Military Spouses Kicking Butt #2 (Same girls, new thread)
 

Ok, per Ruth's suggestion, we're starting a new thread, hopefully everyone catches on!
Well, I'm giving the scale the silent treatment today, I splurged last night and I'm scared to see what it says...especially since I didn't go to the gym yesterday, now I will work twice as hard when I go today. :lifter:

Keep up the good work ladies, & btw, I'd love to get a free trip from the Army to Hawaii, but I know the cons would TOTALLY outweigh the pros because I guarantee my husband would get deployed from there. Can't have your cake and eat it too! Good luck this weekend, I'll check in later :wave:

Bumping to make it easier to find.

I find that its easy to just subscribe to the thread that way when you want to find it all you have to do is go to your user cp page :) so hopefully that will keep me from getting lost. Yup Hawaii is pretty nice but the cons definetely outweigh the pros here. Just wanted to drop in wish everyone a great weekend. I got on the scale for my weigh-in and I am down 3lbs YAY...

Hey everyone,

Keep posting in here so we can keep this going, anyone is welcome :D

My hubby just got back from hawaii a few weeks ago now and he'll be going off to somewhere near California I think next time, in October. Then back to Hawaii again later in the year I think.

Hahaha.. I just saw my 2 cats pouring water out of our water cooler into the tray below and drinking it. They are so bad!
I thought it was hubby getting a drink and I looked and it was the cats instead!

Hey Missy yeah best to stay off the scale for today if you think it might get you down. I weigh every day because I don't like to be surprised. If it's good, then great, but if not, at least I see it coming. It is amazing how much my weight yo-yo's from day to day. So far, now that I have been tracking it, it looks like I'll lose about 10 pounds a month, and I am more than happy with those numbers. Hopefully it will continue.

married2asoldier: I guess you just posted at the same time as me so I thought I'd edit and say congrats on the -3! :cool:

~ Angie

married2asoldier~ Congrats to you on your -3lbs!!!

Me & my 18mo. old got up early this morning and took a real nice walk. Then later tonight, I'lll be tackling the gym to get a good workout. I'll weigh in on Monday and start keeping better track on here. I like how you do your's Angie.

I went to the library a couple of days ago and was looking at some books. I opened up a book and there was a dollar bill in there. I guess whoever had it last was using it as a bookmark and forgot to take it out. *LOL*

Everyone is doing such a great job with their weight loss. Keep up the good work!!! :cb:

AGH, I've been so horrible this weekend, I'm ashamed of myself!!! :mad: I splurged my fat butt OFF this weekend, and I'm paying for it now. I haven't been drinking enough water, and now I've got 3 stubborn lbs to take off to get rid of the damage I've done the past 3 days. Shame on me, I'll take 3 lashings please :(

On a slightly good note, I DID do somewhat of a workout yesterday. Did 100 situps on the AbLounger which I am DEFINATELY feeling this morning, and then I did 2 10 minute bootcamp workouts which worked the ever livin daylights out of my legs. I'll go to the gym today and work my toosh off out of guilt.

To all you loosing ladies, I'm VERY proud of you, you guys are inspiration to NOT do what I did this weekend :) Keep up the awesome work!!!

Hi everybody!

Missy! bad bad bad! :devil: Try drinking LOTS of water for a few days and it might help flush it out. But hey not all is bad, you did exercise, so that's something positive! No point in beating yourself up about what is done. Were you depressed or ? If there's anything we can do to help, let us know (besides kicking your butt i mean! hehee) :hug:


ssgtswife: Hey nice surprise about the dollar, too bad it wasn't a 20 huh? darnit!

Hubby and I went out around town yesterday picking up a couple of things we wanted. I got a new tub scrubbie, my old one was worn out. These things are great!! If anyone here still washes the tub by hand, you might be interested in these things. It's a normal broom stick with a big "puff" on the end of it, which you scrub the tub with standing up. The puff is made out of that netting stuff, like the plastic pot scrubbers but a little finer. I use mine for the tub and the plastic walls surrounding. This one is made in Canada (where I am) but I'm guessing they must have them in USA too.

We went for a walk after dinner, and then we started working on a craft project (photo mat cutting).

I feel tired today but I'll probably perk up later on. It's Sunday which is my "cheat meal" day so woo hoo I'm lookin forward to that.

~ Angie

Missy~ Hang in there girlie!! Atleast you did get some exercise in. Just don't beat yourself up. Just shake it off and jump back on the saddle. Also, make sure you get lots of water in.

ssgtswife33
Where'd you get that bar with the girl on it, is that from the regular tickers or did you get it somewhere else? I like it!!

~Angie

Ok, so - my eyes are floating :dizzy: I've been trying to flush out my system. Took my puppy on a walk tonight too after dinner, and luckily I didn't eat after 7pm either. I also went easy on the carbs today, just to calm down my system.

So, I totally wish I could find a dollar here and there, maybe I ought to go to the library more often huh??

Ladies, thank you for the support, and not letting me make excuses, just giving me advice and telling me to do it and get back on track. :drill: That's what i need. I know I splurged because I thought "oh, a little bit won't hurt" and I Just can't do that until I'm where I need to be, and then only in moderation...because if I give myself an inch right now, I'll take a mile...I'm working on the whole discipline thing. Oi, well, I'm out for the night. Need to take a shower, and drink some more water....lol. Sweet dreams girls!!

Angie~ I got this ticker from another website. Here is the web addy if you would like to check it out http://lafemmebonita.com When you go to the addy, if you click on Fun Stuff, it will take you to a area where you can click on weight loss ticker. There are so many cute ones to choose from. They even have Avatars to choose from. My Proud Army Wife blinkie also came from there. They have all types of different services. They also have Air Force, Marines, Sailors and Navy.

EWWWWW I hate the scale!!!!
 

Ladies,

I went up a pound!!!! :?: Not that time of the month, I haven't cheated. I have been working out and drinking my water. Oh well, I will keep going.

ssgtswife33: I went to that website and stole your idea, "Proud Navy Wife" blinke, hope that was okay.

Missy, Don't beat yourself up! We will all have times when we will cheat and go off course. I admire you for all the working out you do. When I grow up I want to be as motivated as you are about going to the gym. LOL

Married2asoldier: You go girl. Congrats on your 3lbs. :carrot: :carrot: :carrot: (a carrot for every pound)

:hug: to everybody and keep on track this week. We can do this. I am very busy at work this week. Budget, budget, and more budget. :dizzy: Will try and post at night when I get back from the gym.

LittleLori~ Don't let that pound get to ya. Just keep up the exercising and drinking your water and it will come off plus more. Of course I don't mind you using the blinkie. I personally think it's cool. I was so glad to come across it.

I hope everyone is having a good Monday.:sunny:

Hi everyone!

Here I am bumping the thread back to the top. We don't want to get lost now do we? then nobody will find us :o

About gaining.. at least for me, now that I've been going for a couple of months, I see a bit of a trend. I seem to lose, gain some, hold, lose, up, hold, down. SO, that said.. anyone who gains anything here and knows they did not DO anything to cause it... don't worry about it. It's probably just a body change of some kind. It will come off if you stick to the plan.

Actually, I read somewhere that it does not matter what you do "some" of the time, it matters what you do "MOST" of the time. This is true. You will have treats, this is normal. You might gain a pound. This is normal. Follow the plan the best you can and it will happen!! :hug:

Geez I've been waiting for my TOM to kick in like ALL week and all I'm getting is crampy stomach. I wish it would just get on with it already. I used to be regular right down to the day, for the last year. Then I had a bit of stress about ohhhh 6 months ago now, and it's not been the same since. What's up with that. (not really a question, just a 'huh'?)

Thanks for the info on the ticker. I'll go look at them!

No major news here, which is good news, right? :D I am doing well and no complaints. Just plodding along!

Keep up the good work guys! :cool:

~ Angie

Hi Ladies -
I'd love to join the buddy group.

I'm Michelle (23) and married to C' who is 27. We've been married a little over 6 years and have a beautiful little boy who will be 1 on the 1st of September.

C' is in the Marine Corps and has been active for a little over 9 years. He's career and we're stationed in Southern California.

Being very active and fit pre marriage I never thought I'd have a weight issue after getting married. Within the first year I went from 130 to 140 and by our 4th year of marriage I was about 150. I was 158 when I got pregnant and sky rocketed up to 200 in the last 20 weeks of my pregnancy. I was huge, especially for my short little body.

I'm doing great.. down 57 pounds and have just a little bit more to go. Of course it's the hardest part.

I TOTALLy understand the deployment diet senerio. My husband just got back less than two weeks ago from a 6 month deployment. I dropped about 30lbs while he was gone. So far I've maintained and I can't wait for Christmas to roll by so that I am hopefully at my goal weight of 120.

Hi Chipmunk and :welcome: Wow!! Congrats to you on loosing 57lbs. I too was very active and very fit pre marriage. I played many sports. I never would have thought in a million years that I would be battling with my weight like I am now. The good part is that I have learned and that I am slowly loosing. I continue to stay active and very busy.

Well, I got on the scale this morning and weighed myself. I loss 2lbs this week.:dancer: I guess Tuesday will be my weigh in each week.

Everyone keep up the great work!!!!

:welcome2: Chipmunk (Michelle), glad to have you. Congrats on your 57lb loss. Any secrets you could share with me? How long did it take to lose the 57lbs?

Angie, so glad that everything is going good for you this week.:carrot:

Missy, how are you today?

ssgtswife33: Congrats on your 2lb weightloss, that is so wonderful.:dance: :dance: :dance:

I don't have much to share today. It rained like crazy last night, the power went out and all I had for dinner was a piece of cheese and grapes. LOL, Should do wonders for the scale this week. My husband and I actually spent some quality time together just talking when he got home (with his hours, that is very unusual) so it made for a great evening. Well, the power was out so he had to talk to me. lOL:D

I hope you ladies have a great OP day! TTFN.

ssgwife- CONRAGTS on the poundage lost!! :carrot: :carrot:

Chipmunk, welcome to the group! We're glad you're here, you'll fit right in, and your major loss is an inspiration to us to lose more!!!

little lori - i'm ok...1 of the stubborn 3 is gone...but still 2 more to lose to get back on track at 191, don't think it's happening in August, totally bummed that I probably won't meet my goal for this month, but I will keep on truckin. Season 3 of Nip Tuck came out today, so DH & I will be glued to that and will do ab lounger and squats on breaks....good luck today ladies, updates tomorrow!!!

Hi everyone

Chipmunk, welcome to our group! Hey, it's growing! That's excellent :carrot:
great job on losing so much already! That's great! Cheers for you :D

I started my diet the day after hubby left for 2 months. He's back now but still going strong on the diet. I told him he's on a diet too and he just said "no problem!". (he is only about 5 pounds over though)

Missy, congrats on your pound. Sounds like only a little ol measly pound to you but I bet it still took work to get it off. We all know that! Keep going!

n2luvnlife - Bummer your power went out, I hate when that happens. Especially if you don't have a battery in the alarm clock. We had a hurricane a few yrs back (where I used to live) and it was 4 days we were all stuck inside our houses, no power. We ate everything on the bbq including making water for coffee. It was tough. Not as tough as it could have been of course. (like Katrina, etc)

Another day gone by already. They go so fast.

We've been buying a bunch of these new Nestea single tubes for bottled water lately. My hubby goes through about 4-5 of them a day so I kept buying them. Well, we got out a plastic container to keep them in, I was tired of all the little boxes. We took them all out and put them in one container. I swear we have about 100 of them now. Geez I'd hate to add up how much I spent on those things. :dizzy:

Everything going well on my end. This forum has helped me stay on a pretty solid track and I'm super happy about that. Very few weak moments for me so far. Never say never but I'm liking that I don't feel tempted to go pig out on anything!!

Hope everyone had a good day!

~ Angie

Hello Everyone!!

Well... Back to school started today so after dropping my oldest off at school, me and my youngest headed to the park. They have a huge lake there with a walking path around it. One lap around the lake is 1 mile. We did 2 laps so I got 2 miles in so far this morning. My little one loves that park. The lake is filled with ducks. I swear there are atleast 200-300 ducks there. My goal is to head there each morning after dropping my son off at school and then hitting the walking trail. I would like to build it up where I can do maybe 4-5 laps around the lake.

missy~ Congrats on your 1lb loss. I know your not where you planned to be at the end of the month but just hang in there and keep on going. It will come off and then you'll be headed down to the 180 track.:goodscale: Keep your chin up and keep going!!

littlelori~ It does stink when the power goes out however it was good that you got to spend some good quality time with your hubs.

Angie~ I have been wanting to try the Nestea single tubes. I use Crystal Light and love it. They are a little pricey but they are sooo good. I try to hunt coupons for things like that to help save me money. *hehe* I drink water, caff. free diet coke & Crystal Light. I would love to eventually get off of diet soda's completely.

I hope everyone is having a great Wednesday!!!

GOOD MORNING LADIES!!!! It's almost Friday!!!

Jenn - AWESOME on finding the park's walking path, that is a GREAT way for 1: your daughter to have a blast and be active, and 2: for you to get a great workout in early in the morning, that way you still have your day!! Less of a chance to get distracted and push your workout off.............like me :( These past two days I've been so consumed with catching up on Season 3 of Nip/Tuck I've only done the ab lounger and some squats at home...I miss the gym :( I'll go back tonight as hubby has a late night training at work.

Hope everyone else is having an awesome day! Keep up the good work!!

Good Morning!
 

Hey ladies! Hope everyone is getting off to a great start today.

Missy, What is up with this weather today? It is only 71 here today. I am freezing and it is so dreary today and rainy. oh, well it is almost FRIDAY!!!!
Get back to that gym tonight! I do hope you have enjoyed Nip and Tuck though.


ssgtswife33: Great idea! Walk some for me too. You will up to 4-5 laps very soon. I miss walking. Living here it just isn't convenient. When I lived in Norfolk - I would walk 3 miles everyday. Congrats on the loss. :carrot:

Angie, I use those Nestea tubes too. I absolutely love them. I am an iced tea fanatic. I could drink a gallon a day and have and more.

Chipmunk: I hope you are doing okay.

Anyone have any major plans for the holiday weekend? I am going to Maryland to see my cousins - they are having a Pool Party - cook out on Saturday. I hope the weather holds out. If not, I guess it will be moved inside.

I didn't do as well last night at dinner as I should have. I am on Atkins and my husband actually had 1/2 a day at work yesterday (supposed to be studying) so he wanted Mexican. urrrrgh - It is very hard to find something to eat on Atkins that is Mexican. Well I couldn't find anything. I had 10 chips (Bad Lori) and settled on the Chicken quesadillas, I opt'd out of the rice and beans. Oh, well - that is my first mess up since starting. I am not going to let it get me down. I am focused and back on track. ( It could have been worse)
Weigh in is tomorrow, wish me luck.

Have a great day and make it an OP day!:hug:

Hi i hope youdont mind me joining this thread, My hubby is a US Marine station in NC. I live here in the UK, so the distance adds to my stress, i get stressed, depressed and eat. A visious circle.

Looking forward to getting to know you!

lilmrsmullen: :welcome3: That has got be hard with you living overseas and he is stationed in NC. When will you see him again?

We both are the same height. I have alot more to lose then you, but it is all the same. Glad to have you and post often.:carrot:

Hi lilmrsmullen and :welcome2: Glad to have you aboard. :) That definitely has to be hard with him being stationed in NC. How long will it be before you see him again? Hopefully not too long. Again, welcome!!!

littlelori~ I'm doing Atkins too. I wouldn't let that mexican food get you down either. Just get back on track and keep peddling. Let us know about your weigh in tomorrow.

Well.. today I did my 2 mile walk around the lake again. I will continue to do 2 miles and starting next week, I will try for 3. It was a beautiful morning and not to hot (thank goodness). I took some bread this time and me and my son (18mo.) sat down by the lake and fed the ducks and the birds. He had a blast.

Everyone have a good one!! :wave: Keep up the good work ladies!!!

HI everyone!

Yup almost Friday! I guess that's a good thing.. I have some work to catch up on first and if I don't get it done, less of a weekend until I do. I work in publishing and it's all about deadlines. MUST meet them.

So I lost 2 pounds earlier in the week and they stayed off until today, my weigh in day. I'm super happy about that. I lost 0 last week so I was happy to get something this week.

I got new eye glasses today and wow what a difference. My eyes are actually burning a bit so I might have to rest my eyes for bits in between until I get used to them.

lilmrsmullen
Welcome! And yup anyone is welcome to jump in here. The more the merrier! Sorry to hear you're so far away from your hubby. Is that a long term thing? I hate my hubby being away at all. Right now he's home for a month or so.

ssgtswife33
Awesome job on the walking! And you get to feed ducks and spend time with your little one outside. It's all a good thing!! Does your little one walk too or do you put him in the stroller? I'm guessing you do, that'd be quite a walk for a little one.

n2luvnlife AND ssgtswife33
You guys are both doing Atkins! I know some really love that program and have no probs but I just couldn't take it!! Everyone is different though and I'm glad you both found a program you like that you can stick with!

This weekend .. if I get my work done on time and don't spend my time here that is... we'll probably do a bit of driving around, maybe take some photos. Get outside, smell some of the air before the rain comes again (it rains here all winter, rather than snow).

So, that said, I better get to it!!

Talk to you guys later!!

~ Angie

Being away from huubby wil be liek this for another year and a half, i will see him around Christmas time before he deploys again early next year, and then again summer 2007, who knos after that.

I teach and the summer vacation is over here now, so i am back to work monday, my kids are back at school, it will be my sons first day.

I did manage to get some exercise in yesterday, i took my daughter swimming, so while she played, i swam lengths. While i was there i signed up for the gym, i have my induction sunday morning, i cant wait to get started there.

Hello Everyone.... Just checking in. Got to talk to the hubby this morning he is doing well. I can't believe its been 25 days since he left but then on the other hand it seems like forever. I have been doing good on food staying on plan. I had to switch to pilates this week since it was TOM taebo and kicking just were not working out for me haha TMI i know. HOpe everyone has a great weekend. Keep up the good work
~Amber

HI everybody

It's Friday! woo hoo!!

lilmrsmullen - oh my you must have strength... that's a long time away from the one you love. I'm glad you keep busy, that helps a LOT. We have no kids, so when hubby is not here it is too quiet. I work from home too so I force myself to get out and do things. I STILL have no friends here yet, after almost 2 yrs. Well, I know a few people thru hubby but no friends of my own. I don't have kids, or a dog.. that seems to be the theme here in the military quarters. I am trying to find an art class I can take next month when hubby goes away.

married2asoldier
25 days.. doesn't sound TOO bad but I know it can feel really long at times. I find the first 2 weeks are no problem, then it feels like "enough already" after that, for me. TOM for me too this week.. so I know where you're coming from there. Hubby and I went for a 45 min walk yesterday evening so that was nice. I'm gonna make him go again tonight, he doesn't know that yet! hehehe

~ Angie

Hey ladies!!! A HUGE welcome to the new chicas joining us :) Sorry I haven't posted in awhile, but Tropical Storm Ernesto has been gracing us with his presence and our internet has been very intermittent due to the 6+ inches of rain and power outages in the past day!! No gain, but no loss either...I guess I'll be content that I'm stagnant when I've been stagnant in my workout this week too...as soon as we're allowed to drive anywhere, I'm desperate to go to the gym (all the roads are closed due to flooding.)

Good luck ladies - keep me posted, and keep up the good work!!!

Also, I'd love to hear what everyone's weight loss goals for September are...I'm going to undershoot and say 4lbs...that will put me in the 180's like I so desperately want to be...that way if I lose more, I'll suprise myself!

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