SUNDAY: Today is Silly Poll Sunday and our silly poll this week is: If you watched the Olympics, whom and in what sport inpressed you most?

POINTS:

Julie :dancer:

Amanda: Man, I am so proud of you for the swimming. I knew if you ever just got up the courage and said to heck with it I am going out there in a suit you would see it would be the right thing to do.

I am not an Olympics junkie, but saw a few things because of Jack. There is this young black woman from Great Britain who won a race yesterday and I have never seen anyone run like that. I keep thinking her name is Jones? Also, the kid from Canada, Despatie, who is a diver, is a phenom.

Well, have a great day girls

Faye :)

Faye - her name is Kelly Holmes! She is a hero here right now! 2 gold medals at the age of 34! Yes, I agree with you she is an excellent runner - she hangs round the back and all the commentaters panic, saying 'she'll never catch up now' - then she makes her break for it and passes everyone!

We also have a young boxer, Amir Khan, who has just won a silver, and while I hate boxing, you've got to respect an unknown 17 year old who goes to the Olympics and wins the silver! :cb:

I will miss the Olympics, i really enjoyed it - and now it's back to boring daytime telly which is all repeats and soaps. :(

Thanks for the comment about the swimming Faye - you are right, I don't even think twice about going now! I'm even going to start going to a session on a Thursday which isn't women only! :yikes: The thing with swimming is it is the absolute best exercise for large people - it is such a good workout, but it is not too difficult as the weight is supported. I find 40 mins in the pool alot easier than 25 mins on the bike - and it is a much better all over body workout! I really think this is an exercise I can stick with - I enjoy it so much!

I had a good day yesterday - even though i didn't write down my calories, I made good choices and kept control. I also went swimming and drank lots of water - so I'm going to award myself the full 4 points! :)

See you tomorrow!

Love Amanda x

Hi!!!!
Sorry I've been gone. Just haven't been around computers these last few days. I weighed in on friday and stayed level so I'm ok. I'm hanging in at 182 wich is very good for me I'm down 4 past re-run pounds :)

Hope you all are well. I'll try to check in more this week.

MONDAY: Today is Mission Monday and our Mission this week is goal setting. It is important that we set short and long term goals and strive to achieve them. Let's set goals for ourselves ladies, then work to achieve them.

POINTS:

Amanda :bravo:

Talk to you later girls.

Faye :)

Good Morning everyone.

I wasn't so good this weekend....not bad, but not great either. I think part of last week's weight loss was that my metabolism was boosted by all the exercise I got at Pennsic. Which tells me that I need to get loads of exercise if I'm gonna do this thing.

For today's mission of goal setting.....I have two goals for September. One is to be down below 200 by the end of the month and the second is to reclaim my workout space in the garage that has been idle all summer. As a reward, I'm going to install a ballet barre on the wall facing my mirror so I can dance more.

Hope everyone had a great weekend. Amanda, you sound like things are smoothing out for you. Your pms posts don't seem nearly as down as they used to. The exercise must be doing you good.

Well, it's the last day before school starts for the kids..........YAHOOOOOOO!!
So I have lots of errands to run. Better get going.

TTFN,
Julie

Morning Everyone!! Hope you all had a great weekend, mine was busy, busy, busy....still working our butts off on the house, we have to freshen up the paint in about every room so this three day weekend coming up is really going to help, we should have it ready to be put next week, yeah!!! I know I will just feel so much better and less stressed once it is actually up, although the stress will be keeping it clean 24-7.... :lol: :lol:

I had one 3 pointer Saturday, and a 4 pointer Sunday !! :)

Goals, huh? Well I had one mini goal for myself, which was to reach the 180's asap!! And I actually did that yesterday!! :cheer: Got on the scale yesterday morning and it said 189.2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cb: So now that I have reached that I would like to be at 185 by the end of the month, I think that is going to be fairly easy to get to but I want to make this goal easy on myself :D

Well I will check back in later today and see what is going on!!! Have a good Monday, if possible...I still have not heard about the new job yet but should sometime this week...

Later

POINTS:

Carri :bravo: :cp:

Keeping my fingers crossed for your job, Carri!

I think we have some kind of curse going on with us lately. First off, our credit card company REMOVED money from our bank account without a scheduled payment, then did not apply it to our account and now tell us because of the snafu it make take up to 14 days to straighten it all out. The car was supposed to go to the shop today but when we went to pick up our rental they had LOST it or whatever and wanted to charge us double even though we had paperwork. When we tried other places, it was all the same, huge amounts for a little car because we didn't do it ahead of time so now we have to wait until the weekend to get the car in and get a rental car for the week. I am still not feeling totally up to snuff so will be checking back with the dr but I imagine it will be hormone issues again and there is not a lot that can be done because I won't take any kind of HRT being obese, borderline high bp etc. I just don't think it is safe for me so I suffer. Jack fixed his meds this morning and dropped them and we had a pill missing and I spent 30 minutes on my hands and knees trying to find it because of the cat and dog and the darn thing was on a shelf on the wall. Guess it had bounced there! I just have to laugh at it all I guess!

Everybody have a great day!

Faye :)

Hi all,

I'm still here and doing okay, although the PMS is really starting to bite! Yes Julie, I think my mood has been gradually improving - probably due to the anti depressants and the B complex vitamin that I now take which is meant to be good for PMS and general mood. :dizzy: Oh yes, and definately the exercise - it really is as important as any medication I take!

I'm going to have a think about my goals and get back to you with some dates. :)

Love Amanda x

Hello!
I did rather badly with food yesterday but today is going really well mood and food wise! I had a bigger lunch than I wanted but all the extra was fruit so no regrets. As for Goal setting, just last night I started thinking about Halloween and it came up today at lunch with friends. There is a costume I really want to make and it involves sleevelessness so I'm going to work my arms hard untill october!!!! Not to mention hopefully slimming my middle and upper thy. It will be cute and I will of course send a picture come that time of year.

I'm going to FINALLY try out the work out room that my apartment complex has. I feel so bad for leaving exercise out for so long but I'm pumped right now!

Have a great day all

TUESDAY: Today is Target Tuesday and our target this week is EXERCISE! For most people it is the toughest to put into their daily routine, the one we want to slack off on the most and the one we dread more than the other two. Remember, if you are pressed for time in your day, ANY EXERCISE IS BETTER THAN NONE! Give up half you lunch hour for a walk if you can't fit it in before or after work, do stretching etc at work or school while sitting, use stairs, park farther from stores and hoof it, etc. We need 3-4 days of at least 1/2 hour to MAINTAIN our weight so we must put more time in for losing.

Check in later

Faye :)

Morning All - We need to recruit some new members, it is too quiet over here anymore...what happened to Cat?

Anyway I had a 3 pointer yesterday...tonight we have to do a ton of shopping for some paint and new toilet seats and some other things for the house...I probably will be hard pressed to get home before 9 or so, so may have a ton of exercise in from all the walking and shopping :lol:

Faye - Today is the end of the challenge right? I weighed in this morning still at 189. You are right about the exercise - it is the hardest thing for me to do and like I said I think it is because I lose anyway w/o doing it so for that reason I am not highly motivated to do it...I know that is a lazy answer :lol:

Susan - I think that is a great goal!! I LOVE Halloween...I too need to really work on my flabby arms...that is a bad spot for most women I hear..good luck!

Julie - Enjoy that quiet time at home, that would be wonderful, even if it is only 2 1/2 hours :)

Amanda - Sorry to hear about the PMS, I am right there with you...I should start my TOM on Thursday and I am fighting food cravings like crazy!!! C'mon we can both get through it this week .

Okay check in later

Morning Ladies,
Just a quick note this morning, it's THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!! Woooo Hooo :dancer: :dancer:

All my babies are gone and the house is SILENT! I promised myself that from 9 to 11 I would write, so I can't stay long.

Yesterday I went to an ice cream social that one of the girls' friends was having as a back to school party. It was at a restaraunt and I ate a whole meal (rueben, onion rings and blueberry pie)......BLECH~!! I felt so sick, even while I was eating it. I don't know why I bother ordering food out anymore, there are so few restaurants I can tolerate anymore. So, just 2 points for water and exercise yesterday.

Here's a picture of my baby Ben on his first day of school....can you say future politician!

TTFN,
Julie

Hi everyone remember me?

Wow your're all here and doing very good. Susan, wow you're doing great! You go girl.

As for myself I've been out and about. Have pretty much maintained myself within the 150-155lb range from the 175lbs I started at, but girls I need to reach my goal weight of 120lbs. Just feel out of loop lately and thought to myself, "What am I missing?" The answer: You girls!

I could have never done it without the support I got from this group THANK YOU!!...so I am back :) and hopefully this time to meet my goal weight. I plan to start program on Monday Sept. 6 2004 because I need to shop for healthy food again and rid my fridge of all the junk, lol.

Welcome Back Dorothy!

Baby steps rock! You can do it..........
Julie

POINTS:

Julie :dancer:
Carri :cp:


I NEED CURRENT WEIGHTS FOR THE CHALLENGE! PLEASE GET THEM TO ME BY THIS EVENING OR TOMORROW MORNING AT THE LATEST. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PART OF THE CHALLENGE AND WANT TO BE, I NEED YOUR WEIGHT AS OF TOMORROW TO START THE NEXT QUARTER. **who is the gift card person this time and has anyone volunteered for the next one. I need to put this info on my spreadsheet! **

Julie: He is SOOOOOO adorable. Looks like a future Alex P Keaton! :lol:

Dorothy: It is great to have you back. We are kind of poor in numbers right now so it is great to have you here. Would you like to be part of the challenge for next quarter?

Sorry I didn't get in here today but was expecting a Fedex I had to sign for and the guy didn't show up until late this afternoon. I sat downstairs all day, no exercise or anything because I couldn't leave.

Girls, I am a messl big time. I haven't been in the pool or eaten right for 4 days now and you know how I am about exercise. I feel at the bottom of a well I can't crawl out of. I have never been this bad before and usually it only lasts a day or so but my hormone issues are so bad that they are disrupting my life. Say a little prayer for me as I have to get back on track!

Faye :)