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Just one thing you forgot to tell us... your name! But welcome and thanks for sharing. Andrew and Beth- both black team members have a baby on the way too, we'll have lots of babies to talk about! My husband played volleyball for the Air Force for a lot of years and his body took quite the beating from it too. Knee…

Sure, join in. We have a few guys but yes, mostly chicks around here. Welcome!

Alright, I'm with Marla on this one. You have got to get in a better place mentally with all of this. Remember- this is for the REST OF YOUR LIFE. Are you never eating pizza again? One 'free' (not cheat) meal will not kill you. Don't think of it as cheating, think of it as free to do what you want every now and then.…

Morning gang! Home alone with only 2 of the kids, my DH's two who are total lumps on logs. I won't see them roll outta bed unitl who knows when and although it drives me bonkers, I'm not in the fighing mood. I'm doing my own thing this week, it will almost be like bein here alone. I'm not even sure I'm cooking for them,…

Jeannie- sometimes accidents are awesome. You've got to remember though, if you weren't eating, they were giving you your nutritional needs in your IV, still calories my dear, even if you didn't chew and swallow them! Plus, seriously, the number on the scale at this very moment is soooo insignificant! Rest up and I'm so…

Kati- I know the amount of work that kind of mess takes. We were hit at one of our rentals in Maryland, we were away for Thanksgiving and came home to a huge mess, 18 inches of water. It was like that for several days while we were gone and it smelled so bad. It's not a quick and easy clean up, we lost a lot of stuff, it…

Jeannie- Holy smokes lady! I am so glad you are alright. I'm also glad you checked in, I was thinking yesterday I was sending out a search party for you, but I didn't think about looking in hospitals! It sounds as if it all worked out well and you will be even better in the end.

Hey guys! Good day, busy day! Hope everybody is having a wonderful weekend.

Boot camp was good and I had fun. Run, pushups, run, hill sprints, run, other torture exercise, run, water, run, hill sprints, run, steps and pushups, run, suicides, run.... get the drift? An hour of it. Next time I know to take a towel. Abs in the grass when you are covered in sweat leave you covered with dirt, grime,…

Headed out to the park to take a boot camp class that the gym offers. It's hot out there (90 degrees and 100% humidity at 7 AM), plus the instructor kicks some serious *kitten*. I may live to tell about it.

Awesome news!

The girls were hit hard with weight loss. Add gravity and lets just say that swim suit was tied TIGHT around my neck hiking it all up! I still maintain I want a lift for my 40th. Gives me 2 years to lose the last little bit and keep it off. Wouldn't want to do it, lose more and have 'em fall again! I'm wondering when they…

Geez.... the profile pic on here gives you no options... it crops it where it wants to fit... If I use my whole pic I dont' have a head...lol

Awww. A picture from a swimsuit catalog? Hot dang! I'm making it my new profile pic. LOL. You guys are great. Tamara- I think it was you that said about before pics and progress....dear, you of all people need to sit down and take a look. 4 oz? Really? That's like one good swig of water. You kill yourself out there. Take a…

I'm back fo a quick second. I know I can share this with all of you becasue you will 'get it'. You will understand. I've shared horrid bathing suit pictures of me in the past, I have years and years worth of them. When my sister is around, I suddenly have pictures of myself, otherwise, I am usually the one behind the…

My sister is leaving tomorrow. A week of trying to eat 5 meals while on the beach, boats, waterparks, etc is coming to an end. I'm sad to see her visit end. Not so sad to get back to my routine. I thrive on a routine! Plus today I ran out of cooked chicken breast and didn't have the greatest stuff to take with me, ended up…

Supposed to hit the beach one last time with my sister today, they leave tomorrow. I'm sick to say this is a pic a friend of mine shared on Facebook..... It's here. Gooey nasty tar and oil covering our beautiful white beaches. I'm not sure how far east we would have to drive to be in the clear. Makes me sick. The worst…

Hi all! I can't believe how busy I have been and the lack of time I have to talk to you. Off to dinner and mini golf. Later!

I am 100% exhausted! I got in a run this AM wih a little walk with the dog afterward, burned about 600 calories there. Weigh in is tomorrow so I figured I'd come home and do something else, a walk or a video or something. WHAT WAS I THINKING? Waterparks are steps and steps and steps and did I mention steps? OMG! I'm…

Good morning out there! Some of our team has been MIA lately. Remember your goals! Are you thinking of them every day? Are you striving to meet them? You can do this! I have been doing really good considering all I've been faced with. I haven't worked out as long/hard as I've wanted to, but I have done what I can fit in.…

I miss you guys! Off to watch a movie. Later dudes.

Tamara- I've had the same issues with workout clothes, usually right out of the dryer they were ok, but as soon as I started sweating the smell came out. I started bleaching the stuff.... not colorsafe either. Straight old bleach. I don't use a lot but it seems to kill the smell. Granted some of black shorts no longer look…

Marla- try www.mapmywalk.com... it's pretty good for figuring distance.

I'm here, been really busy, had a wonderful day out on the boat we rented today. Everybody is wiped out! The water in the bay was absolutely crystal clear at a place they call crab island. It was awesome, you could see your feet plain as day in 5 feet of water. This pic was taken there. I even went tubing, we had a deck…

I have been busting *kitten* all day too Marla. I realized a few seconds ago why I have grown slightly more lax on the house. When I spend hours and hours cleaning I turn into a b!tch on wheels. Hubs turned 40 yesterday, he came home this evening, I made cake, they had freaking cake crumbs everywhere. I was pissed. Once…

I am going to workout next week Marla! No worries. I may do a day or two where I run at home and do some other stuff here, but mostly, I would like to hit the gym and sort of already told my sister that I was going to do that. I invited her to Zumba. She didn't sound all that thrilled. Hey, I offered! I was thinking about…

Hey gang, popping in while I sit to eat my dinner. Been busy all day. Caught up on the chatter from earlier in the day. I realized while out on my run this AM that I was insane for waiting to take the kids to Kohls with me. That coupon arrived yesterday, just in time for my last day of freedom, translation- school. So I…

I have entered into my 'I have things on my mind and things to do and once I'm awake forget it' phase. Up at 4:30 today. I spent yesterday starting to get the house extra cleaned up for my sister's arrival on Saturday. I still have a million things I want/need to do. I need to figure out groceries and get food. Today is…

Ever have a flipping hungry day? That is today! I've already eaten 2000 good for me calories, but truly, I'm still hungry. Guess there are days like that! I ate a banana with PB on it a few minutes ago, I suppose I should let it hit my stomach before I add something else. :ohwell: I worked out hard today and have been…

I have to share with my friends here how fabulous I feel. 2 weeks of watching what I eat. 2 weeks of no sweets. 2 weeks of hitting exercise hard. Those 2 weeks allowed the scale to go down 7.2 pounds, my body fat % to go down 1.8%. I can tell a huge difference in my belly bulge AND it's even TOM- started Monday. I'm not…