Fauxtini ~ I'm so proud of you!!! Yay on your weight loss and winning the challenge!!!!! How exciting!

Eny ~ Your breakfast sounds sooo yummy! I haven't eaten worth a crap in like 3 weeks I feel like such a I feel so fat!

but tomorrow its on...I'm gonna kick my own butt this week it will be my last week before school starts....my first week of school will be the last week of August and I will do the best I can that week...

I am currently working on a new plan for Sept that will include more strength along with the cardio I'm already doing! I'm ready to get more buff

Good Morning Everyone,
Just checking in and trying to hang in too. Thanks for the kind words of support from everyone last week. Feeling better today thank goodness.

It took me an hour to read all the wonderful posts. Welcome to Wonderwoman and MoonRing (and anyone else I missed). Glad to see you!

Boy, so many of you guys are doing really great! Congratulations to you all. What an inspiration. I have really enjoyed reading your stories; it really helps.

And Enygirl, I can see how the tattoo thing might be a little uncomfortable for you, but on the other hand I think that could be seen as a really sweet gesture too. Might as well run with that perception of it .

My mini-goal is to get back on track with 5 (+?) days at the gym AND with calorie counting AND MOSTLY with meal planning. The grocery shopping trip is a problem for me. I work 40 hours now (50 with drive time), and I just begrudge making the trip back into town for groceries. It seems like if I don't make a couple of trips a week though, I don't have the healthy food available and then everything else falls apart. So today, grocery store, here I come!

Best of luck to everyone today!
~Wistfulgirl

Wist - that's what I'm doing. Him and I have complimenting tattoos, and now we both have Hunter's name... so It in a way completes the family. weird - I know.

So I am down to 199 lbs...FINALLY...out of the deuces. I feel so great about myself I think I'll treat myself to a diet soda today

ENY ~ Where are you! I feel like I haven't heard from you in forever
Maybe the tattoo jesture is his way of reaching out to you and letting you know how much he really cares and doesn't have any intentions of calling it quits with you forever.....you know he is a guy they gotta show it in a macho kinda way...LOL!!!

So far so good today! I'm on track with food and I have already done my 30 day shred on level 2! I'm sooooo ready to get out of the 230's and into the 220's. I would like to be at 230 by the time the Biggest Loser contest starts. I have about 4 weeks so

Hi to you All,

I indulged this weekend - not feeling horribly guilty about it b/c it was all so enjoyable. I didn't get out for my 30 minute morning walk Sat or Sun, but was back at it this morning. Scale's at 143 again... argh. Hard not to poo-poo myself over a couple of pounds. Then again, one of my major challenges in life is to step back and see the BIGGER picture.

I am going to work on establishing a daily eating plan for myself, keeping in mind that routine = results.

Have a lovely, healthy day!

Wow its hard to believe that we only have 2 weeks left in August! This month has flown by!

So far I'm gonna try to stay on plan for the rest of the month food and exercise wise. I'm in week 3 of the couch to 5K plan. I'm gonna try to do day one today of week three! I'm afraid it is gonna be really hard but I'm gonna do all I can and I'm gonna push myself.

School starts next week for me, and although I'm excited...I'm a little aprehensive. I have been struggling some lately for the past few weeks and I'm afraid that it is going to be so hard to stick to my diet/exercise plan while having a busy school schedule.

BUT...you know what I say...if you fail to plan then you plan to fail....soooo....I am planning on joining the biggest loser compition here in sept. it is 13 weeks long. I'm going to make up a calandar that includes holidays and days that I'm off from school and stuff....I'm going to plan out 13 weeks of meals taking into account meals that I have to take to school and holidays...etc. I'm going to do that all this week. So I have my work cut out for me. I'm also going to put together a folder for my TBL compitition where I can keep up with goals and actual completion of goals and where I"m at....

I will keep everyone updated!

Hope all is well!

Just a post.. I'm not doing well.. the stresses of life are really getting to me.. work is killing me, I can't seem to get ahead... I'm not sleeping well. My depression is flaring up BIG TIME! I'm PMSing... and I want desperately to be pregnant - which having 6 people around me pregnant is killing me...

I need a break - I need sleep - I need a hole to crawl into. Food is good for the most part Yesterday wasn't the best, but oh well. I'm working my butt off... trying to lose this weight.. but right now I'm just here...

Eny - look at it this way....if you were pregnant and dealing with everything you are dealing with now .....your depression would probably be multiplied by 10!!! All those hormones! Not to mention weight loss would turn to a weight gain!

Get some of that depression/anxiety out in a good walk/jog.....use that time to think and try to clear your mind! Instead of thinking of all the things you want and don't have....focus on your blessings! Sure you have some problems...but you got Joe and your kids.....it could always be worse...someone could get cancer or really sick and be in the hospital or in a bad car wreck! OR Joe could be out cheating on you or getting drunk all the time or beating you and your kids! Try focusing on what you do have that is a true blessing...be thankful and the rest will come in good time dear hope this helps you feel better!

Good Morning!

Hooray for you Jesse!What a great milestone!!!

Wonderwoman34, I agree that keeping your eyes on the bigger picture is something we all need to work on.

Melissa, you should be so proud of where you are. I'm especially jealous of week 3 of the C25K. AND good luck with the meal planning. Let us know how that goes. I'm interested to see how a long term (13weeks!) plan works for you. You go Girl!!

Aww, Enygirl you poor Lamb!Sorry to hear you're feeling so down. I think I just came off of a week like that, so I can totally relate . I think you need some NAPS! Can you call in sick and sleep a day? Melissa is right about the walking too; that always really helps me if I can make myself do it....


Soo, my progress from yesterday is:
Gym-- Check , 30 mins. elliptical (slow though-- first day back's a bear);
Calorie counting-- Check , kept it within my limit too (still need to enter it on my blog though)
Grocery shoping--Check , (although OUCH! food is so expensive now!)
2nd workout with the Wii/balance ball, nope-- too tired.

Today should be more of the same.

Here's to everybody having a great Tuesday!
~Wistfulgirl

WTG wistful--just keep adding one day to another--it will start to show.

Jessy--Yaay! I just recently got under 200 myself--just SUCH a good feeling! Now don't slack off, like I did!

Eny--sorry to here about your mood--I just had a couple of days of that this past week-end. I HATE those down times! It will get better, I promise.

Momma--sounds like you are in the zone now! Congrats--keep it up!

Today, weight down a little, even with crazy busy day yesterday and frozen pizza hub had prepared at 9pm when I finally got home--so I'm happy!

CW: 198.2
Exercise yesterday: Today for sure.
Journal yesterday:

Sorry so short--gotta get ready for work....

I love you girls! I know that TOM is a big cause of my grumpiness! and I DO need a nap BIG TIME! I would call in, but I'm SO busy right now it's INSANE!

I think I'm coming down with something too - since I feel like I'm running a fever. This sucks girls. I think I'm going to call it an early night - and just snuggle my beautiful DD and sleep my cares away!

Hello! Haven't been here so much those last days, have some friends visiting, So I'm pretty busy
But I'm still on plan and doing my workouts, so I think I will complete my workout goals by the end of the month.. I will not lose my 5 pounds, but I'll get stronger
Will write more later when I have more time,
Good Luck everyone!

Eny~ I'm so sorry you're feeling blue. I agree with Melissa, just try to keep things in perspective. Hopefully these feelings will pass for you soon.

Jessy~ congrats on being 199!!!! Great job!

Melissa~ I love the idea of planning out your meals around your school calendar. I've decided to cook multiple dinners on one night to try to save time. I used to do freezer cooking and it was great to just pull already prepared meals out of the freezer. I just don't have the time to dedicate a whole day to it. Yesterday I made dinner for last night and tonight's dinner as well since we have practice tonight. (Otherwise it would be fast food.)

Wistful~ Great job on completing your goals yesterday.

Modcat~ yeah for seeing a loss on the scale.

Wonderwoman~ You do have to keep the big picture in mind. Not everyday is going to be a perfect day of healthy eating and exercise. It's looking forward and getting back on program that counts.

For me~ I'm on program. Today is day 3 of my mini 15 day challenge. So far so good.
Good luck everyone!

Hello ladies,

Well the fallout from my anniversary dinner was... nonexistent, actually. After giving myself permission to eat what I wanted without counting points (for one meal only, mind you), I woke up this morning to a 1.0 lb LOSS!

I was good today. Walked 2.6 miles. I have upped my speed on the treadmill, and I am now using the 3-lb hand weights for a lot of the time. I work up quite a sweat, but it feels good!

Update:
8.8 (out of 10) lbs lost
18/31 days of exercise (damn my lazy butt for skipping a day)
"It's not a struggle if you don't fight it!" I am learning that "it" is me... well, my emotional and/or boredom eating...

Rock on, ladies!