FUN

Last night was fun, guys! Maybe next time we can have everybody there and find somewhere that won't kick us out 5 minutes before closing!
Yay for all of us losers!

Back on track!

I finally found my way back to the gym (and watched part of "When a Stranger Calls")
and walked 2 miles with a 3% incline at 3.8 mph. That's up from no incline and 3.5 mph. I'm getting there! Then i biked 6 miles, which was easy with the stunning suspense (?) of the movie. I used my adrenaline for that!
This morning I had a sports drink with my work-out, a protein drink when I got home, and for brunch (lunch) I had an egg with peppers, some cheese and a teaspoon of chili sauce. Late lunch will be a Lean Cuisine. More later!

OOPS- I DID IT AGAIN.......

Well, it happened again. Cam's ex-wife is suing us for the umpteenth time and I totally freaked out on my diet. We have been paying child support, sometimes late, but always paid. She kept "records" of when we paid late, and after 15 years is demanding we pay interest on the late payments. That, being compounded at 9%, adds up to almost $4000. Then Oregon Recovery Services is trying to make us pay 5 more months of child support from last year. It says right on their paper if you receive SSI (disability) it is assumed that you can't pay. Well, they don't give a rip and want us to pay up. If that weren't bad enough, she didn't even have the children we were paying for living with her! One was living with us, and has been for 21 months, and the other was living in Idaho on her own. So, I lost it. Fudge found a way to comfort me until I came to my senses. Now I'm not only bummed about all the money they want to steal from us, but I lost control again. I found out my dear friend has slow-growing ovarian cancer, and had surgery today. And then the news about Alan (my son). I'm feeling a little down, but my pity party must end.
Thanks for letting me vent. I think I burned up a lot of calories the last few minutes!

ARRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!

I blew it this past weekend. For some reason I was depressed and pigged out on oatmeal cookies and dough. I haven't slept well for weeks, no, months actually, so I didn't go to the gym but once last week. I have been doing Richard Simmons' Tone and sweat. WOW! It really IS a work-out. Those rubber-band ropes do wonders. Also crunches, so I have been doing something.
I am looking forward to the next weigh-in, and will go to the gym tonight or this afternoon if it kills me! I walked 3 miles and biked 3 miles the last time I went. Thank goodness for the movies they show. If I want to see the next movie, I walk more. Works out great for me.
I want to comment on diet pills. They can be dangerous, but if they work for someone, I don't have a problem, until that someone loses more than me, and then it's a problem. Just kidding. I am proud of all of us for really being dedicated to bettering ourselves.
THREE CHEERS FOR ALL OF US LOSERS!
Have a wonderful day!

yay!

OK, I lost 2 1/2 inches on my waist
1/2 " on my bust
1 inch on arms
1/2 inch on hips
2 1/2 inches on thighs.
SEVEN INCHES TOTAL. I AM JAZZED ABOUT THAT. I thought I had gained 10 pounds, and I only gained muscle. Yes, I can do this and AM.


YAHOO!

NUMBER 2

Thanks, guys, for your support. Right now I feel like I am losing it, with my kids, home-school, my life. I don't know if I have lost anything or not, but I feel like a big fat pig. I walked 3 miles and biked 3 miles at the gym today. I'm having a protein shake for breakfast, and tomorrow I will start on a Pilates 20-minute workout and the eating program that goes with it. I just hope I can eat all that is in it! I know that's the secret. I just can't do the calorie, point thing. I'm so worried about what counts for what, getting too many these and those that I don't eat at all. That's just as bad as eating too much.
Melissa, could you please send me my measurements? I need to see a little bit of improvement, or go nuts.
Thought of the day:

THE FIRST 3 LETTERS OF DIET ARE DIE.
That's why I am now on an "alternative eating" program.
Hooray for the day. Let us be glad and rejoice in it, and not eat too many pieces of fudge!

The first.....

OK, I just decided to figure this out, so I did!
I have never been so heavy before, and it is quite disheartening. When Cam had his accident, I couldn't eat at all and lost 20 pounds. Dang it- they finally found me, and brought their friends. Now all of us are trying to part company, or at least I them. I will succeed in this endeavor!
When I look in the mirror, I don't like the image, nor the emotional one I see. I do need to work on both of them to be truly happy, otherwise, the lost will be found again.
Thank you all for donating all that money for me when I win, it was very nice of you. I will put it to good use : )

LOSER!