Talk about WEIRD - one of my favourite professors from the college (that taught me!) got a job here... I dunno when he starts... soon I guess...

Howdy!!
Good day! Good day!!! Went to the lawyer today and it's turning out alright, going to take some time but we think I'll get sole custody of RJ!!! That would be awesome!
Food-good
exercise-good
water-good
Yippee! Life is good!!!

Happy Tuesdays ladies. I hope you're all doing great. It was a very cold walk this morning. The temps. were ok, but the windchill was icy. Oh well, at least its done. I think I'll try to squeeze in some weight training on my upper body today.

Wendy-that is wonderful news about the custody case. I cant imagine the stress of waiting/fighting through all of that just to make sure you can keep your son safe.

Courtnie-Wow, working with a former prof. Hope its fun. I worked with one of my favorite doing some editing for a periodical for about a year, but she was still "in charge"

hsmom-hope you're hubbys new job starts well today. Good job getting in some exercise yesterday. I hope all your kids stay well for a good long time.

cmom-good job on all the exercise.

Anne-glad you're sleeping well. Exercise didn't really help my sleep, but I've always had problems in that area.

Rosario-Where are you??????

I got whole hour in last night while I watched Heroes. I only walked between 4.5-5 m/h but is better then sitting and watching the show. Then after I had some crispie minies i know they r nor that healthy but they r better than chips (60 cals/serving)


Wendy~ I hear u on custody things, the father of my first 2 is not around but I want the papers to show it but cannot afors it right now.

Brandy ~I wish I was like u and could walk in the cold but I am such a big baby.I only walk in the summer but since we live on a narrow road with people traveling at highway speeds that doesn't happen as much as I would like. i try to walk to town and back once a week in nice weather.

hsmom~ wishing hubby good luck on his job

Ro~ Oh where r u . i want an update you were doing sooooooooo well.

Today I got up with the intention of doing my 1 mile WATP, and I decided to put in the 2 mile one in just to see how far I'd get. I got interrupted a couple times with the little one getting fussy, and the hubby called, but I got through it. It took me a little longer with having to stop and pick up where I left off...but I did it.
And I feel so good after doing it. I am so excited to be on this journey. This is the longest I have stayed with anything with regards to diet and exercise.

Wendy - Good Luck on the custody case. I will pray that all goes well for you!!

canadian mom - I love Crispy Mini's! Ever since switching over to those, I don't have my chips craving! Thats great that you got an hour in. I wish we had a treadmill...but we have no room for it unfortunately!

Brandy - I too wish I could go for a walk outside, but they don't clear the sidewalks very well....and taking a 2 year old and a baby out makes it hard. I can't go as far as I'd like to since my 2 year old can't walk as far as I would want to go! Good For you!!!

hsmom - Good Luck to your hubby on the new job. Mine started a new line of work back in the spring, and for us it was a bit of a gamble, being he had no experience, but its working out so far....so hopefully all will go well for you all. Get some rest and don't over do it with those knees...they can take a long time to heal if you don't take care of them!

Courtnie - I might have missed it...but what kind of work do you do? It would be neat to work with a former teacher!!

Rosario - hope you are doing well....hope you post soon!!

Well everyone, its time to put the baby down for a short nap....have a great Tuesday!!!

Anne

Hello!!!!
I see you are all in good spirits today! I feel great! Actually just got up about and hour ago! LOL!
Yes, we actually got some sleep! 7 hours for me, wow, thats amazing, I don't eremember the last time I got 7 hours of sleep!
Slow moving today but I'll get the DVD going after I have something to eat and relax the belly for awhile!
HSmom~ Hope hubby loves the new job!!
I love crispt minis!! The lime and whatever it is are my favorite, I don't eat them often obviously since I don't remember he flavor! LOL!
Brandy~ I admire your get up and go! Walking/running every day! Fantastic!
Any results on those tests the Dr.s did yet?
Anne~Awesome on the 2 miles! I agree it is hard to try and go for a little walk with a child(or 2 inyour case).
Hi Courtnie!!
Ro, where did you go?? Come on back hun, we love you here!!!!!

Wendy- I'm glad you had a great day yesterday. I know you'll be glad when the custody case is done.

Courtnie- I once worked with a substitute teacher I had in middle school. I liked him as a co-worker alot better.

Anne- Great job on getting the 2 mile WATP done. That had to feel great to reach the 2 miles. You even sound like you have more energy. Way to go on sticking with your diet and exercise for so long. Keep up the excellent job! Thanks for the reminder about the knees.

cmom- It sounds like you got a pretty good workout in. Your snack sounds yummy. My dd just rediscovered the m&m dispenser this am and was showing to ds.

Brandy- That's great you got your walk in. I hope the kids stay too.

Rosario-Where did you go? I hope everything is fine.

I got a 30 minute workout at home from a show of tv. I skipped the lunges and substituted other activities in its place. I didn't keep the same pace but I got nice and sweaty just the same. I hope I can get 30 more minutes at the gym before I take the kids to their karate classes this afternoon. I told dh ya'll hope he had a good start at his new job. He said it seems to be going well.

hey guys. sorry I haven't been posting but I have been bad, bad, bad. After a weekend of bad eating and no exercise, I finally did good yesterday, or so I thought. I ate good throughout the day, even got a workout in, but then blew it on Japanese food. Bleh! and today I gave in to a greasy lunch. double bleh! now i feel bloated like crazy. I am definitely going to the gym tonite. I'm going to work my butt off on that elliptical. Tomorrow's weigh in is gonna be a huge bust, I can feel it. I know I didn't lose, so I am hoping that I did not gain. It'll be embarrassing to me if someone other than me (the ww receptionist) knows I'm doing horribly. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.

hsmomx2 - thats great that your hubby likes his new job. great job on your workout.

wendy -yay for sleep!!!!

anne - way to go!! it doesn't matter how long it takes you to do something, just as long as you do it.

canadian mom - is heroes really a good show?? last nite at the japanese rest. there were some people watching it and they were just glued to the tv. there wasn't even sound lol. my bf and I were laughing because its so typical of americans to be watching tv while you're eating dinner (no offense anyone). but who goes to a restaurant to watch tv when u can do that at home? i dont get it.

brandy - I'm glad your getting your workouts in while it is so cold. I personally hate being outside when it is this cold. I can't wait until it gets warmer here.

courtnie - why were you able to be off of work for so many days??? lucky you!!!

have a good one peeps!

Ro~Good to hear you are ok . Hereos is pretty good show but not a I CAN"T MISS IT SHOW. The only show like that for me is Dog the Bounty Hunter, but when I work out at night I need to find a show I can stand to watch for 1 hour. Prison break was on after I should of pushed for 2 hours (not) I would of fell over.lol

hsmom~ That is good you got a 30 min workout in,hope you can get another 30 mins in.

oh my god I cannot wait until winter is done. I bake alot in winter so I baked another cake today. a cocoa (chocolate) cake with peanut butter icing in the middle and a double batch of chocolate icing for the rest. man oh man it is a good thing I have 4 kids and a hubby who likes BIG pieces. No wonder I am not losing. I need a kick in the .....well u know where........lol

Anne - I am a web developer. I work for www.bravenet.com - in college I took a a two year program called Digial Media Technologies. My first year took me a few years because I did it after school while in high-school - it was a free program offered at the time that lead you right into the second year. I worked with this guy for those years and for my first semester of my second year. He then left the college to do other things.

He then found out the work we were doing - from talking to me. But he also taught my department head! As well as other people who work here - he knows them from other programs or something. We would of been stupid not to hire him - I am excited! I wont be working with him directly, but about as close as it gets.

He will be in programming and I am in content (I do the site) so we work pretty close.

Rosario - I was sick for one, had to take two off to thelp karden (he got his teeth pulled) and then it was weekend... I did end up going to work yesterday; I took the bus! Dont worry about a few bad days, its a new meal just start over

Cmom- Your cake sounds great. If you have a neighbor you like you could send them 1/2 of it. Dd and I are going to do a baking sale for our neighborhood and a dentist office to help her earn money for her black belt test. It's $200 that was a shocker for me.

Ro- Everyone has slip ups. Just jump back in there.

Today ended up being a good day for me. Besides my 30 min workout this morning I also got an hour in before the kids karate. They were a little late but it didn't hurt them. Dd got her new belt red/black and an invite for the Black Belt Boot Camp that starts in Feb. Well, I'm off to try to get everyone here in bed before 11.

Well its Wednesday, half way through the week already! Haven't got too much on the agenda for today. My mom is coming for a visit this morning. She normally comes up once a week to see the kids.

Today I might just do the one-mile walk. I want to start doing some strength training and work with some weights.
Tonight I've got a doctors appointment, to discuss my weight. My doctor did all the tests last week for thyroid and diabetes and all came back normal. He told me that if all came back normal he would talk to me about the possibility of taking weight loss drugs, but I want no part of them.
Since starting to lose with weight watchers, I know I can do it on my own. I got this way all on my own and I will take it off on my own!!

Well off to get the kids some breakfast. Have a great day everyone!!!

Anne

Happy hump day everyone. I finally got a 3 mile run in. Most of the ice is gone so it felt safe. I even went faster than I planned on and did a 9:30 /mile pace which I haven't done since it got colder. I walked 1.5 miles as my warm-up/cool-down too.

Well today I'm heading for Ann Arbor. I've gotta meet with our financial planner mainly to replace one of Craigs insurance policies which is expiring, but I'm sure he'll have some new ideas he's wanting us to look into. I just really dont get into this kinda stuff which is funny because I have a minor in business but I hate it. Hubby who never took a business class actually gets into it and seems to enjoy it. At least one of us doesn't view it as a boring burden.

Anne-Good luck at the dr.'s I'm glad you have such a positive view on being able to lose the weight w/o drugs. I know you can do it.

hsmom-Great job on the exercise! Do you do any of the karate that your kids do? I have kicked around the idea of taking a class as an adult I just haven't looked into the opportunities close to me to see if its really feasible.

cmom-I used to love baking but really dont do it anymore. Its really bad if I do since hubby is always in training and watching his food and we have no kids to gobble things up for us.

Ro-get back on track and dont punish yourself for having some off days. Most of all dont just disappear during the bad days. Come and share and get the support we can offer you.

Wendy-glad you got a good nights sleep. It sure helps make your day better doesn't it?

Courtnie-Hope your first day back to work after all your days off wasn't to traumatic. Glad you're feeling better.

UGh, no rest for the wicked. No sleep again last night, maybe 3 hours in total.
Heading next door for tea in a little while, I'll catch up with you all later!!!
Brandy~ Yippee that you got to get a run in!!!