Week #2
 

Good Morning ladies,

I've finished recuperating from Saturday and it's week 2 of our challenge. This will be a great week. I'm on my second liter of water and will be going to the gym in about an hour. Looking forward to seeing a good loss this week. I'm supposed to be in a size 16 by Sunday, that's what my goal is and I really want to make it. I will make a point of not being disappointed if I'm not because thankfully I'm not where I used to be and not going backwards in that direction.

I have a question for you ladies that are past where I am. The old clothes I had before I started loosing weight are ALL too big :D:D, however, the couple of items I got a week ago from Goodwill are fitting comfortably but sometimes I feel self conscious, because by comparison they feel tight. I can't seem to find anything that is a "perfect" or even an ideal fit for my body. How do I deal with that? I look cute in what I wear but it takes me forever to get dressed. I changed clothes four times this morning because it was hard to find something that was flattering and not slouchy.


:wave: What are you doing today to get to goal??!!
:trampo::swim::strong::yoga::exercise::running::eb ike::woops::hun::stir::cofdate:

Whatever it is give what you have and do it with you in mind!!

237 on Saturday.......and then HELLO TOM.......lol! So, I guess I will see next Saturday what I have really lost. With my goal to be out of the 230 by the end of this month- I should be able to accomplish it!!

jigglefree: I wish I had that problem (one day I will....lol). My clothes are just actually starting to fit like they should
instead of being too tight. I no longer have to do the "squat and stand" dance with my pants.......lol

Good Afternoon Everyone!

I haven't weight myself since last Thursday and I had finally broken out of the 220s and was at 218.8. But....my hubby and I went out of town this weekend and we ate out a lot. I tried to stick to good portion sizes and sensible menu items, but you can never be sure how much sodium or fat you are consuming at non-chain resturants. Plus my TOM is starting soon, so I'm sure that I will be slightly up or maintaining for the next week or so.

*sigh* 215 is so close... Hopefully I meet my goal and I weigh 215 or less when I go down to DISNEY for Memorial day week!!!

Good Afternoon Ladies!!!

Today was my official WI day and.....159.6!!!!! YAY!! lol a 2.4lb loss. Only 5.6 lbs till I reach my Memorial Day goal.

I feel motivated again...and by the end of this challenge DH should be home. Today is GREAT day. :)

I gave in this weekend and decided to give gardening another shot. I got 2 big colonial jasmines, 2 rose bushes, basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary, mint, pineapple sage, vinca, zenias, black grapes, lavander and begonias...lol hopefully I dont kill anything.

Hey CC Challenge friends,

Did you wonder where I went? Whew, I had a fun, busy weekend.

Hubby and I went on Friday to Natchitoches, LA (the historic town where Steel Magnolias is set and was made). We stayed in a B&B and had a wonderful time celebrating our 15th anniversary. I'll tell you what, I ate while we were gone. I didn't eat near as much as I used to would have, but I didn't restrict too awfully much either. I went easy on lunch Friday (1/2 chicken salad sandwich w/ pickle and some chips & Diet Coke) but for dinner I had Crab Cakes w/lobster sauce, creamed spinach and another Diet Coke and then I had Louisiana's famous bread pudding for dessert. BUT I only had half portion of each thing and left the rest on my plate. So see, it could have been way worse. For breakfast at the B&B on Saturday morning, I had a yummy yogurt parfait (ate the whole thing) blueberry pancake bake (ate 1/2) and sausage links (ate 2 of the 4). So I still scaled back on everything but the yogurt.

Then we came home on Saturday and I did well the rest of the day foodwise.

Sunday was Mother's day and my hubby's mom, dad and sis were here still from watchiing the kids during our getaway. I did great for breakfast and lunch and then we went to Olive Garden for supper. I didn't get the healthy apricot chicken this time. I got chicken parm and I ate about 1/2 of it. I ate the salad and 1 1/2 breadsticks. Ok, I've come clean.

The good news is that I only gained .5 pounds and hopefully that's just water weight.

I'm not feeling guilty about my weekend. I'm not just losing weight, I'm living my life. I've gotten right back on board today with no difficulty. I'm aiming to come in at 1200 cals today and boy did I exercise! I did 4.5 miles on the TM; upper body weights; 2 sets of 30 jump ropes and 50 jumping jacks.

Tomorrow I'm getting right back to my normal plan of my usual exercise and 1400-1500 cals.

So, I hope you all had a great Mother's Day! I'm back and right back in the saddle.

p.s. JDonato, I thought of you Friday as we were in Natchitoches because it was LA Northwestern State Univ. graduation and the town was a madhouse! I saw all the cute college grad girls out celebrating with their families dressed in their cute clothes and could just picture you in your awesome dress and shoes!!

Hey guys...

Just checking in after being gone last week. Made it home safely from Texas and would you believe I ran into SNOW on my last 80 miles?! Only in MN.

I think lately I have the angel of death following me...on our way down to TX, my grandpa calls to tell my mom that one of her old friends passed away. So my poor mom is dealing with losing her sister and her friend all within the span of a few days. On my way home I saw an accident due to the snow. Turns out an ambulance flipped over the guard rail. I come to find out later they were transporting a patient from the town I work in to a larger hospital...unfortunately, he didn't survive. Then I get an instant alert phone call from work on Saturday informing me that one of the teachers in my school district passed. And if THAT wasn't enough, on Sunday my husband's grandma passed. So my poor mother in law watched her mom die on mother's day. Now we have ANOTHER funeral to go to next weekend. Man, I am so done with death and dying for a while!

Anyway...sorry to be so morbid! I took a break from CC last week due to traveling. Was going to weigh in this weekend to see what the damage was, but then I got TOM, so I'm just going to wait until Friday. I will be happy if I'm still the same weight from 2 weeks prior. Trying to really get back OP this week and start exercising again too. I miss my yoga! I never realized how much it helps my back from getting sore.

Anyway, I hope to catch up with you guys soon...hope everyone is doing well!

I'm up to 109.6 lbs. from yesterdays over eating. I'm hoping I can lose this water weight as fast as I did before. At this point I have 4lbs to lose for the challenge. Hope you all are doing well!

Hi, I hope that everybody have started this week with a big smile.

Here is my update:
My update:
Sw: 167.4
Cw: 162.8
Gw1: 165 (done)
Gw2: 160 (2.8 to go)
WL: 4.6

Well, I'm up 0.4 from last Monday...TOM is still NOT HERE!!! It should have been here any time since last Sunday...I thought it was coming early, but it was only barely here for 3 days?!?!?!? Oh well...

Also, I have failed BIG TIME with my goal of no eating 3hrs prior to goin to bed! LoL I've been starving all week and grazing, eating whatever was in reach!!! haha I'm surpised my weight's not up 5lbs!

I did Day 3 of Level 2 on 30DS...still not getting any easier, but I'm pushin on! Hope you all had a good weekend! **Here's to an even better week**

In a quit hurry~But wanted to check in~Been very busy~Will type again as soon as possible~I am reshaping again so I should get a swoosh soon!I HOPE~I was 156.6 today. Still on "TOM" THOUGH I wanna los these last 6 pounds so dang badly!
~they will leave in time~HUGS TO ALL ~TAKE CARE & HAVE A BLESSED DAY!

Sticking at 257.5 for 3 days. No exercise since Sunday. Monday had a huge headache and couldn't push myself to get on the treadmill. Hoping to get 30DS tonight, since hubby didn't get me it for mother's day (but that's ok he got me a food scale!)

Will try 30DS tonight when son is in bed :)

shy ~hope the headaches are gone!


I got a tiny swoosh~LOL I was 156.4 today ~LOL .2~DANG IT~Better than nothing I guess!
HUGS OFF TO BE B*tchY~My "TOM" Has got me B*tchy~Ughhhhh

Hey everyone.

So far I'm doing really well today. Already did my exercise - Denise Austin interval training with focus on leg/thighs/butt. 2.5 miles on the TM.

I'm on target calorie wise, but I've been having a little tummy trouble today. I wonder if I've got a little bug? I thought over the weekend it was because of eating some out of plan foods, but I'm back on track yesterday and today and still having problems. I don't think the food is staying in me long enough for any calories to absorb!

OH! My .5 lb. Anniversary/Mother's Day gain is gone as of the morning. I'm back to where I was last Friday 195.3. I do wonder if I'll be able to make it to my goal, but I'm going to give it my best try. 7 pounds in 3 weeks sounds pretty hard. But I was thinking this morning how EXCITING seeing those 180's is going to be!

Night: I'm so sorry to hear about all the loss you're dealing with right now, that's unreal! I'm glad you made it back from Texas safely. I didn't hear you holler as you drove by though.

Jiggle: I'm so with you on the clothes thing. I have one pair of pants! I was size 18/20 for nearly 15 years, so I didn't have anything to move down to. I am still wearing alot of very baggy shirts and it does make you feel so sloppy. Every now and then when I wear something that actually fits, it does feel tight-ish. I had bought a couple size L shirts (see, no X!) about a month ago and wore one yesterday. I told hubby I felt like it was still too tight in the boobs, but he said it didn't look too tight at all. I guess it's a perception thing.

Lori: That's awesome that you had a little loss even while on TOM!

Krista: Maybe you're gaining muscles doing all that 30DS?? You're a workout woman lately!

Aluxa: You are just dropping steadily! That's awesome!

I gained 5 lbs. from Mothers Day. that buffet we go to is evil! I'm up to 111.5, so I need to lose 6 lbs. for the challenge, alot is water weight I know, but it is still depressing. My husband is trying so hard to make me happy now, that it is going to cause me to struggle with my weight. We eat out once a week now, I am having a hard time getting back to my healthy eating the next day or two after we go out. I just feel like I want to continue eating like a hog! I know I have to stop now, before I gain too much. I had 1060 cal. today, which is good, but it took alot of effort. Why does it have to be so hard????

Susie--the thought of gaining muscle crossed my mind, but I dunno! And I'm not really doing that much in the world of WO...just 30DS...but really need more cardio... It's just very frustrating considering all of April I had a consistent downward slope on the scale...now, it's up after I reached the awesome 170.6 and was sooo excited that I may be in the 160s by the time I went home for the first time since before Christmas...UUGH!

**TMI ALERT!! SKIP TO BOTTOM IF YOU DON'T WANT TMI**

I just wish my TOM would come!! This is the longest it's waited since I went off the Pill in November...but it's actually slowly been increasing...3.5wks, 4wks, 4.5wks, 5wks last month...but what's scarier than the scale being up is knowing DH & I haven't used protection! AAAHH!! We absolutely do NOT want children..and it would be our own fault for not using protection...but I went off the pill to monitor my TOM and then we were waiting for DH's new insurance to kick in so he can get a Vasectomy...I wanted off the pill bc of the weight gain (even tho I lost 40 while still on it) and also because of the mid-cycle spotting...I've been kinda moody lately and like I said yesterday, Eating EVERYING in sight! Sooo, hopefully this means TOM is just being stubborn! haha For those of you who've had kids, do you still have the monthly hormonal cycle ups & downs when you're prego??? Like the moodiness and being hungry all the time....I hope not and that this just means TOM will be here any day!! :)



I had to talk myself into doing 30DS this morning...Level 2 is just soooo hard!!! But I'm going to push through each level and then maybe follow Jiggle's lead and do 30days at each level...I dunno... I'm also planning to take the DVD with me when I go home to continue doing it...instead of being off 4days, I'll probably be able to fit it in on Friday AND Saturday...then Maybe Sunday when I get back here to TN...so I'll only take Thursday off...sounds like a plan, will wait to see if I follow through :D


Sorry I'm not responding to everyone lately, I'm just in a funk! Will hopefully be back to normal next week after my trip home :)