smiles all smiles

my face has frozen- and it's in a smile... ok - i could care less right now the windchill is like -30 for the past 2 days.. i have the biggest grin on my face... my dh verified what i thought- our home scale- 165 pounds ONE SIXTY FIVE POUNDS!!! why am i so happy- for this- because my dh reminded me- i thought you said you wanted to just be 165 ?? you're right- and if i can reach 165- losing this slow- then i can get to 160- 150- maybe even 140?? i'm only 5'2 so i should be that... if not even 130.. but i'm setting my next goal for 150 pounds.. that's only 15 pounds geesh. i would LOVE to be 160 by my birthday (3/18) uhm... i wonder... if i can do it- i should be able to start walking again on the treadmill if the back and hip don't start acting up again in 3 days... (crossing fingers) but then slowly start it up- dr said 10 minutes max at a time... for awhile.. can't wait to get back to it... but the pilates dvd is wonderful.. stretching is to great.... jennifer (who's freezing in MINNESOTA)

Congratulations, Jennifer! I'd like to be 155 by my birthday (3/15) but don't think that's going to happen. Maria 272/163/155

Oh sweetie that's great!! It's funny how our perspective changes the smaller we get. I used to look at the average sized girls at the gym and envy them. Now I'm one of them and I look at the really fit girls and envy them!! Start settin' up those next hurdles to jump!!! I bet you will even amaze yourself!! Yeah Jennifer!!!! C Leigh

i know i'm not like "thin" yet... i still have the chest and the stomach trust me... but i really want to be FIT- you know what i mean- i just always thought i wanted to be thinner.. now i'm like- i want to be fit- yesterday my back/hip didn't hurt and by 1:00 - last hour for teaching- i was like running in front of the kids- i was talking about how in high school even when i was bigger than all the other girls- i was still a swimmer and gymnastics and softball- and the guys in the band (music teacher) were doing like "steal base" signs- so i started doing the signs- and talking about "school" and how i missed sports.. and a few of the girls said- "if you were the softball coach, i would play it".. so i started really getting fun with them- running like i was leading off the base trying to steal.. all the kids were laughing with me- WITH ME- as my smile was HUGE... i would've never done that last year- and flop and flip.. my fatness... even though right now i'm not "thin" i am having a ball- and really thinking about coaching... plus then i went into cheerleading- ready ok... and the kids were like- "wow, where was this mrs erickson been hiding" all laughing and just having a nice class.. we even got through ALL of our music for the upcoming concert... i didn't have any behavior issues- or have to "YELL" at the kids... it was so nice... batting practice here we come!!!!!!!!!!!!! (probablynot though- becuase i'm the one that picks up joel from daycare by 3:30- and if there was a game- it wouldn't be done until 5ish..) so it wouldn't work oh well- it's not the excuse of- i can't because i'm obese... jennifer