Well today *looks at clock* errrr... yesterday was good both in terms of food and exercise. However, I'm totally unable to sleep... prolly a side effect of arguing with DH all evening long. Bleh. He pulled some very typical male-stunt which put me into a major funk. Now he's sawing logs while I'm totally restless... which, no doubt, makes me even more upset. Men! :dizzy:

I got all intended exercise in... strength-training... 20min jog... and a 4mi walk. Needless to say, my legs are killin' me! But oddly enough, it's a good pain! The type where although you look like you've rode a donkey for a month straight, is well worth the agony! :lol: The things we do to look good, hey? ;)

I have another 8mi to get in by Monday and will be getting half of that in tomorrow night... providing I can walk upright! ;) Then another 4mi on Sunday. The weather should be nice all weekend long so it looks like we'll be taking DD to the beach... providing we're on speaking terms! :lol:

WI on Monday night should hopefully show some more results... I've decided to take my measurements every Friday and am down an inch on my waist and arms and half an inch on my hips... so we're moving in the right direction there. I started out with 15 combined inches that I wanted to lose... so I only have another 12.5 to go! We'll get there eventually! :)

I found out tonight that one of my closest girlfriends had a baby girl this morning! :bb: So that's obviously great news! She weighed in at 8lbs even... and was 5 weeks early! :D I used to look after her two boys when they were small (they're now ages 7 and 10), so it's pretty exciting to be a part of another of her children's lives! She should be home from the hospital by Monday or Tuesday and once she's settled in at home, I'll stop over. I just can't wait to see them! :)

Anyways girls, I've gotta go finish my fitday.com journalling so I'm headin' out for tonight. I'll be back in the morning though! Hope you all have a great night! Sleep tight!

~mel

Good Morning Gang! :wave:

Sorry I haven't been around the past 2 days, have been tied up with family.

Today I didn't get to walk but I cleaned house for over 4 hours, so that is my exercise for today. Yes it counts. :yes: I am ringing wet from all this hard work, and fixing to take a nice long bath and relax before I start supper later, and then work on my sunday school lesson for my new 12th grade girls tomorrow morning.

Hope everybody is having a blessed day!

hugs,
Cathy

Well DH has been suckin' up all day long... good on him! ;) We enjoyed another 4mi tonight which puts me at 28mi for the week! How fricken awesome is that?! Indeed, I'm quite proud of myself! :)

Tomorrow we'll be heading to the beach as planned... so I'm hoping both to even out my tan and to get some decent amt. of swimming in. Then we'll finish the day off with another 4mi. :)

I hope you all are having an awesome weekend! Take care of yourselves and I'll be back tomorrow evening!

~mel

PS/ Sunny: Good luck to Joe at his sleep study tomorrow! :) I'll be thinking of you both!

WOW MEL! I am so impressed! how in the world do you walk that much during the week! all I can say is WOW WOW WOW! you are doing awesome! you have almost walked 50 miles already! dang girl! you would be in another town by now! ;)

hugs,
cathy

Good Morning everyone,

I know I haven't posted anything in a few days, but I have been sooooo busy.
I got a promotion at work and you know with a promo it means more work.
I had a really good weekend, my husband and I cheated on Saturday we had a Grab Bag of Doritios, a Brownie, and an Oatmel pie (Little Debbie). Later that evening we worked out like mad people. I weighed myself this morning and I have lost 2.5 more pounds so that brings my total to 14.5 pounds since 06/21/04. Thank all of you for your support once again, your encourging words really helped. Well I haven't had time to catch up on all the post, but I thought I needed to drop a few lines to let you know I haven't fell off! Everyone have a BLESSED DAY!

SW-290
CW-275.5
GW-185

:lol: ;) :dizzy: :D :) :smug:

Hey ladies! I hope you are all off to a great start this week! Definitely sounds like Abirdee is! :) Congrats on the loss! :) That's terrific! :)

Did ok yesterday... although I spent most of the day in bed. :( I'm not sure what's going on, but for the last couple weeks, I've been having spells of severe nausia and dizziness. I thought at first that it was due to the heat... but then we experienced several days of cooler temps and still no improvement. I'm going to the clinic tonight after my TOPS meeting and hopefully the dr. will have some answers for me. :crossed:

I'm a little nervous about WI tonight... I was hoping to feel confident about it but I think I snacked a little too much. Blah. I guess we'll see.

Managed to get a couple miles in lastnight... but poor hubby seems to be suffering from the same symptoms as I've been, so we cut it short. Will try and get some strength-training in this morning... see how I feel. At the very least, I will get my miles in tonight though.

Thanks Cathy for all your encouragement... I'm not sure how I manage to get so much walking in... we stick to the same route (down by the lake and through down town) so it doesn't really seem like exercise. That being said, we're drenched with sweat by the time we get home... but having DH there really helps to pass the time... makes the hr go by real quick! :)

Anyways girls, I should take off for now... but I really hope you all have a happy and healthy day today! Take care of yourselves!

~mel

Good Morning Gang! :wave:

I got up early and did a 30 minute 2 mile WATP w/2lb weights, along with 50 situps and 15 double left lifts.

August Miles = 17

I'm behind on my goal but I'm pluggin along. :tread:

Hope everybody has a BLESSED day!

hugs,
cathy

Good morning ladies :coffee: The first thing I want to say is :thanks: for the many :gift: :hb: wishes. That was so sweet. Cathy, you have a terrific voice. I could tell by the way you typed HB sooooo well. ;) I have read all the posts I missed and will respond individually, but first I have to tell you about my BD.............I had told you my SIL was coming home from KS. It ends up my DH had asked her to come home to babysit. I spent my BD just hanging out with her, my niece, and my 2 great nieces. The day was going along really plesent when my DH peeked in the house and just nodded at the other ladies. I was confused :?: , but not for long. Both women jumped up and told me I had to start packing. :?: again. These lovely ladies wouldn't share anything with me except what kind of clothes I could pack or not pack. :rolleyes: is what I got when trying to pack clothes I would normally wear. Finally they picked a real :devil: little number I hadn't worn all year. Finally, DH and I are in the car heading east on I94 and he's still :ziplip: We reach Madison, WI and I'm still no more the wiser than when we started. Sorry, long story shorter.........we ended up at the "Concourse on the Square" it's a very nice old hotel downtown on the square. My DH had gotten us a room on the 11th floor. We needed to key the "gold elevator" to get to our room. We were treated to all the amenities, beautiful robes, turn down service (complete with yummy mints ), and access to the "Governors Lounge" It was a very cozy :cofdate: little club. Small bar, couches, fireplace, small tables set by large plate glass windows with a view of the capitol. At night all lit up it was just gorgeous. Of course the horsdeovers and top shelf drinks were complimentary with the room. :cheers: It was awesome. We had dinner in the hotel bistro. Delishes scallpos and shrimp :eating2: We spent the whole eve with eyes only for eachother :love: He even had hidden a beautiful boquet of roses in the trunk. I was so surprised I about :faint: dead away. You have to realize my Dh is not into fancy at all nor does he like to spend money that doesn't need to be spent. This was definitely a night planned for me. The next morning we picked up his brother from the Madison airport. He had flown in from NY, NY. So I felt pretty special. I was "very nice" to DH at the hotel and he told my BIL that he'd had so much fun he thought it was his BD. Brothers! They thought that was great. The rest of my week was filled with cookouts, movies, and shopping. Both SIL and BIL have now flown home and life is back to normal. I'll post to each of you a little later. Just a little not a week. I missed you all. You're doing awesome!

Kristi

As you can see by my CW I celebrated way too much!!!

Ok, chores are done and my Bd has been talked about. Back to the matters of friendship and weightloss!!! After being gone from you all for a week and after putting on 6# I almost wasn't brave enough to come back, buuuuut you all have been such good supportive friends I knew I had to come back. This is the point with other threads I've left and started to regain. I'm not going to let that happen this yr. Once again I say a huge THANK YOU for being the great group of ladies you are. That said....Sheila, thanks so much for all the great BD wishes and the PM. You're a great gal. Hope to see a post from you soon!!!!............Sunny, Totally loved the PoOh. The upper and lower case type was not lost on me. I'm sorry to hear you are at a plateau. We will fight this fall winter thing together and get be on track just like we have been. My prayers are out there for you and Joe. I truly hope they can find something from this study that will help him. I'm sure your plateau has something to do with your worry for him. You're such a close loving couple it has to be affecting you as well. Hang in there lovely lady. ( I've only gone to 2 movies alone and I really love it )............Mel, I thank you as well for the lovely BD wish and your concern over my absence. It's always so nice to be missed. I hope your new supports can help with the blisters. My heart really goes out to you. I completely hate it when my tootsies are sore. It affects EVERYTHING. I was sorry to read your DH can be "such a man", but smiled to see he was towing the mark the next day!! Good for him! Praying both of you are feeling better soon. We too will have a new baby in the family come April. Aren't they terrific?!............Cathy, Oh you sing H-B so beautiful!!! Thank you sooooo much. How is your S.S. class going? I got all our curriculum ordered last week. I found a lectionary based program I think will be good for the children plus easy for the teachers to use. I wrote my info letters for my SS teachers and will be sending them tomorrow. My exercise went capoot this week, but I have completed my Bible study. Priorities!?!? You're doing terrific as always. Keep it up!...............Michelle, Thanks for the BD well wishes. Prayers are going out that hubbies snip job goes a-ok. Take care!...............Janine, Nice vehics!.............Abirdee, Huge congrats all the way around. A promo at work and terrific weightloss as well. WTG!!! It's been fun getting to know you. Supprting your efforts has been my pleasure!.............Last but in no way least..........Welcome to you Courtney. Thanks for sharing about yourself. You've joined a great group of gals here (as I'm sure you've allready realized) It's very wise of you to make the decision at your age to lose those first unwanted pounds. Waiting until you're in your 30's or 40's with children is not a good idea. Learn new behaviors now when you're young and carry them through your adult life. You'll live not only longer but healthier and happier!!! Wishing you many OP days!!!...............Well, I'm off to do my first miles in a week. I'm planning 2. Wish me luck!!!

Kristi

Morning,

I hope everyone is having a good day so far....I'm kind of tired today, I went home from work yesterday cooked dinner, cleaned up, walked 3.5 miles on the TM, and cleaned up some more. My husband was like you cooking on a Monday (oh I forgot your birthday is Sunday).... :lol: I didn't get in the bed until about 12:30....Question: has anyone ever worked out with the exercise ball? And how much weight does that thing hold, I don't want to get on and it goes flat like a pancake :lol: I hope everyone has a BLESSED day.

A HUGE welcome back to Kristi!!! I'm sooooooooooooo! glad you had such a lovely birthday!!! And how very sweet of your DH to pull out all the stops for you -- you certainly deserve it, girl! :) As for the weight-gain, with all your busy-bee activities, I'm sure you'll lose it in no time! Way to get right back on plan with getting your miles in today! ~ Thanks for your concern about my blisters... they seem to be healing again so I'm hoping they'll stay at bay for awhile. :crossed: I guess we shall see.

Cathy, do you notice a better work out with the wrist-weights? I've been contemplating using them on my nightly walks. Congrats on your daily workout... you are doing fabulously for the month! :)

Abirdee, congrats on the job promotion! And the weightloss! And good work getting those miles in yesterday!

Sunny, I'm hoping all went well at Joe's sleep study! Definitely let us know how it went, ok? Hope you are keeping well and taking care of yourself! :)

As for me, well, call it women's intuition, but I was right to worry about lastnight's WI... I'm up 1.5lbs from last week. :( Melissa = very unhappy. That being said, I'm trying to use this gain as a "lesson learned" and will focus more this week. Lastnight after my TOPS meeting, DH, DD and I went for a 5mi walk... and I really enjoyed the pace we were at. Usually it takes us an hr to walk 4mi... but it still took us the same amt. of time to walk the extra distance. This morning I got in my strength-training and a 20min jog which will be followed up by another 5mi tonight. :) So instead of sulking about the gain, I have to pull up my socks and get to it... and hopefully next Monday I'll be down what I've gained.

Anyways not much else on the go today... just trying to stay cool. Yesterday marked the 1yr anniversary since the start of the forest fire that affected our city (nearly 250 homes lost - 30,000 ppl or 1/3 of our city's population evacuated). And after checking out a local website, I was reminded of the horror we faced. But with so many wild fires burning in our province right now, Kelowna residents are a little on edge that it could happen again. Check out the pictures if you have time, they are quite an amazing look into how disasterous Mother Nature can be (Aug. 22nd has the most powerful pictures)
Okanagan Mountain Fire

Anyways ladies, I must be off... a tonne of chores to get done this morning. But I hope you all have a happy and healthy day today! Talk to you all very soon!

~mel

Mel, Don't worry any about that 1.5 it'll go away and stay away this time. Great job on upping your pace!!!!!!!! Adding a whole mile in the same hr is awesome. You and the hubby are doing terrific!!!!.................Sunny, I'm glad to hear Joe's night away went well for him even if you did lose a nights sleep. I'm sure the results will be very helpful and then dear Joe can be on his way to feeling better.......Sorry to hear though that you had not een feeling well. I many days wondered how you could do Curves and then walk so much as well. I too am glad you consulted your Dr. Life's too short to live with pain. Please take care of yourself and I will keep you, as always, in my prayers. Hi to everyone else.

Kristi

Hello Everyone!!! Sorry I have been away for almost 2 weeks. We had our year end close at work and I put in a lot of hours. Now I'm back :lol: It sounds like everyone is doing really good!!

Abirdee - Congrats on your new job! You go girl!

Kristi - Your Dh is AWESOME! I'm so glad you had a great time!

Mel - You are doing awesome with your walking! WOW!!

Getting back on track. It was hard with stress at work. And I need to get started again on exercising. It seems I am always tired :dz:

Well DH and I took the plunge and are building a new house! It's our first and it is scary! Can't wait to see the progress of it :cp:

Take care everyone! Have a wonderful day!

Wendy