Wow lot of post to read since last time I posted lol... Sorry for not being able to reply to everyone but keep up the good work it will all pay off...

Welcome jennie023 this is an awesome forum with lot of supportive lady's

Well I am getting more and more stress. School and looking for a job has been so stressful lately.. Well now my bf lost his job so one us has to find one ASAP.... Hardly anyone is hiring around here so major stress with no money no job and bills coming up....

I was so upset today and disgusted with myself that I couldn't really eat today...I never realized just how big I am till now looking in the mirror side ways.... I just busted into tears.. I have gained weight back that I lost.. I am guessing that it is from all the stress... ARGGG!!!!

W- 8oz
E- walking and playing basketball
E- 900 calories
D- you realize just how strong you are when being strong is all you can be..

Aw Barbie, sorry things are rough right now. Hope today is a much better day.

Dottington, how did your personal trainer session go? Happy Friday!

Mindy, Happy Friday to you too! Did you get this foot of snow we got? Blech!!

W 100
E Stairs, missed the dreadmill yesterday, so that one is a do over. Need to get better at Zumba WII this weekend, gonna practice!
E POP
D Think positive!

Barbie- I feel your pain. Hang in there.

MM- Keep up the good work...congrats. No snow for us. We got a little ice but it didn't last.

So after my pity party I got a surprise yesterday....TOM. Wham!! Just like that, after 42 days. Menopause sucks!!!! Guess I don't feel so bad about the gain. I just hope it will come off now and take several of it's friends with it.

Have a great weekend everyone!!!

Today is better.. I am trying to look at the good things in my life and know that god has a plan for me.. When one door closes another one opens... I ain't feeling so depressed today.. I know I have to keep my head up and instead of eating alot(which I can't cause we are on a BUDGET now) so I have to base out the food so I guess exercise and music is what will have to be my food crutch....

mtiger- we deff don't have snow here in Georgia... We having 75 degree weather with thunderstorms and tornados. I don't always have TOM but when I do, I gain and get all bloated and midevil witch on my bf lol...

Everyone have a great weekend.. I am making a grocery list, since no food in house have to go buy some lol

W-8oz
E- not sure yet
E- 0 (maybe eat few hundred later)
D- You find out just how strong you are when being strong is the only option

Barbie, don't know if you have an Aldi's or Price Rite in your area, both are discount grocers in NY. If you do and don't grocery shop there, you can save yourself quite a bit in either one. I just stopped on way way home at Price Rite last night. Their bones chicken is just about 1/2 what it is at the regular grocery and the same with their produce.

Mindy, we got ice last night to top it off. Yuck. I feel your pain on the menopause. Enjoy your weekend too!

Dottington, Is that you in your Avatar? Don't think I ever asked. You are beautiful by the way!

My friends who are not posting, we miss you, we need you, we wish you would return. So you soon!

W 100 double the effort for the weekend
E Practicing Zumbaa, working on C25K (BACK TO SAY, FINISHED W2D2, YAY!)
E POP, trying a new recipe or two though. Got to keep it interesting.
D Peace in my head.

barbie- hang in there! Everything will work its self out in the end

mtiger-whew! I'm so glad you have the answer for your mysterious gains now

mavis-that is me thank you so much! How do you like C25k??? I've been trying to run lately(haha very slow and bad at it though!) and was wondering about it....

Hope everyone has an awesome weekend!

W-80
E-rest day!
E-1800
D-watch those eats!

D, I really like C25K. I used it last time, but, as you know, lost my mojo for a bit, so I had to start over. I am a slow runner too, but faster than those sitting on the side!! Sometimes I have to repeat a week, but am only competing with me, so it's all good. If you have an ipod/iphone that works with "apps" there is one called"ease into 5k" I think. That's what it shows at on my phone. It was free and it works with your own music. Like it much better than the one I used before.

No ice here we had bad tornados...

Mavis- we don't have any of those all we have is walmart, kroger, triangles, food lion... I do almost all my food shopping at walmart...

Well I am in better moods today... I got to fly today so that relieved some of my stress... I am just trying to study and catch up on all the school work I can...

After a few week hiatus I'm back. Gained 15 pounds. Lost 4 of it this week. My goal for this challenge is to get down to 199. That's about 17 pounds in 15 weeks.

Hope I can make it this time.

Thin, so glad you are back!! We've missed you. Are you settling into the new job now?

Barbie, Walmart has great prices on lots of stuff here too. Just different areas have different stuff i guess. I love those discount grocers for produce, prices are so much better than our regular groceries.

W 100
E Crunches, push ups and a bit of weights
E OP
D Focus on the little things

thin-so happy you're back!

mavis-thanks for the info! I def want to give it a try

barbie-glad you are feeling a little less stressed!

My keyboard is broken so that's why I'm updating so late Grr....

W-80
E-cleaning
E-1800
D-the scale does not dictate your happiness!

Monday...boo, hiss!

W 100
E C25K W2D3 tonight (PS. Done!!!)! Crunches this morning (done too)
E POP, got it all planned out too
D One choice at a time.

Hey, I am back after a long absence. I broke my ankle in November and am just now close to running normally with physical therapy. I still can't raise up on the ball of my foot when standing on just my bad foot without hanging on to something. But I am working on that.

Since I can't fullout exercise I let my eating get out of control. But I am ready to give it a try again.

This group has always helped me before, especially if I check in daily.
By doing this daily I keep my goals small and usually have more success in the long run. If I manage to keep it up I hope it won't bother all of you to read my daily WEED.

Here goes Day One for me on this challenge:

W - 64 oz. water
E - 30 minutes of walking on treadmill (done)
E - 1200-1400 calories (yikes the evenings are hard)
D - so many to choose from but I will try to change my recent bad habit of falling asleep early evening and then being up for several hours in the middle of the night.

Have a good WEED day everyone. I am looking forward to getting to know some of you. Hey to Mavis, Mtiger and Emiloots - good to see guys are still in this group.

Welcome back Popcorn gal!

popcorngal-Nice to meet you!!! That's awful about your ankle! Glad that you recovering though.

mavis-great job with all the exercise

W-80
E-session with personal trainer
E-1700
D-another day to succeed!