6 pounds...YOU GO GIRL!!!  I knew you could do it and now you do it.  Not eating out and stopping the soda are big goals accomplished!!!  It really is amazing how much weight that can put on and now you just realized it and that's great!  Keep at that eliptical.  You understand it's importance, and your muscles do to but the muscles just have to get used to it.  They will come around and before you know it you'll be doing the eliptical for 30 minutes without the pain.  I've really got to get weight training going along with the cardio.  I think we both need to.  Weight training will build muscle and that will burn more fat...woooohooooey!  I'm headed to the gym after Weight Watchers this morning.  I forgot to weigh in yesterday so I'll let you know how I do at Weight Watchers.  I know LaPachanga should not have ruined the whole week but I'm thinking it really didn't help!  None the less, I'm not letting that one night stop me.  WE ARE A TEAM AND WE ARE GOING TO GET HEALTHY!!!  I'm really proud you passed up the Chinese buffet.  I need some of your strength.  If we pass on some things now, we can eventually add some of our favorites back into our routine because we don't want to deprive ourselves completely or we will get frustrated and that can lead to quitting.  Let's shoot for a goal of not going to our favorite restaurants for 1 month and then we'll have it once and see how we do.  Sound good?

By the way, I wrote this message yesterday and thought I posted it but after going on this morning, it's not out there and it's not in my live writer either so I don't know where it went!  So, the "one more thing" message actually belongs after this one.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON THE 6 POUND LOSS!  KEEP IT UP GIRLFRIEND!!!  LUV YA LOTS, MOMMA