I will go thrift store shopping if my ex ever decides to pay his support and try it. Doc told me the stronger my upper body is the better and I have been trying to think of things that are not too taxing so I don't kill myself off and then not move unless I have to for a couple of days.

This morning almost went off without a hitch. They got a new principle and she forgot to give my son's name when she was requesting an aide for the bus so his bus came but she told me she couldn't take him to school. I was so happy to see it was Martha going to drive him again this year. She is sooooo nice and really likes Josh. So my mother came over and sat with the girls while I ran him to school for his first day. He was so excited to go! It has been so very quiet here today lol. I am wondering how he did with the change in his lunch schedule-he is so anal about what time you eat, bathe, sleep-well he is anal about everything. Must be going ok because I haven't heard anything out of the school.

Well it is nap time for my darlings and I am going to get some housework done since I spent most of the morning at the grocery store and cleaning stuff up out of the yard.
Melissa

Melissa-7 lbs is so wonderful. I hope Joshua had a good school day and it carries over into the rest of the day.
It seems like we go to fast food and drive thrus when the munchies call. Maybe our October challenge should include no fast food and no drive thrus. It's so easy to get the junk and it's really bad even when they say it's good, it's full of chemicals and preservatives and flavor things so it always tastes the same from coast to coast.
I just took my almost never used bike out and road 1 mile on grass and thru the woods on a trail. It was hard and I feel good. I must do it everyday now.
Laura

I think that is an awesome challenge for October! I know it is one of the things I think of first when I want that quick fix. I keep watching freecycle for a womens bike. I know Josh would love for me to ride with him and I can get one of those trailers to put the girls in-boy would that be a workout lol. I am still a bit heavy to feel ok being on a bike. One of my great fears is falling-things get hurt too much if I fall. I haven't been on a bike in probably at least 10 yrs or so-at least one that wasn't stationary.
Melissa

hi y'all. i am glad to see everyone is progressing well on the september challenge. i think avoiding junk food in octiber will be a good one too. i am so happy. i only have one more pound to lose so i can meet the september goal. woohoo! i am finally at the weight that as i recall was my lowest from my previous diet. but i am pretty sure that i am thinner this time at the same weight, so that is even better. yay me ;) it's so weird, sometimes a week or more will go by without a change, and like zap! i lose like four pounds almost all at once. i think my body is crazy or something. well i am hoping to be in the 140s by christmastime, so when i go to visit my mom, she won't recognize me :lol:
welcome to the group michelle. i've been falling behind on reading the posts. hope i haven't missed any other newbies :?:
sandi, i will praying for the new storm to miss you and everyone else. havn't fl, al, ms, and la been through enough this year? :(

Melra, I am doing some weights with Kathy Smith's Lift Weight to Lose Weight dvds and we have one of those big weight machine thingys out in the garage...once I have this yard sale this weekend I might be able to find it to use it again ;) I also have a huge set of index cards, and I went to a website for one of those health mags (forget which one, Self?) and they list TONS of strength exercises. So, I wrote directions on one side of an idex card, printed out pictures of the exercise from the website and pasted them onto the other side of the card. I now have a big set of "strength cards" and I do them while watching TV, or while cooking supper, whenever I have a few minutes or even just a second.

My back is still hurting :( but I am going to do the gazelle at 10 then hit the sack. I want to watch LOST, so I will do at least 1 mile, hopefully 4 if it doesn't hurt too bad. I took two Bayers so it is feeling a bit better now.

I am getting ready to have a HUGE yard sale this weekend to bring in some extra $$ and get rid of a ton of stuff my children have outgrown. MIL gave me some really expensive things and said if I can sell them I can have the money, so fingers crossed I will be richer this weekend. I have never had a yard sale before....any tips??? I am jsut making sure everything is cleaned up and shiny as possible, only putting out things I myself might want to buy and rest has gone to the dump. I'm going to feel like such a dork sitting out there with all my stuff on the lawn :lol:

Theresa

Welcome to the newcomers! I'm so glad this group and this board are staying so busy.

Melissa congrats on the big loss! Wow! That is amazing!

Melra, great job on getting all the exercise! A good workout just makes a person feel so good.

Cadwell congrats on your loss and your milestone of lowest weight from a previous diet!

Sandi hope that storm fizzles out soon. Take care and stay safe.

Suzy great job jumping up and getting right back at it after a bad day. Hope your son had a good birthday though I'm sure he'd have rather been home for it.

Theresa hope your back problem is just from sleeping wrong. Back pain is no fun. Be sure and get it checked out if it doesn't go away on it's own pretty quickly, though. I ruptured a disk in July, 04, and didn't go to the doctor soon enough and ended up having terrible pain and a limp for months (I was too stubborn to have the surgery to fix it).

Jeanne, so glad you found your way back! If you weren't committed to getting healthier you wouldn't be back. Good for you.

I missed so much that I just skimmed through and I know I missed people and for that I apologize. Hope you all are having a great and healthy evening and I didn't skip you on purpose, I just don't have the time to keep up with the reading lately!!

I am happy to move my ticker down 2 for the week. I also feel like I'm thinner this time than when I was at this weight before. In fact, I know I am because I still kept all the clothes I wore then and they are way too big on me now. I really had thought that my goal weight would have me comfortably in my old size 8's and that was the size I was aiming for. Instead, some of my 6's are baggy on me and I still have 12 pounds to go. I am starting to wonder if maybe I shouldn't be aiming more for the 155 range instead of 150 but I haven't decided yet. I have been as low as 122 but at that weight strangers thought I was ill and told me so and my family was extremely worried about me. I'm 5'8" so I'm not extremely tall or anything and it seems like 150 should be a good healthy weight for me. I definitely don't want to be bony this time around, I just want to look lean and healthy with a few curves in the right places. How do you know what the perfect weight to stop at is? It's hard to know because one day I feel thin and think it doesn't matter if I don't lose any more, then the next day all I can see is the flabby spots and then I think maybe I need to set my goal weight even lower than what it is now.

I am only 5ft 1in and my goal weight is 122. If I look and feel great at 130, I will stay there but if I think I need to lose a bit more, will go a pound at a time until it is right. I think you need to go by what makes you feel comfortable. "flabby" could just need some toning is all with some weights or other excersize. Also asking someone whose opinion you trust too to give you an honest answer. Congrats on the pounds lost too!
Melissa

Just checking in.

Glad the first day of school seems to be going so well for everyone!

This is the first year I have no children at home during school hours! EGAD! Feels kinda empty in my heart but the kids are LOVING it and I get to see my husband a lot.

I am also switching shifts at work. Right now I work 1500-2300 then 1100-1900 then 0700-1500 then 1130-1930 and 1130-1930. It is utter freaking havoc on me,my body and my family ugg. but as of Monday I will be 1500-2300 only for 5 days a week!!!! Actual routine here we come! I can't wait!

I have been a terrible dieter. no exercise, crappy food. tomorrow I am starting again. no excuses. look out for a big change people! ;)

---carrie

It makes it really hard when there is no rhyme or reason to your day and it changes daily-I am not sure how well I would cope myself. I guess one thing would be major planning ahead-figure out what you are having the next day ahead of time to help. At least it is only a few more days and then you will be on a regular schedule and get yourself into a routine. I will be watching Carrie and good that you are jumping back on-that is what is going to be the success-none of us are giving up on ourselves or each other.
Melissa

Today was pretty awful . In the morning I tried on my jeans that I couldn't close at all 2 months ago and they fit fine, didn't hurt, zipped easy. I was happy so off I went, eating all day and night. It wasn't as if I thought somehow I was thin. It was more like you did good so now let's ruin it. I hope tomorrow will be better.
Laura

Hey everyone- well Ophelia is not fizzling out she is sitting 70 miles off the coast of where I am (volusia County) and the wind and rain bands are reaching 80 miles from her so we are 10 miles into the storm. She is just playing with us :( they don't expect her to cause too much trouble except rain, flooding and wind damage maybe more power outages but still it's a storm with 50 MPH winds- BUT they are worried she's gonna do a 180 and come back and hit us like Hurricane Jeanne did last year .Sigh I guess that the not knowing is making me nuts. they are pretty good at predicting where the storms are going but with this one who knows??? and that's what I am concerned about. Schools are closed and shelters are opening. Stores are low on food and the lines at gas stations are unreal (I filled up yesterday WHEW!) But we have everything ready and a safe place to run to if we need to..
I am not being perfect on the watching what I eat - and exercise ? hahahahahahha
(sorry was having a moment) Well I lugged around trash cans, secured all of the outside stuff and we put up storm shutters so can I count that?? LOL??
Well I need to get some work done today so have a great day all and I'll be back to re-read posts and YAY! everyone on-
Sandi

wow! lots of activity on here!

theresa~i'm sorry, I didn't realize you were doing the gazelle plus all the rest-that's amazing! You sound so organized with the exercise and everything too! Maybe you should be a personal trainer! I bet you'll see a sudden rapid drop in both weight and inches b/c there is no way with diet and exercise you can NOT lose.

cadwell~you sound so happy! congrats on your loss! I'm trying to get to the 140's by Christmas too, so I'll race ya! :lol:

laurab~way to go with the bike! don't beat yourself up about your momentary lapse of reason on the eating...I was always in the habit of rewarding myself with food for any accomplishment. Hang in there and get back on track.

kayelle~i just love your posts-they're so full of warmth! Congrats on the loss and the unexpected wardrobe difficulties!

fancyfrog~keep us updated on the soda challenge! If you were really drinking a lot I bet you'll see a big difference at the end of 21 days.

I think the idea to ban all fast food is an excellent idea for October! (and hard too... :( ) As long as we don't ban wine! :s:

I've been thinking more about my goal weight too--I mean, that will be the absolute lowest I've been in my adult life and I have no idea how I will look at that weight. I have identified with curves and rolls for so long...! I'm hoping that at some point along the way my body will kind of just let me know where it wants to be. The only thing that worries me is that rather than pushing onward to my goal weight I will become complacent and rationalize not working harder. But at some point it's got to switch to maintenance, so yeah--how do you know? I think there were a few posts on this in the maintainers' forum too.

I was able to add some more exercise time to my total for the month. How's everyone else doing on the challenge minutes?

Just saying hello to everyone!:wave::wave:

Well here I am at home, but I'd rather be at work. Speaking of back-aches, well I have a UTI. I was wondering if I hurt my back, or was having a new kind of "cramp" for about 3 weeks. So today I woke up and had all the other symptoms - BAD! Went to the doctor, got meds, and starting to feel better. I hated calling in sick, got a big guilt trip for it too, but there is no way I would have been able to stay. At least I had my schedule ready for the sub, but I miss those kids.
So I did avoid the fast food! Very tempting being out and about this morning. Stuck with a healthy lunch-yogurt and fruit.
Still tired, but I will exercise later. I'm going to have to start writing down my times, but so far, from what I can remember this week, I've got 140 min. in. I'm going to have to check the calendar on last week.

Hi LauraB - I am in Westminster, MA - North of Worcester - i actually have to go to a semins=ar for work in Cambridge in Nov. - It's about 40 Min. SE of here.
Weather is getting a little colder now at nite - the days are still warm here - we are expecting 90 on Monday - so Fall has not arrived yet! Fall is my favorite season - the colors here are great - I lived in Upstate NY until I was 9 yrs old - moved a lot during those years - Ithaca, Syracuse, Fairport.
Hope the pants aren't tight!!!! DOn't let the WI get you down - I am going up and down these days - very strange yesterday I was 171 - this AM 169.5 - very erratic - but I'm not letting it get to me - I know it's coming off even it it seems random at this point. :)

Sorry to hear you are under the weather but good that you didn't go through the drivethru-get some practice driving by for next month! get better soon!
Melissa

Welcome Michelle!
Good luck with the storm Sandi – she is a weird one!
Caldwell – I am the same way with the weight not moving then all of a sudden a good loss – mine has been weird lately too.
Melissa – glad to hear Josh’s first day went well
Melra – We bought a Total Gym in March – hubby uses it – I need to start again – weight training is important for our bones and definition too.
Suzy – I thinking about ya’ – I hope your son had a great B-Day!
Just jump back on Carrie – we are here for ya’!
Keep up the great work fancyfrog!
LauraB - don't let a little splurge set you back - you're doing great!
Yard Sale tips…. BIG SIGNS with arrows so people know where you are. Large items out front toward the street so people see them as they pass by. Clean everything. Hang up clothes if you can, easier for people to go through them. Advertise in the paper if you can – here we do thurs/fri/sat ads if Sat/Sun sale. If you don’t want people showing up early – put “no early birds” on the signs or they will come – some have collectors/dealers have shown up at my house the nite before while I was setting up!
Have batteries/electrical outlet ready to show people that stuff works.
Don't forget to get change at the bank - I did that once - what a nightmare!
Some people have music playing and beverages for sale too.
Don’t feel like a dork – it can be fun – I usually get a group of girls together to do it with me. Few drinks and some sun - it's fun!

Yea! I exercised.
Feeling better. Got to read a couple good books today, and had a short nap. We got phone calls all afternoon for my DD, 21 this Sunday! What am I? An answering service? Funny, I also got one for my DS who has been in the Army for 4 years now, stationed in Korea.
I am ready for tomorrow. I'll probably have a desk full of work!

No fast food in October? :faint: I'm not sure about that one! :?:

Merla, if we ban all fast food we better not ban WHINE! :lol:

it's on melra! :tread: you may have a headstart, but i will try and catch up :s:
laura, don't worry about one bad day. it's always a temptation to treat ourselves after a success. just try to focus on your accomplishment, not the indulgence.
gosh i'm tired. i think i need a nap. have to get up early to go out pitching insurance with my manager and some other people. grrr. i am no good at sales. it's going to require some major :coffee2:

StillTrying...THANK you for the yard sale tips. I didn't think to go get change!!! I woulda been in trouble too, because it will just be me and the kids here and I can't just leave all the stuff out on the yard and say "be right back, bank is down the road" lol I don't have any way to hang things up out there and am putting out a ton of clothes the kids have outgrown. I separated them all out by gender and size and will lay them nicely in their own stacks, so people can flip through them (not folded, laid out) and won't have trouble finding sizes they want. I put little price stickers on every single thing (took major time there) but have added up all of each size of clothing, so if someone wants to buy them all I can make them a deal without ripping myself off. I have just a small pile of things that could use wiped down, they were in the storage building, but I am not putting them out until Saturday or sunday because I am so wiped out, exhausted right now.

My back was better this AM, then 100% better after relaxing all AM. When I picked Allie from school I started working for the yard sale and haven't stopped since, and the back is aching just a bit now. i guess I overdid it. Tomorrow I somehow have to lug some furniture outside all by myself tomorrow, and if the back is still achy it might have to wait until Saturday when hubby will be home.

I ate mac&cheese with diced tomatoes for supper tonight :( But, I was SO busy and trying to get as much ready to go out tomorrow as possible, that I didn't eat with the kids. It wasn't until 10PM I realized I was absolutely starved, getting a headache, and felt I would pass out if I didn't eat quick. So, I barely ate all day then I ate the bad thing...*sigh* I cannot wait for this weekend to be OVER. I'm never doing this again, never. So much work!

Theresa

Feeling blah
 

Hello again everyone, thanks for all your kind responses. This is exactly what I needed. It is great :smug: to know that there are other people out there feeling like you do. I am boycotting the scale for now (but not forever), I cant go without accountability so I must get on once a week, so I am going to get on next Monday as my 1st official WI day, not looking forward to that, I have got to buckle down. I am looking forward to many more chats with everyone. It took me about an hour to find this page so I could jump back in and talk to you guys. I still don't know what I'm doing but hopefully with time I will figure it out. I dont have alot of time to get on here, I am at work now and that gives me more time than I get at home somehow, go figure??
Melba--Thanks for the tips and advice, it somehow makes sense coming from someone else.... :D

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Well had a great OP day-course hard to cheat when there isn't anything to cheat with. I am so ready for Saturday so I can go grocery shopping. Josh didn't have as great of day today and almost had to go pick him up from school. His teacher talked him down though and he made it.

Excersize is a hard one for me. I spend so much time cleaning and picking up and doing the yard, I am pooped out by the time I get the kitchen cleaned up from dinner. I am still not done with that either.

My SIL called me from Louisiana-he is at some military base waiting for clearance to take water into NO. He said he should be able to have couple of days off in a week. I know he misses the girls and would like to see them. Amanda turns 2 on the 24th and I know he would like to be here for that.

Good luck on your yard sale-the work will be worth it when you count your loot.

I am off to finish the kitchen and if I can keep my eyes focused, work on my angel picture.
Melissa

grrr. couldn't resist the new cold stone flavor. cookie dough batter, yum. but i felt so yucky after. it was so good. amzed at how many calories in it though. well at least i made dh eat most of it. :devil:

hello everyone :wave:

:mad: I have not had a good couple days- I am not following my food plan - not eating junk Just not eating "right" Like no extra veggies or fruits and nibbling.. Nibbling is bad- I over do when I nibble. I am drinking lots of water tho- I will not go back to sodas and caffeine too hard to kick the habit once you start up again.
I did get on the bike this a.m. so that was a start. I plan on getting better organized this weekend as we have NO plans for once and getting back to my toning and cardio - I can tell you I feel a difference in me - i am so sleepy and blah because I haven't been eating properly.
I think I was stressing too much- when you see pics and hear stories of Katrina and then there's a hurricane right on the coast one tends to panic.

Picked up a few games at good will with all the pieces in them for 1.00 each and my 7 YO and I have been playing games every afternoon - after her homework is done and before dinner that keeps me out of the kitchen and I picked up a 1000 piece puzzles and figure to do that at night instead of nibbling.

Theresa - good luck with your yard sale. don't be afraid to say no if they try to talk you down on a price. they are lots of work but I hope you can make a lot of money :D
they reopened schools today and I am glad.. kids get bored when there is no school..
No fast food in October??? Does that mean NO drive thrus?? cause I get a salad every morning at CFA and they make it w/o cheese for me. I don't eat Fast food anymore after looking at all the web sites and seeing how many calories in everything But i do grab those 1.00 garden salads at CFA and wendy's to have every day...
I hope everyone has a great weekend- and have a great day!

Michelle~the easiest way for me to find things is to make sure my options include a default subscription to every thread I post on--you can click on "quick links" on one of the bars at the top and edit your options, your signature, view private messages...see if that helps, b/c if you can't find us, you'll really be missing out due to the overwhelming awesomeness that is our group. :lol:

I'm just keeping myself accountable here, so y'all can skip this part if you want:
I did WAY poorly on vegetables yesterday--I had a carb thing going on I guess, for convenience. I forgot about breakfast, brown rice with chicken for lunch;yogurt for snack; whole wheat pasta with tomatoes/parmesan and a Boca chicken patty at dinner......2 slices of cantalope and about 1/3c of baked beans leftover from the picnic<--they were my weakness b/c my MIL is an amazing cook and that was the last of them. I estimated my calories to be about 1400, but I didn't get all of my fiber or nutrients in. I'll do better today, but I forgot breakfast again and I am soooo hungry right now. Spinach salad for lunch with flax seeds. Yogurt for snack.

I couldn't motivate myself to exercise yesterday. I feel really stressed right now, trying to get myself ready for the art show season...I have one on Sunday and I still haven't made up my mind on my display. I am such a procrastinator, I don't even have IDEAS until the last minute. I might get in a quick run tonight but then that will probably be it until Monday. On a brighter note, I checked the scale again this morning b/c I didn't believe it on Wed and yup, I really did lose that pound, so that's good.

Not eating when stressed is also hard for me. I am a major stress eater. I haven't really found my magic bullet yet but there was someone-think Laura who said that she works on quilts when she feels that way or just wants to go eat. I have been trying that or cleaning something. It is amazing how quickly food flies out of your mind when you are focused on something else.
Melissa

I did so good yesterday. It was my birthday and I drove into NYC, met my sister and we walked down Third Ave looking in thrift shops for a dresser for her bedroom. We walked about 30 blocks. Then my sister and I met my mom, dh, ds, and dil for supper across the street from my mom's apartment, in our favorite neighborhood restaurant. I did so good, 1/2 a crab cake, and a big green salad with shrimp and avacado and sprouts and blue cheese and crumbled bacon. We shared 3 desserts and I had a taste of each. It was my only food of the day.
Today nibbling has started and I am posting as modivation to STOP NOW, before the day is ruined.
It seems that everytime I do good, or feel like I'm changing, I am compelled to react badly. I must stop this behavior which is against what I want.
Laura

No Self Sabotage Allowed, Laura! You deserve to be the size you want! You can do it!

Make the decision to stop and start on a project. Do something you haven't done for while. You have come so far and worked too hard to throw it away. We are here for you!
Melissa

I just took my bike out on the road for the first time. I went 2 1/2 miles, most of it riding, some walking when the hills were too tough. A lot of the road is dirt and gravel and that's harder to ride on. It took almost an hour and it was really hard so I feel really good. I am going to hurt tomorrow, but that will be ok.
Thanks for all the encouragement.
Laura

laura, i bet that was quite a workout--good for you!

Hey everyone! My back is 100% better today, but I've replaced that pain with achy legs and thighs, exhausted tired feet, and a headache. I am beyond exhausted it was so much work today! On the up side I am $70 richer, which isn't too bad for a Friday afternoon when a whole 5 people actually stopped :lol:

Great job on the bike Laura! That certainly is more than I could do...feel proud and enjoy the burn tomorrow!

Theresa

that's great laura! what a workout! i want to get a bike so i can go riding. not safe to bike here on the streets esp. with my bad balance and lack of coordination so i will drive to a trail or something. as soon as i start getting some money coming in. i want to get one of those flat foot "townie" bikes.
well i went with folks from work out about an hour away to do some marketing today and we all got pizza for lunch. i did good an only had two slices (thin crust, yay!) but i really wanted that third slice that was just sitting there with my name on it. only had two though and no chicken wings. yay me. missed the gym yesterday though. but i am going tonight.
i am so jazzed. i was on the radio today :) i am usually too shy to call and if i do i always feel like some famous person or something. well i guess that was my two minutes of fame. yay me again.
congrats on your yard sale theresa! i wish i had $70 worth of caca i could get someone to buy. i have tried to sell stuff on ebay but with no luck.

wow laura that bike ride sounds fantastic. I shudder at the thought of myself riding a bike :lol: Although back in the day before i had a car and before public transportation I had a 10 speed i rode all over 10-15 miles a day and thought nothing of it. of course I weighed 98 pounds soaking wet and was 18 years old- (and happy late Birthday to you!)
YAY Cadwell - and on the radio- cool..
fantastic theresa- 70 .00 is a decent amount of money-I hope you make more tomorrow! I need to get busy and get going on ebay again. Christmas is comming and unfortunatly since hubbys company sold to another they don't get bonuses at Christmas anymore. they used to get 2 weeks pay for a bonus and that was Christmas plus some other goodies and some in savings. I am going next week to wallyworld and putting stuff on lawaway. I didn't tell anyone else but I put a ps2 on layaway 3 weeks ago. that way everyone can play and my little one wants a ddr so she can dance to the music as she says.We avoid Credit cards at Christmas at all costs - we see too many friends get into trouble with them.
I did see our local wallworld has the gazelle edge now and I am seriously considering it- They are on sale for 75.00 normally 98.00- I'm thinking it would be good cardio and maybe not as boring as the bike- although I am getting into weights, even lifing the 8lb dumbells feels really good and I like the feel of muscles moving.
I fought major temptations today- Boss had a huge bowl of reeses PB cups on his desk along w/ all kinds of other chocolate and the smell was killing me. I could have so easily grabbed a piece or 2 or 3 or 10 but I didn't.. ohh i wanted too and it's going to tempt me to no end every time i walk in there..
Have a good night all and hope everyone is having a great weekend

woohoo! i lost another pound! already met september goal! yay! now i just hope i can keep up this monentum and keep losing this month instead of getting stuck like i sometimes do.

Congrats on the pound lost and making September goal-we aren't even two weeks in yet so that is awesome.

I almost scored a treadmill from freecycle today but someone was a quicker clicker than me. I think if I have something that I can time, it will help for excersize for me and I would like to do it before weather is completely icky here. Took all 3 kids grocery shopping this morning and I tell you I am ready for a nap now! But I thought I would check so see what is going on here and I got laundry going-geez talk about a never ending deal around here.

I have been perfect op this week and I sure hope it reflects on the scale on Wednesday-I really want to make my goal I have for this month. I would actually be thrilled if I even passed it by a pound or two. My poor doctor isn't going to recognize me next time I come in-I only go in if she makes me lol. Keep up the good work gals and let's stick to our guns and make it happen.
Melissa

Hey everyone! I just put up the yard sale for today, and I made another $130 plus a bunch of quarters I haven't counted out yet. $200 total and the storage building in the back is getting pretty empty! Yay, we are almost ready to tear it down and good riddance! One more day and I'll be back to normal life. I am so tired, my legs so sore....but I weighed this AM and I'm down 2 lbs!!! I can't credit the yard sale with it all since I didn't WI on Wed. but I'm sure 2 days of constant motion, lifting, twisting and turning and running in and out of the house, across the yard, out to the building....whoo, it's been so much work!

You ladies getting on the bikes are so incredible. I don't think I'd remember how, though they say forgetting that is impossible, right?

Too bad one of you don't live near me because I saw a gazelle posted on freecycle here.

Theresa