Hey ladies, love the new avatars Lynne (is that your wedding picture? How sweet!) and Janine! I knew we were a bunch of great looking ladies . We may have to rename this thread next month to something like "Walking Beauties" ...anyway, it's great to have faces to put w/the names. Hope to see more of you others too.

Got my regular route in w/out the puppy this time. The weather was getting overcast but the breeze was blowing so it wasn't so humid. We may get a bunch of rain tonight though, I don't mind as long as it clears up for the weekend. No plans in particular for Sunday, we'll just wing it I guess.

Jenifer and Kristen and anyone else who weighs in tomrrow, good luck I'm sure you'll all do fine! Speaking of movies, I just bought the Real Women Have Curves DVD and watched it yesterday. It was kind of funny knowing how certain ethnic families have their own quirks and behaviors...let me just say that I can relate I haven't seen 2 Weeks Notice yet but will look out for it next time we go to the video store.

Janine, packing up the hubby and one son away for the weekend huh? Will they be back to cater to your every whim on Sunday?

Kristi you must be very proud of your daughter and her singing ability. I know I would cry too watching my kid perform, in fact last year he had a little bit part in a farewell program where all he did was hold up a sign and sing a little jingle, I was tearing up . Have a good time tomorrow night.

Crist, another long day? Hope it went well.

Well hope I didn't miss anyone, gotta run and give my son a bath. Have a good night all.

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May Goal Miles: 85
Miles walked today 5/9/03: 3.5
Total walked to date: 28
Miles to Go: 57

weigh in saturday was a success! down 1.6. yippee! and, for some odd reason, i decided to actually tuck in my shirt today... i never do that... i generally like to hide my rolls.

it's a beautiful day out and i'm planning on getting a walk in. i had to nudge my friends a little bit to do it with me since i'm hanging out with them the whole day!

jenifer - everyone seems to be different with their weightlos... my first week i lost a bunch... and then the next week, barely anything... the week after... a bunch. i guess just keep your head up through it all. i don't think i've plateaued yet... but when i do, hopefully i will be content with it.

alrightie girls... i just wanted to share my news. have a fantastic weekend....

Happy Weekend All!

Kristen, woohoo for you. 1.6 # that's t double r rific.

Jenifer, Have a sunny tornadoe free weekend

Noelle, You just gotta love those kids. Hope your weekend stays rain free and once again great job on that walking your miles are really adding up.

As for me, oooouuuuuch! This treadmill novice is feeling it today. It's a good pain though sore not injurous! Had a great time with my kids last night. Their elementary school held a Spring dance for just the little people. Parents had to sign in and stay. No drop and runs allowed. It makes for a nice night. In art last week every child was given a sun visor to decorate and if you wore it you received a prize upon entering. We did the chicken dance, hokey pokey, limbo ( I sat out ) Lots of unorganized dancing too. Just about every child won a prize of some kind. They all had a ball. This morning we ditched the Sat. morning cartoons and hit the bike trail to the park. The kids had a doughnut and chocolate milk picnic for breakfast. I know not the healthiest, but it was a treat. Our regular route is 2 miles round trip, but we took a short cut so I'm logging 1 mile.

May goal 30M / MW 13.75 / MTG 16.25

Well I am sad to report a .4 gain! Ughhh talk about being upset! I will do better next week, I will not have brownies!
Noelle~ You are kicking butt on the walking! I think you are probably going to pass your goal again this month! whoohoo!
Kristen~ That is wonderful great job on the weight loss! Do you tend to stay with high or low points? When did you join WW?
When I was on my way home from weigh in I wanted to stop and get something fast food b/c I was mad, but I decided to come home fix some breakfast and now have just been cleaning. I need to stay on track and get this weight off!
Well dh just went to the bank to get some money and I think we are going to the fair here in town. It is very small town so it should be interesting b/c I am use to big state fairs. We just moved here last Halloween.
Have a great weekend ladies!

Hi ladies,

Sorry I haven't checked in for a couple of days. I have had a really bad week. No walking for the past coulple of days, and of course when I planned to get out ther today and do the new trail I found which would be about 4 miles, I look outside and it's SNOWING!!!!! Rained allday yesterday, and it's actually snowing now. I hate Colorado weather. Our trees here have suffered, branches have been breaking off all morning, so I've got to get out there soon and break them up for the trash. Although my sister is into all that wicca stuff, and she says she could use them to make wands and staffs to sell at the witchy auctions. More power to her I guess.

Well I think first I'm going to go tan and then go to the rec center. for some exercise. I need to get back on track. Monday is weigh in, and I know there will be a gain. Catch you all later.

I'm still here, not going anywhere. I have just been very busy with work and running around, it has been a little crazy the last three days. I did manage to get in a walk yesterday and today. Not much but a walk none the less. I also rode my bike yesterday for 25 mns. I will do more tomorrow.

Kristen, WTG on your weight loss!

Noelle, I agree about Janine and Lynnes avatars. GREAT photo's ladies! I have a couple of rolls of film that need to be developed but I need to finish off a roll before I take them to be developed. Hopefully there will be one decent photo of me in there and I may use one as the avatar.

Jenifer, sorry to hear of your gain. It wasn't too big of a gain so with a little hard work this week I bet you will be back to seeing a loss next weigh in.

Jen, sounds like you have been busy. I know what you mean about Colorados weather. My mother and brother lived there for a few years and we visited in May one year and one day it hailed, of course my kids being born and living in CA had never seen hail so I let them go out in it for a few minutes. They thought it was so cool, all these little balls of ice falling from the sky. But the next day it had snowed, which was weird.

Lynne, I too have a Josh(ua), Joshua David and he is a little devil! He's the jokester in the family.

Okay, HI to Kristi, Caci, Janelle and anyone else I may have missed. Hope you all have a GREAT evening and I will talk with you tomorrow.

May Goal~60 miles
5/08/03~zero
5/09/03~1.5 mile
5/10/03~1.5 mile
Total Miles 5/03~19.5
Miles to go~40.5

Hi ladies! I was just surfing the net and wanted to see who has been on today!
Kind of funny! We had a young guy come to the door and want to try to demo a Kirby (we had no clue what it was). Dh was like well we need the living room done anyway we might as well listen to the demo. Then the guy towards the end gave us the price...whoaa baby! My floor looks nice though & Dh gave the guy $40 for a tip b/c we didn't buy one.....aughhh!
I have a question about the pedometers. Dh and I went to the sports store to look at equipment and get a pedometer. Gosh they had like 20 to pick from. I am not sure what one is better than the other. Of course the 20 something guy didn't have a clue what one works the best or any he could recommend. I looked for the one that talks and couldn't find that one. The ones I saw range from $9 to $39.95. Help so I can buy one. LOL
Well we are BBQing bugers and the weather here has been wonderful!
Have a great Mother's Day to all the Moms!

Hey ladies, just wanted to update my mileage today and I'm heading out the door for the evening--my boy is sleeping over at my sisters so I'M FREE, I'M FREE!!! : I got my walk in early this morning and added a little extra street onto it, that should add up to at least an extra 1/2 mile.

Jenifer as far as pedometers go you really only need one that counts steps, miles and maybe counts calories burned--these you can program according to your stride length and bodyweight. Those are the features that I would look for. But that's just my 2 cents. Kirbys are great vacuums if you've got an extra 2K spare change in your back pocket...yeah right! My moms got one so I use hers

Cristi good job on getting yourself to walk and ride that bike--the main thing is that we're all moving our butts right? Hope things calm down for you w/work and home. Hope you find a photo that you'd like to share with us.

Jen you'll get your groove back, just keep on trying.

Sorry I can't address everyone individually but sounds like we're all doing our best. Here's wishing everyone--Mom's and mother-figures and even moms to furry animal friends and Happy Mothers Day. Have a great one!

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May Goal Miles: 85
Miles walked today 5/10/03: 4.0
Total walked to date: 32
Miles to Go: 53

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY LADIES!

Happy Mother's Day ladies!
I was gonna try and get a walk in yesterday but I wound up giving blood then playing with my younger son for a while. Before we were done I got a call from my sister who invited us over for supper. So off we went. She said to come early and we could get in a little shopping as well so we did that then came back to her house, fixed supper, ate, helped a neighbor take their pool cover off then back to my sister's and sat around chatting. Before I knew it it was almost 9:30PM!!!!!!!! I had to get home and get Alex to bed!!!
I did splurge and had half a piece of peanut butter cheesecake! It was good!
Oh, thanks for all the good comments about my avitar. I always like seeing what people look like and this was a pic taken when I was in Montreal in late April. I cropped it and thought it looked pretty good so I put it up.

I think I'm finally back. Went to the rec center today and did 6.2 miles, and 20 minutes on the bike. I feel a little funny right now, so I think I better go and eat a little lunch. Talk to you all later. Have a HAPPY MOTHER"S DAY!!!!

I think I'm going to be sore tomorrow, and I also think I'm going to have to kick butt to make my goal. See ya.

May Goal: 60 miles
Total Walked Today: 6.2
Total Walked To Date: 22.2
To Go: 37.8

Hi Ladies and Happy Mothers Day!

Since I didn't have to get to work today till 12:30 I got my walk and bike ride in before work. I'm not sure that is such a good idea!

Janine, well at least you had a nice time with your sister. I miss my sisters and getting together like that, it's so much fun. And that peanut butter cheesecake sounds yummy!

Jen, WTG on your walk! I'm impressed. I could never do 6 miles on the treadmill unless I did a few walks through out the day, and I think that would literally kill me.

To everyone else, Kristi, Noelle, Jennifer, Caci, & Kristen and anyone else I may have missed Hi and I hope everyone is having a GREAT day! Take care.


May Goal~60 miles
5/11/03~3.5
Total Miles 5/03~23
Miles to go~37

Hi ladies I hope that your Mother's Day was awesome! I get to go see my mom next weekend.
Jen you walked your butt off! Great job!
I did a lot of yard work today and also did my regular route. I am tired and getting ready to watch Survivor! Have a good night and a great Monday!
Total Miles Today~ 2
Total May Miles~ 18

Thanks girls for the encouragement. I had to do something drastic to get back into the groove, and I think a 6 mile walk just about did it. I'm pretty tired and the kids are in bed so I think I'm going to follow their lead. Talk to you all later.

Hi Ladies. Hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day and didn't eat too much like I did. It is so hard to be good when everything tastes so great and you just have to have a little piece of everything--so back on my diet today.
We have been having odd weather here in GA. so I did not do all the walking I should have last week. First we had rain for several days and then it was so humid that after about two miles I was really drained. This morning it was great through, about 55 degrees, so I did walk for an hour, or a little over 4 miles, but still am afraid I won't make my 60 miles this month, but will do my best.
Hope everyone has a great Monday and Happy Walking.
Caci