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Monday........Motivation Monday
Tuesday.......Tuesday Tips
Wednesday.....Wednesday Weigh ins
Thursday......Thankful Thursday
Friday........Friday Facials, Fingernails and Fun
Saturday.......Sit-up Saturdays - any physical activity
Sunday.........Soup and Salad Sunday - recipes

These are not required topics ...just ideas to share. We have found them very helpful. We also share heartaches and fears...joys and celebrations.

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uh...hello? Anybody home?

I was busy out in the yard, and came inside to get something...seems I can't just walk by this computer without jumping on to see what's happening.

nothing much, apparently!

I'll be back...

Hey again!

Right after I posted the last post about working out - I went and did it I almost thought I wouldn't be able to (or just didn't want to) do the 2mile and was going to do the much easier 1mile.. when I decided that I'd put the 2mile in since its harder and just try my best - if I couldn't get in the 2miles at least I'd get that extra work for the other body areas. And I did it! All 2 miles, and I feel awesome. I plan on going again tonight Woot.

I went out and got food from this "all natural" Pita place.. bought a whole wheat pita with hummus and all these yummy veggies. I've got my bottle of water here and I'm a-chugging I feel awesome. I'm thinking about writing a poem to remind myself just how good working out makes me feel.. I wrote one a few years back about how I used to feel when I went walking/jogging late at night - I think they're great reminders and inspirational.

Hope everyone is doing well!

HIP HIP HOORAY !!!
HIP HIP HOORAY !!!
I LOST MY POUND AND KEPT IT AWAY !!!!!

Well ladies.. I DID IT !!!! I not only lost my one pound for this week... I also lost those 2 lbs I missed last week. I am down 4 lbs !!!!! And the best part is.... I lost it BEFORE I went on my mini vacation and kept it off.
Well... I lost 5 before and kept 4 off. I feel GOOD !!!

I did not read what our new goal is ... so for me... My GOAL is to lose that one pound again this week. AND I AM GOING TO DO IT TOO !!!!

Who was keeping the roll call? Put me down for 5.5! Thank you all so much for doing the challenge--I worked just a little bit harder to be sure I could get that 1 pound, and ended up getting 5.5 and seeing my scale go under 300, finally! I just want one more this week so I can say I met my mini-goal and do something to celebrate. Actually, my real goal is to maintain, cause I keep thinking that just can't be right--I had two weeks with no loss, worked just a little harder, and all the sudden 5 pounds? Oh well, I got on and off the scale a dozen times, so I'm taking it.

Congrats 2cute!!!!

Good job on the exercise, cd!

2Cute
Angela

Hi ladies,

Looks like we've got three losers so far for a total of 10.8 pounds lost (I'm not tracking gains) for this challenge. Anyone else claiming a loss?



Since 8/18, our group has lost 26.15 pounds!



What about a challenge to 9/15?

I worked late this evening and did try to get in some exercise as soon as I got home. But DH told me I had time to exercise and then griped about dinner getting mushy after only 10 minutes. Thanks DH. But I'm walking the dog before Amazing Race.

Food was great today except for one downfall. A good SBD day up until 4:00 and I had such a headache and needed something. I failed to have an appropriate snack so I went scrounging the vending machines for peanuts. I checked all the floors and in desperation, had a payday. It was at least peanuts. I didn't want that but I was having that low sugar out of body experience. Tomorrow I will have more food. Other than that, all food was very healthy.

I need to go clean the kitchen. Have a great evening!

Way to go, Thin, 2cute and Angela!

Hope to be joining you again soon.

Andria

You know how much I LOVE the Skinny Daily Post...somedays, I feel as though JuJu is speaking right to me...or about me. I thought I'd share.

But Why?

Kat (not me!) spun my head around.

Kat, aka SkinnyKat, a woman who writes online about weight and weight loss and other things, moved my mind when she said we should understand more than the “how” of weight loss, but also the “why.”

As in: Why do I easily gain weight? Why do I want to lose weight?

These may seem like easy questions to answer, but today I’m taking it slowly, answering them carefully. They deserve some attention.

I know why I gain weight easily. It’s because I eat too much and too little of the right foods, and I move too little. But, why?

Why do I eat too much? And too little of the right things?
I love the taste of terrible food.
Food is a reward, a solace, a comfort, a prize.
Food is addictive.
Food is a guilty pleasure.
Food is there.
Food is reliable.
Food is social.
Food is something to do.
Food is my art.
I’m in a hurry a lot of the time and eat mindlessly, forgetting how much I eat, or eating so little that when I finally get around to eating, I overeat.

Why can’t I control my eating when I want to so much?
Food is one of the few pleasures in my hectic, deadline-driven, scary, sad, world. I don’t drink to anesthetize. I eat.
I’m often hungry for more calories than I burn off.
(These answers tell me I need to diffuse the power of food in my life. I need help for this.)


Why do I move too little?
I work on my keester all day long.
I have only a couple of hours with my family at the end of the day. We gather around a table, on the couch. I should spend this time at the gym instead? I don’t think so.
I have a hard time putting my body care ahead of my job or my family.
I don’t always remember to sneak in movement during the day, especially when I’m on deadline.
I don’t like to exercise, even though I do like the result. Still, I’d rather read. I would always rather read.
(I need to find ways of being more active all day without making a big deal out of it or trying to transform myself into an athlete. By sneaking in lots of little bouts of exercise, developing an introvert’s exercise habit, I can slay the big exercise beast.)

Why is maintenance so hard?
It feels as if I’m pulling against a very large bungee cord. The cord is pulling me back toward my old habits while I keep on working to stretch toward a new way of living. I have to keep pulling until the elastic gives out and lets me stay put. And it takes years for elastic to lose its snap. Meanwhile I pull and pull and pull. It’s tiring.
(This just means I need to be respectful and patient of the process. It does take time, it is hard. Breathe.)

Why work so hard to lose weight and keep it off?
I lost the weight for my health. Is maintenance now about health or beauty? Is it both? For me it hasn’t been so much about beauty. It’s much more about not wanting to die early. Beauty is the sticky side trip, a distraction. I need to remember this work is for good health, good mood, good BP, smoothed out hormones, a working brain, a working heart, working guts. I want to keep functioning well for a good bit longer. These answers make my goals less about a size, I suppose…
(This is a big deal. This is a big deal. This is a big deal. I need to think about this some more.)

So now, what are your whys? Write them down and answer them in your body log, journal, or blog. Your questions and answers will probably differ from mine. I suspect that once we know all about our own whys, it’s a lot faster and more fruitful for us to develop our own personal hows. I can see right away how I can choose my goals with more clarity and accuracy. I can see how finding strategies for managing my body can be done with much more precision.

This is good. Thank you Kat.

(again, not me!) Check out Skinnykat.com too! Good, thought provoking stuff.

I'll be back after I get the boy off to school...

No wallowing in pity party over gains or being too giddy about success (i.e. rewarding yourself with food). Time for a new challenge! Just remember what Dr Phil would say: If you don't eat healthy or exercise, then you're not requiring enough of yourself. Nothing should be more important than your health.

The scale looked much better for me this morning but I'm starting with yesterday's weight of 252.4.

Roll Call for One pound gone by 9/15:

Terri

Roll Call for One pound gone by 9/15:

Terri
Kat

Count me in.

Terri
Kat
2cute

1 lb. by 9/15 .....
Me too!