amiwithrow

Me at 40 pounds lost with my handsome husband.

My new car, ain’t she pretty? 

O.K., so I belong to Bally’s.  I have since 5/4/09 and I only use the cardio equip.  I thought I would do classes and use the weight equip, but I don’t.  And now my husband’s step father joined and we pay for his too.  So I pay 64.98 a month (no commitment) to use the cardio equip. 

Planet Fitness has a program you sign up for a year, and it is 19.99 a month and you can take unlimited guests with you, so I wouldn’t have to get a membership for father-in-law.  They don’t have classes or a pool, but I haven’t used them and don’t think I will.

So I thought I would ask you all if you’ve had good or bad experiences with either.  The savings of 44.99 a month would really help out, plus Planet Fitness is open 24/5 whereas Ballys opens at 5:30 on the weekdays.  Planet Fitness opens at 7am on the weekends and Ballys opens at 8 am.  Now I am one that works out early, but 5:30 is too late for me to do my workouts in the morning before work, so if I swtiched, I could get to the gym at 4:30 or 5 and get my workout’s done before work and save my evenings for the family time. 

I am trying to find some new snacks.  I found Del Monte Fruit Chillers in Strawberry, YUMMY!!! and only 55 calories in each one (on a low eating day, I can have 2 WOOHOO) .  And of course, there is the Skinny Cow Strawberry Shortcake at 140 calories (they are almost twice as big as the Klondikes at almost half the calories).  And when I don’t absolutly have to have a sweet, I love the little 2% cottage cheese, it only has 90 calories and has a good amount of protien.

 So whats yours?

Here is me before

Here is my 27 pounds lost, in the same dress (I can tie it very tight and still wear it)

I’ve had bronchitis for a bit over a  month now and the meds are not getting rid of it.  Everyone says “You should just skip the gym”  WHAT!!!!! Yes, it’s a bit harder to breath at the gym, yes, it may take me a bit longer to get my workout in.  Why skip it though.  My doctor gave me an inhaler to use just before to make it easier (it helps a tiny bit) and if I skipped, I would be out of the gym for over a month now.

 I’m just pushing through it.  Hopefully it’s goes soon.

I’m looking for a good ab workout dvd.   I know I would follow a dvd better than just doing a workout by myself.  I use to do ab’s of steel a long time ago. 

What’s this about and should I up my calories?  Isn’t the idea to burn more calories than you are taking in?  I’m confused. 

i’ve tried copy and paste and i cant get it, please help

I did it, my mini goal was 198 and I stepped on the scale this morning, and………………

197…….WOOOOOHOOOOO….

O.K., so here’s the question, or concern.  Once a month, ever since my grandma died, the family gets together and eats and plays cards and has a good time.  We do it to stay in touch.  Now, I don’t plan to go put on the feed bag, so don’t get me wrong, I’m not gonna pig out.  But there are some mighty tasty goodies there, so I thought if I cut my calories a bit a few days before and after and worked out a little extra for a couple days it would kinda balance out.  What do you all think?  Like I said before, I’m not really dieting to lose weight, just trying to get a healthier lifestyle.  I still want to live life.