TracyK

Good morning violets~ My thighs feel 85% better. I soaked in a steaming hot bath last night. Wish I would have done it sooner! We have appts with our trainers @ 9AM. I was gonna weigh today but for some reason I do not feel like I have lost anything so I will wait. I feel good, so that is good enough for right now Wow, so many things racing around in my head but I can't think of what to say...can you believe..ME?? Not knowing what to say! Have a great day violets...respect the pouch! Jane-hope today is a better day for ya!

I am with Judy on this one...all you do is have to let us know you are OK and say something to us every once in a while. You are a violet sista! (((hugs)))

We did go to the gym :grouphug: I still need help sitting down cause my thighs hurt but it's all good! :thumbsup: Gonna go run see what the nutritional value of blackeyed peas are. Hope not too bad...they are for supper. Oh well, whatever it is I will just not overdo it. Jane....4 pounds overnight is water weight. I need to ask Jason if he makes house calls!!

Good morning violets~ Happy Thursday! Don't know if I will go to the gym today. I may just let me muscles heal (come out of shock). I have an appt at 9 AM tomorrow with my trainer. I know that dh really wants to go and at least do some cardio, so who knows, I'll probably go too. We'll see. You know what sounds wonderful is the whirlpool...hmmmm....what to do?! Terry-that sounds like a wonderful weekend you have planned! Right up my alley! Judy-that sucks about your hot tub. Hope you can get it fixed really soon! I am glad you are feeling better. Jane-did you decide how you will reward yourself for the stars? Laura-did you hear the tornado when it went by you? OMG I would have sh*t!! How scarey! Haydee-do you have any ladies that work at the bubbles here on Fairmont? If so, fire her and hire me :thumbsup: j/k Jenn-hope you got a great nights sleep. When should you find out about you job? Hopefully soon and it doesn't drag out, ya know? Michelle-if I don't go to the gym today I will just think about how busy you are and that right there will wear me out! End of school is right around the corner! Pamela-I wish someone could sneak me in their suitcase and bring me to cali :grouphug: I WANNA GO!!!!!! Suzanne-how long do you think it will be before you can use your pool? I would be dying to jump in! Kat-you ok? What do you have planned for the weekend? Anything fun? OK, need to get off here and get macy ready for school. Have a fantastic day friends. Respect the pouch!

She abandoned us like a litter of unwanted kittens. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Way to go Laura! :cool2: You will be back to your pre-pregnancy weight before ya know it!

Hi folks! Loved my time at the gym today. We did cardio & upper body. My legs are still achy but alot better than they were before. My trainer was late so he let today be a freebie :cool2: Pretty cool since they are so expensive! I will bbl....gonna rest my eyes for a while...i have a tiny headache so hopefully a power nap will get rid of it!

Went to the gym and met with a personal trainer yesterday and all I can say right now is OUCH!!!! My thighs are SO sore I could die! I have another meeting with him in 2 hours and I am thinking, hmmm, I can hardly walk, what am I gonna do? lol It's all good and it is so worth it! I am down to 220 so I have lost 6 pounds in the past week or so. I know alot is water weight but 6 pounds of water is just as heavy as 6 pounds of anything so it counts! It is 6 that I do not have to carry around any longer!:thumbdown: I need to get off here and hobble in there to get my dd ready for school. I will post when I get out of the gym. Pray for me! :cursing:

Went to the gym and met with a personal trainer yesterday and all I can say right now is OUCH!!!! My thighs are SO sore I could die! :thumbup: I have another meeting with him in 2 hours and I am thinking, hmmm, I can hardly walk, what am I gonna do? lol It's all good and it is so worth it! I am down to 220 so I have lost 6 pounds in the past week or so. I know alot is water weight but 6 pounds of water is just as heavy as 6 pounds of anything so it counts! It is 6 that I do not have to carry around any longer!:sad: I need to get off here and hobble in there to get my dd ready for school. I will post when I get out of the gym. Pray for me!

ow ow ow ow OWWWW!!! lol I don't know how I am going to do it at the gym this morning! I will try! Judy-hope you are feeling better this morning! Jane- :cool2: way to go on the stars! Have a great day ladies!

I'm alive! I made it! Jason is a really good trainer...I like him and I learned alot. My legs feel like jello in some parts. I feel like I just got off a month long cruise and I can't walk correctly, lol. I better stay indoors otherwise people will see the way I am walking and think I am intoxicated! I am gonna make me a ticker....bbl btw....49% body fat :thumbdown:

you are my hero! :thumbdown:

This morning in my VIOLET shirt :thumbdown:

At least I did not get back to this.....

OK...here they are! lol

OK, here is the pic of me when we (me, Terry & Haydee) went to lunch. I will post another one later. Ugh!

TOM showed up...(with a vengeance) I am cramping horribly... and I have my first appt with my personal trainer at 9:00 AM. :thumbdown: Pray for me! lol Have a great day everyone!!

Since Laura can post a new before pic I will post mine too...well, I will post it in the morning cause it isnt loaded in my laptop. Laura-you no more have thunder thighs than I do!! You look great!

Well now, lets see. Here it is, 2 months since my last blog entry (which was a really good one if I must admit it myself) and I just had to come and update. Good news....#1. the scale is going down. and #2. I only let it get up to 226 before I finally decided enough was enough. :wink: Bad news...I JUST NOW got the rejuvination I needed to restart my journey. But I guess that isnt really bad news, right? My husband and I have joined 24 hour fitness and tomorrow we have our first meetings with our personal trainers. This dream is going to become a reality again for me. This time focused on a goal I know I can reach because I have reached it once already. When I was first banded I had my goal set at 165 then just changed it to 16anything. I got down to 173 and for the life of me could not get those last 4 pounds off. I felt like a failure because I did not reach the NUMBER I wanted. Now I know what to do. Strive to feel good. If memory serves me correctly the 18somethings is when I could look in the mirror and think, "hmm, I look pretty good!". That is what I wanna be able to say again. So, this time I am not going to obsess over it. Another thing I am going to do differently is the way I eat. Before, I had gotten stuck in a rut, eating the same things (diet foods) over & over. This time I am going to use the band for what it can do for me. I am going to eat "normal" (ok relatively normal) foods and just listen to my band tell me when I am full. That way I am not depriving myself of tasty things, but focusing more on the quantity. At least, that is what I am going to try to do. If it doesn't work, I will try something else. Even if all I can get down is 4 bites, at least it will be 4 bites of something good, ya know? I dunno....what I DO know is I am going to make it. For sure. And I will blog more so I can be accountable :wub:. Go ME!

Well now, lets see. Here it is, 2 months since my last blog entry (which was a really good one if I must admit it myself) and I just had to come and update. Good news....#1. the scale is going down. and #2. I only let it get up to 226 before I finally decided enough was enough. :thumbup: Bad news...I JUST NOW got the rejuvination I needed to restart my journey. But I guess that isnt really bad news, right? My husband and I have joined 24 hour fitness and tomorrow we have our first meetings with our personal trainers. This dream is going to become a reality again for me. This time focused on a goal I know I can reach because I have reached it once already. When I was first banded I had my goal set at 165 then just changed it to 16anything. I got down to 173 and for the life of me could not get those last 4 pounds off. I felt like a failure because I did not reach the NUMBER I wanted. Now I know what to do. Strive to feel good. If memory serves me correctly the 18somethings is when I could look in the mirror and think, "hmm, I look pretty good!". That is what I wanna be able to say again. So, this time I am not going to obsess over it. Another thing I am going to do differently is the way I eat. Before, I had gotten stuck in a rut, eating the same things (diet foods) over & over. This time I am going to use the band for what it can do for me. I am going to eat "normal" (ok relatively normal) foods and just listen to my band tell me when I am full. That way I am not depriving myself of tasty things, but focusing more on the quantity. At least, that is what I am going to try to do. If it doesn't work, I will try something else. :glare: Even if all I can get down is 4 bites, at least it will be 4 bites of something good, ya know? I dunno....what I DO know is I am going to make it. For sure. And I will blog more so I can be accountable :sad:. Go ME!

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No Laura....if so I have ALOT of explaining to do to dh since he has been 'fixed'. LOL

OH, guess what..... We have appts with our personal trainers for tomorrow. I requested a guy trainer... :thumbup: anyway... dh has a dude named David and I have this guy named Jason. I am SO excited!! My tom never showed yet. Wonder what is up with that...the eating right & exercising maybe? Shocked my system? lol :tt2: HiYa Judy

I'M ALIVE!! lol :thumbup: Uhh, where is TERRY??? Speak up woman!

Good morning friends~ I am a tired violet this morning :wub: Just got macy to school and I just might go crawl back in bed. DH worked nights last night and he is in there so i may go in and see what kind of T-R-O-U-B-L-E I can stir up :tongue::tt2: Too much info? lol Ummm, be back later :bolt: