Beautiful Blues 11/1/10

I would love to get involved with your group as far as weightloss goes. The competitive factor helps so much!!! Please let me know if that's possible or if it's too late. Thanks!

arorra you are welcome to join! Just send your weight in to MayLan every Friday morning to get on the chart and join in on our conversation!

Well drum roll please.... It is a boy!

All healthy... he is a stubborn one though kept laying in wierd positions making it difficult to see what the techs were wanting to see. We are going to announce to our family tomorrow with cupcakes with a blue filling. It's going to be a lot of fun! Everything definitely is more real--although now I feel the need to find a name, which is never easy for me!

Have a great holiday everyone! Don't eat too much candy, just a few pieces...:bigsmile:

bumping for later

Good morning Blues,

smadag: have a great time tonight

So my weekend was interesting. I won a trip to Punta Cana for two. I'm trying to find out who I am going to take with me now. Seeing as the only person that really popped into my mind was my ex, I am now trying to find some people that are available to go with me when I can go. Conflicting school/work schedules. I now have more motivation to get back on track.

My goal for this week is to get more vegetables and fruit in daily. My body has been lacking significantly and I am starting to feel it.

Good morning team! GEEZ....I can't believe how bad I have been about checking in and stuff. It has been crazy in our little lives! Hopefully this week will prove to be much better!

Had a great week-end. Spent last watching my 2 youngest, my brother and my husband, scaring the crap out of the little ones as they came to our door! They had a great time. And of course some of the girls would just scream to have the boys chase them. HA! It was fun.

My goal this week is to make smart choices. I have not been doing that and it is going to be tough with all the left over candy here at the office and at home. OH....myself and the other 2 girls in my office dressed as Alvin and the Chipmunks on Friday. It was a hoot. They have a Treat Street for all the kids around the downtown businesses. They loved us and most knew who we were!

Well....here's to everyone having a great Monday!

Ann

Congrats debnu! So happy for you.

Chrissy - hope you feel better soon.

Ann - welcome back!

arrora - welcome to the group!

To everyone else - sending happy thoughts your way for a fabulous week!

My first day back to work with the students was today (Friday was a workday). Overall, not too bad. One student was out, so we'll see how it goes when he comes back. Teaching students with special needs is definitely a challenge!

Hope you all have a great week! Don't know how often I'll be checking in with it being my first week back and all, but I'll be thinking of you guys!

Christy

debnu- Congrats!! And what a cute idea to do cupcakes with blue frosting in the middle - I love it! Here's to his health and happiness! (And yours!) :drinker:

smadag- I've always wanted to try Zumba, I'm glad you had a good time. All the classes in NYC seem so expensive, I've yet to find one that I can just test if I like it or not.

tigermom- Alvin and the chipmunks sounds amazing! Definitely one of the best costumes I've heard about!

maneyes- Punta Cana! Lucky lucky lucky! And whoever you chose to go with you will be thrilled, no worries!

arrora- Welcome! It's never too late! Glad to have you!

cah - I have a few friends who work with special needs children and they always talk about the challenges but gush about the rewards. Hopefully you get some of those rewards soon - you are doing a GREAT thing. It takes a really special person to work where you are.


Halloween weekend was crazy and wonderful. Was down in DC for the Rally to Restore Sanity and had a hard time eating well until I found an Au Bon Pain which was wonderful. It was still a great day and I met lots of amazing people. Sunday I went trick or treating with a family I work for. The four year old girl was an angel and the cutest thing and the 7 year old boy was Gene Simmons from Kiss and he got TONS of compliments. Halloween on the Upper East Side is CRAZY. Kids as far as the eye can see trying to make it up to packed doorways for a piece of candy. I kept thinking the four year old was going to be crushed but she seemed to be enjoying herself so I tried not to hover. It made me miss my suburban trick or treating though, that's for sure.

Managed to stay away from the candy - just a small packet of candy corn a mom gave me for returning her lost kid (there was a lot of that). Oh and the best costume I saw - a 2 year old dressed as curious George sitting on the shoulders of her dad as the Man in the Yellow Hat. Adorable.

Happy November! Here's to a clean start for a whole new month! I'm starting the Slim in Six program. Anyone done it before?

Thanks for all the congrats! As far as the cupcakes go I thought I was being somewhat original and then come to find out my cousin who is due a month ahead of me did the same idea. Go figure...Way to still my thunder.... Or I guess I copied them without knowing it. It was fun though. We frosted the tops blue and pink and made everyone choose before they ate it. The problem was that I can't talk about the baby without saying he--so I kinda gave it away to a couple people. :ohwell:

Here's another fun quote! “You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” - Joe Sabah

get some pepper spray for the dogs...I wouldn't run near them either

I really miss running like I was - hopefully a couple more rest days and my back will be up for it. Hoping to walk at least 3 days this week.

smadag - I never ran in the rain until a week of it hit the city and I finally got fed up and went out when it was drizzling. I have to say that it was my best running experience ever. I usually run in central park which is a mob scene but in the rain it was just hard core runners and it made me feel like I was in some sort of special club. It totally boosted my confidence in running and I don't regret it - even if dealing with my soaking running shoes was a bit annoying for the next few days.

Today I'm going out to eat with my boyfriend because we've been like ships passing in the night lately, only seeing each other when we are both exhausted at bed time. I've saved up 800 calories but I'm going to want to have some wine too so I'm going to go do some slim in six videos. I'm still on Start it Up! but I might add the ab workout as well for extra calories to help with tonight.

Hope everyone is getting on track and staying motivated!

oh, and for chrissyh:

Chrissy I want to know were you got the pink pepper spray

If the rain stays away for the rest of today I will go out tonight before it gets dark I promise and I always keep my promises

I found mine at D!ck's Sporting goods. It's called Hot Pink Mace Defense Spray - about the size of a lipstick and a half

Great job on the ruN!

I just got back from boot camp. We did the P90X plyometrics today and it took us about an hour. The HRM said I burned roughly 700 calories but that sounds high. I currently weigh 161 and I am 5'3" tall. Anybody have experience with HRM's and know if this sounds right? Thanks!

Ann...Good luck with the play. That sounds fun.

Smadag...Hope you find a good place to run.

Chrissy...Hope your back feels better soon. I am going to get some of the pepper spray too. Thanks!

Maylan...Have fun at volleyball. I love burning calories when I am having fun doing it!