It's Friday....anybody lose weight???

Sleepless on LI · Post by **Sleepless on LI** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 8:29 pm

(love Desperate Housewives by the way).

Well, now I know you are an intelligent woman with great taste. I am counting the days to the season premiere in two weeks. Absolutely love that show. Yes, I admit it. Sundays aren't the same without it being on!

Margaret-it didn't log me · Post by **Margaret-it didn't log me** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 8:54 pm

D/H'wivez is incredibly popular over here. Don't know how long we will have to wait.

rock and roll · Post by **rock and roll** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 9:14 pm

Well, I'm too serious but I also laugh though I have kind of a wry sense of humour. I know it and can't help it. My Irish, quick to anger then quick to wise crack. With a little sarcasm mixed in. Then my 1/4 German stubbornous

Marg. Will talk religion anytime, though I don't know if this is the forum. If interested, PM me and we can trade emails. But, I warn you, I am very opinionated.

Margaret · Post by **Margaret** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:45 am

Wow Rock & Roll!

How can I resist an invitation like that? I've been told my humour is very "dry" and I love to "pull people's legs" but I always let them in on the joke as soon as I have got a reaction (but very funny sometimes, as among other finance/admin/office manager roles I am usually the PayMaster or PayPerson in recent years).

Perhaps there are others who would like to join in. Let's nominate a mediator at the start to keep things in order. Okay! I nominate God, are there any seconders?

loonlvr · Post by **loonlvr** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:58 am

I too have a senze of humor(miss wader lol) so thatz why I posted about no one lozing a single pound. Well now have one. All one can do iz try. I think my quote fron Lance Armstrong below sayz it all. And we uze to many ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ'z. Not uz mate!

WAFlowers · Post by **WAFlowers** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:15 am

yawn wrote:Bill Have you every heard of the comedian Gallagher??? Why do they call it "fast" when it seems so slow??? Are you two related???

Nope, I might have heard him sometime on Leno or something, but I couldn't say for sure.

And to get back on-topic, I lost 4lbs in a little less than a week. But it was an usual week since I was feverish, sore throat, drippy nose, etc. But I'm getting back to normal, so let's see what this week brings.

WAFlowers · Post by **WAFlowers** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:26 am

Margaret wrote:But Australians (and the English) poke fun at themselves more and are perhaps more ironic in their humour. That's not to say it's better' probably quite the opposite. There is a similarity or familiarity (to Oz) I find in Canadian productions but I haven't analyzzzed what it is.

I know what you mean. Even before moving from Canada to the US my wife and I noticed the difference in humor styles. Now, even after 8 years, I'll often say something that has my family grinning but Americans just don't get it. Then my family really cracks up at the puzzled looks on the American's faces!

I can't remember what I said Friday night to the young man who came to take my daughter out, but she had to explain to him that I wasn't serious; it was only a joke.

Happens all the time.

BTW, I'm not dieting, just making small changes. Last week I didn't really exercise as I was sick and just dragging myself through the week. If I hadn't had a machine that had to be rebuilt to go to a trade show (and me the only one who knew how to make it work) I would have stayed home.

This week, exercise!

Sleepless on LI · Post by **Sleepless on LI** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:33 am

Okay. I have to post this as it shows a REAL change in my lifestyle.

As you can see, I live on Long Island, in NY. You don't walk anywhere on Long Island. You drive. No arguments, you drive.
Well, this morning I had some papers that had to be FedEx'd into my office. The postice office is about 3-4 miles away. SOOOO, instead of taking my car, I walked. This included up hills, in the sun, and I kept a brisk pace the whole way, not stopping once. When I got there, I quickly made out the slip, put the papers in the FedEx enveloped, dropped it in the box, and briskly walked home, without stopping, up the hills, in the sun.

When I got home, I really felt it. I may ride 13 or so miles on my bike but walking this distance was far more strenuous. So I am going to now incorporate walking whenever possible into my exercise routine, or at least until the Long Island winter sets in and it gets too cold to go out, let alone walk. I just felt proud of myself for walking somewhere I could have driven when it took me about 45 mins., compared to a five-minute drive. To a lot of you, it may not seem like much. But for a Long Island girl, it is.

Guess this xPAP therapy thing is really working. This past May, I couldn't have gotten off the couch, let alone walk like I did today.

WAFlowers · Post by **WAFlowers** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:01 am

Lori, that is excellent! You make me envious; walking up and down hills. I wish I could find some hills near me. (This part of Florida is boringly flat, but so densely built up it is difficult to know what the terrain is like.)

Sleepless on LI · Post by **Sleepless on LI** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:58 am

You make me envious; walking up and down hills.

Bill,
Bet you never thought you'd hear yourself say that!! Thanks for the encouragement. I still can't believe I CAN do it...

Sleepless on LI · Post by **Sleepless on LI** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:15 pm

(Thought by now we could all use a little levity here.)

yawn · Post by **yawn** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:29 pm

[quote="WAFlowers]
And to get back on-topic, I lost 4lbs in a little less than a week. But it was an usual week since I was feverish, sore throat, drippy nose, etc. But I'm getting back to normal, so let's see what this week brings.[/quote]

Hi Bill,
Glad to hear you're feeling better. Congrats on losing 4 lbs!!!!!! I don't care how I lose them (or release them)...I'm just glad to see them go. Now get exercising!!!!

Amy

yawn · Post by **yawn** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:32 pm

Sleepless on LI wrote: The postice office is about 3-4 miles away. SOOOO, instead of taking my car, I walked.
I just felt proud of myself for walking somewhere I could have driven when it took me about 45 mins., compared to a five-minute drive. To a lot of you, it may not seem like much. But for a Long Island girl, it is.

Are you kidding Lori....Of course it's a big deal!!!!! I don't think I could walk 3 or 4 miles in the heat....sun...snow...whatever and then back again. I think that's a HUGE accomplishment!!! You go girl!!!

Amy

Sleepless on LI · Post by **Sleepless on LI** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:34 pm

You go girl!!!

Thanks, honey!!!

WAFlowers · Post by **WAFlowers** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 8:26 am

yawn wrote:Glad to hear you're feeling better. Congrats on losing 4 lbs!!!!!! I don't care how I lose them (or release them)...I'm just glad to see them go. Now get exercising!!!!

Treadmill tonight if I can catch my breath. I thought I was over this cold but now it is showing signs of turning into an upper respiratory infection. I've had bronchitis a few times, and it is starting to look like that again .