Wow, Christie! What a day yesterday, huh? Hope all is going well for you.
I have been making some progress on the scale which is encouraging. The other really encouraging thing is that I measured myself finally. I have lost over 7 inches! Mostly off my waist and hips!! I honestly can't tell the difference yet, but it helps to have hard numbers to show there is a difference.
Today also marks my first week with WW and this afternoon is my weigh-in, so I'm looking forward to seeing some positive feedback from their scale, too. I just want to say thanks again for the support here. It's been so great and I look forward to reaching my goal for V-day and many other challenges after that.
It's very small, but I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Some day I will not be obese!! YIPPEE!!!

bluemommy - I hope he is feeling better so that you can get back into swing of
things. Sometimes your loved ones just need that extra attention even when it is just
the sniffles..hehehehe :)

Ms Perception - Looks like you are on the right on schedule, you are doing awesome...keep it up we
can do this... :)

mlholston - Awe.....I know how that is ... so are ya back on your feet?


Lekhika - That is great .....keep it up...yes I am to am not going to be weighing myself
anymore until the 14th. I will admit I am nervous but no matter what the out come is for me
I am going to stay positive because there will be another challenge. :)

Christian - hi Christian - Awe....is she ok....you know what is weird I think that every teenager has to break or sprang their
ankle...lol...my daughter did the same thing....but she only severely spranged it. Then once she was recovered I did the most stupid
thing - I was walking in the living on my rug in my apartment...and I slipped on the bean bag and spranged my ankle last year. Now ...ahem
imagine being in the ER, and how embarrassing it was to say I slipped on my carpet. Then when you would hear them talk about it with the other
nurses it sounded like I was a cluts.:gossip: Hahahahahahahahahahahahah LMAO


Yesterday was my birthday, and I took the day off on exercise and I ate CAKE hehehehehe YUMMY...so today I have forced myself to get
back on track and will be going on the treadill. Weeeeeeeeeeee

I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!! :coach:25 more days ladies.....

I am so happy I have only 10 more pounds to go until the 14th...I am keeping my fingers crossed. :)

hey there girls...
ate really well yesterday. I ended up not going to the gym, BIG MISTAKE! i thought I was sore but apparently I had no idea. Today I literally can't move. It hurts to sit on the toilet, I guess I worked out some butt muscles so every time I sit down, I get stuck. I'm going to try to go to the gym today just so I can walk out some of the pain.

But I do have a story to amuse you...
I wear my hair REALLY dark now, which I love. I have olive skin and green eyes, so normally it look really good because I always have some kind of tan. With it being Jan, I haven't been outside and I just haven't had time to go tan, so right now, I am PALE. So I got my hair colored almost black and with me being pale, I look goth. I always keep some type of self-tanner for emergencies, so I figure, hey I'll put a little on just to give me a hint of color. Both of the boys are asleep so the lights are off and the blinds are closed. I put some on my arms and notice that it looks a little gray instead of brown, but thinking no big. So I put some on my stomach and start rubbing in then notice that it smells a little funny too. I go to the bathroom, turn on the light, and I am freakin GREEN. True story. The stuff is only like a year old but I guess it expired and literally turned green. So there I am, almost ready for work, stripping back down, jumping back in the shower trying not to get my hair wet and keep my makeup on, trying to rinse off all this damn green stuff before it turns my skin....... so just a little word of advise, check the color before you apply and don't use if over a year old, and always apply in light

hope i brought a smile to you face!

have a clean, healthy day ladies.

Hey girls!

Sorry I have been MIA for a few days. I have been really under the weather and just barely keeping up with my life. Hopefully, I am back on the mend and will be back to full energy soon!

mlholston~:rofl: that is hysterical! I particularly like the visual of you trying to shower it off! you could have been like Elphaba from the Wizard of Oz!

Christie~So sorry to hear about DD! I hope that she is feeling better soon. No WII fit for you? How will you do it?

Lekhika~Since I haven't worked out in 3 days, I am jealous! You are :carrot:.

Jaya~ :bday2: :balloons: My :gift: to you is the world's best scale that will only show a number you like on it!!

MsP~Good luck in the weigh in. You have been working very hard and I know you'll do it!

Got to go! :hug:

First: :bday2::balloons: Jaya!!! Why didn't you tell us? My :gift: to you is a dozen of these :flow1:

mlholsten: You are too funny!:rofl: Did you get it off? I guess you could have said you didn't feel well once you got to work and maybe they would have sent you home...but then again maybe your boy would have gotten scared.

Christie: Oh... Your poor daughter!!! Poor you!!! Take care of both of you!

I didn't do my AM exercise...had to sleep in a little. I better watch that..I could fall into a "little more sleep" trap! I am going to try to make up for it tonight.
I lost 1 more lb. So I am at 3 of my 10. Hmmm. Can I do it?

Talk to you later...

My WW weigh-in was good. I was down 3.2# on their books. It's weird weighing-in in the afternoon, since I'm a morning weigher normally, but oh well.

Jaya- :bday2you: Hope your b-day was great and the cake was amazing...if you're gonna eat something unhealthy it should be worth it, right? You deserve it!

urockmom- It stinks when your energy is sapped. :( Hope you're feeling better. Take good care of yourself! :getwell:

mlholsten-What a story! :lol: So FUNNY...at least now. At the time you probably had a mini heart attack.

Hattie- Congrats on getting rid of the 3# and of course you can do the rest. It may not be easy, but that's why it's called a challenge! Here's a little cheer for you. :cheer3::cheer2: YOU CAN DO IT!! :cheer2::cheer3:

Thank you ...it was a great birthday and I did eat cake...yum yum.....but today I did really great with eating, and i excersised...


mlholston - OMG..........that is so funny!!!!!!!!!!!! That just made the rest of my day

Hattie22- YES YOU CAN .....we are here for ya.... I still have 10 more pounds to go for our Valentines day challenge.

Ms Perception - Yes the cake was worth every bite...... hehehehee :)

Well I am going to eat dinner, and then go to bed because I worked out really hard today. Night Night Family I will talk to all of you tomorrow :yawn:

Jaya....I am so sorry I missed your Birthday sis.... :gift: :balloons: I hope you had a great one :hug:

Well ladies, I will find out more today about my DDs ankles, and then I will be able to breath again ;) I have been up and down at night and running her to the bathroom so much that I seemed to have lost weight in the process, I reached my valentines Day goal ...now I just hope to keep it off until then, I am afraid once she starts to get better I will eat more again...silly huh?? Well I am off to get some things done so I can take her to her appointment, she can only be left for an hour or two by mom, because she may need to use the little girls room :eek: Have a great day ladies and know that I miss you all :grouphug:

Christian - :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: That is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you did it!!!!!!! YAY.......keep it up ....and you go girl....!!!!

I am doing really good today, I did sneak a little soda, but for what it is worth it did not taste that great. I am drinking water now ... I also had snap peas this morning for a snack... :)

How is everyone doing today? :coach: we have 24 more days to go....we can do this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Christian~ :bravo: :cp: :dance: :congrat: :cheer:

Awesome job!!!

I know your life has been crazy now with the DD on the mend but don't forget the :snowball: has strange and magical powers. Throw it at someone else now!

hey there girls!!

I'm glad I was able to provide you with some entertainment!! :joker::carrot: It all did come off except for a tiny bit of green tint on side but it wasn't like out in the open, so all is good!!

Christian...Good luck at the doctor, I hope her ankle is able to heel quickly. Congrats on making your goal early!

Ms. Perception ...:dance:congrats on the weight lose! YAY!

Jaya....Forgot to tell you Happy Birthday! I bet the cake was great! I LOVE cake!:bday2you:

Hattie....ugh, that "a little more sleep" trap is the worst. I have that same problem. Here is a little :kickbutt: you CAN do it! You WILL do it!!

urockmom...:getwell:hope your feeling better!

I did have like 5 wings yesterday and I didn't work out....I know I know. I was just so sore. I feel much better today and will go to the gym either this afternoon or afterwork for my last chance workout!!!

Does anyone watch Biggest Loser?? I was in SHOCK when they voted off Damien and kept that lunatic Joelle...

mlholston-I watch Biggest Loser pretty faithfully. It was a dumb strategy keeping Joelle there, but hopefully things start to sink for her and she turns herself around.

Christie-Great job reaching V-day goal already! Sometimes it takes weird circumstances to make it happen. Good thing life is full of weirdness! I still have 4.2# to reach my V-day goal, but I have faith it will happen.

Well, time to shovel!

mlholston: Thanks for the Kick!

Christian: Way to go!! :balloons::bravo::high: You made it!! Are you going to make another goal or going for the maintain for the rest of the time?

Ms Perception: You are doing an awesome job!! :dancer::dancer::dancer: I know you will make goal!!

I wore my new pants to work and I got so many comments on how much weight I have lost. I guess I have been wearing the TOO big sizes TOO long. Just want to state again:
You all are incredible! It is so helpful to know that I have friends who understand and can cheer me on or kick me in the butt if I need that. This is truly hard work and it helps to keep my focus by coming here and posting.

Thank YOU! Yes YOU!

Hi Family :grouphug:

I am doing so great today:twirly:. I went and worked out, and my arms feel like they want to fall off...hahahahhahaha but I did hard workout ...I pretty good lunch.I have been drinking water allllllllllll day almost 60 oz I would say 50 oz so far. I had a yogurt for a snack. I am going to the store tonight to get more good food for next week. :)

mlholston - I like that show the biggest loser...it makes me sweat just watching them .... And the trainers do not let up...and sometimes that is what it takes.

Ms Perception- Are you shoveling snow again? Is it it cold? Buurrr

Hattie22 - I agree we all need a cheering and a kick in a butt from time to time...but this group is very powerful, and we are all strong....we still manage to pick ourselves up.

Ok I am sprinkling some :dust:

Cheers~

weighed myself this morning. TOM decided to participate this morning also....down 3lbs. yay!

hope you guys are doing good. ill visit later today, have a great weekend