Thank You everyone~I am hanging in here. I am numb, so blah right now. Life is really trying to kick my butt right now. I thank you all for the kind words and all the support. I really need it! I have been kinda missing in action lately. I will pick it up soon. Catch ya all later. Pat

A big *WELCOME* to the newbies. Yes, the x-mas crap is out at Target - it will be here before we know it. YIKES! We all have our work cut out for us, but what kind of "challenge" would it be if it were easy?

Boot camp tonight was a focus on the rear and core - whew! I didn't know I actually had muscles in my butt - I FOUND THEM TONIGHT!!

I have my official weekly weigh in tomorrow afternoon. Keep your fingers crossed for me. I've kept my workouts up all week and have only strayed a *teensy* bit in eating plan - (1/2 small glass of red wine. My major weakness.)
Keep up all of the good work ladies.

I'm not sure I'm going to hit my Christmas goal (original one) I haven't been working hard enough.. but I'm going to do my best! Right now I'm BEGGING to see the #170's! and to stop sabotaging myself back into the upper #180s!!! TOM's coming... his favorite Band - THE CRAMPS are in town (yes it's a real band... www.thecramps.com)

I'm stressing about work, because a whole bunch of changes are happening. So i'm hunting for a new job and hopefully will have something lined up befor ethey decide to get rid of me. UGH! I hate this feeling.

By Christmas, I will be at 175 - a commitment to myself

Great started thread

Stephi- A lot of places around here have Christmas stuff out. I have nothing bought yet and it's right around the corner. Not to mention I want to get to my goal.

Eny- Sorry to hear about your job. Hope you can find a different one.

[QUOTE=ANewMe;2407046]bigsexy, we are targetting the same goal (as far as pounds per week). I'm discovering it may be tougher than I expected. My doc had established it as a good target for me however he doesn't want me going below my BMR (which at my lbm is just over 1700 cals). That translates to having to burn an extra 1000 calories a day over normal daily burn rate for me without exercise. I can do that SOME days but it's hard at my current fitness level to do that every day.

Yeah, I have to work out in the morning and in the evening. I even do lunges across the backyard and jumping jacks/jump rope in the back yard while my dog goes potty! Sometimes I feel like this: and sometimes I feel like this: . haha! As long as I pursue my goal and do what I can I'll be happy with what I get--smaller size and hopefully some toned buns!

Woo, great thread! My christmas goal is to hit 195, so I'll be (ahem) walking in a winter ONEderland...

My goal is to lose 16.5 lbs by then (1.5 lbs a week). Good luck to everyone else! We can do it! =)

Hi Everyone~grief works in strange ways, so does healing of that grief. The last thing I did for my Mom before she died was do a load of dishes in the dish washer. I can look at the washer and cry. Today I decided she isn't coming back might as well empty it out and use it. I have a load of dishes washing in the washer now. No more hand washing the dishes. I know it sounds strange, even odd but I think I am really starting to heal after her death 1 year and 11 months ago. I need to heal after this divorce. My son-in-law and I were talking about the divorce yesterday. Once the financial upheavel is past I think that will start to heal too. I am doing a lot better today. Yesterday was a complete crash and burn emotionally. I babysat the grandkids, I will babysit again this afternoon. I am watching my Nephew as my sister doesn't feel well today. It all helps, OHHHHHHHHH today is his 4th birthday. Life moves on. Catch ya all later. Pat

I'm seriously drying my hair as I type this!

Can anyone recommend a good hair dryer for someone with freakishly thick hair that isn't $150?! The $150 is the Chi Rocket... and well... a girl can dream..

I'm getting my hair nice and pretty to prepare for my hair extension installation! Pink hair extensions for the cure. $10 ain' bad, eh?!

Checkin' in to say "hey." I'm still around. I'l be back later to post more.

Hey, to all the new faces!

Stephi, I saw the Christmas stuff at Target too! Is it just me or does it happen sooner and sooner each year?

I got in a great workout tonight: 90 minutes on the treadmill. That's a first for me as I very much dislike exercise. Now maybe, just maybe if I can get up the motivation to do that the next two days (and then some) I can report a loss Friday. I dunno! Once again I have binge damage to clean up.

Not much else to report. Just takin' it one day at a time. Have a great one!

I swear I cannot get into the 180's fully! Sometimes just under 190, sometimes over. I am finishing 2 days in a row w/o exercise--first time in a month or so. I need to PUSH again to get below this plateau! Argh!

OKAY.

I'm going to Ireland for Christmas to spend it with my boyfriend and meet all his family and friends. My flight is on December 12th, so this is my just before Christmas challenge! (If that's okay with you all. )

I would like to be... at 145 (at least) before I leave, which is... 14 lbs and 8 weeks away. That's LESS than 2 lbs a week, it's 1.75 lbs...!

Ladies. I can do this. I CAN!!

Starting weight: 159
Current weight: 159
Pre-Christmas goal weight: 145

My current weight is 214/215 and I lose about 2lbs a week so if I stayed true to that I'd lose about 22lbs by Christmas time. I'm hoping to lose AT LEAST 20lbs. Even If I just lose 16 I'll be thrilled! I really, really want to be under 200 more then anything. I can't remember the last time I was.

Good luck everybody! We can do it. !