-- it definitely seems to be getting rougher as I get older. I let major cramps dissuade me from exercising Mon-Wednesday. I did cardio the Saturday and Sunday before, and today as well. (Each time for at least 30 minutes -- 45 today.)I'm off tomorrow, so the plan is to do cardio for 40 minutes Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Summer, I'm really sorry to hear about the two funerals.
And thanks for the support for Lorraine - you're such a sweetheart. She was a DM for corporate Pizza Hut, and she's going to Hollywood Video for a DM position as well. It seems like a very professional organization, and she's been pretty impressed with each of the people she's met during the process. It's scary for her though, after 16 years at Pizza Hut. It's a good move though, very positive, and surely it will encourage further growth, learning and personal development. I'm so excited for her! (And she's going from the ghetto to Quaker country, so I think her spirits will be better also...no small thing.)Gen,
on the 2 pounds! You just keep on going, you losing machine! Great job! And your progress in running is just great! I'm really, really sorry to hear about your Diet Power woes. It's so crazy! I haven't ever had a single problem, and with you it's been a real struggle......it seems your computer just does NOT like it. What have their techies said? Have you posted on their message board? (Sometimes the other users have some good information, in addition to the owner and DP employees.) I'll keep my fingers and toes crossed for you.....I really hope it works out for you because it's such a helpful tool.Summer,
to you, too, on your loss of a pound! I'm sure you've gained more muscle as well, with all the exercise you've been doing.....you rock, girlfriend! This weekend I might meet a woman from the 100 lb. forum (the one I'd mentioned inviting to join our group a while back) -- she lives a couple of hours from me, so we're talking about meeting in the middle either this weekend or next. I'm pretty excited about it.......she, like both of you, is intelligent, positive, motivated, and sassy! (She's lost 63 pounds since March, so she's REALLY big in the motivation department!) I'm down from a size 26 to a 20 now, and she's got some size 20 suits that are now way too big for her, and they would help me out, so she's giving them to me. Isn't that sweet? The LAST thing I'm going to do is invest a lot of money in clothing which will shortly become too large for me...and yet I need suits for work. I'm lucky to have some size 20 clothes that are work-appropriate from several years ago when I was on the way up, size-wise....but some additional stuff will really help. And I am really excited to meet her! Pretty cool, huh?
Talk to you guys soon!
this morning. Michael and I had a late one last night with a little drinking, a birthday dinner, a little drinking, out to see more friends and a little drinking...my fault I know. 3 am does get you much - that's for sure. My class reunion was yesterday and I did NOT go! I am so happy with that decision. 
I did 200 minutes but even still it was a struggle to do that. So How do you stay motivated and actually look forward to exercise? My @ss is dragging lately. I want to fight so I don't hit a major slump physically or mentally.
keep it up! It's amazing that you are doing something you didn't know you could! How is your family? yoga? cats?
the new position.
Summer 
usually i don't go for fruity drinks but i figured the strawbeeries in the daquiries redeemed me a little ( and the rum helped me to forget that i really shouldn't be drinking the rum 
) i went over to my friends' house and we had a good time. oh and the dancing in the living room was my cardio for the day 
since that's what i did and got home after four i did not go to yoga this morning 
and i couldn't go last night because i was working ill 5:30. 
) just do it and decide afterward if it was a good idea. 
. i just got it. i couldn't figure out what TOM stood for. better go back to bed. 
Summer 
I'm really sorry. I think the world of you both, and soooo enjoy you two....I feel guilty when I post these quicky posts, but that's usually all I have time for. And then since I haven't posted here in a while, I've fallen behind.....and then it's all overwhelming. What a sad sack I am. 
. you sure are doing your homework.
for not doing it but i think since my sister went camping i just lost my way. next week will be better, i promise. oops what have i done?? now i have to don't i? 
You are such a cutie! It sounds like maybe a compromise on the exercise front would be a few sessions with the sis (or others) balanced with a few sessions solo, sans others. What do you think? I can't wait to hear the next update from you! Hey by the way, you really made me laugh with your response to the OT/Job-related thread at 100 lb....pretty funny! I'd vote for you! 
I hate going, after so many years of dealing with it in my youth and into my 20's. I'm just sick of the medical world, you know? Anyhoo, I really should go, and Lorraine's been begging me to go.....she thinks I have walking pneumonia, and also wants me to get my little pet lump checked out. (It's a dear friend now - I have great chats with it!) 
about anything else that's going on.
home and it's been living in my kitchen behind the stove (so i've been a little jumpy for last couple of days)until she caught it this morning. i must of sensed something in my sleep (i knew she was stalking it when i went to bed) because i woke up and just from her position i KNEW she had brought onto the bed 
. so i yelled at her, and she understood that right away and ran off with it. i didn't sleep well after that because i could hear them in the kitchen, the rummaging and the squealing. (i live in an apt. and kitchen is about 2 steps from the bedroom) ugh i just wanted it over with. finally she got it and i shooed them out onto the balcony. poor little mousy, i thought it was dead but it was just pretending. then i went back to bed. when i woke up they were both gone.