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Hey Everyone!!!! I hope all is well!.... Boy lots of people posting in the past day or so.... we ended up on the 2nd page!!!!!! We cant let that happen!!!!
Rainbow- I am glad I could help you.... You know if the walking is so hard on your arches right now you could maybe start doing stretching type exercises or yoga or just get some light weight to lift whil watching tv..... if you start building some muscle it will make the weight lose go a little faster and also help keep your metabolism from dropping while on the fast.... just a thought! :) How is everyone else doing????? Red- How is the emotional roller coaster that you are on doing???? How is work going? I am supposed to have a job interview next week.... I dont know about taking another job.... am really wanting to get the real estate off the ground but gotta have a paycheck to pay all those lovely bills!!!! Hope everyone else is doing great and gets back here soon.... we are missing everyone! |
Hi Everyone,
I'm going to try to catch up with everyone, so here it goes... Lavender, Hi and Welcome!! Hey someone said having one young child is like having 3 of them sometimes, I do have three, so does that make me have 6 on occassions!!:D Thats scary!! Angel26519, :bravo: on your loss!! I know what you mean about wanting to get your business going. I'm trying to get my Web design business launched and it seems to be taking forever, mostly because I want my site to be perfect before I launch. But I'm not giving up I just keep surging ahead. I don't work, well yes I do, I'm a mom of three kids, but I know what you mean about having to have the paycheck. Damn bills!!:D Good luck on your interview!! Rainbowmyst, We are here for you!!!:grouphug: Beth, Hows the work going? Red, I think its cool :cool: that you weight train and are a strong person. Your self image seems to be very good, because your right, it is "their problem". It seems to me wether your fat or thin, tall or short, young or old, muscular or puny, people will always find fault with you. I believe it is mostly because peoples own self-image is frightening and they seem to build themselves up by bringing others down. Thats what is really sad in this world. My own self-image is rather lacking sometimes, but I'm somewhat of a people watcher and have discover now that I'm older we are not all that different, no one is perfect, there is something at fault with each of us, its up to us to determine wether or not these faults will hold us down. Hope that makes sense. Angel4real, HI!!! To everyone else HEY HOWDY HEY!!! HOPE YOUR ALL OKAY!!! I haven't exercised once this week, so the scale may not be to friendly come this weekend. Good thing is I haven't overeaten, I haven't exactly eaten the right foods, but I didn't overeat either. Still drinking my water, so thats good. Have a great day everyone, LKBAngel _______________________ sw: 230 cw: 218 gw: 175 (for now) |
Hello Ladies!
Sorry I have not been around. I have not been on the computer at all for two days. I have been so busy. I am trying to do my share of the work. But I am mainly spending time cleaning up inside! I cleaned both bathrooms today and vaccumed again. So I decided to take a break. I may even take a nap this afternoon. I have been so tired. My bil wakes my dh up every morning at 6:45. Does he not understand that this wakes me up also!!! I won't complain to much because they are working so hard everyday. In fact I think my other bil and nephew are about ready to ring the first bil neck because he is a slave driver! My dh is getting it easy. He could only take a couple of days here and there off. Next week just Mon. By the time he gets home they are done working for the day. Then he gets to go to the movies and stuff while I go to work. I think that is unfair! Okay I will quit having a pity party! Angel hope the job interivew goes well! Rainbow sorry about your friend but it sounds like you turned things around. its a learning expierence. LkB Angel you will be back on track before you know it. Red hope you can keep your horse! Sounds like you really enjoy it! Everyone else hope to see you soon! I lost a 1.75 this week which leaves me 3/4 of a pound to go. I will be so glad to just say I am there. I have not had much time to exercise this week but the work is helping. Good luck to all I will try to make it back soon! Beth |
Beth- 3/4# from goal weight!!!!! I cant wait till I can say that.... It has been a true inspiration to have you on this board with us.... You have just steadily plugged away and look at how great you have succeeded..... we are going to catch up with yet.....
LKB- I with you on the exercise.... I havent really started it back up yet.... I just cant seem to wrap my mind back around it.... I used to be realigous about it... every morning I would get up and go to the gym for 2 hours.... I hardly every missed.... I never lost any weight in doing it but I did feel tremendously better.... I know I need to start back I just have to keep telling myself.... GO-GO-Go!!!! The board has been alittle quiet lately..... all the newbies are being shy.... :) Hope everyone is doing well.... we are here for everyone! Dont forget it! |
Hi, I hope you don't mind me barging in here like this, but I was wondering if I could ask Beth a quick question.....
I noticed you lost a great deal of weight since you started here. What kind of exercise are you doing? I have 2 kids as well (my oldest is Bethany:) 6 and 3 years), so what is your secret? Do you think cutting back on eating in general has helped a great deal, or do you think it's the exercise? Water? Thanks for any advice. I am very envious of you, yet glad to see such a great success too. Congratulations! Heidi 150/155/135 |
Hi Heidi,
You are more than welcome to "Barge In" here.... and you could stay if you would like.... Beth is our little mascot here and we love having her around! |
Thanks, Angel. Are you looking forward to tonight's Dateline? I keep watching the clock, and it's only 3:00pm here in California!
Hope everyone is having a good day! Heidi |
Hello there. Sorry to have been away. Have just been TOO busy. I still am reading though and a big welcome to the new people. I'll be back as soon as possible to catch up. Just wanted to say heh! Power on, people!
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Hello Everyone!
Welcome to our newcomers! Today was a very good day for me. I went to the gym and walked for a half hour (still compensating for my insane eating binge earlier this week). I decided to do myself a favor and take my thyroid medication for a change (I seldom remember to take the stuff -- I don't believe I've done so in months). I'd forgotten how energetic it makes me feel. Since I need the stuff anyway -- I should see some improvement in my metabolic rate. The weirdest thing is -- I know that I tend to gain weight (or lose slowly) when I forget the medicine. Why don't I ever remember to take it? I am thinking it might be some weird form of self-sabotage. Other than that....not much else is new. I am being pressured (by the teenager behind me) to get off the computer. Since she's finished her homework...I suppose I should be kind and relinquish the machine so she can chat with her friends. *sigh* Hope everyone had a good diet day! Rainbowmyst |
Rainbow- That is too funny!!!! As I was reading your post about your child standing behind you trying to get you off line my son is heavily sighing behind me!!!!! It is like they own the place!
Put your thyroid medicine out in the open.... like maybe by your toothbrush.... maybe you will remember to take it.... I understand though I am awful about taking pills.... I dont have a problem taking them I just dont like to..... Like my vitamins.... I will be real good about taking them for awhile then I just stop.... I know I need them I know that they are good for me but I just cant seem to keep taking them! I read somewhere where Sly Stallone takes 75 different pills a day!!!!!! Forget IT!!!!!! DOILOOKFAT- Yes I was looking forward to the show.... it is at the end right now and I have been recording it.... I missed the 1st half so I am not paying too much attention to it so that I can see it from start to finish.... but I did just watch the part about the teen daughter and I thought what he said to her was wonderful.... We will have to chat about it later! Hey wonderful Red!!!!! Glad to hear from you.... I so understand BUSY!!!!! Just catch up with us soon!!!!! Everyone else- Hope all is well!!!! Talk to you soon!!!! |
Sorry I have been away for so long!!
Ok.. I am going to try this whole color thing again, I tried it once before, but was unsuccessful. Anyway! Wow, everyone sounds like they are doing so well!! I am sorry that it took me so long to get back here. I had a cold this week so all I did was was work out, go to work, go to class and SLEEP!! I actually even left class early on monday, sonmething I really try not to do because I hate missing out on information, you know? And on Tuesday morning I had a physical fitness test at 6AM - I passed!! :) But I didn't excell:mad: and I used to be ale to max out on all of my events. I did 25 push-ups in 2 minues(actually I stopped at 1 min because I knew that I didn't have any proper push-ups left in me), 56 sit-ups in 2 minutes and ran 2 miles in 18:59, In my defence I was having a horriable time breathing, mostly towards the end, I felt like I was having a panic attack because I couldn't get enough air into my lungs. And just for referance, when I first started taking these tests (you know, back when I was buff) I did about 50 push-ups in 2, 60-70 sit-ups in to and ran the 2 mile in the low 16's. I really want to get that body back. But it is jsut a question of resolve and dedication, you know? I saw that a lot of people are talking about the Dr.Phil book, has anyone on here bought it yet? I was thinking about going and getting it. I saw on another thread that there is a book club for it starting up. But that got me thinking about the other types of fitness and weight loss publications everyone is reading. I read SELF and Cooking Light (although I will have to admit that I have yet to COOK anything out of Cooking Light Mag :o ) I love Self mag. because it take a whole approach the female body, and shows women at all levels of fitness. I guess it dosn't seem as aggressive and demanding as say maybe "Muscle and Fitness Hers" I will also ocationally buy Shape or Fitness if it has intersting articals or work outs. And as far as books all I have really read is the Oprah book "Making the Connection" Does anyone else have any good recomendations?? I would love to hear them!!:D Another issue I have been thing about is the issues between eating healthy, whole, unprocessed foods verses just eating low-fat low calorie foods. And this is where it stems from for me. I live in Europe and I love to travel and more than I love the actual traveling I love watch the local people. I live very close to France and pretty close to Switzerland, and in Germany, so if I generalize and say europeans, these are the people I am talking about. They do not eat products labeled "low-fat!!" "low calorie" the eat FOOD! Mile, butter, cheese, bread, fruit, meat - any cut, veggies. They garden, A LOT. They shop at outdoor markets. And they are all thinner than Americans percentage to percentage. Just so you arn't thinking that I think these people are perfect - get this, their kids keep pacifiers in their mouths until they are about 3 to 4 YEARS old and then you see 8 year olds walking down the street smoking cigerettes, because their are coin operated cigerette macines on about every corner here. Their is no such thing as a no smoking section in a German resturant. But back to the food issue... the fats that companies are coming up with to replace the "bad " fat found in veggie and animal product are just as bad, sometimes worse. I mean, do we really know the long term effects of these types of fats on the human body... no, because they haven't been around long enough. My great-granmother lived to be 104 and was tiny all of her life. born in the 1880's she ate whole fresh foods her whole life and cooked for herself up until about a year before she died. She ate and her daily life was excersize - gardening, laundry, cleaning running around after 6 kids. Anyway, I am getting away from my point. Has anyone else thought of this? What are your thoughts on the subject(s)? Ho have you modified your habits, eating and otherwise? Well, I am going to go wake up my hubby! I hope you all have a great weekend!!!!! Oh, P.S. I have lost 3 lbs!! YAY!! :o :smug: :D |
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Lavender Girl, Good to hear from you. I'm just in. It's late here in Tokyo but I wanted to show you how to use the color thing. You started out right but you have to turn off everything you've done, size, color, font or it won't take. So if you go back in and edit your post and at the very end of your post type [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] it should work. And you don't have to worry about caps in these codes, only if you type in smilies. They have to be lowercase. OK, hope this slightly anal-retentive advice helps!! :spin:
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Hey Lavender- I am so jealous of where you are living.... I went to Italy on my honeymoon in May and am just in love with Europe. I am sure if I lived there for awhile I would miss America but I would like to give it a shot....
Modern day is what is making us heavy..... I mean think about it... we have remotes for everything from tvs to garge doors.... we have lawn mowers we ride on, we drive to the store, heck alot of places dont even have sidewalks to walk on.... we sit in front of tvs for entertainment or in front of computers.... And then there is the food.... everything in america is supersized.... I watched a show on one of the evening where they were comparing american dinners out vs eating out in other countries... for example a steak, potatoe and veggies here was 1300 calories vs the european version at 500 calories..... and then think of all the artificle stuff we stick in our bodies.... the artifical sweetners, coloring, preservatives, etc.... you just cant tell me that there isnt long term affects for using these..... I am reading the Dr Phil Book and so far I am enjoying it.... very enlightening to me... he talks about how all the weight charts and bmi charts are actually outdated because they were worked 30 years ago and genetically people are larger now.... he talks about using these as basic guidelines but you need to find a weight and body shape that you are comfortable with.... that trying to be stick thinis an unreasonable goal... he goes on but does make a lot of sense..... FYI - Red doesnt really like him and we can respect that. :) :) :) :) Books that I recommend is "The Business Plan for the Body - By Jim Karas; the Dr Phil Book; I like Jorge Cruise 8 minutes in the morning..... that is just a few.... I am sure others have great recommendations!!!! I like reading anything and everything. |
Hey Ladies!
Just a quick Hi! We are getting ready to watch a movie after a long days work. Do I look Fat? Thanks for asking me. It made me feel important LOL! I definately think I have cut back on my food. But the biggest key I believe is exercise. I eat mostly what I want. I don't eat candy everyday or anything but I would rather exercise and eat more of what I want. I also drink lots of water. If I can do it anyone can! I do Walk away the pounds and my kids 5 and 2 can play while I do it or join in. Good Luck! Well I hope everyone continues to have a great weekend! Beth |
Good Morning All!!:sunny: How did everyone's saturday go? Yesterday we went apartment hunting. We want to live downtown, and right now we are living in a "berg" In a 3.5 story town house and basically I am just tired of cleaning it, an dfeeling like I live in an empty house. We found a good one, now we just have to get a hold of the guy who is renting it. ;) What else, -- we went to the open air market and bought some yummy fresh salad fixin's, and (sorry Red) I bought Dr.Phil's new book. The thing I have noticed the most about it in the first few pages is his constant use of the word "real" when it should be "really" (i.e. you need to be real sure....) What can I say? I had a wanna be **** for a Grammer teacher in college. The only excersize I got yesterday was the walking around downtown, and the all day errands, no running, no biking, no gym. So, I know where I am going ot be this afternoon! Maybe I can get hubby to some with me :D :flow1: I was wondering if anyone has some favorite healthy male plans/recipies they would want to share? I have been looking at some and for some reason they all look so complicated, or they are so weird my husband wouldn't eat them:lol:. So - any suggestions?? Talk to you later!!! |
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