Hey gals! Just catchin up with ya......I'm having a GREAT day! I signed up at the local gym yesterday. So far I'm on track...I just finished my schedule/planning for next week AND making out my menu for next week too! I can't freakin' wait till V-DAY so I can see how my good habits are paying off!
Well....I'm gonna do a few quick personals and then do W2D2 of push ups/ sit ups and then off to the gym! Yayyy!

If I didn't address you personally.... Hey!!! And hope everyone is having a good day!

I know and I"m super excited for you tooo! It is going to be great! Keep it up! You are doing fabulous!

OMG!!! BABY! That is wonderful! But before you rush into it when he comes home enjoy your new body and time with your hubby......I'm glad I had a few years with my husband before we added to our family! We don't get much alone time these days...LOL! As for the fast food debacle....I thought I was going to die....it was HORRIBLE! I can't tell you the anxiety I went through. I ALMOST had myself talked into "splurging" and then just throwing it all up! I am struggling big time with the food here!

Stick with it....I'm so glad you have the support of your husband and that you are in this together!

I'm soooo jealous! I'm happy for you but very jealous Congrats!

OMG! I'm hugging your right now for 2 reasons! #1. I'm so freakin' proud of you I CAN'T STAND IT! I can't wait for you to come back here this summer! You are gonna look AWESOME!!!! #2 THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for that recipe....that sounds soooo good! I love strawberry shortcake! That was such a good and creative idea....see you CAN do this!!!!!

YAY! I can't wait to find out what you are having! I'm with you on NOT naming anything JR or II.....LOL! and we miss you too! Take care of yourself!

LOVE the muffin recipe! And if I'm not mistaken that quote is on 30DS level 1....LOL....and good job on workin' it!

GREAT job! That is what this no scale challenge is all about! Figuring out what challenges you have and over coming them! Good job on not giving up!

The push up/ sit up challenge is still going on...it will run the full 6 weeks of this challenge.....just jump in you can do the sit ups...or the push ups...or both if you like....do the initial test and start at week 1 day 1 for whatever level you are on...

here are the web sites

http://hundredpushups.com/logger.html

http://www.twohundredsitups.com/

Dixie- Thats what Im on, its just the generic for Celexa. I only take 20mg with it. I personally didnt get decreased appetite, but it could be diffrent with others. Ive been on it for a year or so now. No wierd side effects. Its actually on the $4 list at Walmart, thats why I like it too, I dont have insurance so its cheap.

Melissa- Thanks, im gonna hug you right back , lol. Yeah, its actually getting a little easier coming up with things, slowly but surely. Im glad your proud of me, that makes me . You seem to be doing good too, so im proud of you too! Im in love with the fat free whip cream, i can put it on all kinds of stuff and its only 5 cal for 2 tablespoons. Im goin to Chicago here in a little while and we are eating at Giordano's (pizza place) and im gonna try my hardest not to eat a whole lot. So far today ive only had a bowl of Honey Bunches of oats but my stomach is growling so Ill probably go make me a sandwich to hold me over til tonight.

Mel - YOU ROCK! I'm so glad that you're here pulling us all along.

I'm feeling a little better this afternoon - but kinda sadish... dang I don't like the hormones! but I LOVE LOVE LOVE the baby.

Faux - I'm excited that you and DH are talkign about Maybe when he comes home on leave you can do more then talking

Ok girls - almost time for me to go home for now, and hopefully catch a nap before I take DD to dance class.
to all!

sometimes living with mom is a blessing in disguise-- i recently moved out a few months ago ---it helped me and my husband to live with my parents for the first two years of our marriage--- in that it helped us to save up the downpayment for our house-- and i always had someone by my side during my pregnancy and someone to watch my son until he was a little over 6 months---now he'll be a year in a few weeks --- and i'm really thankful to have them even if it felt really crowded there for a while ---but really go home and thank your mom for letting you all stay there



as for me--- hit the gym and again today--- so three days now since starting school on thursday--- did 30 min elliptical and then a half hour weight machines-- --- i also just printed off the push up and sit up challenges once again--- and i'll be starting that shortly

Princess- totally get what you're saying, and I do tell her quite often how much I appreciate her letting us stay there, but one more time wouldn't hurt.


Feeling blah today, DH and I have somethings to deal with that are hard to push away from my brain so I can focus on thinking positive and making good changes for the both of us. Really fighting the urge to just stop caring. I know that is never a possibility for me completely. I just don't want to be so lethargic all the time. Anyway, thanks Mel for the encouragement, I really appreciate it. I am going to keep trying to pick myself back up to have a good rest of the day and night with DH when I get home from work. Thanks all!~

So....I headed out to the gym and there was like 500 cars there....well I'm exagerating there was only about 6 or 7! But I just couldn't go in cause I swear everytime I go there it is NOTHING but skinny people! I feel like the big 500 pound girl in a room full of skinnies and I'm thinking.....GOD why are ya'll here! and I'm sure they are thinking....Look at the fat cow...I bet her New Year's resolution is to lose weight....she won't be here for long...ha ha ha!

OMG! what is wrong with me?


On a good note...Heather I went to the grocery store and bought the stuff to make that Strawberry shortcake and it was AWESOME!!!!! I will be having this on a regular basis......it was 145 calories!

Heather - Where are you getting the fat free cool whip that is only 5 cal for 2 TBSP??? I got fat free Cool Whip and it is 15 calories for 2 TBSP....I need what you have LOL!

here are some pics of the YUMMY dessert Heather suggested!


Eny - We are all here pulling each other along....LOL I'm glad that you feel better

I hope it gets better soon.

Jillian talked about this on her radio program in December! She said that Skinny people like her are in their own little world and most are as self-conscious of their own workout and appearance as you are of yours. She said she feels uncomfortable, like everyone will notice she gained 5 lbs....and she said that most people will actually rally around you and help you out, and you will inspire them. Then she asked the caller who was worried like you a question: So what if there is someone in the corner judging you. They are there, giving you looks, judging...what happens? The caller said she would leave and Jillian so NO, you do not leave. You let them judge you and nothing happens. You just keep doing what you need to do and not worry about that one person because they have their own issues causing them to judge and you wouldn't want someone like that in your life anyway, right?

I think she is very right! All those skinny butts are more into their own workout than they are worried about you...and if they do judge it just reflects on their own personality. You need that gym just as much as they do...and you want to SHOW them that you will NOT be gone in a couple months! You are here to stay, and by the end of the year, guess what? You'll be the skinny butt intimidating all the fat people at the door...and you'll welcome them and give them some help and a nice big smile because you'll know what they are feeling. If you think they are judging that you'll be gone soon, then use that to your advantage. Think of it as proving them all wrong, and soon you won't be the "fat one" anymore!

Purple - you are right...... I tell myself that....and I tell myself that the world DOES NOT revolve me! Not everyone is thinking about me....and so what if they are like you said.....and maybe people are thinking good thoughts...like...WOW I'm glad to see more people sign up to the gym and want to get healthy!

Thank you I always talk myself into going and when I get there and see how busy they are I leave...LOL....I will remember this next time! Maybe tonight???

Sexybroke~That is one of the reasons I didn't like the Prozac. It made me gain water weight something awful!!!!!! She wants me to loose more weight and she put me on something that could make me bloat up again?????? ARGGGGGGGG!!! If I notice it starting to happen I will quit taking it. I am not going to re-gain the weight I have struggled so very hard to loose. She will have to do something different. I can't keep going with the arthritis as it is now. Thanks for the clue in!!!! Pat

Hey guys i read through all the posts i missed.. but dont have time for personal. My friend and I are doing a mind body spirit retreat while she's here. i've planned it all out. Today was our chillax day (which included wendys.. hehe)and tomorrow and hardcore bootcamp/retreat starts! yay!!
I will let you guys know what we do each day im pumped. It'll be weird to have an actual human doing it all with me.. im used to all my best worjout buddies being all via the web! hahaha Wish you all could be here with us!

Melissa and Eny: yeah.. we are pumped about babies.. he's been talking about it since date 3 hahahaha but yeah.... we talked about 'starting to try' when he's home for leave.. but we are gonna wait a bit i think... even though neither of us want to. We will prob need some adjustment time when he gets back We talk about baby names all the time tho lol and quiz each other on what we would do if questiosn regardling kids lol

I feel exactly the same way. My husband and I used to run at a park, but I spent too much time worrying about what everyone else thought. It made the exercise too much work. It's why I asked for home exercise equipment for Christmas. I'm still too self conscious to breathe hard and sweat in front of people. My goal is eventually to get there.

I did my pushups today, week2day2, my final maxout was 21. I was super proud, but boy did my arms hurt. I did the test for the 200 situps, I got 32 completed before I felt like I wasn't doing them in good form anymore. So I'll start that in a couple days. My eating is on plan, I'm feeling good, but not looking at the scale has me worried. Calorie counting ladies, do you think if I'm 232 lbs, 25 years old, eating 1600 - 1700 calories daily and exercising 4x a week (13-14 mph on the stationary bike on differing resistance programs). Is that enough calories? My concern is that if I put in my exercise on sparkpeople it's estimating that I'm burning 550 calories an hour (which is probably a high estimate) but that is putting my daily net calories on exercise days at 1300 or less... I just don't want to do any harm to myself.

Oh! and Im making the eggplant parm this week, scarah! hehe Loves it! lol

Hey everyone! This thread is so busy I can never keep up with it! Everyone is doing great!

I got in a good long walk today and did well with water and food so I am happy. Hopefully tomorrow will be good as well! Also have refrained from weighing myself (won't until Sunday!) so I am proud about that.

First of all don't SWEAT what the scale is going to say! If you are on plan you will be FINE! The bottom line is that you are creating good habits! How do you feel! Are you tired alot or do you notice you have more energy? Are your clothes fitting loser.....can you do more push ups/sit ups than when you started...so forth and so on.....

As far as your calories and stuff....the biggest loser book suggests your weight times 7 as the amount you should eat...so if you are 235 then 235 times 7 = 1645.....so I wouldn't eat more than that....

Okay with that said go to this site to get a rough estimate of your BMR (basic metabolic rate)....this number is how many calories a day your body would burn if you did nothing but lay in bed all day and breath.......so if you try to stay at or below those calories for food then you know you automatically have a good calorie deficit because you aren't laying in bed all day....here is the site:

http://www.nbc.com/The_Biggest_Loser...mr/index.shtml


I calculated your BMR at 1800 or so calories...so if you are eating 1600 calories a day you have a 200 calorie deficit! And that is if you do nothing but lay in bed all day....so all the different things you do through out the day help you!


Okay now with that said.....here is another site that you can go to and see how many calories you are burning for various activities depending on how long you do them and such....... now the numbers are probably rough estimates.....but anywho.....hope this helps....

http://www.nutritiondata.com/tools/calories-burned

Also, if you are doing the bike at light effort (100 watts) for 30 minutes at your weight and stuff that one site says you are burning 325 calories which doing that 4 times a week averages out to about 1300 calories..... add that to your 200 calorie per day deficit in calories (200 times 7 plus 1300) that equals out to 2700 calories....so that isn't quite a pound but that also doesn't count the calories for everything else you are doing....and I don't know how long you are doing the bike and to what effort?! Are you doing the push ups/ sit ups? Just keep pushing harder and harder....and watch your calories....you'll get it!