Just a quick check in: I'm down another 1/2 a pound putting me closer to my goal! Oh and Alice in Wonderland was amazing! Go see it if you have time and make sure to watch it in 3D!!! Well I'm off! Have a good weekend everybody!! Oh and this 1/2 pound puts me at a bmi of 39.9 so I'm no longer stage 3 obesity!!!! I know it's a stupid thing but it really makes me happy!!! Mini little victory!!!!

ok...
 

so my friend couldn't come exercise yesterday so I decided to get in some grocery shopping. It was an ok workout I guess lol. My friend will be back on monday, and we will work out the whole week. I'll lose some time on Thursday because I'm getting two teeth filled. I am sooo scared of the dentist...of the filling, of being awake. I hope I can stand it. Then hopefully I'll be willing to get a little exercise in too.

Either way it's great to have someone to exercise with during the week.

I'm down 1lb today which is pretty good since I ate pizza yesterday...not a ton, but I figured it would be bad for me. Tomorrow, if I am down one more... since I'm almost there anyway... I'm going to do progress pics. Then I'll have to figure out how to splice them together so I can create a line of them on one stretch.

Have a good day yall, it's pretty nice here, hope it's nice where you are!

Heading out to see my horse, which I so desperately need - equine therapy is better than retail therapy! Well, maybe it's a tie if the retail therapy involves shoes... :)

For some reason, I woke up today feeling like I'm recommitting to getting into better shape. I think realizing that even if the scale is stuck, I am eating better foods, working out for increased energy, and my body is getting fitter and smaller, all put my head in a different place. Now I actually WANT to eat well and WANT to work out. DH is home this weekend and wants to get some weight plates for his barbell - why we have a barbell handle without any weights is beyond me, though I suspect his brother has the weights as he also took our weight bench. Anyway, I use my fitness ball instead of a bench but I really need some heavier weights - doing chest presses with 10lb dumbbells doesn't even begin to cut it! I think we may use some of our tax refund on some adjustable dumbbells and weights for the barbell. Then all I need to do is actually USE them. ;)

~just checking in for the day~it's suppose to reach 50 degrees today!!
So I am gonna do lots of Spring Cleaning today....I weighed in at 161.8 Today so I doubt I make my 150's by tommorrow~but thats ok. I will eventually & place it in my daddy's memory 100 pounds lost for him....& me too of course.Unless I hit a mricale low 2morrow. Ya never know.My hubby is trying to take it easy after doing way to much today so contnue to keep him in your prayers.He is in horrible pain~On meds now but nothing for pain other than Basic ibuprofen.HUGS TTYL!

Was planning to go shopping today to try on some clothes in the regular size 18 but I don't really feel like doing anything. Maybe tomorrow. I'm eating on plan.

When I don't get enough sleep my body feels weak, so today is a rest day.

I had 1170 calories today, which is good. But I was really tempted to over eat because my mom w/ dementia was really bad today. I felt like I just had to do something for myself or reward myself. I can't let her get to me, I will hold strong. I refuse to gain weight because of it! I lost 2 lbs. in 3 days, I'm really trying. I have 2 lbs to go for the challenge!

farn- looks like Alice in the wonderland is a good movie your the third person thats said it was really good. went to see the crazies today...Was okay keeps you jumping :lol: Not as scary as the nightmare I had about it. My daughter was scared I was going to be the only one yelling at the people in the movie :lol: The lady beside us happened to be the loudest! Congrats on the BMI...Hope to be there soon too!

Looks like we are all doing well this saturday...My daughter is making cookies. Shes taking a cooking class in school and wants to show off her skills...Why oh way do they teach them to bake sweets first...yikes! On a good note I put on a top I have yet to wear in a 1x I bought a while ago and it's now to big :D Loved the top but it being to big feels good too!

Nightangel- We have alot of people scared of the dentist here so your not alone...At least it will be done and over with...for a while anyway

Lori- Want to spring clean in florida? I need to unclutter my office...it has turned into the throw it in there because I don't know where else to put it room.

Lorra~Sure I would love to come for a visit!! I will clean for a free vacation to the fabulous Florida!!! hehehe


I am supppppppppppppppppppper Tired On my way to bed.
GOODNIGHT EVERYONE HAVE A HAPPY SUNDAY.

HUGS TO ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!

farn--I'm not sure how competitive it is, other than most places want you to have experience rather than education...WHICH SUCKS! I've only been doing it about 3.5 years and I was really REALLY lucky to get hired here...I didn't have any experience, but had a master's which this place actually favors education LoL I just lucked out tho, my mom found their website bc she was helping me look for jobs...i was getting frustrated thinkin my education had gone to waste bc i kept getting rejection letters after submitting my application/resume bc they wanted experience...so I all can sugguest: NEVER GIVE UP! There are some places that will take educ. over exp...also..CONGRATS on being SO close to goal!!! And out of Stage 3!

night--Congrats on being so close! As for splicing the pics, I use the application on my Yahoo mail account (if you got the latest version) and it works pretty good...then I upload it to photobucket or something like that to put it on 3fc...Good Luck...can't wait to see ur progress!!

jules--how was the equine therapy?? hope you had a good time...

lori--**Here's to that miracle!!** Hope your WI tomorrow is a happy one!!! If not, then it's all good!! you've already come so far!!! I'm sure you dad is looking down on you & is sooo proud!!!

jiggle--hope you get more sleep tonight! I know how ya feel w/little sleep!

fruit--Good job staying strong...dementia is such a nasty disease...

losing--good luck resisting those cookies!! maybe she can bake them, you eat just one, then suggest taking them to neighbors or family!! LoL That's usually how I resist..giving it away!!!

AS FOR ME...dinner last night w/my aunt wasn't too awful bad...we did good resisting the appetizers, but then our waitress came out after we'd been waiting a really long time and gave us nachos & spinach cheese dip bc she said she was bringing our food out and someone ran into her making her drop our food...so the free app. was to hold us over...BUUUT, i couldn't resist!!! then i had ordered the chicken parm...it came with a big honkin pile of linguini and 2 huge chkn breasts...but I can honestly say that I feel I did pretty good...atleast for me that is...i usually eat everything in front of me bc i feel if I'm paying good money, then I need to get my money's worth...HOWEVER, I only ate half the pasta and 1 chkn brst and packed the rest up for DH (who was at work) we also only ate half the appetizer and packed it up for him also....so instead of me eating it all at the restaurant OR when i got home, I gave it to DH!! LoL

AND the scale was only up 0.4 today...but I'm confident I'll be back at goal in no time :D So I'm gonna see if I can lose an extra pound before 3/17...it's still hard to believe I've lost 50lbs total! It just doesn't seem like that much to me...I guess that's bc it's came off so slowly over such a long time (since June 08) But I still have a long road ahead...and I'm not giving up! making 170 by June seems more doable each day!!! I LOVE YOU GUYS!! You've helped me soooo much these last few months!!!!

OH BTW, I got an iPod touch (traded my Nintendo DS) AND I'm OBSESSED already!! and the LoseIt! app is sooo cool! it allows you to track calories AND exercise! Plus has a pedometer that will track cal burned and distance...so I'm gonna test WATP tomorrow...should be interesting!!!

Good Morning

Congrats to those that are getting close to your goal...WTG

Ive got a step workout then some abb work, i also plan on rewarding myself with a nice yoga session. My kids are home today so lets see how much i can get done;)

So i had to see what the scale said this morning and im glad i did, down 2.2lbs since yesterday...BYE BYE WATER WEIGHT:) Now,i've got a few more lbs of it to go until i can start on my official weight loss(my lowest was 173)

>>>>SENDING EVERYONE HUGS>>>LETS GO>>>>WE CAN DO THIS>>>>
:cheer3: :cheer2: :cheer3: :cheer2:
ok...later gators :cool:

I forgot to mention....did anyone happen to watch Rachael Ray Friday? She had Ricco DiSpirito on there with his new recipe book called Now Eat This...i think im gonna pick it up, there is over 150 comfort foods in it that are all UNDER 350 calories! They made Cheese sticks that looked DELICIOUS and some pizza that i want to try...

bbl

workout done, i wish i would have worn my HRM...its in the bedroom where my DH is sleeping(he worked last night,didn't want to disturb him).Did a step workout for 35mins + some abb work then some Rodney Yee yoga..it was a good workout.

My stomach still isn't quite right:( guess it will take a few days for it to settle down...

have a good day:)

Wow I missed alot! Ok quick post and then i'll get back on and get to everyone later.

This is the first weekend I've been binge free in a long time! Wahooo! Since I was flying solo this weekend I got a bottle of wine friday night and only had 8floz that's it! I ate my dinner pre-CC out and stopped eating at 8pm. Then saturday I went way over my calories, however didn't binge. Just had a higher calorie densed meals....the alfredo sauce I used for my pasta was very high calorie. I ate my 3 meals, 3 snacks, and didn't have late night snacking and again only 1 glass of wine. the scale has rewarded me this morning! Today I'm cleaning like a mad woman! The bf is coming home from his trip and I want everything to be perfect. Plus I'm making his fav. macaroni salad and I will put a portion of it aside before I add the may for me, so I will enjoy it but without mayo, or maybe a TBsp of light mayo. Ok well back to it, more laundry, grocery shopping and getting ready. I hope everyone has a great day and I'll get back to you later.

miss--glad that devilish water weight is going away for ya!!!

jdon-CONGRATS ON A BINGE-FREE WEEKEND!!!! you must feel sooo good!!!

My Scale was very generous today...179.0!!! I got on & off 3x just to make myself believe it! LoL It got me pumped so I then did WATP High Cal. Burn, Exercise TV Upper Body, AND WATP Power Mile for a total 70min continuous workout!! YAY! I still have 900cal for dinner so I'm good to go! I'm making meat loaf for DH (he gets off at 7) it's an amazing recipe i found on sparkpeople.com (http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recip...?recipe=657787) the only thing I change is the rice...I use yellow rice instead of wild rice...might try brown rice tonight or just leave it...also, I always recalculate the calories for how many servings I get out of it out...the previous times I've made the recipe, they've ranged from 135-150 per mini loaf (muffin size) AND THEY'RE SOOO GOOD!!!! I'm thinking I'll do one big loaf tonight..I'll have to figure out serving size tho...

Hope everyone is having a GREAT SUNDAY and we're down to the last week & a half! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!! we CAN do this!!!!

jdonato - So proud of you!! I think that is awesome!!

KDM - That meatloaf sounds tasty. I'm excited for you making it to 170!! Keep up the good work.

I MADE IT TO MY ST PATRICK'S DAY GOAL!!! I went to the mall, ross, tjmaxx and marshall's and tried on regular size 18s and extra large shirts. No Plus Sizes in any store. The all fit and looked really good. I even tried on a a size 16 dress and ROCKED IT!!! The girl in the dressing room with me even told me I could go down a size in the dress!!! That would have been too tight for me. Working on my next goal for my daughter's birthday - Size 16 by my May 16th!!!!