June Starters-August 24 Weigh in!

SW 208.5
LW 183
CW 180.5

Good Monday All - Down 2.5lbs this week from last. Yay Again! I'm always amazed at the losses when I see them on the scale ... I'm heading towards the 170s!! Woo Hoo!!

SW: 182.4
LW: 164.2
TW: 162.0

:noway: :bigsmile: Last week I made my 10% loss, this week I've hit the 20lb loss mark... I wonder what's in store for next week?!

I'm also excited for Friday.. my bf and I are going camping and since we're going to be out on the water in a canoe (and secluded) for a good deal of the weekend, I've decided to ditch the self-consciousness and buy a bikini! :laugh:

Way Cool ... good for you!!

Thanks Maggie for the heads up on where the new thread is. :flowerforyou:

SW: 253.4 lbs (June 26)
LW: 232.4
CW: 228.6

Progress this week: - 3.8 lbs
Total Progress: - 24.8 lbs

Hello All and thank you for the wonderful birthday wishes!!!!

So it is back to the grind today since my vacation is over. We managed to get quite a bit done in the yard. We are tearing up our old patio and redoing it since it was so uneven it looked like the hills of Tennessee. Plus our backyard is half weeds, half grass so I am turning all the dirt, put down some screening to prevent weeds and going to do grass seed. Not the ideal time of year to do it but it was the only time we had. Renovations continue in our basement as well with DH fixing the cracks in the foundation this past week.

I went to Swiss Chalet with the fam for my birthday and spent the rest of the day doing yard work. I did however buy myself a wicked new desktop for my birthday that is capable of doing video editing (for those interested in specs - 9GB RAM, 1 GB dedicated video RAM, awesome video card and a wicked processor, blue ray player, lightscribe, 24" 50,000:1 contrast ratio flat screen monitor, 1 TB hard drive). I am so excited I could squee.

I even managed to eat well all week but most of my exercise consisted of yard work. However when you have to sledge hammer a concrete pad apart it tends to burn those pesky calories.

Well I hope you all had a good week as well and an even better one coming up.

Take care,
Tammy

I forgot to add that my dogs and my cat are all neutered. We are very active in the animal comunity and we foster for 2-3 diffenent rescues at any given time. We had to take a break after the last fosters though as it was just getting to be too much for us with our group. We still run transports and we still go to the fundraisers but we can't wait to get the privacy fence up so we can foster again. :happy:

In the spirit of sharing and getting to know one another..

The real name is Laura.. schlieffen came from a grade 10 history class project on world war I where my topic was the Schlieffen Plan. I enjoyed the name and have used it since. I'm 23, originally from Fredericton NB but moved last Sept to Ottawa. I have a lovely bf who I've been with for a little over a year. He's currently on the job hunt after finishing his Master's degree in aerospace engineering, so I'm hopeful he finds something near Ottawa, or else it'll be long distance for a while :frown:

I am one year into my Master's degree in physics where I'm working on a high pressure materials project. I enjoy the research, though my supervisor/principal investigator and I don't see eye to eye on many things. Recently I've lost my spice for the work and am finding it hard to put in the time, though I'm hopeful that the new semester with new classes to TA will lift my out of this rut!

I live in an apartment building so there are no home renos for me to speak of... though the maintenance people are supposed to come by today and/or tomorrow to replace some of the floor. The AC unit had a bit of a fit and leaked water all over the floor :grumble:

What else can I say.. a student's life is most typically a boring life. :laugh:

Thanks for sharing. It's nice to get to know people.

Bumpity Bump! :smooched:

Yay to all of us sharing! I'm 25, I live in Calgary, with my boyfriend who does water testing. I'm currently working at a summer job (finished at the end of this week!!) and I'm back to school for my last semester of Education this September!! I'm really looking forward to back to school even though that means going to Edmonton, away from the BF for 1 month! I have my practicum in Calgary so I will return to Cowtown mid-October.
My BF and I have decided to run in the Nike Human Race. He did it last year while we were teaching overseas in Korea, and I've regreted not running with him ever since. So I'm kind of in training, which means I'm so tired and achy... but I do feel better now that I'm exercise for sure at least 4 times a week. The only trouble I have is keeping up with my hydration. I find it tough to drink enough water when I'm running...
Anywho... that's me for right now... oh and Maggie, I was born and raised in Fort Erie and everytime you talk about Niagara, it makes me happy!! My family is all still there and I visit often.

Fort Erie?!? ... way cool, I worked there for a few years with the Employment Office in the old Canadian Tire Plaza. What a small world ... I use to call it Fort Cheery. :laugh:

Hi Everyone!

It's nice getting to know everyone! Meags23: How did you enjoy teaching in Korea? That's really awesome that you both taught abroad!

Currently, I'm in college for Math and Education but I have another 1 1/2 years left. I've been married for 3 years and that's my husband in my profile pic. He's very supportive of me and has become an avid animal lover because of me! Lol...we own 2 dogs, a cat, and a rabbit. (Busymom73: that's really great that you help rescued pets! ) No children yet, but we treat our dogs like our babies! :laugh:

Keep up the good work everyone...it's amazing to see how much some people lost in just 2-3 months! Coongrats to everyone's success! :drinker:

SW:162
LW: 152
CW: 150

Woohoo! I went jeans shopping yesterday and I went down a size! That was really the best feeling ever! I want to be a size 6 again but I have a ways to go.


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WOW! You ladies did great this week!:happy:
Keep up the great work!:drinker:

Since we are all sharing...

Some of you know some of this already but there are lots of new members...

Anyway, I am a married mom of 2 (5 yr old boy and 11 yr old girl) and work in Technology Support. I live in the Niagara Region (and for those with ties to Ontario I have also lived in Kingston, Base Borden, Orillia, Port McNichol, Midland, Bracebridge, Victoria Harbour, and Washago).

I was always in school until a year and a half ago when my multiple chemical sensitivity made it pretty much impossible to go in person. Most recently I was going for a degree in Psychology and hope to finish via online learning. I love to learn so I have taken courses in so many different areas it is hard to remember them all but some of them are computer programming, photography, human resources management, community health, drama, chilhood literacy, parapsychology, communication, home inspection... and the list goes on.

I also have a ton of hobbies but with so little time I tend to rotate through them every few years. Some of those include(d) collecting postcards, decos, paper twilling, scrapbooking, artist trading cards, web site design, photography, LARP, RPGs, trivia, theatre, improv, search & rescue, red hat society, rug latch hooking, golf, story writing, reading... and that list goes on as well.

So enough about me... how about the rest of you?

Take care,
Tammy

I was really hoping to see at least 2 pounds down this week but only got 1.25. Just going to keep at it and hope for a better result next week.


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Oh, and I am Lara - I am a stay at home mom. I live in the pacific northwest with my husband, 2 year old, 6 year old and 2 old golden retrievers (12 and 14).

HI there I'm Gretchen and I also have an old golden retriever, he is 13. I never had dogs growing up and I keep asking people how much longer this dog has??? My hubby and kids don't even want to discuss the fact that he is old and will probably not be here within the next couple years. He is doing fine besides the normal old age stuff like can't hear good, trouble getting up and down the stairs, etc. Well just wondering what you think and nice to meet you.
Aside from the dog.. I am married with two kids 18 and 14. I live near Hershey PA.

I was really hoping to see at least 2 pounds down this week but only got 1.25. Just going to keep at it and hope for a better result next week.


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Oh, and I am Lara - I am a stay at home mom. I live in the pacific northwest with my husband, 2 year old, 6 year old and 2 old golden retrievers (12 and 14).

HI there I'm Gretchen and I also have an old golden retriever, he is 13. I never had dogs growing up and I keep asking people how much longer this dog has??? My hubby and kids don't even want to discuss the fact that he is old and will probably not be here within the next couple years. He is doing fine besides the normal old age stuff like can't hear good, trouble getting up and down the stairs, etc. Well just wondering what you think and nice to meet you.
Aside from the dog.. I am married with two kids 18 and 14. I live near Hershey PA.

Gretchen- I have heard of goldens living 18 years but I think 12-16 is the norm. Out of a little of 10 I believe our 14 year old is the only one still living. Both of our dogs are pretty healthy aside from some dental issues and slowness on the stairs. They go to work with my husband every day (4 mile walk round trip) and do really well unless it's super hot out.

Hi Ladies,
I don't weigh in until Thursday but I would love to share today!
My name is Erica and I am a mother of two. Boy-14 going into 8th grade next week and a girl-6 starting 1st grade. My husband is also a cop and we live just outside of Vail, CO.
I work for a design/build firm as a project manager. We are starting to slow down quite a bit since the economy is not doing so hot right now. Hopefully we can make it through the winter and the spring will be better.
I am currently training for two half marathons, one in October and the other in November as long as it doesn't start snowing before then. I love to ride my Mtn Bike also.

I will post my weight on Thursday, hoping for another 1.5-2 lbs!
Erica

AWesome idea about sharing more about ourselves!! (:
I weigh Wednesday, so I will go ahead and share just a tad (:
I'm 32 years old. Married to a wonderful man. We have two kiddos. Our boy is 5 years old...started Kindergarten this year...I'm not really taking that all that well...so hard to let your kiddos grow up.
Our girl is 2 years old. She is the boss LOL I teach two days a week at a local preschool. My 2 yr old goes there also. We love it!!! I am also a Mary Kay lady (:
We live in Texas... I'm from TX, my hubby is from NY (: Anyway, that's about it.....
Great weigh-in's so far, JUNE STARTERS!!!!

Kandyjo - Great to get to know more about you! My son is 4 1/2 (won't start school till next year and mya daughter is three...ALSO the boss of the house! I'm 32 also and used to teach pre-school when I was in my twenties...now I work in an office. Just thought it was funny we had so much in common.
~Kathy~

Ok..jumping on here really quickly because we are all about to head out to school this morning...
Weighed in and FINALLY that blasted scale had moved :laugh:
Here's my stats...

SW 230
LW 219
TW 217
GW 140

So, YAY!!!! 2 lbs... I have never been more excited about 2 lbs in all my life!! :happy: I was at 219 for over three weeks! :noway:

Have a great rest of the week, my JUNE STARTER friends!!!!