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ok Karen, please take this with all the humor that is being intended... are you on crack?? LOL! How can you even put any toes in the lake right now let alone your whole body? I would think the cold water would make your aches and pains even worse! Doesn't it hurt more to be in the cold water? I would think it would be…

Woohoo on the new man Cari!! I hope your family will come around to see him as you do. I'm very happy for you. WTG on the cleaning out Nancy! It will certainly make moving much easier. Hi everyone else! I have been MIA for a bit because I was having trouble each time I signed in to MFP. I would get this screen telling me I…

It was beautiful here yesterday and I took advantage and tried to stay off the computer all day! It's nice to finally have some sun and heat. It was a loonnnng cold winter even for Maine! Going to try to go for a walk today as it is gorgeous again and I need to start getting ready for my first official "race"! I just want…

Congrats Norah!! You look amazing! And so happy! Hugs!!

I'm here! I just got back from FL and have been trying to get laundry done and still entertain the kids on the last couple days of vacation. Today we painted pictures and made our bucket list for the summer. I actually LOST weight on vacation and I was thrilled with that! But, I also know I didn't eat as I should so my…

lol I was totally trying to figure out what you (or what I thought was you) had bleeped out! I thought it can't be THAT bad if you are playing with kids!! Thanks for the birthday wish! It was Friday, the 3rd. I got some good stuff. I am pretty much spoiled by my hubby and the kids!! I'm making cupcakes and brownies today…

Welcome back Dee!

Well, I survived my birthday AND Easter without too much going wrong! My choices were not the greatest as I was celebrating and didn't want to depress myself with telling myself no. But I found that even though I was eating nachos and margaritas and pizza and fries (Bill's Pizza and Pier Fries if you are ever in Maine is a…

Good luck ladies! I wish I could commit to the journey, but I tend to fail at anything over a week or two. I have to do this in really small increments or it just blows up in my face. So I try not to think more than a couple days in advance! That doesn't mean I won't give some new things a try, but I know if I tell you I…

Hi Nancy, glad you made it home safe! I think the fact that you went to Curves while on vacation speaks wonders!! You can get yourself back on track and start plugging away again! Good job! I forgot that Karen was going to Boston for the week. Hope you had fun! I think I may have actually gone a little nutso the other…

Zac that looks like quite a fun cast! Glad you are having fun! When my fingers thaw out from all the cold I will right more, just wanted everyone to know I was checking on all of you! Diana :)

All I can say is thankfully we have a heated pool because pools and lakes are not going to even be enterable (is that a word) until August the way this cold in Maine is lasting! And according to my thermometer it has hit 24* today!! Although, if you add in the wind chill it feels like 6*. So that didn't really help did it…

I went grocery shopping...does that count? lol I'm kidding. Although this cold is still knocking me on my butt and it truly was a huge effort to walk around the store. Not only that but I had to THINK at the same time and that just put me over the edge. I have never had a cold that has affected me this way. I can't wait…

Hi all, this cold is kicking my *kitten*! And I don't mean the weather, although we are supposed to get more snow tomorrow. Winter in Maine this year has been less than fun. We did have two days this week that were GORGEOUS and I even opened some windows to get fresh air in the house. But it was a huge tease. This cold has…

OMG it is finally gorgeous here in the State of Maine!!! B) Well. If you can call 42* gorgeous. And I can after all this snow and cold we have had. If I was back in college I would be sitting out in a chair in a tank top with a beer. But alas, I am old and waiting for my daughter to get home from school so we can hang out…

I just wanted to say I miss you all. I kinda feel lost. This is where I come to chat and such but I am not doing the challenge, so I just come in and check on all of you. Keep plugging away! :smile: Diana

Great job Patrick!! You always make having a bike sound so exciting and I think I will add that to my list of goals! Good luck finding a new bike!!

Karen, not sure where you had your surgery done but when I was looking into it and in the beginning stages, I was told I could call the nutritionist any time I needed help or refocusing. And I hadn't even been approved for the surgery yet. There must be someone you can talk to at the surgery center that might be able to…

Great job Pat!! Congrats on all the hard work paying off for you! Keep it up and you will be at your goal soon!

You look amazing!!! Great job! :D

I'm here. Trying to regain the momentum and positive energy I had a year ago. I usually check in with the MOBO MOTO group, but I am just realizing that it is a challenge group and I am thinking that maybe I need to check in here more often for the non-challenge part of all this. Diana

Back from our little mini vacation...except I went to someplace that quite possibly had more snow than we do! Ugh. Didn't plan that one too well! lol. Anyway, back to the grind and I also decided along with writing everything down, that for Lent I am giving up starches. Sort of. I am going to allow myself 1 starch a day vs…

I do! I want to buckle down and get things jump started again. But in order to do that, I need to do what go me where I was headed in the first place... being accountable here. Marking down all my food, good or bad. It became second nature for a while and I have let it fall by the wayside. So my goal starting Monday is to…

Congrats Dee!!!

I have to admit...I think one of the reasons I have slacked is because I was losing focus on what this group is about. And it was an easy excuse to let myself slide. I love the idea of challenges to keep up the motivation, but I just can't wrap my head around anything longer than a week, maybe two, before I become bored…

Karen, I'm still trying to pretend I don't know about the past couple days! lol

And possibly Monday too Karen!!! YIKES!

Welcome back!! :)

Ok... If I put it in writing it HAS to be accomplished. Or at least that is what I am going to tell myself. I am going to attempt a lot of little resolutions, such as try new healthy foods, try different types of exercise... but my ultimate resolution is to weigh 100lbs less next Dec 31st. That's less than 10lbs a month.…

Hi everyone! I have been soooo busy. My kids are at the age this year that they have afterschool commitments here there and everywhere and I am still trying to get a handle on it all. And they all want to eat! So somewhere in there I have to shop and cook and clean house! Imagine...wanting to eat and have clean laundry…