Weekly Check In

Weight: 219.7

Difference from last week: -.6

Last week I walked 10 miles total. I also lost 5 inches total from various spots.  My plan for this week is to walk one mile a day M-Sat, and do the "start it up" workout from the Slim in Six series.  I've already finished my workout for today.

This morning while the kids were getting their breakfasts and making their lunches, Kimberly knocked a bottle of wine (full) off the refrigerator.  Wow, who knew that those bottles hold so much? LOL.  I have done the initial clean up, but I need to get back in there and really scrub the floor.  At the moment, it's as stick as fly paper.

I have signed up for "Family Readiness Group Leadership" training, which starts tomorrow and lasts the rest of the week.  I have no plans while we are at this post to be a leader of an FRG, but I figure the training will most likely come in handy at our next couple of posts.

Friday night

TGIF!  So far this week I've walked 6 miles.  Stayed up until 3 am last night talking with my next door neighbor.  We sat out on the balcony, drinking wine, smoking cigarettes and solving the problems of the world....too bad they don't stay solved.

 

Off and walking

Wt. 220.3

Fat percentage 45%

Fat pounds 99.5

Walked two miles today with strength training intervals.

Once more from the top

Well, after a month of planning to start back up the diet and exercise, I have arrived at a new month.   Yesterday I walked two miles.  Hey, it's a start.  Weigh in this morning was 220.1.  I'm hoping the motivation stays with me for awhile.  A group of friends here in the stairwell are hosting a "Party Hardy in the 80's" party on November 18.  I'd like to see some weight loss between now and then. It's going to take a lot of work, but I think I'm ready to do some.

I'm already trying to plan out my outfit for that night.  It's been a long time since I dressed for the 80's and I've been trying to get some ideas off the internet.. not too much luck there.

My basic plan is a black pin-stripe skirt with black tights, a tank top, covered by a "flash dance" style sweatshirt( in turquoise if I can find it), fingerless gloves and a ton of plastic bracelets.  One of girls is going to tease my bangs up into the classic "big hair" look.  I think the only thing I need to finish off my look is some face paint.

Trick or Treat through J-land

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Welcome to my page for Halloween.  .

We celebrated "trick or treating" tonight (Oct 29) here on Stork Barracks.  The kids were out and snatching up candy as fast as their little legs could carry them.  (the neighbor kids that is).  The community had a haunted house set up, which I heard was pretty intense, but I did not attend.  I don't much care for people jumping out at me.

Now that my kids are teens, they tend to celebrate a bit differently.  They dress up ( their costumes are much scantier now) and they go to a few houses to trick or treat and collect up their friends.  This year, they hit the haunted house after the trick or treating and then they went to the movies. The movie was "Skeleton Key", which I thought was a perfect movie for Halloween.

In our stairwell, all of our neighbors sat out on the front stoop and passed out candy from there to keep the kids from having to climb three flights of steps.  We drank mulled wine and ate bratwurst while admiring all the costumes.  All in all, a fun but quiet Halloween.

Irony

My hubby asked for the girls' sizes and measurements so that he can pick up some local fashion for them.  Kendra is very much like her dad, she has a very slender frame and long limbs.  Kimberly, while being much taller, has a similar body build to mine.

I can't count the number of times I have wished to have either of their bodies, but especially Kim's because I think it would be easier to maintain.  Anyway, in taking her measurements last night, I realized her waist and hips measure the same as mine did when I was 17 years old.  The irony comes in knowing that when I was that size I thought I was fat!! and  how much I wish I was that size now.

Why is it that as females, we seldom are satisfied with our bodies?

Counting Down

Weigh in: 219.1

Measurements

Taken 10/4/05

  Chest: (under the boobs) 39.5   Waist: 41.5   Belly Button: 43.5   Hips: 49   Thigh: 28.25   Calf: 19.25   Neck:15.5   Biceps: 16.75   Forearm: 11.75   Wrist: 7.25   First Goal is October 14.