Morning Ladies,

Shasha - Happy weekend! Oh, I hope you have a blast at Disney, what fun.

Miss Mallee - Congrats on starting the running, that's awesome and I'm so glad the scale started moving for you, you've been working really hard and it's nice to see it paying off.

Ruth - :hug: That sounds like a long couple of days but they're over and you're getting so close to those 160's, just one day at a time. Or if it's like my pre tom cravings one minute at a time is more like it.

Jellofer - I have a feeling 240 will come knocking pretty soon if you're pre tom and going to jon the gym. I believe that weight is going to run away screaming very soon.

Mystical - Just don't forget the coffee from Tim Hortons and you'll be fine ;) OMG you're lost 2.5 in 9 days girl, that's incredible! See this is totally your month! Let us know how this afternoon goes at the gym. And Happy Turkey Day in October!

Cle - LOL, I like that, it is what it is, I say that to myself a lot these days too, it's very true and reassuring all at the same time.

MsP - You know, I was just thinking the same thing yesterday, slug, ahhhh. I switched rest days to accommodate a run down feeling day and it was heaven, not to mention I feel pretty darn awesome today. But after weeks and months of pounding the body sure enjoys it's breaks. Hope yours is completely and utterly uneventful today.

Amy - I would be weighing myself in wal-mart, lol, go get that fixed omg! Not that we have issues or anything ;)

FitGirllyGirl - :cheer2::cheer3::cheer2::cheer3: Onderland, welcome, welcome! It's a marvelous place here and congrats many times over. Soak it all in, it's a fabulous accomplishment!

Sandye - Feeling much better thanks so much. One of the benefits of being uber healthy is that if I catch it early and take care of myself, my body is able to not get sick. This is the third time I think this has happened. Where b/f I would have had tonsilitis (I used to get it 4x a year before) and now it just flares up a bit and then gets beaten down by my bad @ss immune system. Isn't healthy marvelous?! Nice day of laying on the couch and eating soup too, just switched yoga to Sunday and altered rest days to make it up. Yes, yoga is interesting, lol, did you enjoy right angle pose with your arms behind your back, burn baby burn. That ones tough as all get out. The abs are ridiculous. I belive it took me until the end of week 2 before I could do all the moves with stopping but you were doing a lot more ab work before this than I was too so you'll be there in no time. It's actually one of my favorites now, go figure. Oh yes the extra money is a little crazy, I had 5lb weights then I needed 8's then 10's and now we have 12's and 15's and I'm in dire need of some 20's but I'm holding off so dh doesn't lose his hair. I just pause it and do extra reps until I find the burn now.

Kim - Woohoo on the loss, I'm thinking 260's are very very possible! Way to go!!

Just finished my 1 hour 40 minute run in the -12 degree weather. It was pretty good actually, I even was kind of dance running around 60 minutes cuz I really rocking song came on the ipod, lol. Oh have times changed. My hair froze solid from the frozen sweat and it was a bit windy but who cares, where there's a will and a lot of space age fabric, there's a way! It was my first snowy run too, we got our first snow fall yesterday, not tons but winters here to stay.

Feeling much better today, tonsils are back down to their usual size and I don't feel so "run over." I'm so incredibly thrilled, my usual routien was tonsils swell, three days of barely eating, go to doctor for antibiotics for full blown tonsil infection, mouth wash to kill nasty tonsil germs and a week later I'd be starting to get better. Now it's one day of rest and it's done. Being heathy is super cool! Scales up 0.6 today but I ate a lot of soup yesterday and sodium and my butt are great friends so they like to hang out when they get a chance.

To all my fellow Canadian ladies, Happy Thanksgiving Long Weekend:turkey: (this turkey appears to be on speed, lol)! Hope everyone has a plan to survive and thrive while navigating the gravy boats and pumkin pie (and the family.)

Down 2.5 pounds with 5.5 to go for this challenge!

Bum, bum, bum, another week bites the dust!

Hi ladies, Happy Friday! So from last Friday, I am down 3.8lbs, which puts me at 241.8. I hope to get to 240 by Monday. I will be back later for some personals, work got kinda busy all of a sudden.

I'm praying it does...all this bloating....thanks!

My sisters thought I was crazy for planning so far in advance and getting the favors done. I'm anal in that regard, I don't want things to fall apart on the day of.
Tom is kicking my beeeeeeehind this time......ugggg

I'm going to visit that site, I stay on plan when I try new recipes and keep things fresh! Thanks for sharing!

Hey girlies! My day off is actually being somewhat productive, but still relaxing. A little laundry, a few phone calls, some minor cleaning, and food prep...nothing too taxing. I think the IDEA of having the day off, plus sleeping in a bit, actually makes me think it's a relaxing day even if I do a little work. I do plan to read and watch a movie to make it a truly sluggish day, though. :D Hope you all are having wonderful days.

Sandye-It was actually the Fire Roasted crushed tomatoes I was having trouble finding. The other ingredients were at the regular store. I'm making the sauce today and the lasagna tomorrow. I'm halving the recipe so we can try it before I commit to 2 pans. ;) Wish me luck convincing DH he loves it!

Tummy-Glad you're awesome immune system is fighting hard for ya! Just another beautiful reason to be healthy. Oh, and happy C'nuck Thanksgiving! Eat with caution!! HeeHee

To all the losers..CONGRATS! I am up a touch today, but should be able to stabilize with my OP eating today. I'm pretty confident I'll see this weight plus some extra leave in the next few days. Yesterday was a slightly higher cal/point day, which usually helps to let some weight come off the few days after that. I'm drinking my water and taking my vitamin. Tonight's supper has a little more sodium, so I'm gonna down some water and hope to dilute it some. Point is I'm not gonna let the middle of the month scare me. I'm gonna plan, plan, plan and it should keep me from eating a bunch of junk.

Hello again girls!!

KimL~ Awesome job on the loss!! Wow! That's great!! Keep up the great work hun!

Tummy~ Brrrrrr! Girl, you're braver than I am! I ran on the treadmill this morning and it was only chilly and pouring outside! I doubt that I'll ever be able to run in the hard core cold--just not my thing. But, so long as I keep running, that'll be good enough for me. Soooo glad you're feeling better!! I hear ya on being healthy--I don't get sick all that much anyway, but I was basically only feeling miserable for half a day! Before if I woke up feeling like that, it meant at least couple of days of feeling crummy and there's no way I would have been up for a workout. The pose got me hobbling and hopping was the one where you have to reach under your leg and grab your other hand !!!!! As my sister would say, "Daaaaang son!" that was tricky! As for the Abs--there's no way my other ab workout compares--trust me when I say I have a long road ahead of me to get through the entire workout without a break (or 15-20 of them :lol:)!!! But it's gooooooooooood!!! :D

MeowMix~ WTG girlie!!! That's the way to start the month! Yeah!

Shasha~ great job on the loss hun--although getting to '140 by Monday' might prove to be a bit tricky dontcha think? ;) Hee hee, I do, however, think you can TOTALLY make it to 240 by Monday! Piece of cake hun!!

Cle~ like I said, you're a better woman than I! I don't know why, but party planning just isn't my thing. ;) You're welcome for the link--I love to pass along yummy recipes and such!

MsP~ Oh yeah! Those were tricky to spot! I found them next to the pasta sauces. However, they didn't have crushed, only diced so I took them home and took my immersion blender to them! Rrrrrrrrrr!!! Looked pretty crushed when I got through with them! ;) Hope your hubby likes it! Word of warning: TIME!!! You're going to need lots of time for chopping, slicing and prepping--so don't go starting this if you want to eat in an hour k? ;) I think you're going to do great mid month girlie! You can do it! You've got a plan, just stick to it! We're here for ya if you start to wobble k? :)

Well, I decided to nix the store for the day. Em is not feeling well and I just didn't feel like going anyway--especially since I only need a couple of things and I can just get them tomorrow.

I totally forgot to mention something before!!! My Little Brother and his wife are going to have their 2nd baby girl today!!! :carrot: At around noon their time (which is just a couple of hours from now) I'll be an Aunt again!! I can't wait to see pics of her!!!! :D

Also, my Mom has been MIA for a bit but rest assured that she's still in it to win it! She's been crazy busy with work, taking kids here and there, ya know, life in general and she's now in Vegas with her Best Friend!!! So, send her some Happy Slot Machine vibes if you would! ;) PARTY ON MOM!!!! :celebrate: Can't wait to hear all about it!!!

Lastly, I wore my HRM for the first time while doing a P90X workout today (I just plain forgot to wear it all week--d'oh!!) and man was I shocked!!! I burned 359 calories doing my workouts today! I can tell ya with 100% certainty that I never did that with my old ST'ing workout!!! Booyah! So, combined with the 423 cals I burned running this morning--maybe I'm not eating enough after all! :lol: And wow am I pumped!! Woo hoo!!

Okay, well, Em's being super whiny so I better get going. Hope everyone is having a great day!!!

Sandye- I loved party planning.....past tense now...I'm sooo over it.I just want it to be nice and over lol

Thanks Tummy!!!!! I think that TOM will do his thing, hang around and tease a bit then WHOOSH!!!!

Sandye- lol I just noticed that. I corrected it. I don't think I will ever get to 140, but I will settle for 175, lol.

Howdy girls!!! Well, I am back to where I was at the end of September. I'm not sure how I went up, but I'm back to 177.2 this morning. Did JM's Boost Metabolism video last night, and I am sore!!! I'm taking the night off because I have a busy weekend ahead of me. Friday is typically date night for me and DH, but I'm going to make a chicken curry tonight instead. Save some cash and then I can calculate a little better the calories. Plus with DH's gluten intolerance, it is hard to eat out. That gluten lurks in strange places and cross contamination is always a worry.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!!

Happy Friday ladies. Workout is done for the day and for the week so I can relax until Monday. Yay!
Sadly the food is running out (hey I made it last over 2 weeks that's a first for me :lol: ) and I won't be able to go shopping until probably Tuesday. So my menus for for the next few day will be less creative and small.

Yesterday's menu
B- strawberry oatmeal
S- string cheese
L- wheat pasta
S- wheat crackers and peanut butter
D- grilled cheese sandwich on wheat with salad
S (tried something new) french vanilla ice cream topped with strawberry syrup, walnuts and coconut flakes

Today's menu
B- wheat toast with jam
S- apple, string cheese
L- grilled cheese on wheat
S-mixed veggies
D- Don't know yet but it will involve ground turkey

Hi Chickies,

I am still in the game. But I am sitting at 179 with 8 more to go. All my doing.

must.stay.on.plan.

If I see 173 (instead of 171) I'll be overjoyed. This month is about getting back on track ...and getting back on track again.

Wishing you all a successful weekend! :carrot:

Hi!
I banned myself from the computer all week seeing that if I make it in here then the hours seem to magically disappear.
I am still working on rectifying all the disordered eating from the last few weeks. The kitchen is finally unpacked and organized and I have bought real food too and that is definitely helping.
The new place has 3 levels and I had been doing things to minimize the amount of times I had to go up and down the stairs in a day. Today I realized that the more times I climb, the more calories I burn so now I am going up and down for every little thing I need to get or drop off, Yay!, built in exercise :carrot:

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends, Happy weekend to the rest of you.

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