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Hey Cickalitas! I'm being lazy tonight... no Y! My knees hurt...so...I'm giving them a break. I think maybe the jogging attempts are not wise at my current weight. I will get on my home treadmill tomorrow and take a long stroll. Mandy... Glad you made it through surgery so well! Patty... I'm really just so worried about your girl. I wish I could do something! Isn't Sherry a great gal!?!?!? I'm so glad she is helping you out! Mary... SO glad things are going well with Cristian and hope you guys are able to have a warm and relaxing weekend! (((Hugs)))

Morning All Anyone that plans on keeping track of exercise miles for whichever type of exercise/walking will need to keep track of their totals during the month and then post your total for the month when we start a new monthly thread. I will post our grand total for each separate month and also our running total for the year. Sound okay???? Dianne... I am so sorry about your MIL... dementia or any type of change in brain function is so hard on family and on the person suffering from the problem. I know it comes across as the person being mean and it's hard not to take it personally... but really... if the person did not behave this way before... it is not personal... it's a brain injury. Hang in there... sending prayers and (((hugs))). Cindy...Woo Hoo girl... that's 1.5 miles closer to wherever it is we decide we're going! I'm proud of you and remember... this IS NOT A CHALLENGE...lol. Betty... Sure hope your day goes better today! SHerry...I think if I get the exercise ball I will get the one that is weighted that doesn't roll around quite as easily to spare my back???? I don't know much about them so perhaps I'll ask them at the Y??? Actually... they have some there so maybe I'll play with on and see if I like it before buying one. Good luck with the crafts and hope your elbow doesn't start squeaking! Mandy...WIshing you a quick and uneventful surgery and recovery! Patty... Are you okay???? Eileen... WE MISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!

I know what you mean Anne... and besides... it's a little frightening to see some of these folks and know they are going to most likely going to be fruitful and multiply at some point in their life! I personally think that Simon is the only judge with half a brain...lol. Oh... and kewl about the job! I sure miss the social aspect of working and the extra moolah! I know you are going to do well and you will just have to insist on being able to post as one of the "extra frills". :rose:

Irene... Good luck...sounds like a project indeed! Hopefully she will do something in your absence so that you don't come back to a tower of undone work! Git yur snowpants and non-slip shoes on girl... there is an elliptical that is screaming your name at the gym. :rose: Can't blame you on the cake thing... I would give you my first and only child for a bite of cake about now. Okay... maybe I would have to give you my hubby's first born....hehehehehe. Proud of ya for munchin on the crunchies though!

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.... Great... now I tinkled in my britches from laughing...thanks Jules....hehehehe.

Eh...Just a wee bit sore with a slightly bruised ego...lol. I feel the worst for my daughter... nothing like being in your big highschool amongst ALL of your peers and having your clutzy mother take a tumble...lol. I think that would be fine measuring distance with your steps on the treadmill. Walking outside for a mile certainly wouldn't be a good idea with the weather that's going on around the USA right now! TTFN I think I will head out to Walmart today while I'm out grocery shopping or I will go take a look online. It's still snowing so I am waiting for it to subside so that I can get my shoveling exercise before heading out.

Wow...Things got a little busy around her for a bit... whew... am moment to post! Morning all! Dianne... I am so sorry that straightening out your MIL's medications didn't help. Sending hugs and prayers. Anne... I'll take ANY exercise miles... we don't know where we are going... we just know we are going together and getting there any which way we can. :cool: I must have missed the job thing somewhere along the line??? WHere are you going to work???? Sure hope you feel better soon... never fails... seemed I always got sick right before starting a new job! CIndy...THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT A CHALLENGE... We are simply keeping track of the miles we exercise to see how far we can all go together in the year 2007. There are no minimums...maximums... nobody will kick your butt... there is no shame in no miles... BUT... I will shamlessley slather on the kudos when you do add miles to the monthly pot. I'm sorry about the whole retirement fiasco and tell your hubby he may have to live in a bubble until Feb! Jeeze... what a bummer! Sherry...Ooohhhh...I want one of those big blue balls! Hmmm...that didn't sound right for some reason? Oh...I asked my hubby the same thing on the pedometer... he said to walk a known distance and see how many steps your pedometer shows? Sounded reasonable to me. It's freaking freezing here too... YIKES. It's also snowing...pretty! SOrry about the TOM... that always clamps down my band too. Jules...Woo Hoo on joing the gym!!!! I am finding it sooooooooooo much easier to stick to it there and I LOVE people watching and so the time goes by really fast when I am there! Eileenie... WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!! Mary... Sorry about little Red and the RRhoids! I have internal ones so I know whatcha mean. Sometimes I just have to pucker up and hold my breath when we go biking! I sure hope your car holds out for ya! Kat... You are kicking butts and taking names later in the exercise department... WTG girl! Cassandra... Are you feeling better with your fill... less PBING yet??? Chris... How's every little thing? Mandy... DId your new pup stop piddling on your shtuff yet? Betty... I bet you are posting while I am... (((hugs))) Irene... How's your week going???? I know I probably missed somebody.... if I did... be assured ... it is my failing mind. Oh... we did go to the Y Wednesday and Thursday night... did 1.75 miles on Wednesday but only did weight machines lastnight and not very vigorously...lol. I fell part way down the stairs at my duaghters highschool orientation. Bless her heart... I have been apologizing over and over...lol. Papers went flying... I knocked her down...oh dear. Anyhoo... I have bruises on the left and right inner knee...????... but I think the mental bruise was the worst...lol. Catch y'all later!

Nabbed me another unsuspecting Jersey girl.

Woo Hoo Jules on the weight falling off!!!! Bike miles are fine... to me this is just something that I hoped would get us all thinking about exercise and working as a team. Betty... There is a lot of 2007 left... hopefully you'll be able to get back to some walking one day soo and then you can throw a few miles into the collective pot. Until then howzabout you throw 1.5 miles in for every half an hour that you do floor exercises??? Sound okay? Sherry... You are dangerously close to onederland...are you there yet???? If not... just think... a nice walk might getcha there. Have a good day everyone. (((hugs)))

Betty... if you want... Kat and I and anyone else who might want to join are going to keep track of the miles we exercise in 2007 and see how far we can go when we add our miles together. I am keeping track of mine in my signature area and then if everyone who joins in will give me their montly total at the beginning of the next month I will give grand monthly totals and so on. This is not to challenge anyone to walk a certain number of miles... just to keep track of our miles and see how far we all travel together in a year. Wanna???? Cindy... LOL... I have a vision of your tree covered in eggs now...lol. Kat.... I only know my miles because we have kept track in these classes at the Y... and it is nowhere near 3 miles per day so I am really glad we are altering that challeng to something that will probably be more motivational anyway. Eileen... Boo Back! Mary... you must have been posting at the same time I was earlier!! Sorry about the incident at church... I have such a think skin that I know I probably would have busted out bawling if someone did that to me. Yeah... I'm a weiner. CHurch is certainly not the place for that ... how freaky. Well... did the treadmill for a half an hour tonight at the Y as well as spending an hour learning to use some more of the weight machines. Soooo... that combines with the shoveling should be plenty in the exercise department! ((((hugs))))

Hey Kat... how about everyone keep track of their miles on their signature line for their own personal total for the year and then post their monthly total everytime we start a new monthly Jersey thread and I'll post the monthly running totals???? Does that sound good? Cassandra... So sorry you are having probs... PBing a lot is not good for you or your band so go have a smidge taken out if this continues...k??? You may find that doing liquids for a few days will take care of the problem... but if not... an eensy beensy bit out would probably do the trick. Shoveled for an hour or more this morning... sure is pretty and white and BRRRRRRRR cold out there! Headed to the Y in a few minutes with My DD and her friend and to meet my hubby for our class. Oh... I've lost 8 pounds since January 1st... YAY! I am much heavier than my signature says... so my goal right now is to get back down to the number I have posted there. TTFN

Morning All... Cindy...Tis okay... I bet that tree isn't hurting anyone. :confused: I am so glad you are enjoying your extra time with your family and doing special things for them and with them... way more important than a tree anyday. Chris... I am glad you are settled into a place without the stress that went along with your old digs and I hope you feel better soon. Kat... You are right and here is an idea if anyone wants to join... how about if we just see how many miles we can all walk together in 2007. No mileage number cut-off... just see how far we can all go as a group? Lets make exercise milage though. k? Have a good week everyone!

Whoops.. SHerry ..you must have been posting while I was typing away! You are going to be so relaxed that you are going to slip right out of your chair! Sounds like a wonderful environment to be sitting in the midst of! I'm sure you have a lot of angels around you all of the time.

3 miles a day... Crap... that just won't do....lol. I'm still going to see how far I can go and I don't think it has to just be organized exercise... if you wear a pedometer all your steps count towards your miles for the year. Some of the peeps on the challenge have already gone 50 miles....lol... me...7.5. Patty... Unfortunately... short of talking to the gal and maybe telling your about your boys and their health issues...I'm not sure there is much you can do. I was a closet smoker so I doubt if another soul ever had to inhale my smoke... but I sure would have wanted someone to tell me if my smoke was wafting into their house... but I wasn't the norm for a smoker. I hated every minute of my habit. Glad you are feeling a little better though and lets hope that the lady quit for her 2007 resolution like Irene mentioned. (((Hugs))) Betty... Yay ... glad to see ya! You have encouraged me through all of my past failures with quitting... I'm glad I could finally do us both proud. Stop working so hard girl and curl up by a roaring fire and get warm! Irene... I love all of those channels too and I especially like mystery diagnosis... love it. I love grossing my hubby out with the Trauma/ER shows too. Yeah... I saw the ice cream container eying up my hips... should have know it was up to no good. Is your tree down yet????? KAt... After serious consideration of what is left of my sanity I agree we MUST share that 1000 miles...lol. WTG with your exercising girl! CIndy... Hope the storm misses ya! Dang... I am going to have to move closer to you so that I can come over for breakfast! Breakfast is my absolute favorite meal! Well... Zippo exercise today... and I reluctantly ate a few bites of chinese food tonight. (I know it's loaded with salt and I weigh tomorrow) We also stopped at McD's after Em's recital and got a cone which I figured was safer than having another sneaky/sly container in my freezer. We have our class again tomorrow evening and Wed... and EM's is Tuesday and Thursday so it's back to sweating our bunz off! See ya all tomorrow!

Hey Chris...it's good to see you! Sorry about the PB... I guess experience is the best teacher! Actually...it's been pretty much exactly a year sinced I quit. I stopped last Jan but think it was closer to the end of the month when I finally tossed them for good. Mandy... glad you had a good time but sorry we won't get to see pictures! Hey... I joined a challenge on another site for walking 1000 miles in 2007... is anyone here interested in doing it with me? BBL

Morning All... Just wanted to say good mornin. I'm waiting for my beloved coffee to finish brewing... mmmm... smells heavenly! Oh... you know what is weird... people take Wellbutrin to help smoking cessation but I was taking it for depression with the hope that it would also help in the fight to stay smoke free. WHile I was taking it I struggled every day with not smoking. Now... I am off the Wellbutrin and I hardly give smoking a second thought??? Not that I'm complaining ... it's wonderful not to be consumed with the idea of my old yucky habit. I can't believe it's been a year since I quit... WOW... I think I can actually count on really doing it this time! Okay... off to get a big cup o java.

Patty... Most people would have crumbled under the circumstances you have faced over the last year and I am just so proud of you for keeping your faith and fight alive. Step back if you can... take a deep breath... regroup... get all the information you can and step back in that boxing ring and win the fight. I'm so sorry there are more bumps in your road... hang on tight... smoother roads lay ahead. Irene... WOo Hoo Girl! Damn... 35 minutes on an elliptical would send me straight to the coroner! Glad that you weren't a weezer this time. Hey... my hubby ordered an Mp3 player for me... where is the best place to get Mp3's...do you know???? Sorry about the bread thing... I can't imagine... even now that I am completely unfilled I have to be vewy vewy careful! I can eat a sandwich on a really good day and when I can it's heaven. Cindy... Tree down????? Hair clean???? Well... Today was the grand day that I fianlly braved the cold to go out and pick up POOPcicles. :girl_hug: I kept waiting for somebody else to do it and amazingly...nobody ever did...lol. My hubby never did finish raking leaves so it was quite a little hunt and seek adventure. I then raked the preferred dumping sites so my next patrol won't be as challenging. :girl_hug: Eileen... I'm not sure if I am in control right now or not... I'm freaking myself right out. I really am feeling good though so either the meds are working or I am manic... ahhh...but that would be a whole new diagnosis. Hope you have that tree down or at lease have hearts hanging on it. Oh... and then...for some unkown reason I cleaned the house... man... don't know if it's the Lexapro or the thyroid meds...but I'm lovin it. Okay...and don't call the men with the white coats... but I also did a half an hour on the treadmill here at home. I think there was some guilt involved due to the bowl of ice cream that jumped down my throat earlier in the day. Gotta go... (((hugs)))

Wow Dianne... I guess it's a good thing you guys are there to help! Hopefully you can get things all straightened out and your MIL feeling better soon! Man... there just isn't anything graceful about getting old. It's too bad they don't live closer to you. Irene... hehehehe... I came out butt first... I guess that was my first high five to the world. Seriously... I really did... bless my poor Momma.

Patty... I am so sorry... I just feel like crying for you and with you but I still have to admire how well you do handle these trials. Sometimes it's hard to see what God's plan is and sometimes I think the answers are clear but it's just not what we want the answers to be. I wish we all lived closer so that we could come by and give you a big hug and lend you a real live ear and shoulder. Cyber hugs...shoulders and ears may have to do. ((((hugs))))

Jules... *high Fiving your rump* Well... that didn't sound good... anyhoo... kudos to your hinder for toughening up! Cindy... Sorry about the BB game... they'll get'em next time! Well... No Y today... My sis backed out of the teen night thingy so we are going to take a break today. When I got on the treamill again lastnight my body was like... "Hey Lady... Lets not get carried away here"...lol. Anyhoo... did 45 minutes just to show my bod who's boss. :lost1.5lbs: I did go down in the basement and do a half an hour on our Weider weight machine this morning too. It's supposed to snow today ... but like Irene said... once the holidays are over the thought of snow loses a lot of it's allure. SOOOO... TGIF and what are everyone's big plans for the weekend???? I think maybe we will take a drive to the cabin just to check on things and then Em has a recital on Sunday... that's about it for us. (((hugs)))

Irene... you must have been posting the same time I was. Counting calories is a pain but darn it if it isn't effective. I've been tracking most of my intake on Sparkpeople... enought to give me a general idea of what my daily intake is. Hang in there...counters always prosper. :huggie:

Patty... I am so sorry girl... you have worked really hard and put up with so much without hardly a whimper and I am so proud of you! You deserve a little meltdown but remember... this is all going to work out... just take a deep breath and know that we all love ya and are pulling for you. ((((hugs)))) Sherry... O'LL BE BOCK! Betty... I KNOOOOOWWWWWW... I'm such a social butterfily online... who'd know I'm a wallflower in real life?!?!?!?!?!?! Glad you're feeling better. Mandy... Adorable jeans... you look adorable and wittle. :tape2: Mary... I am so on the very lowest weight the machines will go down too...lol... just call me the Wuss of the Y. I was like... "how many... 12 reps??? ...are you sure????" :huggie: Sorry bout the rootin tootin slimfast... does the same thang to me! EIleen... Howzit hangin girl? Irene... How's the fill ...perfect???? Jules... Hiya... are you rolling in your new dough yet??? Cindy... Nope... He let me out but the door is REALLY busted so can imagine that's going to cost a pretty penny to fix! For now... back to freezing my arse off with the car in the drive. Kat...Drive carefully in the weather! Cassandra... I think I forgot to post how much I love the dress you chose... BEAUTIFUL! K... Hafta go to the Y again tonight as DD has the teens on weights class... I'm glad we signed up for these classes and that they are on opposite days because that is really what is keeping us there so much! We are going over to my sister's Y on Friday evening because they are having teen night and all of our kids can have fun while we all work out together. TTFN...

All the better to see you with! Pretty smile... pretty hair!

Just call me Arnold... learned how to use the weight machines tonight...lol.

Morning girlies! Still haven't started on the thyroid replacement because my pharmacy did have the order and my doc was out of the office but hopefully that will all get straightened out today! I am feel great though! We went to the Y again last night and I am freakishly starting to love it????? YIKES. I feel soooooooooooooooooooo much better!!! Betty... Awww... I am so glad that you are on antibiotics and feeling better! It's amazing how quilckly they work! Mandy... Sorry about the continued stress with Abi... I often say that God knew what he was doing when he gave me an easy breezy kid... I can't imagine having your patience and determination in being her treacher, mother and advocate! When I did have issues with EM with the selective mutism I did surprise myself but I can't imagine what I would have done if the problem would have continued through the years. (((hugs))) Jules... Woo Hoo on the pay raise!!!!! Money is a necessary evil... and boy howdy it sure can make a lot of great things happen! ' Irene... YAY... It makes me feel really good to know that I might have helped nudge ya into the gym. I hope the hubby was able to extract the bike seat from his hinder. Kat... I can't eat soft tacos either... well... I can now that I am unfilled... but before only the innards. :huggie: I could eat the crunchy ones though. :huggie: Cassy.... Glad your fill is going okay and that the whole experience of getting filled went okay. It still gives me the heebie jeebie feel when they hit my port... not sure why. Eileen- Time to come back and finish that post... how ya feeling chicklette? Oh... I'm starting to relax at the Y and enjoying the people watching aspect. THere was a little 4 ft tall lady there last night that I'm sure would be able to beat the crap outta me if she wanted to... I was really nice to her....hehehehe. Sherry... I will check into that onlinel... Lord knows I could really use help getting life balanced. Mary... WTG on the weight...holy moly girl!!!! I can't do slimfast either... gives me terrible gas. Oh... Irene... did you see that gal on discovery health that lost all of her weight on the "backwards" or "reverse" diet? SHe started eating dinner for breakfast and then a smaller meal at lunch and then light breakfast meal like a bowl of cereal at night and lost a ton of weight. CIndy... Loved chatting with you yesterday! Anne... Hiya Pat... Dontcha love us anymore??? Dianne... Howzit going? OKay... need to go... drinking water like mad and of course... what goes in....