Good evening everyone!

I walked 2mi. on the tm tonight.

July totals: 15mi. walking and 29 miles biking.

Hope you are all having a good weekend.

Good Morning Gang!

I went for a 2 mile walk this morning before getting ready for church.

July Miles = 22
Strength = 2

hugs,
cathy

Hi Cathy and Mrs. Beasley, Looks like you 2 did way better than me. I ended up doing no actual exercise yesterday. I did clean my pool and my house though so, as long as I accomplished something. right? I skipped church today and them turned around and had a fight with my mom, so I need to get going and making this a better day. DH built a chix coop for our new babies and he and the children painted it this morning. Now it's my turn to get busy and make them all brkfst. Planning 3 miles today.

Kristi

30 walked
9 biked
4 strength

Kristi - I hope your day gets better girly!! I know its hard when you have an argument with someone you love but you know we're here for you

Cathy - I never exercise on days that I do excessive cleaning or yard work!! I don't want to totally exhaust myself You are doing so great!!!

Vickie - You too girly as always so inspiring!!

Sunny - I hope you are having a beautiful weekend with your DH!!! You certainly deserve it

As for me hubby and I are taking the girls to the park for a walk today and we're gonna feed the ducks!! I hope to get some great pics I'll post them if I do!!
Well I'm off to put the girls down for a nap so they are ready for the park
TTYL!!
Michelle

Ended up doing 2 walking miles on the trail and then 3 bike miles. Both were a really good time. When I walked my 7 y/o DD and 4 y/o DS were both on their bikes. We walked to the park and played with some other children. We even walked up the street and got a pop. What a treat for us all. I allow so little soda any more. My bike ride was with my 7 y/o. She always makes a bike ride so much more fun. She stopped and ate raspberries (what few the deer had left lol ) and we picked wild flowers all the way home. When I made her boquet for her I counted 21 different types of flowers!!! It's just amazing on the bike trail this time of year. I swear every year there are more varieties. There were at least 10 other types we didn't pick, because they were too far off the trail to get. She just loves them. So, I never broke much of a sweat, but I believe God intended for us to exercise with children. I rarely smile when I exercise alone (until I'm done lol) and I never stop to "smell the flowers" forbid my heart rate might go down lol. So, I'm changing my numbers and hoping you stopped to enjoy your world today as well. Happy Sunday!

Walked 29
Biked 12
Strength 4

Good Morning Gang!

I did a 30 minute 2 mile WATP this morning.

July Miles = 24
Strength = 2

Hope everybody has a great day!

hugs,
cathy

Good Morning ,

How was everyone's weekend? Mine was very productive, I worked out everyday this weekend. I have my one month weigh in on 07/21/04, and so I'm really pumped. I have a question for anyone, some days I step on the scale and it will give me one weight, and other days another weight. Can anyone explain the reason why? Also, I can see a change in my body but the scale is not showing that. Help me understand!

Hey girls! I hope you all had a happy, healthy weekend! I did ok... stayed on track except for a few bites of hubby's chocolate cake. Mmm! It was worth having to exercise more for! Went for a couple of long walks on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon... the weather had cooled down to a comfortable warmth and I could have walked forever if we didn't have to get DD home to bed. We also hit the beach on Sunday and for the first time in..... um.... eleven years I wore a bathing suit without caring who was looking at me. So I paddled around for a couple hours in the lake... it was so refreshing. Again I could have stayed forever... had the rain clouds not rolled in. Ack.

Tonight is WI and I'm hoping for some change in numbers... but am a little nervous that there won't be. Hubby says he can already see a difference "as there's not as much to hold onto". Amazingly enough I took that more as a compliment than an insult.

All else is good. Food has been great (again with exception to the small sampling of choc. cake). Water has been great too. Still feeling great, I'm just worried that the scale won't show any difference in weight. Wish me luck tonight, girls!

I hope you all had as good a weekend as I did! Keep up the good work, ladies! Type you all later!

~mel

PS/ Michelle your pics are great! Looks like you all had a wonderful time at the park!

Good day ladies,.............Cathy, as always you're rockin' girl..............Michelle, What a beautiful family you have. Great job getting in all that exercise as well.............Abirdee, My suggestion would be to weigh at the same time wearing the same thing every time. Our water weight fluctuates tremendously throughout the day. As an example, I get up, use the rest room, get dressed, and then weigh myself. If have even 2 cups of coffee (no food at all) I can go in and weigh even 2# more like only a half hr after weighing the first time. So, you'll never catch this girl on the scale anyway but empty 1st thing in the morn. Good luck on the 21st.............. Mel, great job staying OP this weekend. I'm sure your numbers will show good results for you you've been working very hard. Do you do your measurments at all. Sometimes with exercise you notice smaller numbers on the tape measure when you don't quite see them on the scale yet. Anyway, good luck!!.............I had a really busy morn running my children to so many activities, but did have an hr when I could leave 2 of them at ball and the other 2 at the library. So I got to slip onto the trail and get in 3 miles. I'm so glad, because there really be no more time today for me!!!! Have a good one ladies

walked 32
biked 12
strength 4

Didn't walk today but spent an hour or so in the pool swimming. Feel tired but it's a good tired. I hope that when swim lessons are done I will have the motovation to get back to walking on the treadmill. We are just starting week 3 of a 6 week program.

Walked 2mi. on tm this morning.

July totals: 17mi. walking, 29 mi. biking.

Good Morning Gang!

I did a 30 minute 2 mile WATP w/3lb handweights this morning.

July Miles = 26
Strength = 2

hope everybody has a good exercise day!

hugs,
cathy

Janine, Cathy, and Mrs. B Keep up the great work!!...............Sunny, Wow! You had a great weekend. All the time spent with friends sounds so lovely. I was just complaing to Charlotte that I need to carve some fun time out for me and the hubby, but the kids ballgames are just taking up too much time. I hate to admit it, but I don't care to watch another game for awhile lol We have 53 little chicks. They are so much fun to watch. They're just busy all the time. 30 of them will only be around for about 2 mths (if you know what I mean), but the rest hopefully will provide us with fresh eggs for some time to come. As for me and my mom, I know I don't handle things right and that I need to focus on the positive that she's done for me, but.......I need to pray much harder and find a way to let it go. Sometimes I think I have it all under control and past all of it and then the anger and dissapointment creeps back into my life little by little. I guess in that the key words are "under control" I need to quit controlling my emotions and let them GO!! Thanks so much for listening. I appreciate it so. Great job on your exercising. I hope your having a wonderful day!............Sheila, A huge congrats on the loss WTG girl....what kind of TM did you buy? (when my DH put mine together I ended up leaving the room lol) Send your niece a big cheer form me as well. Go team go! I would love to meet your walking buddy. It sounds as though she could teach me a thing or two. Oh, as for the chicks.......I like them best grilled with a little lime juice spritzed on top lol lol lol. You're doing awesome girl. I'll look forward to your next post.............As for me busy busy with ball this week. All 3 children are involved in 3 different tourneys this week. Wed, Thur, and Fri Thankfully the season is done then other than a fun day in Aug. I'm planning an UB w/o today and some miles on the trail. I should walk or I won't make my July goal, but I feel like riding bike. As for my goals drum roll please....I've lost the 3 pounds I wanted to this month. I know 3# isn't much in a mth but I'm aiming low these days. Just trying to make it to the finish line. Thanks for all your support. I'll post my miles later.

Kristi