Emjay,
So how was orientation? Good I hope. When do you start working? I feel like I haven't been much of a buddy this last week or so. I am up to my eyeballs in mess. And now to top it all off I managed to catch a bad cold from work, although that is better than the flu that a few people have had.

Congrats on the pound lost. I really want to jump back into working out I just don't know when I would do it. I get up and go to work and come home and work on my mess. The good news is I will have this house empty by friday. Then I have to move all of my stuff up to the 3rd floor, so I will definately be getting some exersize.

Well back to work for me. I see the end, dimly but the end of the packing, then oh my I have to put it all away. I will talk to you later.
Jen

Jen,

Yes my orientation went well and my first day is Thursday. I am pretty excited to get started too. OMG, I do not envy you with moving. I hate to move I hope I never have to do it again. So is Friday your first night in your new place? You are going to have such a busy weekend. You don't have to work this weekend do you? I hope not!

Well I only did 1-mile watp today because I also did my cleaning job. My in-laws invited me to go out to dinner tomorrow night so I better do at least 3-mile if not 4-mile tomorrow. I looked at Taebo tapes at the store yesterday but was surprised they were $30 for a set of two. I guess that is not too bad but I just didn't have the money for it this week. Still waiting for my sister or my neice to dig theirs out.

Hope you feel better.

MJ

Emjay,
So how was your first day of work? Good I hope.

I am getting the keys to my new apartment tonight! I am excited, well until I remember that I have to carry my stuff to the 3rd floor Okay enough of that depressing thought.

So how are the workouts going? How is going back to work going to affect them? I am thinking about getting an eliptical, okay I am pretty sure that we will get one with my tax refund, I am thinking that it will be a nice change and it will be something that I can do in the evening while I watch CSI. We will see.

Where did you see the taebo tapes? Sometimes Walmart will have them for as little as about $10, just gotta kinda look around. Well the hubby just got home so I need to help him load the truck. I will talk to you again soon. I am looking forward to hearing about the job. I am also sorry it is taking me so long to respond. I promise once I get settled it will be better.

Well off to work again.
Jen

Jen,

Whew, first day of work was tiring. I forgot what it was like to be on my feet all day long. The salon is very busy (it's a costcutters inside of Walmart) which is good because you can only make good money when you are busy in that field. The salon, however, is in desperate need of management (been w/o since Nov.) so I really have my work cut out for me. It is going to be a busy Feb. so I may not be able to get here as frequently.

Workouts are going well, I was able to get in a 1-mile before work this AM. Probably not tomorrow though. I may have to revert back to 1-miles for a while, but definately more on my days off. You are so going to get excercise moving your stuff up 3 flights. Yuck! It was at Walmart that I saw those tapes, I think the problem was that they were in multi-packs. Probably would have been alot cheaper individually.

Well try to make the best of moving, hopefully you can settle in quickly.

Later, MJ

Jen,

Happy Birthday Hope you had a great day.

Are you all moved in? Well I have to keep this short, got to get to bed. Hubby's flight last night was supposed to get in at 8:45PM didn't get in till 2AM at an airport 50 miles away from the originally scheduled one. Got to catch up on sleep tonight.

Talk to you later.

MJ

Emjay,
Happy Birthday to you too, even though it is a little late. They finally got my phone turned on this morning. Well we have everything at our new apartment, now the daunting task of cleaning and putting everything away. Carrying stuff up all those stairs sucked. Well the first day wasn't so bad. Hey even the couch was easy. By the 3rd day everything was heavy. We bought the girls a bunk bed, it about killed me to carry it up the stairs. Trent and I are going to buy a new bed, we will definately have them deliver and carry the thing up the stairs.

Yesterday we did some shopping, I tried out an eliptical and loved it. Trent even loved it so we are definately getting one, don't know for sure when, I want to go get one tonight, but at the same time I want to wait until my mess is a little cleaned up.

As of today I am officially back on track food wise. Excersize is still on hold, but I think I am getting a little in with all the work I am doing Well I must go, walls don't wash themselves. Talk to you later. Hope the new job is going well.
Jen

Jen,

First and foremost, weigh-in day, down 3 lbs. I couldn't beleive it myself. I know that it was mostly on account of hubby being gone. So now I have my work cut out for me this week to show another loss. And I have b-day cake in the house, it definately has to go... I think I will bring it in to work tomorrow (let everyone else get fat).

Well I hope you have a tub in your new place. Cuz you have got to be sore from all that moving. Yikes! I would love an elliptical too, but haven't brought myself to spending the money. My husband isn't as open minded to excercise equip. as yours unfortunately. Let me know when you get it and how you like it.

I'm slacking on the excercise too but think I shall force myself into at least a 1-mile tonight. I have probably about 3 loads of dirty clothes hubby drug home, yuck.

mj

Hello again. We did it, my husband bought me an elliptical for my birthday. I am so very excited. It is still in the box but we didn't get home until after ten last night and now I am just waiting for him to put it together. I feel like a little kid at Christmas. But honestly I just don't have the energy to work out. I don't think I will ever see the end of all this work.

Congrats on the 3 pounds lost It feels wonderful I know. I would like to see what I am at now, but I have no idea where my scale is, that is okay for now.

I hope the new job is going great, getting your coworkers fat sounds like a wonderful yet evil idea. Well I must go, I will talk to you later.
Jen

Jen,

Well as soon as you get your elliptical up and running let me know every detail (likes, dislikes, brand, etc.). I bet you are exhausted after this weekend. Did you have to work much this week? My job is going ok, I have a lot of problems to deal w/ going into it though. A little more stress than I was banking on but hopefully I can get things ironed out quickly. And not do too much stress eating in the meantime. I have been struggling w/ fitting excercise in too but I haven't abandoned it completely so that is good. I did 2-mile Monday, trying to fit at least a 1-mile in today, and tomorrow AM is me time so I will do 3-mile or more.

Talk to you later.

MJ

Emjay,
I only wish I was exhausted, I have had two days off since I started moving, one of which I had to trade, so now I am working tomorrow, and it will be day five. Normally I only work 8 hour shifts but the lady that traded me works twelves, so I have to work 12 tomorrow, yuck. So no I'm not working out now, but I am still very active, I know not an excuse but I am just too tired to care.

I hope things get better at work, I know that stress at work has a huge impact on us both on and off the job.

Well I must go, I will talk to you later.
Jen

Jen,

Sorry I have been missing for so long. I worked all weekend and Monday and had a lot of other things going on as well. I weighed in yesterday and was up 1 lbs. I wasn't too disappointed though because of the 3 I lost last week (that was really unusual for me). I have been trying to fit in 1-mile on the days I have been working but that is not enough anymore. I have today and tomorrow off so I am planning to do 3-mile on each.

Yuck I can't imagine 12 hour shifts. That would totally suck. Did you get through them ok???

Happy Valentines Day!!!

MJ

Emjay,
Dont feel bad, I haven't had the time lately to check like I used to. I need to get back into checking every day but somedays I just want to crash at night. I have today off so I am going to get a lot of unpacking done. I am waiting on my bed to arrive.

I love my elliptical. Definately worth the money we spent on it. We bought it at sears. I know some people say to stay away from the cheaper models but my husband and I cant afford the very pricey ones and we decided that in time we may upgrade. After 15 minutes on it I am winded, but I keep going anyway. It has different programs on it and I so far I just kinda play around.


Well I have so much I want to get done, day off what a joke, is there really such a thing

Jen,

I'm glad you love your elliptical. Also glad that the less expensive models are good too. Any time I go to a gym that is what I use, I like the different programs.

Well did you get all unpacked? Won't you be glad when that is over and you can get back to normal?

Well I have to make this short, I want to try to get a 2-mile in b4 work. I will try to check back in tonight.

mj

Jen,
Just wanted to check in and make sure you are doing well. I am fine. Work is hectic and I haven't been finding ample time to excercise and haven't been eating great. Same things you went thru when you went back to work. It is so frustrating. We are leaving for FL in 1 week. I hope there is a computer in the condo we rented so I can keep up w/ this site. If not I will have to find a cyber cafe and check in once a week or something. Talk to you later.

MJ

Emjay,
I have been such a bad bad buddy. I hope you can forgive me. I am so exhausted with work and moving, I still have stuff in boxes, some nights I just don't feel like doing it. I have been doing the elliptical about everyother night. I need to do it tonight. My eating has really gone off course, today has been good. I made cake for my hubby last night and I really really want some but maybe if I keep my calories low enough I can have some tonight. I am making meatloaf so that shouldn't be to bad if I eat a small piece.
Everything has been stressful.
Well I am off to buy cold medicine for my youngest. I will talk to you again soon, much sooner.
Have fun on your trip.
Jen