thanks everyone for all the support! i'm really enjoying 3fc so far. i can't wait till i can have one of those signatures with the weight goals...love those.
so i'm finally healthy and finished all the thanksgiving/birthday stuff.
tomorrow (along with school midterms) i start the diet and the exercising.
i bought a digital scale. i think it'll be better for me than my old analog; being able to see fractions of pounds lost and such. i'm also starting the fat smash diet and i have a bunch of exercise videos. i'm excited but nervous. the last time i tried a diet i ended up only losing a pound after two weeks and was totally grouchy and lost my patience all the time with my boyfriend. so i gave up. i'm hoping that being on 3fc and having people to talk to and get/give support will be a big help this time round.
wish me luck!!!

Ilene - oh my goodness, it appears we have the same cat! yours is adorable.

I've been struggling with some stomach issues for a couple of days, and tried to do my usual run today, got halfway through it, but walked the way back and decided to listen to my body. Gonna rest up and hopefully feel better by tomorrow.

Good Morning!!

I had a loss over the weekend girls! I'm pretty happy (despite the cold I caught) I can even change that little goal thing over there <<< in my profile!

lekshmiprasanth - I'm sorry for your loss. Travel safe.

Robsia - Sorry you're having difficulties with your mum. But congrats on already working out arrangements for the week!

chickennugget - I'm with you - I hate to see perfectly good cake go to waste! But congrats on holding strong!

My eating this weekend wasn't bad but exercise was not so hot - just one C25K, W3D1 run and that was it... We had company over on Saturday so I spend the morning cleaning, doing laundry - stuff that I had been putting off and really really needed to do -especially with company coming over! then Sunday I was just down right tired, my back was hurting from TOM and I just needed to rest so I went to bed early. I'm hoping for a better, more productive week. I know there's no way I can safely get down to 125 by my vacation on Nov 4th, so I'm slightly altering my goals for 125 to be my Thanksgiving weight, and hoping for 129.9 (under 130!) by November 4th. I also will need your help not falling off the wagon once I come back from vacation since it's been my #1 motivator.

Susan - a post-weekend loss is pretty much the hardest thing for me. so CONGRATS! That should make staying OP on weekdays easy as pie for you. It's the lack of routine that throws me off.

Amy - I think cleaning and laundry and such is totally a workout. You're moving so much more than you think... so don't discredit that! I'm like, sweating after a good vacuum session... lol.

jiggles - that's great that you are starting your new healthy lifestyle! We are all here to support you.

Finally, I seem to be moving slowly past this plateau I've been on for like, a month! It's so weird to see a different number on the scale. Like I didn't think it was possible...

Had a good weight-lifting workout yesterday, and my body is sore in that good way. Not sure what I'll do today, kind of feel like resting but after seeing my scale loss this morning, I'm motivated to go for a run!

I also got a new pair of earphones, by the brand Sennheiser. I've gone through SO MANY crappy earphones for running, it's disheartening. My ridiculous sweating during my run causes most earphones to short out after a while, or the earphones slip out every 2 seconds, or they hurt my ears after a while. I'm sure you guys have experienced similar things if you like to listen to your iPod while you run. GRRRR!! What a waste of money.

Have a great day, chickies.

Yeah, aren't they cute!!

Susan -- A loss over the weekend lucky, lucky you!!

Jiggles -- were here for ya, you can do this...

I had a good day food was calorie wise ok, but not healthy good choices... I went to the gym tonight too... The last time I ran was on Saturday, so I must get out tomorrow. I think I'm off tomorrow afternoon so I'll go then ...

Just wanted to test out my new ticker...

ohhh, pretty

Today I think I was way too low on my calories... not on purpose, but I got sidetracked and ate an apple and split a banana with my daughter not realizing it was noon so I wasn't hungry for lunch... so that WAS my lunch. I would be lucky if I got 1000 cals in today. I probably also had too much sodium in my dinner but I've drank TONS of water (with crystal light packets) all day so hopefully that will flush all the sodium out!

Exercises - I took DD for a walk and our neighborhood is VERY hilly so pushing her in her stroller about broke me on a couple hills! But she enjoyed the time outside and I enjoyed being out with her showing her squirrels and stuff, huffing and puffing away - plus it was a BEAUTIFUL day. THen I went and did my W3D2 of C25K which was for some reason harder than W3D1... I think I may have started off a bit too fast. Then this evening I did an upper body/arm/ab workout so I pulled off 100 minutes today!

Amy ... I pushed a stroller all weekend and I really think that is my secret (Ilene).

I'm still doing good at only 0.7 lbs above a healthy BMI!

Chickennugget ... Nelie experimented with some earphones. Maybe PM her and see what she ended up with?

Agghhh. Today I tried to sprint and realized that both my quad muscles are injured - pulled, I'm assuming - and now I'm sitting here with my feet up, ice bags on my quads.
It's not bad, I can jog. But I'm gonna take it easy for the next couple days, and see how it goes.

I think I've been overtraining, and not allowing my body to fully recover from my hard workouts. I need to work on that. I tend to go pretty hard, and "challenge" myself each time, which can result in fatigue and in this case, injuries

Dog walks shall be my exercise for a while.

Good morning!

I was under calories yesterday and hunted high and low for the perfect evening snack. Somebody needs to buy some groceries! I ended up nibbling a few walnuts. Plus 30 minutes on the elliptical ... not a bad day. Not bad at all.

I think my prize for normal BMI (hopefully by Friday) will be new yoga pants. My sweats are looking pretty awful!

Susan, what a great prize!! Congrats you're doing so well...

CNugget, ... sorry to hear of your injury ...

I'm doing ok, but just ok, staying above the water so to speak ...

Ilene, I'm doing the same - head barely above water. My eating has been OK, but I haven't gotten to work out in 2 days because of other engagements so I've GOT to get back in there and work out!

CNugget - I hope you heal quickly!

Susan - New Yoga Pants sound like a great reward!

Living with my mother (temporarily) can be so frustrating sometimes!!! There can only be one queen of the house, naturally. And she likes to control things unless I take a firm stance. Then she'll say I'm being harsh. I can't believe I was able to keep my cool for 18 years...

She's an amazing, loving, caring mother, but she's also tirelessly critical, controlling, judgmental of things/people and downright mean to my father sometimes (telling him he's too fat, making fun of him, etc, all in "good fun" - yeah right!)

I think part of the reason is that we're SO close. Like, we'll react to things by saying the same thing. Or just "get" each other, no explanation needed. When it's good, it's great, and we're like best friends (omg does that mean I've also inherited her mean traits?? Maybe...) But you can imagine what it was like growing up a chubby child under her eagle eye... *shudder*

Sorry, totally OT and maybe TMI but had to get it out.

Mothers!