40+ Club: Summer Slimmers

Robin1117

Good morning everyone!

Pepper, great to hear from you! OH gosh, I can't imagine seeing what has been going on down south. It must have been very sobering.....So glad considering all that you are doing right now you are maintaining everything.....status quo is sometimes good!

Sing--good for you, getting out and hiking more! I have been too and can't even tell you how the shift in exercise focus and improved my mood.

Alf, glad things are good--do stop at the farmers market!! Ours just started back up this week too and I'm due a trip too. And, also due to start my own little tiny garden.

Stiring--so glad you had a nice day out w/your hubby for your birthday. Sounds wonderful!!!

Welcome all the new folks!! And Hi to everyone else!!

Everything is good here!! This week I realized is my 1 year Anniversary for entering "maintenance". I wrote up a little year-in-review that you might want to read and posted the link below.......

But.....I wanted to give a HUGE, HUGE, HUGE, thanks to all of you who have been there for me throughout--Stiring, Sing, Alf, Pepper and everyone else....I couldn't have survived without all your great advice on this thread. Anyway, onto the next healthy year ahead for all of us!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Robin1117/view/one-year-ago-this-week-maintenance-106486

Have a great day!! Robin

zebras

Morning All! The Sun is Shining, didn't recognize it!

Welcome all new folks. Good to see everyone doing so well.

Yesterday, I managed 1/2 hour walk at lunch, and then 90 minutes on an elliptical at the gym last night. Had a little birthday cake for my co-worker yesterday, and if that is all I do in the sweet department this week, I'll be good.

sdereski

Good Morning Ladies,

Another cool day in the north, but I will take the cold over the horrific storms they are having in the mid west. Those poor folks - that's is when I have to thank my lucky stars and be grateful I live in a country where the worst thing I have to worry about is snow & cold in winter and cold & black flies and mosquitos in summer.

No exercise for me yesterday. I have company staying at the house. After work I had a meeting and then my guest suggested we go out for dinner, so....I was very good food wise and managed to stay under my cals for the day. :happy:
There won't be any exercise for me today either. Guests are still here and I am cooking tonight and having a little dinner party for them so they can visit with a few of their friends while here. Hope to back into the swing of things tomorrow. Guess this is what it means when "they" say "life gets in the way". I am enjoying my company and I am happy to have them with me.

Alf, yes I am the one that is soon to be a grandma. I have two sons and my eldest son and his wife are expecting a daughter!! I am so excited. Everyone teases me as I will finally have my princess to spoil. I love my sons to pieces, but I would have also loved to have daughters. I have two wonderful daughter-in-laws, but they have their own mothers, so I know it is not the same as having your own, but, my granddaughter...well, I have already claimed her as "MINE".

I do B&B at my house, and in addition to my guests, I have a B&B guest staying with me. This morning I was busy preparing her breakfast and then getting myself ready for work, that it wasn't until I was at work for an hour that I realized I forgot to eat!! :laugh: I NEVER forget to eat and would scoff at those that would say that. Really, how can anyone "forget" to eat? Well, my friends, this morning I did. Thank goodness I packed myself an orange and some walnuts for my morning snack!

Enjoy your day. :flowerforyou:

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: alf...to be honest...the reason I asked about the DVDs is because I had already ordered them.:bigsmile: Glad to hear that a pro thinks they are good.

:flowerforyou: zebras...you always eat so healthy. You are an inspiration.

I am in west central Ohio. Been getting some horrible storms here. A couple of tornados. On Monday night my son was driving down the road when the car raised up off the pavement. Then was put back down. Of course, he being a 27 year old, thought this was great.

I am so wanting the rains to stop so I can get my bike out.

tladame

Hi All,

I'm fairly new to MFP and was glad to see a 40+ group!

I'm 41 and decided to lose a little weight starting at the end of February. My daughter is nearly two, so it's time I lost the 'baby belly'. I am pretty much at a weight I'm happy with, now I'm trying to tone everything and flatten my stomach. Not quite there yet! I've been doing the 30-day shred DVD for a few weeks now and I can really feel it. Hoping to be in my new swimsuit once it's warm enough to hit the pool!

Cletc

Belated Happy Birthday to String

I'm having a hard time getting familiar with all of you, I guess it will take some time.

I hope you are keeping your goals in mind doing well.

I had a celebration meal with someone, so I kind of went wacky on my calories and stopped logging, but I'll try to piece it back together before the night's out.
:-)

zebras

Good Morning All!

Managed my 30 minute walk at lunch and then 90 minutes on the treadmill last night. Let me tell you, going to the gym really helps me keep on track versus working out at home like I used to. Last night I almost quit before the 30 minute mark, but then I said, you're already here, keep trying. If I had been at home, I'd have been distracted by my husband or the TV and would have easily talked myself out of working out. I just slowed it down and kept going. If only I could get myself to eat smaller portions, then I wouldn't need to work out so much to get results! LOL

StiringWendel

zebras, I'm so glad the gym is working out for you. I hear you about the eating, though. I keep telling myself the same thing...if I could just control myself a little bit more on the food bit, I wouldn't have to workout as hard. But, at the end of the day, I think I prefer working out to eating less, so......

Cletc, you'll get to know us in no time! Thank you for the birthday wishes.

tladame, welcome! Glad you are enjoying 30 Day Shred. I know some people here have gotten some great results from that program.

Swissmiss, let us know what you think of your DVDs when you get them. I'm really curious because I'd love to try Zumba, but don't want to do it in public. :laugh: So a good DVD may be my only option.

sdereski, it certainly sounds like you are busy!! I've never 'forgotten' to eat, but I have let eating take a back seat to other things I'm doing when I get really busy and just don't eat....until I get way too hungry. Glad you had some food with you. How fun that you use your house of B&B, but, boy, that's got to be alot of work!

All here is well. I got my Insanity workout in this morning and did a recovery workout from P90X (since this is technically my last recovery week from that program). One more Insanity workout and then I'm done with that rotation too! :drinker: I'm going to take a pretty easy week next week (with a few days off completely) and then jump right into Asylum. Should be interesting.

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: welcome tladame.

:flowerforyou: zebras...I was going to the gym six days a week. Until I slipped up and quit entirely. I was taking classes and that really kept me in line. If I missed any classes the other members were sure to notice. I didn't want to have to explain whatever silly reason I had for not going.:laugh:

zebras

Swiss, whatever works, right? The classes at the gym are so crowded, I'm not sure I'd get to know anyone. I am making an effort to get to know the gym staff, so hopefully I will feel the same way, and not dissappear. My problem is, if I get a cold or something and don't work out for a week, and then something stressful happens, too, and it takes me months to get myself back in line!

Stiring, I too, like the food too much. I really still get surprised by "proper" portion sizes. Growing up I really had no concept. I wasn't a huge child either, neither was I ever the smallest in the room. So I don't know why my perception of portion sizes are so off. Do others have this issue?

Victorious_One

I walked two days this week. I started the Couch to 5K program, but I'm not sure I should do it with the blood clot. I was told not to do any strenuous work. Since I'm starting from the couch, everything is strenuous! Trying to get a hold of my doctor to ask his perspective is way easier than done. So, a leisurely walk with the dog is all I can muster now.

It's 90 degrees here and hazy. It beats buckets of rain! I think the pool opens tomorrow--sweet! I LOVE summer.

Have a great day!

LadyPersia

Feel better Victorious

Beautiful weather the past two days. I have been gardening and walking like crazy. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!

sdereski

Another day of no exercise and over eating. UGH! I'll be happy when I am back to my normal routine.
I did really well until after dinner tonight. I came home and just kept on eating! I was so hungry.
Tomorrow is a new day, and another new beginning. :laugh: Thank goodness for tomorrows eh?

For my American Friends - this is your long weekend. Enjoy and be safe!

zebras

Happy Friday All! I hope everyone has a wonderful long weekend!

I'm doing the happy dance. I am official down 3.2 lbs from last week. Happy Happy Joy Joy

I also managed to log in the most steps I've ever logged in for the walking challenge at work. Over 16,000 yesterday.

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: zebras CONGRATUATIONS !!!! I can feel your excitement. Great job.

:flowerforyou: sdereski...your post sounds like most of mine. But you definately have the right attitude.

I always dread the weekend when I am with my family. So much harder to be good.

StiringWendel

Congratulations zebras! That's a great weight loss for the week! And 16,000 steps is ALOT! Regarding your question on portion sizes, I have issues with it as well. When I actually think of how little I would need to eat to maintain my weight if I weren't working out (something like 1300 calories a day), I kind of panic at the thought of it, especially when I think about how many calories are in the average American restaurant meal (many are more than 1300). My husband and I used to easily take a dinner recipe meant for four people and make it for just the two of us (dinner being the hardest meal for me to control portion sizes). It has been, without a doubt, my biggest struggle in this whole process....taking those portion sizes down. But I've managed to do it, and the way I managed to do it isn't very healthy or popular. But I did it by eating frozen dinners for a couple of months when I was losing the weight. One frozen dinner and big salad made up dinner three to four nights a week. Through that process I learned that I can get by on a main course between 280 and 400 calories just fine. I haven't had a frozen dinner in over two years now. But when I cook, I make sure the main course is between 280-400 calories and the rest goes in the freezer. But I am one who needed to learn that I could live off that number of calories first and then re-teach myself how to cook for that level.

sdereski, don't worry about yesterday! If you were hungry, your body was telling you something. No doubt things will get better when you are back to your normal routine.

Victorious_One, don't push yourself with that blood clot!! They are very dangerous, so PLEASE talk to your doctor before doing anything too active. I almost lost a sister to a blood clot a few years ago, so, again, please talk to your doctor! I know this must be frustrating since you are so close to your goal weight, but you'll be fine as long as you continue to monitor your food. I hope you've been feeling well!

Friday check-in.....my third rotation of Insanity is complete!! YAY! :drinker: I still can't believe I managed to finish both a complete P90X rotation and complete Insanity rotation in the past few months. No doubt, my cardio endurance has improved tremendously from Insanity. And my strength has definitely improved from P90X. So, all in all, I'm glad I did the rotations together. But, man, was it brutal. :laugh: My eating this week hasn't been great but it hasn't been too bad either. I do feel strong, fit and healthy right now, and that's a good feeling at the end of a week in which I got older!!!

Hope you all have a wonderful long weekend!!

crewellademel

Just a quick check in with you guys. Kids are out of School!!!!!!!:glasses: Just in case anyone wants to know...it takes 30 1st graders a little under 30 minutes to go through 400 water balloons but it was a blast! :laugh: I've been under the weather the last few days. Think it's allergies now that the weather is better but those sinus headaches really sap my motivation to do anything. I've been hanging in there with my eating but getting up to excercise hasn't happened. I'm going on the bike tonight to at least convince myself I can do SOMETHING. I get to weigh in tomorrow YEA! Almost to my half way mark! Have a great weekend everyone and be safe! :flowerforyou:

ColoradoRobin

We had salmon burgers with dill sauce and salad with romaine, arugula, carrots, peppers, and jicama for dinner. I didn't have a bun with my burger patty, but the rest of the family did. I am making everyone take fish oil capsules now, but we still like to eat fish.
The weather has been much warmer, and partly sunny for the past couple of days. My teens are already vegetating in front of the computer and video games now that school is done.

I did get the 16 year old to come to the gym with me this afternoon. We both lifted weights. I rode my bike for about 25 minutes after dinner, but it was getting kind of dark. I had intended to get out much sooner, but got involved with some chores and starting some sourdough rye bread. At least I did get in a bit of riding. I'm still not sure how many calories to log. My heart rate monitor reads much higher for calories than the MFP estimate. It said just over 300 and MFP was more like 160. My weight and age are set into the HRM, but I may have to adjust my fitness level down again to get a more accurate read on that.

I have people coming over on Sunday for some games and dinner, so hopefully I don't overeat. It's tough at social events with other people eating a lot.

Good luck with the allergies Crewella, sinus headaches are tough to deal with. Congratulations on your progress so far!
Congrats to Zebras for the huge number of steps walked. I have trouble getting to 8k some days; 16k is huge!
Congrats StiringWen on finishing your P90x and Insanity workouts, that's amazing. Lots of people seem to get good results with those.
Victorious I would recommend not trying to run with the blood clot. i hope that clears up soon!
Sdereski, I don't live right near Pikes Peak, but we have a great view of it much of the time. It's about 8-10 miles from here I think. The Pikes Peak Marathon is a tough one from what I've heard. Good luck if you do enter. The altitude really makes a difference, so if you can come out early to acclimate, that will help a lot. My house is on the plains but it's at 6660 feet. The mountains are much higher.

zebras

Robin:

I had bought a Timex heart monitor, and their algorythm is way off. The heart rate was right, as it matched what a Precor ellipitcal machine was calculating, but the calories burned was showing almost double. I assumed something was wrong with it, so I contacted Timex, and they ran the numbers through the algorithm, and said it was working up to spec. Since everyone says the elliptical machines way overestimate calories burned, I would have gained weight if I had used that to calculate what to eat. So, if you have a timex, don't believe it!

alf1163

HAPPY SATURDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :drinker: :drinker: Sorry didnt post yesterday since it was check in day for this group. My exercise and eating goals were pretty much on track, not perfect, but almost perfect. :laugh: So I am happy about that. I had a fun day yesterday with my daughter, we went to Six Flags. I am going out tonight with some girlfriends, one is moving to Hawaii next weekend, her husband is in the Coast Guard. We are taking her to the Riverwalk tonight for dinner and some dancing. I offered to be the DD so no drinking for me.. Good strategy to save on calories and get all of us home safe. :drinker:

Stiring, congrats on finishing your workout rotations. Insanity is mostly cardio right? My daughter has a friend who is selling his set for $40. I am not so sure it is something I can use right now with my hip problems and teaching Zumba. I think it would be better for me to concentrate more on lifting than anything else. Not sure...

Zebras, congrats on your weight loss!!!!! :drinker: Keep up the good work!!!! Regarding portion control, I must say I have gotten better with time since starting on MFP a little over 3 yrs ago. Measuring portions, counting calories etc have really taught how to eyeball the right portions of just about anything. When I go to restaurants I can pretty much tell if it is a huge portion or not. I normally half my meal and pack it up and eat it the next day for lunch or give it to my son or husband.

Sdereski, I was looking at your pictures. You look great! Where do you want to lose weight from? :laugh: You are on maintenance, right?

Colorado, I am imagining the breathtaking scenes you see everyday. I have never visited Colorado but drove through on my way back from California to TN a long time ago. It is beautiful!!! About your HRM and calories burned I would go with your HRM, it is more accurate. It is really taking into consideration your weight, age, and the actual HR throughout your workout. Nothing is going to be totally accurate but nothing is perfect in this world.

Swiss, just keep on going...sound frustrated. We all go through those stages...like Nike says JUST DO IT!

Have a great weekend everyone!!!!! :flowerforyou:

crewellademel

Having a great day today. I've been a little over on my calories the last few days. Had a glass of milk with 2 chocolate chip cookies the other day etc......Today though biked, worked out on the Bowflex and ran......yes ran....again. Feel soooooooo much better!

Colorado, thanks for the pedalmybike link, it's fun. Biking is my thing!

Alf, 6 flags...... aren't you the one who just got back from Disneyland? I'm just jealous, I LOVE rollercoasters

Stiring, I don't know if I'll EVER even think about PX90 or Insanity, let alone AT THE SAME TIME:noway: ........you're an inspiration!

Victorious......watch that blood clot and take care. I can't imagine how frustrating it is to have to wait but your health comes first!

Zebra, I know what you mean about portion control. I've really learned a lot since joining MFP and even more after getting my food scale for Mother's day. I'm getting better at portions and my kids think it's COOL that I measure everything. They help me measure and it helps them with their math skills and they learn (hopefully in a good way) what a portion is. As I've thought about it, when I was young we were fairly poor and didn't have a lot of extra food around. Portion control was always there in the sense that everyone got one scoop of this, or only one helping of that, because that was all there was. When I moved into the" land of plenty" I just had no idea about portions and how could MORE food be a bad thing, ya know?

Swiss, try not to get so down on yourself. You're doing well, what can I do to help?

I really hope I haven't mixed anyones names up with the topics they've discussed. If I have I'm really sorry..:ohwell: ...I'll try harder to keep everyone straight! Have a great holiday tomorrow and a great week ahead. :flowerforyou:

alf1163

Hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How is everyone doing??????? I kinda survived the weekend. :laugh: Went out with my girlfriends on Sat evening. My dinner was not that healthy but I enjoyed it. I also had one mojito with my dinner and it was delicious. Then drank water the rest of the night. We danced danced and danced. Our feet were killing us but we kept on dancing. LOL I scheduled a relaxing massage today for me and my husband, his first. :drinker: I worked out my legs and abs this morning. No Zumba tonight, the center is closed.

Crewel, yes, that is me!!! LOL I live in San Antonio and we have a Six Flags and a Sea World in town. I have season passes for both. I also love to ride roller coasters. I feel like a kid when I do. :laugh:

Have a great one!!! :flowerforyou:

sdereski

Hi all,

Hope everyone is enjoying the last day of their long weekend. Our long weekend was last weekend, so it's a work day for me today - and a busy one! Had a new employee start today, so all the paperwork and orientation stuff, then it was time to pay the bills and do the payroll.
Just got onto MFP this aft, whereas I am usually on first thing in the morning.

I finally ran yesterday. Did a 10km run, but my ankle started to hurt later on in the evening, which tells me I am not yet 100% and need to still take it easy. So, back to the bike.

Alf - thank you for your kind comments, however, I am not on maintenance, although my body thinks it is! I am trying to get down to 140lbs, but I don't think that will ever happen. I just can't seem to lose these extra pounds. I was really determined to do so in the month of may. I think I lost 2 lbs. ARRGGHH!!:grumble: I am just...stuck! I have tried, eating more, eating less, exercising more, exercising less, doing more cardio - less cardio, strength training...you name it, I've tried it and nothing has worked! I have lots of jiggly bits that I can certainly lose - my weight sits between my hips and my knees. :laugh: I know it is the "healthier" place to carry your weight, but it is also the most difficult part to lose it from.

Enough complaining - I am off to do some strength training and then riding The Big Bike for the Heart & Stroke Foundation. It is a 30 seat bike that travels across the country as a fund raiser. Lots of fun.

Have a great day. :flowerforyou:

Swissmiss

Hope all of you who had yesterday off had a wonderful time and are happy to be back to work. :noway:

:flowerforyou: zebras....my HRM always shows that I hadn't burned many calories at all. In fact, I can work very hard at Zumba class and it will show a 200 calorie loss. Doesn't sound right to me.

:flowerforyou: stiring..watched one of those infomercials on the P90X this weekend. It looks like it would work, if you can last long enough.:laugh:

:flowerforyou: crewell...speaking of how we ate as children...We had a huge vegetable garden. Whenever we got hungry and wanted a snack we would pull out a carrot or pick a tomato. We didn't eat the garbage that kids now eat. Portion control is so important. I think that we could just about eat whatever we want as long as we don't go overboard with it.

:flowerforyou: sdereski...I would love to see The Big Bike. Think I will google it and take a peek.

I am sure to check out the pedalmybike web site. I love to ride but haven't done so this year. We have had too much rain do be able to do much at all outside. I didn't log in at all this weekend. Reason being....I did so bad. I didn't want to record what I had to eat.:noway: Hoping now that the work week is back that I will be doing better.

I am now having to get up at 4:00 in the morning. My husband's work hours have moved back an hour so he had to be here at 5:30. And, since we only have one car, I have to get here early also. We work for the same company but I don't start work until 8:00. So, here I sit with almost two hours to go til I start. Thinking of bringing a pillow and going back to sleep here.

alf1163

Good morning!!!! :drinker: Off today cause my husband is off. Have PT this morning, then a nail appt and then we are having lunch at a Brazillian steakhouse yikes!!!! I will try to focus on their delicious salad bar. It is wonderful. I am sooooo sore from yesterday's massage, it was brutal!!!!! She said that I am super tight and need to release all that. I am thinking about making another appt in 2 wks. I have always had tight shoulders and neck. She also said my glutes are very tight. She said I need to stretch more than I do...

Swiss, do they have a gym or how about showers? Maybe you can workout in those two hrs and shower and start the day fresh out of a workout!!!! Just an idea.

sdereski, how much do you weigh now? How tall are you? Maybe you can get the eat clean book stripped from Tosca Reno. She is from Canada. It is for people who need to lose those last 10 lbs. Maybe you can get it at your library. I did. I am reading it right now. I struggle to lose those last 5-10 and maintain.

Have a great day!!!! :flowerforyou:

StiringWendel

Hi all! We had a nice long weekend here in the DC area. It has definitely turned hot, though I don't find it that bad. There is a heat advisory in effect, but we played golf in it yesterday and I thought it was warm but beautiful. Of course, I just heard that a school in Maryland is closing early today because of the heat. :noway: Maybe they don't have AC. Or windows. I must be getting old because I just don't get closing school as much as I've seen schools closed around here.

Anyhow.....moving on to other subjects. I'm taking a bit of a slower week on the workouts this week. I'm doing a 4 day split series, meaning I'm doing about 30 minutes of cardio followed by 30 minutes of strength training (working one or two body parts a day). The break from those tough workouts feels good on my body right now. My eating has been all right. Not great but not horrible either. I was wearing a pair of my size 1 shorts yesterday golfing, and they were a bit loose! :noway: So I can't complain too much right now.

Swissmiss, sorry to hear about the early hours. Like alf suggested, maybe you can do something active during that time. Is that possible? My husband and I lived with just one car for about 18 months, but, finally, last month, I'd had enough. I really wanted to make it work for us, but it just got to the point where it wasn't working anymore. So you have my sympathies.

sdereski, you ran for 10K? Great job! Sorry to hear about your ankle, but that's an amazing accomplishment. But, yeah, listen to that injury and don't overdo it!! Those last 10 pounds are very hard to lose. I know I had to eat VERY cleanly when losing those last pounds. I didn't have any unnatural sugars, no alcohol, no processed carbs, etc. And I worked out VERY hard. The amount I was eating didn't seem to matter as much as what I was eating, btw. But it is different for everybody.

crewellademel, I think it is great that your kids are helping you with this. That should teach them some good skills. Like you, I definitely remember the days when we got one of whatever was being served, and that was it. When I think back on it, we ate very little growing up (my sister and I would share everything, including burgers and such). When I see what kids are being served today.....well, it is a different story. It is so difficult to retain any kind of perspective on proper portions in this society, that's for sure.

Enjoy the day!

zebras

Happy Tuesday All:

I'm off to Maine for the rest of the week, will try to check in, but won't guarantee it. ONly got one workout in over the weekend. Will try to keep some walking up in Maine as the walking challenge has two more weeks left at work.

duffyzmom

Happy Hot Tuesday All!

Heat Advisory here in SE Michigan today. It is starting to drive me crazy that we only have two temps lately cold or hot. Where oh where is the warm. Thursday I had to turn the furnace back on and Yesterday it was back to A/C. Go figure.

I'm still chugging along with the Sparkpeople 5K your way program. My pace is definitely getting better. Today I've decided to stick to weights in my nice cool basement as the air was already hot and humid early this morning.

I'm still avoid the scale...trying to do a monthly weigh in so this Friday will be the day. This week I'm hoping to get back to healthier eating. Too much fun this weekend with BBQ and a Tiger's Win! Gotta love beer and dogs at the ballpark.

Stay cool all!

Victorious_One

Thanks, LadyPersia! I do feel better.

Sdereski, I have those days when I'm just crazy-hungry, and other days when I'm not. It will balance out for you in the end and yes, beginning again is good!

Zebras, congrats on the weight loss and the accomplishment in your walking challenge!

SwissMiss, how was your weekend? Were you "good"? :-)

Stiring and ColoradoRobin, yes, I'm going to talk to my doc about the running and exercise, especially since I guess the level of meds in my blood is not as high as they'd like it to be. My arm is not swollen anymore, so that's good. And, adding swimming is its own version of strenuous exercise since I haven't done any in two summers. Thanks for checking in!

Crewellademel, the water baloons sound like a ton of fun! Yahoo! I hope you feel better. My daughter is struggling with allergies right now, too. It's a bear.

Alf, did your hubby enjoy his massage? I love getting them, and my hubby is learning to like them, too.

Silvana, that Big Bike sounds fun. I haven't heard of it. What a worthy cause! :flowerforyou:

Duffyzmom, you gotta love a Tiger's win! They're my only baseball team. I haven't been to a game at Comerica yet (still holding a grudge about Tiger Stadium :mad: plus I've been away for four years).

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I had a really fun day yesterday hanging out with some new friends from church. The food was AMAZINGLY good! My hubby brought a banana pudding that was great hit, and made some for us in the middle of the night last night. Ooops! I didn't over-eat, but my food got stuck in my tummy somehow during the gathering:embarassed: . I had to go change my shirt from a cute, form-fitting one to some loose Tshirt I bought on sale before we got there. Fashion goes out the window when your stomach is screaming! :laugh: I'm almost embarrassed about it, but not really. We went for a long walk in the sweltering heat, so I feel I did my part to shake off whatever excess I had going on.

Today I have a thousand errands, but the weather is great. No complaints.

Welcome to summer, everyone! Have a great week.

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: Victorious_One...My weekend was spent doing everything that I shouldn't do.:mad: Oh well, today is another day. How does anyone behave over a holiday?

:flowerforyou: duffy...Hot here also. Remember when we were complaining about the cold? At least when it is cold we can put more clothes on..there are only so many items of clothing that we can take off when it is hot.

:flowerforyou: zebras...speaking of temperatures. Will it be much cooler in Maine? I would think so but then, I have never been there.

:flowerforyou: stiring...They close school because of hot weather now? When we were kids there were no air conditioners. We just suffered through it. I think that the windows in my daughters' schools don't even open.

:flowerforyou: alf...What is a Brazillian Steakhouse? I never thought of using my extra 2 1/2 hours in the morning to exercise. The gym I am a member of is in the town I live in. We work 12 miles to the North. So, I would be putting an extra 24 miles on the car every day. But, that is a good idea. I have a jump rope that I can bring to work. Actually, this morning I was having a horrible time staying awake. Not used to getting up that early yet.

I need to go and make a phone call about this evening's class. Have a great afternoon Everyone.