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**Jennifer**

05-01-2004, 12:46 PM

Welcome to the fourth challenge for 2004! Whether you are a returning Challenge Chickie, or new to the group, welcome!

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May is here, and with it comes warmer weather, more outdoor activity...and Memorial Day barbecues and picnics. Sleeveless shirts, shorts, tank tops, and gasp- right around the corner is bathing suit weather! Eeeek! Time to start firming up these parts while we're peeling off the pounds.

Whatever your program, whatever your fitness level, you can participate.
Post your goal for the month of May, and join us for support and encouragement. Anyone is welcome to join us- please, make yourself at home.

This Challenge thread is being set up as a place where we can all come to share our progress, our struggles, our triumphs, and to cheer on those who are committed to a healthier lifestyle, and to just talk!

Let the challenge begin!

Want a cool Memorial Day Challenge Avatar? Click here for several to choose from! (http://www.boomspeed.com/jenr/memorial.htm)

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**Jennifer**

05-01-2004, 12:56 PM

My Goals....

Food:
*Stay on plan
*Only deviances will be 1 work/birthday lunch 5/3 and 2 scheduled dinners out with hubby

Water:
*96 oz water before I leave work each day (4 24oz glasses)

Exercise:
*Every work day morning- minimum 1 mile WATP or 30 minutes on the bike
*Afternoon exercise- Upper body, lower body, resistance bands, or bike
*Weekends: 10 miles on the bike, minimum

Weight:
* a 10 pound loss is doable, if I stick to the program, and keep up the exercise.

I know I need the accountability or I will let the exercise slide, so I am making sure to partner with someone who will keep me focused on my goals, and not let me slack off.

Time to print these goals & leave them on the fridge, and my desk here at home, and one for my desk at work. Gotta have those constant reminders! ;)

Hotcupojava

05-01-2004, 02:00 PM

I'm in too, Chickies! And I had this post done once and POOF :( I hate when that happens.
But I wanted to first thank Jennifer for making these challenges look so great with her cool avatars and computer savvy. She's the coolest. Have you seen her #'s lately? Rockin Dragon! Good job. :bravo:

My goals : :crossed:

Food :burger: Staying on program with my own cross of WW (at home) and low fat/low cal. No garbage foods.

Water :rain: At least 72 ounces of water a day (three bottles) and if I drink more than that, well..... :cp:

Exercise :strong: :cb: :dancer: :barbell: :tread: At least five days a week (more than likey work days) and maybe bike rides on my days off. The goal is for fifteen minutes or one mile a day AT THE VERY LEAST. Again, going over that goal is all the better (I so hope I can go over that) :^:

Journaling :comp: :write: Every day, every thought, every victory, every failure, every morsel, every exercise, every whine and every excuse. Accountability, accountability,accountability, accountability, accountability!

Again, I'd like to thank Jennifer. Without her, I'd not be on these boards and I would not have lost ANY of this weight. You are awesome Chica. :thanks: :grouphug: :cheer:

I'm not going to preview this one. Lost the last one. Deal with the typos. LOL

hikein2005

05-01-2004, 02:31 PM

Good morning chickies!
Jennifer...I am looking for the link so I can choose my avatars, because for some reason, the ones you sent me earlier were too big to use! So...please? Could you send me the link via email? Thanks chickie!

And thank you Jennifer for starting a new challenge. I'm feeling inspired..Have my goals in my head but need to get them organized and on paper, so here goes:

Goals for May/Memorial Day Challenge:
1.) Exercise: Work Days mornings-30 minutes WATP or bike...I may try to get a TaeBo group going at work one afternoon a weekk...we shall see!
Work Days afternoons (either at work or when I get home)- toning routine
Weekends: Bike rides or Walks outside with family

2.) Food: Do whole month of May Food plan (this weekend) and stick to it! Simple!

3.) Journal: Daily...ditto on what Mary said...everything eaten, every emotion...good or bad! Write it down! It helps to stay accountable!

I know that I could have done so much better this last month just by following my goals...posting them

So there it is! I'm going to post and then make a copy for myself!

I have a personal challenge...let's see if we can all keep up with Jennifer as far as exercise and following food plan! Anyone else want to join me? That means we ALL have to be accountable!!! :)

lameducklucy

05-01-2004, 09:31 PM

Ello!! :D Of course I'm here.

Goals for this challenge:

Keep drinkin' that water (I'm at 80 oz/day and it's definitely helpful!)
Go from a size 14 to a size 12. (Should be doable! HALFWAY THERE!)
Work out at least 4 days per week
Keep daily calorie intake somewhere between 900 & 1050
Stop snacking after dinner (this is the hard one)
Hopefully lose 10 lbs (from 177 to 167)

SW - 235
CW - 177
GW - 130
Total of 47 lbs to go!

Starting Size - 22
CS - 13/14
GS - 9/10

Not too much further to go!! :D
WOOHOO!!

Hotcupojava

05-02-2004, 01:46 PM

Day two OP! Whoooo hoooo. Okay, I've got to celebrate the little victories, (there aren't always big uns). I did my mile on the dreadmill :tread: And I'm starting my last bottle of water. Food was strange, but OP. I fixed a weird salad of two cans of tuna, one can of kidney beans, four eggs and Miracle Whip Lite. It's just one dish, but I'm eating it for all my meals today. I eat like a bachelor. Practically out of the can, standing over the sink. :coffee:

My treadmill is sort of new and the miles are low on it. I noticed it's nearing ten (that's not completely accurate because my Pooh Bear had to take it apart to fix it once already) but it would have made my walk 1 1/2 miles at once, if I tried to make it to ten all at once. I wasn't up to that just yet. But, I think before bed, I'll get back on just long enough to make it an even ten miles. That way it'll always be on the mile.

I missed getting to talk to my buddy the Dragon (Jennifer) this morning. Turtles and Dragons, sounds like an online game, eh? But I think she was going out to lunch with the hubby and to look at property or houses or something exciting. The most exciting thing I did today was cleaning the turtle's water dish. Hmmmm. :lol:

Well, just a little more time to play before bedtime for the Java Turtle. :dz:

I need to get some rest because tomorrow (at 1000 hours) I have to call and tell them whether or not I accept the job offer. I'm so nervous, scared, apprehensive and excited all at the same time. As long as we can resolve the question on the salary thing, I think I'm going to accept. It's scary leaving a job you've been at for twelve years. But when I think about it, that job is leaving ME, not the other way around. You'll be okay Java... chinS up. Tee hee. Chins... you so bad! :flame:

hikein2005

05-02-2004, 03:56 PM

Today has been ok food wise! I had a small piece of chocolate type cake at church today but I counted it toward my plan! So far, the rest has been on target.
Quick Breakfast-Zone Bar & water
Lunch: 1/2 Flatbread, 3 oz. deli ham, cheese, onions & spinach and a touch of honey mustard! YUMMY!
Snack: 1 slice whole grain bread, 1/4 cup chicken salad w/pecans
Supper...no idea! My plans of sitting down to write my menus went through the roof today. But it's on my agenda for tomorrow!

Instead of formal workout today, (sometimes we have to make sacrifices...life gets in the way, you know! :D ) I am painting some trim on windows to get the room ready for our new mattress tomorrow. I want to sleep in my new bed tomorrow night, so tomorrow I am going to paint as well!

Yesterday, no formal workout, but plenty of shopping, cleaning and up and down 3 flights of steps for laundry! I think I must have done 6 loads (washed, dried, folded AND put away) yesterday! ARGH! My house was clean by 2pm so we could go shopping for new comforter for the new bed. Didn't find one, but did find a Sports Bra (which I needed badly!) Go figure! Got the grocery shopping done and home in time to watch a movie with hubby ("Stuck on You"). Cute movie!

Mary...sounds like you are doing awesome, chickie! Keep up the good work and you will be kicking MY a**!!!! I better watch out! You want to join me in challening Ms. Jennifer (AKA Dragon or Bike Hussy or fearless leader...the list goes on!) and see if we can at least keep up with her exercise regime??? Maybe? Let me know! I am going to try to do it! She amazes me with her motivation, eh? Shhhhhh...we don't want her to know we are talking about her this way or her head will just grow!!! ;) She already has too many brain cells! :lol: Anyway...good luck with the job negotiations! I'm sure things will work out the way they should! Fingers and toes crossed for ya, chickie!

Lucy...goals look good! I'd up the calorie intake in the form of some protein with all that exercise you do, you need it! Don't want you keeling over on us!

Where the heck is everyone else??? Get your posts on here, chickies!~

Janiepeppers

05-02-2004, 08:35 PM

Ok I want to be in too. THis is Janie I don't know if I'm typing in the correct place or not! We are leaving for Cancun May 31st so this is the perfect thing for me to be doing. I really want to buy some sexy stuff to take with me & not in a Fat size! Ok I am going to set my goals.
EXERCISE: Keep doing my body flex bar everymorning.
After work do the Firm 3 times a week & walk everyday!
Water: I drink a lot of it but I would like to keep track this month.
Food: Stick with my 1200 calorie plan because itis working! NEVER go over that plan for this whole month!
Journal: I've done well with the food & wt journal but not my exercise journal so I MUST get better at this.

hikein2005

05-02-2004, 10:20 PM

Janie! So glad you found this! Yea! You goals sound great! This is a great place to journal everything...all at once! Just get it all out there and then you are accountable to all of us.

Cancun sounds great! Do you have room in your suitcase for one more fat chick??? LOL! REally wish I were going, but my goal is to be able to wear my new sexy swimsuit in public without feeling embarrassed. So this month I am shooting for 8 lbs! That will definately help!

Question: What is a Flex Bar? I am going to get the Pilates video (on sale) at the local store tomorrow! Can't wait to get started on that one!

I'm off to work on my monthly food plan! I must have this done by Tuesday morning...at the very latest! My sink is full of dishes, but they can wait til morning. I get to sleep in my DD's bed tonight as ours has been dismantled! Hers is a twin but VERY comfortable. Hubby is opting for the basement spare bed!

Night all!

1fralick

05-03-2004, 07:34 AM

Hello,
I know it is day 3 but can I hop in?
My goals this month is to commit to myself and take action!! instead of just "typing" about it!
GW 249# ( a 6 #loss)
STay OP ( I eat lo- carb)
And begin a w/o program

**Jennifer**

05-03-2004, 10:17 AM

Good Morning, everyone, and Happy May! :)

Wow- I didn't realize how much I'd miss this site over the weekend! we were soooo busy- you'll never believe how the weekend fell apart, but I'll explain later.

Mary- blush! I wouldn't be able to do this without my chickies- you all keep me motivated- I feel like if I went off track I'd be letting you all down, and if I can't do it myself, how can I expect anyone else to stay on their programs, ya know? Goals look great girlfriend, and way to go on 2 OP days- Excellent- you rock, girl!

Julie- check your email for the pics you requested- each should fit- I made them especially for this. And you & Mary are going to give me an inflated ego if you keep this up! LOL. Goals look great, too- awesome. And that poor little one- did you kick her out of bed? ;)

Lucy- good to have you with us again- you are getting so much closer. With all that muscle you're building, I wouldn't be surprised if you get to 150 and fir into those 9s. LucyHardbodyKitty, coming right your way!

Janie- Welcome! Good to see some new faces joining us. Your goals look good. Cancun! I'm jealous! ;) Can we stow away & go with you? You'll have to come back & tell us what a great time you had!

1fralick- Welcome! Of course it's never too late to jump in. I just wanted to get this up before my weekend fell apart. Goals look good. Welcome to the group!

If I do say so myself, this is an amazing group of chickies- I would not be able to do what I'm doing without them. They are all so supportive and caring, but will kick me in the tush when I need it!

Let the challenge begin! ;)

**Jennifer**

05-03-2004, 10:58 AM

What a weekend! I'm finally catching up, and I'm still exhausted.

Saturday we had plans to go to lunch, and since we couldn't get in to see any of the houses or lots that we were looking for, we said we'd postpone & do it all on Sunday. We did a bunch of laundry on Saturday.

Sunday, I skipped breakfast, knowing we were going to go to PF Changs for lunch. When we left the house around 11:30, I figured we'd have lunch first, then look at the things we needed to. Hubby decided otherwise, thinking that we'd hit the lunch rush, so we should go look at the few houses, then the vacant lots, and then hit PF Changs on the way back.

Ok, not a huge issue. I had 3 starlight mints that I sucked on during that time. But that's where things take a turn for crazy.

We stopped at the model home for the builder that we're interested in. Find out that the cost of the house has gone up another 10K in the last week, so if we are going to do this, we need to do it NOW. The sales rep at the builder helps us pull other land listings in that area, and there's a 1 acre lot that is listed well below the others, and they are taking offers until 5pm Sunday, by fax. Now by this time, it's 3:45, we drive out to check the lot out, it looks good- not my first choice, but still a good location, and call the realtor at 4:26. Then we call the builder, who offers to let us fax a contract from their office. Of course, we don't have a contract with us- they make us a copy of theirs. Scramble to write a contract in 10 minutes, throw it together, make an offer, and fax it off at 4:51.

We left the builder at 5pm as they were closing up, and that's when hubby said we should let PF Changs go until next weekend. I figured that meant we'd go to a restaurant in the area then, and stop for dinner, since the last thing I had to eat was at 7pm on Saturday, and those 3 stupid mints. Not so....because of the mad dash to get a contract together, hubby was all stressed out, and "wasn't hungry" and "didn't feel like eating." Now, here I am, haven't had anything, and getting that nauseous feeling, and the headache. I'm ticked off that because he's stressed, he could care less. Then, he offers me Burger King. I get pissed and tell him just get me a diet coke in the drive thru since I'm nauseous. He can see I'm ticked, and I didn't want to get into it. So that really sets the whole thing off. When we get closer to home, he asks if I want him to pick up something from Chili's or Applebees. Nope- now that it's been 24 hours since I've eaten, anything I put in is going to cause a problem.

Dinner last night was 1 can of chickarina soup, and 1 of my premade lunches- 2 meatballs and 3/4 cup bowtie pasta. I was so dehydrated, too, since I hadn't had anything until the diet coke in the car, and an hour ride back. Not the way I had planned the weekend, and of course, since I was dehydrated, I'm now retaining water and puffy. Great. Grrr.

Then since I ate so late, I was all hyped up all night- at 1-something in the morning I was still tossing & turning, so I overslept this morning & got up at 7. Ugh- Day 3 in the challenge & already missed a morning exercise. I'll have to make up for it this afternoon. Bleah!

Today is my Shadow's birthday- so 4 of us are going out to lunch with her. I don't know where she wants to go, but needless to say, it's not going to be the best choice. So for breakfast, I had 1/3 cup of Smart Start, and 12oz of diet coke. Starting on my water now, and hoping that whatever she picks for lunch, I can do a very safe option.

I'll check in later & let you know what I had- that's all going to determine what I do for dinner, and afternoon exercise. Wish me luck!

Have a great Monday, chickies!

lakester

05-03-2004, 12:55 PM

I really need a boost right now and this should be just the thing to get me motivated.
My Goals:
loose 5 pounds before I fly home (5/30)
workout a minimum of 5 days/week
keep under maximum calories allowed even on weekends!
drink at least 64 ounces of water everyday
NO Candy! at all!!!!
don't kill anybody while on this challenge :lol:
Keep my honest ladies, chocolate talks to me!!!

miss_elisha

05-03-2004, 01:30 PM

Hey chickies! Count me in! I had already set up a personal challenge for myself this month, so I figured I might as well make it public!
May 29th is my 24th birthday, and I just want to drop 5 more pounds before then, which would put me at 217--solidly into the next "decade" of pounds. I haven't weighed that little since my freshman year of college when I had the doc put me on weight loss pills. And the wonderful part is that this time I'm doing it all by myself, no medical assistance required.

My goals are as follows:
1. At least 30 minutes of cardio 4-5 times per week (2 days on/1 day off)
2. Strength train 3-4 times per week (every other day)
3. Yoga or pilates whenever I can
4. Eat 3 balanced meals per day
5. NO snacking!
6. As much water as possible!
7. Add more veggies to my diet
8. Less than 1700 calories per day
9. Journal every day

If I stick to that I should have no problem dropping those 5 pounds. Putting all of those things together adds up to sure-fire success. There's no way I can't do this.

~Elisha

**Jennifer**

05-03-2004, 02:15 PM

Welcome, Lakester and Miss Elisha!

Lakester- goals look really good. What are you planning or thinking about as far as exercise? I hear ya as far as the chocolate talking to you- I swear, I can hear milano cookies calling me from 3 houses down! :dizzy:

Miss Elisha- everything looks great- with a plan like that, and the great chickies here, you definitely have all the tools for success! And Happy Impending Birthday! And to be taking control now, before you start feeling the effects of excess weight, plus age...excellent, chickie. Kudos to you!

Lunch wasn't a disaster- of course, my shadow chose Olive Garden. Their breadsticks are my achilles heel. My lunch wasn't bad- considering I had so little yesterday (not by choice!) and I restricted breakfast to compensate for today, I think I did well. I had the 2 smallest breadsticks in the basket, 1/2 the bowl of pasta & fagioli soup, and went with the chicken fettucine. I did scrape most of the alfredo sauce off, and left a little of the pasta and ate all the chicken breast. Diet coke, because their iced tea is flavored, and crappy.

Tonight, dinner will probably be something simple, like soup. Gotta get my WATP in now, for sure, and the resistance bands work. And flood myself with water today to make sure I'm not going to keep this puffiness.

Hope everyone is having a good afternoon!

lakester

05-03-2004, 02:45 PM

Thanks for the welcome Jennifer. I just finished my workout for the day. 35 min (20 is the minimum) on the treadmill then some crunches (400 total 5 sets of 20 reps each on each position) and stretching then last but not least the dreaded weight machines. I do 3 arm exercises, 2 for legs, and 2 for abs ( I do 2-4 sets of 20 reps on each). I will walk the dogs on nice days instead of the treadmill, they can use the excersise too and the up and down hills really adds to the workout (treadmill is at an incline). It is about 3.5 miles and take about 45 minutes because I take one dog at a time (Bo is still a pup and a real handful at 53 pounds of energy!).
For lunch I will have some chicken tortilla soup (minus the tortilllas) with a few pita chips and perhaps a little cottage cheese. I am not sure about supper because I don't know if I am cooking for just myself or hubby too.
I had forgotten about my WATP tapes thanks for reminding me!

mksme123

05-03-2004, 02:58 PM

Okay-I didn't make my April goals-but May is a new month!
Goals:
1. Exercise 25 days this month.
2. Stay within my WW points EVERY DAY!
3. Lose 3 pounds
4. Reward myself when I reach my goals.

SW-161
CW-153.5
GW-130

hikein2005

05-03-2004, 03:12 PM

It's been a busy Monday...again! Always on my day off. Hubby says I pack too much in one day, but it's the day Ihave when I can do all my running and stuff! So far, I've done a couple loads of laundry (the endless chore!), cleaned up the kitchen from last night (it was a disaster!), did my 30 minutes on the bike and the whole toning routine (yea me!). Then off to get my haircut and highlighted! Not so sure about the cut this time, but love the color! It was almost $20 more than I expected! OUCH! But I feel better now! Now, if we would just get some consistent warm weather, I could maybe get some sun on this ghost white body of mine!!! LOL!

I have a tweak in my goals. I said I was going to do resistance bands every work day afternoon, but I am going to change that to 3 times a week for two weeks, then up it to 4 times a week! I know I won't get it done that often. My evenings when I get home from work just fly by and by the time I can sit down for "me time", it's already almost 9pm and by then, I just don't want to exercise! So I willd o them on Monday (day off), Thursday (hubby's gone) and Saturday or Sunday. But the rest is the same!

Food so far today has been great.
B-Kashi cereal (the high protein kind) w/ a few pecans crushed & 6 oz. non-fat milk
AM snack (because I was going to get my hair done and knew I would be starving by the time I got home--never good!)
Lunch 1/2 Flatbread w/ grilled chicken salad & 1 oz. cheese

Water: 33 oz. + so far!

I need to go but will be back later to check in!

Welcome to all the new members!

**Jennifer**

05-03-2004, 04:03 PM

Lakester- wow, I'm tired just reading that! LOL. I hate the incline treadmills- I've got a manual one that you can't adjust, and it serves as a nice platform for boxes to go into storage. ;)

Mksme123- Welcome! Good to see you! Great idea with the reewards there. Anything you have your eye on?

Julie- ooooh, new hair! :) Betcha you look great, girlie! :) Way to go with the exercise today- keep up the great work!

lameducklucy

05-03-2004, 04:17 PM

Hey!! Sorry, been SUPER busy.

Stuff is happening w/ our house (YAY!! This is the good kind of happening haha!), and we're in psycho-clean & make it sparkle mode right now because it goes to be listed on WEDNESDAY!! Ack. Even though I don't get any profit I'm happy. :D One less thing to deal with!! Which will only make this easier for me!! SCORE!

Food has been decent. Saturday night at the BBQ was awesome -- had tons of fun, some delicious Indian food (the best rice I've ever had!), a few beers, and laughed so hard my face actually HURTS. I beat 15 other people at Spoons, of all things. :lol: It was a great time and even though I was really self-conscious about it, it was so much fun. The lady that my hubby works with threw it in this 600k house on the ridge (like near where Bill Gates lives? YEAH) and it was just awesome. They were awesome people, and there were a bunch of other women there who were NORMAL instead of tiny, and I totally didn't count calories or feel out of place at all. I am so happy that it was a GOOD night out!! :D

So yesterday was a blaaah day, and food was the off day of the week (which means I can have deep fried foods & chocolate in excess :lol: ), and we watched the "dive to bermuda triangle" on Discovery -- how awesome. :D I am such a geek.

Food today is blah. Not much in the house, but that's fine with me. :lol:

B - leftover pesto (healthy!!) & code red mt dew (i know, i know...)
L - Hmm. Umm... yeah. What WILL lunch be? Probably a tuna melt w/ WHOLE WHEAT bread. & some cyrstal light... since i had a soda or two or three already. :lol:
D - NACHOS! (taco meat, baked tortilla chips, cheddar & my dad's smoky jack, salsa, refried beans, and a side bowl of homemade mexican spicy rice) w/ some crystal light

I'm out of bottled water until Friday (no $$ for food at this moment), and our water tastes like SOAP. ew. So I am forced to drink a jug of crystal light every day instead, to kill the soap taste. Blech. I hate city water!!

But did anyone notice that WHOLE WHEAT?! Yes, I did it. I bought brown rice (instead of plain ol' white) and whole wheat bread. I thought I didn't like whole wheat bread, but it turns out to taste almost exactly the same as icky white. I like wheat better.

Ok, well, workout for today:

20 min stepper (though it does NOTHING)
25 squats w/ 3 lb weights
25 lunges each side w 3 lb weights
800 situps (oh, yeah. I'm upping those!)
15 minutes upside down on the ball to release my back (new chiro instructions) which also just happens to force your lower abs to contract and build, which means less tummy. :D SCORE. medical stuff that helps more than one thing!! :lol:

Other than that, lotsa work to do. Hope you guys are all having an awesome day, and it's good to see so many new people joining the challenge!!!

I am going to be in a size 12 in two weeks. Just you wait & see. :D

Jaymi_Dol_78

05-03-2004, 04:41 PM

Hey Everyone.. I'm new!!! I need someone to complain with, to struggle with, and to celebrate with.. because I know that's what this challenge hold for me.

I first want to get back on track with everthing.. I got depressed and got off my diet for a couple of weeks, but thank God I didnt gain all of my weight back. I'm going to start off with a little challenge, and if I can handle it upgrade it.

Exercise- at least 3 times a week an hour on the tread mill, or 1 hour Denise Austin tape.

Diet- Consume under 1500 calories daily, Low Fat Low sugar Low everything

Water- try to just drink some period since I've completely stopped and turned into a Diet soda-aholic!!

Weightloss- 10 pounds.. or more if my body is willing to help me out.

**Jennifer**

05-03-2004, 04:53 PM

It's such a slow day at work, I've spent the whole day on this site! (Well, that, plus I'm an addict! :) )

Lucy- way to go girlfriend, with the whole wheat bread & brown rice. Another bread to try if you can find it- Pepperidge Farm makes 2 really good ones- Light Oatmeal and a Light 7 grain bread- I love those two- the oatmeal one most. Man...code red mountain dew- I got the diet stuff & can only have it on weekends because that sure gets my motor running! I just wish they'd do a diet version of their live wire (orange) one- that's sooooo good but I can't see wasting a meal's worth of carbs on 8oz of non-diet soda. If you're doing that yoga ball & hanging, you can also do crunches on it, and oblique crunches- you'll have a 6 pack in no time, girlie.

Jaymi- Welcome to the group! We're all really good and complaining & commisserating, but I promise you, these are the best chickies around- no matter what you need- someone to complain with, someone who has been there & done that, or just a push in the right direction- these chickies are amazing- I owe them all so much for my success so far! Anyhow, make yourself at home. The goals all look great, and you can add to them or change them if you find it's not as challenging :)

It's raining here now, or I'd consider taking a 15 minute break and heading outside- my replacement "handsome reward" came on Friday, and I'm definitely like a little kid with a new toy! :) 1 more hour until I can get outta here & hit the WATP and resistance bands. And maybe the bike if I feel lunch adhering to my tush. Oh- and I have to post my loss for the last challenge, too...lemme do that before I get out of here

**Jennifer**

05-03-2004, 05:08 PM

Ok, so this is my progress so far- and my total loss YTD in measurements.

lameducklucy

05-03-2004, 05:10 PM

Oh my god oh my god. *does a happy dance*

Okay. So the undies & bra were too big last weekend, I noticed. YAY!! Almost back to my ORIGINAL size on those two, like, the size I was when I was 16. I know that's kind of a huge thing, but it's only a couple years ago for me, and I am really proud of myself for it!! :D Not quite back to the size S yet, but over halfway there. I'll just hafta deal with the silly things riding around where they shouldn't be for a few more weeks. :lol:

And then I decided to try on some small sized clothes that I haven't tried on lately. The size 11 cargos are almost public-sight wearable, so I went and put on this size M cropped tank top (kinda lingerie but i don't care either way, if it looks good, wear it!), and IT FITS!!!! My tummy is a little too big for my likes on it, but IT FITS!! And it feels SO GOOD. I have never worn this shirt. i bought it for $10 at Nordstrom on a clearance rack over two years ago, and IT FINALLY FITS ME!! :D

Then I put on a size 10 pair of blue velvet flame print pants, and they fit me like a glove. They are a little stretchy, however, so that helps a bit.

I am going to remeasure myself today for the beginning of the challenge. :D

Janiepeppers

05-03-2004, 07:55 PM

**Jennifer**

05-03-2004, 08:42 PM

Yup- that's what it should be called...Panting away the pounds when you do it in Florida, in May, in muggy, rainy weather. But....drum roll....I pushed it and I did the 3 mile tape. Woo Hoo! I was going to just do 2 miles of it, but at the 2 mile mark I was feeling pretty good, and I thought about those breadsticks...Linda bursting my bubble & telling me they had 140 calories each...egads! I pushed on to the 3rd mile, and now that I've cooled off, I'm having my chickarina for dinner, and then I am going to go do the resistance band workout.

Have a great night, chickies!

hikein2005

05-03-2004, 09:11 PM

Oh my god oh my god. *does a happy dance*

Okay. So the undies & bra were too big last weekend, I noticed. YAY!! The size 11 cargos are almost public-sight wearable, so I went and put on this size M cropped tank top and IT FITS!!!! My tummy is a little too big for my likes on it, but IT FITS!! And it feels SO GOOD. and IT FINALLY FITS ME!! :D
Then I put on a size 10 pair of blue velvet flame print pants, and they fit me like a glove.
I am going to remeasure myself today for the beginning of the challenge. :D

Yea you! Way to go chickie...it's all that exercise...changing the body and all! I'd be doing a happy dance too! Good for you, chickie!
:) :cheers: :)

hikein2005

05-03-2004, 09:16 PM

The body Flex bar is something I used it last yr & then got lazy & quit but I took off 10 ponds in 2 months& I wasn't even eating right. I have been using it these 5 weeks I have been on here with yall guys & I have lost 14lbs. & I'm eating right this time. ITs resistance training its a bar with a big rubber band. TI actullay helps u loose more inches than pounds. WHich is a good thing! Since Last Aug. when I used it I have lost 16 1/2 incehs all together. I never put the pounds or inches back on after I quit using it the first time. Have a great day going to do the FIRM now.

First of all! Congrats on losing the pounds and inches in this last challenge, but I didn't even know you were here! You need to post chickie!!! Then we can all celebrate your victories with you! :cheer: So, I am going to have to take a look into something like that with such a success story! You are doing awesome! And...please post, won't you :^: ...to keep us all motivated and cheering you on!! We need you here!!!!!!! :)
Hugs

hikein2005

05-03-2004, 09:18 PM

Ok, so this is my progress so far- and my total loss YTD in measurements.

OK...so 49 and some inches ain't too shabby! GOOD JOB JENNIFER!!!!! :flow2: :cp: :bravo: :cheers: :cheer:
There! That should be enough for this week! ;)
LOL!

hikein2005

05-03-2004, 10:20 PM

Food was right on target for the rest of the day...
PM snack: Zone Bar
Supper: Taco Salad with low fat tortilla chips! Yum!
Have been drinking water all day! Probably up to 100 oz. by now! You'd think I would be floating away...not til middle of the night! ;)

Hmmm! No caffeine withdrawl headache yet! I wonder if my head knows I haven't had any caffeine today? I'm sure it will by tomorrow if I let it know! ;)

Finished painting the trim in the bedroom (2 coats). They delivered our new mattress... :) BUT...(you know there would be a problem, didn't you?) they had to take the box springs back :( because they weren't made correctly (there's a mattress place right in town that customizes mattresses at a reasonable price). They said they would have it back here tomorrow evening. But the room is all cleaned and all the dust is sucked up on the vacuum cleaner, so that is good!

I cleaned, hulled and sliced another 4 lbs of strawberries today (told ya Jennifer!). I put 1/2 in the freezer (in small sandwich size baggies) for later! Otherwise they'd all be gone in a day. Of course, no one touches them until they are cleaned and cut! Not fair!

My hair is looking rather...blonde...and she even toned it down a bit! I didn't get to see it before she toned it...I wonder how bright it was? I suppose it's what I wanted, but now I need to brown my skin alittle! LOL! Actually, I stay away from the sun as much as I can...sensitive skin that burns too easily! But it would be nice if it would warm up a bit around here....lows again in the 20's tonight...so we could enjoy that sunshine! :) :flow2:

So ladies...great to see so many new (and old) faces here this time around. Let's just do this this month...one day at at time! I have a quote that I will post in another entry! It's about comittment (or is that 2 "m's"?)

Tomorrow's plan is all laid out. WATP tape (I'm going to try to do 2 miles) in the morning...Meals are planned and prepped (for the most part) and it's back to work for me in the morning! Work is always the hardest for me because of all the temptations around me...snack food, junk food, etc! I just have to resist if I want this weight off of me! I'm on my way to losing 8 lbs forever, so resisting all that crap is the key!

Have a great Tuesday, chickies!

Janiepeppers

05-03-2004, 10:20 PM

Hubby cooked supper while I did the FIRM! & no I didn't do it long I thought I was going to die! WHere do those people really come from that can bounce & talk for an hour? I'm not real proud of myself on that part of the day. Then I ate supper with him. THe boys were gone to a game with a friend & they went to Subway so I didn't have to worry about them getting anything & I ate 2 hamburgers! Oh well the rest of the day I did good besides that.

miss_elisha

05-03-2004, 10:35 PM

Congrats to everyone on their losses so far! You are all doing great! Time for me to play catch-up! :lol:

Today's food:
Breakfast (if you can call eating at 1:30 in the afternoon "breakfast")
Coffee with creamer
V8
1 slice of 12-grain toast with an egg and American cheese melted on top

Lunch--4:45pm
2 glasses of water
Chicken noodle soup
Ritz crackers

Dinner--6:30pm
1 glass of water
Bread with margarine
Green Beans
Cottage Cheese
Boiled Potatoes with Sour Cream
Steak with sautéed onions

Lunch and dinner were kind of close together--all of my meals were, actually. But the whole family was here for dinner, which kind of obliged me to sit down and eat at the same time they did. It also seems like I ate a really big dinner, which I guess I did, but my calories for the day still came in at 1660. It doesn't seem like I'm eating very healthy, but right now I'm just trying to watch total caloric intake. Once I get moving in the right direction I plan to start watching fat/carbs/protein too. Besides... this is still a lot less than I used to eat, just a few months ago I would have had seconds of everything at every meal, and probably soda instead of water, and I would have baked those cookies I was craving this afternoon.
Instead, after dinner this evening I went to the store to stock up on sugar-free jello and pudding, and more fat-free fudgesicles (to stave off the chocolate cravings). I also got some feta cheese, which is simply awesome with scrambled eggs, and only 70 calories per 1/4 cup, which is usually more than I use anyway.
And now I'm wanting to have a fudgesicle, and a glass of wine, and to curl up in bed under my nice warm blankets and read a good book and not get on the treadmill. I spent too much time on the stairclimber on Saturday and my calves are still protesting with every step I take. So I'm making myself a deal: if I get on the treadmill for at least half an hour I can have a fudgesicle. If not, no treats. I'll probably go with option #2.
I've gotten so bad about exercising. I used to be able to get all my exercise in but do terribly with food, and now I'm doing a lot better with food, but terrible with exercise. I just seem so tired lately. I think maybe I'm not getting enough vitamins or something. My body doesn't want to move. I know, if I started exercising again and just stuck with it for a while, I'd want to move again, that's what happened last time. I just can't seem to get with it. The other thing about exercising tonight is that I have to work late tomorrow, so if I don't get up and do it in the morning then I won't exercise at all tomorrow, and if I get on the treadmill tonight walking in the morning will be exhausting. So I'm thinking I might just go take a bath in the nice clean bathtub (I cleaned all day--that should count as a workout!) and climb under those blankets and get some sleep, giving my calves--and my eyes--some needed rest. I just feel guilty about not doing it when I know I should, even if I also have valid reasons for not doing it.

On the plus side....
I took my measurements today, and the offical results:
Down 1 pound from last week... total of 6#s for April., and a total of 4.5 inches. :dancer:
I can live with that. Now, for my repeat performance.....

~Elisha

**Jennifer**

05-04-2004, 10:04 AM

Morning! Ahhh- it's a great day today! My shadow is missing- she has something in court today, so I will have a nice, quiet day, and lunch out in the park with my magazine & music...it's going to be a great day!

Got up this morning & did 1 mile WATP. About halfway through the mile, hubby came up, and got back into bed. I hate being watched while I look like a dork doing these tapes, so I had to annoy him until he rolled over & pulled the covers up over him. LOL. Seriously- I don't mind if I'm on the bike & he's in the room, but I just don't like being watched as I get sweaty and disgusting. :p That one of the reasons I do this at home, and not a gym!

Trimmed my bangs this morning so I can see, and enjoyed a nice, quiet breakfast here at my desk, without interruptions.

Breakfast:
1/3 cup smart start with soy protein
1oz fat free swiss cheese
1 apple & cinnamon cottage double
1 4oz can pineapple chunks, drained.

Lunch today is:
2 meatballs
3/4 cup bowtie pasta
1/3 cup sauce
1 4oz can mixed fruit, drained

Dinner- TBD- no ideas yet, and I'm very full from breakfast.

Afternoon exercise- 1 mile WATP to warm up, and then the Shortcuts Upper Body Workout.

Lucy- Great NSV there with your old clothes! Woo Hoo, girl! :D

Julie- you & those smilies...how funny! Mmmm...strawberries...where's my baggie?

Janie- I know what you mean with the FIRM. I've got some older tapes, and I can only get through the upper body one- minus the pushups. The others kick my butt too much. And those perky, bouncy people...they must have been cheerleaders from hell in another life. :devil:

Miss Elisha- great job with the measurements & the 6 pound loss. Good Work! :) Hope you got up & exercised this morning like you planned ;)

Happy Tuesday, chickies! :cool:

lakester

05-04-2004, 10:29 AM

Good Morning Ladies! it sure sounds like everyone is off to a great start. I had a good day yesterday all the way around, food, excercise and water. I will get ready and do my workout as soon as I finish this post. Does anyone know where I can rent-a-thug to "encourage" me on the treadmill with a cattle prod? :yikes: No?... hum... I guess I will just have to kick my own butt! :tread: I have to take Bo in to be neutered :cp: tomorrow morning so I don't know when I'll be back, keep up the good work, I'll check in when I can.

**Jennifer**

05-04-2004, 11:15 AM

lakester, I've got a taser that Julie's seen the business end of (just a picture, but still effective to getting the tush moving!)

;)

lameducklucy

05-04-2004, 12:05 PM

*Giant yawn* Good morning!!! Too early for my liking but it's already today, so I guess I have to keep my butt moving. :D

I am STARVING. I didn't eat anything after dinner last night (Except a root beer cuz I needed something to drink and something sweet), and so when I woke up at 7:30, I felt horribly sick (I don't feel the actual hunger, that part of my stomach is nerve-dead, so I feel sick instead when I'm hungry), and I am waiting to put something in there until it calms a little bit. Blech!! I guess maybe I DO need an after dinner snack, but something healthier than the junk I usually eat. Hmm... this week will just have to wait, but Friday we'll go shopping & I'll find somehting to munch on nights that is low-cal, low-fat & whatnot.

No formal workout today, aside from the lunges & squats & situps. Legs are sick of doing the stepper -- doesn't help 'em at the moment, and the bike is totally busted. I can't wait till this weekend for my DDR stuff!! WOO!!!

So it looks like the house thing is going great, finally. We're going up Saturday w/ my parents and cleaning -everything-. As in the entire inside of the house gets a quick scrub-down, the 1000 sq ft shop gets emptied & cleaned, and whatever is left to sell (not keep/throw away), gets priced on Sunday after we do stuff w/ moms.

So at least I'll get a workout on Saturday. :lol:

Today I have more real estate crap to deal with *yay more paperwork!* and 4 tapes as usual, but these are not going to be fun... blech.

Food:
B- pesto & something else, not sure what...
L - leftover nachos from dinner last night
D - broiled chicken breast, side of pasta, side of salad

And that's about all she wrote, I think. Yep. That's about it. Hope everybody has an awesome day, and keep it positive chickies!!! :D

miss_elisha

05-04-2004, 12:20 PM

Morning chicks!

What a beautiful day it is today! Instead of climbing on the treadmill like I intended to this morning, I climbed to the top of our driveway, which is about half a mile uphill. I went a little slow today, about 20 minutes for the entire mile round-trip, but it was uphill, so I guess that can account for the difference. That and the fact that I hardly worked out at all last month. I plan to do at least 15 minutes on either the stairclimber or the treadmill when I get home from work, to make up my "At least 30 minutes" goal for the day, and an UB circuit, and possibly a LB one, depending on the state of my calves (stupid stairclimber! at least I know it's working!).

For breakfast... bleh... bad, but not irrepairable.
2 scrambled eggs with 1/4 cup of feta cheese. I wanted to measure the cheese to get an approximation of the calories. 1/4 cup is a LOT of feta! I barely use half that much!
2 slices of 12-grain toast with margarine
1 cup of coffee with creamer
1 glass of V8
Breakfast comes in at 650 calories.

Lunch will be:
1 can Diet Dr. Pepper--my fave!
2 slices of 12-grain bread with 1 slice of low-fat bologna and mustard
1 serv. of mini cheddar cheese rice cakes
That adds up to about 320 calories, giving me a total of 970 for the day. A little above where I wanted to be at that point, but I guess I'll have a light dinner.

Has anyone heard of the theory of going to "extremes" with your calories intake occasionally? I don't know what the theory is called exactly, but I've seen a couple people talking about it in the journals and in the forum. I guess if you have a goal of 1500 calories per day, for example, one day you'd only eat 1300, then the next day you eat 1700, then you balance out at 1500 for a while. Is that right? Has anyone tried it? Does it work? I kind of do that anyone, but not on purpose. Some days I'm really low... around 1200-1300, and some days I'm hard pressed to keep it under 1700. I try not to worry too much about it though, just so I'm in the general range. But if it works, I might as well do it on purpose. :)

Oh, and just for the record, no exercise last night, so no treats. I'm thinking that if I have a can of soup and some crackers for dinner, or something else low-cal, that will still leave me room for a treat tonight. But only if I exercise!

Ok, off to get ready for work. Fun fun.
Have a great day everyone!
~Elisha

**Jennifer**

05-04-2004, 03:44 PM

Where is everyone today? LOL. Yeah, everyone's working & doing what they are supposed to, and I'm killing time! ;)

Lunch was nice- I went to the park because my shadow was out today....it's gorgeous out there- was mid-80s...I parked under a tree & read & listened to my music...it's definitely a great way to re-charge the batteries & clear the head. Ahhh!

Lucy- sorry to hear you weren't feeling well. What about cottage doubles for that snack? (Yeah, I'm a pusher now...) at least it's pretty balanced, and shouldn't upset things on you.

Elisha- I know that some athletes do that with their caloric intake, and I guess it works, to some extent. Keeps the body guessing on what amount of fuel it's going to get, so that it takes from the fat stores. At least that's the way I understand it. Maybe someone else will come along who knows more about it. And a half mile driveway? That's got to be a $%&@! in the winter! :O

All right chickies....I'm going to try to work on a school lesson, since I've been shuffling the same 10 thinigs around on my desk all morning, and I'm waiting on other people before I can move forward. Have a great afternoon!

forrealthistime

05-04-2004, 04:44 PM

I made it! Hopefully this will post and I will be an official forum user - not just the journals. So yep - I'm in for this challenge but must admit I actually started May 3 - had a last hurrah on the weekend - oops.

Goals -

1)Exercise at least 5 of 7 days

2)Stay at 1100 calories or less during the week with an allowance of ONLY one day per week when I may have wine and go as far up as 1300 calories

3)Exception - May 14/15 weekend trip will be tough - I'm going on a corporate retreat with fancy restaurants, booze, etc. everything being paid for and food will be 'provided' - sigh - poor me, right? I can have a maximum of 1500 calories those two days, but will aim for lower

4)No weighing until May 30

Goal - lose 5 pounds

lameducklucy

05-04-2004, 05:07 PM

Jennifer - Nah... I don't like stuff to mix. I know, I'm weird. :D Plus if I eat the cottage cheese w/ that much protein within 4 hours before bed, I'll never get to fall asleep!! :lol: I have some carrot sticks & whatnot, I'll be okay. :D

Stuff has been going well today. Very tired, though. I don't really want the nachos for lunch. They look really... not good. :lol: I don' tknow what I'm having, but I'll be doing that right after I hop off the pc for a bit. :D I might take a quick nap, but I odn't know. 4 tapes to do, still... ugh.

I'm definitely going to realx as much as possible today, though. That's a definite...

**Jennifer**

05-04-2004, 05:46 PM

Forreal- Glad you managed to get in here! :) Yaaaay! And the goals look awesome. We might need you to clue us in to your routines to get the body moving more. Heck, I'm coming to Canada just to take your classes & see if I survive them :) Welcome!

Lucy- yes, you ARE weird (((kitty))) but we like you that way. :P

Jaymi_Dol_78

05-04-2004, 07:05 PM

Hello Everyone, looks like I've lost another 2 pounds!!! YAY!! I'm definately gonna exercise today. I just went bought me some 5 pound weights, but I dont remember all of the upper arm exercises to do.. Any one has any for me in mind. I wanna work on these boobs, or shall i say chest area!! Hey it's pretty hard to do a sit up if you know what I mean chickies!!! LOL I'm doing good on my diet and I actually drank quite a bit of water today soooo so far so good!!!

**Jennifer**

05-04-2004, 07:38 PM

Jaymi, PM me here with your email address- I have a few cheat sheets with different arm exercises I can send you!

hikein2005

05-04-2004, 10:01 PM

Those darned pop-ups drive me NUTS!!!! OK...I'm done with that!

Now to report my day! Can I start with the good stuff first??? :^:

Exercise! This morning I did 2 miles WATP before showering! Yea me! Then (because of some other details I will discuss later) I did 20 minutes on the bike after supper tonight! Yea me, again! :) That's TWO sessions of cardio in ONE day! A new record for me!

Now...as far as my day! Did I mention the full moon last night???? If any of you are into that kind of stuff, I totally beleive that a full moon has something to do with the behavior of people!!! And it's not a pretty thing! OMG...today was a day from hell at work...but it went by fast with sooo much to do! I love all the residents in the nursing home...don't get me wrong...they have all lived their lives, but dementia is a difficult disease WITHOUT a full moon! Add the full moon and all heck breaks loose around there!!! UGH!!!! And I'm pretty sure that dysfunctional people are affected by this full moon as well, so add THAT to the pot and you have lots and lots of CHAOS!!!!! I'm so glad that now I am able to go to my office and close the door and only hear the sound of the phone...which was ringing off the hook today!

But...I digress (because I don't want to discuss this bad scene...) Amongst all the chaos, we had a Rootbeer Float party for the residents, and being the good Activity Director, I of course helped my assistant. I told her I would go get the residents and bring them to the dining room, while she scooped up the icecream (so I wouldn't be tempted!). And that went well, but this is where all the chaos began...with one resident telling me that she was not going to have me in ..."her home if I was going to be bossed around (I was trying to get her to put both hands on the walker while trying to get a pop can out of her hands, for safety's sake!)...anyway... I got the residents down and then asked my assistant if I could help her with getting the sodas ready...of course she said yes!!! Then hubby called in the middle of all of this wanting to know where the bed skirt was so he could make up our new bed...like I knew exactly where it was...told him to look for it...he told me he did but couldn't find it...like calling me would find it for him...so I told him not to get whiny (he was!)...and he hung up on me! Yea! Grrrr!

Anyway...
and here comes the messy stuff! So there I was...in the middle of lots and lots of icecream...I mean an ice cream place donated like 3 cases of these 20 oz. cups full of vanilla ice cream...and it was all over the kitchen! So I grabbed one that had been partially scooped out and started eating (immediate reaction to husband calling and ticking me off in the middle of one of the most chaotic days at work...) Oh, and it tasted so good! I kept eating and all the while not even THINKING that I was doing something I should not have done! And THEN I offered to help pass the rest out to the residents in their rooms (who didn't come to the party)! Big mistake! I at some more...about another 4 oz...or more! It did taste really good! Have I mentioned that??? And then to top it all off, as I was leaving and had to pass by the break room to my car, I remembered that I put the leftovers in there and wondered if there was any left? YUP...there was! Could I have chosen to keep on walking and not look in the break room? Yup...could have! Could I have shut the door and walked out when I realized what I was doing? YUP, could have? Could I have chosen NOT to take ANOTHER cup of icecream with me on my way out the door? YUP, could have...but didn't! So, I think I had 2 cups of vanilla icecream today total! There...you have the whole confession now!

For the rest of the day, I was OP with all my food and even tried to make up for the icecream tonight with supper by just having 4 oz. grilled chicken, some lettuce & 1 oz. cheese ligthtly sprinkled with raspberry balsamic vinegar! And 6 oz. skim milk! I drank my water...up to 60 oz. so far and still drinking! I figured I would work off SOME of the ice cream by doing some form of cardio tonight, so that's why I did the bike after supper! UGH! Tomorrow is a new day! Yea!

Thanks for listening and reading. The rest of you are kicking butt! I need to stay away from the icecream for the rest of the summer or if I do, plan to have just 4 oz.! It WILL be around because this icecream place has already said it is going to donate weekly! Oh my!

You chickies are the greatest! (That's my way of groveling, so I won't see that tazer in my face any time soon...yes Lakester...Jennifer zaps a pretty mean tazer and so does Lisa, but she's not here right now, so I escaped at least one of those "thugs"!!!) But really...you all are the best! :D

Hugs!

hikein2005

05-04-2004, 10:04 PM

hikein2005

05-04-2004, 10:22 PM

I also got some feta cheese, which is simply awesome with scrambled eggs, and only 70 calories per 1/4 cup, which is usually more than I use anyway.

So I'm making myself a deal: if I get on the treadmill for at least half an hour I can have a fudgesicle. If not, no treats.

I used to be able to get all my exercise in but do terribly with food, and now I'm doing a lot better with food, but terrible with exercise. I just seem so tired lately. I think maybe I'm not getting enough vitamins or something. My body doesn't want to move. I know, if I started exercising again and just stuck with it for a while, I'd want to move again, that's what happened last time. I just can't seem to get with it.

On the plus side....
I took my measurements today, and the offical results:
Down 1 pound from last week... total of 6#s for April., and a total of 4.5 inches. :dancer:
I can live with that. Now, for my repeat performance.....

~Elisha

Elisah...I hear you on ALL those issues, chickie!

First, the Feta cheese sounds awesome! I am going to make a point to put that on my grocery list in the next week or so (I like to try new things, and trying cheese is right at the top of my list! ;) )

Way to go on the reward system for rexercise! With me, I have to "punish" (not really ;) ) myself when I DO eat the bad stuff! But that is going to stop as of this moment! :D

I know what you mean about food/exercise thing! I seem to have had that very issue last month. If I did good with food, the exercise sucked (can I say that?) and If I did good with exercise, the food sucked! Can't win either way! I need both, so that's why THIS challenge is so important to me! I have figured out all the errors of my way with the last 3, so now it's time to perfect the routine!!! :smug:

And way to go on the weight and inches loss! Just keep doing that and in 12 months you will have lost 72 lbs! Yea Elisah! You go chickie! Doing great!

Julie

**Jennifer**

05-05-2004, 09:55 AM

Good Morning, sunshines! :encore:

I'm still suffering from a case of drag-butt this morning. I just couldn't get my butt up. So no "real" morning exercise for me today- need to make up for that this afternoon with the WATP, or a marathon bike ride. And get another lesson finished for school. I got my last lesson back & got a 95% on it- a great grade, but it doesn't make much of a difference.

For those who don't know/are interested, my on-line school changed formats about a month ago- totally changed the software, and started a new grading system as well. All of my prior "grades" were converted to the new system, but regardless of the prior grade, anything submitted before the conversion date was graded an 80%. I busted my butt to do the best job possible, but you take 10 classes of 16, and convert everything to 80%, it doesn't really matter what you do with the final 6, right? Sheesh. All I know is I'm going to complete the assignments, but not toil over them for days & days to make sure that it's a piece that could go into my portfolio. Pfffft on them, right?

So, gotta do another lesson tonight- I can probably get a head start on it at work again, if things are as dead as they were yesterday.

Today's plan:

Breakfast-
1 pineapple cottage double
1 4oz can diced mixed fruit, drained

Lunch-
1 low fat tortilla
1/2 cup taco meat
1oz shredded skim cheese
1 4oz can diced, mixed fruit, drained.

Dinner-
chicken breast & veggies

Afternoon exercise- at least 2 miles WATP, or 30 mins on the bike. Probably more, to make up for this morning. I checked the scale again this morning to see if the Olive Garden lunch was sneaking up on me, and I'm down another .2 pounds, so it looks like the bullet was dodged there.

Julie- chickie, you had a stressful day there yesterday, and you turned to ice cream. I know you've been fighting hard to change these behaviors- next time, try to take a walk around the office, or just get outside. Clear your head, and don't give in to these old behaviors of ours. I'm so proud of you for fitting it into your day & not blowing things & throwing away the day. Just use this as a learning experience, and figure out what you can do better the next time. I know you will! ((( Julie )))

Oh- I found this yesterday linked to a newsletter I get- so I thought I'd share it. You need Adobe acrobat reader to view it.

Have a great Wednesday, everyone!

lakester

05-05-2004, 11:07 AM

Hi! I have to make this real short and sweet as I am running behind (as usual). I'll catch up with everyone tonight or tomorrow. Yesterday was great for me busy, busy! I made all my quotas, exercise, water and calories. Today should be the same. Whoopie and I took a walk this morning and I will have to do exercise machines later today as well as crunches. Hope everyone is doing well.... Have a great day!!!!

forrealthistime

05-05-2004, 01:38 PM

Good morning all - great work on the grade Jennifer! Even if it doesn't matter, *YOU* know how much you rock!

So yesterday was great food-wise..it seems to be getting easier to keep the calories low, but today I feel so hungry! It's only 9:33 am here and my tummy's already growling after breakfast at 7:30, so I'm going to try to hold out until 10:00 and then have my first mini-meal of the day.

Let's see - big exercise day planned - a BodyPump class at 5:20 followed by a Step 3 class at 6:25 - that should be good! The rain has started here, so no walking to and from work for a while! :(

Food plan for today:

Bfast - 3/4 Kashi Crunch with skim, Grande Americano with whole milk and half shot of sugar free vanilla syrup - he he
Mini Meal #1 - Either a mini tuna meal w/ veggies (about 160 cal) or I'm going to go down to the deli to see if they have that veggie farmhouse salad I like...
Mini Meal #2 - turkey, swiss and spinach in a low carb wrap with dijon/horseradish
Snack - 5 prunes
Mini Meal #2 - SuperBar before the gym
Dinner - tuna salad and spinach in a low carb wrap

No weighing in is going great - it's filling me with such anticipation!!

lameducklucy

05-05-2004, 01:40 PM

Helloooooo!!! I am totally nuts w/ energy. I woke up at 2:30 this morning feeling really ill and covered in sweat, and didn't really fall back asleep at all. got up at 7:30/8, and I've been running like mad ever since.

Gonna do my tapes early today, and then spend the rest of the day cleaning and going crazy with it. I have 5 closets (huge ugh!) to go through and decide what we're gonna try to sell and what we're gonna keep, and then set all of it aside. And bag up all the garbage I find and put the bags in the living room. This, of course, is all after I clean the entire house, wash the windows, perhaps bake a new thing for the hubby to take to work (yeah, i actually do that... haha!), do all the dishes laundry & filing of paperwork which must be done, etc etc etc.

SO I have a very busy day in front of me, hehe! A lot of stuff to do, though. That's good, since I have no real workout to do today *sob* That's okay. It's gonna be around 70 today and that'll make me feel better, because i'll sweat while I exist. :lol:

Other than that, we're uber broke at the moment (paycheck was off for the bills agh!), so we're living on top ramen at the moment.

B - Top ramen
L - can of tuna & some carrot sticks
D - something out of chicken (blech!)

I've discovered something. Because I'm not very hungry very often, I think that if I eat dinner later, rather than eating dinner at 7 w/ the hubby & stuff, if I eat around 8:30/9, and we go to bed at 10/11, then I don't wake up feeling sick because I need to eat, but I still don't end up eating a bunch of crap every night!! I HAVE BEATEN THE DEMONS OF AFTER DINNER SNACKING!!!!!! *evil laughter*

Anyway, yep. Hope everybody is having a good day!! I am going to go clean like a mad woman and probably look like a spaz as I dance to my random music choices. :D

Jaymi_Dol_78

05-05-2004, 06:06 PM

Today is going ok except for this killer headache. I waited to long to eat and now my head is throbing. Oh, and dont forget the fact that my car died in the middle of the road and some one had to push the car back to the parking lot. That car sucks!!! I cant wait until I get something else. Luckily my neighbor brought my son to school today and picked him up. That was very nice of her since we dont really know each other, but her grandaughter goes to the same school. I have no idea how he's getting to school tomorrow because the car wont' be fixed until then... yeah right. My husband wants to take it back the the same place that messed it up. Do men ever learn??? I"m going to start making him drive that car and see how that feels.

Well I just turned on Dora the Explorer so hopefully I can chunk my daughter into the playpen and get on that treadmill. I still did my hour yesterday, but I could only go 2.5 miles and hour instead of 3.0. Which is kool since I hadnt worked out in 2 weeks. At first I felt like I was gonna pass out, so I stuffed an apple in my mouth and kept going. I sure hope aleeve doesnt mix badly with these adipex or I"m in big trouble. But my head hurts!!!

Well as far as my menu:

Breakfast: 1 bagel w/ sugar free jelly and cant believe its not butter lite
Lunch: Salisbury Steak & Mashed potatoes (Lean Gourmet)
Dinner: Probably a turkey burger

I did 45 minutes of my Denise Austin tape today, which means I fast forwarded through the comercials, so all in all it wasnt bad.

I just have to empasize one more time... *MY HEAD HURTS!!* LOL

Ok just thought I'll get that out again. Well I'm off to conquer the world!!
Got 26 more days to lose 10 more pounds.. think I can do it?? I hope so.
Bye all!

lameducklucy

05-05-2004, 07:09 PM

Woo!! I am almost done with everything on my list for today. I've been running non-stop since 10am today. YAY!! :D

I have had a full-day workout, just about, and I haven't even stopped for lunch, yet. Had breakfast around 9:50, and it's 3 p.m. now. I really don't want to eat, but I know I need to or I'll get sick & stuff, so I'll go find something small to munch down. :D

I have SO MUCH stuff to get rid of at our yard sale!! I am so happy about this... my office's closet is finally able to SHUT! :lol: I've got 2 gigantic green bins of 'stuff' set aside in the non-used hallway in the office, as well as a double-sized beanbag that I'm gonna get rid of, and a kitty castle that our cats don't use anymore. PLUS all the stuff that's up at our old place in the shop & inside. AGH!! I hope we sell a lot, or we're going to be visitng Goodwill with a semi!! :lol:

So now that I'm pretty much finished in here... what the hell am I gonna do tomorrow?! :lol: I have nothing left to clean and stuff. Maybe I'll bake something complicated for the hubby's work crew (who are awesome, btw. That bbq saturday night was the most fun I have in a very, very long time!) and spend half my day doing that. I wish there was some form of fitness show on during the day that I could follow along with.... :( Maybe I'll order something off of Netflix to keep for a few weeks... that would be easy to do. :D

Okay, just kinda posting in the middle of the dya, I know, but I am proud of myself for going through a giant closet of junk and sorting through, cleaning the WHOLE HOUSE, and doing all this other stuff, too.
I think I'm down on the poundage, but I haven't weighed in a couple days. I feel a little differnt and certain areas are a little different, but who knows. Maybe I'm nuts. :D

hikein2005

05-05-2004, 07:25 PM

Have I mentioned how irritating these Special K pop ups are??? Grrr!

OK, well today, food was much better! No binges on icecream or anything! Ate all the food I packed, had a good breakfast and a snack this afternoon. I'm not hungry right now, so I am going to wait to eat supper with hubby (maybe). He went out to Walmart to get an eggcrate cushion for our new mattress. He didn't sleep well on it last night...I did! :D So, he wants to send the mattress back, but I told him to try it with the egg crate first and then see! I digress!

Food today:
B- Oatmeal w/ FF milk, Splenda & 1 tsp Peanut Butter, 1/2 cup egg beaters, scrambled with 1/2 oz. cheese
L-Brown Rice, taco meat, cheese, 1/2 cup coleslaw, 1/2 cup strawberries
S- Zone Bar
D- to be sauteed summer squash & zuchinni, grilled chicken, spinach on a 1/2 flat bread roll up, 6 oz. milk

Exercise-TOM showed up (right on time this month, I might add) this morning, so I was a bit crampy and just did some toning stuff instead of a full out aerobic workout this morning. I may squeeze in a bike ride yet tonight! We'll see!

I know I said I wasn't going to weigh this month...or at least try and today I wanted to show a girl at work some toning exercises (like basics!) and we both weighed ourselves. I always thought she was soooo much smaller than me and turns out, she's only 18 lbs less than me! Hmmmm! But with TOM and all, I was up a couple of pounds. That WILL be gone soon! Gonna go ride that bike after this memory!!! LOL!

Glad to hear everyone is staying on plan. Great job chickies! YOu are doing awesome! Let's keep this going...and I PROMISE to stay away from the sugar! It's not a good thing! *Evil Sugar be gone!*

Hugs to all!

miss_elisha

05-05-2004, 08:43 PM

Okay! Here we go!

Not doing too bad so far today, even though I've been hungry all day and eaten some bad stuff (you'll see...). I haven't exercised yet, but I'm certainly feeling up to it, and I plan to get to it as soon as I finish this post.

Last night was really busy, and I was really tired, so I didn't get any exercise in other than the walk I took yesterday morning. Oh! And I had the munchies all freaking day. What is up with that? Anyway, here's what I ate yesterday (I know I posted part of it yesterday, but some of it changed, and some of it wasn't posted at all, so I'm just going to rehash completely):

9:00am
1 cup of coffee w/creamer
1 glass of V8
1/4 cup of feta cheese
2 scrambled eggs
2 slices of 12-grain toast
2 tbsp. margarine

10:00am
Walked 1 mile in 20 minutes
1 glass of water

4:00pm
1 can of Diet Dr. Pepper
2 slices of whole wheat bread
1 slice of LF bologna w/ mustard
1 serving of Wow! potato chips

10:00pm
2 glasses of water
1 serving of cheese + bacon potatoes
1 slice of LF bologna
1 slice of 12-grain bread
1 tbsp of margarine

11:15pm
1 serving of Wow! potato chips

I know that looks really bad, but I measured everything and I still came in at 1530 calories. I never use a full tablespoon of margarine, but I counted it as one anyway. And as far as the chips go... I've been craving chips lately, and the Olean stuff has never given me any problems before, so I figured I might as well save the calories and get the fat-free kind.

Okay, now for today:
8:30am
1 cup of coffee with creamer
1 slice of whole wheat toast
1 tbsp margarine
1 fried egg

12:45pm
1 can of Diet Dr. Pepper
1 serv. Wow! chips
2 slices whole wheat bread
1 slice LF bologna w/mustard

5:30pm
1 med. Diet Pepsi
3 KFC crispy strips
1 biscuit
1 tbsp margarine
1 serv. coleslaw

Yeah, I know, KFC = bad, but Dad brought it when he picked me up from work, and I was pretty much ravenous at the point. I think I need to spread out my calories a bit more, rather than having 300 for breakfast, 300 for lunch, and 900 for dinner! It's not that I do it intentionally, it's just that I'm the only one I have to worry about at breakfast and lunch, whereas my whole family eats dinner. But still, according to the 3FC Fast Food Nutrition info on KFC, my calories are still at 1430 for the day, so I can have a little treat later if I want one, but ONLY IF I EXERCISE!

On the positive side of things... KFC definitely makes the munchies go away, and the grease makes me feel all bbbllleeehhh.... so I don't want to eat anymore! :lol:

Ok, time to exercise now. I'll come back and post after my workout, just to be sure I actually DO workout. ;)

See you soon!

lisa girl

05-05-2004, 10:04 PM

Chickies!!!!!! Oh my goodness, I have missed you all!!!! I have been on such a roller coaster lately...just in survival mode basically. I have my Mom all settled into her apartment. It is such a nice place! And that makes me feel tons better.

Remember the Ball I told you guys about?? Well, it was spectacular!!! I got in the blue dress with the assistance of a major girdle and some control top pantyhose to boot. My sister in law did my hair up so pretty...it had some tiny jewels in it. And....we had on fake eyelashes!! OOOOh I loved getting ready!!! I had on a bit of body glitter on my chest and upper arms and back too. I wore bright lipstick. We danced and danced, and my DH was so very handsome in his tux! It was a memory I will cherish always. The only bad thing was that I had a yucky headache for a bit, and I felt like I was going to throw up, which was not good, because we had to be formally "announced" and descend a spiral staircase. I kept thinking "what if I fall down the stairs?". But, all was well. I got to feeling better after a bit.

O.K., now back to the food. I need the TAZER and a swift kick in the a** immediately. I am back on track as of this moment. See what happens when I don't check in every day??? I feel bloated and unhealthy at the moment. But never fear. I am on a mission. And I am extremely stubborn. I am going to do this. CHICKIES, PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!

Here I am typing away, and I know over half of you don't even know me!! But, I would like to help any of you in any way I can. Don't listen to Julie, I do not use the tazer on people like a madwoman!!! (only teasing Julie) Hope you all have a great night and a super day tomorrow!!!!

Lisa

hikein2005

05-05-2004, 10:53 PM

Chickies!!!!!! Oh my goodness, I have missed you all!!!! I Don't listen to Julie, I do not use the tazer on people like a madwoman!!! (only teasing Julie)
Lisa

Oh my goodness!!!!! Welcome back, chickie!! I am soooo glad you are here! :D I have missed you, chickie!!! Now don't be gone so long next time...and don't be telling stories about that tazer...only I know the REAL story!!!! :lol:

The ball sounds exquisite and I'm sure you looked like a Queen! BUT WE WANT TO SEE PICTURES, RIGHT GIRLS????????

Hugs to you and keep checking in daily, girlie! Glad you are back, really!
:cb: Now, get your butt in gear cause THIS is gonna be the month that we all kick some a**!!!!!

miss_elisha

05-05-2004, 11:33 PM

Ok, here's my promised exercise update for the evening. I got on the treadmill, like I said I was going to, but at a little over 6 minutes into my walk it started making this weird clicking noise that I really don't think it's supposed to make. I think I finally broke the poor thing. *sigh* What am I going to do without my trusty treadmill?!
I guess I'll have to save up and buy a new one. Yeah right, that will take forever. I can't even pay the bills I have, let alone actually SAVE money.
Anyway, I didn't let the treadmill trouble stop me. I climbed off and went for a walk/jog outside. I actually ran close to a quarter of a mile, before I almost threw up the KFC I had earlier. I should learn my lesson about doing too much too soon. So I continued walking--yep, up the driveway (and it is he** in the winter, but that's what we get for living in the middle of nowhere). When I got back I did my UB circuit while watching the last half of American Idol. I was going to get on the stairclimber for 10-15 minutes, but when I tried it my calves cried out in protest. I guess I will have to work on that a little at a time too, right after my jogging sessions! :D

Oh, and I did add a fudgesicle, which, at 100 calories, puts me at 1530 for the day--still under my limit of 1700, so I'm happy with that. Plus I did exercise today, so all is well, even with the bad food and the treadmill breakdown. I can't let little things like that stop me! No way!

Ok, that's all from me today. Lots to do tomorrow--phone interview for a job I don't really want tomorrow morning, cleaning my grandparents' porches for summer usage, and probably the inside of their house too, cleaning my own house hopefully, and who knows what else. Bleh... that means I need sleep!
Night chicks!

~Elisha

magnoliamouth

05-06-2004, 05:40 AM

eeee gads, been slow to checking in haven't I? Well now that the Easter Challenge is over I guess I'm ready for the next.

1. Promise to do my walk on the treadmill
2. Stay under 1300 calories
3. drink min 8 glasses of water each day.
4. Weight 160 by 5 June 04.
5. Eat healthy calories in that 1000 to 1300 calories.
6. Learn more about my eating patters so I can change them for life.

I feel like a mad woman, been running around like crazy appointments for this and that, for hubby and grandson, and then in between tired. I have only missed my walk one time, but felt guilty as h--- even though I was sick.

Did I tell you chickie that I've earned the first reward my dh and I set up. I get my facial today. He even went and got it himself and had them put it in a gift certificate form, and they bagged it up in a bag with tiger stripped tissue paper. That was too cool.

Something else just dawned on me the last two weeks, oh my god, "in a year and a half I will turn 50, half a century old" I do not like growing old graciously. I need a plastic surgeon! But first! get the weight off. All kidding aside I am seriously thinking about when I reach my goal, about going to the plastic surgeon and getting a tummy tuck. What do you guys think, please talk me out of this as I've watched it on tV and it is so gross but the results look so good that I'm so temped.

ok, enought here, too early to start with the gross thoughts. Anyway, ya'll havea good weekend and Mother's day and I will try and check in before then.

lakester

05-06-2004, 11:25 AM

Hi Ladies! another quickie 'cause there is much to do and I'm burn'n daylight! I have a confession, I had two smirnoff ices, one small pc of cheese bread (the tiniest end pc) and (count them) not one but TWO pcs of white pizza! Yikes! I found out we were going out right after lunch so I saved all the rest of my calories for the day for last night indiscretion. So it could have been worse! Whoopie and I did our 3.5 miles around the subdivision now I need to do my crunches (didn't get them in yesterday). Then a quick shower run a few errands and get into the woods to mow and plant. Also finish any misc planters that I'd like to plant and clean the pool area. That should keep me busy until hubby gets home. Have a good day Ladies!

**Jennifer**

05-06-2004, 11:27 AM

Morning, chickies! It's Thursday...and the last episode of Friends. Going to be glued to the TV tonight to watch the big event, so I need to get my afternoon exercise in before then. I'm tired this morning- didn't want to get up, but I did, and did my 1 mile WATP this morning.

I'm still over-bloated from eating dinner late last night. Feel like there's a brick in my stomach. I kept breakfast light, so that I could take my vitamins & 2 advil for the headache I've got this morning. Owwie.

Breakfast:
1/3 cup soy smart start
1 4oz can mixed fruit, drained

Lunch:
2 meatballs & 1/3 cup sauce
3/4 cup bowtie pasta
sprinkle parmesan

Dinner- maybe soup, depending on how the stomach feels.

Afternoon exercise- at least 2 miles WATP, and some resistance band work.

Then, everything will screech to a halt for Friends. :) Well, that just means I can do longer workouts on Thursdays, since I won't have that to watch. And the reruns are on every night at 11 here, so it's not like we'll never see it again. ;)

Checking in on the chickies.........

Lakester- great job staying on track for the day. Way to go, chickie!

ForReal- how did the 2 classes go? Hope the person calls you back as far as the "teaching" !

Lucy- where the heck do you get all this energy??? LOL- ok, time to fly you out here to go thru my stuff when we get ready to move. If we ever find the land to build the fricking house on! We are running out of room!

Jaymi- sorry to hear about the car. That just bites. And men....yeah, I'd make him drive that & leave him stranded a few times. See how he likes it ;) Way to go with the Denise Austin tape!

Julie- good recovery from the other day- food looked great for yesterday. Looks like you've got this under control! You go girl!

Elisha- I know what you mean about that grease- we ate later than normal last night, and it was more than I usually have & everything is laying like a lump. Ugh! Exercising after that was horrible, and even this morning, it was like walking with a brick laying there! You still did great, keeping things under for the day.

Lisa- Hi honey! :) So glad you're back with us! I'll bet you were totally stunning at the ball. I wanna see pics, girlfriend! Hope Mom is doing well- at least you're very close to her. You know we're always here for you! ((( Lisa )))

Maggi- Glad you joined us again! Welcome back! :D Wow- how thoughtful of your honey to present your reward that way! And congrats on earning the reward. I can't wait to see the earrings when you hit that one! ;) Remember, carats are veggies, too! Hee hee hee. I totally understand the tummy tuck thinking...when I get to goal, I know I'm going to have a lot of skin hanging around...I'm either going to have to roll it up & tuck it into a support garment, or do a lot of tucking. :o

Have a great Thursday, chickies! I'll check back in after lunch!

**Jennifer**

05-06-2004, 11:35 AM

Lakester, how's Bo? When does he get to come home?

Jaymi_Dol_78

05-06-2004, 02:13 PM

I'm pretty tired right now, and I need to get up off my buttocks and get away from this computer and do something while my baby is sleep. Another day without the car, my son just had to miss school today. My husband won't let me walk him to school, because I'd take that stroller and go, but he says the road is too dangerous... I guess it is...One day missed of Kindergarden wont' kill him. Well I figured out why I had that headache yesterday, Aunt Flow popped up unannounced. Which is good because I was kinda worried for a moment, I know that I was totally protected and all, but if it wouldnt have came....I'dda killed my hubby. Right now my hubby says he doesnt want anymore...but since he's younger then me, he might change his mind...So I havent gotten my tubes tied just yet...but If I ever do get pregnant again... It will be planned this time and I refuse to be overweight..again...But anyway...no more talking about that!!!

Woke up and did my Denise Austin tape, personally some mornings she annoys me lol Especially when she says "Get up off of that couch and get that donut out of your mouth" or "Lets burn that butter" I think that's why I keep on going because I'm like ok, every overweight person doesnt just sit around stuffing their face all day. But with a body like hers...She wouldnt know what its like to be me!! lol

I ate my little bagel breakfast.. barely. I've been drinking a lot of water. I decided I'd treat myself to a cup of coffee, but I drank maybe 2 sips and poured it out. Guess I can scratch the 30 ex calories from the f/f creamer off!! lol

I want to get on the treadmill now and get it over with, but I also have a lot of laundry to do... Oh well, I sometimes had that darn treadmill. It's so boring..., I'd rather be outside in the sun getting a little tan.. but I cant do that now without pushing a stoller around, and that too is too dangerous in our complex. I think I'll just have to buy me some more cds or something. I'm not good about commenting on everyone like Jennifer so I'll first just say Hi to everyone!

Maggi- Dont want to discourage you or encourage you either. My aunt had a tummy tuck and she looks great, although she looked great before so I dont know what she was tucking!!! lol They say a tummy tuck hurts worse than a c-section, so if that is true.. I wont ever be getting one!! The only thing that could make me feel that kind of pain again IS another child. And after having 2 c-sections, I dont think I ever wanna get cut on again!!! But hey, if you like it, I love it.. I'm just a weiny and a big baby.
Whatever you do.. I"ll be here supporting ya!! May even tease ya a little when you says it hurts!!

Jennifer- You are the greatest! Thanks for giving me all of that information and everything. And thanks for even getting this started.

To everyone else- If I dont get off of this computer...my daughter will wake up and the treadmill or anthing else for that matter will be a distant dream. Good luck to everyone and I will try to check in later...

lameducklucy

05-06-2004, 05:38 PM

Well, I know, I know. I'm posting at 1:30 hehe.

I just had a late start today. Found a good movie at 8am and just didn't get moving, really, until about 1. :lol: I'm allowed to be lazy once in awhile, right? :D

I DID, however, order my DDR stuff!! It should be here early next week (mon or tues) and THEN I CAN WORK OUT AGAIN!!! I am dying to do it. It's driving me nuts not being able to!

Ummm other than that, food yesterday sucked. Let's just not go there.
Still at the same weight, though. GAH. I need to work out so much and I just can't stand sitting here doing nothing. *rips out some hair* Deliver my crap, already!! :lol:

Workout today = nada, unless I can get the hubby to go on a walk later on tonight (i hope! It's 75!)

Food today:
B - top ramen
L - nothing yet.. no ideas so far, either. Maybe a tuna melt? *shrug* Not hungry either...
D - not sure of that, either. We're going shopping tomorrow (or tonight!), so we'll have stuff after today, but definitely not today. :lol:

Anyway I just wanted to hop in & post to keep myself accountable. Hope everybody's having an awesome day!! :D

**Jennifer**

05-06-2004, 08:10 PM

Hey chickies! Just a quick fly-by posting.

Came home, did 1 mile WATP, quickly made dinner (2 all-beef hot dogs on 2 slices of light oatmeal bread, plus mustard) and I'm peeking in before everything stops for Friends.

Even hubby is planning on watching it with me. Then, I'll try to get to sleep early, do my mile tomorrow morning, and a more thorough workout tomorrow night. Gotta sweat hard tomorrow night to make up for things.

ForReal has the right idea with the no scale thing...I had to check my damage from dinner last night- up 3 pounds. Well, I know the fricking dinner wasn't 11,000 calories, so how did I blip UP 3 pounds? Grrr. It's probably bulk, and water right now, but seriously, that's enough to tick me off big time!

Have a great evening, chickies! Big hugs!

miss_elisha

05-06-2004, 08:26 PM

Today was a good day. The interview went really well, but he said that he didn't think I would be happy in that position. *shrug* I applied, didn't I? He told me to think it over and see if it's something I really want to do, and if it is to call him back next week. Whatever.
Got the grandparents' porches cleaned... I was moving patio furniture and vacuuming and pressure washing for hours! I know that's got to burn some calories.
And I went for my 20 minute walk outside today. Still planning to do a LB circuit, 10-15 minutes on the stairclimber, and hopefully some pilates. Of course, Mom's making super-yummy lasagna as I type, so.... bleh. Who knows? It's been a good day so far.

Today's food:

10:30am
1 cup of coffee with creamer
1 sl. whole wheat toast
1 fried egg with grease napkined off
1 slice American cheese
1 glass of V8

2:00pm
2 glasses of water
1 sesame seed bun
1 slice of salami
1 slice of Swiss cheese
1 tbsp. of mayo
1 serv. raw veggies with LF dip

4:45pm
1 glass of water
1 sloppy joe on
1 bun
1 serv. raw veggies with LF dip

And now there's more water. And there will probably be some lasagna, but as I'm only at 1270 calories for the day, that's ok, as long as I only have a little. And no treats tonight. I've decided I'm going to only have a treat maximum of twice a week.

Oh, I'm excited... Mom brought me LF muffin bites, and I've got some Yoplait Whips! orange and cream.... tastes like a creamsicle... yummy! And my brother is building me a new computer for my birthday and I got to pick out my new case today--it's going to be so sharp! I can't wait!

Ok, enough energy, time for the stairclimber/LB circuit/pilates. Whee!
I'll check back in and let you all know that I actually completed my task for the evening.

Have a good night everyone!

~Elisha

miss_elisha

05-06-2004, 11:14 PM

A few hours later, and I'm back to report. I did the stairclimber for 10 minutes, and some pilates, then my tummy was growling so I had some lasagna. Not as much as I wanted though (thank goodness! That would have about doubled my calorie intake for today!) That takes my calories to 1710 for the day, which is only 10 over my goal, and since I exercised a lot (a lot for me anyway), I guess I'm ok with it.

I'm not sure what my meals are going to be like tomorrow. I need to eat a fairly sizeable breakfast, since my lunch isn't until late tomorrow afternoon, but a small lunch, since dinner won't be too long afterwards. I don't know about dinner. It will just be me and Dad, and he'll probably have leftover lasagna as soon as he gets home, so maybe I'll just get some LeanPockets or something. :dunno:
Ok, journals, then LB circuit, then bedtime. Nighty night, chicks.
~Elisha

Janiepeppers

05-06-2004, 11:56 PM

Food was bad today. I must be slacking I think this is the worst day I have had in 5 weeks. You would think I would be being so good with Cancun just a few weeks away! I think since its that time of the month I feel the need to eat everything in site. Maybe this week will end soon!

lakester

05-07-2004, 10:49 AM

Good Morning Ladies! Whoopie got in our 3.5 early this morning and were able to keep a 15 min mile pace. There is one killer hill (I walk up the steepest way, I just work best for me) and a couple of smaller ones so I am pleased they didn't slow us down. Yesterday was ok, ate too much at supper but was within limits, didn't drink enough water but only missed it my a cup or so and was able to get in crunches but not the weight machines, however I worked my butt off down in the woods.
Bo is fine, thanks for asking Jennifer. The surgery barely slowed him down! he slept for a couple hours after I brought him home and after that he was at full tilt! crazy mutt!
Have a good weekend Ladies, I will try to post tomorrow but on the weekends who knows! Chao!

Hotcupojava

05-07-2004, 11:01 AM

Lakester: I hope you didn't think I was being a smarty pants in your journal. I was just playing when I was teasing about you taking a walk with Whoopie Goldberg. I kid a lot. It's how I counteract how crappy I feel a lot of the time. I meant no offense.

Hello all. I've been stressing over this new job, but more to point, stressing about the old one. It's sour and ugly there, oh wait, that's just my old boss. :lol:

Food was way over. I don't understand why I eat crap like that and as much as I do when A) I'm not hungry and 2) I want to lose weight. (wink). Do I really want to lose? I mean everything in my life says yes, but the food going in my mouth says no.

Still drinking 72 ounces or more of water a day. Saw some chick in the journals that is drinking unbelievable amounts of water with a goal of like over two hundred ounces a day or something. Maybe I read that wrong. But DANG. I thought I was drinking enough to float an armada... but that's nothing. Wow!

Gonna do some more house work and then try to make myself exercise again today before bed. That was like pulling teeth yesterday to get that one mile WATP tape. Not so bad once I got going, although my butt, my thighs and a little strip from the top of my foot to the bottom of my shin was killing me. Sore from walking Tuesday, I guess.

I so want to do better. Why am I letting myself fail? Help

lakester

05-07-2004, 11:14 AM

I thought your comment was cute! Whoopie's real name is "Little Can of Whop A**" so the nickname is necessary! Have a good weekend!

lameducklucy

05-07-2004, 01:31 PM

Woohooo! I HAVE FOOD!!! :lol: We went shopping, I loaded up on veggies & good stuff with whole wheat in it & whatnot. Also got 2 cases of water (35 bottles ea), which should last me quite awhile!! YAY!! No more soap! :D

I've been taking care of myself a lot more lately -- can't really discuss any of what that means on here for personal reasons, but I am doing a lot better. I have already started to feel better about myself, which means that losing the last little bit will only be easier for me from here on out. Still hangin' on at the 182 mark (the depo shot made me gain 5 lbs. GRR!), and my DDR stuff gets here monday & tuesday of next week. The game gets here before the workout pads, so I'm gonna play the game w/o the pads (if that's possible?) and check out how it works. I am really excited to have this, though. :D

No formal workout today, but re-organizing a bunch of stuff inside, rearranging furniture, cleaning, vacuuming (again... stupid shedding animals!!), and more mountains of laundry to be done.

I am going to start hanging up my husband's pants after he wears them, unless they are gross beyond belief. The man changes his clothes THREE TIMES A DAY. ?!?! He's worse than me. Hell, I wear the same jeans for a week at a time. (But I only have 3 pairs of pants...) He makes me do over 8 loads of laundry a week because of this. Agh. And then he blames me for making all the laundry because I use 1 towel every day in my shower, and I don't re-use them because that is just gross. Icky smelling towels are NOT cool. :lol:

Other than that, it's pouring and I feel happy as ever!! :D Food today is definitely good. I've contemplated going on a walk (alone) around the block. I'm not sure. I'm pretty scared to. I don't know why... it's a safe neighborhood and there's a firestation next to the complex, and the cops are all over around here. Who knows...

B - coffee (3+ cups), bowl of shredded wheat cereal, an apple
L - 2 rice cakes, each w/ 2 slices of lunchmeat & 1 slice provolone cheese, some carrot sticks
D - I think chicken pesto with some steamed broccoli for me.

I am about to make a week's worth of meal plans for next week, for dinners only. B&L I can handle myself, but dinner I have to cook for him, too. Blaah!! :lol:

Other than that, I am having an awesome day and I hope everybody else is, too!! :D IT'S FRIDAY!! WOOHOO!!!!

Jaymi_Dol_78

05-07-2004, 01:58 PM

Man am I tired... I get soo tired around this time.. but does stupid me go lay down and take a nap while my daughter is sleep... no I piddle and piddle and then she wakes up. So I'm going to try and make this short and come back later if I can....Stuf gets a little hectic around here after 2:00.

Hotcupojava -Just because you may have indulged a little bit or ate shall I say something "yummy" once in a while, doesnt mean you have failed. Dont get sooo down on your self. Just because you may have slacked one day, there's no way I believe you will gain like 2 pounds in one day, or even lose it for that matter. We all have our slack days especially when we are upset and stressed, I eat sometimes when I'm bored or restless, instead of finding something to do I eat something naughty. But Instead of saying the day was a failed one, Say that was a free day, and mark it on the calendar and try to set a goal of one free day a week, (only if you eat a little too much) instead of saying your a failure. I dont want to hear you say that word!!! LOL
You can do whatever you put your mind to, it just might not be as easy for you, or me, but it can be done.

Now I really go, because now I've gotten all emotional and I could talk forever.. I'll chat with yaw'l chickies Later..

Jay

forrealthistime

05-07-2004, 05:49 PM

Yo yo - just a quickie since I poured my heart out in the journals. Small slip (by choice though..and still barely fit into the meal plan) was a nip o' wine last night, but otherwise pretty good day.

It's now about 1:46 on the next day and I should be ok - full from lunch still and I'll have a Special K bar before I go do a quick run on the treadmill after work (30 min??). Oh shoot..I just realized I don't have my walkman!! That is NOT going to work. Damn...now I"ll have to look into going to a class or something...Ah - gotta go figure it out!

Happy, on-plan weekends to everyone!

PS - Jennifer - two classes went fine!

hikein2005

05-07-2004, 06:20 PM

Sorry chickies about yesterday! I did post to the journals but ran out of time yesterday! Was a busy day...Went with DD on a Field Trip to a Farm in the morning. Was back by 1. Took a quick nap (DD's was more like 3.5 hours long), did a 30 minute workout and then off to work until 8:30. Home to catch the very end of Survivor! Then cleaned up a bit and did my journal. By then it was bedtime! So, I'm sorry! But food was right on target yesterday...no problems, no slips. Even the packed lunch I took on the field trip was yummy and healthy!

Today:
Got up late! So no workout this morning. Rushed to get ready and get DD ready! Left the house in shambles (I hate that!) and headed off to work! A busy day at work today. We are getting ready for our Mother's Day Tea tomorrow, so the day flew by! Which makes it good food-wise! Here ya go:

B- Cottage doubles
L- 1 & 1/2 cups chili & Diet soda
No snacks but did make a pot of coffee when I got home because I have a caffeine withdrawl headache from no coffee today! It tastes yummmy! :coffee: Made it nice and strong with some Half & Half (vanilla) and a little Splenda!

I have a bazillion things to do to get ready for tomorrow, none of which I am looking forward to doing:
*baking and frosting 2 chocolate sheet cakes
*writing a welcome for the Mother's Day Tea
*cleaning up the kitchen and fixing supper!

Forreal--way to keep it on plan even with the wine! Way to go on the exercise!

Jaymi-I know what you mean about not taking a nap when daughter is! I remember those days!!! LOL! Go do your exercise! And girl...I think you have rights to that tazer ;) anytime you want to borrow it for use on some of us!!! LOL! Jennifer would hand it over, I'm sure!!!

Lucy--Glad to hear you are starting to take care of yourself! That is a good thing. I'm sure having healthy food in the house helps, too! You can go out and take that walk...you can do it, chickie!!! Keep us posted! :)

Mary--Sounds like you are having and "off day"! ARe you writing a food plan? ARe you sticking to it? That is the only thing that has saved me. And when I buy groceries, I know exactly what I need to get without having to put much effort into it. And when I get ready to eat, I just look at the fridge with my weekly plan all laid out. Jennifer has the tools...I'm sure she will send them to you! And you are NOT a failure! Each day is a learning process. I had to reexamine that the other day...what have I learned by eating the things I should not have eaten? This is a process...not an overnight thing even though we want it to happen isntantly. These behaviors we have were not learned overnight...it took years to develop most of them and now we are unlearning them! Keep your chin up and don't let one day set you back at all!!! ((((Mary)))))

Lakester--Is Whoopi the dog in the avatar? Cute dog! What kind? ARe you running 3.5 miles or walking? Geesh! Doing great! Keep up the good work, chickie!

Janie--Jaymi is going to use that tazer on you, chickie!! ;) Now what are you going to eat tomorrow and Sunday?? Plan, plan, plan!!!! :)

Elisha--Your food and exercise sounds great for yesterday! Way to go! :D You are doing great chickie! Keep up the good work. Hope today went well!

Jennifer--Where are you today??? Busy day, I'm sure! No time for computer??? You better check in, chickie or Jaymi's got the tazer ready!!! LOL!

Lisa--if you are reading...hope you are doing well! Thinking of you, chickie and miss your posts! Where are those pictures girl!!!

That's it! Gotta go start those dreaded cakes!!! Hugs to all!

**Jennifer**

05-07-2004, 07:59 PM

Holy poop, chickies! Where did the day go????

First time I really looked up, it was lunchtime. Today's the first day I was glad I had my shadow at the office- I still had my breakfast cottage cheese double open in front of me, with only 2 spoonfulls gone. Good thing I didn't finish it after being out for 4+ hours. Yeeergh! Where's my throwing up smiley? LOL

Anyhow, it's been a week from heck, I tell ya- amazing how much stuff gets shoved to the back burner when you do nothing but pee on fires for 2 days straight. 3 particular borrowers- all very self-involved men who think the sun rises & sets up each of their tushes....had me in freaking circles because the loan officer I work with is effectively useless. Gotta love that! :rolleyes:

And I can't believe it's 7pm- I came home, hubby & I dealt with some contract fine-tuning- the eccentric seller of this property decided faxed copies of handwritten information isn't good enough, he wants them typed, with original signatures, and 7 days to look them over. Ok, I'll jump through your hoops for now, but so help me, little old poop, you keep jerking us around, and I'll salt your land! Grrr. Okay, rant over.

Anyhow, since I finally really got a chance to sit down, I figure I'll eat dinner, let it digest, do the WATP and push the UB until the weekend, since I don't really schedule days off for the exercise. And I think that all the nail-biting has to count for some cardio, right chickies? ;)

2 assignments graded last night- 1 was 95, other was 85 because she didn't like 2 "labels" I had for the assignment. Fine....doesn't do much to that great solid "80" thanks to the school. Yeah, I'm still bitter about that, so I'm just pumping them out, done, done fully, but not going through 2 weeks of fine tuning & revising & polishing so that each one is 97-100.

I'll post later tonight, or tomorrow, when I've got 10 minutes to myself. Ladies, have a wonderful evening, and OP weekend. We're 1 week down, 3 weeks to go, so keep it up, chickies! :)

:grouphug:

miss_elisha

05-07-2004, 10:59 PM

Hip Hip Hooray! :encore:
Today's weigh-in showed a drop of 2 pounds, which puts me at 219. :goodscale That was where I wanted to be at the end of the month! But hey, the sooner, the better, and I'll take what I can get.
I guess that means I'll have to tweak my goals a bit. I'm going to say 216 by May 29th... three pounds, three weeks. I'd like to hit 215, but with ToM coming up I'm trying to stay realistic. Besides, I always feel so good when I do better than I expect. :lol:

Okay, here was my food for the day (you'll notice I had the munchies... hey wait... I STILL have the munchies.... :ink: )

7:30am
1/2 cup black coffee
1 glass V8
2 eggs, scrambled with 1/4 cup feta cheese
2 slices dry whole wheat toast

1:45pm
1 can Diet Dr. Pepper
2 slices whole wheat bread w/mustard
1 slice LF bologna
1 slice American cheese
9 mini cheddar rice cakes
1 medium orange

7:00pm
2 glasses of water
1 serv. lasagna
1 serv. green beans
1/2 serv. honey wheat pretzel twists
1/2 serv. cheezits
2 slices pineapple

9:30pm
1/2 square of Grandma's cornbread with 1/2 tbsp margarine (can't resist Grandma's cornbread, it's just plain impossible)

That puts my calories at 1595 for the day, and like I said, I've still got the munchies. I might have some more rice cakes, or maybe some Wow! chips, which are both only 70 calories per serving.

I need to work on my water intake. It's hard when I have to be at work all day, because we're not allowed to have drinks on the floor. I can't wait until I get a real job... which could actually be next week. Everyone keep your fingers crossed for me!

No exercise for me today though, because it's rainy and yucky outside, and I feel lazy and drowsy and tired. But it's ok, tomorrow will still make it 4 days of exercise this week, and I'm ok with that. Sometimes sleep is just more important to me. :yawn: Early day today and early day tomorrow, so I'm heading off to bed soon after I finish posting. At least that will keep me from eating! ;)

Keep up the good work everyone! Have a great weekend!

~Elisha

lakester

05-08-2004, 09:55 AM

I didn't plan on being on-line at all this weekend but hubby left for a 30 mile bike ride about a half hour ago so I am alone this fine morning. The poor thing didn't hardly sleep a wink last night. I have a bad feeling about this ride, he hasn't ridden this far in a long time and is doing it on a new bike with guys that are used to this kind of mileage. He is not in the best shape right now, he could stand to loose 20 lbs and I really wish he'd quit smoking! I don't mind the occassional cigar but I hate the cigs! His father passed away a few years ago way too young of a heart attack. It bothers me.... sorry for the unloading, once I start I can't stop. Thanks for listening.
I had a lazy day yesterday. Cleaned the house, did some laundry nothing too strenuous. I was going to work outside but is was soooooo hot, so I read instead. Water was sucky and food was ok, I did get a walk in in the morning so I got some excercise. I should be walking now but really don't feel like it. I need to get outside and work in the wooded area behind the house and clean the pool filter and check the chemicals in the pool and spa as well as weekly maintenance.
Miss Elsiha - meeting your goal so far ahead of time is awesome! :cp: way to go!

Lameducklucy - I am soooo impressed that you have meal plans done for next week already! :hungry: I can't keep to a meal plan for a day!

Jaymi - I remember the days of napping with the kids (or at least trying to), now my little ones are 21 and 19! it goes by in a heartbeat!

Hikein2005 - good luck with your mom's day tea it sounds like it will be very nice (even tho it is a ton of work for you) and yes that is Whoopie, she is a Jack Russell 5 yrs old, next challenge I'll use Bo's pic.

Jennifer - your week leaves me breathless! It is such a rotten deal you got with that school! I can't believe they couldn't have waited to start a new system at the beginning of a sememster instead of in the middle, it really doesn't make much sense.

I had better run ladies, I'll try to check in later and see how everyone is doing!

hikein2005

05-08-2004, 11:27 AM

Morning Chickies...
Lakester...Hope hubby makes it through the bike ride ok. YOu two sound like quite the outdoors couple! :) Hope you can get to your projects today. It always feels good to get that kind of stuff done...my hubby takes care of most of the outdoor stuff around here! He's so much better at maintaining than I am! ;) We love to be outdoors too, but I haven't seemed to find time this spring yet...and the weather hasn't been too cooperative this year, so far! We are still waiting for Spring to arrive. LOL! The tulips and daffodils are beautiful right now however, but my garden is another story! :( Just no time!

I'm off to the tea! I'll be glad when it's over, but it has been fun putting it all together...and then next week is National Nursing Home week! So that week will spin right past me...and then a weekend of R&R...finally...camping! Yea! I think my BIL is going to be going with us too and we haven't seen him since last summer, so it will be a nice catch up weekend! Can't wait for next weekend. It's raining here this morning...thunderstorms all night, so I'm glad we didn't go camping this weekend...which hubby wanted to do but I talked him out of it this time because of work today! Blah, blah, blah...

No workout today (SIGH)! Or yesterday! (SIGH)! I miss not working out, but I can't seem to find time in my day! I promise, though tomorrow, I will do a full hour with my toning and aerobics! Hold me to that everyone!

I had another food "disaster" last night with making the cakes. Ate a couple of miniature cupcakes and some frosting, licked the batter bowl a little...(SIGH)...but no beating myself up about it...got up and back on plan this morning!

Hope all you chickies have a great day! I gotta run! Hugs!