Hi All!
I'm back from my vacation and let me tell you how hard it was regarding healthy eating. We load up in the car and I have my healthy snacks and my kids unhealthy snacks. I do fine. We get to the beach go to a pizza place. We forget to ask for whole wheat crust and I get a garden side salad and eat 1 slice of pizza. I'm South Beachin so the pizza was a no-no. I do fine the rest of the day. The next day at the continental b-fast nothing healthy is offered except apples and oranges. Great! Right? I grab an apple, go out the door for my run, take a bite it's rotten. Finish my run go back grab a banana, rotten too! I grab a mini muffin. UGH! It was like that the whole week. I had the best of intentions and something always got in the way.
On the plus side, I did get my exercise in. My 7yr old and I refused to take the elevator. So every time we went up or down we took 8 sets of stairs and I carried the baby on my hip. I also ran at least 1.5 miles/5 times this week and I did crunches and push-ups in the hotel. I didn't blow every meal either, but enough that I know I gained this week. I also didn't drink water at all this week. :( I'm going to go shopping tomorrow and get some more healthy choices in the house. It's a new week.
Sorry, I don't have time to respond to previous posts. I did read them. Great job to those of you seeing a loss, get moving to those who aren't and Darby I hope your computer lives to see another day. :D

Well...I'm doing absolutely dreadfull! I haven't gotten my eating or exercise in (I did manage my week 1 of couch to 5K) OHHHH I have been eatin out way too much! I haven't gained much weight but I feel absolutely dreadful.....I feel so huge! There is no way I'm going to meet my goal of 229 for the month :( I'm getting back on track tomorrow and I'm not going to get off track for the rest of the month! I have two full weeks with no school.....so no excuses!!! I gotta get back on track! Maybe if I bust my booty I can get to 229! I doubt it but I can't get there for sure if I don't get back on track.

I'm feeling you Momma! I've been stuck between #186 & #188 FOREVER! I'm DYING to get into the lower 1/2 0f the #180S - and was hoping to see a #185 at least on the scale for this week's weigh in (tomorrow) - but it's not looking like that's going to happen! AHH!!! I REALLY want to see the #170s on the 31st - but it's not looking good with 3 weeks to go - and having a possible GAIN:eek: for this week.

I'm gearing up to do day 4 of the 30 day shred. I'm really liking it - but I'm not sure that as hard as the workout is - I'm burning enough calories to not do something else too. But then again I'm SO tired and gross when I'm done the thought of doing something additional just seems too much! Maybe I can wake up a little earlier and do a 15 min. thing in the AM. We'll see how tomorrow goes with that... but I must warn you I'm NOT a morning person!!!

Checking in...just wanted to say TOM came yesterday and when I weighed in this morning I stayed at #205. So I don't wanna say I lost weight but I definately didn't gain. I feel really bloated though so I have a feeling I lost a little but TOM is covering it up on me. Ugh...don't ya'll hate the TOM!!!! I know I do...thank gosh I have tylenol with codine *sp?* hehe...night!

Eny - I felt the same way about not burning enough calories ....so I combined it with Jillian Micheals cardio kickboxing (25 min) or 25 min of Tae Bo or 30 min biggest loser cardio maxx.....but not everyday....two to three days I just do 30 day shred...but I also walk at least 3 miles in the evening...

Ahhh....right now I'm winding down from a busy week with a pedicure!!! I have dry rasped my feet and they are currently soaking in warm epsom salt water (in my bubbly machine!) After 15 to 20 min of this I will get my pumice stone and try to get some more dry skin off...yuck....then its clippy the toe nail time and then I have some sloughing cream to get yet more dry skin off...then rinse that and on with the thick moisturizure and finally a coat of polish ...maybe...I'm not a big toe nail polish person...mainly cause I can't reach my feet very well...LOL

I think I may do that - incorporate another short DVD in too. My biggest problem ios finding time - which is one of the reasons I LOVE 30 day shred. I CAN do 20 minutes EVERYDAY easily.. but mor ethen that gets tricky. I'm thinking that I can go to bed 20 minutes earlier, and get up and do a short 10- 15 min work out in the morning and then 30 day at night (like normal) I'm going to attempt this tomorrow. I'll let you know how it goes! :)

So I am checking in! I am doing really well in the exercising however, I am slacking a little on the eating. :( I just need to get my shiznit together. I am doing really well on not spending anything. Hope everyone is doing really well. :)

Hey All! I am finishing the week strong! I did two work-outs today--one hour this morning with my trainer at the gym, and then my C25K with my dogs this evening for at least thirty minutes. I have also been very good with my food for the last few 3-4 days. Weird how sometimes I feel so disciplined, and it seems like no problem to resist eating badly.

weight is down to 200.2 this morning. Getting closer to the 190's!

Food journaling is helping me a bunch. Sometimes I am able to input ahead of time what I plan for lunch and dinner, and can then adjust accordingly, if too many calories.

I am psyched for this next week. I am feeling better about my energy level, fitness level. I feel like this will be a good week......

So the morning workout DIDN'T happen! I think I'm going to start the morning one on days that I don't go into the office for right now... so Wednesy, Friday, Sat & Sun. An additional 4 days a week should do me good! I'm not sure what I'll do once DD goes back to school and I have to go to the office 5 days a week though. I'll have to suck it up and get my butt in bed early!

I do have to report a gain this week :( I'm not letting it get to me too much though. I'm just going to keep working. I'm up #2.4 this week to #188.4 - I'm ESTATIC that it's not back into the #190's! I just have to keep shredding.. and eating good. I do know that my 14s are fitting MUCH better - so I am still making progress :D

Had an appalling weekend, if it wasnt stuck down it was eaten. But onwards and upwards back on track today. Doing a 28 day low fat inch loss plan, so my challenge is to keep at it for the whole 28 days. Got to keep at it!! Need to see a drop in the scales this month!!

Alrighty...so I had my poopy week last week! TOM was here and I was very busy and very stressed! On the good side....all that bad eating and no exercise didn't put me far behind! I'm only at 240 (so just up a pound!) I can get rid of that in a day or so.....I'm so ready to be out of the 230's and into the 220's! It won't be long I will be out of the 200's all together and into ONEderland!!!! I can't wait! My husband and I took our daugther to one of the local state parks yesterday. We were pushing her in one of the baby swings and taking pics.....I noticed my legs look much smaller! Must be all the walking and/or jogging! So that made me happy! Just ready for the stomach to follow!!!

:goodluck: this week to everyone!

I went up a little less than a pound yesterday.. but I didn't eat anything unhealthy.. maybe just more sodium than im used to. It's hard to avoid that when you are eating out sometimes...Anyway... here's to a new week.. I would LOVE to hit the 270s by next monday!

By the way....I did my at home pedicure last night....as well as tweezed the eye brows and cleaned them up! I even washed my face last night and moisturized before bed!!!! I felt very pampered! LOL

I also cleaned the inside of my car out yesterday...it looked horrible...had not been cleaned in close to a year!!! I cleaned out all the garbage and dusted, vacumed and cleaned the windows...I just need to clean the outside now!

I also tackled my room last week...the worst room in the house! It is now the cleanest room in the house :D

Of course since bringing home all the numerous birthday clothes and toys my daughter has accumulated this past weekend has trashed my living room...LOL...so now if I can just get my living room and kitchen cleaned I will be all good to go for the week!

So....starting the week feeling pampered and with a clean house/car is important to me and makes me feel ready to tackle my eating right and exercising for the week!

I think I will make Sunday my pamper day so that I can start the week refreshed on Monday!!

G'afternoon!
Back on track this AM. I did gain 2lbs. this week thanks to my vacation. I honestly thought it would be more, so I'm not complaining. :) Went shopping last night and have all my healthy foods in the house. Tonight Dh and I are going out shopping for things we need to keep organized for the new school year coming up. My older 2 kiddos are with my ex husband this week. It's very hard to be away from them but I'm using this as an opportunity to get stuff done in their rooms and around the house in general.

Momma~ love the progress you made! cleaning out the car, self-pampering, tackling that room. Go Momma!

Faux~ Let's hope it was just sodium. I am very sensitive to water gain after eating salty foods. Maybe you'll have a whoosh in a couple of days.

Piggin~Good luck with your 28 day challenge!

Eny~ Keep working that 30 day shred! You and I both still have time to peel off the weight we gained this week.

Modcat~ You're doing awesome! I have those times when I feel so disciplined too. It makes you feel in control and just better in general, doesn't it?

Sephy~ Maybe you should start journaling your food to get back on track? Then you should come on here and tell Lene maybe she should start journaling again too! :D

Jessy~ I do hate TOM! I really, really hate all the PMS stuff. I need to go on YAZ. I heard it really helps some people.

I'm off to get some of my TO DO List checked off. Have a great day Chicks!

Checking in.

I guess its that time for the TOM. It really kicked me you know where this weekend and I ate crappy and didn't exercise. I'm just so frustrated how out of control my eating is. I thought about bowing out of this month's bootcamp as my motivation has flown the coop. If this WERE bootcamp, I'd be sent home for sure!

I must take this all one meal, one hour at a time, sometimes one minute at a time.

The fact that I'm checking in, however, shows me that my heart is still in this challenge.