AWEEEEEEEEEEE JAM~YOU FREAK YOU! FREAKS RULE!
Thanks so much.YOUR THE BEST CHICKADEE

DAVID~I am so gonna check your progress this week~YOU CAN DO IT!!!!

I am trying to find someone to take the clothing~It's sooo scary to get rid of them. ~i did email a local church that does pickup~it's a step~I hope they do not email back LOL~Now they definetly will since I said that.

I hope everyone is doing great!!!! have a great weekend everyone.

Hey Gang!

Thought I'd pop in while I have a semi-quiet moment. The boys are eating snack and playing with trains so I might be able to get out a post (whoops....juice cup down). Sounds like we've got a lot of motivation going on around here. I love it!

I'm doing fairly well around here. I've had some emotional issues with late night mindless snacking going on. Enough is enough! I've been reading and re-reading Tom Venuto's book...every night. Particularly the emotional eating part. My weight has been up and down the same few pounds now for nearly 2 months. Exercise is great, food is good....clearly it needs to be great as well! Not to mention after losing 100+ pounds w/o a stall I guess I'm due. This week was our 15th wedding anniversary and we went out to a fondue restaurant. It was delish. I didn't feel like I went crazy. Tonight is another date night (we got lucky with the babysitter so we decided to book her). We are going to a movie and late dinner. No idea where dinner is going to be but I'll make smart choices. Next Wed is my 39th birthday and then in 2.5 weeks I'll be on vacation in FL with a bunch of college girlfriends. Food challenges all over the place!

This morning the scale was at 231....argh I want the 220s back so bad. I only saw them for a glimpse one day.

Ok...enough of a rant from me.

Jam - That's awesome that your sisters gave you a month of CF. I know that has you psyched!!! When is the Bday?

Lori - I've been donating all my old clothes. I don't want anything too big around the house. If my smaller clothes ever become tight I will just have to get my butt back on track! No excuses! 12s!?!?!? WOW! I'm eyeing 16s now....I don't recall a time in my life..EVER that I wore a 12 (maybe 5th grade!?!)!

David - Everyday is a chance to do something positive! You can do it!

Oakey - I'm not doing much distance running...maybe 2 minutes at a spurt max. I'm still getting used to the treadmill and quite honestly torn between loving it and hating it. Depends on the day I suppose. You are a running machine.

Well....it's taken me quite longer than I thought to get this far....dropped toys, snacks, cups, put in a movie, get another snack for the lil one, blah, blah, blah! Man just keeping up with these two should count for cardio.

HELLO to everyone!!!

Talk to ya more soon!
Barb

Hey all, crossfit workout is done, just doing some housework and chilling on a Saturday afternoon...skating tonight.

David, welcome! I'm a little behind on posts, sorry, so missed some replies in there. What are you doing for eating and exercise? Sometimes saying it out loud helps you feel more like it's a "have to", but you can decide for yourself on that. It helps me to set some specific goals for these challenges, then I have at least one thing to work toward and report in on, even when/if the scale isn't moving so much. We've all been at the beginning of this journey, so if we can help, just give a shout.

Barb, we're practically twins, separated at birth! My bday is June 26th, and I'll be 40 this year. (yeah, it was a long labor ) Didn't you switch off the elliptical for the treadmill recently? If it's been more than 6 weeks, you could try switching back to the elliptical and see if that kicks the scale into gear, or do treadmill 3 days a week and elliptical the other days, something like that? I dunno, just trying to think of something helpful...I know you'll figure it out or just come out the other side of this stinking stall and things will move again on their own.

Lori, here's an idea: keep the current size, and 1 size up..if you don't need the size-up stuff for daily use, just box it, mark what size it is, and put it aside. When you go down another size, do the same: box up what you don't need that's now one size too big, take that box and put it in place of the other box...take the box with the 2 sizes too big stuff, put it right in the car, and drop it at the donation place of your choice next time you're driving by. That way, you have that "safety net" in a box, but it's not stuff that is 5 or 6 sizes too big. You don't need that stuff, cuz you're not going back there!

Phoenix, congrats on making it to Week 2 of the C25K! Woot! You are a runner, baby!

Lucky me, my TOM... Gained THREE lbs! Hope it comes off soon, and then some.

Got my exercise minutes in yesterday! Felt REALLY energized when I woke up, so wanted to start immediately. Had to practically force myself to have breakfast So I wanted to "warm up" with Wii Sports Bowling (though I crank up my music and dance in between frames!), and before I knew it I had played my bowling for an hour! Woohoo! Then I did Wii Sports Active for 25 minutes, mostly strength training this time with spurts of cardio mixed in for extra fun! Then I ran errands for... I don't know how long.

Hope to do something similar today to shed all of this crappy weight, lose some inches, etc. Hey! Good thing I just noticed! My clothes are all too big! I have to wear belts for almost all of my pants now. Don't have money for new clothes, though I would love to go on a shopping spree!

Weight up/TOM, crappy. Lots of exercise, excellent!

MrsLovett

HI ALL!!! Okay....I'm Alittle behind times, But I would like to join in. I am at 177-175 depending on the day.

Goals-
drink more water! most bring up my water intake.
be 170 or under by July 4th- which means stay on plan and exercize more.

Hey Gang!

I pretty much feel like I was run over by a truck today so I'm going to be quick. DH and I went to the movies and a late dinner last night. I didn't really like eating at 10pm, but I had planned accordingly and I only ate 1/2 my entree. I felt fine afterwards. This morning my son decided at 5am he was up for the day. Ugh. I've just been tired and woozy all day. Once hubby got up I took a 2 hr nap, but it didn't help much. I'm going to skip my cardio session today and let my body rest. It's a beautiful day so I do plan on getting the kids to the park or somewhere to burn off energy.

Jam - I've only been doing the treadmill for about 2 weeks. On the days I strength train I do about 20 min of HIIT on the elliptical. Then on my cardio only days I'm doing 45 min on the treadmill. I know part of being stuck is all these dinners and whatnot I've had going on and some of the needless snacking. Gotta get my food back to perfect! I'm thinking about skipping my Bday dinner all together this year and just having a healthy meal at home. We'll see how I feel come Wednesday. Hope you had a good night at the rink!

I'm gonna run and leave everyone with a BIG HELLO . Have a great Sunday!

Barb

New here, and joining this thread late, but here are my goals by the Fourth:

1. Hike at least once (up a mountain)
2. At least 20 minutes of yoga every day
3. Track food every day (much more possible now that Sparkpeople has an iPhone app!)

Good luck all!

Seagirl, I like the goals, especially the hike...sounds like fun!

Denise, to the challenge! I am also working on getting (and staying) in the 160s. I keep dipping under, then it goes back up.

Barb, didn't realise you were battling so many special dinners and such. That could do it, for sure. I've been keeping it very strict for a few days now, and the scale seems to be headed in the right direction. I'm also going to attempt riding the bike to the gym, starting tomorrow or the day after, whenever I feel like it won't kill me, and hopefully be able to do that about 3 days a week. I'm thinking adding the biking in might help boost the fat burn... a little "shock and awe" never hurts!

Mrs Lovett, good going with the exercise! Keep it on plan with food and exercise, and I think your efforts will show up on the scale when TOM is done.

I've got a rest day today, and taking full advantage of it. Just putzing at home, catching up on laundry and housecleaning, that sort of thing. Going to work on the bike, adjust the brakes and get it road ready. If I get real zippy, I might wash my van today. Maybe.

Thank you, jamsk8r! I was under my calories today ( maybe a little too under??), and I think that today was an unscheduled "rest" day. Well, I did some Wii Sports Bowling and some errands, but I don't know that they count... I felt so sluggish today. I guess it's okay to have a rest day and I will try not to beat myself up over it.

Hopefully tomorrow (or the next couple of days!) will be better!

MrsLovett

It's definitely ok to have a rest day....especially if you've been going at full speed for the past couple of days. Yesterday was one of those days for me. I could not have made myself do anything other than sit yesterday if someone offered to pay me! haha The key thing is to make sure that it's just a rest day and not a rest week or whatnot.

Your body needs to rest and reenergize as well.

Thank you, Chele615, for saying that I can have a rest day! I think I've heard somewhere that occasional are actually okay because they allow your muscles to regenerate or something like that I want six pack abs! Haha! Any idea how to get them? I'm tired of sit ups!

It kind of figures... I feel energized this morning, like I could actually do something, and I have a doctor's appointment at 9:30 a.m. So I guess I can't really do anything heavy duty or I'll be all sweaty and junk. No babysitting today though, so I have all day! Yaaaay! LOVE those kiddoes, but it's nice to have a few days off

Wearing a pedometer today, so I'll let you know how it goes. Maybe that will be some motivation to exercise as well. I'll try to get it up really high, hehe

MrsLovett

thanks Jamsk8r!!

I have had some stressful days lately. I went for my first interview in a long time for a different agency closer to home. nothing like a panel of 6 people asking you question after question while you sit in the middle of the room. Pretty sure I stress ate when I got home Friday. Had to make myself go to my room away from the pantry. Recently I stuck a picture of myself on the fridge to help kepe me out. Started today making sure my calories are down.

Another pound and a half down!

Fest, WTG on the weight loss!

Mrs Lovett, I take a rest day every Sunday. After Saturday's workout (and now my skate dance practice is moved to Saturday night), I definitely need a recovery day! The rest of the week, I hit the crossfit gym in the mornings, so I get the workout out of the way first thing in the morning. That way I don't have time to make excuses or think about it too hard, lol. Rest day usually sucks, because I'm sore, and have no workout to provide relief from that. Monday morning's workout is actually a relief, because once I get warmed up and get those sore muscles loosened up, then do the workout, I'm usually feeling MUCH better the rest of the day. In the past, I would have taken an extra day off if I was sore, but now I know that the cure is actually to workout, so it's much easier to make the choice to exercise, rather than sit around being sore all day.

Denise, that does sound stressful! I've had those days, too, where my eating is not ruled by logic. I do best if my food is planned out ahead of time. I actually cheat there, because I pretty much eat the same few things every day, so all I have to do to eat is pick a meat/fish, pick a veggie, cook it up, and that's lunch or dinner. For breakfast, I always eat a yogurt and have a cup of tea (my caffeine fix!), and snacks are always fruit or a yogurt. Keeps it simple, works for my weight loss, keeps my muscles growing and getting stronger, fuels my workouts and recovery. Also, shopping is a cinch! I pick out usually 2 meat/fish sources, 1 or 2 low GI veggies, and what fruit I want for the week. If I get bored with something, I can switch it out the following week, like sick of chicken? buy turkey next week, something like that. The chicken breasts or ground turkey, I can precook a big batch, so I have some food I can nuke in a hurry, to keep my meals on plan. Anyway, didn't mean to go on about it, but maybe that will help?

Chele,

So, workout is done for this morning. It was a fun and only semi-brutal metcon of barbell cleans, pull-ups and kettlebell swings. I've got to go clean my sister's gutters today, and am hoping to finish that job early so I can head back to the gym tonight. They're open for a few hours starting at 4:30 pm, so I'm thinking I could go in, practice the handstand thing, maybe try the rope climb again, and do some heavy deadlifts, which I haven't done lately. I'll probably check in with you peeps later this evening.

lori, ill weigh in on saturday morning, i had my wife take my picture yesterday..remember on "friends when they were looking at pictures of monica when she was fat???she told them that the camera adds ten pounds...someone asked her "HOW MANY CAMERAS WERE ON YOU???"...thats how i felt...anyway i will take another picture and post it tomorrow cuz my face was contorted cuz of the sun...the scary part is that i thought i was looking pretty good til i saw this picture...MOTIVATION!!!