Posts by kirie

Team: Green!

Week 0.   7/7-79: 160.1
Week 1.   7/14-7/16: 159.2
Week 2.   7/21-7/23:
Week 3.   7/28-7/30:
Week 4.   8/4-8/6:
Week 5.   8/11-8/13:
Week 6.   8/18-8/20:
Week 7.   8/25-8/27:
Week 8.   9/1-9/3:

Papa-  Sorry for the late reply, I've been pretty busy! I'm so sorry to hear about your physical therapy hurting :( My mom is going through it right now (she's trying to get her stamina up since her heart attack) and it's no walk in the park for her either. I think I'm going to get a picture of "Kirie" she's my favorite video game character (I'm a nerd, I know) on my back somewhere. I don't want it too visible just for the fact that when I start looking for a job, I don't want the employer to rule me out because of a tattoo. That's so cool that you have 4 of them! What are they of??

Hi BH! I also find that when I plan ahead I do much much better than if I do it on the fly. Maybe I'm just not a good procrastinator :)

Rocco - I'll second and third what everyone else said, and don't give up! Also I've found to make small changes at first (if you are just starting out on your lifestyle change), because I know I got overwhelmed at first and ended up quitting.

Makphl - Hey there! It's so great you're on the team with Papa and I still! I do miss the black team as well, but I have a feeling I'm going to love this one just as much :) And by the way, grats on the last challenge! You did amazing! We'll definitely keep the green mojo going ;)

Jillian, Lily and efish - So nice to meet you all! Very excited to be on our journey together through BLC12 :) It'll be a lot of fun!

There are some really pretty names in here :)

I absolutely adore my name. It's Marianne. I rarely ever meet anyone with the same name or spelling since I guess it's pretty old fashioned. I'm named after my grandma which is "Mary Ann". I used to hate my middle name of Eileen, but I'm getting used to it. It was the name of my other grandmother. It was either that or "Georgia" so I'm quite thankful my mom decided to pick Eileen.

Team:
Week 0.   7/7-7/9: 160.1
Week 1.   7/14-7/16:
Week 2.   7/21-7/23:
Week 3.   7/28-7/30:
Week 4.   8/4-8/6:
Week 5.   8/11-8/13:
Week 6.   8/18-8/20:
Week 7.   8/25-8/27:
Week 8.   9/1-9/3:

I completely fell off the wagon during the last challenge.. had a lot of family issues during the last couple of weeks and that completely destroyed any progress that I made. Now that things are much better, I'm ready to try it again!

Team: Black (Gooo black!)
Week 0. 5/5-5/7: 160.4
Week 1. 5/12-5/14:158.0 (-2.4)
Week 2. 5/19-5/21: 157.6 (-.4)
Week 3. 5/26-5/28: 157.6 (0)
Week 4. 6/2-6/4: 157.8 (+.2)
Week 5. 6/9-6/11: 156.6
Week 6. 6/16-6/18:159.6
Week 7. 6/23-6/25: 159.4
Week 8. 6/30-7/2:

Hey! Hope everyone is doing well :) Just a heads up because I'm leaving today on my trip and I won't be around until next Tuesday. I already posted my weigh-in for this week (I actually lost! Finally!) I hope we do awesome! Take care, and I'll talk to you all soon!

Papa- My parents live in Roseburg :) Which is about an hour south of Eugene. That's where I grew up!

Goodness! Sorry for being away for so long, I'm traveling back to Oregon tomorrow to see my parents, then flying to Iowa next week to see my sister (Who I haven't seen for 11 years!)

My weight went up .2lbs this week, and I'm surprised it's not more considering TOTM and we had a gigantic birthday party over here (20+ people) with booze, fried oreos and tons of grilled food. I overdid it, but hey, I have to live sometime! It was nice to get the "calorie counting" out of my head for a couple of days. I feel like sometimes I'm almost way too obsessive about counting! It drives me crazy.

I'll be back in a couple of days. Take care everyone!

Original Post by fitmom4life:

Original Post by kirie:

Yup, that looks like Parkour. My fiance takes Parkour classes and he loves it! It's awesome exercise and it's pretty popular up here in Seattle.

 Yes, with the right supervision, and protective gear, I don't have any problem with my son and his buddies doing this.  They are quite good.   They are mid-teens, and I'd rather them be outside being active, then playing idiotic video games.

That's awesome! I agree it can definitely be dangerous. I personally would never do it (I don't think I have the upper body strength) My fiance has been doing it for awhile now. It's about his only exercise since he sits in an office all day at Microsoft making video games.

Team: Black (Gooo black!)
Week 0. 5/5-5/7: 160.4
Week 1. 5/12-5/14:158.0 (-2.4)
Week 2. 5/19-5/21: 157.6 (-.4)
Week 3. 5/26-5/28: 157.6 (0)
Week 4. 6/2-6/4:
Week 5. 6/9-6/11:
Week 6. 6/16-6/18:
Week 7. 6/23-6/25:
Week 8. 6/30-7/2:

Well, at least I didn't gain any

Papa - You were absolutely right about the weight fluctuations! It went back down to normal after all :) I only lost .4 this week, but hey, that's better than nothing right?! :) I remember when I had my knee surgery when I was 13 and that was rough! Back then I was a little ball of energy, and not being able to get up and move killed me! I don't know what I would do if I had to be off my feet for 2 months! That's such a long time. I probably wouldn't listen to the doctors either! lol.

Hope everyone has had a good week! We are rockin' the weigh-in too! 2nd place is awesome! way to go everyone! like Papa said, lets keep pushing!

Tomorrow we're going out to the park again because it's supposed to be nice outside. This time I'll wear sunscreen. (I was a lobster last time!) But instead of sushi, we're going to Chipotle (Yikes! I've heard bad things calorie-wise about this place) so I'm going to do my research tonight. :)

Have a good weekend!!

Team: Black (Gooo black!)
Week 0. 5/5-5/7: 160.4
Week 1. 5/12-5/14:158.0 (-2.4)
Week 2. 5/19-5/21: 157.6 (-.4)
Week 3. 5/26-5/28:
Week 4. 6/2-6/4:
Week 5. 6/9-6/11:
Week 6. 6/16-6/18:
Week 7. 6/23-6/25:
Week 8. 6/30-7/2:

Papa - Thank you SO much for your advice. It made me feel so much better. You are 100% right! I will keep moving and exercising, as it's important for my body along with good nutrition. Thinking about it now, it does seem to be silly worrying about a 1-2lb fluctuate as it's a normal occurance. This is a lifestyle change and there is always going to be ups and downs, and I shouldn't sweat the small stuff. I agree with the team/family philsophy! We can definitely do this!!

Jaye, you are definitely right. I think I'm going to start taking some measurements of myself to keep myself on the right mindset!

Hope everyone is doing well!

Marianne

Oh, Adria, those look amazing! I'm going to have my parents buy a set for our Siamese cat, Panda. I have many scars on my arms from him. :(

Wow, I agree with everyone else. I think I would have just went back to bed if I were you. Good job!

Oh I LOVE holy paladins. Actually, Paladins in general. My fiance leveled up two Paladins, one Ret and one Prot. They are so much fun to level with

I used to do a fair amount of BG's until DK's came out... then I could barely get a heal off before they deathgripped me and two shotted me.  Knight-Captain is not bad at all though! I don't think I would ever have had the patience to get Grand-Marshal.

I didn't like BC much either, so I guess I just don't like anything post vanilla WoW. lol. In BC I got to the level cap and just quit, I didn't raid much as during that period of time, I didn't have any spare time. I did do Kara a couple of times though which was fun. Much more fun than Naxx, that's for sure.

Yeah, not much is known about SE's new mmo (Its codename is "Rapture") So hopefully we'll get more details on it. It's likely that it'll be coming out before Blizzard's new MMO. I believe that it's been in the making since 2005, so I would think that the release date would be sometime next year. We'll see though!

I wonder what Blizzard will be surprising us with at this years Blizzcon? That's super neat that you'll be there to experience that!

I blame playing WoW as one of the reasons for my weight gain. Ha ha. Probably a good thing that I quit when I did.

I recently quit WoW right when the Ulduar patch hit. Been playing since release day, and like you, got a bit burnt out on it. :P I had just recently hit 80 with my Enhancement shaman too (My main is a Holy priest). Blizzcon would have been nice, but I decided to spend my money on the Final Fantasy "Distant Worlds" Orchestra that's coming to Seattle in July. Blizzcon is supposed to be broadcasted this year, so I'll just watch it instead of spending loads of money.

Super excited about E3 this year though!