I was thinking the same thing momma. But since this is my first TBL we'll see how I like it. I'm not one for dropping out of challenges generally - but I know that TBL has a high DO rate. i'm not sure how that will annoy me ;)

Let's push through the end of this bootcamp, and finish strong girls!!! There's 9 days left!!! GET MOVING!!! :drill:

Hi everyone! I have been out with a cold but still managed to bluster through and get my weekly exercise in. I hope everyone is doing great!!!

Hey all.. im back from camping! I will be weighing in tomorrow to see how I did. Lots of hiking and jogging took place.

Congrats to Eny on the up and coming wedding! MAybe we can exchange ideas!!

Day 6 of my 15 day mini challenge.
All my water
2 long walks
30 minutes strength
100 push up challenge
journaled food


Welcome back Faux! Good luck on your weigh in.
Hope you are feeling better Leelily. Great job on still getting your exercise done.
Sephy, Where did you go???:(

fauxtini - :wave: I missed ya girl! Hope you had a fun trip! Sounds like you stayed on plan...good luck at the weigh in tomorrow

Hey girls! I'm sad to say that I'm not doing well at all...I've seem to have lost my motivation!! It stinks because I keep telling myself that I'm going to get back on my diet and stick to my workouts but I'm soooo STRESSED out all I ever want to do is just sit on the couch and watch t.v. all day...I don't know why I feel like this all of a sudden. Has anyone ever gone through this?? If you have can you tell me how you got over it?? Please help me before I gain back all this weight I worked so hard to get off!!!

Jessybessy - I'm just getting over a slump like this. All I wanna do is sit on the couch and watch t.v. and get on the computer. Maybe you should just take a few days off and give yourself a much needed break! There are several good things with taking off a little while. #1. It shocks your body! Here your body is used to all the exercise you have been doing and the amount of calories you have been consuming and sometimes plateaus. When you take a break and eat a little extra (maybe an extra 200-300 calories a day for a couple days...) combined with not exercising...then when you go back to your routine..the weight starts coming off again. #2. When you do this adding of the calories for several days...I typically stop when I have gained one - two pounds and then start. Now don't get discouraged by this gain because for one thing they will come off quickly when you get back to business but for another thing this builds up your body's resistance to gain the weight back. This is really really hard for me to explain but I will try.....For example....lets say you are at 158 lbs and have been eating 1200 calories a day...and you start eating 1600 calories per day until you gain 2 lbs...and you are at 160...and it took you 4 days to gain the 2 lbs...and then you go back to eating 1200 calories and exercising....okay next time you plateau and take a break and go to 1600 calories it should take longer to gain the weight....say maybe it takes you 8 days to gain 2 lbs.....this cycle is very good and important in your diet becaus when you reach your ultimate goal and maybe up your calories to 1600 your body isn't going to want to immediatly start gaining weight back...it will take a long time! and then you will do what you had been doing and go back to 1200 and eventually when you go back to 1600 you won't gain any lbs back. I hope this makes sense and I didn't confuse everyone!! LOL

Anyways...long story short ~Jessy - take you a small break and don't sweat it! You deserve it. And breaks are just like craved food...if you don't give in and eat some of that food you have been craving in moderation evenutally you will go on an all out binge and mess up your diet big time....so if you don't give yourself a break then eventually you will go on a "binge break" LOL....so decide NOW to go on a break maybe for the weekend...and maybe say Monday plan to go back to diet/exercise plan and plan exactly what you will eat/do.

Don't beat yourself up! Good luck....just make sure you get back on the horse soon!

Hey all! I completed my August bootcamp goal! YAY! I weighed in this morning and was at 274.6.. my goal was 275 by august 31! I've lost 12 pounds since August 1st! I've kicked my own ***.. but it was a good pain :)

Jessy: I know how you feel about lack of motvation.. a bout a month ago I went through a really bad patch where I gained all this weight and was almost up at 300 again! I kept saying for over a week that I was going to start tomorrow.. over and over again.. then Imade a goal.. kind of like Melissa is saying.. and I just relaxed for a couple of days and didn't stress dieting... I started and made up for last time. I've een on a roll ever since.

If you aren't ready and can't make yourself do it.. your body may not be ready. Don't take a huge break.. but like a couple days of give you time to plan and organize your fresh start a coupe days from now. BE here lots.. that's my motivation..once you start losing again your motvation will be back in those numbers falling :) thinking of you!!

Fauxtini: You've lost 12 pounds this month - yowza! Nicely done. Now, if I can just take myself and this little challenge seriously, and lose a whopping four pounds by the end of the month, I'll be very pleased!

I weighed in at 140 this morning (the scale really doesn't seem to like any of those pesky numbers between 130-139!). I honestly have not been making an effort, and will be seriously pissed at myself if I flake - having joined this forum, committed to a challenge, and then not followed through.

I need a plan.

Fauxtini - :balloons: :cheer: :congrat: :cheer: :balloons:

Congrats on meeting your goal! I have slacked off soooo much this month and wouldn't get back on plan. I have only lost 2 lbs this month but hop to lose 3 more for a total of 5 ....hopefully the month won't be a complete loss.

Melissa: Thanks for the cheer leaders and balloons.. hehe You can totally do the 5 pounds by the end of the week. I had my 'off' month in June when I didn't do HALF as good as I could.. the important thing is you are back in the swang of thangs and ready to kick it in September.. Hello Biggest loser time!! :)
And hey.. 2 pounds down is a heckova lot better than gaining!!! way to go :)

Hello there! :)

It's been great reading your posts girls :)
Was wondering if I could join you - seems like lots of fun in here!!!

Hope all of you are having a wonderful weekend....I did lots of walking today (its my fav activity) and planning doing more walking tomorrow morning too.

Welcome Wiosna! I love walking too. It's my exercise of choice :) Glad to see you on here :)

Momma-It makes a lot of sense and I'm glad you relayed your experience because it made me smile, here I thought that falling off the horse for a bit was super BAD and it got me depressed, which made me want to slump around all day even MORE!!! But yea I definately see where you're coming from on that one and I made a plan to start back up tomorrow. You're right if you don't take a break you'll burn yourself out and I really think that's what happened to me. So thank you again for the wisdom and care! I have a whole new outlook!

Faux-Thank you too! I've seen that some of us have slipped since we started and it helps to know that I'm not the only one going through this!! I don't think my body was ready to lose anymore than it has already, I've come a long way since I first started my weight loss program and I think I really needed that break! Ohh and CONGRATULATIONS!!! That's awesome 12 pounds!! You GO GIRL!

Just weighed myself and I'm at 210!!! Oh gosh I can't believe I gained 11 pounds!!! But I'm going to gain myself again in the morning because I did eat a lot today and usually I lose a couple pounds overnight and another one or two after my morning bathroom break lol. I also kinda overdid it today on food but it is my birthday!! I had pancakes and eggs for breakfast, skipped lunch, chinese for dinner and 2 pieces of Birthday cake, ugh!!! But I told myself that on my birthday I eat what I want because it's MY DAY!! But yea I am definately starting fresh tomorrow, I dunno if I can make my #10 goal by the 31st but I have 7 days and prolly after a few bathroom breaks I will have #5 to go. So next week I'm stepping it up and doing 45 minutes cardio everyday, 30 minutes of weights and I'm eating nothing but fresh veggies, fruits, turkey, chicken and fish! I hope I can pull this off!

The important thing for all of us is to keep going, restart - and DO THIS! It's not going to be easy... we have to want this more then anything!!!

SO - DO YOU WANT THIS?? ARE YOU WILLING TO MAKE THE SACRIFICES AND TIME IN ORDER TO DO IT?? ARE YOU READY TO WORK???

(these are questions going through my mind, as I sit at this Da*n plateau!)

Let's NOT give up - but revamp!!!

Momma - have you done day 2, of level 2 of 30DS? I haven't yet - but tomorrow is the day!!!! You in???? I'm going to go right now and do some push ups... I'm going to see how many sets of 10 I can do before DBF and DD are ready to watch the movie. I'll edit the post and let you know! Edit: I did 9 sets of 10 = 90 Pushups (on knees - ARMS ARE FEELING IT!!!) It was 10 minutes WELL SPENT!!!!!! :D