Well, I lost my 2 lbs. this week. I am down 2 1/2 really but can't show it on the ticker. I lost 10 lbs. for the month which is just right. I'll take it.

YEHHHHHH FOR YOU. I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU. JOB WELL DONE. YOU GO GIRL. LaDean

Thanks LaDean - it feels so good to be losing. This morning I did a yoga tape, just didn't feel like weights and tread. I am so glad I did, the tape is pretty difficult and it was an opportunity to stretch some really tight muscles + use/test some of the strength I am trying to develop. It must become part of the routine because it completes the routine. I'd like to shoot for twice a week. Thinking I might double my walk tonight just to make sure I get in enough cardio to keep the scale on my side!

Good for you. doing great there and i am so glad. i just walked beau this am. so never got any rain. that was good. nice and dry. i do not mind it but do not wanthim sick. I am really sticking to plan to. so have a good day. LaDean

Glad you are really stickiing to your plan LaDean.

My weekend has been good so far. Another night with the girls and no empty calories to report. Yesterday I picked up litter at the lake I paddle on so that was a bit of a workout on my rest day. I picked up 8 bags of trash and had to carry them a good ways. There were hotdogs for the participants and I had one. I planned for it all week. One hotdog and a handful of chips - so not a "diet" meal but one where I was really concious of portion control and it was a real treat. Didn't gain from it - didn't lose either.

Anyway, today I am back to it. Working legs and cardio today. I have to report on that yoga video I did. I am STILL sore from it. From top to bottom. When something makes you that sore, it has to have done you some good!

I am going to grill a pork loin this afternoon, it has been marinating since last night.

Ledom. your doing so good. i am so happy for you. yes i am trying got to get the rest of this wt off for sure. only I can do it.. I was sick yesterday so never ate much did not stay down what i did eat. this am better some. but scales are wayyyyyy down so its a careful day today to.. got to stick to that. ha ha your exercise sounds interesting different kinds and all. i got to get variety in mine when i get over this darn cold. i plan to. coming in and seeing how exciting yours is makes me want to get with it. had line dance last nite. so funn and i did good. till break and over did little bit not feeling good. so jsut sit and watched was not that long lefted. Hey my reno trip is in plans got it official now. go the 17th so that is something i look forward to. ha ha fun with sister in law our annual trip. well have a great day now. LaDean

Hey LaDean - wondered if you might already be on your trip. The 17th is the full moon. I have a camping/paddling trip planned for the 17 & 18 on the islands with a great paddling buddy that comes down once a year to do this. She is a naturalist - supervisor of a nature center and is so much fun because she knows so much about the things we see.

Well, I did shoulders earlier and I don't think I'll do cardio today until my evening walk. I can tell my right knee needs a break. Line dancing sounds like fun, I'd like to try that sometime.

I am retaining water this week, just one of those things. I am not expecting too much weight loss due to that, but next week watch out. I am refreshing my thoughts on being patient with this process because what choice do I have? It is going to take me a long time to get where I want to be. Also thinking about adding variety to workouts and menu. I don't want to get stuck in a rut.

Actually I am going to be camping this weekend as well. Fall is the best camping weather where I live. Food will not be as controled as I'll be with a group and sharing food. I have to really put some thought into how I am going to control my intake. And ACTUALLY I'll be camping mid week as well. I have 3 seperate trips planned that all run together more or less. It will be a challenge but the one constant will be a lot of paddling and probably some walks as well. Food - as I said I have to put some thought into this.

Looking forward to a trip report Alice. Hope you are having fun.

Morning. Well just finished a pretty good workout. I did shoulders 2, and 30 minutes on the treadmill. After my light workout yesterday morning I tried to make up for it last night. I did an abs yoga tape and walked a mile. For some reason I shortchange abs when I workout - the yoga tapes seem to give a good core workout so I am going to keep that in mind and try to work them in more often. I have a couple of 30 min. tapes and they really do go very quickly.

Busy in the darkroom for the rest of the day.

Morning Ledom. good for you. your doing so good. i love coming in and seeing how good your day is going. gets my day on good start. Hey last nite at tops i loss another week 3rd one in roll. loss 1.50 and i am lower then i have been in 14 years. i am so happy with me. do not want to get above in that 10 bracket again. so going downnnnnnn all the way to new goal now. i feel so good. yes know what you mean. my abbs are where my wt lies. so i need to buckle down and get back to my abb machine i use. so thanks for the daily reminder. it helps. i just got in from walking beau. early so good one. kinda nippy out there but i love it. sun is peaking through. getting ready to do some tomatoe juice today. those little tomatoes are still turning color out there. so neat. ha i am so thankful rash has gone away and i can eat them again. before they were all done. yehhhhhhh i feel so great today and sounds like you do to.
I hope your having a fun time and trip Aleka,... missing you lots.. LaDean

Hey LaDean, yeah I know what you mean about inspiration. I look for it and take it anywhere I can find it. DD and I ate out last night and I really worked at keeping what I ate to a reasonable amount. But, you know, I guess there is more sodium and calories than the normal supper I prepare at home. I am hopeful for a loss tomorrow but this might be one of those weeks where I stay the same. If that is the case, and I know I am obsessing a little bit, I just need to be grown up about it and realize the only thing to do is to keep on keeping on. I have decided I am vain about my arms. They are really responding to the workouts I have been doing and I am always happy when it is arm or shoulder day. Maybe it is a southern thing - it is impossible not to go sleeveless here in the summer. Maybe a gravity thing too - I'd say the top of my body looks better than the bottom. All the fat and cellulite seems to pool at the bottom!

Anyway, good for you!!! I am working hard to get to my low (about 6 more lbs.) and then there is no looking back. You are there now - that is wonderful. I think our motto here should be, lose it once and be done with it. I am so sick of relosing weight. I am through with that!

Just came on to shove the ticker down a pound for this week. Seems like I fought tooth and nail for that pound too!

Ledom,. good for you. your doing so good. i am so happy for you. i get inthusium from your doing good. thanks. i have had a good day. i added to my calories figured that way not hungry and wanting to snack. so seeing how it goes.. how many calories do you go for a day???? i think i will start at 1800 now. at my wt i have heard its a good amt to go for. so will see. can always drop some if not.. I walked this am. got other to do this evening. i may even practice some line dancing. hubby is gone for while so i like music Loud so go for it then. ha ha then got my abb's and my ex bike to get on to. so all in all its been a good day... have a good weekend. LaDean

Morning-Well I survived the weekend w/out a gain. Barely! Today is wild too - won't have a chance to workout as I have a busy out of town day planned. BUT, today will be low-cal to make up for high-cal yesterday. I'll be able to get back into my routine tomorrow. Camping was lovely, the weather was perfect and I got to be with good people. Hope you had a good weekend everyone.

Hi, so glad your weekend was so fun and nice. sounds like it. so glad you were not up this am. well i made up for the both of us. as my rings are tight so water i guess. but i am up couple lbs. did not over do guess the carbs. those get me all the time. all in hall a good weekend. so today a new day and going for it. monday i leave for trip so excited. still in the tomatoes. 3 batches of juice today. you would think its just the peak of season. ha ha the weather. warm nites still and not to awfully cold. oh well taste good this fall. have a fun day.

Aleka,..... hey hope your trip i going good and fun. know it is. mising you. LaDean

Morning LaDean, Alice (?),

LaDean I bet you are starting to get ready for you trip. Have fun!

Alice, where are you? I hope you haven't got stuck in the floods!

All is well here, but I didn't lose any weight this week. :-( I just have to accept it I guess but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't dissapointed. I am still on track with my diet and exercise - my period is late and I am blaming it on that. It is right now I am having to dig my heels in and stay the course. It is so much easier when you can actually see the results of the hard work! Yesterday I was down a 1/2 lb. for the week but it disappeared overnight. So maybe next week I'll get to shove the ticker down some more. Of course I am hoping for a BIG shove too.

Take care and have a good weekend everyone.