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Happy Monday All!!! ...well, today was "judgement day"....I lost 2 pounds last month and a little more than an inch..:grumble: ...I have to keep telling myself that I'm not going to give up...so...goals for March: lose 3 pounds and 3.75 inches....:happy: ...this getting older business really stinks...I've been on this site…

:flowerforyou: Hi all!!! :flowerforyou: ..thanks Esther for starting the new thread...and I love the idea of a monthly goal...I'm weighing & measuring tomorrow & will add my goals according to what I find tomorrow...:noway: ...Have a great day everyone & I'll check back in tomorrow.. :heart: vee

Hey everyone!!!!...Decided I'd better check in...once again I'm staying off the scale & away from the tape measure until the first of March...trying something new, too...last week I did strictly cardio (= treadmill) & did do some gardening...this week I'm going to go easy on the cardio & do more strength &…

..just had to chime in. :smile: ..GHI & Ghost Hunters.....Wednesday's popcorn night with the ghosts...

...good evening...just making myself accountable today...not being a "thread hog" :noway: ...anyway walked 5.37 miles...(80 minutes)...and did 30 minutes of strength training...weights & crunches....took 110 minutes to burn 502 cals.....:grumble: ...tomorrow I'll just walk for 90 minutes and will probably burn more than…

...I'm back....did some research :glasses: and found out the following....while a pound is a pound whether fat or muscle, fat takes up 4 times more space than muscle...and ideal body fat % for females is 15 - 25%.... ...anyway, just an fyi for y'all.... :flowerforyou: vee

Good morning ladies!!! ...well, I did it...got the scale & tape measure out, and....scale says I gained 3 pounds, :grumble: but, on the bright side :smile: , I lost 5.5 inches....haven't quite figured out what the deal is yet, but I'll keep plugging along:smile: ..... think I'll be checking with my friend, google, today…

You're most welcome Floridagranny...:flowerforyou: ...hope you don't mind me asking, but is that you in the picture with the little cutie???? If it is, you look amazing....actually, we're all a pretty good looking bunch of mature ladies...:drinker: vee

Happy February Ladies!!!:happy: ...well, yesterday was the day I was going to weigh and measure myself, but I got sidetracked, then was going to do it today and again got sidetracked...and, quite frankly, I'm not looking forward to doing either as I'm certain that my closet is shrinking my clothes :noway: ...I'm not ready…

Good Tuesday Morning Ladies!!!!.....I've been doing really well with exercising...so...this morning I put on my favorite pair of old jeans and :noway: they're actually tighter...:grumble: either my closet is shrinking my clothes or I'm gaining instead of losing....HOW CAN THIS BE?????????? :angry: ...and, to top it all…

Good morning ladies!!!!!! ..sounds like everyone is feeling better today....I know that I am...actually thinking of giving up the dreadmill for today and hiking the yard....very hilly acre and a half....yep, that's what I'm going to do...an hour of that and then some weights...then housework & reading (and, yes, I'm…

Hi Ladies!!!! It seems to be one of those days....:grumble: Got up with plans to walk for an hour and then do some weights....after I straightened the house, I felt absolutely lousy.:sick: ..so...I have ended up taking the day off from exercising....I probably shouldn't beat myself up over it as this is the first day in…

I've never seen the movie...because I've read the book 3 times and can't imagine the movie being better than the book.....first time I read the book I had to put it down & watch I Love Lucy for an hour (couldn't even see the TV through the tears) before I could finish it...it is easily one of the best love stories ever…

howver -- if only the REST of the body would cooperate! this lack of weight loss is really getting me down. are we all crawling along at a snail's pace?? sheesh! ......I would answer yes to your last question.....:grumble: .....I'm trying to avoid the scale until the 1st of February, but I'm not feeling like I'm…

Welcome!!!!! Please join the 50+ ladies, and we'll try to help you with motivation.....something that helps with my motivation is to put on my "work-out" clothes first thing in the morning....don't know if that will help you out..but I tend to plan my day around my exercise time.....here's a link to the 50+ thread...…

Good afternoon Ladies!!!!!!! Today was a good day til I went to lunch at the Chinese restaurant:noway: I really don't think I did too badly...just ate more than usual and am quite full....walked for an hour so I did have extra exercise calories...Oh well:ohwell: I did have another idea for those struggling with their water…

Hey all!!!! Looks like everyone's making good progress...Congrats and great job :drinker: :drinker: I got wrapped up in watching a couple of hearings this morning and afternoon, and subsequently didn't get my hour in today...I did 30 mins on the dreadmill, so all was not lost....I am trying as hard as I can to avoid the…

Hey everyone!!!! Congrats to Grammymax & mommared on your weight loss!!!!! I stuck to my commitment of 1 hour of exercise yesterday (45 mins on the 'mill & 15 mins weights) and today (60 mins on the tm)...I'll be checking my weight & measuring on Thursday so keeping my fingers crossed.. I've noticed reading through the…

Good morning ladies!!! Sorry for your loss Grammymax :flowerforyou: After reading all the posts from the previous thread, I find myself newly inspired....SO...starting today I'm upping the time I spend exercising daily to an hour....NO EXCUSES..... Have a great day everyone, I'm off to vacuum, then hit the "dreadmill"…

Happy Sunday ladies!!!!! I set my goals for this month to lose 5 pounds and at least 5 inches ... in order to do that, it looks like I'm going to have to increase the amount of time I spend on the "dreadmill" every day....:grumble: ... and since it's an older model, maybe I can burn the motor up and get a newer, more…

I would love to join this group...I just passed my 1 year anniversary here at MFP, and still haven't made it to my goal :grumble: , but I'm not ready to quit either...I'll be 52 next month, 3 adult sons living away from home and 1 d-i-l...no grandbabies yet....I walk/run at least 2 miles daily and re-added weights,…

:flowerforyou: Thanks everyone!!! :flowerforyou: I guess I am/was being overly sensitive and had been stewing about this all day...I knew I'd get some good advice/replies from all of you.... Y'all :noway: (still not easy for me to say)..:blushing: are the best!!!! Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Happy Kwanza....and a…

:smile: Thanks for the heads up.....Maybe they just don't know any better....at least I know it's not just me.....:wink:

Hi Well living in the Midwest much of my life when we say that around here it's a kind gesture...I don't know how folks are asking it ..of you but here it's like a "Hello, Where are you from?" done with a smile... Now I don't live in Ill and I know there are many many transplants there so I think it could be more that sort…

.....I don't think I have an accent....and I say that because I speak just like newscasters on the major networks....in fact, if I remember correctly, I believe that they train them to speak "midwestern"... I'm probably being overly sensitive, but it really annoyed me when the "church lady" questioned me 3 times this…

I've been living in Mississippi for nearly 18 months now, having moved from central Illinois....and I still cannot believe the number of times I am asked "Where are you from?":grumble: In fact, in church (of all places) this morning, the same woman asked me 3 times consecutively....I happen to find this very offensive and…

I'm back...took a couple of months off, gained a few pounds and inches and I'm ready to get back on track....just wanted to say hello to all!!!! :flowerforyou:

Welcome back Jeremy!!!!! :flowerforyou:

:flowerforyou: ...hugs and prayers for you and all evacuees....:flowerforyou:

About 190 miles north of the Mississippi gulfcoast here....the hotels here are full with evacuees...we're praying for everyone's safety and preparing our storm shelter as we may get bad storms and tornadoes here, too...Katrina left the area without power for 2 weeks...cell phones and weather scanner batteries are…