Hi Girls,

My name is Cheryl. I am new to this and I happened upon your thread. I'm hoping you won't mind me joining your group for some weekly weigh ins. I despereately need to be held accountable to someone other than myself! I am a WW veteran (lifetime member and reached goal 2x), but I can't seem to fit the meetings (or motivation!) into my schedule. I need to lose 25 lbs and get my butt in shape. The first time I reached goal was b/f my 1st baby. I was 31 and super fit and I ran all the time. I ran a couple 1/2 marathons and planned on training for amarathon. that has not happened yet, but it is still a goal! the 2nd time I reached goal was after my 2nd baby, but I was not as fit. You can definetely tell the difference. I hope to be fit this time. I am 39 and I WILL be in shape and at goal when I turn 40!

I have 3 kids (almost 7 girl, 4 1/2 boy & 13 mnth girl). I'd like to blame my weight on them, but they weren't the ones shoving the pizza and icecream in my mouth! I got down to 180 last summer, but I stopped going to meetings and gained 10 back. I only have 2 pairs of shorts that fit, so I must lose weight b/f summer! I am a stay at home mom now and a soon to be nursing student. I am a huge stress eater, so every test I have I pig out, HELP! I also fall asleep trying to read, so I eat to stay awake! Hopefully, if I know I have to report my weigh in, I will control myself a little more.

You girls seem upbeat and motivated, and my goodness, you could spend days searching this site deciding where to begin, so here I am. Melissa, maybe you can give me some pointers about nursing school! I have visited SF years ago and have some good friends from college that live in the area. You're lucky to live in such a beautiful place. Julie, we are practically neighbors! I live in Syracuse, NY, not too far from the border. I have a friend from college who runs a theatre off Broadway, it is so busy and all consuming. You must have such a busy schedule, amazing to find time to lose weight in your day.

I have been trying to work out/run, but it seems that one of the kids is always sick, I have a test, an errand I must do, blah, blah, blah....so I have not managed more than 1 or 2 x/week. Do you have any exercise goals you are trying to reach? If so let me know.

Well, I am sure I have rambled enough! I am committing to work out 2-3 times by next Monday and to not eat myself silly studying for my Anatomy & Physiology Lab Practical next week!

Cheryl

Hi Julie,
I meant to check in on Monday, but this week has started off with a bang and I truly haven't had a chance to sit down and do it. I DID weigh in though and am officially down to 216!!! YEAH!!! 2 MORE LBS!!!! I feel really good and know that it is only going to get better. I am very motivated to get that number under 215 and even more excited about getting under 210.

For the most part, this start has been pretty smooth for me. I haven't been hungry at all, which is VERY abnormal for me.....but maybe it's due to the level of stress in which I have reached. Usually when I am stressed, I EAT EAT EAT, but I think this time I am soooooo stressed and soooo busy that I don't have time to eat and I am not hungry at all. The biggest challenge in the upcoming weeks will be keeping my gym schedule. My second job is kind of using me as much as possible, which....being new and all, I don't really want to say no too much.....so I am kinda working alot. It's good because it get's me lots of money, and keeps me from drinking beer , but bad because some days I actually do need some sleep and we're trying to get the house packed up and ready for renters. But, it's only a month and I know I can do it.....and it will be worth it in the end.

I am glad to hear that your show is doing well! Well, bad for you because it keeps you extra busy, but great for you too! So, what happens at the end of the season? Do you guys have time off, or vacation or anything?

I wanted to ask you about the Lulumon clothing.....does it show cellulite easily? I have a lot of pants that hug so much in my thighs, that I have to wear a sweatshirt tied around my waist to hide it... (hopefully that won't be needed for much longer) but until then, it would be great to have some pants that didn't show EVERY SINGLE dimple!!! If you know what i mean

As far as veggies go....you definitely got my mouth watering with the mention of corn on the cob!! I love anything BBQ. Burgers, Tri-tip, corn on the cob....EVERYTHING!!! It just reminds me of the best part about summer....warm nights, getting friends together, having a few beers, chatting it up and laughing a lot! Life is good in the summer!! Do you guys have pretty warm summers there? Is it pretty humid?

I am sorry that the scale hasn't been moving in your favor lately.....but at least it hasn't been moving against you! Sometimes when life is busy and crazy, the accomplishment you have to be happy with is not gaining and when life settles a bit, you can get back into making the numbers go down...but until then...maintaining is great. So congrats on not gaining

Well, I hope your week settles down a bit....and you're able to back in the rhythm of things. Don't work too hard! I'm gonna send you my email address in a PM and maybe we can start communicating that way if it is easier for you.

Hope to talk to you soon!
Melissa

Hi Cheryl!!

Welcome!! I'm glad and flattered that you chose our thread to jump in on. This website is WONDERFUL, but can be a little overwhelming. I know Julie has been super busy lately and I don't want to speak for her, but I would love having you as an extra person to answer to. I think I do a lot better when I have people to keep me honest. I absolutely would LOVE to answer any questions you might have about nursing school. I worked very hard during school, but I am such an advocate of getting into the nursing field. It has served me well, I LOVE my job, and I make a lot of money that has opened many doors for us in the long run. Soooooo, I am super excited that you have chosen nursing and I know you will love it. It's a lot of work, for sure. But the other side of it is sooooooooo worth it in the end!!

You sound like your life is very busy with your kids and all, and I am very impressed that you even find time to go to the gym. I have a hard enough time and I don't have 3 little rug rats running around, so you are AWESOME!!!!
I will do my best to keep you motivated and always give you props on getting the gym in during your busy schedule.

I too have run a half marathon and have done quite a few triathlons, but that marathon goal has eluded me for some time. It is the one thing in my life that I vow to accomplish. I hope that when I get closer to goal weight, and more in shape, I will schedule a marathon. Maybe if we both are ready around the same time...we can train for something together....something to think about.

Anyhoo....I have to go spend some time with my cute man......since our time together has been cut in half lately. But I hope you have a great week and that you are able to make your goal at the gym.

Weigh ins are on monday...so I hope to hear from you before then, but if you're too busy, I understand too.

Talk to ya later,

Melissa

Hi again!

Oh my gosh!!! You're losing like crazy! That's great!! You're really kickin' butt!!! Yeah!!

Sorry to hear you're stressed, but it seems like keeping busy is helping, so hooray for that! You're right in that it will all be worth it in the end. It's a good thing to remind ourselves every once and a while.

Thanks for the scale support. I blame TOM! You're right though, it's better to be maintaining the same weight rather than gaining. I'm sure it will all turn around soon. I'm just going to keep at it until my body can't resist losing. Heheh.

Moving can definitely be a lot of work, but I've found it's not so bad if you start early and just do a wee bit at a time. Not to mention the work out! Lots of lifting and moving things around! Bonus!! Good luck keeping on the gym schedule. I'm sure it will all fall into place.

When the season ends at work we pretty much just prepare for the next one. We get two weeks off in July, so I'm really looking forward to that. I love summer!! That said, I'm really dreading bathing suit season, but I'm trying to use that as motivation. I seriously hate bathing suits. A few friends were getting together last Sunday for a bbq/hot tub night and I was completely dreading it. It really sucked, because I realized I was letting my body image get in the way of just wanting to have fun. Have you ever felt that way? Anyway, the party was canceled at the last minute so no bathing suit for me.. but summer is just around the corner so helloooo gym!

Ooh lululemon is great for cellulite! That's why I love them! They are also great for a little butt lift! The pants are a bit expensive.. I paid $90 for a pair.. but that was about a year and a half ago and they are still in perfect condition. Their site is lululemon.com if you're interested. I hear you on the every single dimple thing. Haha. Oh the joys of being a girl.

Life IS good in the summer! I find the sunshine really helps me get motivated to move around. It gets fairly warm here in the summer.. the highest we usually see is around 30 degrees Celsius with fairly high humidity. Usually it's around 25 or so, which is nice. It also means the drive-in movie theatre is open! One of my favorite things to do in the summer for sure. What is it like there? Is it pretty warm all year?

How is your eating going? I'm assuming very well since you're losing quite nicely. This week I made an effort to take my breakfast and lunch to work every day, and cook dinner every night. It went really well aside from today when we all went out for lunch because my coworker is leaving. It was a great week because I found I ate much better meals! I also got Duncan (my bf) on the same path and he denied eating Wendy's with his coworkers yesterday at work. Amazing! Have you found any great meal ideas?

Thanks for your email address! I'll try to stay more regular on here, but if things get a bit crazy again I'll send you an email instead. I'll send you mine too.

Anyway, I should get back to work. Hope everything is going well and that you have an awesome weekend!!

Keep kickin' butt girly!
Julie

Hi Cheryl,
Welcome!! I definitely don't mind if you join us! The more the merrier, I always say.
As Melissa said, I have been really busy lately. I'm hoping to check in here more often though! I don't want to let you gals down in terms of support.
Have you ever been up this way? I don't think I've ever been to Syracuse. Not that I can remember anyway! I'm waving! Can you see me?? Heheh.

I know how you feel about the stressed eating. I'm definitely an emotional eater! I hope your studying goes well and that you can resist. You can do it!

Congrats on taking charge of your health! Yeah!! I have a similar weight goal. I'm hoping to lose around 20 lbs. We can all do it together! I'm so glad you two are here. It's nice to have people to talk to that understand. FYI, Melissa is awesommmmeeee!!!

My gosh.. you runner girls! I'm so envious. I like to go to the classes at my gym, mostly BodyPump (muscle class) and BodyStep (step aerobics). I also play roller derby so I skate a lot. Aside from running, is there anything else you like to do for exercise? Is there anything new you're hoping to try?

Well, I said I was going to get back to work about 10 mins ago, so I suppose I should do that.

Thanks for joining us and keep up the awesome attitude!
Julie