WELCOME to our Blossoming Flowers April 2015 check in - just know that whether we lose or not we are still working through this journey with a PURPOSE - this is a place to chat and/or to use just for the accountability

Come on in, join us, meet some great people

EVERYONE's

Here you can:
~track your weight daily, weekly or however you'd like
~keep track of what you eat or didn't eat
~keep track of your water intake or lack of
~vent, rant ... express yourself or just chit-chat

We can get closer to our goals AND hit them together

Hope to see you soon ....

Started January 1, '13 @ 197.2, Ending January 31 @ 194.8, Loss 2.4lbs
Starting February 1 @ 196.6, Ending February 28 @ 197.6, Gained 1.0lb
Starting March 1 @ 197.6, Ending March 31 @ 196.8, Loss 0.8lb
Starting April 1 @ 194.6, Ending April 30 no weigh-ins
Starting May 7 @ 195.0, Ending May 31 @ 193.2, Loss 1.8lbs
Starting June 1 @ 194.0, Ending June 30 @ 189.6, Loss 4.4lbs
Starting July 1 @ 190, Ending July 31 @ 189.6, Loss 0.4lb
Starting August 1 @ 188.2, Ending August 31 @ 188.0, Loss 0.2lb
Starting September 1 @ 187.8, Ending September 30 @ 189.6, Gained 1.8lbs
Starting October 1 @ 188.4, Ending October 31 @ 184.2, Loss 4.2lbs
Starting November 1 @ 183.8, Ending November 30 @ 183.4, Loss 0.4lb
Starting December 1 @ 183.4, Ending December 31 @ 177.8, Loss 5.6lbs
Starting January 1, '14 @ 179.0, Ending January 31 @ 168.8, Loss 10.2lbs
Starting February 1 @ 168.4, Ending February 28 @ 166.2, Loss 2.2lbs
Starting March 1 @ 165.6, Ending March 31 @ 162.6, Loss 3.0lbs
Starting April 1 @ 163.2, Ending April 30 @ 160.8, Loss 2.4lbs
Starting May 1 @ 159.8, Ending May 31 @ 160.6, Gained 0.8lb
Starting June 1 @ 160.0, Ending June 30 @ 160.6, Gained 0.6lb
Starting July 1 @ 159.4, Ending July 31 @ 159.0, Loss 0.4lb
Starting August 1 @ 158.8, Ending August 31 @ 159.8, Gained 1.0lb
Starting September 1 @ 161.6, Ending September 30 @ 160.4, Loss 1.2lbs
Starting October 1 @ 162.0, Ending October 31 @ 158.8, Loss 3.2lbs
Starting November 1 @ 160.0, Ending November 30 @ 155.2, Loss 4.8lbs
Starting December 1 @ 152.8, Ending December 31 @ 166.6, Gained 13.8lbs
Starting January 1, '15 @ 165.8, Ending January 31 @ 160.6, Loss 5.2lbs of regain
Starting February 1, @ 160.0, Ending February 28 @ 164.4, Gained 4.4lbs
Starting March 1, @ 162.4, Ending March 31 @ 166.4, Gained 4.0lbs
Starting April 1, @ 164.6, Ending April 27 @ 163.8, Loss 0.8lb


*DWI = didn't weight in
*SP = spotting
*FBS = fasting blood sugar

01~ 164.6
02~ 164.8
03~ 166.1
04~ 165.4
05~ 167.0
06~ 167.8
07~ DWI - dental work
08~ 166.3
09~ 163.9
10~ 164.0
11~ 165.2
12~ DWI
13~ DWI
14~ 167.3 - My bday
15~ 166.3
16~ DWI
17~ DWI
18~ DWI
19~ 169.0
20~ 168.3
21~ 165.5
22~ 165.5
23~ 164.2
24~ 162.1
25~ 161.4
26~ 162.8
27~ 163.8
28~
29~
30~

Hello Rennie, I'm so glad to see you. You know I'll be checking in.

Lori

Thank you for the new thread!

April WI

01~ 231.8/FBS 111
02~ 231.4
03~ 231.8/FBS 155
04~ 231
05~ No W/I
06~ 233.8
07~ No W/I
08~ 231.8/FBS 165
09~ 230.8/FBS 155
10~ 230.8
11~ No W/I
12~ No W/I
13~ 230
14~ 229.6
15~ 229.4
16~ 228.4
17~ 229.8
18~ No W/I
19~ No W/I
20~ 231
21~ 228/FBS 104
22~ 227/FBS 119
23~ 224.8/FBS 117
24~ 226.4/FBS 149 (pasta last night)
25~ No W/I
26~ No W/I
27~ 226.6
28~
29~
30~
31~

Thank you for starting this new thread love2b150.

Wishing everyone continued success and perseverance in April!

29: 244.8
30: 243.2
31: 242.8

I'm going to join, since I've never done an accountability thread before, but it can't hurt me! I would like to loose 6 lbs over the course of April and limit my eating out (there is too much going on this month to completely eliminate it), as well as make smarter choices when I'm at restaurants! I'm going to use this thread (and be inspired by everyone here) to help keep me accountable!

I'm in. One more way to keep myself accountable. I'm adding a goal as well. I'd love to lose another 12 lbs over the course of the month. I say 12 just to firmly get OUT of the 250s. LOL! So April start is 260, and by April 30 I'd like to be 248. We shall see!!

April 1 : 260. Walked 3 miles. Food was good. Water could have been better.
April 2: 259.2 Water better. Calories OK. Didn't do any exercise, though. Getting house ready for company & ran out of time. TOM
April 3: 259.2. I need to plan better when I have plans with friends. NO exercize. Still TOM
April 4: 258.8. Walked 4 miles. TOM still going. Today is a sort of cheat day. Going out with friends to celebrate my birthday so I know I will have extra liquid calories.
April 5: 257.8 TOM is over. Spent today doing the Easter thing with fam.
April 6: 258.4. I feel awesome after having several days in the 250s I feel like I'm over a hurdle. I spent longer than I wanted bouncing back from 260-263 ish. Now I'm happy to be out of there!! Walked 2 miles. Intended to do 3, but got SUPER shaky for some reason
April 7: 258.4. Did 30-40 minutes of cardio dance. I have little to no rhythym. lol! But it was fun, and I was working off some calories for sure. Was sweating.
April 8: 257.4. I do believe I am firmly out of the 260s! Yay!!! Walked 3 miles
April 9: 256.6. Feeling really good about myself!! Calories were good. Gave myself the night off of exercise. I try to do that once a week or so just to avoid feeling burned out.
April 10: 254.6. 2 lbs dropped in a day....not normal. I'm guessing it will be back up in a day or two. BUT, I am still in the 250's and making my way down. I know every day won't be a down day, so I'm preparing for it to jump back up a little bit. Taking my son out tonight for a mommy & J dinner date. I have already scoped out the menu and found something on the healthier side. No exercise today. I did stick to the healthier options at dinner. BUT...at lunch I splurged calorie wise on a small shake. It was good...IDK about 700 calories good though. :-/
April 11: 255.2. I knew it would be up just from yesterday's 2 lbs down overnight. I had planned to go walk first thing this morning. I wanted to do 4 or 5 miles. But, it's raining. I hope it ends soon enough for me to go. I wish I had a treadmill at home. Ended up doing Leslie Sansone 3 mile HIIT video
April 12: Didn't weigh. gave myself somewhat of a day off. No exercise but not a total free for all, food wise
April 13: 253.6. A coworker who has been out on medical leave returned today and noticed my loss. Yay!! No exercise. I need to remember to focus on me, and not just my social life. lol. Went out with someone last night instead of going to walk.
April 14: 256.8. Ugh. I need to get back on track. No matter what. I have to do this for myself, and if the guy I am seeing doesn't get that, I need to either explain or back off of him. Walked 2.5 miles
April 15: 257. Damn it!! I wouldn't think that slacking on exercising would cause that much of a jump, but I guess it did. I am so tired of this up and down BS. Did a small walk, less than half a mile. I really need to learn to find a balance.
April 16: 257.6. Up again???? I don't know what's going on. It's not TOM. I haven't eaten horribly. I need to have a long talk with new BF and tell him to start kicking me if I don't do my walking and/or DVDs. Walked after work. 3 miles
April 17: 256.2 Well, it's going down a bit. I just need to keep plugging on.
April 18: Walked 4.65 miles
April 19: Walked 5.06 miles
April 20: 257. I'm so frustrated
April 21: 255.6.
April 22: IDK. Sick
April 23: 253. Did 5 miles of walk away the lbs dvd plus some work with the 10lb kettlebell
April 24: 254.4. Not going to hit my goal of 248 by the end of April.

Thanks for the April thread!

CW- 243.8
GW- 229

Total Lost -7.6

01~ 243.8
02~ 243.8
03~ 243.0
04~ 242.8
05~ 242.0
06~ 241.2
07~ 239.6
08~ 239.8
09~ 240.6
10~ 239.8
11~ 239.4
12~ 240.0
13~ 240.0
14~ 238.2
15~ 238.2
16~ 237.4 I think it's safe to say my plateau is finally over!
17~ 236.0
18~ 235.4
19~ 234.6
20~ 235.0
21~ 234.6
22~ 233.6 (TOM)
23~ 233.2 (TOM)
24~ 231.8 (TOM)
25~ 231.0 (TOM)
26~ 232.0 (TOM)
27~ 232.8 - this is what happens when your body retains water. Too much yardwork and not enough water! Couldn't even get my wedding ring off last night!
28~ 234.2
29~ 234.2 - Good grief this is disappointing...I've been on allergy meds for 2 days and retaining water like crazy!
30~ 234.0
31~ 236.2

Thx for the April thread.

Started yesterday off healthy and then last night I bombed with ice cream and cookies. Hopefully I can make today rock. I finally put my fitbit back on and I'm logging into my calorie tracker apps today. That's about all the added stress I can handle. Some point in April I'll weigh in.

For right now, let's see what I can do today.

Hello all, I'm starting today at 246. I plan to be firmly in the 230s at the end of the month. Let's begin.

Rennie!!!!

I was doing a search for old posts of mine (when I came back a few weeks ago I started a new profile . . . fresh start) so I could compare and see my numbers. I was really surprised when I saw this post: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/4978110-post96.html


This brought tears to my eyes "Remember Kris (MamaP) and that red dress she wore to her sons wedding. She rocked that dress." It was the Marine Corps Ball that I wore that dress for. I have a picture of me in that dress taped to my computer at work. I'm working on getting myself back into that dress. I'm getting closer.

I was going through old posts because I wanted to see where I was in terms of lowest weight/when/etc. It was very bittersweet going through old posts. I re-read some of the posts I wrote when my mom had her stroke and then when she died 3 weeks later - felt like yesterday reading them. It was rough reading how many times I said "I'm back!" "I'm refocused!" Etc. But, no more looking back with sadness/shame. If I look back it will be to learn from my mistakes. Today I am at my lowest weight in 4 years (231.8). Even though I'm still 20 lbs heavier than I was when I wore that dress (even though I was only at that lowest weight for about a minute - seriously I think it was less than a week), I'm okay with that. I'm going in the right direction. I still have that dress. I was going to sell it, but I've decided I'm going to wait. I'm going to get back into it - I'll sell it after that.

My new user name MadeToThrive comes from Casting Crowns' song "Thrive."

"We know we were made for so much more
Than ordinary lives
It's time for us to more than just survive
We were made to thrive"

Good to "see" you!

Kris
Do More Than Survive

Happy April!

Today's weight (4/1) - 225.4

Last night my boyfriend and I made weight countdown charts including a page dedicated to goals and rewards (I might have gotten the idea from Pintrest haha). So far it's really motivating me. I loved getting to cross off a box this morning. Woohoo!

Weekends are always my hardest days. I have too much down time and tend to overeat and under-exercise. Hopefully this thread will help keep me a bit more accountable!

Hello Everyone;

I am powerful You are doing great. Posting everyday may be all you can do but it is a big thing. You aren't letting go of you, your health, etc. Hang in there and know that we are all here for you.

Tomorrow I have my weekly weigh-in and I'm hoping I will have lost three pounds. Wish me luck and have a good night everyone!