ButterflySojourner

Oh no, just saw your recent post Marcie! I hope your mom is alright... hopefully the throat swelling goes down and she gets stable. Swelling is usually something managed well by medication... hoping she's alright!!! A few years ago my mom wound up in the ICU as well after an accident at her bowling league. (We all laugh…

Marcie and Shari, I've heard that when you first start exercising like gangbusters, you're going to start building muscle while burning fat. Muscle is denser than fat, meaning it takes up less space but weighs more. Maybe you're building muscle, and losing inches, even if you're not losing pounds right now? Either way,…

Tamara and Bobbie, you guys are an inspiration! I have a five-mile run that I do near my place in Washington DC, with a lot of hills. Next scheduled run is tomorrow morning! I'm the sort of crazy type, and when I start running up a hill, I won't stop, even if I have to collapse at the top :) Tonight it's dinner and dancing…

Hello wonderful folks! I had to go on travel (to Toronto!) for work on Saturday and I just returned early this morning... I had hoped I would have more time for MFP during the trip, but as it was the internet connection situation was shaky. I borrowed a bicycle from a Canuck friend and was able to travel around the city…

Hey folks, you all seem like such wonderful people! I'm a newbie on Day 6. Today's my first day on the boards! Marcie, thanks for welcoming newbies like me! I very much hope your family and your sister are alright and recovering. Chipper, I hope you feel better now that the day is done! Tomorrow the clock turns and it's a…

Wow Shari, your weather sounds amazing! I used to live on the west coast and I just loved that crisp, fresh air. Sweat was pouring over me as I ran: It's 85 degrees here in Washington. But I actually just stayed in a positive mood and was able to run a full 5 miles!!! At 5 mph, it was just about one hour of running. I even…

Wonderful! The best thing about this beautiful "during" photo is the vitality and energy you exude! I bet you're feeling amazingly energetic :) GREAT JOB and keep it up!!!!!

Hey Beth, I'm also new to the site. (This is Day 6 of MFP for me!) I did a really intense boot-camp-type workout the other day, and I had trouble figuring out how to log it. I would up using a combo of Cardiovascular and Strength. For your boot camp, maybe you could use the cardio "Aerobics - high impact" category and log…

A little tip: When I am in a snacking mood but can't consume the calories, I like to make a pickle tray for myself. ...I should explain that I'm a huge pickle fan, and usually keep stocked with pickled banana peppers, bread & butter pickles, capers, pickled olives (NOT packed in olive oil), fancy gardienera, and other…

Shari, thanks for the inspiration! I'm a newbie and this is Day 6 for me! I'm going out for a 5K run at about 7 PM (EDT), after it gets a little cooler here in Washington DC. (It's a badly-kept secret that Washington was built on a swamp. The damp mugginess of the summer makes it hard to take time to exercise outdoors…

While I've never done it myself, I've always thought that a tummy pooch can be melted away not with exercises that target one area or another, but with overall calorie-burning exercises in general. I'm a fan of core muscle exercises, i.e. yoga, that dynamically target your core, not linear-type exercises like sit ups...…

I live in a part of the city where there are, like, five little dives just on my block that serve greasy pizza the size of the paper plate in your photograph! Each slice has to be a solid 1,200 calories at least. Yours looks much better :)