100 lb. Club - #144 Beaches Open in 13 Weeks!

Hi everyone. Hope you all are doing well and smiling. I am doing okay. I've been trying to get everything under control again and to find that strong determination I lost months ago once again. And I have found it. It took me a awhile. And I was beating myself up over the fact that I let myself gain. But no more. I was ignorant in the past to not think that sometimes life throws you more than you can juggle at once. I not only put my weightloss on the back burner, but I put me, my needs there too.

I can hardly believe that only 13 weeks are standing between me and the beaches opening. I want to feel better and look better by that time. I am not setting a weight goal for then. But I am going to challenge myself. I am rejoining the gym this weekend. I am recomitting to making me happy. Jennifer happy. I am the most important thing right now. If I am unhappy with msyelf, I can never make anyone else happy or allow them to make me happy.

Oh yeah! And I am going to California on March 13th!!! I am aiming for a 10 lb loss by then. I know I can do it!

Jennifer
250/188/2??/165





I restate the old saying, live life as though the sun won’t come up tomorrow and just in case it does be prepared for it.

Jenniffer I did the same thing last year remember??? I know how you feel. jst get back on the horse and shake all the dust off and start to ride!! You may be a bit shakey at forst but once you ride for a while it comes back, all the determination and happyness, and enthusiasm.

HHMMM 13 weeks?? UGH! I do not think i am ready for that one!

Mind if I join the thread?

Beaches.. you're making me DROOL. Oh my Word. I am so longing to be in a warm place right now with dh. I think that's my motivation right now to lose weight. I want to be thin and confident enough to wear cute summer clothes. I want to be comfortable in the extreme heat. Overweight people such as myself tend to be so much sweatier than the rest of the human race. It's something that I have wanted all my life, and this summer I will finally experience true freedom!! I will be free from the fat that hinders me from so many things. I am just dying to go to disneyland.. maybe if I reach my goal dh will say ok.. I know that he wants to go too, but he's a bit more realistic than I am. He actually thinks about things like work, funds, time, etc., whereas I just want to go and have fun! Well, I'll grow up sooner or later I guess...

Jennifer, I have a goal for March 13 as well (It's my birthday) and I'm trying to be at 170 by then. That's about 20 pounds, but I think I'm carrying some water weight. We'll see, I may have to modify my goal!

Think beaches.. hot hot sun... clear, blue sky... cool, refreshing water... hot sand...

I will do it!
~Gracenote

In the words of Cathy, that cute lil
pudgy cartoon character...AAACCCKKKKK
only 13 weeks til Beachtime!!!

Join me in the BLITZ!!! I think I can do anything for 14 days!!!

Thought you all would get a kick out of the title of the thread...lol. I couldn't believe it when I counted the weeks till the summer. Amazing. And it will be here before we know it.

This summer I want to wear SLEEVELESS sundresses.

That is my big goal for the summer.

Hope you all have a nice weekend..

have to bring dh back to the doc today he has some fluid filling where he had his surgery I am not to worried but it is a lot and may hinder his healing and the faster he heels then the faster he will be back to work and out of my hair!! :D :D :D :rolleyes:

but yes i want to wear some sleeveles dresses and not worry about flapping!! :lol:

Hi everyone. It's Tuesday, and it's freezing here in New York. It hasn't been the typical January here, but today sure does remind us that it's still winter.

I am doing pretty good, staying strong and determined. I am really expecting a loss on Friday. Been eating well, drinking my water and getting in a bit of exercise, not as much as I would like though. I even went out and bought myself a new outfit, just to make me feel good. When I feel good, I wanna do the right thing.

Nasus..How is your husband feeling?

Gracenote..That would be an excellent birthday present to yourself. I agree, being overweight is the summer is the worst! I wanna wear little t-shirts, sun dresses, bathin suits, cute shorts...and feel good.


Hope everyone is doing well...anything exciting coming up this spring/summer? (weddings, vacations?)

Jennifer
250/188/220/165

Cali Trip 3/13 199 lbs

Jennifer you make summer like I want to be there Little any thing sounds good!! I am aure you will see a loss this week. hit hard on the exercise son that will really helpin the size changing dept.

thanks for asking DH is doing better, there is still fluid in his hip but getting better. he is not in as much pain so that is good.

Gracenote I had a friend that had a birthday on march 13 it happened to be a fiday the 13 when i knew her and boy was it a bad day!! :lol: we never had such fun!!! (very hectic at work)

I have no plans this summer. I do have a 25 year reunion for my high school but that is out of the question as it is on the ther side of the country. I know i can onot do that.

Hi all. Just thought I would pop in with some potentially earth shattering news. I might be pg, not sure. Should have had my TOM this week, have had practically nothing yet. I've been a little stressed but there is no other reason that I know of not to have my TOM. Took a test on Friday, it was negative but it might be too soon. I'm going to wait til Monday and do one first thing in the morning. Either way I'll be calling the dr. I'm definately hoping that I am not as it is way too soon, Drake is only 5 months old!! Still I'm not sure why I have not had a normal TOM and it might be a little scary to find out why. I've never had this problem before. If not I'll probably have to have an exam to see if there is anything else going on (oh yea:rolleyes: ). I've still been feeling crampy but I had that when I was pg with Drake. I'm really freaked about this, it will be a huge upset to all the plans we've made. I hope all is well with everyone. Let you know what happens on Monday. Take care.

I did the test this morning and it came back negative so I don't know what the heck is going on. I'm still having some cramping and lower back pain. I have some ideas about what it could be besides being pregnant. Well I'm trying not to be too negative. Anyway I'm going to phone the dr and get a blood test to confirm and get an appointment so she can check me out. I'm overdue for my PAP anyway (oh joy).

So how was everyone else's weekend?

hallooooooo in here...where is everyone?

Went to the dr, did another pg test which was negative but she sent me for the blood test anyway just to be sure. I'm not having any more symptoms, maybe it was all in my head. Still it is so unusual for me not to have a regular period, I'm sure everyone can understand why I would be freaked out to be pg again this soon after Drake. I go next week for a PAP so if there is anything going on there I guess we'll find out all about it then.

Did I tell you that I am doing SlimFast? Normally I am not into fad type diets but my eating has been way out of control. I think it is because I've been at home so much, I snack a lot. With the SlimFast I can more easily convince myself that I've had my meals and my scheduled snacks so I don't need anything else to eat. I suppose that sounds dense but it is working so far.

Take care all, Happy Valentine's Day!!

Wow Jen..where is everyone? lol

Hope your keeping calm while you try and determine where TOM went. I could imagine your fears being that Drake is only 5 months old. You would have your hands full! lol

How is the Slim Fast going?

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!! Where is everyone?!?!?!?

Wow, Jen, I hope everything turns out for you, I'd be panicking too... actually I did... :-D I have 4 kids, oldest is 8, youngest will be 2 in a couple months... my middle 2 are only 15 months apart... The Doctors are prettttty sure that's what caused my gallbladder problem, along with the change from a 6' 2" dancer, and martial artist to a 5' 11" 320+ half cripple... I used to do occasional slim fast before we went veg, now, when I feel myself slipping, I whip up fresh juices in my juicer to replace meals.... or I grab a luna bar, if I'm thinking about it. We have really been working on servings and stuff lately... and now that I have a puter with a printer, I can take advantage of all the fitness sites too :-) OK, off of here for now...maybe check out a couple more threads... but I gotta clean and hop on the treadmill before the Sears delivery guys come with my washer and dryer at 10:30 :-)

Hi all. Actually the SlimFast is going very well. I feel much more in control of my eating, not doing a lot of in between snacking like I was before.

My dr just called and the blood test was negative so I am definately not pregnant. Well that is a lot off my mind. I just hope nothing else is going on, I'm feeling fine now. Oh I forgot to tell you that I broke my baby toe and I'm so clutzy I keep stubbing it on things. I thought I was going to pass out yesterday when I banged in on the vacuum cleaner. My whole foot was throbbing for hours. I guess I'll just have to be a little more careful until it heals up.

Jenniffer - how is everything going?

PNG - it is so nice to have you back, how goes the treadmill?

Jen, I'm SOOOOO glad for you... now you can breathe easy :-) The treadmill is great...especially since we're having the coldest winter since I've been here...no way I could go out and walk. I have to guesstimate the cals, the weight doesn't go up high enough for me... :o

Hi all. How is the weekend going? Has been not great here. The inlaws dropped in yesterday so that was a wasted day and today hasn't been much better. the DH has a headache and I expected him to be in bed all day moaning and groaning but he got himself over to a friend's to watch the NASCAR race. Thank goodness, now I can get some stuff done.

PNG - it is pretty cold here too. There have been alot of days where I couldn't take the baby out for a walk so we've been going to the mall to get some exercise.

Take care all.

I am still here hanging in DH finally has gone back to work 3 weeks home UGH!!!! not the kids are off this week so it will be a while before i am back with reguar computer time. Oh well. I will have to cath up on all the stuff going on.

Hope this finds us all well and OP

I am still here hanging in DH finally has gone back to work 3 weeks home UGH!!!! not the kids are off this week so it will be a while before i am back with reguar computer time. Oh well. I will have to cath up on all the stuff going on. Jen i can feel for you on thour relief. My yougest is 18 months apart and boy I did not know i was pregnant (well refused to believe i was) till i was 18 weeks along! :lol:

Hope this finds us all well and OP

Hi everyone, remember me? Old DNR coming back after months of absense. Looks as though some of the same people are here - glad to see it.

I got overwhelmed with trying to keep up with going to school full-time, working full-time and trying to do Weight Watchers. With my work and school schedule there was no time for me to go to meetings. They had a lot of different times, but I had to work late to make up hours I was at work and some of my classes were on Sat. mornings. Then, even though WW is easier than it has ever been, that counting points and keeping track, etc. was not working for me. So, I just said to heck with it for a while and starting gaining the weight back - you all know that story (but I didn't gain it all back, so that's good). So, I am now doing Slim Fast and am doing great with it so far. It's easy to plan my breakfast and lunch since there's nothing to plan :-) and then when I get home at whatever time I get there after working late, I just eat a sensible dinner. I have been making a lot of low fat recipes, etc. and there are a lot of good ones out there. I have several cookbooks that have good things in them and it's working well. So, the weight is coming back off now.

I'm still going to school full-time and working full-time and have a lot of homework, but I like being busy and am making the Dean's List every semester so far. So, I'm very happy with all of that. Now, to just get this weight back off, I'll be ecstatic!

I'll check back in later.

DNR

It's been a little while since I've posted, just thought I would check in. I have lost a little of the Christmas gain (12lbs.) Still have 6 lbs to go, but I am getting there.

Things at home have been pretty good, we've been sick (cold, flu) for the last 3 weeks. Finally feeling a little better.

I have been kinda wishy washy with my program, on in the morning, off by mid-afternoon. I just got a book I ordered called Chasing Freedom, it's all about the mental aspects of losing weight. I'll let you know how it is.

Glad to see some of the old faces still here. Missed you guys!

65 Days to Go!

Yup! 65 days till Labor Day! OMG!

I am doing pretty good. Well, okay am lying. lol No, am doing okay. I finally found an apartment, thought it was a dream come true. Moved in last weekend, only to move back out this past weekend. I was there for a total of 6 days. The landlord was a nut. Complete nut, I won't even begin to explain. lol But am back to staying with my Mother. It's going okay so far. I had to put all of my stuff in a storage unit. Alot of stuff I have, I just hope I get to use it all again one day. Still looking for an apartment, but I think am gonna put it on hold for a bit. I need to relax. I need to concentrate on me. I am going to Cali in a few weeks. So, I think after my trip, I will then look for a place.

But besides that..am doing pretty good. Alot better than a few months ago.

Hope everyone is smiling..

DNR..*HUGS* Missed you girl! So happy to hear your doing well, busy, but doing well. Welcome back!

65 days til labour day? isn't labour day in September?

Ooops. What was I thinking?!?!?!?

90 days till Memorial Day!!!! LMAO..I read my calender wrong!!! Hahahahaha

Thank Goodness!

Morning all. Just savouring some time by myself until the baby wakes up.

Not much new going on with me. I finally feel like I am on track with my diet and exercise, drinking lots of water still eludes me though.

what's everyone up to? We must have a ton of lurkers lately, hey jump in here and post something so we know you're still alive.

Had my exam at the dr, everything looks okay, last month was just a blip. As long as I am not pg!!

Take care all, have a great day.

Where is everyone?!?!?

Guess I gotta get the hounds out so they can go hunt everyone down.

Hope everyone's absence means they are doing very well and too busy drinking their water and exercising..lol

I am doing pretty good. Back on track and feeling it. Caught a nasty cold or something. But am not letting it get me down. Drinking my water, eating right and exercising. I won't get to my Cali goal on time before I leave, but I am hoping for a loss before then Ihave exactly 2 weeks before hope on that plane! Wooohoo!

All right so how do you get those cool "nicks" under your name... ex: Jennifer has "Diva Chick"... I want one!!!

I'm SO happy today... I lost another 3 lbs!! the weight seems to just be falling off.. but that's great motivation as I get myself started on this journey.

Hope you all have a GREAT Day!

Hi girls I know how it feels when no one is online esp. when u need some support or feedbck. So I'm here. Glad to here you all are doing so well. Keep up the good work. I'm at work and have to be brief. I try and try to keep within my calorie range but keep falling off. Weight is an issue with my whole family. My sis weighs 300+ lb. I'm still 219 - 220 and can't break through to lower. Going to pray that aerobics on Fridays will help. Only free time I have. Daught takes Guitar and Voice on Tues and Thur. Garbage night is on Wed. So I am going to aeorbics to start out on Fri. Maybe I will break through to a lower weight. By the way (weigh) :lol: water helps in metabolizing the fat so try to drink it. I do. That's a :?: I still can not break through. Has to be the sedentary job. Well have to go see ya.:wave: