Home of the Loozing Floozie's.......(#20)
 

Hi everyone!
Since I work full time and have two young kids at home my only time to work out is at lunch. There is a club near my work where I do a 45 minute spinning class. (2 to 4 times per week).

The sad news is that my workout partner's last day of work was on Friday. She is moving to Raleigh, NC with her dh so she can become a full time novelist (she has completed one book and is looking for a publisher). I'm really happy for her but am bummed for me! So far I have been motivated to work out without her but I know it is going to be tough to stay motivated once we get back from Hawaii. So my question to all of you is how do you keep up the regular exercise? Does it just feel automatic for you? What do you do and how often?

And yes...I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT MAUI! 9 more days!!!! Thanks for asking!
:D

Jeanne-I feel like if I don't get out and run, I am missing something. It's become a habit with me.

Sherry and Debbie-You girls should be toothpicks the way you run around so much!!

Gayle- I'm really not up on the star's hairstyles, but I say go for it!! I am also thinking about streaking the gray in my hair instead of coloring it this time. I say any kind of change helps us to feel better about ourselves!

Ramona-What happened at the Dr's??? I hope your son's foot is better today!

Thanks to everyone that PM'ed me!! I feel much better now at work, and hopefully this time off will help me sort things out. I do know one thing, I definitely do NOT want to be the confidential secretary now (not that she would give me the job anyway!)

Off to my LAST day!!

Gayle, if you go to ivillage.com, they have a hairstyle finder where you put in your face shape, color, and length and then you see the styles that are best for you. I'm like you, I'm ready for a change! I agree with everyone else, go for it!

Believe it or not, we couldn't get in to see a Dr. last night. My brother is a physical therapist and has had lots of patients with spider bites so I took Dan to see him. He said it is not a spider bite but looks like some type of staph infection. Dan had inspection this morning and then he is getting a pass to go to the DR.

gotta sell some boots....later all

Gosh Ramona, been having a blast all day!!! I uploaded a pic of me and have been trying hairstyles and color!!!! I found a really cute shade called sundrenched, it is a dark blonde, light ash brown hue....hmmmm...I'm dark brown now....

The hair cut I came up with is about chin length, razor cut with choppy layers...

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SITE INFO!!!!! This is to much fun!!! I'm ready for a change!!!!!

Now, if I could magically drop 30 pounds!!!! :lol:

hello friends!
ramona,i plant tomatoes(beefstake and cherry)
green peppers,onions cucumbers,strawberries,and im making a go with broccoli hmmmm,
sorry the offer didnt go thru,but your rite you can enjoy a clean house!
is your son ok?
ive heard of them spiders is there anything that can ber done?
catagan was named after a best friend when i was younger,
its german,her middle name monroe was named after marilyn monroe.
its real beautiful,thanks for asking.

shelley,i hope things are better with you now?

dee,boy i guess i missed alot whats happened to you woman?
gosh i hope you get well fast,sure sounds like a nasty.


gayle,
woho on the waling best excercise in the world!
keep it up!
that is weird about the music thing.
awesome and creepy at the same time.

vic,i cant believe you broke your toes!
how you doing?//
carol,your melting!
awesome job!

well things were starting to look up then today my moms leg started swelling!
she went to the dr. and took to hospital by ambulance.
there running tests tomarrow and there thinking bllod clot in her leg!
shes scared and so am i .
last time she was in hospital for a month!!
please keep her in prayer.

hugs,
doni

Nice hearing from you Doni. The board is kinda slow with everyone busy. I will be keeping your mom in my thoughts and prayers. Let us know how everything turns out.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUUUUUUUU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR JENNELLEEEEEEEE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!

I hope you have a very special day filled with love and happiness. Thank you for sharing your friendship.

Happy Birthday, Jennelle!! Have a wonderful day!! :hb: :hat: :gift: :balloons:

Man, I've been going crazy! I updated some info on my personal profile and then I couldn't get back on the board!!!!! I tried everything and nothing worked. I finally e-mailed Suzanne and she worked it out for me. Now, you know you are on the computer tooooo much when you start having Floozie withdrawls!!!!! hahahaha

Gayle, I wanted to tell you that the haircut sounds really cute! I'm glad you had so much fun at the web site.

Dan's foot is better. It was infected but we don't know what caused it. Thanks everyone for asking.

JENNELLE.............HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you have a super, fantastic day!!!!!

To the birthday girl:

You're a kind and generous person
Who can brighten up one's days
Bringing much joy to other's
With your kind and thoughtful ways




You're a wonderful dear friend
Who makes cares just disappear
With your warm endearing smile
Through out each day all year




That's why this greeting comes
On your very special day
To wish you all the best
In a very endearing way

Unknown

Thank you for being our friend Jennelle!!!!

Ramona-My daughter and I had fun at the website, too!! We downloaded pictures of ourselves and tried the hairstyles.

Mornin' :wave:

Sorry I didn't post yesterday.Drew & I went and had lunch with Wayne and then I worked in the yard ALL day!! I set flowers out and mowed. I was still sore from working Thursday but it needed to be done.Last night Chris & Dayna came home and we ordered pizza and played cards.

Today I'm suppose to go to Debbie's cousins swim party but it looks like it may rain! :rain: Oh well, I may just stay here and clean house and wash clothes.

Gayle,
Did you decide how you want your hair? I'm like you, I love that website!

Doni,
Let us know about your Mom.I'll keep her in my prayers.:angel: I love your Daughter's name too!!!!!!

Debbie,
Well, what about today? Try to go or stay home????? Stupid weather!!! :lol:

Ramona,
How is your Son's foot? I'm glad to hear that is wasn't a spider bite!!!

Jeanne,
Looks like you'll be in Hawaii soon!!!! :D I know you're excited!! And sorry to hear about your exercise partner leaving but try to keep doing it! We'll motivate you!!!!!

Shelley,
Did you do a little dance in the parking lot yesterday??? :lol: Now you're off for the summer!!!!!! Feels great doesn't it?!!! Now....START HAVING SOME FUN!!!!!!

Carol,
What day is your weigh-in? I think you're doing awesome!! I'm so happy for you!!!

Vicki,
How's the toes? Are they still black & blue? Did you get a night lite?? Take care!!!!

Dee,
How are you feeling now? I've been thinking about you!!! BTW: How's your Mom?

Titan,
Where are you??? Post soon girlie!!! :D

Jennelle,
Again...Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy your day!!!!! :D

Talk to ya'll later.......HUGS!!

Happy birthdya Jennelle. I hope that you have a marvelous day. You deserve it.

Gayle the hair cut sounds like a syle that would suit you. Go for the change. You will love it.

Ramona I am glad that your son is better.

Doni my mom too had blood clots and it is scarey. Glad that she is taking care of it.

Shelley are things doing better now that school is over?

I didn't have a fever yesterday. Really tired and short of breath, but I think I am on the road to recovery. went for my TB test thursday but they wouldn't do it til monday. It is a test that you have to come back in 48 hours and that would have been the weekend so they just tested my blood. I will be back next week.

Hope that you all have a great weekend. It is suppose to be hot here so I will be parking it by the pool.

Thank you all for the birthday wishes. :) I was going to step on the scale to see how many lbs. I missed my birthday goal by, but why ruin a good day? :lol:

I just got back from putting my baby on the plane to NJ. My other daughter and I went shopping, and not 30 minutes after we got home, she called and said she was there!! I didn't even realize that it had been 2 hrs. Anyway, I am still a bit nervous about her being away, but I'm sure she will have fun. Thanks everyone for thinking that she should go! Believe it or not, she also had her first date yesterday (just the afternoon movies.) The kids grow up so quick!! Speaking of growing up,



Happy Birthday Again, Jennelle!!

Good Morning all!!

Hope you treat all your Dad/husbands/boyfriends to a wonderful day!

Carol

Give the MAN in your life a BIG KISS & HUG!!! :chockiss:

Friends: Tell all of your guys HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!!!! :smug:

Hi Gals...

The toes are still aching and bl/blue..I am going today to get that nite lite and hopefully that will help this poor ole gal....

Wishing all the Husbands that are Fathers a Good Day...

Going to a house warming party today for my nephew....Just love doing the family thing...No MIL can't go...no one on my side of family likes her.....boohoo....!!!!!!!


Well enough silliness...Have a good one today my friends...

Vickster

My MIL was over last night, and I pretended to be sleeping at 8:00!! Needless to say, I did fall asleep and when I woke up at 10, she was still here. She left a little after 10, and I didn't even have to see her (I just had to hear her squeaky voice.)LOL

Hey, if any of you IM, please PM me your names, so I can add you to my buddy list. I don't usually IM, but since my daughter is in NJ, I started doing it. It's so much cheaper than calling.

Late happy birthday, Jenelle!!

Hope everyone is doing great and staying OP. Just got back from Branson, where I ate out EVERY day!! Luckily, my weigh-in isn't till Thursday this week!

In process of having asthma attack. Miserable. Know it's weight- related. There's a magic # that if I get over the breathing just "goes."

Later all,

Cheryl

Cheryl, I hope your feeling better!!!!! I feel for ya!!! We all have asthma and allergies here, in fact the 4 year old was just diagnosed about one month ago. Do you use an inhaler?

I hope everyone had a great weekend! I will be back later!

Gayle,

I've been taking 1 Primatene tablet when the attacks start. I can't take them at night, though, 'cause they wire me up BIG time!!

I had never had asthma problems until last year (when I gained back all my original WW weight, PLUS some), and I'm hoping that If I stick to my diet and lose the weight again the asthma will go away with it!

Cheryl, don't know if it will work for you, but some people find relief in sticking their head inside of a freezer for a few minutes. We keep prescription nose spray and inhalers around here all of the time. Oh, the joys!

I'll bet the freezer would work for me, because I've noticed that when I'm having one, if I turn the AC down to about 68-70, it relieves the symptoms quite a bit. I just tried my 1st nose spray last Thurs. nite. I was on vacation and it was all I had (I've always bee afraid to try one, b/c I hear they're really addictive). It was GREAT!! My nose was slightly sore on Friday, but I stayed completely clear until Sunday morning!!

(Sorry to all the Floozies for the non-weight-loss-related posts!!)

Speaking of non weight related things, my DH just came home with 6 more chickens!! Now we have 1 rooster and 6 chickens. We he left home, he was headed for food only. So now in my bird room I have 7 baby chicks, 1 cockatoo, 1 cockatiel, 1 hawkheaded parrot, and 1 blue front amazon parrot. My birds think we have gone out of our minds!! We will be building a chicken coop sometime this summer.

Carol-Any chicken tips will be greatly appreciated!

I can't remember who else has them, but if you do, let me know!

Shelley: We use to have chickens out on the farm. They are soooo cute when their little!!! I would just get attached...then it would be butchering day. :mad: I bet you are having fun keeping the little guys clean!

Cheryl: My 4 year old has to take the nose spray once a day. I tried slacking off about one week ago...the next day she was right back with the same old stuff. So, we are back to the one shot a day. I bet exercising is hard for you.

HELP!!!!!! WHAAAAAAAA!!!! NOT STAYING OP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm back on tomorrow though. I will never lose at this rate. One day on, four days off!!! SEND me some WILLPOWER and MOTIVATION!!!!!!!!

Gayle-I'm sending you some willpower, since mine has left me, it must be coming your way!! My chickens are for eggs, not for butchering!!

Shelley: I still have problems eating chicken to this day because of awful childhood memories of butchering day!!! I refuse to be involved in any of that stuff. In my opinion, one of the worse smells in the world is the smell of wet, hot bird feathers when we had to dip the chickens in scalding water so we could pluck them. Steve wants to go fishing...I said fine...you do all of the cleaning of the fish etc! Did I gross you out today???? SORRY!!!

Question: At what age did you start running? Also, you posted it before but I can't remember. You mentioned that you would walk then run only like 30 seconds at a time? Can you post this info again? THANKS!!!

Where's the rest of the crew?????

Mornin' :wave:

I'm here Gayle! I didn't post yesterday because I've been dealing with a bad head & stomach ache.Virus I guess.But I seem to be feeling better today.I layed around most of yesterday.

I've got to get some things done today.I really want to DEEP clean the bathroom today.

If anyone didn't see the "Challenge Thread", my weight stayed the same at 171 this week.No loss.....No gain. I'm stuck at the 20 lb. loss mark.

Hope everyone is doing ok.....I'll come back in a few and start a new thread.

Have a great OP day ya'll...........

Sherry-Tried to catch you last night on IM, but your away message was on! Hope you are feeling better. Not good to be sick on vacation!

Gayle-GROSS!!!:o

I have been running for approx. 4 or 5 years, so I guess I was around 44 or 45 when I started. I started out walking 5 min, then running 30 sec--doing this for about 20 min. Gradually, just start walking less and running more. Increase the running weekly. Don't do it too quick, or it will burn you out. Go over to www.runnersworld.com, and they have the program over there. I think you might have to click somewhere on newrunner. Also a great webpage is www.coolrunning.com. I log all my runs on both boards. I've gone 598 miles this year!! Not bad for an old hag!:D

I am going to try and clean something today, even if it's just the dog!

I didn't realize that ashma could be affected by weight. Dez and I both have ashma. I had a bad ashma attack in Jamaica because of the spraying of the mosquitos. We don't have the nasal spray that you girls are talking about. I am only using ventolin. It sometimes affect my heart rate though.

Sherry poor you, you are STUCK at losing 20 pounds!!!!! That is a huge achievement don't be little it. You have done well. You are just at a plateau. Sometimes boosting up the exercise at the plateau helps or changing some of your foood choices. I am just trying out this 3 day diet a friend gave me. It isn't one you should stick on but helps with those plateaus. I will post it later. Hope that you are feeling better.

Shelley how much land do you have if you have chickens? Are you right in the city? My mom and dad have raised chickens since forever.

Mom has 2 more radiation treatments. She will be done tomorrow. She has done pretty good with it. Just on friday she started getting the blisters. They are small and not to painful. She has a bit of burning that will increase these last few treatments but she will be ok. After this she is all done! Yipee!!! She is still having problems with regulating her blood but is suppose to be referred to a specialist soon.

I haven't gone for my TB test yet because I haven't been feeling well enough. Today I will try to go.

Hope that you all have an on program day!

DEE

Here is the diet. My girlfriend lost 3 and her hubby lost 7. I will let you know what Larry and I lose on thursday am.

THREE DAY DIET: This is the 3 day diet. If you follow it corectly you may lose up to 10 lb. Remember to keep the weight off you must continue some sort of healthy diet plan.


Instructions:

Drink at least 4 glasses of water a day. You can also have diet soda.

You can add any of these spices and condiments: salt, herbs, lemon, pepper, vinegar, Worcestershire, soy sauce, mustard & ketchup to your foods.

DAY 1

BREAKFAST
Black Coffee or Tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal

1/2 Grapefruit or Juice

1 Toast with 1 Tbsp. Peanut Butter
LUNCH
1/2 Cup of Tuna

1 Toast

Black Coffee or Tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal
DINNER
3 Oz. any lean meat or chicken

1 cup green beans

1 cup carrots

1 apple

1 cup regular vanilla ice cream






DAY 2

BREAKFAST
black coffee or tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal

1 Egg

1/2 Banana

1 Toast
LUNCH
1 cup cottage cheese or tuna

8 regular saltine crackers
DINNER
2 beef franks

1 cup broccoli or cabbage

1/2 cup carrots

1/2 banana

1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream






DAY 3

BREAKFAST
black coffee or tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal

5 regular saltine crackers

1 oz. cheddar cheese

1 apple
LUNCH
1 boiled egg

1 toast

black coffee or tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal
DINNER
1 cup tuna

1 cup carrots

1 cup cauliflower

1 cup melon

1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream