Southern Butterfly , 09-24-2003 10:51 AM
I've had such a hard time getting and staying motivated since I moved back to Memphis. It seems as if no one I know is worried about their health. Most people I know and meet laugh at people who eat healthy and exercise.
Aquareggie , 09-24-2003 11:24 AM
I'll hold myself accountable until next week Tuesday... but I'll join the rest of you on Sunday to pick next week's goal. Is that OK?
friendsforfitness , 09-24-2003 12:14 PM
Southern Butterfly , 09-24-2003 01:03 PM
happy dance dot , 09-24-2003 03:30 PM
friendsforfitness , 09-24-2003 05:52 PM
Just wanted to check in and say... I did it!! 2 days of brisk walking and both days were 25 minutes!! 2 down and 2 to go! WHOOOO HOOOOO YAY FOR ME It's not quite dessert time yet, but I'm focused so I think I'll be fine. 
And this afternoon I walked 4 miles on the treadmill.
(hee-hee)
redballoon , 09-25-2003 01:32 AM
I am SO glad to see you all here and lots of new people too. 
All the energy on here is really something and it's going to help get us all through to our goals! but that doesn't really make it that much easier. A whole hour on the treadmill! Utterly awesome! And then 30 mins. on the elliptical! And NO cokes?!! 
Somebody get the smelling salts!! I feel faint! Heh, how did the party go? It sounds to me like your office is a cruel, cruel place. I'm glad you skipped the cookbook and made time for YOUR workout instead. You show 'em, Cherie. You're going to be a knockout. You already are for that matter. Probably if the others in your office did the kind of exercise you're doing they'd have to be rushed to the hospital! Yes, I'm going to eventually make this not eating at night a habit. Since I've done it now these past two weeks it has been like a great mind expanding drug. New possibilities are there where before I seemed stuck in the muck and mire of years of habitual munching at all and every hour of the day and night! You really could have mistaken me for one of those grazing animals, but not the gazelle or deer. . 
you know the kind! Don't mind the horse jargon please. I'm horse crazy and also cover racing here. There's a filly running this year who is just fantastic and you had me thinking of her. She's a beauty and beating the colts. Her name is Fine Motion. By the way, I specifically went in and turned on the signatures again to see what you were hiding there and I love it, your weight loss goals. They certainly look doable and I like the steamy summer you've got planned and the stop 'em dead Halloween costume you're thinking of. I should have known from your photo -- the set of the chin, the spark in the eye and that hint of a pout! -- that you're a sassy gal, Lisa! They go through DAYS of questioning and are specially selected. I see to it that only those destined to succeed are allowed to post here. They know it. We're all in cahoots to make it look EASY! WHAT? . . . What did you say? You say YOU'RE destined to succeed. Oh, well in that case. . . well, heck, why didn't you say something sooner. . .JUMP ON IN!! Heh, by the way, I've been a vegetarian for years and years and years and I was vegan for a long time too. Do you know the vegan recipe site on the Net. It has tons of good recipes, not that I've tried them, but they sure make good reading. Maybe you can try them out. And another by the way, I saw the pound-a-week thread (didn't know it was yours) and was going to join but I got scared off by the pound goal. I didn't want to get hung up on the scale because I know how it fluctuates and even though I could have been doing well I may have become discouraged if I didn't see that pound loss every week. Maybe there were other people who wimped out like me. Don't take it personally!
to you for that 2 mile jog. People in Memphis laugh at people who eat healthy and exercise?!!? Well, you know who's going to have the last laugh, don't you! Keep it up! I, too, wish I'd found out about this site earlier and, you know, I can't even remember how I DID find out about it. You know what they say though, when the student is ready the teacher will appear. So I guess I just wasn't ready yet! I am now! You just tell your boyfriend that we gals are built to last! and we sure hope he gets some meat on those ribs so we don't have to carry him if the going gets rough! 
hurrah for your yoga and not eating after 7. Yes, I'm interested in knowing how long you've been doing yoga. I too have always been interested but I'm really stiff and always give up. I would love to become flexible again. Maybe I can weave that in to a future challenge. I had to get it in there. I love that acronym. Used it once on another thread and didn't get any comments. Maybe people were clicking their tongues and shakin' their heads and going. . . she's just not one of us, is she? must have come from the wrong side of the tracks. . .tsk, tsk. 
PhotogirlTX , 09-25-2003 09:33 AM
friendsforfitness , 09-25-2003 10:54 AM
Southern Butterfly , 09-25-2003 10:57 AM
I can't decide if I want to jog again or do an exercise tape. I have to fish them out. 
That is one of the tapes I can't wait to get out of the closet.
Sweets are my weakness. 
Aquareggie , 09-25-2003 11:07 AM
I just went grocery shopping last night, and am ready to take on the week. I even found vegan margarine. It's amazing how many "vegetable" oils have whey in them.
But good for you for avoiding Coke. Thanks for starting this thread and for being so motivating. Nice to meet a fellow vegetarian. Yes, I got my seven dinners for the week off of the vegan recipe site. Hope that they turn out. And I weigh in tomorrow -- wish me luck!
