is good. Any loss is good. I'm just happy to not be gaining for a change. In the past I was up and down like a yo-yo. I was really in a good mood today and my loss has caused me to work harder. I jogged on the treadmill today and when I got tired, I started walking. The support here is wonderful and very much appreciated.

viv[

i hear ya. i been on ww 5 weeks&seimming an hour+daily& have lost 2.5. sigh...:(

Everybody off for a long weekend today? Let's set out resolve to stay OP this weekend and have a good weigh in next week.

It's 98 degrees and high humidity out so no going out for me (asthma gets bad). I'll have to ride my bike this weekend unless it rains and cools things off. We are in the midst of a terrible drought.

I feel like cooking this weekend so I'll be trying some new recipes. I'll let you know if anything comes out good.

I've been reading up on Cytomel (T3) and I'm going to ask the doctor about prescribing it in addition to my Levoxyl (T4) when I go next month. Supposedly it really helps with the tiredness and weight loss. My doctor is pretty open to trying stuff so maybe he'll let me.

hi sus! have a great weekend&happy cooking!

Hello to all! I wish you all a nice weekend.

have a wonderful weekend to lisa and to all:)

Hi All, Why the long week end is it a holiday in US? if it was hope you had a good time. I managed to get into the pool this week to do my excercises. It has been too cold oover here to warm the pool up and I havent got a heater for it. Hoping the weather stays in the 70s then I can swim every day.

Vivienne

No holiday in the US ... don't have any more national ones until Labor Day September 2. It's been so hot, I'd gladly send you a bit of warm weather if you could send me some cool. We desperately need rain. It has gone all around us. It's been too hot go walk, even at 6 am so I've been riding my stationary bike and doing my Walk Aerobics tape. We have a new Wal*Mart in our area that just opened up last Wednesday so I went yesterday and walked all over that place for 1 hour. I didn't actually stop and look at a lot of stuff, either - just went round and round and up and down the aisles. If you go early, there aren't too many shoppers and you can go pretty fast. After that I did do my grocery shopping. They are building a new YMCA only 2 miles from my house so I hope to get a membership and get in some water aerobics and exercise there. Only $28 month for us "seniors." What a Deal!:lol:

Did okay this weekend as far as staying OP. I just love this time of year with all the fresh fruit and veggies.

hi all!

glad u went swimming viv.

Hi all,
Temps dropped to 60s water cold again, if I was fit would brave it but as I am not too good thought better not. However I have booked myself in a massage on THursday. Never had one before its called a shiastu I think its supposed to open clogged channels and make you feel better. I thought my meds are not really doing any good so will try this out anything to get rid of mmy pain its so bad now. Will let you knoow how I got on.
regards,
Vivienne

viv-

so sorry about your pain:(

hi all!

im down 1 3/4:)

Hi Girls,

Well I went for my Shiatsu massage yesterday and it was not unpleasant but at first did not feel any different. Then I realized my breathing was much easier and I wasnt coughing nearlly as much. Was very pleased about that I can tell you. I have had a meserable year with hayfever. Then last night sitting on the sofa watching TV I realized I could turn my head sideways over my shoulder havent been able to do that in ages its been a bit of a pain when driving the car. I also think it has lifted my spirits up a bit as I dont feel so weepy today but then the sun is shiniing so it might be that. We get so little sunshine here now. Well I think thats not bad for only one session. Have booked another in for next week. She is going to try and get my legs painfree again so I can walk and excercise.
Keep you posted.
regards,
Vivienne

great viv!

im soo happy 4 ya!

Hello Andrea and Tizme (Viv) Congrats. Andrea on your weight loss. Viv I hope you get to feeling better soon. The massage sounds nice. I'm doing pretty good, I've lost another 2 pounds. I'm 183 lbs. now. I'm focusing on getting in my water and I'm walking on the treadmill 20 minutes 3 times a week. I just can't seem to walk on it for an hour like I use to. Wishing you all good health.

thanx lisa, you too! wtg!!!:)

im hanging in there, im under a lotta stress these days. enjoy the weekend! im at 171.8.

Andrea I sure would love to see 171 on my scales. I'm living for that day. I hope the stress is short term for you. You have a great weekend too.

thanx lisa. i know you will get there hon:) thanx 4 the support. ((((((lisa))))))))

Andrea Thank you for the words of encouragement. The support is great here. Nice to know that others are here dealing with the same issues and that we can offer each other support and share stories.

Congratulations to all you losers - good going. You can do this!