Oops! Sorry, Mez, I confused you with another post about the scale....

rushingrushingrushing.........WHY? they don't pay me any more for hurrying....

Actually mezmerize, the gazelle is supposed to be good for people that have bad knees, bad backs etc..

Because its low impact

oooo i saw a gazelle at walmart for under 100$ i want one!!!

Oh and day 17 completed... im at work till 8 pm, but i got up at 530 am this morning and did my walk/jog

I got mine second hand in excellent condition only used 3 times for $150. Its the gazelle edge, my friend has the gazelle elite, what one were you looking at curly?

Day 3 done here, stayed within my points, drank lots of water, kept a food log, and exercised for 40 mins.

Done with day5:

45 mins Elliptical
100 sit ups
7- 8oz - need to up it a little

Was a little tired when I started, but still did it I should have not decide to clean most of the house today lol. Son is dong ok, was pretty upset about mouse at first but they forget fast.

Night all - sweet dreams

Day 7 complete. A nice glass of wine might have been particularly welcome, but common sense prevailed. Contrary to what Marble thinks, I'm NOT lazing in bed til all hours, I've been up early and out to work. I've been spoiled by my long no-work period this summer, and if I had the $$$, I'd never work again.

I'll try to post more in the next few days. Right now I'm tired and a little off kilter emotionally (for various reasons that would bore you all to tears, so no tedious details). But I'll be back. Meanwhile,

Done with day 7

Food - well it was light due to the fact that I had to fast for a blood test. Dinner was a chicken thigh fillet and home grown salad.
Water - excellent. Now all I have to do is to eliminate it all before I go to bed.
Exercise - well it was my day off as is tomorrow.

A good day was had by me anyway. Tomorrow is end of month which equals weigh in and measure day and letting the masses know (to keep me honest)

Walmart
Gazelle Edge=$94.96
Gazelle Freestyle=$187.97

Target
gazelle edge 99.99
gazelle power plus$ 299.99

So 4 full days down with no chocolate. The no chocolate thing was not tought, but I had to fight off other temptations at work. Rather than the usual free stuff, which is packaged (so you have the calorie count right there and you cannot pretend it's not), there was a basket full of muffins, croissants, and bagels. But I did not touch it! Then, at the end of several hours of grappling with a particularly gnarly spreadsheet, I thought, I will take myself out to dinner, I worked really hard today. But I didn't! I fought that urge off, too. I can't let myself get into that habit. So I felt pretty good about food in general yesterday.

Thanks to everyone for the information on iron. Y'know, one of the things I read said that when a woman is on her period, her iron may be depleted. I'm a little surprised that wasn't the first question from the woman at the blood bank, because I *was* on my period that day. But looking at my diet, I would not be wrong to add some iron-rich foods anyway, so it was still good to think about.

Best luck to everyone today!

MEZ: u can order them online and they will deliver to your house sometimes they even have deals on the shipping...

I did my push-ups for today - 8 for day 8. Ooh, maybe i can do 21 by day 21? I am not so sure about that

Mezmerize - I can't keep my tuchus down when i do girl push-ups; and nobody wants my butt sticking way up in the air Seriously, i can keep a great form for regular push-ups (even if i can't do very many), so that is why i do those.

This is not related to the 21-day challenge, but maybe you all can help me out. I decided to not work out yesterday (other than my push-ups). I got caught up at work, and then did not get home until almost 9 p.m. Other than yesterday, i have done at least 30 minutes of something for the past 16 days. So I decided to just have a low-cal, healthy dinner (vegetable and egg-white scramble with 1/4 cup cheese). My total calories for the day were just under 1400. So, why do i feel like a horrible, lazy, cow for taking one day off? I am seriously mentally figuring out ways to *punish* myself for not exercising yesterday. I know this is not a healthy attitude, but i am so angry at myself for taking what any normal person would call a *rest day.* Do any of you get mad at yourselves like this? what do you do to get over it?

Thanks!