girlsrus4 - Haven't heard from bananarunts for a couple of days but you are welcome to stay. I am a mom of 4 too.

Hey yall! I just wanted to check in... Oh and welcome GirlsR'Us!

I did awesome today! Binge free DAY 1, again lol, but it still counts!

I did gym cardio workouts, 1 hour 50 min and 1001 calories burned! My calorie intake totals 1050, but what's even more awesome is that it includes 1/2 bar dark chocolate. I actually managed my portion control over it, rather than turning it into a binge! Woo hoo! It's supposed to be part of the "Flat Belly Diet" which says you can have MUFAs with your meals.

So I will try to adress everyone tomorrow, but I'm hoping everyone is doing alright with their diet and exercise.

Remember, if anyone falls off track, just think, you can get back on with the very next meal, or the very next day.

Talk soon chicas!

Pants tighter today than they have been in a looong time. Found this site just in time. I really need to work on "listening" to my body for when it is full and stop feeding it so much junk. Glad to have the support of this group.

Hi girls :)

Sorry this is short, I will catch up later this week. Just wanted to let you know, I won't be around til Thursday/Friday (didn't want you wondering what happened :) ). My aunt passed away, I have to go out of town (KY) for the wake/funeral. Hope all of you have a good day/week. Chat soon!

I am just over the 30's :( but does one year really count? I have 4 grown kids the youngest is 18...I gained all my weight at 32 by 36 i had a Hysterectomy and sadly I am 5 lbs above the weight after that....so Its time.

I just gave up...was taken care of my mother and kids and depression and all those other excuses we all have. I am trying for the 1st time in a while to pull myself together.

I need a few encouraging friends for sure...

Jewels-- Welcome to this forum. I am 30 y o, but no kids. I hope to share this weightloss journey with you! Depression is hard, but exercise really helps with that. Take each day one at a time and you'll get to your goal!

Jacki-- I'm so sorry to hear about your aunt. I hope that your family is alright and that you all have a safe trip to/from KY. As far as diet/exercise goes, I hope that your weigh in was good. I'm sure you did well. In the end, all that matters is that you are happy with yourself. You are doing so good with your meal and exercise planning and P90 workouts. Your determination and committment has rubbed off on me, and now I have been keeping a journal, which has helped me alot.

LT-- Have you got a workout plan in place? It's almost Monday! Please share. Would love to hear about it. Your workouts really motivate me.You know you motivated me to workout at home that rainy day when you said your spinning class was full and you decided to run on the treadmill! About your friend in the fitness challenge, I would say the same thing. She may be jealous about your weightloss. The competitiveness is really something though! USE IT to your advantage! Next time, work harder, longer, be more committed to it. I really want you to beat her!! Please beat her for me! Please feel free to rant all you want about her. Let out your emotions here. That's what we're all here for right?!

Ann-- The lemon water thing has really helped me! I've been having it in the morning with breakfast and night with dinner. I've also read online about so many of the health benefits. Thanks for the tip girl! How was Disney? Did you manage to stay on track foodwise? I hope you had fun!

Okay, so some GOOD NEWS....FINALLY, right?! I am now 150.5! Well that is I caught a glimpse of it on the scale! So I'm really going to aim for 140's this week! Yay!

Today is Day 2 binge free...hope it goes well.

Tuesday I have a meeting to attend...they're serving wine and snacks. Someone, please help me! What should I do to avoid this temptation?

Tips?

Talk soon!

Hey girls. I am happy today. I looked in the mirror and for the first time "saw" the difference. I knew that it was changing because of the clothes and the weight on the scale, but I could see a difference today. :carrot:

Well I am sorry to say that she beat me. Don't worry. I am not defeated. There are still 10 weeks left of the challenge. She only beat me by 1 lb. So I closed the gap that she had in the beginning of the challenge.

Are you sitting down? I ran 5 miles on the treadmill today!! It took me 1 hour, but I did it. And it felt good. I wanted to sweat and then weigh in. Plus I need to be ready for the race on Saturday.

Beila - WOO HOOO! congrats on the weight loss.
Red wine is good for you. Maybe have one glass and eat before so the snacks won't be tempting.
I still haven't made a schedule. lol. This week is moot anyways. My friend is coming Wed. night and I am taking her out to dinner. I leave Thursday early morning. So I have Mon-Wed to workout. Then my husband said we would run Thurs. night when I got there. Then Friday off because Saturday is the big day. www.warriordash.com shows what I will be doing. Looks like so much fun. Can't wait.

Jacki - Sorry to hear about your Aunt. :hug: Have a safe trip.

Girlsrus - Been there. The good news is, now I have the opposite problem. I have to wear a belt. And if I can do it, you can too.

Welcome jewelswa!! I have four kids but my youngest is only 4. We always knew we wanted 4 kids so in between kids I wasn't concerned about my weight cause I knew I would just gain it back with the next pregnancy. (at least that is what I told myself / excuse to be lazy and eat what I wanted) Now I have no excuse. She turns 5 next month.

Hi ladies,

I'll post personals tomorrow, but just wanted to say a quick hi. We had a great trip. I did not stay on plan, but I did not eat nearly as much as I would have normally eaten. I guess I can consider that a victory, but certainly far far from on plan. LOL. Back on track tomorrow.

Today also started TTOM for me, so between being off plan and having to deal with that, I'm planning to stay off the scale for a few days so as to not get myself too depressed. I weighed myself the day we left, so I'll use that one as my weigh in for this week. Cheating? Perhaps. LOL.

Talk with you all tomorrow. Sorry that I don't have time for personals tonight.

Welcome back Ann. Glad to hear you had a good time. It's vacation and you are supposed to enjoy yourself. Don't beat yourself up too much. Just get right back on plan, use the pre-vacation weight. (shhhhhh....I won't tell)

So I have a confession. I weighed about 165lbs last May. Now that I am getting close to the 160's again, I am freaking out a little. It was so hard to get there last time. Then we moved and DH left in June for training and I gained almost all of it back. Now I am almost there again and my life is about to change again. DH comes home for good in March. The good thing is he is a great work out partner and he struggles with his weight, so he understands and is very supportive.

First go round, we did atkins together to lose. I think that is what made it so hard. It has honestly been a lot easier once I really committed to it. Who knew - diet and exercise. lol. I guess the freak out is that I haven't been out of the 160's in 10 years. What if I can't do it? It sounds stupid, I know. But I am so afraid of hitting a wall/plateau. I also read everywhere that the last few pounds are the hardest to lose. Also afraid of quitting and gaining it all back.

Wow. Who knew a number could cause such anxiety?

Just a quick rant... I'll write more about in response to the above tomorrow, but I just need to let out steam :(

So my mom just called me. Anyways, she just annoys me and I feel like she can't understand me, or cares about me. I don't know, just a really complicated relationship. I don't expect anyone here to try to understand my family issues, it goes years back. Anyhoo, the emotional upset that this phone call left me in caused me to binge, ughhh. I ate a entire bar of dark chocolate. They are a lot of calories, like 280, so when I eat them, I just feel bad, cause that's like 30 min hardcore working out at the gym.

Fortunately I have no more chocolates in my fridge since I ate em all.

I don't know, I just wish I didn't have these family problems, I wish I had a boyfriend or was married already so I could have my own family and people who actually care about me.

It might be TTOM, so who knows why I'm ranting. Well, that's it. Just glad that I have you girls to rant to. Sorry, but thanks for reading. It makes me feel better.

Talk soon

new day
 

The best thing about waking up is a new day = new beginning. GOt on the treadmill last night. Legs wobbly after, but felt good to have gotten on.

Shooting to get on at least every other day.

It's Monday!!
 

Official freak out day. (jk) Stepped on the scale this morning...and...
172.0/-2.6/169.4 I had to step off mess up the scale and step back on.

I promised the kids pizza today. It is kind of a Monday night tradition since dad left. I am allowing myself 2 slices of just cheese pizza. It is about 600 calories. I will arrange my eating the rest of the day to allow for it. :)


Beila - believe me if anyone knows a thing or two about mom's and bad relationships it is me. I am a grown woman, 35 yrs old, with 4 kids, and have been married for 17 years to the love of my life, and she still makes comments on the decisions I make. The difference is I don't care what she thinks. I honestly think she is miserable in the choices she has made over the years and is becoming bitter in her old age. That is one of the up sides to being in the military. I don't have to live back home and deal with family. I have to honestly say that my husband's family isn't much better. I have to walk on eggshells when we visit. Let's just say his mom is lacking in social skills and likes drama. (nice way of putting it.) The good thing is my DH defends me.
Sorry, didn't mean to make this about me. Just know that you can rant anytime about family. We could compare notes sometime. I bet I have you beat by a mile. lol.
I'm not sure that I consider 1 candy bar a binge. If it is, you got nothing on me girl. LOL! I know that you will pick yourself back up and get back on track.

Girlsus4 - Good for you! We all have to start somewhere. And if you miss a day, just get on the next. We are not perfect.

BTW - girlsrus4 - We declared Monday our official weigh in day if you want to join in.

Hi again,

As of last friday's weigh in, I was down 2 lbs. I feel guilty even reporting it since I'm sure it's back on after this weekend, but that's OK. If it is, it'll come right back off.

Jacki--So sorry to hear about your aunt. :( Hope your family is holding up OK. We'll miss you. See you soon.

LTsgirl--WOO HOO!!!!!! What a great weigh in and congrats on being in the 160's. I can understand your fears, but remember that this time is not the same as last time. Are you struggling to eat what you're eating now? If not, then you know you have it in you to at least maintain your loss if not continue to lose. Just look at all of the wonderful success stories on this site to know that it can be done and it is done. Permanent weight loss can be challenging, but people do it all the time and you have it in you. Enjoy your pizza. Glad you are managing to count it in.

girls--welcome to the group! I look forward to getting to know you better. Great job with the treadmill.

jewels--Welcome to you! Yes, you belong here! Several of us are in our late 30's getting closer to 40's.

Beila--Rant away here. I really don't think we can be a weight loss support group unless we rant about those things that lead us to eat. Sorry for the struggles with your mom. I have my own set of issues with mine (and my dad too), and it's so scary now that I have a daughter to imagine that my relationship with her might have its own set of ups and downs one day. Hang in there.

Man, I hear those of you with 4 kids talking and I can't even imagine. DH and I decided that we'd be a "one and we're done" family. I can't even imagine juggling two kids, let alone 4 kids. Wow! My hat's off to you ladies.

Yesterday while at Disney we got to watch some of the Disney Princess 1/2 marathon. Really cool to see, and it made me think of what people can accomplish when they set their mind to it. A lot of these women were recovering from cancer and other illnesses. Some of them were larger women who have worked very hard to build to this level of fitness. It was inspiring and cool to see them running through EPCOT yesterday. I think we're all doing some amazing things in our own way over here. Getting fit, dropping weight, stopping bad patterns and issues with food. I am proud of us!

xoxo

Ladies - I am so happy for all of your successes! Thanks for letting me in on the weekly weigh in of Mondays. Another reason to look forward to the day! LOL . I go back to work tomorrow so I will have less time to check my email and posts. I did not get on the treadmill last night due to abdominal cramps. Will try later today.