Morning Ladies,

Ruth - So that does sounds like crazy busy and where you find some you time in there must be pretty challenging. I see what you mean by less animals might be better right this very moment, that's a huge handful. A friend of ours raises german sheperds for poilce, seeing eye dogs, etc. and I know how busy he is and that's without all the other stuff you got going on. Hope your scale reflects all your hard work today! And lol about the in-laws, very true, very true.

Butterflydiva - Thanks for the review, I think I might have to get me some of that. I was kind of giong between the bonus p90x dvd's or insanity so here's hoping santa is kind :)

jen7 - Glad the weekend is going well and congrats on that lose, always aim high!

Jellofer - LOL, thanks so much, my butt and hamstrings don't not agree with my decision to run that far today but oh well, it was worth it.

SG - Oh how awesome! Shopping like a regular person, how incredible does that feel?!? Woohoo. And what an observant young man you're married too, most won't have even noticed that, lol. 6 pounds away, so close, can't wait :carrot: Oh my brain goes there too, yesterday was a super high day for calories and it was fun to try an fit everything in but that's the key the type of food makes all the difference, no beer in this belly for awhile! It was all veggies and wild rice and homemade soup but it was marvelous! I'm glad you're still pushing that run, it's funny how 30 minutes seemed like an eternity and then 60 minutes was the stuff of legend and I just finished an hour and a half and it was easier than the first 30 I ever did. The human body rocks!

Ang - Oh do have fun at the beach, we're well past that over here, even sand playing would freeze the fingers, I do envy your ontario weather! Great job getting your run in already even with all that going on.

Velveteen - That's fantastic in 5 days and even with eating a bit higher than you wanted! It's really the best thing this food journalling, I wish someone would have mentioned it years ago, lol.

Sandye - I guess your run might even be over already depending on the time, can't wait to see that picture of you all running with your arms in the air, Rocky style. I'm super proud of you and what a fantastic moment for your kids and husband, a fabulous example of how healthy and fit a mom can be and still raise 4 kids, just brilliant!

Good morning ladies! Just a super quick fly by post to say hello and let you know I survived my first 5K! :carrot:

I'll be back later for personals and details later--got to hit the showers and do some stuff for the party tomorrow (not to mention clean out the basement a bit so that I can start the P90X on Monday! :eek:).

Have a great day ladies and don't forget to...

Drink Your Water!!!
:D

Sandye - there you are, lol, glad you made it!!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Saturday. TOM is here so thats not too fun, but atleast its the weekend. I will be back later for some personals.

Hi everyone, I have been missing from the posts as work has been insane. I am going through getting new machines and they decided to do it while I am away at conference. This is something I need to be there for so the time and effort involved in teaching my staff and writing of "novel" of explantions has been crazy. I could have changed them out 4x over by the time I am done explaining everything. Then yesterday I get an email to back up the computer of customer files and documents as were getting a new one of that too. Seriously 1 day to back up 1000's of files. Yikes!!! Well 10hrs later and I got about 3/4 done and my mad up. But I am off to conference tomorrow and nothing else I can do but breath. Anyway enough ranting.
I will be MIA again in the next 5 days as I won't have computer access so right off the bat I want to say congratulations to all the losses so far and for all of those to come in the next 5 days. I am also going to be posting some different weights here as I am going by my new scale which is 4.6lbs heavier than my last one but seems to be accurate now. So I will look like I have gained since Sept but really I have not.
Wow apparently I am a rambler today.
I am down for the week 3.4lbs so yeah!!
Well have a great week everyone and hopefully in the second week I will be around everyday and can do some personals.

Hello Ladies. :)

Well, after miss a few days worth of posts, I have a huge list of personals for all of you. I think I started on page 4, FYI.

Beck1Beck Welcome back. :)

Sandye Congrats on the maintience eating. ;) How is that going? And WTG on the competive run. I really want to hear how that goes! Thanks. I actually allowed myself a reward Friday for something at school. I'll mention it below. I bring it up because I have a few ideas sprouting in my mind about recipes and such that I know you'll probably want to try with the holidays comming up. ;) As long as I keep up with cough drops (sugar free) and stuff for my sinuses, it's not too bad. And I completely understand the knee brace thing. I had to get some from the doc's office forever ago. They help hold my knee cap in place since mine is slightly off, which takes the pain away. But they were those pricey ones. -.- Oh, an have you tried cooking with fresh spices? For the Cook Yourself Thin recipes, they reccomend it and WOW. It makes a huge difference.

susiemartin You can loose those pounds. :)

Imdedicated I never said said welcome, so, welcome! And I know we can do this weight loss thing together. ;)

Late to the game you'll loose that 1.5, I'm sure of it. :) I completely know what you mean. I'm starting this month off sick, so of course the scale reads that I've gained. -.-

canadianangel Welcome back. :) 17 vials?? That an insane amount. I hope they weren't the really long ones. When I was terrified of needles, I had to have a lot of blood taken and when they showed me that vial my mother and I almost fainted. I think the best way to solve your food plan problem is, before they get home, pack food so you can eat at the moment you might have a few minutes to spare. I have to preplan my food and pack food too with my college classes. Even keep a cooler or a lunch box with ice packs in your car.

econ nerd You can do it. :) I'm here for you.

Tummy Girl Wow, 90 minute run?? I can't wait for the day I can manage that one. How did it go?

Nella I love this time of year too. :) I like that idea for a reward after a mini goal. I really need to think of some mini goal rewards for myself.

jellofer2 That would be amazing, for us all to meet our goals this month. I think we should all get together and try it. ;) How do you like C25K? I'm mulling it over this weekend.

shasha That king crab legs sounds really good! I'm sorry you've been feeling sick, I am too. -.- What a way to start out the month. Haha. Random dog . XD Well, you could say that, only it would be three of them. And Congrats on the loss!

Shrinking Girl Congrats on the pants! I have tons of pants that fit me when I was smaller and can't wait to get there. My best friend even bought me a motivation t-shirt (to go with my motivation shorts and bikini) for my birthday back in August. Now, to begin running, you started on the C25K, right? I'm trying to remember correctly since it's that time of the year again that I want to begin running. And Congrats on the loss! My aunt always does the same. -.- She doesn't believe I'll loose the weight, but I can't wait to prove her wrong! School is going great, other than this past week. All I wanted was to go home and sleep. XD

mystical I am right there with you. My weight was 219 at the beginning of September (I believe) and since I just got sick I've been OP, today I read that the scale says 219. -.- I now it must be the cold and not eating right. Hopefully this month we can break the cycle together. :) Also, it might be difficult to give up that soda. It took me all of September struggling until the last week.

sotypical You can do it! I'm there for you.

Taurie I completely understand, it's difficult for me when I'm at a family get together or with friends and there's a table full of food, or even just at my house trying to figure out what to munch on.

KitgetsFit Those are great goals! You can do it and I'll even help.

nellonello Oh wow! That's so great on the 4 lb loss already!

princess jen You can do it. :) We're all here to help you.

ruth135 I'm sorry you didn't loose more, but at least you have one less pesky pound to deal with! Have you tried to have one day of the week where you eat what you want? Well, within reasonable portion sizes or upping your calories to loose more?You make Chicken noodle? I've always bought it in a can, but now I'm rethinking that. How easy or difficult is it to make it? I absolutely love yoga and we get some on our tv channels, but they have commercials in between them. XD Oh and congrats on the loss. :)

ShrinkingAmy Congrats on starting C25K! How did you like it. I'm thinking about starting it.

jen7 I also have a heck of a time on weekends. -.- I think it's just out of the normal weekday routine.

helpmelose I must agree this will be an amazing month. ;)

ButterflyDiva Congrats on sticking to your plan. :) That Slimfast chocolate Monkey shake sounds really good!

Delphi I hope the moving is going well! I know how difficult that cane be to stay OP. When we moved to my current house we had to live in it while remodeling. We thad boxes in the dining room forever. -.- And the fridge was no good so we had to live out of Safeway (we're three houses away.)

jenn5366, Brook506, FitGirlyGirl Of course you all can join. Welcome. :) Good Luck on your goals this month and I'm here for you if you need help, actually we all are. ;)

jessicado22 I hope your computer gets fixed soon, but kuddos for using your ipod. :) 3 weeks of TOM?? I would definitely be calling the doc's office.

Velveteen WTG on the food journaling. I'm trying to get back into the habit. It's hard to get into that habit and to break it. XD And Congrats on the weight loss!

Cape Breton Chick Welcome. :) The motivation here is just amazing! I started in August and I just can't get away.

Bigmid Wow! You have been busy! I hope you stay OP over the next 5 days! Good Luck and try to breathe. It's a stress reliever. ;)
rachiru Isn't always the best to start off the first day of a challenge and it end great? haha, I hope you understood that. XD

Phew. I was sitting here for about 2 hours. But now, I'm caught up. ;)

All righty. Friday I found out my score for my first ever speech in, well, speech class. I got 24/25! I celebrated with some Starbucks. I got an hot apple cider with Carmel, a slice of coffee cake, and a coffee thermos (for say faux hot cocoa.) I have been horrible the last few days with this cold, OP wise. So, I'm not surprised that my scale says 219. I am now watching everything I put in my mouth. A few crazy days, and now I'm OP. With a slight wiggle room since I have ice cream (in the little 4 oz cups) for my throat.

Any who, I found a recipe for a healthy pumpkin pie, which I'm going to try out before thanksgiving. I am also going to make those mashed potatoes and cauliflower to see if it's good. If so, I'm telling grandma I've got the mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. I just won't mention until after they've eaten it that they're healthy. I just might bring my balsamic vinegar instead of Turkey gravy. I'm thinking, if I like the pumpkin pie recipe that I'm going to make them in mini form; in the muffin tins. I also think that I'll bring some apple cider and warm it, put a little bit of caramel and have that treat instead of soda.

Something else that I've been pondering lately is my walk with the dogs. I've been thinking about walking to the mini poodle mixes (both poodle mixes, just different mixes) and then beginning C25K with Charlie the yellow lab. We're trying to tap into his energy since walking him and then playing with the ball for a while doesn't even begin to tap into his energy. Luckily my 5 year old nephew is going to tap into that energy today when he spends the night. :D What do you all think? How do you think C25K would work with a four legged running partner?

Now, I believe that's all I had stored in my mind as I was doing personals. I have to go do all my reading for my classes this coming week. Luckily, I already finished a book so that one less read.

Have A Great Day Ladies!

Hey there ladies... just checking in for Saturday... So I started monday 9/28 and I am down almost 4 pounds since then!! I am super excited and hopefully it will keep coming off. I know not to expect so quickly in the upcoming weeks. I think it is mostly because I have kicked donuts, cookies, cakes, ice cream and I have to agree with idream..... drinking lots of water!! I am drinking about 94oz every day and I swear that is the secret. I have also just watched what I am eating, I am not counting calories, or watching carbs jut not eating as much and not much of the bad stuff.

Tummy - that is awesome a 90 minute run!! How fantastic and I bet it felt great!!! :carrot:

Cape - welcome to the board. I just joined this group for this months challenge and so far they have been great!!!

CanadianAngel- wow it sounds like you have had a busy morning. Good job for getting on that treadmill with everything else you have going on.

Thank you so much for the welcome! Hope you have a great day too! :carrot:

Hi girlsssssssss, a quick check in. Delphi, hey you....missed you! Im so glad things worked out for you and u found a new place and also that the kids do not have to transfer. hugsss.

ruth, sandye.....ty so much....hug. Ruth the pic u put u p is so nice. Keep up the great work everyone .

If im a little MIA next few days just bear with me.....that TOM time again but like last month its not here yet and I am just hoping I dont have a repeat like last month. THe other family stuff is.........cant quite find the words (only got 4 hrs. sleep last night) I guess everything will be coming to a head soon. Whatever happens, we will get through it. I will be back real soon and wanted to tell you not to worry about the list.....everyone will be on it, I will be sure to go post by post when I get back. Welcome to those of you who joined in and please don't apologize for being late! : ) No such thing here! :)

Hope you all had a great weekend.....talk soon chickies :hug:

FSA Thank you

MissMallee I do alright as long as I can stick to plan but I was feeling sick several times and we went on vacation so my eating was off plan but I'm doing better now and have already dropped 1.6lbs for October, yay! I actually don't put noodles in my chicken soup usually but I will put in brown rice. It can be time consuming cutting up all the veges but I make a big enough pot to last for two or three meals. I boil a whole chicken (I try to only use pasture raised organic chickens) then add onions, garlic, carrots, celery, potatoes, brown rice, fresh thyme and parsley, and sometimes other seasonings. The longer you boil the chicken the more nutritious the broth. Oh, before I add the veges I take the chicken out, let it cool, and then debone it. You could just make it with chicken breasts but your broth won't be as nourishing. Anyway, thats my version of chicken soup :)

Well, I was down a .6 this morning, woohoo! I did some yoga this morning and dh and I took a brisk walk/jog after dinner. The bbq went well today. I think even with the piece of ice cream cake I still did ok. It was a nice birthday for my MIL.

Good night girls!

So, got on the scale this morning and sitting at 251.4. Darn. It's like I just can't move it. For a brief few moments it hurts because of everything that I have changed and given up in my life. But then I think what doors are slowly opening for me and decided to keep on going. So, just finished my turkey sausage breakfast (high pro, low carb plan) and drinking 1/2 liter of my 4 liters of water per day and am checking in with my peeps. I think I need to go back to a stricter intake, or just live a little and hope that it tricks my body. I shall meditate on W3 D3 of C25K. Which I love. I do see it as a mobile meditation. speaking of meditation. The full moon is tonight so I will be meditating with thousands of folks around the world. Maybe we can create a positive energy shift. All of my 3fc peeps will be part of my intention. I am so looking forward to this. Cause, I get to do it in my completed massage treatment room. I am over half way done with my massage therapy program and have turned one of my extra bedrooms into a massage and meditation room. So tonight I get to meditate in there with no DH or Dpuppy. :) We shall see what the scale shows tomorrow.

I went shopping yesterday for some clothes. Had a Lane bryant coupon and needed to use it. But some things in a smaller size, they are a bit snug, but in about a week they will be perfect. So I was a bit excited. Looking forward to the end of the month to hit my go and do some resale shopping. That will be fun. Lots of clothes for little cash. Enjoy the day ladies and go BEARS!!!!!

Ok, real quick here since I've spent a lot of time sans internet lately, I've had time to tinker around with photos.

Please excuse the messy bedroom, the bad camera angles and the different distances. I take the pictures myself for the swimsuit top/shorts ones. These are pretty hideous but motivating all the same.

The pictures are in this order: initial, after 6 weeks, after 12 weeks
I never seem to see a difference between each 6 week set but I do see a huge difference between week 12 and week 0.
My next photos are Nov 1st and I'm pretty excited.

And the regular clothing one was taken this morning in my new clothes.

Hi Chickies,
Hope ya don't mind if I join in. Needs some major motivation to keep going. Lost a few pounds and put it back on. Would like to get in the 220's for my October challenge, I'm currently 233 so my goal for October is 225 or 8 lbs.

Hey girls, hope you all had a good weekend. Mine wasnt so bad, I got off plan a little last night and had 3 drinks, but I am back on track today. I ran both yesterday and today, so I am feeling good! :)