New "married 30 something" group anyone??
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How quickly alcohol adds up. Some weekend nights I have consumed almost 100 calories in drinks. By the time you have a pre-dinner cocktail, a couple glasses of wine with dinner and a few non low calorie beers....it all adds up - especially if you are using calorie full mixers. Now I know if I want to drink, I have to work out or I will go over my calories for sure.0
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BB2- I agree the alchohol adds up. One BLL is 110 calores x4 and I've had a meal that consists of nothing but beer. YIKES! I always tell people i run for the beer! No really, i try to run at least 25 miles a week to make up for my drinking binge. :drinker:0
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I agree with the alcohol being an eye-opener - I stayed booze free for six weeks in Jan/Feb, and what a difference that made to my weight loss! A true kick-start.
Other than that, the calorie content of flour tortillas. I am such a huge bread fan, and love tortillas... but have had to cut back on my tortilla allowance with dinner. More meat, less floury loveliness... *sobs*0 -
Everything has been an eye opener for me......For 35 years...I just ate what I wanted when I wanted and how I wanted........
Now that I am working on my weight loss.......it is all so very overwhelming........
The alcohol.....the soduim......and "diet" stuff not being good for you.....learning how fast food is made.......I could go on and on........
I got to take it one day at a time.....or I feel like I am getting over loaded to the point I could drown....0 -
I got to take it one day at a time.....or I feel like I am getting over loaded to the point I could drown....
That is the mantra that I keep saying to myself, "Just for Today". I even have a thread where I record my daily goals called "Just For Today"0 -
BB2- I agree the alchohol adds up. One BLL is 110 calores x4 and I've had a meal that consists of nothing but beer. YIKES! I always tell people i run for the beer! No really, i try to run at least 25 miles a week to make up for my drinking binge. :drinker:
I'm right there with you....not running 25 miles a week, but the balance. :drinker:0 -
Hi everyone. I'm happily married for 5 1/2 years together for 13 1/2 years and have a wonerful 11 year old child.
I'm not 30 yet but I will be 29 in August and my goal is to get fit before 30. Hope I can still join.
I started this weight loss journey January 10th with only 3lb loss
not too excited about that but I'm continuing.
Goal is 45lbs gone by August 8th, my 29th b-day!0 -
33 (almost 34) married with 2 kids, 14 and 7. feel free to add me.
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37, Married, 4 kids (19,17,15,8).0
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Great discussion from everyone, and as always welcome new members!
What's clear from everyone's response is one common theme ... "Look at what I was putting in my body?!"
however ... why can't wine be calorie free?? *sigh* 0 -
Eye openers: Portion size, especially with foods you consider healthier like brown rice and tortillas.0
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I was shocked to find the same thing...for a SALAD. I cringe at all of the times I thought I was making a healthy choice!!!!0
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Hi! I'm 38, married for 15 years this month. I have an 8 year old daughter, Ashlynn and a 6 year old son, Colin. Would love to join you and make some new friends!!
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Q) What was one of your favorite trips/vacations that you've been on?
A for me) I (from Michigan) got to travel on business to San Jose for a week. Marceen (before we were married) was able to come with me too as they flew me out there the weekend before, so I had a good couple days to myself. Anyway, while there we tried to really take advantage of the time and spent a good deal of one day visiting a few different wineries ... one of them had a life jazz band playing outside with a spread of wine, cheese, and fresh breads, it was awesome!!! However, not just that, but the next day (and there is a story behind this) but we spend a bit of time on the road and headed to the Sequoia National Forest to see the park/trees/caves ... what an absolutely amazing trip!!!
So what's one of yours? I love to hear vacation stories! 0 -
"Q) What was one of your favorite trips/vacations that you've been on?"
Two years ago, my husband's work sent him to Honolulu for 10 days. I was 7 months pregnant at the time and had 3 young children, so I didn't think that I would be able to go. My Mom took our children and I went for the whole 10 days. It was amazing!! Because I was very pregnant, I didn't do a lot of the things that everyone said I should. We had an amazing Hotel room on the 18th floor with a balcony overlooking the beach. I spent a lot of time resting on that balcony watching whales while my husband was at work. After work and over the weekend we would go for long walks or go driving around the island. It was the last peace and quiet that I had had for a long time before or since 0 -
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Q) What was one of your favorite trips/vacations that you've been on?
At this point I would have to say our wedding. We live in Michigan as well. We got married in Vegas. We spent 5 nights there then rented a car and drove to Phoenix to hang out with some friends afterwards. It was a great trip. We had a lot of friends and family there to see us and hang out with.0 -
Same here, been married 12 years looking to make it to 50, lol.0
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Wow this is a tough one. Of course our honeymoon, we took a cruise on Carnival to Mexico..very relaxing. Next would have to be a trip to Niagara Falls in Canada. Next would have to be when my sister in law and I went for a week to Vegas for a girls week. My favorite since the children were born would be our trips to disney world and the weeks we spend at Ft. Lauderdale. Believe it or not, the vacations to Disney World are actually more relaxing than Ft. Lauderdale because there is so much to keep the little ones entertained. When children are still young just the bus ride and monorail is an adventure so easy to keep them occupied without hearing "mommy, mommy, mommy!!" This year we are planning a Disney Cruise so we will have to see how it is with the kids on a cruise, keeping fingers crossed none of them get sea sick LOL.0
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I have to admit that Disney World was and is my favorite trip. We took the kids for the first time two summers ago and went back last year and are going again this year. Each time we go we learn more about how to best work the trip. Each time was a blast although I must admit that we almost need another vacation to recover when we get back. Other than Disney my favorite trip is the beach. I grew up in Illinois so the closest we got to the beach was Lake Michigan. When we moved to Tennessee all of our friends thought we were crazy because we had never been. We try to take a trip (even if just for a few days camping) each year now.0
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The question of the day......
Mine is Jamaica....My husband took me there this past November for our 15th year wedding anniversary. It was amazing!!! We had time to reconnect as husband and wife....not mom and dad!!! We were totally disconnected from the rest of the world!!! I can wait for another 15 years....maybe I will get another great trip!!! LOL.....maybe I will get one sooner....but I doubt it!!!0 -
California in 2002. My husband (then boyfriend) and I were still in college. We flew out to San Jose where his brother and his girlfriend picked us up. Right off the plane, we hit a modern art museum and after hopped in the van to travel down to Big Sur National Forest. We stopped in Montery on the way, and a couple other little stops, and stayed in a rustic little cabin complex in Big Sur (and did some hiking) and even though we were in the what seemed like the middle of nowhere, these amazing little restaurants were scattered up and down the highway. We ended the second half of the week in the San Fran doing all the sightseeing and walking around in brisk March weather. So we got the best of both worlds.....0
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Favorite trip??
That is a really tough one. I added it up and I've been to 17 different countries....
But right now I would have to say my trip back to Africa last year. I lived there for over 3 yrs but I hadn't been since 2002. Originally I was supposed to climb Mt Kilimanjaro until I tore my ACL, so our first week plans changed. We flew into Kenya, went on 3 safaris in Tanzania, relaxed on the beaches of Zanzibar Island, made our way to the little village in Zambia where I used to live, hung out at Victoria Falls, took an overland truck across Botswana into South Africa, went on more safaris and ended up in Cape Town with penguins, whales and wine. It was a long month, but incredibly fun.0 -
Have you ever been to "Devils Pool" at Victoria Falls?0
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Q) What was one of your favorite trips/vacations that you've been on?
The cruise we took last year! It was a 7 day cruise, plus we were in Miami (South Beach) for 2 days prior to the cruise and one night after the cruise. The weather was perfect and there was always something to do that was different than the day before. Plus we were there with 10 of our friends which made it even more enjoyable! Plus the beautiful ports we went to...where you could just hang on the ship for the day (like I did for Jamaica) or go out and explore on your own or with an excursion group.0 -
Have you ever been to "Devils Pool" at Victoria Falls?
Is that the one near Livingstone Island where you have to walk across the top during the dry season? Last October was the driest I have ever seen the Falls in my 5 visits.0 -
Favorite trip/vacation?
It was the one of the furthest but quickest trips I have ever been on but so totally worth it! We drove for 24 hrs straight through from Arkansas to Utah to my friends house...which I had never actually met in person. We had met in a weight loss group online and became the best of friends. They had a boat for sale that was exactly what my husband wanted so it was the perfect excuse for us to finally meet in person. We only stayed 24 hrs and then made the return trip home. It was so exciting to finally meet her and her family and we have become closer than ever. Planning a longer trip this year to see her and this time I plan to fly!0 -
Have you ever been to "Devils Pool" at Victoria Falls?
Is that the one near Livingstone Island where you have to walk across the top during the dry season? Last October was the driest I have ever seen the Falls in my 5 visits.
Yes that's the one..where you can walk/swim to the edge of the falls without going "over".0 -
Well, this is not quite Victoria falls ... but we were able to sit right next to where it fell, beautiful!
Burgess Falls in TN
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1455691876750&set=a.1455667676145.61091.1366943394&theater0 -
Not sure if that was the public link or not, here's one that will work for sure:
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Q) What was one of your favorite trips/vacations that you've been on?
A) Hawaii. My husband and I went to both Oahu and Maui. It was beautiful. We went hiking and were pleasantly surprised to find a beautiful waterfall. We went sightseeing - Pearl Harbor. We also went on a helicopter ride. On this ride, we were able to view a volcano at a very safe but close angle. My husband and I had a blast! :happy:0
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