Melissa
WTG nice loss.

Ideal
What you did before is behind you. Now is the time to get back on track and things will fall right back into order.

Good Morning Ladies! Sorry I haven't been participating as much as I should or could be - maybe that's a part of the reason that my results have been so dismal. It is very motivating though to see all of the success that everyone has been having with this challenge - congrats on all of the losses!

I went to WW this morning and was only down 0.2 lbs - considering TOM is right around the corner, I guess this is to be expected. My meeting leader shared that she was a slow loser as well - 0.2 here, 0.4 there, a 1 lb'er was a huge success. Sounds just like my journey so far

Anyway, off to plan my meals for the week and do a little grocery shopping.

Hope everyone has a great Saturday!

Deb
It really does seem to make a difference. Those that chat and get encouragement and encourage others seem to do better than those that don't. DOT time can be a real pain to lose weight.

Good morning ladies! The last 2 days have been so busy! Sorry I haven't been around much. Well DH and I went out last night for a few drinks with a friend. It was so much fun! We haven't gone out in probably over a year. It was so nice to just have adult time. Gonna have to do it more often. lol I am down 2 lbs this week! YAY!!!! How is everyone else doing? Well I hear the coffee calling my name. Hope you are all having a great weekend and stay OP!!!
Kari

Hey Red peoples!!!! Hiya Cat, Tina, Utah, Shy, Jlbake, Melissa and everyone here!!!

Just wishing you all a great OP weekend!!!!

Hugsss, Selina

Happy Saturday!

Phew! I just read probably about 20 pages of "stuff" since I haven't been on here in ages. I think I am caught up and let me just say, you girls are so fantastic! I had really made a committment to myself to make sure to come here and post more, because I think I need it. However, my computer has other ideas(it's old & tired) and really does not like this site. It takes forrrrrrrevvvvvver for stuff to load and sometimes just gets ridiculous. Decided today to take whatever time I needed and to read read read no matter how long. Of course, the fact that I don't have work for a few days really does help, no pressure from that!

Rennie, you crack me up with your words sometimes! ....you woke up alive! You sound like you are doing awesome. I love the lean cuisine panera's. I used to use either WW entree's or LC in my lunches sometimes to keep from getting bored until I went to the Biggest Loser tour thingy and the nutritionist sorta bawled me out. LOL Now I do 'em maybe once a week or in a pince and lemme tell ya, I still feel guilty! I felt like a little kid getting scolded from their mommy!

Andi, I'm so glad to see that you are starting to feel better!!!! Something sure is going around that is lasting for forever. My son has had this nasty cough thing probably for over a week and now my DD is getting it! Enjoy the ice skating and bundle up girly!!! How's the gym these days??

Laurie, what a nice gift! I was looking at rice cookers at work the other day, I want one! The rice really does taste better from there, huh? It's great that you exchanged gifts to make healthier lifestyle changes, even better that your hubby actually LISTENS! LOL

Melissa, WTG on the loss for the week! You are doing amazing with WW and I wanna be just like you! LOL Congrat's to your mom too for making her 10%, I cannot wait til I make mine even tho I do have a bit to go. I have no doubt in my mind that you will make that March goal for sure. You're a rockstar! Enjoy vacation time, I think you will use that time very wisely and to your advantage. 10% here she comes!

Muse, no worries lady! You will more than make up for the cookies with all the great habits you have in place. Why is it that they always make bike seats so dang uncomfortable? lol I always hated that about mine so I got rid of it, never thought to switch out the seat. Let us know how you like it!

Deb, I am in agreement with you. I have been absent from here alot, some of it not entirely not my fault, but in any effect.....it is still affecting my success I'm sure of it! Hope you can make it around here more, I know I intend to no matter what I have to do! Just keep remembering too, all the .2's, .4's....all add up to big losses in the end, you're doing great!!!

Kari, congrat's on your loss lady!!! Wonderful news! So glad you and dh had a great time out as "adults"! LOL I can relate to that too, it is a bit strange to be out in the land of the big people after dealing with the kids for so long, huh? Hope you and dh are able to make a date night for yourselves often, it will be good for you two!

Hi Ladies! I've been so busy this week that I haven't had a chance to be as chatty as usual.

Valentine's was difficult for me. We have a big homeschool Valentine's party every year with more than 50 kids attending. After making all those Valentine's, we were rained out so there was lots of candy left at home.

This morning, I was so impressed by the list of everyone and how much weight they have lost, that I spent some time on the treadmill. You all are so inspiring.

Thanks for thinking of me!

Laura, chicky you amaze me with all your running!!! Keep it up sweets, you're doing fab!! I am so impressed with how well you do with all the traveling required for work. I do not think I would be able to keep it up at all and look at you!! I have the Beck Diet Solution book & workbook, I've done maybe the first couple chapters and then slacked. Something tells me that I need to drag it out and do it. I need all the help I can get, especially since I know what an emotional eater I am!! Let me know how you like it if you're able to get it at the library.

Jen, good to see you!!! I know what you mean about "the list". Isn't it amazing to see such fantastic numbers by fabulous women! Sorry to hear about getting rained out for your party! Just remember you're so much stronger than any food you have laying around! You're a star!

I forgot to add, Melissa, Mel, Mom, Roni, anyone else running the c25k, you all AMAZE me! I think it is so great that you girls have made that committment to it and are really enjoying it! We are going to have our own pack of superstar runners here and I think that is awesome. Keep up the great work ladies, I can't wait to read even better things from your success with it!!!

It feels really good to post! I know I have been absent from here for awhile, I do apologize. I have had some stumbling blocks along the way here for a bit and I think I am finally over them. I have had to do ALOT of soul searching and ALOT of journaling to get thru but I am really determined to not give up on myself and to reach goal finally. And why does it seem that the older the kids get, the harder life is getting in general! LOL What is that all about. Seriously, they have gotten older and the more hectic and busy we are that I really find I run out of time for myself at the end of the day! And that pesky thing they call work, pfffttt, I so wish I could do away with that too, it really puts a kink in my style! 24hours is just not enough time to get done what I need to get done! It really is a shame though, for so many years I have put myself on the BOTTOM of the list, that that is all my family is used to, them first. So lately when I have been trying to put myself at the top, they all wanna keel over in shock! WTH! I'm a person too gosh darnit!! Things are a-changin in this house whether anybody likes it or not! I got goals to meet, and Bob & Jillian to go see come April!!!!! LOL Mel, I had another dream where Bob was whispering in my ear again. I woke up all blushing and goosebumpy. LOL He was telling me to get off my arse and do something to save myself instead of letting it pass me by! Gee, ya think he's been watching me?

Anyways, I just want to tell you all that I have truly enjoyed reading about all of you and catching up to see what great things you all have been doing to change & improve your lives. What a great inspiration! Now it's my turn to do something good for myself and see how bright I can make my star shine!

Have a great day girls!

Yay!!! Danielle is back on the board!!! Girl, you always come out of those bumps in the road shining like a bright star!! I am loving your attitude, its an attitude of success. Your entire mentality has changed as each week passes and thats how I KNOW this time its for real! Its not gonna be easy but I do know there isnt going to be any going back! I love that Bob is whispering to you again! He whispers to me ALOT when I'm running.

Jen....way to go on that workout!! I love to see when people go and so something for themselves just because of their team!! Thats got nothing but success written all over it!! Excellent job!!

Selena... Hello there sunshine!! I hope you have a great OP week too!!!

Tara....WOOOHOOO 2 more lbs gone!! Excellent job!! I'm so glad you went out and had a good time!! I think we all need to do that to feel alive once in awhile!! Great job last week!!

Deb...its great to see you on the board, I really hope we see alot more of you!! Congrats on the loss!! I've turned into a slow loser myself. Hey, as long as it keeps moving down I think we are winning!

LOL...I'm thinking we need to start determining which Melissa thats being posted to, cant tell ya how many times I read something and get a confused look on my face.

Rennie...I know people say that we shouldnt be eating the frozen meals, but I'm sorry I like them! And I dont think having one ever so often is all that bad. I can think of other meals that we gotta cook that have just as much sodium. I think the portion control is biggest draw as well. So no feeling guilty about having something you enjoy!

Laura...running doesnt make up for eating "a ton" of brownies, but it certainly compensates having a treat. To me its all about getting out of that "dieting" mode of thought. I know I'm not going to go the rest of my life without having a brownie or a bacon cheeseburger, but I know now that I'm exercising and eating right so having that indulgence is okay. Its all about the attitude. Food is not the enemy...just the portions are!

Counting...I love my rice cooker, its one for the microwave. No more rice juice boiling over and making a mess of my microwave LOL! Great job on Valentines!

Andi...so glad that you are feeling better and getting back to normal. Way to go for getting out there and skating! I've yet to do that with the girls, I end up watching LOL!

Muse....it really is hard to get back on track when we let ourselves slide, but I have no doubt you'll do it! LOL, after awhile on the bike I think your butt just gets used to it, but my goodness it feels bruised for the first week or so doesnt it! Keep up the great work!

Melissa73....way to go on that loss!!! that is excellent news!! How exciting for 10%! I'm really looking forward to that, and I love that we get bobbles! You'll make that goal no problem!! Keep up the great work!!

I'm down 1.4 for this week, after a 2 lb. loss last week

It is too cold and windy to go skiing today, so I have a date with DH to do a Tae Bo workout I love these exercise "dates".

It looks like we survived Valentine's Day! We are already showing some great successes this week on the weigh-in thread. 7 of 8 red chickies have posted losses

Here's wishing you a POP weekend! Stay strong! Get those workouts in! I know we can win week 5

Okay so meeting this morning was VERY inspiring, so much so that I went out and got a weighted hula hoop! LOL! I'm gonna do another video for our MPMU site so you can check that out later! I was down 1.8!! Yay!

I was telling Danielle that the dieting mentality is slow to leave. I know this is a lifestyle now, this is just the way it is and I'm not on a diet. But those milestones and losing X amount of weight by X date still linger from time to time. I think about how I gained 19 lbs over the holidays and here we are half way through february and I'm still working at taking it off. The good news is I do feel healthier, and I do feel thinner, and for me that is what its all about. The weight is nothing but a number.

I went to the gym last night and did Week3Day2 for my repeat Week 3 week. I've decided that I still am not going to be able to move onto week 4 next week, there is just no way. I was wheezing alot last night when i got done with my run/walk, so not sure if I'm getting a tinge of a cold and thats why its so hard for me to breathe or if its the asthma acting up. So I'm going to finish out Week 3 repeat. Then try Day 1 of week 4 and if I cant do it I'm switching to the program that Muse uses. My lungs just need that recovery to build up stamina, jumping from 3 minutes to 5 minutes just isnt gonna happen. We'll see!

Okay off to work on some homework! Have a wonderful Saturday everyone!

Good afternoon buddies,

Mom and I went grocery shopping and now the house is FULL of healthy food and snacks. YIPEE!! I love when that happens. I really want to go to the gym today but i'm not sure that is going to happen.

Melissa: I'm with you...I will most likely do week 3 over again but I'm curious to try to run 5 minutes and see how I do first! I'm scared!!! LOL But i'll let you know if I was able to do it or not! Woohoo on 1.8. YOu'll get to your 10% soon enough! I still have 2 weeks to go because there is no way i'm losing 4.2 in 1 week.

Danielle: Thanks for the kind words. It's been hard work, but it's the only option for me right now! I am going to do this in 2008...no excuses. I'm glad that you have gotten your postive attitude back and I know EXACTLY What you mean about always putting yourself on the bottom. It's really only me and my son and I always put him first and he's sooo used to it that now when I take me time and put myself first he totally can't handle it sometimes. WTH!?!?! He gets all upset and I tell him to deal with it, i'm going to the gym! LOL...he's almost 12 so he can deal with it...he's just a spoiled brat and things have defnitely changed in this house the past few months. He's starting to get it I think!


counting down: good job on the loss! Keep working it girl!

skinnyvibes: Glad you and DH were able to enjoy some alone time and yay on your loss! DBF and I really enjoyed our alone time on Valentines day and it always makes me want to put aside one night a week for a date. It's so important in a relationship to set aside some quality time, especially when lives get to busy!

Deb: Don't give up girl! .2 is a loss, it's not a maintain, it's not a gain...you went down in your weight and that's what's important. So keep on keeping on and eventually you will get where you want to be!

IDeal: Get back on the train girl. One mistake is okay, then get back on...don't let it consume 2 days. YOU CAN DO IT!!

Laurie, good job on your loss!!!! I hope you enjoy your exercise time with DH!

Melissa, YES, another loss for you!! I'm thrilled to know that you are having such a great time at your meetings. I think it's a true testament to your successes so far. The hula hooping thing has me wondering....can I still do it like I used to? LOL The dieting mentality is what got so many of us in trouble to begin with, you know you're not alone. The big plus is that you have discovered that it no longer is what is going to work, and are working towards healthier goals and that is just to become healthy and move more. You are doing brilliantly and the weight will have no choice but to come off! Keep on keeping on your goal will only keep getting closer.