Welcome back, Misti.

Thanks for the welcomes, everyone!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BARGOO!

Just popping in to wish you an Happy Birthday Bargoo! May today and the coming year be all you wish for!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BARGOO!!!


Hope you have a wonderful day!

Happy Birthday, Bargoo!

Thank you all for the birthday greetings !

hi y'all. just checking in. I've been around long enough to get my ticker! Yay! And I lost another pound. Yay again! My diet is going great. My workouts even better. I am up to working out 2-3 hours a day now. So much difference since first starting to exercise a month ago!!! I've only lost 15 pounds but the increase in exercise has only been over the last week or two. The scale will move soon. And I gaining confidence and endurance instead of pounds. Praise the Lord! TOM is this week so I suspect next week will be more scale friendly, lol. My long distance hunny will be here Wed and Thurs... wait till he sees how much exercise we're going to be doing. Or he can just watch me! But I gotta keep moving.

Oops I'm a bit late... were, where I am it is only 9 PM and I see you are in CA ha so Happy Birthday Bargoo!

And Chubbygirl, great job!!! I love your positive attitude. Glad you got your ticker, as it is fun to watch them move right on down,

I have just finished reading a remarkable book. The title is "The Devil In Pew Seven." by Rebecca Alonzo. Some of you may be familiar with it, if not I highly recommend it. It is a true story, about forgiveness.
She has been on Dr. Phil. since I am not really a Dr.Phil fan I don't usually watch but I did catch about the last 5 minutes or so of her show with Dr. Phil. When I learned she had written a book I knew I had to get that book.I got it from Amazon.
I have to admit that I don't know if I have it in me to forgive as she did.
The author's Mother was murdered , right in front of her when she was about 8 years old.

LAURA ~ ONLY 15 lbs? Hey, that is a lot in such a short time! You are young and your body can acclimate itself to more exercise than us older folks. Glad you are enjoying yourself. Have a good time with your fiance this week ...

BARGOO ~ the book sounds interesting. Yes, JESUS can help some people forgive more than they could ever imagine was possible. Look at all the stuff HE forgives all of mankind for ...

We had a terrrific storm all night with thunder and lightening, but we sure needed the for our greenery, as our grass was starting to turn to a more golden shade of green ... It was nice and cool today; but the peeked out in the early evening.

DH has been zooming around on his new bike and having a blast; that was the whole point, after all. I've just been doing stuff around the house here; a little of this and a little of that. Been reading some fun stories in my rest times too. We had fish with corn on the cob and coleslaw for dinner (DH had something extra with his instead of the salad; I had the corn).

Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone ...

I hope everyone had a great month this July, and I bet August is going to be even better.

So what are everyone's goals? How are you in a different place than we were at the beginning of July?

For me, I'm in a much better place. I have finally moved on from guilt and stress over gaining 5 lbs back over my birthday weekend. We had out-of-town guests at that time and they left July 2nd. Things have been much better since then, each day better than the previous.

Also, I'm working out a lot now. I remember just at the beginning of this month when I started exercising. I did an hour on the treadmill and I overdid it and was sore for days. Now I work out almost 3 hours every day. 3 or 4 weeks has made a huge difference!

What are your goals for August? What hurdles do you want to overcome?
I am just 2 lbs shy of my first mini goal. I want to get there this week!
I want to continue building my strength and stamina in my workouts. And I want to lose 12 lbs in the month of August!

My biggest challenge is time management. I have a hard time juggling everything and I just want to be selfish and take time to go to the Y and not worry about anyone else. But I have other people who depend on me, like my sister who needs me to babysit my 2yr old nephew. I need to work on that. I don't want to be selfish but I feel like everytime I put my needs aside I get off track.

Just popping in to say a quick hello to everyone.

Chubbygirl, great job with the exercise! I've just recently been increasing mine own. Isn't it a wonderful feeling? You are so close to your mini goal.. Congrats!!

Anywho, God Bless you all and have a wonderful evening!

Chubbygirl, congrats on being so close to your mini-goal; you will soon be there! With all that working out you are sure to be building muscle and losing fat. Way to go.

Thanks Laura for the question about the goals for August. It made me think about where I have been and where I want to go. I've done well in July but there are things I need to improve. I would like to lose 5 lbs in August and get more regular with exercising.

This week shows a 2 lb. gain. I think this is because its TOM because I've been doing well with eating and have added some exercise. Hopefully weight loss will reflect that next week. I also go by measurements as opposed to weight loss. I'll be taking those on Friday and hopefully there will be some progress there as well.

Have a great day everyone!