The Daily Water Cooler Thread
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Happy Birthday JR - and Happy Friday ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!0
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Thanks for the birthday wishes. 40 was traumatic but 50 feels fine. I thought the 40's were the best decade for me in terms of contentment so I've heard the 50's are good too. Bring it on!
mizpaden-are the boys well? Hang in there and keep taking care of yourself too.
Shirley- You're an inspiration to me to be taking good care of yourself at 61. I hope I can keep this up like you! My sister is 60 and she does not take care of herself so I worry about her health and longevity.
Well a relaxing eve with my hubby and youngest son. Tomorrow eve we go out to dinner when my oldest son gets home. The middle one got to go to the Florida Keys with his Dad and family, lucky guy!
Have a nice eve! I think Sim4 who started the thread must have given up on MFP. I've noticed people I use to chat with from other threads are no longer logging in. Well I plan to be here for a long time because I'm only 1/3rd of the way to my first goal of 30 pounds, then I have another 30 to go! So I'll be around to chat...
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Hi gals!
Glad to hear everyone is sticking around to chat.:bigsmile:
JR - You mentioned Floriday Keys, my daughter and her husband just got back on vacation there. Her
husband's work took them there for a convention. They had a great time but said everything was so
expensive. Most of their meals were covererd by his work thank G, they went to lunch and it cost them
$350 for four women.
Tonight its Margaritaville in Niagara Falls, Ont. for dinner and drinks with about 16 people from our sailing club.
Last night we had friends over for popcorn and a movie. Its no wonder it is so hard for me keep losing. It has been a
struggle for months now. I finally got back to where I was before my daughters wedding in November and I am
up a couple pounds. I think most of this is from water from the salt in the popcorn. My hubby makes it with olive oil
the old fashioned way in a pot. It is so good:happy:
I did manage to do some Halth Yoga on the Wii for 46 minutes this morning and I will be watching the calories today.
Now for my morning coffee before I get in the shower. Have a wonderful day everyone and enjoy !!0 -
Yikes the Florida Keys sound expensive! I'm freezing here in Minnesota and we had blowing snow and a low windchill today. I'm ready for spring! Several friends from work are on cruises for their spring break. I'm helping my youngest son clean his very filthy bedroom, going to lunch with friends, and cleaning my house. I read lots of books and knit so that will also be relaxing.
I bought a Groupon for $50 for a value of $135 for an unlimited one month membership to a hot yoga place. When my Zumba ends in May I plan to do a month of hot yoga. I think it will feel great and help with my joint pain. In the past when I've done yoga it really helps my arthritis.
Has anyone ever done a Richard Simmons Dance video? My friend gave me the 70's Disco Dance Fever workout. I tried it this morning and it was fun and hilarious. If you want to smile and workout at the same time, do it with Richard. He's eccentric and goofy, an interesting change from the other serious DVD's and workouts I have done. The clothes they wear on the DVD and the disco moves were pretty funny!:laugh:0 -
Have never done hot yoga - but really enjoy the couple of yoga dvd's I have. I love how stretching feels and how I feel after. I bought a pair of the 'toning' shoes this weekend and wore them with my DVD yesterday. WEIRD! They don't feel heavy until I tried jumping around in the them and, ugh - getting up was really hard. Kind of fun too. I'm not going anywhere right now - hoping to get my husband to Vegas in May. We haven't done 'vacation' since... 1999. Those minion really hoover up the money! The weekend was pretty good - had a big errand shopping day in Omaha on Saturday - socks and shoes for everybody and a new iron for me! I'm pretty dang excited by my new sunbeam. It really puffs out the steam instead of icky little drips of water. As you can tell, I am pretty easily excited. I'd say 'happy monday', but I hate daylight savings time! So feh - monday dst - I'm not ready for you yet!
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I've had the same iron for over a decade so that tells you how much I use it! Every time I do, I think I need a new one but don't bother to shop for one. I also want a new ironing board pad, smoothie maker, blow dryer (just bought a curling iron), bread maker, and new cookware. Wouldn't it be great to have a kitchen/home shower every 10 years of marriage to get new stuff? And yes the minions do take your money for all their needs and activities. First daycare costs if you work outside the home, then clothes and shoes are more expensive as they grow, and if they join sports, etc. that costs alot! And with boys, they eat everything in sight as they become teenagers!
Spring break from my public school job this week. Not going anywhere but doing things local with friends, exercising, cleaning my house, driving my son to track practice, etc. Daylight savings time is a killer for the first week so I'm glad it fell during my break. Hard to get out of bed in the morning but of course my old black lab helps me with that!
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Hi Gals:
Back to work this morning, and I can feel that damn Daylight Savings Time. :grumble:
A little snow today, but they say it will get warmer in the high 40's later this week, we can
only hope.
Weekend went fast as usual and here we are again.
Its almost lunch and I am starving right now. Made chicken chili over the weekend so
I am looking forward to munching on that.
MIZPADEN: Nice to see you got a new iron. I hate to say it but I iron every week. Husband's
shirts etc. and my work clothes.
I would love to have a shower for household goodies after 37 years of marriage. (that will be next month)
JR: I remember those teenage years, I thought my youngest would never live to the next teenage year she
was driving us crazy from 16 to 18 years old getting into trouble.
Now she is 28 married and has done a complete turn around.
Going to open up my mother-in-law's house, she lives in Northern Ontario, this weekend, so she can come back in a few
weeks. She is in an apartment right now near to us but nearer to D's sister. We have to turn on the heat and water etc.
She shuts everything down for the winter. Her front lawn is right in front of the lake. The guys will be going ice fishing while
my girlfriend and myself will be shopping. It will be a fun weekend.
We are taking the laptop so I can track my food but exercise will not be happening as my friend has bad knees.
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I definitely think we should have showers at least every 10 years when staying married! I'm already over 15 and most of my stuff is just shot. I am starving already too - stupid dst!0
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We need new towels, bed sheets, kitchen cookware, flatware and on and on! Oh well...
Have any of you tried that Wrigley's Dessert Gum? 5 calories per stick and comes in Key Lime PIe, Strawberry Short Cake and Mint Chocolate Chip. Keeps its flavor for a long time and curbs the cravings for something you don't want to eat. I'm not typically a gum chewer but a stick of this once in awhile takes care of my sweet craving.
Have I already written this on this thread? Deja Vu! I'm losing it I think. If so have patience with me. Dementia is rampant in my family...
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no - first mention of dessert gum - may have to try that - have a terrible sweet issue. Off to the ortho today for the 10-year-old. I am glad to be able to do this for my kids. This sort of stuff wasn't in my families budget when i was a kid. The husband's younger brother is coming over tonight and I have a lasagne ready to go in the oven. And bread. And dessert. Sigh. Deep breath - hopefully I can keep it between the buoys and not go completely overboard.. Eat a serving. Eat a serving. Eat a serving. Good day all! RAH!0
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Never tried this dessert gum you are speaking of. Will have to try it sounds delicious.
I had a free coupon today for a donut at our local coffee shop and
guess what I did, I got one . A sour cream donut with my tea this
morning . Then I went into my tracker to track it and it was 340 calories.
Now I will have to go on my bike tonight to get rid of the calories. What was I
thinking (hits head with hand):ohwell:
I did enjoy it though
I have to weighin on Thursday for St. Pat's Challenge and this is not a good way
to finish the race. Oh well, I have already started the Easter Challenge so I can
keep motivated and the battle continues. :sad:
Have a lovely day you lovely ladies !!0 -
You ladies are doing great and do deserve to treat yourself once in awhile. This is a journey and we need to pamper ourselves at times. So enjoy your donut ( I love sour cream old fashioned donuts) and the lasagna and dessert. I went to the Penzey Spice store today and bought some new spices. I treated myself to coffee with cream and mint/chocolate mix in it when I got home. I also have a craving for chocolate cake with a white butter cream frosting. If I had the ingredients I would make it but that would be one big sabotage of myself... So maybe some dessert gum?
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Morning Ladies:
I already did my 55 mins. DVD Strength training and sweating like crazy.
Have to get showered and dressed and going to make soup today.
I want to try some clothes on before we go to Florida and see if everything still
fits. Then hubby told me last night the survey for the old/new sailboat passed but
he wants us to go and really look at it again. So D. wants me to go today and look at the
inside again. So I said, why don't we go out for dinner too and he agreed. :bigsmile:
Now I don't have to make dinner. :happy:
My oldest daughter finally likes an apartment she saw, so now she just has to wait and get
her references approved and we hope she gets it. We are hoping to get her in earlier than
April 1st because we leave for Florida on April 2nd. I would like to get her moved in and then
I will have the Friday off to finish packing or see if I am missing anything.
We better get this butt moving and get my day started. I am still tired from the time change. :ohwell:0 -
Today I did low impact aerobic dance with Richard Simmons. It is truly hilarious but I definitely sweat when doing it. Then I did 20 minutes strength and cardio training with Jillian M's 30 Day Shred. Since I was already sweaty I vacuumed my house, mopped and dusted all but the basement. I'm pooped so I'm off to shower so I can run some errands. I have a plant to put in a bigger pot so I need to find a pot and some potting soil.
I would love to be by a pool or on the beach right now taking it easy. Oh well, I'll get things done around here before going back to work on Monday.
Hope you all have a nice day!
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wow - you two were so productive - I feel tired just reading them! I'm glad it's Thursday and the weekend is drawing in - I'm so tired - really wanting to try to find that hour I 'lost'. The corned beef the husband just had to have didn't make it in the slow cooker before I left - so it looks like green pancakes for dinner - Erin Go Braugh!!0
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Even though I'm part Irish we are not eating Irish today. Tonight we are going to a Lebonese Deli that has great rice and meat dishes, pita bread, and tabbouli. This was one of my "staycations" for my son and I during spring break. My husband decided to join us even though he is skeptical of liking the food. Last night out to eat for awhile. Too many this week with my birthday, my craving for Vietnamese broken rice and chargrilled chicken last night and now the deli tonight. A budget buster for sure!
Very sore muscles from working out yesterday. Today is more cleaning (my teenage son's room) and sorting clutter that has taken over my table. This will be my exercise for today unless I feel differently late afternoon.
Sun is shining and warm temps today! Yay! Have a nice day!0 -
Enjoy JR - you deserve it too!0
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Happy St. Patrick's Ladies:
Finally got my walk in over the lunch hour today. The temps were 55-56 but windy so I did
have to wear gloves.
Tonight packing for the weekend at the mother-in-law's to open up her house for Spring and Summer.
Last night went to see the old/new boat, had to climb up a ladder because it is on a cradle. Not my
favorite thing to do. Anyway, it does have some leaks and my hubby has to fix them at least 5.
Inside they took out carpeting and now the walls where the shelves are rough and look like crap.
So carpeting will be going back in. We are still pondering about this, the survey was done and this
is what he found. Hubby can do the work and some painting has be done too. So it will be a work in
progress. It has everything we need and the price is right. So the sauga goes on.
My daughter finally found an apartment (whew!) she can destress now. We will be moving her in on
March 30th. Mom gets to clean. It is in an Old Victorian style house, I saw it on line looks nice and she loves it.
So have a happy green day, I'm not irish I am German, but today everyone is Irish. :bigsmile:0 -
The Lebanese Deli was great and my husband loved his entree. Go figure! Tomorrow I will wake up and do my walk immediately after my coffee so I get it done! More cleaning but not the whole day. It's warm out so I think walking the dog in the neighborhood would be enjoyable for both of us.
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stupid scale. At home it was fine - but when I get in here for the 'official' weigh in - it's up. Guhg. Sigh. I must remember - I am not trying to focus on the number - I want to be strong, healthy! But, sigh... Me and that number still fussin' with each other.
I am hoping to get out here a bit early today, workout and then enjoy a bit of the day with boys. They have been begging to get their bikes out - I think it may be nice enough to give it a try, as long as the wind stays down. Onward!!0 -
The scale intimidates me! I dread standing on it and seeing the ounces that fluctuate day to day. I'm due for another weigh in but may hold off for another week. I go to the doctor on 3/31 and they always weigh me. Hopefully they will record in my chart that my weight has decreased. I'm thinking I'm about 12 pounds down since my last doctor visit. This is going slow but I'm also not depriving myself of foods that I like, just using moderation and not every day.
Nice day to get the bikes out mizpaden. I'm planning to take the old ancient dog for a little walk at a snail's pace I'm sure. He loves to walk on a leash! We'll probably make it to the corner and back but it's good for his attitude and the sun shining is good for mine!
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Hello everyone,
I'm here to join! My name's Starla (I'm working on finding a picture of more than just my upper half for profile pic btw). I was told about MFP by a coworker a few weeks ago and I LOVE it!! I've been really motivated, logging calories EVERY DAY except sunday (my day off!). I have a very busy job- I'm a medical assistant at the university of WA med center in Seattle. I'm walking around ALL day going out to get patients, running to get things for doctors. While this is decent exercise most days (when I wear my pedometer I get around 8000 steps in a day) I rarely if ever exercise outside of that. At 27 I had gotten to my heaviest weight ever, almost 174lbs. I'm a 'shortie' also- only 5'3" so it's a lot for my little frame. I'm cursed in a sense though- my body spreads fat out everywhere, I don't gain or look large in one particular area- so it's actually "easier" to gain a half a dozen pounds and not notice a thing. Sounds like it would be nice but it's a curse I tell you, a curse! On top of that I wear scrubs every day at work, then comfy clothes at home so I can't even gauge weight gain by how my clothes fit. I hardly wear regular clothes! On top of reaching the all time high weight of 174 I had to buy a pair of size 14 jeans. sad. Anyways, this all motivated me to PAY ATTENTION to what I eat, and to attempt to find exercises I like and will do after getting home when even though I'm pooped from work.
I've had terrible eating habits my whole life, easy things are always chosen first (i.e that bag of chips or box of something or other that will staisfy my hunger) and SUGAR is an issue. Pure addiction. I'm one of those people that feels the need to have a sweet treat after meals, thus sloowwwwlly gaining weight over the last 10 years. I'm motivated right now to overhaul myself by next summer (10 yr high school reunion): re-learn how to eat properly, get back into a size 8 jean and feel better about myself. I WILL do it!!! I duno about getting to an 8 within a year unless I were to do some serious things but I'm sure I can at least get to a 10. we'll see...
Recently I decided that I'm not going to step on the scale every week. My weight body hides wieght too well. I need to MEASURE!! so I did my first measurements today:
Height: 5'3"
Arms: 11.5"
Chest: 40.5"
Waist: 34.5"
Hips: 43"
Thighs: 25.5"
Neck: 12"
calves: 15.5"
BMI: around 30
body fat percentage: around 40% (according to the online calculators, never done "officially")
It helps me to share this stuff, be public about it. Gives me even more motivation to make those numbers less because anyone who looks at this post can see them!0 -
Oh, and I've only read through about half of the previous posts on this thread, slowly working through them during down times at work
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Welcome Starla All very nice people on this thread. We set our own goals for walking and strength training if you wish to do so. Very informal in regards to reporting your progress and goals set are the individual's choice. Some of us use exercise tickers from tickerfactory.com to show our progress toward our goal(s). Some walk minutes per month and some walk miles per month. Not everyone is lifting weights but some of us are challenging ourselves to do it more consistently. Some of us walk indoors in bad weather to Leslie Sansone's walking DVD's/Walk Away the Pounds, and some walk outside, use treadmills/ellipticals, etc. Whatever you want to do... By challenging ourselves and supporting one another it keeps us active and moving to lose the weight and feel better. Sounds like you have a very active job! Do you wear a pedometer every day?
Sandy started this group and is very inspiring because she has logged in almost 365 days straight. She has about two weeks to go and she'll have been logging for a year! All the rest have their stories and check in weekly, daily, etc. to give encouragement, report progress, and chat. So welcome and good luck.:bigsmile:
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Welcome Starla All very nice people on this thread. We set our own goals for walking and strength training if you wish to do so. Very informal in regards to reporting your progress and goals set are the individual's choice. Some of us use exercise tickers from tickerfactory.com to show our progress toward our goal(s). Some walk minutes per month and some walk miles per month. Not everyone is lifting weights but some of us are challenging ourselves to do it more consistently. Some of us walk indoors in bad weather to Leslie Sansone's walking DVD's/Walk Away the Pounds, and some walk outside, use treadmills/ellipticals, etc. Whatever you want to do... By challenging ourselves and supporting one another it keeps us active and moving to lose the weight and feel better. Sounds like you have a very active job! Do you wear a pedometer every day?
Sandy started this group and is very inspiring because she has logged in almost 365 days straight. She has about two weeks to go and she'll have been logging for a year! All the rest have their stories and check in weekly, daily, etc. to give encouragement, report progress, and chat. So welcome and good luck.:bigsmile:
Jenny
Okay Starla I'm losing my mind. This is not the Swat Walking Group Thread that I'm also on. I've made this same mistake with another person! This is just a daily chat group who encourage each other and chat about our kids, eating, exercise, etc. Welcome:laugh: Although feel free to join the SWat Walking Group started by Sandara. It's a great motivator and another group of very friendly people that give lots of support. There's a few of us on this thread that have hung in there to connect with others on the same journey. The person who started it no longer is chatting but a few of us keep it going. So Welcome!0 -
Hey there Starla - welcome! I just like coming in to this thread because its low-key and never harsh. Just a bit of chatting and lifting each other up.
You do a fantastic amount of walking, that will be a big help to you.
I finally found some dvd's I adore. I am barely able to move the scale after six months of consistent calorie logging, but I am stronger than I have ever been, and that's what I carry forward when I get into a 'bad place' with the number on the scale.
Did my 60-minutes of Cardio Interval Training, so the weekend is off to good start. Bikes out, dog laying in the yard, and a CROCUS blooming. It might just about be spring!!0 -
Welcome Starla All very nice people on this thread. We set our own goals for walking and strength training if you wish to do so. Very informal in regards to reporting your progress and goals set are the individual's choice. Some of us use exercise tickers from tickerfactory.com to show our progress toward our goal(s). Some walk minutes per month and some walk miles per month. Not everyone is lifting weights but some of us are challenging ourselves to do it more consistently. Some of us walk indoors in bad weather to Leslie Sansone's walking DVD's/Walk Away the Pounds, and some walk outside, use treadmills/ellipticals, etc. Whatever you want to do... By challenging ourselves and supporting one another it keeps us active and moving to lose the weight and feel better. Sounds like you have a very active job! Do you wear a pedometer every day?
Sandy started this group and is very inspiring because she has logged in almost 365 days straight. She has about two weeks to go and she'll have been logging for a year! All the rest have their stories and check in weekly, daily, etc. to give encouragement, report progress, and chat. So welcome and good luck.:bigsmile:
Jenny
I've set my own small goals for now. Having only started getting hard on myself (eating habits, exercise habits) for about three weeks I'm not doing anyhthing drastic. My personal challenges are to first of all eat healthier! Before it was pretty rare that I'd get more that one serving of fruits/veggies in a day. Second eat SMALLER amounts at least 5 times a day- 200-300 cal breakfast, 100-200 cal snack mid-morning, lunch maybe 400 cals, another snack mid-afternoon and the dinner tends to hover between 500-700 so I usually end up pretty close to my goal calories everyday (MFP set me at 1500/day). MFP's made all the difference in that sense! I've tried food diaries in the past but ended up stopping/losing interest beacuse of all the extra work. MFP is SO EASY and I love that I can use it from my phone. My third goal's a slow but steady one- 1-2lbs lost per month, inches-wise I'm not sure yet. I haven't figured out yet how that'll go. I've never been a measurer before- always focused on that evil scale. I'll figure that part out as I go. 4th goal, lower blood pressure! My BP's not high, but the high end of normal. My mother has all kinds of heart related things, there's no way I want to go down that path. I'm lucky enough to not have any health issues except for reflux (which I expect to go away with weight loss). Last but not least I want to get myself to exercise at least 30 mins every other day to start. Here is Seattle the weather's not nice enough to do things outside... once the weather's nicer I plan to walk like 20-30 mins a day. For now though, indoor things: I have a Gazelle exerciser that I like using. I have tons of DVDs/VHS- I love doing yoga, always have. I figure when I REALLY dont want to do that half hour the least I can do is yoga. It's easier but at least I'm doing SOMETHING. I'm a big fan of the MTV yoga and MTV power yoga. They're both faster paced yoga that makes you sweat and gets your heart up. love it! ok, so sixth goal: don't stop!! I go through spurts of motivation regarding exercise and dieting and it always seems to fizzle out. I'm going to make it stick this time and strive for a lifestyle change!! I need one. I'm too young and healthy to be over weight!
Oh, and to answer the pedometer question: I did for awhile! But sadly I lost it on the bus!!( Didnt realize until I got home. I've ordered another in the mail, hopefully to come soon and plan to wear it every day and get off of the bus sooner than usual to get some extra walking in at the end of the day. My job's super active and the clinic I work in is HUGE so I do get a ton of walking in during the day, luckily! I fear that if it wasn't that way and I had a more sedentary job I'd be even more overweight!
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Hey there Starla - welcome! I just like coming in to this thread because its low-key and never harsh. Just a bit of chatting and lifting each other up.
You do a fantastic amount of walking, that will be a big help to you.
I finally found some dvd's I adore. I am barely able to move the scale after six months of consistent calorie logging, but I am stronger than I have ever been, and that's what I carry forward when I get into a 'bad place' with the number on the scale.
Did my 60-minutes of Cardio Interval Training, so the weekend is off to good start. Bikes out, dog laying in the yard, and a CROCUS blooming. It might just about be spring!!
Thanks for the welcome! I like that it's low key also. It's fun to look through threads but some people are so harsh and have such strong opinions and PUSH them. Nice to find the threads that are slower and SANER!
I aslo have DVDs I love- I'm not a gym person. I really dislike going and being around a bunch of other people blah blah. I prefer coming home, having a snack and exercising all by myself) Like I said before I love the MTV dvds- I have the yoga and power yoga that I use the most. I get a good sweat and soreness out of those. I also have the pilates dvd from MTV. I have the whole set of windsor (sp?) pilates, the set of tae bo videos and a smattering of other dvs, mostly pilates and yoga. I just have to get myself to DO them at least every other day, eventually every day. I'll get there.
Today I did 30 minutes of power yoga and was exhausted and sweaty afterwards so it was very fulfilling)
You two have been doing this MFP thing longer than me- I don't want to post a question on the main boards and get fifty contrasting opinions. What do you think about the calories you earn from exercising? I feel like I should stay around the 1500 MFO oroginally set for me... I don't see how if I earn 400 or however many from exercise how it'll help to eat those. Guess I'm just not getting it!
It's SUCH a change for me to eat so much. I wasn't eating often enough before surprisingly. Just eating BADLY and way too much around 3 times a day. I've gotten good at 5-6 times mainly fruuits and veggies with some protein and dairy.) 0 -
well, I can't figure out how to put pictures I found on my profile and have the smaller version that shows on threads show my face... but at least they're on my profile to glance back at. Found two that I hate! good reminders.
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Just another opinion on the exercise cal - I tend to eat them - but I luv to eat! I do know tho that you don't want to have you daily intake too low, lest your body think it it being 'starved' and will then cling to all it has.
I have never heard or seen MTV yoga - will have to look for it. I only have a couple of yoga dvd's, but I really enjoy them.
Am in a bit of a stupor from actually sleeping in this morning. Scrounging around for something I want for bfast. My cereal is gone and nothing I want to 'treat' myself with. And I also am not the type to be able to workout until I have a comfortably full tum.
Lots of chores looking to be done this weekend, will need a good dose of chutzpah, so off I go to refil my mug of 'go get em' and get after it!
Later lovlies!!0
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