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Army wife here! I was also in the Army myself for 4 years, so I can kind of understand his frustrations at work (not so much now that he is higher up in rank, though I am good at the acronyms :smile: ) I know that our gym here at Fort Benning has a program for people with deployed spouses, if your spouse is down range,…

Good morning, ladies! I had a big weekend as well, with a party at our house on Sunday night. There was a lot of food and I ate a LOT of food....also drank a LOT of wine.:drinker: But with all the cleaning up I had to do on Monday you'd think I would have burned some of those calories off. :smile: I am mixing it up this…

Oh, you guys, I am TIRED!!! I did a 10K on the treadmill yesterday and it just wore me out... Amy~ that's so awesome that you go the farmer's market! The food is SO much better than anything you can buy in the grocery store. Good luck with your running! Nicole~what are you making for your cross stitch project? I have so…

Stacey~wow, what a trip! I can't imagine how stressful it must be traveling with kids who get nosebleeds a lot...last time we traveled far by car my younger daughter just CRIED a lot, and I thought that was bad. For your ants, try putting down cornmeal around your plants, the ants will eat the cornmeal and die. Or baby…

Hi, everyone! This looks like such a cool group, mind if I join? I am a stay-at-home-mom of 2 girls (3 and 1), and like Christina, I am an Army wife and veteran.:smile:

The Warrior Song!! www.thewarriorsong.com It is the most motivating song for me...I can almost hear my old First Sergeant singing it...right after he started cussing at me for falling out of a run.:smile:

Welcome to the site, from one disabled vet to another! I know how stressful it can get with kids (I have a 3 year old and a 1 1/2 year old), and after I put them to bed, it is ME time! :) But you have come to the right place to get motivation, support, and the occasional kick in the 4th point of contact. Please add me as a…

What are you doing for exercises? I know that when I run, I get HORRID migraines, and also when I push it too hard on the elliptical. You are to be commended though, for drinking lots of water! :smile:

Welcome! I am not in central NJ (more like eastern Georgia!), but feel free to add me as a friend, and I will encourage you. This is a fantastic website, lots of people to motivate you, and keeping track of exercise and calories eaten is a breeze.

We used toilet cleaner instead of Drano when we were kids! Wow...can't believe people are doing it maliciously rather than as a nifty science experiment.

Good morning, everyone! Allie, I hope you have a fun time in Vegas! Here are my stats: Last week: 173.9 This week: 172.4 (down 1.5 pounds) Not that fantastic, I know. And I am concerned that next week's numbers are going to be even more dismal. On Saturday, The Man, the girls and I are going to Virginia for a week and a…

So jealous! I am going to visit my folks for 3 weeks in July, and my mom has a huge veggie garden for me to work in...I can't wait!

Wow, meokk! That is a lot of calories burned by working in the garden! Do you just have flowers, or veggies, too? I miss being able to have a garden...apartment living is not for me.:cry: I have been faithfully working out every single day (except Sunday) and have been keeping well under my calories every day, but I…

Weigh in! Like others here, it has not been a good week for me either, but I am not going to give up! Starting weight :181 Last week's weight: 175.5 Today's weight: 173.9

This might not be a good week for me, ladies! I'm doing good with the water (and made it up to 100 crunches, btw), but my older daughter is sick with a tummy bug again. No gym! Plus, she is hogging the TV so I can't do my Wii Fit. :laugh: I also need to resist the wonderful smells wafting out of my kitchen...I'm making…

Yay, a challenge I'm good at! :) I was the water drinking champion in Basic training...:laugh: Cris, I'm hoping you get to feeling 100% soon! And thanks so much for the info on why we need to drink so much water. Sometimes you just hear 'because you should", and not a whole plethora of GREAT reasons why.

LOL, I almost STOPPED going to the gym after the first several days, because it seems like the only folks there in the morning are Marines and Army Rangers! I am very self-conscious, and finally just had to focus on the TV's or shut my eyes while on the treadmill. To the original poster, welcome both to MFP and to the…

Happy Monday, ladies! I don't know about you all, but I am jonesing to go back to the gym. Had sick kids last week, so I wasn't able to go, but they are feeling much better today, wonderful! Also on Saturday night, I went out on a date with The Man. Popcorn at the movies, french fries and a BIG margarita at the…

We all have our off days, and with a son in the hospital having surgery, I can imagine how much stress you are under right now! (My younger daughter had to be hospitalized at 5 weeks old because of RSV). But it takes a lot of strength to get back up on that pony and say "Every day is a NEW DAY!" You can do it. Don't give…

Bow-chicka-wow-wow...:laugh:

I'd like to give a big WAY TO GO!! to all those who could do so many more sit ups than me (40). I haven't done sit ups since before my first daughter was born! :) It has not been a good week for workouts for me, as my dear daughters were both sick. The older one threw up twice last night, poor thing. But hopefully they…

That is awesome. I really needed that!

Found you ladies! I am going to do the sit up challenge this week, but I don't think I am going to make it to the gym. Sick kids = no day care = no gym time. So the Wii Fit is going to be my new best friend during naptime. :) Wish me luck!

I LOVE my Wii Fit. My favorite exercises are the boxing, bike riding, and the hula hoop. It is also really cool that it keeps track of how much weight you have lost since you started. (I'm up to 6 pounds lost since we bought it at the end of March). I'd like to know too, what is your routine? I really don't have one, just…

Put on some ankle weights and do some side leg lifts. Get into some workout clothes and do some Wii Fit (if you have it). And I thought I got up early! :)

Woo, it's Friday! Must remind myself not to let all the hard work be negated by the weekend. Here are my stats: Starting Weight: 181 Current Weight: 177.9 Goal Weight 136

Beets and cauliflower. My mom has canned her own beets since forever ago, and I used to help her. The gross purply-red color would stay on my hands for DAYS and totally turned me off beets. I do like most of the other healthy foods that people have said they can't stand, like seafood and mushrooms and bananas....Don't like…

Count me in! I love fishnets and high heels...I am a rockabilly at heart :) Starting Weight: 181 Current Weight: 179.3

Welcome! I just want to echo everything that Bren New said. If you keep at it, you will do great, and this site is a WONDERFUL tool! And I am fairly new too, not even been here a week. :)

I had been monitoring my weight even before I joined MFP and it seemed like I couldn't lose weight, no matter what I did. After reading a thread on the message boards about alcohol, I decided to cut out my nightly glass of wine and see what happened. I lost half a pound yesterday. I don't know if you are a drinker, but you…