Hey, gingerjen, which part of nebraska are you from? I live in Omaha, NE. And I am one day older than you.

Wow,
It makes me feel good to know that we are making someone else feel good about themselves, that is a confidence booster as well.

Tsots-that is kinda freaky. I live in Blair, and my husband works in Omaha.
Jen

Jen,

omg, you probably thought I was missing in action. My weekend got so crazy. I am ashamed to say that I did not even workout Saturday or Sunday. I haven't excercised today yet but I definately will. Unfortunately I am not feeling very positive about my weigh-in tomorrow. But congratulations to you on the weight loss. You have been doing so good at staying on track, I'm envious. You are going to look great by summer at this rate.

I have been baking up a storm and will do more tonight. My husband has so many acquaintances through his business that I always try to have baked goods on hand at Christmas time to give to people. But unfortunately in the process eat some of it myself. I love to bake but my husband is not a sweet eater so I typically give stuff away all year long. Wow, that cinnamon roll sounded great. That is something I haven't had in along time. Since I don't work in an office anymore I never eat donuts (that's a good thing).

I have never been to a Y but I loved the gym I used to go to. I especially loved water aerobics. I had a couple of really good instructors and literally firmed up in a very short amt. of time, it was great. I have tried a few classes at local high schools but unfortunately have never found any real good instructors, it has never been the same. I am trying to keep costs low so working out in my living room to a dvd is working out good for me. And luckily I found this site and it will keep me on task. Talk to you soon.

Leigh, Thanks for the encouragement. Good luck to you in your journey.

MJ

Jen,

Weigh-in day! I lost 1 pound. Yippee! It gives me the motivation to go on. Hope you are having a great day. More later...

MJ

Emjay,
Congrats on losing a pound. Losing weight is very hard and it feels great to see it come off. I think it would be so much easier for me if I wasn't so compulsive. I don't always think about what I am doing, I just do it. I'm also really impatient, I want results and I want them now. Too bad it wasn't that easy.

Sounds like the holidays has you very busy. I still have to wrap gifts, and well pick a few up yet. I think next year I will start in June so I'm not so frantic.

I agree with working out in the living room to cut costs, works great for me, and I am losing the weight without the gym so a double bonus. I keep thinking that maybe I will start running in the spring. I would love to now but it is just too much of a hassle. We will see when springtime comes.

What kinds of workouts have you been getting in? I love shopping for workout dvds, I have more than I need but I still pick them up occasionally, maybe its that compulsive side of me The nice thing is I can do what I am in the mood for. WEll hope to hear from you soon. Hope things settle down for you. Good luck with the rest of this week.
Jen

Jen,

I have been sticking to my watp mostly. I will probably do that susan powter 1 day a wk. it is more time consuming so it will be whatever day I feel I have more time. I love the watp, partially because they are easy to fit in when you don't have a lot of time and when I'm done I feel as though I have done something. The 1 and 2 mile ones I have been doing now are for the abs. And I have noticed, especially in my obliques, that I'm toning up. I also have a non body part specific 1 mile and 3 mile. I should do the 3 mile one more often but that one is a real workout for me and more time consuming. I'm hoping my sister brings the taebo tapes to Christmas for me. That would be a great after the holidays challenge for me. If you get a chance try the watp. In the spring I will be hitting the streets and walking outside. We have too much snow and ice to do it now, I'm always afraid of falling and injuring myself. I will be in Florida for the month of March and Texas for the first 2 weeks of April. So I plan on really getting out and walking alot down there. We are staying in a condo in FL and I am really hoping they have an excercise facility, that would be awesome.

My brother in law is having neck surgery tomorrow and I will probably help take care of him for a few days after that. I will try to check in as much as possible but if you don't hear from me I will be back as soon as possible.

See ya, MJ

Emjay,
Sorry to hear about your brother in law. I hope everything goes well for him.

I am so glad most all of our snow has melted. It was kinda warm today. Makes me miss spring, spring is my favorite season.

Wow Florida and Texas, that sounds like fun. Working out in nice weather would be a wonderful change. I keep trying to talk my husband into moving south, but most of our family is here so here is where we stay.

Good luck with the next couple days. I will talk to you later.
Jen

Jen,

My bil's surgery went well. He comes home tomorrow, I think I will be helping care for him.

I stopped at a store today for something unrelated to fitness videos but like you I compulsively bought one. I do that a bit too. Anyways it's a Denise Austin Blast Away the Pounds. Similar to the Walk away the Pounds I have been doing. But she has nothing on Leslie Sansone. It is a little too aerobic dance for me. Alot of moves to keep up with, the watp is more basic and has stronger moves. This new tape has three 1-mile walks on it and a stretch. I will probably just throw it in once in a while for variety, but I wouldn't suggest it to anyone else. Do you have any Denise Austin tapes? This is the first one I have purchased and she may be the single most annoying person I have seen. Maybe it was just this tape though.

Well talk to you later.

MJ

Glad to hear the surgery went well. Sounds like you are going to be busy.

Yes I have a few of Denise Austins workout vidoes and she is the same in all of them, I just turn the volume way down. I'm not big into her aerobic workouts, but her pilates and weights arn't too bad to learn on. She has a stability ball workout that I like to throw in every once in awhile. It helps to have a little variety. Well for me anyway.

It is late so I am gonna call it a night. I'll check in again tomorrow.
Jen

Jen,

Hope your day was good. Mine was ok. I did pretty good w/ food until dinner and had pizza. I ate more than I should have as usual w/ pizza. I'm paying for it now, it feels like a rock in my stomach. You'd think I would lean my lesson and eat better more consistantly. I will keep trying though. I did my 3-mile watp. Haven't done that one in a long time. I think I will do it again tomorrow. Talk to you soon.

MJ

I know what you mean about pizza, that is one of my favorite foods. It is hard not to overeat. Tonight I had biscuits and hamburger gravy. I love homemade gravy but I did good. I only had one biscuit half a cup of gravy. I even managed to eat a breakfast this am. I'm not a breakfast person but I have made it a new goal of mine to eat it.

I did a 35 minute taebo workout and a ten minute ab workout. I didnt' go back to bed right away this morning after my husband left so I flipped through the channels and come across an infomercial about Turbo Jam. It looks really fun so after everything from Christmas settles down I may just have to order it.

I am going to be baking cookies tomorrow so I hope I can be good, and no cheating. I may have to have one or two, but I will have to quit at that.
Well I will talk to you later.
Jen

Jen,

What is Turbo jam? If you order it you will have to give me a full review. I bought a cardio dance blast dvd a while back and have yet to use it. I looked at it once and tried a few moves. It looks quite difficult to learn but I like to dance. I'm trying to get some friends together to try it. It looks like it would be more fun w/ others. I saw Kirstie Allie on Oprah and she said her secret weight loss tool was dancing. I still have to try it.

Good luck with the cookies.

MJ

Emjay,

I really didn't see a whole lot of the workout but Turbo Jam looks a lot like Taebo but also kinda dancy. I'm not sure how to describe it. I will definately let you know what I think if I get it. I just finished my breakfast and I'm gonna get my shower taken. I've got a lot of work to get done. My husband wants to leave as soon as he gets off work. His dad wants to take us out to dinner tonight. Sounds great except it is a four hour drive so we are hoping to be there by 8 tonight.

Well I'm back to work. I hope you have a Merry Christmas, chances are I won't be back on until Sunday evening or Monday morning. Good luck with all the wonderful foods that everyone is sure to be offering. I've decided a couple of days won't kill me if I watch what I eat, maybe not count calories, which I imagine would be next to impossible, but just not overindulge.

Merry Christmas
Jen

jen,

Merry Christmas! I hope you have a wonderful day. Don't worry about food today, just enjoy yourself!

MJ

Good for you. I am ready to try again. I have high hopes this time. I have been reading about the 3 hour diet. It will be hard for me to eat breakfast though. I do believe it will jump start my metabolism.