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Beautiful hiking pics, KimL :)
Thanks for the costume comments. Halloween is really fun for its dress up :D I looked through my old 3FC posts and found a much older progress pic. Hehe. Y'all said 8 lbs makes a difference... I guess 4~6 lbs does too! http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...cat/5_2009.jpg (144 lbs, 5/2009, 8 months before my FIT Challenge) Its been a long journey, but as long as we make good choices every day and try every day.. we're getting there slowly but surely. I wrote down my 35 minute Zumba Cardio Party playlist from the dvd, but there's so much on youtube, you can get most of the workout for free (very small variations from the original choreography, except for the cooldown), though I do recommend the actual dvd, this helps until then/to get a taste of zumba. 35 Minute Zumba Cardio Party Playlist (click hyperlink to watch via youtube) 1. Que te Mueve (merengue/hip hop) 2. Zumbando por un Sueno (salsa) 3. Santa Que? (cumbia) 4. Zumbalicious (reggaeton/salsa) 5. Baila, Menea y Goza (quebradita) 6. Baila Pa' Emociona (calypso) 7. Zumba Lluvia (cool down) |
KimL1214: Thanks so much for that! I will try them out!
Excitedtolose: I can't wait to be the accounting field! I plan to one day have my own firm...it will be awhile though ;) Also, saw that you are starting half marathon training... when is the marathon that you are training for? I have one coming up 2-12-11, I would love to see the training scheduel for yours! We could totally do it together and encourage each other :) |
excitedtolose~ I'd be interested in seeing what the calendar looks like. I'm still a little big for a lot of running, but I'm always willing to try!
ferretgirl~ Thanks for the link! princessdi86~ Not a problem! Let me know if you need any lifting tips or anything! I'm still on my veggie kick, haven't had any meat in almost 2 weeks (except for a little bit of lobster on Monday). I had a panini today with roasted red peppers, red onions, spinach, and portobello mushrooms with garlic mayo and cheddar cheese. It was really good, but would have been better with some turkey and cappicola... I think I creeped out one of the science teachers here. He was eating tacos for lunch, and I kept staring at the tacos. The beefy cheesy goodness... ugh. I'm still holding out for meat, but I have a feeling this weekend will be when I break that as my sisters and I are planning on having a "girls" weekend, and I have no idea what is in store for me. I'm going to try to plan with one of my sisters tonight for food, but with work, I'm not sure if I'll get home before she goes to bed. Going to be an entertaining weekend... |
excitedtolose: I'm just up to running 5k SLOWLY (PB: 44:30 but then when I finished C25K, I was at 51:29) but would possibly be interested in a new challenge and would love to see the T.I.T. calendar link! It sounds like such a good idea and such a great cause.
princessdi86: Ok great! I'm so excited you'll do the 30 Day thing with me! It always helps to do stuff with a buddy. I think I'll probably be doing it in the evenings. I'm the opposite of a morning person. KimL1214: Ok I had the big dinner. But funny thing was halfway into it, I was soooooo full, I admit to eating a little more even after that but I didn't force feed myself the entire contents of my plate like the old me would have (Heaven forbid I would leave food on my plate before!). Even though I was ravenous when I started. I worked out for like 110 minutes before the dinner... It was rough, it was such an effort (because it was like 5pm and I'd had water and 200cal all day), like I wanted to stop but I pushed through and it got done! I really hope you find the other dvds so you can join in! I'm not even an outdoorsy person but even I can appreciate how absolutely gorgeous the pictures are. I went to undergrad in New England (Mass.) and so this is such a great reminder of the gorgeous fall colours of the trees. Makes me miss NE. Also, well done for making it so long without meat! WOW!!! I tried to give up meat/fish at just dinner for a week and I couldn't do it! ferretgirl: Wow! It really does make a difference! Well done!! Also, thanks for listing the Zumba playlist. I'm definitely interested, it looks fun. I think it will be a definite on my wishlist. |
Hi Ladies,
I will post the calendar tomorrow for the T.I.T. training program. It's saved on my office computer so I will add it tomorrow morning. Just finished with my evening run. Freezing cold rain and I do not mix very well, as I ran a 13 minute mile tonight... but I did have to tie my shoe twice, so I'm blaming the overage on that. :D Time to head back home and spend some quality time with SEXY Bob Harper and his yoga video. :drool: He's so much nicer to look at than Jillian! hehe How did everyone else's workouts go tonight/today? --Katie |
excitedtolose~ Bob Harper... Yummy ;) I actually worked tonight so I didn't have any time to get in a workout. 8am-9pm... I'm just about ready to crash...
toastedsmoke~ I have to remember to write the titles down tomorrow, what are the full titles? I would be proud of myself for not cleaning my plate as that is a bad habit I have. They say you should request a to-go box when you get your meal and pack half of it away so you don't eat it, but I have only successfully done this a couple times (I feel kinda weird and the waitresses always give me a funny look, even though when people ask me to get them a box, I know exactly what they're doing and am really nice about it). Great job pushing yourself and getting a good workout in! Friday, Saturday & Sunday Question~ Whether it be in a good way (you want them to be proud of you), or more to rub it in their faces that you did it (and look better than they do now)... Who are one, two or three people that you can’t wait to see when you hit goal? I would love to hit goal right around the time our next family reunion is (every July). I love my family, but a lot of them made cracks this year about how the 3 girls (my sisters and I) all are pretty plump. My oldest sister is the smallest of us, then me, then my other sister. We joked along with them, but it really bothered all of us. Then there are the 2 exes, both of which always criticized my weight. They both acted like they were being supportive, but would always make cracks whenever I ate something "unhealthy" or skipped a workout. I would love to be in a super sexy outfit and just make their jaws drop. And when they approached me... blow them off! Evil, yes. But I still want it. I got my flu shot today, and it completely wiped me out. I had a little bit of time between school and waitressing, so I came home, threw my work clothes in the dryer and PASSED OUT! I almost made myself late to work. Nice thing about the shot is that they're using smaller needles, so I barely felt it, and I haven't had any problems with my arm except for a tiny bit of soreness. Last year I had a cold when I was supposed to get my flu shot, so I couldn't. Two weeks later I got swine flu and was out of school for almost three weeks. I was not going to let that happen this year. I don't know if any of you had the luck of getting swine last year, but it REALLY SUCKS! I've had the regular flu before, and this was 10 times worse. They gave me muscle relaxants and pain killers, and the body aches still fought through that and made me absolutely miserable. Plus the other fun stuff that requires lots of bathroom time, lots of hydrating just to have it come right back up or out... UGH... ANYWAYS! I'm looking forward to a great weekend with my sisters. It will be challenging though as both of them love food as much if not more then I do and neither of them are trying to lose any weight right now. I'm hoping that they will work with me a little bit since they know I'm trying really hard to lose weight. I might be able to get online a couple times at my sisters, but if not, I'll try to get on a couple times tomorrow, and then will be MIA until Sunday night. Remember, if you're worried about not weighing in on time Sunday, weigh in early. You can always edit your weigh in post later on if you get a chance, better then missing a weigh in! |
Toastedsmoke: Together we will kick some Jillian Michael's butt!!!! ;) I will be doing mine in the morning since I will be doing my marathon training at night.
Answer to Friday/Saturday Question: The number one person would be my ex fiance. Complete jerk, and though he was/is much bigger than I, he made a comment when he left me for another woman (who is also bigger than I... go figure!!!) stating that I had gained too much weight for him, and I wasn't pretty anymore. He attributed this to a major reason why he left me for the other woman. Love the fact that I will be flaunting not only my new and improved hot bod, but also my incredibly yummy boyfriend as well :) I hope it is a huge slap in the face for him! |
excitedtolose: I'm from Monroe, but I go to school in Detroit and I'll be moving to the city next fall (we hope). I really want to be able to participate in those runs, but I'm slowly building my way up! I can imagine that you feel proud telling everyone, heck yeah, I would be too!!
Kim: I certainly do feel like I'm missing out, and I also feel scared to reach out to people, because I have poor self-esteem I don't want to talk to anybody, I just want to get out of public places as quickly as possible. Because of that I refrain from doing a lot of things around my school, going to games, even going to the mall!!! I hate that self-conscious feeling and I'm tired of it consuming my life :( Question of the Day: All of my skinny, pretty little cousins ACK! I think my extended family in general. Mostly it's this particular side of my family (my mom, her mother, her brother) that is the "overweight" side, and I hate that image. The majority of our family is very, very thin, or they were once bigger, but have lost their weight. I'm sick of being the outcast at family get togethers. I don't want to be the fat cousin anymore, and I think I'd like them better if I wasn't so uptight about myself around them. Also my best friend, who I don't see a lot because she lives far away from me. She's also overweight, but even though she WANTS to be thinner, she doesn't see the need to do anything about it. Once we were on the phone, watching The Biggest Loser together, and I was explaining my fears of growing into those people and having a lot of health problems. The thing is, I'm only 18, so I'm young for a lot of serious problems, but for my height, I am as big as a lot of the contestants on that show. I'm not one of these vanity losers who want to shed a couple pounds for whatever reason, like a lot of my thinner friends do, no, I am in serious need of changing myself. So I told her that I wanted to do something about it because I honestly do fear developing diabetes, or not being able to get myself off a couch, having terrible trouble breathing, and I remember her telling me how unnecessary all of that was, and that I was being stupid for worrying. I know she was trying to be my friend and, in her own way, tell me I wasn't fat, like I guess she felt it was her job to do, but shouldn't she, as my friend, be concerned about my health? Being this big IS NOT HEALTHY! but she made it seem like it was perfectly okay!! I think a lot of that stems for her own insecurities. I hope that if she sees how much healthier I am, it will be enough to sway her to lose weight too, since none of my words seem to be getting through. |
toastedsmoke – great work with fitting in that exercise even if it was at a really weird time.
zephyr524 – sounds like you’re having an awesome week so far. I think aiming for 2 miles straight is a great goal to set. As for my goal weight, I just went with a number that I thought I would feel comfortable at and could realistically maintain. I think the key is comfort. If I don’t feel okay at my first goal then I’ll re-evaluate KimL1214 – Those photos are amazing. I’d love to have a view like that near me. Do you have any activities planned with your sisters yet for the girls weekend or will it just be a catch up and gossip session? I think it would be awesome to be able to blow off your exes. I don’t see it as evil at all. princessdi86 – Your ex sounds like a jerk so you are definitely better without him! Jelbelle – I think using your best friend as added motivation is an excellent idea. I agree that it’s about her own insecurities and not about you. I’m pleased to report that I avoided the chocolate altogether & made a very quick vegetable stir-fry. Probably one of the better decisions I’ve made. This weekend’s question: I’m another one in the boat that wants to run into an ex when I reach my goal. He was the type of guy who would make me feel self conscious and very uncomfortable around him whenever we’d go out for a bite to eat or even just go shopping. He’s the only one who has ever been able to make me feel down on myself. I endured all the teasing throughout school but never took it to heart. When I think about things now, I don’t even know why I went out with him for so long. I’d never let someone treat one of my friends like that yet I didn’t think I deserved better. My opinion has definitely changed now though. |
oOPeanutOo~ I'm glad to hear that your opinion has changed about what kind of guy you deserve! No plans yet, and from the sounds of it we will mainly just be hanging out... nothing too exciting.
Jelbelle~ You're a good person! :hug: I've had friends try to tell me that I'm perfect the way I am, and I usually respond... I wanna live past 30, so I NEED to lose some weight. princessdi86~ Your ex sounds like a big JERK!!! I'd like to be a fly on the wall when you get to shove it in his face that you have an AMAZING, plus you are just as beautiful as ever, just smaller! So this makes Day 5 that my student has been out of school. I think it's getting to the point where his parents are having a hard time getting him to come back to school. So another boring day... and of course I'm tired, so now I'm even more tired sitting in front of a computer with nothing to do all day except babysit kids and watch movies. Rough, yes. Haha, I know, sounds like a cushy job. Normally things are much more interesting though, and just sitting around has made me really bored and just want to go home and sleep. The only thing I know so far about this weekend is that one of my sisters wants to go to church on Sunday. I haven't been in quite some time, due to my lack of interest in falling asleep during the sermons. She says this is much more interesting though, music is more contemporary, etc. We'll see... They're predicting snow this weekend!!! |
Today's question: Ohhh there's so many people I'd love to see. I think I'll just put them in groups. First of all, my mom's high school reunion is this summer and we're going down to the beach in Alabama to visit my dad's side of the family afterwards. I plan on rocking a two piece bathing suit this year. :D My whole extended family has a problem with weight, and two of my cousins have successfully lost weight (one lost 115 lbs and has kept it off for three years). Most of the rest of my family is still overweight, and it'd be nice to rub it in their faces because I was always looked down upon, even when I was just a kind of awkwardly chubby child. I also want my cousin who lost the 115 lbs to be proud of me, because we're really close. Secondly, I haven't been home to see my parents and brother since Labor Day and I'm not going home until Thanksgiving. I'd like to come home and for them to be impressed (and plus my mom wants to go shopping...she's paying :carrot:). I also want my mom to see my progress, because she's struggled with her weight for most of her life and I worry about her sometimes. Lastly, I can't wait to go home and see my very skinny and fit friends. I don't want to rub it in their faces... they were always very good to me. But I want to finally feel like I fit in with them. I suppose that sounds kind of bad, but I'd love to be able to go shopping with them or go swimming without feeling so self conscious.
Right now, it's like 48 degrees F here and that makes me happy. :D It's been in the upper 80s and 90s as a high for weeks. I'm excited that it's finally starting to feel like winter. And I also finally get to edit my signature now. Yay! :) |
Peanut: grats on avoiding the chocolate temptation! I had a dream about Halloween last night, and about me digging into the candy, thank goodness it was just a dream! And also, it's very good to hear that your mentality has changed and you know now that you do deserve better, no matter your body type! It's always good to make those ex's know what they lost!
katybelle: Our answers were pretty similar! I don't want to be the one looked down upon in my family because of my image. I feel like I'm stranded because I'm so much bigger than them. I also feel that way with my friends, and I want to be able to go out and do something without having to making silly jokes about my weight in order to explain why I can't or don't want to. Kim: I'm definitely ready for some snow! And it sure looks like it's getting there! |
Hi everyone! Sorry I have been sort of MIA this week! I have been super busy lately. I am getting SO close to my next important mini goal... breaking out of the 300's. Today I weighed in at 301.4 :) I am hoping that by this weekend or at least next week I will be in the 200s! When I first started this weight-loss, my goal by Christmas was to lose 81 lbs so that I would be under 300. I have now bumped it up to 100 lbs by Christmas and am optimistic that I will be able to do that. Hope everyone else is having a great week!
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Peanut: He really is a jerk, and yes, I am MUCH better off without him!!!
KimL1214: I wish I could totally record that interaction, and link it here!!! Maybe I'll have a pocket camcorder hehehe ;) So I was a bit upset with myself yesterday for not working out. Granted, I did have to make a late, late Walmart run... my coworkers and I have been so stressed that we totally forgot about Halloween! So I bought some ears and such for everyone. I choose to be the bunny :) Did not get to bed till about 1am, an had to be up at 6, a little sleepy today. I'm hoping to exercise early, before dinner, though I typically like to exercise after. I have my 4th weigh in, and I'm a little nervous. This one will tell me if I've made my mini-goal in the time frame that I wanted. I want to be under 200 by November 1st, which would be a 7 pound loss from last Saturday. Completely possible since in my first 5 days on this program I lost almost 9... but I'm worried about my water intake, and exercise for this week (I skipped 2 days :( ). Last week I was surprised though, I was certain I hadn't lost anything, and had lost 5.2, so that is always great! I just really, really want to be ok with taking holiday photo's this year, and not feel so huge! |
excitedtolose: Can't wait to take a look at the T.I.T programme. I do agree that Bob is yummy. Although I prefer to mute him and just watch the hotness because he's usually making me do something I don't want to.
KimL1214: The titles needed are 30DS (30 Day Shred), No More Trouble Zones (NMTZ) and Banish Fat Boost Metabolism (BFBM). About swine flu last year, eek! I definitely see why you'd get the flu shot this year. Have a fab weekend with your sisters!!! princessdi86: Woooooot!!!! Can't wait! (Ok I kind of can!) Jillian should BRING IT!!!! (but not tooo hard-lol). I'm a bit of a wimp (as you may be able to tell), but I'm totally psyched for the challenge. It should at least keep me doing something everyday! Your ex obviously has/had issues, you're soooooooo well rid of him! Jelbelle: I identify sooooooooo much with a lot of the things you say. It's like you take them right from my mind. As you said to Kim, I feel like now, my weight has made me wayyy more antisocial or made me feel uncomfortable (almost to the point of anxious, even though I hide it) in unfamiliar situations and/or meeting new people and/or trying new things because maybe I think people are judging me. It's a really sad way to live so I totally identify. And that social anxiety if nothing else, is an excellent reason to lose weight. Man is a social being by nature after all, no? Also, weirdly your answer to today's quezzie is pretty similar to mine, except it's my dad's side of the family that are the skinny minnies- not a chubby one amongst them (7 uncles, 1 aunt and tons of cousins) not even my aunt who popped out 5 kids (aged 28-15) and has never been more than a size 6/8. Lucky I love her to death or I'd detest her and her skinny kids. oOPeanutOo: Yay you for not dining on chocolate AND even better, making yourself something nutritious!!!!! :carrot: :carrot: :carrot: southernbelle: Congrats!!! Your loss so far has been so inspirational!! (I've kind of stalked some of your posts on other 3FC boards and WIW!!!) Well done!!! I think a 100-lb loss by Christmas is definitely doable at the rate you've gone so far! Again congrats on pretty much reaching a major milestone!!! I worked out today. Which is good because sometimes it's hard to push myself on non-gym days to do anything. I got 40mins in. But I'm thinking I might add a few more (maybe half an hour) before bed. And by "thinking I might," what I mean is i don't want to, but I should if I want to reach my 1500 minute workout target (currently at 1330mins) for the month by Sunday... especially since I know the likelihood of me working out tomorrow is slim to none and "slim" may just not be home tomorrow. Today's Question: The people I most want to see are my dad's family. I'm much closer to them than I am to my mom's family and they're all slim, every single last one of them! And not just slim, slim with good bodies! All tall, long-legged and big-boobed (well ok in comparison to their teeny bodies). And they don't make me feel bad about my weight (well some of my uncle's wives make "beechy" faux-helpful suggestions about what to do to lose- though all being also skinny what would they know about it) but I feel like the fat cousin. Like they're thinking my dad married the fat lady who gave her fat genes to his fat kids and no one has ever been fat in the family before. And in reality, i'm sure they're not thinking anything that mean, but that's how it feels. So them, first definitely. Then all the guys who I crushed on but didn't give me a second look before! Then my friends from undergrad who don't care either way what size I am but will be happy if i'm happy, and then all my skinny friends and classmates from high school (a reunion post-weighloss would be EXCELLENT! HA!!!) |
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