sparklebe - im so sorry that you are still not up to par, but doesn't it feel so much better to work out? even if you can't give it your all- to just say that YOU PUSHED THROUGH AND DID IT??




as for me? today culminated in disaster. you can read all about it in the "chicks in control" section. i'm not proud.

BUT on the positive side: i did learn to not mess with a good thing, i did learn to not over research, and not to over think.

i DO still need to learn 1. control. 2. to not mess with a good thing. 3. to be more patient.

tomorrow is a new day, and i promise to be kinder to myself, i promise to be okay, and i will continue on this yellow brick road, even if the little pony decides to kick and buck and throw me right off.

hang tight, it's going to be a bumpy ride. giddy up

stimkovs- I eat 1400ish everyday. Sometimes a little more and sometimes a little less. My exercise is really hit and miss . I wish there was some way to keep me motivated to just do it. I thought the fit bit would help but this thing just makes me sad!

hey, do you mind if i ask you how old you are? even like, a 10 year age range?

i know i went from 269 to about 210 on WW, cheating atleast weekly, with 1 weekly 1 hour pilates class (mind you i don't drive, and walk /bus everywhere). this was done as a student, while drinking booze as well.


i'm currently 177 as of this morning, and eating about 1550 a day- i would say up your calories, eat clean, and don't worry about the exercise so much just walk a little more when you can? park a little further? take the stairs?

mind you my loss might have been a little slower, but i also didn't start getting loose skin until about the last 5 lbs or so.

Good morning. I'm hanging in there. I will be going shopping to see who else I can add to my list of labels. So far I have 4 for sure. I started the challenge with two. I have 13 days to see how many more I can add. I'm getting excited about this!!

Have an awesome day!!

good morning chickies, looks like yesterday was a slow day - or i have the most time to check this thread lol, whatever.

anyways, yesterday was totallly OP. all day. did some yoga, cooked some lunch, YAAY!

stimkovs- I am 36. I'll have another birthday in May

Hey everyone!
Everything’s pretty much the same here. My cough is still sticking around, but I’m staying OP and using the treadmill. And I’m still happy from my good luck at the mall – apparently it doesn’t take very much to make me happy

Stimkovs: I’m sorry you’ve been going through some hard times. But good for you for making it into an opportunity to think and learn, and then refused to let the pony run away You’re doing great and you always have such a bright, sunshiney attitude here! Hope your ride starts getting a bit smoother!

Jiggle: Let us know how your shopping trip goes. Hopefully you’ll add even more labels to your list! Woohoo!

toobig wow, 1400 though? how is that working? are you getting about 2 lbs a week off? i did the math since my last "Decade" aniversary (aka 179) and apparently im losing about .91 lb a week on average, i eat about 1550 regularly with little, set back days here and there but i want to step it up a little bit.

hey sparkleBe thank you for your encouragement! the support really does mean a lot! Why not be positive right? There's really no sense in beating yourself up about it. It's really quite simple. You want it bad enough? You will do it. You're sick of doing something? You will stop. There is no sense in beating yourself up about something that you're doing or not doing- because if you're still doing it, it means you don't dislike it enough to change =)

jiggle - any label additions? do tell!!

as for me, i've been OP since tuesday. yesterday, i forgot a peice of my lunch at home (aka the breakfast i would've had at work) which was 150 cal of oatmeal, but the time i got home from yoga at around 6 30, i had 600-900 cals to burn through before going to bed at 11.

what did i have you ask?? mac and cheese. the whole box. (smart mac) with a 400 g head of brocolli, then some pb2 cookies, and a grapefruit. AND stayed under 1600 cals. it was beautiful.

i actually get unecessarily excited about kd, and tuna helper (hamburger helper too sometimes), these are things i did not eat as a child, and they are not generally a part of my "plan" but every 3-4 weeks, on a big left over calorie day, i eat the box. it was delicious. this is actually super wierd because I cook a lot, A LOT. everything i eat, is pretty much cooked from scratch. don't ask me to explain the love for the stuff lol

actually, after tuesday i kind of switched up my calorie intake by accident. before i was "front loading" so i'd eat about 900 cals thoughout the day- aka between 6 30 am and 6 30 pm, and then a have small dinner. i've been eating about 700 cals during the day, and the rest at night- i can't tell which one i like better, but i find that "back loading" or saving for dinner would actually allow me to...actually *Gasp* see people!!

Good Morning Ladies!!! Let's see some NSVs today!! I have one that I'm especially proud of because it says something to me. I bought some boots around October/November and they come over my calf. I love boots and before I started this journey I wasn't able to wear boots because my calves were too big. Well the boots I bought back in October/November are sliding down my legs because they are getting too loose. They slide slowly but it's something I notice. Maybe not everyone but I do!!

I will be going shopping tomorrow so I will report back.

Hi everyone. It's been a little crazy here. Sorry I haven't checked in. I am still hovering over my ticker weight. I have had 2 days over on my cals this week, not over maintenance but over what I need to eat to lose. I have gotten lots of exercise this week(despite struggling with allergies) so that's good. (hmm...wonder if anti-histamines make you retain water?....)

Tomorrow is my weigh-in for the week. I don't know if I will get to post a pound loss or not, we'll see. The scale hasn't been friendly this week so I am just taking it one day at a time. We still have some time left in our challenge and I am just trying to stay within my calorie range and get good exercise, hopefully the scale will follow.

Hope everyone is doing well! 11 days til Valentine's Day!

My NSV:

After my re-gain, it had gotten to where my daughter couldn't wrap her arms around me (again.) But this morning she wrapped her arms around my middle for my good morning hug!!

Yay! Susie, that's great!

Yay Susie!!! I Love It!!

yay susie!! no better standard of measure then the human-belt right? lol