Teresa3612 Member

I have two "kids," ages 22 and 24, both boys. Or should I say men? I am ready for grandchildren that I can spoil rotten and then send home:laugh: I always wanted a little girl, but I think God knew what he was doing. If we had a daughter, my husband would have spoiled her rotten. He already does it with our nieces.

I got to Zumba and I love it! Let me know if you find a good sports bra. I don't run for the same reason:)

I have both types of scales and they are about 5 off from each other. I don't know which one is right. I just use the same one for my "official" weigh-in each week. It may not be quite right, but it is consistent.

I used to consume 2-3 20 oz diet Mountain Dews a day. Then I started planning a weeklong hike and decided I was not carrying that much pop on my back. It took some doing, but I kicked the Dew addiction and feel much better for it. I still have maybe one diet pop a week. Now I just crave ice cold water. If I want something…

I had never thought of riding my horse as exercise, though it did feel like exercise this weekend when I spent an hour giving the neighbor's kids pony rides around the yard. Now I have one more reason to do it as often as possible. I can hear me now, "But honey, I'm not goofing off. I'm exercising!" I also love to Zumba…

I absolutely love the first one! Keep up the good work:smile:

You cut the spaghetti squash in half longwise and bake it in the oven till done. Then scrap it out. It comes out stringy and looks similar to pasta. After that I put it in a 9x13 dish with my favorite spaghetti sauce and top with a little cheese and bake at 350 till bubbly. I love it! Try it! You'll like it! :wink:

Instant oatmeal. I was eating two every morning for breakfast thinking that oatmeal is good for me. Also, peanut butter and nutella. I don't even eat canned soup anymore. The sodium content is outrageous!

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I believe your state is a two party consent state, which means that both parties must be informed if the conversation is being recorded, so I would not record the harassment. You could give any lawyer that specialized in employment law a call and they could tell you for sure. However you do want to document what is said…

As a parent of grown children, when my children were young and someone around them could not or would not control their tongue I just told them that cursing was a feeble mind's attempt to express themselves. In other words the person in question was too dumb to know any better. My children are now adults and still don't…

How would you count something like weedeating for 45 minutes to an hour? I don't have alot of time in the evenings and if I spend that much time on yard work I don't feel like doing more exercise, so I consider that my exercise for the day.

When I do something like last Saturday I spent 6 hours shopping with my mom I just put in 3 hours at a slow pace. This isn't going to count as aerobic, but it is activity that I don't normally get since I have an office job and spend most of my time during the week sitting on my bum. :wink:

I LOVE Zumba! I have the Wii game, the videos, and I go to a class 2x a week when I can. I have also done Zumba in the circuit at Curves. The game is okay, the videos are good, but doing it with friends is the best. I would go everyday if I had the time. It is great for toning, especially the belly dancing part!:love:

Do you use alot of artifical sweetners? I have found that when I drink too much diet mountain dew my knees and ankles swell and I retain water like crazy. I can cut them out and within a day I am back to normal. I drink mostly water now and an occasional half cut sweet tea from McDonalds when I need something with flavor.

I have a firm rule when "loaning" money to family - NEVER loan anyone anymore than you can afford to give them! With that said, you will have to decide if you want to give her the money or not. If you have it and can then do. I would give it to my mom, but we have a good relationship and she would do the same for me. There…

Thanks for all the encouragement! I will share this with the group.:smile:

I'm 5'4'' and my goal weight is 145. Anything below that and I start to look too thin. I have a medium build, but have large breast and have to take that extra weight into account. Right now I am coming out of a DD. When I am thin Ds fits just fine. I was 136 pounds in high school and wore size 5 jeans, so I figure that is…

You can do it! Find yourself a friend with the same goals. That is how I got started on MFP. A friend a work was doing it and encouraged me to try. I have have lost 5 pounds since starting. It really makes me conscious of what I am eating and I try to make better choices because of it. I think your goal of just not gaining…