Well, made it to Phase 2! Today is officially the day I am phasing off. I am so super excited to be in P2. Also had a really good WI- 2# down bringing me to just about 90% of goal. Hopefully P2 will treat me as well as it has been treating some of you. I am hoping to get to 131-132 so 135 can be my maintaining weight.
I also just wanted to share some of my successes. In 5 short (and sometimes not so short!) months, I have lost:
35 pounds
My waist went from 33" to 27.25" (5.75" lost)
Hips from 43" to 37.5" (5.5" lost)
Thighs from 26" to 21.5" (4.5" lost- EACH)
Arms from 14" to 10.5" (3.5" lost - EACH)
Stomach from 39.25" to 32.5" (6.75" lost)
I went from a tight 12 to a 4 in most pants, sometimes 6.
I think I will post this in the daily thread so maybe some of the newbies will see it and see that if they just stick to the program, it will actually work.
Thanks for letting me share this with you and I am looking forward to joining you on P2!
Good for you! Good luck on phase 2! My hips, thighs, and arms are the exact same as yours!
Last edited by ItsAboutTime; 11-02-2011 at 12:35 PM.
Morning!!
Figured out why I felt like crap yesterday but it makes no sense... I'm spotting a bit and cramping today, TOM is supposed to be a week away yet, WTH???? It's been a weird month anyway with losing hair and now this. Craving chocolate like a b$%^& today and with all the halloween candy hanging around its not a safe place to be. I guess if he's coming he dang well better hurry up and not drag this out until next week. GRRRRR!!
Well, made it to Phase 2! Today is officially the day I am phasing off. I am so super excited to be in P2. Also had a really good WI- 2# down bringing me to just about 90% of goal. Hopefully P2 will treat me as well as it has been treating some of you. I am hoping to get to 131-132 so 135 can be my maintaining weight.
I think I will post this in the daily thread so maybe some of the newbies will see it and see that if they just stick to the program, it will actually work.
Thanks for letting me share this with you and I am looking forward to joining you on P2!
congratulations! I am SO happy for you. Welcome to the next stage. You'll be in maintenance in no time. And, please do post in the daily thread. It's great for motivational stories to make it over there.
Too funny how a lot of us have the problem with baggy butt pants. I notice that on mine but then in front a muffin top! Gotta go weigh in, hoping for a pound.
I can't find jeans that fit either. Baggy butt and no room to spare at the waist. In the interest of trying to appease my daughters' admonition to get rid of my "mom jeans" I'm looking around at how other women wear their jeans. When I see someone whose jeans fit really well, I really want to ask, "I see your jeans fit really well in the butt. May I ask what brand they are?" So far, I've kept quiet. Not sure how that comment would be received. Ha ha!
Morning!!
Figured out why I felt like crap yesterday but it makes no sense... I'm spotting a bit and cramping today, TOM is supposed to be a week away yet, WTH???? It's been a weird month anyway with losing hair and now this. Craving chocolate like a b$%^& today and with all the halloween candy hanging around its not a safe place to be. I guess if he's coming he dang well better hurry up and not drag this out until next week. GRRRRR!!
I started losing more hair than normal in the past few weeks. I've always shed pretty bad but it's A LOT now.
Quote:
Originally Posted by samyswan
I can't find jeans that fit either. Baggy butt and no room to spare at the waist. In the interest of trying to appease my daughters' admonition to get rid of my "mom jeans" I'm looking around at how other women wear their jeans. When I see someone whose jeans fit really well, I really want to ask, "I see your jeans fit really well in the butt. May I ask what brand they are?" So far, I've kept quiet. Not sure how that comment would be received. Ha ha!
Well, made it to Phase 2! Today is officially the day I am phasing off. I am so super excited to be in P2. Also had a really good WI- 2# down bringing me to just about 90% of goal. Hopefully P2 will treat me as well as it has been treating some of you. I am hoping to get to 131-132 so 135 can be my maintaining weight.
I also just wanted to share some of my successes. In 5 short (and sometimes not so short!) months, I have lost:
35 pounds
My waist went from 33" to 27.25" (5.75" lost)
Hips from 43" to 37.5" (5.5" lost)
Thighs from 26" to 21.5" (4.5" lost- EACH)
Arms from 14" to 10.5" (3.5" lost - EACH)
Stomach from 39.25" to 32.5" (6.75" lost)
I went from a tight 12 to a 4 in most pants, sometimes 6.
I think I will post this in the daily thread so maybe some of the newbies will see it and see that if they just stick to the program, it will actually work.
Thanks for letting me share this with you and I am looking forward to joining you on P2!
When I got home I checked my stats to make sure I wasn't lying about having the same measurements and I was! Here is just one example of how different bodies are. (Jenny, I hope you don't mind me doing this. I just want people to see how people carry weight so differently.)
Your waist 27.25" My waist 31"
Your Hips 37.5" My hips 36.5"
Your Thighs 21.5" My thighs 20"
Your Arms 10.5" My arms 10.5" (So I wasn't lying on this one.)
Your Stomach 32.5" My stomach 34"
My waist is a lot bigger than yours and my stomach is bigger. I want to wear a size 6 (or I'd die if I could fit in a 4) so bad and I think my legs and hips would fit fine so this goes to show I have got to get going on those tummy toning exercises. It's no wonder we get saggy butt disease in our pants. I also weigh over 20 pounds more than you so maybe if I drop that I'd fit in those sizes.
Thanks Jenny for being my example. (And giving me some figures to look forward to!) Now my goal is to get at least a 27" waist and a 32" tummy like you.
Last edited by ItsAboutTime; 11-02-2011 at 05:13 PM.
Hey all!
Not sure how many remember me but I was a pretty active member on the daily thread from February until about June. I recognize some of the names in here and want to say hello to everyone
After much too long off the program, I'm back at it and feeling really good. The summer months proved to be very difficult for me with work, parties and my husband's mom passing away. I watched the scale go up and finally got my **** together about 2 and a half weeks ago. I will get to goal this time and plan to come back to these boards as often as possible for support and to lend some where I can.
It's nice to be back and I look forward to catching up a bit!
Height: 5'-2" - 41 years old - 2015 Reboot: 165.4/136.0/135
Quote:
Originally Posted by ItsAboutTime
When I got home I checked my stats to make sure I wasn't lying about having the same measurements and I was! Here is just one example of how different bodies are. (Jenny, I hope you don't mind me doing this. I just want people to see how people carry weight so differently.)
Your waist 27.25" My waist 31"
Your Hips 37.5" My hips 36.5"
Your Thighs 21.5" My thighs 20"
Your Arms 10.5" My arms 10.5" (So I wasn't lying on this one.)
Your Stomach 32.5" My stomach 34"
My waist is a lot bigger than yours and my stomach is bigger. I want to wear a size 6 (or I'd die if I could fit in a 4) so bad and I think my legs and hips would fit fine so this goes to show I have got to get going on those tummy toning exercises. It's no wonder we get saggy butt disease in our pants. I also weigh over 20 pounds more than you so maybe if I drop that I'd fit in those sizes.
Thanks Jenny for being my example. (And giving me some figures to look forward to!) Now my goal is to get at least a 27" waist and a 32" tummy like you.
Of course I don't mind! I think it is good for people to see how we carry our weight differently because sometimes I think we get caught up in comparing ourselves to each other.
I think you are also several inches taller than I am. But even when I weighed much more before (long before IP, I weighed over 200#) I have always had a smaller waist and larger hips. I tend to carry my weight in my lower half. AND the other thing is, I was always a "medium" top. I am now in smalls and extra smalls, but I never really carried my weight up top.
I definitely do not have "butt sag" I've got myself a nice round booty that fills out pants and jeans- sometimes too much I usually have problems with too much room in the waist.
I can't find jeans that fit either. Baggy butt and no room to spare at the waist. In the interest of trying to appease my daughters' admonition to get rid of my "mom jeans" I'm looking around at how other women wear their jeans. When I see someone whose jeans fit really well, I really want to ask, "I see your jeans fit really well in the butt. May I ask what brand they are?" So far, I've kept quiet. Not sure how that comment would be received. Ha ha!
ladies there is a jean that a lady from work and I really like and they seem to fit reallllly well. They are called French Dressing Jeans. If you google them there should be stores near you. I have been fortunate to find them at a good will and they really do fit. Have a go ladies... hope you have good luck as well.
Of course I don't mind! I think it is good for people to see how we carry our weight differently because sometimes I think we get caught up in comparing ourselves to each other.
I think you are also several inches taller than I am. But even when I weighed much more before (long before IP, I weighed over 200#) I have always had a smaller waist and larger hips. I tend to carry my weight in my lower half. AND the other thing is, I was always a "medium" top. I am now in smalls and extra smalls, but I never really carried my weight up top.
I definitely do not have "butt sag" I've got myself a nice round booty that fills out pants and jeans- sometimes too much I usually have problems with too much room in the waist.
I carry all my weight out front in what I call my "pooch". I am 5'4" so not too much taller. My almost 9 year old is almost already my height, it's kinda funny and sad all at the same time. I have been getting medium tops myself and I like how they look on my waist but I hate how they bunch at my pooch. Tummy toners start tonight! I'm actually kind of excited to be doing some sort of exercise again. Too nervous to actually really exercise though. This just shows that no matter what we do, we all still have things we'd like to change. So glad you didn't mind my comparison!
Today was my week 19 weigh in. I am down 1 pound. I'm happy with it considering I was still looking at a gain yesterday! I had a little pep talk with my scale before stepping on that it had to be at least down 0.2 so I didn't have a stall or a gain. It gave me a little more than I asked for, which was sure nice. Hubby said I was peein a lot last night and I told him that was good and maybe I'd be down a little today. So, of course, this morning I had to be sure to tell him it worked.
I truely think I got this pound because I got right back on track after a bad moment. Believe me, I sure would've liked to dig into the girls' candy when I stepped on the scale day after day and it wasn't doing what I wanted. I didn't though, I kept trucking. This does make me wonder if I'm not super carb sensitive though because I've seen much worse cheats on here where people lose more than that.
I didn't lose any inches this week at all. I hope to see that change next week with these tummy toners I'm going to start. Does anyone do just toning exercises without cardio? If so, does it work? I sure hope so!
I'm 1.2lbs from that massage! I'm crossing my fingers I can schedule it this time next week! And grab myself another lil dancing monkey! (It's the little things.)
Oh, and I wanted to punch fat secret in the face today. I entered my weight and it said, "at this rate you will be at goal in 3 months." Shut the front door! 3 months! I know Joanne said the 150s were like quicksand and hard to get out of but 3 months! I might go outside my mind.......
Last edited by ItsAboutTime; 11-03-2011 at 08:35 AM.
Good morning, yes for me the 150s is H**l as you can see I was at 150 again on monday... not to worry though that is better than 155 when I weighed myself on Friday... and that is why I do not weigh myself every day... too stressing and I have other things to stress about... like how to do crunches on the exercise ball without falling over? or how to do reverse ones where only your feet are on the ball without crashing on the floor and having your dogs look at you like you are nuts! Now that is stress... did get my crunches in eventually but not to steady on that ball yet.
I had a wonderful NSV yesterday, I was at the downtown office for training and I had emailed one of my friend's that works in the same building to meet me for coffee. I was sitting with my group and she kind of walks over to us and I could tell she was looking for me, she couldn't find me.. so I waved and you should have seen the look in her eyes... needless to say she was very impressed and even emailed me after coffee again and said how wonderful I look. I am thankful for all my accomplishments so far on this journey but am still focusing on the big picture... Have a great day all.
Does anyone do just toning exercises without cardio? If so, does it work? I sure hope so! 