Good morning, girls! Whew...there is just no time lately! All is well save for some serious bridesmaid drama. I am Matron of Honor for my bestfriend's wedding in July and one of the girls isn't showing up to anything, yet kinda telling us all what we're going to do and how...when she does respond to e-mails. The same thing happened at my wedding, so I am feeling uber frustrated for my friend. Basically, she wants this girl in the wedding far more than she wants to be. GRRRRR....

Part of my push for weight loss has also involved this wedding. I am maintaining my 20 lbs lost, but I really need to make a move on the additional 30.

I haven't tried on my dress again since I got it. When it came, it fit everywhere save for the hips...literally pulled my undies down shimmying the thing on! haha That was 20 lbs ago, so I'm hoping for a change, but am somehow kind of "scared" to try it again. Does that make sense? How can I be afriad of a dress??? lol

I'm doing well with my eating and have increased my activity since moving, but it's time to get my but back into gear on a workout routine. I'm going to work on adding a cardio/aerobics session at least 3 nights a week. I think I'll start around 20-25 mins and work up to the hour I used to do before the move. I have the Beach Body series and have really "felt" the results with that before. We shall see...

Feral - Congrats on the 185! You go girl!

Two pages in one night? Ack!!!

Haley -

Taylor - It's soooo good! I use honey on a lot of things now instead of what I would use before - chocolate syrup and whatnot.

Stella - Mmmm iced coffee!

Feral - Hooray! I'm waiting for mine too :C, due next week.

Sgregg - That is the one downside to being outdoors for long periods of time for me :C I hate going to the bathroom like that lol! The trails have a few bathrooms along the main walking/biking/running path but they're spread out every 4 miles or so.

Jerzygal - Congrats!!

Aliquot - Hang in there!!

Lauren - That's not silly to be afraid of the dress, it's an important outfit to wear and you want it to fit and look good on you. I say try it on, 20lbs can be a huge difference in clothing! Also, as you lose weight your body gets used to the calories you eat and the workouts you do which is why it's good to switch it up. It also comes off slower the closer you get to goal. good luck with the bridesmaid stuff

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Ok, so yesterday I was finally able to go to the bathroom after being backed up for 4 days. Then I had 13 cups of water yesterday. Then after Glee my sister and our friend canoodled me into drinking with them and we had a little dance party. So I don't know if I drank my way down to 176.5 or it's for real because of dancing/spinning and water intake so we'll see.

I have yoga planned for today, well yogilates. 30 minutes pilates and 30 minutes yoga. And Erin wants to come work out with me. She gained back the 15lbs I helped her shed in the fall so she's been following me around again. In fact, all of my friends keep asking me to train them lol.

Have a great day ladies!

Good Morning Ladies

I just have no desire to post here... I dunno why...I'm sad and anxious and things just seem crappy...

not everything is crappy but yeah... I'm super worried about my sister... she did however start counseling on Monday so hopefully that will help some... I haven't seen the boyfriend since before the accident and I dont think he realizes how much I kinda sorta need him...he was going through some personal stuff as well but I just really hope I get to see him soon because I really miss him.

I take the LSAT in less than 3 weeks... do you know how scary that is? especially since I'm super stressed out and cannot score as well as I had been scoring before the accident... hello stress

Also cousins bachelorette party is saturday...hello alcohol... hello poundage... maybe I can pretend to be drunk and having a good time? haha

Oh the good news however is that the 180's welcomed me in with a 189 this morning...soooo freaking awesome...and I emailed my college nutrition teacher about my loss of 100 pounds...I've been updating her throughout my journey because I learned a lot from her class...she was super excited for me


Shauna- I had dinner disaster last night and everything I tried to make got messed up somehow so then I ate like nothing and kept eating random stuff until I was like nope no more go to freaking bed... I have my very own mini fridge at my house

Taylor- I'm super jealous... I love whole foods but its soooooo far away (almost an hour)

Feral- The Anti-Jared is a liar... people would totally be annoyed... they are just scared of him because hes big with muscles lol... I special order food sometimes

Lauren- Drama... this is why I'm going to elope

Hey girls!!

I had a good workout today burning probably at least 800 calories. W00t.
My trainer had be to sprints though, ugh.

I had a yummy lunch but probably ate a few too many (4) pita chips, but I am not gonna stress.

I have laundry and cleaning planned for the rest of the day..not that exciting...

Does anyone else feel like napping after a really hard workout?
Cause I do...

feral I read the Anti-Jerid blog,too. He is super neat and I feel like he a regular guy talkin' weight loss. I like it. I am glad I am not the only food whore. I also would personally wait to buy a swimsuit. My maid of honor is having a baby shower next saturday (29th) I am waiting to buy a dress, but that's just me. Have fun at the beach!!!!!!


Misplaced I am sure you have had some inches dropped by loosing 20 pounds! No, I know how you feel. I have a pair of jeans I won't try on until I have lost 60 pounds..so I totally understand.

plat Yay going to the bathroom!! That is so cool your friend wants to train with you, what a compliment.

HaleyCONGRATS ON 100 POUNDS!!!!

That is so awesome. I am so completely proud of you. That is an amazing milestone!

CONGRATS HALEY

Taylor - I want to nap, but I have to go to work. Or if its at night I can just go to bed.

Alright. So CB called and we went to lunch. I had chicken fajitas and veggies, no cheese, no sour cream, no guac and no rice. I put them in as 500 calories (they were small) and I'm going to have my stir fry for dinner. I've also been full so I haven't eaten most of my snacks, so I have to re-adjust but I really think I'm fine.

bHaley - CONGRATS!!!!! I'm so proud of you!!!!

Stella ~ I absolutely LOVE the Real Housewives of NJ. They are, by far, my favorites. Teresa just makes me laugh every time she pops on screen. I caught up with this week's episode yesterday on hulu.

Haley ~ Congratulations

Taylor ~ Definitely sounds like you had a great workout!!! I can't wait until school is over for the summer so that I can spend tons of time at the gym!!!

I am SOOOOO ready for summer to be here. I have never hated work so much as I do right now. I am so done with the high school drama and all the stupid immature crap that my kids are pulling. Yesterday, I was stuck in the testing room with our kids finishing up the MCAS, so they pulled a sub in to my room for my Algebra class. Apparently, the sub did absolutely nothing and all **** broke loose. One of the girls was harassing one of the other girls and ended up throwing a tampon at her, hitting the other girl. SERIOUSLY....throwing tampons? I was so mad when I heard about it yesterday afternoon. A few of the other girls in that class came to me to tell me about how ridiculous it was during that block.

So I had to have a "discussion" with the class today to tell them how disappointed I am in the way they act when I am not in the room. It took a good 20 minutes and I pretty much laid into them, calling all the stupid idiotic things that they do and told them to grow up and act like adults. Only 20 more school days...thank god!

Evening been a LONG day i got bee stung on my wrist about 12pm and it stills hurts grrrr i guess its better than the last time when it was on my eyelid.
Got our garden planted- tomaotos, peppers, zuchini, squash, watermelon, cantalope, cucmbers, and eggplants. Now if i can just catch that ground hog before he eats it all

HALEY - aaaaaaaahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited for you!

JESS - I will get back to you, but how can I compare to such a lengthy well thought out email - thank you!!! I was going to write you back just to say " Your the all-time bestest!!" Believe it or not, your a huge inspiration to me and your an amazing person!!


Stella - give me some of that coffee would ya?? lol. I'm going to try that recipe and ppl here on PEI are going to think I'm nutty for drinking cold coffee! ALTHO I heart iced-capps! (ice cappucinnos...ever try??) I wish we had dunkin donuts, I love their coffee!! We just got a starbucks here last month - but its soooo expensive, and be damned if I know how to properly order something skinny and lite and non fat and all of the above! lol

Feral - Holla!! your headin to Savannah?? I went there last March for a week, my aunt lives there, its so beautiful! I can't wait to go back! Iwent on a riverboat and everything!!

To the rest of ya'll - hope all is going well, I've been a slack replier, and I apologize!

Ali - hugs to you lady, some ppl are such douches! I hope things get sorted for you!

HALEY YAYYYYY!!!

Lauren - Hi Lady bug!!!! We've missed you! I totally understand being scared of trying on the dress but I think you'll really be surprised at how much better it fits now!!! Just put it on


Mary - There's nothing worse than being backed up. When I wasn't eating well my routine was so thrown off and I hated it!!!!! And I def think the water helps too!


Taylor - I actually ended up going to Target yesterday and I found some really cute shorts (that are shorter than I would normally wear) that go with the bathing suit top that I want. They were sold out of the top though so I'm going to go by the one at work... I normally would wait but I think I should be okay (if not its only like 20 bucks right?) If you do a workout to burn 800 calories how many are consuming in a day? I think I would want to eat my arm off....

Chele - Honey I feel you. We have about 3 weeks left in school and these children are WILD BEASTS!!!! They do stupid stuff, they do stupid stuff to each other and they're overall annoying. Hang in there...


Skinny - Sorry to hear about your wrist. OWWY! I got bit by an ant on my stomach yesterday. Random, I know... I felt a stingy/pinch and pulled up my shirt and it was an ant. He had a very quick death shortly thereafter!

Jenny G! - I don't think I've ever told you this, but there's a British singer named Jenna G who I LOVE!!! She does some vocals for some liquid funk artists so when I see JENNY G I think of JENNA G and it makes me happy! Yes, I will be heading to Savannah! So excited! I've never been (don't ask me how cause I'm not really sure).

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I woke up this morning and SO wanted it to be Friday. I'm taking my car to the shop tonight (dropping off for oil change and brake check tomorrow).... and I'm hoping the issue with the brakes (or whatever it is) isn't going to cost an arm and a leg. Then I'm headed to the BEACHHHHHHH!

I was sooo bloated last night (thanks BC) and this morning I felt lighter so I took a chance and stood on the scale. 184.2. That makes NO sense but I'm not going to argue with it when it's being nice to me. We'll see how long it holds out but I probably won't weigh again until AFTER TOM. Which I still wish would just start already, I get so impatient mostly because it gets on my nerves. I wish I could have my uterus removed without hormonal ramifications.

I bought some new work out clothes yesterday. YAYYYY!!!! I bought a cool tank top (that I'll still be wearing UNDER my tshirt) and some little semi fitted capri type work out pants. Although, I think they're a little longer than I wanted so I'm going to go exchange them after work today.

Also, when I bought my shorts to go with my bathing suit last night and was trying them on in Target I had one of those moments where I didn't HATE my legs. For the longest time I have... I'm not really sure why. I don't think I have particularly horrible legs, I think I'm just super conscious about my thighs and that somehow transposed onto my entire leg (LOL)... but I was like "dang, you really don't look nearly as bad as you've made it out in your head!" That was a pretty awesome moment. Although ask me tomorrow and I may take it back!

Okay sorry for the novel - HAVE A GREAT DAY!

Feral - Right? I wish I was like my sister, she has the bathroom command of a guy. I need to wait for the window of opportunity lol. Hooray for having a moment with yourself in the mirror! I love when those come along and you're like "Oh hello, new person that I've been working on finding! How nice to see you!"

I'm about to head out for hiking. I have my little bag packed. And I planned another trip to go either this Sunday or next Sunday but I don't think it will be a full day trip like this one is. If I keep this up I'm going to need an actual hiking pack lol - not my little bitty back pack (vera bradley no less haha). We're parking there this time instead of walking from my friend's house so I'll be able to pack much more water and leave it near the car for when we break for lunch.

I still need to figure out how much of a calorie allowance I'll need. According to spark people, roughly 7 hours of hiking yields 3,000ish calories burned. I have tons of snacks and had a huge breakfast, and I think I'll make some chicken when I get back home.

Gotta go! Have a good day ladies!

Hey girls! So I suck and had a life and worked every day so I haven't had time to keep up like I promised I would.

I dubbed yesterday as my "eff it" day. No matter how much water I drank or gum I chewed, I was hungry and my body was SCREAMING for chocolate. TOM starts on sunday, so go figure. So I ate whatever, and ended up not going to the gym because I was excited to see my friend. I haven't seen my friend since december. We've been best friends since elementary school, used to life across the street from each other, but then moved to New Jersey with her dad when her parents split. She's now been living in Maryland with her boyfriend and she goes to UMD, so we barely get to see her. But I was so excited that I skipped the gym so I could have more time to catch up with her.

Two of my other friends came over after, and we had a chocolate fondue and game night. So...the chocolate fondue was another huge no-no, but it was so good!

My stomach's out of whack today because of it all, so I'm back on track. When my friend visited though, she brought bagels with her. Where she lives has a high population of Russians and Jewish people, so they make the BEST bagels ever, so she brought us some. I finished the last one for breakfast today, I will be guessing a count for it, and I'll be going to the gym later on once I digest the monster. I plan on going to this track I love, timing how fast I run a 5K, and then going over to the gym to kick some butt. I had my fill yesterday, and I'm happy.

Since TOM's coming, my emotions have been so bad. Everyone has annoyed me, even Greg. He noticed that something was off when we hung out on tuesday, and I felt really bad once he left for the night. I don't know what it is, some months I'm fine, and others I'm just a mess. Hopefully this chocolate helped me out!

I also haven't weighed myself for a couple days...okay, since tuesday. But last time I looked I was around 143.2. But I have been doing weight training and I'm feeling good about that!

I have also found a new candy that I'm obsessed with, and it's not bad calorie wise! Pretzel M&M's. That's right, pretzel filled M&M's. They're only 150 calories for a bag! They're amazing and they were on sale at my work this week so I bought a couple to stash in my room for when I want a bag.

Feral- congrats on 185!! Have a great time at the beach, I'm totally jealous!!!

Haley- Congrats on getting into the 180's!!!!!

Lauren- Put on the dress!!! Even if you're nervous, I'm excited for you to see if it fits better!!

Morning ladies!

Sorry I haven't been around much, and sorry that I don't have time to go back through and do personals for this week so far (except to say CONGRATS!!! to Haley, and hugs for everything else you're dealing with!). My life has been crazy busy lately - it's crunch time for the wedding, plus work has been insane. The manager of my department has been tapped to manage another department as well, which means a lot of her work has been filtering down to me.

On the plus side, I'm at my lowest weight yet - in part because I don't have as much time to sit around snacking and in part, I think, because I'm going off BC. Not because I'm trying to get pregnant or anything - my body just wasn't handling it as well anymore. I'm curious to see how much it helps with weight loss, but I definitely feel different. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping to make it into the 160s at my next weigh in (since I need to buy a d@mn wedding dress soon!), but we'll see.

Hugs to you all!

Going to workout!

feral To answer your question I eat between 1,700 and 1,800 a day. My trainer and I are playing with this number to see how I feel and how my body responds. So far I am not hungry and have a good energy. You can see on my "weekly planning" thread exactly what I eat.

...more personals later.

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Good Morning, ladies.

I love it when that d-bag isn't at work, I get to sound smart in meetings without anyone cutting me off

So I'm back in the 160's, 169.8, yay for water weight being gone. Today is going to be odd eating wise, I'm going out for sushi and I'm not sure what I'm making for dinner, but I'm confident that I'll make good choices

I did the stairmaster for 45 minutes this morning in addition to some lunges and crunches, and I *think* tomorrow might be a rest day. I woke up and my legs were tired, but I went to the gym anyway. We'll see how I feel tomorrow.

Jenny - I'm not a fan of cappucino, I don't know why, I think the espresso is just too strong for me. Can you buy ground Dunkin Donuts coffee? Or order off Amazon?

Happy Thursday - FRIDAY IS ALMOST HERE!!