Good luck. 
Good morning, and happy weekend!! I feel like I missed so much the past few days. Just been a little busy here this week.
Thanks tigger813 for coaching last week, and welcome and thank you My3princes for coaching this week.
Thur qotd- I love Garth Brooks. I hear he's doing concerts monthly in Las Vegas, and would love to go but I can't. Oh well, maybe he'll tour again some day.
bonus book question- I just finished another Jodi Picoult, and like her books. I am a sporadic reader. A friend gave me Maeve Binchy's newest book so I'll start that next.
Friday qotd- The end of june is my mom's one year anniversary, and we'll be having a mass that weekend, followed by a big cookout and party. Truthfullly, my goal is to make it to and through that weekend, and not to gain. I have a lot coming up, Michael's talent show is this week, which isn't normally an emotional thing, but last year that was the last function my mom was able to come to, then there's first communion, mothers day, my mom's b-day, and then the memories of all that happened when she got sick. I am trying to really focus on the running, and keeping up with that. I think I am going to sign up for a 5k in june. There is one on june 16th in the next town over, called the Louise Rosetti who is 88 now, but started running when she was 50, and she still runs. She organized this race to benefit her daughter's scholarship fund. I heard her daugter was kidnapped and murdered. I think if I sign up for that race, it will keep me focused and help me to continue running after I finish the c25k.
Sat qotd- sneakers if it's cool, or my merrell water sandals. They are like tevas, but they fit me better than tevas, and are so comfortable, and they dry out so easily. I've had them for at least 4 summers, and they are still in pretty good shape. Worth the price.
Well I was happy to be down .6 from last week, since I was up 3 on monday. Now if I can just stay focused and keep the eating under control.
Thanks for the pampering COW, Dona. I slacked again this week on the cow, so I"m going to try and do the pampering this week. It's a beautiful day here, cooler but seasonable, so a walk will be nice.
Jennz- I hope you are feeling better.
Lisaviolet- We always love to see you here, and I think of you any time the word ONLY shows up before someone's weight loss.
Lisah- Congrats on 10%!!!! that is awesome!!!
To all of you teachers out there, thank you for all you do to teach our children. It isn't easy, and I am amazed every day how you do it all. I had michael and the 2 friends over to practice for the talent show, and honestly, I couldn't get them all to focus for 5 minutes, I can not imagine how you all teach a class of 20 or more.
Have a nice weekend.
And kudos to him for having priorities and keeping that Disney vacation spot time open. 
I know it's been a long time coming. My event is long-term. I want to do the WDW Full Marathon in 2012, and that means I need to shed alot of weight so I can focus on being a healthy weight for training. Training for a Full does not generally help you lose, and is much easier if you are at a lower weight (or so some very wise people tell me). I want to do a Full once in my life (just to finish it, but for me that will be six hours!), and I have to get it in before the world ends. What, the Mayan calendar ends, so time must, too.
Congrats on losing 10% that is a great milestone. I understand setting goals before the big birthday. I hit the big 4-0 last year and I had wanted to lose those last lbs, but alas I didn't. I am still working towards it though
I know that you are frustrated, pjlla, but I also know that you will hit that goal weight because you've come too far to stop now. 
I just finished couch to 5K!!!!!!!!!!! 
Sorry for my elation, just had to share! Today I ran 3.3 miles in 38 minutes, with a 11'38 pace!
Sorry for my elation, just had to share! Today I ran 3.3 miles in 38 minutes, with a 11'38 pace!
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Sorry for my elation, just had to share! Today I ran 3.3 miles in 38 minutes, with a 11'38 pace!
It's so frustrating! Apparently the co-owner of the studio notified the other lady through Facebook. I'm friends with the studio, but not with him directly. He must have logged into his own account instead of the studio account so of course he couldn't find me! I think a phone call would have been a better idea anyway since it was a last minute change and they should have all that information since my kids have been taking their dance and gymnastics classes there for at least 8 years! I'm really trying to get over it. I'll just have to go for a bike ride today to make up for it because I was counting on those activity points!
Sat. QOTD: I used to wear my crocs most of the time, but they tend to be slippery when the ground is wet and I almost fell several times. My last couple trips have been in cold weather, so I wore my Easy Spririt Traveltime mule sneakers. I can't find any regular tennis shoes wide enough for me, but I do pretty good with slip ons. I also have a pair of Teva sandals. I don't know the style name, but they're a sport sandal with a velcro strap near the toes and one over the ankle. I actually started wearing those to zumba lately too. I had been doing it in my socks, but my feet were getting too hot, so the sandals are working out better.
I got to zumba at 12:30 today and noticed the instructor's car wasn't in the parking lot. Turns out they changed the time to 8am just for today but didn't bother to notify me. There's only 1 other person that takes the class regularly on Saturdays and they notified her but supposedly didn't know how to get ahold of me.
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so here goes:
Definitely sneakers. I can't imagine doing the parks any other way. Although I sneak secret envious glances at those who are comfortable doing it in sandals - I'd never last more than 3 hours!!!
We have raised enough to fund all of the end of year activities for the class. I am so happy to have that behind me. Everyone tells me it was a great success compared to previous years events. Now I can focus my attention on other things, like coaching. I will also have significantly less stress so I can focus on losing weight.Don't forget, bridal wear is usually sized pretty small. I don't know WHY they wouldn't go the other way and do some vanity sizing.... it would make every bride (and bridesmaid) feel GREAT! Anyhow, better too big than too small... it is far easier to take in than it is to let it out! You'll look great! Stand up straight, chest proud, belly tucked in, shoulders back and be PROUD of the progress you have made! (And maybe a pair of Spanx underneath might not hurt??
