Bigmamatexas, I just got my signature a few days ago after 20 days of membership -- in your user CP you should see "Edit Signature" --

Thanks all~Quick post
I am feeling better today ~kids go to school tomorrow~in few hours I can not sleep~The boys can't either~UGH gonna be a long morning.Wish us well ~there just so excited & I am actually gonna miss them soooo very much. Hoping to go to bed soon cause the hubby will wanna take a drive as soion as they leave & I get my shower down & get dressed to enjoy a day out together....I Am sooooo sleepy but just can't sleep. ~new weight today to celebrate 145.2(not from my sickness cause I re-ate all my calories yesterday & kept them down)That made me happy.
Anyways I will ttyl ASAP!

ty Karen and Love and its been over a month since I found this site. I went and made one and try to copy and paste not sure if I did it right tho. Will see. Well its late and I got to get to bed. Need to get up and get to the gym for my water arobics. gn

Monday, Monday.

Gave in to some pizza Sat. night, but otherwise my weekend was OK. Since being back fully OP since last Monday, I find I'm doing pretty well with my eating, but it's been hard getting back into my regular exercise mode. My goal for this week is to exercise at least 4 days, but hopefully 5!

Hope everyone has a good day.

I'm seriously about to start working purposefully...more so than I have been. I want to see more toning in my workouts. Since I've been doing the two miles on the treadmill I haven't done much in the way of purposeful toning. I will be starting the Slim in 6 to see what it adds to my two miles on the treadmill and plank workout. I'll keep you all updated.

Wow two more weeks until Labor Day...this has been a very long challenge to me. I need something shorter so I don't get distracted.

I did well today, 1250 cal. I gained almost 4 lbs. from these past two days. I saw the scale this morning(110.3) and wow did it shock my into getting back to my whole foods. I losing water already, so hopefully my weight bill be lower in the morning. I going to start to think differently about maintaining. This is no longer about losing weight, it's about staying the same weight. I did alot of studying my past history w/ calories and weights last night and figured my calories should be about 1500 to 1550 to maintain. So after I lose this water, I am starting a new way of thinking. No more depriving myself for days and days, I will allow myself to have what I want in moderation. Then I won't be waiting all week to pig out on whatever I'm craving. The only reason i was waiting was to lose water from the last time I overate. The same cycle over and over for a year is enough! It stops as soon as I hit 105lbs.!

I learn a lot about maintenance from reading your posts, fruitlady -- thank you for your honest chronicle of your maintenance struggle -- I find it very helpful.

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I weighed myself this morning after several days of sticking to plan with no slip ups, and I gained 1 lb. I know that it was just water, but I still hate to see it go up...

My clothes are getting to be too big -- I bought a pair of capri pants at the Goodwill to wear to work about 2 weeks ago, and have worn them about 3 times. I loved them cuz they fit really well, and I thought that I looked real slim in them -- and guess what? Yup -- they are too big !! My jean capris I had from last summer that were a little too snug at the beginning of this summer (after I had already lost some weight) -- guess what? Yup, you guessed it -- they are too big !! I basically have no pants left to wear to work -- they are all too big -- I am wearing skirts until I can go to the Goodwill on my day off and get something "new". I refuse to spend any "real" $$ on any pants while I am still losing. And another thing -- I need to go bra shopping -- yup, I am losing it there too.


Today was not as good a day plan-wise -- I ate 3 Chips Ahoy cookies for 160 calories, and a whole lot of grapes -- not sure how many, I kept popping them into my mouth thinking that they must be OK cuz they are only grapes -- well, I estimated that I ate 3 cups of them, and Sparkpeople says that is 287 calories. So my total was about 1700-1800 today. Not bad, but not great. Tomorrow is another day...

A handful of grapes is really only 60 calories? Wow -- that makes more sense -- my daughter and I were wondering how something we thought we were eating cuz it was low calorie could add up to so much.

I have been reluctant to switch my tracking from Sparkpeople because I like how they break down the protein, sodium, carbohydrate, etc in what I ate and compare it against a goal (that they set themselves, by the way) -- but if they are not that accurate in their calories what's the point? I am going to check out Fat Secret tomorrow if I have the time --

Wow, Lori, I just read this question quoted in another post, and realized that I had not seen the question posted, and went back to look for it -- and saw that somehow I had missed an entire post of yours. So sorry to hear about your health problems -- hope it all turns out OK -- I will pray for you.

As far as the next challenge goes, Thanksgiving is too far away for me, I would prefer something closer -- Halloween?

I know you all like doing holiday challenges but Labor Day to Halloween seems way too long for me. I tend to find myself thinking I have a long and I can't seem to stay fully committed to them. But if it's a Halloween Challenge I will be here.

I need to have a different mindset on workouts. I've gotten so used to 20-30 minute workouts and slim in 6 is almost an hour. That is rough. I think it will be very effective so I'm going to work on getting them in and sticking with it for the entire 6 weeks.

Good Morning, mmm,loving my coffee right now. I woke up and got the kids on the bus then went back to bed i know....lazy

Yesterday was a rest day, today is a step cardio + yoga. I had every intention of getting up this morning & going to a local park to get a jog in...obviously it never happened

Lori-whatever you decide on coach, i will be here!! Hope your feeling better today. How are the kids liking school?

Fruitlady- Did you get a icecream maker?

jigglefree- I know what you mean about hour workouts, when i started with the hour workouts it was hard at first, but like everything new- it became habit. Have a great workout today!!!

KarenBee- high fives on the loose capri's!!!

Love-Awesome job on your progress!!!

NorthernExposure- I gave into some Krystals on Sunday, lol. They were good, lol. Have a great day today!

envelope- on reaching your weight loss goal for the challenge!!!

Hello to EVERYONE i missed! I've got to get off this computer and start my workout or I will put it off..

Later gators

ok, made myself get dress and do my workout. I did a 40 minute high intensity step aerobics workout followed by about 15mins of power yoga 55mins total and 450 calories burned..

I always feel better after im DONE with my workout hehehe

ok...have a great day