Well, I finally did it. I woke up at 6am and got my 40 minute workout in. Slim in 6 too. Phew, I was sweating like a pig. It was an awesome workout, though and I feel great. I can feel that today is gonna be a great day.

I also want to say Thank you gals for all your support. I know I couldn't have done it without you!!!!

Brandy-how was your game last night? I really need to find some batting cages in my area. I love the batting cages.

lady unicorn-lucky you on the pool. i'd love to get one but i don't think management would appreciate it in the apt too much. lol it's awesome that you can get swimming in.

Wendy- i am so sorry that you are going through these tough times. i hope you come by if you need someone to chat with. i hope you consider us not only as diet buddies, but as you friends too. come back to us soon. we'll be here waiting for you.:hug:

courtnie-u were right about those morning workouts. it is so worth it to wake up an hour earlier. i see by your fitday,that you eat Kashi. I just tried the Crunch this morning and love it. I'm thinking of buying their kits (cereal, shakes, bars) Have you tried any of their other products?

angela- i started to watch AI but since i had not seen any episodes of this season i had to change the channel. oh well, i'll be sure to try and watch next season. Do u like "So you think you can dance"? It starts today and I will definitely be recording it!!

jelynn-any excercise is good. awesome job on your good eating day. here's to more good eating days to come!!!!

Have a great Thursday gals. Come on!!!! It's almost Friday!!!!!!!!!!

Hey everybody!!

I still dont have that dang pool up! We are still working on it and hubby tells me that It will be done today. I will get to swim today!

I have been eating good and Staying in my zone on that I just cant get the workout together!!! I dont know whats wrong with me....I think I need one of those counter things that tell you how many steps you make a day...

I dont know.

I have such a hard time motivating myself to exercise....but today is a new day and I'll try again :)

Let's go Hypnotiq and Lady Unicorn. You guys can do it. If I got my excercise in today, anybody can.

Just stay focused!!!

Howdy Ladies!

Hope you're all having wonderful days.

We won our ball game last night. We actually played really well and mercied the other team (won by so much the game was over in the 6th inning). A closer game would be more fun, but we practiced good sportsmanship and really worked as a team.

Spinning class was great this morning. I got really ticked off cuz we were supposed to have a fit/body fat test before class and we all showed except the girl who was to do it and had signed us all up. I jumped on the bike 30 minutes before class started and did my own pre-class class. I was sweating my butt off way before we officially started.

Wendy-take care and hurry back.

Rosario-Glad you tried out the am workout. I absolutely HAVE to workout in the mornings or I drag all day. My body really misses it and feels sluggish if I skip. I hope this is the turning point you've been searching for.

Angela-I love the song you just learned!

la3y-Hope the pool gets set up soon. I'm not sure when we'll open ours. I doubt it'll happen this weekend though.

kaplods-sorry for the rough times. My hubby was unemployed a bit this past fall and it is so stressfull. I sure hope something better comes along and it all works out.

Well, what are the big plans for the holiday weekend? We're pulling out the kayaks for the first time this year. I am REALLY excited. I love taking them out. We're going in the lagoons at the state park and there are terrific birds and turtles to watch. We're having a picnic, and taking turns going out-neither of my parents have ever tried kayaking, so we're gonna make sure they get some time in. We're also going to a Renaissance festival. Should make for a terrific weekend.

Talk to ya soon.

Brandy it should be full by the time I get home today.. I hope..lol My mom already has her's going and my Mother-in-law will have her's going soon...I am all set on swimming lol. I feel like I have workout alot trying to get this thing going. I just hope we dont have to take it down and start it all over again.

Wow I am sooo jealous of those of you who can actually get up early and excercise! I have tried and I just can't seem to get THAT motivated LOL. As it is I get up at 6:30 and barely make it out the door in time for my son's bus. ;) I guess I would need to go to bed earlier or something but then I'd miss my good shows lol :P I am in serious need of some motivation myself though. I have eaten crappy kinda since Sunday.. I ate FOUR gourmet cookies on Sunday and felt sick lol.. then today I had THREE latte's but at least they were nonfat.. and had a slice of cake from :devil:Starbucks:devil: and went over my calories by nearly 600 at least.. :(

Oh well TOM is here and so I think it's just all around Blehhh! Looks like that might be a trend around here... hey..... Do you think that since women who hang out IRL tend to get TOM at the same times.. that all of us would eventually all have TOM at the same time!!??!!?? Rofl. That is quite a funny thought.. mass pms.. :eek:

Hi everyone! Thought I'd pop in and say hi! Went to meet the new lawyer today and found out that the ex didn't even sign the divorce petition that was served to him in March 2005!! This could all be over with sooner that I thought, he is SO in default over that AND they gave him 20 days to obtain a new lawyer and he hasn't done that either!! Default AGAIN! YEP, still a loser!:D
Haven't checked the other thread yet, how are you all doing with points??? You can do it girls! Don't give up!!!!!!
I'm not doing this game, but I'm not exactly given up either!
Hope all is well, take care!
Brendalee~ I'm PMSing so we're pretty close on that one!!! LOL!;)

Happy Friday!!

I ran for 17 minutes straight this morning. I can't remember the last time I did that.:D I thought I was going to die toward the end, but I made it and actually recovered a lot faster than I imagined. I promised to go to an upper body strength class this afternoon so that'll work the other half of my body.

I have a list of errands that need to be done today. It looks like we'll start opening our pool this weekend, at least chemicals will be dumped, and the pump hooked up. I'm a bit suprised he's doing it, but by the time everything is clean and ready I'll be glad we started when he wanted.

Wendy-I'm glad you got such good news about the "loser". Hopefully it'll all be done and over soon.

Brendalee-Love Starbucks-Sugar free flavoring and skim milk make me feel like I'm not cheating to have these when I want. Their desserts always look so yummy. I try not to indulge, but every once in awhile they just look to good.

Rosario-Dare I ask if you woke early and did SI6? I hope so, but if you didn't, you'll get it in later.

I hope you all have a lovely day.

Finally it's friday!!! Woo hoo!! 3 day weekend baby!!!

Sad to say I didn't get up early this morning to work out :(. We bought a PSP last night and my bf kept me awake showing me all the cool tricks. <sigh> boys and their toys. But today I will definitely get my SI6 in. I feel too good when I finish it, so I want to be feeling good all weekend. Maybe I will actually get some walking/jogging in too! We'll see how it goes.

Brandy-that's awesome on your running. I can barely last 5 minutes on the treadmill. Once I went for 10 minutes and I thought I was going to die. Keep it up and soon you'll be running 60 minutes straight ;)

Wendy-i really hope the mess with your ex is over soon. what a bunch of unwanted stress. but stay strong and as soon as you know it, it'll all be gone.

brenda-I am a big sucker for starbucks desserts too. sad thing is, they don't even taste that great and taste kind of old. You should try getting up early one day. you might surprise yourself.

Lady unicorn-how's the pool coming along?

have a great day ladies!!!

The pool is up!!!!! and Rosario there is a PSP2 game "yourself fitness" I am looking for it. Its a personal traininer!! I got some of the DVD MacD's gave out with their salads....I have not found it yet but I am still looking....

Have a great 3 DAY weekend all.....

Hey everybody!! Quiet around here. hmm.... hope all is well with everyone.

Well, it's gonna be a tough weekend. Tonite is the movies, sunday is a bbq, and monday is the zoo. I hope i can control myself this weekend. At least it looks like i will at least getting excercise in. Today I'm thinking tennis. I'm not sure if I want to continue SI6. I think I'll focus on cardio and do some free strentgh things. That looks like I can stick to that better than the dvd's. MAybe a change is what I need.

Hope everyone has a safe, healthy, and fun weekend!!!

Catchup with ya on Tuesday!!!

Well, today was my first REAL day of work. Yesterday they just had me watching training videos on the computer all day.

My question is... would it be possible to count like 2 hours of my workday as exercise? I tell you, I had about 3 1/2 hours today where I was moving non-stop. I was working HARD too! I was put on the grill, making the sausage, eggs, and bacon at breakfast, and the grilled chicken and burgers at lunch. Lots of moving back and forth between the UHC (universal holding cabinet; food warmer, basically), grill, and garbage can (UHC trays have paper lining that has to be replaced with every new batch of food). We're talking a span of about 10-15 feet. Plus having to scrape the grill down every 4 batches of food, plus the actual getting the food up, putting the food in the UHC, and lots and lots of cleaning. I'm just wondering if I can count some of this as actual exercise, but I really am working hard! But I don't know if it counts because it's my occupation?

Lord Have Mercy! Just thinking about bbqing this weekend will blow my diet !
Hopefully I wont but its bad enough I have to work saturday because I know all of you are going to eat chicken at least once this weekend so I guess somebody has to make sure you get some! I work at Tyson's.

This has been a busy place this week! I have been running around like a crazy person, so have not had a chance to even sit down at the computer all week, till now.

Wendy~so sorry to hear about your dog, I hope that you and Ryan are doing better. I hope that you will continue to check in on us.

Colleen~I am sorry to hear your hubby is having a difficult time. I hope that things are much better very soon.

Brandy~We have been doing alot of baseball playing too, it has been alot of fun. I have not done it since I was a kid and was not even sure of whether or not I would be able to hit the ball, but I did~thank goodness! I can just imagine the ribbing I would have to take from my family if I didn't hit it! Also, glad to hear you are able to do the running again, I know how apprehensive you were about trying, so Congrats on healing up!

Well, I hope that you all have a very nice holiday weekend and will chat again soon.
Darcy