WELCOME KATEYDID! this is our third challenge and hopefully we'll keep it going.....having a deadline sometimes put enough fire under our feet to make things happen..and if it doesn't happen we just go on to the next deadline. It's fun because there is a lot of support here. The gals on this forum are great.

Made it through my reunion! Only about 20% of the class showed up and they said it was the best turnout ever - pretty sad. Didn't eatr much as we were talking so much and I was too nervous to really eat in the morning, so it kind of balances out Friday where I over-ate.

Back to the gym tomorrow - only made it there once last week between being sick and obligations. Need to get back to 5X/week, feel so much better that way!

katey, welcome! This is a small group, but we're great! Good luck with your goal.

Really took a look at what ate last week it it wasn't a case of how much it was what..... I was doing those easy carbs that my body loves to attach to my hips.

A long with the fact I missed 2 workouts, (perhaps a bit of a Give up).

With a morning of Grocery shopping for Protien rich food and fresh veg, I'm hopeing to be back on track this week.

on a brighter note, I have notice my clothes are looser.

Our last week ladies I'll be happy if I can get back to my original goal of 185.

Hey, where is everybody? Well I'm back from Florida...I ate, I ate and then when I was done I ate some more!!! One night I ate so much I really thought my stomach was going to explode!! Not sayiing I'm proud of it but that's just how I roll when I'm on vacation, which doesn't happen very often. The good news is I am so sick of food at this point I'm really looking forward to eating well again!!! LOL...even my son said he doesn't want to look at food for a while.....
So this being said and done this Sunday ends our challenge. I hope everyone comes back to weigh in,,,good or bad. You know even if you made a slight change or learned somethiing in this challenge it wasn't in vain. Time to set up a new one....Memorial Day or first day of Summer? hmmmmm.....?

Happy Easter Chicks !!!

Weighed in this morning 183 Which is less than my original 185 goal but just shy of my April 9th revised goal of 180.

Thanks you all for your support I'm sure I would not have lost 11 lbs in this Challenge.

Happy Easter !!!!!!

I weighed in yesterday at 140...which means I lost a total of one lbs this challenge which technically isn't a loss to me...good thing about this challenge: I realized that the only thing that works for me is carb reduction. I tried something else and it didn't work. (17 day diet). Second thing I realized: as much as I love Zumba it isn't going to give me the results that I need. I have decided to quit some of my Zumba jobs and devote that time to working out for me. It means a loss in income but at this point I'd rather have muscles than money.
So atleast I have learned something.

Thanks to all of those that hung in for this challenge. Let's start something else...READY??????>>>>>>>>>>

Well, I'm not sure what happened yesterday but I weighed in yesterday at 139.8. So I gained 4+ lbs in the last week? Will assume some of it is water, as I ate Chinese food Friday night and then leftovers Saturday. I'll weigh in again in a day or two and hope to be down at least 2.

Anyway, I really screwed up in the last week or so, but what's done is done. I've decided that the cheat meals/off days are not working for me at this point. They're just causing me to spiral. I used to be able to handle it better, but I'm weak lately.


Zumba, sounds like we both learned something this challenge! Flat belly did not work for me because I didn't like the food so I cheated. The calorie-counting does work for me because at the very least I maintain when I am writing everything down. I do MUCH better when I eat little to nothing at night, but I need to save at least 200 calories for a pre-gym snack. Great that you will be taking more time for yourself to figure this whole thing out.

Izza, CONGRATS on the 11 lbs. - that is AWESOME!!

Zumba, are we looking at Memorial Day now? My goal is NO cheat meals/days off plan until that weekend. I already told DH that I do not want any food associated with Mother's Day. I'm going to turn down all dinner invites(like I get so many, but still) for the next month. Will keep going with the gym and some outdoor walking/jogging.

Natamars...I figured memorial day was not enough time and to make it a summer challenge......this gives us around 8 weeks to reach goal..do you think memorial day challenge would have been better???

Chinese food is notorious for causing bloat..I can gain five lbs in one night if I have chinese food, no exaggeration..and it doens't matter what I order either....so that is probably what sent you over the edge.