can i ask you guys something ot?
Can a military person marry another military person? What if someone gets stationed one place, and the other person is elsewhere?? Specifically I think I'm talking about the Marines...
(sorry if this is a stupid question but I know nothing about the military)
Also is it dangerous to be in the Marines?
Do you go to military college ? Or just regular uni? Or do you skip them both??
I am in Canada if hat makes a difference..TIA

LADIES!!!!! OMG! It's been a hot minute (try 6 months!!) since I've posted here....I actually started this thread...I MISS YOU! SSGswife...girl, how are you? Anyone heard from Angie lately? Let's see...in a nutshell....I topped out at 201 in Feb so I joined WW online...look where I am now - 177 as of weigh in yesterday! I'm down from a size 14 and now a 12 is too loose but I'm not willing to try on a 10 for fear it won't fit and I'll get discouraged. DH's deployment got pushed back so he's not leaving until this winter (thank goodness) - everything is going well, I hope everyone else is doing great too! It's so awesome to see all these ladies doing well for their men in uniform Does anyone have Myspace?? I figure it'd also be a nice way for us to keep in touch - hope to hear from you soon!

Gosh I haven't posted in here for ages.

Gremlina way to go on the weight loss. I'm pretty stagnant at the minute. I was talking to a friend last night and decided I'd better try and lose some before the OH's retirement ceremony. I will have to dress up and at the moment have nothing nice that fits me!!!

Welcome to the new girls.

Dh got offical/unofficial notice yesterday for January ship to Dix, March to Iraq. Just the kick in the pants he needed. I printed out the 'ge set for the APFT' workout schedule from hooah 4 you yesterday and he actually read it and is putting it into practice. We went for an 8 mile walk yesterday with a half hour break in the middle to chat with friends. Dh ran a large part of the way and I tried but the front of both tibia started hurting and I just couldn't do it. it was bone pain, not muscle fatigue. I was just in for a physical but guess I'll be going for a second opinion now.

Good Morning girls!! and Happy Wednesday!!


missyb4ever~ Hey girlie!! you are doing so great. WTG!!! I haven't heard from Angie in awhile myself. I hope she's doing good. These past few months have been very hard ones. I gained alot of weight back that I had lost and was hoping that I could keep it off. I want to cry everytime I think about it. Instead of going to the gym or walking when I got down and depressed, I turned to food. HUGE MISTAKE!! I knew it deep down inside but ignored it. But now, I have been looking at Shape magazines and reading articles hoping they could motivate me to get back on the saddle and keep going. Well, I feel that it has. Today starts day 1 for me.. again. I hate to say that but I just can't and won't give up!!!

hey ladies. Dh's unit got their official orders today. Looks like either right before or right after Christmas they'll be off to training, and overseas by dh's b-day on 10 April. which puts them back home in September of 2009.

hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend/week. I'm on vacation from school and dh is off work so we're going to work on our memory books and do stuff with the girls.

Hi everyone!!! Welcome to the new ladies on the thread!

missyb4ever-Welcome back!

Clydegirl-Thanks...Now we FINALLY know where we are going..lol..we PCS from here Aug. 1st!

mkat321-WTG on the 8 mile! Sorry your hubby is leaving soon...I know mine will be leaving again after we are settled in at our new base...

Hi SSgtswife33-I love your little icon!

So PCSing from overseas to stateside is wicked stressful...yuck! But we'll be in SC in August..woohoo! :-)

Hello Everyone! Can't remember the last time I logged in here prolly March or so isn't that horrible. Anyways trying to get myself back on track, I had started last august at 280 and gotten down to 230 but then around jan when the hubby came home for R&R I just quit, I'm not real sure how it happened.... prolly because he was so pleased with what i had accomplished up till then i just stopped trying I suppose. Anyway I didn't gain since then which is the only bright side to all this. My Goal is to get down to 200 by the time he comes home in Oct...trying to set a realistic goal here lol and then go from there. Hope everyone is doing well!
~Amber

Hey all We got an analog scale and according to that puppy I weigh 195. I calibrated it with 5 lb hand weights so I am going to go with that.

I cried the other day. I was so embarrassed and upset that my dh saw me like that, but he shrugged it off and said he felt better knowing I was getting everything out. ?? Then not too long after that, he admitted to being nervous himself, scared even, which is totally against his nature. ??

So anyways, he's 10 lbs. over ship-able weight, 40 lbs over his ideal weight {in his mind, about 25-30 in reality} I'm working on getting him to help me work out more, especially the floor stuff that I hate and can never seem to do right by myself. We're going to AAFES tonight in Indy to check it out since it was just grand re-opened in late June and neither of us has been there since the 90's. Then we're going to get DQ instead of Steak & Shake. Or we might get just shakes instead of the full meal AND shakes. To top it all off he's ordering me a replacement cord and power adaptor for my laptop, getting me a new bike and trailer so I can ride with our girls around town/the park, and wants me to order the new version of the Firm instead of getting his dress uniform? He said by the time he gets back it wouldn't fit anyways, and he'd rather the money go to helping me get in shape and reach my goals.

anyways, enough of a blab about my weekend and entirely too sweet soldier. How was everyone else's holiday?

Hello Everyone! How is everyone doing? I've had a busy week. Trying to get the house organized and clean cause we are getting new furniture not this paycheck but the next. WOO HOO makes me so happy because the furniture we have now... i remember my parents buying before my 22 yr old sister was born. I always say free is the best but its time these couches we have were ummm buried lol. Had a great week I stayed on my plan and am down 4 lbs yay. Anywyas just wanted to check in

married2asoldier-WOO HOO on new furniture!!!

mkat321-That is wonderful your hubby is so supportive! My hubby all along has denied that I even needed to lose weight..Now I am skinnier than he has ever seen me but I don't think he sees me any differently if that makes sense..

We have movers coming Mon, Tues, Wed to finally ship our stuff and we have less than 20 days now till we will be back on US soil...WOOHOO!!

Hey all. I held pretty steady at 195 since getting the analog scale but last night it showed 196 I'm sure it will be back down before Monday but still kind of depressing.

Second drill of the month this weekend, so Dh will be gone from dawn to dark tomorrow and sunday. Sunday they meet the command they'll be deploying under and some of the other soldiers. Dh is nervous about the whole thing. He's got 13 years in and due to some 'issues' of his own and others' making in his first couple years in is still only an E4. That irritates him and also makes him have self esteem issues {for lack of a better term} around new units/soldiers...

:::breathes into microphone::: Is this thing on? How/where is everyone? the first of Dh's TWO 3 week AT's is only a week and a half away, and I'm nervous about how our kids are going to handle it. He was on recruiting orders for the first two years of our marriage, so the most they've had to deal with is a three day drill, just two overnights. I'm living in actual FEAR of what twenty-four overnights is going to do. I Know it's good practice for the pending deployment, but still

Haha I check in everyday to see if anyone posts but everyone is pretty quite here. How old are your kids mkat?
I've been keeping busy here plus we have a VTC with my hubby today YAY can't wait to see him. 3 months to go and he will finally be home and done with this 15 month deployment blah

What is up ladies?! Sorry I've been so quiet, it's been hectic with work and getting ready to go on block leave. Well, I only have 8 more pounds to lose to reach my ultimate goal, but I think these may be the hardest 8 pounds I will ever have to lose!! I've got to kick my workouts into high gear, I've hit a rut - I've been stuck here for almost 6 weeks. Somethings going to have to change to get my metabolism going again. Anytips? I am going to start doing something different for cardio, and I'm trying to incorporate more strength trainng into my routine. Hope everyone else is doing well, talk to ya'll soon!!