Its almost time!
 

Yes everything is in order! Turbo Fire has arrived, i went grocery shopping and spent way too much! I'm choosing to make Mondays my wi day. It works better for me. I think I may need to invest in a new scale as well..

. krystalb Woot woot congratz
. Iconised Ghost lucky you, I went shopping yesterday and went over by 50 dollars!

Hiya chicas ;)

long time no see. i do believe i know about 3 people on this thread. lol. last time i was on here was in January i believe, and here i am again... *sigh* although i live in Tokyo now and am a MUCH happier person than i was at my old place :)

anyways, today, after months and months of sloth and lethargy, i dusted off my 30DS and did it again... it was hard. really hard. like, i had to pause it and sit down to catch my breath. i've never ever done that before and i felt so ashamed and embarrassed that this is what i've become.... but anyways, i did it, and i was good foodwise today, and i'm gonna do it again tomorrow.

i'm on summer vacation now and wanna lose ten pounds before the end of summer (to get started... :p) so i'm really looking forward to your support and encouragement... and news and gossip of course.

see ya

Hey everyone!

Yet again I have dropped off the face of the earth. Work has been crazy busy since I'm still trying to get used to everything. With all of that, I haven't been eating that well and haven't really been exercising. Also with all of the stressful things that had happened in June, I had to stop Insanity. So....I'm starting it back up....all the way from the beginning. And I'm getting up at 5 to do it because that's the only time I know that I can fit it in, and will actually do it.

Last sunday was my 9 year anniversary with my boyfriend, and we did a 5K together called The Color Run. The run was SO much fun!! It took a couple days for me to get all of the color out of my hair and ears. I also had to vigorously scrub my skin to get all of the color off! I will totally do it again.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y38.../colorrun2.jpg

I didn't go through everything, so I will be playing catch up for now. Have a good week everyone!

lisa You're welcome! I try not to get too many of the cheese dishes (which is hard since I don't like the meat ones much..haha) but recently I went to the store and got a couple lean cuisines spaghetti with meat sauce/marinara sauce. Oh! And I LOVE their egg rolls with rice dish. The egg roll gets a little soggy when you microwave it, but it's still tasty. It's a great substitute for when I want to order Chinese.

With me, when grocery shopping, I try really hard to make a list. Today I'm going to the store mainly for veggies and fruit. It'll somewhat depend on what looks good, but for veggies I want to get:
-cucumber, celery, bell peppers, a sweet potato (i have carrots already)
and for fruit:
-grapes, cherries, strawberries, pineapple, apples

I have my tupperware containers all cleaned, and I plan on packing up the veggies and fruit into containers so I can easily grab them before work in the morning. Between work and school, it helps me tons if I plan in advance. So on Sundays I try to pack lunch options for Mon, Tues, & Wed. Then on Wed I can pack for Thurs & Fri (and go to the store again if I need to).

(But I'm also a little type A and love organizing).

Ghost So exciting that the plans are coming along! I want to ask questions but I don't want to stress you out. :)
When I read the part about it being cold I had to remind myself of where you're located--it's hot here!

kystal Congratulations!!

Laney Awesome! You'll learn your way around. Don't be afraid to ask. I once couldn't figure out how to turn on the elliptical machine....duh....you just start peddling.... haha

Kawaii Welcome back! I remember you from other threads I think.

Samma Tell us more about color run! What is it?

A very productive weekend for myself! I've done a TON of dishes, washed some clothes & towels, mopped the kitchen floor, made some awesome tortilla soup http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/soup...illa-soup.html that is spicy and delicious and has lots of veggies (next time I want to add in even more veggies). Hung up some stuff on my wall (Calendar for school/working out, dry erase board for school too) and...yeah. Lots of stuff. :) It's been a great weekend.

samma: omg, waking up at 5... you are brave. good luck. that race thing sounds crazy. lol. but i'm glad you had fun :)

ballerina: how are you? glad you had a good weekend :) tortilla soup sounds awesome.

Hi everyone,

It is so good to see some old and new faces. :) I came here in January for a little while, and I think I'm ready to come back. I have lost six pounds, completed my first 5K in over a decade (walked it, working on the running, lol) and have been working out five to seven days a week for the past three weeks. :)

I'm not going to lie, the past six months have been pretty hellish. My parents' and my relationship has been rocky for years and I have come back to and left my parents' house (and 3FC) so many times I've lost count. Fortunately, I decided finally to make amends for good and leave my boyfriend's house. My relationship with my parents is not terrific, I'll admit, but I'm a lot more open-minded and willing to accept that I might remember some parts of my life differently than my family, but it doesn't necessarily have to destroy our relationship. :)

As for my boyfriend and I, we're doing fantastic, we celebrated our one-year anniversary in May and we have been trying to lose weight together. He is doing fantastic, he has lost 23 pounds and is at a healthy weight now. We have traded our usual eating dates for walking and mini-golf, and last Sunday we went to the zoo. :) We are not engaged yet, both of us lost our cars in a hailstorm and bought new cars, and right now car payments are our top priority, lol. Still, I'm loving my sweet new ride. :)

Kawaii- Welcome back!!

Samma- The color run looks like fun! :) I have recently started doing 5K's again and am looking for some unique ones to do. And congrats on your 9-year! :)

Krystal- Way to go! :)

QB- I love those mason jars with the pounds lost and gained! I will have to try some of those myself. Are the letters just rub-on transfers like you get at the craft shop?

Well, I've totally talked your ears off, no doubt. :) Have a wonderful day everybody!

Samma man that looks fun! Even with running involved, and believe me, it takes a lot to get me excited about running.

QB I'm going to try that soup! The fiance LOVES soups and is always eager to try new ones.

Namaste Welcome back! I can sympathize with bad parental relationships, mine were so smothering and controlling that I had to move out on the sly, finding a place in secret with my then boyfriend now fiance and slowly moving my things out of the house. I told them I was going when I was already mostly moved out and they kicked me out on the street in my PJs (it was in the morning at the breakfast table, my dad was screaming at me for not dumping my bf because he was poor and skinny and not muscular, so I told him I'm moving out). I had to come back with the cops that night to get the rest of my things. There's STILL stuff I haven't gotten back a year later, although our relationship is on the mend....they've even invited the fiance and me over for Christmas and agreed to help pay for, but not come to, our wedding

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I signed the papers for our new apartment today! EEEEE I'm so excited!! Only 2 weeks till we move in, 3 weeks till the fair rolls in and I get to go with my fiance AT NIGHT (last year I was still living with my parents and they only let me go in the daytime because they thought the night time would be too dangerous) I can't wait to see all the lights on the rides! In 4 weeks it's time for Vegas(!) and in 7 weeks university starts up again! Wow this summer went by so fast. I hope to have hit Onederland by the time school starts up again, there was this one guy at my job (I'm a volunteer co-ordinator at our health center) who would always crack little fat jokes about me and talked to all the other girls but avoided me because I was "scary". I want to come back healthier to avoid that kind of thing happening again.

namaste Welcome back! Glad to hear things are settling down/getting better for you. That's fantastic! The jars in the picture aren't mine, they were on someone's facebook. For the jars I'm making, I bought letter stickers. I think I'm going to put the stickers on a piece of paper and tape the paper to the jars. That way I can re-use the jars for other things later on (when I'm at goal!) :)

Katbot Great! I really enjoyed it. A lot of the ingredients can be added or subtracted, depending upon your tastes. http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/mexi...0000001571541/ This was the basic recipe that I used for my soup, but I really wanted to blend the ingredients to make it smooth. I think next time I make it I might try and blend in some beans for extra protein. I don't like the texture of them regularly, but I think the soup will help hide them.

....I'll stop rambling about my soup now. :) Haha

Started my new semester tonight. I'm SO excited because my instructor for Monday nights is one I had for a different class and he's fantastic.

Hey y'all. I'm still around...just busy. I plan on catching up in the AM. Hope everyone is doing well!

namaste: hey. looks like we're coming back at the same time:) looks like things are going pretty good for you. nice to hear.

kabot: wow, your relationship with your folks sounds harsh :( but i'm glad things are going well with your man and congrats on the new apartment.

ballerina: yay for awesome teacher. that helps a lot with would be boring classes :)

sgregg: HEY :D

hiya guys, not too much to report with me... i'm on vacation and everyone else i know is at work so it's kinda boring. also bf is super busy these days cuz it's the end of the semester for him (school in japan is weird) and he's just going crazy with all these final projects he has to do and he has no time to see me and it sucks. i'm trying to better myself at being patient, but let's just say it's not my stronger suit. haha...

anyhoo. i'm still kinda in pain from having started to exercise again, and not too in the mood to do my 30DS today, but i gotta smack myself in the bootie and do it (since i've got nothing else to do anyways). at least yesterday i was able to finish the d*mn thing...

hope everyone is having a nice tuesday :) (or will, after they wake up :p )

I haven't ever joined the monthly chat threads, but now seems as good a time as any to start!

I've finally decided it's time to readjust my thinking and eating habits after a few months of not being conscious enough of my consumption. I've been lifting weights and doing speedwalking but since I've also been eating too many calories I've been seeing a slow creep-up in the scale from 85kg in December to 92.2kg the other day (leveled out at 90.8 this morning).

It's hotter than balls in my Japan right now; 34ºC with humidity that makes it feel like I'm swimming. Three more days until summer vacation; I feel like the wait is going to kill me.

kahokkuri: i'm with you on the heat... i don't think i wanna go outside today... lol.

I'd like to third hating the weather in Japan right now...today I got the added pleasure of having to ride my bike home 5k in a thunderstorm...which was occurring simultaneously with blue skies and sun. W. T. F. Even that wouldn't have been horrible if not for the fact that A) the rain is NEVER vertical like normal rain in Gunma and B) motorists are complete d-bags. I literally sat at a crosswalk for more than 5 minutes while people flew by splashing me in the nice little puddle (read: miniature lake) that had formed in it. More than one of them actually had the audacity to point and laugh at the stupid gaijin out in the rain. Between that and my schools serving up complete BS and giving me absolutely no respect (extra classes, f-ing with my start time despite being reprimanded by their BoE multiple times for it...so I may or may not get paid for what I worked, cancelled classes, being told that it's more important to give the kids study hall for the rest of the summer and field day practice when they come back than hold English class), I came home and cried.

To make matter worse, I also apparently am up half a kilogram from my morning weigh-in despite feeling physically ill from the weather and barely eating anything at all. Such a horrible day...I'm so tempted to call it quits and just go scarf down katsudon until I can't feel feelings anymore...

hotaruchan: awww :hug: sorry you had a bad day hun... but it's JET, they can't not pay you. and it's your BoE that pays you and not your school so let's stop that bullcrap right there, eh? i dunno how long you've been here but you just gotta let that stuff just wash over your back and just nod your head.... some stuff here is ridiculous and makes no sense and trying to fight against it just ends up making you frustrated and miserable. it's almost summer vacation so you'll get a breather soon. as for the weight stuff, it's completely normal to weigh more at the end of the day than at the beginning. don't let it get to you. you shouldn't weigh yourself more than once a day anyways, and it should ideally be around the same time everyday.

hang in there <3

Nope, not JET...I'm with a private company. And the issue is that the BoE pays me, but the communication between the school and the BoE is absolute crap. For example, the BoE told them about a month ago that they WOULD NOT change my contract, so stop scheduling me for first period (I told them I wouldn't mind changing since it's a pain in the butt having to hang out for an hour after classes are over to finish my contract time, but they didn't want to rewrite and told my company that they'd have an issue paying if my time sheets didn't match contract time exactly). The school had me come in an hour early today because 5th grade had a math test during English that they wouldn't reschedule then looked at me like I had 4 heads when I tried to leave an hour early to make up for it...not that I had anything to do for an hour anyway.

It's a pain because one of my schools is a model school...they let me know if there are changes, make every effort not to HAVE changes, and generally seem to make English a priority since they realize I'm only there twice per week...my other two treat me like dirt, and it's really been getting to me lately. This week is the last week of classes, but I'm "on call" to do I don't even know what for another 2 weeks after then 2 weeks before the semester starts again...

Silly me, I figured since I'd biked 10 km and not eaten much, the scale might be a pick-me-up after having such an awful day. Nope.