I didn't work out today since I am really tired. But I did stay well under my calories for the day to help counteract that and only ate 1300 something calories instead of my usual 1600 something. We got quite a bit of rain today due to the tropical storm off our coast. It was a nice change. The heat still hasn't really come back yet. I'm praying it stays that way since at times I do have a walk when I go to classes depending on where I find a parking spot and I am having a hard time walking with how warm it is still. I got home from classes late and pretty much crashed today. Have a good night all!

Hey everyone! FIL is out of the hospital for now, still no idea what is really wrong with him. Going to see more doctors next week.

Weight has been up and down a few pounds with stress and TOM. Really need to start working out again but to tell the trueth right now I am glad it is raining so I have an excuse to just sit here. :)

Hope everyone has a great day!

Real quick...I was back at 189.8 this morning....going down.....

I was under my calories today and ate only 1567 calories and burned off 330 by walking for an hour. Now time for reading homework. Tomorrow is going to be a challenge since tomorrow is my busy day at school. Have a great night!

Back to 214.5 this morning! Doctors appt. this afternoon, it will be interesting to see what he has to say about weight loss and not smoking.

I am happy to report I'm down another pound to 217.2. Since I've really gotten back on track with my calorie tracking and bumping my exercise up I've seen a 2.4 pound drop in the past week alone. I'm happy but tired! :-) Gotta get back to homework. Be good team!

This weight of mine is not moving! :tantrum: I keep losing and gaining the same two pounds. I guess I should be really impressed with how well I maintain it! LOL!

My allergies are not helping. I'm considering skipping the gym Saturday. I usually go six days a week, but I am so ridiculously tired! My workouts are suffering because I'm only going through the motions. I think I may need to sleep in Saturday more than I need to hit the gym. I'm putting that out there so I feel like it is a planned decision and not an "I-don't-want-to" decision.

When I get tired of my work outs I like to do extra intense half workouts for a while. Of course whether or not that makes sense depends on what your goal is.

My first week (2 days) of university is done. Everything went pretty well, it was strangely similar to high school, just with more people. I was expecting something entirely different and unexpected. Like aliens or something I think. Either way it was pretty normal.

I got lost on the buses twice and someone was rude to me once, and I got lost trying to find one class, but the girl I asked to help me was super nice and polite and showed me where the right room was. I haven't made any friends yet. I was somehow hoping that I'd make a bunch of friends instantaneously. I haven't even really met anyone yet, no one talks in my classes. The professors say, you know, you guys can talk to your neighbours beside you, but everyone just looks all freaked out and nervous and doesn't say anything.

I signed up to play intramural (the just for fun sort against people from your own school) soccer which starts next weekend, we'll see how that goes lol. I promised myself a few months ago that I was going to start jogging and be all thin and in great shape by the time school started, that didn't really happen. I had to chase my dog around the park the other day and did all right though (and inevitably caught him), soccer can't be "that" much different. I won't have the fear that the ball will get lost or hit by a car to keep me going though. I just realised they might not have a shirt big enough, that would be really embaressing.

That's my first week of school at a glance. I hope everyone else's week went well.

A lot on my plate today....

working on a house our church has that we rent out to members and helping get ready for our big annual BBQ Sept. 11 memory/honor celebration at church too for tomorrow....

so I will catch up later but the good news is I was at 188.4 yesterday and this morning...been some time since I was there....hope to keep it going

be good

I am thrilled I've now broken into the next 'decade' - 269.2, yay! Thursday evening was my second Zumba class, then last night I went walking with my son and his GF.

Hubby is on vacation this coming week - we're going to be the guests of King Estates Winery (outside of Eugene, OR) for a couple of days, and it will be interesting to see how closely to my plan I can stay since they provide all the food, etc. They are all about healthy and organic, though... but there will be a LOT of wine. I am giving myself permission to be a bit indulgent for those couple of days. It's going to be wonderful to get away from all the family drama for a while and reconnect. :)

HEY TEAM :)

Well I hit the big freakin 190 again this morning....dang....after 2 days at 188!

Could be the pizza and beer Friday night with the son and dil or the chili verde enchiladas and beer last night or the chicken and hamburger/pasta & potato salad and beans and beer at the 9-11 Remembrance at church this afternoon.....

could be?

But Angie seems to go everywhere I go and doesn't gain...

sure I drink a little more...ok...a lot more....

but I try to pee a lot...

way before it can turn into calories...

Be good :hug:

Well back to 188 this morning and no one here to talk to....

I'm hanging in here at 217.8. I've been under the weather since Sunday. Saturday night I went out and had 3 drinks and really should have stopped at number 2. Sunday I woke up feeling pretty badly due to my night out. But now I think I am fighting off a cold or just some really BAD allergies. I've not walked in almost a week since last Thursday after I finished walking I got some really painful twinges in my shins and had pain in my shins for a couple of days afterwards and my feet are just hurting non-stop too despite wearing comfy and supportive shoes at all times. I do not want to get shin splints since I've had that before so I'm taking it easy and re-considering my "fitness" plan. I'm considering getting a consult with a personal trainer at the gym and just getting some ideas from them and also just changing up my work outs and go to more gym classes instead of doing walking on the treadmill mostly.

EZMONEY-WTG!

Have a great day!

well down to 216 another one gone.

I did a zumba class tonight at my gym and it was great very hard but great fun. The hour just flew by! I watched my calories pretty good today as well. I'm still holding at 217. Hopefully I'll see a drop tomorrow. I'm drenched in sweat still as we speak and will be heading to the bath tub to soak! Have a great night team!