Tummy--i look forward to hearing from you everyday!!
Nice surprise this morning with the scale at 240.4 this am. Almost a new decade. Which would be great. Got family coming in town this weekend so the posts will be short. Lots to do to prepare.
Have a great weekend everyone!!! Remember to focus and stay on plan.
Hello everyone it is a beautiful day here!!! I am so very happy that I am finally able to get back on here, I am so lost and having withdrawls when I can't come here LOL..... I finally have some great news for this weeks WI the scale is down and I am feeling so good about my new start at life I am so motivated I just can hardly believe it myself. Well here it is I am down to 214.8 that makes it a total of 3.2 lbs lost this month. Not where I wanted to be but it is a loss and I will take it. With the new motivation of my family just maybe I will be able to kick it up a notch and be able to meet my goal this month keep your fingers crossed and send me some good vibes... Hope everyone has a wonderful day.
Good afternoon girls!!! Man alive I've missed checking in on you all!!! What is going on with the site the past couple of days? I haven't been able to get on here!
Anyway...
Gekster~ congrats on a great loss and you should be very proud of yourself! As for upping your cals, I agree. For your weight you do don't want to go too low or your body will do that whole starvation mode thing and you don't want that do ya?
I'll have to make this short and sweet as we're about to start painting the girls' room (well, priming it anyway, we still need to pick out paint). Had a great OP week, only skipped the one HIIT workout so I'm feeling pretty dang good about things. I think I've found a comfortable workout routine for me and it's one that's challenging me so I'm thrilled with that. I love that I'm still getting sore muscles from this workout!!
Had a couple of back to back swooshes and I'm sitting at 132.8 now. TOM is still hanging around so we'll see where I sit after he's gone. I must have been retaining something fierce to lose that much in such a short time! I do know my belly isn't nearly as puffy as it was so .
Other than that, I've just been cutting fabric, buying more fabric, cutting more fabric...I didn't really plan this quilt out very well and I basically had to ditch 2 out of the 3 fabrics I chose from my stash because I didn't have enough for both quilts. Oh well, I love buying fabric, so it's all good right? I've got everything (I think) cut out now so tonight I'll be trying to lay it out and come up with a pattern I like--wish me luck!
Well, okay, I better get going. Hope everyone is having a great weekend and I hope the site behaves itself and lets me on from here on out!!
I've been meaning to get on here, but yesterday I couldn't. Anywho, I'm down to 210.1!
Also, my friend who wants to loose about 20-30 pounds for her wedding next year is going to start working out with me. We're going to walk twice a day for a total of at least an hour.
Okay ladies, I've been waiting for 3 days to post these progress pics. I hope it works. The first is a definite "before"..UGH! The second is from late June and the 2 in yellow are from Thursday. So, there's my progress! Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Have a great one!
MSP ~Well done! Let me be the first to congratulate you! I'd say you made goal (that .4 will be gone tomorrow, I predict!).
Malee ~Almost a new decade!
SANDYE ~No more swooshes, k? How goes the quilt making? Did you find paint for the girls' room?
MYSTICAL ~ Sending your way!
JELLO ~ Almost a new decade for you too, way to go! Enjoy your visit.
SG ~Good to hear things are "moving" for you again. My thoughts are with you this weekend
GEKSTER ~It's hard to eat more when you are trying to lose, BUT, the doctor does probably know best! Unless of course she's a skinny minnie who has never had this struggle!
TUMMY ~ Woo hoo on the panties for the new decade! You know, I'm not sure about that method for determining daintiness. My wrists are tiny. My ankles are pretty small, too, when they aren't swollen. However, I was not dainty even at 110 lbs. Skinny, yes, but I have a large ribcage. I wore a 38 A bra for crying out loud!I would think that a ribcage would be more indicative than a wrist for determining frame size. But what do I know?
Well, I can't see any other posts on this page, and I'm afraid I'll lose my post if I go back, so sorry for everyone I missed.
As some of you know, I have been on a MAJOR plateu. I got down to 167.2 on OCTOBER 2nd. I have gained and lost 2-3 pounds ever since. Well, yesterday I got down to 167.0, and today I was 165.8! I'll be up tomorrow for sure because I havenot been drinking my water today, but hey, I was about ready to chuck the scale out the window and go back to my old ways (can you say chocolate?). So I guess I'll be sticking around Hope you all have a nice Sunday, and keep up the good work!
SG - You're very welcome, I thought it was rather apropo to our recent difficulties around here and made good sense. I hope you're doing at least a tiny, very so slightly bit better after the funeral.
MsP - Holy cow! Look at those guns girls, all that hard work is showing and you're tiny, I'm jealous of those legs, I'm a thick thighed one, but as we were lamenting before that does mean I get the butt to go with it, lol. Gorgeous, incredbible and big huge congrats!
Gekster - I agree with you doctor, first of all because she went to school for a really long time, lol, and second it will preserve your metabolism if you eat more. You'll probably find that easier too which in the long run is really important. You'll can come done to the lower numbers eventually but if you do it gradually you'll barely notice it. Glad your doctor was proud of you, now we just have to figure out a way to get you that proud of you
Jellofer - LOL, I'm not exactly sure why, but likewise my dear.
Mystical - Amen sista! That many days without people is tough But look at you! Omg that's fantastic, 3.2 is marvelous That's over 11,000 calories you've burnt away!
Sandye - Holy crap girl, 132's! That must feel brilliant after all you've gone through recently. I'm super proud of you for perservering, that's how it's done!
Miss Mallee - Look at you too 210!! Such awesome success, we just all have to lock ourselves off the site for two days, lol. That's awesome news about the exercise partner too, marvelous motivation.
LTTG - You know that's true, my rib cage is pretty big too, but having never been thin, this is the first time I've seen my ribs, lol. I still need to suck in to see them though. Wow, Sandye's weight loss spa really does work! I'm so happy to see that it finally came through, you are a model of determination, truely!
So what have been up to for two whole days! LOL it's weird when I can't check in, it felt funny. But workouts have been good, we had to head to the city to do some birthday party shopping for a party on Monday we just got invited to. And I took everyone's awesome idea and went to Goodwill, for 2 1/2 hours with a 3 year old. Oddly enough, she was brilliant and I pretty much cleaned them out. They were having a bag sale thing where whatever you can stick in these bags was one price with some exceptions. I don't know how many things I bought but it fills a black garbage bag, lol. Most is still slightly too small but I found some amazing things, jeans especially, and size 6 fits in skinny jeans even. So I even bought a size 4 (did I just say that? a size 4, wow) that I can do up but isn't ready for the public yet, to grown into. It was marvelous and all of it for $37.00.
It's picture day too! I'll work on that later today and get them posted up and see if I can shrink down that before picture thsi time.
And just because eveyone else was doing it, I decided to lose another pound, lol, and down to 146.8 this morning, only 6.8 left baby!
Awesome Sunday ladies! I'll be back with those pics later, TTFN.
I haven't posted in a while because my weight is stuck. I know it's my eating. However, I went to the doctor's to get my blood pressure etc measured. The scale there said I weigh 121 (not the 123 my scale says), so I checked the scale at the gym and then again at a completely different gym and they all agreed 121. So I'm quite pleased with that. It's funny how 2 lbs makes such a difference in my head.
The other good point the nurse practitioner pointed out was that my resting heart rate is excellent below 60 bpm. Also I have low blood pressure... but, I've always had that. It's 100/70.
I need to do something about my eating though. I'm good half the time and the other half I eat a bit too much/ or I eat the wrong things
Hi everyone, just a quick hello. It's nice to see so many successes, Congratulations to all of you. WTG!!!
I was doing good so far but this morning I'm not sure what happened....the scale is up 6.2lbs from Thursday.
Oh well I guess today is a new day.
Have a great day!!
Thanks for the advice about the calories. I decided to try it and see what happens. Well I started yesterday with my goal of 1700 calories and today I am down .9 to be back at 282.3. So maybe this will work.. I wasn't really a calorie counter, just keeping an eye to make sure I got at least 1200 and eating good food, but sometimes eating junk. Bad, I know, but I've decided to try to follow a strict count of 1700 on normal days, 2000 on workout days. Well, I was really good yesterday because we were out in town and my boyfriend asked if I wanted to grab something on the way home and I said no, that I only had 150 calories left for a night snack when we got home. He was really cool about it surprisingly.
Alrighty, end of month 6, 146.8lbs, 13.2lbs and 12.25 inches since last month! I can't get my sizes right! At least this month the before pictures aren't huge, lol. And those pants are the new 6's, just some back leg pucker but no muffin. And MsP inspired me on the gun show, it's so much hard work we might as well show it off, Sandye, we're waiting, hehe.
LTTG-You were close...I was down to 135.2 today, so not quite to goal. Oh well, inching ever closer to my ideal body.
Tummy-Thanks! I was so excited to post those pics Thursday, then by the time I posted them I was kinda over it. LOL I'm thrilled with my progress and so now it's just all for the health of it! WOW on the Goodwill sale! I'd love if mine had a sale like that!! Ooh! Nice pics, too! Yay!!! Such wonderful progress....4's and 6's?!?! WOO HOOO, girlie!!!
Gekster-Glad it seems to be working to increase cals. Keep making those good choices and let us know how it goes!
Bigmid-I wouldn't sweat it if you're eating right. Our bodies can do crazy things sometimes. Just keep on doing the right stuff and I'm sure it'll drop back down very soon.
Taurie-Baby steps, girl! When you know you're choices were poor for one meal, just make sure the next meal you make the necessary changes. Don't throw away the whole day. You can do this! Congrats on the doc's and gym's scale having you down more than you thought!!
As I mentioned, I'm down another .2 today. I guess I'm just inchin' along now, but it's no sweat for me. I feel terrific and love that I'm heading into the holidays with a healthy new bod and better habits to go with it! Yay!
Last edited by Ms Perception; 11-15-2009 at 02:44 PM.
Ms Perception & Tummy Girl, both of you look amazing. Congratulations!
And Ms Perception, thanks for your words of encouragement. I have to plan better for those moments of lapse. It happens in social settings and I have a hard time resisting M&S cheese puffs! But, I am stronger than cheese puffs, I know it!
Despite trying, I haven't been able to get in here in forever.
Msp OMG you are super skinny! I can't get over the difference in your before and afters! You look fantastic!
Tummy I do not understand why you'd ever ask for my cheekbones, your face is adorable. I just think you're so cute. Also, your pics are fantastic, you're looking very good and, dare I say... skinny as well!
LTTG I'm rooting for your weight loss to stick! I think you deserve it!
MissMallee Oh man, I'm so jealous you have a work out buddy. There are so many times when I try to get some of my friends to do stuff with me but they're all so busy and they all live in other towns. Here's hoping having the buddy motivates you big time!
jellofer Have you reached your new decade yet? I hope so!!!
Well my weekend has been rough but it's coming to an end and I'm actually looking forward to the work week... getting back into routine. I had to buy some new black pants for the visitation as my current ones had just gotten stupidly large. I took a pic with the new pair on but I don't have it on my laptop.. it is posted on my blog under the progress pics page if anyone is interested.
I feel as though my eating has been outrageous, and it has although not calorie wise. I've been able to stay within my calorie counts but the stuff I'm eating just is not healthy. I'm looking forward to working again so I can get back into my healthy eating routine and remember how much better I feel when I eat well.
Take care everyone!
Edit because I forgot to throw a tantrum. My weigh-in was Saturday at Curves and, despite losing 7.5 lbs I have apparently GAINED inches. Two months ago I had 6.5 inches to lose to hit the 2 foot mark and I've been really looking forward to hitting it. Despite losing 15.5 lbs and dropping a size in clothing... I've only lost 4 inches. It doesn't make sense and I'm pretty sure it's because the staff at Curves just don't know what they're doing. Again, I ranted about it on my blog but I'm just so discouraged.
Last edited by Shrinking Girl; 11-15-2009 at 05:27 PM.
Tummy Girl you look amazing. Your face has a lot of definition.
this week was really terrible for me. I was busy with school and this week was full of ups and downs. So even though was pleased that I didn't gain any weight and maintained but I am disappointed in myself that the first sign of stress and extra work and my workout routine went out the door.
So I am still at 170
I love that I'm still getting sore muscles from this workout!! 
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Oh well, I love buying fabric, so it's all good right? 
I've got everything (I think) cut out now so tonight I'll be trying to lay it out and come up with a pattern I like--wish me luck! 
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Hope you all have a nice Sunday, and keep up the good work! 
