Love & Laugh congrats on the 3 pounds

Eiluj congrats on the 10 pounds


I had a binge in the afternoon on cereal and yogurt. At least I got exercise in.

Wednesday: 2291 calories, 431 deficit, 45 minutes tae bo

I went and celebrated making my mini-goal by doing an hour on the elliptical & some weight training, then a good hard walk Calories in, 1481, calories out 3488 (maybe a little more, from jumping up & down & screaming when Erik introduced my friend John on The Biggest Loser finale tonight )

Congrats to all on your weight losses!!!! Isn't it great to be losing weight during a time when sooo many people are gaining?? Although we still have some rough December days yet to come.

Wednesday's calories - Just under 1100, not enough exercise though.

Thank you!

Yesterday was at 1301, but my feet were hurting so I didn't use the treadmill.

Still a day off won't hurt me. That's only the second day in two weeks.

I love Thursdays. I can't explain it, but I do love them. I'm looking forward to today.

Julie

day 114 = 1240 calories

I am hoping to lose another 3.5 pounds by Christmas. I don't know if that is possible in 10 days, but I am going to give it a try. If not by Christmas, by New Years for sure.

Mon...1,029 calories
Tue... 956 calories
Wed.. 1,187 calories
Today I finally put my summer dress clothes away and exchanged them for my winter wardrobe. I've been putting it off because I know I've gained lots of weight since last winter and wouldn't be able to fit them. I just finished trying them all on (I'm a clothes horse, have lots of dresses, skirts, blazers, etc.) and I have only 1 Dress and 1 Skirt that fits(only because of elastic waist band)! Geez, what happened to me, how did I let myself get so fat? I guess it started when I was in a leg brace for most of the summer in 2005, I couldn't bend my leg. I'm very active in the summer, but couldn't do anything. My DH did all the work and I just sat around and watched. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!
Well, I'm NOT going to buy one single article of clothes in a bigger size, I refuse to. That should be my best motivation, what motivates you?
Bobbi

The idea of meeting people I used to know without feeling ashamed of myself. That's a huge motivator for me.



1605 for my day today, plus 95 minutes on the treadmill.

I'm a little afraid I didn't count everything I ate. I have the feeling I forgot something, but I can't figure out what it might be. I hate that feeling!

Julie

1830 cal today/90 minutes exercise

Calories in 1230, calories out 3481 I got my butt on the elliptical tonight after walking Mall of America & Ikea for over 3 hours with the baby & the spouse.

What motivates me? Wow...there are a million little things. Seeing people's faces when they see me is wonderful....wearing just one more size smaller - that's a big one...feeling really good about myself physically & emotionally is a HUGE motivator....recording a great day of exercise or eating has been a nice motivation too... Every night, I try to ask myself before I go to sleep "What have I done today to make myself proud?" or "Did I do more good than damage to myself?" and being able to honestly answer that I ate well or exercised or stayed w/in my goals has made me feel SO peaceful.

Well what motivated me to even start this life style change is first and foremost my children. And my health. And of course that still keeps me motivated, but as i go along there are some new motivators for me:
- I love watching my clothing size plummet. So even now shopping is waaay more enjoyable and I naturally want it to plummet lots more and therefore I can shop more. I kind of put clothes for me on the back burner for a while, and I am definitely ready to be a clothes horse once again.
- I love my newfound energy and look forward to getting even more energized
- I gotta tell ya I do love the compliments, they do indeed keep my going.
- I love feeling like I'm not taking up quite as much space as I used to and want that to be even more so.
- I love the way that I'm eating now, such healthy foods, the right portions, I want that to continue ........forever.

Okay you see now I'm embarassed to post yesterday's calories, it's just about the worst day since I've started this. Oh well - about 1500 calories.

Have a great day everyone. And let's continue to stay motivated.

Honey, in what universe is 1500 calories a bad day, especially when you were so low earlier in the week? You're being too hard on yourself!

Julie

That's what I was thinking too eiluj. If you are already eating under 1500, where are you going to go once you stop losing weight? You're slowing your metabolism down, so when you start eating even a little bit, you're going to gain weight. Are you taking any dietary supplements?

Motivating factors:

Seeing my kids light up as I exercise with them doing sports, walking to the park, or just plain getting off the couch...

I feel better than before...

I will be able to wear my wedding ring again...

I love the compliments...

I feel thinner...

I was right on target today with calories; I din't feel like exercising today. I should have made myself. I wonder if I am coming down with something. I felt like sleeping all morning today. Hmmmm...

I know that 1500 calories is not terrible, but it is more then I have eaten in a while and that coupled with the fact that I didn't have a great day in the exercise dept. just got me a little nuts. I've been very, very obsessive lately and I know I need to lighten up a bit, I most certainly have been hard on myself. I've gotta get through my head that there is no need to "speed diet". I'm working on it. I'm not taking any supplements, but am eating very healthy foods. It just doesn't make sense to me to eat more now just in case later I plataeu. I'll have to worry about that when I get to it. The plan is to increase the exercise at that point. And on that note... Friday's calories - about 1300 and I did manage to get in a decent amount of exercise.

Have a great weekend everybody.