July Feathers Chat
 

Looks like we need a new chat!

claire: glad the healing is going well. Hope your dinner was great. Oh, and I think at least in the U.S., the word we use is "vintner" although winemaker works too, but doesn't sound as wonderfully pretentious. :)

aimeebell: oh my gosh, that's mean what your sister said! You'll just have to prove her wrong I guess.

sumire: sounds like you're doing really well.

mortonpixie: I may need to just avoid Mexian restaurants, I am such a sucker for the chips. There are a few stores around here that sell chips in the bulk bins, which is great because I can buy a few without eating a 12 ounce bag in two days.

kat: nice job on getting back to 115!


As for me, still in a sugar phase, but I think some of my cravings have been related to it being that time of the month. I realized that a few days ago when everything was making me teary-eyed for no good reason. So hopefully it will pass soon. Of course then I'll have a 4th of July BBQ.

Next week I'm painting the outside of my house. That should provide some nice exercise. Of course, I'll be home all week, too, so hopefully being on a ladder (and coated with a fine dusting of old lead paint) will keep me from the fridge.

I just had to share a picture of my new ride. Everything fell into place and the sales-guy was a person from our church. He gave me a heck of a price because the bike was a 2010 model.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...5fQP-PkW-1G31w

What should I name her??

Moreover, will I ever run or swim again with THIS to ride!? :lol:

I'm pleased to report that my weekend was a success, now 2 weeks binge free and only up 1 kilogram after 3 days of drinking and eating what seems like a whole lot. I'm so tired today so I'll have to be careful. I miss exercise though, I have that god-awful "flabby leg" sensation. YUCK!

hi!

Mortonpixie Cool bike! I am gonna buy a new one when I get back to England, can't wait!

My weekend was great! I watched my bf's decathlon all weekend in the freeeezing cold and rain, but he got a personal best and came 3rd, which was great! I controlled my eating on Saturday but on Sunday we got breakfast at the hotel, and I got fed white bread rolls and jam. There was nothing else to eat (no shops open on Sunday) so I ate it, but I was starving all day and had the munchies constantly! All the athletes were eating so I did too, trouble is I wasn't running 1,500m or doing pole vault ;) I ate loads of nuts, sausage and another white roll for dinner and 1/2 bottle of wine when we got back. Hmm. Never mind, taken my measurements this morning so I'm back on track. My foot is feeling semi OK so I'm gonna do pilates today I think to try and get myself into bikini shape :)

HAve a nice Monday!

Nice bike, Mortonpixie! Lucky you ;)

Congrats on the 2 weeks, Krampus!

Looking good ladies!

I was 125.0lbs on Saturday morning! WOOHOO! :carrot:

Slid my ticker down and added a bat to my signature, which is great. I had been trying for 125lbs by the Harry Potter premiere on July 15th. I'll strive for 124lbs instead and buy myself something cute to wear for the boyfriend and I's date to go see it.

The scale is up today a few pounds after drinking heavily last night and eating sodium-laden food. BUT I managed to keep it to about maintenance calories and did run yesterday, so hopefully it will drop back down after healthy eating today. I did have a dark moment last night when I was craving sugar and squeezing caramel sauce into my mouth out of the fridge (drunk)... but it wasn't too much and I caught myself.

Happy 4th of July everyone!

Mortonpixie, that bike is awesome! DH and I have been wanting to get bikes forever and keep putting it off, so I'm super jealous! :D

Circumstances conspired and I missed my workouts for the last few days, but I'm back on it this afternoon. Doing a workout of all pushups & pullups, with different variations. Last week I managed 215 pushups & 80 (assisted--at the end, very assisted :p) pullups--going to try to beat that today. I'll be sore tomorrow!

ann71: Hope those sugar cravings have passed! The house painting will definitely help. I've begun to theorize that the reason for my weight loss slowdown/stop must be that I've been getting less incidental movement in my day since the beginning of May. Going to try to fix that soon.

mortonpixie: NICE! If it was me, I'd make it a boy and name it Mike or Ike or something, but I just like to rhyme. :dizzy: Have fun riding!

krampus: Way to go!

claire0412: ARGH refined carbs! So good but so bad! :)

Dorian5: Woohoo! Congrats on the new low. We must see pics of the new outfit when you get it. :)

ann Ah cool thanks, I never know what wine related words are in English because wine culture (making of, not drinking of) doesn't exist in England really. I only got into it here. Good luck house painting

Krampus well done for 2 clean weeks :)

Dorian Yay new low, great!

sumire Impressive!!

I'm still trucking! I've decided to stop counting calories, because I feel like I'm becoming a dieting bore. My bf and friends are sick of hearing about it, I'm sure, and I'm sick of typing food into my phone the minute I eat it to keep my fitness pal up to date. I'm just going to do the 90/10 rule and eat clean, healthy, low carb and low sugar food when I'm hungry. I'm not sure if I'm done cc for good or if I just need a break. I'm starting a weights routine though and I sweat every time I ave to walk around on crutches anyway, so that's OK on the exercise front!!


Have a good day :)

Claire0412 - I'm glad to hear you are taking a break from calorie counting. I do the same thing from time to time. You get so where you KNOW the counts of everything and what to stay away from. Honestly, I'm only counting right now because some friends of ours started on MyFitnessPal and need the encouragement.

Kat999 - I was going to wait until spring for the bike, but a friend of ours works at the shop and made us a VERY good deal, I doubt that he earned much commission on it. Also, I sold my old bike and our Galaxy Tab...:lol: Gotta have priorities!! ;)

Sumire - is your push/pull workout from the P90X series? Sounds like Shoulders & Back to me! Way to go, Toughie!! Keep it up!

Krampus - keep up the great work

Dorian5 - ahh...the old "caramel sauce in the mouth while drunk" trick...;) Usually, I stand there and eat cheese! :lol:

Ann71 - good luck with the painting...sounds like hard work!

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We had a great Independence Day weekend, here. Yesterday I went for a 3 mile run - my hamstring was okay, but I did come home and ice it. I'm going to reduce my mileage and try to get back to it slowly. My husband and I biked out to my brothers house for the celebration. It was 6.5 miles, and we biked back under the stars and the fireworks. It was SO nice - and I really appreciated my brothers helping out with driving our kids home so we could bike.

MyFitnessPal said I burned 700cal on the run and 700cal for the 13mi on the bike! I ate responsibly at the party (plenty of cut fruit, meat, and fresh veg) but I did have a brownie at the end. When we got home, I was SO HUNGRY that I had a small bowl of cereal and 2 beers with a little cheese!! I guess all that fruit/veg didn't stick with me.

I'm treating today as a New Year's of sorts. We are now half way through 2011, and we all had parties last night - so why not? I made some resolutions at the beginning of the year and need to get more dedicated with them. I need to work on my posture, and I need to take some swim lessons to work on my stroke. I've done well on some things, but need to be more intentional with others.

Hope you all have a GREAT 2nd half of 2011.:carrot:

Krampus Great job! Im proud of you! How did it go with the sailors, lol?

Dorian5 Congrats on the low weight! I had a similar incident this weekend with ice cream one night and pop corn on the other ( under the influence, lol).

Sumire Thats an insane amount of pushups I can do about 20 broken up into groups of 5.... I thought I was doing well! thats some serious upper body strength! I need to get on your level :0)

Claire0412 Totally understand you on needing a break from calorie counting. I usually dont let people know Im doing it except my mom since she always sees me on my phone directly after I eat a meal with her. Someday I unintentionally just dont record the calories. After a while you kind of just know and thats how I take a break.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Good Morning feathers!

It's so nice to come back to work on a Tuesday. Only a 4 day week. So I am proud that I didn't go too crazy this weekend. I was very worried with the 3 day weekend and the Holiday, that I would drink way too much and binge eat way too much. I didn't drink much, only had one bad thing to eat (small cheeseburger) and everything else I ate over the weekend was healthy. Problem is, I ate a lot of food and had zero exercise. Laid around most of the weekend. I am hoping I maintained and didn't gain. I think my calories were around 2000 on all weekend starting Friday through yesterday. I am not weighing in till next Monday because I am due to get my period this week and don't want to freak if there is a water gain!

Petty story alert: But hopefully some can relate. It's small but sometimes they hit the hardest..

I am feeling very down latley about this. I am still just so upset with myself to have gained back a solid 7 or so pound of fat. And it is noticeable. I am sick of being called a "thick" girl. I wanted to cry yesterday. I was over at a friends house and this girl who is very small and I were talking with other friends (3 other guys) about our height. I said I was about 5'5-5'6. That I didn't really know. Of course she was drunk and got mouthy and said No way! I am 5'4.75, theres no way you're taller. So she asked me stand up and see. I refused because I know how these guys are. I KNEW if I did, SOMEONE would comment on the size difference. NO not height difference, weight difference. And low and behold they did. We stood side by side and they said she looked taller. And then someone goes, yea she looks taller than her. And another guy goes yea because shes (me) a lot wider. And everyone started laughing. This hurt for multiple reasons. One, that is EXACTLY why I didnt want to do it but she was SO persistent, two, I obviously feel very down and self concious right now ever since the weight gain, and lastly I hate it because just a few months ago I was smaller and looking good and I missed that. After the comment was made my boyfriend said in front of everyone "its ok babe, I like the way you are. I like your shape". I know he was being sweet but it made me feel like I have some disease. Like, its ok I accept your big body. I dont know. I know I am being oversly sensitive but it was just the icing on the cake. I am just sad that no matter what I will always be seen as a "thick" girl. I can't stand that. Im sorry. Petty story/vent over.

I realize my goal of 125.8 by August 10th is not going to happen. So I have decided to settle for 128 by then by eating 1300 calories 6 days out of the week (maintenance at the 7th) and exercising at least 5 days a week. I hope that brings me to goal.

Ann I go through sugar phases too where I just can't seem to get enough. I've noticed it around my period as well. Also, when I drink or eat something bad I tend to crave more and more. A downward spiral. Staying on track really is important for sugar cravings.

Mortonpixie I am SO jealous of that bike. I love biking. I wish I had more drive and energy to do activities throughout the week that burned more calories. Oh man, if I could burn 700 calories a day in exercise. That would be amazing. I am excited for you!

Krampus I feel ya on the lack of exercise. But CONGRATS on the two week binge-free !! I know you were having troubel with that for awhile. And you are at 130? That's awesome. Ounces away from the 120's! :)

Dorian 125?! Omg that is amazing girl!! OH, that was my goal originally for August 10th. Wish it was still possible :(

Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July!!!

I had to laugh at visual of that one LOL Drinking totally lowers my food inhibitions, which lead me to eat a piece of fried chicken and a sour cream donut right before bed last night. Totally unnecessary.

Congrats on 125!

Dianne You have some mean friends. I believe you have mentioned some snide comments before. I have seen pics and you are in no way, shape, or form "thick." I am sure your boyfriend meant well and it came out all wrong, but I would have been stung by that comment too.

Good job keeping the eating in check over the holiday weekend.

I was kinda excited to find out that I am taller than I thought I was. All of my adult life I have thought I was 5' 5". I have no idea when I last measured myself, but I am 34 years old and pretty sure I haven't grown taller in the last decade. We measured my 13-year-old this weekend and he was 5' 4". I said no way, I know I am more than an inch taller than him, and so they measured me. Turns out, I'm 5' 6". For some reason, it makes me feel thinner LOL

On another note, I haven't had a completely on plan week in probably a month, so I am declaring this week 100% on plan starting today. The weight is bouncing between 130 and 132. I normally don't have weight fluctuations, but my eating has been pretty erratic lately.

Oh, and a NSV, I took my boys to a waterpark this weekend, putting on a swimsuit for the first time since last summer. I didn't feel like a beached whale. I didn't feel the need to run from the pool to the towel ASAP after exiting the water. I laid in a lounge chair without a coverup. I certainly am not anywhere near close to being what anyone would consider a beach body, but I was comfortable...in a swimsuit, HUGE NSV for me.

Aimee Thank you for the kind words but unfortunately those pics were before the 7 pounds of solid fat gain. So I dont look the same as those. Thank you though. It doesn't matter. Their mean words are only motivating me more :)

Congrats on your little NSV. Isn't that such a wonderful feeling? And finding out you are a whole inch taller?! That's awesome. Means you can be 5 pounds heavier :lol:

Good morning feathers and happy hump day from Japan! I'm pleased that my weekend water weight has already fallen off and I'm back at 129.6 lbs!!! Got in a run (~3 miles) yesterday and feel slightly less flabby, though there is still work to be done. I have exactly three weeks left until I'm done with work and my visa expires, and 25 days until I move back to America.

My plans for resettlement in Austin have been waylaid because my boyfriend suddenly decided he was going to apply to law school at Stanford. I'm fine with it because honestly I was starting to feel skeptical about the move and leaving NY/my parents so soon, so this is kind of a relief.

Just for laughs, here's a (really attractive) photo of me eating a giant turkey leg at the "Freedom Fest" this past weekend, it was probably the healthiest thing they had at the whole fest: http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...7_675692_n.jpg

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aimeebell WOW finding out you're taller than you thought is the best! I nearly crapped my pants (sorry for vulgarity) when I found out I was 164.5 cm instead of 163 cm tall. Congratulations on the swimsuit victory too, it's no small feat to feel at ease in swimsuits!

Dianne Tough critics - but then again it sounds like you hang out with exclusively buff gym rat type people. Since when have you had a boyfriend, is this new? Either way you are definitely not "a big girl" by any standard, and I know you know this...but damn, still harsh. :( Keep fighting the good fight.

skinnyelle Sailors were good, I drank a lot of tequila and danced with one who later turned out to look like a potato with a mustache. Serves me right. How was your weekend?

mortonpixie Your weekend sounds really good, especially with the running and biking and whatnot! Happy new year and congrats on that awesome bike.

claire By now you must be able to tell how many calories are in what foods, or at least be able to estimate - you'll be fine. It's good to keep feeling neurotic and OCD at bay.

sumire 215 pushups and 80 pullups? You're a BEAST and it shows, your arms look amazing.

Dorian5 NICE WORK on the 125.0, working hard and getting results! You're an inspiration! I saw your photos in another thread, you're such a bombshell it's ridiculous.

I meant to do personals, but I'm TIRED! And I didn't even do that much painting stuff today. It was hot though. I have a ton of respect for people who do active outdoor work all the time. (although, man, I could eat a ton if I did! :) )

I went a little over my calorie goal today, but I felt like my body really needed the fuel.

Hope everyone had a great day.

Dianne Your friends sound really mean :s. Just take the moral highground and think in your head you are a nicer person!

amiebell Wow swimsuit without covering up straight away, great NSV! I'm aiming for that on holiday, but I always cover up automatically.

Krampus ha interesting about Stanford, I might end up there next year if my bf gets his way!

skinnyelle You're right, sometimes we all need a break!

mortonpixie I am so jealous of your new bike and your biking/running plans! Have a good time.

Ann Don't stress about the calories, if you were physically hungry your body needed them!

I am loving this not counting calories! Turning down Coca-Cola Light and 80 calorie muesli bars is good for me, I was starting to get ridiculous about eating unhealthy, low calorie things just so mfp would look better. Ridiculous. Today I've bought some figs and am gonna make some hummous and a big salad for lunch, had a nice low carb breakfast (over easy eggs, baked beans and zucchini). As long as pre-packaged, sweet things don't creep in I think I can lose weight like this.

In other news, had my stitches out and the doc is really pleased with the progress and I can stop using crutches, so that's good! Although the arm workout was good!

Have a nice day :)

Dianne, I am disgusted by your so-called friends' behavior. Very rude. I do think you should cut your BF some slack, though. By saying he likes your shape, maybe he means literally that, not that he likes your shape despite its being "imperfect" somehow. I think our SOs, if they are otherwise kind and loving, should have their comments taken at face value. Boys do NOT understand body image issues in quite the same way, IMHO. They have their own, believe me, but it's not quite the same.

Krampus, good luck on getting ready to come back to the states! I hope if you settle back close to home that it's a happy time for you! Also, in your photo, even with the goofy eating shot, you look really cute and like you're having fun. :)

I'm back to 118 today after my initial return to maintenance mode. Argh. Frustrating. I suspect I'm PMS-y bloated, but I'm also feeling a near-desperate need to get back into running. I ordered several new workout videos this morning as motivation/reward for renewed workout vigilance, because at this point it really is all about the exercise for me. My food has been almost entirely fresh, organic produce lately, but I have done very little cardio. Consistent cardio workouts are apparently the magic bullet for me.

Hi all. I'm brand new to IP. Getting my packets today and starting on Saturday. Just curious as to on average how much everyone lost in a week. I only have about 17 pounds to go and was hoping for 2-2.5 pounds a week. Is this realistic. Excited to get started.

aimeebell - wow, most of us are shrinking and YOU are getting taller! That does give you a few more pounds leeway - sweet! I'm glad you felt confident in your bathing suit, what a great feeling!!

krampus - that photo was very cute! :) Great job on the run and the low weight!

ann71 - glad you got some work done, feed that body if it shouts!

claire0412 - so glad your incision is healing nicely. Your dedication to a healthy diet is responsible for your speedy healing - nicely done!

kat999 - maybe you could start an exercise accountability thread where we could talk about our workouts and keep each other going. What videos did you order? I have 4 children, exercise DVD's are my lifeline! I recently did the INSANITY workouts, wow - that was amazing!

Celticgirl - :welcome2: I'm not familiar with the Ideal Protein diet, but with only 17lbs to loose, I would think that 2-2.5lbs per week is about double what you can expect. :cry: Sorry.

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Well, happy Wednesday everyone!

I got up at 5 and went for a 1000m swim at the YMCA. I got home and managed to make coffee and some eggs, eat and welcome my daycare boy before any of our kids got up! My swim was good - I'm working on bi-lateral breathing with my freestyle stroke. I did half the workout with the backstroke because I LIKE that one! :)

I think I might starve to death...I'm taking in 1700, as a base, and sometimes eating back a few hundred of my exercise calories! I feel like I try to fill a bottomless pit all morning...then it evens out by afternoon. I always have a gigantic salad for lunch and all that veg helps!

If the sun comes out - I'm going to let the kids splash in the wading pool out back. I need to go dump some rain water out of it...grr... Yesterday I dumped it and washed it out, blew it up a bit and filled it so that it could warm up - then it RAINED! :) I guess it's like what happens when you wash your car!

Have a super day everyone!

That would be great. I can start up a thread to that effect. I ordered a few strength training workouts from Jari Love, because I'd heard great things about her stuff being very P90X-ish but a little more doable, kind of like a way to eventually work up to P90X. Strength training is also kind of my "treat" workout, so while I know I need to get back into running, I figure if I run, say, 2 days in a row, I should get a strength WO as a reward. ;)

There's now a July Feathers Workout Accountability thread here.

Happy Hump Day feathers!

Is it sad that you all seem to be better friends than some of the people I surround myself with? One of my sisters, who I always run to when people make mean comments to me, had similar reactions to yours. She really doesnt understand why I get so many comments about my weight. She said "I'm bigger than you and I dont get near as many comments". It got me thinking, maybe it is true; that you can will something on yourself with your mind. Maybe because I am so worried about it all the time and so consious about people making comments about my weight that I actually inadvertently will it on myself? Regardless, I have grown up with comments like that and have learned to ignore them. Its just been hard to brush it off latley because of my insecurity with my weight gain. Thank you all for your support. I seriously really appreciate it.

Krampus You are in the 120's!!!!! Thats so weird, I just wrote yesterday that you should be in the 120's in no time! hah well now you are!! What a great feeling. I know youve mentioned it before, but where are you moving in the US? Im excited for you!!

Also, I remember you had "gained" back up into the 130's not too long ago. What have you been doing to get back into the 120's? Where have your calories been and have you been exercising?

And yes! I recently met this guy about 3 months ago and weve been dating for almost a month. Hes a sweetheart!! The age difference scares me a bit though; he's 35 and I'm 24. My parents are 17 years a part and I see how hard it is on my mom now :/

Claire Isn't it exciting/motivating when you find a WOE that you can do AND enjoy? I love when that happens. Congrats on getting your stitches out!!

Katt I agree with you 100%. Sometimes I can be oversensitive and I always take it out on boyfriends and family members. I didnt get snippy with him but in my mind I was like "Wait, you think Im big too?" BUt I know thats just me being insecure. Hes great.

This may come out sounding strange, but I think you are so adorable!! Your main pic and personality are beautiful! I don't think Ive ever heard your story. WHen did you start trying to lose? Do you have before and afters?

Morton I am SO jealous of your exercise. Swimming is so fun and refreshing! Did I read correctly you are eating 1700 a day AND eating back exercise calories and still losing??

I havent weighed since the last time I saw 136. My Aunt is pretty heavy this week so I wont dare go near the scale :devil: I really wish I could say the 136 is a lot of water weight, but sadly it is sold fat gained back :( Oh well! Lesson learned. I just WISH I could find the motivation/energy for exercise like I used to have. I just seem to have negative 100 motivation for it.

HAPPY HUMP DAY!!!!!!

Oops, on Monday I ate everything I could find and then some, was totally out of control with chocolate. Probably about 2100 calories that day. Burned about 300 on the treadmill though -- average at maintenance? I was glad that I ran every single day this weekend. I weighed 129.2 Tuesday morning (holy f*ck) and now I'm back on track, being very good, running hard, and staying away from the scale. I realize that it's hard for me to have ONE low-calorie treat, that just gives me a taste for it and I crave more. I had 2 chocolate ice cream bars, a kit kat, and a skinny cow chocolate candy bar on Sunday. They were all low calorie chocolate (nothing was more than 100 calories) but still... maybe I should try getting some dark chocolate instead of eating a truck of milk chocolate. :dizzy:

ETA: I am staying AWAY from the scale this week until Friday weigh in since I was up to 129 on Tuesday! Bah, I refuse to be a slave to some number!

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sumire - WOW I can't believe how many push ups and pull ups you did, that's amazing! I can't really do any at all. Haha. That's why my arms are flabby! I'm working on it though. :p

claire0412 - Always a good idea to switch it up and keep things interesting! I've been considering trying something else soon, but now I've memorized the calories in pretty much everything I eat regularly so my brain keeps tally anyway. GLAD YOU'RE HEALING UP, TOO! :carrot:

mortonpixie - WOW! Nice bike! Oh my gosh, you just blew my mind -- I can't believe 2011 is half over! Didn't it just start like, last week!?! Holy cow! At any rate, nice run and I'm glad your hamstring seems to be doing a little better! OMG at your gigantic salad! I made an epic salad for lunch today with grilled chicken and yellow onion and cilantro with lime to squeeze on it, yum! Yours looks awesome, I LOVE cottage cheese!

skinnyelle39 - I always save up calories for a couple of drinks when I know I'll be around other people drink -- I just never remember to save up calories for the crap I shove in my mouth once my will power has been weakened. :lol:

Dianne042425 - :hug: I'm sorry you're having a hard time, but there's no way you're even close to being thick with your stats! And if anyone called me wide (even when I was extra wide) I probably would have chewed them out. Totally rude! It is strange that you get a lot of comments on your weight, to you bring it up in conversation at all? I don't think ANYONE'S size is open to discussion unless the subject in point brings it up themselves! Anyway, you've got this, you'll be back on track and losing pounds in no time! I find that weight I put on quickly tends to be easier to work off for some reason.

aimeebell - I totally was eating caramel sauce out of my boyfriend's fridge (it was his roommate's caramel! :o ) when he went upstairs to take a shower! I was almost caught when he came back downstairs really quick, I shoved it back in the fridge and pretended to be looking for a bottle of water or something, haha. How cool that you are taller than you thought! This makes me wanna go measure myself. :lol: And congrats on the swimsuit confidence, that's excellent!

krampus - Aw, shucks! My head is THIS BIG now! :D Thank you! Also, how are you managing to look hot with your mouth wide open and a giant turkey leg in your hand? That's amazing! YAY for 129.6! You definitely managed to stay calm this weekend as far as food goes! How many sailors did you have to pry off of you? ;)

ann71 - If your body is hungry, then definitely feed it! Sounds like you're doing great! I like being inside with air conditioning myself. :lol:

kat999 - Are you planning on choosing a window to stay within? Like, at maintenance 115 is the lowest I wanna be, I would like to maintain 115-120. I'm afraid you might drive yourself crazy trying to stay at 115 since weight fluctuates so much! But you're maintaining well I think and YAY for new workout videos! Also, I dig the new thread, I will be posting there definitely!

Celticgirl - Welcome! I'm gonna be honest, I have no idea about anything to do with IP at all, but there is a very active IP thread on this site somewhere! 2-2.5lbs sounds like a lot to lose unless you're really overweight, but it tends to come off a little bit faster in the beginning, so who knows. My first week of counting calories I lost 7lbs of water. I'm thrilled to see a half pound loss a week at this point! :lol: Good luck!

HAVE AN AWESOME DAY EVERYONE, YOU ALL INSPIRE ME TO PUSH HARDER! :D

Hey feathers! Still trucking along over here, not much to report, just the "same ol' same ol'."

mortonpixie: You're close! It's one of the Tony Horton One on One workouts (30-15 Upper Body Massacre). I like it a bit better than the P90x push/pulls because I don't have to fiddle with my weights (I have a set of dumbbell-sized bars with plates and spinlock collars, and it gets obnoxious changing them during a workout).

I'm impressed with your work on your swim technique! I like to swim, but the only way I know how is the way I instinctively learned as a kid, a kind of crude breaststroke. Last year I swam some at the gym, and I realized I was SO SLOW compared to everyone else there, and I couldn't figure out when I was supposed to breathe. :dizzy:

aimeebell: I always wanted to be 5'6", but I didn't quite make it! I tried re-measuring myself a few months ago, just to make sure, but nope. :) Way to go feeling good in a swimsuit! I have managed to cultivate a pretty good body image over this journey, but swimsuits are still a challenge for me.

krampus: Hope the rest of your stay goes up well & that your future continues to shape up just the way you want it. I'm excited for you & all the changes you have coming. (Btw, you even look gorgeous eating a giant turkey leg. How awesome is that? :))

ann71: Fuel thyself! :D And drink plenty of liquids if it's hot out there. It can be brutal working in the heat!

Dorian5: Mmmmmm truckload of milk chocolate haha. :lol: Good for you for keeping away from the scale. By Friday it'll be much more reassuring--maybe even a new low--yay!

Dianne042425 You will bounce right back. The motivation will return but you literally just have to push yourself to JUST DO IT! Are your pics still posted on 3FC? Your friends to sound really mean :0(

aimeebell How exciting about the height! lol

Krampus My weekend was great. Spent lots of time with my bf :0)

Played tennis with my bf a little last night. Then he had me run suicides and sprints up and down the basketball court. Killer. But Im always complaining to him about the shape and tone ( or lack thereof) of my legs. He seems to think that will help. I must admit I immediately could feel my hamstrings after we were done. Its cool to change up the exercise from time to time. Have a great day everyone!

Okay, okay, I don't know many women who are CONFIDENT in a bathing suit. I wouldn't take it that far. Just I didn't feel a need to hide myself. I looked around and realized I was in as good of shape or better than 90% of the women there, and I wasn't horrified by any of their bodies, or thinking MY GOSH WOMAN cover yourself up, so why should I be so hard on myself.

I have gotten two comments in the last week, that go like this "WOW! You look great. You lost a TON of weight." I wish they would stop at you look great without throwing the word TON in there. I didn't have a "ton" of weight to lose in the first place, but it makes me feel like they viewed me as a fat cow before. I don't let it get to me; they mean well. I am just putting it out there that mentioning the word "ton" about a person's weight loss is probably a bad idea.

mortonpixie: the bike is beautiful! I was surprised when you mentioned DVDs being a lifesaver for you, because it seems you get out and about to exercise quite a lot; it's impressive!

aimeebell: too funny about "growing"

krampus: you look pretty good even while eating!

claire: like you, I'm realizing that some weird foods can still end up in my food diary, as long as they fit into my calories, and I should really look more at the overall quality of what I'm eating.

kat: good luck getting back into running.

skinnyelle: Wow, that sounds like a great workout. I need a tennis partner. Or just a boyfriend to organize sprints on the tennis court. Or, heck, just a boyfriend. :)

Made some great progress on the painting today. Didn't drink quite enough water. I think it was hotter today, since it's still 86 at 7pm. Tomorrow's supposed to be cooler.

On my paint run today, I was also able to stop at the downtown farmer's market. I got some great looking cherries (I also got broccoli but the cherries will be more fun to eat.)

There's no way I will finish the painting this week, but I think I'm going to get further than it seemed a few days ago, so that's nice.

I have lost my frickin' mind and bought a tiny, glittery, TINY bikini for when my boyfriend and I go to the beach in August for his birthday.

Really tiny. Really really.

Here it is: http://fredericks.com/Double_Delight...html?cgid=sw55

I couldn't help it! I saw it in the magazine in the winter and dreamed of ordering it (even when each piece was $40, making it an $80 swimsuit) -- I just got an email from the site that it was on super duper clearance, so the whole suit was $13! So I bought it in silver.

There is no way that tiny little stringy thing is gonna hold up my boobs. Ugggh, I think I'm setting myself up to be depressed!!

/rant

Anyway, I ate well yesterday and got in a short little run. I think I'm burned out, I've been running every day since last Thursday, I'm taking today off and just stretching.

I found a meal I love yesterday, I bought some flatbread and light pizza sauce and cheese, turkey pepperoni and LOTS of veggies and made a pizza. It was delicious and low calorie. Probably not low sodium, but definitely delicious!

I also forgot to mention over the weekend that I made low calorie margaritas with the hungry girl recipe, which uses Sprite Zero, lime juice and lemonade Crystal Light with a shot of tequila. It was freakin' delicious.

Anyway, have an awesome day everyone!

Happy Friday Eve Feathers!

Going strong on my 1300 95% all clean calories a day! I havent started exercising regularly again but I do plan on throwing in yoga one day this week and biking another day. For now, I am concentrating on a strict 1300 calorie diet and throwing in exercise when I can. Ill worry about the exercise once I get a hold on that and lose the pounds I've gained. Feeling good though. Thats all that matters :)

Dorian Thank you for the comforting words but I really am a "thick girl". I have been called it my whole life. I truly believe in my heart of hearts that I appear thick (even though my stats are good), because I dont think I'm supposed to have this much fat on my bone structure. People are always amazing how different my hips look just with a few pounds. I go from looking more hour glass to more straight up and down! Its strange. Hard to explain. Anywhoo, getting back on track! You look like youve been doing great. I saw your pics over in the 20-somethings and they are awesome!!

I LOVE teh bikini you chose. I have a huge fetish with bathing suits and purses!! I buy those two things all year round. I have an obsession. Which is weird having such body image issues lol

skinnyelle Not sure if my pics are posted on here anymore. I still have a few from when I was around 130ish. I dont have any of the ones I used to have when I was at my lowest (128ish and 24in waist!). I can email them to you if you want. I saw your pics in the 20 somethings also and girl you have a tiny waist!! You look freaking awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeee. What is your waist measurement?

aimee You make me laugh. I love your posts. But I agree, never use such expressive words like "ton" :lol:

kat999 - I've heard Jari Love can really whip you into shape! Thanks for starting the thread!

Diane0420425 - yup, I eat a ton...I have a home daycare and chase 5-7 kids all day, in addition to training for a Half Marathon (my second this year)...so I'm probably burning upwards of 2500cal every day. So eating 1700 + 200-300 more if I'm super hungry makes it so that I loose slowly (.5lb/wk) but I loose 100% fat.

Dorian5 - I'm happy to hear that you're staying off the scale til Friday. I used to weigh every day, in fact my 2011 resolution was to stop doing that! My goal is once a month - but I usually can only last a week to 10 days. ;) I also kicked those low cal treats to the curb. I normally have something really special every couple of weeks and do it up GOOD. Last night I had an ice cream cone with cookies and cream ice cream. So good and will help me stay out of the kids' ice cream for a while! :o And Woah on the itsy-bitsy bikini!:o

sumire - yea, that would be frustrating to have to pause the video to change the weights! Gee, IDK if I would call what I do actual technique - I learned all I know off of the Livestrong channel on YouTube - :o Whatever works!

skinnyelle - oh, tennis sounds fun! I'm glad you could workout with the BF. :)

aimeebell - I like your attitude about applying what you think of others to yourself. We could all stand to be less hard on ourselves!

ann71 - long about November, I will be a sad little girl here in Nebraska...relegated to my basement until March because of the snow and ice and wind. DVD's keep me sane in the winter...but I can't stand to look at them when the weather is so grand right now!! Thinking of you and your projects today - it's hot out there! I make my little kids drink regularly while we are playing outside...it helps me to remember to also!

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Okay - I did all that typing and now my kids are chomping to get to reading some books and playing. We normally go outside at 9, but it's raining. :cry: Maybe we will clean up the toy-room...it helps if they can decide which things we don't play with anymore.

Today is Yoga Day! I may have to do it over nap time...I forgot that I signed up to help plan the church's Women's Retreat and there is a meeting tonight at 7pm. I s'pose I ought to pitch in...seems like everyone wants to come to the retreat, but it's the same 4 ladies that do all the planning. Not sure what I can do, but maybe I can help a little.

Have a GREAT day! :carrot:

mortonpixie I'm glad to hear you're eating more for marathon training. I did my second 1/2 in April and didn't realise that I needed to eat so much more once my runs got to 15-18km, and was tired all the time. Once I added a protein shake in after, I felt much better! Good luck for it - what time are you aiming for? I think I can start running again in late September, and am going to focus on getting my 5k time down (ideally under 24mins, that'd be great!) and start half marathon training in January or so.

Dianne I think i am 'thick' too. I know it sounds like an excuse, but my bones really are quite wide! Good plan about getting the diet down before attempting a crazy exercise plan, you don't want to overwhelm yourself!

Dorian Ah cool bikini, I went bikini shopping today too. I didn't find anything, but you are brave - that is tiny! Good motivation :)

ann mmm cherries! I love summer and the fresh fruit around!

Everything is the same from my end. I am looking for a killer DVD that focuses on abs, arms and bum (maybe thighs too), but doesn't contain a cardio section (can't do it) and where it is mainly lying or sitting. I'm trying my best to get washboard abs before we go on holiday (a little under 4 weeks!). I don't want to look like a beached whale next to my v. toned boyfriend. Motivation!

lol I actually think opposite for me. I think I look thick becuase of the extra fat, not becuase of my bones. I think I have relatively small bones. Its hard to tell though wtih the fat. Thats why I pointed out the difference in my hip size with just 6 pounds. When I was 6 pounds lighter a few months ago they were over 2 inches smaller! Crazyyyyy

Regarding the dvd, do you like Yoga??

Dorian5: Thanks for the margarita recipie. I was just googling options. Know I have to give up my wine. But its summertime!

Dianne Unfortunately I don't have the patience to do yoga, I wish I did. There is a free yoga dvd coming with Shape this month, so maybe I'll try it and give it another go.

I've just put a strength routine together and posted it on exercise to see if I can get some tips. I've known for ages I need to do more strength training and not just do cardio all the time, shame I don't enjoy it more!!

Hi y'all!

Hope everyone's doing good so far this month :)

Dianne, I read your story and wanted to give *hugs*. :hug: I'm sorry- people can be cold sometimes.. I guess I'd consider those people social friends instead of real friends.. to laugh at your expense.. real friends wouldn't have said that or at least would've made a comment on your behalf, like your man did. I think he meant it in a good way. With your feelings upset at that moment, I could see how you'd take it the way you did too. I wouldn't call you "thick" either.. I had to battle 130 for years and I'm 3" shorter than you.. I'd put their mean comments to use.. use them for motivation when you're working out.. 'cause after 1-2 months, they won't be able to say them anymore.

aimee, congrats on your swimsuit nsv!! :D That's awesome to be comfortable in a swimsuit with no cover-up! Nice compliments too, even if they came out wrong (they probably haven't had weight problems, because 30lbs is certainly not a ton).

krampus, lol @ (& I love) your turkey leg pic. That's too cute!! The guys on my car forum would love to stick you in a bikini in front of their car ;) For the record, I'd rather you pose with my car than some random Hooters girls- LOL! (Just compliments.. take them how you will).

Dorian, that bikini is SEXY!!! You still have a month to prepare, so you should be fine. Men LIKE boobies spilling out of tops, so yeah, I bet it'll look hot ;) I want to see this low-cal margarita recipe, because that's my fav drink and I know they're usually loaded with sugar & calories.

claire, for toning with no cardio, I'd look into pilates. You'll be on a mat most of the time, holding poses to strengthen muscles.

Myself.. I joined a new zumba studio this week, so I'll be doing 1 hour, 4x/week. Its fun. Today will be my 3rd day in class. They wear coin scarf-skirts, so I wore mine yesterday.. Makes you want to shake your butt more to make the coins jingle, lol!! Definitely makes the workout even more fun :) We're going to Galveston in 2 weeks, so I'm just working out and trying to eat right.. The bikini I bought last year looks decent on me this year.. It would be really cool to take a (cute, not skanky) pic with my car on the beach and look good! ;)

So. It's totally silly but I'm all hyped! I just got to this board, and that happened after I decided I'm finally ready to do something about how icky I feel about my body. So I went to the gym yesterday and today. And I signed up here, and spent the last 2 hours reading the boards. And I've not been this confident of success like.. EVER!

It's just all in the right place at the moment, so I know I can reach my goal weight before the end of the year and be super happy about my body. For the first time since 2007.

So. I'm rambling, and basically just saying HI. lol. It's 11pm here, so I should quit the hyper-active-positive feeling and go to sleep or something!!