SanDiegoUbermom

Good Day Everyone,

I've been out of sorts. I too have lost some one this month. My Grandmother past way couple of weeks ago, she was 93, life was good to her but it's taken more out of me then I thought it would.

I've been doing my best to keep my food under control but after being with my mom for the past few weeks I’ve found that she loves to eat bread and fried food in just about all of her meals.

I told her that if we eat out together and share (like we usually do since I don't eat a lot anymore) that there needs to be more Protein and non-fried things.

She understands and has been working w/me on it.

I had another fill at the beginning of the month so I'm still getting used to it.

I used to read some of your posts and couldn't understand why you were eating such little portions. Now I understand with my new fill, I really understand.

I'm trying hard to listen to my body again on when I'm comfortably full and not taking that last bit just because it’s still on the plate.

I will try in the next few weeks to start posting again. I need to post, I need to share, I need all of you!

This was an okay day. I think I'm coming down w/a cold. Getting tired quickly.

Stayed under 1200 cal for the day.

1139

B/148 cal-Poached egg, salsa, 1/2 mini plan bagel w/cc

L/530 - Nacho's w/salsa & crm chz

D/266 - Homemade Navy bean Soup

S/180 - 1.5 c 2% Milk

2 crystal lights used today too

drank all my liquids!!

Okay, started out good until it came to dinner :thumbup:. Went out w/my twin DD (boys are out of town w/Dad) and they wanted to go to Hometown Buffet.

1,578 (w/extra cal. earned from exercise)

used 961 up to second snack. 617 left to use.

B/260 Cal. GM Choc. Chex Cereal (no milk-dry)

s/370 Taca Bell Bean/Chz Burrito

s/331 Mini bagel, crm chz, 100 cal chex mix

D/ Ate a lot :thumbup:; had way to much, I'm stuffed. 10 fried shrimp, teriyaki chkn, imm. crab w/mayo, choc. cake, choc. chip cookie, one cup soda, one cup milk

Had all of my liquids though!

Had another good day. Did Zumba:wub: and I've started walking the dogs to school to p/u the kids in the afternoons.

W/exercise I had 1,981 cal for the day to use. (w/no exercise--I'm at a 1200 cal a day)

Used 1,713

B/149 cal-1/2 mini plan bagel w/cc, egg w/chdr chz

s/318 - Mc Donalds Chipotle grilled chkn wrap & 20 fries

L/325 - Ball Prk Angus beef dog, bun, ket/must

s/430 - GM Chex 100 cal snack, 1/2 hr later - Kraft easy mac cup

D/491 - chz burger w/one slice white bread, thousand island, ket, pickles, lettuce. Gen Mills chocolate Chex Cereal (dry)

had 10 cups of liquids today!!!:smile:

I'll take that recipe!! Plz send it to me.

angcal26, georgiagirl & jollygreen1955; Thank you all for responding.

Yes; planning ahead has always helped me in the past. Right now it’s just a little hard because I’m out of money & can’t do grocery shopping for just me…I can for the family, but not my stuff yet.

I’m digging through the freezer to see what meats I can cook up and have for later.

Chili sounds good too…georgiagirl what is your recipe for that?

I’ve see that I have some carrots, radishes, letuce too, just need to clean and cut up. There’s a salad right there.

Remember my cake and soda recipe; I’ll need to look through the pantry and see if I have cake mix. This way I’ll have my sweet tooth taken care of.

Today I’ve been good; walked so it earned me extra calories to work with.

1,392 (189 added for the walk, usual is 1200) and drank 8 glasses so far.

B/EAS Premium Protein/Choc w/2% milk = 270

L/Tuna Salad w/mayo, radish, sharp chdr chz, pinapple & lettuce = 300

s/Pineapple & 2 100 cal Snacks = 320 (who knew pineapple was so big in cal.)

D/Cheese burger; bun, American chz, thou drsng, pickles, onion, ketchup, A1 sauce, 93% lean/7% fat patty = 472

I really enjoyed the tuna salad w/a hint of pineapple

Dinner was great, at it slow because of the bun and it was great.

It was wonderful to eat and not snack all day.

Had 3 crystal lights today too – 30

Thank you again everyone for being there for me. I love this site!

I can't seem to get back on track.:w00t:

Since school started I can't do it. I'm finding I run out of time to sit and eat or eat at all.

I'm eating so quickly some times that I'm dumping at least once a day.:w00t:

I feel I'm slipping.:thumbup: I'm eating all the wrong things because it's there and easy.

I don’t want to have shakes all day long but I think that’s where I’m headed because those are quick and easy.

Anyone have any tips!! HELP! :tongue:

One good thing is that I'm maintaining :scared2: my weight.

I guess you could say that "being bad" is in the air.

I've been off for about 2 weeks. I keep trying on the next day to start of right and then it goes to sh#%.

I haven't been able to get back on track since school started and since I started back to work at the school.

I need to get my "grab and go" foods in order, take my traveling tote everywhere w/me...I was doing so well during the summer.

I'll get back there! And soon!

On Saturday my DH and one of my DD took me out for a birthday lunch. It was seafood, I've never had an issue w/that. Well today I did. I pb everything. I haven't had that bad of an issue since I was filled 2 months ago. I guess I didn't think and didn't chew.

We all went out for dinner later and everything was fine. I watched my portion size, ate slowly and chewed everything!

I want to get over this hump of 186 and get to 184. I've seen 185 and want to skip it now.

Hi everyone! Hope you're having a good eveing/day!

B/egg cooked in PAM, 1/2 mini plan begal w/ICBINB spray (butter spray)

s/string cheese, sweet & salty almond bar

L/open face hotdog w/mustard and ketchup, 1/4c tuna w/mayo only

D/Imm. Crab salad w/mayo and relish

s/3 100 cal Snacks

Had Zumba today!!!

Drank all my liquids and more!

Alloted 1,981 (zumba & walk gave extra cal), used 1,503

I lost my energy around 3:00 today. I could have just gone to bed :tongue2:

I lost ten (10) pounds :tt1::w00t:

GREAT!! wAY tO gO!!!

Today is my 1 year Bandiversary!! :drool: Everything is great. It's been the best thing I have ever done for myself!! I still have a long way to go. I've lost around 107 lbs, I got bout 124 more to go.

You've done an excellent job!! You will do great with the rest that you have to lose.

congrats!!

Thanks!

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Today: 1,667 (was snacking on the wrong kind of Snacks -- 278 over my limit ) (earned 189 from exercise)

B/Tyson's chckn-teryaki breast, 2 sl swiss chz, lay chips 1oz bag, wyler's to go pkt (460 calories)

L/Ralph's Sweet & Salty, Almond Bar, Chz burger (onion, thousand island drs, lettuce) (642)

s/100 cal ritz snack mix, wylers to go pkt(110)

D/Breakfst sandwhich, (egg, 2 sl deli ham, bun, mayo), wylers to go pkt (285)

s/lay's sour crm & onion pk 1oz (160)

Oh I'm sure the salt from today will show up tomorrow

What a GREAT DAY!!! I am at my half way mark!!! :thumbdown:

I have 40 more pounds to go!!! I started this journey on 7/11/06, lost my way till April of this year. (thought I could do it myself )

I started at 225, at surgery I was 208 (only due to that darn 2 week liquid diet-oh that was hard). When I came to my senses in April this year I was at 205.

I've lost 20 pounds in 5 months, that's an average of 4 pounds a month! :tongue_smilie:YA ME!!!

I also want to thank all of you for being here and logging in, blogging and for the chat line. LB has been a life saver!

I'm so happy to have gotten this GREAT TOOL!

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1,253 calories (earned 383 from walking, could have used 1,583 calories today)

B/Pan freid egg, O'brien potatoes, 16oz homemade tea (140 Calories)

s/Tyson's Teriyaki chicken 1 breast (140)

L/Hard boiled egg salad (.5T mayo & relish), 16oz hmd tea (128)

s/Chdr Chz 1oz & 15 Ritz Crackers (350) Oh the crackers where sooooo good :sad:

D/1.5C Wanchai Ferry-Cashew chicken, 16oz hmd tea (495)

Had one more 16oz tea. This last tea gets me to my 8 glasses of liquid for the day.

Zumba tomorrow!!:thumbdown:

1,309 Calories for the day (109 Over)

I'm having a sweet tooth problem today, oh and I want chips!!

B/Qkr Instnt Oatmeal-Maple & Brn Sugar, Crystal light pkt (190 Calories)

s/Ralph's sweet & Salty Chewy granola almond bar (170)

L/Chz burger w/lettuce, onion,chdr chz, McDonald's Chipotle BBQ Sauce, chips/sour cream & onion (379)

s/Big Train Mocha Cappuccino Mix, 20 carob chips, 5oz coffee - homemade frap :thumbdown:(202)

D/white rice 1/4c, Tyson's chkn teriyaki breast, 1/2 corn on the cob (368)

I had .05cc taken out today. I feel a lot better.

So glad you're feeling better already!

I've been MIA for a few days. We had a death in the family, so it's been a struggle to get back with it.

Such said news are you doing okay? Chin up, breath, step back and count to 10 and then walk back in.

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Yesterday 1,368 Calories (walked @ wrk for 1.75 hrs, that was my exercise for the day)

B/FF French vanilla Yogurt w/.25 bannana & 1T grape nuts

s/Crab salad w/mayo & relish

L/Hormel Compleats Chkn Alfredo w/Penne Pasta (won't get this again-didn't taste all that good), 1/2 c grapes

D/BallPark Angus Hotdog chili dog w/chdr chz, mustard, onion, bun & 15 tator tots w/ketchup

Had 9 glasses of liquid

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Today 1,395 Calories (went shopping w/my DS for 4.5 hrs)

B/PAM fried egg, .5 plan mini begal w/Can't believe it's not butter spray, aged swiss chz

L/Crab salad w/mayo, relish and onion, slice of aged swiss chz

s/(while shopping) General Mills Chex Mix: strawberry Yogurt x2, Cheddar x1.5

D/Chz burger on flour tortilla w/thousand island, pickles, onion, Cheetos snack bag

Had 8 glasses of liquid

I've been teetering between 186-189 for a week now. I want to get past the 186.

Zumba today! :thumbup:

6:45/B ff French vanilla Yogurt, 1/4 bannana, grape nuts

10:30/s Ralph's Sweet & Salty Almond Chewy Bar, Crystal lite pkt

1:15/L Crab salad (mayo & relish)

1:45/s Frigo string cheese-x2

5:30/D Swiss chz burger, onion, thousand island dressing, lettuce, pickles, tater tots x6 w/ketchup, crystal lite pkt

May have a snack later

8 cups of liquid for the day as of now. Might do 2 more before bed.

Earned 684 extra for exercise today

Calorie used 1,309 (had 1,884 to use)

Hello all!-

Hope you don't mind if I join in with you! :blushing:

WELCOME!

I was able to eat regular food for dinner tonight! It wasn't much but it was solid food.

YES! Way to go!

7cups liquid, exersice for 2hrs (walked dogs & then went to the bay and walked the dogs again and the kids!) Earned 310 extra cal

B/scrambled egg, chdr chz, 1/2 mini plan bagel, coffee w/creamer & splenda

s/EAS Premium Protein/Choc, 1c 2% milk,

s/ff French Vanilla Yogurt 1/2c, 1/8c Grape nuts

L/Immitation crab salad w/noodles (mayo & relish) Bad on calories but oh it tasted soooo good!

s/dorritros cool rch chips (snack size)

D/Repeated lunch:drool:

s/Big Train Mocha Cappuccino Mix w/cold coffee, 20 carb choc. chips (homemade frap :blush:)

Went over my expected calories for the day (1200 + 310 = 1,510) over by 587 Can't do so many noodles next time:blushing:

B/scrambled egg w/chdr chz, coffee w/coffeemate Creamer and sugar

s/1c 2% milk w/EAS premium Protein (choc)

L/Ralph's Sweet & Salty Almond Bar, 1 pkt crystal light

s/carrot, broccoli, radishes, dressing (2T)

D/Beef chuck tenders (PB--waited a few and then finished), Crystal Light pkt.

Zumba for an hour, 1.75 walking around playground at school (wrk)

8c liquid 863 calories

This was our first day back to school. It went better then I thought it would. I kept food w/me while out so I wasn't hungry. :thumbup:

I got .1cc (not a typo, really .1). I can't believe how much difference that drop of Fluid makes. On the bright side the scale is rapidly moving down!!

I've been told that as we drop weight, our band becomes loose and that's why we may need the fill. With your current weight lose (good job!), this fill could be it, maybe the sweet spot!

I still think I could use just a bit more. We'll see on the 15th if I get more or not.

Still no headaches.

As far as shirt tucking, I've never been a shirt tucker. It's funny how pictures will show us things we never see in the mirror. I sometimes think I look pretty good until I see a picture, lol.

Great news on the headaches! Tucking; oh my, I still can't believe what I saw and so ture, the camera never lies. A capture in time can tell a million stories,,,and mine was not a nice story

Today was a :smile2: :thumbup: day

Just loved the look of your post. It made me think, smile and laugh as I read it.

My day started out like that too!

Never really got back on track.

chips, Cookies, and a real soda (haven't had one of those in months).

dinner was ok; leftovers- a Hamburger Helper.

I hope that by the weekend I'll be better. I will be doing MY grocery shopping and getting my foods back in order. I find that I become lazy when I start getting low on my own groceries.

School starts next week too. I hope this will help me, won't have to feed all the kids all day long.

Need to get control again!

Sorry I'm going on an on, I need to voice it, hear it, own it and learn from it.

Thank you everyone for being there!

Yesterday….Got a small fill so it was all liquids and soft foods

How much did you get? (the 1cc you wanted?)

I am still trying to get back on track with my posting but since my eating is so crazy I always forget. I am still struggling with whether or not to get an unfill when I go to my appointment tomorrow. Somedays I can eat a bear! other days I can't eat a thing! Most meats and breads I cannot eat but Pasta, rice, and all junk food goes down just fine.

I'm still losing slowly but tired of the unpredictability of my eating so I'm confused....help!?:blushing:

Welcome Back and CONGRATULATIONS on your 80 pounds!

i'm back. but this time for real. i've fallen into the same old trap of eating during stress. work is crazy, been having some personal issues and on top of that we just found out a month or so ago that my grams is terminally ill. so i ate. i posted my gain

Sorry to hear about Gramms.

Good to see you back on track. Keep up the good work, we're here for you!

Hi everyone! Thanks for all the positive thoughts and prayers for my FIL. He is recovering well and doing much better.

Also, I haven't had a cluster headache in about 14 days, so I am praying that my cycle is over, at least for this year. I am going to attempt to start exercising again tomorrow, and pray it doesn't trigger a headache. Ya'll wish me luck!

Glad to hear that FIL is better. I hope your headachs have gone too. How was the workout?

I've been finding it hard to post with it being so hot here in CA. I just eat, drink and sit around. To hot to have the lap top in my lap.

Today:

B/Pam fried egg, 1/2 mini plan bagel w/"I can't believe it not butter" spray, later a 1/2 cup 2% milk

s/ 2 choc. chip Cookies, 1 Ralph's Sweat&Salty Almound Granola Bar, later 20oz Water w/2 crystal lights

L/1oz hamburger wrap w/mayo, mustard, ketchup, 3 pickles, 1oz chdr chz, later another 20oz water w/2 crystal lights

D/3 Reg Del Taco's w/white souce and onions

2 more 20oz waters w/crystal light

1,557 cal

P.S. I have for years tucked in my shirts in just about everthing I've worn. I thought I was showing off my waist. Well my son took a picture of me today and OMG, I'm not going to wear my shirts like that again--unless I have an over shirt or jacket to go w/it. I have a pear shape and my lower tummy was out more than I had thought.

I need to learn how to dress!

I don't like having my picture taken, but have been getting better since I have been losing weight again.

It has been a crazy week. I haven’t even turned on my computer at home until today. Need to do better because the logging helps me. I had my first plateau since being banded this month. I lost a lot very quickly last month and then gained back 3lbs that just hung there. I think I’m finally coming out of it. I lost the 3lbs when I weighed today. It also didn’t help that I retained even more Water than usual during my TOM.

I here you, logging helps me too. I was teetering between weights too and I'm glad to be coming out of it.

Mary~ I have been feeling the same way! I think that I am eating a ton of food when I look at what others are eating! I have been trying to get in my calories and Protein and sometimes I struggle to fit it all in during a day.

Compared to everyone else I feel like I am pigging out. I know that everyone is different and I do take that into consideration, but it is amazing how different food intake is from person to person.

Okay, I am over it. (for now)

Since I've been logging everything, I thought I was the only one that was pigging out. I look at others and feel that I'm eating way to much. But I'm losing so I'm sticking with it!

no idea - but i'm not sure how an obese/overweight person can go into starvation mode .... maybe screw w/your matabolism some. my thoughts only.

i lost barely 30lbs in the first 6 months & had my calories around 800, cause everyone here did that.

my dr said no way - get yourself above 1100 and that really did the trick. while some are comfortable & lose eating 1/4c of food & take in 800 cals - didn't work for me.

It's good that you went outside the box and found out what works for you! Good job.

ha - it's really easy, while i'm bad at measuring i do use equal parts of meat: ground beef/ground pork/goat cheese/dried tyme/sun dried tomatos/1 egg/bread crumbs/s&p. i make mini loafs (freeze the rest individually).

I've copied this and put it into my diet file. This sounds so good! Thanks for sharing.

Here is my food dairy for today:

B/ Instant oatmeal w/half cup 2% milk

L/Corn tortilla, grnd turkey 2oz, chdr chz 1oz, 1 Taco Bell taco sauce, Blk beans

s/Microwave popcorn ½ c

D/Crockpot pot roast 3oz, 1 mini plan bagel w/”I can’t believe it’s not butter” spray, ! ear of corn, Ice pop.

Calories:1,118

8 cups of flavored water

I'm happy to say that I've dropped below the 190 mark!! At 188:tt2:

Boy it seems like I'm eating a lot! :mad:

With the new site that I'm using (myfitnesspal.com) to journal my food, I'm posting everything as you can see because I really want to see just how many calories I'm really eating. This is new for me. Way back when when I tried counting calories, I found it to be to time consuming. But it's easy now!

I've calculated my calorie intake to be at 1,200 a day to lose 2 pounds a week.

So far so good, even with all this food.:wub:

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Today

B/Oscar Mayer - Turkey Bacon, 2 slice

Large eggs Fried W/Pam

Potatoes - O’Brien, home-prepared, 0.25 cup

S/Cheerios Honey Nut

L/Souplantation: chicken 2 oz

2t Rnch Dressing & 1t Balsamic Dressing

1 hardboiled egg

4 Sweet pickles

½ celery stalk

1 radish

2 cauliflower florets

½ c ice berg lettuces

Grated carrots

2 bits Mac & cheese & tuna Tarragon

¼ brownie

Vanilla Lowfat yogurt ice cream

Chopped nuts

S/Nurti Grain Cereal Bar/Blueberry

D/Oscar Mayer-Turkey Bacon – 1 slice

Large Eggs Fried W/Pam

Potatoes - O’Brien, home-prepared, 0.25 cup

1,316 Calories (Over by 116 cal.)

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Yesterday

B/Yoplait French Vanilla Yogurt – 1 Container

Honey Nut Cherrios – ¾ c

No mid morning snack

L/Mission fl tortilla

Ketchup ½ T

Mustard ½ T

Mayo ½ T

3 pickles

1 sl White American Chz

2 oz Ground beef

1 package snack size Dorritos Cool Rch

S/(beach w/the kids for 4 hours) Mozzarella/Cheddar chz stick

100 cal ritz snack mix

7 cheddar chz nips

½ banana

1 c Koshi Heart to Heart Honey Oat Cereal

D/1 c stewed chkn

2 T Kc Masterpiece Honey BBQ sauce

1 package snack size Frito corn chips

1,755 Cal (exercised, rec'd extra calories)

Calories: 772 10 8oz cups of flavored water

B/Large eggs Fried W/Pam Cooking Spray, 1 egg

Oscar Mayer - Turkey Bacon, 2 slice

Thomas' Mini Bagels - Plain, 1/2 bagel

S/Act II - popcorn - Butter Lover's, 1/2 bag

L/(I ate 3 bites of my taco and thought my heart was going to come out of my chest. I could feel my chest move. I don't know why it happened. I gave it time to settle and then was able to finish the taco.)

Mission Tortillas - Yellow Corn Tortillas - Super Size (Approx 6.5"), 1 tortilla

Cheese - Cheddar, 0.5 oz

Lettuce - Iceberg

Sun Vista - Black Beans -- No Salt Added 3T

Taco Bell - Taco Sauce - Medium, 1 packet

S/Nabisco - 100 Calorie Pack Sweet & Salty Mix Kettle Flavor, 1 package

D/(No problem with this taco)

Mission Tortillas - Yellow Corn Tortillas - Super Size (Approx 6.5"), 1 tortilla

Cheese - Cheddar, 0.5 oz

Tomatoes - 3 slices

Kc Masterpiece - Honey BBQ Sauce, 2 Tbsp

Chicken - meat only, stewed, 0.25 cup

Okay, I'm trying out this new site I found. I orginally used it to make my tracker only. But I've found that it has a lot more to offer too.

I hate having to track my food but this was easy so I'm going to give it a try. www.myfitnesspal.com

I've only pasted a part of what they do for food posting.

1,262 Calories-

Breakfast:

Eggs - Scrambled (whole egg), 1 large

Cheese - Cheddar, 0.05 oz

Taco Bell - Taco Sauce - Medium, 1 tbsp

Snack:

Carrots - Raw, 1 medium

Lunch:

Taco Bell - Bean Burrito, 198 g

Snack:

Frito Lay - Fritos Scoops!, 1 oz (about 10 chips)

Doritos - snack Ranch chips, 1 oz

Krogers - Sweet and Salty Peanut Butter Granola Bar, 1 bar

Dinner:

Jennie-0 Turkey Store - Ground Turkey Breast, 2 oz

Cheese - Cheddar, 1 oz

Tomatoes - Red, ripe, raw, year round average, 0.05 cup, chopped or sliced

Onions - Raw, 1 tbsp chopped

Mission Tortillas - Yellow Corn Tortillas - Super Size (Approx 6.5"), 1.5 tortilla

8:30 B/sausage, amer chz, egg

12:20 L/flr tortilla, 2oz cooked hamburger meat, mayo, ketchup, mustard, chdr chz (only eat half)

12:30 tossed lunch--got stuck

1:30 L/let's try this again. Finished the other half of my burger wrap, 100 cal Kellogg "grab & go", 100 cal snack

6:30 D/Island's-chines salad w/sesame seed dressing, 1/4 pc bread that came w/it, 12 FF, ranch & ketchup

9:00 s/little debbie's snack

liquids: 64oz

I was busy again w/cleaning under beds. This time is was to finish the boys.

We then did furniture moving and then back again. We tried to move the boys bunkbed and found that the fan was over half of the top bunk. Not good, so we moved it back.

But now the room is clean! We got rid of just about all the toys too. Now I have a lot more clothes to wash.

Yesterday was a WORK day. I had acupuncture at 8:15, Zumba at 9:30 and then home to clean up until 6. I was hunger all day too.

7:30 B/Oatmeal

9:45 s/1oz Honey Nut Cheerios

12:00 L/Mini Plan Bagel, crm chz, 2oz sausage (this was good)

4:00-6:00 s/Sm hamburger, hot dog bun, chdr chz, mayo, mustard, ketchup, pickles, 2 bags of chips, 1 choc. chip cookie

9:00 D/Tuna (mayo mixed in it only) sandwich, 1 sl white bread

Water: 60 oz

Soda: 1 diet can (I don't think I finished it either)

As I was at Zumba yesterday, there were 2 ladies who were sneezing and coughing.

It's time for the Airborn and Vitamin C! Oh ya and for the kids, that's all I need is for them to be sick with school coming up soon! NOT!

Oh my, what a day! Busy, busy, busy and then I got a wild hair and decided to clean under the kids beds ;} before I had a meeting at 6:30. What was I thinking

8:00 B/The other half of yesterday's Breakfast (sausage, egg, American chz)

12:00 L/flr tortilla, BBQ pork leftovers, chdr chz, chipoltlie BBQ Sauce

4:00 s/2 little debbies 100 cal cake Snacks, bag of popcorn

9:00 D/flr tortilla, chdr chz, teriyaki chkn

Tomorrow is Zumba!!

Oh ya; I measured for the month and found that I've lost 10.75" total body and 8.1#!! Zumba is good!