Good morning ladies!

Gekster~ :hug: I'm sorry to hear that your bf's Grandma isn't doing well, but it sounds like she's no longer in pain now with the coma. I will be keeping you all in my thoughts and prayers hun. More :hug: for you and your bf.

I'd like to say I'm here to catch up, but alas, I'm not. I was like Wonder Woman yesterday morning but then I ran out of gas so the house is still a wreck. I need to tackle the kitchen this morning and get rid of the mountains of paper that ended up piled everywhere. Then I need to get the rest of the laundry folded and put away. Then there's the new mess the girls are making right now...:lol: it never ends!

I'm up a good 2 lbs today for no reason other than sodium. :mad: Turns out pre-packaged soup/chili mixes that just need water are crazy insane full of sodium! D'oh!!! So, I'll be drowning myself in water today to flush it all out. Btw Mom, that chili mix--eh. It was okay at best, good if you're starving or out on a camping trip or maybe up in space! ;) LOL

Got my workout in already--it took me a long time today to get into the grove, felt like my feet were made of cement and I just didn't have it in me.

Still no TOM--waiting impatiently for his return so that I can stop wondering when he'll get here and I'm hoping once he does that he'll take some of this bloat along with him--I was up in my waist measurement this past week and I really want to blame it on him being MIA :lol:

Okay, better run. I hope everyone has a great day!!! Be good to yourselves and don't forget to...

Drink Your Water!!!
:D

Good morning! I'm happy to report I feel alot better this morning than I have the last couple days. I'm still not 100%, but well on my way.

Sandye-Another good reason to avoid packaged foods, right? I do NOT care for the sodium overload feeling! Good luck on the cleaning!

GivTLC-You don't know what being behind on albums is... I intend to resume scrapbooking as soon as we get settled in our new house. I try here but there's so little room. It makes it hard to get organized.

Nella-Well, that's exciting to have a date in mind. Best of luck on all of it! It'll be challenging, but you can get there!!

SG-I'm glad you found some encouragement on your running. Not everyone is going to be fast, but who cares? You're not training for the olympics, you're training for life! And when it comes to life, you rock!! You're WAY healthier than you were a few months ago. Your heart doesn't care what your per mile pace is, all it knows is that your making it healthier! ;)

Gekster-I hope all goes smoothly for your BF's grandma and that she can pass peacefully. Take care of yourself!

NSM-Hope the visit from the IL's goes smoothly. It is a long one, but maybe they'll be easy guests and it'll be a really nice visit. You make sure to take good care of yourself even while they're there!!

Well, the scale was up today a bit, but I was OP (unless the cough drops are 100 calories each! LOL). I will just plug along. I have a slightly lower cal day today, so maybe that'll shake some of this weight off. I'm still a little more tired than normal, so I will be resting some again today. A nap would be terrific, but DD may not agree. Oh well, I'm off to plan and rest. I got behind on my planning as I was caring for the sick children and so it's time to catch up. Have a wonderful, healthy day!

Morning ladies,

AFChick - Goodness two birthdays in one day, lol, that's almost like a temptation challenge on the biggest loser. Congrats on that pound and change, moderation works like a charm ;)

MsP - Hope you're feeling much better, there's nothing worse than an active person who can't exercise :fr: Great job keeping up those workouts too, excuses are too easy some days so wtg :high:

Jessicado - Congrats on those 75lbs, or more like 77lbs now. That's fantastic milestone. I'll join you there shortly. Glad you guys are feeling better it sure does sounds like you have a lot on your plate so I hope it slows down for you soon :)

LaurenA - I would imagine there will be no trace of that by Wednesday with some good eating between now and then. Lots of water, lol!

NSM - Ok, so that sounds even more awkward, lol. I just know that three weeks with my FIL without my dh would be a bit long but I know them really well so I can't imagine your situation, my goodness. Oh well if you need a break you can always excuse yourself for a walk just to escape!

Gekster - Woohoo on the gym! and on the loss. I'm just super proud of you for going low energy workout or not, you did that, even with all you're going through so be sure to give yourself credit cuz you know how easy it would have been not to :)

SG - That's it, I'm building the walls up on this wagon and maybe even putting a roof on it, lol. With Chinese in there and not enough water and the other issue, I have no doubt that you'll be fine by friday once things fluch out a bit ;) And there's a lot of running speed that just increases as you loss weight too and I would try to find the joy in it, maybe you're just a long slow distance kind of gal, I know that's completely where my strength is too, I can pound out 20k but heaven help me when I do the speed training, it takes every ounce of power I have to do that well, and most days I don't do great. Part of it could be your muscle fiber composition, just how your body is made and also, you haven't been running terribly long either. And really, long slow distance burns a million calories anyway. Well then I need to learn your lighting techniques, lol.

Nella - The funny part is that in knowing me no one, not even my mom who loves me no matter what, would ever call me dainty, lol. Small framed or not I'm just not graceful or any of those sort of things. I'm totally bull in china shop sort of thing. One of my friends just went through a reversal with her dh and make sure you have a lot of ice packs :) That's just the best mini goal, to feel sexy! Bravo !

GivTLC - You know it really is a part time job, I sometimes wonder what I did before then I remember it was eating of course! Fortunately dh finished his 6 months of police training not too many years ago and they worked out a lot more each week than I do now so he's not mentioned anything but he still raises an eyebrow at some of the food I eat, or don't eat for that matter. I'm thinking they will get used to it eventually, just like they got used to our unhealthy selves. I even overheard him talking to his dad the other day and I guess my FIL asked how my "diet" was going and dh correctly him and said "oh no dad, this is more like a life overhaul, I think what she eats and does would scare most diet plans away." It might be sinking in :crossed: Oh I love the spinach strawberry salads! If only we could get good strawberries right now, yummy. Have fun scrapbooking!

Sandye - I've been tempted by those mixes too, they look so enticing but that's what stopped me, that nutritional label is scary! And if you find TOM can you please let him know I'm still looking for him too. My moods have been wacky too, some days I feel like I'm pmsing all over the place then it's gone, then bloated then ugh!!! It's frustrating. It's only been since August for crying out loud! And low energy workouts are still great workouts, but honestly, yell at tony during plyo, swearing at him helps too.

As for this gal, all done my workout today, woke up feeling wicked awesome, thank goodness, dh came down hard with a flu yesterday. He was fine in the afternoon and by dinner he was grey and bad things were coming out of him. He appears to be on the upswing though, just super tired and bummed because he was actually going to go do a Remembrance Day ceremony at a local school in his red serge and they don't get to wear it very often. It makes him feel special but don't want to get anyone sick, so he's home.

And yesterday afternoon we took dd for her first ever skate. It was awesome, got some great home movies. She was in heaven and pretty steady on two blades for a 3 year old, I was really surprised. She used the little pushy thing to move around but she can actually stand on ice with skates. I hadn't been on skates in about 8 years so I thought I'd give it a try and although it's not like riding a bike, I managed alright too. Makes me happy that we have another family activity we can do together that is fun exercise!

And I may have found a really nice exercise bike for $50.00 in the local buy and sell, it retails for $700 but they are moving and want it out of their house. Just waiting back on some answers to my questions and we may have a deal. So excited!

Alrighty better get off my butt and start disinfecting doorknobs. And guess who hit 149.8 this morning, Oh ya this girl did! It's just under but that's another 0.4lbs to add to the total and it's sooo nice to see a new decade. 9.8lbs to go, holy crap, that's ridonkulous.

Gekster - You should be proud of yourself for continuing to take the best care of yourself that you can. You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.:hug::hug::hug:

Jessica - Congrats on 75 down! That is major. It may be hectic, but at least busy means business is good and busy is much better than bored.

NSM - I hope things go well with the in-laws.

SG - I’m sorry about the scale. Good for you that you are keeping a good attitude about it.

Tummy - Congrats on the new decade and I hope DH feels better soon and that you don't get sick.

I’ve gained for 3 days now. It’s only a total of 1 pound, but I don’t see any reason for it and I do not like being confused. If I had done something to cause it I would still be annoyed, but at least I would know it was myself I should be annoyed at. With this I just don’t know what to do. I’m in a really bad mood. We’re having trouble getting my mother-in-law moved out of our house and she is driving me absolutely insane. We asked her to leave in May and she is still here. We also had to bury one of our fish last night. I discovered our 2 ½ foot white koi, Moby, dead in our pond yesterday. I have no idea what happened and I know it’s just a fish, but it hurts.

Nella - Well Done on the NSV! I bet you looked Fab! :)
Gekster - My thoughts are with you, glad to see you working hard even through this tough time, you're a real trooper
Shrinking - I understand how you feel, i'v ebeen going up and down around the same few pounds for a bit now grrrr ... it will pass eventully :)
GivTLC - That salad sounds yummy! And yes, thanks. I am glad I recognized that and went straight back OP. I didn't think about it that way :)
iDream - Don't sweat! That 2lbs will be gone in no time - lot's and lot's of water today will do you good
Ms P - I hope you get lot's of well deserved rest today
Tummy - Sorry to hear your DH is sick, keeping my fingers crossed that both you and your DD evade it. Your DD is skating at 3?!?! Crazy ... I have never been skating before and I am 26! Will have to catch up! Oh and only 9.8lbs to go?? That's incredible, keep up the good work and you will be saying good bye to them in no time.

So far so good for me this week - having a good OP day and actually looking forward to my weigh in tomorrow! Hoping for a loss of some sort! Anything would be good!

Have a great day!

Hello ladies ! It is a wonderful beautiful day and I am in great spirits. I can't believe it I am feeling so much better and I am still POP, taking vitamins, and drinking water everyday, the workouts are pretty much on schedule now that we have the moving over with... Yeah!!! I could just do a little dance I am so happy hahaha... Hope all is going great with all of you I will check in later today have a good one!!! :)

At present I am sitting in a room on campus at a big conference table that has a large bucket of assorted candies and I am resisting. I have covered it but just knowing it is there and not allowing myself is torture. I want a mini snickers.. like really. But I know if I have one I will want another and the cycle will not end. We are going out for dinner that will be a little high in calories so I don't need to waste any, I've eaten light for most of the day to try to plan for tonight. It is a big deal because I am seeing my doctor on Thursday and hoping to have hit 35 lbs lost from the time I started seeing her about my PCOS. I think the fact that I came to this site, to you guys to type out my struggles with this is a positive sign. It actually seems that since I started writing all of this out I am realizing why I do not really want any of the candy. Someone actually wanted in and is eating a snickers and I'm not internally freaking out. Its interesting to have a NSV while on the site haha! I beat the candy!

Gekster - YAY for beating the candy!!! You tell it who's boss!!!!

Congrats on that NSV Gekster!!! I wish I would remember to get online when I am facing those situations!!!

Down to 242 this morning from 247 at the beginning of the month. I am so glad that I just let October go!!!! Happy Happy!!!

TuMMY!!!!!! YOu are awesome. Incredulatastic!!!! 9.8 to go. Between you and MsP. I am reallly wishin that I didnot go off plan and have 2 servings of whole grain 17 carb taco chips. I should have stuck with one!!! UGH!!!! Drinking tons o water today. Killer therapy workout today. STill having major knee issues. Running has been tabled for a while. Am hoping that what ever it is will resolve on it's own. But am worried. ACL not a good thing to be hurting. That is most likely where my symptoms point. So for now, walking,cycling and elliptical for me. I can't even do my killer leg workouts anymore. I can kill the upper body, but she wants me to save the leg workouts for when I am with her. HOping to start back on my BOB yoga video next week, but she is gonna go through it this weekend and make sure I don't make it worse. Love my PT!!! She is awesome. And the core work it is amazing. I have family and friends coming in this weekend with tons to finish around here. Sorry if the personals are few and far between. Anyone hear from Delphi???

Great dreams ladies!!!

Hello, everyone! You're all are SO inspirational...I've really loved reading through this thread.

I'm joining a little late into the month, but I've been so wrapped up in my big-mini goal (Onederland - which I hit yesterday!! *happy dance*) that I wasn't thinking about anything else. So now, to think through the end of November. I'd like to lose 6 more lbs this month. Might be a little steep, but we'll see! Here's hoping!

Good Morning Ladies (and any men lurking around)

First off, I want to apologize for being pretty much MIA lately except for some quick update posts. Normally I love doing personals but with last weeks business and the further decline of my aunt's health (she passed away yesterday) I just really didn't have the energy to put forth anything else. After this weekend you can likely expect to see the "regular me" return.

I have been feeling the stress lately and that's the truth. As a result, my eating hasn't been as good as it usually is though I must say I'm pleased with how good it has been. I'm fairly certain I've been eating maintenance calories at the very least and I have kept up with the exercise. I weighed in at 195.2 today which means I'm back to what I was before the weekend eating (and the current bowel issues which have started to move juuuuust a little post-weigh in this morning) and so I'm kind of hopeful I'll end up with a loss by Friday. Saturday is my official weigh in with Curves and as it falls before the 16th I could postpone it a week and might if I still feel bloated from being backed up. I don't want my measurements thrown off.

I hope everyone has a fantastic day. I miss you girls when I'm not posting!

Good morning ladies!!!

Ahhh, how I wish I had time for personals--but I've recently been bitten by the Productivity Bug and I need to run with it! I feel like I'm in the last trimester and nesting like crazy! :lol:

Tummy~ Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!!! Girl, do you realized just how CLOSE you are to your goal? You have come sooooooooooooo FAR!!!! You are a constant source of inspiration hun. Bravo and congrats on a new decade!! :)


So, apparently all I had to do to get TOM back was to ask nicely! :lol: He showed up yesterday and I'm hoping that he doesn't do double duty to make up for the missed month. So far it's not bad, but I am feeling a bit on the crampy achy side--especially my lower back. I'm also having cravings and that's not usually my thing during TOM so who knows what's up with that. I was down a little today and I just hope it continues.

So, as you know I've got ambitious plans for the Holidays in terms of crafting and such...well, I think I may have hitched a ride on the crazy train because as of yesterday I'm now working on making quilts for the girls' beds!! :crazy: I'm not what you'd call an 'experienced quilter' so I make super simple hand tied quilts (the thought of machine quilting them scares the bejimminies outta me!) and I've only made 2 so far, so to take on 2 twin sized quilts seems insane! However, I'm determined to do it. I am too cheap to buy them and I know I can do it...I just need some more fabric. :D I thought I would have plenty (as I have an insane fabric stash), but it turns out I don't. So I'll be hitting Joanns today in search of some fabric to go with what I have.

We plan on painting the girls' room this weekend too! So I'll be even more MIA than I have been. :( I really miss you ladies TONS!!! But do know that I'm checking in every day and you're all inspiring me to stay the course and keep moving forward!! :)

Okay ladies, enough blabbing from me--I need to shower and hit the road!! I still have laundry to fold (I washed everything in the dang house yesterday it seems!) and put away today too! :eek:

Have a fantastic day and don't forget to...

Drink Your Water!!!
:D

SG - I'm sorry to hear about your Aunt. I'll keep your family in my thoughts.

Sandye - Your'e making me want to break out the sewing machine!! I think I miss crafting more than I thought. I think I might make x-mas presents for everyone this year. Money is just too tight to buy for everyone. And lord knows I have fabric and yarn stashes to fill a store with! Glad TOM showed up finally (you know what I mean!) I know it was making you weary.


I don't have time for more personals. It's been a rough week here as we had a funeral for one of SD's friends yesterday. She passed on Friday very suddenly due to complications of pneumonia. It was very difficult as you can imagine as she was so young.

On the weight front, I'm stuck at 169. I'm having pre-TOM cramps, so I know it's water retention, but it sucks nonetheless. I'm hoping for a big whoosh next week when TOM is gone :)

Have a great day everyone!

Sandye - I LOVE quilting! Keep it up, the quilts get faster and easier. I would quilt all the time if my life would just cooperate...LOL!

I'm having a great Veteran's Day so far...since I don't have to head to work this morning, I did an extra weigh-in and was down 1.8 pounds from Saturday. Now am 194.4, only 4.4 lbs from my Nov goal...YAY!

Anyway, have a great Veteran's day and remember to say a thanks to those who have fought for our freedom and to remember those who didn't return.

Jen

Gekster-Yay on that candy NSV!

Tummy-CONGRATS on the new decade! :carrot: That's AWESOME! Hey, even if you don't see yourself as "dainty", isn't it amazing that someone else does?! I'd love that!! I am, unfortunately, 100% "big- boned" or large-framed, ya know...born with birthing hips and all that good stuff LOL (thanks so much to my father's side of the family :mad: heehee). I'll never be tiny or "dainty", but the good news is I carry the weight differently and tend to build muscle easily. I actually like my build, strangely enough. I guess that's the key. Knowing what we're like underneath the fat and liking it!

Sandye-You go girl! I know when I get the energy and time to get stuff done, I do it before the moment passes. I bet those quilts are gonna be fantastic...and super special since you made them yourself! Have fun picking out fabric!

SG-Sorry to hear about your aunt's passing. I hope that and all stresses ease for you in the coming week(s). :hug: Glad that you're taking care of your health during the busy times! You're doing a fabulous job making this a part of your everyday life! Once you get to maintenance, you'll handle it with ease, I'm sure.

angeephalangee-Welcome! Congrats on your recent milestone!! It's great to have you here as you continue to make progress.

mystical-I'm SO happy to hear things are going well for you!! Keep up the good work.

lauren-I did get a bit of rest and watched a movie yesterday. That was nice. Now, if the cold would just finish pestering me, I'd be thrilled! ;)

FGG-I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your fish. I know my son would really take it hard if his fish died! It doesn't help that your MIL is not cooperating by moving out, I'm sure. I hope she finds another place soon and that stress is resolved for you and your family. :hug: I wonder if the stress is contributing to the small gains you've had. I've heard it can. I know from experience those small gains are very frustrating when you're OP and can't trace what's causing it. All I can suggest is experimenting with calorie intake and/or find a way to destress with your favorite hobby. I'm sure you'll see it turn around soon!

The cold is still lingering here, but I chose to believe it will be gone very soon. I'm still OP and doing all the right things, so I was glad to see the scale budge a little for me today. It had gone up .2/day for the last 2 days which was perplexing me a bit. I have been messing with my calories intake a little this week, so I guess I should've expected it. Here's the thing: I see on here that some girls who are moderately active (as I consider myself) are eating 1600 or 1800 calories per day. I've been eating about 1250 cals/day and it's been fine, but I thought maybe I could increase it a bit more and still see a loss. All these BMR things and all tell me I should be eating around 1400-1600 (My BMR is around 1400). I was slowly trying to raise my cals to the lower end of that spectrum. I'm only doing 1300-1350 now, but when I gained those first few days, I was annoyed. I'm thinking, "Why can't I eat the calories I should be able to eat?" So yesterday I more carefully used my calories on more nutrient dense foods, which I mostly do anyway, but I was super mindful of it yesterday. It got the small gains from earlier this week off, plus a .2 pound bonus. I don't know what to think, though. Should I just stick with the calories I've been eating or give it more time with slightly increased cals? I know as I weigh less, my calorie allowance goes down, so maybe that has something to do with it too. Just working things out still.... Good times!

Good Morning All! :wave:

So good news for me this morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Down 2lbs!!! :carrot: :cheer3:

Soooooo I am very close to my goal of reaching onderland this month, thinking that if I can lose 2lbs in 2 days (was 204 on Monday, now 202) by the end of the week I could potenially be sitting on the verge of onderland!

I am very excited girls!!! And am looking forward to a healthy OP day :)

mystical - Yay for feeling great and staying OP! I am having one of those days ... :)

Gekster - Good job on resisting that candy :cheer3: I had to go buy me some dark chocolate on the weekend because of my chocolate cravings after halloween. My finance doesn't want to get rid of the left over candy (because he can eat as much of it as he wants and not gain a pound!!! And because we rarely have any junk in our house!) So now when he has a chocolate I snap off a piece of dark chocolate and feel good about snacking on it!

angee - Yay for onderland :carrot: Can't wait to be there!

Shrinking - Keeping my fingers crossed for you, i'm sure you'll see a drop!

iDream - LOL - TOM isn't usually that nice! Especially to me! Cravings are a super strong almost impossible to resist force for me! But I get by them with mints and dark chocolate!

Nella - Sorry to hear about your rough week, chin up it will get better :)

AFChick - Congrats on the loss :)

Ms_P - Glad to see you are still staying OP even through the cold - I know how tough that can be, I applaud you :)

Morning Ladies,

FGG - Thanks so much, new decades are awesome, you'll be meeting one pretty soon too. Sorry about the fish, I have a large tank and we kept cold water fish until we moved here in february. Everyone teased me b/c they were the best kept goldfish in town but I had them for over 6 years, one was a Koi named Coil and it's terrible when they die, he had been a pond fish too :hug:

Lauren - Well she's standing on skates at 3, lol, she is still using that skate trainer for thenext while anyway. They are a whole lot more fearless that we are when we get older. I mean, I know how to skate and I was still freaked out to try again but she couldn't get enough. You might want to give it a go, great exercise, lol. OMG 202!!! That's fanfrickintastic!!

Mystical - Well that sure wins uplifting post of the day! I'm so glad it's all falling into place. So how's the house full of men going?

Gekster - WTG, that's hard and it's so awesome that you used healthy coping strategies to overcome it, super proud of you hun, great job. And I bet you feel empowered too, that's the best part :)

Jellofer - You do have an awesome PT, that's fantastic she's doing so much to make sure you rehab right. Better follow those orders, lol. I'm not sure what's up with Delphi, I've emailed her and facebooked her and things but she's not responding and Modern Warfare just came out and she'll no doubt be very busy with that so I hope not but we may have lost her for now :( You too are awesome, lots of water and you're golden :)

Angee - Welcome to the challenge, it must be a really amusing read, lol, we're all over the place some days. Congrats on 199 and losing 51lbs too, both are monumental achievements and a great reason to stand up and cheer. The more the merrier around here and look forward to getting to know you as the month goes on.

SG - Sorry to hear about your loss, goodness it's everywhere right now. And I for one, think it's a major achievement to go through stressful times and adjust to maintenance and maintain weight. That's the total opposite of what so many of us did before and we know how hard it is to not eat in times like that, so kudos to you. Glad you're clearing out a bit, that must feel a million times better and look forward to having you back to your bright and cheery self soon.

Sandye - Ok, so you're only a bit ambitious, lol. More power to ya hun, I don't encounter crafts at the best of times, I made a scrap book once, it's a shameful attempt, I should burn it really. My strengths lay elsewhere so I'll stick with those. Run with that creativity, it burns calories like crazy never sitting down. Glad TOM found you, I'm worried about the same thing, since I've missed two is it going to be some epic tom when it does come, I'm having visions of post pregnancy stuff but my doctor assured me it won't be that bad, we'll see. Have fun with painting too!

Nella - Oh goodness I'm sorry to hear about the little girl, that's terrible! And so hard to explain to the little ones too. Hope your week gets better and make sure you keep taking care of yourself while taking care of everybody else ;)

AFChick - Congrats on the loss that's great in 4 days, holy! Enjoy your day off :)

MsP - You know, that's true, it's nice when other people think that, lol, it's more my personality that I think is far from dainty and that has always colored my view on that subject. That's what messes me up a bit though, I build muscle fast and have to watch not to get too bulky and now I'm small framed, go figure. I totally agree, it's all about loving what's there, I'm realizing now, I'm going to have some butt going on no matter what b/c my upper half will be thin before my lower half and I may be smaller than I want in the face and still have hip action so I will chose to love it instead. I'm eating around 1400-1500 right now but with our height difference I think that makes us about the same calorie wise since my BMI as of today is 24.1 too. Everything I read said that the closer you get to maintenance the higher you need to eat to your BMR and work off the last with exercise alone but that hasn't proved true for a lot of ppl I know, Sandye kept hers low right till the end and it worked so I'm of the school of thought that I'm going to eat where I am until it stops working or until I get super hungry. You've also got a lot of muscle too so I'd imagine your BMR would probably be even higher than 1400. Ugh, it's crazy!! But I'm all for eating more if you can. I'd love to know how it goes, keep us posted.

Wow that was an epic post my goodness. I should have to pay rent for all the space I take up :o

Good news on my exercise bike, closed the deal for $50.00 and we get to pick it up on Wednesday next week. I'm really looking forward to adding some different elements to my training, help avoid injuries and change it up a bit. And just because nice things happen sometimes, I also found another beachbody program (they make p90x) unopened for half price in the buy and sell too. I just have to find out whether we can pick it up the same day so we don't have to make a special trip. Those are going to be my 75lb reward, lol, exercise stuff for a reward that's funny. So far 50lbs was a 2 year subscription to Canadian Running Magazine and final goal is a new waredrobe, can't wait!! I've already been combing through jcrew online for some shirts, I love their basics!

Enough blabbering today, I need to go get my Sting in right away and down another 0.6lbs today to 149.2 :carrot:, I like being a bit further from those 150's makes me feel better. 9.2lbs to go now hehe.

SG- My condolences on your aunt.

Sandye- You always seem so be taking some kind of massive project on, but it normally goes well so I'm sure your quilts and everything else will be wonderful.

Tummy- You are a machine girl! You are very inspirational, 9.2lbs away, wow.

Grandma passed peacefully in her sleep yesterday. Everyone is all about celebrating her life and being glad she is no longer suffering, so its not a sad thing she is gone. I really appreciate the support from everyone here, it was hard to see her suffering.

As for weightloss I was down a lb to 281, making an even 30 lbs lost since I started on the site, which means I get to add a new little guy to my signature! And I am one lb away from a reward envelope! I haven't even seen them in about 3 months, so it is a pretty big deal. Because it is a holiday campus and the gym are closed but instead of taking a day off I will workout on my own. I already have a workout plan so it should be good.

Good morning girls!! Can you believe we're nearly halfway through the month already?!?! Craziness huh?

Gekster~ sorry to hear about Grandma :hug: but I'm sure she's in a much better place and not suffering any longer. It's great that everyone is focusing on celebrating her life--she would have wanted you all to do just that I'm sure. :)

Well girls, another busy day ahead--I think this is going to be a recurring theme until the holidays are over. It's hectic, but at least I'm keeping busy and not sitting around bored and turning to food right? ;)

I got a bunch of squares cut for the quilts, but I still have a ton left to cut. Since I'm lame and all, I'm cutting each strip up individually--I stink at lining strips up exactly right and cutting them all together! I end up with super wonky squares when I do that--so this is taking way longer than it should, but it's all good. Once I get all the squares cut, then I need to figure out how to lay them out! :lol: I'm quilting blind here since I'm not following any pattern. ;)

Other than that, I never got around to priming the girls room--that might have to wait until this weekend. I still have Christmas tags to start making and I need to start on a Christmas card of some kind...sheesh! Why do I wait so long? I should have started this stuff back in June! :lol:

TOM is still here and being a bit meaner than usual, but I can take it. I had a nice swoosh this morning and I'm sitting below goal again--well, below my 2nd goal that is--I need to change my ticker to reflect my new goal!!! Anyway, so that was a nice way to start the morning. :)

Well, hate to post and run with no personals yet again, but I need to get ready and hit the grocery store! Hope everyone has a fantastic day! Get out there and smile, be good to yourself and treat yourself right!! And lastly, don't forget to...

Drink Your Water!!!

:D

Morning Ladies,

The site is being crazy slow for me this morning, ugh. but just a quicky today and not a lot of posts so that works out pretty well too.

Gekster - Sounds like you have a great attitude about the whole thing and life celebration is always such a wonderful idea.

Sandye - You are a crazy Christmas person, lol, wow, they sell my Christmas tags and cards at the store, I probably have some from last year, I'll just need to go shop in my basement. Pace yourself dear, I don't want to see you spread too thin, haha, cute pun I made. That was quite a whoosh, omg, that must feel great and good for you staying OP and in control to get there, bravo!

I found a little article about weekend overeating that I thought I'd share from sparkpeople since I know that can be difficult.

http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/...les.asp?id=466

Speaking of whooshes, dropped 1.2lbs today :?: but I'll take it and run down to 147.8 today and now I'm pretty sure goal has changed to 130, lol, the closer I get the more I can see that this small boned nonsense is rather true. But regardless I'm going to worry more about body compostion and aim for a fat %.

Hello Chickies

Man oh man is this site slow today! I'm happy to report that things are moving through me again. It's amazing what a little normal action there will do for the mood. I didn't realize how sluggish I felt until today after having some relief. I feel fantastic despite all the icky stuff going on right now. I doubt I'll be around much in the next couple of days. I have to travel for the funeral and visitation, etc. But, I'll be thinking of you guys and looking forward to reading the posts when I come back!

Tummy Thanks for posting the article. I found that when I stopped feeling as though I could treat myself one day on the weekend... my eating really fell into place. I think a lot of us sabotage ourselves by maintaining the mentality of "weekend eating vs. weekday eating". Way to go on the whoosh!

Sandye You sure do seem busy these days! I think it's fantastic, really and it makes me oh so motivated. Unfortunately, November is National Novel Writing Month and this is my second year as a participant. My main past time right now is writing, which means sitting. I haven't gotten a LOT of time to do that (so I'm behind) but at least I'm not eating my way through it like I did last year!

Gekster Sorry to hear about grandma. Celebrate her life and treasure those memories you have of her. Also, congrats on the 30 lbs gone! It's a big milestone, I think!

LaurenA Ohhh onederland! I hope you see it very soon! It's such a fantastic feeling I can't wait to celebrate it with you!

MsP How much to eat is a constant thing on my mind and I think only you can determine that. I have decided to essentially quit trying to lose weight when my maintenance calories are at 2000. As someone who has overeaten her entire life and finds the prospect of only eating 1600 calories a day or less (I've seen some who can't eat more than 1500) is terrifying to me. This may change as I lose more weight but right now, for me... the cutoff is 2000 calories. Your numbers will vary because, as I said, I believe the number is deeply personal. Getting to the body you want is one thing, maintaining is another.

Well, that looks like everything since I posted yesterday. Thank you to those of you who offered condolences. This loss brings up painful memories of losing my grandmother, who I was abnormally close to. Everything from the cancer to the final days with hospice care at home just seems too familiar and it resurrects old emotions that are surprisingly hard to manage. I've been happy and sad in a matter of seconds the past day and I doubt it'll get any easier before the weekend is up. Thank you for thinking of me.

Hello Chickies

Man oh man is this site slow today! I'm happy to report that things are moving through me again. It's amazing what a little normal action there will do for the mood. I didn't realize how sluggish I felt until today after having some relief. I feel fantastic despite all the icky stuff going on right now. I doubt I'll be around much in the next couple of days. I have to travel for the funeral and visitation, etc. But, I'll be thinking of you guys and looking forward to reading the posts when I come back!

Tummy Thanks for posting the article. I found that when I stopped feeling as though I could treat myself one day on the weekend... my eating really fell into place. I think a lot of us sabotage ourselves by maintaining the mentality of "weekend eating vs. weekday eating". Way to go on the whoosh!

Sandye You sure do seem busy these days! I think it's fantastic, really and it makes me oh so motivated. Unfortunately, November is National Novel Writing Month and this is my second year as a participant. My main past time right now is writing, which means sitting. I haven't gotten a LOT of time to do that (so I'm behind) but at least I'm not eating my way through it like I did last year!

Gekster Sorry to hear about grandma. Celebrate her life and treasure those memories you have of her. Also, congrats on the 30 lbs gone! It's a big milestone, I think!

LaurenA Ohhh onederland! I hope you see it very soon! It's such a fantastic feeling I can't wait to celebrate it with you!

MsP How much to eat is a constant thing on my mind and I think only you can determine that. I have decided to essentially quit trying to lose weight when my maintenance calories are at 2000. As someone who has overeaten her entire life and finds the prospect of only eating 1600 calories a day or less (I've seen some who can't eat more than 1500) is terrifying to me. This may change as I lose more weight but right now, for me... the cutoff is 2000 calories. Your numbers will vary because, as I said, I believe the number is deeply personal. Getting to the body you want is one thing, maintaining is another.

Well, that looks like everything since I posted yesterday. Thank you to those of you who offered condolences. This loss brings up painful memories of losing my grandmother, who I was abnormally close to. Everything from the cancer to the final days with hospice care at home just seems too familiar and it resurrects old emotions that are surprisingly hard to manage. I've been happy and sad in a matter of seconds the past day and I doubt it'll get any easier before the weekend is up. Thank you for thinking of me.

Hello Chickies

Man oh man is this site slow today! I'm happy to report that things are moving through me again. It's amazing what a little normal action there will do for the mood. I didn't realize how sluggish I felt until today after having some relief. I feel fantastic despite all the icky stuff going on right now. I doubt I'll be around much in the next couple of days. I have to travel for the funeral and visitation, etc. But, I'll be thinking of you guys and looking forward to reading the posts when I come back!

Tummy Thanks for posting the article. I found that when I stopped feeling as though I could treat myself one day on the weekend... my eating really fell into place. I think a lot of us sabotage ourselves by maintaining the mentality of "weekend eating vs. weekday eating". Way to go on the whoosh!

Sandye You sure do seem busy these days! I think it's fantastic, really and it makes me oh so motivated. Unfortunately, November is National Novel Writing Month and this is my second year as a participant. My main past time right now is writing, which means sitting. I haven't gotten a LOT of time to do that (so I'm behind) but at least I'm not eating my way through it like I did last year!

Gekster Sorry to hear about grandma. Celebrate her life and treasure those memories you have of her. Also, congrats on the 30 lbs gone! It's a big milestone, I think!

LaurenA Ohhh onederland! I hope you see it very soon! It's such a fantastic feeling I can't wait to celebrate it with you!

MsP How much to eat is a constant thing on my mind and I think only you can determine that. I have decided to essentially quit trying to lose weight when my maintenance calories are at 2000. As someone who has overeaten her entire life and finds the prospect of only eating 1600 calories a day or less (I've seen some who can't eat more than 1500) is terrifying to me. This may change as I lose more weight but right now, for me... the cutoff is 2000 calories. Your numbers will vary because, as I said, I believe the number is deeply personal. Getting to the body you want is one thing, maintaining is another.

Well, that looks like everything since I posted yesterday. Thank you to those of you who offered condolences. This loss brings up painful memories of losing my grandmother, who I was abnormally close to. Everything from the cancer to the final days with hospice care at home just seems too familiar and it resurrects old emotions that are surprisingly hard to manage. I've been happy and sad in a matter of seconds the past day and I doubt it'll get any easier before the weekend is up. Thank you for thinking of me.

Wow! I finally got on here. I've been trying all day with no luck until now. So, my quick post (since I'm not confident it will work) is just to say I'm down another half pound to 135.6 today. I'm closing in on that initial goal. We all know I'm not stopping there, but it'll feel good to get that one under my belt! Hope you all have a wonderful and productive day!!

I saw my doctor this morning and she is super proud, 33 lbs gone since I started seeing her! That is 10% of my start weight. But.. this was since April. I feel like I should be further along though I didn't tell her that. It is my own fault for not being nearly as dedicated as a lot of you. But even though I didn't say anything she seemed to have the same thought because she was suggesting that I RAISE my calories! I usually take in 1300-1500 and I do lose on that, but she said I should go for no less than 1800 on days of no exercise and on days I work out go all the way to 2000. What do you guys think about this?

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.

Love and light to all the peeps.
Jen

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! :cry:

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!! :carrot:

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 :yay:.

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!!

Don't forget to smile and to...

Drink Your Water!!!
:D

Hey Ladies!

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.

That's all I have to report! Gotta do homework!

:ebike:

<3 We Can Do It Ladies!

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!

:congrat::cheer::yay: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!:carrot:

SANDYE ~No more swooshes, k?;) How goes the quilt making? Did you find paint for the girls' room?

MYSTICAL ~ Sending :goodvibes your way!

JELLO ~ Almost a new decade for you too, way to go! Enjoy your visit.:dancer:

SG ~Good to hear things are "moving" for you again. My thoughts are with you this weekend :hug:

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!:p

TUMMY ~ Woo hoo on the panties for the new decade! :yay: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:chockiss::cookie:?). So I guess I'll be sticking around :yes: Hope you all have a nice Sunday, and keep up the good work! :wave:

Morning Ladies, missed you!

SG - You're very welcome, I thought it was rather apropo to our recent difficulties around here and made good sense. :hug: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 :carrot: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 :carrot: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!:carrot: 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.

http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/x..._May142009.jpghttp://i767.photobucket.com/albums/x..._Nov152009.jpg
http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/x..._May142009.jpghttp://i767.photobucket.com/albums/x..._Nov152009.jpg
http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/x..._May142009.jpghttp://i767.photobucket.com/albums/x..._Nov152009.jpg
http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/x...y_girl/035.jpg

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. :D

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!

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!

Thank Goodness It's Back!

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.

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