200+ Hot For Halloween!

Lacey - It's suggested that NO ONE go outside in the heat here... although the thing is that it's always so hot here that "Heat" isn't really official until it's over 100... it's so normal to get that hot... we're expecting it to hit over 120 in my town this summer :noway:

Nava - Happy belated birthday girlie!

Rikki - Way to GO on that loss there lady!! So proud of you for sticking with it and not giving up!

Hailie - I've actually never tried Zumba... but i like the idea of it I like to think that if i can start being less uncoordinated, then i'll be able to feel better about myself... you know, more graceful and sexy.

Jessi - BAHAHA you have your very own LOLcat!!

Kendal - WOOHOO for the drop!

Bobbie - Red or white? I'm there! hahaha! Gorgeous piccie!

Crystal - {{{{BIG HUGS}}}} So sorry lovey!! Thinking of you!


Well, i ended up going for TWO long walks yesterday (one with Teags and the other with the Other Half). I'm exhausted today. We were thinking of taking the pupdogs to a beach about 45 mins away where there aren't any rocks (ours is a very rocky beach!), but it's looking pretty windy... maybe we'll do that tomorrow.
Not really much more to report here... I've decided i'm going to study again next year... maybe short courses to increase my employabilityin nursing, or else, if i can do it externally, A diploma of animal science would be nice!!

We'll see!

It's Aloha Friday, no work til Monday! Doo be doo, doo doo be, doo be doo be doo be doo!

Well it's Friday and I didn't have a chance to sit down and catch up til today. I've been doing pretty good about staying under my calories (you wouldn't know it from MFP though... I complete my entry at the end of the day but it doesn't give me my automatic "pancakes has been under her calorie goal" message because it thinks it's tomorrow). Aaah the drawbacks of living in Hawai'i and being 6 hours behind the East Coast. Poor me hehe.

We killed our kickball competition on Monday and stay undefeated, even though we're in a tougher division this year. Burned enough calories so that even with half a pitcher of Longboard after the game, I still came in under goal, yay!

Tuesday through Thursday I failed at working out.

Tuesday I literally had no time between finishing the rest of my homework and class (maybe I shouldn't have stayed out Monday drinking beer duh).

Wednesday I had work, the repairman (who didn't show!), and a two hour committee meeting at Macaroni Grill which was really exciting, because I get to take on The Bella Project for this year, a non-profit that helps underprivileged high school girls get access to donated dresses and accessories for prom. The founder moved to the mainland this year so arranged for the Junior League to take it over. It's going to be a huuuuge amount of work on my already busy plate, but I have a lot of love for this project and am really excited. I did have big plans for working out after Mac Grill (dude, look at the nutrition info from the website, your jaw will drop), but got into a fight with the hubbs and took forever to resolve it. On the plus, I DID receive pink "I'm sorry for being a dumb jerk" roses the next afternoon.

Thursday I left work early because I didn't feel too hot, skipped volunteering and took some cold meds and a 4 hour nap. Felt a lil better and my hubbs and I went to meet some friends at Red Lobster. Stayed under my calorie count even WITH a delicious cheddar biscuit, although I had to sub out my baked potato for broccoli in order to do it.

Still feel a little bit off today, but going to study for class tomorrow and do some Turbo Sculpt . Not going to volunteer and risk giving the kids whatever I've got. I wanted to try the hip hop hustle class at my gym because it's only offered on Fridays, but again I don't want to spread my germs, so I'll try next week. We have dinner plans at one of my fav restaurants apartment 3 tonight, so I will get a second workout in later today, probably a hula or tahitian dance DVD.

Tomorrow I have class ALL DAY and then cocktails after, so I think I'm going to stick to one drink so that I can still do my Turbo Jam haha. Sunday football starts at 7am for us in Hawai'i, so we'll head over to Buffalo Wild Wings at 6am to get a table. I'm not going to stay long though because I want to make my 10am Zumba class and then I'm going horseback riding around noon with my friend. Then lots of homework. I'll weigh in on Sunday night/Monday morning.

And now my indiv replies:

Kendal - Thanks for the feet tips – now I know I really need to get that checked out. So funny that you beat your bro anyway. Egg Toast is amazing! My hubbs used to make me breakfast croissant sandwiches… SOOO BAD. But just one egg and toast? Sooo good! Congrats on your loss!

Lacey – Have an amazing time on your trip and thanks also for the p90x encouragement. Maybe I’ll try it again when my husband starts and do the sub like you said.

Victoria – I’m glad you enjoyed Hawai’i. I’ve been here 5 years now and don’t want to live anywhere else! Good luck at the race – and good luck GETTING there heehee that sounds like an adventure in itself! Great job on your Wednesday/Thursday burn and also keeping up on your logging! I’ve had a really hard time with it, especially at the beginning, but am getting the hang of it now. Thank goodness for the barcode scanner though haha.

Katheryne – way to go on avoiding the work cookies. I swear my work is out to get me with all the sweets. Also – your story about moving to Alaska and losing all that weight was great! And you weren’t even trying!

Hosanna – congrats on your upcoming wedding – that is so exciting! Keeping fingers crossed for your new career change.

Ashleigh – Welcome! I too struggled when I was “skinnier” – if only I’d known what I know now – we were beautiful the whole time!

Crystal – Nice to meet you! I dislike the cold too. I hope you and your baby feel better soon, and I am SO sorry to hear about your puppy. That was a hard decision, I feel for you, but at least she isn’t hurting anymore. I noticed your Feb goal has to do with a cruise… where are you heading?

Kristine – I totally never thought I’d be a calorie counter either, but wow the stuff out there… all I have to say is thank goodness for MFP. It has completely changed my outlook on eating at restaurants.

Kristina – That’s awesome that you still got your walk/jog on even though you were late. What kind of a dog is Emma? Have fun on your date tonight!

Megan – I’m so glad there’s somebody on here with some of my vices too (liquor and beer!). Hardly anyone talks about alcohol on MFP but it’s kind of a big part of networking and business culture. My husband and I have both cut down to 3 nights a week. It was tough saying no to all the invitations at first, but now that I’m showing improvement on the scale it definitely proves that alcohol is a big barrier to my weight loss. HRMs –I've been using a Sportline Heart Rate Monitor (with Chest Strap) (model Duo 1010) that I bought from Walmart for around $50-$60, although I'm looking at online prices and it looks more like $69 now. It's been great for me. I think it's best to use a monitor with a chest strap because that will continuously measure your heart rate and provide the best estimate for your burn. If you only get a wrist one, you constantly have to take time out to measure the changes and if you're doing something that intervals a lot, you know your heart rate changes from each exercise segment. I only wear this during exercises, and I do burn around 650-700 for an hour of TurboJam or Zumba, so I’m sure Step Aerobics is about the same. I think that as we become more and more fit, we won’t burn off as much, but right now 700 is a believable number – take it! If you can bring yourself to spend a little more, my mom totally loves her BodyBugg and has already lost around 40 pounds with it (she has struggled with her weight for over a decade now and this has been the best thing). You have to wear it all day though, which doesn't work with my lifestyle (I think I would be too embarrassed to show up to all my hoity toity events wearing one - darn skinny snobby girls!) Although I don't go out as frequently as I used to... oh well. Anyway I highly recommend it as long as you can get over that part - it's done so much for my mom.

Kiki – I’ve been in that weight range for over a year now too. Hoping this group of lovely ladies can keep me inspired and working into ONEderland.

Amy – Great job on logging all your burns! Congrats on the loss woohoo! I am so excited for your Um dress – that was the best dress of the whole movie!

Jessi – Your job sounds like so much fun! And congrats on your jeans!  I’m glad that you’re still positive and back up on that horse even after missing a day – that’s where I get discouraged and have quit in the past. Thanks for being inspiring  Your poor kitty, on the other hand… I agree, I want to see pictures! I also think that pretend jump rope is as good, or better than real jump rope (because you’re moving just as hard AND you can’t trip!)

Hailie – Biiiiiiig huuuuuuggs!!!!! You can’t disappear because I haven’t gotten to know you yet!!! Chin up buttercup, I promise it will get better soon, whatever it is. Can’t wait to hear the naked crazy lady story!

Regina – Welcome and good luck at your parties this weekend!

JeanAnn and Lotusthrone– Welcome!

Una – Congrats! I feel ya on the beer!

Rikki – WOW CONGRATS! You’re so close to your goal already!!!

Apryl – yay congrats!

Heather – Welcome!

Okay WOW I think I’m all caught up. I’ll try to touch base again Sunday night, if I can’t then definitely Monday.
Take care and have a great weekend everyone!!!

As of today, I weigh 105.2. Since I'm not focusing on weight, I ran/walked a total of 1.75 miles today so yay for that! Hopefully I can bring up the mileage so I won't have to run on sunday lol

Jessie - try marching in place, side steps, kick backs for added cal burn

Crystal - so sorry about the dog.

Tasha - I used to log all the time but got lazy. I just noticed the barcode scanner (*blushes*) when did it show up? I haven't tried it yet.

Kristina - Thx for reporting in... Hope the dog park went well - did Emma have fun?

We should arrive at the first hotel in a half hour.

Tasha - thanks and nice to meet you as well. I am really excited for my cruise, and I don't even know where I'm going yet! Lol. My mom told me a few months ago that she wanted to take me, my daughter, and my brother on a cruise in February. Since she mentioned this, February has been my goal. I know we'll be headed somewhere tropical. Personally I'm hoping for something like the Bahamas - although come February, I'll be happy with anything warm! :laugh:

Kristina- Hope you have a good lunch with the guy tomorrow. I'm sorry we have so many people that you have to keep up with. Is it bad of me to kinda wish that we would close the group to new members till it gets a little more manageable?

Crystal- :frown: :sad: I'm so sorry about your dog. There's nothing worse than having to put a pet down. It also severely sucks about you and the little lady being sick at the same time!!

Tomorrow will be a rough day to stay on track. Mr. Reunion and his girls are coming over. I think we're going roller skating again, which is great. But then we are coming back here to bake, which was totally my idea. I blame it on pinterest.com, everyone posts pictures of awesome and creative cupcakes and cookies and it makes me want to do it. Sugar cookies and cupcakes are on deck for tomorrow. Lots of icing, m&ms, 2 containers of multi kinds of sprinkles, candy eyes, food coloring, food writing gel stuff....and most importantly, cupcake boxes so the girls can take their decorated cupcakes home with them. Do you think I should go to the gym in the morning before we go roller skating? (I'm pretty sure skating will be around 1pm)

I just want to throw something out there - I AM MARRYING THE MOST AMAZING GUY EVER!!!!

He is taking me to the HARRY POTTER EXHIBITION in Sydney during our Honeymoon!!!!!!!!

*Major Harry Potter Nerd Happy Dance*

pancakesmajor- Emma is a pit/jack russell/beagle mix, and, I may be biased, but think she's the cutest thing

sounds like an interesting mix. Do you have photos? We have two jack russels. Im afraid *they* are the cute things ever. . ;-)

Just a quicky - very excited - ran 5K, did 30DS and walked dog for an hour - now off for long soak in bath.

Krisitina: not sure if we can help but let us know?? Enjoy lunch

Crystal: big hugs and kisses coming your way.

Victoria: glad you arrived safely - hope run goes really well. (oh and I agree with brain and being over 40 - it's a nightmare!!)

Kendal: have a fab weekend.

Sarah: yeah for being soing organised and buying outfits for w'n't

Tha's all I got. Have a great Saturday. Weigh day for me tomorrow......

HOLY COW, I went away to a B&B with no internet and come back to 5 pages worth of posts that I missed? I've got internet now but I'm still "on vacation" so there's no hope for me catching up soon...yikes!

About that not having internet thing -- I liked it, but I couldn't get on MFP on my phone yesterday either which means that I missed a day, so that means that it won't be saying "Treehugginpam has logged in for 75 days in a row" tomorrow. Oh no, now I'm starting from square one again! Boo! Speaking of square one, my mini vacation has meant that my eating has been....well, I haven't been logging. Ugh.

Anyway, just a quick post to let Kristina know that I won't be able to weigh in until Monday, but I'll post that day as soon as I can.

Also, hi Katie!

And have fun, Lacey! Post pictures!

So much more to catch up on but no time....be back as soon as I can!

p.s. I did wear that Ideeli dress to the wedding last night, and people loved it!

Just stopping by to say the skating has been cancelled so I'm going to change clothes and run to the gym now. Not literally run there, but move in my car quickly lol

pancakesmajor- Emma is a pit/jack russell/beagle mix, and, I may be biased, but think she's the cutest thing

sounds like an interesting mix. Do you have photos? We have two jack russels. Im afraid *they* are the cute things ever. . ;-)

No way man. MY jack russel is the cutest dog ever. My italian greyhound is a close second. lol

We have a jack russell/chiweenie mix, and, while I call her a rat, she really is the cutest thing. I'm always amazed at how high she can jump; we keep saying that one day she's going to jump over the 4ft kennel we built for the dogs outside.

Lacey: I'm glad to hear that you made it safely! Now the fun begins :-)

Victoria: Your comment to Hosanna about the man dressing like HP for low-impact aerobics made me almost spit my water on the screen...lol

Last week was extremely stressful. I did good on exercise and food, and even had a good weigh-in yesterday morning, but then blew it by the end of the day, and now have to get rid of nearly 2LBS of water weight. I need to get my work life in order so I can keep everything else straight. Teaching wasn't this stressful...adults are a real pain in the *kitten*!

Kristina: I agree that Emma is pretty darned cute! (Of course, I AM partial to bigger, fluffier, more Bernese Mountain Dog-esque puppies )

Lacey: The first couple of days are the hardest with the time change. I'm amazed you managed to stay up a long as you did, on our first day in Europe, we padded out around 7pm.

Kendal: Bummer that skating was canceled, good job deciding to go to the gym!

Pam: I hate when you lose your "has logged in for however many days" thing. Bummer. Yay for Ideeli dresses!! I just bought a pair of shoes that I've been looking at on there for a while because today they went on a red sale so they are $20 cheaper than what Endless.com has them at. Yay for shoes!

Victoria: Was the ferry fun?

Annette: Great job exercising!!!

Tasha: Your life sounds super busy but fun!

Sarah (WnT): Getting Christmas and kid wardrobes taken care of for such a great price is absolutely awesome!

Crystal: I am so sorry that you had to put your pup down, it sounds like she will be better off but I'm sure that doesn't make you feel any better. (((((HUGS))))) :flowerforyou:

Today was just a regular Saturday: soccer, grocery shopping and homemade pizza. Nothing interesting to report. I am attempting to make a Halloween lantern I saw on Martha Stewart - we'll see how it goes, I'm not exactly "crafty".

Kristina-- That dog is ADORABLE!!!!!!

Although, I love my boxer, longhaired dachshund, and the muttiest mutt mixed breed in the world. They win in my own heart

Kristina - that is a gorgeous cutie pie of a dog

Amy - the holiday lantern sounds fun! I used to be artistic/crafty, but my motivation and creativity seem to be running dry these days!

Jessikierlane - that does not sound fun, ouch! I hope it goes away on its own so you don't have to wait until Monday for some relief!


Just got home a little while ago from the local farmer's market and a two hourish walk around the green belt in Boise I'm trying to enjoy the good weather while it is still around. Not much else going on over here!