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just checking in and a couple of ?s

Posted February 28, 2007

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Just checking in buddies

I hope you are all having a great day

So far today I am still On Plan.

I just finished doing my exerc. DVD for 25 mins. (thats about all I can manage at a time so far)

I also did it this morning and feeling great about it.

I am counting my calories and looks like I can stay within my cals. including dinner tonight. It’s the after dinner part that seems to be getting me lately but tonight I’m going to try to go for a walk after supper and stay away from the snacks.

One thing I was wondering about and maybe some of you have some ideas. I’m wondering what is the best time to exercise. If there’s a time when more calories are burned or if its all the same and just a matter of preference. Also I have been doing my DVD once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Is that alot less effective than if I did an hour at one time? I wonder about eating before or after exercising too. This is all so new to me. If any of you can help I would love to get your comments and your experiences with the whole thing.

Thanks and good luck to you all

~~~~Lori

Good Morning

Posted February 27, 2007

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Hi buddies

I’m just off to do my exercise DVD then I’ll go for a walk.
I’ve been doing that every weekday morning for the last few weeks. Weekends are always different of course.
I sure do feel great when I get those in in the morning. It’s still morning here, 9:00 am.

I also have a low cal lunch planned, I went over my cals. yesterday and not happy about that but todays a new day.

I hope you are all doing well and doing your best to stay on plan

Have a GREAT day
~~~Lori

I want people to notice

Posted February 25, 2007

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I want people to notice. I really, really do.

Successful dinner

Posted February 17, 2007

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Thank you buddies for your ideas for my family dinner tonight.
I was able to make some healthy foods to go along with some not quite as healthy ones and I kept everyone happy.
Best of all I was able to eat and not feel deprived and keep within my calories.
I’m so excited about it and it’s paved my way for a great weekend of eating right and excersizing.
I am going to make sure I stay on track this weekend and don’t undo all the work I’ve done so far.
Thanks for all your support
and I Hope you all have a super duper weekend and are able to keep motivated.
Take Care
~~~Lori

FAMILY DINNER - ideas?

Posted February 14, 2007

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First of all HAPPY VALENTINES day buddies
I hope you all have a happy and warm day. I know many of you are dealing with snowstorms etc. Think Spring!

Now I’m hosting a family dinner on Friday night and am looking for some ideas. Normally I make something like lasagna or chicken wings but I’m looking for something with a lot less calories. We normally would have sides like scalloped potatoes, perogies - see my problem here?
Then the very fattening desserts to go along with it. Gee I wonder how I got to weigh this much in the first place?
As far as dessert goes I have decided to do a nice fruit platter maybe with a yogurt dip. I know not the best season for fruit but I’ll see what I can find.

The main dish is giving me a headache so I’m hoping that you might have some suggestions for me. I really want to be able to stay on track this weekend.
To top it off I also have a potluck dinner to go to on Saturday for my son’s Scout group.
Talk about a weekend of challenges
Wish me luck and if you have any ideas for me I would love to hear them

Thank you
Hugs
Lori

THANK YOU

Posted February 12, 2007

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I want to thank everyone here for all your support. Being a part of Buddy Slim has been such a positive experience for me.

Being able to read all your blogs and learn from you has inspired me so much.

This is the first time that I have ever lost this much weight, 12 lbs, I know that might not seem like a lot to some people but to me it sure is. It

ITS SO QUIET HERE

Posted February 4, 2007

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Happy Superbowl Sunday Buddies

It’s SO quiet in my house. Not quiet like everyone else is sleeping. JUST quiet.
My guys are away for the weekent (that would by my hubby and teenage son).
I was really looking forward to them being away so that I could get a lot of things done around the house.
Well now it’s Sunday and I still have a lot of those things to do.
The good news is that it’s only 5:30 AM so I still have lots of time to work on them.
I know I should be sleeping but like I said the house is SO quiet. I also have this dang cold that sure doesn’t help to sleep.

I did have a GREAT day yesterday.
I finally picked out my new glasses - I had been putting that off for awhile. So that was a huge accomplishment on its own.
I found some excercise DVDs at Walmart and a couple more at Superstore so I’m excited about that.
One that I put in yesterday is a dancing one and thats more what I was looking for. One that I can have fun with, that gets me up and moving.
Not so much the workout, workout type if you know what I mean. Atleast for now anyway.
I hope I use them all even if not right away. I think a couple of them will be better a little ways down the road but thats alright too.

I was also able to stick within my calories so I’m thrilled with that.
I’m so happy that I found Buddly Slim.
For the first time in my life I actually feel like I can do this and I know that I will succeed.
Reading all of your blogs helps so much.
Some make me laugh and some make me cry but they all make me think.
I love how some of you have said that even if you mess up one day that doesn’t have to be the end. Just to get back up the next day or for the rest of the afternoon and keep going. I LOVE THAT.
That is where I used to go wrong.
Now I don’t feel so much pressure and as a result not messing up the way I used to (Knock on wood - my head, as my father would say, and watch for splinters).

I loved how Dawn talked about dropping so many sizes (WAY TO GO DAWN!!!)
Reading that I realized I have never dropped a size in my life. How sad is that?
I have always gone up.
Reading that I realized that size 22 is where I stop and start going down.

Thanks for all the support and inspirational words and thoughts and thanks for letting me babble
Hugs,
Lori