Howdy! I spent yesterday lunch time faffing with the bike, a fuse blew and took my headlights with it! We mainly stripped the bike down just to find the fuse box! I also took the headlamp off cos I thought there might be a fuse in there! I feel like such a girl when it comes to electronics on my bike!

Doing good with my workout plan and eating well - apart from Tues/Wed with the mega headache from ****! That only knocked out the exercise, I was still eating well! Oh and I'm only 2lbs up on my pre-Japan weight, so I hopefully will be able to get that back off for "official weigh in" next Friday

Off to a birthday party tonight, before we get the overnight coach to Paris! We're only going for the day, coming back overnight on Saturday and we have Sunday to recover! I'm hoping to get a run in on Sunday but I doubt I'll feel up to it, or if I feel up to it, you can bet DF won't be feeling like it! *sigh* Ain't that just the way it is?

Have a happy riding weekend girlies

Debbie - Okay we share the 'fat and old' what about blonde? You'll be able to do the BL DVD, even if it takes you afew times getting use to it.....YOU go girl! Enjoy your ride Sunday - and the leather. That is my favorite time to ride too, the leather outfits are so awesome......Right now it's snowing here.
Hey I lived in Texas for 16 years, had one baby boy there (long tall Texan). We lived in Katy, right outside of Houston. I LOVE - LOVE - LOVE Texas and miss it so much. Still have inlaws and friends there.....
Hey Gina girl, Holly, 2Fru, Rebe and everyone else.....
Hugs...

Hey biker mamas!
2 Fru - Must be a tough life to go on an overnight to Paris....
But I'm with you with the feeling inadequate troubleshooting electical crap...it's the main reason my bike is getting dusty. And there is a scooter toy run tomorrow... I have to stay home for the kitchen floor estiamte guy anyway... But it will be nice to have new kitchen floor before Xmas!

"I'm not only fat and old but I'm a klutz"

Join the club!! That's the point of DVD's. I close the blinds so the neighbors aren't scared... I swear - even with the annoying guy...Richard Simmons...I still feel klutzy...

Hey - I have a bunch of buddies in Plano, TX...we contemplated moving there. I work for EDS - they are headquartered there.

2 Frus Paris I am with Gina must be rough! I need to go there someday. When that someday will be is to be seen.

Gina new kitchen floor yippee. I need one myself but that will have to wait for awhile along with Paris.

I have bunches of friends in TX also mostly Dallas Ft Worth area. My DH lived in Katy when he was really young. We are both Native Coloradians but have lived in other parts of the US. I lived on both coasts when DH was in the Marines.

Well Chicks now is the time to stay on track and get work outs in before all the Holiday hoopla starts. Have a great weekend and try to stay focused! Have fun on your toy rides or what ever your doing this weekend.

Harley - I lived in Katy for 16 years, with one son (long tall Texan) born in Houston....I LOVE Texas.
Gina - Sorry I don't know much about Plano, but in general Texans are the nicest bunch of people in the world.
I still have inlaws and friends there and miss it mucho grande. Oh and don't get me started on margaritas and mexican food there.......YUM
Well chicks, I start back on plan Monday; diet, exercise, go back to Center of Doom (LAWL) and the best well you know (blush)
You girls have a great weekend.....see you on Monday......

Hey chicks,
I've had a great day. Ate op and walked lots at work. I love this time of year.
It was cool this am but warmed up nicely.
Dh is switching days off so he want be sleepy(he works nights) for the toy run. I'm glad because I hate for him not to get enough sleep. He's a real bear.

Harley: we live 30 mls outside of Fort Worth but I would love to live in colorado just west of Denver. I love the ride on I70 from there to Grand Junction. It fantastic. Never made it on the bike but drove over it in the truck many times.

I had someone just stop by I got to go, later chicks

Hey there girls!

Well, we got a car, but not the Impala...I wasnt willing to pay that much per month. But I LOVE LOVE LOVE my new car!!!

Dh and I talked about getting back to our diet plans this week. We have been very bad and I cant believe that we have gotten out of control lately. I feel a little pudgier, but nothing too earthshattering.

Have a great time on the toy run, Debbie! We did the one for our town in Oct. and another in Wichita in Nov. They are a lot of fun!

Star- Have a great time with your workouts! Especially the hooky dooky!! IS that what you called it?! Well, theres not much hooky dooking going on here, only once or twice a week. Dh is too tired with the overtime and super early work hours. Going to bed at 8 pm now means to actually sleep! LOL.

Gina, Harley, 2 fru, and everyone else...HAVE A FANTASTIC WEEKEND!!!

Hey everyone,
Just stopped by to wish everyone a great w-end. Dgs is here this w-end. We are taking him to the flea market today...Lot's of walking.

Later chicks

Hey chicks,
Hope everyone is doing well. I really messed up on my diet yesterday.
The mexican I had for lunch wasn't too bad. I always eat a chicken breast smothered in onions peppers and mushrooms and never eat more than 1/2 the rice and beans. Not sure how many points but cant be much. But the 4 pieces of pizza last night really did me in...
We didn't make the toy run today. Dh and I were up nearly all night keeping a ear to the scanner about the fire. Ds was out in the middle of it. Dgs stayed up with us, so we mostly crashed today. Feeling like crap. When we were young it wouldn't have even slowed us down...LOL. Getting old sucks.

Later

Good evening all! How was everyone's weekends? Mine was good, it just didn't last long enough! Took my son to a Christmas Parade last night & it was fun! I came back with my purse stuffed with candy, as they were handing it out like crazy. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with leftover Halloween candy! I took a bunch to work, but I didn't want to strip my boy of all his treats, so we still have a basket full!
I was a bad girl this weekend & ate terribly...it was fun at the time though! My dad has surgery tomorrow, as both arteries in his neck are 90% blocked. I'm really worried about him & he STILL refuses to quit smoking! I feel like I'm just sitting there, watching him slowly kill himself. I feel so helpless & scared for him. Please say some prayers for him that he will come out of surgery o.k. I'd really appreciate that! I'm off to bed now.......

Morning Chicks....
Welcome to my first day back POP....
Something funny happened, and seeing as it is my first day back -actually hits home. I know I've gained weight and feel really heavy. We will find out just how much I've gained at 1 o'clock today when I revisit COD and have to get on the scale......yuck...
A friend on my other thread, Regina was sweet enuf to forward to me afew Christmas avatars and as I was trying to download them, I came across 'Wonder Women Gets Old'. Needless to say I could not resist.......
Regina, I will use one of the great one's you sent me but I had to share Wonder Woman for a minute or two.....

Debbie - I really like your challenge of exercising 3 x's a week thru December. I will join you on that if you don't mind. I do have a tiny problem, that would be bunion surgery on the 16th, which will put me back out of commission for 3 weeks....But until that I can try and get some exercise in everyday. I have been really bad with the eating, but can't say I haven't enjoyed the break from dieting. I think I have gained 10 pounds, we'll see at 1 today, then I will come back and fix my ticker......

Rebel - Yes I refer to as hooky dooky, just becuz DH does sometimes....actually tonight is the night.....lol I'm not sure how that is gonna work out becuz I'm smaller there now and it is still very sensitive (Hope that's not too much information - if so sorry)...

Even on my other LAWL thread, the chicks are all having a very hard time sticking to plan right now. I think the holidays are the hardest times, there is so much partying, social stuff and temptations all around us....So don't any of you feel evil becuz your finding it really hard right now.....

Love to Ride - Your dad is in my thoughts. I went thru the same thing with my first husband, he had bad artery disease in his family and he would not quit smoking either. Finally after 25 years of marriage I went to counseling and had to finally understand that it was out of my control. What I didn't realize was that I had already started grieving (years prior to his death). Sometimes it is a hard thing when we can't help fix everything. At which, a certain point comes where all you may be able to do is love them regardless.
I do feel for you with all my heart

Speaking of that, DH is quitting smoking today. Tomorrow he is having a colonoscopy, he has a twin sister that had two pollips removed last month, at the same time I had mine and had one removed. Anyhow DH said when I could start to exercise again that he would start with me and quit smoking. I think I quit about 5 months ago, I can't really remember the date, I'll go back and look on the exercise thread cuz I think it's on there (the date) somewhere......I really like not smoking and was really more of a social-closet smoker anyhow. Meaning I smoked like a chimney when I drank, otherwise never wanted anyone to see me......

Okay chickies - I will catch you later.....Hugs

Good morning all. Wow it is cold here today. Like 16 degrees with the wind whipping around like crazy. My DS and DH went on the toy run Sunday. Crazy it was like 14 degrees when they left the house. I opted out of that one. My son said I think I am sterile mom when he got home. I thought I am glad I wasn’t out there.

I went shopping for a new outfit for DH Christmas party that is in a couple of weeks. I am 4 sizes down from where I started. I was surprised! I still feel very overweight at times. I still have so much weight to lose that I think I forget how far I’ve come to get to this point. It is funny how the mind takes a while to adjust to the weight loss.

I just want to encourage you all in your weight loss progress. Some of you seem a little discouraged right now but the Holiday will be over before you know it and all will back to normal. (what ever that is)!

Had a lot of fun on Saturday evening went to the parade of lights downtown and sat in a hotel restaurant and watched from the warmth of indoors. It was prefect and so much fun. It was something all my siblings and folks did with our families. My mom is terminal with cancer so it was great that she could watch sitting in comfort. I think she enjoyed it.

My DH kicked my butt with exercise this weekend. He put me on the bag with some gloves and had me punching that thing for 3 minutes with a 1 minute rest. Wow it looks easier than it is. I am sore today!

Star love your wonder woman. LOL!

Well all have a good one and keep on keep’n on!

Happy Monday girlies!

Time to get myself back on track...

Debbie-Sorry you didnt make it on the toy run, but at least you were able to relax and catch up on some sleep from the night before. I will join you in the exercise challenge as well. I can do 3x a week!


Star- I love the avatar! Well, the term hooky dooky is new for me, but I like it! I'm sure your hubby will be thrilled with the results of your procedure... That's great that he's quitting smoking and being serious about taking care of himself. Good for him! Is he using the patch?

HarleyMom- You really are a motivator to me! Congratulations on the 4 sizes lost. You are doing so amazing!

Love2ride- Your dad is in my thoughts today, too. It's very scarey. I had to go through that with my husband at the end of September and he's a young guy.

Well, we had a very good weekend, but it was way too short. Our motorcycle club meeting was Saturday and I am elected the secretary. My brother, a non-rider at the moment, calls it my "gang". LOL, he's such a dork.

I am totally restarting today. So far so good. My goals are to exercise 3x a week, stick to my plan, if eating out go for Subway, salads, grilled chicken, etc. No beer, maybe whiskey and diet Coke. Just in general plan things out more. That's wahts really messed me up the past few weeks.

Have a great day ladies, I'll check back in later!

Hi everyone!
What a fast weekend - darn it! I had to work most of the day Sat and Sunday I was busy putting up the Christmas decorations. I LOVE having tons of holiday stuff all around my house! Today we go get the tree (they need to ditch the Thanksgiving smilies and get us some Christmas ones!).

I've made a huge amount of progress in my weight loss journey. No, I still haven't lost any weight but I've started to run. I used to run about 5 years ago then just stopped. No reason, I just stopped. So last week I started again and I LOVE it. I'm not too sore, and there's no aches and pains. I can't wait to get to the gym tonight!!! It's weird, I know I haven't lost any weight, but I just feel better.

HarleyMom, way to go on dropping all those sizes! You're doing awesome! I went to a parade of lights this weekend too, but it sucked It was over in about 8 minutes.
Love 2 Ride, I'll say a prayer for your dad.
Rebel - what car did you get?
Good luck Star on getting back on plan, you can do it. Don't be too discouraged if the scales aren't too nice to you today. ( I just read the hooky-dooky thing! I...um, hope everything still... um, works ok.)
Hi to everyone else!

So should we have a challenge of exercising 3 times per week, and eating good at least 6 of the 7 days (progress not perfection!)?

Have a great day everyone!
Kathy

Thanks Kathy for the thumbs up about love life and diet....lol
I know the scale will be honest BUT that's perfectly okay, afterall I did eat my way here....like I've said before if I'm not on a diet, eating plan or whatever you want to call it, I GAIN....my body just works that way.
So today is a great day, I'm glad to stop the eating so badly and getting back in control. I feel so much better when I know I"m not gaining. Like today, I've been eating on plan, logging everything and drinking my water.
Still, like you said the scale number will be ugly.....the bright side is, it will only go down from today.....
I use to jog 3 miles a day, I did it for years, that was back in the late 80's. Maybe I will start to do that again too, up until now I always thought I was too heavy to be jogging (you know bad for the joints). We'll see, but I'm for sure gonna crank up the exercise starting tonight.......oh-rah!!!