Hi All,
I'm Bette and I'm 49, I'm married and the mother of 2, a son whois 19 and in the Army, and a daughter who is 7. Right now I'm calorie counting, or at least keeping track of what I eat. I gave up sweets for lent, and hopefully will be able to keep away from them afterwards because it is really helping, now instead of craving chocolate I've been craving and eating lots of fruit.
Everyone have a great week
Bette K

Hey combined teams!!!

My name Dee, I'm 37, married for 7-1/2 years, one DSS, who is 12, with a chihuahua and a cat.

I started my weight loss effort in Dec 2006, and floundered on my own until Oct 2008. At that point it had taken me almost 2 years to lose less than 20 pounds, and 1 pants size. In Oct 2008 I replaced my daily walks with running intervals, and started weight training. In the last 5-1/2 months I've lost and additional 30+ pounds and reduced from a size 18 to a size 8. I'm currently following the Body for Life program of weight lifting and eating. (Although I do try to keep a general eye on calories and carbs because I have PCOS and that makes me processed carb sensitive.) I've become somewhat of a weight lifting zealot, so if you ask why you're not losing inches, you're going to get my weight lifting speech. Feel free to tell me to shut up and go back to the weight lifting thread.

Hello Everyone!

I'm Emily...26 years old and a social worker. I was overweight all through childhood and hit 215 about 2 years out of highschool. At that point I joined WW and over the cours of 5 years got down to about 120 lbs and achieved lifetime status. Over the last 3 years or so I gained about 40 lbs and now I am back down to 146. I count calories also and try to stay within 1200-1500 depending on exercise. I am a big fan of hiking, cycling and running. My biggest challenge is emotional eating...I know if I don't get it under control I'll never be able to maintain weight loss.

Glad to meet you all!

I did Atkins 2 years ago for about 2 months lost about 15 lbs. but once i went back to eating carbs gained it right back and actually got fatter. I couldn't fit in things I had previously worn. It may work fast but it is so not for me!

Me too! Glad to see someone else feels this way. I think it has something to do with your body fighting gravity or something. I find it so much easier to run on the treadmill. When I run outside I can run for like three minutes then I need to walk. On the treadmill I am up to running 15 mins.


Oh No!!! lol!! My butts always been flat...I really don't think I have to worry I don't think it can get any flatter.

What is the name of Jillian's new book?

I love the 30DS. It is so hard. I still have a hard time on part 1! Do you like the elliptical. We bought one last year but I really can do only 10 minutes and it feels like torture.


Have a great day!

The name of Jillian's new book is "Master your Metabolism". It comes out today and I am going to get it. Being premenopausal, I know I have issues with my hormones. I have started using progesterone cream and waiting to see if it helps. They say it takes a few months to get things leveled out. We'll see.

Hello. I'm not on the challenge. I missed the weigh in dead line by about 2 minutes...sigh....but that was months ago. I was so disappointed I haven't come back to check on anything til now. Ha, ha. I'm over that now. I was wondering if there will be a new BL in the near future. I thought you guys would know. Thanks

Usually we start a new challenge when the new season of TBL starts.

Yeah, I went out in search of this book today, but everyone was charging cover price! So, I ended up doing what I should have done in the first place, order it online. I should have it by Friday. I wanted it today, but gonna have to wait.

Ah, ladies, I forgot to weigh-in this week and that means three strikes, I'm out. Whoops!

Anyways, it was a lot of fun! I lost 6.6 lbs in the last 13 weeks... slow but steady, story of my weight loss!

Good luck to the rest of you.

Hi I'm Rennie
46 years old and married all of my adult life. Children? Yes, I have two of them one now 18 and married and the other 22. The stories I tell you about them just can't be made up. Like the time my son tied my daughter to a tree in the front yard and put a free sign on her lol.

I put on about 80 pounds because of meads from being sick year after year. I was down to at least 144 at the end of our last challenge ( don't remember exactly what I was down to ) but was sick again this winter and it didn't take long for the meads to take me back up to 180. Got back down to 174 before this challenge started.

The weight loss has been slow but at least it is easy. I stay between 1200 and 1400 calories generally and 30 to 35 grams of fat and 180 to 210 carbs a day. I think the most important thing for me is making sure I eat all of the required amounts of each food group a day. I eat from the time I get up until I go to bed to get enough food in. Sometimes I am sick and tired of eating lol. Exercise is real important too. I do walking aerobic videos ( oh I LOVE Leslie Sansone ) and resistance training also.

The last couple of months I have had a hard time getting into the site and it as really made a difference for me. I need to chat with everyone and get everyones encouragement to keep me on track. You really did help me through the hard time of eating right and exercising and still putting the weight back on.

Cruise
I am so sorry to hear about the power cord. Running or walking outside is way different than at home. I love the walking aerobic videos but darn when I walk at the park I find it just isn't as fun. I do bet running or walking on the treadmill is way different than outside.

mtiger
Hi nice to see you again. The weather is crazy isn't it. I do remember as a kid we never knew if we were going to have a great day on easter and have an easter egg hunt or there was going to be snow on the ground.

Montecristo
You are doing great. When you get down because the weight loss isn't going as fast as you would like. Just remember, you have less to lose today than you did yesterday.

aangel
Glad you see you are having results that make you smile. I can remember the days of little ones. You know what might work for you. Put the little on in a swing and give the older one a coloring book while you exercise. Or maybe, like I did, have the older one exercise with you. My kids thought it was great fun.

cakes
I know you are a busy lady. You make me smile. Sometimes we have to stop the world and tell everyone they just have to do a little less so we have time for ourselves.

Willow
You are doing terrific. Oh the years of the hubby in the service I remember them well. You be proud of how well you are doing and tell that hubby thank you from all of us for what he is doing.

Bette
Nice switch from chocolate to fruits.

dixied
Different things work for different people. I am happy for you that you found what works for you.

hungry4achange
Emotional eating, wow that is one of the hardest to do something about and I bet each and everyone of us do that. I still do that but I have changed what I eat when I just want to eat and eat to feel better. Can you say Jello LOL.

Maryshady
HI

retiredone
Nice to see you again.

zinkemomx2
HI

Rangerchic
Hope you are doing well.

joyra
Nice going on the weight loss. Hope to see you around next time.

Hello everyone!! We've merged...just like the show!!!!

I've been missing for the last week but have finally caught up on the posts...nice to meet everyone from the blue team.

I'm Tanya and I'm 45. My guy and I have been together for 23 years, but not married and no children. I am a nurse in a neonatal icu and I work nightshift. So I am on the opposite time schedule than most of the world but I have never been a morning person so I love my schedule. I started this weight loss journey April 30, 2008. As of today I hit 80 lbs. lost which is very exciting. I started with Jenny Craig, switched to WW (which I have done previously) and as of Jan 09 switched to straight calorie counting which I love the best. The first 2 programs worked well for me at the time, but we have to learn and grow and I think calorie counting is best for me now and for maintenance.
I belong to a gym and I work out at home sometimes. I have found I get the best results from HIIT and free weights.

I was stalled for the last 3 weeks of the challenge so my sis and I challenged each other to try 1200 calories for 2 weeks (I was doing 1500 and had been losing with that until I hit the plateau). I finally dropped...3 lbs, but unfortunately the 2 of the lbs fell of the day after weigh in! Oh well.

I actually sent an email to NBC tonight asking for the date of the BL finale. Has anyone found it yet?

JOYRA Please don't leave....keep chatting with us or we will miss you! Besides you have to let us know how Australia is when you get there!!

Tonight I found the Australian version of BL website and the full episodes were there to view. I was so excited to have more inspiration to watch but it wouldn't load on my computer I will try again later.

Well, this should make up for my lack of posts for the last week Happy Wednesday!!

Dee - Love the new avatar. You look GREAT!!!!

I'm going to get Jillian's new book but will wait until it shows up on Half.com.

Good news, my power cords (2) have been mailed so I should be back on the treadmill before the end of the week. I guess I'll just have a flat butt because I really hate running/walking on the street.

Hope Cakses is OK.... maybe her computer is down again. I know she is busy so if we extend the challenge and she needs someone to step up just let us know.

Okay guys. Now that we have a combined chat thread, let's chat. TOM has left for a while and I am losing some poundage. I was 191 today, so close to the 180's I can smell it. I want that so bad I can hardly stand it. I have been in the 190's for months. I lose really slowly, so getting to a new decade is extremely exciting.

Cruise- Target had her book for $18. Still alot, but better.

Tsap- Remind me what HIIT is again.

AWEEEEEEEEEEE YOUR SO SWEET!
Thanks a bunch....I walk alot when I am on a phone calls~So Maybe you could fit that in at school sometimes.I always say if I talk I walk.But I am at home~So not sure if you could fit it in during school.I hope you have a great Summer~It's not much longer And school will be out.
AGAIN THANKS YOU MADE MY DAY!

Hi Purple People,

I'm Rhonda, soon to be 45, mother of two daughters (13 and 9) wife to Hubby of 15 years, full-time telecommuter for a health care administrator and 2 year resident of beautiful "Jaaawja." I love animals, decorating my home, reading racey romance books and watching TV. I'm not much of a fan of exercise, but I'm hoping to change that real soon.

I follow the eating habits I learned from Southbeach...lots of veggies, lean proteins, health fats, limited whole grains and limited fruits. I lost 30 pounds in 2007, but I've not accomplished much of anything in the health and weight loss arena since then. But, that is all about to change. As of today, I am 3 days back on-plan.

I'm looking forward to reconnecting with several of you and getting to know everyone.

Have a great on-plan day.