hey everybody,

i really feel like i haven't been trying hard enough. not enough exercise most of this challenge. like everyone i went up around thanksgiving, and it went back down. this morning i was surprised to see a new number, 180! i kinda still feel like, huh? feel like my scale is broken. not really seeing the changes i thought i would see in my body at this point. i still feel the same as 10 pounds ago.

i also starting thinking....maybe this month i could lose 10 pounds- with all the packing and moving that burns lots of calories and takes time away from snacking, maybe. or maybe i'll hit a plateu. it's going to be stressful.
but if i did lose 10 in dec, maybe 5 more in jan, 5 more in feb. march 6(my diet anniversary) i could be around 160. 1 year later.

it's weird. some days i feel so skinny and healthy like i'm already at goal weight. other days it seems like there's so much more to lose.

Agreed. Sigh.

Hey!
Just got back from almost a week away. I am not going to lie... I did not eat well. It was a blood bath. But I am back tomorrow... not sure if I will be here again to WI Sunday (friend visiting...)

This weight loss is killing me!

:wave: all!

Yeah, I'm still around...barely. This is the last week of fall semester, I am beat, and looking for a job. TOM came this week so of course the scale was up but I am very proud that I didn't gorge myself at Thanksgiving dinner.

How was everyone's holiday?

Hey ladies, hope everyone is still trucking along! I fear we've lost a few along the way, but let's keep going! Only a few more weeks to go!

So sorry everybody! I've had no internet for two weeks and no time to hit the library so posting my WIs has been impossible!

All sorted now though! :D hope everyone's doing OK!

:carrot:Come on team Storm! Let's go go go!

How's everyone doing today?

i'm doing well, down to 180 which would be another 2 pound lost this week, maybe i can make it a few more pounds down by sunday. really sore from lots of jumping yesterday. Did some hill walking this morning, seemed to actually stretch my calves a bit.

I hope everyone's doing well, on plan this week. Let's all have big losses this week, lose what we ate on Thanksgiving. and beat team Phenix!

:carrot: A quick update to say....I am soo pumped! I (and the scale) am feeling so close to the 170's! I think i may have some swelling from my calves. still really sore. Really, i almost always am happy when i get DOMS. delayed onset muscle soreness. At this point, my body is so used to doing certain exercises. so i try to mix it up. use more weight. do something i haven't done in awhile. so when i get DOMS, it's like my body is congratulating me, "hey thanks, that's what we (muscles) need to be doing!"
the more muscle, the better. rock on!

on a few tangents,
1. Isn't it weird how we react differently to DOMS on different areas of our body? in my thighs or booty it's like, Yes! in my arms, eh. or in my calves, just shoot me now! oh it hurts so much to walk. not surprisingly, the first two coorespond to how i feel about my body. wherever i really want to lose fat or inches, i want doms. in other places like my arms or upper abs, eh. hardly notice it too doing daily activities. but i want to work on my calves. but walking with severely is like walking on glass, so i just need to walk it out. remember i just woke up, so it's always worse when you've been sitting/still. not to scare off the begginers though, just have to be careful. anyone else notice this about their bodies? Is it hard or easy for you to get DOMS? do you hate or celebrate them?

so! i'm off to a hopefully great morning getting breakfast ready, kids on the bus. still have no idea how i wake up some mornings with OUT the alarm clock. didn't even go to bed that early.I'm the kind of person, that sleeps so hard, i often don't even hear the alarm or anything, untill i've gotten enough sleep. i'll just sleep through anything, especially when i'm really tired. thankfully, daddy is a lighter sleeper so at least someone heard when the kids were crying, when they were babies.

common people let's burn some fat!

Hey Team
Surprisingly the scale keeps going down this week... but I haven't worked out in over a week. I am def down in calories. I think that I just gained a bunch of water weight from the holiday. My friend is coming tonight til monday. I may post my WI early (use tomorrow's WI) but I will def be posting it! I am hoping the scale keeps going down. TOM is over so no worries about packing on the pounds from that!

Only 2 more weeks for the challenge!!! I really want to get to my initial goal which was to lose 10 lbs for this challenge... I think I can do it! But I have got to step it up with the gym.


Do you ever just get tired of going to the gym? I got out of work out mode and it is so hard to get back into it...
good luck everyone this weekend!

i was thinking about my goals at the beginning of this challenge. since it's almost over, maybe i'm getting close to acheiving them. my main goal, which is more important to me than the weightloss, is making my lower body leaner. less fat. i recently measured, i think my legs and everything is still the same, but i have lost several inches just under my ribs. so once i can get my hips area toned, i can show off my hourglass figure. still have some time to take some inches off my legs. or at least tone my calves. all the jumping i've been doing lately, lol.

Sorry for the missed WI ladies, I just couldn't bring myself to post the weight the scale said :( I really struggled this past week. Since getting my IUD (sorry, TMI!) a few months ago, I'm finding it much more difficult than ever to lose weight. So this past week was a, "Well, heck, if I'm not going to be able to lose weight, I might as well eat fast food for 3 meals a day..." kind of week.

I'm working on getting back on track today, reminding myself that my goal isn't just to lose weight - it's to get healthy and feel better about myself as well. I can work on both of those things with the same combination of diet and exercise, even if the number on the scale isn't going down. So for now, my focus is going to be on toning and getting stronger and healthier - no matter what the numbers say :)

smisen Sorry to hear you've been having a hard time. Did your doctor say the IUD would cause that kind of problem? Hang in there!

JasonsLea Yay! Exercise buddy sounds like fun! I would quite like one, but I think it's something I won't find...

Hey ladies, hope everyone is doing well. I know our chat doesn't move along that much but I think that we're still doing great as a team overall! Only a couple of weeks left now so lets make them count!

i have to drop out of the challenge.

katy trail Sorry to hear that, hope everything is ok.

Hey ladies, it's Sunday here so I'm weighing in. Happy to be posting a fairly decent loss as well.