Ricci, men ALWAYS lose more and faster than we do..it just ain't fair! But its reality! Don't worry about him..just keep on as you're doing, you'll be fine!

Sunday is cold but sunny....but I hate Sundays as a rule..always having "Monday" looming.

How's everyone doing?

My eating is getting better, but the water has to be improved!

I went to a wedding last night and loaded up on meat and veggies--didn't touch the rolls or potatoes. Yeah me! and today I went to Sams and picked up a big bag of baby carrots and a big bag of cut up broccoli. If it's already prepared, I'll be more likely to eat it. Also got some nuts to snack on instead of the potato chips.

I was having a blast at the wedding and dancing a lot--till I felt something "rip" at the top of my hip bone. I figure I pulled a ligament or tendon or something. I still kept dancing but the hip told me when I moved the wrong way. Seems to be getting better thru the day, so I hope it will only take a couple days to mend.

NEED2--why can't you take the boys out in the cold? Is it raining too? MINDI is right--the guys always lose faster than us. It's just the way things are. So don't compare yourself to DH. Keep up the good attitude. I've read that some people don't see a change for a month or 6 weeks and then BAM! all of a sudden a change seems to come over night.

MINDI--Hope I don't meet you in a dark alley and tick you off! Boxing lessons, huh? Actually, I like the boxing part of Power 90 a lot!

MIKI--You go girl with the exercise! The food part will come. It will take time to unlearn the bad habits and learn the good ones.

Time to take it easy for a wee bit in front of the idiot box.

Susanne, I can and do take the boys out when its cold and not windy. But the wind chill just makes it bad. Right now I am wimping out. We have been in the 70's until last wednesday, and then it got cold. In a few days when we are used to it I wll take them out. Here's a tip on drinking water. I went to wal mart and bought a 64 oz mug and fill it up with water every day. That way I know when its gone I got at least my 8 glasses in. Usually I drink more, but sometimes its just the one jug. I am trying to get used to drinking more of it now, especially with the winter coming on. You just don't feel like drinking water when its cold. Hope everyone has a good week.

hello everyone.
this week will be great. i will make sure i exercise 5x this week.
i will follow my eating plan of no sugar and no white flour all week.
mon-friday. this saturday i do plan on going to the movies with the family so i do not think i can eat rice cakes and jicama again while they are eating that buttery popcorn. This probably will be the last time the family will be out together for awhile. So i will make saturday my day off if and only if i complete my 5x of exercise this week along with taking my supplements daily and following my eating plan on no white sugar or white flour. i will make sure i do a stomach workout 3x this week also. my official weigh in day is on thurs. however since i am a dedicated scale addict i weighed myself this morning and i am 206.
s/w 226 end of may
g/w 155
c/w 206
I really need daily motivation so if anyone can give me any suggestions for motivation to exercise 5x this week i would sure appreciate it.
thanks and have a great week everyone

Hope you all are having a fantastic day!

My hip is a bit better today. Although it was a little difficult getting up the hill from the school. I just took my time. i think I'll get my eating under control this week and as soon as the hip is feeling good (hopefully by the end of the week or beginning of next) I'll start to exercise.

RICCI--That wind can be awful! I have to wear earplugs when the wind is gusting in the winter. Otherwise inside my ears gets really painful. How I wish we had had 70's! We've been in the 30's--if we're lucky low 40's. In the early mornings it's been in the 20's!!! Thanks for the tip about the water. I had a large mug, but I seem to like drinking right from the bottles better I can chug down a 500ml bottle no problem and I try to make sure I have at least 4 of them a day. Just sometimes I get out of the habit when other stuff is going on and then it's difficult to get back in the habit. But today I've already had 2 bottles and will soon be on my third!

KDRULES--Welcome! What kind of exercise are you doing? I wouldn't worry about the popcorn. Have it and enjoy and then get back on track. My personal opinion is that it's ok to indulge once in a while.

Well, I'm caught up! Imagine that, I've been here 2 days in a row!

Hi kdrules! Glad to see you. Congrats to you on your weight loss so far! Well done!

Ricci, its going to be 54 today and I'm looking forward to the 'warmth' lol Hope to take a lunchtime walk again and since it got cold and boy do we get the wind too, I'm hauling a ski band with me. Don't care what I look like, just want to be warm!

Zanne, I bet it DOES get danged cold in your area too. Are you an outside sports person? I'm not, rather work out inside. Can you say WIMP! LOL but we get those horrid -wind chill nos and no way will I try to go out much then.

Good idea on the water, ladies! I try to keep a full bottle w/me all the time. Needless to say, I'm in the bathroom a LOT!

Do something nice for yourself today ladies, whether it be extra water or a 10 minute walk. Take very good care!

*waves to Miki*

Good morning.
I am not on here for two days, and suddnely we have all kinds of posts.
Zanne, i completely understand about the wind chills. although ours isn't quite as abad as yours. my boys are prone to ear infections and colds, so when its windy and cold, i keep them in. If we do go out, even just ot the car, they have hats on. We used to live in Kansas, and when we moved one day the wind chill was -30. Not fun.
Sounds like everyone has been doing good. I had a great OP weekend. I didn't over eat or over indulge, drank three jugs of water on saturday, and got my workouts in with no problem. Hubby has been having pain in his ankle, so he hasn't been doing cardio, just the weights. I hope you all have a good day.

Hi everybody....just a quick post. Ashamed to say that I have missed 2 or 3 days of exercising and my eating has been terrible the last 2 days. I dont know how I ended up in this rut all of a sudden but I am determined to get myself back on track. I may need a quick cyber kick from one of you to keep me there. Glad to hear the rest of you are doing a good job...maybe I'll join you all tomorrow...already blew today.

Miki

Gotta get this thread to the first page!

I started out good, by posting 2 days in a row, then this week got busy -- but here I am again.

Still not into the exercise like I want. I really pulled something while at the wedding last week I AM doing a little extra walking every day, so that helps I guess.

My eating is improving little by little. I did indulge in my FIL's birthday cake on Wednesday (the inlaws left yesterday to go to Florida for the winter), but overall my eating is better. I'm even drinking more water.

I just realized--I have less than 5 months till my 40th. Better get my booty moving!

MIKI--Should we toss a coin to see who kicks who first? I have confidence in you for getting back on track.

NEED2--Sounds like you're doing GREAT! Keep it up. Your poor boys. Ear infections are not fun.

MINDI--I'm not an outdoor SPORTS person, but I like being outside, even on the coldest day of winter! I'll put on snowpants and big sweaters and all the other snow gear and out I'll go. Even when I have a bad cold, I'll dress appropriately and go out--I find it clears my head.

I hope everyone is ok. I've got to go and do a real good house cleaning. That counts as exercise, doesn't it?

Hi Zanne....good to hear from you again. Alot can be accomplished in 5 months if you just set your mind to it. I started in Oct 2002 because my 40th was in March of this year which gave me 5 months. I knew there was no way I could meet my ultimate goal but I changed my eating and exercised everyday. By my birthday, I had lost around 35 lbs. I also drank LOTS of water during that time. I've gotten out of that habit which I think is alot of my problem now. I've only lost 15 more lbs since March which is ridiculous. I still have 30 more to lose. Maybe I should use my birthday again as my goal to have that accomplished. I'd be satisfied if I could just have it done by summer. Also back then, I ate healthy and smaller portions during the week but on the weekends I ate whatever I wanted. It worked really well. I think raising the calories on the weekend then lowering them during the week helped the metabolism thing. I'm going to TRY to get back on track by Monday. I just cant give up! Good luck staying on plan this next week. Glad to hear you're walking...that and using my XL Glider is all the exercise that I did in the beginning and it definitely helped me.

Mindi and Ricci....hope your weekend is going well. Come post when you can!

Miki

Looks like we might be moving again. Hope everyone can find us if we do! (If you haven't already, read the "sticky" at the top of this forum).

I think I've done enough "experimenting" on myself! Time to get real serious!

I had pancakes with syrup this morning. I feel terrible! I know I shouldn't have the white flour and sugar, but I just felt like pancakes today (which is rare).

MIKI--Thanks for the pep talk. Maybe we can BOTH start fresh tomorrow? I REALLY need to get back on track with EVERYTHING. I can't say I'll do better for the rest of the day cause we're going to my folks' to celebrate my SIL birthday and we're having key lime pie for dessert--and I know I'll have some.
So how about if we try to keep each other on track ? I think I'll have to keep in mind that I probably won't reach my ultimate goal by my birthday, but I can probably put a big dent into that number.

So, whadda ya think? Do you want to set up little challenges? Like drinking at least 64oz of water, doing some sort of exercise or something?

Of course ANYONE is welcome to join in these little challenges! The more the merrier!

Ok Zanne...I WILL be on track tomorrow! There...you have my word so I cant go back on it. Not going to make any promises past that...thinking maybe one day at a time may be easier for my brain to comprehend.. But definitely Monday, I will stay on track. I will not overeat, and I will do some type of exercise. I'll check in tomorrow with a report. I'm not going to put emphasis on what I eat but how many calories I consume. All I did when I was losing was to keep my calories under 1500 Mon-Fri, then on the weekends they were higher. I didnt particularly ban any type of food or certain things, but given two choices, I took the healthier one. I didnt quit eating out altogether...just starting getting Jr. Burgers or Grilled chicken sandwiches rather than Quarter Pounders with Fries....or had Subway rather than Burger King, etc. At Pizza Hut, had 2 slices with salad rather than my normal 4 slices, etc. It really made a big difference quickly. Doing it that way, I could occasionally have pancakes without feeling quilty and if I did, I just would have something light that nite so still the calories didnt end up too high. I also faithfully used my XL GLider which has gathered dust lately.

Getting more water down is going to be a priority. Tomorrow I WILL drink 64 ounces. I have just got to get back into that habit.

Come on Zanne...I know we can do it!! Mindi, Kdrules,Ricci, and anyone else who drops in...come and join us....

Here's to a New Year with thinner Power Girls!

Miki

helllllloooooo outttt thereeeerrrree!