Dear Ladies:

I am excited about this site and look forward to working with you as we obtain our goals. I will mainly be online during the week at lunch (central time) and late evening, but will check as much as possible. Today was an exception cause I was off due to weather.

Weather permitting, I am starting Extreme Makeover 40 day Challenge. It is a six week course (1 night a week) and is supposed to be motivational. I hope it is good. I figured I needed all the help I coould get.

Good luck everyone!

GOOD MORNING

LadyHLG*****Steffy*****Live it Now

Who knew it was not horrible to walk up the stairs to my 3rd floor office rather than take the elevator


I am trying to be accountable for my all day grazing

B: Piece of carb conscience toast with 1/4 tsp. apple spread
and 2 sf jellos

Good Day to you all -

Well, hopefully everyone has had a better day then me. So, I made it 3 days in a row to the gym. Today, not gonna make it. I have been going at lunch, which eleviates the dreaded cold issue (since I eventually have to go outside to leave here) but today was a horrible day with nothing being accomplished and I didn't make it to the work out. I actually had an appointment with a trainer to learn a proper routine, but I missed it. I have rescheduled for next week though and plan to continue my daily exercise.

As for food, BAD BAD BAD, I went to lunch with a co-worker who has a job from **** like I do and we actually had drinks at lunch. Alcohol is a really bad thing when trying to lose weight, but at least it was alcohol with a salad.

Well I hope everyone has a good rest of the day.

STAY MOTIVATED.

Hello Everyone!
Little late checking in today, been a busy day for work and to top it off I can't seem to wake up. My motivation is absolute nill. I just want to go back to bed! I don't think I mentioned that I work from home, so the temptation to nap is very real.

I did make it to kickboxing last night, and I am a little sore today. Not too bad, but enough. I didn't plan to workout tonight but since its snowing, mother nature had different plans for me...looks like I will be shoveling snow later.

Steffy, hang in there!! We all have those bad days. Tomorrow will be better, if for no other reason then its FRIDAY! So how many days a week do you normally workout? For me its a struggle just to manage 2 times/week.

LiveItNow - What is the "Extreme Makeover 40 day Challenge"?

MissLady - Hooray for the stairs!

Ok, have to head on over to FitDay now and journal my food.
Have a good day everyone!
LadyHLG

Happy Monday everyone!!!!

Wow, I know I am bad about computers and communicating on the weekend, but I guess everyone else is too.

Well, the weekend wasn't too bad. I watched what I was eating for the most part. Saturday was easy, due to the snow I didn't go anywhere or do anything. And since there is no food in my house, I was ok. Both days I wanted to drive to Panera and have a morning egg souffle, (if you have never tried one, don't, you will be hooked) but the thought of the the calories and fat makes me stop. The calories aren't too awful at 470 (compared to the I.C. Mocha I have had there that is 700 ) but the 35 grams of fat for one little item just kills me . So that will have to become one of those things that is eaten very rarely on a very special occasion.

Anyway, I am off to a good start today. I have brought relatively good foods for lunch, the only bad part is white bread. I just can not get into the grain breads that are not fresh baked. I am going to give the new Wonder Whole Grain White bread another try to see if I can get myself content with that.

I am also hitting the gym at one. I can watch my soap, so that should entice me to stay on the treadmill for almost an entire hour. I meet with a trainer tomorrow also, so I am hoping that will get me motivated in the right direction.

OK, enough about me. I hope everyone has a good day and stay positive for the week. I also hope everyone is still out there and sticking to their objective the best they can.

Steph

Hi Everyone!
Hey Steff sounds like you and I had similar weekends. I didn't do so well on Saturday, threw a baby shower for my sister, had pizza and cake, (not a lot) but it was still not great. Dinner was even worse, I had some kind of rice and chicken dish, not even sure how to journal that.
Sunday was better, stayed home because of the snow. I don't really have any food in the house either, so I did ok for eating.
So today its back on track, but with a little less enthusiasm. I really dislike Mondays, and today is no exception, am fighting a headache, which will mean getting myself to the gym later will be more difficult.
Need to give myself a good swift kick in the keester!

Hope ya'll had a good weekend and are off to a better start to the week than I am.
LadyHLG

Hello All! Wow I thought I would be more faithful to website, but things have been crazy in my house. My children were in this weekend and of course it's "all about them" I loved it though!

I am proud of myself. With all this going on, I still lost weight, Since Friday, I lost 2.5 pounds.

I went to my 1st "Extreme Makeover Challenge Class. It was interesting. It is all about adding something healthy to lifestyle for 40 days.

We have not had snow here since last week, but with our wind I am COLD. We spent last evening hosting an evening of football. This on top of my children departing has left me pretty tiredd. But even with all the eating out and cooking for the party I managed the weight loss God is good. Even though technically starting my 3rd week, I am still following the majority of Phase 1. Not sure if that is good or bad, but I feel I need to do it. I was a little lax yesterday, but still within Phase 2. Wish me luck and I hope everyone else keeps it up!

Have a great evening/day and look forward to learning more of this South Beach.

Hello Everyone!
Hope you all are having a good day.
Little cranky today, partly because I am sore from kickboxing last night. We had a new instructor(learning to cover for our usual instructor while she is out to have a baby). I know she's new but she really didn't warm us up well, started out right away with some squats, which was not a good way to begin. My knees were sore all the way through class.
Anyway, trying to stay on track, hard when you are cranky, just wanna have some chocolate and call it a day! Thankfully I don't have anything like that in the house.

I've been looking at my journaling over the last week and with the exception of the weekend, I did pretty good, but I think I need to watch my fat intact a bit more and try for more protein.

Time to knock off work for the day and relax a little.
Have a good evening everyone!
LadyHLG

Hello everyone -

I tried to reply earlier today and it would not take the response. So I gave up.

Anyway, LadyHLG, it sounds like your new kickboxing instructor isn't very well trained. They should understand that in an open class like that not everyone is at the same level. Hopefully it will get a little better so that you do not get discouraged and quit.

I have to meet again with a personal trainer tomorrow. All I wanted to do is learn some of the machines I do not know how to use, but they are trying to sell me a training package. While I know it would be a great thing to do, I have more important things to spend $2600 on in 4 months.

So, I am going to get ready for bed now. Hope everyone has had a good day.

Steph

Hello everyone!
Hope you are all still with us.

Steffy - I haven't done a meeting with a personal trainer at the gym for that very reason! I hate those hard sell routines. Luckily, I have an easy out, NO MONEY!!

So I had a terrible day, seems to be the theme of the week for me. I didn't even attempt to control my eating, and well I know I went way over board. Why do I do that? It seems I have all the strength of a wet noodle when it comes to food. I just have to keep trying; because I think this time I might actually be doing something right. Pay attention to portions. Keep an eye on the overall and journal!! I just have to keep at it. (That’s my mantra today, just keep trying, just keep trying..)

So I didn't make it to kickboxing tonight. My sister was in town with my niece and we went shopping. Frankly, I wasn't looking forward to class with the new instructor; I do have to go on Friday. Does it ever feel like the world is totally against you in the weight loss thing? I mean I finally get determined to get back into exercise and now this new instructor.

***Warning Rambling Rant to Follow, Read at your Own Risk*****
I have to admit something, it may just be in my head but it kind of irritated me at the time. Obviously, a heavier woman in kickboxing is well, not as coordinated and some of the other people in the class, but, I did take karate for over a year, I have a purple belt (which is about intermediate on the belt scale), granted it was several years and about 100lbs ago but I know the moves pretty well, and my form may not be perfect every time but I do know what I am doing. This new instructor kept coming over to me, to show me how to do things, "the right way". I mean I watch others in class and let me tell you some of them have way worse form than I do! I'm not sure if she thought I was new or she just figured the fat chick needed some help, but it really started to piss me off.
Ok I'm finished ranting, I just needed to get that off my chest. I feel better now.

Anyway, sorry for the long-winded post, I guess this is just not my week.
Tomorrow will be better right????
Have a good night everyone!
LadyHLG

Hello Everyone.......Everyone.....Where is everyone?

LadyHLG - DO NOT GIVE UP!!!!!!. This can be accomplished by both of us. I am not sure how forward you are, but maybe you can calmly (or not) speak to this new instructor about how you feel. It will be a shame if this person makes you discouraged from getting a great workout. Maybe instead of the instructor there is another person who runs the place that you can contact. Just don't give up.

I decided this morning to cancel my appointment with the personal trainer. I think I will just try to teach myself the ab and arm machines since they all have directions on them. I do want to deal with the pressure of telling them that I can not afford to give them half of my paychecks for the next 4 months.

Now, on the food issue. One thing I have started doing to maintain portion control is to change the dish. I have been eating pasta out of a regular bowl and I find that if I do not rush through it, one bowl is enough. I have also purchased some dessert plates and I am going to start using them regularly. I truly believe that the size of the dish makes a huge difference. I am also going to start asking for a container right off the bat when I eat out. If I take half of the food away, I won't eat it.

Hang in there and have a great day!!!!

Steph

Metoo!metoo! I Would Love Some Buddies. I Am New To 3fc. I Am 315 Lbs And Struggling Every Day(its Only Been 2 Weeks Since I Started) Iam Trying To Exersise More And Eat Less. Sounds Simple Huh?

Welcome Lumpy! Chime in anytime!
Hope everyone had a good day (and are still with us..)

So had a better day, stayed on track, I admit it was difficult, really hungry today. What do you do when you have reached your calorie goal and are still hungry, I mean stomach actaully growling?

Steph, I'm afraid I am not at all the kind of person who could say something to the instructor. Probably would be healthier if I could but just not my personality type. I will just have to stick with it (and try to get a spot in the room away from her, hopefully she wont notice me quite so much).

Anyway, its off to bed for me!
Hang in there everyone, hope you all had a good day!
Heather (aka - LadyHLG)

Welcome Lumpy -

Hopefully you stick to the Forum. If anything we are here just to rant to. Ok, so I will awol again this weekend from the Forum. I just try to avoid the computer at home other than looking at the radar.

So, today is my unofficial weigh in day. I am starting week three of actual effort. For the past two weeks I have worked out 3 days each week. I need to increase that to 4 or 5. But at least I am getting out there.

I hope everyone survived the weekend. Remember, if you fell apart yesterday, today is a new day to begin again.

Steph

Hi Gals!
Just a quick post to say "Hello". Feeling rather miserable. My sweet little neice was kind enough to give me her cold so I had a yucky weekend. Was feeling slightly better yesterday, but today I'm terribly light-headed. So I think I will wish everyone a good day and go lay down!
Catch you all later!
Heather