It's late and my DH is on a call - part of his homework to clean up some stuff with an old friend. We are suppose to do some reading homework too for the seminar we are in for Friday's class. So I am taking the opportunity to catch up with my best buddies while I am waiting for him.

I am having a great week with exercise - day 4! Donna - I was the same with Billy when I first started - by the time we got to the punching bag fist rollie things, I was so tired I would hit myself in the face Since I have been doing WATP, treadmilling, and class - I can actually make it through the first 20 minute workout! I find it as challenging as the stair climber and but a heck of a lot more fun.

I have been doing fair on food, however, I am going to have to give up eating after 7. I have eaten late everyday this week, forgot my HB pressure med and as a result, I got up to 240! I am inching back down to 238 today but I am really concerned about gaining instead of maintaining! Help!

Time to stop practicing insanity - the same stuff is not working and has to change. I feel great about changing my exercise routine from "sometimey" on the same routine until I can't stand it to regular and varied. But I have to wake up and smell the decaf and realize my eating plan ain't a plan. So I am going to try the core plan on weight watchers for a while and see if that makes a difference. I welcome and value your input. I am at my wit's end.

Oh BTW to make matters worse - I went to get Wicked tickets today - they went on sale on April 1 and sold out that day! AAAAUUUUUUGGGGGHHHH! Thank goodness I saw it in Chicago

Have a great evening!

mscat

Carla, OH CARLA!!!!! (yes, it's ME, the voice of larger pants sizes to come if you stay on this path)

WHAT are you doing? or should I say what are you UN-DOING? why isn't there a smilie to smack some sense into you?

here I am, ranting and raving (while my job is driving me right over the edge and I have to spend my Friday night at a wake and the drive time is 2 hours)!

now Please behave yourself and get moving in the right direction!

there will be private mail later after i eat some salad...

Just a quickie to report in - I did another Tae Bo workout on Friday a.m. and my weight is hovering between 236 and 238. I had a late night last night - didn't get out of class until 12:30!

I used that as an excuse to stop at White Castle w/DH I have no integrity with my stand to not eat after 7. I know that and I want to declare that to my friends and ask that you hold me accountable for that during the next week.

Hi - Marbleflys! Thanks for stopping in and reminding carla (and the rest of us) about matching up what we say with what we actually do!

Have a great day!

mscat

I took yesterday as a day off and gave myself a break...today I went with my friends brother...he show me some of the machines and pushed me on them...I had a really good workout and I'm sure tomorrow I will be sore...I didn't get to do any cardio yet but I might go back up there later tonight or ride my bike at home..

mscat - you are doing great this week with the workouts....I might just have to give Billy another try.lol...I was told thats it's ok to eat after 7 or even in the middle of the night if you wake up hungry...just watch what you eat and try not to eat carbs late....I pretty much always eat supper around 9pm..so don't beat yourself up too much...

Great day so far - still gotta work on water and get a workout in before I sit down for the rest of the evening. I just got finished eating and is before 7

Donna - I am with you - sometimes it is impossible to get home and get dinner in before 7. But I do agree that when that happens it should not be Pizza Papalas or White Castle! The other day we ate out after 7 and I had a bowl of soup and coffee. I didn't beat myself up about that!

Wish me on getting that workout in!

mscat

great job ...supper before 7... WTG...Hope you got that workout in....

As for me..only weights today..I never made it back to do cardio but I did cut the grass today so that burned alot of calories....I will make it to the gym tomorrow after work...

hope everyone has a great Sunday and good luck at weigh-in on Monday...

Reporting in now because I have a busy day ahead and may not get back till much later or till the morning! Donna - I got my workout in late last night A 15 minute stair climber! Counting on getting another workout in before the day is out and I will be 7 for 7 this week!

Donna - cutting grass counts for a lot of calories so consider yourself in action. Better than sitting in front of the boob tube. You go!

Have a great day!

mscat

Ladies - I did it! 7 of 7 days of movement I got a 15 WATP last night before dinner. I ate dinner a little late - 8:00 - oh well. I also got up this a.m. and did a 20 minute Tae Bo workout. Exercise is not only more fun with the varied workouts but also easier to do consistently. I woke up this a.m. at 6:00 and was eager to do something instead of staying in bed and it was great to know I had choices between Tae Bo, WATP, and the stairclimber!

I will report in later after I weigh in. Good luck to everyone!

mscat

mscat-WTG-I'm proud of you 7 for 7...glad you found a mix that is working for you..

Well I'm down 1 whole lb from last week that puts me at 171.8 which is down .6 from the week before after my .4 increase from last week...I'm glad to see it going back in the right direction..

Bonnie & carla where are you?

good luck today ladies...

Worked out again last night! We hosted a physical excitement workshop for the leadership seminar we are taking. As it turns out, I expended more energy than my Tae Bo, , stairclimber and WATP put together! 2 hours worth!

Boy was I sore this morning. But I am still glad I took on working out yesterday morning. My weight is toddling around 235 but that is down 5 lbs from last week I will have to work out late this evening after my hair appointment to stay on track (9 days straight). I am determined to make it happen. Didn't make my 7 pm deadline for eating - we didn't finish the workshop until 9:30 and I did not resist the chili I had made. I will eat before 7 this evening

Donna - congrats on the loss!

Bonnie and carla - missing you

Have a great day! mscat

How funny..I also made chili on monday...I made it with ground turkey and also had brown rice with it....it was yummy...I've ate it for two days now and will take it to work again tomorrow...I love chili..

mscat--wow your doing such a great job...I still haven't got up the energy to try my tae bo yet cause I know it will kick my butt...

Hey Donna - it looks like it is just you and me Oh well, I am willing to keep posting as long as you are. Although I am going on vacation for a week on Friday and I am not sure what my internet access will be.

Well, even though it was 11:30 p.m. when I finished with hair appointment and all that jazz on Tuesday, I squeezed in a 15 minute stair climber session! I was supersore this morning since I have not yet recovered from the 2 hour workshop on Monday. DH promised to work out with me tonight so I skipped my morning workout. Bad idea! When I got home DH was headed for the bed and was not going to fulfill his commitment. After picking and dropping off DD for her hair appointment, shopping, washing, and packing I squeezed in 15 minute WATP workout, again at 11:30

I am 10 for 10 I am packing my WATP video for for the days we don't go to the theme parks. Have a great day!

mscat

Sure I'll keep posting...I don't know what happened to bonnie and carla but I sure they will come back...WTG on getting in those late night workouts...and wow 10 days straight..I'm proud of you...keep it up...your going to have a good weight in this next week..

I missed working out for the last two days...I've worked over and have been too tired...I know thats not a good excise but I didn't want to push too hard and figured my body could use the break after all I've been doing...

Where are you going to for your vacation?

Hello Ladies

I'm back and just caught up on the thread... Great to hear that nearly all of you have all had many days of success while I was gone! Anc our Carla needs some more spanking, I think...

My trip was great, great, great, great, great. We didn't do much hiking or walking in the end - there was just too much too do, too many places to see and too little time. I wasn't too bad with food, but wasn't that good either, especially towards the end (more and more ice cream).
My challenge for the trip was supposed to be to get the water in and to floss regularly (that's the one I couldn't remember, and it's something I'm very bad with even though I do brush nearly compulsively!). Anyhow... I forgot the floss, and didn't want to buy any since it takes me YEARS to get through even a small pack. So that went out of the window.
And so did water - a lot of the time there were no toilets available and I didn't want any trips/adventures to get ruined by the persistent need to pee (I can't describe how much I suffered during a 4-hour white rafting trip a few years ago, when we were in wetsuits and I had to go nearly from the start...).

I know I gained some pounds because one pair of trausers which I have not worn during the trip feels tighter. Hopefullay not much though. I'll wait with stepping on the scale until our weigh-in day. Need to decide on my new weekly challenge.

That's it for now. Take care!

shshi-welcome back..Glad to hear you had a great time...I cant wait till june when I go on vacation....Right now Bonnie and mcsat are gone on vacation too and I don't know what happened to Carla...Hopefully your only retain fluid from the lack of water in take and I hope the scale is good to you...

As for me...I'm doing great...I'm still eating really good..I had one cheat day this week but I still stayed under my caories...I was really tired yesterday but I forced myself to gget moving and went to the gym..I did 30 min elliptical and 60 mins weights...today I'm going at 10am to have my BMR take...It cost $20..all you do is sit still for 15mins and them you breath onto this machine for 5 mins and it will tell you 99.9% acturate what your BMR is...you just cant eat, drink or move around much when you get up till you take the test and right now I'm starving but I only have 45 more mins to go..

Happy easter to everyone