Good Afternoon Ladies and Happy Friday!!!

lilmrsmullen~ WOW!! that is a long time away from hubbs. It's good that you do keep yourself busy. That will definitely help time go by much faster.

Angie~ Does the base that you live on offer any Art classes? I know many bases here in the U.S. offer many activites like that. They offer Art classes, ceramics, sewing, etc.. That is so nice that your hubbs walks with you. I wish my hubbs could do that but with his job that he has, he doesn't get home until 10pm and by then, it's too late. He works 14hr days 6 days a week. :(

Missy~ My September goal is 5lbs. I'm going to try my best to loose more but goal is 5lbs. I've been exercising at the house but my mornings are strictly for walking. I hope with the extra walking, it helps jumpstart my metabolism and burns the fat faster. *hehe* I can only hope :)

married2asoldier~ 25 days is a long time. How long will he be gone for? I know when their deployed, it is so good to hear there voice. I know with me when my husband would go to the field for training, and he had a chance to call, hearing his voice would like re-energize me. It's a great feeling.

Everyone keep up the great work!!!!

Happy Saturday everyone!

ssgtswife33
Well actually the base itself is a distance from where we live. The military quarters here (the houses I mean for married people) are split up into 3 different parks here. So they have the base itself in one area, and the housing is in other areas. I guess they just didn't have room for it all in one location? I dunno. Anyway yes they do have some classes at the base but it's inconvenient to go there, so I'd likely look somewhere else. The traffic coming from the base is INSANE, and I would not want to fight with that. There's a recreation centre within walking distance of where I live so I might look there. They have fitness stuff along with a few.. not very many.. other little classes.

Wow 14 hour work days is a LOT. My hubby usually works about 8-9 hour days when he's at home but when he's away on the ship he usually works very long hours then. He's not army, he's air force so I think there's a difference there too, sounds like the army guys work much harder (shh don't tell my hubby I said that heheeh).

I hadn't thought of a goal for the month. I slated my next goal to be for November 1, when I want to be at 270. If I don't get there I'm not upset, it was just a number I picked at the time. I have another goal to be -50 pounds total by Christmas, so I am almost halfway there.

Missy sorry to hear you're in the path of the storm. Glad to hear though that it was only as bad as it was, and not worse. And not losing any is WAY better than gaining!! So considering the disruption with the weather you're doing just fine. I have lots of slow periods I noticed in my weight loss so far, so don't pay much mind to it.

Weather here is still pretty nice and sunny. Our summer here is SO dry and then the winter months is all rain. Rarely a sprinkle of snow which is just soooooo nice. Where I came from (east coast) is cold in the winter with snow so this is like paradise.

~ Angie

Just bumping the thread back to the top so nobody misses it!
hope you are all having a good Sunday!

well i finally joined the gym, i went yesterday,a d today, i wont make it tomorrow as i have a meeting after work but will be going wednesday and thursday.

ssgtswife33 _ yes, i have kind of gotten used to the time apart, it is just so normal for our relationship as we know no different

Happy Monday Everyone!!

Hi Krista and :welcome:

Angie~ Yeah, my hubbs works very long hours. He used to not work that long until this past February. He got orders for recruiting so that is what he does for the next 3 years. Recruiting is a very stressful job. I hope the next 2 1/2 years goes by fast. :)

Krista~ Hi there! We just moved from Fort Lewis 6 months ago. I liked it there alot but just didn't care to much for all the drizzling rain. :( We just didn't get to spend to much time there. We were only there for 9 months until my husband got orders for recruiting which took us here to Las Vegas.

Hi Krista and welcome to our thread!! Our group is growing! Anyone who reads this and wants to post jump right in. :cool:

Krista yes I know what you mean - nobody wants to look like the 'fat wife'. Oh I so know what you mean. Here where I live, I think there are probably less people overweight in general than where I came from, I guess because of the warm climate. (we're now on Vancouver Island which is just a wee bit north of Seattle) I found it the PERFECT time to start a diet, when my hubby went away in June of this year. YOU can do it too. I found it a bit of adjustment when he came back but now we're totally back to a 'new' normal (old normal meant eating out a LOT).

lilmrsmullen
Great job on joining a gym and going right away! That's awesome! I know that is a big step to go there, so give yourself a pat on the back for that. I joined a gym back in 2001 and only recently we stopped going because we now have equipment at home.

ssgtswife33
Wow you live in Las Vegas.. whew that's hot weather. Hubby and I got married there last year in May and it was SOOO hot. It's 'warm' here all year round so we're not used to extreme weather now.

Hope everyone's having a good week so far!!!

Keep up the good work gals (and guys if there's any lurking) :smug:

~ Angie

Whew, looks like i had a lot to catch up on!! Newbies... :balloons: :welcome3: our group is awfully eclectic, but fun, and VERY motivational, and hopefully we can help you along the journey to accomplish your goals!!

This weekend was definately a well deserved Holiday Weekend for us. Granted, I splurged a little bit, but no gain, and it's back on track this week...I ran two miles tonight with my new running buddy (a girl in my husbands company I'm friends with) which COMPELTELY kicked my arse. I am NOT a runner by any means, and I am feelin it tonight!!! :stars:

It's back to work tomorrow, and back to the gym/regular workouts. I'm so bummed I got off track there for the past week, SHAME ON ME! I am trying so hard to get in SOME kind of shape, and I have a month until the MP ball....grrr...I'd like to be down atleast another 5 lbs or so and get my arms toned up a bit. Ok, so now with all this talk of being fit, I'm feelin like a lazy *** sitting here typing, so I'm going to go do situps on the ab lounger and call it a night. I shall see ya'll in the morning...keep up the good work!!! And thanks for staying strong for everyone, this is such a blessing having ya'll ladies around. Sweet dreams!

Hello Everyone Welcome to all the new people.
Just wanted to let you ladies know you are my inspiration :) I love reading your posts everday and they really keep me going. I heard from my hubby again today YAY! just 11 more months to go and this deployment is over. Today was my weigh-in and I am down again. I have been alternating days with pilates and taebo. I love my pilates for dummies tape!! Hope everyone had a great weekend, me and the kids just stayed home but we always have a good time. Hailee is two and never fails to entertain.
Stay Strong
~Amber

Good morning!!! Well, we're supposed to be getting more rain today... (i'm a bit water logged) but it's back to the ol' grindstone this week. I slacked off the past week & 1/2 so we're back in the saddle again and I'm seriously sticking to it (god, I'm full of cliche's this morning, sorry)

I plan on doing the elliptical, weight training arms, and sit ups tonight....and plan on hitting the gym every day this week to make up for lost time. Hubby is going to the field in late Sept and off to Warrior's Leaders Course in October so I'll have plenty of time to hit the gym with no distractions.

Krista, no gown picked out yet. Scared to go try them on...I hate my arms, stupid bat wings....the rest of me doesn't look THAT big, but I am so ashamed of my arms, and of course everything is sleeveless....we'll see...I'll probably go last minute and get something. It doesn't help that I don't have any good shopping buddies either :(

oh well, enough of my griping, good luck and get on it ladies!!

Hello Everyone!! :)

married2asoldier~ That is so wonderful that you heard from your hubbs. That helps so much when they get a chance to call home. Also, Congrats to you on your weight loss. :carrot: Your doing a great job with your weight loss, keep up the good work!! I am fixing to start taebo myself today so wish me luck. *lol*

I weighed in this morning unfortunately, I didn't loose anything. However I didn't gain either so that is okay. I'm just going to continue with my exercising and watching my foods and hopefully next Tuesday I'll see some kind of loss.

Hey Chicks!!!!
 

Hey chickadees. I haven't posted in almost a week. I have been busy at work then went away this holiday weekend. On friday when I weighed in - I had lost 1 pound. I think I gained it back this weekend ( too much food and not enough smart choices while at cousins house this weekend) . I will weigh in the morning. Just couldn't bring myself to do it this morning.

Jenn, does your husband work as many hours as mine does recruiting? It is crazy. Every Saturday for the most part unless they are at goal. Coming home after 10pm. I wish he was back on the ship, I saw him more. LOL

Ladies, it is great to be back and motivated to keep going even though I got off track.

Missy, I got a bunch of rain last week too. I heard you all down there took the brunt of it though. I know and now it is freakin raining today. Well husband is down in Yorktown for a couple days of training. At least I can get my exercise in and dinner will be healthy.

I have Navy ball to attend in November, so I know how you ladies feel. I would love to be skinnier this year than last year. I hate going to these things as the fat wife. :mad:

Apolline - :welcome3:, Krista! Glad to have you with us!!!!

:hug: to everyone and I hope everyone has an OP day!

n2luvnlife~ Yep... my hubbs works crazy hours. Works till atleast ten and nearly every single Saturday. Every big blue moon he may get a Sat. off but very rarely. When he was in a regular unit, I did see him more. This is crazy. It's bad enough that I don't get to see him that much but I know it's even harder on the kids. :(