What a lot of building! It sounds like you are creating something quite wonderful for the whole family.

Is that your little one in your new avvie? That is the sweetest photo.

Thats her...just a cell phone pic, but one of my favorites!
Thank you...she is a good kid and the light of my life Ever since she came along so many "issues" just dont matter anymore.

She certainly looks like a little darling. I love the angle the photo is shot from.

Thank you again! we were standing on some steps, it made for a nice pic I thought


I have one hour in so far with my workout and for some reason I am so sore!
I guess its from moving furnature but my arms are soooo killing me!
Maybe Ill have a hot shower and a tylenol before I get back to it I never take pain killers ect. so I hope I even have one...amyway I have got to get back in the swing of the workouts one hour is ok but not fantastic...I just really want to stay active, from now on! FOREVER

Oh that is an ADORABLE picture!

Thanx M2M! So is yours!








what next! Now my husband is hurt, he cut his hand with the skil saw at work had to go to the er for xrays and stitches! and my friends brother is being releised today, so we have to get the wheelchair ramp started now!!! He is a pretty big guy and there is no way his skinny family can get him in or out...Geeeee Whizzzzz when will it all slow down! Hey guess what else, I havent finished my taxes

Care to share some of that addiction? I need some in the cardio area.

Well Tiff one thing I do know is that it can be one of the hardest things on earth to start. But yet I have found it to be one of the most rewarding as well. Some days it is all I can do to force myself to start, but usually i feel great after the first 20 min. of warm up...I also know that if I stop or get away from my routine It will very hard for me to become motivated again
*passes Tiff the bottle* you asked for it!

Day 30, and still on track Things are slowing down around here today so I have done 2 hours on the cycle and enjoyed some time in the garden. We finished the wheelchair ramp late last night and even saw him get to use it so I think it will be simple enough for his use during recovery. Other dramas are unfolding with my prodigle brother that have me pretty stressed but I am definatly getting a lesson in coping while remaining on track.I did however eat a burger yesterday They offered them to us while we were working and just wouldnt take no for an answer, I still kept my calories nice and low so I am not gonna fret too much. But it shattered my record
I must say I cant wait for this month to be OVER...Its starting to bug the hell out of me

wow 2 hours, legendary!
No wonder you're gonna kick some ass

thanks wishes but it feels like my ass has been kicked...lol

I hope your Tylenol kicks in fast. You have had a lot on this month!! You are doing so well though. Thirty days is a long time to be keeping control and making progress. It really counts for something and I am so looking forward to the next thirty... (and the next )

It is so great too that you are keeping up with what you want for yourself despite all the recent stress. I think that will make a big difference for you.

Holy cow girl.. I swear all the women on here are on the gooooooo.. I guess we have alot in common. But ya know when life calms down where would we be (bored).. I wish I had an excersize bike I wouldn't have to walk in the rain here, but when does it ever stop rainning in Oregon.. Wtg on making a month.. i have a week under my belt and i want to lay on the floor crying why can't i be skinny now.. Whine, Whine! Ill walk, i swear, I will if i keep whinning to punish myself..

I was reading about ur fear of going in public because ur afraid of what ppl will think.. I have had this motto for years, "who gives a flying ratass what others think".. Only YOU is the one that can think what u think about urself and u have obviously done great by losing a large amount of weight the first time and it was a set back to gain 40some but set backs happen in life all the time its how we deal with them that makes us who we are.. My husband lost his job in september and i was ready to walk and randy talked with me while i was going threw this crisis, I decided to hold on to hope that life would just turn for the better to stabalize my depression and my family life and it did.. So same thing goes with ur weight, it happened, its time to work threw it and no one else that says negative things to u needs to be apart of ur life..

Thanx Felici, I love this place and you guys really keep me on track, seeing your progress is certainly a part of what keeps me going!


I must agree with this one Thanx for coming by my diary I loved the encouraging words...Ya know I never cared what anyone thought until I lost weight, maybe that doesnt make sence but I am so paranoid about my looks now when before I didnt care at all. I was always big so I didnt think about it much,Now I am consumed with the thought!I am working on it, but so far not doing so well. I am like you whining and wanting to be skinny NOW We can do this, lets be patient(talking to myself here )

Im just giving you some hugs and sending some good thoughts your way - Im sorry to hear abt all your going through...you and your family and your friends family are in my thoughts...