C_Laura~ hope your grandpa will get better.

Shari~ hope you'll get your license soon.

I ate just a little bit too much today:( , but I 'll try to do better tomorrow.

I've lost 1.5lbs so far this week and I have TOM! I'm very pleased!:carrot:

Right now I'm doing laundry and packing to go down to Maryland for a 21st birthday party for my husbands bestfriend. We are leaving tommrow afternoon, the party is Saturday and we are getting back Sunday. So I won't be on the boards till late Sunday....I will miss you :D :hug: :D

DeafinlySmart-

Ouch! thats not good! I walked a mile last night, but I did it slow and my foot was wrapped up and it doesnt even hurt today. Im going to try to walk another mile tonight also. Ill rest tomorrow lol

I have learned that having a newborn can really cause you to lose weight, especially when daddy is at work all evening and it really takes two hands to fix a meal. Last night I had a smoothie for dinner.

Can someone pls give me a kick in the butt so I go to the gym tomorrow??
Just something to get me inspired when the alarm goes off at 5am.
Thanks.

Famous last words especially for us moms. Name your favorite relax treat. Mine is an afternoon at a bookstore by myself.

Hey bopis21: What really helped me to go exercise is making some special allowances like.. I only get to read those crappy fashion magazines while I am in the gym or I only get to listen to my fav radio station while I am running...If I dont exercise, I miss these and trust me that really helped. I havent missed a single dfay in last 2 weeks except my break day ofcourse!

So I already did my runnin 1 mile and yoga in the morning,so now I am free of guilt for the day! Had a slim fast cookie bar for lunch (I love these new ones esp the choc chip cookie bar)...

Keep going everyone!

Hey chickadees!

Tree you will be missed, talk to you Sunday. Have fun in MD. I know I had a great time in MD last weekend. I am going to the VA Beach this weekend with the girls.

So hard to keep track of everyone on this thread. LOL I hope everyone had a great OP day.

I did well today. Drank all my water, went to the GYM - just had dinner. Oh- hopefully will make it through the night without too many cravings. Kitchen is closed until husband has to come home and fix himself something to eat. He works too much! Then we he gets home - I feel like I have to go see what is up and graze. What is up with that?

TTFN!

Well it hasnt been a wonderful week for me .. my 15 year old daughter ran away on Tuesday (got her back Wed fortunately) but that really fouled me up .. although I didnt really cheat while she was missing .. I just didnt eat ... I did have some chicken breast that had been rotisseried tho for dinner to keep me going - no skin. I am giving up Jenny Craig (finances) and will be counting calories really .. actually ... its more a case of just watching what I eat and eating healthier and smaller portions. BUT today was my final weigh in on JC and I am down another 2lbs!! Very happy considering the week rofl ..

Yesterday I did Turbo Jam for the first time .. did the whole of Learn & Burn .. not overly co-ordinated and had a couple of moves I just wasnt quick enough to do but I kept moving to keep my heart rate up for the whole time :) Then did the warm up part before I went to get ready for bed (almost midnight) ... then I put the Pilates Zone dvd into the machine in my bedroom thinkin I just want to see what its like .. and ended up doing the 10-15 minute routine .. and OMG .. My ABS!!! OUCH OUCH OUCH .. and here I was thinking they no longer existed under all this fat rofl .. WRONG!! So Im a little sore today ... but will see if I can do a little of the TJ later cos my legs and arms are feeling fine lol .

Better go get some work done .. Happy Day All and stay OP ... Good job for those avoiding those bad moments .. and dont beat yourself up if you indulged .. its a lesson .. learn it .. then move on :)

Back to work this week, school is in. I have been able to stay on my food plan but I have no energy right now to exercise. Ughh, the first month of school is always crazy and exhausting. Hoping the scale will be kind to me next Monday.

NiteKatt: YOU ROCKED considering the week. Man, I would have had CHOCOLATE or at least mindlessly nibbled or some fast food. I hate that you are going through all that turmoil. It is wonderful that you've established enough habits that you dont' completely go off the deep end with food when something happens. If this didn't do it, then I would say you have accomplished alot! Then to top it off, you did EXCERCISES? Enough to make you SORE! WTG! Nothing like sore muscles to remind you of your mission. COongrats on the 2lb loss. I'm still waiting for TOM to disappear. My pounds are coming down.

bopis: I don't think I could be inspired at 5am. Kudos to you.

Babybelly: I ate like I was still preggers so while I might have been running around due to my newborns, I wasn't losing! Kudos to you too.

Boy, you aren't kidding! I hope everybody at leasts feels like someone is responding to them. I know most of us are TRYING to keep up with everybody. I almost want to ask Princess all the names of the elves and put them in my signature so I can use it for reference. :rofl:

My favorite is sitting in my PJ's next to a warm fire holding a good book and a glass of Kahlua and cream with no kids around to butt in. :genie:

I'm pretty sure a fire would be too hot about this time of year. :D Perfect for Christmas though. I do my book reading in a hot bath. I don't do nearly enough of it anymore. I used to LOVE to read books. Now i sorta find it too long to hold my interest. It's the weirdest thing.

The entire List is on the Sign Up Thread, 2nd Post down :dizzy: :D

Haven't people joined since that post?

I add them in every time I get new joiners, go look at the list its HUGE!!!

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91053

Wow I think I'm all caught up once again! I sure must keep on top of this thread or it may get pretty mind boggling!!!!!!:dizzy:

So it sounds like overall everyone is doing awesome! We really are AWESOME look what page we are on already! I think we are gonna have to start weekly chats to keep the pages number down. WOW!

So I am home! I am HOME! My grandma Is doing very good! I am happy I got to help her out! I am really happy to be home with my kids! I missed the mommy mom mommy! But at the same time it sure was a nice break! Back to the good old ways! Cooking cleaning and I am doing my walking with the kids! It is awesome, we went for about a 90 walk yesterday and now today about 2 & 1/2 hours! This is awesome...they go on their bikes and I truck behind them!

They great motivators..they were begging for me to take them today again...so off we went...the only thing that sucked about it was it was so so windy!

My scale was good to me when I got home from my trip! It was at 172! So that is nice! I'm back on track now!

NOW FOR MY LADIES!!!!!

Treecongratulations on your new job!!!!! :carrot:

Nightkatt-sorry to hear about your daughter...It sounds like how I was when I was that age! They do seem to out grow that stage at some point! Lotsa :hug: to you! Congrats on the eating...WAY TO GO!

Angela-lol newborns sure are alot of work...definately a good workout doing the things yah need to do...however very important for you to get your rest in while you can...lol as they grow they get far more demanding!!!! Hey MOMS out THERE??!!

PurpleCrush-ouch sore feet suck! I broke my ankle in 3 spots 2 summers ago playing baseball...I have pins in my ankle now..I even broke my leg! So please keep it easy...I still wake up everyday in pain and I have pretty much constant pain every day at some point! But running and walking have really helped it out! I should have been doing this sooner!

Courtnie`Sorry to hear about your boy's car!!!Always ups and down in the road no matter what! It sounds like you have some ups coming your way this week! Have fun GURL!

Wilma- I so fluctuate everyday! From 3-5 lbs sometimes a little more or less! All depends on the day & what I ate, drank and did!

OKAY MY FRIENDS this is really long...I'm sorry! I feel I have completed my up-to-dateness! So off I go to do one of my favorite things sleep with my window open and covered in a nice warm fleecy blanket naked!!!!!! lol

JennyDee, aka Sandra Dee my love good to here everything is going well with you! Keep going girl and thanks for the Congrats!:hug:

I love love love grabbing a Starbucks and reading Nora Roberts books in the bathtub!!! I dont do this as often as I like anymore (well since school) Every single time I get in, one of my kids knock on the door and say...."mooooooooommmmmm" UGH

I didnt walk a full mile today at my daughters practice..after 2 laps my foot started throbbing on the top, so I called a night lol..I just sat and watched her practice, which I prefer anyway..not to slack off on exercising..I just like watching her learn new things so she can practice at home and stuff.

Im gonna go to bed early tonight and try to get the kids to bed by 9. School starts in 3 weeks ( I cant wait!!!) Last night I stayed up till 3am finishing a good book I was reading..boy did time sure fly by!!! I didnt even know it was that late!

hey everyone.. I finally got around to reading (OMG!) this thread. We have been uber busy, trying to find a house to buy, the kids, H is going to work far away etc.. but my eating and exercising has been awesome!
Im glad to be here, seems like an awesome chatty thread, I wish i had gotten in in the beginning, but I am here now!

Wow, I'm gone 5 days and this is crazy. I'll try to read through this later today, but I'm posting now to get back into things.

I did the Breast Cancer 3 Day walk over the weekend. It was INCREDIBLE!!! I was a crew member and did route safety on my bicycle. I rode about 100 miles and got to cheer on everyone. It was so much fun. Can't wait to do it again next year.

My exercise has been ok. I am having a problem with my toe/foot being numb since yesterday. I intentionally gave myself a day off with ice/elevation to try to fix whatever is causing the numbness, but to no avail. Its still numb. I walked my 4 miles this morning, and it didn't get worse so thats good. I've got a 5K to run tomorrow, and this is really freaking me out. I don't know what is wrong to make this happen. Anyone got any ideas????

Well, I have to go. I'm playing a service at the Lutheran home this morning and need to get cleaned up.

heh I fell behind on this thread too! Wow. I have still lost nothing this week... I'm also experimenting with eating more since I burn 2400+ calories a week and was feeling weak on 1200 so I'm afraid I won't lose anything! But we'll see as the weeks go by.

Today I'm planning on running for 40 minutes.

To the poster who asked about weight fluxuations, (I can't remember who anymore, lol) my weigh can fluxuate 5 lbs in a given day. It depends on how much you've ate, drank etc. It's best to weigh yourself at the same time every day. I prefer first thing in the morning before I drink/eat and after I go to the bathroom. That way you're measuring more of your actual body weight and less of the temporary stuff in it.

I have Morton's Neuromas in both feet. It's pretty common. I got mine from injuring my foot then walking funny during the healing process (instead of wearing a post op boot or something). I also commonly happens with people that wear tight shoes, pointed shoes, or high heels. Basically its a growth on a nerve between the last 2 toes. It gets squeezed or rubs against each other. That's just ONE possibility. Obviously I'm not a podiatrist. I do recommend going to see one. I suffer from numbness (and my toes will even get really cold when it goes numb) and some pain when walking or doing other excercises (though most of this has been reduced through physical therapy and BETTER SHOES). Icing it and maybe some motrin type medicine (if it doesn't conflict with any other meds you may be taking) is a good first aide trick. The next step is reporting it to the podiatrist and see what they say about it all. Good Luck.

BTW, TOM isn't winning. I finally got down and PAST my original weight before TOM hit. I lost .06lb. TOM hasn't left yet,so I wanna see what kind of presents he gives me when it is all over.

Grats on the loss even though you have TOM! I wish TOM wasn't winning here. :-\

Wow, this is a busy thread but because I committed to join, I am posting my holding fast for this week. No gain no loss. Well, probably a loss considering last weekends mini vacation hot dog and bacon fest at my parents.

I have been very good this week with food not so good with excersize but that is next weeks goal to get at least 40 minutes of good excersize in every other day.

I was able to stop myself from making some eating mistakes by FitDaying some items and looking on the companies websites. The morning bagel sandwich that I allowed myself once a week is 600+ calories!!!!!!!!!! I ate half and the other half went to the mailroom boy.

Well, I am cheating work and leaving a little early.

Have a great weekend,
Amanda

Another lb. loss. Yay!

Im sooo busy today, but I am forcing myself to go to the gym right now for an hour and get it done with! Its my only little block of time today! Yay!

I was joking when I said I wanted to put all the elves names in my signature so I could keep track of it, but then I decided to do it. WOAH! There are so many names that the names alone (no other info) could not fit in the signature area EVEN when I took out my ticker. I'm gonna post it here once so we can get to know each other!


Abakerchick17 Jingle the Pounds Away
Aerodawn Jingle the Pounds Away
AJsMommy Jingle the Pounds Away
Amany Jingle the Pounds Away
Annie175 Jingle the Pounds Away
Artsy Girl 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
BabyBelly 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
Bopis Jingle the Pounds Away and Ho Ho Ho Where'd Those Pant Sizes Go? Sorry I forgot to put your name in. Does the underline make up for it?
4Bean Jingle the Pounds Away
Camie 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
CHICKEEONAMISSION Jingle the Pounds Away
c_laura Jingle the Pounds Away & Ho Ho Ho Where'd THose Pant Size's Go?
Daisy Boo Jingle the Pounds Away
Daughter Ashleigh 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
Deafinly Smart 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
Denice81 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
EverHopeful 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
Femgineer Jingle the Pounds Away & Ho Ho Ho Where'd Those Pant Size's Go?
gabrielbeth 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
Gillian73 Ho Ho Ho Where'd Those Pant Size's Go? & 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
GirlieYorkie 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
Gremlina 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
GoingGoal Jingle the Pounds Away
HadEnough Jingle the Pounds Away
Ice Princess Jingle the Pounds Away & Ho Ho Ho Where'd Those Pant Size's Go?
Ivy13 Jingle the Pounds Away
JasonsLea Jingle the Pounds Away & Ho Ho Ho Where'd Those Pant Size's Go?
JennyDee25 Ho Ho Ho Where'd Those Pant Size's Go? & 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
Jessiec777 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
Katallan Jingle the Pounds Away & Ho Ho Ho Where'd Those Pant Size's Go?
KateRN Ho Ho Ho Where'd Those Pant Size's Go?
Kreen 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas & Ho Ho Ho Where'd Those Pant Size's Go!
MadamePJ Jingle the Pounds Away
NewDay4 MeTooJingle the Pounds Away & Ho Ho Ho Where'd Those Pant Size's Go?
Nightkatt Jingle the Pounds Away
n2luvnlife 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
nymmy 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
OBsMama Jingle the Pounds Away
Omegavee Jingle the Pounds Away & Ho Ho Ho Where'd Those Pant Size's Go?
Owira Jingle the Pounds Away
Pilatesgirl Jingle the Pounds Away & Ho Ho Ho Where's Those Pant Size's Go?
PinkBlossom Jingle the Pounds Away
PinkSnowDays Jingle the Pounds Away
PurpleCrush 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas[/FONT]
PumpkinPrincess: Jingle the Pounds Away& Ho Ho Ho Where'd Those Pant Size's Go?
rkrs6673 Jingle the Pounds Away
Rosario: Jingle the Pounds Away & Ho Ho Ho Where'd Those Pant Size's Go?
Roxie828 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
sakuya3834 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
SarahL Jingle the Pounds Away
ShoeQueen69 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
Seirra_ttw 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
SKinnyKitty05 Jingle the Pounds Away
Smolderingvixen Jingle the Pounds Away
Sotypical 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas
ssqtswife33 Jingle the Pounds Away
SummerSweety Jingle the Pounds Away
Tertle Girl: Jingle the Pounds Away
TiredofWeightin: Jingle the Pounds Away
TryinAgain5403 Jingle the Pounds Away & Ho Ho Ho Where'd Those Pant Size's Go?
WillMakeIT: 20lbs by the Night Before Christmas[/FONT]

In an attempt to get to know each other, I'm gonna suggest a GAME!

Notice 1 (or 2) things about this list and comment on it. THEN...Tell us 1 (or 2) things about yourself others may not know.

ssqtwife: I notice you are spouse of the military. My husband just got out of the military about 4 years ago. He is now DOD. He was prior Marine. What branch does your hubby serve in? P.S. I miss the perks especially community closeness, but not the danger.

WillMakeIt: I notice the names end at "S" then a bunch of letters go by and you end the alphabet at "W". Is your real name (you don't need to give it to us), at the beginning, middle or end of the alphabet?

Me: I have 3 beautiful boys 3, 7, and 10.

Hi all! Congrats to EVERYONE who's lost or had a NSV or just had a good day! TOM is finally gone and I am very happy. Whew! This thread is SUPER busy! I can't keep up!

DS ~ I can't think of any questions right now. Today has been a busy day. Something about me? I'm 20 and I just learned how to drive. :)

There are no L, Q, U, V, Y, or Z names... Im not surprised about some.. but no L names? Weird!

The kids and I (DH is gone for work) ate ice cream for dinner. It was awesome! I have absolutely no urge to binge, which is very odd for me. I have been doing really well lately.. I hope Im not jinxing myself by saying this.
I actually weighed in at 206.0 this morning, which is the lowest I have been in like 6-8 weeks :) I have yo-yoing between 206.4 and 211.2 for weeks and weeks.

waves and contrats to everyone on their great work! ~ok so i went to my first WW meeting yesterday .. eep! .. and then when i had a ton of questions about it all .. storms came thru and wiped out my internet satellite for the last 24 hours .. sighs .. talk about withdrawals!
Sooo i put on my game face.. and dove in ..and if i must say so myself .. i did great today! still have 4 points left to spend for the day which i am saving for some fat free popcorn durin a movie here in a bit.. which will still leave me 2 .. so i was very conservative today just to make sure i could budget all my points which i have found .. if i think ahead .. and plan .. i am more than able to do so .. also i hit the grocery store and had my list and bought things that are allowable ..even some fruit! *gasps* I think i can live with weight watchers cause its program is made to live with me .. and with 2 teenage sons in the house .. i have to be able to make anything and still enjoy .. just gotta budget !! any tips or suggestiosn would be great!!
p.s. i hope to catch up soon on all these posts... it don't pay to lose internet for 24 hours with ya'll!!!!!

Did my running 1 mile routine! I had a slice of apple pie at Marie callenders. I dint know they had a "no sugar added" one too! Wow, I really liked it! infact I liked it better than than the regular one with sugar! The natural sweetness of the apples felt so good!
I wont call it cheating because it was just one slice and second I had a small salad for lunch yesterday and today!

My weight is just stuck on 147 for whole last week....

Keep going everyone!

HEHEHEH!

If you come across a better rich creamy cheesecake alternative, let me know cuz I'm looking.

HI everyone! Today was good all around...exercise in 40 mins run/walking it was awesome today! Had a b-day to go to for the kids and I didn't eat too too crazy which was really really good...I had the will power!

I seemed to hurt my foot today! Odd since I was talking about it yesterday and here I go hurting my right foot...Geez I think I've been stretching the muscles and tendons by running and all the scar tissue is starting to loosen up from the extra pressure of the running...which is good because I should have been doing exercises for my foot a long time ago like when I was going to physio! Now it looks like my 2 feet have the same degree of flexion now..which is so awesome because it wasn't like that before I started this running 2 weeks ago!

So what I noticed is that there are 60 of us challengers! WOW!

I will have to get back on the 2 things about 2 people!

But for me I am 26, going into my 4th & final year of BN nursing...I have two beautiful children..my boy 7 and my girl 4..and I am currently in a long term relationship..3 years in october and I'm WAITING FOR A RING!!!! LOL!

pokes tongue at defntlysmart-
muahahahaha - I CAUGHT UP!!
now if i was any good at names i would remember who i wanted to reply to .. but hopefully ya kno who ya are

Glad your daughter is home safe and sound .. and i hope it all settles down quick for you.. am sorry ya have had to go through that .. :hugs:

pink!- have a great trip .. gl catchin up on 3 days when you get back! i had hard enough time with 1 day!
JennyDee- take care of that foot! ya doin so great .. hate for ya to have an injury set back

willmakeit- i have found those no-sugar-added apple pie's at the store and prefer them to the ones that are sweetened and stuff..which is great..since i am a sugar hound!
ok .. will try to keep up tomorrow!

Well another 3.8 lbs bites the dust!!!

Just wanted to check in say hello! I don't weigh again until 8/25, but I see some differences. My mid section is getting smaller and, thanks to Pilates, I'm toning and getting stronger.

I started this last week at 209ish and this morning I weighed in at 204.6 eek

WOAH! No wonder we cant keep track! LOL. I gotta have something to talk about because my weight hasn't gone down at all. I just finished TOM. School/Work starts next week so I'm gonna have to think of a game plan.