Brandy ~ I'm going to be in food service. My main job is delivering the patients' meals. Since I have to take a physical and get my fingerprints done (this is the government after all), I have to wait two weeks because the physical lady is booked for next week and she's on vacation the week after next. So I probably won't start for 3 weeks. Doesn't bother me though. I've waited a month and a half already. :)

Hi! I have been having a tough time the past couple days...but I am feeling better now and will stop feeling sorry for myself and get back to it!

Friday morning I got up early, as usual, planning to do my new workout....I just got the Turbo Jam DVD's! Yeah!!! Anyway, as I was walking down the stairs, I slipped and slid down the last 6 on my back. OUCH!! I have a rug burn that is about 12 inches long and 4 inches wide, in the middle of my back and both of the backs of my arms are bruised from trying to catch myself, but atleast I did not hit my head!!
I was pretty sore yesterday, but feeling better today, so I got up early and did the Learn & Burn and the 20 minute workout and what a blast!!!
Today my family wants to take me out to breakfast, so I will try my best to be good and not go overboard....wish me luck, I 'll need it!! :)

Brandy~Congratulations on your certification! Do you plan to start instructing turbo? How long did it take and what was the process to get certified?

TeTe~Wow, that must have been so difficult, but so rewarding to help him answer his own question.

CherokeeAngel~ Sorry you are having a tough time. Communication is key, so maybe if you explain to him that you appreciate his help, but you need to do what works for you, maybe he will see how his instruction can be hurtful. Just a thought. Wish you well!

Happy Mother's Day!!
Take Care!
Darcy

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!!

I hope all you mothers get spoiled rotten today. Since I have a sub for the day, we did a 4 mile walk early in the sprinkling rain-not to bad, and now I feel good. My doggies gave me a card to celebrate the day so I'm having a nice morning. PLUS, I got my peanut butter yesterday, and just finished a toast smeared with it.:drool:

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Happy Mother's Day to all the Mommy's here!

Another uneventful day here an the ranch. I'm so bored with everything these days and feel myself getting in a rut:( Hopefully I can pull myself out soon.
I hope to be taking the trailer out to the lake this week sometime,and haven't decided if I'm camping May long weekend(this one coming up) or going to a social(fundraiser for friends that are getting married).Either way I'd have a good time!See what happens closer to the end of the week...
Have a great day ladies!

Well been MIA over the weekend, haven't had the best time of it.I still can't get my food under control but I have just been on a big 1 hour walk so that feels good.
It's getting cold here now 1 degree Celsius and we have snow on the mountains that I see from my window. We don't get much snow here in the city but we can sure feel the cold from the mountains close by.
It's not even winter yet and boy is it getting cold.

Haven't posted in a while, hubby has been hogging the computer with his new online role-playing game. And I've been working on renaissance garb, so we can go to the local ren fair this year in costume.

Fitting the bodice was hilarious (hubby wrapped me in duct tape, and then cut it off, so I could use it to make the pattern). Freaked out the cat, a bit.

Hubby is excited about the bellydancing. We've been married almost four years, and when we met, we were both nearly 400 lbs. I've surprisingly, never had too terrible a body image, so I've done some "freestyle" dancing for him before, though I would never have imagined that he would find it so sexy (I was thinking more silly and only a little flirty the first time I did it).
He says it isn't even my body, as much as the fact that I am dancing FOR HIM that makes it so "awesome." Huh, go figure.

Today after church, we went to the bicycle shop and asked about bicycles. Turns out, they can modify any bicycle for me. At my weight, I thought I would need a special bike, but all I need is a bike without suspension, so the seat and frame is stable rather than has any give. On their basic models, this means only replacing the seat (which I would have done anyway, as the ones most bikes come with now, are about as thin as some thong underwear, jeesh, and I thought the old "banana seats" were bad!

Happy Mother's Day everyone!

Happy Monday Everyone!

Well, its still going to be raining around here for a few more days, but again we were able to get our walk in and stay dry today. So, my day's off to a great start. I am starting a no binge for a week challenge this morning. It wont be easy since my students piano recital is Friday and we have a punch and cookie/brownie/finger food yummy reception afterward, but I know I can do it, and it'll make me feel better after I survive. Basically I'm sticking to proper portion sizes of healthy foods and sticking to only eating at meals or 2 snack times a day.

kaplods-I love Ren. festivals. We are excited cuz we found one only about 2 hours away that we're going to attend over memorial day weekend. We never knew about it before this year. We usually go to 2-3 festivals a year. We'd do more, but my weekends off are few and far between so they need to be day trips mainly. I'm so happy you're able to get a bike. I've really fallen back in love with this activity. Used to do it endlessly as a kid, and now I remember why. Hope you get one soon.

Chaarli-glad you enjoyed your walk. I'm really focusing on getting my food back where it should be this week. Good luck to you.

Wendy-It sounds like you're going to have a wonderful upcoming weekend regardless of which activity you choose. Did Ryan spoil you rotten yesterday? I had to break up 2 fights between my niece & nephew and remind them it was mommy's special day and they needed to be extra good. I don't think they've ever been so happy to see me leave as they were yesterday!!

tete-Of course being a mom to dogs and cats count. That all I have too! You really amaze me with all you've accomplished in your hospital visits. It takes a very special person to do the work you do. I'm glad its rewarding for you. Sorry about your weight gain-I haven't done my weigh in yet today, but can pretty much tell I've gained.:o Maintaining is really tricky. Wish it came with instructions.

nail-lady-Hope you're recovering quickly from your fall. It sounds painful. Glad you're enjoying TurboJam. I'll be popping one in for a workout real soon. For certification you go to a day long class where you are studied for form/technique through about 5 hours of actively turboing. You also have to pass a written test, and possible do some hands on group leading. At the end of the day you do a workout specifically where they "grade" you for form, and if you pass that and the written, your certified. It really wasn't hard, but I sure was tired and sore after 5 hours of Turbo in 1 day!!!

JasonsLea-Glad you're able to be so patient for starting your new job. Patience has never been one of my strong points.;)

Lydia-How did your cake turn out? You may have to share the recipe if it was yummy!

Angela-Good luck getting through this last week of school.:hug:

Morning All!!! I haven't posted for a while(except on the points board), but I'm still here. I can only post at work and on Friday we threw a retirement party for one of my co-workers so I was running around organizing stuff in the AM. I did pretty well with all the yummy munchies we had but...I ate a lot of fruit and a small piece of cake and two cans of Coke Zero and I felt soooo sick! I hadn't had much sugar at all last week and I guess my systenm just rebelled! Never in my life would I have believed that I would have a low tolerance for sugar!!! I never drink soda anymore and I think that added to my misery. Anyway, a nap and lots of water helped me feel better by later that evening. But no exercise that day:( It looks like weekends are going to be harder with the points. Mostly the food. Oh well, now I know!

Rosario: I grew up in Northridge (yes, I'm a Valley Girl) I was away from CA for seven years for school. When I moved back, I lived in Calabasas, Venice Beach, and Manhattan Beach. I moved to Atlanta 12 years ago. I don't see myself going back to CA to live-too expensive!

Today is a very slow day at work so I'm sure I'll be back!!!

Good morning everyone and HAPPY MONDAY!

This weekend wasn't too bad for me. I ate ok and at least got in 20 min. of excercise in each day. Not real strenuous excercise, but excercise nonetheless. It's a new week, and yay for me, I get to start over. I've already had my pb on bread so that should tide me over for a couple of hours until snack time.

Today's Goals-3 healthy meals, 1 point for water, SI6-Start It Up, George Foreman-Walk & Box, and only 1 treat-1 pb cup (I have about 5 in my drawer and the plan is to only allow myslef one a day).

Courtnie-Yoga doesn't do anything for me either. I always skip that part on my SI6. I have never tried pilates. But I hope you are better this week so you can get your workouts in.

Shari-congrats on your job. isn't waiting around for them to call you a b****!! glad you got the call back!

Lydia-yum carrot cake! how was the low cal version?

tete-I think it is awesome what you do. I don't think I would ever be able to do that because I'd be crying my eyes out especially if I was children. The world does need more people like you!

nail lady-ouch on your fall. get better quick so you can break in your in your TurboJam dvds.

brandy-good luck on a no binge week. I am going to try to aim for that too. One day at a time! :)

Have a great day everyone!

miasmom-that's one of the good things of not eating sugary foods. we get sick when we start eating em again. So we think twice about ever eating them. but i am sorry you got sick. Yes, LA is very expensive but I love it there so much. I'm planning on moving back after paying off some bills and saving up some money. Good thing is that I have all my family over there to help me out. My bf says he even wants to move over there too!

Hi all Just wanted to say Hi.

Weekend was good not food wise but it was nice anyways. I had a Wendys Burger but it was so freaking good. I am not mad at myself I am over it. It was still so good. It's been months since I had one of those. But it's a new week. I have many plans for next month so I have to lose some weight. I am still trying my hardest to be 185 but June 7th me and honeys anniv. I also have the company picnic on the 24th and I want to be 175. I did excerise this weekend which was a plus since I never get that done. I also bought a jump rope since I have been jumping roping in my classes it's a pretty good work out. It was said 10 minutes of jump roping is half hour of running. phew it is tiring I have to get some work done post later bye

nik-jump rope is an awesome workout. too bad i live in an apt! good job getting your weekend workout in. love your new pic. you have really pretty eyes.

Here I am! I am sore from working on my new deck! I did alot of lifting on Saturday. The deck planks where 16 feet long and wet... they kicked my butt!!lol Happy late Mother's day to all the mothers!

Bellydancing? is that a class you take or is a workout dvd? I would love to try it and I know my hubby would love it to.....lol