Everyone have a happy 4th of July weekend!

Originally Posted by 15247

Happy 4th of July Rockstars!!!!

I know I already had that quick post this morning, but now I'll sit here and post my real one with some thought behind it.

I hope everybody is having a great and healthy holiday and that all contiunes through the weekend. The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays of the year. This, New Year's and Halloween are my top 3...yeah, weird kid I know, not even Flag Day or Groundhog Day....what a strange guy I am. LOL.

The neighborhood I grew up in (and still live in) has a parade for the kids every year on the 4th. The kids get dressed up and it's pretty cute. It was such a big deal around here growing up to "be in the parade"...they have different categories like General, Horrible, Patriotic, Floats, and some others. I had been in probably all of them....Horrible as a 2 headed moster with a friend of mine when we were kids. Floats was always the big one...we did so many of those as kids. Anyway, they also do races and stuff for the kids and it's a fun neighborhood thing to be part of. I used to do all of the P.A. announcing for the awards and the races and stuff. My parents, my sister, my nephew, and I all went to watch that this morning. Renee' unfortunately had to work (boo...stupid supermarket being open on a holiday). Got to see some people who I hadn't seen for a while so that was nice.

After that we came back home and I played a bit with my nephew. He's such an active little guy now. We went food shopping and had some lunch at home. My aunt came down from New Hampshire for the day. Renee' is now on her way home....we're doing some grilled chicken for dinner tonight and I get to weigh in tomorrow. I'm really hoping to have made it close to the 5 pounds I was trying for.

Work yesterday ended up being not too bad except just as the game was about to start we got a terrible thunder storm. They delayed the game by 25 minutes due to that and luckilly I stayed dry and under cover. I'm pretty tired today though cause I didn't get home and to bed until almost 1am.

Well, I hope all of the Rocstars are having a great day....talk to everybody soon.

Keep on Rockin'

Sounds like a great 4th of July! Fingers crossed for your five pound weight loss!

Originally Posted by 17027

hello rockstars---
sorry I have been MIA lately...I just get so consumed in my life that i dont take the time to get in touch with everyone. that is something i need to work on. i get on here and read the forum about once a day...but havent felt like getting involved in the conversations...DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? my doctor put me on antideppresants, and i just upped my dosage and for the first time in a long time...i felt great today! i felt that i was a good mom, plus i got a lot accomplished. i finally feel like i'm taking control of my life...been working on myself, finances and getting organized. anyway, i am like this with other friends in my day to day life...i fall out of touch with them...i guess just so i dont have to talk to them. am i crazy...or does that happen to anyone else? anyway...the new and improved me is here!! Anyway...hope everyone had an awesome 4th of July!! I really love you guys and the support you give me. I am going to step it up and quit being so selfish...i love the support i get, but dont encourage others enough. Thats my goal for this week....love love love

i am the same way...I REALLY have to make an effort to keep in touch. Luckily, every once in a while I make some friends who won't let me stay locked up in my hole of an apartment and call me anytime they are doing anything....the tough thing is that usually once they get married and have kids, they don't call anymore....sometimes it sucks being single at 34! Oh well...now I hang out with the 25 year old kiddoes, and that works :P

BTW Ally, we have really missed you! I was starting to get worried!

Originally Posted by 15311

a mixed blessings day for me- i am up two pounds, back up to 178 (still below 180, yay!) but had a much better day at my new job. fingers crossed this keeps going

i am going to go read a few of your blogs before i go to bed. HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

That is great....ahhh to be 178....lol, although when I get there, my goal is to be satisfied I am never satisfied with the number on the scale. I am glad the job is going better ... smiles!

Morning everyone,

Well I got some good sleep lastnight so Im ready to roll today. Hubby and I went to the gym together yesterday and then just hung out with the baby all day. I did 30 minutes on the elliptical (only had an hour for the daycare). I am down a total of 5lbs in 2 weeks. I am very happy with my progress thus far.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful day today

Goals today
*Hit the gym
*Clean my house
*Drink lots of water

Good Morning Rockstars...

Well, I didn't make that 5 pounds, but I did hit 3 anyway. With the way my body style is, I think 3 pounds is pretty good. When I first started and was at 192, the first week I lost 8 pounds. After that it was a pound or two, maybe 3 each week or so thereafter until about 20 pounds. Then it's been a lot of maintanance and just hanging around that 20/21 pound loss. No gains, which has been nice. I really tried a lot this week to achieve 5 because I know when I go to Florida this week I may not have the same healthy opportunities as I do at home. Anyway, 3 pounds is acceptable to me. Obviously, I'm going to try to keep up the loosing end when I go on my trip, I am just not sure where/what I'll be eating.

I hope everybody had a great 4th of July!!! Keep on Rockin'

P.S. For those of you out here who beat yourselves up over a slip up every now and again...remember back to Monday when I had an ice cream sundae!!! I'm not trying to brag, so please don't take this that way, what I mean to say is, seriously, don't get down on yourself for a treat every now and then if you are willing to work with yourself after. Moderation has been key for me...I don't binge cause I allow myself treats, but I do keep each one of those treats in mind and when I walk/workout I use those treats as motivation. I mean, do get kinda mad at myself in a way, but I use it as motivation to walk an extra 5 minutes or do an extra 5 squats or something like that. I take the bad food and turn it into good energy. My point to you all my friends is that you should reward yourselves, but you should also know there are some consequences to follow...it's what you do with those consequences that makes the difference. Do nothing and gain some pounds, turn it into energy and motivation and drop drop drop the pounds!!!

Again, I am saying this to help motivate, NOT to put anybody down, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE view this message as such because I truly do love everybody here. You are all special to me and I hope everyday to make a positive difference in your lives.

Keep on Rockin'

Originally Posted by 16646

I am just now writing, but will catch up on the forums later. We have a new membership change:

Jennifer will be on Cheerleader status for a while (I will let her tell you why)

and Stephanie (I can't copy her pic....stupid computer) will join us green-ies in Jennifer's place.

We are still a full team now

Rock on!

Hey Rockstars! Yes this is my last weigh in for a while because I just found out I am expecting baby #3! So, I will be cheering you all on from the sidelines and hopefully, I will be back and ready to suit up again around April!

Originally Posted by JENNIFER

Hey Rockstars! Yes this is my last weigh in for a while because I just found out I am expecting baby #3! So, I will be cheering you all on from the sidelines and hopefully, I will be back and ready to suit up again around April!

CONGRATULATIONS!! That is so great for you. How wonderful. All the best, and thanks for sticking around to cheer you can keep us posted on your gains and feel fabulous about it