Finished Day 18 of the Shred! I'm really proud of myself for keeping up with it! I've even gotten my Mom into it, and she's been doing it the last 10 days with me. We weighed her and I got her a meal/calorie plan, and she's going to try losing the weight with me. She has a lot less to lose (she weighs 222, and wants to get to 130), but it'll be nice to have that support system there with me working out with me, etc. And apparently, I'd make a good drill sergeant. Haha. She said that, at least. We haven't been following the actual 30 day shred DVD, but I have the entire workout memorized, and we just do it exactly as it is on the DVD, but with me instructing, so that's interesting. But we add in a few extra minutes of cardio, to bump it from 27 mins to 30 mins.

I found out I'll be doing TWO Internship locations this semester! My first one starts on Wednesday, at the Prosecutor's Office. I'm excited, but nervous.

Nancy - Can I just say how THRILLED I am that you're back?! No one is here to judge, but I know how hard it can be to admit that we've fallen off track, etc. I lost that 75 lbs, and then gained it all back...PLUS 30 lbs. In only a year, I gained 105 lbs. I was ashamed, and felt horrendous. But I finally made the choice to own up to it, and just get right back to it. I've lost that 30 that I'd gained, so now to tackle the rest!

Hey there chicks

kayleystar: I have a question for you! It's a little embarrassing, hope you don't mind. I have tried three times to do the 30 day shred. Each time I pop in the dvd and in a few minutes just shut the thing off. Here is why: My errmm "girls" will not stay in place!! Also, I have an apron below my middle from having kids and it will not stay in place either. I get this flapping sound when I jump and honestly, I know it will eventually go away, but it just makes me feel silly and I end up half laughing and feeling stupid because I sound like a bird trying to get off the ground and take flight! I have tried wearing a bra too small for me to harness the girls. Any ideas on what I can do.. particular sports bras or workout pants that can help me out here? I really want to do that thing, but unless I am completely alone (which I never am), at this point I just can't do it.

Any tips? All tips are appreciated.

hey girls...just wanted to pop on here and tell you guys about my NSV today...

its not a big deal but then again it is...i had to buy some underwear today at the store in a smaller size cause the ones im wearing are starting to slide down my belly while working out or walking and that just drives me nuts so im really excited!!! ( i know im lame )

Ok, so wave number two

Again, I am so touched people missed me.

Yesterday and so far today have been really good. I stopped at the store on my way home from work and got all good choices - chicken, salad fixings and some frozen veggies and I am all set for a couple of days.

Hi guys! I have been sleeping for the past couple of days. The anti-anxiety meds have totally wiped me out. I still have a bunch of work that is late.

My mom is making me anxious, she's so critical about me being involved in church stuff. I'm studying for ministry and she hates religion. She keeps discouraging me from doing the things that make me feel better and it makes me incredibly anxious.

pink: sorry that your having such a rough time (HUGS)

Nancy: yes you are missed silly. What have you been up to?

hb: congrats on the smaller panties!!! That happened to me a few months back..nothing worse then saggin undies lol

Kayley: that is great that your mom is loosing with you. I now live near my aunt who wants to loose weight too as soon as these stitches are gone..its on lol. ( SHE IS SORT OF A DRILL SGT TOO LOL)

As for me: I found out my brother is joining us for our halloween/birthday bash. My hubby is in law enforcement..and lets just say my brother has been in trouble before so he doesnt care for "those people" so he made a big stink about staying up in his room cause he didnt want to hang with hubbys buddies. Now I guess he has changed his tune. I am sure my sister said something to him about being a wining a** baby lol. Either way..I am partying lol

Today for dinner I am meeting the girls from work for dinner. It is one of their birthdays. We are going to olive garden. I will have the soup and salad..and yes a few breadsticks lol

Day 19 finished. Not much else going on my way. Just been super busy with school and whatnot. Weigh in is tomorrow, looking forward to it. Mom's going to weigh in as well, and see if she's lost anything. We just weighed her 3 days ago, so maybe not a whole lot, but anything is better than nothing.

HotWings - Well, I don't have much in the boobage department, despite being fat...lol. So it really hasn't been a huge problem for me. The first time I did it, the bouncing did hurt quite a bit, so I doubled up on the sports bras, and now I'm good. Again, I only have a C/D cup. The lower apron bit, I honestly have no idea how you could deter that from happening. I have it as well, but it seems to be 'hard' if that makes sense, instead of a flabby apron, like it used to be. Maybe try some lower support garments? I'm sorry I can't be much more of a help. But I hope you find something that works for you, becuase it is such a great workout!

Heather hb - I had to do the same thing about 3 weeks ago. Progress is progress!

For everyone having trouble, just remember baby steps. You can't change everything at once. It takes 6 weeks to 6 months to change a bad habit or add a new good habit.

TGIF!!!

I did come back because of the post. There are two people here who got in touch with me on my Livejournal and let me know about the post.

I haven't been up to all that much recently. I broke up with my boyfriend in August after a little over a year. It was my choice. I just didn't think we ended up being compatible in a couple of really important areas. I am at the same job, which is stable and still have the same apartment. I got two cute little cats because I figure if I am single and over 35 I ought to start the transformation into crazy cat lady.

Hi guys, How are you all tonight? I am feeling ill from medication withdrawal. I am alternating between sitting here shivering and napping in my bed with the dogs. I have no appetite. I have probably had about 800 calories at the most today, bt I should probably force myself to eat something. I emailed some personal trainers, and none of them have gotten back to me. I guess none of them want to work with a morbidly obese chick. Sometimes the world frustrates me so badly. I still don't feel well enough to do any homwork, but I have emailed my profs and got nice responses back from 3 of them --- the 4th one is the one I m worried about because I have had a run-in with his TA in another class.

IT's friday night, and sometimes I wish I was out partying. I am cold and shivering and want to stay comfortable, but sometimes I miss getting all gussied up and going out. I don't remember when the last time I put on lipstick was.

Hopefully will feel better tomorrow, because I really need to get these stupid bloody assignments done. Pot luck at church tomorrow, but not sure I really feel p to it.

What stores do you guys want to shop at when you get down to your GW? I am starting to daydream and look at clothes. I really really want a Betsey Johnson graduation dress, if I ever get that low. xoxo

I am pretty proud of me, we went to dinner out, I had a couple bites of my favorite molten cake and passed the plate to someone else - and I've been binge free today, ... I hope it means I can get it back under control one day at a time

Hi all...just a quick drive by...i did my extreme fit workout today for 1 hr and 40 mins and i feel great and getting ready cause my g/f is coming over tonight to visit so im having a pretty good day and then i found out when i came online from yahoo that debbie stabenow is going to the senate next week to work on getting another unemployment extension for michigan which is really needed we are one of the highest states for unemployment we are at 15.3% and i am unfortunately one of those people out of work and i hope she can get the extension cause mine is coming to an end soon and if it does and there isnt another extension or i dont find a job ( i have been looking for one realllly hard) then some things may happen that i dont want to happen when it runs out ( long story) but anyway so keeping my fingers crossed that the senate will put it thru!

talk to you later girlz
have a great saturday
Heather

Quick post...

Well I'm happy to report my weight has FINALLY started to go down and thank GOODNESS. I did step on the scale for the biggest loser thread, did my weigh-in today and now I'm hovering between 265-268. I think I'm still a bit bloated and things, but not as bad. I swear I have like two weeks where I'm normal. I'm on my new pack of BC pills and thank goodness I'm past the first week in two days as they make me tired and sick. I have been exercising, finally, but only did 5 days this week as I was too nauseated the other day. I'm lacking some energy, trying to find a way around that. I really think it is the pills. Once the next week starts I'll be leveled off I think and fine. Just happy to be leveling off now...

Hope everyone is well. *HUGS*

Congrats on the weight loss ladies and *HUGS* to those who are struggling or bloated like I was lol. *HUGS*

Hey chicks

Congrats to all those that have lost weight this week!

hbieber: I have been following the unemployment reports - I know it is terribly rough in Michigan right now. I hope you find work soon - it is really hard to make ends meet on unemployment - we were where you are about 6 months ago!

NotTheCheat: I thought I would be a crazy cat lady, too! I didn't meet my husband until I was 34.

kayleystar: Thank you so much for responding to my questions! Yesterday I bought what I think should be a good sports bra and some support underwear in a size smaller than what I think I needed.. hopefully that will keep everything in place. Now I just need to get my courage up to pop in that DVD again.

I am down a total of 4 pounds this week! But, sadly, it's unlikely that I will meet my Halloween mini goal in my signature. I would have to lose 7 pounds in the next week. I am going to try and get as close as possible, though!