hi beth~ dont feel down, it will come off... Keep posting

Well good news this morning after all, I'm down to 207! Okay so I won't be hitting the probably too aggresive goal I set to be under 200 in two weeks because week one is gone and I only lost 4 pounds and it's not likely I'll lose 7 pounds by next Monday. But I'm feeling pretty good overall about the results of the week. Confused but happy.

We can ALL do this ladies!

Well, i had a busy weekend, Kind of frustrating. I seem to do really good when i am home and with eating the right things, but when i am put in different situations i seem to stray from my regular diet. I dont know what to do. I know if i keep this up, i will not loose weight. I just dont know what to do. My first week i lost 2 pounds and i weighed myself this past saturday and i have not lost any weight. Please if you have any suggestion get back with me.

Hey Jess,
How long have you been on your diet?
Hmm, seeing as we talk on email all day, why did I not just email that question?

Good morning girlies! WOW! I missed out on WAY too much over the weekend! Tons to catch up on~

As far as eating...well, I didn't do bad, but I didn't do good either. Only the scale will tell I suppose. WI is at 5:30 today and I am wearing my lucky "skinny" pants. I went over by 3 pts for the entire week, but I couldn't resist the mini cadbury eggs. Darn it!

Off to read up on all of the goings-on...I'll be back!

Hey girls!!

Britt- Welcome to the forum!

Karen- That challenge idea sounds great!!

Kim- Hang in there! You'll see a difference by June.

Beth- I can understand that. I have really felt down the past few days. Im not sure if its Aunt Flo's appearance or stress from everything thats going on here. It has really brought my motivation down. I need to get back on track.

Lynn- I wish I could have spent Easter with my family. Im so jealous of you! Nic and i are trying to plan a trip home for about a month. How is everything else with you?

Soccergirl- Congrats on the 4lbs!!

Dina- I love cadbury eggs...cant resist them. I dont eat the chocolate(not a big fan of chocolate)...i just eat the middle of it

Ok so things are still weird around here. The 2 guys that were in the car wreck are doing ok. One is still in the hospital. They had to remove his spleen. He was the driver. It turns out, he wasnt even drunk. He had a few beers. The passenger was gone though. He was drunk before we even left the club. Anyway, someone cut them off and the passenger grabbed the wheel. Well, he is probably going to be fired. He had been warned about his drinking the day before. I am so mad at him. The driver has had 2 surgeries and a broken leg and punctured lung filled with blood. The guy that grabbed the steering wheel barely had anything wrong with him!
Enough about that...my diet. Ok, diet is not good right now. I have really realized how much of a stress eater I am this past week. I need to get on here more. Y'all motivate me so much!!
Im getting a hedgehog tomorrow. YAY! Its going to be like a wild kingdom over here! I love it.
Other than that, not much is going on. I need to concentrate on my diet more! How is everyone else doing?

Love,
Deanne

Deanne - I feel for you girlie. Another stress eater here, and with TOM the month...I'm through! I'm so sorry to hear about your friends wreck! How awful! My thoughts are with you.

Soccergirl - Way to go! That's awesome! Good job!

Jessica - Hang in there girl! As long as the scale is moving downward you are heading in the right direction. Sometimes if I know I am going to be away from my normal schedule, I will try to bring along healthy snacks and a water bottle. It really helps me alot. Are you adding any exercise? i find even just a good brisk walk helps me when I am stuck. Fresh air can do wonders.

I'm up for a challenge. Bring it on!

Yea, i work out at least 4 times a week. I think i may take a walk in a minute just to get away from work stress.

Hi! I'd like to introduce myself. I am 36, married for 13 years and have 4 children -- 3dds 11, 8, 3 and a ds who is 18 months. I was skinny (though ironically enough I was convinced that I was 'fat') until I became pregnant with my first dd. I gained 60lbs and was able to lose 55lbs. I gained 55lbs with 2nd dd and lost none of it. So here I am! I want to lose 30 lbs. It is so very hard though. I find that I am an emotional eater.... I eat when I am bored, stressed, worried, sad, basically you name it! I really need help learning, or should I say relearning, how to eat. I am so attracted to high fat foods. I need to learn to cook healthy but tasty meals. I need support!
I like to work out, but with the two little ones sometimes I can go weeks without going to the gym. Wow, I am coming off so whiney! I think it is half pms (count me in that club too!) and half all the Easter chocolate I have been eating. Well, as you can see I am really excited to get to know all of you, and I feel that this will help me stay focused on my goal, and less focused on what I am not eating.

hello vixens...
welcome BACKTOME..

UPDATE ON MY DAUGHTER~ Jamie met the guy she's been chatting with online. He goes to the same university as she does and he found her on their network, but they haven't met till today. She was nervous!! She called said he was very cute and they chatted for hours. They both had classes then they went to dinner. I'm so happy for her as she had a bad breakup with her boyfriend of two years few weeks ago. She was and still is a mess. I know a rebound thing isn't good, but I hope it takes her out of this funk...
I"m eating easter candy as i'm typing this.. what a loser!!!
tomorrow I will eat less pts... yikes...
deanne good luck with your friend, I hope he has a speedy recovery..
SOMEONE TAKE THIS CANDY AWAY FROM ME!!!

Hey Vixens!

I logged on this morning and something was all funky with the boards again. I was in withdrawal because I couldn't post! I checked periodically, and FINALLY we are back in business! Thank goodness, cuz I need my support friends!

So how bout that challenge? I really need it--after another birthday for my gal pal at work and my kids easter candy (I think its about gone now). Boy oh boy, somebody slap me silly! Good news, I went to my aerobics class tonight and felt really energetic. I just need to get totally back without candy and birthday treats! So here goes--for the challenge. How about from now (the time you read this) until Sunday a serious butt kicking challenge. We can start small (baby steps) and then see where we are at for next week. Sound good?

Here goes with the Vixen challenge to get with the program!!!!

1) Drink at least 8 glasses of water every day.
2) Eat healthy meals and stay within your own plan the entire 5 days.
3) Incorporate more movement in your week then usual (add an extra workout day, or take a brisk walk if you are completey sedentary at this point--whatever you choose, so long as you increase where you were the previous week).
4) Log on and post your thoughts each day
5) Extra credit to get our minds in the right place--share a health tip, healthy recipe, inspirational quote, or something you find helpful to share with the group of your choice sometime in the next couple days (just an idea, I thought it may be fun and maybe motivational at the same time).

What do you all think? Please feel free to add anything you think will be helpful.

That's all for now, I have to get to bed! I will catch up on posts tomorrow!

Happy Tuesday y'all!

Ok, I am going to join you in this Curvy Vixen Challenge! I wish I still had a pedometer so I knew when I walked more, but oh well! Almost anything would be a step up from last week. I was SO FARRRRRRRR OFF PLAN! It didn't make any sense how far off plan I was, thank God, I did not gain any weight, but I also didn't lose any either. I'll post tomorrow saying what I did...but since I finally got back to really working out today, I must say that I did 25 minutes on weights and 40 minutes on cardio! Have a good night ladies!

Back into business, Vixens! Although I'm back since yesterday evening, but hadn't posted anything - too tired, and too much to catch up on.

To those who joined while I was away - Welcome in!

Karen - This challenge thingy looks good to me, plus I had anyway planned to go back on "strict" meal plan for this week, so it won't take much more to get me in the right mindset. It will feel good, after Easter... not really a good period for resolves, after all.

Now to fess up... The good thing is that I didn't take any weight back on, and probably lost some 200-300g during the week-end. I was soooo very afraid of what the scales would "tell" me this morning, because of the bad thing itself: during these holidays, I realized that I'm not ready yet to go on with my own meals while everyone else around me is gorging on "bad" foods... I stayed on plan until Friday evening, but then the next three days, it was just too hard They were all eating French fries, crepes with sugar and chocolate, delicious-looking desserts, stuff like that.... All of us here probably know what a torture it can be ::sigh:: We walked *a lot*, though, which is probably what saved me - hiking on sea grounds while knowing that the tide is rising again and we need to go fast is a good and fun exercise, and you can easily perform a good 4-5 miles walk this way without even realize it (my pedomteter did, though, hence how I know )

At least I managed to not touch the fries, not even one "to taste it", but the chocolate crepes were a whole other story. I however want to keep the memory of how it wasn't such a great thing to give in to the cravings; the chocolate and ice-creams weren't that a relief once I was done with them, just too sugary, too heavy, too much... whatever. If I can keep this in mind for the next time such cravings come back, and if it can make me realize that I won't even enjoy it, I may be way less tempted.

For the upcoming days, I'll try to find some recipe to share; I'm a very poor cook with no originality whatsoever, but I can probably shape one of my own little meals into something that will look yummy?

hey chicks!
Today is a new day...started with a good breakfast. I'm working on the challenge. Sounds good to me. I need the motivation.
Im hoping after the last week, today can be my start of a better week. Im going to skip my weigh in tomorrow. I dont want to be disappointed. So, it will be pushed back until next Wednesday. Do y'all think thats ok?
Ok, the hedgehog is good. Hes scared still. So, I keep him in my lap so he can get used to me.
Other than that, nothing is new. Ill post later.

Love,
Deanne

Came home today from our 9 days Easter vacation, and very surprised and pleased to see soooo many have joined. Tried to read as much as possible, still some ways to go!!!
As I sort of expected, I gained back the 3 pounds I've lost before the trip, so back to square 1. It was just impossible to stay on a diet while on vacation, and altho' there was even a gym at the hotels where we stayed, I just couldn't get myself motivated enough.
I could find all the excuses, such as I forgot my exercise outfits, etc. Well actually I went to the gym for a look, see and then I saw all those body builders, and "cat walk model-figured girls", and decided it was after all vacation time for me, not a time to feel clumsy, and fat beside all those "gorgeous looking creatures".

Nice to meet all who have joined us while I was on vacation, good luck to everyone, and I'm positive we can all help each other to achieve our goals.

Karen~~I've lived in Denmark for 12 years. Do you speak italian? I learned to speak danish within a year, the hardest was pronounciation, since they have 4 additional vowels which are virtually impossible for foreigners to pronounce. I'm glad I have learned the language, because I can actually understand swedish and norwegian as well. Writing is still a challenge for me.
Good choice on the Birkies, very good for the feet! If you are not use to them, you may get a little ache or fatigue feeling in your feet in the beginning.
Have you started with your dancing lessons?

Deanne~~Oh yes, I do SOOOO want to eat when I'm bored, that is how I piled up all these weight. Do you like living in the middle east? I can see that you live near the base, and I guess in an area where foreigners live. Do you ever go where the locals live, is it safe? When you will finally get a job, will it be at the base?
Is WW online as good as their regular program?

Lynn~~Being a nurse yourself, I see that you can understand my fear of joining the work force here in Denmark. Actually it isn't as bad as in the States where one can be sued for almost anything.
I tried those liquid diet myself, and I find it impossible. I just need to chew!
Wouldn't it be very hot in Hawaii in July? Have you been there before? I'm sure you'll have a great time.

For me, back to calorie counting and try to start exercising- this is gonna be tough!

Cheers,
Elyn