Welcome and best of luck!! Good job and making it through a day at Disneyland! Wow!

Suchawittygal

NEMom What a sweet event!

guacamole Congrats on your mammogram!! I am way over due and I think I will go and schedule one now. -- Let's hope all turns out well, I am sure of it!

healthyangie Isn't amazing how bad and greasy foods turn on us? Or is it that we just felt "bad" all the time and it was a norm?

dangerouscurvesahead I am a total winter girl I LOVE walking/hiking through snow. Yeah, I am an oddball -- Stay warm.

twinieten Nice to have you here and we will support you through the holiday season.

kelijpa I am hoping and wishing too, that this season will end with a loss and not with a gain. We can do it!

cbigsis Raising teenager daughter is hard!!! My son is so easy going but my DD is spitfire. Good luck with her!!! I hope things settle down.

Zumbachica I can understand your pain!! I am sorry!! Could you take a fun mini vacation somewhere?

Moving Forward Same here!! 3013 is going to be the year when I got skinny! Edited to correct: 2013....I bet I will be REALLY skinny by 3013

Sorry if I missed anyone

Sum, you are great, love reading your post! 2013 is going to be get skinny (healthy) and stay that way. I'm so committed to maintaining (of course have to get there first, but tenative goal for eastertime) I really want to live the healthy lifestyle for good.

It was a good OP day, but super hard to get my butt down on the treadmill, I did it though. I have this goal of a 5K a day, I was walking it outside, but now it gets dark so early and we're having that cold snap, too, just too raw, not ready to get all bundled up...I miss my outside already... better days are coming, definitely will get out for a good hike on the weekend.

Welcome Suchawittygal, it is a nice group.

Guac, I need to schedule mine, thanks for the reminder!

best to all

What a nice group you all are! I'm glad I've found you. I've been on 3FC for a few months now and have seen several of you around. I look forward to getting to know you all better.

Well power is back on!,,, schools are still not open and gas lines are long.....I spent the day cleaning and catching up on laundry....so no time for a work....but I'm one step closer to normal life and can get into a routine.......

Had a decent OP day yesterday. Ate too much at dinner but still within my calorie range and I was SOO tired yesterday that I feel asleep for before I could have an evening snack.
I decided to change up my exercise routine two days a week. I really need to work on my stomach and thighs so this morning I started to lunges, squats, planks and crunches hoping to target some of these areas. I have tried workout videos before but have not found one I really like so I am just making up my own. My legs felt like rubber afterwards so I am sure I will be sore tomorrow. I just hate walking and seeing my thighs jiggle any my muffin top drives me crazy!

Zumba - So glad that you finally got power back.

Have a wonderful on plan day all!!

Hello ladies!
Ugh! 1st freeze hit lasnite, woke up to dead flowerbeds n garden. TOM hit yesterday so tween that n cold had hard time gettin motivated but breakfast of coffee, ibuprofen n lrg banana helped a lot. Went to the Y n did full work out n was glad i did. Zumba so glad things r starting to get back to normal for u playing catch up that in itself is a work out lol! Sum i do love winter scenery n such but the early nites n bone chilling cold just makes my brain want to hibernate lol. My eating has been OP so far n exercise is on track. But im so missing the great outdoors already! Im hoping to do a day of hiking on a sunny day soon!

Hello, all! Zumba - glad your power is back! Nice to see everyone. I'm glad I'm not alone in missing the great outdoors. It's my favorite place to exercise, but the cold is so unpleasant. Hard to get motivated to exercise inside a sweaty cramped gym. Stationary bikes are nothing like the real thing!

So far, I am within calories - but I only have about 250 left and it's only 4pm. Ugh! I am not hungry now, because I ate a very late lunch around 2:30, but I know I will be hungry by 6-7pm. I will try to hold off eating until later, and then have some fruit.

I am happy to say that I voted in the Presidential election today. Amazing that there was a time when women couldn't vote!

Have a great day today!

I hope that everyone voted today!

It's 1:36am and I'm having trouble sleeping. I'm all keyed up over the election. This is not like me to be so invested in politics, but today I am. Tomorrow is going to be a hum-dinger I guess. The good news I was a few hundred calories below my limit today. Zumba--I hope life is getting closer to normal for you. Dangerouscurvesahead and all who live in colder climates--sorry! Hang in there. I'm frankly hoping for more rain this year. We had a drought last year and can't afford another year of drought.

Hello, all. Did ok calorie wise yesterday. Weighed in at 151 this morning. Cold and damp outside today. Good luck today, everyone!

Good morning all!!! Yes, it is certainly chilly and we are bracing ourselves for another storm here on Long Island....still, I am grateful that the children finally went back to school today and that we are safe and warm. So many people still do not have power and lets not even talk about the death count.....its just awful.

On a more positive note I am getting motivated to get back in shape, plan on popping in that Insanity DVD today.....also got rid of all the tempting snacks in the house....so I'm back in the game...slowly but surely i'll get to a better place so that i can handle the holidays without a major gain.

Good morning all!
Pretty good day yesterday. Over my low calorie number by about 100 calories but I can live with that.
My thighs are definitely feeling the lunges and squats today. Ouchie. Did the elliptical and weight machine this morning. Back to lunges, squats and planks tomorrow.
Have a long day of work and a night of housework. What a day to look forward to.
Hope you all have a wonderful on plan weekend!

I've been so sick, but on the mend. I need to get back to my exercise routine, but I've lost a lot of blood, and I'm dehydrated and malnourished. Now I can add insomnia from heck to the list. I'm exhausted, but when I lie down to sleep.... nuthin'. I'm also adding foods back in to my diet, as my body tolerates, and having troubles keeping in check. I want to go crazy and eat everything! My stomach is taking less food, like it shrunk, so I'm trying to keep it there with smaller, more frequent meals.

Anyone have any advice.... the sleep issue, staying on track with the diet, and reintroducing excercise?

Good work NEMom!

I heard about that on the news Zumbachicha.... like you need more! Stay safe! I hope your power stays on.