Hey Kayla, that is geat! I bet it was all the camp activities.
Sorta like camp...
We usually go camping a lot. But, last year we sold our camper. We have a tent...tented camped many times. But just not up to it this year. As far as dieting goes though, I should reconsider going on a camping adventure. I usually get lots of exercise and eat relatively good. hmm. Our last tenting experience last year was terrible, rained and rained. Plus, I got spoiled by the camper. DH builds travel trailers, so it isn't like we wont get another one. Could probably even borrow one....
Tiff, you never said...how close to Chicago are u? I'm close to SouthBend, not far from Chicago.

Sorry Tig, I am about 2 1/2 hours from Chicago. Mike's parents live in a suburb, so we go up there every once in a while. Maybe you and I can arrange a day trip sometime. WhooHooo!!!

Kayla, what can I say? I'm GREEN with envy. Congratulations!!! What an inspiration!!!

Well, I bought a couple of Milky Way Lites today, one for tonight, and one for tomorrow, but I ate them both on the way home.

340 calories down the tubes, but that's ok, I had them to spare. I will just have to have sugar free jello for my snack tonight.

Ok, I planned a menu for the kids, tonight was supposed to be baked chicken and mac and cheese. But I got them Arbys instead. I just didn't want to cook. I am having a Lean Cuisine and I feel good. Tomorrow is my weigh in~!!

I have done a step tape for the last two nights and I walked too. Yay me!!! Hope for a loss from last week. I have been at 241 for basically 3 weeks now. (not including my vacation gain and then losing it again.) I snuck a peek at the scale earlier this week and it showed a loss, but yesterday it was back at that HATEFUL 241. So...tomorrow will be a big surprise.

Later, y'all!
Tiffany

After we hit goal, we'll have to meet up at Oprah's! LOL

Sounds good. I am in the process of emailing the producer that I worked with and telling her that FAT WOMEN NEED MAKEOVERS TOO. I think it would be great to see some heavy women come on there, wearing our sweatpants and our hair from ****, and get a makeover. Flattering hairstyles and clothes. I know a lot of the designers now are making clothes for bigger women, I want to see what I look like in them. And I want a hairstyle by a professional, NOT Cost Cutters.

Tiff

Fat women ESPECIALLY need makeovers! I think sometimes we have a tendency to say "why bother?" I know how much better I feel when I've done my hair and makeup and have something halfway flattering to wear.
I haven't done my total gym tonight, but I did go for a walk with my daughter. Just over 2 1/2 miles. I did eat twice as much for dinner as I intended. I'm feeling kind of yucky now! At least I excerisized. Better food day tomorrow.

Jen
238/226/140

hey everyone!

well i dont know about you guys...but i like...NEVER leave my house without makeup on...and my hair at least.....a bit done....i guess its the teenager thing...there could be a boy around any corner! lol. just kidding.....but at camp! oh boy...at camp i dont do ANYTHING! i pretty much stay in my pajamas all morning and i NEVER do my hair or makeup there...it feels so good when i come home and look nice for once......but honestly..my biggest boost of self esteem was at camp.....like.....one little boy came up to me one day...right after i had just had a shower and my hair was down and still a bit wet and he was like.....you are really pretty...you should wear your hair down more often......and a couple little girls were like.....youre so pretty kayla..i love your hair......like i know theyre just kids and it sound stupid...but it just made me feel really good.

tiff, i dont know why youre green with envy! i still weigh 292....and you weigh 241.....id give ANYTHING to weigh only 241. that would be a dream come true!


i think youre right! we should DEFINATLY all meet up on oprah when we are at goal! but dont do it without me k? its like..my dream to meet oprah! shes amazing!!!! lol.
anyways.....RYAN asked me to call him around 11:30 and its 11:35......so i better go...he has some "juicy tidbits" for me!!! about this girl im trying to hook him up with! hehehehe! the soap oprah of bar harbour camp!!!!


anyways! have an awesome day ladies! and remember never to frown because you dont know who might be falling in love with your smile!!!

luv
kayla

WOOHOO! YIPPEEEEEE! I am now in one-derland! 199.5, I am elated. Actually the scale showed that on Sunday, but I wanted to give it a few days to make sure I wasn't just dreaming, I even stepped on the darn thing 5 times this morning and sure enough 199.5 every single time.

Kayla - way to go girl! 11 lbs is INCREDIBLE! Before you know it you will slim and trim. We are all here for the long haul and next summer you will be glad you stuck to it.

I guess staying OP this weekend really made the difference for me. It is so frustrating to work so hard all week only to mess things up on the weekend. I am going to make every effort in the future to stay on track on the weekends, hopefully then I will begin to see more of a loss. Why is it that weekends are so difficult, anyone have any ideas? I love that word "weekend" and the one coming up will be a challenge as I am going to Las Vegas. We had to change the date of the trip so I will not be going to see Michael Bolton but I guess I will live. Now if I can only stay away from Starbucks and the pastry shops inside Paris I should be OK. Probably won't be doing much walking this trip since I checked the weather and it's going to be in the 100's while we are there. My walking will have to be at night, which isn't such a bad thing since it is so beautiful on the strip. The water show at Bellagio, exploding volcanos and pirate ships sinking, etc.

Have a good week all, I will try to check in at least one more time before I leave Friday. This is going to be a crazy week with packing and taking my son back to the doctor, work, etc.

LJ
225/199.5 /150

Good morning all! Happy Tuesday from HotAndHumidVille. What is it with this weather!? I went out at 7 this morning and it was already over 80 degrees and HUMID. Let's hear it for air conditioning!

OK, no more of this starting posts with negativity. Sorry!

Kayla, congratulations!! 11 pounds!?!? Wow! Must be all that camping and fresh air stuff!

Huntress, congratulations on your move to Onederland!!! Now settle in 'cause it looks like you're there to stay! BTW, there's an annual local festival here and it starts next weekend with a concert by this year's big star. Guess who. Michael Bolton! Actually, in past years the big name concerts were held in a bandshell in an open field and were free. But the festival just starting getting too big and crowd control started being a problem so now it's closed off from the public and they charge for it. So I won't get to see him either. Hm, but I could possibly hang around the stage door....

Two years ago, my first time in Vegas, we stayed at the Paris. It had only just opened a couple months before that. I was amazed and the "indoor" cities and streets!! But you do have to make a wide curve around that pastry shop! Last time I was there they had these misty spray things along some of the streets to cool people off as they walked by. Pretty cool. (No pun intended. )

Tiffany, I want in on this makeover too! Hey, why can't Oprah host a show of a group of gals who met on a 3FC forum and became friends, etc. I'd fly to Chicago for that!!

Still haven't had a call from my new trainer. I'm going to the gym tonight so I'll have to check when I get there. They said it would be by Wednesday at the latest but I want to start NOW! Actually, I did really well yesterday, even did a mile on my treadmill when I got home -- with the fan blowing directly on me the whole time. Wish this heat would break already!

Well, this post seems to be back where it started so I guess I'll go now. Been interrupted too many times to even know what I'm talking about. Yeah, interruptions. That's my story. That's why. Yeah.

Have a great day everyone!

Huntress!!!! CONGRATS!!!! That is one of my BIG goals.

I have several mini goals.

Out of the 260's - check
Out of the 250's - check
Out of the 240's - I'll know in about 5 minutes. Waiting for the bathroom to be free.

My other goal was to lose 10% of my total body weight which may happen today too.

Then, for some reason, my next goal is 225
And then ONEderland. After that, I will be so happy, I could care less what my next goal is.

Kayla, everytime I read your posts, I giggle. I am living vicariously though you. LOL....Ahhhh teen angst. Woo Hoo!!! Don't rush becoming a grown up. Responsibility stinks.

Jello, you get on those trainers. Make them work for YOU. LOL
I still haven't got to Vegas, but that is probably where I will get married. In one of those chapels by an Elvis impersonator. LOL...can you imagine?

Jen, I am sure you burned off that dinner and then some! Good girl. I am so impressed with your exercise drive. Maniac!!!!

How's your day going so far Tig??

Ok...I am going to weigh now. Cross your fingers. LESS THAN 241 PLEASE!!!!

Drum Roll.....*back in a sec*
Ok. Officially 238. Officially 27 pounds down and 10% of my body is GONE. Forever!!!

Ok feeling good. One of Mike's co-workers, who *I didn't say this* is a total hottie. I mean, eye candy in a big way, a fine piece of man candy and all that.....he told Mike yesterday that he thought I looked like I had lost some weight. OMG. A man noticed. This is BIG news ladies.

I'm off to alert the press.

Tiffany
265/238/160

Hi, everybody!

Way to go Kayla, Huntress and Tiffany on your losses!!! You guys are awesome. Coming here today is just what I needed.

Edited to add BIG KUDOS to everyone who has been exercising! Way to go! It's the key to your success and will pay you back. I'll be back on the wagon tomorrow - just wait and see.

I've been fighting a 2-day bout of discouragement because I got a new scale, a digital one and it says I weigh 2 lbs. more than the other one did. Now, I know there's really no difference in how much I actually weigh - it's just the reading that is different - but it still sucks. So I'm just REFRESHING my viewpoint. This is the number I'm starting from NOW. I've still lost SOME weight (total), and this is only the beginning.

Plus, I have a meter I can rely on now.

My sushi was a success - there was a young man who is half Japanese there (whose Japanese father happens to be a chef!) and he complimented me on it - said it is very authentic Japanese-style sushi and I had got everything just right - down to the brand of soy sauce, the right pickled ginger and the right wasabi. On a scale of 1-10, I'd give that a 10.5 in compliments to remember.

However, the food was so good I wasn't too careful about what I ate... The hostess made greek-style stuffed grape leaves (with lamb and seasoned rice inside) and spinach, garlic and feta wrapped up in layers of crispy filo dough, warm from the oven... Mmmm. And there were those wonderful bacon-wrapped tidbits secured with toothpicks... The dessert was not as awesome or exotic as the food, so all things considered it wasn't a HORRIBLE evening, but the food was rich. Although I ate carefully earlier in the day, I'm sure I was way outa my range.

Yesterday I was borderline - again, not horribly evil but not eating my usual "ON PLAN" selections. I actually need to add up the points today and see if I did any damage. I think I did well (no snacking!) except that somehow I was delusional enough to let myself make a nice big quesadilla after my knitting class and eat it as supper.

But I'm back on target today. I'm so proud of all of you! And I'm looking at my calendar knowing that this is going to be a "hormonally challenged" week for me - assuming the red tide comes in on schedule mid-week next week. So I'm determined to kick it into high gear and quick bank some points for the 2 deadly days right before. I can do this!! I haven't GAINED anything... no matter what the scale thing made me feel like... and this is prime time to lose during this week and next.

But I'll be needing you guys when my attitude starts to go South!

Jello - I love the coin flip trick - I don't listen to the coin, I just pretend that I have to - it reveals what's really in my heart. You are tough enough to do ANYTHING for 10 short weeks and NOW YOU WILL. Pretend you're on Survivor and if you work this program better than any of the other 11 people that you're *secretly* competing with you'll win $1 M. Put post-its in your kitchen and other places that say $300 to remind you not to lapse. Heck, I need to put one on my freaking alarm clock!! Maybe that will help.

Hi All!
Wendy's got me today. 99cent frosty, 99cent delux burger. *sigh*
I know what caused it. I didn't have breakfast. Got too busy, then had to run errands. Kick my butt!
I did exercise this morning. I did 2miles of the walkaway video, should have pushed it for 3miles. Boy, do I really need that butt kick'n!
I am stress'n. It looks like tomorrow is going to be the dreaded waterpark adventure. I know my boys deserve to go, just not sure anyone else deserves to see me in a swimsuit.
And, I'm stress'n over the family reunion this weekend and I'm stress'n over my mother visiting my house next Monday. I don't want anyone to see my house in the condition it is in right now. STRESS! Why can't I be the type of person that LOOSES my appetite when I stress.

Cafe, don't fret the new scale. In the end, it's how you look and feel! Even when I loose all the extra weight I'll still weigh alot and not want to tell anyone the magic number. Tall. But, it's gonna be about how I look and feel. You Go Girl with the sushi!

Huntress, congrats on one-derland. That was my wake up call, when I passed 200 going the wrong direction.

Tiff, eye candy, heh? Good job on the loss!

Jello, you'll have to tell us what kinds of foods the gym program suggests you eat. Heard from the trainer yet?

Kayla, I wouldn't leave the house w/o makeup and hair done when I was younger either. Now, I'm good to go with a little mascara and as long as I don't have bedhead...thank goodness for my floppy hat.

I'm gonna go rip my closet apart for something flattering to wear. Sunday will be here all too soon.

Cafe, I love you!!! I just got back from lunch (brought to you by Lean Cuisine) and was feeling still a bit hungry. Wanted to munch. Wanted something sweet. Oh heck, who am I kidding? I just wanted to pig out!

Then I come in here and read your post. "Tough enough." "10 SHORT weeks." "$300 post-its." And I love the Survivor idea!! (Never watch the show but I get the concept.)

I guess I'm not really that hungry after all....

Thanks Cafe!!!!

hey girls!
well....i have something for you to help me figure out. first of all let me give you the backround......Ryan is my friend i always talk about....Lisa is another girl that is a good friend of mine, Ashley is another good friend who has known ryan her whole life...megan is another girl we counseled with last year but couldnt come to camp this year. the rest of us all counseled together THIS summer. Marie is a girl that totally broke ryans heart two weeks ago.......NOW! Lisa likes ryan, and gets me to tell him for her, so i do, ashley finds out and confesses that SHE likes him and wants to tell him she does, Megan, also likes ryan and he knows it. WELL NOW>>...

Ryan calls last night at 11:45 pm to chat....and the subject of dating comes up ( imagine that) He says that hes just biding his time and not really talking to anyone..and hes like...i like everyone....and then he says THIS that totally baffles me...he says kayla...there is a reason i dont want to have anything (along the lines of a relationship) at camp, a reason im not doing anything right now. I was like...ok whys that? and he was like....youre going to have to figure it out....it ties into these 3 questions:\
1.Why do people go to camp?
2.What is the purpose of camp?
3.and what is the atmosphere at camp?

Hes like...this requires some thinking....its so simple...yet so complex. Think about what ties into all three. I was like....whoa i have NO CLUE...and he was like...think about it and call me tommorrow with what you come up with. I was like...well why dont you just tell me now? and he was like..cause that would be no fun for me! so any ideas ladies??? lol

TIFF! im sure youre lauging your *** off right now! this is kinda crazy! anyways.....have a good day girls! and LEMME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK FASTTTTTT!!!!!

luv
Kayla

Tiger, thanks for the encouragement and hang in there! Personally, I think you did pretty good at Wendy's - chose smaller items instead of the whole value meal. For me it would be fairly easily absorbable if I was good/careful during the rest of the day. (speaking points-wise)

Guess what? At the family reunion you will do okay because instead of sitting there feeling self-conscious you will remember your secret that no one else knows... That you are on a plan that is already giving you success, that you've already lost 10 pounds, are 25% of the way to your goal, and the next time these people see you - you will look awesome! If they ARE sizing you up, they're simply underestimating you because they don't know the secret.

Jello - Thrilled to be of assistance. :-) We can all do this... together!

Kayla, it seems like your friend either wants to get to know a lot of people and just have fun, or... I don't know.

hello!


well well well....guess who i just got off the phone with? you guessed it! RYAN! you guys are going to be so sick of hearing about him!!!!

anyways! the answer! alas! i shall tell!!! hehehe.....the answer is...that at camp...you can be yourself, and meet people and stuff....youre number one goal is to be there for the kids and you have a fresh start kind of...these people know nothing about you and you can show them whatever part of you you want..there are no pressures to do anything big and no pressures to fit in or anything...there for! ryan just wants to enjoy himself and be there for the kids at camp and make some friends along the way...when he gets back to collage ( him, lisa and ashley are going to the same collage) if something happens he says thats great.....if not thats ok too. so now i get to do the dirty work and explain all this to these girls! its too bad i luv that kid so much! id tell him where to go! hehehe.......but anyways! the soap opera continues!

well today i didnt make it to the gym cause my dad couldnt leave work to drive me...it kinda sucks but i think i am going to go for a run when i get home from work tonight....last night it was just gorgeous out when i got home at 11 and if i didnt have to call ryan last night i would have just gone out for a run then! anyways...
gotta jet! work to do, places to go people to see!!! hehehe
luv ya!
Kayla