Chicks up for a Challenge - W.O.W. BOO! Halloween challenge~Week 3

Week three ladies! Totally awsome ladies. we got to 75 post last week, Lets try to meet that this week!Stats:

Week 1~148
Week 2~145
Week 3~144

Honestly, the scale is so annoying. Oh well. I know I didn't eat the greatest this weekend. I also know the weight will come back off , but I better start seeing 141 soon!

I didn't get up for my 530 class yet again. I had a horrible panic attack between 130-430. I am heading over in about an hour if I can wake up my son.

Talk to you in a bit


W 80 oz
E 35 cardio 20 weights
E 1200 good clean calories
D clean eating.

OK back from the gym. Monday Madhouse, 2 treadmills were broken, one elliptical was out. So it was absolutely onehundred percent CRAZY. I was lucky to get an elliptical today. I ended up with 35 minutes of cardio and 25 of weights. Then I came home and did about 15 of abs and stretching.

I think I may go back at 430 tonight to get in a run.

Hello!!!! I started a thread earlier, so here is the copy/paste, then I'll update after that.....

Morning ladies, another week, another commitment. What an awful week, totally BINGE-A-LICIOUS. But the weigh in was only minimally painful. I know that if I commit today, it'll look better next monday. So a plan...

W- 4 liters
E- Gym this morning with my friend Carrie. Looking at 30 min ARC, I think I'll go back to lifting, so either upper or lower body (I'll see what she is going to do) abs, then 20 min treadmill or elliptical (I prefer TM, she likes the elliptical.)
E- B: Fiber One shredded wheat and a peach, lunch ham and swiss on low carb wrap, apple, and chicken/brown rice soup, dinner spaghetti and meatballs and salad (skip the garlic bread!) <---I have whole wheat pasta for mine and the meatballs are homemade with extra lean beef.
D- Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the WISDOM to know the DIFFERENCE.

Oh and get back on my Fitday.

Oh so yes. I did go to the baby shower Saturday night and of course it went really really well. I was so uncomfortable though while we were waiting to be seated. My disease tells me such ugly things, like "you don't belong here, with them. You aren't like them. They don't really want you here. See how everyone is avoiding talking to you? They don't want you here. You don't belong." And I felt real anxiety! I almost ran out of there! But of course no one was ignoring or avoiding me. Everyone seemed happy to see me.

See how the mind can play tricks? I have to try to figure out reality from the disease talking. But I think that night went well.

I want to hit up some personals, especially since you gals did so much stuff this weekend...OUCH a sprained big toe! Renassaince fairs, soccer games, housework, sushi! (I ate my first sushi at the shower saturday, it was at a hibachi restaurant, and I took the plunge and didn't think it was too bad!), 5k runs, ME time, kickboxing, lazy frustrating husbands, super motivation.

Not too shabby for five minutes time. Love to all. I commit to post at least 5 times this week, keep up with personals, keep on track. Who's with me!? (broken toes be damned, get back in here woman!) xo Michelle


Now for the current post.....


I did go to the gym! It was really good. I did 30 min ARC, then I decided to do upper AND lower body workout, then abs, then 20 min treadmill. It felt GREAT. Got home in time to clean up and hit a meeting at 1p. It was a really great meeting, I'm feeling really good. Hope you are all doing well too.

Jeni, do you get panic attacks often? I can't believe how long that one lasted. Must be so awful!!! :hug: Glad you got to go workout though, I think exercise helps me with my depression and anxiety.

My knees hurt!!! How do you know if you are making them worse by exercising, or if they will get better when I lose all this weight? KWIM?

Check back later. xo Michelle

so, i had a good weigh-in this monday. weight watchers is going well and i'm getting my exercise in. i just need a job. desperately.

sw: 177
gw: 161

week 1: 174.6 good start
week 2: 176.4
week 3: 173.6 :carrot:
week 4:
week 5:
week 6:
week 7:
week 8:

my WEED for the week:
w: 32oz at least
e: 20-25 w.w. points
e: 45 min. cardio; then abs, arms
d: keep it up!

Michelle, I must have been totally oblivious to miss your post. I used to get panic attacks a lot, they usually hit me in the midde of the night. It usually takes me some time to focus on what they are about then I have to tell myself, I cant do anything about this at 2am. Then I talk myself down and get back to sleep. The reason for last nights was my mothers finances of all things.

Onestar, Awsme weigh in!! Keep up the good work.

I just got back from picking Makenna and my nephew up from school. I decided to walk it was so nice outside. It was about 3 hours all together, it only took 40 minutes to get there (then I had to wait 20 for the kids to get out). but It took a while to get back, I had two 6 years old walking 2 miles. It was good for them :) My dad thought I was nuts. My nephew has never walked that far before. They handled it just fine. My sister will be her in just a couple of minutes to pick him up. :)

howdy girls,
On break at the moment from the office. I am not getting enough sleep at night. I've really gotta get to bed just a bit sooner at night. Then i won't sleep thru the alarm and hit the snooze so much.

Talk about stressful....I was *already* feeling bad this morning....I got in the car to go to work and the "service engine soon" light went off AGAIN.

I just had it fixed 3 weeks ago :( The money spent on repairs could've gone as a downpayment on a new car. And now i have to take it in again!!! Aggravated!!!!!

I'm trying to avoid too much junk today. My sandwich was pretty big at lunch.....I had a smaller breakfast though. If i could stick to some soup tonight I'd be ok. We'll see how it goes. PMS is headed this way and it makes me want to eat junk......so I will probably go walk the dogs or something else to keep my mind off of it.

Those yummy gameday snacks I made? I left some hotwings for me for lunch today. Someone snaked them *sighs* He said they were really good~! but dangit, that was my lunch!!!!!!

Gonna be ok though. Gonna get some eggs boiled tonight for snacks, and salads packed and probably soup made tonight.

Trying to decide what I want to be for Halloween. I was thinking a 50's Retriever skirt wearin girl. LOL Not poodle skirt...retriever skirt LOLOL

JCat- where do you get your energy? You are amazing!

Nursie- Speaking of amazing, way to go on combatting the negative thoughts and connecting with your friends.

One- great weigh in!

Holy- I can relate to the whole PMS- Junk thing. For me that turns into a two wee junk food feast.

Not bad today and not great either. I ate too much at dinner and then followed that with mindlessly eating cake. But, I did get lots of water in and started C25K W4. My plan tonight is to not snack- the past 7-10 days has been out of control snacking, thanks to PMS and TOM.

WEEK 1: the week of the Bat: 256.5 Where did that come from??? I was 181.2
WEEK 2: the week of the Ghost: 181.2
WEEK 3: the week of the Vampire: 181.4
WEEK 4: the week of the Jack-o-Lantern:
WEEK 5: the week of Frankenstein:
WEEK 6: the week of the black cat:
WEEK 7: the week of the zombie:
WEEK 8: the week of witch:
WEIGH OUT, Saturday, October 31st...TRICK? OR TREAT?

Anyone see a pattern in my weights??? Yep, no action. Although for 3 days this past week I was 179 something. Popped up just in time for this weigh-in today. Nice, huh??? It is mid-cycle time so hopefully it will go away quickly and maybe see me a little lower. HOPEFULLY!!!!

Michele- Glad the shower went okay. I'm sure you can fit right back into the group. They just need to have some time to feel cofortable around you again. It's must be hard for them to know what to say. You are doing awesome. Keep it up.

Jeni- AAHH!! The dreaded panic attacks. People who don't have thme think we are crazy. I even went on meds for about a year once because mine were so bad. I haven't had too much trouble in recent years. Just a lttle bit once in a while. I know it's scary stuff. I always need to get up and remove myself from whatever situation I am in. That helps me.

Ahh... Tuesday #1 (if I haven't mentioned it before, I took the advice of a friend and fired Mondays. I now have Tuesday1 and Tuesday2):D

Wk 1: be back to edit
Wk 2: be back again
wk 3: 206.6 sweet success! First scale victory in a VERY long time.

Onestar - you, my dear, did fabulous! Here's to you finding a fabulous job very soon. I always try to speak things into existence! :lucky: Thank you Lord for my new _________ (fill in here!)

Jen- I have to agree with Grazie on the energy comment and add that Mtiggie is another energizer bunny. Panic attacks! I couldn't handle it.

So I started this post 2 hours ago. Got pulled away and am now too tired to finish. I'll continue tomorrrow......

michelle- the first time i had sushi, i fell in love with it...so awesome!!

jcat-thanks..it's amazing what can happen when u try, huh? lol

nixmom- thanks also. that was really uplifting!

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had an awesome and much needed workout tonight...now i'm wired though :hyper:

i have an interview tomorrow so we'll see how that goes

good night ladies..tomorrow night is biggest loser. yes!

Onestar~Good luck with the interview

Amy~dang lunch nappers. DH ALWAYS steals my apples. Rotten men! Sorry about the car.

Mindy, the scale did the same thing to me. I was 142 for a couple days then bam, 144 just in time for weigh in.

Kris~Congrats on your victory over that villan of a scale! Keep up the good work! Today is my Monday/Friday. My first day back to work and I have two days off after today.

Grazer, you are doing totally awsome yourself with exercise!! WTG!

Oh, the week before TOM arrives is terrible for me. OH THE SALT I CRAVE. I literally feel like I am starving all of the time. And, like Grazer it turns into two weeks of struggling with that feeling and the salt shaker. (OK usually it is popcorn/chips/peanutbutter.

Energy? Well, I had to go for second workout yesterday because I didn't get to run during my first (although after 15 minutes I really felt that 4 mile walk and switched the the bike.) The walk? Well I was babysitting my nephew who turns my house into a trap for 3 tornados when he is here, so I thought I could walk the energy out of them. They did really well no whines at all.

I'm busy tonight. Little sister has a soccer game at 5, I can go for about 30 minutes. Then Tommy's swim lesson at 6, Makenna will miss her lesson tonight because we have open house at 630 and I doubt I can make it in and out in 20 minutes.

I woke up with a terrible headache, I hope it doesn't last long.

W 80 oz
E extra laps
E 1200 clean cals
D Busy today so I want to get in a healthy dinner

Good morning everyone.

I too have an interview today. Good luck to you also one.

I used to have panic attacks when I was raising my daughters. I went through a period of having at least 10 a day and went on meds. Now that I'm older I don't seem to have them .. I still have anxiety but much more managable - it may be that I am not running in as many directions. Just know they do pass...
Lately it's been weird nightmares for me. I haven't had nightmares since I was in my 20's. I am worried about employment and running out of money since I put myself in this situation and can't collect unemployment.
Babysat Jackson & Nathan (gsons, 7 & 4) last night. They are such lovebugs - I so enjoy them.
My plan kinda fell apart yesterday - I did 1/2 the water, 1/3 exercise and food - OK . Will be trying today again. Have a great day everyone. Sue

:wave: girls!

Ahhhh rain rain rain! I love it on days when I don't have to work, hate it when I do. *sighs* South Texas does need it though. :)

Week 1: 263.2
Week 2: 265.4
Week 3: 262.8

What's all this talk of panic attacks? I haven't had one in a while, mainly because I do my best to avoid situations where I could have one, ex. I avoid large crowds, crowded elevators or cramped areas, etc. I've been having f-ed up nightmares lately though. *sigh* It's always something.

MTig- Wish I had your "stickwithitness". I remember when I was stuck between 162-164 last year and I totally gave up. Here I am now with an extra 10lbs to deal with.

Nix-WTG on the loss. Have you read "The Secret"? That book talks about acting as if you already have what it is you want. I love it!

One and Water- Hope the interviews went well.

JCat- hope you get through that hectic schedule!

JL- WTG on the loss.

Today was good. Ate 95% well, not totally giving up something sweet after dinner, got the water in, and went to step class.

Sue I hope you did well on your interview. I will keep my fingers crossed for you.

Shari, awsome weigh in.

Grazer, I know how you feel. Last october I dealt with all that crap from my sister, then I got this horrible headache. It ended up with me not working out for ten weeks or so. I ended up gaining 10 or 15 pounds. Then April and May I stopped working out for 6 weeks I gained 8 pounds. I think about it and I am only down 4 pounds from august of last year.

Mindy, Kris, Michelle, onestar, Gypsy, Mrsvegan. . . .ANYBODY I FORGOT YOO HOO come and post!


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So I made it through work (headache the whole time), it was a quick day though. I only made it about 5 minutes into my sisters soccer game then makenna needed the bathroom so we had to leave. I was able to watch 10 minutes of Tommy swimming, then we had open house. It was fun. I love Maks teacher, she is just nice. Then we had ice cream and home for homework, then to bed. WHEW!

Today Tommy has a dentist appt. I need to be there at 730 (and it takes an hour to get there). Poor baby has to have a filling replaced.

Sue, talking about bad dreams, last night was full of them for me. I didn't get much sleep at all.

Makenna has gymnastics tonight. I am hoping for a workout at 430. but I may just wait until gymnastics is over. which will be at 630.

W 80 oz
E hoping for at least 35 minutes of cardio
E 1200 clean calories.
D I am going to try and stay away from bread and pasta today.

Week 1 = 209.6
Week 2 = 209.2
Week 3 = 206.6

Whoo... I finally caught myself back up. Okay... well HELLLOOOO LADIES... going to grab coffee ~ back in a sec to post...

BACK! K -- so how's everyone?

HolyT – How did the soup for dinner go on Monday? I haven’t had soup in soooo long and it made me drool a bit just to read the word in your post. You sound soooo good this challenge! Don’t let those stupid little things like check engine lights ruin your mojo! I’m proud of you! Oh yeah, and I hope to get on FB soon and check out your “wall” and pics. I love seeing peoples family and “real” world. Fully expecting to see you in the “retriever skirt” after Halloween!

Jlea – HOORAH on the scale moving! Rain cant stop that can it! I fully agree… a nice at home rainy day is a fantastic recharge for the soul! At work it just freaking sucks! Here its been 100+ still…. Dang Indian summer!

Grazer – C25K Week 4! You go little mamma! I still haven’t started it again. However, I am on the TOM train with you. Should show up Friday, but is absolutely being the weight loss party popper early. “the secret” I still haven’t read. May hit the library though and see if I can get it yet~ I am a self help junkie! Plus I think it works!

Mtiggie – pattern in your weights… YOU LOST 84 LBS THE FIRST WEEK! (JK ~ hee hee). I look back at the last 12 months… and I do see your pattern…. You lose it… slowly and consistently……and it stays off. No a bad problem to have my girl! You keep your head up, nose to the grind stone.

Nchellie – I need someone to start picking a song of the week for us. One that combats whatever poopoo thoughts try to float in. You know, the one that gates stuck in our heads….. I vote you pick this week, cuz you are doing fabulouso on the positive power front! I look forward to your selection!

Onestar – WELLLLL? Job land? You still being good to yourself food wise? I hope you were well rested and pray that you rocked the interview!

Waterlilli – How was your interview???? You are not alone in weird subconscious land. I have wacky @$$ dreams all the time. And feed me Italian food and you can bet my mind goes nuts while I sleep. A friend of mine quit her job almost 2 years ago because they had cut her to 4 hours A WEEK! Hasn’t been able to collect unemployment either. You stay positive, cast your net wide, and “see” yourself with a job.

Jcat – seriously… pre TOM… I totally get it. I would be happy with a salt-lick actually. I tend to lean in for the chips and salsa LOADED with salt during this time. Popcorn (light – blech) will usually do the trick, but it just sucks altogether.

OH and for anyone feeling bad about scale action… I am up 4 lbs from my Sunday weigh in. Holy **** fire Batman!

Ok we are missing…… Brown Eyed Staccie, Juliebee, Gypsylove, , summereveryday…. And the list goes on! If you’re here ladies, pop in and say hi! We miss you!

And Mavie…. Where are you sistah?

Off to work… fooey… have a great day!

I really need to work on getting all my water in for the day. I did pretty ok yesterday I think.....salt and sweet usually tend to be my issues during preTOM.....hubby's ruining my mojo. Had a huge fight over a "new car" yesterday. I told him fine then, if you don't want to get me a new car that doesn't fall apart every 3 weeks, I'll earn one, the company will pay for it, and there isn't a dang thing he can do about it. Stupid men. Until then, I have to keep shelling out money to fix it. BIG fight. I didn't even want to go to my meeting last night, but I couldn't tolerate being around him because he's a cheapskate. If he needed something, or DIDN'T need something but wanted it, I guarantee you he would go get it.

I have no idea what's on the menu for me today. I never did get to making that soup. Might be tonight after rehearsal.

so, my weight watchers is going good. down to 172.8. :woohoo: that made my day when i stepped on the scale this morning.

the interview went well. it was for a home health agency, so they're going to process my info. and references and stuff then make a decision. i should know something in about a week.

so, it's been about 3 weeks since me and my ex broke up. i met someone but am super reluctant and not wanting anything serious cuz i have to get myself together. everything in my life is so up in the air right now. he's pretty nice though. i'm just a little worried cuz he's 21 and i'm 26. it doesnt sound like much, but that 21 scares me. i know how i was at 21, and then him being a guy on top of that...i dunno...we'll see

headed to the zoo with my daughter, cousin, and her daughter...it feels so good now that we got somer ain...it's a little cool now

Have fun at the zoo Onestar!


the dentist. . . . .I know that it is necessary. I HATE GOING TO THE DENTIST. In fact I wont tell you when the last time I forced myself into that misery. I've never had a cavity, but wore braces for almost 5 years. Now DH on the other hand had most of his teeth pulled by the time he was 5 because his teeth were so bad. Tommy inherited his teeth. A year ago after a high fever Tommy's teeth started to rot. So I spent lots of $$ to get caps and fillings and all that because I KNOW how important dental care is. :( When we had the work done before tommy was under anesthesia. He slept through the whole thing. So this was an experience. One of his fillings fell out so it needed to be fixed. They gave me a sedative for him, and he took most of it but he still cried through the whole thing. :( He seems to be over it, but me? I feel so bad.

Okay guys I don't know what to say.I have totally messed up with this and I feel like a failure.Why do I do this to myself?I'm so mad at myself!

Hey summer, take a breath. OK now DO NOT tell your self you have failed. You are not a failure, you may be struggling but you haven't failed anything. Weight loss is tough, there is No question about that. WE ALL STRUGGLE! I don't want you to beat yourself up. Now tell me something, do you have a weight loss plan?

Start new today.
Start small. Baby steps add up.

Get a journal out. Its hard, but it really helps. Write down what you have eaten today. No sense in lying in your journal because it is for your eyes only and you are only lying to yourself if you decide not to write something down.

When you are done for the day add up the calories that you have eaten. make sure you check the labels for serving size. Be HONEST. its so hard, believe me I have tried to lie to myself so many times it isn't funny.

Now don't faint when you add those numbers up. When I first started 3 years ago. I was eating (gulp) 3500 calories plus a day. I also did little to no exercise. if you cutout 500 calories a day you should lose a pound a week. Now DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT go below 1200 cals without consulting a doctor first it is not safe.

Next~cut your soda intake in half. Drink water.

Then~THE DREADED EXERCISE~you don't need a gym. Infact you don't need anything but your feet. Walk. start out slow. 15 minutes of walk time, that is all you need to start with. Just do it every day. then slowly build up your workout time. It just needs to be added into your everyday life.

Never ever feel like a failure. You are worth the struggle. :hug:

Summer - I second Jen's advise. It takes 30 days to create a new habit. A positive one to work on is tracking what you eat. If you do nothing more than commit to writing down what you eat, you will be one step in the right direction. I use fitday.com to track my food. Seriously, if you went on mine right now for yesterday, you would see a 500 calorie cheeseburger, a 1500 taco bell splurge and about 600 calories from french fries. I bombed, but I wrote it down and can see my patterns pretty clearly now. 3 days pre TOM (no excuse) but is a seriously bad day for me EVERY MONTH! Even when I try to avoid it~

Start small - write down your food. every morsel. every day. This is not pass or fail. It is learn. thats all. :hug: Wanna start smaller. Just pop on the thread once a day to say hi. We want to hear from ya.... good and bad days!

I'm here you can cancel the search party lol! J/K! So yeah my toe still hurts and I'm limping around everywhere I go but each day I feel it getting a tiny bit better. It doesn't look like I'll be back in the gym for another week though. That's dangerous for me because food and exercise go hand in hand in my life. If I don't do cardio it's like all the life energy has been sucked out of me and I have no will power at all to control my eating. Cardio is my antidepressant and without it all I really want to do is come home from work, stuff my face, then go to bed. I know it'll pass it's just annoying me. Sorry I'm such a whiner!

I just seem to be so busy lately that I can't post the way I usually do. Last night was open house at school, then BL show. Tonight was running errands and working out, now finally posting. I have so much to do still.

Jeni- Giving great advice to everyone.
Nix- Keep up the good work. Okay not the Taco Bell splurge part.

Everybody else- My peice of wisdom is; you have to want this worse than anything else. It takes time to change your life. That is what it is, a lifestyle change. I know i can never go back to my old ways, and I wouldn't want to. A lot of it is mind over matter. Once you conquer that, it is so well worth it.

Missed yesterday altogether! Spent a good part of the day dreaming about this job.... It is one I really want. Great company, opportunity to learn more and 6 miles from home! The interview went well but they are interviewing again today (they were spending tues & thurs interviewing). I have as good a chance as anyone else but who knows. I should hear tomorrow yea or nay! I've got to get back to reality - I allowed myself to get lost in 'what if I get this job!' .

Anyway along with the lapse in reality thinking I did nothing good for my weight loss efforts. Ate too much ice cream, pasta, did not exercise, drink water (maybe a bit) and certainly did not write anything down. So today I got up at 5:30 - had some coffee, watched the news. Got dressed and walked for almost a mile and 1/2. I am getting my water now and will be going to weight watchers to post my breakfast. Getting back on track.

Reading the posts and all that great advice and coaching is such a help. Thank you ....
Good luck one on your job and I love your new pic.
Thanks for the positive vibes and have a great day. :D

Gypsy, I'm the same way. Cardio and food go hand in hand. If I stop working out then I eat and eat and eat. I hope your toe gets better so you can get back to your cardio.

Mindy, Wow. You are so busy. I hope things settle down for you soon.

Sue, congrats on getting back on track today. I really do hope you get that job.


I ended up walking two miles with Tommy yesterday, no gym Tommy just wasnt in the mood.

Today will be different. I am hitting the gym at 830 like usual. We have swim lessons tonight so that will be fun. Mak's gymnastics was good last night.

W 80 oz
E 60 minutes gymtime
E 1200 cals
D Don't get bummed with the scale.

Hey chickies.... Its my final Lake Havasu weekend of the year. Leaving tonight. Back Sunday or Monday. Keep the thread fired up and be good to yourselves! I'll catch up with you all Tuesday (or maybe one more quick check in before we leave this afternoon) We'll see~

Kris~~Have a great time!

Back from my wonderful sweat filled workout! I ran for 35 minutes, did weights for 20 then cooled down with the bike for 5. I am really liking my weight circut that I created for myself. I only have minimum guilt for dropping so much cardio out of my routine.

Heading to buy a new microwave and toaster. Have a good day.

i feel like i'm getting sick. it's been raining every day here all week and now a cold front. even though its not really cold.

nothing on the job front yet, but i did apply for some really good ones today. something will happen soon.

took a rest from exercise yesterday, so today it's back to work. i need coffee....yummy! starbucks sounds good right now. oh well, folgers will have to do for now.

i keep forgetting fridays are my weigh in days. last week i weighed in on monday. i will post weigh-in tomorrow. i cant believe it's friday already. (well, almost)

Wow, great cheerleading and advice these past few days. That's great! I can relate to feeling like a failure at times, cheating myself by not being honest about my eating, the exercise-mood-eating thing, and the need to decide I want this lifestyle more than anything. talk about "aha moments" for me! How cool is that!?

Today was good. I ate mostly well, exercised, didnt drink water- I'll get back on the H2O tomorrow. I need to get another day of C25K in over the weekend. I was too sore and tired last night for exercise.

Happy Friday!

"Everybody's Workin' for the weekend..."

Nix- Have a great time.

Jeni- good workout. I am still contemplating joining a gym. Maybe that would help.

Lil- Good luck with the job.

One- You too!!

Grazer- Any day you workout, I would consider a good day.

Had a work get together tonight. Nibbled on pretzels and other stuff. Hopefully it wasn't too bad. I came home and kickboxed with Jillian for half hour. Tomorrow is weigh-in, but I am not expecting much.

Good Morning everyone. Well, its friday for everyone else, Monday for me. I have a long week in store for me. I am truly not looking forward to it.

One~I hope you feel better soon.

Grazer~ I love aha moments. I always try to bring myself back to them when I am feeling discouraged.

Mindy~ I hope you have a good weigh in.

W 64 oz
E not much since its a work day.
E 1200 clean cals (easy since its a workday)
D HMMM, get Makenna's homework done tonight.

Hi All,

Hope u all doing good

Going gym tonite

B - Plain Porridge
L - Egg sandwich and low fat yogurt
D - maybe soup and slice of brown bread

Good Morning and happy Friday for those that are happily employed!
I am trying to put a weight ticker on the bottom for a signature and haven't figured it out yet. (I don't think) Need to get going and accomplish my daily to do list .... Will keep all updated on job status. Sue

so, today i hit the 30lb. loss mark. so exciting! down to 171. :yay:

hope everyone else has a great weigh-in too

my mom is going to have my daughter all weekend. so relieved! now; what to do with all this free time?
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sw: 177
gw: 161

week 1: 174.6 good start
week 2: 176.4
week 3: 173.6
week 4: 171.0
week 5:
week 6:
week 7:
week 8:

my WEED for the week:
w: 32oz at least
e: 20-25 w.w. points
e: 45 min. cardio; then abs, arms
d: keep it up!

Hola girls! I took today off so i could relax a bit. sorta LOL

I still need to get the car into the shop, and i need to hit IKEA. I'm currently making a big veggie soup....i need to get groceries too. Tomorrow my day is booked solid. I'm hoping that with all the running around i'll be doing later I can burn off a few calories. Since I have no games/skincare classes booked on sunday, I am going to cook. Lots and lots of healthy stuff. Plenty of soups. Stuff to pack and go. I'm gonna get some kind of workout in....even if it's just walking the "kids" because this extra fluff has to go.

I need water LOL I better to find a bottle somewhere lol

Also in preparation for holidays (i love fall and holidays) I would like to get snail mail addies so I can make up some pretty cards for my girls who supported me even when I wasn't here. This year has been rough in some spots....and I wanted to say thanx :) You don't have to post them here, just drop them off to me via Facebook or send me a pm :)

Ok here's some weed for today....puff puff give LOLOL

W: New system i've been reading on says half my body weight in oz. 110 oz water *sighs* I better get started
e: Whatever I can get in, it may be my Bean (which it should be everyday) and some interval training today. Plus some walking.l
e: 1500 calories hopefully
d: Enjoy that i have the day off and plan my next week for MK classes.

i'll try to post again later girls :)

Good weigh in today. TOM took #2 of what I gained last week. No exercise today. My goal for tomorrow is C25k Week 4 Day 2 and drink lots of water.

MTig- how was your weigh in?

Jen- Hope you have a great "Monday"

Water- can't wait to see the new signature

One- WTG! WTG!!

Holy- Love MK. How's the classes?

I was 180.2 today, down from 180.6 yesterday. However, last week I was 179.6 on Friday and a bit higher on Monday though. I'mgetting confused on which days I am postin weights. I think I post Monday's weight cause that is when a new thread starts. Yeah, that's it.

Jeni- Sorry about the long weekend. I'll enjoy it for you, okay???

Lili- Tickers are fun......when you get to move them.

Onestar- Congrats on the 30 pounds.

Holy- Always the busy little beaver you are.

Grazer- Hang in there with that c25k. All the running I've done this summer has been good for my booty.

Quickie post~~I'm so tired. OK Suprise to me TOM came early. Im glad its on my week on but I hate it when it starts early. I knew something was up though, I expected to be hungry all this week, but I wasn't. Hmmm anyway gotta jump in the shower personals in the morning

Morning ladies. I know I promised personals but I dont think I am going to get to them. I didn't sleep very well again last night, I am so tired. I am going to nurse my coffee and debate staying home.

W 64 oz
E extra laps. I would do the gym, but I am way too tired.
E 1200 good cals
D wake up, go to work, have a good day.

Well I weighed in yesterday and no gain - no loss. I really did not do very well this week so I should be grateful. No word on job so I can only assume I didn't get it and will receive a letter via mail. :(
Congrats one on 30 lb loss --- Excellent!

jca - hope you feel better and get some sleep soon.

grazer - congrats to you also on weight loss. - i haven't been able to figure out the signature thing. Will try again later.

Hi holy....

New WEED for today.

W - 32 oz a day
E - will track in WW - will stay on prog
E - walk 1 mile
D - keep the faith!

Great day all. Sue

i messed up last night. i had drinks and pizza. at like midnight. anyways, i dont feel horrible about it (not worth it) but i just have to be extra careful today not to go over my points.

BUT, i just 2 1/2 hrs. cutting the grass so i feel better now. hopefully i sweated out all the toxins and stuff. and burned a lot of calories.

jcat- i know the feeling. ur body needs rest and i hope u get some.

lili- i know the feeling. they say they'll let u know either way... never happens. hope you (and I) get something soon.

headed to my brothers to relax. he's supposed to be bbq'ing so i'll stick to chicken.

:wave: girls!

So after three days of cool, rainy bliss, the Texas heat is back on full force. :dz: It was good while it lasted, I guess. I'm dealing with a super headache today, a sugary caffiene (sp?) withdrawal syptom (god, I can't even spell today!).

How's everyone doing?

I was back to 179.6 today. It is the third time I've been here. I am just hoping that I can get lower this time. Sept. has been a tough month. I don't think I've lost much of anything.

Sept has been tough for me too Mindy. Still hanging out at 143/142.

I went for a 20 minute run after work. It hardly seems worth the effort to go to the gym for 20 minutes. But it felt good while I was doing it.

Rest of WEED has been good.

Good Morning everyone.

I slept a little better last night.

W 64 oz
E extra laps if I can
E 1200 cals
D make it through the day.

Update from me again! Ok so I've still been a piggy lately and a complete couch potatoe because of my toe but it feels good enough that I'm going back to the gym tomorrow after work yay! They added a couple of new yoga classes and an extra spinning class so I'm excited to get back into it again. It's also great that even though I still can't run I feel safe doing spinning, walking, yoga, and weights for now. TTYL! :)

gypsy- good for you. committment is everything. :ebike:
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ok ladies, my mom is taking me and my daughter to dinner. must stick to a grilled chicken salad and water. haven't been eating that great this weekend.

I did 5 miles today. I walk/jogged it. Took me about 1 hr. 6 min. It was my last chance workout before weigh-in tomorrow. I am hoping it did some good.

Mtig- WTG on the wog!!!

JCat- I usually have probs with sleep just before TOM. Drives me crazy. I am a sleep diva!

I did C25K W4 D2 outdoors this a.m. It was a lot harder than on the tread and I felt like I was going a lot slower. Went to kickboxing tonight. Hopefully, all that going will off set all the bad eating this weekend!

Good evening my friends. I wish I had the energy for a last ditch effort for w/i tomorrow.

I've done pretty good today as far as extra laps, but DH made mmm burritos for dinner. . . .MMMM they were good.

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