Wow... thats the last time I rely on the "new post"in my USER CP to get me back to my team. I didn't even realize a 3rd thread was going. Holy Moly I have some work to do catching up!

I did finish something I have been working on since last weekend. I made my self 5lb reward envelopes (actually made them, decorated, etc...I was aching to craft something!) and I printed out 12 pictures of reward stuff I want. The kicker - I let my boyfriend stuff them. I don't know what my prize will be each goal mark!!!!!! I'm so excited! Even turned down chili dogs to stay on task cuz I want in that 1st envelope!!!

Had to share... off to get caught up on personals, may be posting again shortly!

GO BOMBSHELLS!!!!!

Nixmom, that is a completely awesome idea, to have someone else stuff them.. in any order.. I like it. I may just have to steal that. I would go crazy not knowing and it would totally be a push. Okay, yep, tomorrow I am jumping on this idea (after my workout of course ;)).

Not getting on the scale for a week paid off....I didn't think about weight or pounds all week, I just did what I had to do...The juicing for 2 days helped to....I am 3 pounds from goal.

:broc::broc::broc::broc::broc::broc::broc::broc:

Sorry I've dissappeared this week! It's the last day of school today, so I've had a lot to do.
Thank you for the complements on my dress, too. It really means a lot! http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/s...hanksEmote.gif

That is great...Congrats!!!!


Not much new with me. I'm planning on doing starting week 2 of C25K tonight, so we will see how that goes. Have a great day everyone!

Congrats to all who're doing well! I am extremely frustrated as I've stayed the same going on 3 weeks now! I've upped my calories this week and am hoping it'll get me moving down again, but it's still so frustrating to see no drop when I'm doing nothing different. I know it happens but still.........

Oh well, I'll just keep on keepin on I guess and eventually my body has to surrender!

Morning All~
 

Crystal, go for it. Its seriously got me pumped right now. I am even wanting (huh?) to go to the gym!!! Plus, the envelopes were a blast to make~

Jacque9999 ~ SERIOUSLY???? Nice Work!!! How exciting. I cant imagine!

scarahjs~ I was laying in bed thinking about starting C25K again myself. I think I will pull out my instructions and go for it starting today! Thanks for the inspiration!

SillyGirl~ Hooray for summer!!!! You did it. What are your plans for summer (besides hanging with us of course)?

So I just slept in, then weighed in. I am off every friday from now until? 9/80's and theres rumors of furloughs... so I figured I best get used to it! BF and I are gonna go estate saling. Be back later to check in. Have a great Friday!

Sorry I've been MIA this week. I've been getting some work stuff done that I've been putting off for .....


and I got hijacked to work again. :mad: I'll be back at some point.

Howdy everyone :wave:

First off I am SO proud of my DH. He has not been sleeping well lately due to stress. He was laid off about a month ago and so far isn't having any luck. He's been laying around the house 'conserving' energy. I made a comment that he might sleep better if he got up and got moving a little. Yesterday he went out and ran a mile. We just got back from doing two miles a few minutes ago. :) I am exhausted.

Exercise has been pretty good here. Food not so much but the scale is staying pretty steady thankfully. I'm leaving to go grocery shopping soon to restock with good for me stuff.

I love that envelope idea and I might have to steal that.

Just the usual hanging out with friends and stuff. I'll be in North Carolina visiting my aunt and looking at this one college I want to go to, too. :3

The Heat Index today is 102 in my area, as soon as the heat goes up my mood goes down in the gutter I have been in this god forsaken state for 15 years and It never fails I get so depressed in the summer..
Perhaps that is why I am on this forum..I need some support..
I am so sad, I am eating correctly but without the afternoon break of rain I can barely breath let alone walk.
I did just take some St Johns Wort and I have some Wort tea so hopefully that will help..
I hope everyone else is good
Oh sillygirl I am so jealous of your NC trip we would do anything to be able to move there..Have a beautiful time
Carrie

Hi Blues!
I'm still trucking along here. I had a few stressful days here related to house hunting, but I managed to keep myself in check with my eating...at least I discovered that I do truly suffer from emotional eating LOL.
I have managed to keep up the exercise so I am hoping to see the scale being good to me on Monday!

hey all, i'm busy between working and planning a baby shower for next weekend. i'll be glad when the shower is over, which coincides with a week off for the 4th of july.

Dropping by to say "Hi". Been busy this week. Haven't been on plan at all. Two workouts all week and eating has been uck! Today is a new day. Have loads of housework and yardwork to do so I should definitely burn some cals today.

Nixmom-love that idea. I am definitely stealing it!

well i haven't had a good week eating and TOM is here so this may not be the best weekend...ugg

:coffee:
Morning ladies!

WOW... steal away on the envelope thing! Enjoy. I had a blast making the cards Here are my rewards...(just to spark some ideas). I have 60 lbs to lose, I did a reward every 5 lbs - takes a lot to motivate me. ;)

A health mag subscription
A new fossil watch
A Kiosk Ring (basically a $30 fakey diamond that will be want I want on my married finger some day) :D
Jillians book about kicking the last 10 lbs
My Fitness Coach
A massage
French manicure
Trip to the Long Beach Aquarium (cheap and close)
New workout clothes
A new pair of crafting scissors
Belt
Make up

Kinda surprised I remembered it all!

Anywho... I got up at 6am and took the pooch on a 3.2 mile walk this morning up and down the hilly streets in the development by my house. Did it in under an hour and was SHOCKED! Hopefully it will show up on the scale for weigh in.

Meena - normally we are running close to 100* in June but we havent seen the cloud layer lift in 2 weeks. Its crazy! I love it!

Maryshady & me4life... today IS a new day. Make your choices one at a time... get back to it and dont dwell on yesterday or last week... they are both gone. We can do this!

Newshiny - I can imagine house hunting right now ... there are so many options (foreclosures) that I wouldn't know how to pick. We cruised around some areas dreaming about buying a different house yesterday..... I envy ya and feel for ya all at the same time. Go luck, from a fellow emotional eater!

Silly ~ Looking for a college is signing up for the next piece of your life! How exciting! Enjoy it!

Dixied - work... just another four letter word I wish I didn't have to hear again either!

:wave: to everyone else! I have to go clean my house. Company coming over for the UFC fights... oh boy....

Nixmom: That's an awesome idea about the award envelopes!

Jacque: Way to go on sticking OP! I'd be SO excited to be that close to goal! :woohoo::carrot:

SillyGirl: Isn't it a load off to be done with school for the summer? Congrats! :beach:

Zinkemomx2: "First off I am SO proud of my DH. He has not been sleeping well lately due to stress. He was laid off about a month ago and so far isn't having any luck."
:hug: I hope things turn around soon for your DH

Meenamom: "I am so sad, I am eating correctly but without the afternoon break of rain I can barely breath let alone walk."
I hope things get better soon for you. I've been in a rut of BLAH myself for a while, but surprisingly, working out has lifted my spirits lately. I guess diverting my thoughts to it instead letting myself get down (which still happens though) helps. I've put some summer songs I like, on a play list on my ipod and have been walking evenings (usually pretty late, in the dark because it's so daggone hot in GA in the summer -ugh) but better late than never I say! :hug:

Newshinyme: Good luck on Monday with your weigh in! I'm sure your hard work will pay off!

maryshady: I'm hoping the housework/yard work will work for me too today! (I fell off the wagon yesterday at a luncheon I went to...they served a planned menu and everything went well until they served the cheescake for dessert! :s: It's was really good though! yikes!)

And...yesterday 199.7! I'm excited! Maybe by Monday's weigh in I'll do well...although TOM started today...UHG! :headache:

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

:woohoo:

:cheer3: GO BLUE! We can do it! :cheer3:

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"WOW... steal away on the envelope thing! Enjoy. I had a blast making the cards Here are my rewards...(just to spark some ideas). I have 60 lbs to lose, I did a reward every 5 lbs - takes a lot to motivate me. ;)

A health mag subscription"
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Which health mag do you like the best?
I got a copy of Fitness and a copy of Shape for my long ride in the car, and liked both (found them really inspirational!) but haven't had a bunch of issues to compare which one I would want more if I subscribed to one. (Which I'd like to do too.)
Any others anyone would recommend checking out?
(We'll be heading to MI for Father's Day this coming weekend.)
Another L O N G drive! ;)

Suzie
:woohoo:

:cheer3: GO BLUE! We can do it! :cheer3:

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I'm sure you won't be coming as far north as I am, near the Mackinac Bridge, but I'll :wave: anyways.

Suz- I like Self and Shape too. Also, if you have a Walmart - ALL YOU is a great Magazine. Full of Coupons of useful stuff and lots of good info for regular chicks. I will probably be subscribing to Self though. :)

I'll need to after the pizza I just ate :o

Hi... sorry but been swamped here. Will stop in soon! Too much salt lately. But I hope the weigh in Monday is good at least decent. :shrug:

Miss u guys!

Selina :hug:

Thank you but when I hit this goal...I'm gonna need a new one!! I will shoot for 125 and will be AMAZED if I actually get there.


I just recently bought Fitness and Oxygen. I subscribed to Fitness and am considering subscribing to Oxygen. I like both and it's weird since I HAD never bought any kind of health mag. before.

Whoohooo! I just cut another 1:30 off my 5k time. Running is going well.

Food has been so-so. After a discussion with DH last night I am a bit more determined than of late. I'm working on cutting all the HFCS from our diet. Some stuff is easy to get rid off. Other things like DH's Heinz Ketchup are going to be harder.

I am reading an interesting book right now called Twinkie, Deconstructed. It's about the different additives and WHAT our food is made from and HOW it is made. It is a pretty interesting read so far.

Hi Bombshells!
Sorry to be MIA, have had family from out of state, working on genealogy and yard work before they arrived - you know how you overdo when company's coming? Now we have DH's brother coming from Kentucky for a 2 week visit. We're going to try to finish the gazebo by then, plus I've been working and harvesting in the vegetable garden - lots of garlic, shallots and still planting more seeds. That thunderstorm got a bunch of my seeds all wet, so I went ahead and planted a ton of bush beans, pole beans, snow peas, corn, peppers and lettuce.
All that work has helped with my weight loss efforts too - 3 lbs this week! I'm not even trying - except just not eating all the sugary stuff. Had lasagna with my company even. Need to get on Zinke's level of water intake and with formal exercise. The water - no problem, the exercise - with all that's going on, will have to be yardwork for now.
I know I'm late, but dgramie - hope your DH health issues are controlled - prayers going up for him and you. Like Zinke said, take care of you first, Suzie, congrats on getting close to Onederland, one of my ultimate goals too. And our young gal with the prom pic - you looked so cute!
I'm finding if I don't make a "program", I do better. Just be more cautious and "normal". We'll see if it keeps working.

ttyl

Dora

wow it was bueatiful out today and was able to get my 11 year old off the couch (for ice cream) but we had to walk there to get it...which took an hour and 15 minutes to walk....she so said it wasn't worth it...lol

It was pretty humid here today and I'm a profuse sweater. Ugh, I hate sweating without intent! :devil: :p What drives me especially crazy is, I'm one of those people that will start dripping sweat when I go from a hot place to a cooler place or vice-versa. Like, I'll be fine walking in 85% degree heat but the minute I step into a store or something, the sweat starts pouring off me, and my hair stays damp for hours. But...we had a street fair today, so I knocked off about 2 miles (by my pedometer) just walking around that and I didn't buy any food. Most of that stuff (sausage heroes, funnel cakes, zeppoles, etc.) are not huge temptations to me anyway.

Anyway...4 pounds lost in three weeks, I'm feeling a little like a :snail: .

Hi bombshells!
It's been a bit of a tough week for me. Was pretty sick for most of it with a nasty cold, lain in bed off work. Bit frustrating. Missed a week of my exercise schedule too. My appetite was very diminished though, so was easier to stick to plan, and I was downing water by the litre! Seems to have translated to the scales - lost over 3 lbs this week so I'm pretty psyched :)

My parents were visiting me over the weekend, helping whip my garden into shape. I'm pretty clueless with the gardening, but with their help we were able to do a pretty good job I think. Shall definitely be putting in for my gardening merit badge :) . They also offered to by me an outfit for a relative's wedding in August. I'd love to have dropped 15 lbs by then, so that will provide me with extra, much-needed motivation (I can use all the motivation I can get).

Nixmom - LOVE the reward envelope idea. Absolutely steal that idea from you :D

Jacque9999 - 3 lbs away, so impressive. Even if you do set yourself a new goal once you reach there, it's great that you've set yourself a target and achieved it (soon)!

SillyGirl - Bit behind the times here, but loved your dress. And now you get to enjoy your Summer. Yay!

Hope everyone gets weigh-ins they're happy with this week :wave:

Hey girls!

Hope all is well. Just wanted to check in now that the chores are done :D

gen0 ~ I have been dreaming of gardening. You are fortunate to have help for sure! Due to the wild varmits in my area, I would have to build an armored green house to keep the rabbits, ground squirrels, gophers, cats, coyotes, and neighbors dogs out of it. I went to Home Depot today and wandered through the garden section though... pretended I lived there for a minute! Good luck with your plants!

trekkie ~ wanna start a profuse sweating club? My son curses me because I passed it on to him. I can only imagine what hot flashes will consist of when I get there. I envision something straight outta saturday night live....:rolleyes: My sweating is actually why I cant pull off going to the gym at lunch... once I start, I dont stop, and the soaked hair thing... yeah, I totally get it!

me4life ~ kudos for being a responsible mom and making her work for the reward. Takes a lot of will power! Good for you!

zinke ~ Great job on shaving down the time!

Jacque - I'll have to check out Oxygen... Seen it, never read it.

Dora :carrot::carrot: on the loss!!!!!

Not looking forward to work tomorrow. Threats of 10% cuts now. Will probably know more Tuesday. Just glad to have a job, and hoping I dont have to go find a second one!

Hope you all have a great night and DONT FORGET TO WEIGH IN!!!!!!!!! WE NEED YOU ALL!

Hey everyone! I'm just checking in the night before the weigh in- the weigh in where I'll FINALLY have a decent loss! LOL!

It's been a super busy week around here with tons of kids and activities. AND RAIN! It's rained daily for 2 weeks. That NEVER happens here. Ever. We're the land of endless sunshine! At first it was sorta fun but now it's getting old. Temps are 10-20 degrees below normal. Brrr!

Even so, I managed to squeek in my 300 minutes of exercise which is my weekly goal and I've eaten decently. Except for tacos on Saturday but that shouldn't do me in.

And Dora- I'm eating a fresh garden salad with 3 different kinds of lettuce and Spinach harvested from my rain-soaked garden right now! I love having a good veggie garden.