Hello Sweetpea, Thanks so much for stopping in on my diary!!

WoW you are working very hard.

I have had the snack craving's the last week and a half. I just ate 15 Twizzlers, comes to 600 cals...LOL, it was planned.

Are you Bellaryna's Sister? Do you do Zumba too?

I started at this forum the same time as another, and I kept coming across DH this and DH that, and all I could make out was *Damn Husband* LOL and now I know better.

TTYL, Take Care

I have the same foot numbness issue on the elliptical when I'm on it for any length of time. It goes away right after I stop...but it's just weird when I'm on it!!

No medical issues that I know of. Generally I don't have problems. I did look it up and it can be the shoes. It says that when walking for exercise that you should buy a size bigger because your feet swell and also hit the tips of the sneakers which can cause the numbness.

I wore my "bigger" tennies today and not much of a problem (except the blister I acquired yesterday!)

I'm going to go look for a good pair of tennies this weekend.

Too funny about the dh! I've heard that before.

I am not Bell's sister. Just friends. However, we have come from similar backgrounds and wonder at times if we were separated at birth.
I don't Zumba though...LOL I don't really have extra time to go to the Y. Most of my exercise is here at home (when it happens!)

I love twizzlers! I can eat that many and more.

Thanks for stopping over here too! You're welcome anytime!

I got in a 40 min. walk with dh this evening. I couldn't handle another 4 mile one with the blister that I acquired yesterday. Plus, I'm beat after working all day, then going to an "art show" (at school), coming home and getting right out for my walk. I'm exhausted!

I haven't lost any weight though. I dunno. But, good news, my ring and pants are fitting better.

2nd week of challenge:

Mon. - 1hr 15 min. walk
Tues. - 40 min. walk
Wed. - None
Thurs. 1 hr 30 min. walk
Fri. - 1 hr 20 min. walk
Sat. - 30 min. walk

Total = 5 hrs 15 min.

I have had a really busy week, but thanks to my dh I've gotten some really good walks in.

Unfortunately, I have not lost any weight!!

No Weight? BUT inches? WOOT! HOT-DIGGITY-NESS!!!

Is this the new four week challenge that Blancita started?

Yep it is!

Actually this morning I was down a pound. The scale has not moved in weeks so I'm ecstatic about that.

On a sad note, an uncle of mine whom I have not seen for a few years, called me "fat" today. I was a bit bummed by his attitude. Oh he thought he was being funny, but it really did hurt.

Also, my friend's father passed away this past Sat. and today I got news that my aunt has also passed away. She has been battling cancer for years.

Kind of a sad week for me.

Wow....not a good week at ALL! I'm so sorry, and I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers!

But congrats on the pound! And boo to your uncle for what he said!!

Thanks, Mindi.

Week 3 of the challenge has been a bit hectic.

I have gotten most of my exercise in the last 2 days.

I have been on the wii fit for over an hour each day and have taken some small walks with dh. I had to make up for not doing much of anything the rest of the week. But, I think I'm good.

Eating has been pretty good, so I even think I will have bonus points this week!

My exercise so far:

Tues: Walk for 30 min.
Fri: Wii fit 1 hr 15 min., walk for 30 min.
Sat: Wii fit for 1 hr 20 min., walk for 30 min.

My exercise so far:

Tues: Walk for 30 min.
Fri: Wii fit 1 hr 15 min., walk for 30 min.
Sat: Wii fit for 1 hr 20 min., walk for 30 min.
Sun: 60 min. wii fit and 40 min. walk.

Total this week: 5 hrs 45 min.

I had been eating well until today. We went to the movies and I ate buttery yummy popcorn (again!) :sigh:

I cannot resist!

I am sure my weight will be up tomorrow due to all of the salt my dh put on it, but such is life.

Hello Sweetpea, well maybe it might be up tomorrow, but that's probably all it will be up for if it goes up...me thinks No?

I mean you don't do it too often?

Excellent work on the pound drop!!

I am sorry to hear about your Aunt, and friends Father.

I need sleep, TTYL

Hi RG! Nah, I don't eat buttery popcorn everyday or anything of the sort. My weight did go up, but is back down.

I do have some good news - well dh went to the dr's office and got weighed and generally when you go you weigh at least 5 lbs more than at home. Well this time he weighed less and this is with his clothes on. So he is deducing that our scale at home is off!

But, there is no way to adjust it. Also even if the scale is off, my weight is still up due to the snuggness I feel in my clothes.

I have a dr's appt. tomorrow evening and I will report back in to see how much of a difference I see from the dr's office to home on the scales.

So, when I went to the dr.'s my weight was a 2 lb difference. And, it was actually up. so, I don't know why dh's showed it down. I am sure the last time I went it was the same - as far as being up or down compared to home. And, I thought the scale was pretty accurate. Who really knows though? I mean as long as it shows a loss right? And, your pants fit better, who really cares?

I got in a lot of regular exercise as well as exercise from work do to it being cleaning weeks at school. I'm sure that helped with my weight dropping this week.

Either way I'll take it!

Yea! Take That Body! IN YOUR FACE!!! So you thought you could deceive me well think again!!!

.....it's okay I talk to myself a lot like this, so I am used to all the stares!!!

Anyways bummer I am having a brain fart, and can't remember what I was going to say, I will be back!

This was not what I was going to say, but new question: Do you teach Kindergarten/ECS?