Hi Carly, hi all. Sipping water and breathing heavily after my morning march and housework. Later hoping to get DH out for Badminton: The Wife's Revenge. No plans really for today again. I want to go strawberry picking and we still haven't, I read morning is the best time and we were too slow this morning so hopefully Monday before the season ends! Saturday it is just me and Dean but we are skyping with my brother in the UK so not going anywhere, we can bike after I guess. Sunday I am thinking a walk along the lake, a picnic and playing pooh sticks along the little stream there. Might see if DH fancy's visiting his parents and bringing something for the bbq for supper. My back is hurting today after last night's mammoth badminton evening lol. DH makes me stretch and lunge and my back is not happy, no twinges that signal serious issues, just that aching pain from muscles not usually used. Instead of war wounds I have exercise wounds.

Good morning peeps!! Hope that this finds each of you having a fantastic day. It looks like today is going to be the last day I get to keep the windows open and the AC off. Normal St. Louis heat and humidity is headed back starting tomorrow. Better get out and enjoy this weather while I still can because once that humidity is back.....yuck! Not a whole lot going on here today. My mom is coming to pick me up in a few hours to take me to the food pantry. Hoping I get lots of fresh fruits and veggies today.

I weighed in today and am at a stand still again. I have decided that I'm not going to weigh in for a while. At least a month. I need to concentrate more on the aspect of getting healthy and less on the numbers because the numbers not going down can send me into a spiral. So I am breaking up with the scale.

Have a wonderful day everyone!!!!

I've been having a rough time this week. I'm off on making my meal plans. I've been coming in under my calories but I can't say my meal choices have always been the best. To compound everything else - I have only worked out once this week.

So..tonight...I am going to the Y! I will walk..and I will do my water aerobics. I have a busy day tomorrow..but I'll work out in the morning. I will work out on Sunday as well. I think that will help me feel better and get me back on track.

:P

Hope everyone else is having a great week!

I learned a new back stretch that really helps me (my bra-line area is usually the most exhausted b/c of what it has to support...lol). Hard to explain, but I kind of raise my shoulders towards my ears, roll my shoulders up, cross my hands in front pulling them together and down, and press my chest back. It releases a lot of tension across that line, and particularly near my spine, which for me, is a really difficult area to stretch. Feels AAAAhhhhh-mazing....

Hugs,
Carly in OK

Carly I have the same problem and I tried your stretch mentioned above, and it felt very good!! I even went to a place that sells only bras and underwear and got measured for a new size...I dropped a size with the weight loss and getting a new size has also helped with that very painful backache I would have every day! It really was painful! And your stretch feels great too! Thanks.
Nancy in KSA

Hubby just got an email confirming his class dates. Its just background and driving record checks and his drug test. All of which he'll pass.

This is happening too fast. I don't know how I'll do all of this without him here. I don't even have anyone who can help me get my license besides him. Or to babysit so I can take a class.

My stress level is through the roof and I'm snapping at everyone even though this should be a good thing.

We don't even know if he'll get paid during the 3 week class. He gets a $1200 sign on bonus at the end if he passes which is great but we have to survive until then.

Welcome , Caroline, to our crazy family!

Hello everyone,

So sorry to be MIA for so long, this Summer has been crazy, busy and I am so ready for school to start so I can get back to my somewhat normal schedule. I haven't had a lot of time to be online other than to log my foods and try to check in with my friends list once a week if I can. School starts back Aug 5, so hopefully then I can resume my normal check ins and what not. It helps me stay focused.

So let's see, we have been busy, but for quite some time I was walking on avg 3 miles a night, some were 4 or more but one week I had blisters bad, had to take a break and hubs had a procedure done so we had to take a break from that. Now we've had so much going on in the evenings, VBS, sports camps/practices, we haven't walked in about a week and plus the rainy weather hasn't helped!

I started a dietbet this past Monday, 4%, we have 8 in our group and when I weighed in on Monday, I was down to 255.8 (was happy!) then when I weighed in on Wed here, I was up 2lbs, wth!??? Then on randomness I stepped on the scale this morning and it said 254.4??? I should have logged it lol but I didn't. I started TOM, so I imagine that I will be up anyway but I hope to lose my 10.8 pounds in the 4 weeks!!!

In other news, I applied for and was accepted to Penn State World Campus and start class in Aug! I didn't go to college after high school, so 19 yrs later I am finally doing it and scared/anxious/nervous but I want this so bad! I did have an awesome NSV this week though, I won a shirt through a contest they had, ordered an XL because I knew it would eventually fit, it came yesterday and I tried it on and it FIT!!!

I guess that's about it for me, no walking tonight, headache and rain day. I need to do better eating, have been eating to many cals lately (stress related I think) and not very motivated!

Frances