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Aww Zannie you are too sweet girl. The 4 miles certainly did not happen overnight. I have always been realtively "fit" for a fat girl but I had to build up to it over time. I started walking right after my sugery and I was doing about 1.5-2 miles daily. Then I built it up to 3 and just this past week tried the 4. I am lucky that I have an awesome boss who does not care what I do just as long as I get my work done. In fact she is the one who showed me the walking route at work. I have a walking buddy and we always do 3 miles on our lunch break (weather permitting of course). We can get that done in under an hour. The 4 mile walk I do when she is not there since it takes over an hour and her boss is not as lax about breaks as mine. It is nice for me to just get away from my desk and get some fresh air. Here is the couch to 5K link. Cool Running :: The Couch-to-5K Running Plan I think the thing that keeps me motivated on that is that while I am running sometimes I just want to quit but then I think that if i do I have to do the day/week all over again and I don't want to do that! I am thinking maybe next month we can do a partner challenge. Like find some other people and team up and compete. Maybe other people will participate in the challenge and want to do more because not only will they be accountable to themselves but they will be accountable to their teammates.

I have actually been using this tracker thing I found on a the USA track and Field website. You zoom in on the area where you are riding/running and then use the guide to drap a map and it measures the distance for you. USATF - America's Running Routes - Map It I love it.

Got my first days workout in. 4 miles walk at work and 30 minutes of running at home. How is everyone's first day of June?

And here is the link for the challenge thread. http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/feb-bandsters-june-challenge-35869/#post483481

Wallygirl, you can go to Graphical Event Ticker for your Signature, Message Boards, Blogs and Web Page and fill out the info to make your ticker (the thing that shows the weight in my siggy) once you do that it will post a code that you copy and paste into your signature. As for the challenge info just copy and paste it in your own signature and update it as you do the workouts.

Laura, AnnWilson was in the band Heart not Wilson Phillips which is probably what you are thinking of. Here is a link about her. Ann Wilson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yeah I like those too. All that goodness got me to where I am today lol.

Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me.... Sorry just seeing The Pussycat Dolls written down made me bust out in song.

I like the French for the simple fact that they brought me the CROISSANT.

It is not harder than losing weight. Most humans in gereral are not going to take the harder path in life unless they have a good reason to. If being fat was harder than losing weight I would not be fat. Now being fat does suck. The effort that we have to put into losing weight sucks too. I would believe the statement that being fat sucks as much as losing weight sucks. To me that makes more sense, seeing as they both suck and the easier thing to do is just stay fat. My doctor and I had a heart to heart at the begining of May. I was complaining about how much I *hate* exercising. He looked at me and said "which do you hate more, exercising or being fat?" The simplest question in the world to answer. I hate being fat. SO you know what? I exercised 29 days last month. I lost 11 pounds. It is not about accepting our fatness, it is about doing what is right and doing what is easy. *I* am done doing what is easy.

In oder to get an abortion in Michigan it is manadatory that you view a video/ slideshow about fetus developement to make sure you know the details of where you fetus is at developmentally. That information may change some minds but there are still a large number of people going through with it.

Haha I know Cest la vie.

ARGH....Can I please just have one thread that does not involve illegals?

Okay I lost 2 pounds. That means next week I should be cruisin down into the 220's!

Aw thanks!!!! Yeah as Zannie said just hop on over to the thread and join up. We would love to see you there!

Dang girl look at you!!!!! Did you work out at midnight or something? Awesome, Aweomse, Awesome. I know you are going to do this!!!!! I am so sick today...UGH! I am about to go weigh myself. WHy am I so nervous?<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

Maybe a better question would be why do mother-child murders in Texas get the most press and are the most memorable? Personally I try to not think about this kind of stuff because it horrifies me. I remember the Andrea Yates thing and that one chick who drove her kids into the lake (Susan something?) but I am pretty sure she was from another state. Mental or not I do not feel one bit of sorrow for these woman. There are woman every day who battle through mental illness and they don't kill their own children.

Dry fill? Really? Damn and this whole time I thought she was filling herself with the EVOO.

Okay I have started a June exercise challenge thread. Come join up there!!!!

Can you guys believe it is June already? SO here is the thread for the June Challenge. I want everyone to be able to achieve their goals this month so we are going to have a multi level challenge. Here she goes.... June Exercise Challenge Level 1- 30 minutes per day for 15 days Level 2- 45 minutes per day for 20 days Level 3- 60 minutes per day for 20 days Level 4 hardcore bad ass- 60 minutes per day for 30 days I decided to remove the Water from this challenge and focus on the exercise. If we are exercising we should be drinking water while we do so. Personally I am going for the Level 4 Hardcore Bad Ass. I am making it a priority in June. One hour a day- my time. Just me and my sweat. Darn it I am going to take off some weight this month!

Ohh thanks Lizrbit. I might have to do that if this pain does not stop. SO my first ride I did I made it about 1.5 miles and I thought I was going to die. Second time I did maybe 2.5 miles. The third time I did 7 miles but it was split up into a 3 mile ride, 30 minute rest, 2.3 miles, 15 minute rest, 2.3 miles. The 4th time was 6 miles straight. How long do you all think before I can make the 12 miles?

Zannie you know I heart you! Girl when you complete this challenge next month (because I know you CAN do it) we are going to throw a big friggin cyber party.

I know I would totally go for the 60 but I have become pretty hardcore addicted to exercising. How about if we do a challenge with different levels. Like this: Level 1- 30 minutes per day for 20 days Level 2- 45 minutes per day for 20 days Level 3- 60 minutes per day for 20 days and the Level 4 hardcore bad ass 60 minutes per day for 30 days Yeah I am pretty pissed that I missed 2 workout days this month grrr lol. I wanna be a hardcore bad ass in June!

Lizrbit, You should take your iron and calcium at two different times each day. When they are taken together they negate each other and you won't be getting anything out of them.

Maybe it is okay to call another person a killer and mean it and not okay to say you would like a group of people killed in jest? You are a very very bad boy.