Morning Ladies,

Sherri,
You sound like you are doing so wonderful. I bet you do feel great! It sounds like you are in control of everything you are doing. How are the kids doing? Megan? Jesse? Are you still keeping Ben?

Susie,
How are you feeling this morning. I sure hope you are doing better. I know we all get that way sometimes. It feels like everything is closing in on us and we wanna scream. But you don't even realize that you are in control of what you are doing. Don't put down on yourself but realize how well you are doing! How did weigh in go? We are HERE for YOU!!!!

How is everyone else doing? Eleni, Chrisite (sorry I missed your pm) can you send me your yahoo handler again ) Nita, Summer,Ladean, Wendy, Wanda, Ciecie..... And anyone else out there lurking! Hugs to yoU!

Well I joined the gym Wednesday and I workout out then and Thursday. I am feeling the burn already! I thought my workout at home was giving me a workout but I guess not! LOL I am sooo sore now!

Well I gotta get my crew up and going

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY! You make the day what you want it to be!

Good morning,
Well, the weighin wasn't good. I had gained a pound. That's 2 weeks gaining and it stops right there!

I thought about why it happened and this is what I came up with:

1. I've only been getting to the gym 3 days a week.
2. Last week I bought those damn vanillia creme cookies, that I KNOW I can't control!
3. I let myself become stressed out over this class.
4. I'm not taking one day at a time

Ok, so I identified the reasons, now what am I going to do with them?

1. I will get to the gym 4 days a week and I'm adding 15 min. to my cardio workout and I'm going to add 3 reps to my weight workout. I thought about adding intensity instead of time to the areobic and weight to the strength, but if I add intensity to the cardio my bladder starts bugging me and it's the same for the strength, so I'm deciding to do it the other way. I will do this for seven weeks and then take a look at how I'm doing.

2. I will begin journaling again...everthing!

3. I will not stress out over this class. Instead I will use that stress to my good. I will not tell myself that I can't, but that I will and I'll continue to get the help that I need. Sometimes stress can't be avoided and I'll use it to keep me on my toes. That means putting in the extra time I need so that when it comes around for the tests, I know that I've worked it completely and that I can use that skill on my test.

4. I will stop being all things to all people! I will use the time that I have in my day for me.

I did have my first Accounting test last night and I feel that I got a low A or a hi B.

Sherri: Thanks so much for your kind words yesterday and for getting me back on track with myself. You are so right, I can't control what other people do or how they act, but I can control how I react to it.

Your job sounds so fullfilling. I've told myself that after the first of the year, I'm going to really start looking for something that will fullfill me as well.

Penny: Thanks for your support also! You know it's so easy to come to the boards when I am feeling positive; but when I'm not, it's hard to admit. I know I'm not the only one who struggles with that, but by not coming I don't accomplish anything and it's important to me to accomplish my quest to loos this weight and be happer with myself.

I'm looking forward to today...I'm doing good things for myself!

Susie,
You have your priorities right,

I am not sure if you know it or not but I know you are helping the rest of us stay on plan! You are doing so awesome!

I think you will do great adding the extra to your workout. I know you can do it.. And that scale will start moving downward!

Now, get rid of those cookies!!!!!!

I feel great today after going to the gym again. I know it helps me eat healthier when I am exercising. I don't want all that hard work to go to waste. I get my measurements next week with the trainer so I am hoping for good results

Have a wonderful day

Penny,

I am so glad you joined the gym and you are making time for you. You are doing great. You have your hands filled with the kids to an it is important to take time for you. You deserve it. You will feel better once you get going after the first week. While at the gym it gives you time to just be you instead of what you are to everyone else. Great job.

Yes we do have ben still. We get him back on sunday at 6:30pm for the week. It is one week on one week off. I enjoy having him around he is so much fun at this stage. But he can be very stubborn as well especially when he is tired. He adores me and is up my butt all the time.LOL I am just glad I can be there for him.

Susie,

I am so proud of you girl. You did what you should do. You noticed a problem, you figured out what the problems were and now you have a plan to put into motion to solve the problem. See you are doing better then you thought. Just think of a time when you wouldn't be able to do that. You are making a lot of progress on your path and these are the things you need to remember these are the things that are going to get you to goal not the number on the scale.
I am here for you anytime. I know it is hard to post when we are down but we need to do that more. We need to be here for each other in the good and the bad.

Today is a great day for me. I left my house knowing it was clean and everything was done and it is presentable to company. My dishes were done the laundry was done. Now I am not stressed about having to spend the whole weekend cleaning my house. Now I can spend tomorrow cleaning my office. So I met my 2 goals for the week. I was lighter this week then last week and I kept my housework up throughout the week so I got to go workout with a clean mind without thinking about everything I need to get done at home. It is a great feeling and I haven't been able to say that in about 2 years now.

I hope everyone is having a great day. I am going to try to get to making some phone calls this weekend you guys while I am organizing my office. I miss you all.

Sherri

Sherri,

It sounds like you are on top of your game girl! WAY TO GO!!!!!

I know it is a great feeling to have a clean house, to eat healthy, and to exercise. You just have more energy and feel like everything is going right!

Now, why do we do this all the time.....lol

That evil bad food is to blame! Don't any one of you get sucked into it!

Ok enough preaching.... Have a great evening!