Yesterday I stayed on plan within my calorie range (Yay! This has been a struggle lately). Morning WI was 134.8 - no change. I also ran yesterday, thus completing the first week of C25K. I'm a little anxious about C25K next week, as I'm scheduled to increase my running time from 1 minute to 90 seconds, but I think I can do it. Scratch that. I will do it.

DS is doing better, still pretty sleepy though from the meds. DH stayed up late last night and did a ton of dishes, Happy Mother's Day to me!

Sun - When you've got more important things on your mind it sure is easy to just let go isn't it? But, of course, we have to take care of ourselves so that we're able to take care of our children and set a good example. I hope your DD has been doing well since! Ant BTW, Happy Mother's Day to you!

If there are any curious cats out there wondering how I did during "Nurse's Week", I guess I shall update. I didn't do amazing but I didn't do horrible.

Monday - skipped Pancake breakfast
Tuesday - split about 4 baking items in half with another nurse who didn't want full portions
Wednesday - partaked in pizza and hot dogs
Thursday - partaked in potluck (had a 3-4 salads tho and just a few things of junk)
Friday - ...well, I got intense nausea/intestinal cramping so I called in sick (therefore, no Dr.'s Lunch)

I spent pretty much the majority of Saturday morning emptying my intestines. TMI warning... liquid diarrhea, and lot's of it. No vomiting tho, so I guess that was a plus.

So since my insides have been pretty much flushed from whatever it was that I had, I decided to actually be VERY strict with my diet from this point on. I have been kinda back-and-forth all this year with wanting to lose weight but nothing really happening since I wasn't really 100% into it. My cruise is in 2 months - I at least have to lose SOMETHING.

rainbowstripe Where abouts in Canada are you moving to?!

Missy Krissy I'm not laughing at your choice of western boot attire ;) I just got back into riding last year (as owning a horse is my one true passion in life and needed to start learning ASAP as my horse dream is closer to coming true) and I bought my first pair of boots. They go up to my calf so they fit kinda snug currently; hopefully will slim done once I start losing weight. I'm starting to look at ankle high ones in the mean time (plus I feel like I need a new pair, just because). I suggest Ariat! Great company - fits true to size, great style, and great for riding. They have a "fashion" section.
Here's my boots: in Weathered Brown
Here's what I'm thinking of getting: in Brown Rebel

missy Happy mother's day to you too :) Amazingly enough you will do great next week with c25k! I thought I was dying and there would be no way to do it but it worked!

sweet Sounds like you did a good job. way to go1


So I did not go down another lb this week. I was really bad on the weekend and ate whatever I wanted. It was pure laziness as I didn't feel like cooking. DD had a bad day on Saturday and so I justified it with that. Bad Sun. Oh well atleast I am the same and it's back on track for me! have a great monday!

Hey there ladies. I am new to this forum and glad I found this section. I am 23 years old with 3 chilldren. I started young and ruined my body early. Growing up I didnt live healthy, my parents didnt introduce my brother and I to a healthy lifestyle and food was always a reward. Having children I want to change that cycle. I am a fun loving carfree woman and would love to find some buddies for my jjourney. I have a facebook if anyone else has one. I am trying to calorie count and workout at least 6 times a week. As of today I am keeping a food journal. Any suggestions?? Im doing jillian micheals extreme shred and shed as well as about 1.5 miles of walking.

sun ooh pizza! I was craving pizza this weekend - sadly, it's not on my diet :(

rainbow those boots are so cute! It's almost your winter, right? I just had to put my boots away in the back of the closet. It was a sad day in the house. It was 98 degrees on Saturday. I don't think I can justify wearing my boots now.

krissy hope your ds is okay! I think with a situation like that, it's definitely okay to eat whatever and not have to worry. some things are just more important. and with your weight - I think you can spare a day :) I've made something like your cowboy casserole. Mine involved cheese soup and sour cream instead of tomato sauce. Probably more unhealthy, but sooo good! I do that when I have left over meatloaf.

sweet Sound like you did great on nurse's week! Sorry to hear about your stomach. Hope you're feeling better!

pisces welcome! This is a great forum and thread that I keep coming back to for motivation and to stay accountable. Glad you found it! Your plan sounds right on track! Stick with it and you'll do great!

Yesterday marked the end of week 1. I weight in at 161.0 this morning, which means I'm 5 pounds down! Woohoo! I know the weight won't come off this fast anymore (the first week is always the most) but I'll take it, especially considering the weekend I had. We ended up at Yakiniku on friday night (bf's friend was in from the philippines), I didn't get all my meals or water in on Saturday because we were running errands, but I did make corned beef and cabbage in my crockpot! That was sooo good! Too much sodium, but good. Yesterday we went out to a Japanese Izakaya place for mother's day and I think I just ate too much.

BF's mom is making beef stew/rice tonight and my FAVORITE macaroni salad. I know if I go I'll eat the rice and the salad. And if I don't go she'll ask questions. I've decided to tell her I have to work late. I have leftover taco meat and lettuce cups to eat. Can't give in now!

Hi everyone! I'm newish. Looking to get back on the horse and continue back down the scale. Hi!

Scrumptious – Oh no, I hope you’re feeling better! I’d say you did well for nurses’ week, especially splitting those treats with another nurse, good call! Ahh, those boots are so cute! The leopard print ones look really fun, but I’m thinking of getting something closer to the style of the shorter ones (but longer, does that makes sense?). Actually, I won’t be able to afford them for a while anyway, but a girl can dream right? Maybe for my birthday at the end of the summer I’ll treat myself…

Sun – I know how you feel with the laziness and not feeling like cooking. We don’t have a dishwasher, and I hate cooking in a dirty kitchen, and some days I just do NOT want to spend 45 minutes cleaning just so that I can spend another 45 cooking, and well, bad choices get made. You may not have lost anything, but even not gaining is a type of victory. Hang in there!

Jmko – Thanks for the kind words. 5 pounds down? What a great weigh in!!! Yes, it will start to slow, but ride the high while you can! You may even get a nice drop next week too. Good job! I love corned beef and cabbage too. I love beef, and I love cabbage, so it makes sense that I’d love it. Do you ever peruse skinnytaste.com? She’s got a beef and cabbage casserole that I’m wanting to try: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/01/k...casserole.html. It looks like it would be nice and savory, but relatively low cal. It might be wise to stay home instead of surrounding yourself with temptation if you don’t feel strong enough to resist right now. You shouldn’t avoid social gatherings all together or for an extended period of time, but sometimes you just need to give yourself a break and take care of you.

Pisces – Welcome! Calorie counting and food journaling is a great start. Others may disagree with me, but I think that 6 days a week is a little bit much at first. Again, this is my own take, but I would focus on getting your eating in check with maybe some light exercise every other day. If you’ve been sedentary up until now your body may not be ready for that pace, and by simply adjusting how much you eat you can change your body a lot. I’m not saying exercise is bad (not at all!) but that trying to do too much at once can set us up for failure. Good for you for taking the first steps toward a better you!

Whiskey - Hi, and welcome!

So DS is getting better and better, which is such a relief. This morning I started week two of C25K, which meant running at intervals of 90 seconds and walking for 2 minutes. I had thought about repeating week one (60 seconds running, 90 seconds walking) but in the end I decided to just go for it and up the running time. I’m glad I did! I haven’t been pleased as punch with the scale lately, so having the sense of accomplishment from following a fitness plan helps to offset that. I want to be strong and lean, not “skinny fat.”

This morning’s WI was 135.8 (grr) but that was largely due to my poor choices yesterday (I’ve got to own them). DS’s birthday is in a month and I made a practice cake and frosted it. This mean that I also ate a lot of frosting/batter/cake crumbs… And I had French fries and 1 and ½ cheeseburgers, so yeah, that was to be expected. I wrote a post in the Weight Loss Support forum about how I’ve become comforatable with my body after losing so much weight and am having trouble staying on plan because I actually like my body now. BUT I have more work to do on it. I do want to be smaller, and fitter. And I know I can be.

Today is just another dull day. The weather is up a little bit (in the 60’s), but it’s not as warm as I would like. It’s supposed to improve this week though (fingers crossed). I’m having trouble feeling ambitious today, but at least I already got my run in right? ;)

Miss Krissy Thanks for the advice,eally want to lose faster just because I am impatient but I was thinking if I set myeself high if I fail to do 6 days ill still be a success...i know crazy thinking

Missy Sorry to hear about your son's surgery, but glad to hear it all went ok! I think you did fine considering the circumstances. I am terrible in hospitals (have been in and out a couple of times with my dad in the past couple of years) but luckily I haven't been able to find the food for some reason haha! Boyfriend's PhD is research around medical tourism - so people that leave their home country to get surgery of various types in various countries and then recuperate in those countries. It's a little confusing to me, but it does sound interesting. Somehow that falls under Geography haha. Yeah, those deep-fried olives were amazing. They had a crumb coating. I can never go back, I will eat them all! Cowboy boots are all good if you can pull them off, and I'm sure you can! It's all in how you wear them. Go go go with the running, it's such an awesome feeling when you can push yourself a bit more - I never thought I would be able to run for even a whole minute and now I'm doing 30-40 minute runs with very minimal walking! OH man, I feel like we're experiencing a lot of the same - I also have trouble staying on plan (weekends) because I'm not SUPER unhappy with my body now. I can fit nice clothes, I can look good... I just don't feel 100% comfortable.

sun It is nice - I don't know why, but knowing I have small feet kind of makes me feel good - I feel like it's more "normal" since I'm short, I should have small feet. Haha. No loss is ok, at least it's not a gain - just keep on keeping at it, you'll get there!

PrettiPisces Hey there, welcome!

whiskey Hello, I like your pink hair!

Sweet Sorry to hear about the end to your week, that doesn't sound very fun! I'm moving to Vancouver! I've never been to Canada at all haha, and now I'm up and moving for four years!!

jmko Is there anyway you can tell your bf's mom that you're watching what you're eating without it causing you any grief? I get making excuses to them (the working late) but it might be hard in the long run. Congrats on the five pounds, that is so awesome! And yeah, it's heading into winter now here, definitely autumn already. We don't get super cold winters, but cold enough to warrant new boots and I do love them. I'll be going straight into another winter when I shift over to Canada haha - no summer for me until June/July next year!!

~Not a lot to report here, weight is down from yesterday's weekend gain - surprise, surprise, same old story. Eat too much on the weekend, gain a couple pounds, lose them by Tuesday, hope to lose more by the weekend. Again, I do hope that this week I will see an ACTUAL loss. I know I'm just continually sabotaging myself, it is ridiculous.

Running went ok last night, though my calves were KILLING me after and they're not great today either. I need to stretch more. Going to run again tonight and perhaps take tomorrow evening off... either that or run through to Thurs and take Friday off and then run again on Saturday morning.

The thing I forgot about that is frustrating about living with my boyfriend's parents is meal times. Last night we didn't eat until about 8.40pm - I was SO hungry, and I feel like even though I don't really believe in the whole time of day/vs calories in blah blah, it's still not great to be eating that late, right? Oh well. I can't really control it.

That's about all :)

miss krissy it wasn't the cheetah pattern i got. It was the weathered brown color (on the link I gave you, you have to change the color view as the cheetah print is the default). The weathered brown color is similar to the color of the ankle ones :)

rainbow ah Vancouver! I currently reside in Calgary but I'm from Kelowna, BC (about 3-4 hrs from Vancouver). My older bro also lives in Vancouver so there's a chance I'll be down that way a few times while you're there!

Hello everyone!

Well Summer just hit me in the FACE here in Japan, Monday I was wearing jeans and Tuesday I'm in my cropped pants! I would be wearing shorts if my thighs didn't rub together so much, hah! Might have to buy some cycling shorts to wear under my normal shorts to something to prevent serious chafing happening.

Today I had a great day. I stayed on plan for both food AND working out. When I was working out I looked in the mirror, since I do home workouts, and I look waaay bigger than I thought I was. I was doing it shirtless since it was so hot in my apartment, and I was like "woaaah, what happened here?! I thought those rolls were gone!" I haven't weighed myself in a while, and I'm currently on my period so I don't really want to weigh right now, but I'm kinda worried I'm back in the 160s =/. But it was a bit of a wake up call to keep pushing forward. At the end of the day, I just want a hot body! I know that sounds so vain, because it is, but being fit and toned would make me so proud and confident.

I did Jillian Michaels 30 Day Revolution today, will definitely feel that tomorrow! But I never feel satisfied with cardio after a JM workout, so I think tomorrow I'll so an Insanity workout. I want to try and get on a run this weekend, and no doubt sweat my *** off.

In other news, some random dude started talking to me this morning, asked for my number so we could get lunch and kissed my hand as he left. It was really weird and he was one of those super confident people (clearly), but it was actually quite nice to get some attention. Especially since I was in my slobby work clothes!

My boyfriend moved apartments last weekend, which is why I've been AWOL, and his new place is kinda meh for my standards. I mean, I'm not someone who needs a fancy place, but his place is super old. But, I don't have to live there, I will just be there some weekends! BUT he now lives in an AWESOME city with lots of cool shops and places to eat. Plus he lives near a really nice park that has a river leading out of it - new running route, woohoo!

Bit of drama at work, one of the support teachers has basically said she requires a month off work for her mental health. But we never got a word from her about it, she went straight to the manager of the company. It's like, hello...we would have liked to have known from YOU! But the manager has said "when you come back, you'll be working at a different school" and now she's not contacting anyone in the company so she's just sort of faded out. It just sucks because we were friends, I made a video for her wedding and attended her wedding and gave her a generous wedding gift (as is require in Japan) and she won't even talk to me after I tried to get in contact. *sigh* Enough of that!

But back to weight loss talk, I'm hoping to keep up the pace and get to it! Seeing that reflection in the mirror today just made me realise I need to really work hard to get what I want. No point sitting around dreaming of it! I'm thinking of running a 21 day challenge after the Bikini challenge has finished. It would be based more on being on plan than weight loss, what do you guys think? Would you be up for a no excuses 21 days straight on plan challenge?

Personals are a bit all over the place, I started doing them in order then I went backwards! Sorry if my comments seem all over the place!

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kawaii - Being poor seems to be a common theme in your life!! But then again, I'm poor right now, on the last of my pennies before I have to dip into savings. Oh man, I thought Pepsi would be way worse! It just feels so heavy when I drink it. But thinking about it, I guess all the flavourings of melon soda make it worse? Do you know the specifics?
I'm still on Workout 3 + 4, I have one more set of them to do then I move up to 5 + 6. Good for you on losing a$$! I know it's "annoying" to out grow your clothes but maaan does it feel great. I remember I had a nice pair of underwear and one day they just fell down! Thankfully it was in my jeans, but I felt it slip right past my butt haha.

rainbow - I think being more conscious of the food itself and how you consume it is important in social situations. You could be eating the greasiest burger, but if you slow down and really chew it; put the burger back down on the plate and take your hands away, then you might not even finish it! Just an example of course.
So glad you like your running route! Man, I'm the opposite, I would hate running past shops!
Maybe, just a suggestion, you should try a weekend on plan and a weekend off plan? That way you will lose weight over the weekend and continuing on the week, then the weekend after you might gain back a pound or two, but then the weekend following that you'll lose more than you gained...if that makes sense.
I know what you mean about eating times, when I went on holiday with my parents they would have breakfast, lunch, a snack (which was pretty much a meal) and then dinner at like 8-9pm. I was sooo hungry because I didn't indulge on the snacks as much! Plus I love eating on my own schedule!

Missy K - Man, at least you can plank! My shoulder/core strength is tragic. Definitely push yourself with running! You'll see a whoosh on the scale soon enough. If you stay in your comfort zone your body won't be forced to change. Huge congrats with stepping it up, keep going!!

whiskey - Welcome! What's your plan?

jmko - Hello! Huge congrats on 5 lbs down, holy WOW that's awesome! Ah, yakiniku...my work friend wants to go there for a meal and I'm like noooo because I know I'll eat too much!

Pisces - Welcome! Sounds like you have a good plan!

sun - Try and not let those around you affect your plan as much as possible. I know how it is though, when my boyfriend gets down and wants to eat junk I feel like it too. We have to be strong!

SweetS - Ouch, sorry you got sick! But I guess it was your body telling you what you did wasn't very nice to it! Hope you feel better soon!

Riestrella
I definatley want to do a 21 day challenge :) Totally into it

Everyone Else
Hello Ladies!!! Yesterday I stuck to my plan, I consumerd around 1480 calories, did a 30 minute jillian michales workout and brisk walked 1.5 miles :) Overall great day and I am happy to be on track. I like reporting to my new friends :) I can boast and feel accountable to someone else haha. Today I plan to eat oatmeal on my morning break, some stir fry chicken I made last night for lunch, I have no snacks today so I shall be hungry...I took out some turkey tenderloins for dinner so I have to figure out how to make that....Any suggestions??? :carrot::carrot:

whiskey welcome and hello!

krissy that casserole looks so good! I'm going to have to spend some time with this website! I love it! I was just thinking of starting a "healthy" type of food blog, too! You and I may have to recipe swap if you've got some good ones! Glad your DS is feeling better!

rainbow I love my bf's mom, but she asks so many questions! I'd rather avoid the situation altogether. Usually she makes things that I can eat, no problem. But when she makes stew - well, we have to eat stew with rice. It's one of those staples here. My bf, bless his heart, has asked his mom to make pork tofu, or shortribs, things I can eat for the next few weeks. Hopefully that'll help. No summer until next year? I don't know if I could do that! I love the winter, but there are days I'd just want to lie in the sun on the beach!

riestrella I had the same revelation looking in the mirror 2 saturdays ago before jumping back into the weight loss phase. I was sitting on our desk talking to my bf, looked at myself in the mirror and saw myself and went, "whoa. how did you let yourself get to this point again??" Dame! (and since you live in japan I know you know what that means!) I haven't done JM, but I used to turbo jam/turbo fire. That used to kick my butt. Maybe try that?

pisces I treat turkey the same way I treat chicken. Maybe do a buffalo turkey? Bake turkey at 350 for 30 minutes. I use Frank's Buffalo Sauce - 1/4 cup of that and ranch dressing, a 2 TBSP cream cheese and heat in a saucepan until combined. Pour over turkey and sprinkle cheese on top. Put back in the oven for 10 minutes (or until cheese is melted) and voila! Or you could just sprinkle some mrs. dash on it and bake it :)

Thank god I didn't go to BF's mom's house last night! She had beef stew, rice, macaroni/potato salad, and she bought croissants. Starch overload. I weighed in at 160.8 today, so at least I'm down from yesterday. I really want to try to start running but I'm afraid for my shins. I'm also afraid I'll get winded really quickly. Is there any trick to this? Or just keep doing it everyday?

JMKO
That sounds yummmmy Im going to try it.I love cooking and I've never tried it that way! Thanks so much...
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I'm also curious about the running question I get winded to