Good morning ladies. Today is off to a great start. I got my 4 mile walk in and we have a beautiful warm forecast for the day. I'm off from lessons and my bible study today so I will have lots of extra time to enjoy the outside!

Shari-Congrats on the move to the apt. I hope you're enjoying yourself.

cmom-the luxury of a kidless workout. At the moment I usually dont have the interruption, but know from when I'm babysitting my neice and nephew how hard they make working out at home.

Courtnie-Hope the change up in eating/exercising works for you. Its always good to keep your body guessing. Sugar withdrawl usually gives me a headache and those cravings are some of the worst. I hope you work through it quickly.

LaBonita-Congrats on the 2 pounds.

Shelby-Put the weekend in the past and jump back on the wagon. You just gotta keep trying.

La3y-Glad you got out to enjoy the nice weather.

Wendy-Hope you're doing well.

I'm almost there. 1 little pound left!

wwlee i took the babies out for a walk this morning it is so nice here. I jus went around the mini home park then to the mailboxes but next time I may venture up the road but there is no sidewalk so it has to be a nice day I do not want a shower from a mud puddle and since it is calling for rain all this week I probobly will not get out. It sucks warmer temps are here but rainy. I also have to remember to ask DH where the tire pump is the tires on the stroller are almost flat.

I also may not be able to eat too much for the next couple of days. My back gum is inflammed and I cannot afford the dentist just yet so I may have to take it easy to see if it will go down byitself it usually does (I hate the dentist and avoid them at all cost)

Wow, Brandy! You're SO CLOSE! You must be totally pumped, hey? How long have you been doing this for? And what are you doing?

canadian mom: Sorry your mouth isn't feeling great. I know exactly how you feel. I need a crown and my tooth keeps bugging me, but even though I have Blue Cross, we can't afford a crown... I'm new on BC and they won't pay for ANYTHING on a crown until your third year (and they're like, $900). So... we might be digging into BF's student loan. :( Hope your mouth feels better and you don't need the dentist. Could it be an abcess? Have you had teeth out back there? If it's an abcess, maybe antibiotics could clear it up... can you go to your doctor?

Feeling better this week, I'm back on track! Worked out yesterday and today (but man, you guys do a LOT of exercise! I don't know if I'll ever get there), and ate well yesterday. We're going to the Keg for dinner tonight, but I know how to eat in order to stay on plan, so that'll be okay.

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!

I haven't had my teeth out I was supposed to when I was 21 but backed out. I need to have all my widsom teeth out there is not enough room im my mouth for them. It was going to cost 1000$ and that's if the impacted one would come out with out surgery untherwise the price would be going up and I have no coverage but my mom's dentist will do it for less I think, now I have 5 that need out but one is a tooth the old dentist literally carved out and stuffed with 2 1/2 fillings instead of pulling it out. I wish he would of just pulled it out.lol.

the exercise thing I think most will say they built up to it I have been at it a year and a month so judst be patient you will get there eventually it becomes second nature.

Brandy - 1 pound? woooo you must be feeling amazing!!

Hello ladies! The apartment is coming along alright. It's really helping me that there is NO junk food. There is a convenience store around the corner but by the time I reach my front door, I've managed to talk myself out of going to get crap that I don't need. Yesterday, I called Pizza Hut and (THANK YOU GOD) they don't even deliver in my area! I ate a roast beef and turkey sandwich instead. I've walked for the first time in what seems like forever today. I walked four blocks to the bus stop then wallked 3 blocks to and from the bank. When I was walking to the bus stop, my leg muscles were like 'What is this? It's so familiar but we are out of practice.' But they got readjusted real fast and didn't hurt at all when I walked from the hospital to the bank and back.

Sadly, I'm up three pounds. It's time I got back on track. I did better this past week at least. I've been talking to my mom more than usual. Her doctor's appt last week didn't go well at all. The bottom line is she's a walking heart attack waiting to happen. They gave her three different shots and is on blood pressure medicine. The doctor said even with losing 79 pounds (no exception) she may never be able to get off the meds. She has to walk 2 miles a day six days a week. She said the first day took her two hours. I don't understand why they aren't having her start off slowly. Does this sound right?

Brandy - Wow, 1 pound left! Your doing so good!

cmom- I know how you feel about the dentist. I just went yesterday without any insurance. uugh! I had to go again on the 23rd. It's going to be $483. Dh and I both had our wisdom teeth removed last year. Dd also has to get braces asap and they want 1200 down with month payments of 133 a month!


Shelby- Good job on getting back on track!

Shari- Isn't it good to have your own place? Hopefully you'll be able to get your internet back on soon.

Courtnie- Your blog looks great!

hsmomx2~my oldest DD is getting her braces off and palete expander out on the 28th. She is quite excited to have gum. She only has 4 braces to pull and straiten her front 4 teeth. Her mouth was too small , thee wasn't enough room for some of her teeth to even come down. It cost 1500$. The last appointment they said she may need braces again in a few years when all her "big "teeth
are in. We dread the thought of full braces.

Brandy~ I am sooooooooo jealous lol

Hi gals,no time to post really, I'm going to be MIA for the next couple days but keeping up with the exercise! I'm feeling like poop but I'll live.
Take care, chat soon!

Good morning! I'm changing my day around so that I make sure I have time to workout at the gym. When I joined in Decemeber I was suposse to get one free personal trainer trial. I may ask them aout that if I dont chicken out. Dd in the past has done poorly in her school work when I go to the gym in the mornings. I'm hoping she'll do good thought. I'll be letting her know that if her school work isn't being done her listening to read alouds will be the first to go followed by loss of computer time. Ds will be funny he loves to sleep to 10 or 10:30 in the morning. That's how come we get so much school work done with dd in the morning.

cmom- That's the same problem with dd. She's need an expander for top and bottom. They've already had to pull one a baby tooth. Why do dentist have to charge so much?

Hi gals. I hope you're all off to a wonderful start today. My walk was very nice this morning with temps near 60! We'll be getting rain later this morning so the end of our nice spell is here. I'm so happy I could be outside so much yesterday. I ended up walking a total of 7 miles and took the dogs out twice. It was perfect.

Thanks for all the hope and encouragement for my 1 pound. I'm very excited.

Wendy-I hope you're feeling ok. Hurry back here.

cmom-You cant be jealous, you're almost there to. Just 3 more pounds!!! You've gotta be just as excited as I am. Hooray for us!

hsmom-Sorry to hear about your mom. I hope she takes control of her health and tries her best to improve her situation. I know how hard it is to stay on track when you or your familys health takes a bad turn. Hang in there, do your best every day and dont beat yourself up. This is a difficult time so take pride in just getting through the day and go from there.

Shari-Glad the apt. is working so well for you. Its cool that you're in walking distance of all those places.

Courtnie-I'm feeling the need for a new Keiko pic. Can ya help me out??

Shelby-Thanks, I've done mostly portion control, healthier whole grain foods, cut out lots of sugar, and LOTS of exercise. This will actually be the 2nd time I've hit my goal. I was here about April of last year too, but I allowed myself to slack off over the summer and was around 144 in Nov. Add the holiday weight and I was back at 151!!!!!!!! Yuck. I do hope I do better at maintenance this time. (My high weight was about 2 years ago while recovering from ankle surgery)

Well, take care everybody. Behave.

I made the mistake and ate yesterday by the end of the day I was in tears The hubby is now on me to go to the dentist. Today all I have had so fay is a scambled egg and now tomato soup ,no chewie food today which means no salad:(> i think that is what did me in yesterdy I couldn't even eat it all. My kids are laughing at me cause I mash up banana and eat very small spoonfulls.

hsmomx2~ When we were in Edomonton the dentist there wanted to pull my daughters teeth out. How the heck was that gonna fix her teeth if there was no room for baby teeth there would no room for big teeth. As her big teeth came in her wanted to pull the next baby tooth out. Ridicolous I said and we never went back to him.

Brandy~ This is only my first goal. I wanted to be a "healthy weight" so I went by the bmi. I will probably lower my goal if I ever hit the first one. I may just stay at that weight for a while cause the next goal will be harder.

Hello...

Went for dinner with my family and cousin yesterday. Haven't seen my cousin in 4 years... forgot how perfect she is. Nice, smart, THIN, runs marathons, does the Iron Man, great job that pays well that she loves, etc., etc. Basically the child my parents should have had.

My dad did say that if I work out consistently for one year (4 times a week, min. half an hour), he'd pay for a one year membership for me at the health club of my choosing!

MY MOUTH HURTS!!!!!!!!!!! Well I had another bowl of soup 1/3 of a mashed banana with 1 tablespoon of peanut butter and for suppper I had potatoes and hamburg. Now after eating supper my mouthe is killing me. My kids were laughing at me cause I could barely open my mouth, it took me so long to eat that the babies were done before me.

Wow, sure is slow around here. How's everyone doing?

I have the appt. with the hematologist today. Wish me luck in getting some things answered.

cmom-I wish I knew some old wives tale to help you out. I do hope something good happens and the pain recedes. You're making me hurt just thinking about it all.

Shelby-How cool of your dad for the gym membership. Now that would be complete motivation for me. I hope it keeps you inspired. Those perfect cousins are hard. I have one who never seems to have anything wrong and its quite a slam to my self ego to go about comparing. Its hard, but I try to not compare and just keep going on my own life. She may have problems I have no idea about.

Have a great day.