Julie - thanks Girl, I thought I could not gain that much - but hey I did eat alot of pizza, I meat ALOT....I totally :ink: 'd out last night, but oh it was worth it, I will just have to walk tonight, longer than normal :dance:

need some help
 

Good morning everyone...it is good to see all is doing well ;) :dizzy: :lol: I am on a 31 day mission...I am calling it Marches Mission....we areheaded to the Mountains April 2nd, and I have a goal of getting into these wonderful black jeans that I bought...I can get them up ,but buttoning them is another story,and I would so love to be able to wear ,they are a size smaller ,and amazingly I can force them to button,but my mission is to button them comfortably by the time we go...so ladies I am asking for your help,no,I am begging for your help and support...I am all set this morning..I also went friday and bought myself a Gazelle...I am now "armored" with a home gym,a gazelle,workout tapes,a stepper,a gym membership{which I will go maybe 2x aweek because we live about 35 miles away]and my frame of mind is in the right place...so I am asking for your support,even email me if you will{[email protected]]...I am going to do this,I have made it my March madness Mission,and april will be another story....I also have my journal ready,and as part of my support I promise to post often here,cause I know yall are some terrific ladies,and will help me and I in turn will do all I can to help each and everyone of you :) my goal for this month are my black jeans as well better health....April's is gonna be something short and sexy :lol: :lol: :lol: one good thing I have is my very supportative hubby...he has walked all week with me at the mall...one of my favorite places to walk,but even the mall is quite a distance,but i love going to the gym,so i am going to go at least 2x a week...also I will post much more often...for the added support of al of you...well here goes ,will post later as my day progresse's ....till later....Joy :) :) :) :) :dancer:

Great Start!!!!!
 

:strong: :strong: :strong: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :jig: :jig: :jig: WOO-HOOOOOO!!!!!...17 MINUTES ON THE GAZELLE....WILL DO MORE LATER....JOY

Go Joy!!!! :cheer:
Julie: The weekend is past and gone. I was "bad" too. VERY bad. But we still have tome to make up for it and work on not doing it again.
I just got back from the gym :tread: !!! and am feeling pretty darn good, especially compared with this morning.
Saturday night I remembered a goal I had almost totally forgotten about. The brand new little black dress I found in my sister's old closet, left to rot with the tags still on it. Its very simple and cute and a size 10, I had intended to wear it this Christmas and darn it I WILL WEAR IT THIS CHRISTMAS.

:D this has been a great day...just got through taking a walk with my 8 year old son Dakota..so that's 17 minutes on the gazelle and a good long walk...my water all gone and my food has been on program :) :) :) black jeans here I come :lol: :lol: :cool: till later ladies...and Faye,I am glad you have had a wonderful time...all the compliments must feel really great...you have really worked hard for them and well deserve them...will check in later....got to get the kids settled for the night .....Joy

Hello my sweets! I am home, I am pooped, I have a bazillion loads of laundry, but here I am posting my little heart out to my girls!

POINTS POINTS POINTS POINTS:

SandyG :flow2:
Susan :flow2:

Carri: Don't forget, pizza has a LOT LOT LOT of sodium in a variety of different stuff, like the cheese, the meat, the dough, the sauce, so it make just be water retention too, but Julie is correct our weight fluctuates hugely so concentrate on the inches not so much on lbs!!!

SandyG : WOOHOO on the jeans! :hat: :cb:

Julie: hang in there and it will turn the corner again!

Lisa: We will miss you but know we are here for you and please e-mail me if you need an ear, ok?

Joy: You are gonna do it and just to help you out:


MONDAY: Today is mission Monday and this MONTH'S MISSION: We are going to work hard on our own program and encourage Joy in hers to help her gain her goal!!! Let's all give ourselves a goal for March and then strive to acheive it! What is your March goal?

My goal for March is to do my treadmill work EVERYDAY and work hard to get 4 pts every day this month and accomplish my weight loss goal of being below 300 by April 1!

JOY WE ARE WITH YOU GIRL!!!!!!

Gotta go and fold laundry!

Faye :)

Evening!

Real quick as I am exhasuted and it is time for bed. Water yes, food not really but I did exercise. Yeah and sunned my buns as well. Love the tanning beds. So relaxing for me. Faye, glad that you are back. Joy, we are here for you, by the way where did you get your gazelle? I have been thinking about geting one for myself.

sandy

TUESDAY: Today is Target Tuesday and our target for this week is making work at home and away work for you! Too tired to exercise? Want to always say, no time, well then make your work work for you! When you are at home and doing chores, go the extra mile to use those muscles. Instead of combining loads to carry upstairs, take 2-3 instead so you use the stairs more often, vacuuming? Use those arms and legs and really push it! There are lots of short cuts we take to keep us from working too hard, but if you find you have no time for exercise than make work at home your exercise. When at work, walk during lunch at least half your lunch, park far away from your building, use stretching exercises at your desk to keep limber, use the stairs instead of the elevator even if you can only climb one flight and then change to the elevator, make several trips if you are delivering items to people, etc. When you do errands, park as far away from shopping at possible and walk, briskly to the store, high step it in the grocery store instead of dragging around, etc.

Morning ladies! Check in later!

Faye :)

;) GOOD MORNING EVERYONE...I GOT MY 4 POINTS FOR YESTERDAY :D :D READY TO GO THIS MORNING....Faye ,thank you...I know with all of yall's support I will make my goal...SANDY..I did get my Gazelle...last friday,and I love it :) I am gonna take Boomer for his other set of shots today ,so I plan on working out on the Gazelle before I go so I will have that out of the way[Boomer is our latest addittion to the family...a beautiful lab puppy...he's almond with 4 white feet,white ring around his nose and a white line down his back,,,he is so adorable....my goal and mission for the month of march IS TO GET IN "MY BLACK JEANS AND WEAR THEM COMFORTABLY"...AND TO CONTINUE TO ACHIEVE BETTER HEALTH!!! WE CAN DO THIS...STRIVE TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS...well ,Im off to get busy...take care and I will post with my progress throughout the day...be :strong: :strong: :strong: :strong:today and make it count....later....Joy

Morning all of you beautiful chickies!

Joy, I was going to buy one but I haven't found any in store here yet. K-Mart had some but when I went to get one there wasn't any. I know that I can get one thru QVC, but I really hate to go that route. Boomer sounds like he is sssoooo beautiful. I just love dogs. Cats I can tolerate and that is about it.

Faye, it is a good idea about making work work for you. I know that in the average day at work I walk at least 5 miles and climb the stairs at least 50 times. I am constantly going up stairs to get change for the casihers and plus have to climb them just to get many items that I need to work with. Today I wont walk as much but the set of stairs that I do have to climb are a larger set and I will probally be up and down them at least 20 times today. For me work is work. I guess that is one reason when it comes to house work I try to find the easiest ways to get things accomplished.

I am suppose to get my gym tonight, that is if the weather holds out and it doesn't rain on us. There is no way that I am going to go get it in the rain. As it is I have to have people carry it a long distance. I know that this is a good value but if it rains I am going to seriously consider ordering somethings so that I wont have to put my friends thru this. I am just happy that we are seeing warmer temps here. The easter lillies as we call them here are out of the ground and will be in bloom in a few weeks. I have also noticed that some of the trees are starting to bloom. What joys this will be for the allergies! I guess that I am thankful that I don't suffer from them but watching Corey is hard enough. Ok I have rambled on long enough and must get a move on time to go to work. Here to a wonderful day for all.

Sandy

Good Morning Ladies!

:cheer: :cheer: GO JOY GO JOY GO JOY GO GO GO :cheer: :cheer:

I'm so happy to see people fired up! It's contagious, you know. Joy, I KNOW you can achieve this goal. It's totally reasonable and all you have to do is be persistent. Susan, you too.....that little black dress is ALL YOURS GIRL!!

I'm starting a new program for March through May. I'm working on Body for Life, but I have to modify the schedule a little because I absolutely CANNOT lift weights the day or the day after I fight! I tried it yesterday and my body said :lol: :lol: :lol: I'll make it work though. I had no trouble keeping to the food part of the program, so I'm psyched! My March goal is to stick with the BFL program all month (Sundays are rest days and I get to eat whatever I want. So, I think I should be able to stick to it). I would like to lose 10 pounds this month, but I *know* that when I lift heavy, I gain muscle mass first.....so we'll see how that goes.

I read something interesting in the BFL book that I thought you'd all like to hear. I don't know if it's true or not, but it made sense to me. They say that if you exercise first thing in the morning, BEFORE YOU EAT, you burn twice as much fat as if you have something in your stomach. Now, I didn't say you burn twice as many calories. It's just that all the energy must be drawn from fat stores because you have nothing in reserve from food you've eaten recently. I'm trying it out. We'll see if it makes a difference. It seems reasonable, though. The book also says if you can't exercise first thing in the morning, the next best thing is to wait 3 hours after eating before exercising so your stomach is close to empty.

Well, I got all 4 points yesterday. and I'm feeling pretty confident for today. Exercise is already done, and I've already had 1/4 of my water.

Talk to you motivated chickies later!

:grouphug:
Julie

Morning All

I got 4 points yesterday, walked on the trail by my house for 40 mins with hubby...I dont know why I avoid exercise so much I always feel so much better after, I had so much energy last night after that....I cleaned kitchen and living room, got the trash out and cleaned the refridgerator - normally I am just pooped and veg on the couch with TV....it has been sooooooooooo
nice here lately...between 58-62 degrees, wonderful....makes you want to be outside and active...

Glad to see we are all getting back into the swing of things....

Later -

Hey also I cannot find this Laughing Cow cheese anywhere, any suggestions??

I'm soooo excited!!!!

OK ladies! I have a whole new goal and motivation since this morning :D

One of my students let me borrow one of her costumes that I want to copy for our big show in the middle of May. She is not skinny, but I definitely see her as alot thinner than I am! Just for the **** of it, I decided to try it on. It FIT IT FIT IT FIT!!! I couldn't believe it! This is one of those little 2 piece beaded bra and belt sets that everyone imagines when they think "belly dancer". I haven't worn one of those costumes since 1989!! :eek: And it didn't even look bad on me, no squished fat rolling over the tops or under the bra.......I tried some moves out while I had it on, and I definitely wouldn't wear it to dance in today, BUT May 15th is a whole 10 weeks away!!!

SO, my NEW and IMPROVED motivation is that I AM GOING TO WEAR A 2 PIECE COSTUME FOR OUR SHOW IN MAY!!!! When I started losing all this weight last fall, I thought "maybe I can wear one of those for May 2005"......BUT NO BABY, IT"S 2004!!! I'm so psyched, can you tell? :lol:

Now, I still have to make the darn thing. My ultimate reward when I lose all the weight is to buy one, but they cost like 500-800 dollars a piece! So, I"m not plunking down that kind of change until I know I'm at my goal. I know I can lose alot of fat in 10 weeks! I'm gonna have to make this sucker adjustable!

Also, I know I've been complaining about the scale not moving since Jan. But after I tried the costume on, I HAD to find out what was going on. So, I took my measurements. I've lost like 3 inches in my hips, 2 inches off my waist, and an inch off my bust just since Jan. 18th! I guess I must be putting on muscle or else my scale is broken.......either way, WOO HOOOOOO :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

Ok, enough about me. Everyone have a SUPER STRONG DAY....
Julie

;) THANKS GIRLS...THIS IS JUST WHAT I NEED...WELL ,I have 10 minutes on the gazelle,and five minutes of warm up and boomer to the vet...he went from 2.9 lbs to 8.9 in three weeks...dr said he's spoiled[and he is] we all love him so much..they are going to board him while we head to the mountains...I wanted to take him but they allow no pets,,{thought about taking him anyway},but we will be in and out and gone some days all day,so I guess it's best we don't....by the way I simply love this gazelle...we bought it from sears..they had this one on sale for 199.00...it's not the most elaborate one ,but it serves my purpose...girls i am bound and determined to work super hard this month ...and april is gonna be my absolutely fun month...which means to see how many ways I can find to do something FUN while getting my exercise...so I have been working on that,we have aleady planned our 2 mile hike in the mountains...we did it year before last,and along the way you get to see beautiful waterfalls and when you reach the top...OMG...THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WATERFALL AND CAVE AREA,,,AND IT POOLS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE,WHERE IF YOU CHOOSE YOU CAN GET IN AND PLAY,,,THEREwere some doing it,but it was alittle to cool for me...but the hike was most worth itI am so excited ...we have everything paid for...just gas and food ,and of couse any extra activities is all we have to worry about...we plan on making a day trip to the builtmore house in carolina...which is about 2 hours from our cabin...there is so much to do..last year we went to cade's cove in the mountains,the big aquariaum,ripley's believe it or not ,shopped the malls till we dropped,fished piedgon forge river,did the sky lift up the moutain,went to some wonderful places to dine,and oh yes cannot forget Chuckie Cheese in knoxville...the kids as well as hubby loves it there,and I go next door to Pier One and find me some goodies...it is so beautiful in April..I want to retire there someday...also I love the town of Cherokee....just can't wait...well I certainly have rambled...I guess I will go and get some things accomplished before the kiddies get home ...will check in later...love all of yall....Joy :) :) :) :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: