200+ Hot For Halloween!

I officially vow to keep up now... :laugh:

Pam - Thanks for your support and congrats on the run!!! And good luck on your 5K, I'm sure you'll do great! I'm so jealous of you runners... Maybe someday I'll be able to run without huffing and puffing like a suffocating Pug.

Welcome Janette and Michelle!!!

Tasha - Can we say crazy exerciser?? Lol. I've had my days like that too though, so I know how sometimes you just get into the "zone".

Katheryne - That sounds like such a depressing job... I can't imagine dealing with scumbags all day every day. We get our RARE animal abuse cases and we're all in an uproar. I admire you for being able to handle that.

Jessi - HAHA! I didn't even put that together until you said people have joked about how you sprained your tongue! :laugh: The concert sounds awesome - I love Avenged Sevenfold and Hollywood Undead.

Hosanna - Thanks for the kind words. *Hugs* Glad your dog doesn't have a stuck stick. Hahaha! Your weekend sounds...eventful! Made me lol. Hope you got all the puke!

... If only i didn't look like a caterpillar having a seizure while doing it...

WOW! I think I just died laughing!!! HAHAHA! That's totally why I'm too chicken to try a legit Zumba class... I don't need anyone seeing me! :laugh:

Sarah (WnT) - I'm sorry to hear your friend isn't doing as well as everyone hoped. My thoughts and prayers are still with all of you. I'm glad to hear you got a nice, relaxing night with the hubby though.

Everyone's talk about pizza being the devil, and how much pizza was consumed this weekend, is making me laugh. I had pizza on two seperate occasions this weekend as well and my weight is up even from Friday. *sigh* Pizza really *IS* the devil...

Megan & Jessi - Thank you SO much for the homemade pizza ideas! I love it and will be trying it soon.

Nava - Thanks. *Hugs* Glad you liked my story too, lol.

Today was a good day for me. Being 100% honest, today is the first day that I completed my food diary in the last, er, probably week or so. I've been giving up when I realize that I'm way over and just don't want to have to face the numbers. :embarassed: But I want to change that so I'm finishing my diaries and owning up to those numbers.

Tomorrow is Day 7 of my Chantix. That's going pretty well, nothing too exciting I suppose. The first night was awful - waking up over and over drenched in sweat. The second night was spent tossing and turning, tossing and turning. I'm still not sleeping too great, but not nearly as bad as the first two nights. At least I'm not having any F'ed up dreams...yet. Lol. No major side effects so far which is making me happy. The warnings are freakin' scary though. But I promised everyone that if I start hallucinating purple elephants, that I will seek medical attention. :laugh:

Well my weigh in for this week was up 1.4 to 307.8. After three weeks of going, I have added 3 lbs which is NOT good! I am determined to get to 50 lbs off by Christmas so I am doing a jump start in the month of October. I am doing a NO SWEETS challenge {blogged about it today at http://www.liveteachcreate.com} and am sure that will help push me in the right direction. I am allowing fruit and yogurt but no pies, cakes, cookies, candy, etc!

I can do this and would love for any of you to join me!

Bumpity bump bump!

Well I decided to kick my own @rse and start my modified P90X this week!!! I did an hour of cardio this morning and will make up yesterday's weight lifting up this afternoon... It's raining so my run may not happen. I'm packing my clothes just in case it clears up. Anyone with P90X videos - have you noticed or tried the 2 bonus workouts -- UML and Cardio Intervals? I just noticed them today. They are on the intro DVD and seem to be from Power 90 series. I did Cardio Intervals today - Tony kick me in the tush 100 times. I think I've been so bummed since I've been so sore following my trail race and unable to run. My 2 days of rest were good as most of the pains are gone but my R knee was killing me during jumping jacks - I had to modify to low impact. I'll try taping it and see if I can run today but if it's still sore, I'll just power walk and rest another week. I decided to modify Kerry's program to 4 week rotation adding legs/back in on the 4th week with all short runs. Thanks again for your help Kerry.

I'm off to find some food (and log it!!!) morning cardio makes me hungry... Have a fantastic Tuesday.

Kristina -- I'm taking a pass this week. Sorry, I forgot to make it stand out so you could spot it easily. Great job with the chart!

My week of recouping is going well. It isn't even 9 am and I already have 5 cups of water in. I ran two miles yesterday (a bit disappointed in the amount of times I had to take a walk interval) but I'm getting back at it right away. No gym today, but I'm dedicated to healthy food choices. We are having pasta tonight, but I WILL measure and stick to a decent portion. I'm going to make a giant healthy salad to fill me so I don't want to devour the pasta.

This morning I had a protein shake for breakfast and will probably do a garden salad for lunch.

Last night hubs and I had soup and salad for dinner. My FIL got us some Portuguese Lemon Chicken Soup, and it is so beyond delicious. I'm sure the sodium count is through the roof, but I'm really trying to compensate by drowning myself today.

I can't recall what everyone said, but:

Jessi: I can't believe you work radio and never went to a concert! Have fun!

Pam: That race sounds so fun. I want to do a 5k so badly, but I just don't feel ready.

Amy & Lacey: Hope you are having a ton of fun! We miss you!!!

Kendal: I saw you post a status on here about new snacks...please share. I'm stuck in a food rut!

Pam - I'd do it JUST for the necklace :P

Crystal - Glad to hear the Chantix is at least sort of working for you.

Apryl - I just now noticed you're "5'3.75" - that makes me laugh SO hard, because I'm 5'5.5 and I always make sure if someone needs my height they include that half inch. I'm short enough I need every bit I can get.

Rain - I live in a small enough town (10,000 people in the entire county) that the nearest place they HAVE concerts is 150 miles away. :P That also happens to be the nearest tattoo parlor, shopping mall, Taco Bell, etc.

Kendal - I refuse to use my real oven. My toaster oven is amazing.

I woke up WAY early this morning, so I'm on here before work. (Probably, honestly, won't get to work on time still. I would if I had a job where it mattered or someone cared, but I really don't.) I feel like rocking a skirt today... probably should find a shirt that matches.

Have a lovely day!!!

you know, there are a lot of holidays coming up so if we want to be a certain weight by a certain time, NOW is the time to buckle down and get serious cause it's only going to get harder in the next 3 months.....

grats on the 5k karen. hopefully the house problems will fix itself soon.

as for me. pizza evilness last night. it was my husband's turn to cook. unfortunatly he used the telephone book instead of the cook book--and i'm to weak willed in the face of hot googy six cheese yummyness. and icing on the preverbial cake. he ordered a lava brownie for dessert. OMG, i have never had one before, and I should probably never let another cross my path. i'm sure it was bad for me, but it tasted awesome.

okay--now that my no-so-remorseful confession is over. today is my night to cook and i'm making a small post roast loaded with veggies. it's in my slow cooker right now.

I would write more, but I forgot what all i had planned. I've had no caffiene this morning (both of the places i usually stop for go go juice were closed this morning--it's a conspiricy.)


-Katheryne