OK, skanky or not, I ordered a couple Firm tapes. The ones that sounded the least likely to make me sweat. Firm Basics:Fat Burner and another one the 1-800 lady talked me into. Just the tapes, no "fanny lifter", because I'm realistic and I think it's probably fallen and ain't gonna get up. I bought some of those newfangled panties, not the thong thingies, the kind that look like lacy shorts. The DH just loves them, but I'm not too crazy about the back view. That was probably more info than you'd care to know.

Everybody here at work is sick, sick, sick. Except me, and I'm trying not to breathe the air that these other sickly ppl are.

Wabby, I'm glad you didn't get the fanny lifter, since I've heard they're pretty wobbly. I have a high step that would work for those tapes. I actually stopped buying Firm tapes after I got one too many compilation tape from them, but the workouts are good... if you do them!

Personally, I prefer Cathe!

I saw that informercial -- that looked pretty good, didn't it? I'd buy it, but I already invested $70 or something in BeachBody tapes. Maybe after I get a beachbody, I'll get firm

Gee, I didn't see any ghosts. One of the girls wouldn't get out of the car, and she wasn't even letting us scare her. All the screaming from the graveyard, and the popping up from the other side of the car had not the slightest effect.

Wow! You are a saint! Can I have your autograph?

Wabbit, do you know if there are any dog parks in your neck of the woods? My friend is looking for somewhere to let her sweet doggie run free after being cooped up in the car for a week, and now in an apartment until they move into their house.

I spent the day at the car dealer today waiting for my car to not be finished getting worked on -- Honestly, I have to come back again next week so they can look for more things that aren't wrong with it. I decided to take a walk (on a busy highway) and went to the Humane Society. Looked at all the doggies and kitties. Picked out 2 dogs to bring home. Didn't bring them home, of course, just picked them out. Picked out several lovely kitties. Didn't bring them home either. That was fun. ? Better than sitting in the waiting room at the car dealer watching Fox News. Why do people watch that? I actually had to leave the room when that horrible judge from Alabama came on to rant and rave about his precious 10 commandments rock. What a putz.

haha That was fun. I called a Southern fundie zealot a Yiddish dirty word. But really, even the Supreme Court wouldn't listen to this guy, but they had 'im on Fox News.

Kiwi

Kiwi, I think Portland Parks have certain off leash doggie hours, but that's probably too far away from where your friend is living, if she's in Tigard. She should call the local parks department and ask. Out where I live there are all kinds of places, but I live in the toolies. Does your friend like the area so far, or is she horribly homesick for Maine?

So what I'm getting from all you exercising cows is that you actually have to do the exercises for the tapes to work. Damn. And who is Cathe?

Kiwi, that girl sounds like a party pooper. What teenager doesn't love to be totally freaked out on Halloween? You have amazing self control to just walk away from all those big eyed dogs at the pound.

Thanks, Wabbit, I'll pass that on. She says she's looking for stuff to do, trying to get to know the area. And she has airplane tickets to fly home in December for a few days!

I thought just owning these tapes made you skinny. Thinking about them makes me tired, so it only stands to reason...

I've got to go vote. We have a very interesting bunch of things on the ballot this year -- casinos and such.

Kiwi

vote for the casinos so i can come down and gamble me arse off----wabby i think cherry means Cathe Freidreich or something like that----do a search---she is a SERIOUS hardbody!!!

Oh sweet Cherry, I found the Cathe tapes at Collage Video, but they all say intermediate level, and I'm definitely at beginner, slow as a slug, muscles of rubberband level. That's why I ordered the Basic Firm video, and that will probably be too hard for me. Remember, I'm an old lady.

It's Bunco time on saturday night. The highlight of my pitiful social life.

It's so cold here, and it's dark and wintery, and I want summer back.

We have casinos all over the place here. I've never been there. I like my money too much. Even when we went to Vegas I didn't gamble, except for the nickel machines. I would lose 5 bucks and then obsess about what I could have bought with that money. I'm not a compulsive gambler. I only have room for one compulsion in my life, and food is it.

Yeah, that happened really quickly this year, didn't it? We had snow and ice last night, had to chip the car out of its ice-casing this morning. yuk

Chili!! Gotta go stir my chili!

I actually enjoy gambling once in a while, but I would hate to leave anywhere near a casino. DH has gambling addict proclivities, I think. I look at it as an evening's entertainment and set a $$ limit. Not that I've done it in a long time.

Going out to collect donations at a jazz concert tonight.

Kiwi

Some of Cathe's strength training tapes are really appropriate for beginners. Not her cardio, though.

I'm currently putting off doing a Cathe cardio tape. I'm tired and I'm subbing at religious ed tonight... which means if I want to do a tape, I have to start within 20 minutes.

I have to work out. The scale said 176 today... the highest in two months! ARGH! Must stay out of the peanut butter cups!

I don't like gambling. Just one of my quirks. DH likes it, but not in an addictive way.

okay,so i went to have the Dreaded Pap Test today ---GROSSSSSSSS ME OUUUUUUTTTTT----i got weighed with all me clothes on ---they used the REAL scale with the weights-------no cheating here--------okay,i was shocked------ONE FORTY NINE.So I guess point counting works wabby------if i can get to your weight of 145 i will be in shock--------That is 11 pounds in two months--------------that is NOT VERY FAST!!!!!!--------it has been a dreary struggle most of the time--------NOW the hard part of maintaining seems impossible to me,so whatever shall we do?????

Uh-Oh! You caught me! I've been scarfing down Reese's cups right here at the keyboard. New Honey Roasted Peanut Butter ones --very dangerous.

BAGZ!! You're doing it!!

I'm not. But I really must -- why would I want to be a chub forever anyway? Here's my new goal: 30 lbs by February. When I go to NYC to see a Broadway show. One cannot be fat in New York City; it's simply not done. Okay, I'll start tomorrow, after I finish these Reese's cups Seriously, I have to change my sig, because it is nothing but a big lie, and figure out what it will take to be Not a Hog on Broadway.

Kiwi

That's what I did this morning. Belly, butt and thighs all in 30 mins. I'm aiming for looking just like Daisy Fuentes some time next week. Official weight (mine, not Daisy's): 150 lbs. which means I actually lost 10 pounds somewhere along the way. Only took me about three years! Another 10 would make my VERY happy. My brother had NO food in the house so it was easy not to eat. Now that I have to feed the kids and dh again, it's getting harder. Oh well. Men like big butts.

Getting an early start on Christimas displays: two large plastic candy canes from the dollar store in Halifax. Canadian content, don't you know.


*Ahem* - are those lacey shorts comfortable, Wabby? I'm getting pretty bored with the baggy bloomers and looking for something new that's NOT a thong. Is the lace itchy? I can't stand itchy underwear.

Bagzie! 149 on the real doctor scale??!!!! Wowzer!!!!! That is so great! And 11 pounds in 2 months is wonderful, wonderful. Slow and steady wins the race. I need to go see my Dr. because she said if I lost some weight I might be able to go off the blood pressure meds, and that was 25 pounds ago.

Kiwi, count points with us. It's boring, it's tedious, it's no fun, but it works. I've been reading the online journal of a woman who has lost 20 pounds by following WW points system only 3 days of the week. It took her 8 months to do it, but hey, 20 pounds is alot. Count points and dazzle New York.

Sugar, if that tape makes you look like Daisy Fuentes in a week, send me a copy. And *ahem* those lacy shorts are pretty comfy and no panty lines in slacks.

Thank you most gracious cows for you support------Kiwi---Wabby is correct---it is stultifyingly boring but it actually works AND---when you actually start to lose,you do gain a bit of momentum----i had a BAD week last week and felt like giving up,but I am back on track again---i find reading the message boards at WW.ca is motivating-------WABBY TELL US WHERE THE ONLINE JOURNAL IS---I WANT TO READ ABOU THIS CHICK-----I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT SO I DO WWPOINTS ALL WEEK AND RELAX ON THE WEEKEND!!!! XOXOXOXOXO-----Sugsie---i have granny panties and if i can lose another five pounds or so,maybe i will consider some 'briefs'-----hey girls ---remember the not so skinny chicks we met who LOVED their thongs!!!!

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Read the archives, because she's in a slump right now. Kind of like us, huh?