Hi Girls!!!!!! My apologies for this being the first time I've popped in here!


My name is Feral. I'm 25 and live in North Carolina. I work full time at a middle school (Guidance secretary), go to school part time (pre nursing major) and travel back and forth monthly between NC and ATL where my boyfriend lives. I moved BACK from Atlanta a little over a year ago and am SOOO ready to move back down there! I'm shooting for this summer.

I currently am doing the WW program. I had lost about 17lbs all together (from my heaviest sometime this Christmas) to now.... and then gained by 7 over the past two weeks. I was bad... and I paid for it. LOL

Last week wasn't so hot as far as my steps went. I was rear ended and doctor's orders were to stay home for 2 days because it aggrivated a previous back injury.

This week is MUCH better though. I feel like I have walked ALL OVER this school today. I keep taking the longest routes possible. HAHA!

I hope everyone is having a GREAT week.

Also, I have a test for school tonight and tomorrow and will be leaving to go out of town Thurs. - Monday. I will try to check in as often as possible, but if I disappear that's why!!!!

I received my WW pedometer yesterday. So I'm wearing it today hoping to pick up a few more steps.

I'm leaving work a bit early today...taking Mom to see Reba. She's excited about that. We've been having absolutely beautiful weather here until I plan to take Mom out for the evening and it's going to turn cold and rainy. I am pleased we might get some rain though and I have a big umbrella. Walking about the rodeo I should get quite a few steps there and I'll be pushing Mom on her walker a lot. She can't walk that far.

I'm also going to be off tomorrow and Friday. I won't be able to register steps until Monday but I'm planning to do WATP several times over the next four days....wish me success please.

Everyone have a terrific weekend.

Carolyn

Hi Feral, nice to see you.

Carrie, you'll do great!! Have fun at Reba!!

I'm doing okay. My little guy has been sick, so I've had some late nights and no walks in the morning. He's finally back at daycare today and hopefully will sleep normally tonight because I'm tired. I got my WiiFit in the mail yesterday and was trying it out at midnight after I finally got my guy to sleep but he was up again 10 minutes later. I still need to make it to the gym this week and really need to get back to it.

What a week! I'm just not getting the sleep I need to be alert and exercise. It's a big problem for me, if I don't get the sleep I need I feel like crap and it puts off so much stuff in my life.

So I dug out my WiiFit the other night it said my age was 47 and then the next day it said I was 33, my age. It makes a difference I guess in being tired or not.

I got some good sleep last night for a change but I slept too much, I just couldnt' make my body get up. I woke up at 4am in my son's bed, he must have got up in the night from coughing but I don't remember when I went there. Even my hubby didn't notice I was gone. So I made it back to my bed and slept until almost 7. I wish I'd gotten up sooner.

My lunch meeting was cancelled to I made arrangement for my oldest son for lunch and I'm heading to the gym. I'm so excited!! I really do love working out.

My boy is feeling way better! I'm hoping he's sleeping better tonight.

My workout at the gym was great! I'm so glad that I went, I felt wonderful afterward.

Hi EAGLES!!!! Yay us for winning last week!
It has been a rough week for me between work and Overtime, stress, PMS, sick dog, and taxes! I was NAUGHTY!!! but I am back on track!

Feral, welcome! awesome job on WW- just keep at it! What do you study in school?

Donna, Glad to hear everyone is feeling better.... WTG on getting back to the gym, it can be sooooo easy to let it slide! I did get my lettuce/spinach seeds planted this week, so I'll have yummy salads soon! Now we are back to rainy and wet this week, and weekend . It did feel good while the sunshine lasted..... when does the warmer season start for you???

Carrieylyn- sounds like fun, I love the rodeo!!! I must be slow today, what does WATP mean..... YAY, on your new pedometer!!!! RACK up those steps!!!!!!

Kim1214- congrats on your loss this week!! That is a success girl!!! keep up the hardwork, it will pay off !!!! you are probably building some muscle tooo with all your steps, sooo measure yourself You will get good news there too!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

I'm hoping this week is better than the last. Last week I forgot to wear my pedometer on parts of the day after changing or whatever. Plus not getting my morning walks really hurt me. I think some of my pants ride too high and don't let my pedometer work properly but i just counted what it said.

Already to day I'm way over all of last weeks numbers and it's only 9:30, i did stay up late reading but when I woke up at 6:30 I got up anyway and walked. It felt great. I'm feeling so much better and on track even with last weeks dismal efforts. I'm still down 1lb at my weekly weigh in more than I've seen in over a month.

We are still very, very cold here. It's -28C today. It was down to -38 this weekand and we are supposed to be starting to warm up. Another month before we see some nice weather though.

I haven't started any of my plants yet, I was supposed to go dig a trail to my green house and get out my trays but I didn't want to face the wind we were getting. The snow on the side yard is past my knees but I'm going to put on the ski pants some point this week and when I do I'll go get them. I did dig out the back gate this weekend and what a workout that was. I've also been on my WiiFit everyday since we got in on Tuesday. It's a lot of fun!

How is everyone else doing?

Um Donna, I could not live where you do! and the next time I start to Whine about the weather, I am gonna think of you and Thank my lucky stars I am not up to my butt cheeks in the white stuff. I was born and raised in the Desert, so I am used to the heat. Heat comes with its own challenges, but the Really hot days only lasted about 3.5 months. and we had, pools, and AC.
As for my steps, I have good days and not so good days. My average is slightly up for last week. Nothing spectacular!

Glad to here Donna (ConfessorSiuan) is feeling better this week, how is everyone else doing?

Hi Girls! Sorry I didn't put in my steps yesterday. I was in Atlanta from Thurs-Monday so I didn't really have a chance to check in. I was visiting my boyfriend and it was my best friends boyfriend. I pretty much ate WHATEVER I wanted so I haven't lost any weight this week, but at least I didn't gain any. We ate a lot of crap. LOL

Lewis - I'm currently a pre-nursing major. They make you jump through a lot of hoops (mainly pre-requistes that yo uhave to meet in order to "compete" to get into nursing school), but it's good being back in school. It just keeps me really busy. I'm hoping that by this summer I can quit my job, move to ATL and go to school full time and work from home part time. *keeps fingers crossed*

Donna - how do you like the wii?! My old roommates had one and I remember when we first got it we stayed up ALL night playing it. I don't know anyone that has the wii fit though. I've seen mixed reviews online.

Carolyn - how is the WW pedometer? I've heard some good things about it but ended up going with one from Dick's sporting goods. I don't like that it doesn't have an extra belt clip. This one just latches on and some how I've managed to lose it a few times.

Hi girls!
I am just getting home from work.....
Feral, I hope you are going for at least your RN. I have been a nurse since 1997, It has its ups and downs. But as a career, you can't beat it. You are never out of a job that is for sure! Good luck, school will zoom past you! I will keep my fingers crossed for you too!.

A quick hello to the rest of team Eagle, This eagle is hitting the Hay!!!
Keep steppin girls!!!!

Things are good here. Still not sleeping well but I managed to get up the last two mornings, mostly because my 2 year old would not go back to sleep. It's a good thing I guess.

I really like the WiiFit, I can get on and end of on for an hour or more just trying stuff our and trying to open more moves. I like it. My boys like it too! I'm a little scared of doing some of the strength moves though, i still did some of them and I really like the yoga, my sides still feel a little sore from that, I have to do it again real soon.

The rodeo was fun and they had Reba turned up way too loud so we left early. It was a nice evening out though.

I need to go in and log my steps....though I picked up a virus and did not get many in the last 3 days. But since I did not eat much I dropped a pound which makes 3 sick days not so bad after all.

LewisEmpire - WATP is Leslie Sansone's Walk Away the Pounds videos and they are nice to use when you can't get out much.

I'm not sure about the WW pedometer yet. My being inconsistent with walking I'm not sure it's me or it. I'm wearing it now and I think it's me as the problem.

Hope all is well with everyone.

Carolyn

Yay!! For WATP, this is what I do every morning. I do 3 miles, I wish I could find the longer walks around here. I do turn her down and walk to my ipod though. Get's me sweating! I love a good workout!@