Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Robin- I'm praying for you! I hope the surgery goes very well and that the neurological stuff has a solution. ****HUGS**** :flowerforyou:

KJeffries- Wow! Nice loss of weight and inches!

Laurie- Oh, bummer about your bike brake and not getting outside. Hope that nice weather shows up again for your spring break, especially since now you're ready to ride and get your running miles up! It will be so much easier to get up to 3 miles again if the sunshine cooperates.

Tom- Feel Better Soon!

I have no idea if my husband has a big plan for what we'll be doing this weekend....he has taken care of booking us a hotel room for Saturday night. We're just staying somewhere near our home. There is a celebration going on at the hospital that cosponsored the weight loss challenge group that we were part of for the last three months, so we may stop by there. They have a trainer that is going to lead a few fifteen minute work-outs...and tonight my husband asked if I wanted to go to the gym with him on Saturday morning before we go to the hotel. Yay for spouses getting healthy together! We haven't worked out together in a long time (he works out with his buddy from work, I work out with my friend from college), so it may even be kind of romantic....in its own strange way. Last February, we won a silent auction basket for a school fundraiser with several gift certificates to local restaurants and we haven't used any of them yet, so I know we'll be choosing one of them for dinner out on Saturday night.

Now here's a funny from this evening:
I was going to go to the gym, but my friend canceled. So, I went home because the weather was gorgeous and I decided I would go for a run outside instead. I got home and was instantly attacked by my family. The kids were both clamoring to tell me about their day. In fact, I couldn't even get into the livingroom. They had me trapped in the entry way! :laugh: After I got through talking to them (and made my way into the actual house), my husband began a long rant about some negative things that are happening on a church committee that he is serving on. I patiently listened, and then he asked me to proof-read this email message that he was planning on sending to our pastor regarding all the problems. So, I sat down and started doing that...and thought, 'When am I going to get my run in already? I should've just went solo to the gym after work!' :grumble:
Finally, I told my very appreciative husband that I was going for a jog while he finished dinner. Changed clothes, threw on my running shoes, turned on my tunes, and I was off. At last!
Well, the jog was not going the greatest. I kept plugging along, but wasn't feeling it. I decided to turn around early, and started heading back to my house. As I was getting closer to my neighborhood, I thought, 'Don't quit! Turn here and add some length to this sad jog, anyway.' So, I turned right, and added a loop around the block just before my neighborhood. I almost never go this way. So, there I am. Red-faced. Panting. Frustrated. Tired. Hungry. Plodding along in my slow shuffle jog. (For an idea of my pace, just listen to most any Michael Buble song.)
Up ahead, I spy an older woman with white hair getting out of her car. She is standing by the curb and she's watching me. As I get closer, she starts clapping!! With a huge smile on her face, she yells, "Good for you! That is GREAT! You're doing wonderful!"

My. Own. Personal. Cheerleader?? A complete stranger. An angel? :huh:

Let me tell you, there was a renewed spring in my step! I pushed a little harder. (Moving from Buble pace to Billy Joel, New York State of Mind pace...:laugh: ...I'm still slow, remember?) The run ended 100 times better than it would have had she not happened to be getting out of her car at that moment, and if I hadn't decided at the last minute to change my route! :happy:

April Renaissance:

1. Under calories: 6/30
2. Wall sit: 6/30, 50 sec.
3. Forearm Plank: 6/30, 30 sec.

Hi guys,
Sorry I've been MIA, college is kicking my but these days. I've been keeping up with exercise and staying in my calorie limit, but I haven't lost for 3 weeks. I'm wondering if there's something wrong, but I'm going to keep trucking and hope I start losing soon.

I got given two job offers and have a third waiting on Friday. However, my former first choice (which insinuated that they would pay me back for rent on an apartment during my internship) now says I'll have to do a homestay. I am so reluctant to put myself in a situation where I can't cook my own food, decide my own schedule or get enough sleep, that I might not take it. I'm not sure if that's a terrible move. I'lll email them tomorrow.

I hope everyone is well. Not caught up, but I will this weekend!

Thursday Truth: I'm approaching a point of being exhausted and frustrated and my family is suffering for it. I laid in bed for a long time last night thinking about it and figuring out how to get it all in. I know from past experience that early morning workouts don't work for me, so in order for this to be a lifestyle change, I have to work around that. I feel like I never see my kids as I'm headed to the gym or an activity almost every night. I've decided that I'm going to ask my boss for a change in schedule. I absolutely need to have 40 hours a week (those bills don't care if I need more time with my kids) so I'm going to see if I have some flexibility with my work hours. Not sure what that will all be, but we'll see.

@Kelley...My perfect temps are mid 70's, which we had yesterday. We get some scorchers in the summer, but not as consistantly as you. I wouldn't do well in the south. :bigsmile:

@Ushkii...you are just rockin' it!!!

@Tom...been there, done that. Sorry that you are sick, hope the shot and pills work fast for you.

@KJeffries...whoo-hoo on the inches! That is a great loss!

@Laurie...Sorry about the bike, but like you said, lesson learned.

@Hansea...LOVE IT!!! There are definitely moments that we all need someone cheering for us (this thread is great for that!).

@Robin...I think those tomato pots sound cute, creative and I'm sure all your neighbors will love it (and hopefully tomatoes later).

@L2T...A. the loss of 23 since they saw you was pretty big. B. Toning is such a major thing and makes our outward body look so much better. Congrats! And amen to looking at the big picture.

AFM...made it to water aerobics last night and can tell that the trainer workout hit a new group of muscles. The great thing about being in the water is it makes it a bit better while doing it. Although this morning, you'd have thought I was 40 years older and suffering from osteoporisis. :laugh: By the time I went to the bathroom and got settled at my desk, I was back to "normal." Although normal today is having some severe butt pain as the many lunges we did on Tuesday are coming back to haunt me. I'm looking forward to today. I have volunteered to cook and serve at The Banquet tonight (serves food to the under privelaged). My company has been a backer of this for as long as I have been employed, but I was never able to serve previously as it was during hours that I had to be in charge of my kids. That's one advantage of them getting older, they can take care of themselves while I serve.


April Goals:
30 Day Plank – 8/30 (40 seconds)
Remember why I want to do this!!!
Drinking my water – 6/30
Calorie intake – 7/30 (missed yesterday by 112)

This week’s activity goals:
Monday – Cake Decorating class DONE
Tuesday – Gym with Trainer DONE
Wednesday – Water Aerobics DONE
Thursday – Cooking and Serving at The Banquet (I’ll be on my feet from 1-7:30 --- I think that’ll be enough)
Friday – Gym with sister
Saturday – Cantata practice, Jacob is at a music festival and then I’m helping with an Easter event at church…no time for a formal workout
Sunday – gym with sister

Well, I didn't get my vacuuming done (again) yesterday, but was able to accomplish everything else (apparently, I REALLY hate to vacuum :devil: Actually probably had something to do with leaving at 5:30 and not getting home until 10:30).

Goals for today:
**stay under calorie goal
**drink my water
**go to bed by 10:00

Greetings my dears.

This week is going much better than it was. I overate yesterday and the day before. I'm not even really sure why...I felt hungry, and I wasn't able to quench that hunger. I'm sure it was partial boredom, and partial me not eating the right things to fix that. Unfortunately, my two days of bad eating apparently pissed my body off because as of this morning I was up 4 pounds...now I can understand maybe a pound or even two...but 4? Right when I wake up? Serious irritation.

Today, however, I had a berry protein shake this morning.
Some subway for lunch post workout.
And I think I'll have some soup for dinner.

I went to the gym this morning and burned about 1000 cals. Mega-workout. Did the bike, strength training, the arc trainer, and then walked. And I STILL could've kept going, but I had to get to work. boohiss. I'm really hoping that the workout kicks my body's *kitten* and I get back to the 209 I was at on Monday.

I still won this round of the dietbet I'm part of...got another $30, so I'm up to about $60. I paid about $90 to be part of the game, so I have 3 more rounds. If I get another $30 for each round, I'll have won $30 total, which is still a plus.

I think it’s been a week since I’ve checked in and boy have I missed this thread! It’s taken me two days to squeeze in the time to catch up on the comings and goings and such of everyone.
I have been dealing with shin splints since last Wednesday/Thursday. I rested through the weekend and hit the gym on Monday, which is weight training and about 30 minutes of walking on the treadmill. I forced through about 15 minutes on the treadmill before I decided I didn’t want to get stuck at the gym not being able to walk home. (We live in a rental community that contains 5 different complexes. The gym is in the complex on the opposite side of the community from mine so walking back and forth makes for a nice warm up and cool down.)

So, since Tuesday is treadmill only (60 minutes) I decided to rest the shin splint again and just do some leisure walking around the apartment. The Color Run is just 4 weeks away and I want to be healthy enough to finish it, even if it means I have to scrap my goal of finishing under an hour. Anyway, Tuesday night my daughter and I are watching the nightly news before turning in and we see not just our community on the news, but the clubhouse building where our gym is located! Reporters were standing directly in front of the gym talking about a tragedy that took place earlier that evening (the same time I WOULD have been at the gym). Apparently, 2 ½ year old twin baby girls drown in the pool adjacent to the clubhouse/gym. So very, very sad! Their apartment was poolside and while the parents were sleeping, they left the apartment, walked down the stairs and went to the pool. The latch locks on the pool gate were broken (hope my rent doesn’t go up because of THAT pending lawsuit!) Two visitors from out of town saw them upon entering the pool area and immediately attempted to resuscitate to no avail. Both those precious babies died. I am so very glad I was not at the gym Tuesday evening!! I would not have wanted to witness that tragedy AT ALL!

Last night there were reporters there again. I did my weight training and walked my 30 minutes (pretty much pain free - YAY!) on the treadmill and boogied out of there.

@Robin – I am sorry to hear about your pending surgery, but I hope it is the beginning of the end for your health woes!

@Nettie – your progress pics, AWESOME!! Keep it up! I am about 3 pounds away from my first set of progress pictures.

@Susan – I know you are excited about your cruise! Wave “hi” to me as you move in and out of Port Everglades in Ft Lauderdale!

@Tom – feel better soon!

@ushkii – you and your wife are doing awesome, keep it up!

@Aimee – I can so relate to the gain after a few bad days. I actually had two bad meals and gained the 2.2 I had lost last week. So this week it looks like I will have lost those same 2.2 pounds again.

I wish I had more time for more personals but my work day is almost over and I need to tie up my loose ends so I can leave on time tonight.

Until next time; wishing everyone peace, love and weight loss!!

Found this thread, can't wait to participate :flowerforyou:

No time for personals this evening. Will try to catch up in the morning. Thursday truth. I am the only one who can say No and make the right choices. "Hubby decided to "treat" me to a meal to celebrate my weight loss. I could have chosen Outback (pricey) or Mexican or he said anywhere I pleased. Chose Mexican and while I only went over 258 calories for the day, I feel stuffed, couldn't complete my entire walk and wish I had made a better choice.

On the positive side, I have DONE Wii each day and increased the exercises today. Am also keeping up with Lumosity training. Just so stressed out from all I need to do. Did get PT & Dental appmts made today, booked hotel for Seattle and just need to hear from the Travel Agent to decide whether to stay over in Victoria BC fro a few days.

Lots of problems with neck. Finished The Rosie Project. It was so funny, cant wait for movie to come out.

Today, was a busy day but a good day. My class was cut short tonight in honor of spring break so that meant I was able to go socialize with the meet up group. It was a very nice social outing again and I did enjoy the opportunity to get out with other people.

Hansea- Yeah for the 'angle" cheering you on for the run. It is great when people do that and it is so inspiring.

Truth-Nothing major to report. I am looking forward to the weekend and spring break so I can be outside soaking up the vitamin D.

Thursday truth: I spent a lot of time today cleaning. DH cleans up after meals, but what he really does is load and unload the dishwasher. That means that the stove and counters don't get cleaned as often they should. Anyway I got the kitchen cleaned and the floor mopped. Then I cleaned up a bunch of flat surfaces. I have an area by my recliner that is affectionately known as my nest. I cleaned up the remainders of several projects and threw away a bunch of catalogues. I love throwing away the Woman Within & Roman's catalogues because I can't wear their clothes. I couldn't vacuum because Keith fell asleep while watching TV. He never naps and I didn't want wake him up. All in all, a satisfying day. I have the taxes ready to mail, too.
I had to walk alone tonight. Everyone else was busy. I walked 3.6 miles.
Ushkii-I am enjoying following your progress as you and you wife get this healthier lifestyle figured out. You are doing great.
Laurie-Enjoy your spring break.
RobinB-Good to hear from you. So sad about the babies! Glad your shin splints are better.
Hansea-Enjoy your weekend.
Have a productive Friday. Onward and downward. Kaye

Ok folks, here I am .........really fell off the wagon , but here I am , back again. Tryyyyyyying to climb back on.
It only takes one little bitty teeny tiny change in my life to throw me off kilter.
I can't really pinpoint anything but just slid away. I am proud I had lost even a few pounds and reeeeeally want to
add to the loss. even with being away from MFP I have only gained a couple pounds, which is great !
I am aware of what I am eating and even comment on how many calories something has, then I poke it right on
in my mouth! So beginning this day, I will be back logging every bite even if i go over calories by a zillion.

I have missed all of you. It was hard to keep up with everything on here and now I am seriously out of touch!

Robin.... I hope your medical issues improve soon. I know how not feeling well can affect all parts of life. I must catch up with you so
I know what is happening recently!

Kaye......... I hope to someday see 95 pounds lost by my name! That seems like such a dream! Keep up the good life!

I'll try to catch up with more tomorrow!

Good morning!
I just noticed that MFP censored my previous post about a triple chocolate CHUNK cookie. No idea what kind of typo prompted that! :laugh:

Weber Grill was delicious last night. I ate way too much, but at least a group of us decided to walk the mile and a half back tothe hotel, so burned a few extra calories.

Today the weather is gorgeous!! I'm really hoping for enough time at some point to go run on the lake path. I so rarely have that opportunity.

Heading down to the assembly floor, but I will check back later.

Happy Friday everyone!

I had a really busy day yesterday and didn't get a chance to get on here. I started cleaning at 7:30 and next thing I noticed it was after 12. I stopped to grab lunch, hop in the shower and head to work. After work Brian and I went for another long walk. I was exhausted by 9:30 and ended up calling it a night. I am working in my student's homes today and don't have to head out until 2 today. I plan on doing some more cleaning and laundry before I go out. At some point today I would like to get in some strength training as well.

There is still so much dust all over my house from grinding of the floors. John has 1 last grinding to do next week before putting down the rest of the floors. Yesterday I ended up cleaning the walls and ceilings in the bathroom and laundry room (Laundry room is room off bathroom that you access from inside the bathroom - it's weird.) Then I scrubbed down the bathtub/shower, toilet, sink, lighting, vanity and doors to both the bathroom and laundry room. I did 3 loads of laundry ( shower curtain, towels and kitchen rugs). Then moved everything out of the kitchen, swept both kitchen and bathroom/ laundry room floors and went over with vacuum. Then began mopping. The bathroom floor had to be done 3 x and the kitchen needed to be mopped 4 x. I started to put everything back into the bathroom but ran out of time. Today's goal is to get the bathroom completely set back up and begin to tackle another room (not sure which one yet). This weekends goals are to paint where John patched the walls, dust everything (again), vacuum (again) and bathe the cats. (They feel so gross from all of this.) After John finishes next week I plan on dusting (furniture, walls and ceilings again), vacuuming everything and then shampooing all the rugs. I feel like all I have been doing since this disaster started is clean, clean and clean. I cannot wait to be able to sit down and feel relaxed because my house is back in order. As you can imagine this mess is hitting me, the anal retentive one, pretty hard. I have not had an adult meltdown yet but I feel like I am on the verge of one. I really hope Brian begins to pitch in a bit on the cleaning this weekend or I may lose it. :frown:

KJefferies - (Plugs my ears and yells LALALALALA) Please don't tell me that. I will go crazy if I cannot get this dust under control. It's absolutely disgusting. :sad:

Laurie - Hope you get your break fixed soon so you can get riding. That must have been frustrating when you realized what happened.

Hansea - Reading your post about your run put a huge smile on my face. How wonderful that the woman cheered you on! It must have been a great feeling! Congrats. :flowerforyou:

Robin - Glad to hear they scheduled your surgery date and you have some friends who agreed to help you post surgery. I love your gift that you found in Target. (I love those bins in the front of Target!) The sound like they will be just perfect. I am sure your neighbors will enjoy it.

Rain - I ran into a similar situation where I stopped losing. I did the regular self evaluation: weigh everything (check), log everything (check), staying within my range (check), getting water in (check), exercising (check). Still nothing, that scale wouldn't budge. The only other thing I could think of is my last loss prompted the MFP calorie change message. I allowed it to lower my calories. I ended up bumping mine back up and sure enough after a few days the scale started cooperating again. I would suggest doing the self eval first then maybe try changing up your calories? Good luck to you!

Lives - That is great that your friends complimented you. Even though the scale may not be moving your body is still changing. Sometimes it is often difficult to see changes in ourselves but others notice right away. Keep up the fantastic work. You are doing an amazing job. Congrats on your recent loss!

Tracy - I hope your boss lets you adjust your hours.

Kah - Wahoo for the compliments from your coworkers. It does put things into perspective when you try to lift something that weighs the same as what you lost and struggle to do so. I am always blown away when I lift something roughly 30 lbs. I imagine I will be even more so amazed when I shed more weight.

aimee - Congrats on winning the diet bet!

RobinB - Oh my goodness. My heart goes out to the family of the twins. What a horrible situation.

Katie - Welcome.

Skinny - Glad to hear you are having a good time. Too bad you didn't find the painting first.

Tanya - Sorry to hear about your bad eating day. I hate when days like that happen. LOL good thing you finished them and have no more temptation haunting you!

Humble - Welcome back!

April Renaissance:
I took planks and wall sits off because I have not done them yet and probably at this rate won't get around to doing them. I would like to attempt them at one point but I don't think this is the right time for me.

Protein Goal at least 80 grams: 8/30 days
Exercise goal:9/25 days (Allowing 1 rest day a week)

Exercise goal:
Sunday: Gardening - 2 hours
Monday: Rest Day
Tuesday: Walk with Brian (2.78 mi - 53 minutes) & 1 hour of cleaning construction h*ll
Wednesday: Walk with Brian (3.62 mi - 1 hr and 14 min)
Thursday: Walk with Brian (2.68 mi - 54 minutes) & 5 hours of cleaning construction h*ll
Friday:
Saturday:

Friday fitness: I'm surprised with how well I'm doing with planks. I've missed three days yet I'm up to 45 seconds (granted these are straight arms and not on my elbows)!! The 20 seconds on the 1st and 2nd felt like an eternity and now I just made 45???!!! How crazy is that? It's amazing what our bodies can do if we just push them. My goal is to take every Sunday off and then hit 2 minutes by the 30th. I used to think that was out of reach, but now I'm hopeful.

On the downside of my fitness, I'm pretty sure that I pulled/strained my achilles tendon. Based on where the pain is, that's what it says it is. I'm icing it religously (love flexible ice mats), but I think I'm going to have to replace some of my exercises today during our workout. Probably no curb jumps (that's when I felt it start hurting on Tuesday) and we'll see. My sister really wants to do the workout. I will try each exercise she gave us but if it's not do-able without significant pain, I'll replace it with something else.

@kelley...I've watched the Biggest Loser for years with the last challenge of them having to carry/tow/wear the weight they had lost and it's amazing.

@aimee...that's a REALLY GREAT workout you got in yesterday.

@ushkii...good for you. This has really become just the way you are living -- that's a huge step (I'm not there yet!) :flowerforyou:

@RobinB...that is a horrible tragedy! :frown: Looking at it from afar, the worst part is that it could have been prevented. The complex knew about the broken latch and should have fixed it (I agree with you that I see a future litigation against them). The parents shouldn't be sleeping with such young children up. Unfortunately, it is something they are going to have to live with the rest of their lives.

@KJeffries...I would have picked Outback -- I really miss that place and you can find a steak dinner for about $12 on the menu.

@Tanya...if 200 calories is the worst you've gone over since starting -- you are ROCKIN' IT!!!

@Kaye...I sure wish I would catch your cleaning bug. I'm hoping after the Cantata I'll feel a little more relaxed and then possibly more motivated. :bigsmile: Last year we worked on our Cantata for 4 months. This year, we've only spent about 5 weeks on it, but we are definitely cramming it in. I'm excited to perform it as I think it is such a wonderful message and powerful songs. I told my mom to bring tissues to the service on Sunday

@Laurie...enjoy spring break!

AFM...I got the change. Starting Monday I will be working 7-3:30 Monday through Friday. Right now I work 7:30 - 5 Monday - Thursday and then 7:30 - 12:30 on Fridays. I'm going to really miss my Friday afternoons off, but I think overall this is just a better solution for me and my family.

Yesterday was such a wonderful experience. At The Banquet, we served approximately 310 people. I went and helped prepare the meal (there were 5 of us cooking all day, but at service time we had about 45 folks). We made meatloaf, potatos, gravy and green beans. My arms got a good workout as I mixed a batch of 20 pounds of meatloaf and did all the gravy making (that's a lot of whisking!! :smokin: ) Our church also contributed pans of peach cobbler and bread. It's all served family style so tables were loaded with condiments, dessert etc. Some people served the food. Some cleared tables. Some reset. Some filled water glasses. Amazing organization!!

I told you all that my company has been a backer of this in Sioux Falls for many years. I was talking to them here in Bismarck about that and found out that Bismarck went down and studied the Sioux Falls Banquet and have used it as a blue print for their own program. It was wonderful to see the families especially with young children as you knew that they were getting at least one hot meal a week. They also collect donations and provide food for take home. This week they had tons of veggies, crackers, bread, etc. It changes each week and while I didn't get to see it directly (I was too busy serving up the meatloaf), they said you can see excitement when there is something extra special (sometimes a candy bar even finds its way there). I'm excited to do it again when my son can come volunteer with me. You have to be in 7th grade before you can help out, but I know it's going to be a great experience for him. Not only helping others, but recognizing just how lucky we really are.

Yesterday I wanted to go to bed before 10:00. I didn't quite make that, but was in bed by 10:30 and actually feel so much better. Amazing how you feel when you treat your body well. Huh? :blushing:

April Goals:
30 Day Plank – 8/30 (45 seconds)
Remember why I want to do this!!!
Drinking my water – 7/30
Calorie intake – 7/30 (missed again yesterday --- focus Tracy)

This week’s activity goals:
Monday – Cake Decorating class DONE
Tuesday – Gym with Trainer DONE
Wednesday – Water Aerobics DONE
Thursday – Cooking and Serving at The Banquet (I’ll be on my feet from 1-7:30 --- I think that’ll be enough) DONE
Friday – Gym with sister
Saturday – Cantata practice, Jacob is at a music festival and then I’m helping with an Easter event at church…no time for a formal workout
Sunday – gym with sister

Goals for today:
**stay under calorie goal
**drink my water
**Movie night with my kids
**plan meals and grocery shop for two weeks
**gather all required documents for mortgage application

Have a wonderful Friday and a great weekend!!

Happy Friday all. I have had a fairly good week and been keeping somewhat busy. I have got out to walk the dogs everyday for varying lengths of time depending on how my ankle is feeling. I went and did some grocery shopping with my mom this morning and picked up a nice ham they had on sale so i decided to make a ham dinner for the whole family tonight.

Robin I am happy to hear they have been able to start figuring out the root of the problems you have been having. I know surgery is scary but sounds like you have a pretty good dr. I was so mad when i heard about your insurance not covering the hospital stay you should have. I really hate the medical feild sometimes. I wish I lived closer I would definitley come help you out. :flowerforyou:

It sounds like everyone else is trucking along pretty well so heres to hoping we all keep up the good work:drinker: :drinker: Have a great day everyone.

I really don't know what kind of funk I was in yesterday, except that I thought back and realized I had been hungry the last 2 days. That might have triggered it. Anyway, new day and it was much better. There were cakes in the lunchroom again and I passed it up easily. I kicked butt at physio... Boxing punches mixed with squats, jumping jacks, sit ups. Ended up doing 100 of each (200 squats-- they are so easy now!) in between rounds of boxing. It was so much fun, better than walking top incline on a treadmill for sure.

I also have many NSV's to share, which are adding to my mood today after last night's binge...

Body fat dropped 2.2% down to 45%
Muscle massed increased to 114.4 lb from 110 .2 lb
Visceral fat rating down one point and just point above "safe" range.
BMI down to 37.6 from 38.1
I can feel my triceps again, they are big!
My neck, chin and shoulders are thinning.
I have not eaten above my TDEE since I started MFP... Just realized that today. Every time I eat over calories I think I am going to gain weight, but if still eating below TDEE, that reality is impossible. I have to keep that in my mind.
I seriously have to go shopping for new jeans and yoga pants, they are so loose in the butt and waist.

Laurie: enjoy your spring break!

Kaye: yay for having your taxes done. Mine are not going to get done despite me giving myself today as my deadline. I am procrastinating big time, and my excuse is that Canada Revenue Agency has shut down their filing site because of that huge internet security virus... "Bleed" something or other. I'm now telling myself that I will do them the day they have the site back up and running safely.

Robin... Your needs come first. I hope that this surgery fixes any/some of the problems you've been dealing with lately. I don't think I could deal with something like what you are going through, you are so strong!

Humble: welcome back, that's half the battle.

Lives: congrats on the loss. I see patterns with my weight too, and can expect when the drop is going to come. For me it's usually every Saturday... And that's tomorrow!:happy:

Nettie: that's exactly what I was thinking when I started eating them, and that's why I finished them :ohwell:

Aimee: meal planning is my saving grace, probably why I have been able to lose consistently this time. If I don't plan my meals for the week I go off the rails very quickly. I am lazy and tired when I get home from work and tend to fall back into old habits.

Tlh: well done on the planks! I would love to see you get up to 2 min... I think my best time is 40 or 45 seconds. If you want a challenge later on, do alternating planks from forearms to straight arms, no pausing in between. Just up, down, up... Start with a set of 10, then increase sets. It really shows your strength. As for the Achilles strain, I had one before Christmas... Quite painful. Thankfully it's healed now.

Susan: enjoy your vacation!! Im on vacation too, but just staying around home... Maybe take a few day trips or hikes with my BF (he's on vacation too!)

Ah, yes... I almost forgot. I am taking an exercise break next week while on vacation. No strength training, DVD's, squats or lunges. Just walking or hiking. Due to my DOMS, I should be waking up pain free by Tuesday or Wednesday. I am really looking forward to letting my body rest and recover, I've put it through a lot in the past 9 months or so.