Hi everyone!! Well.. Ju and I just did the Walk away the pounds DVD it was great!! Great work out!! Our neighbor came over and did it with us. It was so much fun.. 3 miles!!!

great job on the workout nildee!! i love those dvd's!

lala- thanks!

ellis- i knew you'd get a kick out of that! take care of the cough hon! so nice to hear you being so good for yourself!

so i just got back from my aqua class in the new suit!! it was wonderful! all important parts stayed put and i didn't have to spend anytime tugging at it lol. i had my weigh in today and am down 1.5 for the week. you know i almost can't believe i am doing this! this is the start of week 5 for me and i am going to concentrate mainly on some form of exercise everyday this week. even if it is just a short brisk walk.

hope everyone else is doing fine!! have a good one!!

Jodi - Congrats on the 1.5lbs!!! THAT IS GREAT!!!

Thanks, Lala and Jodi. :hug: Still feel terrible, but I'm out of bed and properly dressed (read: jeans) for the first time in two days.

Nildee, excellent workout, hon! :cheer:

Jodi, congratulations on the 1.5 pounds!! We're getting there, girls!! :dance:

Am getting the kids off to school, then I may have to lie down for a few minutes... :p

Well, I'm finally moving down again, albeit, not by much. I'm down to 262.5, which is a half pound down. But, I'll take it, it's my first loss at all since we got back from vacation.

Happy Weds!

_lala

lala congrats on the .5 any loss is a good loss! great job sticking in there after vacation!!

ellis- thank you yes we are all on our way!! oh dear i thought you would be feeling better by now. there is so much going around this time of year. stay warm and be good to yourself!

thanks nildee!!

ok i am having a bit of trouble with the exercising everyday thing. still trying to find another activity that doesn't feel like a chore to me. i have walked a bit more the past 2 days but still not as much as i wanted to. maybe i'll stick the WATP dvd in tomorrow am before my coffee....it helps if i get started before i am too awake (i don't resist as much when i don't know what's going on lol)
hope all of you are having a great day!!

aaaaaaaaaargh!!! It used to be when I was sick that I'd lose weight, but now that I'm older, I manage to stuff myself really well. As well as not exercising.
I'd lost at least a pound last week, but I'm up two today. CURSES!!!! :mad:

Ahem. Pardon my rant.
Okay, I'm back on track today. I have to weigh in tomorrow, and I'm going to eat so well today. SO well. :yes:

Lala, I'm glad you're moving back down, hon! :hat: Good going!!

Jodi, get your butt in gear. :drill: Of course you hate doing it, sweetie. Bite the bullet! Eat the frog! Tough love and a hug, coming your way. :hug:

I'm having Fibre 1 cereal, yogurt and blueberries for breakfast. It's so yummy and healthy. I need to remember this combination when I'm dying for something sweet.

hi
I love fiber one cereal.. add thing yogart is a good idea.. I'm gonna try that.

Pansy, with the blueberries (or any other berry), it's so good! It's kind of like a sundae. :)

ok so i ate my frog today!!! also, after eating said frog i grabbed a schedule of other classes at the Y and i will pick one to try next week. i like the class thing (possibly misery loves company?) i never thought i would be a class exercising type person but i guess i am. it is far better to me to grunt and sweat in front of a bunch of strangers than it is for me to grunt and sweat in my living room at home. go figure?? self discovery is such an amazing thing!!

ellis i love fiber 1 i eat it almost every day. i'll have to try the erries and yogurt sounds yummy!! sorry to hear about the illness gain, doesn't that just burn you?? i kno the last cold i had i ate myself into an oblivion...trying to comfort?? who knows?? good luck with the weigh in tomorrow!! glad to hear you are back on track today.

hello to all the rest of you chicks!! hope you have a great evening. i'll be dreaming TGIF tonight!!!

Good going, Jodi!! I'll bet you feel great for having exercised. :hug:
It's weird about Fibre 1... there's no added sugar in it, but it's a bit sweet, eh?
I hear ya re: exercising in front of people. I work MUCH harder when I think others are watching. Even though they're NOT! :lol3:

Hey! I don't want to be too optimistic, because I don't officially weigh in until tomorrow with the doctor, but I think I was wrong about the gain. I think I'm DOWN a pound! Looks like I'm down a total of 11. Knock-on-wood. :D

GOALS FOR TODAY~
eating 1200 calories
drinking 8 glasses of water
journaling

Whew! I had gained a couple of pounds over the weekend with PMS (grrrrr) but they seem to have finally gone again. But, I drank sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooo much water yesterday! :rain:

Hope everyone is doing swell! Happy Tuesday!

-Lala

Hi everyone - sorry I've been MIA for a while - kids were sick last week, and we were out of town this weekend, blah blah blah. I'm still not quite on a plan. But I am going through a major feeling of wanting to change, which is how it starts, right? Like I'm waking up from a long stretch of complacency. I'm generally disgusted with my life, and want to fulfill some of my potential. I NEVER should've moved back home after college, I NEVER should've buried so much of myself to please the DH, stuff like that. Does this mean I'm ready to really express myself and stop burying my feelings and discontent in food? I surely hope so.

Congrats to everyone on their losses. Nildee, I just started Turbo Jam myself! I really like it. I got burned out on kick boxing years ago doing Tae Bo all the time, but this is more fun, I think.

My daughter loves the turbo jam... hmm maybe I should get the tapes myself.

Official Weigh-in day
 

Yippee! On the way down again...

High weight: 290ish
Start weight: 275
Last week: 262.5
Current: 261

(cue that funky music) :dancer: (begin boogie)

-Lala

I got measured yesterday... I'm down 11 pounds, and have lost a total of 9 inches! :hat:

We're doing great, girls! :cheer:

Tracy, I hope your children are better. Sounds like you're raring to go, hon! :hug:

Good job, Ellis! What a great feeling, eh? :hug:

Once again... (cue that funky music) :dancer: (resume boogie)

-la

Lala, let's have a great week. :wave: I'm seeing my doctor next week for another weigh-in, and despite my cough, I'm planning on dropping two pounds. :D
We can do this!! :hug:

ellis- great job girl!!! keep it up!!! doesn't it just feel great!! you can do it!!!

tracy- hope the kids are feeling better, good luck thinking through the changes!

hi purple how's it going?

lala- you go girl!!! great job sticking with it!!

nildee- sounds like you and julie are doing a great job!! keep it up! i love those turbo jam infomercials. i'll have to break down and order them one of these days. hope you are still having fun with it.

me?? i was down 1lb this week! staying as close to the plan as i can with TOM here. let's do this ladies!! we are all on our way down!!

Bummer
 

So at the end of the month I had a doctor appt. The first doctor appt I have ever been excited to go to for my entire life... (I can't wait to get weighed at the office, isn't that just sick!) and the office canceled. The doc will not be in that day. So, I'll reschedule it and just be have some delayed gratification...

But, on the bright side, I can lop off a couple extra pounds during that time, can't I?
(cue that funky music) :dancer: (got the boogie fevah! I got to boogie do-own!)

-La

Lala, I'm so sorry about your appointment. :( That sucks! :hug: You have a great attitude, though! :hat:

Jodi, congratulations on the pound down!! I think we may all be wearing slinky little black dresses come Christmas time! :D

ellis- thank you!! yes slinky dresses all the way around! make mine red though i'm feeling daring!!

la- too bad about the dr appt. keep yup the great work though!!

me?? well i've been a bit of a slack asser (hope thats not offensive to anyone) this week. not that i'm laying around or anything, but the past couple of days i have been skipping steps so to speak and just being a little lazy in general about water, food etc. i was just feeling sort of blah you know?? now that i know i am doing this i will try to work a little harder on sticking with the plan. i know it works, i am not ready to give up yet!!! i just have to do it all together everyday!! i just got back from the Y and i am feeling very positive again!!!

hope all the rest of you chicks are doing great!!! have a good evening!!

Where to start!?!?
 

Well... well.... heheheheheeee.... I'm pretty excited.... really really really...

Okay... it's true. I weighed in at 259 yesterday... and it's still there today!
:dancer: :dancer: :dancer: :dancer: :dancer: :dancer:
As of today, this is the most I have ever lost on a diet (Slim Fast in college doesn't count, that was just stupid). As of today, this is the lowest I have weighed in almost ten years, at least since I moved in with my husband in 1998.

And the best part... amazingly, I'm still feeling really really okay about this diet. This 30 poundish area is right about where I decide I'm sick of it and can't go on living this way any longer and blah blah whine whine blah... I mean, I know that I have changed some habits and I am restricting myself and forcing myself to exercise... but I don't feel... denied, I guess is the word? I just feel okay with how I'm living now. It's not a chore or a burden it's just... what I do.

I just wanna get up and run around the block screaming! Maybe I should? Hehehee hee...

Shall we?
(cue that funky music) :dancer: (boogie on!)

-Lala

Lala, I'm so happy for you, sweetie!! :dance:
Oh, my gosh... I KNOW how good that feels!!
You're a whole new person, girl... there's no looking back! :hug:

Jodi, I have news for you. You're not giving up at all! :drill: Look at you! You're down 13 pounds! Have you felt how heavy that is? Pick up a 10 pound weight at the gym... it feels like a ton!
My dear girl, we are DOING this, and we are not going to be deterred by a couple of crappy days. Big hugs, and get your tushy off the couch. :hug:

I think I'm down a pound this morning, and I'm feeling VERY good. Still sick with this cough, mind you, but I've got the day to myself, the coffee is on, and I'm up for doing some laundry and other assorted dreary tasks. Things I've not done for over a week. :)

lala you rock!!! great job!! keep it up girl!! :carrot: (gosh i love this carrot)

oh ellis- i'm not quitting!! thanks for your (ahem) encouraging words:rofl: . feeling much better today really. i had a few rough spots this week. i took it like a big girl and went over my food logs and all the "bad" days started off with a different breakfast. i really think this had something to do with my evening problems. well i won't make that mistake again!! hey congrats on the pound!! glad to hear you are up and moving:hug: , hope you had fun with the laundry...tomorrows my turn:(

hello and happy weekend to all the rest of you chicks out there, hope you are all doing well!!!

Howdy! I hope everyone had a great weekend? I've already complained about mine on the exercise thread, so I'll shut up now! :D

More good news to report... it's weird, but the pounds just flippin' rolled off last week. My calorie intake/output was way off base for the amount the scale has moved. I'd be worried that the scale was broken except that it's been okay for hubby's weigh-ins... So anyway, I went from 261 last weekend to 255 by yesterday morning... that's a big drop for me, I have been keeping steady at a pound or two a week. But, I had pizza for dinner last night... evil, evil pizza... and am up two pounds again today, but I'm counting that as sodium/water weight and not fretting about it.

We actually had a nice spring day here in sunny fla today. It has been getting way, way too hot, but we finally got a nice rain on Sunday, so that really cooled things down and today was very pleasant. Very windy, too, though that was nice on my afternoon walk around campus. It's funny how much I've changed since January... I used to never want to stay outside for any length of time. Now I really like it... won't get to do that too much when summer really hits though... ugh... can't breathe!

So, I guess I should quit rambling, trying to postpone my workout... I'm still very tired. This is the worst TOM I have ever, ever, ever had...

(cue that funky music) :dancer: (summon the energy to boogie on down!)

-Lala

lala!! wow!! that's a big drop!! keep moving it down girl!!

Jodi, I'm glad you're not quitting. :hug: You know I won't let you, eh? :rofl:
I hope you're having a good week!!

Lala, wow!! Don't you love it when you have a drop like that? That's awesome!! :hug:
I hear ya re: summer weather. Last summer was just horrible. I seemed to stay indoors most of the time to avoid the humidity. :(

I'm leaving shortly to get weighed in. I'm not expecting much, if anything. I'm only just STARTING to get better from this cough, so I know I'll be back at it very soon. :)

well i was down .5 (thank god for the digital scale!!) this week. i had a bummer of a week last week and a pretty rough weekend so i made some changes and am feeling and doing much better this week!! you know i started tracking my sodium intake sheesh!!! there sure is room for improvement there. all this time i though low fat cottage cheese was fairly harmless??? it is CHOCK full of sodium!! what's up with that??? no wonder i'm retaining so much water.

oh well enough about me, how are you all doing???

wtg jodi!!!

Jodi, congratulations, hon!! :cheer: :cheer:

Good job, Jodi! I can relate with the sodium thing... I have been looking at that myself lately. There is so much sodium in everything, especially anything packaged, even if it's otherwise good stuff. I have been completely unable to keep my sodium below 3500 on any given day, even when I'm trying. I am going to start checking the whole foods stores for low-sodium choices in salad dressings and sauces and so on... wish us luck! :D

-Lala

Hey... where did everyone go? Did the Easter Bunny leave eggs and take you away?

:D

-Lala

I'm here, Lala! :)
How was your Easter weekend? I don't know about you, but I am just sick to death of chocolate. :lol3:

Mmmmm chocolate.... Well, luckily enough, we don't do holidays, and now that I am not working for a while I was able to avoid Easter candy in all its forms! :devil: Everyone in the office used to bring in leftover candy from filling their kids' baskets and dump it all in the break room... what a train wreck for me!

Here's my choco fix though: Hubby and I hadn't had dessert in a while so we ran out to our grocery store and each got a slice of chocolate cake and split a half a little pint of Ben & Jerry's one night. I'm glad we only did half of the ice cream though, 'cos it really wound up being too much as it was... next time we may have to split the piece of cake instead of getting one of our own. Sugar shock! And just imagine, my hubby used to be able to sit down and eat better than half a half-sheet cake by himself... and I was once good for at least three pieces... plus ice cream with each... and all of this in ONE NIGHT! And we did this almost every weekend... We've both come a looooooong way....

-Lala

lala- nice way to share a little sweetie with your sweetie!

ellis- sick of chocolate?? next year all the easter bunny is bringing to my house is fruit and veggies LOL wouldn't that be a hoot. screaming kids and all!

ok so my new leaf is turned over yet again today!! (thank goodness this leaf has 200 sides!!) i am back on the good track. i should of never stopped for the damn chocolate!! i'm not going to get anywhere if i don't re-focus myself! are you all with me??

I'm with you, jodi... I first need to find my leaf and then turn it over. I don't seem to be depressed but I am feeling a bit off this week... just can't get with it. I dunno, maybe I am depressed, it's just not the deep pit that I'm used to so I can't tell that I'm depressed! :dizzy:

So, we have a bit of a road trip this weekend. Maybe that will cheer me up... fun with friends, the mountains in the spring... I'll be back on track come Monday... it'll be all right (ah, now I'm humming me some Jimmy Bufett! or is that Buffet? Hrm...)

-Lala

Jodi, I am so with you. I've been eating SO badly, but I've got my calorie journal out on the counter this morning (haven't looked at the damned thing for about a month), and I AM WITH YOU!! :hat:
(fruit and veggies next year... heh heh heh)

Lala, I'm with you on the depressed feeling. :shrug: My meds have been working, but I'm questioning my mood a bit lately, you know? Big hugs, sweetie... we'll get through this. :hug:
Congratulations on splitting the cake, and enjoy your road trip!!