Been shopping all day. Lots of walking and waiting in lines. Oh my, that's Christmas in the stores, hahaha.

Must go check out this new Santa challenge.

i spent some of my afternoon jumping on our new trampoline with DS....didn't wear my HRM though....but i got on it this afternoon after we got DD from school and wore my HRM then and jumped for 10 minutes - was a 164 cal burn so i just used that number to help figure the 40 minutes i was on earlier with DS....so overall a great cal burn now to make dinner and fluff the tree for decorating later My parents are coming into town early next week, so we're excited to have them here for our Christmas celebrating and will have another christmas in Jan after the hubby gets home yippee!!! counting down till his homecoming
i seem to be holding at between 147-150...so hoping i can get some of the belly flab gone before hubby gets home (have gained back the 20 lbs i lost before he left in Feb)....wanna look good for homecoming celebration lol

Be careful all you icy weather people!!

Morning my new Purple Team mates,
My goal is just to keep motivated. I found when I don't sign on, post weights, activities ect. I don't do anything! But, I would love to see onderland sometime in 2010. Don't know what the usual weigh in date was so I'm going to exclude my 2 cents from the poll ...for now.
Hope everyone has a great day!

wii weight this morning 232.4 (46-42-44)

We had rain yesterday and don't have any snow left.

I must confess I had a potato chip melt-down last night. Ate quite a few but not the whole bag. DH had bought 3 bags when I was gone and there was one left in the cupboard. We were at his mom's last night and I tasted some she had there and that just started me off when I got home. I got on my bike and did another hour of peddling trying to counteract the effects of the chips. What's with the chips anyway? They aren't that good and I could have a handful and be done with them but no, I had to tunnel through the bag....sigh....I had a little, itty bite of fruit cake after lunch today and I was totally satisfied with that. Wish I could do the same for chips. Oh well, a few years ago I'd have bought in about 30 bags to get me through the two weeks of Christmas. I've come a long way from that. I'm not buying any chips this Christmas. Anyone who wants them had better buy their own and keep them out of the cupboard! I jumped on the scales this morning and I'm up a pound but I don't know if that has anything to do with the chips. I'm using my scales now again and it may just be the difference from DIL's scales and mine. Should have weighed when I got home to make a real comparison. Anyhoo, enough of that subject...too late now anyway.

Mandy, so glad you'll have your parents with you over the holidays. Not as good as having your DH home but pretty close. Wow, I didn't know a trampoline burned so many calories. Wish I had one now, haha. I'd probably kill myself on a trampoline as I'm a #1 klutz (MIL always tells me I'm clumsy).

Angela, I've noticed over the past couple of years I've been on 3FC that members from Cape Breton have overly harsh winters. Not that we don't get our share on this side of the pond but Cape Breton seems to get more storms. Be careful girl, especially on the ice. Hope you have on your snow grips by now.

Have a good day everyone and take a few minutes for yourself during this busy time of the year.

Good morning purple people! It's a good morning here anyway. I've had my healthy breakfast and gotten my workouts in, so I can "play" on 3FC guilt-free for a bit. Today should be a nice day. I have some cleaning/organizing to do, but then I should have time to relax and maybe even read a bit before picking up the kids from school. We'll see how it goes...

Good afternoon ladies. Well, I had to weigh in early this week and it went really well. Kinda too well, like I'm scared it's all going to come back at any minute. The past few weeks I've done okay, but I haven't been doing great. My exercise is half assed, my eating could definitely be better, but the weight is just melting off! Not complaining, just nervous. Waiting for the other shoe to drop I guess. I lost 5 pounds in 5 days. It doesn't feel real.

ACK! No fair. Somebody bring me a wet noodle! I've lost 5lbs in the past 4 months. LOL. Really I'm very happy for you.

No worries Monte. I've had those periods as well. You'll push through your slump! I think that's what makes me so nervous. I've been POP and lost little or nothing, and now I'm losing all this weight. It feels like someone's playing a trick on me.

Aclai-Must be that your body needed the change. It may not work forever, but it's working now, so enjoy it!

I have figured out how to be steady as a rock for the most part. I lose 5 pounds a month (give or take a pound), though there are fluctuations within the month. Here at the end, I'm expecting a slow down, but we'll see. This month I may be on the low end because I'm allowing myself more goodies than normal, but it's all part of the plan.

I was doing really good, staying on plan, then today was our office Christmas party and...wait....I know it's here somewhere.....has anybody seen my willpower? Aaaargh! Must get back on track immediately before I start overindulging in Christmas goodies....like the gorgeous cookie bouquet my daughter sent me.....have looked at it and admired the pretty way the cookies are decorated, but haven't eaten a one yet. *sigh* The next couple of weeks are going to be very challenging!