Posts by puppykisses

I really enjoy this forum and I wish people would start posting again. 

Bella -Thanks for the message in my journal...I really appreciate it.  How is school going, when is your spring break?

I need to start walking zoo grounds again.  I used to do it everyday even if it was snowing or raining.  It seems with age my core temp tends to always feel cold.  I know I will be complaining when the hot flashes start but maybe not considering I am always freezing.  Maybe I will start tomorrow....I do not have a hat to cover my ears today

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Must be the weather....I am so unmotivated.  I have just been treadmilling at 3mph for 30 - 40 minutes.....I do not want to over do it when I am unmotivated.

I am going to sports authority to look at a barbell set and see if it is on sale like it was at Christmas....if so I may get it????.....or not!

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I will try to be careful over the weekend.  Tonight the zoo has an art auction....paintings done by the animals.  The keepers put paint on the paper and let the animals walk on it or roll on it.  They use non-toxic paint.  I checked some of the pictures out this morning and the snake ones are really beautiful.  Anyway we will be serving wine and finger foods so I WILL eat and drink in moderation.

I hear you about sizes.  My favorite brand is Levis because they have such a selection of fits.  I do like GAP also but I wait to shop at the outlet store in WA when visiting family.

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Saturday had a slice of pizza and 2 beers then went to SILs house to continue BIL's 40th b-day.  SIL could not finish a vodka mix drink so I had to because I will not let good vodka go to waste.  So, I did drink but did not get buzzy just enough to add about 450-500 empty non-essential calories.  I did not eat much Sunday but i did eat a small bit of chili cheese dip with chips = velveeta cheese and salty chips....gag just thinking about it.  I will drink plenty of water today and hopefully tomorrow's number will be closer to 130.

Thanks Chris for the encouragement....I will continue working out and hopefully the jelly belly will disappear. 

My friend started HCG shots and is eating 500 calories....she lost 13 lbs in 16 days.....Oh Lord give that girl some sense.  How scary is that.  Hormones are creepy critters anyway, why inject them to lose weight.  I did a web search last night on HCG and it is what our pregnant bodies produce to keep feeding the baby if we are not eating enough.  Think feast or famine....I so want to get to 125 but not at the expense of potentially screwing with my hormones...this being said by a perimenopausal woman

That is great bella!! 

A few months ago I bought 2 pair of Old Navy Jeans (same size) one pair fit looser then the other and I thought they looked sloppy, now they fit great and I wear them all the time.  Here's to hoping for too loose.  And always try on the jeans even if they are the same size!!!

I bought some bottoms with the skirt and l loved them then I bought a tankini top and my muffin top peeks between the two.  Yep, I will be looking for the one piece this year!!!

I guess being single for awhile we both learned to be REAL WOMAN.  I sometimes would break into Helen Ready's"I am woman...hear me roar".  I learned how to fix broken underground sprinklers and pipes, toilets, exploding washer pipes (that one made me cry because of all the water mess).  I need to get baseboard up, I want my husband to get his hands dirty.  He needs to get some confidence in home repair.  I cannot do it all.  Maybe I will just go buy the wood and have him stain it.  I want to put it up mission style with no angles cut.  I want to use 1x4 boards.  I think it will look great going around the doors and eventually the windows.  Wish me luck!!!

All is well just the usual crazy s!!@#T that is my life.  I have gained but I hope it will come off quickly.  I do not believe it is all fat.  I am having tummy issues again....nerves or too much rich food.  We spent alot of time with DHs family and there is always great food around.  I love his family.....they get me!!  I can be my smartass self and nobody is offended they just give it right back....we have many many laughs.

I got my chainsaw for Christmas!!!  It has a 6" bar and is meant more for cutting limbs off trees and bushes.  When my son asked what it was I told him it was birthcontrol....lol....one surprise grandchild is enough!!

Nice to see this forum being active again.  We can usually see what each of us is up to in journals but it is nice to get a "conversation" going.

O - break ups suck and you have to go through a grieving process.  Give yourself that so if you want you can go into a healthy relationship with someone new.

I am still in phase one and finished A4.  I  felt like it was the first time I ever did any of these exercises.  I wanted to quit halfway through but I pushed through and finished even though I wanted to cry.  Have any of you felt like this?  If it is happening now how will I ever get through the scary matix stuff!!!!  Oh, I worked out at home.  At the gym I squat using 75 pounds, this includes the bar.  So at home I used 30 pounds worth of dumbbells and leaned against a stability ball against the wall; this was so much harder!!!  I guess it is good to change it up a bit.  When I did deadlifts one day at home, I filled a bag with 76 pounds worth of dumbbells and lifted it.  I had to work harder on my form which made the lifting even harder.  I am going to have to invest in some more weights for home even though hubby thinks it is a waste since our gym is right down the road but, some days I just cannot leave the house....I love being home

Baby Caleb is doing so well.  He is so precious.  I hope DD waits to move out of the house for at least a year; I cannot imagine her doing this on her own, in her own apartment....scary.  She will be working, going to college and raising a baby.  I do like nana...I first thought of a goat but it does sound better then grammy.  My mom is an Oma; I was thinking of Omie.  Hubby sometimes calls himself Poppy, so I have to tease him about Opium and being a flower..etc.  It must be hard to be married to me

I never thought about beat the blue with meat.....lol.  How about shake the blues with protein (as in shake)...get it?

Chris where are you??

The prone jack knife is a joke.....I mean it.....it is the author's joke on all of us doing this workout.  I do not do it alternating with the step-ups, I do them at home in a room with the door closed.  I certainly do not want to see myself doing them in a mirror!!!

I will workout tonight doing workout B day 3.  Since I over-indulged this weekend I will add some cardio.  I usually do a total of 15 minutes but I will make it an even 30.  I hate cardio

How is everybody??

Sarah...the same thing happened to me on my computer at home.  I did not have the problem at work.  My home computer is now working on this site so go figure...very wierd.

Hubby bought some whey protein at Walmart.  I am going to see what more I can add it too.  I did make a shake with skim milk and a banana....it was great for after workout.  I could probably try to add to coffee and tea.

I got this out of my NROLFW book: for 5 bars

4 scoops chocolate whey protein powder (I have vanilla and will use instead), 2/3cp ground flaxseed, 1/3cp water,  4Tbsp. smooth natural peanut butter (I eat nothing but creamy Jif),  1package splenda or stevia (1tsp?)  Mix together in bowl, will be thick but if you think too thick add a Tbsp or 2 of water, divide into 5 balls and shape into bars, seal in plastic wrap and store in refrigerator or freezer.   This is funny......book says to eat one at a time....lol

258 calories, 21 grams of protein, 12 grams of carbs, 2 grams of fiber, 14 grams of fat (1 gram saturated fat)

Whey protein is also added into cereal milk...wow.

I finally received my book and did Stage 1 First Workout in A and B.  I did the workout at home and I really liked the substitute for the lat pull-down.  My biceps and triceps are so feeling it.  I can feel that it is not doing to the lats what the cable machine would do.

I am really curious about the eating plan.  I am barely halfway through my calories and it is already 5:00 pm.  It may take me a week to get the calories in me at the proper percentages.  I am not a big protein eater so I think I will be adding whey protein to just about everything.  I also read some posts about adding silk tofu -- thanks ladies for that great idea.  I can see that I am just going to have to fend for myself because I cannot expect my husband and daughter to go along with all the recipes.  My husband is trying to eat better and my daughter just has to eat what is in the house.

Oh I also hate lunges.  When I first joined the gym (which I hardly go to unless hubby drags me) I got a trainer for 3 sessions.  He kept trying to get me to do lunges....."dude, I am paying you, forget the lunges...not going to happen!!!".  So, I see in this workout I have to do lunges....I did them and I survived.  I just fell once.....I still hate lunges!!!