But just picture herding around 8 80 year olds. One with a walker and one with a cane who is slower than molasses in january.
Had yoga last night and it was a little different than I have been doing. Really worked some muscles last night but I forgot to take some advil before I went to bed.
Oh, dona, what a day you had. Funny, if anyone can handle 8 80 year olds, it would be you. I'm sure the yoga felt great after your day.
Hey Kathy - I would love it if my DH would replace the toilet paper.
So funny. We were at a friends house this afternoon, and her husband did something goofy, so she said, "do you want him?", so I said, only if he changes the toilet paper on the roller, and she said, oh, god no.
I'm swamped at work, but since I do so much better when I've checked in here, I wanted to at least say "hi" and WISH you all a lovely day. I also wanted to report that despite the ridiculously complicated planning it required and the logistical nightmare of getting there and in the building and then through the shower, etc. afterwards, I did, in fact, go to the gym today to do a 20-30 minute uppper body workout. Tonight is water PT, so that will be the most exercise I've had in more than 6 1/2 weeks.
Nice work, cam on getting to the gym. You are such an inspiration. How easy it would be to give up and not attempt it with all the planning it requires, and you got out there and did it. You are doing awesome!!
I am making a list of all the yummy beverages. We leave in 6 days for our trip, I need to know where to refuel
6 days, you must be getting soooo excited. We leave in 7 weeks, and I'm already starting to get excited.
Well I think I am finally packed. Tomorrow we fly to Orlando to board the 7 night Carnival Dream. We will be stopping at Cozumel, Costa Maya, Belize and Isla Roatan. After the cruise we will be visiting Disney and staying at Old Key West for 7 nights. It's a long trip and I hope it goes real slow. I do not want time to fly.
Have a wonderful, magical vacation!!
Yesterday I ran to the grocery store with the kids... it was 100 degrees out and my DS-5 was shivering. When we got into the store, I grabbed a thermometer and took his temp. It was 103. He felt bad all day so I took him to the immediate care after dinner... he has strep. I have to try to keep the little kids separated today because DD-3 has a history of febrile seizures when she gets sick.
So sorry your little guy is sick. I hope he's feeling better real soon.
I have had a good start to the day. I went out running this morning (only 2.85 miles but it was a start and I didn't have time for more because I had to tutor), had oatmeal for breakfast (haven't been eating my breakfast) and am on my 2nd big jug of water. We are planning on going to the Mall of America this afternoon so I know I will get a bunch of walking in today as well. We are planning on eating dinner there and I will have to pick carefully because I need to be back on track.
Nice work, getting back on track after vacation. I just got my cow prize, and want to thank you sooooo much for it. It is awesome!! I put a magnet and a dead last finish sign on my fridge, and a sticker on my computer monitor. It is so sweet of you to do that, and it totally made my day. I had just picked up michael at my brothers and almost ate a twinkie, but thought better of it, and when I got home, I thought I"m so glad I didn't eat that, and saw your envelope with "have a magical day" and was so excited. Thank you so much.
Good afternoon everyone. Today was supposed to be an off day, but I went to the Y and did the bike. Does anyone else have trouble taking vitamins? I have to have a completely full stomach or I feel like I'm going to heave. I try to take a multi-vitamin a couple times a week, in case I'm missing anything from being a vegetarian, but I'll tell you this morning I thought I had eaten enough, and still got so sick to my stomach. Yuck!
They do upset my stomach too if I haven't eaten a big meal, and then I'm burping them up for hours. I tend to buy them and will take them for a few weeks, and then forget. I do need to pick up some more, and give it another go. Thanks for the reminder.
I just did the Shred. Oh my gosh, I'm sweating profusely but I feel GREAT!! Now I'm off to get more exercise in the POOL!!!
Whoo hoo!!
I ran 4M today and it felt great! It was way too hot, but I wasn't about to bag it as long as I've waited! I'm going to get up earlier tomorrow for 10M, so it will be cooler. The scale seems to be in line. I've been just treading water. I'll either be the same, have a little gain, or a little loss this week. I think that's to be expected, but I'm already hoping to go down a lb or 2 next week. I don't have to go back to work until Tuesday, so I'm hoping for at least one more run over the weekend. We're going to visit dh's cousin and family at their camp Saturday, so that may be a bust.
Nice job on the 4 miles. It does seem to be cooling off a bit here tonight.
DD has been sick for a week now, her fever was up to 102 and today it's almost been normal. She's just got the plain old flu...moving on to the congestion/cough/runny nose part. I had to work a concert all day Tuesday and cried leaving her at home alone at 9:30.
Fortunately dh came home at 2:30, and a friend of dd's came over before that and they watched the Tink movies.
So sorry your dd is sick, and it's so hard to have to leave them when they are sick, no matter how old they get. We've missed you around here. I hope she's feeling better soon and that you're doing ok.
It also made me realize that we really should share our feelings with the ones we care about more often, cause you just never know. So
thank you to all my WISH friends even though weve never met, the support and encouragement you all share is really special and means a lot to me!
This is so very true. I honestly don't know what I would do without the support of this group.
You guys all are so awesome.
I also tentatively agreed to run in my first race! A marathon relay in October. I told them I would do either a 3 mi, or 5 mi leg... but not the 6 mi. Just not feeling ready for THAT! It's not official yet, but I probably will do it.
Welcome back, and a big congratulations on scheduling your first race!!!! It is an awesome feeling, though scary at first. YOu can do it, and will do amazing.
I haven't been completely MIA - at least I've continued to send my weight to Shannon and am hanging around in that nebulous, boring but pleasant "maintain zone." It's so silly, I know, but I do still miss the "thrill of losing" even after 6 months of maintaining.
Maintaining is great, but there's not as much excitement, that is for sure.
Maintaining is great, and you should be proud of how far you have come. I can understand that it's not as exciting when you are losing, but man I wish I was there with you.
Well, I just signed up for my second 5k this sunday! I had been thinking I wanted to find one for the end of summer, and my friend today asked if I'd be interested in doing one this weekend that she wanted to do. I was initially, like no, I can't do that, it's not enough time to psych myself up for it, but then I said why not? I did say I needed to look at last years results, to know I wouldn't be the last one 15 minutes behind everyone else. So we registered, and I'm doing it. My first one was all women, so this will be different, and about twice as many runners as my other race.
Now as for part 2 of the cow- the disney princess is definintely my big motivator right now. I really want to train and run that, and if I'm going to invest the money into it, I want to be ready for it. In order to be ready, I need to be able to run longer and faster than I am now, and I know that losing this weight is going to make that easier, so that is my big motivator. I'll have to recheck the cow post, because that might have been last weeks cow part 2.
Have a great night.
Just vent all you want -- someone will always be here with a 
I'm lurking, I don't have anything positive to contribute so I'm just reading. 
). Theres a lemon one (Citron I believe?) and a Grand Marnier one, yummy!
Thank you! And it worked too, I was up this morning at 6:30 ready to go, despite the fact the I had only gotten to sleep about 4 and a half hours before
I should have set this up a while ago! Sorry to hear about your DHs work situation. You helped me tremendously when I was freaking out a few weeks ago and I wish there was some way to return the favor. All I can say is that I have confidence that you will overcome this challenge. Make a plan, do the best you can, and remember to breathe. I like Jens idea about setting some rewards for yourself too. 
that is so true, and honestly what I would love to meet, but they all seem to be changing the toilet paper rolls for some other women already. 
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. I even had issues with the prenatal vitamins they gave me I ended up having to take Flintstones chewables for the duration of my pregnancy because they were the only kind I could keep down. It took me years to get my process down as far as the vitamins go the middle of a meal trick was kind of an accidental discovery. Probably more than you needed to know, but I hope I helped a little. 
We're doing a week in Orlando after the cruise too 
There's an image for you! 
And another.
WHEW! Especially Sweet Home Alabama!
Any BTDT advice?
Hope everyone has successes on the scale, and a happy TGIF!
