Beach- I am not so much a fan of jillian's I really like both of them. They each have their own style. Yes Jillian may come across meaner and harder but she really at times reaches out and seems to dig down deeper. Bob is very supportive and someone that you just want to work out for where as jillian you work out or else...LOL...I liked bob's workout I am sure jillians is gonna be a killer I cant wait to get it.

Vegas- thats awesome that there is someone else in here that has more than two kids and all close together. Not that only having one or two kids is easy because its not. But when you have 3 or 4 (or more) young kids all close together it is HARD. It is hard to do anything period!!! Just to run to the store to get milk takes atleast 30 minutes to get ready. Then to get them ALL in the car. Then you have to get them all out and take them in the store...LOL....I love when I go to Walmart during the day with just me and the kids I always get are they all yours....LOL...Yes they are ALL mine...haha.. My husband and I got out a few hours wout kids and at walmart there was a lady in front that had four kids all young and close in age and I just stood there and chuckled cause she was trying to keep them in the cart, sat down, not hitting each other while trying to answer the ladies question!!! Another lady in front of me was annoyed but I knew exactly what that mom dealt with so I just laughed when the kids started sword fighting with two plastic poles to a stand being returned!!! The kids weren't bad just restless and not wanting to sit still....ANYWAYS Did you gain weight from having the kids? Thats where I gained my weight. I got preggo with my first kid 5 years ago and haven't been the same since!! I had my tubes tied and know I am done so I am trying to work hard at losing the weight. Before I always used the excuse why lose it and then get preggo again all the work will be in vain....

Prinny-I feel bad your having such a hard time!! I am glad the inhaler worked. I hope things keep getting better for you!!!

Well I talked WAYYY tooo much....I hope everyone has a good week this week. There was a guy that left a message on my voicemail and at the end he said "Make it a good day" I thought that was different. We truly can not let things get us down and make the best of the day but I dont always do that!! Ok chat with you all lata!!

Hey guys. Just dropping a line. Did good all weekend but had some beer and pizza last night. But the strength/cardio/abs/30DS I did earlier in the day may have made up for it though. So I'm not unhappy with myself. Today was way under cals because of sleeping. LOL. Looking forward to tomorrow. No lower on the scale since reaching my St Patty's Day goal but I know i"m doing good. Besides reaching that goal meant reaching a mini goal. So I'm very happy!!!!

I went to the gym yesterday to work out so a lot of ppl saw me in my work out clothes instead of my work clothes. My work clothes are huge on me so they're not very flattering (I'm working on getting them taken in) so a bunch of ppl told me how skinny I looked yesterday. Super excited!!!

The pant sizes are just dropping. When I started I ranged between 22 and 20. Then I reached 18. Now the 18 are kinda big and I could probably fit in 16. My mom gave me some 14s and I can't quite get into those yet. But I'm still in a great mood!!!

My bday is in June and I want a whole new wardrobe!

Good Morning Ladies

Lost this week [.5] but I'll take it.

Not worried,as I just started eating my meals in a smaller[3 section] plate for portion control.I guess it takes a while before I get used to new way of eating.

Tracker finally reading correctly.

VEGAS-I think the small plate is working like I mentioned above. I don't feel hungry and I'm now watching mindless eating. I must being doing something right as I was at church yesterday and I didn't catch anything from anyone.



MOMO-I think I stay will Bob Don't like people making me cry,like I see on the B/L but than again that's done for ratings as it a TV show.


NICKIE-Continue what your doing as its working for you Congrats on both factors ,getting to your mini goal and shrinking in clothing size.


Have to go, will post later

Beach-True if Jillian wasnt there and it was a bunch of people being nice and just working out we probably wouldnt even watch it would we?? LOL

Nicki-You always seem to do a hard work out so I think a slice of pizza once in a while is ok...LOL...

Having a just wanna lay on the couch day...Thanks to TOM...Where's the CHOCOLATE???

beach a loss is a loss girl!!!!

mom lay around on the couch days are sometimes good days though. lol

Happy Monday everyone!

Yeah it has been very lazy and suprisingly I havent felt that bad about it. Not that TOM is an reason for it but it doesnt help....OH WELL tomorrow is a new day!! I still am doing good on eating...ok lata gonna lay down with the kids!!!

Happy Monday Ladies!

My W-I today has me at 175.6! Thats down about 2lbs. and it was TOM week, so Im VERY VERY greatful! Cloud 9 is putting it mildly and its another day of cardio fat burn for me!

Momo - Goodness it seems we have A LOT in common! I was 135lbs prior to kids, always a size 7. I has the perky boobs & bubble butt. I have 3 kids: Makenna is 4.5, Maddie is 2.5, and James is 10.5 months! I got pregnant with my first in 2003, gained 85lbs with her, and lost it ALL in 3 months doing nothing. It just came off! I got lucky with that, but the stretch marks & body changes stayed. I got pregnant again in 2005, gained 48lbs. and lost most of it with little effort. My 3rd pregnancy was my stickler. I gained 52lbs. and I guess since this was my boy pregnancy, I was MUCH more hungry. After having him, I got my tubes tied 7 weeks later, and like you, had always used the "whats the use Im going to have another baby" excuse. Finally in December it hit me. Im tired of being tired, Im tired of feeling fat & gross. Well Im done, and its time to get MY BODY back! I figured Ive donated it to children LONG enough, and I want it now. So I am doing this for me, because I dont want to be one of those frumpy "oh its obvious she's a mom" moms! Im SURE you understand!

I know ALL about doing the kid thing, how hard & stressful it is. Im a stay at home mom also, not sure if I mentioned that, but I know how hectic things can get. I look forward to bedtime (thankfully all of my kids are on a GREAT schedule!) and alone time with the Hubby! We have date night about once a month together, and out with friends alone about once a month each also. Our date night is Wednesday!! Dont you feel its BS that we have to get TOM after having our tubes tied?! UGH, now there's no point, so I get extra b*tchy seeing it!

Nicki - Hooray for dropping those sizes hon! I just fully got out of any "plus size" stuff, and wouldnt you know they had a pants sale and it was all plus sizes. I just giggled to myself. Both my daughters are June girls (11th & 25th) when's yours?!

Beach - Congrats on your loss! Anything is better than gaining right?! Im glad you're well too! Keep up those plates, I think it's really working!

A lazy day at home for me, laundry, etc. However, Im in a GREAT mood despite a teething baby! I have the smile on! Off to start lunch here! Have a wonderful Monday all!

Vegas- that is crazy my baby girl is named Maddie also. We had a hard time finding a middle name that wasnt already in the family so we did Maddie Grace. Yeah I had my boys first so i gain all the weight and kept them. Ethan 6 I gained 60lbs with him Lost half of it. Then a year later got preggo with the next boy Nathan 4 I gained 33 with him. Now at the hospital after I had him I was in my prepreggo jeans with him. I was estatic. I lost that weight. I was around 180ish then the girls came. I had Kira 2 and I had some problems with her. I had all big babies and my Nathan was almost 10lbs well by the time I had kira being stitched up two times already I tore and it was not fixable. I laid there for and HOUR while he stitched me up. I still havent had surgery to completely fix it because of my weight. Anyway they kept me an extra day to see if my iron improved because they wanted to give me a blood transfusion. It took me a long long time to recover from her because I had no energy no nothing so there for I didnt lose the weight. I had her in May and that next July I had Maddie. So there was no real time to recover from that. I always say I will still be the one that will get preggo even though they tied my tubes!! LOL. I agree there is no point in TOM visiting us...LOL. I had a scare about a year after my tubes were tied I was 10 days late I was like NO WAY...but yeah it was just messed up. I know EXACTLY what your talking about with the mom thing!!! I also have a 15 year old foster daughter and hate that I am over weight because teens are very cruel and blunt. But luckly no one has said anything but I always feel self-conscience when I am around her friends. Most of her friends are like your mom is so pretty...I try not to say anything but I am usually in my head like YEAH BUT I AM FAT..*sigh*
Well I am on my way to getting thin again I have done well at keeping under calorie's. My husband is now even trying to find different low calorie things to make for me. Since I have been consistant for almost 3 weeks at tracking them he knows I mean it. He even bought me low fat croissants today. He was way excited to show me.

Wow I talked WAYYYY tooo much but that comes from having online little people to talk to all day!!!

Talk to everyone tomorrow Make it a great day!!!

Still getting tired easily but feeling better. I just need to not push myself too much.

HAPPY ST PARTICK'S DAY LADIES


Going to spend a quite day with my Leo.We're going to eat our corned beef cabbage & potato dinner later.

Nothing new,this after there as some sort of charity golf tournament that we will watch.

MOMO-You're correct they would have exercised that hard.I remember when they gave the contestants the right to use the y gym on there own and they didn't have a clue on what machine to work on.

NICKIE-Thanks for your congrats.I hope that I finally on the downward slope.



VEGAS-Congrats on your 2 lb lost,I be on cloud nine also,if I lost that much.TOM will do that ,but he doesn't visit me anymore. Thanks for your kind words I hope the plate works for me as I been at the high 160's since last Sept. Going to have my thyroid tested again when I go back to the doctor of my cholesterol blood test.


PRINNY-Don't push yourself let nature take its course.


Have a great morning,will return later and see what your gals are up to

a very dreary day outside...yuck. I am going to go to my moms. My 4 year old as stayed there the last 2 nights and my 6 year you "sure misses him" But I figured it would be good for everyone to get out of the house...As soon as my 6 year old finishes school I am gonna go....catch everyone Lata!

vegas WTG on that loss!!!! U deserve that Cloud 9 feeling. I'm June 30th! LOL. Yeah today I feel comfortable in my 16 and I bet I could wear 16 jeans too. I'm still in "W" but it's ok. The sizes are still dropping

mom LOL. When I lived in Memphis my ex SO was in Louisiana working, so I was at home all day pregnant with no one to talk to. When DD was born while I was on leave all I had was this baby to talk to. My online mom's forum was my LIFESAVER!!!! So I know how it is!

beach Enjoy your day!!!!

Feeling good today. No loss on the scale but no gain either. Makes me happy. Today is my last afternoon off. I get off at 3pm and done for the rest of the day. Wed-Fri I get off at 3pm and have to head straight over to my waitressing job until late. Whew! Hopefully I'll see some money to make it worthwhile!

Feeling ok today, but still not going to push too hard. I have plans tomorrow and don't want to feel icky tomorrow.

Still losing despite not working out but it's sloooooooooooooow going. My poor husband hasn't lost anything in like 2 weeks and is getting understandably frustrated. I am trying to encourage him to ride the stationary bike or use the wiifit or something and drink more water. If he gives up it's going to make it impossible for me to say nothing of how worried I am about his health at his weight. :-(

I think I am going to up my goal weight by 5 pounds because I think 130 may be too low.

Good Morning Ladies

Looks like spring is coming to the cape,the weather begetting warmer and the winds are slowly descending. I'm going to try to walk along one of our main streets for 2 miles for 30 mins.Have to start slowly and work myself up to 3 or 4 miles like I did last summer.


Looked in the mirror and I noticed that I can see a bit of a curve coming back on my waist line and my face doesn't look that swollen any more. Even if the scale doesn't go down I can now see that I'm losing inches instead. Is it all from portion control??????????


MOMO-Hope you had a great time at your moms. I used to leave my DD at my moms for a couple of day just to break up the atmosphere,and she's loved it,she still members those days.
Did you watch the B/L last night???What a twist that happened in the W-I.Can't believe Tara only lost 2 lbs,but than did you hear Jillian tell her that she working to hard and should slow down. I guess That applies to us also.


NICKIEYou're doing great in the weight loss dept, glad you stayed the same Have a good day ,and hope the dinners are gorgeous today.I always give 20% of bill,as waitressing is not an easy job and you need extra tips to survive.


PRINNY-I know how frustrating it can be as I was there. Are you using portion size plates or are you eating foods with too much sodium in them. That's some of the reasons that stalls.Take a tape measure and see if your losing inches instead.My scale[ with a built in scale devil] is moving slowly also,but I found another means of success using the tape.



Have a great morning

maryann Wish you would come eat at my restaurant! LOL

Well did good last night. Got home to find two new DVDs on my doorstep. Flirty Girl Fitness "Ultimate Upper Body" and "Chair Dance: Tone and Tease". They came with free weighted gel balls. I was so excited! I skipped the gym and did the "Ultimate Upper Body" DVD and my Day 9 of 30DS. So while I know I did well yesterday I feel like I didnt' do good enough. Not sure why. Mb cuz I didnt' get to the gym and had planned on it. Mb cuz I didn't feel like I sweated enough. Weird I know. But oh well.

Today starts three long days. Job #1 till three, weights and followed with Job #2 till anywhere between 8-10. I'm aiming for $60 in tips tonight. Tomorrow $75 and Friday $100!!! Wish me luck.

I'm also planning on doing 30DS when I get home from work tonight and tomorrow cuz I don't think I'll be home TOO late but I know I'll still be tired so wish me luck on that too!