i am here!

noooooooooooooooooo - lockitup - you did NOT use that date format

very busy - been organising our annual function for suppliers which is on today. people are pulling out left right and centre which is very unusual for one of our functions. it is a sailing regatta - will be taking some pics this afternoon so might post one for y'all to make you jealous of the perfect weather here at the moment.

hopefully will get some time to come on and catch up on all the posts (you girls have been busy!) tomorrow night once things settle down a bit. just so flat out! absolutely exhausted

take care

1510 !!!! 10 minutes over my minutes goal.
Now all i have to do is add on more minutes to reach my mini-goals.

First time meeting my goal, but not the last.

Total March * Cardio 540/800 + Miles 42/40 | Flexibilty 485/400 | Strength 485/300 | Water 90/100

way to go, trns!! That's awesome! AND you still have 3 days to see what happens before March ends Great job!

Woo hoo trns!!!

Daisy - HA, sorry about the date, I totally for about about that, you make me laugh!

Hi ladies,

I showed up at jury duty this morning and after only 45 min. of sitting there they excused half the jurors they had called (including me - obviously I wouldn't be excited if I was still sitting in the courthouse)! Let's see, food and exercise excellent yesterday, and got some chores done and some sleep while I had a night "off." Weigh-in this morning got me to 138.5 lbs! I'm finally in my maintenance range, not just on top of it. And I hit my exercise goal of 1500 minutes on Friday! That means I'm done exercising for the month! (jk )

Has anybody tried Michelina's Lean Gourmet meals? Over the weekend and I got to go to "the big grocery store" an hour away and found them. I bought the Chicken Alfredo Florentine and it's SO good! It's only 270 calories and really tasty, and cheaper than Lean Cuisines. I also finally tried the No Pudge! brownie mix and while it tastes pretty good and chocolatey, what is really excellent is that you can make only 1 serving at a time. Perfect for me! "The big store" also had some beautiful mangoes, strawberries, and grapes on sale, mmm.

Daisy Boo, I hope your regatta goes well (I love regattas!) and is not too crazy.

trnsfrmnreplace, way to hit your goal!

SexyRevealed, I hate it when old people are kicking your butt at exercise! At the last 5k I ran there were all these old people and little kids in front of me - I couldn't take it, I had to make myself work to pass them! Good for you for finishing it out.

Congrats trns!!!

Darn, I forgot all my snacks for today at home! It’s nothing but pretzels all day and my lean pocket.

Megan1982 – Congratulations, that is so awesome!

trnsfrm - sure I keep most of my images online at http://stephaniewilliams.smugmug.com . I mostly do Sports and Photojournalism but would love to be able to market some of my creative work as well. I asked about the avatars because you are so stunning. I am so jealous lol, I always used to pick out celebrities for my avatar and you look like a celebrity in your pics (not meaning as an insult - haha could be taken as one nowadays.) DO you have a site that features your work? What ype of photography do you do?

Tiffany - glad to get the extra perspective on curves, everyone raves about it. I always wondered if it really was any better than just a normal gym...

Stephie: You and your photography are beautiful!

Trns: Love the new avatar! You are so thin and beautiful!

My dad was here for a week, and I had so much fun. We went to a spring training game everyday. Unfortunately, I ate horribly while he was here, and I definitely slacked on the exercise front. But, I am getting remotivated to finallly lose this last bit of weight!

A friend who is 300+ pounds told me that she is going to start following WW, which made me so happy. She really wants to lose weight, but she eats really horribly -- lots of fried, greasy food everyday. She goes to Curves and a woman there gave her all the WW info. So, she's stocked up on all her food and ready to give it a try. I'm so excited for her! Plus, it never hurts to have someone else watching what they eat around you.

It's so inspirational to read about all of your successes! It seems like everyone is eating right, exercising and losing weight. I want to join you!

Hope you all have a great day!

Take care,
Jina

britomart - Thanks! To celebrate i'm going to go dance my butt off tomorrow night in Hollywood.

LockItUp - Weeee!

Megan1982 - Thank you. I'm so glad i don't/can't go in on jury duty. One of the perks for not being an American citizen. hehe.

SexyRevealed - Thank you. You have such a pretty smile Tiffany.

stephiewilliams - You have beautiful photography. I really loved the dever ones, the clean lines, building with nature... beautiful. Not to mention i'm a sign/text addict. The still life baseball is great, and so are the animal photos.

My website is at http://www.yermentality.com but it only has a intro page for now, I'm in the process of redoing a few things. I'll post some photos of mine is a little bit for you to see.

Thank you so much for the compliments! haha. Yeah i guess it really depends on what celebrity. =blushes= I'm 100% euro.

jdoggmartin - Awwwe. Thank you. =blushes= I know whta you mean about the slacking off or not eating right when family comes over for a long visit. When i lived with my boyfriend i forgot that he could eat anything and everything and not gain a pound. I followed in his footsteps but i was the one to gain 30 or so pounds. Shame on him! haha.

Hi ladies!

I have lost 40 pounds! I weighed in yesterday at 194 which means 40 pounds down from my starting weight! Woohoo!

I'm so glad I've been able to get back on track. And that I never gained any back. I edited my Easter goal but I'm ok with it. It's coming off and that all that matters!

stacy- that's quite a benchmark. you should be really proud of yourself! How do ya feel?


I'm just getting over spring break. One glorious week without an alarm going off at 3:30 am... I almost quit my job this morning!
"I can live in a box and eat out of a dumpster- just let me sleep!!!!!!!"
We also just go selected for a new aprtment, so I've been purging all the crap I've accumulated over the past year that won't be making it to the new place. Anyone need a coffee table? Entertainment Center? Dining room table and chairs? No takers? I say we got selected because our new landlord is very gay and the apt is fabulously painted/decorated. He is also a well-known make up artist and his partner is a stylist. I felt like they were checking Ross' hairline and my roots during the showing.

Oh, and there is this great little coffee shop on the first floor of our building. When I heard that I turned to Ross and said, "It's going to be just like Friends! We have a Central Perk!!!"..... to which he immediately backed out of all future plans with me....

Here's to 40 pounds and moving!!!

Megan - Congrats on reaching your goals! I'm going to try the Lean Gourmet. I always pass over them in the store.

stephiewilliams - I wouldn't say Curves was better or worse than a normal gym because it's so different. It really works for everybody (except maybe the super-fit). The machines will work as hard as you want them to. I like it because I don't feel out of place. The variety of ages, sizes, colors, etc, is just amazing!

trns - thanks for the compliment!

Stacy - 40 lbs gone! Wow! Congrats!

junebug - LOL at your landlord.

My day was pretty good. I slipped up and had a slice of pizza for lunch instead of my Healthy Choice. Someone had a meeting in the conference room across from my office and handed out the leftovers. It just so happens that pizza is my absolute favorite food in the world. But, I did park about 20 minutes from my job, so I had a nice walk to and from work. Hope that burned off at least the pepperoni!

stacylambert - Congrats! That is a MAJOR accomplishment. You should be really proud of yourself!

trns - CONGRATULATIONS! So happy for you as you said, certainly not the last time.

stacy - good girl! 40 lbs is huge and you should be so proud of yourself. great job!