Today Show Club! (Everyone Always Welcome)

Good morning everyone! How are we all doing this morning? Yesterday was a good day. I got a BlackBerry from verizon and now I can skype with Geoff. It was so great to talk to him last night for an hour and a half and to hear him tell me good night. I have missed all the little things so much. He has his netbook and we can talk more now. It is like when we first started dated. We would talk online all day every day and on the phone as much as we could. Now we are in the same routine and it is wonderful. I miss seeing him every day, but I will take anything I can get. I did not get my netbook last night. Best Buy did not have any Dell netbooks in the store. I am just going ot order directly from Dell since they give a military discount. Once I get my netbook, then we can skype and I can see his face. His voice will do for now and his pictures of course. It was almost midnight before I went to bed last night. I was up posting our pictures from the weekend on FB and then some one here. Plus I am trying to figure out this new phone. Wish me luck.

Today is going to be another great day. I got up at 4:30 this morning and I got my Jillian workout in. Now I am at work and I am hoping it will be an easy day. I am looking forward to running tonight. My body needs to run and I need some Tamara time. After the run and dinner, then it is more errands. I have to get boxes so I can start packing tomorrow night. I might only get 4 workouts in this week because of the packing, but I know I will run on Saturday. I am not excited about weigh in tomorrow. I am sure I am still up some of the 5 pounds, but it will all come back off soon. Then I can start working towards my next goal. I just have to keep pushing myself and I will get there. My DH is worried I am trying to do too much with working 2 jobs, working out, moving, and doing every thing else that I do. I don't know how I do it, but I just do. I know what needs to be done and I will get it done. I am a very proud Navy wife and I will do what is needed of me. My family is my heart and I will always do whatever it takes to take care of us. I love my life. I might be busy, but my life is amazing and I am so thankful for every thing.

Tamara - I have my bag packed. I have my hoodie and my water bottle. I am ready to run ma'am. Push me today because I need it. I haven't had a good run in a week and I am missing it. I can't wait to see you girl and get you all caught up with life. See you at 5 tonight.

Marcie - Sorry I keep making you cry. I really don't mean to, but our story usually has that effect on people. I swear we could be a movie and I have one friend who tells me that I need to write a book. She says that we are perfect for each other and when she sees us it always makes her smile. I love the relationship that I have with my husband. He is my best friend and I am just really thankful that I have him in my life. We have both worked very hard to get to where we are now and every thing is starting to fall into place. It really is a wonderful feeling. You can have that with your husband again. I hope that I never lose it with mine. We have date night at least once a month (except for now). We turn our phones off and just get lost in each other for the night. We can sit at home and have a picinic in the living room and watch a movie ondemand or we might go out to dinner and a movie. We have done picinics in the park and listened to the symphony or went bowling or putt putt golfing. We just try to take a break from the hectic daily schedules. We just go and enjoy each other. We hold hands every where we go, even driving in the car. We always take the time to talk about our day. We really do try to take time out from the day for each other. The connection we have is so strong and I never want it to go away. Oh crap I am on a little rave about him again. lol It is so easy for me to do. Yes I will lose the 5 pounds again and reach my new goal. I am back on track and focused. I was under calories yesterday and will be again today. I am glad your mom is doing good and that you are still on track.

Deneen - Where are you my friend? We are missing your posts. I hope you are doing well. Check in with us when you can. Oh and how is your FIL? Yes please post a pic of you soon. Do not be embarrased. You are working to getting back to you. It is easy to get lost in every thing that you go through, but take time for you. You will get your happy smiles back. I just know it. I want to see sparkle in you! Show me the sparkle! :happy:

Jessica - How are you doing today with the kitty? Have you got her tested yet?

Gail - How are you? I am glad you posted a pic. Now we know your face!

Kim - How is every thing going with you?

Robin - Where have you been at? How soon is vacation?

Shari - We are missing you, but I hope you are having a good time and made it safely.

If I missed anyone, then I apologize.

We have to start a new challenge on Monday. I noticed that we don't really have one going right now.

Have a great day everyone! Remember that you are in control and noone can take that away from you!

Good Morning Everyone:

Well I guess I sort of had a pity party yesterday. It seems that I come and go right now with depression. I haven't had a big bowl of pasta to calm my woes, so that is good. I have logged on everyday and tracked my food, no exercise yet. I keep telling myself one day at a time, and it seems to get me thru, but at times, literally, I want to run into a tree the pain can be so hard.

You see, I am home right now, AND SO IS MY HUSBAND!! He is looking for work everyday, mostly on-line. The past week, our local newspaper has had about 8 jobs available, of which are in healthcare mostly or a car saleman, NOT HIS LINE OF WORK. The economy here is really tough.

I don't want to have to move for a job, we just got the kids enrolled in school and we need some stability in our lfe right now. July 2008 we were doing so well, thought we made it to the top of the world with our business, and when the economy hit, it hit us hard too, no warning! My husband use to build boats, we own'd a mfg. company, 13 employees ect..... That was the 1st thing to go Fall of 2008, extra items, pleasure stuff!!

We sold our home, and have moved 3x since Nov. 2008 because homes that we have signed rental leases on have foreclosed, and banks had us move out. I am just ramblin' but now you have a little more background on us. All this to say, I need some space. I would love to have some alone time. I need for my husband to get a job!!

I know there are many people in our situation, and that is a little comfort knowing I am not the only one, but I do not wish any family to be going thru what we are going thru, it really sucks. Our kids have been affected in this more than I wanted. There is nothing more to say, other than, its just really hard right now. We use to always have extra $ at the end of the month, toys to play with on weekends ect.. and now we are lucky to make it thru the month, mostly behind on some bills each month. It just isn't fair sometimes, but there I go again, Pity party!!

My husband and I met in 1985, and married in 1990. We just celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary in July. I met him my sophomore year in H.S. I can relate somewhat with your story Bobbie. Enjoy it!! I love reading your stories, it takes me back to mine years ago. One story I have, when we were dating my senior year, he picked me up from school, after my leadership club, and took me to a picnic he had prepared ahead of time by a river. It had the blanket, food, flowers and even a radio playing our favorite song at the time by a group "Chicago". It was nice.

Well I am off studying again, trying to pass my insurance license exam for the 2nd time. I missed it the 1st time by 7%. UGH!!

I will find some pictures and upload one of my family soon!

I am really appreciating this thread of women, here for each other, I LOVE IT!!!

Thanks!!

Have a good day!!

Kim

Jessica:

Are you using that cookbook by Seinfield's wife? If so, my son got me that cookbook for Christmas. He is 14 now, and always gets it out to make his favorite Banana French Toast!!

Too funny!! Not really, kinda gross too, huh!!

Well I didn't do to well on eating tonight. I had breadsticks and a choc. peanut butter cookie

Just one of those days!!

Kim

GOOD MORNING.. Boy the post gets quietier and quietier everyday!!.

We are still here a few and the strong.. So I was up 1.4 on the scale this morning, thats ok I told myself I was gonna enjoy holidays and I did. So back at it today!!

Jessica- I like to bake to, but I stay away from it or I will eat it.

Kim-Sorry ya'll are having such a hard time right now, my thought and prayers go out to you!!

Shari- Come out come out where every you are!!

Deneen- Where'd you go??

Marcie- Bobbie is good at making us cry!!

Bobbie- awesome run last night my friend.. Thinking I am gonna go back to 1200 calories a day!! No if and or butts about it!!!

Anyone I forgot hello.. We need to get our people back here.. Maybe tomorrow I will send them a message.. This is not easy but we have to stay focused!! Stay on board!!! Hope everyone has an awesome Friday.. I am off to the gym!!

My daughter has a school picnic today with the E school. of course it rained all morning so its gonna be muddy. Like I tell my husband, good thing we have a washing machine right. Ive packed a nice lunch for the kids and my usual for me. I sneaked on the scale yesterday before my shower and it looks like im down another lb. Im not counting it since its not my offical weigh day but Hey it was pretty great. As long as i keep seeing the numbers go down I am happy no matter what.

Ive realized I can not eat the stuff Im making lol. I kinda already go at it like its gonna be gross because I know whats in it. Like the muffins have prunes in it and so this morning I went tot ake a bite of Alivias and yea my mind messed me up and they were good but I thought I could taste some prune in it but thena gain it could be all in my head. Im gonna make my husbadn try and Im not telling him whats in it. It also could taste different because I used whole wheat flour instead of white.

Ok off to get atleast one lesson done, vacuum and dress all three of us before 10:15 when we have to leave. YIKES. IM totally kick myself right now for not getting the rain coats and boots I had in my hands last april. I dunno if they even sell them anymore in stores but we sure could use them for the kids.

Hi all this week started off fun fun fun.. not it's rain, rain , rain and run here and there for band for my daughter .
i have noticed i haven't been as motivated since its been raining (thanks a lot tropical depression HERMINE)
we had rain since very late Tuesday into early Wednesday . we needed the rain but this much all at once tends to make one feel blah! we had left over cake and ice cream of which i managed to get none of thanks to the kids.
i should have hopped on the scale when i took the kids to the docs Tuesday but it didn't cross my mind at the time.
i finally got the doc to inform my son he has to get more active then he is so now we are going to have a trio of us working out since i have 2 sons and a daughter she just comes along for support she will eventually get bored with us doing things but i am going to make plans for us to play basketball or just kick it around or do 4 square in the drive.
might dredge up a few old toys to have the kids help wear out our 7 puppies (which im looking to give away the pups that is ) i found out there is city wide get moving or get fit program in our area it costs 20$ per person to sign up for i plan to investigate further into the program and see what its about.
well i am off to finish laundry and take care of the puppies which is a nice 10 minute long play with them while i feed them thing i have to do 3 - 4 times threw the day .

have fun this week end all !!!!!.
i might respond to an ad i recently saw for a church wanting a cleaning person sound like its right up my alley


oh yeah if i haven't added ya'll to my friends list I'm still working on finding every one ..

I feel so much better today!! I did my weigh-in and LOST 5LBS. :happy:

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!

KIM

Hello LOSERS, (got that from Deneen) :laugh:

Well as most of you saw...I lost 1.5lbs. While I'm happy....I'm still not satisfied. I guess as I'm getting older my metabolisim is slowing down and I can't lose as fast as I had before. Gonna keep on trucking along though!! :bigsmile:

Tomorrow is the quienceañera (basically a coming out party for a 15 year old girl), sorta like a Sweet 16. I'm excited to see family we haven't seen in a while. I was not able to find the dress I was trying to get into for this event(they did not have my size), but I found another one that will do just as well. I'm hoping I will be good and stay within my calories....but may treat myself to a good glass of wine!

Well I guess Mrs. Shari is off to Mexico....not a peep out of her in 3 days, but she did say she would be busy and flyig out today...hopefully she can post something while there.

Today is my W4D3 of C25K. This rotation is hard for me because I have to jog 5 min straight, but I have was able to do it on Monday and Wednesday. I am going to sign up for a 5K in October, so I best start getting used to it.

Well losers, I need to get going...need to clean up my desk before I bolt out of here...Will try to post over the weekend, but not making any promises! Adios amigas!

Good morning team.. I did 12 miles this morning 2 hours 1 minute 30 seconds not to shabby, had a veggie packed omlet for recovery and I am so full!!!

Well off to take daughter to gynmnastics. hope everyone has an awesome day!!!

Take time to remember 9/11 my friends, I know exactly where I was do you??

Ok everyone its Monday morning time to get back to it..I am thinking I am gonna need to send a much needed private message to everyone. This is not easy, it never will be, so it so much worth your time and effort I promise...

I stayed busy all weekend, which makes my weekend fly by..

Bobbie- Awesome job packing, please dont kill me next sat after I run 14 miles!!!

Jessica- Checking on the kitty and kiddos? How is school going??

Kim- Are you hanging in there??

Shari- We all know you are living it up in Mexico!!

Marcie- Good job on the loss, super proud of you!!

Deneen- where are you my friend???

Ok challange for this week, grab a team mate of our and send a message to them and tell them to get back to posting!!! Its essential we support each other, because like I said it doesnt get any easier..

On tap for today..
Gym from 5-620
cleaning from730 to 1030
running from 11-12
cleaning 12-4
running 530-63

Another busy day.. I like it that way, since I am off today I will use my time wisely..Ok I am sending a message now to someone!!

Have an awesome day my friends!!

I joined after seeing the Today show also. This site is great, glad I found it.

Good morning and Happy Monday. I had a busy weekend. I packed my entire apartment on Saturday and it kicked my butt. I worked yesterday and then worked on picture projects. I have had way too much to do and I still do. I am looking forward to my run with Tamara. I need something to kick my butt back into gear. I am seriously struggling right now and frustrated. I have to stay off the scale, but I want to see goal weight again. Oh well, there is not much I can do about it.

Have a goo day everyone.

ok for everyone who dont know me here is the story I posted for joys ft club the full essay of my life!!!

Hope I dont bore you!!!

Hi, my name is Tamara Fortune. I am 31 years old and a wife and mother of two fabulous children. Justin who is 12 years old, Jade who will be 6 in a few days. I work as a waitress in a busy restaurant called cracker barrel which I am sure many of you have heard of.
I have always been the big friend the one that made all the jokes about being fat to hide behind m y weight the one who would have big get together and cook for everyone, because that’s what made people laugh and I thought if they are laughing they are liking it. I didn’t like to go anywhere by myself because I knew people were starring saying wow she is big. I always always took my children with me as I knew they were cute and everyone could look at them instead of looking at me.
On Aug 17, 2008 I weighed in at my all time high of 278 pounds. I had worked a busy Sunday morning at Cracker Barrel from 8-12 getting off early to celebrate my daughters 4th birthday party. I needed to run by the store real quick to buy her a few present and then headed home to change my clothes. By the time we got to her party I was exhausted, I sat down on the bench and not to move again. My fabulous husband had to do the whole party by himself, opening presents, cutting cake, chasing after about 10 children in a busy children play area. I felt so bad for him but my feet hurt so bad I couldn’t move. I remember leaving that afternoon riding in the car with my kids and Jason (Husband) and thinking to myself I am never going to be this fat again.
I went to work the next day at a daycare that I was working part time at and told the ladies there, “Hey I am going on a diet!!!” They all laughed and said yeah right, as I had walked in the door every morning to work with sonic in hand. I went grocery shopping the next morning before work and bought my grocery to the daycare to keep them in the fridge so I wouldn’t have any excuses not to eat right.
My children birthday parties were always horrible as I knew everyone was looking at me, or so I thought they were.
My favorite part of going food shopping was all the candy bars at the checkout stand, I would buy three of four of them and have two of them eaten before I had even gotten to the car.
I have always been a family girl. I live for my children and my husband. I told myself I need to get healthy for them if I want to be around to see them grow up.
In May 2009 we found out that our son had a heart condition where he was not allowed to be overweight. How could I tell my baby he couldn’t have a cheeseburger, his momma was pushing 300 pounds. I was glad that day that back in Aug I had decided to do something about my weight, from what I had learn already in the short time I could teach him a thing or two. He has lost about 25 pounds due to eating differently.
My biggest size ever was a 28 pants and a 3x shirt. My friend April Berry came up to me and said Tamara I have been searching website to help lose weight and I think you should check this one out. She stated how much she lad loved it and she thought I would to, as we are a lot alike. I told her April I just don’t have time for all this I am busy. She said just come here anyways and look, I did it was called myfitnesspal.com Its where you log all your food you eat for the day and it tells you how many calories you get based upon the information you put into the website prior to. I was like ok April, and I shrugged it off. Secretly I went home to take a look at it. When Aug 17 had come I was like ok, I have no choice, I have to do this, I have husband, children, something has got to give. I am ready to do this I tell myself and I logged on to the website and loaded all my information and it was there that changed my life.
I hit goal weight of 150 pounds on July 22, 2009, two days after my 30th birthday. And even today I am weighing in right around 136-139 pounds. On Oct 3 2009 I ran my first half marathon in two hour 32 minutes, out of 2000 runners I placed 1134. This year I am already registered to walk a 5k on Sept 18, 2010 with a great group of friends I met at my local Y. I have even become friends with trainers and we all work out together and push each other. I work out 6 days a week and lift weights 5 days a week. Also, on Sept 25, 2010 I am running a half marathon in my dad honor as it falls directly on his birthday. Then on Oct 16, 2010 I will run another half marathon
I have lost a total of 142 pounds. I have lost over half of me. In Jan 2010 I lost my father to a heart attack that was most likely brought on by his serve diabetes at the age of 54. I knew right then and there I had stopped this horrible monster dead in its track. I was not allowing it to get me or my children.
There are many people I give credit to for my success. First and foremost, my husband who put up with me during the grumpy times, the times I was withdrawing from sugar overload. Second of all my children, who stuck with me and even ran with me or rode their bikes alongside me to encourage me. The family members who had to listen to I can’t eat that it has too many calories in it; I need my scale I got to weigh my food. The hundreds of friends who supported me and understood when I didn’t want to have a get together for the fear of over eating. Lastly, the black team from myfitnesspal who picked me up when I was down, who encouraged me to keep going, the ones I cried to who truly understood what I was going through, the ones that said Tamara it’s worth it.
I am proud to say that as I sit here and tell my story my mom has since joined me on this journey. On Monday evening I have even started a walking group at 5 pm. My life couldn’t be more perfect.

As you can tell they took this essay and re worded it fo a 15 second spt, but it worked so I am happy. Off to run 4 miles with trainer then an awesome 6 mile run with bobbie tonight..Hope everyone is having an awesome day!!

Bobbie- Love you girlie, keep your head up, its almost over!!!

Good tuesday mornig everyone..what a fabulous hard workout day I had yesterday,all so worth it.. I am proud of myself for not giving up ir giving in when I thought the pain was gonna carry me away..

Deneen glad to see you are here..

Bobbie-Awesome awesome run!!!

Jessica- How did the machanic go?

Kim- Did you have a good weekend??

Shari- I know your in mexico living it up, just wanted to give you a shoot out!!

Marcie- How was work?

Meon tap today cardio from 5-620 then home to get kiddos off to school doing some business paperwork, then back to the gym at 830 to lift with personal trainer, then home for more cleaning..I didnt get as much done yesterday as I wanted to, i had to keep toteing parts to my husband that he was forgetting,oh well,you gotta do what you gotta do..

Drinking my coffee and eating my frecnh toast, I actually added another piece of toast since I was only eating 130 calories before a 750 calories burn.. I hope everyone has an awesome day!!!

Good morning and Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope everyone is off to a great start today. I know that I am! I had a fantastic run with Tamara yesterday. I did not run the whoel time, but I did not walk very much. I think maybe 5 or 6 minutes the whole time. I can totally live with that. I had a great night last night. I finished my picture projects and I got to talk to my wonderful hubby. It was great. I was actually in bed around 10:30 last night. It was so nice.

I got up at 4:30 and went for a 30 minute run. It was absolutely perfect for a run this morning. The weather is so nice. There is a nice crispness in the air and you know fall is coming. The sky was a beautiful blue and even though it was cloudy, it was full of stars. I could feel my DH all around me. He was up getting ready for classes while I was running. We woke up at the same time in different time zones and I can feel him tell me "Good Morning Beautiful" still. Oh how wonderfu it is.

Today I work and then I have a few errands. I might try to get in a Jillian video tonight, but that all depends on how long the errands take.

Tamara - I am very proud of you and us for our runs. I have a bum knee and a huge blister ro prove how good we did. lol

Marcie - I love the new profile shot.

Jessica - You have to love the DH's bright ideas sometimes.

Deneen - How are you? Come back to us.

We need ot get this post going again ladies. Do not give up on us. I feel like we are losing momentum and people on here. Attention all you lurkers...Come out Come out where ever you are!

Have a great day everyone.