poo! i just wrote a bunch of responses and accidentally closed the page and lost it all... don't you hate that??

lately my food and exercise have not been good - however it's a new week, so i feel like i have a fresh start today. and one positive thing i can say is that i have not smoked a single cigarette! =)

today i am going to check out a different gym... i currently go to LA fitness, but there is a cheaper gym that is all women and closer to my house. i used to go to a women's gym, but it closed. guys at the gym don't bother me, but i truthfully preferred my old women's gym.

sharon - i hope things work out for you this weekend, sounds like a LOT to manage going on... don't let the stress get to you (i know, much easier said than done!)

nikaia - good call giving the rest of your cupcakes away - get rid of the temptation! i love baking stuff for my friends or my dad because i can have a little bit and then get it out of my house.

becky - i get super emotional around my period too, but any time of the month i think it's nice to have some time away from your SO. i'm single at the moment (well, technically) but i think the best thing for my last relationship was the fact that we did spend time apart from each other - either with other friends or just by ourselves.

best to all for the week! =)

Thanks everyone, things are so much better today...he is just really stressed and getting completed frustrated with school. I let him know though that I was thinking about him I just didn't want to bother him.

Just a drive by, we have been so busy lately!!! The kids were out of school last week!

Thursday was court and the judge was cool, showed him and copied the death cert and he gave his condolences to the family and took us off the calendar!!! Hooray!!!

Then took the kids out to scandia mini golfing/ bumper boats/games etc.

Saturday we went to mojave narrows/fishing/park and spent time with my ex's dad and sis and bro in law and her twin sons, had a great time!!!

Sunday I was exhausted but went to church, running around the kids to the park, etc. It is monday and I am very tired!

Two nites I only got like 4, one nite and 6 hours sleep the next nite!!

I will catch up on post tomorrow.

I skimmed and seen MAnde is back!!!! Hooray!!!! I have missed you hun! Sorry to hear about your fiance! Better to find out now than to seal the deal. He didnt want to try to work it out?

Hey to everyone else!!

Congrats Jasmine on the court battle finally ending. You really have been busy, nice for the kids too.

Well We had a meeting tonight re my favourite subject the Stag and Doe, I feel a little better that things are more in control and I know what is going on. Still a few questions though, but hopefully more answers tomorrow. I am going to the doctor Thurs. hoping I will get something to control or at least help with this constant anxiety, it drives me round the bend, it is like I can't turn my mind off. Dh coloured my hair for me today as usual, only the one I picked was the wrong one and is very dark, hopefully it will lighten up before the weekend, if not before the shower on the 28th.

Have not been very hungry today, so got the fruit in but not the veggies, the fibre from the cereal and milk and a yogart. Water went well too, but got the exercise umph! Did some last night but not today. I really got to get into water exercisers.

Take care all,
Sharon S.

Hi all, SD Gal miss you. Well have got my exercise in two days running, that is a major for me, did 1 mile 1st night and 2 miles last night, plus floor both nights. Food was good as was water.

Today seems to be shaping up to be much the same, have a doc. appt. today and tomorrow. What a pain. Well I will try to get back to ya later.
Sharon S.

Today has been a fairly good day, foodwise at least. I still haven't gotten my butt to working out more than doing squats or crunches. I want to start walking and get myself in gear, but I haven't seemed to found the motivation.
Hopefully everyone else is doing great today!

Can I please get a kick in the butt, you guys? I've gone and toured the two main gyms in this town, decided which one I want to join - it's extensive, lots of classes, three cardio areas with TVs and DVD players on some of them, plus a "cardio theater" which is like a small movie theater, darkened and everything, only instead of sitting you watch while doing your cardio, and they play a different movie every day. The other one was dim, smelled kinda bad, and was mostly a jock gym. Half the price, but I'd rather pay for something I'll use...I'd make up any excuse I could to not go if I were at gym #2.

But anyway, I need to go in and actually sign up, and get started working out. The gym gives you a one-hour free session with a personal trainer to get you oriented and started, which will be good. I'm just...really self-conscious, especially about working out in a new place where I'm unfamiliar with the place, the layout, the machines. So I've been putting it off. Blegh.

Will respond to everyone later. I have to help bf edit his English paper that's due in an hour.

Wow that first gym sounds amazing....especially that movie part, i would do it if it was a good movie. ::kick in butt:: get in there!

Nikaia, it sounds as though gym #1 is it. Now you have to think of yourself and how much help it will be to you to go there and work out. You have done well with your weight, but could do even better by exercising. So get up and go NOW!!! Big KICK!!!

Food has been off for me today, I had pea soup for supper, which really was not too bad as well as crackers and was careful to count the points there as well. Then I had two granola bars and 1/2 a bag of rice rackers. And other than getting my water in, have not exercised. So not one of my prouder moments. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

The maid-of-honor for the wedding, buried her grandfather yesterday, then today took her father in to the hospital for a check, he has cancer and it has gotten worse and is bleeding internally. The poor girl, I feel so bad, to boot he is in the same hospital, same room that her grandfather died in. We will have to talk to her tomorrow and try and relieve her of all the things she was to do for the Stag and Doe on Sat. Thank goodness I saw my doctor to day and he gave me something to help calm me down. Tomorrow is my aunt's wake and Sat. the funeral, there is no way we can go now. I hate trying to make these type of decisions.

Have a good day tomorrow.
Sharon S.

i just finished a binge after promising myself i WOULDN"T binge today, because i'm going out for dinner to this great new place with someone i really like and i DON"T want to feel like crap. I wanted to be able to enjoy myself and not feel like a bloated, beached whale.

now i just want to cry... i wish i could make myself puke. that may be one of the sickest things i've ever said, but i do.

sugarbaby269:

I just prayed again. We can pray for each other to be healthy!

No I didn't read it.

Nikaia:

So good to see ya back hun!!!! *BIG HUGZ*

iriswhispers:

Hey good to see ya! Don't stress!!

Canuk4

How far away is the cottage?

Rhighlan86:

Scary. I have wondered that about cars as well!

iriswhispers

Congrats!!

WHy did he say no?

lodyangel

It has been cold out here too!!

I read the review before. SOunds good!

Jasmine: Hang in there you are doing great! Your still in my prayers!

Thank you, keep praying! I had a few bad food days around last weekend and by sunday I was doing bad again! B.p. went back up!

I have been getting back on track though. uggghhhh

Congrats and just persevere!

Nikaia

Good you deserve it!!

martiniforme:

Hooray! That is great!! Did you move far from your old town?

Canuk4:

I am sorry to hear about your aunt!!

Nikaia:

I live in Ca and I was going to say the same thing, or what about those school secretary/clerk/attendance jobs? You aren't bilingual, there are usually no jobs!

Rhighlan86:

You two share an apt and he has his own room?

No we usually don't like time apart. He does go to work so that is our time apart. Sometimes he will want to relax and play video games or something, or I may play on the boards a bit.

*BIG HUGZ* Its just that time of month for you!!

Sounds like fun!!

Canuk4:

Has everything settled down yet?

iriswhispers

All women sounds better!

Canuk4:

Thanx sweetie!!! Yeah i am so happy!

Oh hun! Tell me how that goes!! Have you tried avoiding caffeine?

I hope so too!

Canuk4:

I am sorry to hear about the bridesmaids family. I will pray!

iriswhispers
Sometimes that happens. Don't beat yourself up over it. *HUGZ*

Okay so where are all the ladies at!!!

Okay so I haven't felt well this week. A few of my days were lower than 1200. I will have to look at yesterday.

I am just trying to avoid coffee and avoid bad foods mostly. My b.p. went back up, I think it is down more again. idk, I just want to be well.

We went out shopping for a fridge yesterday, bought a samsung and now I am freaking out if I made the right decision! The jdpowers and associates rated them best for last year!! Then I find a website with nothing but complaints!!

Has anyone had any experience with best buy ext warranty on fridges? Cause now I am thinking of calling and canceling my order, or maybe having to pay for an ext. warranty!

Hi, I'm new. My name is Emily. I think I would like to participate in this challenge. My goals are to tone up and lose weight. However, I need to not get obsessed with it. I am a compulsive overeater/ binge eater and I have that "all or nothing" mentality.

I guess for the rest of this month, my goal would be to go to work out at least three times this week, write my food plan everyday, and stay away from the scale.

The workout would include 30-40 minutes of cardio and weight machines. I will focus on legs and abs and back on Monday, chest and shoulders on Wednsday, and arms on Friday. I will also do a CORE class on Thursday, and play raquetball once.

I will not weigh myself this week.
I don't want to give those numbers too much power. I seem to evaluate my self-worth based on the scale, and I want to get away from that. i have made a decision to weigh myself once a month, using the scale at the gym so its always the same scale. This will prevent the confusing variations I tend tend to get when using different scales. I will weigh myself at the end of this month.

I'm looking forward to read about others' adventures towards health. Good luck to everyone!

Emily

Welcome eeg!

Jasmine~ we have seperate rooms to make the parents happy...since we are only dating it makes our parents happier knowing that we have two bedrooms. We actually do sleep apart quite a bit of the time because our beds are smaller and he kicks

Ugh...ive fallen off the cart and it ran over me recently, but i finally got the wake up call that i needed....i saw a picture of myself from behind....I was disgusted and actually have a new found desire to do this. Before I wanted to but there wasn't a real motivation. Now I'm ready!

eeg

That sounds like a great plan! We are glad to have you. Take pictures. Whenever I start seriously walking/eating right I don't usually lose but 1-2 lbs the first month, actually I usually gain a few as well. lol BUT I am building muscle and when I look at pics and compare I can see I am slimming up. So that is a good idea.

Rhighlan86:

Do they really think that prevents anything?

*picks you up in her cart*

Get back on it! You can do it!!!

Well I am at 1095 minutes.I have been doing mainly the 60 instead of the 80 but that is cause I was having more muscle pain in my leg so I took a day off on I believe the 15th and now that I am doing 60 am not having trouble. Don't know what the deal is but as long as I can keep my cals around 1400 I will do great even without the extra 20 minutes!

My cals have been really good lately. Actually I have been trying to make sure I get enough.

Been drinking nothing but water. Maybe I will make green tea soon. Been eating oatmeal again. (My aunt said that is something she also did while getting her b.p. back under control)

I had actually started doing that a few weeks ago and then remember within a week the stats were 10 less? But then the kids ruined the rest of it somehow and then I had 3 careless bad food days and before I knew it my b.p. was up again! Yeah so I am on the straight and narrow now.

oatmeal, walnuts, beans, chicken, veggie, rice, cheese, little bit of avocado, tomato, onion. I did have a bit of a treat last nite, popcorn!

Total cals yesterday were 1433 or so. Cals the day before were about 1248, cals the day before were 1355, cals the day before were 880. Yikes! NOT GOOD! Don't try that at home kids!!!

Anyhow I am feeling alot better. I can even feel my collar bone more!

I'm not really sure, I think they are hopeful, but they petty much know that we are getting ready for a wedding sometime soon