Haha, sounds like my meetings with mom every 1-2 weeks (she lives only one city away) - we'd eat, we'd talk, and may catch a flick. I'm still trying to convince her to do some light exercises with me.

Today I took a half-hour walk during my lunch break with my mp3 player ~ a nice break just sitting in my office.

May have to exercise some caution tonight with dinner, going to this place famous for their burgers and Belgian fries (served in a cone with aioli dip) ~ I banked 900 calories for the occasion, hope that's enough :O

We roller blade sometimes, but we can't talk as well when we're busy exercising... but when we're in a booth face to face it's much better... Have fun at your meal tonight :hun:

Thanks, Ilene. I think one of the reasons I want to join the gym is so we can go workout together--that Mom and Daughter thing. But dinners sound good, too! I also love it when we go shopping together, but she hasn't wanted to do that lately. We already belong to a charitable organization that is dedicated to strengthening the mother-daughter bond, but she isn't particularly into it. But I do think it helps as we have to do things together throughout the year.

Peanut butter
 

:no: I knew there was a reason I no longer keep peanut butter in the house. Work has been just :crazy: the last few days. I didn't have time to eat my apple slices in the car yesterday - forgot I had them!

Found them last night when I was getting my stuff ready for Thursday. They were kinda yucky by then so I decided they would be better dipped in peanut butter (a former boss used to eat this for a snack). I think I wound up eating peanut butter with a bit of apple in it.

Back OP today. When I get back to my house ( :D tomorrow - YAY!!) I'll make sure there are no sabotage foods there. I want to see that magic 130-something number on my scale next Tuesday ;)

Dagmar

That sounds awesome....to work out as mom & daughter. I would love a walking partner. I had a friend who walked with me regularly a few years ago and it really kept me on track. My 14-year-old isn't interested in walking or any cardio. She has shown some interest recently in a buns and abs video of mine. She has been doing it religiously for about 4 weeks now (only because she saw a "wave" on her behind).

My mom has been depressed about her weight for my entire life (she is probably in the 240 range now) and has basically given up hope years ago. I've watched her drop to 170 range (but that was at least 20 years ago), only to regain it all back. She is pretty tall and large boned. She can totally pull off 170, but probably needs to be about 160 to be at a healthy weight for her age.

Ah raising girls! I'll have to be careful cuz DD hangs around here somewhere ;)
Mine turned out really well and I'm not sure I had anything to do with it. I just wanted my kids to know that home was the best and safest place to be. As long as they know that they can come to you about anything ... I believe they'll be fine. Oh they won't always come to you ... they just need to know that they can.

Who's idea was this 21 Day Challenge? Too stubborn to back down, I've now ... set down in type ... the fact that I can't stay OP for more than about 2 1/2 days at a time :lol:
Oh well, it's got to pay off somehow, if you have more good days than bad, right?

Good morning all! What it would be like to have daughters...hmmm...I'll never know~we stopped after our two sons & they are still very small so the world you speak of is still miles away for us :).

Well, we are off today to mail Mothers Day presents (I'm perpetually late, it's something everyone can always depend on :)). Then I promised the little dudes a picnic at the pool, so sounds like a leisure day here. :swim:

Tuesday DH was in Denver for work, so we didn't have a "dinnertime curfew" & the boys & I spent the day in Cades Cove--it's very beautiful this time of year. We picnicked, hiked & spotted wildlife--turkeys, deer, squirrels, a crawfish in a creek (how lost is he?!), and even 2 black bears! It was loads of fun & that is how life is with my kids right now, they go where I go & do what I do! That'll change, huh?...

What's the 21 day challenge, obviously I missed it, but I still want to know what it is!

Later y'all,

Good morning everyone!! Lucky me, my sleuthing paid off and I can access DD's blog once more (not that she's posted anything in the past few days, though). Gotta love using Mozilla Firefox rather than Microsoft Internet Explorer. Mozilla has this thing where you can look at the stored passwords. Maybe IE has it, too, but I don't know where it is.

My weight is continuing downward!!! I know that a lot of it had to do with water retention last week due to TOM, but I've actually lost 4 pounds since Sunday! Breakfast was the usual berries and muffin, lunch is yogurt, banana, apple and an egg sandwich (yummy!!--with ff mayo) and dinner will be steak, steamed veggie and perhaps brown rice. Totally OP for me!!

I did start the 21 day challenge (twice in fact) but it just wasn't working for me. Same way with the Easter challenge I did. I guess it is something about me not liking to do what other say (or eat what they tell me to eat)--if I need a deadline, I have to set it myself (and I'll choose my own menu, thank you very much!!).

Everyone have a wonderful day!

Morning all :wave: ...

Good for you Allison for breaking the code :lol: ... We use both IE and Firefox... I keep going back to EI just because I'm more used to it... DD has no blog though so I can't go snooping in there...

Liz -- Picnic and a pool sounds wonderful...

Food has been good for me too this week :woohoo: ... And exercise has been awesome with this nice weather too... Just back from an hour run and an hour bike ride back to back, my own duathlon :D ... Who needs races when you can do it yourself ...

Well I'm off to get ready and do errands... We are taking DD and her friends to yet another concert in Ottawa, so it's going to be another late night... I can't wait for her to be over this "concert" phase :rolleyes: ... Mama and papa are getting tired of the driving ..

Later all... :wave:

Haha Ilene & Allison, one reason I don't store my passwords ever! Well, not that my folks would look at my blog anyways when I was at home in High School quite a few years back, they barely e-mail and Net surf.

So yesterday @ the gourmet greasy spoon (appropriately named "Oinkster") I had Belgian fries with aioli, half a burger and half a pastrami sandwich and I stopped eating when I felt full. Probably more calories than I anticipated but glad I had the self-control to resist snarfing down everything in sight.

I also busted my ball yesterday, exercise ball that is ;) One moment I was sitting at home typing out e-mails (I also use it as my computer chair) and the next I heard a pop and wondered for a few seconods how I wound up on the floor, then I saw the pitiful flap of plastic right beneath me. Thankfully, my rear still has some "cushioning" :) so I didn't take a serious fall. I am disappointed though that I wasn't able to do my stability ball exercise last night, but glad that it didn't happen DURING the exercise (since I do that workout with 8 lb. dumbbells and could've injured myself). So swiss ball shopping I shall do today... and just a caution for y'all, my ball had about two years of wear and tear before it finally gave out.

Oh yea, last minute son that I am, guess I'll be doing some Mom's day shopping too. Since she works that day (food industry) -- I'm thinking of putting together a mother's day brunch for her dinner. And I also got her a pound of her favorite coffee (Peace Coffee, fair trade from Minnesota).

uugghh..we didn't make it to the pool. My boys, for whatever reason, are going thru a thing where they just like to aggravate the stew out of each other, this really intensified about a week ago. I am so tired of listening to the arguing & crying & bossing...so I made some weak threat about 10 times this morning how if it didn't stop, we wouldn't go to the pool & of course, it didn't so now....no pool. I brought them home, offered lunch & put them down for a nap. Maybe they'll wake up in a different frame of mind...

As for me, I'm currently taking a MV off & on, not more regular because it really usually makes me nauseated. I've tried others in years past w/the same issue. Does anyone recommend a great MV? This is fresh on my mind b/c I took one with lunch & now am feeling quite green...

Warlock glad you didn't injure your tushie! I saw a video about a guy using one of those as a computer chair....and his co-worker (annoyed with him) took his scissors and popped it while he was sitting on it. Your story reminds me of that.

Liz sorry to hear about your boys. You know what they say, "boys will be boys." And MV? I'm assuming that's a multiple vitamin? They make me queasy, too, so I take them at bedtime and it doesn't seem to bother me as much. If I take them in the morning, I often throw up they make me so sick.

Ilene have fun at the concert! Who is playing?

Liz, when do you take your MV? I notice that the queasiness effect occurs when I take MV on an empty stomach, so now I do it right before or after a meal.

Allison, hah! my coworker mentioned that video too when I told her the story... and another friend told me about this other office-exercise ball video that was... umm... a little more risque. :O

Hi Liz .... I'm trying to get into a little healthier rut by doing a 21 day challenge. I was just getting so slack about almost every aspect there is to weight loss ...
The threads are set up so that you can start any time. We're counting backward from day 21. I think that there's a link in each day that will take you to the 1st day (day 21) and one to pop you along to the next day.