Whoops, cross posted w/Meredith!
I'm sorry to hear you had trouble sleeping -- I've always been insomniatic, even as a kid, and I often have the same trouble...dragging myself into work after getting to sleep at 3am. Exercise has helped, but it doesn't always do the trick. I feel your pain!!
I'm impressed that you still did your Pilates though, even though you really didn't want to -- those workouts are the biggest successes in my eyes, because that is a real triumph of willpower and keeping an eye on your long term goals. It's easy to exercise when you're a bundle of energy -- it's a real feat when you have to drag yourself into it. Good for you!

Hey look! Two pages! It's been a while since that happened to our "little" thread, hasn't it, Copperblu? It's great! BTW, great idea on the bio-thread! Count me in!

I don't have much time this morning, but I wanted to check in and let you know I had another great workout at Curves yesterday, and will probably make it there tonight too... a coworker is leaving for an 18 month leave of absence, so there's a party after work, but I don't plan on staying too long ~ we'll see!

Anyway, thanks for the yoga website, Stamper! Looks good... I'll just have to try fitting it in... hmmm...

Meredith! Congrats on quitting! I quit my half pack a day habit over three years ago, and I still sometimes crave a smoke, especially when I'm drinking around smokers. I tried a drag a couple months ago, and YUCK!

Keep up the good work everyone!

Two pages!
AND, I still haven't posted my own update, forgetful as I am!
Congrats on the great workout Marvin, and have fun at the party!

my update:
Today, draaaaged my butt out of bed again (I have been REALLY tired the last few days) and went for my weights workout. Got everything in, and went up by 5 pounds on the lat pull, leg press, adductor, abductor, and triceps press. Did an extra set on the chest press + leg press.
Phew! Now I can go to my Girls' Night Out with a clear conscience!
And tomorrow is rest day! Yay! But a doctor's appointment -- Boo! Ah well.

Oh, I nearly forgot! I weighed in at 148 today! The scale has finally moved!!!! I'm going to wait to see if it holds up before changing my signature, but I am mighty pleased to see even the smallest amount of possible change after such a long plateau.

I think the bio page is a good idea, but 3FC already provides a place for it on the profile. If you scroll to the top of the screen and click on profile, and then on edit profile. You can type in info about yourself, attatch avatars, even attatch your home page if you have one.

I rode my bike to town again today. It was great!

Marvin, You keep mentioning Curves. What is it?

My plan for the day is to do my Firm Body parts upper body tape and go to kickboxing class.

I went shopping this morning because the husband complained he didn't have enough shorts, so i figure that counts as exercise too since I was there for 2 hours!

Actually, a lot of people don't fill out the profile information because they don't want to be targeted by data collecting programs or random stalkers. I never fill them out, so I'm not sure how much space the bio segment of the 3fatchicks profile gives you. At any rate, I think the idea is to have one spot where all of the bios were gathered, so you could see the group at a glance.

Hi! Glad some of you checked out the yoga link and liked it.

Copperblu: Congratulations on your scale going down. You are just a few pounds away from where I want to get to (my goal is 145). I would participate in a BIO page. I do have a few things on the Profile but I had the same concern you mentioned.

Saggy: That's great that you are back into your kickboxing class. I've never tried that. I hear it's a great workout. Probably good for stress relief too?

Meridith: That's great that you got your workout in at night but too bad you couldn't sleep. That can be so frustrating. I used to have trouble sleeping all the time (even as a kid) but once I had a baby it's like my body rhythms changed or something. Now I am usually asleep right after I lay down. Once in a while I can't sleep and if I toss and turn more than 1/2 hour I go lay down on the couch and turn on the TV. I fall asleep best to QVC.

Marvin: Hope you got to Curves and had a good time at the party for your co-worker.

Morrigan: Is an avatar the little symbol you attach under your name (like Marvin's Martian and your design)? I was looking at the profile the other night trying to figure out how to select one and couldn't figure it out

My update: Got on the scale today and I had lost 1/2 pound, which was great since I've been stuck. Tonight we went out to eat at Applebees and I got on the DottiesWeightLossZone board to look up the Weight Watcher points first. So I got the low-fat chicken quesadillas. I went outside and did 30 minutes of laps when we got home. It was down in the 70's by then (almost 9 pm) but the water was almost 80 so that wasn't too bad. Now I still need to do my leg weight exercises since I didn't get myself out of bed this morning. I was tempted to skip it but since Meredith did her workout at night I feel inspired.

Tomorrow night we are going out to eat again and to hear a band so I probably won't get to post. I hope I can make good choices and not drink to much. Maybe I can get my DH to dance with me for exercise!

Have a good Friday!

Good morning and happy friday!

WTG, Copperblu, on your loss! I'm sure it's accurate, because you've been working sooooo hard! It's about time the scale finally showed it for ya! Congrats!

Saggy, check out www.curvesforwomen.com Curves is a great facility, women only, that focuses on strength training through resistance. It only takes a half hour to do, and because it's a circuit, with prompts to change stations, you don't have to think too much! Basically, you just pick a station to start at, and go around the circle three times. How easy is that?

Morrigan, good job on the riding! Do you wear a brace or anything on your knee when you're on your bike? I've got a couple different kinds... one is like a cotton type sleeve, with metal bracing up the sides, and the other is a neoprene wrap around style..... I just have to say that that neoprene is he** when you're sweating! :LOL:

Stamper, you're right, the Marvin under my name is an avatar... I think Morrigan's is one of the one's that you can just select off the 3FC's page.... mine is a custom picture.... I managed to figure the process out before. Let me get out there, and I'll try to make up some instruction for you! BTW, great job on the loss!

As for me, I skipped out on Curves last night... I stayed a little too long at the party last night (but I wasn't drinking!) and by the time I left, all I wanted was to go home... I was sooooo tired! I still am, and actually feel like I hardly slept at all. Anyway, I am going to Curves today whether I like it or not, which will make it my minimum of three times a week... I HAVE to get back into swimming! Next week, I promise!

See ya later!

Stamper,

Here;'s how to get the avatar!

Go to the profiles page (through the link at the top of every page), and click on "edit options".

Once you're there, scroll down to the section called "other options" and click on "avatar"

Then click on "change avatar", and then you can either pick one of the available pictures, link to a pic on the web, or upload one from your computer.

Good luck!

The good news is that since I started with the everday exercisers thread I have worked out 26 days consecutively (with only July 4th as a day of rest). It sounds great, but some of the work outs have been less tham optimal (under 20 minutes of cardio at low intensity). What I want to do now is up the intensity. I thought about doing BFL, but decided not to for now. I am pretty happy with my diet and not all the exercises in the BLF book are suited to my knee recovery.

So today at PT I handed my physical therepist a pen and told her what kind of things I already do in the gym (although sporadically) and asked her what else I should be doing and how often I should be doing it etc... Right now I do 1.5 hours of weights 3 days a week for my right calf, quad, hamstring, and butt. We set up a schedule for covering my left leg at the gym as well as arms, abs and back. Starting tonight I am going to be going to the gym every other day for weight training. I am going to write down how many reps and what the weight is and chart my progress through the end of the summer (once school starts my workout schedule always gets messed up). I am also going to do aerobic exercise 7 days a week (like I have been), but I am going to try to do intense aerobic exercise at least 3 days a week for 60 minutes. Right now I rarely break a sweat and I know I will have to it I am going to get in shape.

I am pretty excited about getting started. It has been a long time since I challanged myself like this physically and the most I have ever lasted is about 2 weeks and then I stopped going to the gym. I figured since I don't have to work until August 29th, it gives me a month and a half to take care of myself. I am going to measure myself all over and try on a tight pair of jeans and write it all down so I can keep track of my progress for the next 2 months.

Wish me luck!

I made it to the gym for my exercises. It took me 2 hours to get through everything. I plan on lifting every other day for the rest of the summer.

The workout: Cardio every day. Abs every day. Hard cardio every other day. Weights every other day: all with 3 sets of 12 reps with the 10-12 rep being very difficult to achieve. Leg Press, Toe Press, HS Curls, Glutes, Triceps, Bicep Curls, Lat Pulls, Rows, Chest Press, Military Press, Chest Flys, Push Ups, Abs, Stair Master, Shoulder Ext, Back Ext, Twisty Back, Leginair abs, Stretching.

My physical therepist wrote it all up for me - mostly based on stuff I already knew and like to do with only a few additions. All the leg stuff I do with my right leg only because I am doing 1.5 hours of weights 3 days a week at physical therepy for just my left leg.

Tomorrow is going to be a light day and then back to the gym for a good workout M,W, and F.

Marvin: Thanks for the directions on how to select an avatar. I haven't tried it yet but I will.

Morrigan: That's great that between you and your PT you have an exercise plan in place now. It will be good to know that you can exercise and not hurt your knee.

My update: I didn't work out Friday at all. I had a really hectic day at work and then rushed around in the evening until it was time to go out. We had a babysitter and went out to eat and hear a band. I did pretty good with the food choices and even the drinks except that I had a coffee with kahlua and it had about 4 inches of whipped cream on top. I scraped all the whipped cream off except a real thin layer. Yesterday I swam quite a bit. I did 45 minutes seriously and then I was in and out after that. I plan to do my arm weight exercises and then go swim laps in a little while. The pool is kind of cold today - 75 degrees F. We've had cool nights. After I swim I guess we will put the cover on to see if we can get it to warm up.

Have a good Sunday!

hi guys! I didn't do any exercises yesterday because I went with my husband to the Midwest American Motorcycle race. I think I was the only girl there. It was a total guy thing. We drove 3 hours to get there managing to get a $100.00 speeding ticket on the way up. We walked around quite a bit and I got fried. My nose and arms are burnt. I figure he owes me big after spending the day there.

Anyhow today i plan on doing my arm weights and a half hour of step aerobics. The weather has been so nice (No humidity) so I will probably go to the park tonight for a nice stroll. Hope you have a great Sunday.

Saggy

I hadn't planned on it, but I am going to the gym again tonight with my DH. I am going to do at least 40 minutes of cardio and leg weights and abs. My arms are still really sore from yesterday, so they get a day of rest.

I had a really bad start to the day eating wise (over 800 calories for breakfast) - but have had lots of tea and water all day and am holding steady at 936 so far without dinner yet.