*Hang in there Precious Dawn!*

~Bless your heart.~

I hope things look up soon and you can reclaim your life back! lol

I have sure missed ya! <3

As ya know, life has been crazy my way as well.
It can really RUN YA DOWN!

My 'work-outs' have been few and far between.

'09' will BE BETTER!

Hope you have a Great Sunday & Monday!



<3 Stacy

Dawn, I luvya, luvya, luvya, hon! Sending all my good thoughts your way.

Post when you can... don't worry bout us... take care of you first, sweetheart.

It's amazing to me to think that I haven't been here in over a week. Been soooo very busy it just seems that there is no time left over to pop on here and update or see how everyone else is doing.
A few updates:
Mom
She is doing well. Her Cellulitis seems to be just about cleared up. Currently she is under going physical and occupation therapy everyday to build up the muscles in her legs. It would seem that with all her inactivity she allowed her muscles to lose almost all the muscle tone she had. Which could be one factor for her falling alot. They also have her on a new med for possible Narcalepsy (sp?). They think that she may have some form of it and are hoping that she will have a favorable reaction to the new med. Personally I think the falling asleep and falling down thing have more to do with the fact that her spine is being compressed more and more every year. (Due to a past injury.) They have already told her (I think I may have mentioned this already) that she will be paralyzed sometime in her lifetime due to the spine compressing more and more every year.
Me and My eating/exercise.
What can I say except that there has been no exercise. Especially last week. What with mom and all. And as for eating....well , the little piggy says it all.
I am now barely able to get into my 16's that I was able to slide right into 6 months ago. So have resorted to wearing my 18's instead. Though there is no chance that I will be going up to 20's since I got rid of them all. So I have no choice but stop this upward trend, because I WILL NOT buy bigger clothes!!!!
Since New Year's is right around the corner I figure that I will get back to where I need to be then. It may actually be easier since there will be loads of other folks doing the same thing. I just need to get back on track, once there I can manage to stay. It's the getting there that is soooo hard.
YMCA
My job at the Y is going GREAT! Though I do feel a bit of a hypocrite for the way my behaviors have been lately.
Anywho my boss offered me 2 more days to work. Which effectively doubles my hours and eliminates the need for me to switch shifts over at the DC to get more hours there. Two days at the Y will cover the one extra day we wanted at the DC. And since it will still be from 4:30-8:30 in the morning it will not disrupt my family during the week like it would if I switched my shift at the DC. Since that would have invloved my going back to my old shift of 4am to whatever. Which during the summer is a HUGE pain as the kids would then have to be in daycare. Which would effectively defeat the purpose of my switching shifts. That and I would end up actually seeing less of my kids. Though I don't really like working weekends I will do what is best for my family not nescessarily best for me. Because in the long run if my family is happy than I am happy too.
So there is the long and not so short of it. LOL
I hope that everyone else is doing great this Holiday Season.
What with all the goodies available and such. I know this year they are my biggest downfall ever.
Ciao everyone.

Hey Dawn

Don't stress out! Into every life a holiday cookie or two must fall...

I get ya on the weekend thing. I do my cab thing every saturday, leaves me with a one day weekend. Gets old sometimes...

Hope your Christmas is going well though. Hmm... thinking of a new years resolution partner... look me up if you want!

Karl!
I WANT!!! I WANT!!!
I love ya!!! You are ever so encouraging.
I absolutely NEED a resolution partner. 'Cuz apparently I can't get it done by myself.
Thanks Karl.
Just let me know the fine details of how we want to go about it.

Hey Dawn, I feel ya--I think I won't be able to get my diet going until AFTER Xmas, and my cardio has sadly fallen to 1-2 days a week (and some dancing on weekends). At least I been doing Yoga 5 days a week. It really helps with the muscle tone and stress levels. Anyway, congratulations on your increased hours and job! Good luck to you! Hope you can get back into the 16s soon!

Thanks Val!
Love, love, love!!! the new Avi. You are so very pretty.
I know what you mean about the "after X-mas" thing. Funny thing is last year I made it thru the holidays w/o gaining a single pound. Not so this year.

Awwwww shucks thanks!

Last season I gained a BUNCH of weight and it took until April to lose it! I think we both should probably concentrate hard on maintaining until after Xmas, and probably step up our efforts--I have GOT to get more cardio and you have GOT to find time for exercise, no excuses for us, right?? LOL how's that for motivation!

That'll do!
That's what I need. Someone to basically kick my butt on a daily basis and tell me to just get it done!
So maybe my new motto will be "No Excuses!"
Let's get it done Val. We CAN do this.

HELL YES we can. I remember how happy your were a while back when you were at your lowest low and how great you looked. Wherever we're at (all of us at WLF), this place is also about FITNESS and it's gonna be a LIFESTYLE change that will stick. Right?!?!

Absolutely Right!!!
I just need to quit making excuses and do it.
So ya wanna join Karl and me in our accountability club? LOL
Sounds like we could both use Karl kicking our butts. LOL

Karl is a great butt kicker. Let me know if y'all start a thread....

Sure will.
Just waiting for Karl to get back with me.
It seems he had to head on outta here. So I may not get back to you on it until Monday. Since I gotta work this weekend .
Nothing like driving thru the frozen tundra to work in the frozen tundra to drive home in it again.
I HATE winter!
Don't think I would mind it so much if I didn't spend 1/2 my summer in it at work.

Wow! I didn't know you've been dealing with so much crap lately.

Glad it's improving, though.

I am seriously thinking about starting up another one of my challenges after New Years. Even though I won't be joining it..lol. That way I can make it all the more brutal, right? I still want to do one based on a Survivor theme.

That would be awesome.....uummmm......minus the brutality though!
LOL
I did so much better when I was involved in one of your challenges. Make sure to let me know. Since I can't always cruise all over the site due to time constraints.