Jenn-I'm getting my AAS Accounting Technology degree. When I get Nicole into school, then I'm going to take other classes so that I can get my Bachelor's Degree.

Cara-My week has kind of been a wash too. There is just too much going on. I still have alot of homework to do today. I have the girls helping to pick up and all, but its still hectic.

Okay...I'm gonna go and get my homework started for the day. Tiana had a Basketball game at 7:45 this morning, so that was basically the start of my day and its only 9:30, so I should be able to get alot accomplished this morning before I take my two nieces home.

~chris

Good morning
 

hello Ladies,

well today is the beginning of a new day... I will be drinking my water.. cleaning my house and office today so that will keep me moving all day... I will try to get in some actual exercise later:carrot: ... and i am going portion control ... so i think that is a good start... I had my oatmeal for breakfast.. that keeps me full for a very long time... so thats always a plus..

well I hope you are all having a nice weekend... and staying on track...

I hope all the children a feeling ok... well have a great day and i will check back later... off to cleaning I go... :D


God Bless
Carly

Hi Carly, Ellen, and Jenn...I was gonna start eating better today but I'm going to start back tomorrow. I have a baby shower to go to tonight and I cannot guarantee that I'll behave. I'm giving myself permission to be off my program for the night. THat TOM is coming so I am craving chocolate and all sorts of disgusting food that I usually don't have much of an appetitie for.

We've been cleaning out my husband's office today and I have to do my computer assignments too. That's due tomorrow. So I'll check back after the baby shower

~chris

Good morning
 

Morning Ladies,

well the Kids go back to school today... yipppyyyyy.... I wont hear how bored they are all day long... :D Maybe I will be able to get there rooms clean that will be a good thing..

anyways, yesterday wasnt a great eating day but it wasnt a back one either.. today will be better... I even took the skin off my chicken yesterday .. that is a big step I dont do that... but i am going to start.. I told my daughter it was high time we all started to eat right in this house .. it is to hard for me to try and eat correctly and the rest just go about there day.. we all need to be healthy .. so I am challenging my hubby and daughter to a 3 month lets get healthy . and hopefully when hubby feels better he will want to continue to eat healthy ... he is the hard one to get going.. but I am going to try...

well ladies have a great day... I will check back later...

Chris how was the Shower???

God Bless
Carly

Good morning ladies!! You all sound great!! I had a good weekend, but my weight loss did not stick. I am back up a little, but not as high as my ticker, maybe I should change it. I will think about it and figgure it out. I have to get DS on the bus, so I will check back later.

((Hugs))

Good morning ladies :)
Just checking in... brr it's a cold one today.

Heading to the YMCA for 1:00 today :)
My mom bout me a Bullet (food chopper thing).. and she is dropping it off on her way to work.. i'm so excited!..

My goal for this week is to work out atleast 5 days... i'm planning on Monday,Tuesday,thursday,friday,sat and having a rest day on sunday.

Good morning ladies :)
Just checking in... brr it's a cold one today.

Heading to the YMCA for 1:00 today :)
My mom bout me a Bullet (food chopper thing).. and she is dropping it off on her way to work.. i'm so excited!..

My goal for this week is to work out atleast 5 days... i'm planning on Monday,Tuesday,thursday,friday,sat and having a rest day on sunday.

The shower went great...I didn't even eat the cake! Andrea had a great time. She needed so many things for her baby and I think we all stocked her up quite well. You could tell she really appreciated all the gifts. For someone who has so little, you can just see her eyes light up and take in everything about her baby. That is one mommy who is in love with her child. It's just neat to see that.

I, on the other hand, didn't fair so well today. TOM is here and I'm craving chocolate and candy like you wouldn't believe. I gave in and ate a ton..not a little, but alot. I'm feeling guilty. I just don't know why I sabotage things. It's almost like somewhere deep inside my mind, I want to stay fat. But I really know I don't.

I will say, that on the plus side of the day, I drank a ton of water. I spent so much time racing back and forth to the bathroom at work. The Charmin company loves me. ;)

Hey Jenn-Did you try out the Bullet yet? I saw one of those in a sale ad the other day. They look pretty cool. I'm scared of gadgets though...I usually can find one way or another to kill em..

Hey Ellen-What's up with you? I'm up a bit too. I know part of its due to water retention but I know and have to admit, it's probably more due to my overeating and lack of moving. I gotta get out of this rut. I go so good for so long and then *BAM* I'm struggling. Actually, it's more like I have to halves of myself fighting eachother. The one who wants to be skinny (the angel) and the one who wants me to do all the bad unhealthy things (the devil). That's the most stressful part of this...

Gonna go and check my email and relax in the tub for a bit, I think. Or maybe go to bed early.

~chris

LOL i tried the guacamole recepie they had in the recepie book that comes with it.. but they say 2-3 cloves of garlic.. well i put in 2 and it was WAY too much..

i'm going to use it this morning to make myself an omlett.. we will see how it goes :)

I am here, and feeling a little better. DH and I were going to take the kiddiews out side yesterday (It was in the 40's I think), But thena good friend called, and my MIL called and we had to take care of some money issues. In the end the kids went out side and played by them selves for about 40 min, then DH took DS out and played a little baseball. I did not move as much as I wanted but I have to work this afternoon, and that will get me moving a little. I will try to see whet else I can do! It is getting warmer here, so I am going to aim for a walk every day with the kids. Have to get DS on the bus, Later chicas

Jenn-So did you try out your bullet? I LOVE GUACAMOLE!!

Hey Ellen-A would love to be able to walk every day with my kids, they just have so much stuff scheduled. It's harder every day to find time for myself, let alone a walk.

Hey Carly, now where are you????? ;)

My goals for the day are 64 oz. of water minimum. 30 min. of cardio. 1461 for calorie intake. Keep me accountable girls! I need a swift kick in the hiney!
If I'm gonna be at my goal in June, I need to get serious and put in a lot more effort into this.

~chris

Hello ladies! Where did everyone go??? I have been doing well, but today I am a little tired. Dh should be home from work at 10am, so Ia m not sure if we are going to do anything special with the kiddies or not. Hopefull he will feelup to it, He always kicks my can into gear.

Jen How is the Bullet... I lovwe my food precessor, but it is a big hassel to pull out and clean.

Have a great day ladies!!

hello Ladies,

sorry Chris... I really dont know where i have been... just busy i think... anyways, I have been doing ok... not great but ok... I am not going to eat after 7pm anymore... that is my biggest time of wanting to eat everything in the house... so putting a stop to that... August is my 20th Anniversary and i so want to look good for hubby.. so i need to get going.. for 2 days i didnt drink enough water but i am doing better today...

how is everyone doing today?? I bet you are all doing just great...

Chris... here is your kick... you better have drank your water and moved :carrot: today...

well everyone have a wonderful day stay on plan...


God Bless,
Carly

Hey Ellen, you said your hubby would be home at 10 am? Is he working nights? How are things going for you? I'm thinking we are all kind of struggling with motivation and all that stuff.

Carly-I haven't been able to "move" today but I will tomorrow. I have all my children to drive everywhere tonight...dance, basketball, store. Then I have some assignments that are due tomorrow. I need to work on those as much as I can.

So today has been good so far. I'm staying right in line with my calorie intake and drinking my water like crazy. I'm trying my hardest to stay on top of everything. I went to my dietician/nutritionist appt. yesterday and I've lost 2 of the lbs tha I had gained. She gave me some more snack ideas and want me to complete a little activity sheet for ways of handling stress. I felt better after my appt with her, perhaps a bit more in control. I think I need to see someone and weigh in more often than once a month. That just doesn't cut it for me. I'm like an undisciplined child...gotta be watched every second. ;)

Okay...Gotta go. TIme to run and start shuffling my kids everywhere. Check back later.

~chris

Good morning Ladies,

Chris- I totally understand that needed to be watched every second... I have a hard time with keeping control.. often because no one around this joint helps me with support or other wise.. my husband who is way over weight does not really show much interest in the healthy lifestyle thing.. so he is not support.. then my kids who are teenagers well you know teens they dont really care what they eat... they eat what they like and thats that... so its difficult.. I dont have a scale .. but thinking i should pick one up.. that might jump start me .. just to get an actual size ya know... I am scared though...lol.. but i did really well yesterday with my eating and drinking my water... I stopped eating by 7 which is a good thing... i usually pig out after 8 so yipppy for me on that ... will continue that...


Ellen- how are you ??? hope all is well...


well i need to get moving and start my day... i will try to check back later if i can... have a great day and stay on track...

God bless,
Carly

Chris~DH usually works "preload" type hours (3:30am to 2or3pm) But they had a special class the last two days and he had to go in At 1Am and they let them out at a realative ly decent time 9am. He was supposed to work the same today, but called to say another center had a major breakdown and that they were all going there to help out. Hopefully he will be home by 12pm otherwise he will be hittting another long day.

I have been soing well, I did go out for pizza yesterday, but did surpriingly well! I have been following my fast pretty well during the day so the extra little calories in the pizza did not hurt anything. I WI with a loss this morning when I was expecting water weight, so we will see what the weekend brings. I will do an official WI tomorrow before work.

Goals for today: Drink 64oz water (I have been so bad these last couple of weeks) and get my laundry all folded and put away.

Later chicas

Jen~where have you gone???

hi there i'm around.. have had a busy last few days :)

Carly, first of all...congratulations on having a good day! Way to go! Secondly, Same boat here. Hubby has been told my his doctor that he is overweight but he doesn't seem to want to do anything abou it. Plus with kids, they have foods they like that I just can't eat.

Jen, Hi sunshine! Hope things slow down for ya.

Ellen, Ahhh....you're a UPS widow lately again. Those guys put in so many hours. I just couldn't do it. No how, no way.

Not bad around here today. I got my workout in at the gym, and almost all my homework done. I still have to turn it in and take a Payroll Acct. test by midnight. I interviewed my sister's boss today for one of my classes too, so all in all, I"m fairly caught up. Tomorrow is housework time. I've been so busy this week, not much as gotten done. Tomorrow I'll have to get as much done as I can. Tiana has basketall at 7:45, dance practice at 10, and Kayla has a birthday party at 2. Of course, nothing slows down around here. :D

Well better get these assignments turned in. Check back later.

~chris

Chris I don't know how you do it all!!! I could never get all that done.

JennKeep up your hard work! ANd drop us a line when your life slows a little. (hugs)

Carly~My HD is also overweight, but he is trying to do something about it, but his hours get in the way sometimes. But he is very sensitive...If I say anything about the fact that he came home from work and hasn't stopped eating he getts upset and tells me he hasn't eaten all day. I am just trying to get him to see that not eating all day then gorging at home is not healthy for him. Smaller meals are the key...he was losing weight, but I think he has slowed his metabolism, and now it needs to be restarted. Good luck with your hubby.
Well, I bought a pedometer yesterday and I wore it today (a couple of hours were missing) and it said I had over 9000 steps. I find that a little hard to believe-it had to have been counting movements like bending/sitting down. I did not go anywhere today all of that movement was in the house and my house is not that big. I am going to wear it to work tomorrow and see how it does. I will judge how accurate it is against that because I wont have to bend over so much. I did a ton of ;aundry and picking up today.

Hey ladies, stopping in to give an update :)

Things are going well :)
I went to the YMCA yesterday and got a great compliment from my trainer:).. she says she's noticed a huge difference since i first joined the Y :).

I will probably end up going sometime tonight to do some cardio and my regular circut... STRIVE kicks my butt so i'm only doing it twice a week to start.

I hope you are all do ing well.!

Ellen, did you set up your pedometer for your stride length? That could be the reason that its showing 9000. If you don't think its accurate, I'd check that.

Hey Jenn-The strive circuit sounds like the lifecircuit machines we use at the gym. I checked out the strive web site you posted and the ones you use are manual. The ones at my gym are computerized. You do a set up test that calibrate your starting weight in lbs and then you go from there. I guess the ones we have are the same ones the pro football players work out on.
I love it! It does get easier. Heck in a month and a half, I've been using about 30-40 lbs more on all the machines than when I first started. I can see it in my arms and legs. I just wish I could figure out a way to get my butt and stomach to disappear.

Hey Carly! Busy again??? Sending you good ((weight-loss)) vibes. Drink that water and I'm looking forward to hearing an exercise report from you. ;)

Gonna check my emails and then play with my PSP. I got my dummies guide to PSP 9 and I'm going to learn to do some graphic stuff during my little spring break.

~chris

Ladies I am doing good. I did set the stride length, but I will re measure tomorrow and see how it is. I worked today, and sat a lot of the time and I have 7000 already, so we will see how many I get for the rest of the day. I don't think it is wrong, just measures all movement, not just steps...???Anyway, We have people coming over last minute, so I have to help DH straighten the house.

Later chicas!!

Ellen, My only complaint with my pedometer was that shifted when I sat down and would slip up and drop off and hit the floor. I should find it and put it back on to see how many steps I actually put in on a day.

I'm in a mood today. I am just fed up with the whole weight loss game. I keep trying (but not hard enough) and I'm just tired...tired of the whole thing. I so want to give up and just live life, but some tiny little voice tells me "NO, that's not what you really want or need," then I go do something stupid like eat some candy. I wish that voice weren't such a wimp and would just yell at me and keep me going. I guess I'm just at a hard time right now. I've been trying to lose weight for 2 yrs now, have lost only 25 lbs or so and I should have been to my goal. I NEED something, I just don't have any clue as to what it is.

Check back later. Hubby has some projects he wants to work on today. Hmmmm...involving borrowing a truck and taking all the junk we don't need and getting it out of here. OOOOO....what fun!

~chris

Good Morning Ladies,

Chris.... I have been kinda of busy lately... but hoping to get some balance in my life soon.. This is a very depressing month for me also... so that does not help. my mom's one year is coming up and i have been really sad ... so the weight and exercise thing has pretty much been out the window but I am trying to get back in the swing of things...crazy how emotions just take over ... but hopefully I can get past this and go forward... I will try to check back later ... have a great day ladies ... keep up the great work...


God Bless
Carly

Good morning Ladies!!!

Carly I am sorry to hear about your mom. Remember we are here for you. ((hugs))

Chris I hope you and dh got all the junk out of your house. Do you want to come over and clear mine out????

Jen~I hope you are doing well. Us moms tend to get a little over busy

Have a great day!!

Hey Ellen, got all the stuff out we wanted to and then while DH was napping, i got extra energetic and tore down the back part of our fence. We bought this house almost 3 yrs ago and the fence was in awful shape when we moved in and I just finally got sick of lookin at it. New fence this year, even if it kills me....:D

Carly-((HUGS)). Remember if you need to talk, we are all here for you.

Jen-How's it going? Hope all is well with you and that your family is well.

As for me, Guess who is sick again??? TIana is home from school today. She was "frowing" all night. (i.e Nicole's word for throwing up). Her stomach is still hurts so I made her stay home. She's not happy about it, because she doesn't want to get behind. Of course, following her lead, I'm getting another cold or something. I woke up in the middle of the night with the worst headache. Now my head is packed again and I'm coughing up gunk again. Will this stuff ever go away?!?!?!

I did go to the gym yesterday. Stayed in my calorie range and drank a ton of water. So at least I got one good day in before I started filliing yucky again.

I'll talk to you all later. I'm almost done with my mini-break. THen its back to cleaning.

Hi ladies, i'm doing ok.
heading to the gym in about 1/2 hour.. hubby is sick.

Liam had his three month check up today and he is only 10lbs 8 oz's.. so the dr is sending him to a pediatrician to look into his digestive system because he should weigh more than that ..we knew he was small.. but didn't think there was a big problem because my husband is a small guy.
The dr's office just called and said the appointment is tomorrow at 1:00.. please keep him in your thoughts.

Jen-Praying for you and Liam. Please let us know how the appt. goes.

~chris:hug:

Morning Ladies,

Jen- my prayers are with you.. Please let us know how things go.. and i hope hubby is feeling better today..

Chris & Ellen- Thank you for your kindness and support regarding my mom.. but at this point there isnt much to talk about .. just stuff I need to work out.. but thank you so much...

regarding weight and drinking my water... not good, not good at all... but hey I will keep trying..

Chris great job on getting in the good day before you started to feel sick..I hope your daughter is feeling better today... I hope you have a good day today as well.

Have a wonderful day ladies and keep up the great work..

God Bless
Carly

thank you ladies, i will keep you updated

I just lost my post!!!:( You ladies sound like you are doing great. Keep up the great work!!!

Goals for today drink 64oz water, have a high protein snack and finish all the laundry and put it all away!!!

Later chicas

Morning ladies, I'm getting all my posting done first thing so I can concentrate on that good ol homework. This week is spring break but I still want to my assignments done that are due on Monday so I don't have to worry about it this weekend.

I'm didn't behave so well yesterday. No exercise and not enough water. I just felt so tired and drained.

Today I started out the day with eggs and some Crystal Light. I think my sister and I are working out this afternoon. Don't quote me on that, because she has to take her little boy Conner to a doctor appt. Since he has all that trouble with breathing and wheezing when he's sick, they want to put him on some preventative meds. The doctor tried him on Singular for the last 3 weeks and he did get another cold within that time but he didn't wheeze or get as majorly sick as he has so far. He did awesome. So I think they are going to put him on that for a while. My daughter takes it too and it has done wonders for her asthma.

Gotta go before this turns into a book.

~chris

Goodmorning Ladies,

Yesterday was an ok day for me... my friend came over that I hadnt seen in a year.. it was so nice to see her.. she stayed all afternoon and it was really fun just catching up.. I didnt drink enough water but plan on making up for that today.. I think tonight i am going to sit down and do a weekly meal plan.. and when i go shopping just stick to that.. I need to really put hubby on that diet.. or should i say new way of living.... so I am going to try and start making him better meals... at least I have finally gotten him to eat 3 meals a day.. so thats a plus... he still does not drink enough water.. but he likes gatorade so i will start stocking the house with that for him. my self I like fruit 2o .. it that ok to drink..???? plan water is getting so boring to me..

The exercise has kinda gone out the window.. but going to get back in the swing of things... I think i am going to try and do some yoga tonight after work.. I will let you all know..

well have a great day..

God Bless
Carly

Good morning ladies!!!! I am so excited!!! DH and I joined a gym laast night and I can't wait to go this afternoon! The kiddie room they have is so nice. the kids did not want to leave after just looking last night. My mom made me a pan of lasagna last night, and I overdid it. It was so good. I think the garlic bread made me sick, and I was up half the night. so in the end it all worked out, but I will have some self control in the future...

Have a great day I have to get DS on the bus!

Just wanted to say that I'm here. Its been one of those long days. I will catch up with everyone tomorrow.

Nighters,
chris

Good morning ladies,

just a fast hello,,, to see how everyone is doing... yesterday was not a great day I ate everything in sight... but i will do better today..

have a great day... stay on track

God Bless
Carly

hello ladies.

an update on Liam, he had to have blood tests done yesterday... I couldn't stay and watch them poke him in the arm (i hate needles and felt horrible he had to go through that) so my husband stayed with him and i stood outside.. as soon as he started wailing i just lost it and started bawling :(. My poor baby... he forgot about it quick though because he was all smiles when he saw me.. which made me feel better :)... we have to go back to the pediatrician on monday to find out the results of the tests.

I was planning on going to aqua fit at the YMCA this morning.. but i don't think i'll make it there now.. hubby is still sleeping despite me going up to wake him... it's 8:36 and the class starts at 9.. and there's a 10 minute drive to get there.. grr

But i am going to work out at 4 regardless.

Hey girls...I did my workout tonight and lounged in the hot tub for a bit. I think I'm getting sick with Tiana's little stomach bug she had on Tuesday. How exciting...((Sarcasm))

Jen-I can't handle needles either. I remember when Tiana was a baby and they had to take blood from both her arms. They had her tiny little body strapped down on a papoose board and I left at the first poke. I always felt like such a horrible mom when all my kids got their vaccinations. I cried with them in front of the nurses. I hope little Liam is okay. What are they checkin him for? or did they say?

Carly-Hang in there sweetie. Hugs are here and so are ears if you need them.

Ellen-How's it going? Did you get to try out your gym membership yet? I really didn't think I would like mine, but I absolutely love it. If I could get away with going everyday and not feeling guilty for abandoning my family, I'd go every day.

Gonna get started on my homework. I know..I get a week off and now its back to the grind. I have decided to talk to my academic advisor about switching to a Bachelor's program instead of just getting my associates degree.

~Chris

Good morning Ladies,

well its saturday so this is clean the house go to the dump and try to prepare for next week.. yipppyyy... sounds like fun huh... plus i have 3 extra young girls at my house.. my daughter had a sleepover last night... so i am tired on top of all i have to do.. I am going to try and get to the store and buy some good for me foods today... last night i was really bad.. i had pizza... bad girl i know but it did taste so good.. sorry..

but its time to get that motivation back.. i had it for a while wish it would show back up... I think once the month of march is over and the spring is here i will feel much better.. march is just bad, bad, for me.. ya know.. people always say things like well after a year you must feel better but you dont it feels like i lost mom yesterday... hopefully someday i will feel better...

but anyways,,, lets get of that topic... so today i am going to try and stay busy and exercise if possible after all the girls leave... next weekend i am going to new hampshire to my brothers house to meet my new neice.. boy I cant wait... that should be fun... maybe that would get me out of my rut..

well everyone have a great day... i will check back later.. keep on smilin...

God Bless
Carly