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Good morning, ladies! Another week begins already. I have a week and a half left at my Internship. I'm ready for it to be over! I 'only' lost a pound this week; these last 10 before -50 are taking FOREVER. I think it's directly affected by the fact that I haven't had much time to exercise the past month, due to school & working 40-50 hours a week.
I don't have a lot of time for personals, but I wanted to answer a question.
Heather hb - I absolutely LOVE the 30 Day Shred. I did it for 30 Days straight, and it was rough! lol. I use it as one of my main workouts. It's a combination of strength training & cardio. It's about a 25 min. workout (I do extra exercises to make it a full 30 mins), and for me personally, I burn over 500 calories in that half hour! It's a tough workout. I'm still only on level one. But I definitely recommend it!
Thanks Kayleystar..I'm thinking about getting it with my giftcard im gonna be getting from my husband for xmas but today he was talking about maybe getting me the biggest loser last chance workout but im not sure im gonna get it because i have alot of workout dvd's so many in fact that i cant do them all lol
As for me...last night's dinner was BAD! We ended up getting pizza and i got mushrooms and green peppers on mine and i gave myself a 3 piece limit well i totally went over that and then later i had a bowl of sugar free ice cream so i had totally expected the scale to be up this morning from water retention but to my total surprise and excitement it was actually down a little over a lb and i was totally excited when i looked at the number that the scale said because the last 3 weeks i have been between 286-288 but i think i finally broke thru the plateau cause this morning the scale read 284.6 and it said that number 3 times in a row!!!! so today i am going shopping and im gonna buy some really healthy food for me to eat the next 2 weeks and i hope that this number sticks with me until saturday or maybe goes down another lb that would be awesome if i got to 283 cause that would mean that i only have to lose one lb to make it to my goal of 50 by december 19th!! I'm sooo excited and happy today!
Sorry so long just had to share my excitement!
off to go shopping i will check in later
Heather
Last edited by hbieber2006; 12-07-2009 at 09:41 AM.
Still plugging along with my weight loss. This is such a tough time of year what with the holiday parties and get togethers. <sigh> I am just trying to do the best I can to get through it with minimal damage.
Kayley...sometimes the stress of long hours will make your body retain water. Maybe you will get a bit of a woosh once things slow down a bit for you. I hope so!
Heidi, slip ups happen. Water under the bridge, but I find that I don't notice the weight gain (even if its just water) until 2-3 days later. I hope you don't, but don't worry if it does...its only water and will come off. Stick to it!
Hello ... I haven't jumped in on this thread yet, but I think it would be a good place for me to post. Like many others, I'm knocking things out, figuring out what works and what doesn't work, and trying to identify what went wrong when things don't work.
I've lost about 15 pounds so far, but have weak moments or times when I'm not sure of the best choice to make.
Good evening ladies. I am at just under 1400 calories for the day. I will try to have something this evening before bed. I seem to sleep better if I eat a snack before bed as long as it isn't a gallon of ice cream. It has been in the -20's today. We are headed for -28 tonight, windchill -32. We had a flat tire today. Basically a slow leak that was fixed while we had lunch at an Italian restaurant next door. I'm frankly surprised anything runs in weather like this. I have on so many layers, that no one could tell I've lost weight until spring.
Did well at the restaurant. I KNOW how to look at a menu and pick something appropriate, I just haven't knuckled down about that until recently. I had a nice meal, and didn't feel stuffed or sick when we left. I have no idea why I used to think it was great to go to a restaurant with huge portions of things that I couldn't even taste after awhile. Today, it was slow food, with fresh herbs and vegetables, maybe the best minestrone I have ever had. I could taste everything, and enjoy myself without guilt, or glutony.
Good morning, ladies! I'm quite happy, as my stability ball came in the mail on Friday! Unfortunately, they sent me the wrong size. I ordered the 65 cm, and they sent the 55 cm. Boo. I can still use the ball until they send the correct one, at least. My friend goes to a gym, and pays for a monthly membership for her & her husband. Her husband doesn't go, and therefore she doesn't. We're going to have his portion of the membership put into my name, and I'll just pay her half the cost ($17 a month) of her membership, and we're going to start going together! She told me she needs motivation, and I told her I'll MAKE her get to the gym! lol. So we're starting today.
Torister - Glad to see you pop in.
Hyacinth - Hello & WELCOME to the forum! Are you following any certain eating/exercise plan?
Catherine - Sheesh! We've got snow, but not nearly that much...at least not for another few weeks. Stay warm!
Last edited by kayleystar; 12-08-2009 at 06:22 AM.
Kayley, or should I call you 'Jillian'? lol Hope you both enjoy the gym.xxxxxxxx
Catherine WTG on the food choices.xxxxxx
Hyacinth are you a fellow Brit? 15lbs is GREAT!!!xxxxxxx
Peggy, GREAT to 'see' you!! How are you doing? xxxxxxxxxx
Heather B hey it's done now & you could have done FAR worse you know, garlic bread, extra cheese, doughnuts...Have to stop I'm drooling like Homer..lol!!!!xxxxxxxx
Well bil went back into hospital, suspected DVT AND his eyes are so bad he was crying. I had to force him into a taxi to hospital I couldn't go as my boys were in the bath, Steve was at work 60 miles away...sigh.... I hope the hospital sorts him out PROPERLY this time. His eyes were bad when they let him out, so was his knee (where the DVT is, if that's what it it) I'm SO angry. Angry at the doctors (GP) for not having a call-outy service, just a phoneline manned by a call centre - they said to get to hospital..REALLY never thought of THAT ONE!!!!!!! Angry at bil for leaving it so late to get help and finally angry at myself for pigging out last night...Oh well I'l have to hit the gazelle for a LOT longer today! Sorry to be a downer but I need a little vent. (Feeling better already, lol)
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Well I have decided that everyone is going bonkers around here. Last night hubby and my oldest got into a fight. Just a yelling fight..my son got mad and went out the door. So I yelled at hubby and took off after my son. My son is frustrated that he cant get a job and about the baby. When i got back hubby was crying. He says that he hates living here with my brother. He wants to move and he doesnt know what to say to our oldest cause he is so friggin mad at his ex gf. I said I know ..
So I found my sons ex gf myspace page...BIG MISTAKE! She made comments about everything on there. The day i called her mom she made a really ugly blog about it. I have decided I am no longer going to search and look at her page. She is not a dumb kid. She knows that those things are not set to private and I or my son can read them. If she thinks for one minute that we are just going to lay down like dogs she is mistaken. She has chosen a battle that she should not have. I am not going to lie..it hurt the things she said cause i thought she was a nice girl who liked us..guess I was wrong.
hello ladies.. been a long time since i posted.. have been so busy since mom passed. finally got her apt cleaned out and her stuff put in storage.. boy was that a hard one. every drawer i went thru felt like i was invading her privacy.. you just dont go thru someone elses stuff.. it felt 'wrong' somehow. but it's done now and im so glad. im staying with my sister atm till i can find a job and get on my feet. it's so hard not having time to just 'grieve' cause im so busy.. but i guess in some ways that's a good thing.
eating hasnt been real good for me. i use daily plate to track my cals and the last week i have been eating anywhere from 300-900 cals a day.. and i know that is horrible.. some of those cals have just been slim fast cause i know i should put something in my stomach but cant eat to save my life sometimes.. so i figure slim fast is better than nothing. i really hope my appetite comes back at least a lil.
hope everything is going well with all of you...
I finally finished the shoveling today. The side walkway from the front to the back of the building that no one uses except delivery guys was left. It was waist deep snow drifts most of the way. 1 foot forward took 6-10 shovel fulls. I've only had 1100 calories so far today, so I need to make some dinner.
@kayleystar: Thank you! I am mostly following a mediterranean diet. To me, that means keeping saturated fat to a minimum, 3 daily vegetable servings, a daily fruit serving, and grains that have a decent amount of fiber in them. If that proves to have too much wiggle room, I'll switch to calorie counting.
@voodoo1: No, I am not British, but I do love Hyacinth!
@azcyn: I'm sorry to hear about the argument. It's really hard to live with adults other than the significant other. I hope things work out!
@twilightwing: I never thought about how difficult it would be to "invade privacy" of having to go through a late loved one's belongings. I imagine that would be very difficult.
Good morning, ladies! Just passing through this morning. We've got some nasty weather happening out there. Hopefully, my drive to school, and then my Internship will be uneventful!
It was so good to get back to the gym yesterday. I love working out at home, but there's just something I love about the gym. I got in half an hour on the elliptical, half an hour of strength training, and last night I did an hour of stability ball exercises while I watched The Biggest Loser finale. Was really happy with who the winner was. I'm bummed that the next season (season 9, which is the one I tried out for) won't be starting until January. Oh well.
Well, I've gotta get ready, and brave the roads! Have a great day, all.
300+ Weekly Thread #1240
I 'only' lost a pound this week; these last 10 before -50 are taking FOREVER. I think it's directly affected by the fact that I haven't had much time to exercise the past month, due to school & working 40-50 hours a week. 
lol Hope you both enjoy the gym.xxxxxxxx
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Have to stop I'm drooling like Homer..lol!!!!xxxxxxxx
...Oh well I'l have to hit the gazelle for a LOT longer today! Sorry to be a downer but I need a little vent. (Feeling better already, lol)
