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Tenaj, this is an interesting website..... A 10 minute arm workout sounds do-able.... I liked the quote "Excuses don't burn calories"....how true!!!! Keep us up to date on your progress.....



I think I need the "tense and tight shoulder workout"....my surgery has made my left shoulder worse than ever.....



I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Hi, Tammy, hope your left shoulder heals and that you are pain free soon!!

Rocket, thank you so much for your get well wishes!! You have been through so much too!! I am so glad that you had a wonderful time with family, and especially your precious granddaughter, Erin! Sleep well tonight!!



Hi, Tenaj, thank you for your get well wishes!!! Your advice of resting and drinking lots of water has sure helped!!! Hope the wedding plans are going great!!!!



Hi, to everyone here!! Miss you, Jaytee, ATeamNana, CookieMonster!!!!!

Hi CookieMonster! It is great to hear from you & that you are doing well!! Keep up the good work.

Kindergarten, I hope you are feeling better everyday.....Sending healing thoughts & prayers your way.

It is still so cold here with the wind off the ocean I can't bring myself to ride my bike. I've been doing lots of yard work & I have been doing those arm circuit exercises for the past 3 days & already see an improvement in my arms. I've been eating pretty well, lots of salads & low carbs, I hope to see some positive movement with the scale this week.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone :-)

Google popsugar.com & search 10 minute workouts under fitness. The site has some interesting things on fitness.

Tomorrow I'm doing run/ walk to raise funds for breast cancer research. I'llbe thinking of everyone!

Tammy, thank you for walking for such a great cause!!! Have fun!!! Happy Mother's Day Everyone!!! Hugs and Blessings to All!!! Kathy

Congratulations, Tammy!!! You should be very proud of yourself!! Job well done!!!

Happy Mother's Day everyone!

Congratulations Tammy - great job!



I have been offline for several days as we have been traveling. In fact I'm at the airport now waiting for our first flight back home. I am SO tired! Can't wait to get home and sleep in my own bed.



Enjoy your day Ladies!

I need some help.



I've gotten into a bad habit of eating a "bad" snack or two after dinner. Any suggestions on how to break the habit??

I tend to plan what I am going to eat for the entire day ahead of time, including snacks.  So for snacks after dinner, while watching tv for instance, I will have an apple, some carrot sticks with fat free dressing, and some air-popped popcorn.  Usually I will pick two of those items and eat them without any guilt whatsoever.  It takes time to eat an apple as well as the popcorn.  Once in a while I'll have a small portion of jelly beans.  I just don't like feeling deprived of snacking while watching television, so I try to choose low calorie snacks.  Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches are low calorie too and you don't feel deprived while others are having their big bowls of ice cream.

Tammy, you will do great!!!!!!

Happy Friday ladies, I hope all are doing well. I've been MIA not only because I'm incredibly busy but I have not had great results on the scale.....I don't have much to share except my failure to loose weight so I've been staying away. It must be the tamoxifen that is doing this because I eat very well now, I know if I ate like this pre BC I would have been skinny! I eat healthy & MUCH fewer calories. I think I need to ramp up the exercise......I'm just afraid that my hip pain will return.....guess ill give it a try. Need to gt on the bike more! I saw my MO yest for my lupron injection & when I mentioned it she didn't say anything :-(

Kathy, I hope you're feeling better & having success on your weigh in.

Tammy, did you get to try the skinny cow?

Rocket, hopefully your all caught up on your rest & are pain free.

Hi CookieMonster, ATeamNana & Jaytee....enjoy the weekend!

Kathy, I agree that it is just about not giving up!



Tenaj, I have followed Rocket's suggestion and been having a yummy Skinny Cow after dinner. Highly recommended :-)



Tenaj, I've noticed that since I've been on Tamoxifen I am constantly looking to snack. I too have put on a little weight but with a few tips like the Skinny Cow and Kathy's suggestion of sugarless gum I think I can get it under control. I'm not a big gum fan but it made me think of sugarless mints which I now have after lunch.



I've also gotten right back into exercise. I too had a very sore hip but I have invested in new shoes and orthotics and I have been working hard to strengthen my hip and buttock area with exercises from my physio. It has been an expensive journey but I am feeling so much fitter and happier and my hip is holding up well. It has also taken time so as Kathy has suggested be gentle on yourself and hang in there....



Have a great weekend everyone!

Dearest Janet!!! Yes, the prepping definitely helps you lose weight!! You will do great tomorrow, and have whatever your heart desires for food tomorrow!!!! You deserve it!!!!

Please let us know how everything went!!!!! Kathy

Hi Girls,

I have been MIA as we had company this past weekend.  An old and dear friend and her husband who now live in my hometown in Maine came to visit us.  I was still getting over whatever weird illness I had and it has left me exhausted.  It started with a mild sore throat, then I developed a fever and extreme nausea, and then progressed to swollen lymph glands on one side of my neck which thankfully resolved.  I do feel better, but am extremely fatigued, emotional and depressed.  I think the illness took its toll and now I just need more rest.

I haven't even weighed myself lately.  I'm scared that I have put back on the weight I lost.  I keep losing the same pounds over and over.  UGH!  I haven't exercised in a while because I am so tired.  After I get some rest I plan to jump back in.  I will go to my pool class tomorrow and maybe that will energize me.  I'm planning on veggies for dinner tonight too.  I did eat some dark chocolate today, and it tasted wonderful.

Hope all you ladies are doing okay.  I care for each of you and think of you often.  Hang in there Gals, we can do this together.  Nobody gets to quit!  :-) (even if we feel like it sometimes).  Love you Ladies!