Thanks Shortblonde, that made my dayDate: 6/22/2007 12:05:09 PM
Author: shortblonde
skippy, i just have to say that you are so peppy and enthusiastic that i always smile when i read your posts.
Monnie, I'm glad my advice was helpful to you. If I hadn't developed a routine to follow during my unemployed days, I might have lost my mind. And yes, it is indeed Sushi/Sapporo night for us! Mara and I were discussing earlier how predictable Charle and I are and while I find it somewhat comforting to have our standard Friday night date at Yoko's to look forward to, other's might find it a bit restrictive. Oh well, we truly look forward to starting our weekend off with some great sushi!! Have fun with your girlfriends!!Date: 6/22/2007 2:48:29 PM
Author: monarch64
Hey everyone!
DeeJay, congrats on hitting the 20 (.5) mark! Woohoo! You are doing SO well, I'm so proud of you for sticking with your new healthier lifestyle. It's so great to see people come to the workout thread and really take off with it like you did!
Lorelei, how's miss Jasmine doing? I'm not even going to ask for pics...hee hee.
Rod, I feel like this week has gone pretty well for me, I took your advice and did keep up a routine and I think it's made all the difference. I thought about your advice on core strengthening today as well, I found a Stott Pilates workout on exerciseTV and did that, I felt great afterwards! I hope your new/switched project is going well...hey, isn't tonight sushi and Sapporo night for you? I might have your eating habits confused in my mind, but if not, enjoy!
So I got in two workouts today, one was Booty Beat (dance) for a seven minute warmup, then i did the Stott Pilates beginner workout and I think that took about 20 minutes. I'm going out to dinner tonight with a couple girlfriends, I have no idea where we're going but it'll be a fun time.
Date: 6/22/2007 9:28:48 AM
Author: Dee*Jay
And let me start off my Friday by declaring that I HAVE FINALLY REACHED THE ELUSIVE 20 LB MARK!!! 20.5 to be exact, and it took me six damn months, but I''m so happy!! And the best thing is I didn''t even have to move the scale to a different part of the bathroom to get there!
Mrs. S., my hubby is having the same issues - he''s lost a TON of weight - he''s closing in on 60 lbs, and his legs are SO LITTLE now, but it''s soooooooo slow coming off around the middle, where he''d really want it.Date: 6/22/2007 10:45:25 AM
Author: mrssalvo
the one thing so frustrating when loosing weight is you always seem to lose in the places you don''t really want to first and the places you do want it to disappear from last. I really need to tone up and I know at this point I''m going to have to get in the gym and doing some weights to do that. Hubby continues to lose but it''s his neck and chest getting smaller when we measure and his waist(where he really wants to slim down) that is hardly moving. Anyway, I''m a lot thinner now than I was when I was in college but I think much of the weight I lost was my chest, not exactly the place that needed to be any smaller
Monarch: I am glad you got your first interview; good luck with the group interview next week!
Lorelei, PG, Kimberly, DJ, MrsS, Shortblonde, Sharon, Skippy, Cello: Thank all of you very much for the kind words about my weight loss so far.
Rod: I’m with you. I like routine and having things well planned. My husband likes change and to be spontaneous; I think we drive each other crazy sometimes.
Kimberly: your trip and Cherry Cobbler sound great.
Dee: congratulations on loosing 20.5 pounds. That is great.
Mrssalvo: have fun on your date. That should be fun. I am nodding my head in agreement with you about loosing weight first where you don’t need to.
I lost another pound this morning so now I’ve lost 105 pounds. Yeah!
Thank you, Gail. Enjoy you 2 weeks off. It sounds like you are doing a lot of working out.
Dee: Too funny about spitting out an almond. That’s dedication. I am generally not very hungry but it seems like when I do get hungry I drop a few pounds. When I’m not hungry I don’t loose weight but I loose inches.
I hope every gets a chance to rest up this weekend and have some fun. I am going to a picnic for my husband’s office tomorrow. I am taking a bag of baked lays for me to snack on, lots of bottled water and plan on leaving for awhile to go visit my sister and her hubby while they are in town. That will keep me away from the food.
We also plan on walking around the other lake in town on Sunday. I heard today that lake is 1-¼ mile around. I know that doesn’t sound like much to some of you; but considering a year ago I could barely walk up and down the mall without eating advil that’s pretty neat to me.
I think I will go clothing shopping too. Someone told me at work today I need to buy some new clothes. The shirt I had on today is really baggy. That’s a good thing but I do need some new clothes.
How funny that you played clarinet. So did my husband! He was terrible though, no Eastman for him. We always joke that he, at 6'' played the clarinet and I play the cello. Go figure. I love my cello though. It''s my pride and joy and I derive so much pleasure from playing and teaching. I was offered a very nice deal from Julliard my senior year in high school and my parents too freaked out when I politely declined. I love cello to much to do it for a living. It''s not a field that allows a lot of personal expression until you are quite well-known and respected. To have someone breathing down my neck to play a certain way would ruin the spirit of it for meDate: 6/22/2007 11:04:28 PM
Author: Rod
Cello, good deal on the 4 mile walk. So, you''re a Cello instructor? Duh........your avatar name makes sense! Do you play in a Symphony? I was once about a million years ago a clarinetist. I had even been accepted to the Eastman School of Music for a masters when I realized that there are not many rich clarinet players and I decided I''d rather have a Mercedes in my garage. So, much to parents chagrin, I put the clarinet away and embarked on a completely different direction in life. I''ve never really regretted my decision though as I''ve had a very good life indeed.
Hi fellow WWT’s. I dread looking at the scale in the morning; maybe I’ll pass until Monday. I wasn’t really bad today but I did eat things I normally don’t and I definitely went over 1200 calories. I had a 270 calorie breakfast (toast, egg, 10 g mozz cheese and 1 piece Canadian bacon). For lunch we went to OMG!!! McDonalds. I had a small hamburger plain (ate only ½ the bun) and 10 french fries. At the picnic I had a hamburger in a bun, raw veggies, baked lays, part of a coke and a small piece of cheesecake. Then I stopped by to visit my family and had a small piece of peach pie. At least it was fruit, right? I did walk a lot today though so hopefully that will help counteract the cheesecake and pie.
I went shopping for clothing for to wear to a wedding in a few weeks and didn’t find anything. I am trying to spend very little on clothing right now because anything I buy for this summer will be way too big for me next summer. I ended up ordering a drawstring waist denim skirt online and will look for a dressy blouse at the mall. I need new clothes bad but can’t find anything I like. I look forward to the day when I can buy clothes that aren’t in the plus sizes. I’ve actually got some clothes already that are simply XL so I’m getting there.
Cello: that is really neat you want to just continue to enjoy the cello and not ruin that passion by making it your life’s work. Good luck on medical school.
Dee: Yeah to loosing another ½ pound. That is interesting the best time to work out is in the morning. I don’t think I’d have the motivation to get up early to work out; I can stay up for a long time but sure hate to get up any earlier than I have to.
Mara: Your walk and dinner sound terrific. I hope you had fun; I had dessert for you since I had two tonight.
Kimberly: You are a good wife toughing it out at the game in the rain. It sounds like you are having a great trip. Let me know if you can shrink you shorts; I need to try and shrink all of my clothes so I don’t have to go a bunch of new things. It’s funny I can manage to shrink my husband’s clothes with no problem but I can’t get my big clothes to shrink at all.
Welcome Haven: I just joined last week and have really enjoyed it so far. It’s nice no longer being the newbee. Cello joined after I did, too.
Monarch: Sorry to hear your dinner at Friday’s was not very good. It sounds like you had better food at home anyway. We had a very nice day here today. It was in the 80’s and breezy so it was a nice day for a picnic here.
Mrssalvo: We’re doing the steak and veggies for dinner tomorrow. I watched Music and Lyrics and thought it was pretty good too.
Rod: It sounds like you had a lovely day. I have to ask what is a scone? I’m thinking it’s a filled pastry but I’ve never had one and you like them so much I am just curious. I was excited to hear you enjoyed a star filled sky.
SkippyGirl: I stocked up on lots of those 100 calories snack packs; they help me through the day. I like raw veggies too but some days they just don’t cut it for me.
Have a great Sunday!
Marcy
Skippy, I''ve found hummus to be a great snack for me.Date: 6/23/2007 11:46:16 PM
Author: Skippy123
I need to come up with filling healthy snacks. Any suggestions???