just wanted to send ya some good vibes and hope you're doing better
And it looks like we will probably miss CJK by a week or two, if I am not mistaken.
So close to being able to see some of you but just missing each other by a couple of days.
Feel free to jump right in, ask a question, share your story, whatever your heart desires!! We're a friendly bunch here. Now that the summer is winding down, people will hopefully get back to posting more often. I know that I want to!!! You mentioned exercise. Maybe you could start slowly so that it doesn't seem too overwhelming. Do you walk? That's a great way to get started with exercise! Keep checkin' in here and we'd love to offer you some more advice!
), but I'm back on track now. Of course, I'm going out for dinner twice this week with friends......not good planning on my part, but I'll try to make healthy choices. I had hoped to drop about 10 pounds for my trip, but it looks like that didn't happen! But still, I'm probably the most fit I've been since I got married so I need to celebrate that success!
to our family here on the web. I am hopeful that you will find the information and/or encouragement that you may need in order to make your goals attainable. (Boy, that was "stuffy"!) Thanks for joining us. To repeat some of what CJK said, we do have a great bunch of people here that has went through a lot. We have all had some successess and some failures. You can get a half dozen different opinions to any question. The great thing is that they all work. Just need to find what works for you! Doing some walking is a great way to start. Just one important piece of advice. Please make sure that you stretch before you do any type of exercise. It doesn't matter if you are walking, riding a bike or lifting weights, we always need to stretch and make sure we avoid injury. Another piece of advice would be to not let exercising get boring. We do what we do to live a healthier and happier lifestyle. Part of that statement is "happier". We can't be happy if we are always "dreading" our exercise. There are several different routines that we can do to keep it interesting and fun. I hope that makes sense and again, thanks for coming by!! would be phenominal. (Of course, it might throw our spouses just a little but we would understand.) I am sure you are going to have a wonderful trip. When are you going to be at WDW and when will you be back? I will be anxiously awaiting a continuation to the trip report that you started last time. And to answer your question, I will post some pictures once I get back. I actually just bought a new camera for such a reason.
!! I have been 25 times and I look forward to each trip just like it is my first. I just don't understand. Oh well. I guess I am not supposed to. I better go. I look forward to talking to all of you again at least once more before I leave.
I hope you and your family had a wonderful time! Please post a link to your trip report when you get going on it.
and have fun on vacation! I'm back exercising and I'm lowwwww carbing it and no booze for a month. I need short goals. I figure the exercise and diet will kick the weight off again fast. We'll support each other Bubba from our vaca-mishaps 
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By the end of the week, my clothes were noticeably tighter. Not fun, but I'm ready to get back on track. Although Canadian Thanksgiving is in less than 2 weeks and I've got some parties to attend...... Life is funny isn't it!? There's always something going on to tempt you away from your healthy lifestyle, but you just have to keep on pluggin'! I really don't want to run today, but I'm strappin' on my shoes and will go run right now!! Who's with me? Hope all is well. Please check in when you get the chance. Cheers!
After my day at work, I mustered up enough strength to get back to the gym. I was planning on going yesterday but I got called into work. Anyway, I went back in and spent just about an hour on just my shoulders. I am trying to focus on each bodypart on seperate days to rebuild my strength and size. I am also trying to go at a deliberate pace as to not injure myself anymore. I want all of the joys that come with my hardwork and efforts. What I don't want is to have to go back under the knife for some kind of surgery. I have a part of me that wants to go back to the gym right now to do more and another part of me that wants to pass out and rest. I still don't know if I will be able to goto the gym tomorrow or not. Something tells me that work is not going to be a good day and then I have a meeting to go to with the City Council tomorrow night. I really want to go but the only time I can foresee that I could would be almost 9 pm tomorrow night. The Father side of me doesn't like that idea as that is bedtime and would mean I wouldn't be able to see my kids at all. Something tells me that I will skip tomorrow and be back in there Wednesday. But the good news is that I am getting back out there and focused on the prize at the end! I have a goal. Anyone that has been here for a while knows my insecurities and low self-esteem. Well, although it shouldn't be that important for me, I do have 2 goals that I want to achieve in a Major way. 1) This is the "guy" part of me coming out. I want a female, other than my wife, to make the comment that I look good. I have never had anyone really make that kind of statement towards me other than my DW and it would just be really nice to be able to hear that just once. 2) I want to make it where my DW is "excited" to be with me again. We have been together for 20 years and my fitness levels for most of that have been very lackluster at the best for most of that time. So, I just really want to be able to get that "twinkle" back in her eyes for me. What are your goals? What are we going to do to make sure that we achieve them by the end of the year or the beginning of the first quarter of next year? Let's win this battle!
