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I'm back !!
It's been a hot minute since being here. It's time to get back to taking care of me! I'm tired of feeling miserable! Looking forward to meeting others to check in with and cheer each other on!!
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Dam to Dam 20K on June 4th!!
Is anyone else training for the Dam to Dam 20K on June 4th in Des Moines, Iowa???? This will be my first time there.... I am a new runner, got sick 3 times with Sinus Inf/allergies, crud!!! So it has really messed with my training..... but I will do the 20K "no matter what"!!!! I am so excited!!!! 3 of my girlfriends who…
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Reebok Run Tones........
is what I got for one of my birthday presents...... I wasn't sure if they were a gimic, but they are really comfortable and I was due for new gym shoes so I thought what the heck!!!! I wore them today to the gym to run / walk on the treadmill, I've been going to the gym since August..... I can tell you these shoes…
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Frusterated......
I am working my butt off, watching everything I put in my mouth, drinking more water then a fish..... and the I'm stuck. The scale bounces from 173 -175 ~ just back and forth..... back and forth...... I wanted to be 170 for Christmas. I just can't get there. I am so frusterated........ =(
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I am so sick of seeing THAT number on Tuesdays.....
Seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:noway: 177 on the scale AGAIN this week............... its not budging at all............. up an ounce, down an ounce.............. Grrrrrrrrrrr! :explode: Yes I am grateful that its not going up...... but come on... I'm working my butt off here....... LITERALLY!! I know my body is changing…
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Practice 5K Run..........
I am running / walking a Turkey Trot 5K on Thanksgiving morning with my family and some friends! :laugh: So this morning my girlfriend and I got up at 4:30am and went to the gym and did a practice 5K on the treadmill! We finished at 42 minutes...... ugh oh! :noway: Its gonna kill us running it outside in 29 degrees and…
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silly question.............
so you are suppose to have a rest day? but you are suppose to do Jillian Micheals 30 Day Shred for 30 days?? So do you rest on day 31? =)
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starting 30 day shred tonight...... anyone else????
I bought Jillian Micheals 30 Day Shred yesterday and my niece went and bought it today..... she is in Nebraska and I am in Iowa but we are both going to start it today!! anyone else wanna spend the next 30 days with us??????????
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Just Dance 2 ~ Wii Game
Our oldest daughter came home from College for the weekend and brought this game home to play with me....... why do they call that a "GAME" ????? :noway: LOL Every Single Muscle in my body is sore...... my back, my sides, my butt,.......:sad: WOW what a great workout!!!! You gotta try this!:bigsmile: I wasn't doing so good…
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Jillian's Natural Whey Protein - HELP
ok, I've thought about buying this for months. Now that I am lifting weights and working out more.... I bought it! WHAT DO I DO WITH IT? I heard put a frozen banana in it? do I freeze the banana with the peel on or off??? Please give me lots of suggestions!!!!!! Thanks so much in advance!! I want to make a shake in the…
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Time Change has me hungry...
I don't know if its all in my head but seems like this time change is making me hungry at weird times..... hope I adjust to it okay.... tomorrow will tell when Lunch Break comes at 12:30 and its really 1:30pm.... I will be starving probably!! :sad: Is anybody else having this problem??
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Turkey Trot 5K on Thanksgiving Day!
My husband told me this week that he wants us all to do a Turkey Trot 5K Run on Thanksgiving morning at 9am!! I haven't really ran for over a year..... but have been working out and have lost 22lbs!! Our youngest daughter is working out with me..... so I am anxious to see how this is going to go!! My husband has become a…
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Goals = Good!!
:bigsmile: Goals are Good!!:bigsmile: I've never had them before and when I set them on here I really didn't think they were possible!! :noway: But I hit my first goal I had set for this Thursday - November 4th - 2 weeks early!!!! so I reset my goal for Thursday to 175! This morning I am 178..... so close. Nov. 4th is…
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1st goal Nov. 4th!! Met 10/19/10!
Wooooot Wooot ~ Hoooonk Hooooonk ~ Toooot Tooooot~~ I am so excited this morning!!!!!!!!!!! :laugh: I can't believe that I have set a goal and actually reached it!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have never done that before!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel like a new woman! A woman on a mission!! :bigsmile: THANK YOU for all of your support, your…
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ReWaRd?
My husband asked me the other night what my reward was when I lose 20lbs? It caught me off gaurd alittle. ummmm losing 20lbs is a huge reward in itself!! =) Well I've wanted to get my hair highlighted forever.... I stopped getting it done about a year ago to save money.... So I told him I'd love to get it highlighted…
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Pilates
does anyone do Pilates anymore? I recently rearranged our livingroom and cleaned off the entertainment center and found my pilates dvd's.... and I thought, hmmmm, I should dust them off and do them! =) so maybe today.....
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the easiest goodbye I've ever said.......
goodbye 16's and HELLO 14's; I've missed you, but don't get comfortable because 12's are on their way............ :laugh: I think this morning is the first morning I've woke up and I'm actually comfortable in my skin, I have a new weird kind of confidence in ME. I'm not comfortable enough to stay here by any means, but I…
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its like a bad accident.....
I just HAVE to look when I walk by the building that has the wonderful reflecting windows...... and I pray that ~ that is not realllllllly what I look like!!!!!!!!!!! :noway: it stresses me out, and yet, EVERY time I walk by it, I LOOK!!!!! ugh!!!! :mad: but the success in the story is I walk to work, home for lunch, back…
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The Activia Challenge.....
does it really help you stay regular? I have struggled with not being regular since eating healthy.... :embarassed: go figure. I bought a 4 pack this weekend and I am gonna eat one this morning.... I hope its edible! :huh: So was just curious if anyone eats this stuff and does it do what it says....... have a great…
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Dizzy..... Light Headed.... and Fuzzy for 3 weeks!
I've been counting calories and exercising for just over 3 weeks now and I have a terrible "fuzzy" feeling... dizzy and light headed alot. I spoke with one of the providers at the Dr's Office I work at and she thinks maybe I am not eating enough calories. Has anyone else felt this way?? Any advice? I went from drinking pop…
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Ready to make a change....
I am new to the site, ready to make some changes in my life and start taking care of me as much as I take care of everyone else... I have always struggled with my weight, but I lost my Mom suddenly in March and have turned to food for comfort, adding 30lbs. I stepped on the scale a couple of days ago to see 202.4lbs. I've…
