I was about to comment in the September and then I noticed today is October 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Which means a new begining for me, because this lat week sucked a**! I am 213.....grrrrrrr! I must do better. I joined the 30lb by New Years Challenge and it seems, seems, seems to be attainable. I had to by a new heart rate monitor because mines had stop taking my heart rate, I sure hope this one is better. I like the watch heart rate monitors but I am really thinking about just getting a Fitbit or Bodybugg. I also downloaded a new app on my phone called NOOM coach, havent used it much but I will let you all know what I think in a few days! I have a few challenges for October I plan to achieve

1. No red meat
2. Limited starch intake
3. No sodas, not that I drink them anyway but Im excluding diet ones too!
3. Do Turbo Fire twice in oneday, once a week. Im going to try this on Saturdays.

Im going to in September and read those and come back and catch up!

It seems like a lot has happened since I went on vacation! I'm definitely going to say that so much happened that personals would take me forever! But as always, I did read everything!

Vegas! I am so glad to be home. It was high 90's to low 100's while we were there. It was like going from one hot place to another, just vegas has no humidity. We spent a lot of time downtown with the bf's parents, but stayed at Hilton Grand Vacations for 3 nights, and Vdara the last two nights. We did a whole bunch of shopping (I can barely keep up with my bf's mom!), saw two shows, and of course, lost a bunch of money gambling. Overall, we did a lot of walking so it wasn't too bad and we didn't do a bunch of eating. The sad thing is that we did so much eating before the trip prepping for this diet (that starts today!) that I gained before the trip, haha! Oh well, hopefully it'll come off quickly.

Happy October!

Happy October everyone!


I had a great, busy weekend! Friday we went to 6Flags and for the first time in 7 years I fit. And not only did I fit, but I fit comfortably. Talk about a NSV. I woke up Saturday morning and looked at my husband with tears in my eyes and just said, "I felt so normal." It was incredible. No one paid me any extra attention and I LOVED it!

Saturday we left for our triathlon of the season yesterday! I finished 7 minutes ahead of my personal best! WOOHOO!!! I'm going to use the off season as a time to work on my run and put some muscle on. I'm very excited!

I see my shrink on Thursday to discuss my crazy food issues.

It's pouring down rain here and it's suppose to all day, but I'm still going to go for a run to start working on my time...I hope.

Congrats!! Lots to be proud of!!

I love running in the rain- luckily, as I don't think it's stopped raining for the past month- we seem to have skipped autumn and moved straight into winter!!

Happy October everyone! It's my birthday month, woohoo!

Had a bit of a setback this weekend- planned to indulge a bit for a friends' birthday and managed to stay in maintenance calories.. but my appetite the next day was HORRENDOUS. Slowly getting back to normal, though. Went for a great run today in the chilly October air

Happy Monday!

It's also my birthday month. Very excited. Its my champagne birthday this year (turn 22 on the 22nd) hahah. And it's halloween month so I'm ecstatic to start decorating.

I have a 1lb gain. I was expecting it I've only been doing my diet half-way, and kind of letting it slip, but it's a new week and I'm ready to tackle it head on. I visited my parents today for the first time in awhile and they kept complimenting on how much weight I've lost (only 20lb) but it feels good to have the be so proud of me and telling me how good i look.

hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Herro everyone! I've not done a chat thread before so I'm joining this one. The month started off for me with a semi-busy day at work. I'm already ready for the freaking weekend, but I'm kinda sad because I realized a concert I wanted to go to falls on the same day I'm going out of town to see a friend. BOO! Oh well.

Weight loss... I hope to get some more workouts in this week. I've decided I want to be at goal by the end of January/beginning of February, since that would be a full year since I really started trying to lose weight. I think I can do it! I weighed in at 180 this morning, so hopefully I will be seeing the 170s soon and getting my butt into some 12s! Let's do this!

Happy October everyone! I'm so excited to see what this month has in store for me, as well as all you laaadies! I'm super bummed that the class that starts this week is affecting a few dates, including Halloween! Ugh, yay evening classes. Even worse, it might affect my eating habits a tad!

I have a bit of catch up to do, but I see new faces, so welcome to the chat! Everyone is so friendly here - you all will love it.

GM, ladies! Also Happy early birthday ! Must get it out now because I don't be online everyday! My week have only been busy when it comes to cooking for my Habebe (husband)! Other then that; I been going to the gym everyday like I normally do. However, I have pumped up my workouts to 2 hours and 30mins. I will be doing this 7 days away! Have a Great day Ladies!

Good morning everyone! I'm not usually very good at keeping up with the chat threads, but I am going to try this month if that's okay. I need to do something to make myself accountable for checking in here daily since I keep starting and falling off the wagon.

Tonight is my four-year anniversary with the boyfriend and we are headed out to a restaurant that doesn't post nutrition info so I have to guess. My plan is to stick to the red pepper and crab meat soup, which sounds divine. Now it's in writing so I have to stick to it, right?

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

Goodness! So many new faces. Welcome All!

lisa34t What is the NOOM app? Oh man - I am addicted to coke zero. I try SO hard to stop, but I typically relapse. I do drink more sparkling water now, but sometimes, I just need that fix.

jmko - I've never been to Vegas but my dh wants to go, so I'm sure we will soon. What shows did you see? And no humidity? My hair would be in heaven... I used to live in Vermont and there's VERY little humidity there. I had such pretty hair in VT. It's a big ol' frizz ball in Atlanta.

nina cloudstar - I have some weird thing about rain like water on my face. I cannot explain it. Welcome!

pinksparkles - Hang in there girl! You'll get back in no time.

nightprowler - It's my birthday month too! I'm the 27th. What about you?

mimsyborogoves - Welcome! Nothing quite ruins your Friday like realizing it's only Tuesday. and omg - I really am 100% hooked on the lunchables now. Thank you again!

Atarimae - I couldn't do evening classes. I turn into a pumpkin at like 9pm. It's bad news bears.

audri8301 - Once I make up my mind I don't even open the menu. It makes it easier - at least for me anyhow.


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It's funny really. I'm an athlete. I'm a triathlete. I'm a triathlete that 100% hates running. I am; however, trying to make myself commit to work on my run time. Sunday - I completed my final triathlon of my season and then yesterday went running. I hate running. You never realize how slow time can be until you're running and you're like, "WTF HOW HAVE ONLY 3 SECONDS PASSED?!?!" DH tossed out that he'd like to do a 1/2 marathon soon. The terrible part? I'd totally do it. I'd hate every single second of it, but I'd do it...

I'm using this off season to greatly improve my run time, put on some muscle and try to place in the top 3 of my division. I've taken 8th before, but top 3 is another ball game. Shoot for the stars, right?

The only thing I hate about the intense exercise/training I do is that after the race I hold onto like 3-5lbs of water because my body is freaking out.

Sorry, totally rambling today.

Ahhh I am starting to really hate running!! I think I'm getting bored of it, what you said about time passing slowly is so true!!! But I haven't been able to use my gym over the summer because it was an olympic/paralympic training centre, and when it opens again (ON MONDAY- I AM SO EXCITED!!) I can do some other cardio!! Stupid running!

SoMuch: 6 Flags!! I haven't been there in ages!!! Which one did you go to? We saw Le Reve and The Blue Man group while we were there. BMG was awesome and Le Reve was good but when you go, you NEED to see O & KA. Definitely two of the best shows ever. They're going to be pricey, but totally worth it!

nina: Oh wow! You'll be exercising in the same place the olympic athletes trained in! Talk about motivation!

pinksparkles: When is your birthday? Glad to hear you kept your calories in check!

nightprowler: Birthdays all around! Congrats on the 20 pounds!

mimsy: Welcome!

Atarimae: UGH night classes! I remember doing that when I was in school just so I could work full time. I hate to say it, but I didn't go half the time. Good luck and I hope you have more discipline that I did!

Fatness: Goodness 2.5 hours of exercise?? Go you!

audri: Happy anniversary!! Maybe try looking at some grilled chicken or fish and get sauce on the side. No sense in missing out on the entrees! At least you'll be able to control how much of it you're using. Those sauces are usually filled with cream and butter and all sorts of goodness!!

Day 2 of my official lifestyle change! I got to have cereal this morning with almond milk! IT TASTES LIKE REAL CEREAL! Haha, I need to order more of this! Yesterday wasn't too bad, but early morning I had food poisioning from some chicken I ate late Sunday night. I was queasy all day yesterday. Got through it, drank my 110 ounces of water, and had a healthy dinner of swai, salad, and enoki mushrooms! Tonight we have dinner at my BF's mom's house. She knows we're on this special eating thing so we'll see what she makes for us. Here's hoping the weekend comes quickly!!

So I'm thinking of joining up in this thread! Just wanted to make a quick check in today and say hello everybody, hope everyone is having an awesome day!

I am almost done with work for the day, I have been OP and did my workout this morning which was Cardio X from P90X. I'm trying to think of more healthy snacks I can bring with me to work for after lunch because that tends to be a trigger for me. I get more snacky/hungry feeling in the afternoon about a few hours after lunch. Today I brought a Nature Valley trail mix bar with me and it's pretty dang good!

lisa ~ Let me tell you...my gosh the no red meat and no soda is like a stab through my heaaart! Yeah, I totally have a problem. But actually I don't see it as a problem, since it's not like 5 sodas and countless oz/lbs of red meat.

nina ~ Another one who has a love(ish) relationship with running? I commend you for that. Rain sounds nice though; I love that kind of weather!

pinksparkles ~ At least things are getting back to normal. Happy early birthday!

nightprowler ~ The reminder of Halloween is so bittersweet for me! On the one hand, I'm terribly excited, and on the other...I have my night class, so it sucks. Great job on the 20lb loss!

mimsy ~ Welcome and best of luck with your goal! My gosh, dates are just messing with us. I have like 3 separate things that I get to miss out on due to date clashes.

Fatness ~ Daaang, 2.5hr workouts? Way to kick it into gear! I'm grumbling about my 45 min sessions!

audri ~ Happy anniversary! I wouldn't touch the menu if you kind of know what you have in mind. Looking at other delish things would tempt me to go off course!

SoMuch ~ I'm a night person, so hopefully this works out well. I just hope I don't end up becoming lazy and not go to class at all! You really are amazing for competing in triathlons. I always tell my friend who bugs me to go running that I don't run. I'll bike, I'll jog/walk in intervals, I'll walk at an incline, but I won't run.

jmko ~ I hope you enjoyed your Vegas trip! Also, that's awesome about your cereal. Almond milk is actually a really great sub for regular milk - and unsweetened has 0g of sugar! Hopefully you feel better though food poisoning is awful.

Morning ladies! I kind of think knowing I'm taking two extra classes from this week on is making me lazy. Not so much lazy about the work, but lazy about just being blah, not exercising, etc. Today marks one month since I've restarted this journey, so I weighed in...at 165.6! 8.4lb lost this past month! Unfortunately, 6 of the 8.4 took place within my first week - I really need to figure out why the weight is being so stubborn now. Suggestions anyone?

I've come to decide that oatmeal with unsweetened cocoa powder and stevia is quite the decadent dessert-breakfast. Yaaay chocolate without the added sugars! Plus, I add in some flaxseed for added fiber. Gaaawd, why didn't I think of this sooner?!

Ah well, it's time to get ready for class. Oh joooy. I'm probably skipping my second one - I found that my professor's lectures may give exam answers, but they're all EASILY found through my note-taking and his study guides. Maybe if I take a nap during that time, I'll be less tired to work out tonight!