I'd been reading about a lot of people doing the c25k (couch to 5k). It's a 9 week program that gets you running a 5k. I got the podcast on itunes. It tells you when to run and when to walk. School ends for me on June 4th. I'm starting the c25k the next Monday.

Oh, ok, I have heard of this before. Good luck! Do you want to join the group summer challenge to see if we can all loose 100lbs. by the time school starts? I'm actually not out until June 4th too!

That sounds great!

Wahoo! So far we have 3 ppl in...anyone else?

I'd like to join if you'll have me! I am not a teacher though.....I drive a big yellow Bluebird and deliver precious cargo each morning and the best part is I take them back home each evening! Our last day is Wednesday June 3rd here in Northern Indiana.

Welcome, TamiL!

I am definitely in on the ticker, my goal for summer is to be down 25 lbs before school starts back. I think we can make it to 100 lbs!

One of my co-workers and I are talking about doing a 1 month bootcamp fitness thing. You can choose either 3 or 5 days per week, and I am thinking of going for all 5, depending on cost. It runs for the one month that summer school runs, so it won't interfere with vaca's or anything. Maybe just the thing I need to incorporate exercise into this journey!

Hope everyone had a good day today!

Thanks for the welcome! My name is Tami. I am completing my first full year driving a school bus. Its been a lot of fun learning to deal with middle schoolers and negotiate city traffic. I am 44 and have 4 kids and 1 darling granddaughter whom I will be babysitting this summer. I have already lost 53 lbs since February 9th. I still would like to lose another 18 though by August.

Bootcamp sounds interesting. I haven't done much exercising yet, LOL. I am a bit hyper at work (I dance on the bus when I clean it). Now that summer is almost here I am totally lost. I hope my motivation can hack this!

Nice to meet everyone. Sending willpower dust to all :)

Awesome! I'll add you to the list of ppl!

Welcome, TamiL! Congrats on already loosing 53 lbs! That's amazing! I actually work in Indiana too, Do you know where Middletown or Anderson is? That's where I'm at:) Would you like to join our group ticker summer challenge as well? We're all trying to loose 100lbs. total!

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So, June has started and school is FINALLY OVER, WAHOO! My last day was today. Do we want to weigh in on Friday to have our starting weights? I can list our starting points n the first post and then add a ticker when we weigh in the following week. Sound good? The only thing is, I'm still relatively new so my signature option hasn't happened yet:( Anyone have any other ideas for this thing or is a weigh in every Friday good for all of you?

I made bad eating choices today...just finished a hot fudge sundae, haha. BUT it is my last day of school so as long as I'm good the rest of the week I should be fine. Have a good day all!

My last day with kids is Friday. Tomorrow is field day - woohoo! I am good with weighing in Friday, or whenever y'all want.

I think a sundae to celebrate the end of the year is definitely acceptable!

Thanks for the welcome! I'd love to join the ticker. My weight loss has slowed to a crawl at this point because I am so close to what my body has always settled on.

Yep I know where Anderson is! I am in Fort Wayne and drive for FWCS here.
Today was our last day here and what an emotional day it was. I cried when I left my kids. Its amazing how attached we get. I wished I would of thought to have a sundae myself!

Friday sounds good to me, I definitely will need to keep myself accountable now that I have no rigid schedule and a house full of kids to entertain!

Wahoo, another gal to join in our challenge! We can do it!!

Yes! I know where Ft. Wayne is. I actually teach in Middletown, but it's 10 minutes from Anderson. Most people don't know about it because it is very small. There is only 1 elementary so it has all 600 kids, however that's still small compared to some. I did not cry...on the contrary, all the teachers have a tradition of getting in one big line as the kids load the buses and when they start to leave we all do the wave to send them off, haha. Good times at Shenandoah!

Ha Ha, thats funny! Me and one of my buddies who drives out of the same middle school have our own new little tradition. We beep our horns at all the teachers and admins as we are leaving. Then we run through town side by side (never do this normally) and beep every so often. Its alot of fun and the kids actually behave rather well for us because we spend all year avoiding close proximity to other buses.

Aww, fun! I bet being a driver can be tough! Our PTO just raised enough money to put cameras in all the buses. The drivers were pretty psyched.

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So my vow to eat better today started good and ended bad, but for some reason I'm not too stressed about it. My husband was off work for the first time in 9 days so we spent the day together: eating out, going to music shops, and picking up some fancy adult beverages to relax with tonight. I don't drink very often anymore but every so often it's fun to let loose with your hubby:)

Weigh in tomorrow!!

OK, I just weighed in today - 274! That is down 2.6 for this week for me! And, today is the last day of school, woohoo! (OK, then a month of summer school but that is always really slow and only from 8-12). Good luck everyone!

Alright!

I added a ticker and our starting weights...I stayed the same, but good job Hello Nurse! And congrats on the last day of school:)