[cheeriloos]

Hi Girls, I know its been a while.

How are you all doing on your programs?

I was really disappointed in myself after RFL I was on it for nearly a week and did not lose one single pound. after that was thanksgiving and i ended up going up to 221, I said forget it. I was losing just fine on my diet and got greedy for my wedding . I stopped that RFL thing i'm sure it works for many ppl if you do it right i guess i did it wrong and its just not my thing. I've lost all the weight I put on and i'm down to 210.5 now. Thank God . What a roller coaster its been . I'm only 6 weeks away from my wedding date and i need to be under 200 for my self confidence I will feel much better walking down the aisle in the 100's rather than the 2's . I have decided to walk 100 miles before my wedding and started hitting it hard. I'm really happy to be losing

[LaurieDawn]

Victoria - Good on you for picking a pln that works for you! I liked RFL, but it's only a tool. Your hammer's working just fine. Super exciting about the wedding!

Angie - I think fasting is amazing. I can't wait to hear how it goes.

LebenAlles -I totally feel you on the post-RFL binge. I still don't regret it, though. Not only did i lose weight, it injected a bit of needed energy into my weight loss efforts.

Lisha - The steadfast determination is what wins. Glad to hear about your new low.

210.2 this morning. Skipping my lifting today for work and a date. Sad, but not regretting the decision.I really like this guy.:-) Hopefully, I will be productive enough today that I will get a chance to lift tomorrow.

[cheeriloos]

Good Morning Ladies~ Hope you're all doing well!

I weighed in today at 209.5 Yes! I get a reward finally! I"m gonna get a manicure today as my reward ai cant wait til my love comes home to watch the girls so I can treat myself. I'm excited for my next reward already

[LebenAlles]

Good Morning Everyone,
Day 2 back on RFL and I'm back to 245 (had climbed back up to 249, yikes!). I definitely think I started it too soon before so I'm on board and excited this time. Ten days? I can do that. And I'm almost positive that I'll make it to at least 239 which was my very first goal for the end of the year. Maybe even the second goal of 235, which would be awesome. That way maybe my gain from the vacation won't put me back in the 240's.
Cheeriloos, congrats on your awesome weigh in! You're so close to onderland, I bet you can taste it. I hope you enjoyed your manicure.

Angie, I can definitely see the benefits of fasting. Clearing your mind and your body at the same time has to be a good thing. Do what you do!

Laurie, you're also insanely close to onderland! I'm excited for you, keep it up!

Lishar, glad to hear you're hanging in there!

[angieand2girls]

Hi ladies! It seems like everyone is doing well! I see some Onederland creepers! That's so exciting!

I did some tweeking to my weigh in's. My next official weigh in was supposed to be February 1, 2013, but I wanted to get a New Year's weight before I started my lower carb meal plan on January 1st, so I'm going to weigh in on December 31, which is in 20 days (I added a countdown ticker lol). I've never done the low carb thing before so I figure getting a starting weight would be helpful before I plunge into higher fat and higher protein foods. I'm going to try it for two months and see how it goes. After a month of it, I'll weigh in again on February 11th and if all is going well, I'll go back to my every 3 months or so. The break from exercise has been wonderful. My body is getting the rest that it needs. I'm going to pick up some kundalini yoga on Monday, then ease myself back into gym classes, the treadmill, and then my full swing heavy lifting and intense cardio. But this time, only 5 days a week (instead of 6), and only 2 of those days will be twice a day exercise (instead of all 6 like last time). I'm going to slow my speed down this next round....and start taking it at a pace I could keep up with long term. Plus, it would be good to start losing at a slower pace so my skin can catch up!

[cheeriloos]

Angie - How exciting, I love watching other ppls progress, I know you will do fantastic at your weigh in. I do low carb and low cal but not high fat. maybe you can try healthy fats if you are doing high fat I heard there is still some controversy on eating high fat diet. You will do great either way

[angieand2girls]

Thanks cheriloos! Controversy exists everywhere. There is even controversy on what's considered healthy fats. I educate myself as much as I can (and even that can be controversial and endless) and I use my intuition and experimentation for the rest. The only way I will know what works for my body is to experiment with it. If it doesn't do well for me, then in the trash it goes.

[Lishar]

Angie your plan sounds great. I still think you are amazing to keep away from the scale. I see the benefits but I don't think I could be that strong.

I have taken a break from exercise but not planned. MY DD was sick so I had to stay home and I have just not gotten back into the routine again. I know once I do I will wonder why I stopped so long. The YMCA has childcare and its an hour or 2 alone. Which for a SAHM is very much needed. We homeschool so my girls don't go away to school every day. I need a break. LOL.

LenbenAlles- Good Luck on your reboot. I don't think I could do RFL.

Cheeriloos WoW below 210 amazing. Great job.

Lauriedawn- I hope your date went great. You are getting so close to onderland.

I have seemed to gotten past my plateau between 223-225. I am 221.8 this morning.

Have an amazing week ladies.

[angieand2girls]

Lishar - is your daughter feeling better now? I know how you feel about needing a break. I'm a single mother of 2 (ages 5 and 6) and my 5 year old is not in school yet (her birthday is past the state deadline) so I have a child with me every minute of the day. I hope you can find some time for yourself soon.

Ladies, I've been doing a lot of reflecting during my downtime. I won't write a novel about it here (although I easily could lol), but in a nutshell, I feel a strong desire to revamp my health goals. I don't want to be 126 anymore. I went and bought some new clothes over the weekend and I look damn good. I have noticed that since having kids, my boobs are a cup size bigger than they used to be at this size. When I wore a 36 band size, it was always a DD, but I'm a 36DDD. And my hips are wider than they used to be. In the past, when I wore a size 14, I could only fit large shirts. But now my bottoms are 14's (getting very close to 12's) and I wear medium blouses very easily. My waist to hip ratio has increased since having two babies (because of wider hips...so my waist looks even smaller) and you know what? I LOVE IT! I absolutely adore every last curve on my body and when I put on clothes that reveal my shape, even I can't believe my eyes. I have loose skin on my stomach and at first, I was bothered by this. But I sat with this too and realized, it is what it is. I embrace it and I still love my body even with the loose skin. I bought a shapewear tank top and it sucks my stomach in so good that you'd never be able to tell I had any loose skin. Basically what I'm saying is.....I no longer care about the weight. I don't want to set any more weight goals. I would like to get to a very comfortable size 12 (coming soon) and then focus on toning my body through heavy lifting and cardio. I realized just how pleased I am with how I'm looking visually so now I'd just like to do some tweeking to tighten up a bit. I'm still going to weigh myself on December 31st as a new year reference but it won't matter what the scale says. I'm changing my goals to be size-related, rather than weight. I consider myself to be pretty fit. I have incredible endurance (Insanity will do that for you lol), I can jog a mile with ease, I'm strong.....I have come a long way and can do more than some can that is smaller than me. If I can be healthy and keep all these beautiful volumptous curves? Then I am right where I want to be.

Sorry for the long post (I tried not to type a novel lol) but those have been my revelations over the past week. I will still move into a low carb diet (to see how it works for me as a long term thing) and I'm still doing my exercise plan because I've grown to LOOVE exercise. I'm slowing it down, but I'm not stopping. I'm taking time to smell the roses along the way LOL. Thanks for listening ladies.

[Lishar]

Good for you Angie. Its nice to be happy with yourself. Being fit is much better than being a lower number. If that makes sense. I think you are on the right track.

I really did not want to go to the gym tonight. MY DH encouraged me. I Have not been back lifting so I just did cardio. I walked for an hour about 3 or so miles. I forgot to look. MY problems is that I often have to pee in the middle. So I have to leave and come back. LOL. After having 3 kids my bladder is shot. TMI.
I am glad I did. I feel better now. I just need to get back into a routine. My kids love going to the play area. So its win win.

[angieand2girls]

My kids love the play area at the gym too! It's definitely a win-win I'm glad you were able to get some exercise and feel good about it! I'm looking forward to getting back to the gym.

I got on the scale this evening out of curiosity (since I've never weighed before coming off a fast and this is the last one I'll be doing) and the scale said 170.50. I'm sure I'll put back on 5-7 lbs of that in water and glycogen replenishment, which is cool because I don't do it for weight loss. Getting on the scale was kind of like "okay I made the decision to focus on sizes so let me just see, out of curiosity what it says" lol. If I stay at that weight forever, I'm cool....so long as I continue to feel good and be healthy and be happy with me. This has definitely been an interesting journey.

[LebenAlles]

Angie - Congratulations on feeling happy with yourself. Seriously. I know a lot of people that have even reached their ultimate goal and still havent experienced that, so in my opinion you're waay ahead of the game. And the 170's are amazing (they're my goal at the moment) so right on with that. I'm excited for you!

Lishar - I havent even had kids and I feel like my bladder is the size of a pea, so don't feel bad. I know it's hard to get back into exercise after a long break (I'll be facing the same thing soon enough) so good for you for conquering that.

241.6 today. Lowest I've been since 2008 sadly enough. I'm almost to my NYC goal. I can fit into size 16 pants and some size large sweaters, but the pants are from Lane Bryant so I halfway don't feel like that counts. My Kohl's size 18 dress pants can almost be pulled off without unbuttoning though, so maybe there is truth to it.

Hope you all are well today

[cheeriloos]

Hey girls Good Morning

Angie- that is such a great way of looking at it! I'm happy for you and hopefully we will all be happy with our body soon. I have done BBL, turbo fire and p90x I really want to do insanity, I was hoping it would be on the black friday sale but no dice. Its ok I'm so low carb that I wouldnt have enough energy for it anyway but i'll prolly buy it for myself after my wedding and start then.

Leben - Thats great ! Lowest since 2008 , I know its easy to discount your hard work when you're not where you wanna be but that is fantastic! What an accomplishment! I say that because this mornig I realized I have lost 15 pounds but I have sooo far to go that it doesnt feel like enough. But It has been hard work and I'm on my way. So are you. Keep it up.

Lishar- I'm glad that you have a partner who motivates you to get to the gym even when you don't want to go , what a blessing. I love my fiance for that yesterday I was telling myself 1000 reasons not to go. He called and asked me if I went yet and I said no. He said just go and you'll feel better wehn you're done. he was right . we need ppl to push us sometime when we're tired of pushing ourselves. Keep it up

[Pink Hurricane]

It has been a few weeks since I have been able to post, due to the ceremony and reception and all that fun stuff. So, first to catch up on the latest with you ladies, then I will give a quick update on my progress!

Laurie~ Nice weigh in! You've been kicking butt. Also, glad to hear about your date! I'm assuming this is the same man you have been going out with previously, keeping my fingers crossed for you that things work out in your favor!

Angie~ I love your post about your reflection and deciding to set a size goal, not a weight goal. I very much understand that point of view. Size 12 is a HUGE goal for me. I feel the best about myself physically, mentally, and emotionally when I am in 12s. I tend to get so focused on what the scale is telling me that when I was a 12, I kept thinking 'I have got to be skinnier, 12 is too huge.' Then when I look back after having gone back up to a 20, I think 'WTH was wrong with me?!!!'
Your post has inspired me to keep that in mind, that I have a 'happy' size that I want to be back in. Since I've been an adult I have not been smaller than a 12, and that's fine with me. I love my curves, and I am glad I am not the only one who feels that way! So huge congrats on your revalation, I plan to do the same thing once I get to Onederland.

Lishar~ Good to hear about your DH motivating you! Plus the fact that your kids would love the play area, you can completely focus on your workout and that helps!

Leben~ Congrats on getting to your lowest weight since 2008! That's not sad at all, that's something to be proud of! I cannot wait to be back in 16s myself. The only thing that aggrevates me about pants is how every brand sizes them differently, drives me insane.

Cheeriloos~ I love P90X, my husband and I have Insanity and we are going to start that when he gets cleared from his doctor to exercise again. When is your big day?


As for me, the past few weeks have been absolutely INSANE. Our ceremony and reception went very well, his family and some of my family and his best man and his wife made it here a week before and left a week later. It was wonderful, and we are going to take our honeymoon in April (extra motivation for trying to tone up some more ). I cannot wait!!!
The hardest part after all of it was stepping on the scale. I found time while everyone was here to go for a walk or a super short run, but I put my exercise and eating plan on the back burner. That was entirely my fault and now I am paying for it. I put on 7 of the pounds I had lost. When I weighed in last week, I weighed in at 232.8. I felt like I had been slapped.

But, instead of making excuses, I jumped right back on plan this Monday, and my weigh in the morning was 229.2 so I have lost 3.6 lbs. I'm happy, overall, but I just should have treated myself better. Now is the time I cannot fall back on myself again. I am saying goodbye to the 230s for good, and making my journey along the 220s.

It's so good to be back, I have missed you ladies a lot!

[angieand2girls]

Hi ladies!

Pink Hurricane - Yes I LOVE my curves! LOL! I do want to get as toned as I possibly can and if that takes me down another size or two so be it. I'm going to try a "lower" carb meal plan for a couple months (not too low...about 100g carb max) and I've devised a new exercise plan that I'm extremely excited about. I know these two things, in combination will probably allow me to continue to lose weight so we'll see where I end up.

I'm going to adjust my caloric deficit. I'm still going to create one, but not as much as I'd been doing before. I'd say about 300 calories below maintenance. This is going to require some tweeking to see exactly what my maintenance is but it should be a fun project...I'm going to need to do it anyways once I finally do hit the size I want to be...so why not get some practice in.

I've been juicing the past 3 days and it's been awesome! I've discovered my favorite juice combination and it's carrot pineapple with sparkling water poured in. YUM!

How is everyone?