Congrats ladies!!!! Diva and sb, You are rocking this!!!Keep up the good work! I went to a part tonight and have NO sweet food! Besides strawberries and apples, but they dont count....I cant wait to get on the scale!
All the ladies that were sick glad you ladies are feelin better.
I have been MIA lately, but I am still very much on the team. Just not talkative.
I thought I was OK after my break-up. Did the whole eff him, hold your head up high thing then I had a conversation with him last Thursday..... that was a no no. I have been a mess since then. My friends and my Mom are finally scraping me off the floor the past few days. Although yesterday was pretty bad.
Funny thing is the emotional eating thing that I used to do is no more. I haven't been eating much at all and when I do it's healthy. Small victory I guess. I have also been punishing myself with a new tae bo DVD the past 2 days. OWWWW every inch of me is sore. lol I was even screaming I hate you Billy at the TV yesterday lol SHHH don't tell anybody. I'll be OK.
I'm sooooo hurt but I gotta keep smilin'. I'll fake it until I make it.
Karma- Hang in there! If you broke it off... you're so much better off WITHOUT that person! He just doesn't deserve someone like you, so thank him for letting you go free and be wonderful on your own. And then, when you get to goal you can go and show him what he's missing!
Hang in there. Believe it or not, there will come a day when his memory will not affect you one way or another. Trust me, been there done that more times than I care to remember. Just hang in there and cut ALL ties to this person. I'm the heartbreak Queen. It truly feels like that everyone I have ever loved has left & abandoned me, except this last dude I intend on marrying and my youngest son (so far). Which I know he will grow up and explore the world, but I know he'll always come home. But anyway, just keep yourself busy, workout hard, and NEVER ever talk to him again. That is always the BEST way of getting over someone. Just move on with your life and keep your mind and body busy until thinking of him no longer hurts. Good Luck!
Michie, how's it going? I'd love to meet up sometime! With our busy schedules, it might be a challenge though.
Rainlips, you ARE so close! You could be there by the end of the challenge even!
Diva, how's it going? How are your feet/legs? Is that treadmill treating you okay?
Karma, I think we have all been there. Just keep on moving forward, leave the trash where it's at!
I just made a great low carb breakfast, I was sooooooooooo hungry! I walked 10 miles yesterday (went to an expo) and I think it kicked my appetite into overdrive!
I made a tofu scramble with asparagus, arugula, shallot, red onion, garlic, pine nuts, miso and a lot of fresh herbs. I chopped a few slices of pickled hot carrots and ate that with it too. Delicious!
I am going to get acupuncture this morning (still getting over the illness) and then it's off to the gym for treadmill and yoga time.
Have a great day and best of luck to us all at weigh in for the week!!!
Wow - it's hard to believe we're so far into this challenge. Only a few weeks to go! Sometimes I look at the weight I've lost over the last 10 weeks and think.....oh, it's just a drop in the bucket....it's only a pound a week. But think about it! A POUND A WEEK! By the end of the year if we all lost ONLY a pound a week, we'd be 52 pounds lighter. Sure, many of us wouldn't be at our goal weight, but 52 pounds lighter would feel so much better than staying the same or 52 pounds heavier.
I know I'm not saying anything that others haven't said before me.....but sometimes I 'hear' the message and I guess today is one of those days. Today I did my weigh-in and I didn't lose anything. Last week I lost 4 pounds. I'm not going to beat myself up over not losing this week as I know I stayed on plan, I did my exercise and I know this weight will come off - the scale just didn't happen to move this morning.
Hello ladies! It's mid-term city around here with my school stuff - but I'm loving it! This week will be spring break for the school, but not for me as all my classes are online classes - so, we don't get a break.
Soulbliss & Diva - congrats on your losses ladies!!!!!! Send those vibes MY way!
kris - that's a great way to think about it! I've been losing and gaining the same 3 pounds this whole challenge. I started working out hardcore when we started it, so I think my muscles are coming into play there - but I do know that I've lost 4% of my body fat since we started - so that's great news to me!
SB- Which YMCA do you work out at??? I work for the Y so I have access to all of them... it would be pretty awesome to have a workout buddy!
Julz- I am frantically trying to finish some of my online homework right now too so I can actually have some sort of spring break! GL with the midterms!
I didn't make it to church this morning....stayed home with my youngest who is still feeling not so great...so I took the opportunity to get in a good TBL workout...cardio and sculpt. Now, we are just enjoying a quiet afternoon...some are sleeping, others finishing homework (I hate it when the kids have homework over March break), I am going to do some scrapbooking, and my youngest is feeling good enough to play a video game.
I need to get to bed early tonight to catch up on some sleep and to make sure I can get up for my5:30am workout....back to routines!!
Diva and Soulbliss....if I missed congradulating you earlier.....here it is..Congrats!! London....you and me both! I thought I would be much further ahead by this point in the game, but those few pounds just keep hanging on! karma...these ladies have given you some really great advice. Hang in there! I have done the Tea Bo videos before...they are really tough! KrisR....you have a great attitude...thanks for that! all black team ladies...have a great rest of the day! Good luck with your weigh-ins tomorrow!
Well just thought I would stop in say Hi to everyone.
Michie and LondonJulz goodluck with mid-terms don't miss them at all but it will be worth it once you are all done.
Rainlips great job staying OP
Karma27 hang in there it will get better
Diva and SoulBliss again congrats on the weightloss and may this week be just as good for you
Hope everyone has a great evening....
As some of you know I was totally stressing the wedding thing. For those that don't know, the future in laws totally took over everything from the date I wanted, the location I wanted, the cake, the time of day, the flowers, EVERYTHING! Basically, I was getting NOTHING I wanted and I was seriously ready to call the whole thing off. Not to mention I am NO where near my goal weight and I really want to be there because I want to look beautiful, and I'm sorry, I don't think @180, I will be. There's no way I will look the way I need to look in the dress that I want. So once again, I was going to have to settle for something else. Not to mention, i was really nervous about getting married in front of a bunch of people I hardly know and a lot of them i don't know at all. (My family won't be attending).
See thing is, I've been married twice. The 1st time I was a pregnant 17 yr old and my MOTHER planned the entire thing. I don't even recall ex-hubby #1 proposing. It was just your pregnant, you're getting married and BOOM! I was. It lasted all of 7 months.
The 2nd time, I was a young 20 something, impulsive and STUPID. I knew the guy all of 3 weeks when we got married. We were pregnant within 2 months and into the 1st yr, I knew I'd made a HUGE mistake. I won't get into the details, but by yr 2 were we separated and divorced. BUT, once again, MOM planned the quickie wedding and I had NO input.
What's going on now is Jesse's family have totally taken over and it's pissing me off. Finally tonight, I have had enough, and Jess and I sat down and discussed it and surprisingly, he was feeling the SAME way. So we've made a new plan. I think what's mostly got them excited up the in PA is planning a party. So Jess and I are going to LIE, yup, lie and tell them we wanna just go to the justice of the peace and do a quickie marriage deal here in TN and just have the reception up there in PA when we go in July. This gets us off the hook.
What's really gonna happen is this, the wedding is going to be put of until NEXT March! That's right! March 2009! This gives me ample time to get to goal, I can get the dress I want, the ring I want, the Location, and everything! He's made me VERY happy!
Anywho, I just wanted to share because I am happy now. lol!
That is great news, Diva! You are an adult and YOUR wedding should be up to you! In a year, you should be where you want with your weight too, right?
How exciting!!!
Dea, good for you for waking at 5:30 to work out!
Michie, I go to Mission Valley and Hazard Center mostly, but Toby Wells in the mornings sometimes. I need to clear out my PM box and then maybe we can connect?
London, your reduction in body fat is great! Not to mention, you are building muscle. Way to go!
KrisR, sometimes even when you do everything you should, the scale doesn't reflect your efforts...It's okay! Persevere and it will even out!
Soulbliss- Yeah I have a really weird schedule.. I work a split shift starting at 6am to 8am, then I have to be back to work by noon... off at 6pm. So I usually work out after 6pm... but I need to start utilizing that in between time. Then I can have more energy and feel better throughout the day! You know??? So let me know when you can clear out some work out buddy time... pretty sure that's what I need to get my butt back in the gym.
Diva- Yay! Congrats on getting what you want! LoL! There's something so satisfying about doing sneaky business to get what you want... feels bad! Have fun planning your day!
reda- I keep telling myself all of the studying and homework will pay off soon... but it really isn't happening soon enough!
Dea- 5:30am workout?!?! I get up at 5am to get ready for work... and I can hardly get myself to do that some days! You are motivated! if you could just come by and get me up at 4:30am... that might be good! NOT!
I don't have to be up at 5am tomorrow morning... so maybe I can squeeze in some TBL Power sculpt before I get my day started! I am going to sleep now... math really wears me out! GL on the WI's!
I weighed again this morning and I cannot believe my eyes, so I got on it about 4 more times, but I am down even more! I am @197.6! I just can't believe this! it's been well over 6 months since that scale has not gone below 200. I mean seriously, I thought it was broke until I had Jess and Matty stand on it, lol!
Morning Ladies....
Sorry I was AWOL last week....I let my cold take over and basically stayed in bed away from everyone and everything last week. I have never let a cold do that to me before, and "surprise" I lived and everyone around me is doing quite well despite all the moaning and groaning about all they had to do for themselves. Some may say I have an attitude problem...they might be right and I don't care.
I am totally on easy street for the next couple of weeks...3 days in an offsite training class, one day in the office (Thursday) and then vacation for 9 days. Add that to my cold week and I should probably feel bad for my co-workers who have to fill in for me....I'll work up to that.
Anyway....I have about 2 weeks worth of posts to read, but I'll get caught up soon. Keep up the good work ladies ! ! !
Good Luck! 
You could be there by the end of the challenge even!
This gets us off the hook. 
