Happy Halloween ladies! Just remembered that I have yet to post the calendar link. Then I tried, and found out that I need to get another ten or eleven posts in before I'm allowed to put links in my posts. Hopefully, I can get that done sometime tomorrow.

I had a great weigh in today! Lost three pounds and am below 250 pounds, and have lost OVER 10% of my body weight!! I'm definitely doing the happy dance for completing my second mini-goal!

Grats excitedtolose! That's excellent!!

I started my weight loss journey on Sept 15th, and I think this is the longest I've ever stayed on plan before! This month I lost 12lbs! So I am proud of myself! Even with school and stresses, I still managed to lose some weight, even if it was ounce by little ounce, that means something to me. It means I'm an improved person from where I was at the beginning of Sept. In just that short amount of time I'm getting out and trying new things I never thought I would, as well as things I've always wanted to try. I've felt better that I have physically maybe my whole life!!

This was just a bit of a personal pep talk for myself, to keep going at a steady pace. Keep moving forward. I hope it helps you ladies too!

Weighed in at 210 this morning, -2.2lbs loss!

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Well, I feel that my month long hiatus was enough time to be away. At the end of September, my life spun completely out of control -honestly just busy morning, noon and night.

But I'm back and ready to be accountable again

KimL1214: Yay!!! I'm so glad you're joining in! Tomorrow's the day! Eek! Let's do this!!!

Jelbelle: Absolutely amazing work since September! Wow! You're doing sooooo well! 12 months in October is absolutely amazing especially with school stress and all!!! Well done you!!!! I also agree about feeling fitter than I've ever been. It's really a good thing to bring up and an excellent pep talk for those days when the journey feels a little young and tedious. So thanks for that!

excitedtolose: No worries, just post the calendar whenever you can. Huge congratulations on achieving your second mini goal and getting over the 10% loss! Great job!!!

Update on my 1500-minute workout target: I was in agony today (hips, waist, and butt) as I've been since Friday's workout but sheer stubborness made me do my cardio+strength+tone yoga dvd today just so I could get to my minutes. Ended October with 1502 workout minutes. (I think I'll set November's target at 1200). I was tempted to rest up today for next month's Jillian butt-kicking, but I was so close to my target that I didn't want to let myself down. I'm glad I did it, but man, it hurts, even sitting hurts.

toastedsmoke: Hang in there, hopefully the aches will go away soon, and will pay off! You should reward yourself with a nice bubble bath, kick back in your favorite jammies and just relax for a few!

Question of the Day: Well, I have wanted to try some form of martial arts class, but I've always been too self-conscious to do it in a classroom setting. I am currently working to overcome that fear this coming week as I'll be joining a Zumba, Step Aerobics, and Yoga for beginners class. So I'll build my way up =)

Everyone else: How did you do on Halloween? Did you give into candy temptations? I hadn't had any candy all month, but today I gave in and had two pouches of Butterfinger Snackers = 150 cals (I believe).

ferretgirl & princessdi86 – Love the new Avatar photos!

toastedsmoke – Congratulations on being just over halfway to goal and for getting those 1502 minutes of exercise in!!

excitedtolose – Well done on reaching 10% lost. That’s awesome!!

dcapulet – Welcome back! I hope things have settled down for you now.

KimL1214 – I’m glad you had a fun weekend. Nice work on not going for something naughty and choosing the dilly bean option.

Jelbelle – I think it would be pretty cool to be able to pick up some form of martial arts. I’m always a little bit jealous of the people who have the concentration and commitment to excel at that.

My weekend took a little turn for the worst yesterday. Not food wise or anything like that as I’ve been on plan. Seeing as it was still pouring with rain I decided it was the perfect opportunity to install some Holland blinds that my Mum had been wanting to put up for a while. I was standing on a mini step ladder that I had used plenty of times before so was only about one metre off the ground and it collapsed on me without warning so I feel pretty hard to the floor. I can see the funny side of it today but am still in quite a bit of pain as I’ve sprained my wrist and hurt my back. I’m just thankful that I didn’t break anything. If that’s not a motivator to lose more weight then I don’t know what is. I was 25kg (55lbs) under the weight limit of what it could hold too so definitely wasn’t expecting that to happen.

Monday’s Question – I’m not sure if this really counts as exercise or is more of an activity but I would love to be able to go Indoor Rock climbing. There is an Indoor wall about 10 minutes from where I work and every time I walk past I just stop and stare at the people who are climbing it. I’ve never had the guts to try it before because I’m a little bit scared of heights and always had those negative feelings of, will the harness fit, what if I fall, can I even hold myself up on the wall etc etc. It’s something that I will definitely get around to conquering.

Happy late Halloween ladies. Sorry I've been MIA the last few days, we've been a little busy. Nothing exiting, just car stuff, bills, things like that.

princessdi86: 5 pounds is great! Nice work.

Jelbelle: Great job staying on plan so long. It's certainly working for you, 12 pounds in a month is an awesome loss. Keep it up!

oOPeanutOo: I'm so sorry about your fall. It's good news that you're not seriously hurt and I hope you recover quickly.

I did pretty good with Halloween today. I didn't eat any candy, but I did have "dirt." My husband and I make it every year for Halloween. The good thing is we use sugar free pudding, cool whip free, etc. Still not great, I know, but better than nothing. We carved pumpkins today too. I just saw How to Train Your Dragon for the first time yesterday so when I found Toothless pattern on Deviant Art I had to try it. Here's the picture:



Monday's question: Honestly, they're aren't really any exercises I want to try that I haven't already. I've done a lot of different things from triathlons to videos to spin class. I would like to start riding my road bike again at some point, but at 250 pounds that tiny, barely padded seat is more like a torture device. Mostly I'm content just walking with my dogs and lifting.

Great! Just got it in =) I should be able to post it every Monday before 9am so hope that works!


What are dilly beans? hehe

Hello all!

There is a reason I haven't been around to even attempt to chat. The past week or so has been insane. I started working and in 2 wks I lost 8lbs. I should be happy but I haven't been eating much of anything and I'm always stressed for one reason or another. Hopefully all looks up from here.

Great to see everyone doing so well!

Monday Question~ Kickboxing! I haven't the time nor the money at the moment but soon I will.

Mondays Question - 10 weeks ago I would have given you a MILLION and one answers but since joining boot camp I literally have done just about every exercise known to man. He is good about switching it up!

However, there are still two that I haven't done. One is Zumba, I know it's mainly cardio though so not too worried about it.

And the second is boxing, but starting Friday he is going to be teaching us how to box every Friday!! VERY excited about that! It's always good to know how to defend yourself WHILE getting a workout =)

Monday's question: I want to try rowing!!!! My school has a rowing team and I would've joined but they practice during band. They're really intense and they do a ton of running, so it would be a lot of hard work. Even now that I'm quitting band I still probably won't be able to join because I have classes that overlap with their practices. But maybe next year. I also want to try yoga or pilates but I've seen all the women who show up for the morning class at the gym and they are all super fit and thin, so I've been intimidated.

Bahhh this weekend didn't go so well plan wise. I had a football game, which made my eating schedule all wacky. Then, on Sunday I went to this nice restaurant with my boyfriend and his parents and even though it seemed like I really didn't eat that much, I ended up being so full. I managed to go for a quick run that afternoon before parties started, and I didn't eat anything but carrots and hummus at the party. And when I weighed myself this morning there was a .6 lb gain. And to top it all off, I slept horribly last night and ended up skipping my morning run this morning. Oh well. Moving on I suppose. I'll make up for it by going running tomorrow, which I normally don't do.