Good Morning! DH and I are heading out to do some Christmas shopping. He has some "deals" he thinks he needs to get this am. I'm sure my water will be low today, since I don't want to spend my time at the mall in the bathroom!
Friday's Water
Amanda -
Chelle -
Debbie-
Leanne-
Michelle -
Sarah -
Shelley-
Tracy-
Friday Water Challenge
Amanda - 2
Chelle -
Debbie-
Leanne-
Michelle -
Sarah -
Shelley-
Tracy-
I did so well yesterday. My husband even said so. Not alot of tasting while cooking and the only seconds was on the green beans. I ate yogurt for breakfast and some hummus for lunch then Turkey Dinner . But no late night snacks and only 1 piece of pumpkin pie. And to boot I did 20 minutes on the Nordic Track . I don't know where that energy came from. I was on my feet all day yesterday and was dead by the time all was said and done but I pulled out the machine and hopped on. Spencer was amazed and frankly so was I.
So, something is paying off because I lost 2 pounds this week!
What are your goals for the next month to keep you on track? More excersize, some form every day at least 20 minutes, 2 pounds per week
What steps are you going to take to accomplish those goals? getting off bus sooner longer distance to walk to work
climbing the stairs at work
limiting white carbohydrates
not making excuses for myself
Is there a collective challenge we can set to help each other reach our goals? how about everyone getting pedometer and each week up our steps by 10 or 20 percent
I am also a big believer making personal goals aside from weight loss. Accomplishing those little nagging tasks so my little nagging tsks are:
Christmas picture of baby
Christmas cards
Invites ot baby's 1st birthday party.
Those are my task set for the upcoming week.
Have a great day, I'll check ina little later,
Amanda
Amanda- on the 2 lbs gone. I added them to our group ticker. Also that is wonderful that you got your exercise in yesterday!
Chelle- Sorry your scale died!
DH and I got a lot of shopping done today, well not a lot but some! The crowds were not to bad even. Now we have dd's birthday party this afternoon. It's just family so it's pretty relaxed. It is a wet and yucky day out today though so kind of depressing.
What are your goals for the next month to keep you on track? I want to lose 11 pounds.
What steps are you going to take to accomplish those goals? Follow my eating and exercise plans.
Is there a collective challenge we can set to help each other reach our goals? How about limiting "treats" to once a week?
Friday's Water
Amanda - 2
Chelle -
Debbie-
Leanne-
Michelle - 13
Sarah -
Shelley-
Tracy-
Last edited by stagemomx3; 11-25-2005 at 10:32 PM.
I worked out this evening after everyone left from the birthday party. Now I'm completely wiped out, and ready for bed. Tomorrow we are going up to get our Christmas tree. This is definetly not my favorite activity. I don't like driving up in the hills in the snow!
Friday's Water
Amanda - 2
Chelle -
Debbie-
Leanne-
Michelle - 16
Sarah -
Shelley-
Tracy-
It is a beautiful and sunny Saturday here in Virginia. Michelle, where are you you have to drive through snow. Snow here is a novelty. We get it and everyone enjoys it. A few days off and in a matter of a few days it is gone. The night before my son was born we had a freak snow storm that was set off by thunder and lightning.
Chelle, Oliver's was my Christmas present. It actually made last Christmas less stressful because no one expected us to go anywhere and forgave us when we did not buy anyone presents.
Well, I got in my ab and arm work out and some Nordic Track time again yesterday . That means for this week Sun. - Sat. I have done ab arm work 3 times and the Nordic Track 4 Very proud of myself. I just feel if I miss one day I am doomed.
Good for you Michelle for doing your workout after everyone went home!
I did drink more than 2 glasses of water yesterday counting gree tea, it was probably more like 9. I have started to carry my water bottle and a bag of almonds everywhere.
Not much on my plate, today. Fabric shopping and taking ds picture for the Christmas card.
I will take the once a week treat challenge. Starting tomorrow. I did have apiece of pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving and a little sliver yesterday.
Christmas tree found, fun had in the snow! I'm in Western Washington State, we live at the bottom of the foothills. So we drive up in the foothills to get our christmas tree, with permit of course. The snow level is really low right now, and expected to go lower this week, possible down to where we live. The wind was bitter cold up there today, but the kids had a good time.
No workout for me today, it really is suppose to be a rest day, but I may decide to workout later anyway. I'm zig zagging my calories so today is a super low calorie day, so I'm trying to be really conservative with my calories, and get in lots of veggies, which are not my favorite. I've only had 3 glasses of water, and that's since we've been home. I didn't want to have to pee up in the snow!
Tonight's dinner was hard. Since today is my super low calorie day I could not partake of the wonderful enchiladas my dad made, which I LOVE! I had some black bean and red pepper soup, and spinach salad. Which was good, but definetly not enchiladas. I really was ok with it, until... I was left with the clean up. It was so difficult to not just dig right in, as I packed up all the left overs. I didn't even taste it, but I did end up in tears, and feeling like nobody understood how difficult this was for me. Mostly just having a pity party for myself. I'm over it now, hopefully I won't have to many dinners like that!
Today-
water- 12
exercise- Rest day
food(low calorie day 1200)- Made it.
Good Morning! I hope everyone had a great four day weekend. Tomorrow it is back to school. I plan to enjoy my last day of the weekend by watching football with DH, and being fairly lazy!
Sign me up! Hi fellow 30/30s I'm 31 and would like to lose 30+ lbs. Currently, I'm just trying to not gain anymore weight during the holidays. Ideally, I would like my focus to be about eating more whole foods less sugar and slowly begin to incorporate exercise back into my day. Right now I'm debating weather or not I'd like to have a second child but I really need to focus on getting healthier, getting a routine in place for my 2 year old son, spending more time with my husband and basically enjoying my life now as opposed to getting through each day thinking that I can work on all these things later. I'm excited about this forum and am looking forward to meeting all of you ;-) chubetta svelte
Michelle, I have been having alot of those I could scarf down the "whole enchilada" kinda of moments. I literaly feel like I have a angel on one shoulder and a devil on another. I feel like sometimes people can hear my internal dialoge and I am embaraced. It is hard for my family to understand as well. My husband is terrific and very supportive but he is also fairly thin and fit. Everything goes through him, everything sticks on me.
I do think this time my diet is going to work. I feel committed as I have never been before and this is the longest I have made it in a long time. 27 days!!!!
Yesterday, was my off day and I actually felt a little guilty not hopping on the Nordic Track. I did take a 20 minute walk with Oliver but that was it. And I let myself have pasta last night. Talk about guilt. I have to stick tomy rule of eating only at the table. I should have only eaten half the portion instead I ate the whole thing infront of the t.v.
But I was back on track this morning with a 60 minute Mommy and dog only walk. Oatmeal for breakfast and tuna fish for lunch. Getting all the water in on the weekends is hard. I have only had a few glasses today and I woke up dehydrated.
Weekly Challenge
Only 1 treat this week.
I am saving mine till after my weigh-in on Friday. Maybe it will be a double treat and I'll go out to lunch that day as well.
Part of getting in shape for me is also financial so I have been not going out to eat at work. Big for me since I am used to eating out everyday for lunch! Silly, because I am a really good cook and could do so much better than restaurant food.
chubetta svelte
Roll call where is everyone
I hope not od on pumpkin pie. I know there are more of us. Heck, we have 3 Michelles alone.
Just thought I would check in while hubby is bathing baby.
I have been really good today. And for dinner tonight I made Turkey and Dumplings and only had one very small portion and then made some spinach to fill me up rest of the way. I love to cook and bake and like most Southern Cooks, butter is my middle name. Paula Deen is my hero. So, I'll keep cooking the same and just make everyone else around me fat. Actually, I get filled up on the smells. It seems the longer it takes make something the longer I am in the kitchen the less I want to eat it.
Well, back to work tomorrow. Hopefully, I'll be able to get my water intake back up. I did horrible today.
Today was good day! Eating was good, I was really hungry early in the day, but now I'm sitting here under calories for the day, so I get to have some peanut butter and celery! My workout was good, extremely long, but it feels good to be finished with it. DH and I watched football, and our team won in overtime, so that is good too. Water is at 13 glasses today, and I'll probably add one more since I want to have tea tonight.
DH and I are heading out to do some Christmas shopping. He has some "deals" he thinks he needs to get this am. I'm sure my water will be low today, since I don't want to spend my time at the mall in the bathroom! 
Friday Water Challenge 
. I don't know where that energy came from. I was on my feet all day yesterday and was dead by the time all was said and done but I pulled out the machine and hopped on. Spencer was amazed and frankly so was I.
What are your goals for the next month to keep you on track?
on the 2 lbs gone. I added them to our group ticker. Also that is wonderful that you got your exercise in yesterday! 
DH and I got a lot of shopping done today, well not a lot but some! The crowds were not to bad even. Now we have dd's birthday party this afternoon. It's just family so it's pretty relaxed. It is a wet and yucky day out today though so kind of depressing.
I worked out this evening after everyone left from the birthday party. Now I'm completely wiped out, and ready for bed. Tomorrow we are going up to get our Christmas tree. This is definetly not my favorite activity. I don't like driving up in the hills in the snow! 
Good Morning and Rise and Shine 
Very proud of myself. I just feel if I miss one day I am doomed.
today. Fabric shopping and taking ds picture for the Christmas card.
Christmas tree found, fun had in the snow! I'm in Western Washington State, we live at the bottom of the foothills. So we drive up in the foothills to get our christmas tree, with permit of course. The snow level is really low right now, and expected to go lower this week, possible down to where we live. The wind was bitter cold up there today, but the kids had a good time.
I plan to enjoy my last day of the weekend by watching football with DH, and being fairly lazy! 
chubetta! Nice to have you join us.
on one shoulder and a devil 
