Dragonfly ~ Thank you! :hug: I like the blogging to, although these days I use my blog to keep up with calories and exercise, but I still blog on occasion as well. Keeps me focused! ;)

Jacque ~ My entire house is hard wood floors, minus the kitchen/dining room area and the bathroom, so having my living room carpeted now...it looks amazing! :carrot: The worst part was getting my extremely large TV scooted out of the living room so I could lay it down, but my ol' knees managed to get er done. It looks great! I should have added that to my exercise. It gave me an extra 300+ calories burned last night, which otherwise would be down time for me. It's just a shade lighter than my furniture so it looks really good. Oh my and actually doing the cardio this morning on it..was a dream. :lol: Those hard wood floors just killed my knees. ;)

Its June and I am busting out all over
 

After about ten months of trouble and sadness (my father died, I broke a bit of my knee, had an operation for it, and am STILL unable to walk up and downstairs, had killer hours at work, and, what else? oh yes, I GAINED 20 POUNDS between my aged father's death and today ...), I decided to start pulling myself out of the self-pity pot and get going ... SO
MY GOAL FOR THIS MONTH OF JUNE is to do Atkins' INDUCTION for a full four weeks. I hope I will lose about ten pounds, but the goal is simply to stay on INDUCTION.

I did Atkins about 6 years ago and lost 42 pounds and looked pretty great for some years. Then when my mother died I began eating junk again. Now I am now, dare i say it, almost 30 pounds heavier than when I did Atkins the last time -- yet i know that kicking the sugar and the white food is the only way forward for me, and that a major reduction of carbs can get me powered up.

SO -- that is where i am at today. So... can I join this JUne thread?

Congratulations Delphi! Two pounds is amazing.

Dragonfly, I use to keep a blog and loved the results. It's an additional way to stay accountable. Not to mention a great thing to look back on when you need motivation (ie your husband's head looks like a giant, talking twinky).

Welcome Ruby! The biggest issue I've always had with keeping weight off is just what you're talking about...the stresses of life. Though I will say it sounds like you had more than your fair share of stress in a short period of time.

As for me I had a major success and a few minor struggles yesterday. I'm never hungry during the day so I struggle to maintain calories but if I don't force myself to eat I get extremely hungry at night. It just takes a little effort to make sure I'm eating enough at meals and getting in healthy snacks during the day. I'm sure Ill get a good schedule in soon, just taking a bit of practice.

My major success was going with my husband and step-daughter to play tennis last night. We walked to the tennis courts, played for about half an hour (which is when our final ball made it over the fence into the impossible-to-get-to ravine) and walked back. I broke a serious sweat but enjoyed every second of it. It didn't "feel" like exercise which I love. I'm now looking into taking belly dancing classes ;).

Delphi-
Two pounds down is amazing!

Hi RubyJan -
I really sympathize with you. Seems like sometimes when it rains - it pours.

AtlGirl -
Speaking of pouring down rain...it's raining here so hard I'm going to have to forgo my morning walk.
I will try to fit it in later if it stops.
If not I'll kick into "winter snow bound & cabin fever exercise mode" and dance.
Belly dance is my favorite form indoor exercise :dance:

Goooooooooooooooooooood Morning Chickitas!!!! :carrot:

How is everyone this fine, fine morning? Fantastic I hope!

Are you ready for another fun filled weight loss/healthy living day girls? :D

MrsP~ Congrats on a great month last month! You did an awesome job girlie! I hear ya on the food challenges with travel--that always does me in! We're supposed to visit my dad & stepmom in TX here soon and I'm scared I'm going to binge! We'll see...good news is, their subdivision has a gym so I can work out! :yay:

Abielle~ :welcome3: to our little group! You're gunna love it! Jump right in, make yourself comfy! :)

Ang~ good to see you!! :) I know you'll be wearing those pants soon! WTG with the positive attitude girlie! Take it easy on that leg--we don't want you re-injuring it and being out even longer! One day at a time...

Lene~ Of course I'm proud of you!!! :D However, don't think I won't open up a can of whoop arse on ya if you start slackin' on your water! ;) LOL I'll join you on the HIIT program if you're game--which program are you going with? I am just doing the basic speed walk/jog/rest/jog...thing for now. I don't think I'm up for sprints just yet. ;) Did you take your vitamin this morning? :D

Gatorgirl~ good luck on the tests!! And just in case I forgot to say it, :welcome2:

Leigh~ good for you getting that workout in!! It feels so good to be able to say that you did it, especially if you didn't want to! ;)

Glutio~ I love your positive attitude! You WILL shed those pounds and we'll be here to cheer you on!!! :)

kswood~ :welcome: to you too! Sometimes you just have to splurge a little and it sounds like you had a wonderful time so it is what it is. I hope you have a fantastic week!! :)

mtphoto~ another :welcome3: going out to you! So many new names I can't keep track! :lol: Sounds like you're starting the month out fantastic! WTG!

Jacqui~ you know it girlie! A pound is a pound regardless of when it happens! ;)

Couch~ :welcome: I had to re-read your post when I saw that you wanted to be under 100kgs--I thought it was under 100 lbs! :lol: It's going to take a bit to get used to seeing kgs next to someone's ticker! :)

Delphi~ there you go, fresh out of the gate and runnin' with it! :celebrate: WTG girlie! You're starting off with a huge BANG! :carrot: Congrats on the new carpet, I wish we could redo our flooring--it's horrid! LOL, a kazillionare--I love it! I'd so be on that cruise!!! :)

Dragonfly~ :welcome2: Keep up the great work and you're bound to have a spectacular month! :)

Jacque~ :lol: glad to see I'm not the only one who needs help with converting kgs to lbs! ;)

RubyJan~ :welcome3: of course you can join--if you can keep up with all of us crazy chatters ;) So sorry to hear about your father. :hug: Depression gets the best of us hun, it's tough sometimes just to cope let alone eat and exercise like we should. Hang in there, you're on the right track and we'll be here with you cheering you on. Take it easy on that knee though--they're insanely long in healing and you don't want to rush it. :)

Atlgirl~ oh you'll be right at home here with the rest of us 'forgets to eat' girls. I've gotten much better about remembering to eat my mid-morning snacks, but still struggle with the afternoon one a bit. Eating at night will fall away once you start eating every few hours, plus, the healthier the food you eat, the less you'll crave the junk, kwim? Congrats on the tennis! I love when exercise doesn't feel like exercise!

FSA & NSM ~ Good morning girlies! Hope you had a great day yesterday!!! :)

Okay, man, personals are getting a little crazy! :lol:
Had a good day yesterday, although I started feeling a bit tired in the afternoon--something that used to happen all the time, but since I've started working out has lessened so I was a little surprised when I was dragging all afternoon.

Delphi would be proud of me, I woke up at 6:00 to get my HIIT session in!!! I would have been up earlier, but hubby overslept. It feels so good get my workout in so early and be showered and ready for the day by 8:00!!! I used to wake up early everyday--but once I had the girls that went out the window. :lol:

Heading out in a bit for a playdate and then I'll be back later to check in on everybody. Don't get too chatty girls--I want to be able to keep up with this crazy post! ;) LOL Just kidding, I love to see the energy of this lively group! And like Delphi said, coming here, seeing everyone's enthusiasm and energy--it just keeps me motivated and excited about the positive things I'm doing for myself and my health. :grouphug: I love our little group!!! :D

Okay girls, I need to get going, but be sure to...

Drink Your Water!!!! :D

June Weight Loss Challenge List of Participants (so far!)
 

Weight Loss goals are in this list. Exercise goals are in the sister thread--June Exercise Challenge: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=172728. If anyone sees something that they'd like to have changed or edited in their info, please just let me know! I'll continue to add new people as they join in. Good luck to all! You can do it!

FullSteamAhead: Lose 6-7 lbs
Delphi: Lose 10 lbs; keep a 1000-calorie deficit everyday; eat at least 1200 calories everyday
Blondie: Lose 10 lbs (?)
Jacqui_D: Lose 10 lbs to reach 177 lbs; eat breakfast within 30 min of waking up; eat at least 4 out of 6 times a day, not missing more than 1 full meal a day; do not miss eating any 2 times consecutively
VickieLou: Lose 12.5 lbs to reach ONEderland
Gatorgirl6: Lose 10 lbs; stay OP 6 days a week; drink more water
Crazymamaof4: Lose 5 lbs to reach 166.4 lbs; lose inches; stay OP at least 85% of the time; eat more fruits and veggies; try at least one new recipe a week
Lene1974: Lose 5 lbs
JasonsLea: Lose 10 lbs; apply for at least 10 jobs; set a bed/wake-up time
Wifey: Lose 11 lbs to reach ONEderland
Ja23: Lose 8 lbs
LaurenA: Lose 8 lbs
Susiemartin: Lose 10 lbs
Glutio: Lose 10 lbs
Biju: Lose 8-10 lbs to reach 125-123 lbs
Jacque9999: Lose 4 lbs; lose inches
Squeeze: Lose 10 lbs
Babes315: Lose 5 lbs by June 11th; reach 175 lbs by the end of June
WormwoodDoll: Lose 10 lbs
Hattie22: Lose 7 lbs
Blondie32: Lose 10 lbs
Michelle0630: Lose 5+ lbs to reach the 140s
Plexi: Lose 10 lbs to reach 159 lbs
NewShinyMe: Stay OP 6 days a week; reach the 160s
SharMar: Lose 5 lbs
Wistfulgirl: Lose 7 lbs
Nellonello: Lose 8 lbs; keep a Sensewear calorie deficit of 1000 calories per day
100percentME: Lose 9 lbs to reach 130 lbs
Dragonfly: Lose 10 lbs/4.5 kg
Fattopia: Become a Size 20
Lookingtobehealthy: Lose 8-10 lbs
Kswood87: Lose 8-10 lbs to reach at least 179 lbs
Leigh: To reach 211.6 (20 lbs down goal)-209 lbs (10 % goal)
AtlGirl: Stay OP; lose 11 lbs
Tummy_Girl: Lose 12 lbs
Tracy: Lose 10 lbs
Ladyfyre: Lose 12 lbs
Sheena41: Lose 3 lbs
Mizmizzy: Lose 12 lbs
SupaChix: Breawna: Lose 8 lbs
SupaChix: Jodi: Lose 6 lbs
HisSweetGypsyRose: Lose 8 lbs
Mtphotochick: Lose 10 lbs
Janis427: Lose 10 lbs
Dollypie: Lose 10 lbs
Odysseygurl: Lose 12 lbs
Lewisempire: Lose 10 lbs
Urockmom: Lose 6.5 lbs
Lowandfat: Maintain weight loss (?)
Ms_Perception: Reach 161 lbs
Abielle: Lose 10 lbs
Canadianangel: Wear size 14 pants
Couch: Lose 4.2 kg, (9.2 lb) to reach 99.9 kg (219.8 lb)
RubyJan: Stay on Atkins' induction
Bahecasmart: Lose 10 lbs

good morning wonderful ladies!

Its a absolut pleasure coming on here, and reading about everyones progress..its very inspiring. I refuse to step on the scale today, only going to do it now ever monday, but right after i leave you all im going to go and have breakki and hope on the elitipal for half a hour...

yesterday i stayed right on plan..and was on target for calories..didnt even tough the icecream my kids had for desert.

hope everyone has a wonderful day, and keep up the great work everyone!!

smile, we are all amazing!!

ang

Hey girls, sorry to be a mulitple poster so early in the day, but...

Susie~ oh I love your plan! When it rains--dance!!! :) Great idea! :)

Ang~ great job yesterday and WTG avoiding the ice cream! I love ice cream! Love, love, love it! You've got some great will power there girl!

The reason I'm back: I forgot to mention a pretty big milestone for me! I went out and bought...are you ready? This is huge! I mean, giant! I bought myself new...seriously, aren't you just dying from the anticipation? I know, it's crazy right? Okay, so here it comes...New Panties!!! Oh yes I did! :yes: And ya know what? I HAD to! I had to because my great big ol granny panties were getting way too roomy on me! :D So, I went out and bought a smaller size and went for the bikini briefs!!! :o I gotta say, I'm lovin' them! ;)

Okay, so, anyway, I was just thrilled to finally be able to buy some semi-cute panties so I had to share. I knew you ladies would understand. :D

Gotta run! You ladies have a fanflippin'tastic day!!! :)

:welcome: Couch and RubyJan!! So glad you joined us! I've added you to the list! Good luck!!

RubyJan, I am so sorry for your loss and your recent hardships. :hug: And I am so proud of you for taking the steps now to take care of yourself and your health the way you deserve! You ARE going to lose the weight and you will look and feel so much better! You can do it, lady!! We're here to support you all the way! :yes:

Woohoo!!! Delphi!!! Girl, you are the reigning QUEEN of dropping pounds quick!! :congrat: on the 2 lb loss!! Yep, I'll be adding a red MET GOAL!! beside your name in no time, lol!

Ladies, for any of you newcomers to the thread who don't know what I'm talking about with Delphi, I invite you to check out the last page of the May Weight Loss or Exercise threads and you'll see that the goals that were met have been turned to red with a bold MET GOAL!! next to them! It's just one of the many fabulous prizes you are playing for in this June weight loss challenge, lol!

Dragonfly, great job staying OP!! And good for you starting a blog! Great idea! :cp:

AtlGirl, great job keeping track of getting those calories in!! If you have trouble keeping up with your calories during the day, it's no wonder you feel like eating more than just a snack at night, so I'm so glad to see you're on top of it now! WTG chickie! And, yay, it sounds like you had fun playing tennis!! Oh and great idea with the :belly: classes!! :cp:

Susie, you know how to :belly: too? I once bought a video to learn, but it got lost in our move last year, and I still haven't found it, lol! What I do remember about it is that it's a lot harder than it looks! It's quite an art!

Ang, great job staying OP yesterday and avoiding ice cream!! That's not an easy feat, lol! :cp:

CMof4, WOOHOO!!! :yay: PANTIES!! Lol!! You are so funny!!! You always make me laugh!! That is great news that you have lost so many inches!! And getting new panties is a fun thing, especially switching out grannies for bikinis! :whoo: Oh, and believe me, I plan to be a multiple poster A LOT, because if I don't, it will take me forever to catch back up!! It's a GREAT problem to have, lol!! Everyone here is so energetic!! I'm lovin' it! :carrot:

Well ladies, I ate on time this morning, and now I am heading off the the Y!! Gotta love being OP!! :yay:

morning girls :)

couch and rubyjan :welcome2:

Delphiii, congratulationssssssss on the 2lb. loss :carrot::carrot::cheer2::cheer2: andddddddd on your new carpeting! :). wtg chicky! Regarding the sleeping, I have always been a night time person, even when I had to get up quite early for school and work for years....I still never went to bed too early (earlier than though). I'm a strange bird though delphi, I change according to the weather sometimes. I tend to go to bed a little earlier in the winter. Congrats once again girl :)

Jacqui, yes DH enjoys to walk with me and he does so on many occassions. When he can't (the guy is so active as it is) I still go on my own on the route. I went right to bed after too! Hope you slept well. Did you see how many posts there are just from the ti me we went to bed? :lol: Have a great day girl.

Hi Dragonfly, wtg on a good OP day, congrats on the blog. Thanks for the well wishes, good luck to you as well :).

Hi Jacqueee :)

RubyJan, you have been through a lot :hug: Oh yes, absolutely you may join. I hope you post regularly, it will help you in more ways than one. My dad pulled through so we are very fortunate, it was a miracle. He had a massive heart attack 1 yr. 8 months ago. They didn't think he would make it but after a long road to recovery (I'll spare you the details) he pulled through. I would pick mom up every day and we were at the hospital all the time. when I got home, I would research for hours (his condition was very complicated) so I could keep up with the docs and I did pretty damn good but sleeping only 2 hrs. a night for many many months (same with ma) took a toll in the end. I gained 30lbs. in one year! 20 at first, and then another 10 when dad finally made it h ome and I finally went for a checkup. My b.p was so high they put me on medicine (I gained 10 lbs. in a month). P.S-I started taking care of myself, cut the salt, and very slowly weaned myself off the med, p.b normal today). I literally could not function with it and this time last year I was afraid to even move let alone exercise, they scared the **** out of me and told me to watch for a stroke (I had chest pains one day but that was from lack of sleep and stress I beleive). Took me a good long while before I could gather myself and get back to taking care of myself. I'm sorry for you loss and your injury :hug: On another note, I am happy that you are making that first step back and you came to the right place to do it! :). So glad you found us here Ruby Jan. :hug:

Altgirl, wtg on the tennis! It sounds like you had a great time yet you sure got in some awesome exercise. Oh I think that's cool that your looking into bellydancing :belly: It is a beautiful form of dance and from what I read, super exercise! :)

susiemartin, great idea on the indoor dancing,, go girl go! :carrot::carrot:

Hicrazymamaof4, good to see you girl :) Glad your feeling better. wtg on getting up early and being done at such an early time. :carrot::carrot: I might have to start doing that too, it's summer now and it would be good for me to do my exercises earlier so then I can go out and play or soak up some rays :sunny: rays ;)... congrats on the new pantiesssssss (I need to do that too). wtg girl :)

ang, yay! Great job on a good OP day yesterday :carrot::carrot: wtg girl.

I have to run, more on me later girls. I hope you all have an awesome day. It's gorgeous here today. I have so me things to do around the house and then I like to get outdoors. Keep up the great work everyone :).

As far as the list and the Met goal, I was looking at the list the other day and with just the met goals and the lossess of the ladies who reported their weight loss, we lost approximately 80 lbs. last month!!! I'm sure the numbers were higher. :)

Boy, thank you all for being so kind to me about my poor old Pa, and my annoying KNEE! But its late afternoon here in London, and I have been perfectly de-carbed all day -- I feel kind of strange, but happy to be started.
Hope the week goes well for everyone! Ruby.

p.s. does anyone know how i can change my ticker to reflect what I actually weigh? Ruby

Wow! I run out to run errands and goodgolly at the posts. :carrot: I am so proud of you gals. You have no idea, how good it makes me feel to see you guys working so hard. :bravo:

RubyJan ~ Welcome to our group! Sounds like you have been through some tough trials but let me tell ya, regardless of your tribulation you CAN move forward dear. :hug: Oh and you should be able to click on your ticker and it take you to the URL for it.

FSA ~ Hey you!!!! You have you tons of fun today. Wow that's a whole heap of pounds. This group simply amazes me daily! All of you gals rock. How's the new eating plan going?

Jacqui ~ Grrrrrrrrrrrrreat! Good to hear that. :carrot: Have fun at the Y and wink at a sexy trainer for me while your there. :lol: Don't forget your lunch! :)

Crazymomma ~ :carrot: :broc: :carrot: Oh my, you ARE bringing sexy back. Good for you! I'm envious though. :lol: I can't wait to get into some sexy stuff. Oh lordy that will be the day....watch out world. I'm liable to go running down my street in nothing but my unmentionables, I'll be so darn happy. LMAO! :lol: :lol: You are doing soooo well and you're right, I am so darn proud of you. I love working out in the morning and like you said, you are pretty much set for the day before the kids even get up. I love it! Plus I have so much energy, but does tend to wear down around five though.

canadianangel ~ Way to go with staying on plan chicky! :carrot: :carrot:

susiemartin ~ Thank you kindly. Urg...the rain puts a downer on outdoor exercise, but man that belly dancing stuff sounds interesting. Do you use a dvd or do you take classes?

AtlGirl ~ Thanks! I have a bit of a problem getting mine in as well, hence my goal this month. However, I've added more protein to my diet, especially for dinner, as it tends to keep you fuller for a longer period of time and the water. I can't stress that enough. Fill that belly up with plenty of water especially during dinner. :)

Hi all! I'd like to join you if I can.....
Currently at 277 as of minutes ago... lol. Would like to lose 10 this month :)