Purple, WOW, That's a great NSV! I think anytime anyone notices the weight loss gives a great motivation, too! =)

I was getting dressed to come to work, and I saw this one pair of jeans I brought from Korea. I dont even know how much I weighed back then. I know at one point, I was about 165 lb or so.. Well, About 1 year before I left Korea, I was about 165 lb but I didn't work out at all or anything then. I lost the weight with some chinese medicine that controlled my appetite and accupunture. But then I got married and stuff happened and I know I gained weight...and then lost some weight due to some marital stress. So I don't know how much I weighed by the time I actually left Korea. Anyways, the pair of jeans I saw today.. I don't know the last time I wore them. I think it was back in Korea, which was in 2004. I don't remember trying them on when I was pregnant (I weighed 175 then because I actually lost weight during pregnancy) I did bought them when I lost some weight in Korea...Anyways. I put them on today and it fit pretty well. I could button it up and no big muffin top either! OMG! I'm actually wearing them right now. It makes my behind nice, too... like all the lunge and squats are paying off. lol
I never thought I would be able to wear them and not even have muffin top this soon.

YAY Tara! That is awesome, fitting with no muffin to is huge

Here I am for morning check in...and it's not even 9AM I'm getting better

Well I said I was going to keep this short and sweet this time so I just want to say that is Awesome Purplefirefly and Taragettingthin!!!!

Also want to say thanks Manick I will look it up when I get back home from work tonight.

Hope Everyone has a Great Day today!!

Hi team,

I seem to fall apart with posting at the end of the week and the weekends. I stayed away from the computer pretty much all weekend; except for writing my resume.

I am taking a pass this week on the weigh-in. With my birthday last week and not drinking enough water; the scale is up a bit. Also, I am still struggling at getting back to the fitness center on a more regular basis because of all the outdoor work I'm doing. While its good, hard physical work, it isn't fat burning.

My mission for the day is to drink lots of water today and then off to the fitness center tonight to sweat. After that, then I'll see what yardwork or horseback riding I can get in; if its not raining.

Tara: what a fantastic discovery! Awesome.

Terri: My weight gain this past week is partially due to lack of water, too I think. So, today, I am going to drink atleast 1.5L of water, hopefully more. I just haven't felt like drinking anything. I know that is bad considering the hot weather. I am going to make some unsweetened iced tea with mint and lemon, atleast I will be drinking something...and also drink some water.


Everyone else: good morning teamies! It's a beautiful day in Southern California, and it promises to be a hot one. Today is crockpot chili, and I will put it in the crockpot before 10am so it won't be too hot to cook. I will have no excuses not to eat semi-healthy! Last night I made something pretty awesome; I made chicken paprikash and homemade spaetzel. I am not sure how healthy it was, I tried to make it as healthy as possible. Today, instead of the spaetzel, I will eat it with brown rice...that should help too. I hope you all have a fantastic day. My goals today are to drink more water and do 30 minutes of walking/other type of exercise. I will try to pop in here later today if things don't go crazy around here.

WTG Purple and Tara on your NSV! I have to share mine too...I bought some new bottoms to my swim suit and WOWWY I look good in them! I never would have ever dreamed of loving a swim suit so much, but it is awesome and I feel skinnier in it then I do in some of my jeans and t-shirts.

I feel like I am also getting more and more comfortable in my runs too, and today I wanted to see just how fast I was flying on Saturday and so I turned on the same song in the same spot and only made it just over half the distance and I was running at my "normal" speed. I truely was flying! I ran 12 consecutive min. today and will shoot for 13 on Thursday.

Terri I am going to strive to drink a LOT of water today too. I lost my jug and have been slacking since. I weigh in tomorrow and know that my weight loss will be lessened because of a lack of water.

Results are posted! As you'll see, our numbers took a bit of a dive this week. But, it's nothing that we can't come back and beat up next week! Just a bump on the road.

Hey gang. I'm checking in after being MIA for a while.

The vacation was nice & relaxing, even if I spent most of the time at home. I only logged onto the computer twice---WHICH is huge for me.

Eating wasn't great and didn't get tons of exercise except for chasing the nephews around in the yard for a few days, but I'm back on track. Will catch up with everyone later!

U get used to it .. And try then to imagine how it feels to do a long cardio workout here .. Sweaty!!
My toe still hurts, but it's getting better.. A few more days it needs to rest I think.. I'll use my extra time to fix everything else I need to do, and to think more about what I eat..

Our numbers this week wasn't the best but let's all come back next with a big loss!!

Troo, the chili sounds good. I have to make chili soon to enjoy with my brown rice.

jenjen, welcome back. Relaxing vacation sounds awesome, as I won't get one till October.

smurf, Yay! looking nice in bathing suit is great! Congrats!

Terri, good luck with water. What about drinking water every time you think you are hungry? Like drinking a glass of water before start eating snack or meal? That may help?

Well.. I got to experience something awesome today. I know and I read a lot about how working out helps with size, even if it won't help with the number on the scale. Happy with my NSV with the jeans yesterday, I decided to try some other pairs I had. One pair was something I got when I lost weight and wore at the lowest weight, which was somewhere around 165lbs. It was one pair I got on internet and it was my goal...something to look forward to after losing weight. Well, I'm 188ish and I was able to button it up today! That's over 20 pound difference and still almost the same size! I get little bit of muffin top with these but my hip and thighs were not too tight at all. I then tried on a pair of jeans I got in the states. It still has tags on. I got them last year when I lost weight...they were just so darn cute but I still had little bit more pounds to lose in order to wear them. That was when I was 187 lbs. Well, it's size 11. I was able to button them up too!
I think about 10 more pounds and I should be able to wear them with no problem. I've never worn size 11 in the states and it's been over 4 years since I've been here. (It's junior size..) What a great motivation to work out more! =)

Hey Teamies! WELL.....yowsa...congrats to those of you who DID post a loss this week!!! We maintained as a group, and that is something I guess. I'm not one to talk as I took my holiday freebie this week.

We have ONE week to make it a good one....let's GO team!!!

Purple, I don't know about the cucumber, I looked up some, er, relevant words in google and found a host of information. Alot about how they are "cool" foods but sometimes too cool and the body expels them. I don't think it is necessarily from the fiber content. Sounds like you found yourself a good purgative for those days of excess eeek

Here's a snippet with a nice way to serve cucumbers tho:
"Enjoy cucumbers sliced, in yogurt dishes, salads, dressings, pickles, relish, and juice. Try Stuffed cucumbers. Scoop out seeds and pulp and fill with sun cured olives, chopped celery, red pepper tossed with a bit of dressing. Spicy meals are cooled by the addition of cucumber."

Lucky you that your garden is already producing stuff....we have basil and tiny little pepper babies, but not much else yet. It was SO rainy here in June, the sun is finally out now!

Smurf you are rockin on the runs! Way to go!!


Tara WHOO!! on fitting into the jeans...isn't that great?! Fitter IS better! I'm sure you'll be sportin' those jeans in no time!

Troo I was in San Diego last week and LOVED it! What a gorgeous place!!!

Here's my "head" check in:

Vacation was nice y'all, we walked on many California beaches, trying to make it at least a 3 miler anytime we went out. That cool, breezy, sunshiny weather was spectacular! I had never been on an official southern CA beach, they really do look just like the TV shows!

Food consumption on vacation was harder, LOTS of fabulous foods in CA...I'm still working on getting the excess off of me, but here's my mini-NSV. DH and I decided to order a green salad with dressing on the side at every dinner and just one entree to share. We pretty much stuck with that the whole trip. The entrees were sometimes splurgy (a memorable filet mignon with artichokes and mustard sauce in old town San Diego) but we only consumed half of it at most. This was a big change for us (foodies both and food/celebration and consumption has been a big part of our relationship) and it saves money too! We bought cereal and non fat yogurt and fruit for breakfasts and a big 2 gallon jug of water to refill our bottles. It was really great to have support for my efforts on this vacation from DH.

My battle is slow, but at least I'm still in it...and making changes that I can sustain for life, hopefully. I'm thinking a year from now I should be in pretty good shape

Hiya Team!

Well after a fantastic concert and getting a hug from john mayer, I am pooped! I sweated my a$$ off dancing for 2 hours. It was the most enjoyable exercise I've had in a long time. DH and I had a fantastic night out!! DH also said that JM was looking at my boobs when I got my autograph, lol!!!

misty -that is an awesome and important NSV!

ggmugsy - what kind of book is it? would she have written anything I could google?? very cool!

Tara - way to go!

Happy - yummy!!

bethbeth - Happy anniversary!

Angeline - stick with it1

Staja - cupcake truffles...yum!

Theresia - I am sweating in the AC!! Are you melting??

Laurie & Barb - Hope things get better for you guys.

Oolong - Good luck with your exams.

julz- have fun!! sorry I couldn't help out-boo!!

I am leaving to visit my sis for a few days thursday....I am going to weigh in early as I won't be back until tuesday night. I will try to pop in tomorrow before I go!

hey everyone!

I managed to stay on track this holiday week because it didn't really feel like a holiday to me. I worked all weekend long pretty much. I celebrated with a low-cal veggie dog. Haha. I have been doing awesome with working out and eating healthy. I no longer have to think about it all that much, I do it out of habit.

Yesterday I ran 3 miles around sunset, and it was an amazing experience. I dunno whether I like running at that time or everything just fell into line, but it felt almost like an out-of-body experience. I felt like I was overhead flying above me. I was running so fast and my body felt so incredibly strong and invincable. And the runner's high afterward was unbeatable. I hope there are more runs like that in my future.

Anyways I have been bored with the biggest loser lifting routine lately, so I found out my local movie rental store offers free fitness DVD rentals. I rented 3 and tried the pilates one today. It was also such a nice day and I still hadn't treated myself to my favorite pizza I had promised myself for reaching one-derland. So I hopped on my bike and rode about 15 miles to meet up with my mom for lunch and then biked home another 15 miles. I'm glad I did it. It was fun, a killer leg and cardio workout, and I feel completely guilt-free about enjoying my treat. Once I reach 190 I am going to bike to Arby's which is just a little further down the road and get an Arby's melt, because I have been craving one like no other haha.

It's amazing. I've been noticing changes that exercise has had on my outward appearance for a while now, but I am just starting to appreciate all of the amazing and beautiful things that my body is now able to do as a result of working out.

Here's to a sucessful week for the team! We can do this! Never say never.

Fabulous post Glitter! GOOD for you! You're doing fantastic and I'm glad you're feelin' that way too! Congrats on being this week's biggest loser too!

I am going to be gone to Montana to shoot a wedding from July 10 - 17. I'm going to be weighing in early this week, however I won't be here for the actual weigh-in day or the posting of the results. I need someone who can remind the team to post their weigh-ins on Monday July 14. And also, the same person would go in and plug in the weigh-ins on a spreadsheet on Tuesday morning July 15 and post the results in the results thread. (I will email you a microsoft excel spreadsheet that is all set up, all you'd have to do is fill in the weights and it'll do the rest. I'll also send a pre-made post to copy/paste in the results thread for the results, all you'd have to do is fill in the numbers.)

If there is anyone here who would be interested in doing this, please PM me and I will get back to you with all the info!