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I just saw an app that works with a chest strap type heart monitor. It had good reviews. It's called ithlete. Haven't tired it myself though. Still debating.

A gym or heartratemonitorsusa.com has good deals. Amazon.

Amazon!

Amazon ft4 or 7 if your more advanced.

I taught my daughter to drive stick 15 yrs ago she just bought her 3rd new car a stick. Jetta. I took her to cemeteries and vacant lots with hills to get the feel. She still laughs about how well i taught her for a mom!

Hopefully you wont have to make an appt for a new clutch tomorrow... Have fun! :)

I remember doing that with my son. He now drives my prior car a Mazda3 stick. He is a very good driver.

How fun! Great memories having my dad teach me how to drive stick. I even cried a few times lol :)

I learned the stick as a kid. No one told me that both pedals should be done at the same time, so they kinda meet in the middle. I staled the car 100 times before I figured that out. Well ..... maybe I was told and it didn't connect? If I ever taught someone, I think I would show them by using my two hands on the dashboard or something.

Great to know how to use a stick, not many know that now-a-days. Less chances your car gets stolen too.

Good luck!

Bugaboo, I cried too. My boyfriend parked it on a hill and made me drive. But, the car kept going backwards until I had about 15 feet before we'd wind up in a ditch.

Then when I learned to drive it, my boyfriend made me drive between cardboard boxes. I leaned how to drive through any spot within an inch. I took my drivers test with that car and the man who gave me the test grabbed the wheel from me thinking I was going to hit the fire pump. I knocked his hand off with my elbow, and have him an evil look. He passed me.

First time I learned to drive a stick I ran my dad's 3/4 ton into our brick house! At 17 I bought my first truck which ended up being a stick! Lol fun times!!

I remember driving my boyfriends car back to his house (he was following in another vehicle). I was scared to change gears, so I did the whole 12 mile trip in first gear...averaging about 45 mph the whole time. Needless to say, he needed a new clutch. And transmission. Serves him right; he ended up marrying my best friend!

That's great Super! We taught all 3 of ours to drive a stick in an old VW Bug on an dry lake in Baja!! We all still laugh about it hehe!

My first car was a stick. I lived in Nashville at the time and had to carefully plan every trip so there was no way I would get stopped on an uphill!

Ahh yes the old emerg brake start on a hill. Remember learning that move from my dad in his F-250. Thanks dad!!

Oh my I remember learning stick, my dAd taught me And I was horrified, cried a lot but when I learned I drove really well and wish my car was a stick, miss my truck! Lol

How about a 3 on the tree... Now that was fun to learn how to drive!!

Ahhhh, Super....your post brought back memories. A boyfriend tried to teach me how to drive stick on his Mustang about 25 years ago. Not unsurprisingly, I never did hear from him again after that night.... *chuckling*

It's been nice knowing you Superoppa! Lol!

When I bought my current car I didn't know how to drive it. It's also a manual. It took me about a month to really start getting used to it without stalling every time u was in it! Lol

I'm 28 and still can't drive a stick. It's embarrassing really. After destroying 2 transmissions on 2 different cars... I gave up! Lol

Haha!! Great hearing everyone's stories. Definitely a memorable experience! I've always had or had access to at least 1 car that was a stick. I inherited my Grandpa's 64 Impala with the granny 3-speed on the column back in Iowa when I was 17. LOVED that car--prolly cuz it made me think of my Grandpa. :-)
And then my Ninja had a red Karmann Ghia convertible (that was a stick) when I met her. Hawt! Lol! :D

Anyway, today went pretty well. Empty parking lot at a Community college. Plenty of stalls and herky jerky, but he was gettin the hang by the time we left. Trouble is we live in Silicon Valley, so it'll be the parking lot to the Indy 500 when he hits the real world. Gonna need a couple more practice runs first!
Thanks for your stories!!

I remember my dad teaching me. GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!

Thats awesome...you are a most excellent dad!! I'm glad you know what a 3 on the tree is.... Love the Ghia too!

My HS boyfriend taught me to drive stick on his "cherry" 1966 mustang. I promptly drove it into a barbed wire fence! I was horrified! He was totally cool. He then went & bought a beat up VW bug & continued to teach me on that! Lol! Have fun!

I did the same thing muffin!!! & swimsuit pic is coming up soon! Yikes!!

Leave the BOYS alone and get yourself a MAN!

I ate sone really really bad stuff today but it was so so good :)

Boys, men whatever. They are all the same! :-/

Courtney got it right!

I didn't track this weekend either...Tomorrow we'll get back to it!

Sorry about the man problems Muffin! Hugs!!

They're dorks.

No, boys have a truck to compensate for their the size of their dick, men wear cologne and practice chivalry

Yup boys are the worst ;-)

Sorry to hear you're having issues... If it makes you feel any better, girls are evil!!

Muffin.....what happened? You'll meet your prince! I promise...I feel it in my bones!

Thanks D! I'm just over it! There is no stand up guys around where I live None at all. It's sad. I'm going to be the old mean cat lady!! Just really aggravated right now about stupid teenage games people play.

Did you even read my post? I was dead serious.

Find yourself a man... :)

Like my dad told me "boy, you should aways take care of your gf/wife, and I better not catch you not opening and closing her doors"

I have full faith there are good guys out there! I have brothers that are amazing and great. They remind me daily that good men do exist!

I agree!! I give up too

Qdiddy- the truck thing has some truth to it! Lol

JK- I'm sick of being disrespected and having to deal with an endless cycle of mcbullshit. I just have to realize this is my life. Lol

Jae- can I come meet your brothers lol

Stop looking and be happy... They cant resist a pretty smile!!

I'm not really looking. I mean I'm always "looking" lol but not asking for resumes or anything :)

O sweetie I have felt the same way so many times! It will get better & your faith in men will be restored just don't shut the door. Good men are still out there. Good luck! I'm sure he'll find you soon :)

Muffin, you are getting yourself healthier, almost to goal. Now it's time to concentrate on what makes you happy. And I don't mean in a partner. I mean, find your own happiness, because no one but you can make you happy, sweetie. Once you get there, you'll know what to look for in a partner. Take your time & enjoy life, girlie!!

Cathy?!

Yeah. Getting close to "happy hour". Want you to know you can do it!!!!

Not do it !!! That did not come out right!! No wine tonight miss Cathy!! -:)

How is it going tonight, Cathy?

Oh Cathy.........what is in your cup tonight? Hello......

Please tell me you don't have a red solo cup in your hand!

Thinking about you!

I will give my wine up to support! We got you (puts down glass)

Cathy?!?!?! Where are you lady!!

I think we need to send a search party, T! For Cathy and MJ!

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Bump

We got a bunch of Mia's!!! Cathy. Steep. MJ. ......

Night muffin, sleep well!

Night. Night

Night my dear!

Nite, nite!

Good night :)

It's 7:30 though

Good night muffin!

Why would you want to kick a special someone in their teeth? Lol

Your gonna miss LS after dark

Goodnight :)

Get a heart rate monitor. I didn't have one for many months. When I got it, it clearly showed the program I used was not for me. I mixed it up and stay in my zone now.

Thanks I'll look for one, what kind is good I've never had one before!

I believe in doing speed drills on the treadmill. Download a good playlist and alternate songs between a song that you could use for a jog or light run and then a fast paced song where you are at an all out sprint. You could up the incline on a really slow but go getter song :) keep things interesting instead if your typical run on the "dread mill" :)

Switch it up throughout the week-- slow / high incline; fast / no incline. You'll work different muscles and will avoid "junk miles" (same speed and distance that gets you to plateau quickly=no or little progress). Not to mention that a variety will keep it interesting!

No worries K, weight fluctuations are gonna happen--water retention will constantly move the scale on a daily basis. Measurements and loner term weight loss (but especially measurements) are what matter most.

"Kenai" are you in or a fan of Alaska?

^ long

My most successful weight loss was when I stuck to the daily calorie allotment and did not "eat my exercise calories". Hope it helps.

Maybe just eat back half your calories. And the scale might be going up due to increased muscle mass. Don't get too discouraged.

I am in Alaska. Thought i was doing good by burning 960 calories today through jogging, biking from Wasilla to Palmer, and gardening. That was until I realized my favorite cheat dessert had 580 calories instead of 260. Yikes! Maybe I can still squeeze in an exercise video. The wind Picked up so it is too cold for biking more tonight.

Pppiiittttttt!!!!!!!! Where you been girl!!! Missed you. Dam stalker bunny was here TWICE!! good weekend with the family!! How bout u??

I was climbing in NY and had a fantastic time. Challenging, exhilarating, tiring, great outdoors-ness.

Wow, the stalker bunny must really like you. Any other important LS weekend recap?

Welcome home! Tell us about your climb.

Moved to new apartment. This one has a. Nice gym, swimming pool, sauna, steam room and jacuzzi!!! It will be so nice!

@pitt...welcome back!

@gjay...lucky you!

I wasn't on much. Lots of family stuff. I'm worried about Cathy. She wanted to take a night off drinking but haven't heard from her. Guess LS after dark got raunchy but I missed it.
Glad you had fun. Must have flown? Thought you were in co?

@JK: We climbed multiple routes, one with this huge roof to pull over. I'm dangling by my arms for a bit as I try to get my feet somewhere to pull up onto the ledge. It's probably the hardest outdoor move I've ever pulled, and it took me four tries.

I also climbed this really exposed route where you just kept moving around corners and up to the next good features.

So cool and amazing views of greenery below!! A couple hundred feet in the air too. :-)

Tmania, I live in northern VA (metro DC area), so I drove the 6.5 hours with a friend.

Wow...........

Glad you had fun Pitt!

Can you post a pic from your climb? Welcome home by the way! My weekend was wonderfully spent doing active outdoorsy fun things with hubby! We are both exhausted and dreading the return to work in the morning!

Welcome home! Glad you had a good weekend!

@chase I'm dreading work too. It was a nice weekend.

Pitt - not sure why I thought you lived out west. Sounds like a great climb!!!

Wow sounds amazing !!! Glad you had a great time!

@Chase: My friend has some great pics on her camera of me on route. I'll post one once she sends them to me.

I'm not looking forward to going back to work either...ugh.

I suspect your dangling feet from the roof taking 4 tries has inspired HB for this week's WOD! Doesnt she have a no dangling rule? LOL

My weekend was great. Took the baby swimming for the first time. She loved it and I got the exercise without really doing much in the pool for a few hours lol

Pitt--sounds like a great weekend! I did a lot of nothing--but it was needed!

Welcome home! Missed you!

Welcome back Pitt! Sounds like a great time!

Missed you! Glad you had an awesome weekend!

Yay no smoking Mapps!

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Keep it up! The first 72 hours are h e l l. :) It WILL pass!

Go mapps go!!!! You can do this!!

Aww :)

:(

I postponed it til tomorrow. Bf made a good point---wait til after the long weekend since we were all gonna be hanging out & stuff. I promise tomorrow's the day. Already opened up the quit app and started messing around with it.

I think it's gonna be a rough week! But I can do it. I've got to!

Thanks y'all!

Ok ok we forgive you! Lol now get it girl!!

Good luck to you Mapps!
What if you carry something like carrots, almonds or water to thrown in your mouth when you get the urge to smoke? I have luck superimposing a new habit over an old one. Maybe it's dumb advice (which you didn't even ask for) - I know smoking is more complex a thing to change. I admire you and will be wishing your change comes surely and swiftly.

Or carry a picture of someone with lung cancer and your kids picture next to it. Sounds harsh....I know.

Straws! Suck through a straw. You can carry it w you. Hold it like a cig :) get gum! xo

Will try all of these!

Use my last cigarette. It have a dollar counter, cigarette not smoked, pics, death by cigarette counter , and then a graph that shows Heart, lungs, nicotine and one other counter. It's really good .

Please let me know after one week how the app is working for you. My hubby is trying to quit, I told him about the app and he seemed to show a bit of interest! Good luck, I know you can do it!

Betty-is that an app? Wow!

Flamez-I will let y'all know how it's going; I'll probably b*tch and complain too. Haha

mapps- thinking of you, laying on a beach eating ice cream

Mapps, you can b it ch all you need, as long as you Quit! I grew up on a southern tobacco farm, trust me the chemicals used in the growing and processing are vile! Im proud of you!

Yeah. That's gotta be tough.

You can do it! We are here for support.

You guys all rock. An Zac as usual you crack me up. ;) night all!

Oh you can do it Mapps!! You can! I did it a few months ago, I know how hard it is, but I will cheer you on girl! I promise you can nail this! ;)

Congrats! Well done!!

Congrats to you! Did you have much rain from the storm?

No rain at all. We are just about 50 miles fom the edge of this storm. Works for me

WAYNE'S WORLD!!!

Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Ace Venture Pet Detective! Watched it yesterday! Lol

Breakfast Club

Pretty in Pink

@courtney ...do I have something in my teeth!?!

All three of the mighty duck movies!!!

@muffin...I think I'm gonna try out for a scholarship.

Stand by me
Red dawn
Top gun
Goonies
Back to the future
Young guns
Young blood
And many, many more

The 80's rule!

Scarface :) LOL

Full metal jacket and silence of the lambs.

Top gun! Yes!

Oh! And Pulp fiction.

Pretty Woman

Haha I forgot about Rad! Hmm, Sixteen Candles for me. And I loved dirty dancing.

Ooh and top gun and pretty in pink and ...

@bw my goal was to be crew jones! Lol

Those r good ones! So many, can't forget return of the Jedi, Indiana jones, home alone, back to the future, footloose, girls just wanna have fun

Agh! Ferris Bueller! How could I forget?

PULP FICTION Jk thanks for reminding me!

Ghostbusters. Murray, Akroyd, Ramis.
Stand by Me. Two words. River Phoenix.
Lost Boys. That sax player, Oh My God!

Lonesome Dove and Dances with Wolves

Omg Wayne's world, but back to the future was also up there

Nevermind, ferris bueller

Weird Science

F.B. Day Off

RAD is the greatest movie of ALL TIME!!!!!

I put on weight when I trained for a half but only because I thought I could eat anything whilst running. I'd just keep logging your intake and make sure you eat your full allowance plus some of the calories you burn. Healthy choices and no junk. Lots of white meat and veg. Complex carbs like brown rice and pasta. Good luck!

Hey LSMM...maybe I can help some-half marathons are my race of choice.
You can def continue to lose weight while training-eat clean real foods as much as possible..lots if fruit carbs and veggie carbs-try to limit processed foods.
Two days before the race I don't eat
Nuts or seeds ( Tummy might give you a problem ) drink lots and lots of water.
The day before the race -I eat a lot of baked chicken and pasta( til you full-not stuffed) -again lots of water.
Morning of...and this is the hard part-TRY to get up 3 hrs before race time so you have plenty of time to eat have coffee and go to the bathroom....I always have a plain pita bread with a banana inside .....works for me...then remember to take your GU gel packs-for a half you will need two.( vanilla bean is my fav flavor) this will keep you fueled for the entire race!!!! Good luck- I will be excited to hear all about it!!!!'

I lost weight while training. I eat my allowed calories and then I eat back half of my running calories. I make a point to choose healthier foods and eat more protein and lots of healthy carbs. I usually have something sweet everyday, mostly dark chocolate. If I don't then I feel deprived. Before my long runs/races I usually eat Greek yogurt and a banana or PB on a wheat bagel and my coffee. I always drink lots of water to stay hydrated.

Good luck!

Ooh. Some good suggestions. Thanks a lot. I will let you know how it goes.

Knee ups? Lol I'll look them up but done!

Done, thanks for the quick break from work. Good short challenge.

Done. Thanks!

That was a great break in a routine! Thanks:-)

Bump! 4 of us is not enough! :)

Done!!

Done:)

Done!

Great challenge! Thanks!

Check

Done and thank you I needed that!!!

Done, had to figure out what knee ups were though.

Aren't you glad you know what they ate now? :)

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That felt good! Thanks for the little boost!

Done :)

Good job Bw! Huge success!

Glad your day ended on a much more positive note than this a.m.!

Glad your day ended on a high note!

Thanks! I am home tomorrow with my son since he is still running a fever but I will stay positive. I don't like it when I get down, especially when it's out of my control.

-:)

Way to turn the day around! I hope your son feels better soon.

That IS success!!! Good job!!!

A lot of us had overage this weekend! Chin up & start again tomorrow. Glad you're ok!

At least you're admitting it. Tomorrow is a new day!! Hope things get better for you soon :)

Good for you!

That is an awesome goal.

That's awesome.

What a goal, I have already run 500 miles so far this year.

Nice!

Awesome!

Lol. I have thought that very same thing!!!