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I decided to quit smoking today. I woke up this morning and thought "Hmmm.... I think I will stop smoking". So, I did. I put what was left of my last pack into the kitty litter garbage (no way I was going to get it out of there if I was jonesing for one) and put the kitty litter garbage at the curb and watched the garbage man take it away. I started smoking when I was 16 (I'm almost 42). I quit cold turkey with all of my pregnancies. 4 years ago I quit and didn't pick it up for over 3 years... then last May I started again.

I don't smoke in the house... only outside. Since I've lost weight I'm always cold. It suddenly dawned on my how stupid it is for me to get all bundled up to go outside to smoke. I come in the house from smoking and it takes me forever to get warm.... then I do it all over again!

Bye bye Marlboro!

Tuesday QOTD: Where on your body do you first see weight loss? Is there a part you are just waiting to see (or have just seen) emerge?

According to my hubby the first place I lose is my hips and rear. I think the last place I lose is my chin area. I've started doing chin exercises at night while I watch TV.

Good for you! That's exactly how I did it. I just decided one day that I was done with smoking and that was it. Now, do I still want one from time to time-you better believe it. However, I remember how my clothes used to smell and how much the darn things cost and that's enough to quell the cravings.
 
I'm thinking about signing up for the Luck of the iWish 5k although I'd only be able to walk, don't think my back is ready for running yet. Maybe I'll use Google Maps to plot out a suitably picturesque 5k route! Does anyone else use Google Maps to plot out routes?

I think it would be great for you to walk the Luck of the iWish 5K if your back is up to it! I did the Valentine's Day 5K and it was fun to think of all of us there running/walking . The Luck of the iWish will be my last virtual race before I enter the "real world" of racing. I have signed up for a 7K in March and a 5K in April. This is from a gal who about died on day 1 of the C25K program. I am now in week 7 of the program and am doing great!

On Monday - Sleepy. But today - Happy!!! Part of my happy is that I caught up on the sleep that I lost while obsessing over the weekend and now feel like I am back to myself...

Okay, have to confess. I think February was pretty much a bust for me. Thank God it's the shortest month of the year. :lmao: Zilch on the progress. I am getting re-energized for March!! And for me, I recognize it is more a mental commitment than ever before. ... I am gonna do this!!!!


Jude - I am glad to hear that you got caught up on some of your sleep! I bet you feel so much better and I hope that you are finding a bit more time for yourself in your days.

You can do the weigh loss! You had a very busy and stressful February but March is a new month. I will say that I feel like I have stalled out a bit these past 2 weeks but I am ready to switch things up again to get rid of another chunk of weight. I will help keep you energized!!!

:hug:, jen. Hope that you and your DS are feeling better soon. Don't feel like you have to push yourself to exercise because "it's just a cold." Honor your body if you don't feel well and give it the rest it needs. :hippie:

Ohh, so hard to rest. I struggle with laying around all day but know that I have to get over this cold. Thankfully I am feeling a bit better this afternoon. Thanks!

Oh, Jen -- I really hope you feel better soon! It is no fun to be sick, especially when you want to be working out and your body disagrees -- wants to eat but not move. Be gentle with yourself, you will soon be moving at warp speed again!

Maria - this made me laugh! You are so true about my body wanting to eat but not move! I know most people lose weight when they are sick but all the laying around made me want to snack. Not good!!!!

I have to celebrate a personal victory today. Try as I might I could not get below the 150's with my weight ever since I got pregnant in 2004. Today I stepped on the scales and for the first time in 6 years I broke the threshold - 149.8 :worship::banana:. I feel a little guilty about celebrating since it's not that big of a loss but it was pretty darn hard for me to get here.

YEAH! This is such a great accomplishment! It is everyone who is able to share the personal victories with me that lets me know I CAN DO THIS! We all can do this together and it is so great! Do not feel guilty for celebrating - any loss is a huge loss!

I decided to quit smoking today.

Good for you! This is such a great decision for your body. I think about all the healthy lifestyle changes we are all making and it is great!

Well, I am feeling a bit better this afternoon so I did an easy 2 mile walk on the treadmill. I am now going to go to WW for my weigh in and then take it easy the rest of the day. The plan is to go back to work tomorrow and hopefully the cold will just continue to get better.

Later,
Jen
 
I decided to quit smoking today. I woke up this morning and thought "Hmmm.... I think I will stop smoking". So, I did. I put what was left of my last pack into the kitty litter garbage (no way I was going to get it out of there if I was jonesing for one) and put the kitty litter garbage at the curb and watched the garbage man take it away. I started smoking when I was 16 (I'm almost 42). I quit cold turkey with all of my pregnancies. 4 years ago I quit and didn't pick it up for over 3 years... then last May I started again.

I don't smoke in the house... only outside. Since I've lost weight I'm always cold. It suddenly dawned on my how stupid it is for me to get all bundled up to go outside to smoke. I come in the house from smoking and it takes me forever to get warm.... then I do it all over again!

Bye bye Marlboro!

Good for you! keep it up!
 
okay, time to answer a couple QOTD:

Dwarves - I'm definitely Sleepy! Too many late nights trying to see all the Olympics on TV in the evening after getting things done in the daytime. I let my girls stay up last night to watch the Ice Dancing. All of us stood up and sang along with our anthem :goodvibes Wasn't it cool to see North America take Gold & Silver! The US & Canadian teams looked so happy. I did find it funny that they have the same coaches. The woman coach swaps from the US jacket to the Canada jacket in between the 2 numbers. I think it'll be great to see how they both do in the next competition :goodvibes


WHERE TO SEE THE LOSS: notice it usually in the waistband of my pants first. And count me in for the poochy belly group. I'd like to have a flat lower stomache one day, but I don't really think it will happen.

IWishForDisney - good luck on your job interview :goodvibes

sahbushk - hope you feel better before your trip!

pjlla - congrats on your run!

lecach - :banana::cool1::banana: don't feel guilty for celebrating! You worked hard to break the threshold and you deserve to feel good about it :goodvibes

maiziezoe - good riddance to the cigarrettes! More money for other things (like vacations!):cool1:
 

Its a bit late, but here's the list of folks who haven't sent in a weight for Feb 19th yet. If you see this and get it sent in before I get online tonight to do the results post, you can still be included!

So here's the folks I don't have weights for:
A Little Pixie Dust
ajb1969
anut4disney
beansf
BernardandMissBianca
CanuckCruiser
denise
Derby
DisFam95
disney mommy
goldcupmom
goofypete
iheartdolewhips
iluvtig2
jbm02
jimmduck
Jimmy (Denise's DH)
KermitRocks
Leader of the Club
lmhall2000
lornak
Lucky'sMom
mandac
MelanieC
mic&min
mousemom11
Mrs D
mrsschlep
Nicholfamily5
Northern Julie
pgumiela
Piglet18
pjlla
poohlove
stace208
StitchIsOurHero
talytam
Where'sPiglet
 
I decided to quit smoking today. I woke up this morning and thought "Hmmm.... I think I will stop smoking". So, I did. I put what was left of my last pack into the kitty litter garbage (no way I was going to get it out of there if I was jonesing for one) and put the kitty litter garbage at the curb and watched the garbage man take it away. I started smoking when I was 16 (I'm almost 42). I quit cold turkey with all of my pregnancies. 4 years ago I quit and didn't pick it up for over 3 years... then last May I started again.

I don't smoke in the house... only outside. Since I've lost weight I'm always cold. It suddenly dawned on my how stupid it is for me to get all bundled up to go outside to smoke. I come in the house from smoking and it takes me forever to get warm.... then I do it all over again!

Bye bye Marlboro!

That is awesome. I quit 6 years ago when we were trying to have our son. I found a cool program called Freedom From Smoking at the American Lung Association site the online support is what worked for me. Good luck it is hard to quit smoking. But you can do it if you have done it before. :)
 
QOTD - I definately loose weight in my stomach first. Then my face and backside. LOL. I guess that is a good course to follow.

I got a job today. I dont know if I am happy or a little sad. I was bored staying home since my son is in school but I hate to give up my free time. I hope they really do keep my hours at a per diem level like they said they would. The pay down here is terrible. It is half of my old job but what can you do. I am excited to meet new people and have some adult convo though. I cant wait to watch the figure skating tonight. Whoo Hoo. Have a great day everyone.
 
I decided to quit smoking today. I woke up this morning and thought "Hmmm.... I think I will stop smoking". So, I did. I put what was left of my last pack into the kitty litter garbage (no way I was going to get it out of there if I was jonesing for one) and put the kitty litter garbage at the curb and watched the garbage man take it away. I started smoking when I was 16 (I'm almost 42). I quit cold turkey with all of my pregnancies. 4 years ago I quit and didn't pick it up for over 3 years... then last May I started again.

I don't smoke in the house... only outside. Since I've lost weight I'm always cold. It suddenly dawned on my how stupid it is for me to get all bundled up to go outside to smoke. I come in the house from smoking and it takes me forever to get warm.... then I do it all over again!

Bye bye Marlboro!

Way to go!!! Woo hoo!!!

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QOTD: I tend to lose all over. I would still like to shrink my tummy, arms and thighs, but otherwise I'm not too bad. Unlike many others I do not loose in the breast area when dieting :confused3 I'm not saying it's a bad thing, just the norm for me.
 
Tuesday QOTD: Where on your body do you first see weight loss? Is there a part you are just waiting to see (or have just seen) emerge?

pfffft. my ****s. :rolleyes: Of course part of it may be that I 100% weaned my last kid after 10+ years of solid breastfeeding (I'm one of those freaks who believes in extending breastfeeding - don't worry...they're well-weaned by the time they start school!). But that combined with losing 20+ pounds...poor, sad, little deflated balloons. :( I need to go bra shopping now because they're way too loose. OK, now I'm depressed and need to go find a cookie. Besides ****s, I'd say hips/waist/butt - it's not an Olympic event trying to fasten up my pants anymore. :teeth:
 
Watched my calories all day and am at where I should be. Have done 5 miles of walking workouts plus given a hot stone massage. Heading down shortly to do another 2-3 mile workout before watching the Olympics and finishing The Lost Symbol (50 pages left). Also need to do some cleaning in the living room. Still drinking my water and am also planning on having my green tea tonight. I made a cup earlier and only got to have about 3 sips before heading out for the afternoon. Client tomorrow has already canceled as she is sick and the weather is going to be lousy. Probably stay home and clean now that everyone is back to work. Got 2 scheduled so far for next week. We got our new business cards and flyers so hopefully business will pick up soon!

Time to WATP with Leslie Sansone. I may try doing the elliptical tomorrow if I'm home alone I'll have more time.

Have a great night! I'll probably stop in again later after I finish my book!
 
Only my second day at work and came home with the lovely stomach virus. I hope it is gone by 1 pm tomorrow I have to be at work then. Doesn't look good to call in sick to a doctor's office on the 3rd day.

QOTD: 1st place I lose is my fingers, wrist and chest area by the collar bone.

If I could pick a name for an eighth dwarf my choice for myself would be CRAPPY. That's how I feel.
 
Just finished mile 8 for the day! All of them WATP! The 2 and 3 mile with my 3 pound dumbbells and the 3 mile Slim and Sleek Pilates walk! I feel great! I also did a 75 minute massage earlier today! I was back below what I was last Friday after my workouts this morning and I have stayed TOTALLY on plan all day! Time for some more WATER and some green tea!
 
I decided to quit smoking today. I woke up this morning and thought "Hmmm.... I think I will stop smoking". So, I did. I put what was left of my last pack into the kitty litter garbage (no way I was going to get it out of there if I was jonesing for one) and put the kitty litter garbage at the curb and watched the garbage man take it away. I started smoking when I was 16 (I'm almost 42). I quit cold turkey with all of my pregnancies. 4 years ago I quit and didn't pick it up for over 3 years... then last May I started again.

I don't smoke in the house... only outside. Since I've lost weight I'm always cold. It suddenly dawned on my how stupid it is for me to get all bundled up to go outside to smoke. I come in the house from smoking and it takes me forever to get warm.... then I do it all over again!

Bye bye Marlboro!


WOHOO!!!!!! Congrats!
 
QOTD - I lost mainly in the stomach first. I didn't have a belly till '08 when I gained my breakup weight. And now, it's just about gone! I've also lost some in the back and some off my butt, but my butt is still large and I still have saddlebags.
 
OH man, today was the day from Hades. We had a snow day yesterday, so of course the kids were wound up. We had spring pictures and in the spring we do class pictures. This meant we had to do our class, invidividual pictures, and then my kids went with their grade level rooms. We were supposed to have an assembly yesterday that got pushed back to today, so of course that caused problems.

The real issue though was having to evacuate our classroom after sewer gas escaped up the line when they were working on our sink. The place they sent us was a storage room with lots of toys and stuff. Ugh. All in all, my kdis were not nearly as bad as they could have been, but it meant that nothing got done like I wanted it too and it was just very frustrating.
 
Fingers, huh? That is one I have not heard before! have a wonderful time in Arizona, that sounds like a fabulous place to go at the end of February!

Yep, weird, I know. :laughing: But the wedding ring had to be retired for awhile -- amazing! I am hoping for some temperature over 70 in Arizona! :thumbsup2

I have to celebrate a personal victory today. Try as I might I could not get below the 150's with my weight ever since I got pregnant in 2004. Today I stepped on the scales and for the first time in 6 years I broke the threshold - 149.8 :worship::banana:. I feel a little guilty about celebrating since it's not that big of a loss but it was pretty darn hard for me to get here.

:woohoo: Woot! Woot! Way to go! How exciting! Your hard work is paying off.

Back from DL! I love going to DL and LOSING weight! WOO HOO!!!!! However, now I am so totally sick...so no gym time for me, can't breathe, but hopefully, can't eat much either :)!!!!

Glad you had a good time at DL but sorry you brought back a not so nice souvenir. Hope that you are feeling better soon! :hug:

I decided to quit smoking today. I woke up this morning and thought "Hmmm.... I think I will stop smoking". So, I did. I put what was left of my last pack into the kitty litter garbage (no way I was going to get it out of there if I was jonesing for one) and put the kitty litter garbage at the curb and watched the garbage man take it away. I started smoking when I was 16 (I'm almost 42). I quit cold turkey with all of my pregnancies. 4 years ago I quit and didn't pick it up for over 3 years... then last May I started again.

I don't smoke in the house... only outside. Since I've lost weight I'm always cold. It suddenly dawned on my how stupid it is for me to get all bundled up to go outside to smoke. I come in the house from smoking and it takes me forever to get warm.... then I do it all over again!

Bye bye Marlboro!

Tuesday QOTD: Where on your body do you first see weight loss? Is there a part you are just waiting to see (or have just seen) emerge?

According to my hubby the first place I lose is my hips and rear. I think the last place I lose is my chin area. I've started doing chin exercises at night while I watch TV.

Go, Ann, Go! :cheer2: You can do this! What a great gift to yourself and your family to get rid of that habit for good. You can all go on a Disney vacation with the money you'll save.

QOTD - I definately loose weight in my stomach first. Then my face and backside. LOL. I guess that is a good course to follow.

I got a job today. I dont know if I am happy or a little sad. I was bored staying home since my son is in school but I hate to give up my free time. I hope they really do keep my hours at a per diem level like they said they would. The pay down here is terrible. It is half of my old job but what can you do. I am excited to meet new people and have some adult convo though. I cant wait to watch the figure skating tonight. Whoo Hoo. Have a great day everyone.

Congrats on the new job. It will be fun to get out in the adult world. My son got to liking daycare so much he would ask me to come back and get him later! :rotfl:

Only my second day at work and came home with the lovely stomach virus. I hope it is gone by 1 pm tomorrow I have to be at work then. Doesn't look good to call in sick to a doctor's office on the 3rd day.

QOTD: 1st place I lose is my fingers, wrist and chest area by the collar bone.

If I could pick a name for an eighth dwarf my choice for myself would be CRAPPY. That's how I feel.

:hug: lovedvc. This is rough week for you and when you add the stress of a new job, it's ten times worse. I hope you have an understanding boss and that you are feeling better soon.

Jessi, sounds like a wild day in your classroom but the kids rose to the occassion. Some day you will have a regular day, in your regular room, everyone will do what they are supposed to and you get everthing done that you want. It will happen one of these days. Think of all the great character building exercises you have going on until that time!

Tomorrow will be a test of my weightloss progress. Last time I flew on US Air in the front row, I had to have a seatbelt extender -- it was very, very embarrassing. :headache: The only time it's ever happened. I have a seat in the same row tomorrow. I'll live if I need an extender but I am really hoping that I won't. I had no problem on my Florida flights and that was a couple of years ago -- yet it nags me. :eek:

On a good note today I had a new client who told me that he has had at least ten people in the last five years tell him that I am an excellent attorney. That made me feel very nice because so often I only hear about the people who don't like me.

So on that happy note I will head off the Arizona and keep in touch when I can. Have a great evening all!
 
Just had to let everyone know...I had my weekly weigh in at my ww meeting tonight and had a huge loss...4.6....which brought me to 198.6 lbs!!!!! I am in WONDERLAND!!!! So excited...I am off to Disneyland on Thursday so I doubt it will stay in the 100's but I am so excited to see it!

SarahMay
 
Just had to let everyone know...I had my weekly weigh in at my ww meeting tonight and had a huge loss...4.6....which brought me to 198.6 lbs!!!!! I am in WONDERLAND!!!! So excited...I am off to Disneyland on Thursday so I doubt it will stay in the 100's but I am so excited to see it!

SarahMay



That's so awesome! What a wonderful feeling! Have fun at Disneyland and whether you maintain or not, I'll be paying attention to how you get back on the straight and narrow. I've been on and off program all week since getting back and I was only there for one day this time!!!
 
Just had to let everyone know...I had my weekly weigh in at my ww meeting tonight and had a huge loss...4.6....which brought me to 198.6 lbs!!!!! I am in WONDERLAND!!!! So excited...I am off to Disneyland on Thursday so I doubt it will stay in the 100's but I am so excited to see it!

SarahMay

HAVE FUN! You will walk off all of the treats :)!!!
 
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