Morning chicks!

What to say today? Got my car stuck in the driveway this morning (Dad pulled me out) and so was late for work. I am dead tired today… it’s not quite 9.30 and I can barely keep my eyes open. Tonight I have to make a few quick stops, then home to get Steve, then dinner out somewhere, then bowling. I probably won’t get much sleep tonight, either. Bah.

Food… eh. Breakfast was some breakfast lean pockets. Lunch is a frozen dinner, snack is pretzels with hummus. Dinner will most likely be something bad for me. But I will try to get in a lot of water today. I feel stuffy and headachey this morning, and I know that means I haven’t drank enough water. Besides that, my humidifier seems to have some mildew or something in it, and it stinks! So I had to turn that off last night until I can get it cleaned. Bleck! Yeah, so I need to immerse myself in a bathtub or something, because my entire body feels parched. What do you mean it doesn’t work that way? Poo.

Oh yeah, and I have Irish Cream in my coffee this morning, even though I know alcohol always makes me feel like crap. Not that 2 tablespoons is going to kill me. But it’s certainly not going to help.

In other news, they finally finished our house inspection. We need to replace a faucet in the bathroom, and one of the seals on the sink, plus the gutters and the basement need fixed, but this doesn’t have to be done before we can get the loan, so it’s all good. As first-time homebuyers we get an additional loan of $3500. We’re going to use that money to buy a stove (no appliances) and fix the gutters and the bathroom (we may get some new fixtures there, as I intended to eventually anyway) and put anything leftover into savings for now, and then this summer we will redo the drainage system and fix the basement. That’s the plan anyway. Now we just have to see what the assessor says. I hope it doesn’t take as long as the inspection took. Everyone keep your fingers crossed for me (still).

OK, I just got back from a meeting, and my mind is gone, so I guess I’m done for now. Have a good one, chickies!

~Elisha

Hello All!

Sorry again for not posting.....seems as though the holidays have me be the scruff of the neck and are just dragging me along! Tonight, after work and errands, I dropped off all the car club treasury stuff to the new treasurer.....and I am FREE AT LAST! I was treasurer for 2 years and am ready for a break......not that is was such a tough job, but after balancing my own checkbook, the checkbook at work, Mom's checkbook, and the car club checkbook.....there were visions of decimal points dancing in my head!

Betani.....Oohhhh, sorry about the high cholesterol report. Do you think you will be able to correct it with diet & exercise? Hope so! Those almond meringue cookies sounds delicious.....would you mind posting the recipe?

ForestDawn....Ahhhh, a perfect day for you! Yea! We all work toward the goal and it is so satisfying when everything comes together.

Kristen....Welcome! We love new members! This group is really great in support and motivation.....lots of help for you!

IceDragon.....Kayaking sounds like fun! That should burn off some calories! And look at the ticker......7lb PAST your Christmas goal! You are one amazing woman!

Our family Christmas was wonderful.....lots of laughter and good food! I packed up MOST of the Christmas goodies and sent them home with everyone....and the stuff that was left here is gone now, so maybe I can get back on the straight and narrow. At work, folks are bringing in lots and lots of goodies......and I am having a terrible time staying away from it all! I thought staying out of the break room would help, but food just seems to seek me out.....chocolates and shortbread and fruitcake and cookies...you get the idea. I must be nearing my sugar overload point, as I am beginning to crave celery!

Hi everyone,

Just checking in.

MsRD -- Wow, you're disciplined with your computer use! It's so tempting to avoid work by going on the internet... But now your holiday chores are done. :) wow, craving celery? :D Maybe you could pop an umbrella, and then the goodies would stop falling upon you. ;)

Betani -- Sorry to hear about your cholesterol. Ooo, Symphony pie... Symphony is my fave candy bar.

Forestdawn -- Hope you've gotten back into your groove.

Kristin -- Welcome! :)

Icedragon -- Yes, bipolar is a mix of depression and mania. Depression usually involves not wanting to do anything, being sad, having no energy. Mania usually involves having too much energy, making rash decisions (spending too much, driving too fast), and irritability. Some people have several days where they are one or the other. People like me who have "rapid-cycling" and mixed moods go through a lot of emotions throughout the day. Don't be scared about a bipolar diagnosis. If you really are bipolar, your life will improve a lot with treatment. About.com has a lot of information: http://bipolar.about.com/ . Hope you enjoyed your mango.

Elisha -- Glad to hear that you're back to your old self with dolling up and looking pretty. :) Glad to hear that the inspection is over.

Morning ladies!

This will be a quick check-in for me, so let me get right down to the news-worthy news.

Food... bah. Don't ask. Water, better, but still not enough. Exercise, bowling, and that's about it. Sleep, not nearly enough.

However, we did find out that the assessor has already seen the house. He wants a structual engineer to check it out, but our loan officer says that since we had the home inspector come in, she just wants to see his papers and that may be sufficient. Let's hope so! If that works, we could be in our house in just a couple of weeks!

Other than that, just doing Christmas shopping, cleaning, and cooking. And work. Bah. More training sessions today. Oh well. Training is a good thing.

OK, I've gotta run! Have a great day, chicks!
~Elisha

I actually got my 3 points this week! Sorry I haven't been posting lately. Just too much Christmas Prep going on.

I've been exploring a 12 week weight loss program and a 10 week walking program on About.com lately, but I'm not sure which one I want to go with.

Let's see, new goals:

1. Log all food and exercise
2. Drink four 16oz bottles of water per day
3. Start using Fitday again

I'll be back when things quiet down!

I just wanted to say hello. I know I've been MIA for like two weeks. Well the first week I was trying to get myself together for a new job etc. The second week I've succumbed to PMS cravings and weighed today and up 5 lbs. I'm a little bummed. But I'm trying to get back on it as of today. The new job's down the drain 'cause I'm in NYC and the public transportation strike here makes it impossible to get to work (it was 2 hrs away) so i was terminated. Sad I know. Well on to new things. One door closes and another opens they say....

Peace to everyone. I'll be sure to try and keep up with the rest of december etc. Excuse me for not doing personal posts. But I dont think my brain has that much focus to go as far back as i've missed! :lol:

~Rosie~

2 points again this week, I still am not drinking enough water, i tend to only drink water during and after excercise.
(7 points total)

goals for this week
1 - not binge (including christmas eve and christmas day! <2900 cal!!!!!)
2 - excercise 1 cardio, 2 weights sessions.
3 - smile more!!! and be kinder to myself, i have been too critical of myself lately!

1 point is all I managed last week. This week I'm not going to set goals .. Just try be sensable over xmas ... we've a stack of food I'm going to enjoy the seasonal treats but without pigging out.

Congrats ice and betani .. you're doing well!

Merry Christmas!

.....or Happy Holidays, if you prefer! I have just read your posts and you are one incredible group of ladies! I succumbed big time to the holiday feasting, as usual, and am feeling bad, both physically and emotionally. I will spend the next week getting myself turned around.

TBJ......Never thought of myself as disciplined as far as puter use is concerned.....now how am I going to translate that into food discipline? Congrats on the backward roll! ....and now on to the mid-air flip?

Elisha.....Okay, my fingers are still crossed for this house thing to go through! What a great New Year you will have!

Betani.....You made all 3 points! Good job!

Rosie....sorry about the job loss, thanks to the mta! Keep looking for that next opportunity.....it will be a good one!

IceDragon.....And you got 2 points too! Zowee! I love to hear your success stories!

ForestDawn.....Staying sensible during the holidays is what it is all about. You are going to make that goal!

I hope everyone has a blessed holiday with family and friends.

To my challenge buddies:
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Merry Xmas Rosie and every one of you great challengers .. keep up the good work!

Christmas night
 

Merry Christmas to all....or Happy Holidays if you prefer! :rudolph:

I know it's been a while since I last reported! I read back a few of the posts and I'm glad to see that most of you are hanging in there! The holidays really got the best of me this year!

Not much has changed except for the fact that I have been eating anything I want and doing NO exercise! But all of that is going to come to a screeching halt come New Year's Day! I am SOOOOOOO serious!!! I have got to sit down and come up with a solid/attainable plan! My life is just out of control right now and I can feel it spiralling down! The good thing is that I feel like I have time for what I want to do now, so that means that exercise will not be a problem!

A couple of weekends ago I went sledding with my DD and sister and her 3 boys and my Dad! I think i might have injured my shoulder because I am having trouble at night. I wake up with it just hurting so bad whenever I change positions (and that is often!). So...I am going to make myself an appointment with my Dr., then get a referral for PT (again!) and see the Podiatrist about my Plantar Fascitis. That is going to be the start of my new year. We shall see where I go from there.

I have so many options (as we all do) with this weight loss journey:
1. I can do nothing (well...it IS an option!)
2. Weight Watchers, which I have tried in the past and been fairly successful
3. Modify my diet and really stick to it (counting caloires, etc.)
4. Get back on a low carb "Zone" type of plan (which has also been effective for me in the past)
5. Start to work out regularly along with a food plan.

I think that I analyze this process too much. I need to just PICK something already and just do it! But what? This is where I falter...I just play with the ideas of all of them and never do anything! Or I try one thing for a while and then jump to something else! Whatever I have been doing (or not doing) for the last 6-8 months has NOT been working, so I have to do something different! Any words of advice????

I will have a plan before next weekend because I AM going to really buckle down come the first of the year! What have I got to lose??? LOL!!!

Well, I have plenty to do...I'm sure you all do too! Hope your holidays were wonderful in every way!!!

:candy: :wreath: :candy: :wreath: :candy: :wreath: :candy: :wreath: :candy:

Cheers everyone :)

I too have secumbed to the pleasures (and pain too) of the festivities. I don't want to bore you with my self pity ... but I am almost where I began two years ago.

I thought ... in a way ... that I wasn't doing anything posItive with posting and stuff.. but since I've not been the least bit accountable ... and not posting or being mindful at all... I have not exercised, I've eaten everything I wanted and binged at will....and the results are obvious.

I need to get serious about sticking with a plan too, Julie. I need to pick a plan as well. I'd like to go back to Weight Watchers but can't afford it. I'd really be interested in buddying up.

No more being easy on myself when I blunder ... although I know I cannot be perfect always. I just don't want to make it any easier than it already is to think "oh it will be okay this time" doesn't work. I need to stop and weight out (pardon my pun) my options before I make a choice to indulge or not.

I really don't want to be a any more of a downer .. so I'll sign off...

I WILL BE READY FOR THE NEXT CHALLENGE.

Joy

Good afternoon ladies!

I hope you all had a lovely holiday weekend, whatever holiday you celebrate.

I too and here to admit that holiday festivities got "the best" of me, and I have been eating nonstop. I'm aiming to tone it down a bit this week, though with all the food in the house (not to mention the quality of said food) I'm sure it will be difficult.

And I too, like Joy, find myself almost back where I began almost 2 years ago. I stepped on the scale last night (yes, at the end of a day of eating and drinking, so I realize the reading is high), and it read 219.4. I'm not going back to 220. I'm not. I won't do it.

I've decided on a Christmas present to myself for next year: a new body. It will take me all year to get it, so I've got to start working on it ASAP. I've made out some charts and logs and all sorts of tracking forms and put them all in a folder to help me. I'm starting my own version of Project: Me (or whatever it's called). My goal is to lose 50 pounds of fat, gain muscle, adopt a healthy diet, and improve my overall healthy. This time next year, I want to be at my goal.

Part of my strategy is going to be to experiment with new foods and new ways of cooking. If we're in a house next holiday season, Thanksgiving and Christmas will be at MY house, so I can cook and serve whatever I want. The rest of my family needs to be healthy too. But I have all year to come up with new, healthy, delicious foods to keep our tastebuds satisfied.

So this week I'm preparing, organizing, and gearing up. I mean to do this, once and for all. I'm done waiting for it to just happen. It's never going to just happen. I have to make it happen.

I don't know how much I'll be around this week. I'm at home, with a slow dial-up connection, and it infuriates me. But I'll try to pop in when I'm feeling especially patient. :)

Have a wonderful day, chicks.
~Elisha

Hi everyone!

Merry Christmas, and happy any other holiday that you celebrate. :)

My favorite present is... heh heh, a tatami mat for practicing my rolls and falls! Thank you, Santa Hubby. :love: I tried it out last night (while wearing the new jeans that my mom got for me, jeans that were too tight when I tried them on back in July! :D ). Man, even though I stink at this tumbling stuff, it is so much fun. :) I am really going to miss jujitsu for the next six weeks... because I start studying for the bar tomorrow. But now with my pretty new mat, maybe I can do a handstand when I go back to class. I should make a list of techniques to work on.

I get 0 points for last week's goals. It wasn't the worst week for diet and exercise; I just didn't do what I said I would. :( I'm only getting around to setting this week's goals today. I will:

1. Go biking tomorrow.
2. Stay under 1750 calories today, tomorrow, and Wednesday.
3. Practice jujitsu on Wednesday -- the first day that I have to miss class.

Yeah, seems like this past week was bad for many of us. And like a lot of us aren't where we'd wished we'd be by this time.

My personal rant: Yeah, I'm glad that I've lost ten pounds a year over the past three years. And yeah, I'm glad that I am keeping weight off. But hey, I'm sick of being in the middle of the 150's. I can't seem to get to 149. Boo-hoo-hoo. :( M'kay, enough pity party, time to move on!

We all seem to be gearing up for the new year. Our current challenge ends on Thursday. Does anybody volunteer to start a new challenge? And would anybody be interested in a year-long-or-until-we-make-our-goals challenge? That idea is kind of far-fetched, but there seems to be some motivation here for starting anew in 2006. Eh, somebody decide, 'k? :p

Yeah boy did I eat alot over xmas! I was so bloated but went for a long walk xmas afternoon so that helped. I've been winding down the last few days slowly eating better and getting all the xmas goodies used up.

Will start again tomorrow properly.

Elisha - that's great ur house is coming alone. The first house is always the most exciting.

Hi everyone

I have so far done well this week
i have done.... Wait for it....

1 run (further than i have before!!!)
1 kayak (3 HOURS!!!, some guy in a house boat even offered me a steak on boxing day?? i don't know what to make of that, could have done with a cold drink though!)
2 eye toy kinetic workouts.. (25 minutes each, fairly gentle excercise)
AND DH got a 14 ft round enclosed trampoline for xmas, so i also had a bounce on that, including somersaults , which probably looked hilarious!!!)
2- 5 mile walks

I still want to get at least one weights session in!

BUT MY LEGS!!!!!!!!! on boxing day... OUCH!!!!! i think it was the trampoline, that is something i have not done before. 3 days down and they still hurt....

Food wise, Christmas eve was turning into a binge... but i stopped and added up my calories... 2700? so i just got under my limit! for the rest food has been good!

And i have been feeling better about myself!(except for the almost binge day) i have had a lot of restraint on food, I went to the supermarket yesterday, all the christmas chocolate, lollies.. are all 1/2 price!!!!!!!!!!!! oh GOD!!!!!!! how could i walk away!!!!!!!.... I am talking seriously cheap chocolate...
I did it... I looked and I walked away!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I like the idea of setting 1 year goals! and i am already thinking along the lines of my new years resolutions. and what i hope to achieve in this following year (not just weight issues).
I am sure we all have some big goals for the next year, maybe if we all shared and helped each other out.... to have somewhere to share ones dreams, hopes and failures.....

Sonja

Just a quickie from me, but I had to tell you...

I'm officially engaged!!!

*does a happy dance*

I had almost talked myself out of it, I really didn't think he was going to propose, but he did! I'm so excited!

Now I've really got a reason to lose weight. ;)

Hey, if anyone else wants to lose weight for my wedding, feel free, because, of course, you're all invited.

OK, gotta run, just had to share!

~Elisha

Hello All!

DH and I took the day off and went for a ride, out to lunch, a little shopping.....just pretended we had no responsibilities! And it was great! Now tomorrow is back to work.....that will be a shock to my little system!

Rosie....TY for the lovely Christmas/New Years greeting! I am always amazed when someone puts graphics like that together.....I am soooo technologically challenged!

Julie....It is so good to hear from you again! I was beginning to worry! The holidays got the best of me too and, like you, I am overanalyzing the situation. I can be super motivated and go like gangbusters for 2 weeks, and then I fall off the wagon and undermine all my progress!

Joy....I am really ready for the next challenge. Got on the scale this morning to find I had eaten myself all the way up to my all time high AGAIN!

Elisha.....Engaged! Congratulations! 2006 is going to be a great year! Have you and Steve set the date?

TBJ.....Your full time job is going to be studying for the next few weeks, and am glad to hear you are going to keep up on the exercise too (got to keep that blood pumping to the brain!)

ForestDawn.....A lovely walk on Christmas day....well, that was my plan too, but then it rained and rained and so I stayed in and ate cookies. (sigh)

Sonja.....You stopped mid-binge on Christmas dinner? You walked away from chocolate? You are awesome!

Whatever you chicks decide to do for the next challenge is ok by me. right now, I am so disgusted with myself for making no progress....and it has to change! I talked to my sister this morning (and she was always the 'fat sister') and found out she weighs less than me now! Ouch! Gotta get myself together this week and figure out how I can accomplish some major weight loss!

CONGRATULATIONS, ELISHA!

;) Joy

ELISHA -- :woo: :balloons: :cp:

OK, I'm going to be a size 10 for your wedding. :p You could avoid the winter there by doing a destination wedding and come here in January when it's 85 degrees... guess you'd need a Star Trek transporter for your mainland friends and family. :lol:


MsRD -- Hope you're doing OK back at work. :)


Sonja -- Hey, you're kicking butt. :D

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<Music of doom, direness, and destruction>

After I'm done posting here... I start studying for the bar. Had my first bar review course last night. The next two months might not be as hellish as I thought they would be. According to the recommended reading schedule, we only need to to 4 hours of studying on days that we have class, and 8 or so hours when we don't. I was thinking 12-hour days... the recommended time is much shorter.

Hubby is going to a career fair tonight. Our future is in flux. I like jujitsu enough to want to stay at it, but what if Hubby wants to go to a different island? Hm. And by June I need to start looking for jobs. After so much rejection, I feel insecure about that.

Blah blah blah... any ideas for the next short challenge? Anybody besides Sonja up for a year-long one?

Happy day to all y'all.

Oh Elisha that's wonderful!!! Congratulations I'd love to come! Hope I can get down to a size 12 by then :)

Ice dragon .. steak on a houseboat sounds pretty cool. You must be looking sexy to be getting invites of total strangers :D

TBJ .. sounds like a lot of work. Good luck I know you can do it.




As for me for the next week my goals are

1/ keep eating like ive been doing the last two days. Been very happy with eating.

2/ exersize 30 min a day

3/ drink at least 3 glasses of mineral water per day every day. (not alot but more then I usually get in. Got to start somewhere.)

Congratulations!!!
 

:hat: :flow1: :woo: :cloud9: :yes: :df: :encore: :cheers: :cheer: :balloons: :sunny: :dance:

I tried to find all the uplifing positive vibes I could send you, Elisha! I just have to say...it's about time that Steve got down on one knee (he did, didn't he???) and asked the question!!

You will have to share with us all about your proposal and when the wedding is, etc.!!! I would love to come and be a size 10...but then...I want to be a size 10 anyway!!! So, FILL US IN, CHICKIE!!!

I'm so happy for you!

Hugs! :grouphug:

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! I tried to leave a quick post before I left to visit family, but my computer crashed in a melodramatic way.

Anyway, no points for me last week. My mind was just elsewhere, I guess. Total for the challange is 6.

I got a new scale for Christmas. It's one of those Tanita scales that also measures body fat percentage and body hydration percentage. I never weighed myself so often in my life. I was fascinated by the fluctuations and the tiniest things that make a difference. I read the manual front to back to front again.

But did that keep me away from the cookies? HECK NO!!

I also got a resistance band kit, but haven't the foggiest idea how to use them yet. I wish it came with a video. Oh, well. I'll muddle along with the paper instructions. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for them. I just do better with demonstration rather than still photos and written instructions.

Well, time to clean up some holiday aftermath. Hopefully some of it will count as cardio-cleaning ;)

Hi everyone --

Betani -- Woo, exercise and fitness gifts. :) Sounds like motivation.

Julie -- Hey, I forgot to tell you, Hubby and I hiked up Diamond Head last Saturday. If you're ever on Oahu, you should definitely do the hike. It's classified as easy, and only an hour and a half uphill.

Forestdawn -- Thanks for the well-wishes. :)

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My total points for the challenge are 5. Hey, I get my small reward. :D Hope you all liked the last challenge... will someone else pretty-please set up the new one? :)

The job fair yesterday resulted in some good contacts for Hubby. In particular, he talked to one of the telescope organizations. They said he would definitely be getting a call soon. I hope he does. That job would be the realization of many a nerd-child's dream. When I was little, I wanted to be an astronomer, but when I went to college, I didn't have the math background. :( Who knows, maybe the observatory needs a lawyer? :lol:

It's a long story, but the short version goes like this: Bar Review is a video lecture. I have to drive an hour and a half to get there and back. That's a waste of time. I'm going to pick up the CD version of the lectures tomorrow. If I don't have to go to class at night, maybe I can go to jujitsu. Am still deciding.

OK, everyone have a good day. :)

I will give myself 3 points this week!

I actually got up and ran 5.5 km this morning, now that blows me away!!!!!!!
(took me 40 min and i only walked 6 minutes of it)

I think my total is 10 points, but i didn't really have any goals in mind, but the biggest reward is the feeling of achievement i now have!!!!!!

Now if i can keep up the good work through another month, i am going to take the kids to the local pool and waterslides! (i would take them now, but being summer holidays, it is too busy. so as soon as school is back and all the holiday makers have gone home. i will take them)
(not to mention all those stairs are a workout in themselves!)

Hello All!

Before I get too involved in another project, I am going to sit down and connect with my chickies! I took all the xmas decorations down and put the house back in order.....and just kept going! DH had moved his puter stuff downstairs, so I have this room all to myself....moving things around, getting organized, and tonight I will move in my sewing machine!

TBJ......Thank you for the great challenge! I succumbed to all the holiday food, or I am sure I would have seen better results. Maybe we could have a repeat for January, without the cookies, and with the results?

ForestDAwn......Water is always the place I start too! It is the easiest for me to accomplish, and then go on to other areas!

Julie.....that pic of DD is adorable!

Betani.....Wow! A resistance band present! Try finding an exercise DVD that incorporates the bands use.....WATP uses it, so you might try that.

IceDragon.....You made 10 points this month! Great job! I want to grow up and be just like you.

Elisha......You haven't posted, so perhaps we should assume your feet aren't back on the ground yet?

I have a chicken simmering on the stove......chicken stew for tomorrow night's dinner......so gotta run!

I'm not doing too well over here. Trying my hardest to get back on track after a month of laziness but don't know what to do. The positive thing is I've started to record my food again. Not that I'm eating anything all that great! So what's next month's challenge?

~rosie~

2006 New Year Challenge!
 

OK chickies, chicklets & chicas...
As you know, I have been struggling with this weight loss journey for about a year now (well, if you want to get technical, I've been struggling with it for most of my life...) and I had a long talk with myself this past week! I said "Julie, it's time you either poop or get off the pot...what's it gonna be???" So, I decided it's time to let the poop hit the fan!!!! And it's going to fly, let me tell you!!!!!

I will set up the new challenge if that's ok with everyone else! I know it will be different, but that's about all I know. I need to have accountability on a more DAILY basis for myself, so I am going to ask that if you want to join, that you all do the same! I mean, you can join either way, but think about that accountability!

Think about all the people that you have met through these challenges. Wouldn't it be nice if we really knew them better??? I know that when I was losing weight at the most intense level (for me) I had a lot of personal support from some of the chickies here on this group. Is there someone you would like to get to know better...that you think might be inspiring if only you knew them better? How about a "buddy system" with that person. You could PM each other daily, you could set them up on your IM friends list, you could just be accountable through email. I would also like to set up a time once a week for "chat time". It might not be for everyone, but it helps me so I'm sure it would help at least a few others.

So, there's some ideas for the new challenge which will be going up tomorrow sometime!

I hope you all join me in this journey. It wouldn't be the same if even one of you didn't come along!!! Thanks for listening and see you on the next challenge. I'll post here tomorrow with a link!

HAPPY NEW YEAR :woo:

Thank you, Julie! Maybe we could do a rotating buddy system, get to know everyone? Am curious about the details... :D Heh heh, your either/or statement is funny. :)

Rosie -- Hey, the new year is a good time for starting over. :)

MsRD -- Glad you liked the challenge. Have fun with your sewing machine. :D

Icedragon -- Good job. :) You're getting so close to goal. Yeah, waterslides are a workout... especially when there's no line, going up the stairs is practically a step aerobics class. :lol:

i'd love to see what you come up with for the challenge julie.

TBJ: Your sig line cracks me up! I suppose now it will be a race between us, eh? A little healthy competition never hurt anyone though ("healthy" being the operative word, of course). ;)

Julie: I know what you mean about "poop or get off the pot" (we use that saying too, but we're not usually so polite about it!). I've been fooling around and losing ground (but gaining weight) for an entire year, and it's got to stop. I'm all for daily accountability, weekly chats, a buddy system, anything you can think to set up. Count me in!

I'm feeling a little random and scatter-brained this evening. To answer some random questions...

Yes, Steve got down on one knee. We were sitting on the couch opening presents, and when we finished he asked if that was all I had gotten him. Well, you know me and my righteous temper, I was kind of offended because I had gotten him something fairly expensive, at least for me (nevermind the fact that he spent at least 3 times what I did, even without the ring). Then he said, "Well, that's not all I got you." Then he quoted this joke we have where I tell him "what's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine," and said, "Now it's time to make YOU mine." Then there was the down on one knee thing, and I don't remember anymore actual words because I was just too excited.

The date we're thinking about is December 30, 2006, but at least in that general time frame, so we've got a whole year to work on things. I just think December 30 would be good because 1. we would have to take less time off work because we'd already have time off, 2. we could use Christmas decorations already up, and 3. we could have a big pre-New Year's Eve party, then be on our honeymoon for the actual New Year's Eve celebration (how fun would that be?). Steve seems ok with that idea, but he hasn't come right out and agreed to it.

So yeah, it sounds like all of us have almost exactly one year to work ourselves down to a size 10, as that seems to be the common goal size. For me, that's 50 pounds or so (at least I hope that will put me in a size 10, though I don't really know for sure). My plan is 1 pound per week, holding steady for the weeks of Thanksgiving and Christmas. (After all, those weeks I'm going to be too busy thinking about feeding my family at my house for my first-ever family gatherings and wedding preparations to think about losing weight!) So 50 pounds in 50 weeks. That's certainly doable, right? Right.

OK, I need to go wake up my fiancé so he can celebrate the New Year with me. Have a Happy New Year, chicks!
~Elisha

Ya know I'm in Julie... talk to you tomorrow.

J.

New Year ~ New Me Challenge is all ready!
 

Hi chickies...
The new challenge is underway! C'mon over. Here's the link!


See you there!

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Here's the link to the new challenge
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71222
See ya there!

reward1: new journal
reward2: new earings
reward3: new purse

4 week goal: lose 10 pounds

1) get more sleep
2) aerobic 20-30 minutes 5 or 6 days weekly
3) limit calories to 1,132 - 1,200 daily

overall major goal: lose 35-49 pounds by end of May
major reward for ending of May: new clothes and bathing suit

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