I'm a little sore today...I can definitely tell it's been a long time since I last lifted weights. Will get some good cardio tonight with my zumba class. Going to do something kind of low intensity tomorrow night so my body has a bit of a "recovery" before my WI Friday morning. I seem to have my best WI's after a "rest" day, but I can't skip my Thursday night workout otherwise I will have to add another exercise day to the weekend, and it's hard enough as it is, lol.

Calorie wise I'm looking at about at about a 1400 cal day. Surprised it added up to be that low. If I'm really hungry tonight after zumba, I might allow myself a 100 cal pack of popcorn.

Chick: I totally remember that song :) Sorry to hear about your insomnia. Not fun at all :(

Tdi: those toe shoe things are kind of cute :) My hometown hosts a marathon every year and I used to volunteer to pass out water to the runners. There was always a guy who ran barefoot every year. I can't imagine. Of course there was a time when humans didn't have Nikes (lol), but wow, that seems like a lot of abuse for his poor feet!

Northern: It definitely takes a long time to build up to running in barefeet!! In the end though, it really strengthens your muscles and can help alleviate some common joint problems that can come from running. I love the fivefingers though! I'm working on building up to running in them, but you need to allow your feet to get strong enough. Like any other muscles that you strength train, you need to gradually increase the intensity.

I'm having an "okay" food day. I'm already at 1100 calories because I had a frappucino from a coffee shop and a bit of cake. The rest of the day I plan to try and eat healthy. I need quite a bit of protein.
Otherwise, it's off to my jog! Later chickies!!

I'm going to make it through this week!!! I'm feeling good about my eating and I will be expecting some good results on Sunday. I look forward to hearing the awesome results of this challenge. We have a week to go so let's push it through this week!!

1500 cals yesterday (I did have my popcorn snack during X factor last night, ha!) and an hour of zumba. STILL sore today from my weightlifting on Tuesday night. Hoping I'm not retaining too much water for WI tomorrow. I currently have about 1350 cals planned for today, but will probably add a snack in there. Going to do some light cardio tonight and hope and pray I bust past the 175 mark tomorrow! (Last WI was 175.5, with TOM.) It's funny though, I seem to have my biggest "whooshes" about midway through my cycle...most people have them right after TOM. Still gives me hope that I will get to goal next week if I don't tomorrow since that will be the "sweet spot" in my cycle. Can't believe there's only a week left!

I suppose we should start thinking about our next challenge. Are you guys thinking Christmas, New Years? Something like that?

I agree with Jiggle - LETS PUSH THROUGH THIS WEEK!!

Northern - I think I also have a swoosh in the middle of TOM...last year when I was weighing every day, I noticed that with myself....Hoping for your 175 bust!! :)

Yesterday was an awesome day for me!!!! I stayed OP (NO DONUTS from the weekly office donut Wednesday!!!) AND then went to the gym and did an entire 60min on the elliptical cross trainer!!! This was a first for me!! So I guess it was a NSV! :D My calories were good too....1586...and that's counting the chocolate :)

Here's a question..maybe for those of you who have a HRM....so I've always heard that the cardio machines are incorrect, and I assumed that meant they OVER estimated your calorie burn....so yesterday the elliptical (with my age & weight entered into the machine) said I burned a total of 649 cals....buuut, then when I synced my FitBit, it said I burned 796 cals in that hour....and many of the postings on the Community message board of FitBit say they find their FB to be pretty accurate with their HRM...I've never owned an HRM and was just wondering if anyone has ever compared an HRM with the cardio machines (especially the ones where you can enter your personal info into it)??? Any advice would be great!! I may post a message elsewhere to see what others think...

Well, it's Thursday....ONE WEEK FROM TURKEY DAY!!!! I'm disappointed in myself for falling off the wagon the weekend my friend was visiting, but at least I didn't let it last all month!! I haven't weighed since the beginning of the Halloween challenge and plan to weigh next Wed or Thurs...hoping for anything below 195 :D lol I really just need to focus on getting AND STAYING on track with tracking calories and exercising, so the scale is not a big factor right now :)

sorry, enough rambling...hope you all have a great day!!!!

This week has been a bust so far for me on WL. I should be glad that I've stayed OP this week. I haven't worked out due time/work cOnstraints but Friday is a half day for me so I am planning on working out Fri/Sat/Sun.

My parents & little brother and sister are coming down Saturday for the week. I'm super excited but wary. We love celebrating with good food and wine! I'm going to have to be extra diligent next week.

Hey ladies,

I hope I can join up with you again for this challenge. The last month was terrible, my fiance and I were having a lot of problems, we just split up last week. I stopped caring a whole lot about myself, especially dieting. I kind of stopped being interested in living life for the most part, which included being part of an online community.

Anyways, I'm trying to put the lack of living behind me, I can't ignore life because of someone else and I'm ready to finish this. :) I hope everyone's been doing fantastically since the last time I was on.

Glad to have you back, Lemon!

Lemonzest: :hug: :hug: I'm sorry you've had to go through all that! I'm glad you're back though! Let's git 'er done! :D

I've had an allright day. I did quite a bit of training work, so I kinda sat around a bit. I just did some Zumba Wii. I was planning to do more, but toward the end of 20mins my body wasn't feeling so great. I decided to end for the night.
I hope all are doing well! Tomorrow I plan to WI and take my measurements since I haven't done those in a while!
Hope ya'll have a good night! :carrot:

Hi all. Good luck with your WI and your measurements, TDI. I won't be weighing in for a while. Taking a much needed break from it it.

Lemon, welcome back to a place where you are always in style! Sorry to hear about your troubles, but happy that you are coming around the bend.

KDM, a small fall is okay so long as we pick ourselves back up and get back to it!

Jigglefree, way to go!

Kat, I wish you strength.

Northern, you are doing amazing. Keep up the good work. As to the next challenge, I'm kind of on "coast" right now. I'm still dieting, still making good choices, still counting, but not weighing myself. Definitely needed a break from that. With Thanksgiving upcoming, I may postpone my weigh in all the way to early December...LOL

Stay strong. Hugs to all, Donna

173.9!!!! I did it! I've officially lost 100 lbs!!!

Whew! That was a looooong time coming. I'm certainly celebrating today, but now is not the time to lose focus! My next personal goal is to get out of the 170's (been here forEVER). I obviously can't do that by next week, but I hope to get a bit of a jump on the next challenge!

Have a GREAT Friday, ladies!

:congrat: :bravo: Northern!! :dancer: :dancer: That is so exciting!!! Keep it up!! :D

I at least got back to where I was last week before I ate like crazy for a few days! Today I plan to stay OP and I have my jog to get in.
This weekend we're off to Binghamton again, so we will see how we eat.

Have a great day and weekend as well chickies!! :carrot:

Way to go, Northern!!! Did you do a happy dance? I hope so, because I just did one for you.

I dropped two more pounds since the last time I reported in, so it's going well here.

We're getting close to Thanksgiving, y'all. Let's do this. :)

Been MIA a few days and my weight has been fluctuating weird, I'm up 3 pounds. Not worried about it at all, I'm hoping its water retention. Gonna drink more water and trying to get a little more exercise in.

Northern: CONGRATULATIONS ON THE 100!!!!!!!! THATS AMAZING!!!!!

Looks like a lot of us have new wardrobes as motivators, we're gonna be a bunch of healthy hotties when we reach our goals!!!!!!

Let's keep up the good work!!!!!!

Thanks for the welcome back ladies. :hug:

Northern, congrats on losing the 100, that's incredible!