Thanks Laurie My family celebrated our Thanksgiving today as we're a blended family and our kids will be going to their dads for thanksgiving, I plan on giving RFL another untainted shot this week to see if I will get results this time. I start again tomorrow am. I am going to weigh in and see what damage all the turkey, pie, etc did. I'm glad its all over. I've only got a few dishes left! I hope I have a good loss this week because I already scheduled massages and I want to "earn" them

How is everything going for u guys?

Good Morning ladies,

I woke up and the only thing I wanted to do was go back to sleep. I'm giving myself the pep talk already because I had feelings of not wanting to exercise. It's helping. Gotta get my daughter off to school and then knock out the morning exercise.

It's Thanksgiving Week! I hope it's a great one for you all!

Laurie and Cheeriloos,
I've been looking around for info on the RFL diet and I see that the book is seriously expensive in the few places I could find it. Did you guys buy the book or did you find free information online on the specifics of what to eat and so forth?

Angie,
I hear you about wanting to stay in bed. I bet you rock it on the exercise this morning...hope the rest of your day goes well!

I lost what I gained from my binge plus a tiny bit more this past week, so that's good at least. My weight predictor app still has me in 2014 for reaching my goals, haha, but that's better than the 2020 it was saying a week ago. Funny stuff. I'm just at a lull right now, but I have no doubt that itll pick up.
I did decide to participate on my office's thanksgiving on friday, but I feel like I was really successful. I got one bite of all the things I wanted. Just one. It made me not feel deprived but also not guilty. I think my coworkers were surprised to actually see me eating on a food day for once!

Hope everyone is well this Monday

Hello ladies. I have been more than a bit out of sorts this last week. I think hormones were kicking my but last week. Depressed to angry and everything in between. I think I am getting perimenopausal. UGH.

I was very depressed and down this weekend. My oldest was sick so no gym. So I sat on my butt and watched movies all weekend. Looking back this might have been good to give my knee a break. I kept on my diet. Mostly because we are broke and we have not goodies in the house.

I lost weight and am down to 225lbs. 40lbs down which I am so happy about. I hope this will spark my mojo back. I also hope it stays. I seem to be a jumping jack with my weight the last month or so. My next goal is 50lbs lost and fingers crossed I will lose it by New Years. So 10lbs in 6wks is achievable.

Day 23 of 365

Things have been so crazy busy that I barely have time to sleep. All of the ceremony plans are coming together, hubby and I have to go to a marriage course tomorrow which is going to take almost all day and of course Thanksgiving, on top of a very busy week of finalizing everything for the wedding. Family will start coming in starting next Monday and we will have hubby's best friend and his wife staying with us. Gotta finish detail cleaning our house too.

SO MUCH TO DO!!!! I have not been able to do the 30 Day Shred which makes me sad, but luckily while at work I have been able to fit in time to run or walk while the boys are playing at the park. So I am still getting in my exercise, still staying on plan and trying to make sure I stay on top of everything. As soon as everything is settled back down I will be back on 30 Day Shred and moving forward.

In the midst of all of this, I am back down to 225.6 and hoping to be at 224.6 before my wedding. If not, it's no big deal, I love the way my dress looks. I am terribly insecure about my arms but I realize that is just silly and I should enjoy this day without those insecurities.

Anyways, I am going to come back on here later today or tomorrow and catch up on everyone. I have missed checking in everyday!

Lishar - Congrats on 40lbs lost!!! Feels good, doesn't it?? I hear you about the being depressed part. The holidays in general, despite all their happiness and cheer, are actually a depressing time for a lot of people, even when it doesn't fully make sense. It's called Seasonal Affective Disorder having to do with the longer nights and less light. So yeah, just know that you'll make your way out of it, and until then you have a great milestone to celebrate

Pink - Very exciting about your wedding coming together! I know the next few days are going to be madness, but I'm very happy for you and all that you have ahead of you. Hang in there!


For whatever reason, I went 'food nuts' yesterday. Ate waaaay too much, and I don't even know why. Perhaps I have a little bit of the S.A.D. myself. Ha, I never realized it spelled 'sad'. Anyways, so yeah, last night I went crazy with the sweets. That's usually the indicator that I'm going to be on TOM soon, oh joy. I've GOT to reign it in, if nothing else but so I can keep my control through the holidays. This is always where I lose my mind and gain weight back, so I have to be vigilant this time.

One day at a time, am i right?

LebenAlles I was wondering about SAD too. I have lived up here for 15 years. I think it was hormones having a wack at me. I am feeling much better this week.

I hope everyone had a nice holiday. I was suprised at how quickly I got full. I did eat a slice of my pie (turtle pumpkin pie). That was my only splurge. I made myself butternut squash instead of mashed potato and it was really yummy. Almost half the calories.

Still staying on plan. I just need to ramp up my exercise again.

I've gotta say, I've been absolutely terrible this past week. Not just thanksgiving, but the whoooole week. Now, usually this would be the point to where I'd say 'screw it' and keep eating the way I have been. But I say I've had my holidays, enjoyed myself, and now it's to the point to where I'm not enjoying it anymore. I'm tired of not feeling healthy. So, I'm just going to pick up where I left off and make better choices. I've got four weeks left til my vacation to NYC, plenty of time to lose 5 or 10 more pounds, feel better in the new clothes I bought for the trip, and gear up for allll that walking I'll be doing during the trip.
I gotta say, I'm really looking forward to going back to healthy eating this week. My body really misses it.

I have had a rotten week too. Thanksgiving was bad. Friday was perfectly on plan. Saturday was the worst. Today, not high calorie, but bad calorie choices. (Swedish fish and licorice made up 90% of my calories.) I have had a hormonal, ex-filled nightmare of a holiday weekend.

So, yep, I relate to both Lisha and Leben Alles. And I am also really needing to get back on track. My ex made me feel really guilty about gym time, but screw him. He should be smart enough to encourage gym time. Makes me sssooo much more pleasant.

Tonight - the weights. Tomorrow, eating much more healthy foods. Tired of feeling like crap.

Looks like we've all caught the overeating bug. My calorie limit is 1,700 and I ate 2,346 calories today. They were not all good choices either (about 900 calories were comprised of tootsie rolls, popcorn, resees puff cereal with milk, sun chips, and a verners pop). I ate all that and today was a rest day for exercise too. Yeeeaaaaaah. And the crazy thing is.....I'm still hungry lol. I'm sure the day won't do much harm in the long run.

Tomorrow is a tough workout day so maybe that will help utilize some of the calories I ate lol.

I feel you ladies! We are not perfect but we will get there!

I caught the same bug. Meh.
Super stressing but in a good mood at the same time (how is that even POSSIBLE??) about this Saturday. I only work today and tomorrow then I will be off for a week, our friends are coming in Wednesday so we have to go pick them up from the airport about two hours away (yay mini road trip!!!) and then his family is coming in town. More on that family stress later.

I am looking forward to getting back to a normal routine after the wedding and fun stuff, and once my husband is cleared from his cardiologist to workout again we are going to start Insanity. He said I won't be able to keep up with him, I said he's never seen me go hard on a workout. I now have extra motivation to push through, so after the wedding I am going to get a head start by doing the fit test a few times and doing some of the extra DVDs they send.

Oh and I weighed in at 225. Glad I lost a teeeeeeny bit, but I still feel like there is no excuse why I am still above 224 after almost two months of staying OP. I'm guessing there needs to be a change made somewhere in my eating...

Yeah, I'm in the same boat as a lot of you - caught the overeating bug. In my case, I was alright up through Wednesday evening, and then we all went out for Chinese, then of course I hosted Thanksgiving. Ate too many leftovers and too much in general. Yesterday I was back to tracking my calories!

Are you guys accepting new members to the group? I have been planning a one-year commitment for 2013, but tomorrow so more than a year I guess, then I just found this challenge thread and got so excited! I would love to join in and learn from those who have already made some progress on this commitment.

Purplefirefly - Welcome! Hop right on in, it's open and free for all. What kind of commitment are you setting for yourself?

Last night was pretty crappy. The power went out in the neighborhood and while it was out in the middle of the night, my 4 year old starts puking. Looks like she's caught the stomach virus her sister just got over (6yo). Can you imagine how hard it was to clean up puke in the dark with no power? lol I had to use my cell phone flashlight but didn't have much battery power left. And whatdaya know? As soon as I hop back into bed after cleaning (4:30am), the power comes on lol.

I'm also just tired in general. I'm actually ready for this Insanity round to be over. I have all of this week and next week left but I'm just sick and tired of going hard every single day. It's definitely time for a switch up in exercise. I'm so ready.

How is everyone?

Purplefirefly - Welcome! Congrats on making the commitment and like Angie said, feel free to jump right in with details and what not.

Angie - Very awesome that you're sticking it out. I imagine that the results so far have been noticeable though, as far as toning and all that good business. Do you do any before and after pics to help track your progress? I can understand where you're at though. Sometimes you just psychologically need a slooowwww down period. Breakneck speed is hard to maintain. Oh the long journey of weightloss.

Day one of RFL for me today. I went out and bought some meat meat and more meat yesterday (or should I say, poultry, fish and more poultry)...already had a ton of veggies. This should be interesting. Again, I'm not expecting this to be sustainable and I know I might gain some of it back when I go off of it, but I bought two pairs jeans, several sweaters, and a pair of black dress pants for my NYC trip purposefully tight and uncomfortable with the hopes that it would motivate me to lose. Well, the trip is 3 and a half weeks away and things aren't going well. And money doesn't grow on trees. So I gotta step it up and make something happen so I can fit into those things. I think a good ten pounds will do it for me. So here we go...