ATTENTION!!!


teresab
dietcokehead
ohfaithful
lucky8
pas de chaton


I think we will make a great little group. 5 sounds like a good size to always have someone around.

Alright guys, let's figure something out! What is the best way to kick each other's butts? I think at the very least a daily thread. We can always do messaging and other stuff too. First, post a little about yourself here. I already PMed dietcokehead before, but this way we will know who we are "talking" to.

I am Teresa. I am 29 and have 3 kids. My oldest daughter is 4 and i have boy/girl twins who are 15 months. I am a nursing student and weigh way too much!! I have been using a calorie counting app on my iPhone to help me. It gave me 1600 calories. I bumped it up a little, so I have somewhere to go down to if I plateau. Also it said it assumes a sedentary lifestyle and gives back exercise calories. I work out several times a week, and I dont' eat back the calories, so I gave myself 1700. Sounds like a good jumping off point.


Can't wait to get to know you all!!

Thanks, Teresa. I was wondering where you were!!!

The best way to kick butt I think is accountability. We do it here anyway with the "what are you eating today" thread, but it would be nice to use this thread to just check in with one another to see how we're doing, like telling Amy (me) to NOT EAT THAT CHEESEBURGER when my cravings overwhelm me!

I'm Amy. I'm 35 and have one kiddo. She's 6 going on 16. I work in land conservation in deep South Texas. If anyone saw Hurricaine Dolly on tv last year, that's where I am! I use Lose It! on my iPhone as well. I logged that I want to lose 2lbs a week for my 180 goal and it has me eating 1485 calories. I exercise 7 days a week, sometimes I DO eat back those calories, which is why I've probably only lost 3lbs in 2 weeks. I'm frustrated.

hey .............im lucky and im 24 from the north east england work as a nursing assistant.
So glad this lil group was put 2gether it should be fun. I live with boyfriend who is my rock and is always supportive to my weightloss plans .....it helps that hes a bit of a gym freak .......but i dont always have the motivation he does . Threrfore a lil bit of female support on here would be great. Men can lose it so much better than woman its so unfair and we can moan and cheer together lol
I also have a lil yorkshire terrior MIlo. My 1st goal is 184lb doing it in smaller parts want my 1st goal by october which it my 25th and hopefully half of my goal off by aug 4 my girly trip 2 blackpool.xxxx

seriously, why DO men lose faster? Metabolism, blah blah...but it infuriates me! My husband looks like he's pregnant, but all he has to do is not drink a soda a day for a few weeks and he looks just fine. I hate that.
Hi Lucky

hiya ............well my bf is a bottomless pit he can eat and eat and eat.........**** put on then lose. hes lost 9lbs in 4 days by just eating healthy itll take me bout 3/4 weeks to lose that lol
He does weight training so that prob burns some cals but i rekon men do lose it faster.
Nice to meet ya all to .........i done my 1st exercise in a while 2nite on my bike and was tougher than expected but did it just getting back in the swing of things......i usually swim........but feel so much better 4 it

Hey!! Glad to see you guys here! My hubby is in complete denial. He used to be able to eat constantly and not gain an ounce. Now he could probably lose 40-50lbs but his solution is still eat crap, but skip lunch. I tell him that won't work, he won't listen. He always loses some weight in the summer because his job is physical and becomes moreso in the summer.

I have a yorkie too!! He is big for a yorkie-- probably about 13lbs, but super patient with the kids grabbing him and chasing him. He lets them because they are his main source of people food.

I stayed within my calories! In fact, I still have a whole 7 left. I didn't work out today. Tomorrow I will go in the AM and then at night I work waiting tables at the Olive Garden. It is SOOOOO hard sometimes there cuz the breadsticks are just... there. So easy to pick one up and eat it. Or we throw away the broken ones. But as it turns out, if one breadstick is 150 calories, then half of that breadstick is 75 calories, and if I grab a half 4 times..... 300 calories that I barely taste and surely don't need!!!! Damn you, simple math!!

heya .........well im not calorie counting im doing 3 square meals a day (healty) and its working im not very good with the calorie and point counting stuff.........i get board easy.lol
So im keeping it down to cereals or eggs for breakfast ........pasta or rice for dinner them somthing like chicken and steamed veg for tea.
I like to add alot of flavor 2 my food to i used alot of garlic and chilli powder so it keeps things interesting. i also have a treat a day like an ice lolly or icecream
As for ya bread sticks ever tried crisp read or cracker bread..........theyr really nice and not as bland as bread sticks. Thats what i usually snack on x

Morning!!!!
No cheeseburger for me last night. I had chinese bbq pork chops, 1/2 a cup of mashed potatoes and 1/2 a cup of corn. It was good.
I also did the ab portion of 30 day shred, and my tummy hurts today!!!!

dietcokehead: Yay for you on the "no cheeseburger"! And for doing the abs. I have the Crunchless Abs dvd but it's too much for me right now. Honestly, I can't even get into some of the positions they do, so I'm going to wait until I'm around 180 before I really start it. In the meantime I've done abs on My Fitness Coach but it's not very challenging. I guess I need something in between!

I am a stay at home mom in Georgia. I have a 4-1/2 year old boy and a 7-month old girl. We homeschool. My husband is currently on a temporary work reassignment in another state (about 12 hours away) and he will be there until it becomes permanent, probably December or January. So that means I'm sort of a single mom for the rest of the year. In a way it's good, because whenever we're apart for a long duration (he travels a lot anyway), we both tend to lose weight. So we should both be down to our goal weights by the time we move permanently.

So far this week I'm doing okay with my eating. I have set a goal for 1400-1500 calories per day and I've gone a little over 1500 a couple times. And I've met all my exercise goals for the week so far, but I just feel like I've stalled. Of course, I won't know until Monday when I weigh in.

Thanks for starting this thread! I look forward to chatting with everyone and keeping each other on track.

Morning ladies!!!! I have started my day well. I have had coffee and gone to work out. I did 15 minutes on the treadmill, steep incline, 2.8 mph. Not too fast, but worked up a sweat. Then I did weight machines for 30 minutes and got on the elliptical for 16 minutes. I feel good. Fridays and Saturdays are rough for me because I work at 5pm and don't get off until 11, so I feel like I have to get all my calories in before work without just eating garbage.

You go, Theresa! Are your legs sore? It's the incline that kills me.
Pas, you're almost to "Onederland"! Congrats! How long have you been on this plan? I'm still frustrated about only losing 3lbs in 11 days. I seriously thought it would be more....

I'll let you know about the legs tomorrow.... I know I have to do the incline, cuz I want to change up my routine from just the elliptical, but don't do running. I would love to love running, but my knee is all messed up adn hurts when I do. Maybe I can work my way up to and train my knee to love it too.

dietcoke: I started in the middle of May, then got a little discouraged at the end of the month, then I renewed my commitment on June 1st. So I guess it's been a month.

Teresa: Those are some tough hours to work! Congrats on sticking to your exercise commitment even on the rough days!

So, in addition to my salad for lunch, I ate something I shouldn't have! Now I have to re-adjust my intake (i.e., no snacking!) It so wasn't worth it. Darnit.

Spill! What was it? I will admit, I am eating some cheetos. I will work it into my calories.

Here's my day:
Breakfast: coffee, fruit cup (70 calories)
Lunch: serving of tortellini with meatballs (550 calories)
Snack: Cheetos (200 calories)


I haven't decided on dinner tonight. Maybe a chicken sandwich.


I also did the gym earlier and had about 40oz of water while I was there.