AS22:
Argh. Well, it's frustrating, but you can't make the decision for your husband, unfortunately. The best you can do is work your little buns off, get to a fantastic goal size, and hope that you're an inspiration to him.

And... I'm staying with my honey's family in Ireland (mother and sister) because his sister has a head injury, so he's still living at home and helping out his mom. And SOOOO... he booked us a hotel for the first few nights, so the ravishing is possible. AND hopefully it'll be better than either of us expect, what with my surprise weight loss!

jahjah SEVENTEEN? Isn't that a little overkill? I'm lucky, they just CLOSED the Ben & Jerry's around the corner from my house.

Bekko:
65 minutes, good job, you!

Layla:
Good job, honey! Losing weight during your TOM is a feat, and an impressive one at that!

Me:
I'm heading to the gym in just a little
bit. Which will mean I've done AT LEAST my 3 days a week at the gym already which was my "at least!" goal.
And I weighed in at 150.8 today, down from 152 on Monday! *celebrates* I'm gonna do my damnedest to be in the 140s by Monday!!!!

YAY! 182.2 this morning, that 1 pound off since monday! Lets hope its even more by this monday for our weigh in...Went to the gym this am, for 30 mins of walking on the treadmill, alternating inclines on it, and a 25 min Core Ball class..felling good, just trying to stay sane with my 2 kids driving me nuts!

Yeah i got a ticker...i was able to figue out how to copy and paste the info into my replies when i created the ticker...what do i do every time i post something i have to go back to where i createde my ticker and copy the link again to post my ticker?????

ITs very confusing...i love how everone has their little animated things under their posts about their goals and whatever i just dont know how to do any of that....can anyone point me in the right direction and also how do i get the black team logo to post on my replies?

You have to have used the forums for a certain number of days/have a certain number of posts to be allowed to have "a signature."
There's a black line at the bottom of your posts, and your ticker and all the writing and crap people have below that line are in their "signatures." You edit that under "User CP" at the top left-hand side of the purple menu at the top of this page, and the signature will automatically show up. I'm not sure how many days you have left until you get a signature!

I was 138.0 today

I was down about 1/2 a pound today. Whoo hooo! I worked out last night for 30 minutes at the fitness center in the apt. complex for 30 min. I did 20 minutes on the treadmill and 10 on the bike. It was nice, i had my fiancee go with me. I had wanted to go tonight as well, but we um settled for some 'private' workouts instead. lol....anything helps, right?!

the scale said 218.8 today! I find it a wee bit odd that I have finally jumped my 220 mini stall because of TOM.. hmm oh well it works for me, since i usally gain during TOM I went to the gym early this morning(5th time this week!) and I even jogged half of my mile I usally walk.. I also did 15mins on the eliptical and 20 min on the bike and 10min on the stair stepper lol Hope everyone is doing a good!!

jahjah:
Go you!!! You're so close to... MY goal!

KC:
*sigh* I miss those kinds of workouts. 20 days until I get to see my boyfriend!
Congrats on your half pound loss!

Layla:
WELL DONE! I find that TOM can help depending upon when in and around my TOM my body decides to take on a ton of water weight.. and drop it all off.

Me:
Not going to the gym today because I've got class, but I went yesterday morning... hammered it out on the elliptical, burned 400 calories in half an hour (woo!) and proceeded to ACTUALLY make myself quietly grunt and scrunch up my face on the weight circuit.
Yesterday, while my dinner was boiling on the stove, mostly out of boredom, I struck some yoga poses in the kitchen that made my legs tremble.
And then while watching "the biggest loser" I continued my trend of filling up my 1.5 L water bottle, and using it as a weight to lift out with my arms, up and over my head, etc.

I was sadly only 150.8 this morning. I'm just staring at the scale in disbelief being like, "Come ON! ONE MORE POUND! JUST ONE MORE!!!" I'm desperate to be in the 140s.
But I've lost a pound since Monday, so at least I'll be contributing and not detracting from our total!

I was 137.4 today i didn't get TOO excited because i was on an empty stomach but i sure did do a little dance!

Jelb my mom is 151 and told me the same thing this morning " i just wish i could be in 140s! i remember weighing 6 more pounds than she did

30 day shred last night, level 1, boy does it make you sweat, plan to do it today too and maybe biggest loser cardio max too! Too tired to get off my butt and go to the gym this am but maybe i will exercise later when my kids nap..working Friday and satuday night, probably wont post much until sunday..keep up the good work!

Yesterday was really a struggle. I was really feeling down after work and I was almost feeling so sorry for myself that I was going to skip my workout. I somehow got moving even though I really didn't feel like that. I'm glad I did though! My mood picked up a little bit by the end, and I didn't feel like a slacker. It's really hard sometimes though.

jahjah:
Hey, if you were doing something really wrong, the number wouldn't have gone down! Even if it doesn't stay solidly there... you've seen the number now. It's within your grasp, bebe! KEEP GOING!

AS22:
Ahh, hey, how's that 30 Day Shred thinger going? I've heard really good things.

wrdfrog:
Good for you honey! Way to get to the gym, you're taking one for both yourself AND the team. And going to the gym does tend to give you more endorphins... makes ya happier.

I was up until all hours of the morning last night doing some free-lance design work, and the client gave me a bunch of changes they wanted. IF they decide to go with my design, it'll pay my rent for a MONTH, which.. I can't do with my real job since they give me so few hours. I'm so desperately praying they like it...

But it made me sleep in, so I defo didn't go to the gym this morning. BUT. I've stayed on track with my eating, and I intend to head to the gym early squirrely tomorrow morning.

Jelbb - Thanks for the kind words, Jelbb! I hope the person likes your design. It's awesome that you do freelance stuff. I want to do that with translating if I ever become fluent enough. Part of what was getting me down yesterday was feeling like I'll never reach my goals. I just have to keep working toward them though! I know I definitely don't want to have to work for someone else my whole life, and I don't want to be obese my whole like, so there's no time for feeling sorry for myself.

I really like how you keep in touch with everyone here. I'm not so good at it, but I want the whole Black Team to know that I read every one of your posts even if I don't always respond. I'm rooting for us all!

wrdfrog:
It's easier to spend as much time on the forums as I do when you have classes and schoolwork to be procrastinating in.

I know it's hard. Some days your goals seem further away than you'd ever be able to reach. But it's not true... if you keep doing what you're doing, you're GOING to get to your goals. And we're all here to help you along the way. And that's all there is to it.

...but DAMN don't we all wish you could just wiggle and shake all that fat right off, and have a Jillian Michaels chilling underneath in a matter of days?