Dips, sounds great that you will be going home. Have fun! I know you will enjoy it.
Kempyd: Dude!! I would love a flat screen moniter. I have a 19" and it is so darned cumbersome. I have to lug that thing back and forth to school. Eech! But DSL is a must in today's society. I won't go online without it. I'm glad the school has it at a semi-reasonable price.
Jen: You and me both had similar schools. My schools "Turkey and Dressing" meal consisted of turkey that was obviously lunch meat from the deli and jiggly gravy. The stuffing was crusty, hard, overcooked, and undercooked all at the same time. They must have not bothered to mix it around while cooking. And of course it was served with the ceremonial "Ice Cream Scoop". Everything that was anything was served with an ice cream scoop. *shakes head
Angie: Sounds like you are doing great. I'm not worried about your weight loss seeing as though you've done it before and you can do it again. You seem to be on the right track, I agree with Gennel on that one.
Kina: Good luck on the ab roller. You remind me that I really should get some crunches in every day. In the past I've found that it helped. And great job on the thanksgiving dinner discovery. Eat Slower, be full and not overstuffed. But I usually find it's easier to not eat too much if I am around random people I don't know. I guess I'm just too self conscious.
Ya know, since all of you have hubby's and boyfriends I feel sorta left out. I can't comment on their cleaning habbits and whatnot. I think a good SO is cool support. I wish I had a buddy here where I live. But no one is willing to pull a diet twist with me, nor do they want me to do it either. Yikes! Good luck to all of you in all of your endevors. I really should get back to work... My job sucks... Maybe I'll tell you all about it sometime. Okay.. I'll keep it short...
Twins? What a blessing. And congrats on your weight loss.
Sahvara, I know what you mean about not having a personal workout buddy. All my friends are content with being out of shape. So this site is the next best thing.
6 days until take off!! The army really makes you appreciate your family.
I like so many types of music. I guess it depends on the kind of mood I'm in that day. I like stuff like KC and the Sunshine Band to Eminem,Pink, Missy Ellliot,P-Diddy,(Drowning Pool ..I love their song called BODIES (let the bodies hit the floor,llelt the bodies hit the flooooor!!!!!!!) Ok I'm insane lol. Actually most of the time I'm staring at the TV monitor at the Gym watching Mad About You or the Golden Girls. Thats the only thing on lol. Sometimes I catch myself giggling or cracking up while running in place lol.
I love a lot of Pink's stuff too!
Well I better run to pick up my kids from school!
ttyl,
Gen
P.S. I'm gonna beg my brother to bring Honey Baked Ham for thanksgiving@ I had some last year and LOVED IT!!! more thanthe Turkey!
Lane - I am sure this site will help you break that platue
Gen - did you try that egg nog receipe yet? Can I weight in on the 25th? I don't have a scale at home, for a good reason.
Sah - I really don't have any one to work ut with either. It is either me or nobody. I think that may be why it is so hard. I don't want to work out w/ hubby b/c all he does is drop off fast food for a week and her is ripped. You know. some times I hate that man. He-He
I just lost a long huge post and now I'm too annoyed to retype it!!!!
Gennel, I watch Mad About You too sometimes, so we must be working out at the same time! I used to have my friend bike with me every day. That was great until she pooped out on me. And then winter came, and ya'll know the rest of THAT story! So now I exercise alone too. Oh well, I'll just keep on keepin on!!
Apparently, I can only send really short replies in and I have to type really fast or else I get booted off. We are having problems with our cable modem. AARRRRGGGHHH! How frustrating especially because we're paying a fortune for this crappy service
My hubby is my workout buddy during the summer. He will walk anywhere with me.I love that man.
Gen, I like the new Missy Elliot song. I like music with a fast beat to workout to it maqkes me want to go faster. I like Rob Zombie and Kid Rock and stuff like that.I will pretty much listen to anything as long as it is loud enough. LOL
I like all the ones you all have mentioned my tops favs being...PInk, No Doubt, Eminem and so many other fast tunes but not all hard music. For instance Shania Twain, Destiny's Child.
I sometimes find myself getting more motivated with the ones that have curvacious good looking women. I guess bottom line is that my brain figures it won't fight the urge to get my workout because otherwise I won't get to looking as good as them if I just sit on my couch and be a potato. Does anyone out there relate to that?
I feel like I may be the oldest one in the room! The kind of music I like tends to be called "classic" or even worse, "oldies". I'm curious about the ages of everyone here. I'm 40 and I listen to country mostly these days and so does my 10-year-old, although she also enjoys some of the curren "pop" music. I have heard of eminem and Kid Rock, but none of the others! I usually put on Dixie Chicks or Keith Urban when I get around to excersizing. By the way, Sahvara, single here too.
I bought one of those Leslie Sansone walking tapes and my daughter and I did it tonight together. I was really sweating by the time it was over, but I made it through. Since it's dark when I leave for work and dark when I get home, I don't feel like taking a walk outside these days. I thought I'd start with one tape and see if I liked it before I bought a whole set or something. Food was O.K. today. Work was extremely busy, so there wasn't time to graze!
Music is a great motivater. I listen to most of the artists you all mentioned but when it comes to working out, othing beats Rage against the Machine. Their music just gets you pumped up.
Missy Elliot is looking great these days. She lost quite a bit of weight. I listen to all her music.
Jen, I celebrates my 21st B-day this month. I really don't listen to country music. I remember when I was deejaying for the country music show in Korea and It was torture. Though I did find the new crossover contry a bit catchy (Faith Hill, Dixie Chicks, Leann Rymes) Everything else was just not in my taste. Luckily I was able to trade with the "top 40" Dee Jay.
At home and in my car I am mostly R&B, Raggae, and salsa.
Dips, Missy Elliot is looking great. I was so surprised when the video came out.
Kina, I can just imagine what my neighbors think of me. Playing all those cd's loudly. LOLThey all know it is only for about an hour during the day and I don't party at night so I am not that bad of a neighbor. I hope. LOL
Originally posted by jen519 I usually put on Dixie Chicks or Keith Urban when I get around to excersizing.
Jen
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OOOOw! I love the Dixie Chics! They are the best. I love their energy! I am 29, 4 children, married, college student, part time employed. I enjoy all types of music. But the ones that get going are the fast ones that have a mean beat.
Laney - here's a good way to do it - if I intend to type more than a paragraph for a post - I just keep notepad or wordpad open and type there - hitting the save every few lines or so. I'm on a dial-up which is fast enough for message boards and the cams I watch - but I do tend to freeze when I least expect it. (@$^@&$!!! LOL) and have lost so many thoughts and stream of consciousness replies that in order to keep my (limited) sanity I had to figure out a better way. Just leave the wordpad open in your taskbar - type there - save - then cut and paste your message into the box here. Voila!
So far - I am the senior loser here. I'm 44 and listen to NONE of that stuff. I was a rock n roll DJ in the 70s and early 80s and everything I listen to is at least twenty years old - I work out to Meat Loaf, Bob Seger, The Allman Brothers, and quite a bit of pop from my teen years. I even dig out some disco *albums* once in a while - that was silly, fun, syncopated music. Donna Summer - yeah! LOL
I'm plateauing again - I do agree that your body finds a set-weight it likes and sticks there. No matter whether I dieted or not I hung around 160-165 for a number of years. Did the same at 135 so I'm hoping that when I get there I'll be able to maintain there. Forget the 125 - that's ancient history!
Well I'm officially still 32 yrs old until next month! UGh!!! lol Every year I turn my numbers around when I'm asked how old I am. I've been 23 yrs old this year so far lol. But next month I'll be 33 and if I turn those numbers around guess what? It's still 33 ! lol
To be honest I feel like I'm 23yrs old right now. What I wear is usually those hip hugger bellbottoms,CK ,DKNY,Gap jeans with tight turtleneck sweater or short sleeve blouses. Yesterday was the first time in years that I wore a brown "suede" mini skirt. And now I'm hooked to those to those bodyhugging spaghetti strap spring dresses..I know SPRING! But its still mostly warm here in FL! lol
By the way I was waiting for the new Missy Elliot video to come out " Work It" a friend of ours knows her and told us a long time ago that she lost" MAD WEIGHT!" so I kept doing searches online to see if there were any recent photos of her but found nothing . I remember one of Missy Elliots interviews when she was asked about her weight. She told them that she was a big girl and everyone in the music industry knew this and that she had made it because of talent and not beauty alone. She says " I love my cupcakes and not gonna give those up" lol
I cant imagine the pressure that famous people have to look a certain way. I've seen soooooo many famous ladies start out looking "normal" I mean normal weight just a little chunkier than most Hollywood folks. Anyway within 2 yrs Ive seen most drastically lose weight and get those abs that I can only dream of!
Janet Jackson did it andshe looks great,But I dont personally like muscular body from head to toes but thats just me. Li'l Kim also lost a lot of weight,J-Lo has slowly lost a lot of weight since she was a Fly Girl in " Living Color" She was told by her people to get fit and lose weight or the only roles she'll ever get would be playing " The Fat Girl" in the movie. She lost about 15-20 lbs. She doesnt look 115 lbs to me and 5'5" height weighing that little?
But I'm sure some people lie about their weight and age lol.
I never mind now when I'm asked how old I am. BUt it sort of bugs me when my 10 yr old asks me in front of people " mommy how old are you again?" lol
Jen about the music, I have to say that the first time I thought " Hey COuntry music is pretty cool" was the first time I heard Shania Twain. I LOVE her music and the lyrics. I get goosebumps whenever I hear " From this Moment" and " Still The One" and whenever I hear Man I Feel Like A Woman! My daughters and I start dancing lol.
My job sucks... Maybe I'll tell you all about it sometime. 
Okay.. I'll keep it short... 
Gennel, I watch Mad About You too sometimes, so we must be working out at the same time! I used to have my friend bike with me every day. That was great until she pooped out on me. And then winter came, and ya'll know the rest of THAT story! So now I exercise alone too.
