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PURPLESPARCK
4/10/06 5:47 A
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Good job, Becky!! It's always nice when the doc's notice and say "way to go", huh??
I'm up and at 'em already and it's still dark outside! ugh. I've got an early morning appt downtown and need to gather some papers before I go.
I'll check back in later.
Have a great day!!
Lin :-)
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Hey gang,
I did not fall off the face of the earth. We were out of town all weekend visiting family. My weigh in for the week is a no gain no loss. I have to share with you my good warm fuzzy from my doc on Friday. I went for my annual checkup with the gynocologist and he was impressed with my weight loss. Last year at this time I was 210 and on Friday I weighed in at 184. I told them that I had actually lost ten more but had gained it back since taking the prednisone :( For those counting that is 26 lbs since last April. I was impressed myself. Well chat more tomorrow.
Becky
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Hello Everyone,
I am sooo excited, I bought new walking/running shoes ( they are running shoes, but I'm not jogging yet, still walking) and I can't wait to wear them. We are determined to walk tomorrow even if it rains ( it will) I forgot what the sun looks like and rain all week but we aren't going to let that stop us ( we did during the winter) so you can say father winter kicked us in the butt but we are fighting back.
the grandbaby is so cute, I want one so bad, I look at baby clothes all the time but my kids keep saying not yet mom.
Even though it's raining it's warming up and I have been increasing my water intake so I am starting to get back on track. I just wished I had more time to get on the internet.
Nancy when I think of you running 5 miles, I envy you, i want to do that so bad but more weight has to come off, I think for my knees sake. :)
I will try and come on more often and I am trying again so lets make it a good week! Darlene
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Yes, Barb-- the baby is beautiful.
Well, I finally walked on the treadmill today, but only did 3 miles; rode the bicycle, however, and did 11 miles, so I burned a good amount of calories. Now I'm exhausted. I thought exercise was supposed to make you feel more energetic?
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PURPLESPARCK
4/9/06 5:26 P
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Barb, Maddie is cute. Congrats again. Now, you've got another one to spoil! :-) Goes with the job of being Grandma!! :-)
Lin :-)
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Woke up with a headache, which I've finally gotten rid of. Shouldn't have had those 3 drinks, I guess. Or the quesadillas. That's one thing that's hard--missing out on the social gatherings or being tempted to eat, like at Happy Hour get togethers. Oh well, that's part of being a student again, I guess. Making those hard choices.
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Good Sunday Afternoon! What a beautiful day here in Texas. The sun is shining and the temps are nice and cool...this is when I LOVE living in Texas.
Barb, Maddie is BEAUTIFUL!!! Thanks for sharing with us the photo of that precious little granddaughter. Oh, how much fun you're gonna have!
Heidi, I'm sending you an EARLY Birthday wish to you. You are the first of us 44 year olds who moves into the infamous 45th year. Let us know how it goes ;-). HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY...I'm saving my singing voice for the morning so be prepared.
I ran 5.3 miles this morning in one hour and man am I exhausted. I took a couple of days off from running on Friday and Saturday due to a bunion problem on my left foot...I was really hoping that my foot would not bother me too much since I was fitted with shoes a little over 3 weeks ago at a specialty running store. I bought a spacer to use which helped a lot so maybe that is all I needed. My daughter is heading home today from Orlando...she's been gone since Wednesday. Things have been kinda quiet around here. This is our preparation for college next August. Ladies, I'm counting on you to KEEP ME SANE come that time. Well, I'm gonna enjoy the day with my hubby, take care and I'll see you in the morning.
Nancy
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Barb- The baby is so cute. Thank you for posting her picture. Babies when they are born don't always look their greatest, but she is really a cutie.
Heidi
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Hi Heidi - glad I didn't miss your b'day. I hope you have a happy one. I have decided that I am going to get a walk in everyday no matter what, even if it is just for a half of an hour at night. The new picture is of me and my new granddaughter Maddie, I am going to try and post a different one. You really can't see her too well in this one.
okay I posted one of her by herself, she was about an hour old.
Barb
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Good Morning Everyone,
Yesterday I didn't get in much exercise, so I am going to have to work extra hard today if I want to meet my Mission Impossible challenge of walking 5 miles.
Last night I went out to dinner again, because after we dropped daughter off at sweet 16 party, we went out to eat. I didn't do too bad, but still it is extra calories over my goal.
Barb- So glad you are getting that time in with the new baby. Show us a pic. when you are able to! My birthday is Mon. tormorrow so you weren't too late.
Have a great day everyone! I will try to check in later.
Heidi
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Hi everyone and thanks for all the well wishes for my new granddaughter. I have spent a lot of time with her since she was born - it is just awesome to see this tiny brand new life. My son (who wasn't sure he was even going to like being a dad) is so amazed at how he feels. Of course the eating has been way off, been grabbing food on the go! Big no-no but I am going to get back into the swing of things. Heidi I thought I saw Happy Birthday wishes to you and now I have forgotten when you BD is. Hope I didn't miss it.
Barb
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AEROFLOT57
4/9/06 12:30 A
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| I've got yahoo. I'm taramleighton. (Duh! How original is that?) I'm first in Miami in SparkPoints, and #8 in Florida. That's kind of cool, huh? Except I haven't been good exercising this weekend; cause we went to Happy Hour after class. I don't think I'm going to be able to do 9 miles tomorrow. I could try, I guess.....except it's already tomorrow! After midnight, time for me to go to bed.
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PURPLESPARCK
4/8/06 11:02 P
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Man! I had to go to the 3rd page to find us!
Just curious ... do any of you have Yahoo?? I know that Pia and I do. We've been chatting.
If any of y'all have it, you can find me there ... my yahoo is PurpleSparck.
Lin :-)
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AEROFLOT57
4/8/06 12:38 P
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Yes, Heidi's right, we do have to try harder this week. To help everyone out, I suggest we all read or re-read the article: "Why Do We Beat Ourselves Up? A Look at Self-Destructive Thoughts", to get us mentally in the right place. Put up some "skinny" (or skinnier) pictures of ourselves, post some positive reminders to treat ourselves well, and zap all that negative talk rigtht out of our psyches.
We've got pounds to lose; so let's get ready to RUMBLE!! --Tara
  
P.S. Hi, Darlene. Don't know you yet, but looking forward to getting to know you better.
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Good Morning Everyone,
Barb - CONGRATULATIONS! I am glad to hear baby and mom are doing fine!!
Ladies we all have to try harder for next week. We don't have anyone who had a loss this week, but I still have more to hear from since the weekend is not over yet.
Last night hubby and I went out with friends. I did pretty good with watching what I ate, except for too much salt. I don't use any salt at home, unless it is already in foods, and I feel a little bloated this morning.
Darlene- It's good to see you again. Sorry you have been having all that bad weather there. It hasn't been too nice on my side of the country either.
Nancy- I'm glad my birthday is coming up but the reality of the age I am turning hasn't sunk in. I just wont think about it! lol
I am off to go work on the 5 miles I need to walk this weekend.
Have a great day all!
Heidi
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PURPLESPARCK
4/8/06 12:51 A
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Darlene,
Good to see you back again. Sorry to hear about your fall. And you're right, the older we gets, the longer it takes to "bounce back". Glad that you're on the mend and back to doing the things you love.
Take care and don't be a stranger!! :-)
Lin :-)
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| Hi Everyone - It's me Darlene, I bet you all gave up on me! well it's been just crazy here. we had snow snow snow, last month and while I was in my nightshirt I fell down our 4 porch stairs hitting my head on the banister, I learned something though, I am to old to fall down and go boom! LOL we have been busy at work and 4-H has started up again and by the time I get home I am beat! I was so thrilled though we started walking again today, it wasn't raining so we ran outside to walk before it pours again! We have had so much rain it's depressing, everyone is feeling depressed it just won't let up and for the next 10 days it's more rain! Enought complaining though I am just glad that I have time to sit down and get back on line. If anyone is watching or watched the Tonight show with Jay Leno, the guy playing President Bush is a friend of mine that I went to school and Church with in High School and we emailed me to tell me to watch him tonight. I hope everyone is doing great. Darlene
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AEROFLOT57
4/7/06 11:06 P
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| Congratulations, Barb. What a relief, huh? It's so hard when you have to wait and wait and worry, and so nice when it's all done and you have a beautiful little girl to oooh and aaaah over. I'm so happy for you. Send our love and best wishes to the proud Mommy and Daddy! --Tara
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PURPLESPARCK
4/7/06 10:08 P
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Thanks, Nancy.
So when are You moving up here so I can have my OWN personal trainer???? haha :-)
Lin :-)
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Barb, Congratulations on becoming a Grandma, again. You must be sooo happy and excited. Little girls are soooo fun to shop for, as you well know.
Heidi, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, early. I hope you have a GREAT weekend with your family.
Lin, so glad to see you getting back to the gym!!! Good for you.
Ms. Pia, have a great weekend and DRINK THAT WATER!!! ;-).
Tara, good luck on getting that term paper done and studying.
Nae, have a fun weekend with your hubby and sweet little girl...May 5ht is not too far away!
Everyone have a FLAB-U-LESS weekend. It's very windy here today in Texas, so Becky this would not be a good place to be with your asthma.
Catch y'all later in the weekend.
Nancy
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Hi all,
Haven't been able to get on in a couple of days, but finally caught some time.
Barb..Congratulations!!!
Heidi..I weighed in and I stayed the same this week. No loss for me.
I will accept Pia's challenge of drinking the water. I am still struggling with that one.
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PURPLESPARCK
4/7/06 4:00 P
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Awesome, Barb. Congrats to you, Grandma!! :-)
Heidi, still 180.0 this week.
Went to the gym today. Did some cardio and weights. Have appt to meet with trainer on Monday to learn other machines. :-)
Lin :-)
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Hi Everyone - haven't been on in while - very busy at work and no time at home. Heidi - I gained 2 lbs this week....just have to try harder.
I really jumped on to let everyone know that my Granddaughter Madelyn Rose was born last night at 6:12 p.m. and weighed in at 8 lbs 3 oz and is 21 inches long. Everyone is doing fine and she is a healthly beautiful little girl.
Barb
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MISSION POSSIBLE CHALLENGES UPDATE:
Tara's challenge: do homework and walk 9 miles on the treadmill this weekend (3 miles each day).
Heidi's challenge: walk a total of 5 miles this weekend.
Pia's challenge: From the time you wake up in the morning, until you go to bed at night, both Sat and Sun (approx. 15 hrs. each day) drink 64 oz. of water. That breaks down to about 6.5 oz. every hour
MISSION POSSIBLE CHALLENGES ACCEPTED:
Tara accepted her challenge of: do homework and walk 9 miles on the treadmill this weekend (3 miles each day).
Heidi accepted her challenge of: Walk a total of 5 miles this weekend.
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My mission impossible challenge :
I will walk a total of 5 miles this weekend.
Heidi
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Hi there Tara,
No daily question today. Today we post the MISSION POSSIBLE challenges.
MISSION POSSIBLE CHALLENGES:
Tara's challenge: do homework and walk 9 miles on the treadmill this weekend (3 miles each day).
MISSION POSSIBLE CHALLENGES ACCEPTED:
Tara accepted her challenge of: do homework and walk 9 miles on the treadmill this weekend (3 miles each day).
ANY OTHERS?
Pia
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AEROFLOT57
4/7/06 11:13 A
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Pia, Becky, Lin, Helen, where are you? Calling all Spark Buddies ---------- ? Do we have a question of the day? Are we all setting challenges for ourselves this weekend?
My goal is to do my homework and walk 9 miles on the treadmill this weekend (3 miles each day).
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APRIL GOAL:
Nae' - 205
Becky - 180 (being realistic here): )
Lin - 175 (still trying to get out of 180's!)
Helen - 240
Barb - 185
Julie - 199
Heidi - 214
Tara - 205
Pia - 210 (stretching it a bit)
Nancy-136 (hoping)
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Good Morning Everyone,
Went to bed at 10p last night, which is very early for me, but I feel good today. I am going to get my hair cut today. I will try to get a lot of exercise in too.
Tara- That's great that you got plenty of exercise last night!
Nancy- It sounds like a good idea to go to the doc. You probably don't need the blood pressure med. anymore.
Becky- I hope your doing ok. Just thinking of you, and wondering if you went to Colorado.
Have a good day all!
Heidi
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Good morning!
I overslept and was a little late for work today, because last night I walked on the treadmill for 71 minutes, and then rode the bicycle for 42 minutes. My calories were lower than my range, also, so hopefully that will work toward undoing any damage from my birthday. I've got to do a lot of schoolwork and studying tonight and this weekend, so that's going to be my challenge this weekend; getting all my homework done and working on my term paper. Yuk.
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Good FRIDAY Morning Ladies,
Well, my blood pressure is on the lower side of normal. I'm gonna try to get in with my doc to see if she will consider taking me off now instead of waiting until July like she had planned. The dizziness doesn't seem so bad this morning but then again I have only been awake for an hour or so. I decided to take a day off from the gym this morning since I have to run 6 miles tomorrow for my O2 training class. I hope everyone has a GREAT and FLAB-U-LESS DAY. I'll catch up with everyone later.
Nancy
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AEROFLOT57
4/6/06 11:09 P
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Heidi,
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