good morning ladies -

Well here it is.. I'm officially 42. We went out for my bday dinner last night instead of tonight. We had the absolute best time. I'm so fortunate. My family is awesome.

A long, quiet dinner with DH, the princess and DS filled with laughs. I actually started to cry when the waitress brought out dessert w/ a candle in it and my family sang for me.

I didn't even think about food or exercising all day yesterday. It's funny, before I brought my bike into the shop, I was happy to use the eliptical. Now, I feel like I'm just waiting to get my bike back tomorrow. As I write this I can hear DH on the eliptical watching tv. He's a good role model LOL.

Enjoy the day! Stay safe out there aud. That driving sounds terrible.

Glad everything worked out the way you needed it to Jen.

quick waves to everyone else and I'm off to work!

& a Happy Birthday to Our LIW!

Hey LIW, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! Glad you had a good celebration w/your family. How was that cake? Yummy I bet! My youngest's b-day is tomrrow (yes, I said she was 10 earlier but her b-day is actually tomorrow). All is well w/her now. Hugs, apologies and kisses were given and everything is smoothed over -- till next time!

Aud - don't know if it's the age or the kid (I'm seriously thinking it's the kid) cause my oldest was and is never, ever like my youngest. My youngest -- oh the mouthy backtalk, OY!! She has waaaaayyyyy too much confidence for a 10 yr. old! I keep telling myself that it will serve her well as an adult- that is, if I don't clobber her first!! Sorry to hear about your gain but just keep plugging away; some weeks are just better than others. You'll find your groove again!!

Today's workout was much, much better than yesterday's. I now have the confidence of knowing that I can do 3 miles in 45 minutes. Next goal is to whittle that down to 3 miles in 40 minutes. Weighing in tomorrow; hoping more is gone.

Hope everyone is having a good day. G.A. and E.R. are both on tonight and both are new. Still haven't watched House that I taped on Tuesday. Maybe tomorrow!

Jo

{bump, bump, bump} Another one bites the dust;
{ba da bump, bump, bump} Another one bites the dust;
And another one's gone, and another one's gone, another one bites the dust;
Hey, you're gonna lose one too, another one bites the dust -- YEAH!!!!

Jo

Too Funny!!!

congrats - keep up the good work

I am starting to get really discouraged, I don't feel like I am ever going to lose this weight. I have stuck to my working out schedule and I feel like I am eating well. I am destined to be a fat bride

Calories in, calories out. Don't get discouraged. Try focusing more closely on the calories in, see if you can find that weakness that might be slowing your progress down.

I can't promise that will be the quick fix you want but I can say this for sure - if you give up, if you throw in the towel, you absolutely positively won't lose a lb.

Hang tough.
T.

CB, have you tried tracking your calories on Fitday? Sometimes actually seeing the number of calories will not only help keep you on track but will let you see where you might be off some. Also, maybe you should adjust your goal. 43 lbs. in 3 months is quite a bit in a relatively short time; don't really think it's realistic. 20 lbs. is though. I know, it's not what you wanted but like LIW said, throwing in the towel will mean you won't lose anything. 20 lbs. may not be 40 lbs., but it's 20 less than where you are now! Try tweaking your calories and maybe doing an extra day or an extra 15 mins/per day of exercise. You might just need that little bump to get things going. I know how you feel though; I threw in the towel 3 yrs ago after losing 20 lbs. over the course of 5 months. You know why I threw in the towel? Cause I didn't reach my goal by Christmas. I missed it by like 3 lbs.; got really, really annoyed cause I worked really hard and thought I should have reached my goal. Starting eating more and exercising less and b/4 I knew it, I'd gained back everything I'd lost! I had to start all over again. Don't give up!! We're all in the same boat and can help each other through the squalls!!!

Jo

Thanks T. & Jo!
No, I am not giving up, I will never give up! I am just annoyed!! That is true though, about Fitday, I have stayed away from it because I don't honestly have time to do it every day...but it wouldn't hurt to use it a few days just to see how many calories that I am really taking in. I did set my goal pretty high, that is ideal, but TRUST me I would not be upset if I only lost 20 by then and not 40. I know that I will be proud of myself for any amount of weight I lose...I just want to see some results PRONTO! I could work out more often, I have been working out atleast three days per week for the last two months, but I could do more I suppose. I am just finding it so hard to lose weight when I keep thinking...only three years ago I was 130...if only I had.....

...I am driving myself nuts!

Thanks for the support!! I have already stopped eating late at night. That was one of my downfalls. See, I usually stay up till 2am-3 sometimes..and my fiance/room mate doesn't get home from work till about 1...so I would often eat with him. But a few weeks ago, I thought long and hard and I told myself that him and I DO NOT have the same metabolism. And he does not sit in an office all day like I do.. So I am making improvements in the food department, I suppose I could do more though..

It's 8am, I've been up for nearly three hours, am still in my pj's and am most unmotivated to get changed and workout. Still have to get the youngest out the door but really, really want to crawl back under the covers and go back to sleep! I need to get changed and get on the treadmill -- aacckkk, where to find the motivation? It's zero and windy here; every shade is closed in the house trying to keep warm. Must get changed and go work out; must get changed and go work out. How do you guys get your butts in gear when you are having these kinds of days?

Jo

Ok, ok so I just got changed and told myself that I'd only do 2 miles. After a 5 minute warmup I got those two miles done in 30 minutes but of course, being warmed up and all, did another mile. Just walked the last mile though. Too tired today. At least I'm done -- for today

Hope everyone else is hanging in there. Man if this arctic blast doesn't leave soon -- I just hate this time of year!

Jo

Is that really me,
Three days out of the week I work out with my friend, always at the same time. Maybe you could find a workout buddy? Do you have dogs? What about them?

CB, na I prefer to workout alone on my own schedule. Just a bit of a loner is all. My dog is my avatar picture -- isn't she just too cute? But alas, I refuse to walk her (or even go outside) when the weather is 7 degrees w/a wind chill below zero. Just not gonna happen. I was walking her in addition to the treadmill stuff earlier but now that the weather is just nasty I'll just have to wait. No, it's just a mattter of getting off my BOB (big 'ol butt) and just doing it. Once I start I usually finish; sometimes just changing into workout clothes is all I need to do. Thanks though!!

Jo

I'm with you. I psych myself all out because the -thought- of working out just makes me tired! I hem and haw and finally just force myself to get started to get it over with. In the end, I always end up doing way more than I planned once I actually get going. It helps when I'm actually outside on the bike because I'm away from home so there's no point in quitting because the only way to quit is to ride back home and since I need to ride to get home, I may as well keep going. (does this make sense to anyone else? LOL)

The bottom line is you are right. All ya gotta do is just get up and do it.

Just got done another 3.5 miles. I did 3 miles in 43:50 minutes. A first for me; that's down 1 full minute from my last increase. Now if I could only be more consistent w/these times and reach them more than once every week and a half I think I know why I was so tired yesterday. I ate breakfast b/4 I worked out. I usually wait or maybe have a small snack but I ate b-fast at like 7:30am yesterday. Woke up completely starving. Same today but I ate 3 triscuts and about 1/4 cup of protein shake. My stomach was growling 1/2 through my workout though! I think that's because I'm not eating at night. Ate dinner at 5:30pm and then two hard candies around 10pm. Hope everyone is doing well.

Jo