Hey ya'll. I haven't read all the posts yet, but Susan's hand caught my attention...I love the pics you find!!
I really need to do the drinking game...lol with water. so I'm in!!

Mom and I are off the find some varnish for an unfinished bookcase I bought...

I will try to catch up on reading the posts later, have a wonderful weekend everyone!!

Hi Ladies,

My goal is no caloric drinks between Monday and Saturday... I will allow myself one unsweetened ice tea ( with 1 or 2 packets of normal white sugar - not taking any chances with the blue yellow pink or brown packets, based on my major life event in 2010 - real deal or nothing for me) on Fri when I go out to lunch with a friend....(after helping her organize a part of the church for the thift store - I can already fill the calorie burn as I type):laugh:

Thanks again Susan for the idea:flowerforyou:

I will do my zumba on Monday

I will go for a 2 or 3 mile jog on Thursday (since no work on Friday)...:smokin:

I'm thinking about going to church on Wed to see a movie with the ladies from my church group ... but will probably not... popcorn soda and candy oh my.... plus early up on Thurs for work... (wouldn't even be getting home from church until about 10 pm and that's just too late of a night... esp since I leave for work about 7 am)... :bigsmile:

And since church is on the way home from work...that would mean leaving my house at 7 am and not getting home until 10 pm... just thinking about the logistics is making me tired.....:) :noway: :noway:

See you all soon,

Carol:flowerforyou:

Ok, 16 oz. water down, so far.... 16 oz. of cucumber /watermelon water down....equals 32 oz.. 4-6 cups to go...I'm Thinking about blending up some strawberry/ cucumber water.

yippee!!!

i am yippee-ing because I thought I was flunking the challenge... then I saw Susan's post about the bottles of water... and since I drink bottled water, I grabbed one and looked at how much is in it (500ml) then converted it to ounces... and each bottle is 16 oz. which is two cups per bottle.... so I'm NOT flunking after all LOL... hahahahahahaaaaaaaa so thanks Susan - i'm on track phew!!

lol @ Gail - I dunno... I live in the city - nobody has "ride on" mowers cept the mansion owners on the outskirts... most are electric or gas powered here so that would be my vote lol..

an awesome job on the hydration today as well, T2!!

Just finished dinner and am falling asleep on my feet (and it's only 630pm ol)... going to try to head out for a stroll aroun the hood before the thunderbangers hit!

Susan I'm just BARELY keeping my head above water even after realizing each bottle was "2 cups LOL!! Im on my 4th for the day but I'm just thrilled I'm not failing like I first thought when I figured each bottle was a cup lolol!!

AWESOME job on yur water - and love keeping with the theme an the water aerobis!! i'm heading for bed when I'm done this bottle.. keeping in mind Tammys "it doesn't have to be all or nothing" reminder, I was falling asleep in the chair and decided even tho I didn't have it in me to do a long walk, a 40 min stroll after dinner WAS doable... so I hoofed it out and got one in... but I'll probably be treading water in my sleep with all the sloshing going on inside me lol!! Hpe you have fun at the class!!

Nite nite!

Snoozie / Susan...

Great job on the water.... but since I drink so much I have 3 thermos water bottles and I fill each one off the fridge - over ice
That way it's nice and cold - (and gives me 9 glasses of water since each is 24 oz):drinker:

The only thing is that when I wear side zip pants... "can be an issue"... lol...

Susan - great job on still getting in the exercise even when the instructor wasn't there and you were not feeling great...hope you feel better sooner rather than later

Snoozie - I love that you did something when you thought it had to be "all or nothing".... I'll use that mantra when I go for a walk thru my town this weekend (traffic and crooked sidewalks don't seem like the smartest move)...

Gail - when you and Mom are done, please come to Jersey....my home office needs your help...:laugh:

This Friday I'll be working at my church - we have a thrift store - so the lady that runs it and I will be "organizing" and making room for more items to sell....(and allowing our Associate Pastor the ability to get to his office without tripping over everything) ... So I'll definitely be getting a calorie burn there...

6 glasses down... and no soda today...:happy: but somehow cheetos found me...:laugh:

See you ladies later

Carol:flowerforyou:

Carol, leave the door un latched, we will swing by this weekend...I should let you know, I have no problem throwing way other people's things that they haven't used in a while...it's just my stuff, I can't part with ....cause "I'm gonna' do something with that!"

Gail,

The door is open, come on in - just watch out for my favorite PITA - start with him and we'll go from there...:bigsmile:
As for my stuff... same thought process.....:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I saw your note earlier... thoughts and prayers...

Susan,

Stay inside, drink your water:drinker: cause its :smokin: hot....:glasses:

Snoozie,

Don't float away...

See you all soon...:flowerforyou:

Carol

I have been MIA a lot lately. Hoping to get my head on straight again and focus. In the meantime, I read this on Spark People and thought it fit nicely with this group. I believe it is definitely on track with what I have found... Does it Take a Village to Maintain Weight Loss? We all have heard that it takes a village to raise a child, but what about weight? Does it take a village to lose it? Does it take a village to maintain it? My answer is yes, absolutely. And you are my Village. How many people here have lost weight only to leave the village and lose their focus and gain it all back? And when they decide they have to start over, what happens? The village doesn't judge, they don't ask "How could you let this happen", they just open their arms and accept the person back. We have probably all been on that roller coaster of weight loss and weight gain. We have felt discouraged, frustrated, disgusted. We have let ourselves down. We sometimes don't think we can ever get to the end of the journey of weight loss, and you know what, the journey never ends. Each day you wake up, you get to make many choices for the day. What am I going to wear? What am I going to eat? How am I going to react to my family, my coworkers, my boss? Remember that you and only you are in charge of how you react. You are not in charge of other people and what they are going to do or say, so you have to choose how you are going to feel when you react to different situations. Don't let other people make choices for how you are going to eat. If you are upset, go for a 10 minute walk if you can. Don't walk to the kitchen and eat, we all know it won't make you feel better, it will only make you feel worse. And when the day comes that you have made it to goal weight, don't consider the journey over, don't leave our Village. Stay here and be part of the Village for the rest of your life. Stay for the support and the encouragement and for the friendship. Is it time-consuming or maybe annoying to always track, maybe, but in the whole scheme of things, it is a small thing we do to stay on track and stay focused on the journey. I am glad that this is my Village and my friends are here every day. So enjoy your Village and if you do decide to leave because you are bored with it, you know that we will always be here if you want to come home!

Car is loaded up and swinging by the basement...Whew!!, finished at Carol's .....you wouldn't believe the M& M wrappers that were stuffed in a certain office...not mentioning any names...

Right back at ya....:glasses: :laugh: :bigsmile:

Tanya... quick send the liquor or swing by Jersey... we'll have a party with Gail....:drinker:

:bigsmile: Welcome to all our new friends in the group!! Just jump right in, with any thing you want to talk asbout. Snoozie :bigsmile: or one of us usually sets up a monthly post to post on..so come on over!!


Ok, Susan, after we get through at Tonya's, we will need a bit of rest!! To many empty bottles..:drinker: :drinker: .Swinging by to pick up Snoozie, She better know we're not going out to Arizona with her,Carol or Tammy !! And any one else, just jump on when I come to a slow roll!! Oh, yea, my car is a bit small, so you better bring some of those stretch things to tie ya'll on....or duct tape!! it holds anything@!!:bigsmile: :bigsmile:


I'm not doing the best with the water...I usually get in 4 or 5. I agree with Purplelogic. It can be tricky getting in that much water. Some people don't expell it too quickly..either..it likes to hang around...

Have a blessed day! I am at work for a few hours...then it's on to the ROAD TRIP!!:bigsmile:

:sad: I'm not sure I get to go on the trip - I flunked the hydration challenge this week!!

I tried, but I did not make my personal goal of the 4-5 bottles (8-10 cups) every day... but I did discover like Susan said, it made me realize just how dehydrated I really am!! I know when I saw that kineisiologist for those tests last year he told me then I was dehydrated and to up the water... sigh..... and this challenge proved I need to seriously make sure I get enough in me... I did increase my intake this week thanks to the challenge, but know I didn't make it at least 2 days so I get an "F" :sad:

On the positive side, this challenge TOTALLY made me realize the importance of really working at this aspect of my health, so I will take that and RUN with it!! it appears I may be RUNNING alongside gails car - both for flunking and cause there's no room lolol...

Did a longggggg walk along the lake this morning; beautiful day and i'm off to my sisters to continue packing then going to drive her to a friends surprise party - that way she can party hearty and i'll dogsit at her place til she's done and be th designated driver home again!! She has a lovely deck so me and my book and my CASE of WATER are gonna be with me lol

have a great weekend everyone!

Patrice,

Thanks for the words or wisdom. Like Susan's post at the beginning of the month I let my head get in the way of what I need to do. I do keep coming back and hopefully I can continue on the downward trend that I am on currently.

Have a great week everyone and there is going to be a 4th of July party in Woodstock like no other! Bring your beverage of choice and if you don't mind sleeping on an air mattress or bed....which ever is available when you get here, we will have a grand time. Rick is firing up the grills and the smoker with lamb, chicken, pork and beef. We even have some shrimp and Mahi as well.

Been busy the last couple of weeks but I would update from another post a made

When I went to the doctor last week while I had lost 19 lbs. they said I had gained 1 1/2 lbs. of fat and they weren't sure, but it looked like I lost 5 or 6 lbs. of muscle. They are very insistent that I eat three complete meals a day, so I am trying to do that. They also said I only need to be riding my bike 2 miles 4 times a week. They suspect that for the amount of exercise I was doing that I was not eating enough. So I am only going to ride what they suggested this week and doing my 10,000 steps a day and see how the numbers look this month. They said I had a lot of fluid that first month is why they couldn't be sure about the muscle numbers, but that they will be able to tell more this month. Going to do their suggestions and see what happens.

Hoping for better results, Tammy