Kruez2 that is so awesome! I wish I had someone to cook for me, Its the most boring part

sun - I feel as if I'm being spoiled, which I practically am. At the same time I would love to learn to cook healthy so I can use it later, she wont be here forever.

Dinner tonight - Chicken kabobs with a small amount of rice. Still have to do my cardio and my other set of situps.

I adore cooking.
But sometimes I wish someone would make me a nice healthy dinner.

Hey everyone,

Today's been an okay day for me. I'm on my period so I haven't been weighing myself, but I've actually been undereating without meaning too. I'm starving now and I want some greek yogurt but dinner's almost ready. I just moved back home after university and my mom's making almond crusted salmon. It's delicious and made for me (I know how you feel, sotypical,lol) so I'm very excited about it.

Went for a run today (I'm training for a half-marathon) and my allergies were bad so it wasn't my best one. Okay day, I'm starving though. Need. Dinner. Now.

Hope you guys are doing well!

Also, congratulations tuende! That's amazing that you're in the 140s (or at least saw them appear!)

And yayyyy for the pants being a little big, sotypical! Glad you like them

tuende~yay!!! Great job on getting into the 140's!!!!!

Kruez~Welcome! Sounds like you've got a great support system and awesome on havng someone to cook for you. I wish that I had someone to cook for me sometimes. I love to cook but there are days that I get home from work and the last thing I want to do is cook.

Sun~ welcome back..

star~ I'm on L1D2 tomorrow will be day 3.


Things are going well for me. I weighed myself this morning and I was at 156.4. I'm hoping that sticks for my next official weigh in. This week has been utterly crazy! My oldest has had soccer games every days this week and boy is it exhausting! I've at least tried to get some exercise in those days by running to the field. It's a little less then 1 mile from my house to the field so it's not much but something at least!

zephyr524 - I cook sometimes, but it's usually not healthy food :P, I think I should learn how to cook healthy stuff from her eventually. Do you play futbol with your son also? My bf is talking to me about taking me out to play tennis and futbol to help me get into shape.

Well, I went and had my jog/walk, it's about 1.8 miles. My right leg started to hurt so bad though. I think it's because I didn't stretch properly yesterday because I was so upset I just stormed out and went to jog. Well I'm paying for it today. I couldn't even do my 1.8 mile walk after that so I'm kind of bummed. So right now I'm stretching my leg as much as I can.

I also think maybe it's because I'm not drinking enough water? I actually have a question about that. I drink sparkling water, is that good enough? Or should it be just straight water?

1 more set of ab workouts to do for the day.

Had to pop back in for a real post... thanks for all the support! I was so excited to see that number. It was a big one for me. I had that number in my head all day and it gave me a little boost every time I thought about it. All last week, I told myself: "140's. Get there." and it was great motivation. Now, I'm telling myself "140's. Stay there." For now at least. With that being said, I think I'm going to stick around this thread a bit longer- I like you girls too much!

stargzr, I'm so glad that what I said was helpful and that I gave you something to think about... that is my job after all . Your Plan of Attack sounds amazing and let's be honest, who doesn't love a little fun with a color printer? I think that having the support of your husband will be very helpful too. It's hard to not want to eat something when you see someone else doing it. Congrats on moving forward!

sotypical, glad you like your new pants! Better wear 'em tons now before they're really too big !

Kruez, sounds like you're really on track! That worries me a little that your bf's mom seems to be judgemental of you. Make sure it's not affecting how you see yourself- even if she is being helpful in other ways. Your question about the water- I'm not really sure, but I think sparkling water is OK as long as it doesn't have anything added to it. I'd probably switched to regular water if the sparkling water had flavoring (read: calories, artificial sweeteners, weird chemicals, etc.). And sorry about the leg, hopefully the stretching will help!

sun, Florida sounds so fun. I would be so happy to be somewhere WARM right about now!

zephyr, way to get creative about fitting exercise into your life. Sometimes, even if it's not a lot, you gotta do what you gotta do. I bet your kiddos are thankful to have a mom who shows up!

tuende - Oh sweetheart, it's not only the weight thing lol. I'm going through the whole "So you think you're good enough for my son?" But I just sit back, relax, and notice that she has helped me so much since I moved here.. with debt, school, quitting smoking, and now my weight. I use to hate it SO MUCH when I first moved in, but now I let some things go in one ear and out the other and only take in advice that I can agree on.

Woke up and I weigh 157!!! 7 more pounds and I'll be where I was 4 months ago when I originally started. I'm curious on when my peak will be though, I'm assuming 130's, my uncle taught me a technique on how to get passed your peak weight so you can drop more weight again.. I'm already prepping for it! Today's plan...futbol with the BF and cleaning.

Back in the 150's (and down some)!!!! I really belong now! LOL
Yesterday's weigh in must of been from the soup. I am going to try really hard this time to not cave and stay off the scale till next Friday!

zephyr524 - I had a busy week too - for me there were no kids involved, but I know how much it sucks to not have a chance to sit down all week.

tuende - happy to see your still here!

Kruez2 - sparkling water is fine - but - carbonation does effect your bones. The effects of artificial sweeter do not bother me one bit (I like diet cola), but hurting my bones does. My grandma has broken too many vertebra's for me not to care. I will enjoy diet cola, but I try not to have it too often.

I bought a new digital SLR camera this week and sold my old one last night! So happy, the new one has such a nice big screen. My next step is to learn how to use it, lol.

I am going camping tomorrow, I am sure it wont be good. Everything that involves my immediate family = eating failure. I don't know if its old habits die hard or what. Even my mom said something to me once about it. Its like something goes off in my brain and I start eating.

TGIF!!!!

stargzr -Well he dieted a few years back, and everytime I saw him it was such a difference! I asked him what does he do? He drinks nothing but water, portions his food (healthy) and jogs/ab workouts. The next time he visited, he mentioned he hit his peak..I asked what did you do? He said "I pretty much binge ate on healthy food for a few days, and gained back a few pounds then dropped it all automatically after that when I went back to my routine." It makes sense I think, plus he proved to me that it worked.

sotypical - Oh gosh that's great news to know! I'm on the depo shot for birth control and that already decreases your calcium intake, so after seeing that you said that it appears I need to be more careful!

Just had my lunch, chinese noodles, 1 veggie eggroll, and 2 mozza sticks (just because I love em and they were there) total calories around 400-500. I plan on jogging again later today hopefully my leg wont react like it did yesterday then do my ab and weight workouts. I need to eventually clean but my body is so sore.

I am eating my lunch, chicken wrap and miso soup, yum yum. I really wanted to go get spring rolls, but this weekend will be bad enough.

I went for a bit of a walk to the salvation army during my lunch break, I found a copy of the new weight watchers cookbook for $2.50! So happy. It looks brand new and I know it just came out last year. I don't follow weight watchers, but still like their recipes - so I had already been looking at it but didn't want to spend the $20 at Costco.

Wow!! I can't believe how busy this thread is! I feel like I've got tons of catching up with you girls to do!

kruez~ The more you cook the easier it is to make little adjustments here and there to make it healthier. You just gotta get creative and be brave! I really haven't played soccer with my son much. He has fun doing other active stuff with me though.

Tuende~ hopefully be the time your ready to move onto the 140's thread we'll be able to join you!!

stargz~ How did it go with dinner since you had it all prepped so you just grab it and eat? I think it's a great idea do it like that. How is the 30ds going for you? What day/level are you on?

sotypical~ I hope you have a wonderful weekend camping! Be strong!!!!


I had a pretty good day today. I worked all day and then did the shred after dinner was all cleaned up. Right after I finished that workout I went running..around a mile. My oldest son road his bike while I ran, I was so proud of him! I'm going to turn him into a runner eventually. He will actually ask to run with me now sometimes. I'm so though between the shred and running and to top that off I got my TOM tonight. Ugg...the next few days are gonna suck!!!!!

Kruez, congrats on seeing 157! Your uncle's technique sounds interesting. I see how it could work out though, kind of trick your body out of desperately hanging on to the last few pounds.

stargzr, you'll have that moment soon! It did feel really good. My first instinct was to jump up and down and yell "I'm normal! I'm normal" but I quickly realized that this just isn't true . Thanks for the compliments on the pics. I literally took them at 10 pm, post-workout, with no make-up... good thing vanity's not really my thing (but apparently impulsiveness is).

sotypical, CONGRATS ON THE 150's!!! And just for the record, you always belonged . Camping sounds so fun (we are both northwest girls) but I get what you mean about that "switch." I feel like too at times, but I haven't really figured out what sets it off. I guess if you know it's coming, you can try to prepare. Maybe bring some healthy food along? Or you just might have to be prepared to hike... a lot . Great find at the salvation army, btw. I just love thrift stores. Most of my clothes are from there, but I live near a lot of rich people (I don't happen to be one of them), so I find really good stuff for very little money. I'm pretty cheap, so it's kind of a thrill.

zephyr, that was pretty much my plan- stick around until you guys are ready to make the jump (which I am confident will be sooner rather than later). There doesn't seem to be much action over there anyway. And good for you for doing all that working out! You must've burned TONS of calories today!

I had a pretty rockin' day. I've been stringing a lot of rockin' days together which has been helpful. Although, I kinda didn't really feel like working out today, so I did a Jillian Michaels DVD... Banish something-or-other about metabolism. She names them such stupid things. Anyway, it was still a good workout and I forced myself to do some of the make-it-harder modifications so that I wasn't "phoning it in" as she loves to say. She really says the weirdest crap. 30 DS ladies, I always start laughing when she says/barks that pain from bicycle crunches is "fear leaving the body!" And I digress...
Hope everyone has a great start to their weekend!

Hey everyone! Hope your weekend's going well so far.

I'm not weighing myself today because it's gonna be bad. Haha. I'm really really bloated and it just wouldn't be pretty.

Instead I'm going for a run. Yesterday I did Jillian Michaels Banish Fat Boost Metabolism dvd. I haven't done that one in forever and hoooooly plyo! I forgot how intense that was. I didn't intend to do it, but when I got downstairs I just couldn't bring myself to put on Trouble Zones. So yeah, it wasn't the weight training workout I probably needed, but there's definitely some bodyweight resistance (which most of her stuff is anyway) and it was a good workout.

Also, after talking to sotypical I went online to lululemon and found that one of my favorite, most comfortable pairs of pants was half price...so mom and I both got a pair. So that's something to look forward to.

And I might have a job for the summer, which is yay and nay. I was kinda enjoying just bumming around (since let's face it, how many more times will I get to do that in my life), but I also hate feeling like the slacker in my family. Even my little brother has a job now. It's a good thing, it is. I just fear they're going to make me start working right away and I'll get like 10 hours on my birthday. *sigh*.

That's another thing. My birthday goal was to be 159 and I already was, technically. Even though I'm bloated now. So I'm just kinda enjoying it and not thinking about any more goals until then. We'll see how that goes.

And that's about all for me! Gonna go for my run now. It's kinda rainy here which means my allergies will be bearable so that makes me happy. Congrats again to tuende on hitting the 140s! That seems so far off right now.

Have a great weekend everyone!