I hope things settle down on the home front for you soon. I could only imagine how stressful it must be.
Hurray for progress! I’m looking at your numbers and our shoulder/upper chest and waist measurements are very close. But I definitely don’t have that itty bitty waist that you do. Crazy how the same measurements could look totally different on different bodies.
The adjustment would have to be tough. Hang in there. You are one tough lady, with the holes in your walls to prove it! LOL! Wish I were there to take the kids off your hands for awhile so you can have some couple time. Set up some playdates? Maybe just wear them out big time and put them to bed early! Everything looks better after some good sleep.
And awesome about your progress! It shows in your pics. You are lookin’ fantastic!
Wow…total mush-fest in here. What are you up to MIM?
Congrats on the weight loss, smaller (and good bigger) measurements and 36C bra! That’s exciting, I remember when I fit into my first 36C bra in ages.
Keep killing it mama <3
good news on the weight loss (can I say I told ya so 
also knowing your limits and facing your issues, seeking help in regards to anger management is what differentiates the better human beings from the crowds. Many people wouldn’t even acknowledge they have a problem in the first place.
Keep kickin it Mim
Mim: Sounds like you guys have a plan to get through this. I’m glad. It’s okay that you’re angry. Makes sense to me. He left, and left you with a shit ton on your plate. Now, find a constructive way to get those emotions out, and let them go. Acknowledging them sounds like a good first step. And Yes sleep. Everything is better with sleep. And running. Keep running and breathing.
Congrats on the weight loss!
Betty, I’m glad hubby is back. But I know transitions, even happy ones, are so hard. Best of luck working through putting your family life back together.
And I’m LOVING that you are finally wearing those booty shorts! YEAH!
Funny thing about the anger issues I didn’t know I had.
I’d describe myself as being more of a laid back soft spoken type. I’ve never felt feelings like this before so I didn’t know what it was. I thought I was just burnt out. And I’d lose my temper, there’s that. I can’t take great credit for the holes in the wall, because the dry wall is awfully cheap, lol.
I think I really started to feel that edge after all of Julia’s surgery stuff and hubby left again. I wouldn’t really call it anger, just anxiety. Just broken down and really quick to snap.
We will work through this shit like pros and come out on top. That’s how we roll 8)
I enjoy challenges!
I got to sneak away this morning for some outside ‘fun.’
15min walk to my hill…
4 sprints
1x walking lunge up the hill, haha…took 1 minute!! Thought my legs would surely fall off…
walked around to cool off then did a circuit-y type thing of
walking lunges
push ups
dips
walked home…sweaty, legs shakey.
Pretty good…got the blood flowing for sure. Got an ok nights sleep last night and hope for another tonight so I can hit the gym tomorrow!!
I feel you on the anger issues, I unfortunately “had” to take classes for my issues, Im generally pretty laid back myself, but on a wrong day…well you know,
Those are classic Americana type pics, you hang in there MiM keep rockin
Good on ya doing cardio and losin weight! Lots of good stuff happenin!
My MiMsy with anger issues?! HAHAH! Oh Betty. Too funny. You’re such a sweetie its hard to imagine, but then I think about the fact that you had a lot to deal with in the last year minimal support - so yeah, i can see it, and frankly I don’t blame you! lol. but…
YAY!! Life moves on and you got your hubby back, and your families health and your beautiful, and ever improving physique!! So happy for ya 
Tons of good stuff happenin’ indeed! keep at it doll!
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My MiMsy with anger issues?! HAHAH! Oh Betty. Too funny. You’re such a sweetie its hard to imagine, but then I think about the fact that you had a lot to deal with in the last year minimal support - so yeah, i can see it, and frankly I don’t blame you! lol. but…
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I know, RIGHT?!
Been walkin the edge pretty much since the hubby left last year in June for training. No real support, no social network. No one going through the same thing. And here didn’t really seem like the right place to talk about how I was feeling. And truthfully I didn’t really know…
punching walls and wishing your kids would go away is not normal? hmm…
But you have to suck it up and give them the attention they need and deserve even though you feel like hiding.
.I’m supposed to be strong and tough and deal with it, right? And now hubby is home and I still have to be strong and tough for him but I’m broken too. sigh.
It’s tough…but I will get Betty STRONG! 
I guess this was a good thread title afte rall.
LOL about the holes in your walls… yeah maybe you should take your aggression out in other ways, but whatever. I find that taking things out on unsuspecting barbells and puny golf balls works pretty well!
Thanks for posting your measurements. Maybe I’ll cave and do it too. Just for grins.
You are ALREADY Betty STRONG, who are you kidding!?!
Good luck with the family dynamics.
I just feel on edge all the time. the gym isn’t enough…It helps, but it’s not enough. Because then I come home and the noise is deafening. On the outside I’m fine, but my mind is screaming for silence. And some days are worse and I can’t keep it in and that’s when I’m snappy. 
In other news I went and checked out WORLD GYM and I gotta say it’s AWESOME!!!
Firstly, it was great being anonymous. Nothing expected of me. It was quiet. No crowds of retarded people doing retarded stuff. No BLARING music overhead…even the group fitness room must have been sound proofed because I was standing right outside and couldn’t hear anything. They have Pre-cros, rowing machines, a stepmill, a jacobs ladder type thing, spin bikes, then list goes on.
They just became cross fit affiliated. But that means they have a plethora of toys…they had me at TIRES
Also sledge hammers, trx, rings, sandbags, etc etc etc…all the toys you could want…the best part is it’s only $20 a month for military…SCORE!!
Plus they have really cool classes…like kickboxing, martial arts,bootcamp style classes, group training with use of the cool toys, etc…OH MAN!
I will make a clean break from the other gym and make World Gym my new home.
I suggest kicking the kids out of the house to play outside and don’t come back until supper.
Thumbs-Up for losing weight… but BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG Thumbs-Down for smaller boobs lol
That World Gym sounds awesome! There is a World Gym down here in SD but its just too far from my place and its in Pacific Beach. The traffic in PB around 5 o’clock is so sucky!
I’m very jelly of your new set up. That environment should lead to some really great training sessions and some awesome results. I’m excited for you.
YOU are beeeeoooooteeeeefulllll.
and frakking sexy.
fin.
Mad cute…yup.
World Gym sounds awesome!