They have several personal trainers there for an additional $65 an hour. I can't afford that. My son's friend is a trainer though so I'm thinking he could show me some stuff at home. I can't get him in the gym though to show me the equipment. It would be nice if he could use my son's card and get in...hmmmm....maybe we can try that! All they can do is turn us away at the door. They do have some yoga classes but I will have to check the schedule, last time I looked it was daytime classes and I work so that was out. I'll look into that before I jump ship. I think I will call this guy one more time too.


Julz - this is where you need to be....welcome aboard!

Thanks Shannon!!! I am hoping doing LAWL along with working out at the gym near my house that this will be exactly what I need to get to my goal....My mother in law inspired me to start-she has had awesome results!!!!

It's a great plan and you'll have wonderful results if you follow the plan. Some of us (Shannon <---) have issues keeping on plan so we flounder a bit. When I first started and followed the plan religiously I lost 20 lbs very quickly. Since that time I've slacked of the exercise and decided that having pizza or burgers every now and again won't hurt....WRONG...

There are many inspirational people here who have hit their goals or are running a fast race to get there. They'll be a great help for you. So welcome and congratulations on a great choice!

Welcome Julz! I haven't been doing this program for very long, either. This site has helped me stay focused and answered a lot of questions! Way to go on making a decision to become a healthier you!! Let me know if you have any questions!

Julz, We can never have too many friends, so welcome. LAWL is a great program for getting you to make the lifestyle changes that you need to do to lose weight and be healthy. We also support each other here online with the exercising too. Welcome

Deb it is good to see you back! You've been such an inspiration to me when I looked at your pictures (I don't know if they are still up). Getting back on the healthy eating band wagon after we've fallen off is the main thing, since we are all destined to fall off on occasion. The only way to truly fail is to stop trying.

Katy - we get a lot of Blockbuster and movie theater gift cards when it's a gender neutral thing.

I am absolutely worthless at school today! I am tired and sluggish and I just feel like I need a 36-hour nap!!

Julz - :welcome:

It's really hard for me to get my water in since the weather has cooled also, I try to just keep a bottle of water at my desk and keep drinking and hopefully I get close to my 64oz.

Deb - I have that receipe also and love it! It's great for this time of year.

Hey gang...

I'm back from the prescribed fire we were conducting... There was nothing for me to do this morning, so I was released.. Now I'm back in the office and in real need of a shower.. I'm covered in soot..

Anyway.. Welcome Julz and welcome back Nicole and Deb!!

Be one with your POP, people!!! For Julz - POP means "perfect on plan"...

Kimberly - congratulations on hitting the 30's!! Great job!!

Thanks all for the warm welcome. So far I have POP....:) I did my 2 day takeoff on Mon/Tues and that was a little rough because I am not big on veggies, but today I am on more "normal"food and it has been pretty easy. The journaling and planning helps me tremendously. personal victory-we have treat days on Wed at work and there were 2 CAKES here....and I did not have one single taste:)

Julz! WTG! I know treat days and snack days are sooo hard at work! But it makes it a lot easier when you have planned everything out. The other day a girl on our team brought home made cookies to our meeting and I was about to get upset when she announced she had made healthy treats from the Weight Watchers cook book! I could have kissed her! Isn't that sweet!

Thanks....I just stay away from the treat table as much as possible:)

Funny thing too-I am acutally looking fw'd to weighing in after my first week this Saturday morning:)

Welcome, Julz! It's great to have you here!

I have got to get back on the stick! I've been tooting around for the past two weeks and fooling myself into believing that I'm still on the plan, but I'm full of crap. I've got to get back to the good stuff and start losing again! I've come too far to start slacking now!

Welcome Julz! I just restarted, so I am back to newbie too! I have to lose about the same amount as you do, so good luck to both of us! I am sure you'll do GREAT at your weigh in on Saturday. The first weigh in is great! YOu will leave there feeling like a million bucks!