Bree--did I read you reached one-derland? Woohoo!
Yesterday I worked out with my trainer again. It was a tough workout but as DH and DS said "you didn't feel like you were going to throw up and you didn't have to lie down for an hour so it must have been okay!"
I really do not like the elliptical but I can tell it is good for my legs so I will keep working on it, although I have to confess even 3 minutes just about does me in.
The good news is that I am down another 2.5 pounds since Friday which puts me down 8 for the challenge so far and within 6 pounds of my prepregnancy weight -- a number I haven't seen in more than 11 years! I have a real shot at ONE-derland this challenge!
Have a great day all!
Woohoo For 8 pounds!!! I can see one-derland in your future. Your son's comments made me smile.
I have had a couple on runs where I have had to lay down for a few minutes, so I totally understand.
Good morning everyone. I'll try to catch up before I go to work. I am back on track as of yesterday. Kept within my points, and ate healthy. I got out for a 6 mile run/walk, my longest yet, and averaged 15.10 min miles, so I was thrilled to be under wdw sweep time. A friends husband drove by me on the last mile and I so wanted to yell to him to pick me up and bring me home, but I didn't. He yelled out the window and clapped for me, so it actually pushed me to keep running. I was a little sore last night, but feel back to normal today. No running this morning, but hope to get out with michael after work for a bike ride.
Off to work now. I'm sure I've forgotten someone, so happy wishes to everyone for a healthy and sunny tuesday.
And hugs to all who need them.
Great job Kathy!
favourite Disney food is at DL: bacon wrapped asparagus and the different kinds of meat skewers from the Bengal BBQ! And I wouldn't want it available everyday because the specialness would rub off
woke up early this morning and couldn't sleep so I came on here and got the weighins entered. I'm hoping to get the results up early this evening.
Got possession of our new house, and it was interesting to show the girls what will be their new home. They were excited and also emotional, with a few tears from each of them. Off to get ready for work now.
Have a great day everybody!
Oh-bacon. Bacon is the only thing I miss as a vegetarian. I crave it sometimes.
Congrats on getting into the new house!
Rose -- Your son must be so proud of all you have accomplished, and what an amazing example you have set for him. I really do hope he finds his niche. That is one of my concerns for Andrew. If he chooses a school with no marching band, or chooses not to be in it or doesn't make it onto the drumline, I fear that he might not quickly find an activity niche. I am going to be praying a lot for his decision-making process.
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It's been hard on me. He also has recently deleted his facebook page, so I'm a little concerned about him. He seems to still be plugging away, so I'm hopeful. DS was an all state jazz musician in high school. Because of some scheduling issues he ended up not being in band last year, and some other stuff fell through. Sooner or later he will find something. It's just so hard to be an observer. We told him how all of this was a learning experience and that seemed to help his attitude.
Rose - I feel like I am always pages and pages behind in this challenge. I am not sure why that it. Too much stuff going on. I like to blame some of it on the exercise...when I started the first challenge, I took 30 minutes out of my day to exercise. Now I find that my running takes 1-2 hours. Too much exercising!
I so hope that I did not make a comment that was insulting.
I keep thinking that I as I am always behind that sometimes I am rushing to answer and then I might now always say things the best and I know that I have typos galore on top of it all! You are like one of the people here who I totally admire on this thread and I hope that you feel comfortable enough to let me know if I have put my foot in my mouth.
My DD lost her love of Tink this summer and wanted her beautiful Tinkerbell bedroom re-decorated. I was so sad. She then reminded me that she is now 14 and loving Tinkerbell is not "cute" at that age!
I was thankful that she kept a shelf filled with her most special Tink statues.
Go Rose! WOW - the weather is still hot where you are! It should help you with your FL run though. I am missing the hot runs right now because it is so cold here that I wore mittens running on Sunday. Thankfully it is in the 60s today (but drizzly and windy). My run should at least be a bit warmer.
Happy healthy Tuesday to everyone!
Jen
It wasn't anyone here--sorry if that was confusing. It was some comments that one of the parents made this weekend. He started off telling me I looked great, that I'd lost 1/2 my body, asked me if I'd been sick, then told me I looked 20 years younger. I had been feeling pretty good about myself until he started talking, then I started feeling like I must have been really awful looking last year. Anyhow, just trying to wrap my head around it.
on the tink room. It's so hard to have them grow up.
I need to find what page the post about your mud run was on. I missed it!
And it was 98 today! Yes 98. We probably won't run until 7 or so.
You are right! You can spend your life whining about the bad things that have happened..... or you can "put on your big girl panties" and decide to create the life you WANT!! You are an amazing person to be able to see some blessing in your father's accident. I am pleased to call you my friend.
I'm so sorry he has had some disappointments at school. When you talk about your son and wanting to fix everything for him, I look at my 12 y/o and can't IMAGINE what it will be like when he is away at college and I CAN'T fix things for him. He is my pal, my buddy, my BABY! (Don't let him hear me say that!
). Good for you with the tough love.... I'm sure it was hard, but will definitely be worth it in the end.
Can't WAIT for the newest season of BL tonight!! TTYL.............P
Bree--I agree with P. You have a wonderful attitude. I'm sure it's so hard some days, but congratulations for moving forward.
P--I only have a boy, but from everything I've heard from my friends, it's so hard with boys and their mommas. We just want to take care of them. I miss my DS so much sometimes still, but I am so glad he is where he wants to be.
I'll be back later to catch up more, but I had to share a funny story with you. I have been so frustrated about my knee. I have been suffering with this injury since July 14, 2009, have had 1 arthroscopic surgery and one much more extensive with the placement of a large cadaver graft of bone to my femur and cartilage tissue. I've had months and months of physical therapy.
I was so frustrated on Saturday to notice my shadow out of my peripheral vision when I was doing my 3 miles at an outdoor fitness walkway around a fountain -- I was limping pretty significantly. And I was working really hard to maintain a normal gait at a race pace. When all was said and done, I'd managed 3 miles at an average pace right around 19 minutes. I was so disgusted with where I am. I was listening to "Glee" music on my ipod and "Don't Stop Believin'" came on. I remembered that 4 months ago I couldn't walk. It was enough to bring me out of my funk and just be grateful that I could pull off 3 miles all at once.
Yesterday at PT was tough. I still decided to go to the gym last night and instead of my normal 40 minutes on the elliptical, I stuck it out for 60, with the aid of my Kindle and my ipod. The funny part is this. I was using my "Running" playlist to keep myself inspired and to remind myself of the ultimate objective (finishing the WDW 1/2 in January and getting back to running before the one year anniversary of the bone graft). "Fighter" came up on the rotation. I've decided to dedicate these lyrics to this troublesome knee (LOL!!):
I really do think that we all have it in us to be like Bree and so many others here --the very struggles that can bring us to our knees can also be the obstacles that we climb over, push through, or kick out of our way. And when we do, guess what? We have moved that much further ahead on our journey. It may be a tiny step, some small progress, but it is further than we were when we were standing behind that obstacle with it blocking our way.
Very well said Cam.
Anytime I want to quit because I'm being lazy or i have aches and pains I think how hard you have to work, and how much you have missed exercising. And I suck it up and keep going.
I woke up today to my summer goal finally being reached, 35 total lbs lost!!!! Within a week I should be saying bye-bye to the 140’s and hellooooo to the 130’s. Im super excited and motivated. Now its only 12 more pounds to go to reach my Fall goal. I feel that’s its doable now that I have these new healthy habits eating style. My coworkers were even commenting yesterday to me that Im practically vegetarian now with all the fruits and veggies I eat. I do make sure to get my calcium and protein in for the day though. Hope everyone has a good day today!
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Congratulations!!!
GOOD NEWS- back down to my friday weight. I think the whoosh of TOM is finally beginning. I am going to run tonight since its a beautiful day here. My dh is taking a night off from his tues class (he stayed up watching football to late last night)
and having to get up and work all day is just not helping him. It works for me, I get to run.
TTYL
Have a great run Lindsey!
Hi lisah
Yes, I had dropped out for a while..I have found my way back. We have a new puppy named Luna. She is a yellow lab and so sweet. My heart was so empty with out my other dog, I am so happy to have her, and to get back on track. I am also having my 40th birthday party this coming Saturday with my husband. We are having a BIG bash, I know I will be enjoying more than I should. I will be compensating for that early on. It feels great to be back on the disboard...I have truly missed it.
Welcome back! Congrats on the puppy.
[QOTE=brinalyn530;38311039]CC – Oh no! I hope it’s not broken! There really isn’t much they can do for it if is it broken, except set it if needed, but it wouldn’t hurt to have it looked at just in case. Good luck!
Thanks Everyone! Dr.'s appt is in about an hour. Thank goodness.
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Hope it goes well CC!
Julie and all the others out there struggling with parent issues-My heart really goes out to you and all you work to overcome. I hope everyone on this thread can someday look in the mirror without hearing negative voices and seeing the strong beautiful women they are. I am trying to be more positive. I was looking at myself the other day and noticed that my shoulders have become more defined. I told DH this and he said that they had looked that way for months now, I just hadn't noticed. Here's to focusing on the positive!
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Thanks for sharing this.
I almost gave in, but decided on yogurt and strawberries instead. I feel much better.
My new running shoes arrived today!
You know what's weird, though? It's the same brand, same model, same size as the pair I already have, but a different color and... they are signficantly bigger than my other pair. I'm going to run in them this evening, but I don't know if I need to return them for a smaller size or if this is just a fluky pair and I need to order another pair in the same size... I guess I'll just call them and see if they can offer any suggestions that won't cost me a fortune in return shipping.
Hope it works out Connie! I got new shoes, different kind, and I'm still not sure if I like them.
Well I'm caught up from today. I might just give up on catching up from the weekend. I have been so hungry today, don't know what that's about. I need some pixie dust--my foot is now sore. Hoping it's nothing, but we go to W&D next week. I am so paranoid about injuries.
Oh, I wanted to tell you about the parent's weekend 5k. We ran 3 to the race. About a 1/2 hour later ran the race. DS ran with us for the first half and then went ahead. He ended up a few minutes ahead of us. Oh to be young and not have to train.... This woman went to pass me right at the end and I heard her and took off. There is no way she was passing me right at the finish. Anyhow, I now have a new high for my max heartrate. And really I felt pretty good. I would love to have a max heart rate test done. About an hour after the race we walked ds back to his dorm and then ran 2.5. So we ended up with 8.5 of running, and who knows how much walking for the day. This weekend we only go 6 and next week we taper for the race.
Hope everyone has a good evening.
BTW, have you ever considered Lands End uniform pants? some of them have reinforced knees.
and no, we don't have a DVR; I'll have to hope the episodes are available on hulu again this season).
(We think it is fun in our family that DH is June, DS is July, I am August, and DD is September). 
hope the foot is ok. Take a short break so you dont make it worse. Wow I cant believe the W&D is so close. 
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Congrats on whipping that woman's butt at the end of the race. You GOOOOO!!! 
I have to tell you -- I LOVE my Kindle!! I have spent so many hours on the treadmill and elliptical and recumbent bike reading my Kindle. I have the first generation one. I got it in October 2008 and it is my favorite toy in the world (well, it ranks right up there with my iphone and my Garmin forerunner 
