Chicks up for a Challenge - W.O.W. Labor Day Challenge~WEEK 4

Good morning my friends. So here we are Starting week 4! I cant believe it! Yesterday I had a bad food day. I don't know what happened, I had been so good. AND the scale is up a bunch. I wasn't able to get up early to get in my workout :( so I am heading over there soon.)

W I have to get in at least 80 oz if not more.
E at least an hour at the gym,
E 1200 CLEAN Cals
D stick to the plan, don't feel bad because the scale is up!

Forgot to post my stats.

Week 1: 151
Week 2: 148
Week 3: 149
Week 4: 150 AKKKK okay so I realized that I am hitting midcycle right now. No wonder the gain! I was at 147 for most of this week, So th 150 really hurts, I was 148 yesterday, I know that I didn't eat 7000 calories in a day, dang water weight!

Week 4- WOW!!! Time is just a flyin.

SW- 185
CW- 184.6

I can't seem to make much progress right now.

Jen- I am with ya on the mid-cycle time though. I am really hoping for at least a little loss here soon. Back to 182ish would even be nice. I really want to be below 180 when school starts.

TOM is around the corner... I'm sure it's planning on tagging along with me to my trip to Laughlin this weekend. WE are leaving Thursday afternoon, spending the night in Lake Havasu (about 120 lately there) and then heading to casino land from there early Friday morning. I dont have a bunch of fun money for the trip, but the break will be nice.

SW 203
CW 207.6

Im a big kid now!

Jenny, Mtig, and you other weedies about to post, thanks for hanging in there. XOXOXOXO

Good Morning Ladies. I am so tired. Tommy kept me up most of the night (not good when you get up at 215). I hope he stays in bed through the next hour or so.

Yesterday I got in my hour but I did not interval train. I started to, but the treadmill I was on wasn't working right, so after ten minutes I switched and ended up runing random inclines at 5.5 mph.

My allergies are in full swing right now and I am completely miserable.

Workday WEED for me today!

Morning all, sounds like everyone is struggling, me too!

W 100
E Got to run tonight, also crunching this morning
E OP
D Sticking to plan is my victory for the day!

Late Tuesday and pretty quiet around here. I did a hot, muggy 3 mile walk/jog tonight. If only that will take off a few ouces. Please??? I am tired of being 183 something.

Hey Ladies,

I am back...I have not forgotten any of you...I was so busy with work and the kids, and also working out. I am back to stay because I am now on a roll... I have lost so far 16 pounds since June 15th. I walk everyday and if I don't walk because of the heat then I will go to the gym and work out with weights and work on abs.

I hope everyone is doing great....I will be logging on tomorrow to say hello again...it is so good to be home.. hehehehe...LOL

Cheers~

Good morning ladies. Well I completely lost my voice and my voice is scratchy. I still think I may go to the gym for a light workout, but I am not sure.

Mindy, keep on working, it will come off!

MM~good to see you!

Kris, have a good time!

Jaya~congrats on the loss!

I will let you know if I decide to workout or not.

Hi girlies. Missed you all so much!!! Been busy with t-ball, baseball and obv recovery, the legal stuff, the nursing board, treatment. So many stipulations, so many hoops to jump through. I do not reccomend addiction as a way of life.

Doing really well losing weight. I think the scale said 252.5 this morning, so thats good. Not able to walk as much as when the kids were in bible school that week and sports camps the next week, but I make do. Did I tell you guys I found a good treadmill at a garage sale for 40 bucks? All the bells and whistles, works good. And we parked it in front of a tv in the basement. So no excuses.

Kids are fighting...I get so aggravated...that summertime boredom stuff. But I'm sure this fall will be hard when Rach goes to kindergarten and the loneliness sets in!!! I took them to the waterpark Monday, it was nice. It's a family-type place and the main pool is all 1-2 foot deep and has a big ship they can climb on, squirt other kids, go down waterslides, stuff like that. Oh yea, I can post pics. Let me try that.

Kris, have a blast in Havasu, and good luck at the casino!!!!! I am plotting some way to get myself down to Mountaineer too.

off to try some pics. xo Michelle

Pics from waterpark.....

oops they're too big. Mike says he knows how to shrink them so I'll post them later. LOL whatever. xo Michelle

Hi Michelle! Im glad you are doing well. My kids are going through the summertime fighting too. UGGG!


Ok I just re-read my last post I meant to say my throat is scratchy :) Anyway I am fine if I am not trying to talk, and as long as I am drinking my water. I did get in a good workout after all. I did interval training and the recumbant bike. 30 minutes of each.

I better go!

I was down a little bit today, 182.4. I was happy with that. Then I went out to lunch and a movie. Haven't done diddly squat today, so I feel like I'll go back up tomorrow. :( I still need to get in a good workout today, so maybe that will help.

Jaya- Welcome back and a huge CONGRATS. That is a lot of weight in a short time. Good for you.

Jeni- Just go workout girl. Don't the scratchies get you down.

Michelle- I am way too aware of how quickly summer is passing by. 4 weeks and I will have to be back in my classroom, at least a few days that week. Kids don't start until the 8th (I think), but since I am changing grades I need to move my classroom.....again. What a hassle.

Morning Ladies! I hope everyone is having a great week so far.

Mindy, that stinks that you have to move classrooms again. What grade will you have? BTW, what would you do: My daughter and nephew are in the same class this coming year. Problem is they are very close, like brother and sister and tend to argue alot. Should I let it go and see how they do (after giving the teacher a heads up of course) or should I just request that my daughter be put in a different class?

The scale has been dropping slowly from my mid-cycle gain. I hope it keeps going down!

I will be heading to the gym in about an hour. Today is my last day of workouts until I work again. UGG work, what a stressful thing these days.

W 80 oz
E 60 minutes cardio abs/strength
E 1200 PLANNED clean calories
Ddefrost my fridge.

Happy Friday everyone! Boy has this been a slow week for the board or what? Today isn't much of a happy day for me since it is the first day of my long week, but If all goes well it will go by fast.

Tommy gets to move up a level in swim lessons! I am so proud of him! Makenna is at the same level, but she has gotten really good at all of the techniques, she just needs a bit more for endurance. I don't know if I will keep her in swimming after school starts, but I will keep Tommy in them untill he is in Kindergarten, (maybe after if I am lucky.)

Workday WEED for me!

Somehow I missed posting yesterday. Not sure how that happened. Anyway, I was 182.8 today. I am really hoping to go down a bit more tomorrow. Great news is that in July I lost 5.2 pounds. That is huge for me. Now if I could lose 3-4 in Aug. I would be geeked.

Jeni- Congrats on losing the mid-cycle gain. you and I are in sync with each other. That's whats happening here too. About the children. If you really think they will argue a lot and have troubles, you might want to seperate them. If it is not too bad the teacher can probably handle it. Maybe you could talk to the teacher and see what she thinks.

Thanks Mindy, I appreaciate your advice. 5.2 pounds overall for the month is great!

I think I have lost about 3 pounds this month which is great for me. I really want to be at 146 by my anniversary (18 days) Silly enough that is where I was at last year for my anniversary. I think I have gained and lost the same 10 pounds this year. Labor day I want to be at 144, so I need to lose another 3 pounds this month. I can do it, just stick to the plan!

Workday WEED for me again. The plant is down for a clean and annual inventory! We wont be up and running again till wedsnesday.

I just re-read what my goals are for this challenge and I am not doing so well.
They were to do 4500 min of exercise and be down to 125 by my b'day. I didn't average 500 min a week, so at this rate, I won't reach that goal and my b'day is only 9 days away and I don't think I can lose 4 lbs by then. Little depressed about this....I don't like not reaching a goal I set for myself!!!

Missing everybody. Where are you???

Jeni- When I get to around 145-150 I am going to try and be happy. If I don't meet my goal exactly, I will not freak out. I promise. I have to learn how to be happy with my body, no matter what. I don't know what prompted that, but there it is.

I was back to 181.8 today. TOM is a week away, so any kind of crazy thing could happen. I am REALLY hoping that after TOM passes through I can get into the 170's.

Mindy, 150 is where my body wants to be right now. I mostly don't want to be considered "overweight" by my BMI. Which is at the elusive 144 mark. I doubt I will be really happy until I hit the 130's. But I know I am in the best shape of my life and as long as I continute my workouts, then I will be happy with myself.


I am missing everyone too, but it seems to get like this during the summer, everyone is out having fun on their days off, and busy during the day. I just hope everyone comes back during the fall.

Normal workday WEED for me.

:wave: girls!

So I moved into the apartment yesterday. It was just me and Nessa, it was so hot, we were just pouring sweat! But I got moved in and Mrs. Allison gave me some money to put groceries in the fridge. :) I'm without internet/cable so I'll try to post at work when I can. I don't know when I'll get my internet, I really need to get a bed because sleeping on the floor is doing nothing for my bad hips! The apartment is chaos, I missplaced my scale so I couldn't WI this morning. >.<

I've got to get to work, guys. Have a great week and I'll try to post again soon! :grouphug:

Jeni- Currently I am considered moderately overweight. In about 3 more pounds I will be slightly overweight. That is one I've waited a long time to see. I'm pretty sure i could be happy at 150. Can I try it,....PLEASE!!!!

I was up to 183.2 today. Think 3 slices of pizza had something to do with it?? I have worked my tail off in the yard and am planning a long walk/jog tonight. Hopefully tomorrow's number looks better.

Shari- Congrats on getting moved. Don't ya just hate moving?? Have fun getting settled.

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