Hi everyone!!

Meowee, sorry you are having a case of the blahs! Hope the happy face returns very soon! :hug:

Wooo woooo Jill... looking good in those size 12 jeans!!

Bonnie... good for you for being back on track; and yes much better to go to bed than cave in to the hungries!!!

Cheryl... I see that ticker moving waaaaaay over there to the right! Yayayyyaaayyy!!

:dance:

I'm baaaack! The sun is shining and I'm in much better humour . . . so far, anyway. The wind is still howling and that makes it feel pretty chilly outside. If the wind drops, it will be quite pleasant out there. :cool:

Yesterday was pretty much at the top of my calorie allowance and a little too heavy on the starches, but I'm OK for the week, so far, since I had 3 low days earlier on. Hopefully my WW (wednesday weigh-in) will be good to me so long as I don't screw up the rest of the week and I keep slugging in the water. I sooooo want to be able to move my ticker to a lower number. :^:

Congratulations on all those NSV moments, gang. Keep up the good stuff and I'll see you all later. :carrot:

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh wow, Bonnie.... you are right on the doorstep of Onederland. Wooo hoooooo

Gazelle Update!
 

Hi 50-Chickies! Just wanted to update you on my new Love.....Tony Little! The good news, is....my HH LOVES this affair I'm having with Tony! :lol:

Been using my Gazelle Power Pro faithfully for a couple of weeks now. Can REALLY see the difference!

Also bought the Tony Little Gazelle Crosstraining DVD
(from www.tonylittle.com). It comes with the Crosstraining Gazelle sold on HSN, but it can be used with any Gazelle model. Tony is sooooo inspirational in a nice quiet-kind of way....and you get a SUPER work-out with it! I was trying to Gazelle by myself while waiting for the DVD and it just wasn't the same. Once I got the DVD I really started getting into the program. Now I can last thru half of the advanced part...then after a cool-down I sit on my ball and do weights through the rest of his program, using his music & motivation.

I'd recommend the Gazelle to ANYONE.....especially since I've been an exercise-flunkie for life. This is the very first time I've been able to stick with a work-out and enjoy it at the same time.

Happy Sunday, Girls & Reggie!

It's me again . . . I've had so much water today I'm in the bathroom every hour. Guess I'd better stop now or I'll never get any sleep tonight. :D

Hey, Bonnie, you are looking good, girl. Next stop onederland. Oh I can hardly wait to get there . . . but I guess I'd better not try holding my breath until then. ;) Such a long, long way to go. Trust me, it's not cold in the summer time. July and August usually average high 70's/low 80's and there's almost always a nice ocean breeze. I had to :lol3: at your comment about hockey. Afraid I'm not a big sports fan but if I had to choose between your national favourite (baseball) and ours (hockey), I prefer yours.

Boy oh boy, Jill, you've got me thinking. I've always wondered if I'd like a gazelle but fear it might just end up keeping company with my treadmill (i.e., living folded up in the garage). I love the new avatar. :bike: Wowee, you are getting soooo close to goal. Don't you forget about the rest of us when you get there, girl.

Keep doing all the right stuff and I'll see you all tomorrow. Here's a dose of :dust: for the evening hours.

Good Morning . . . up and at-em, gang. Get that :coffee: into you and say hello to the morning I'm sending your way. It's another sunny but windy one here. Hope yours is looking good, too. See you later. :carrot:

Thanks Meowee... got that coffee and am heading off to work soon! I had such a successful weekend exercise-wise that I wish I could just stay home today and do that LOL... but got to keep those $$$ coming in too! :)

Hi girls and Reggie~

Warm :welcome: to Bonnie, Donna and Teckla, we’re all glad that you’ve found us.
Congrats to all who have lost weight.:woo: :woo: :balloons: :balloons:
Cheryl~ 2.4 lbs.- you better start preparing to get your hair colored girl, how about green to commemorate St. Paddy?:rofl: :lol: I was just teasing:sorry: Anyway, I bet that would be so cool.:cool: :cool:

Jill~ 2.5 lbs. and size 12 jeans - WTG, and I hope your :love: affair with Gazelle will last forever. The Caymans is just around the corner so have a great time.

Hy~ 3 lbs.- good for you. Kudos for being able to stick to Atkins’ induction for such a long time, I’ll die without my bread, pasta and rice.:faint:

Bunti~ nice to have you back, hope you visit us more often. It’s awful with the swelling you got from just switching to another type of diet. Hopefully there’s no other underlying condition causing the swelling and that the results of your test are OK.:goodluck: :crossed:

Susan~ I’m the exact opposite with regards to the tape measure/scale. I’m losing inches, but the lbs. are moving so slow :snail: or not at all.

Reggie~ oh, I just love Mexican food:hungry: , have a good time in Reno.

Dance~ it's great that you've had a successful weekend exercise-wise, I miss my daily exercise.:(

I’ve been a vegetarian for over 7 years a long time ago, and I’ve been trying to go vegetarian again. So far, so good, except I love nuts and I just can’t seem to control the portions. And my daily exercise have to be suspended because I have sprained my ankle last tuesday http://bffc.net/icons2/sillyme.gif and have been told to rest my ankle for 7-10 days, so I could at the earliest start exercising between March 15-17th. I took my dog out for a walk, the sun was out:sunny: the beach was covered with snow and there was ice on the water, it was really beautiful. Anyway, I stepped on a mound of snow, and I guess I was too heavy:o and it collapsed and I somehow twisted and sprained my ankle.http://bffc.net/icons2/ouch.gif
Here is a picture of the beach taken with my cell.http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/7048/beach1xo.jpg
I’ve decided to put my weekly weigh-ins on hold until I can start exercising again.

Have a great day everyone.

Finally a loss to report!
 

Hello everyone!

I had to go look up my old posts to see when I last had a loss and it was exactly one month ago today. After that I really got off track and couldn't seem to get myself going again. Sooo...last weekend I decided to join Weight Watchers starting Thursday, the 9th. Of course in the days before I joined I had some "final" splurges, Mcdonalds, Donuts, etc.

By last Thursday, I had gained even more weight. But starting Thursday morning, I have been faithfully counting points as best I can, even had the dreaded church dinner yesterday, and since my last Monday weigh in with you all, I have now lost another pound!

That makes 10 pounds lost so far in 2006.

I am so glad I made the decision to join WW. It is close to home and I like the leader, and I got in just before the rate hike.

Elyn, I'm sorry to hear about you hurting your ankle. I have been laid up before with various sprains and one big bad break and it's no fun.

Nice to see all the new people aboard. Sorry, I haven't been active on this thread, but I have still been reading about how everyone is doing.

Jill I like your new picture. Keep talking about your exercise program; I need to get some motivation and inspiration to exercise more. It sounds like you are getting your money's worth out of your Gazelle.

It has been pouring rain here in Indiana :rain: , but yesterday was nice most of the day. Today's another rainy Monday...but today I don't feel like the song (Remember the Carpenters, Rainy Days and Mondays Always Get Me Down?)

I feel way up!

Have a great week!

:hug: to all Chickies!!

Day 41 on Atkins Induction and I've lost another 1 - 1/2 pound. Yea!! Total now at 11.5 lbs lost in 41 days :D

My achilles tendon is bigtime inflammed so I can't do anything involving my foot when it comes to working out. Staying with weight training and stretching for time being until the tendon heals.

Best wishes to each of you for a healthy week!


Hy

[QUOTE/] Day 41 on Atkins Induction and I've lost another 1 - 1/2 pound. Yea!! Total now at 11.5 lbs lost in 41 days :D Hy[/QUOTE]


Um, my math is screwed up - lol!! What a shock :D

I guess I've just lost 10.5 pounds according to my weight tracker. Oh who cares, I lost a little, either/or ;)


Thank goodness for my fingers and toes - at least I can count to twenty with those!


Hy

Elyn...Ouch!! Sorry to hear you sprained your ankle.:( Hope you are back at it real soon. :hug:

Gail...:woo: 1 lb :woo: Congrats on joining WW. I love my leader also!

Hy...:cheer: 1 1/2 lbs :cheer: That's AWESOME!! 41 days of Akins!!!

Linda...Glad you are having a good day and the weather is much nicer. :D The sun is shinning here, but oh does the wind have a nice bite! :fr:

I am :dancer: for joy!! I had a 2 lb loss for the week and met my St Paddy's goal early. I'm doing the fatty fat gone dance :dance: :dance: Elyn, I'm getting my hair colored for my reward. Won't be green, but auburn with red highlights. Probably shock the heck out of my husband, but I'm too young to have a head full of grey.

Jill...Cool pictures!!! I looked up Tony Little on the web lastnight and decided my reward for when I reach 299 will be a gazelle. I can't wait!!:carrot: :carrot:

Hey gang, found out lastnight that HH and I will be grandparent for the 8th time. I hope it's a boy. We have 6 granddaughters and 2 grandsons, but I really don't care, just want the baby to be healthy.

Have a good one.

Cheryl

Glad to see you all up and about. . . I know, you'll still be ticking along after I'm down for the night.

Dance . . . Great going on the exercise.
Elynn . . . So sorry about the ankle. Hope it heals really quickly.
Gail . . . Good for picking yourself back up and for feeling so "up".
Hy . . . Congratulations of the loss and sorry to hear about the foot.

Nothing too exciting around here. It's been a beautiful day, but the forecast for tomorrow is snow, followed by freezing rain, followed by rain, all combined with high winds. Just be glad I can only send you 'westerners' the morning. You send me the weather . . . so how about some more good stuff.

Ordered a couple of exercise DVDs yesterday. WATP for Seniors (got to treat these old bones gently) and Yoga for the Rest of Us. Amazon tells me they won't be here until early to mid April. :mad: Goodness, what are they doing . . . recording them especially for me?

Have a good evening, gang. We'll see you soon. In the meantime . . . just keep doing the good stuff and the rewards will follow. :carrot:

Hey Chicks!

Cheryl...a new Gazelle is a SUPER GOAL for you! And Congrats on getting to your St. Patty's Day weight ahead of schedule. At the rate you're going....you'll have your Gazelle in no time! It takes a coupla weeks to get it. The one on HSN is the best buy...believe me, (I've done all the research).....it comes with 3 or 4 DVD's & weights up to 350 are fine on it. Your new hair color sounds yummy! I'm getting new color this week....the same light auburn w/ golden hi-lites. Does wonders for the ol' psyche to have "new hair"!

Hy...too bad about your tendon, good job not giving up your exercising completely. Your weight loss is gradual...about the same as mine. Gail's too. I think we'll all benefit from the slower loss. Not as much as I'd like, but I feel good and my smaller jeans are fitting.

Elyn....the pic you posted is beautiful. So sorry tho' about your ankle. Can you do some weights? The 5 & 8 lb. dumbells are great for upper body stuff while you're waiting for that to heal. I hate when something happens to get me out of the "mode". Sometimes I just don't bounce back in. I'm counting on all of you to kick my butt when that happens!

Meowee, I got my Shaping Up with Weights for Dummies DVD today. Will try it out this week and let ya'll know. It's really BASIC and I'm sure I'll outgrow it soon, but I'm clueless when it comes to doing the weight moves correctly, so this will show me. I really can't BELIEVE I like doing this! It's easy to do in front of the TV. I sit on my Pilates ball. It's a nice addition to the Gazelle...and I'm already seeing the fatty crepe tightening up on my upper arms. I'm determined to get rid of these GRANNY arms!!! I love being a Gramma...I just don't want to LOOK like a GRANNY! :lol: I found really, REALLY (new) cheap dumbells at Play It Again Sports if ya'll are interested in getting some.

Hey Dance! Glad you're weekend was a good exercise one....mine was too. Feels pretty good...especially since I've always been pretty much of a slug!

Hello to Everyone else too!

Well....gots to run....HH has fixed a gorgeous dinner salad! Yum!