Hot & Healthy Challenge Chicks! Aug. 19-25-07!!
 

What is Hot & Healthy Challenge Chicks?

A bunch of us were all part of different challenges together, and when the challenges ended, we decided not to! So we all came together and decided to start a long term challenge group, and we called them the Hot & Healthy Challenge Chicks!

-Anyone can join the group no matter what your goals are or where you are in your weight loss journey.
-We are here to support each other, encourage each other, laugh together, and cry together.
-Our unified goal is to exercise, eat right (whatever diet plan we may each separately be following), and have fun!
-We encourage new members, as the more that join, the more friends we have to support us along the way!
-We only ask that you follow one teensy, tiny rule. At the beginning of each month we state what our goals are, and they can be WHATEVER YOU WANT!
Then at the end of the month we can share how well we did with our goals, etc. However, sharing at the end of the month is completely optional.

I am going for a walk, I'll be back later!

Melody:

Awww hun!!! :hug: Are the kids able to get free breakfast and lunch at school at least? My ex was a truck driver over the road and wanted to fight tooth and nail in order NOT to pay. During the whole process he mysteriously crashed his truck and is somehow now on permanent disability.

I know he has some health problems and was in the hospital last december having a valve replaced on his heart so i am not saying nothing is wrong, but you know. It is just all very strange. He got approved for disability SSI, what have you and he didn't even want to give the lady my info so I could get money for the kids!

She finally had to threaten him with cutting him off!

So I get $101.00 from ssi each for them. The court says he needs to pay a total of $100.00 for the youngest two kids out of HIS ssi check and that is it.

arrgghhhhhhhhhh....ex's!!!

Oh and great job on losing! I am so proud of you!! I think I am down about 3 this month. My cals last week were bad though! I need to really buckle down this week. The exercise was excellent but I averaged about 1900 all week! WAY too many high days! And Chris birthday was yesterday....uuyggghhhhhh.....

thanks for the running site, melody!

i've been a mess lately. i really can't stop eating... i was so excited the first day i had a "plan" but my life has not been conducive to sticking to plans and i've deviated far, far from it. at the moment i don't even know where to start picking up the pieces (or maybe i should say, brushing off the crumbs), but i know that i have to.

i need to try to stick to my plan from here on out.

sorry, i'm just in a bum mood at the moment. better news next time i hope!

I have been using a new calorie/ food diary site. It is Waaaayyyy better then fitday. Everyone check it out! It is www.thedailyplate.com. You can search your foods, most are already in the databank, and it is sooo much easier! And it is free!

Yesterday my calories were over 1700. :( I am not gonna let it get me down though. Today will be better. I have over 1100 calories left for Dinner. So I am making cheeseburgers. :cbg: I think I will have a side of salad. I guess the kids will have fries. Not sure what I will have in the freezer. I may have a baked potato. That does sound good. :)

I am getting ready to do some strength training. I only got 15 minutes in of exercise yesterday. That is not good. :nono: I have no idea where I am at on my Exercise goal. :dunno: I am going to have to go to coolrunnning and add it up again. I keep track of everything I do on their running log.

Well hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! :hug:

Grocery run today. I bought fresh peaches - first time in prob. 15 years. OMG, they are sooo delish! And a few bananas, fresh spinach, brocolli, yogurt.

I'm still a bit discombobulated with groceries and menu. Tomatos (vine ripe) $1 per lb. (Safeway, same price as Peaches!), so I bought several fresh and huge ones. So I'll make pasta with sauteed spinach w/garlic, topped with fr. tomatoes & a bit of parmesan ch. w.turkey.

Last month at Jack in the Box I had a sirloin/cheese sandwich and it was heaven! I only eat red meat @ fast food places - dunno why. First red meat hamburger/sand. in years. With my recurring anemia, I think I'll try a bit of lean ground beef again at home. The ground sirloin or extra lean was $6.99 per lb. ( :o) and the "lean" seemed high, so I bought gr. turkey.

I need to learn regular prices on new to me items and stock up when they are on sale.

Monday I weigh in. Walking up to the post office's big glass doors and seeing my reflection was a big motivator in losing weight. I'm looking not so wide lately :)

Hope everyone has a relaxing week end!

Hooray! I am off to a great start! After a really high cal week last week(1900 average range eek!)

I am finishing at 1200 calories today! and 90 minutes of walking!!! *does a cartwheel*

I got smart this a.m. and made up 4 cups of cooked chicken breast and 8 cups of cooked brown rice and froze it! Then tonite I went in and made some for everyone!

I checked my fitday for last week and my goal is chicken/veggie/brown rice 3 days a week. I did NOT have it once! A few days were just blatant junk over eating days but 2 days I seen in particular the microwave popcorn made the difference of a 1700 cal day and a 2000 day! Two days were decent, 1535 and 1371.

I need more decent days, like today!

I am walking way too dang much to be trying to eat it back in cals you know?

I have got to get back to the exercise. I have really slacked off since I am not running :running: everyday! I am only feeling motivated when it is a run day (I run 3 days a week). I am gonna try for 2 hours tomorrow. I can probably walk for an hour and do some strength training :strong: and yoga :yoga: for the other hour. I need to also make sure I am drinking plenty of water. I haven't hardly drank any today and I know I will feel it in the morning when I run. Much do better on these things!!!!

Well I am tired. :tired: Off to bed!


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Melody get back in gear! lol

Ladibug....anemia....make sure when you are getting protein you have vitamin c with it, helps your blood absorb the iron. HAve you tried a cast iron skillet? Your food would also absorb some iron.

IS there a bulk store near you like costco or smart n final?

Have you started working out yet? What plan are you on?

melody - keep running! i've been slacking, too. i went jogging on the treadmill on thursday and haven't worked out since (although i was at a concert friday night and danced my butt off!).

jasmine - i hope you keep having the good days! i'm really looking forward to having them again myself... as far as exercising, i used to go almost every day but i've been slacking. now it's about once a week, and i know i need to get back into it. i need to get moving BEFORE i get eating, because if i binge it's all over, i'm too sick and bloated to run or anything.

i'm not on a specific diet plan, but i have my set rules like not eating in my car or standing up or straight from the fridge. I also planned out my meals so i could keep better track of cals and make them ahead of time and not risk binging while i cooked after work... somehow failed. i'm trying to get back on it.

Hi all! :wave:

Well I got up this morning did 20 mins of yoga :yoga: and hit the road. I did week 5 day 1 of C25k. It was hard. Today was a breeze compared to the rest of the week. I walked 3 mins and ran 5 mins, doing 3 intervals. What was so tough was that my second 5 mins came at "heartattack hill." A hill at the end of my road that is long and murderous. It took me 3.5 minutes and alot of pep talk to run up it, but I made it. After I got my official workout in, i walked for about half a mile and then started running the flats and downhills and walking the uphills. I did a total of 5 miles, 86 miutes. A total of 106 minutes for the day thus far. :strong: I am whipped right now though. :tired: I think I am going to take a nice 20 minute nap and then get up to do laundry. I am gonna try to get 15 miutes of cycling (or something?!?) in this evening. Right now I am ready to fall on my face. :faint: Here is my updated ticker...


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Iris, hang in there! We all have times when we slack off some, but the key is too get up the next moring and get your butt back into it! You can do this we all can. :dust:

Jasmine, You are the queen of working out! :exercise: Lead me on to onederland! I bet you can see it from where you are can't you? :D:

Off to drink some water and have a short nap... :yawn:

Yes get moving! Cheers to the good food days! lol

Melody:
You are doing great hun! Keep it up! Well I survived on 1200 yesterday and you know what? I am not very hungry today either. I think last week I was ovulating, not completely sure. It seemed like to close to tom, idk

I have today and tomorrow planned at 1200. And then I start thinking, am I crazy!! hahahahahahah Then I freak and think what if that is not enough and blah blah blah. Then i remind myself, one week was the cal cycling of 1550 average. Then last week was the disaster of a 1900 average!

So I tell myself if I do the 1200 for a few days, so what! Maybe I will actually lose another pound or two and realistically how long will my body want to do that? hahahahahahahahahahahahahah

I am sure I will be back to 1400 but maybe by then I will feel more in control!

So today I had 1 cup of coffeew/3 minitubs of cream, I put in my fitday for 2 w/cream so maybe another cup later? *sigh*

I had 1 cup kefir and 3/4 cup of grapefruit.

Lunch will be 2 ezekiel slices of bread and 1 tbs peanut butter.

Dinner will be 1 cup chicken breast, some broccoli, 1 cup brown rice, with some sweet n sour sauce thrown in.

Even that adds up to only 1211 and that is IF I still have another cup of coffee! hmmnn...

For monday I have planned a similiar breakfast and lunch with 2 bean and cheese burritos for dinner.

I think I will just stick with the lower cals for these few days and then by tuesday I will be ready for a pasta and garlic bread break. Maybe I will go a little wild and hit 1500! Next sat the ex's bro in law said they are coming to take the kids camping for that day so maybe I will have that planned as a high cal day and balance this week out at 1400 or 1500. We'll see. *sigh*

I am 90 minutes away from my monthly walking goal.

Tomorrow I will add the minutes on to make it 2000!!

I am looking trimmer in the mirror and am sure I am down 4 this month.

Hello all. Finally back from my crazy crazy vacation before class starts. It feels so good to be back in my apartment and although it was nutty to clean it all before I left I was glad to come back to a place that smells amazing and looks great.

Now about my vacation. My boyfriend and I went to his parents vacation house in North Carolina with my parents. His parents were staying with us for saturday and sunday and leaving sunday and then coming back the next thursday to spend the rest of the week. All was going amazing and they left and my parents and my boyfriend and I decided to go out and check things out. We wanted to go to the beach about 2 minutes away and as we started crossing the causway we got hit by a drunk driver..ugh....the rest of the week was terrible....we had to deal with the insurance companies and rental cars and all of that stuff. Thanks to my dads amazing driving he kept it from being a head on collision. He had to take us into the bridge but it kept things from being very bad. All of us were fine except for major bumps and bruises and pains. I think the fact that he went all out and got the 7 point airbags we were saved. My dad said though the only part he wanted to remember was how wonderful my boyfriends family was. They loaned us one of their cars for the whole week and they came and got us from the wreck (it was his aunt and cousins....they didnt even know my parents but they were so helpful). Other than that though I think my parents had an OK time. They tried to at least.

I did not eat or exercise very well. We did a lot of walking though so I guess that counts. One positive thing for me though is that I think I found a way to get rid of my stress....batting cages. My boyfriend and I went and I was wailing on those softballs (used to play) and I loved it. While I say I didn't eat very well it was more snacking in between meals that was bad, the food itself wasn't really that terrible though. I weighed myself after I ate tonight and I was 190 so I maintained.

This may sound silly but I think that God in a way with this wreck answered my prayers. My boyfriend and I seemed to be growing apart, but after the wreck we just reconnected all this week. I may have put my foot in my mouth today though...I was reading a newspaper and it said a 17 yr old and a 19 yr old were getting married (she hadnt even graduated high school yet) and I said that was really early and I didn't think I was ready yet. I would at least want to wait and graduate from college and he said oh...well you know you only have a year and I only have a semester. And then he sat there quiet and said that answered that then lol. I said no no no I want to marry you I just wanna wait until after we are done.

Also my parents were having problems with money...living paycheck to paycheck since they are supporting my brother quite a bit. Well the girl that hit us was no doubt in the wrong....her BAC was 2.07!!! So when we were talking to the insurance they were scared we were going to throw a lawsuit at them. They are going to pay out bigtime. They asked the next day if we were going to go to a lawyer and my dad said not yet. This will help.

It just seems like things are going good now. This vacation is everything that we all needed. Hope all is well for everyone else!

School starts tomorrow though so I'm gonna keep on relaxin!

My ex sis in law and her dh dated for 5 years before marrying. When she was done she had her masters degree. :D They have been married about 5 years now and have twin boys.

How long have you two been together? That is cool.

Well I hope things get better with the car/money thing. Good luck! Coming home to a clean house always feels good. :D

Okay so I changed my menu a tiny bit yesterday, basically took out the rice and added 4 corn tortillas and cheese and salsa! It was VERY good! My cals wound up at 1172!!!! Sheesh! Two days in a row in the 1200 range? I must of lost my mind! :lol:

I am not feeling overly hungry though. I am almost afraid TO eat cause then I think, what if I don't stop? I just do NOT want another horrible food week like last week! 1550 was fine that first week then a 1900 week average? uggghhhhh

I wonder if the reason I am able to do that for two days was cause of all the stored up cals from the week before? If I clock the cals at 7 days at 1900(the hi cal week) and 2 days this week at 1200 that = 1741 average a day. hmmmnnnnn......

Even though I "know" I can do another 1200 cal day or two, I think I am going to go up to 1400. I do not want my body to freak and hold onto this weight.
The image in the mirror is looking better and oh by the way I got a compliment a few days ago!

My dd has a friend at school and I have met her parents many times as they live a few blocks away. But they just started playing together again.

A few months ago I was walking with kids to the bus stop 15 minutes away and a van slowed down and some guy in glasses asked if we needed a ride. (This happens often lol) I said no thanx we are going the other way. And he said he could go that way. (Karolina whispered to me, thats Melody's dad mom!) hahah SO it was someone we at lets knew. I said still no thanx, I am getting exercise and need to lose some weight and he said okay and went on.

Well I am out walking by myself a few days ago and a van slows down and its him and a friend and he yells out, "So how much have you lost now?"

I said, "75 pounds!"

He said, "You look good!!!"

I said "Thanx !" :D And of course I had to run home and brag to my hubby who said I look better than good! :rofl:

Oh and I met my ticker goal of 1500 minutes this morning and am adding on 500 minutes!!

Hi everyone, I am doing battle with the calories this week too. It's an on going thing and I doing sweat it. I do make a point to eat healthy, high fiber, lots of vegetables. I think I usually eat around 12-1500. I know I have slow weight loss, but i'm not crazy and calorie deprived either. and I take my vitamine every day. I was always at a loss on when to take a vitamine and just read an article that said you should take it in the morning so you would have the proper vitamins all day. I guess this makes sense. Alo, for the lady that is anemic, it's true, taking Iron with Vit. c (like a glass of OJ) will help it absorve better.

I didn't do much exercising this week, but got lots of walking in. I do believe that lifting weights is the BEST for weight loss! It doesn't have to be some long program and doesn't take forever. And you can work out a routien for yourself and do it while you're watching TV. If you haven't started yet, I highly recommend it.

Rhighland, I'm so glad that you and your family weren't injured! What a scary thing to happen!

Hey there. Glad you are doing good. Walking is a great exercise!

What do you recommend with the weights? I have 2 five pound weights I do about 50 a day.

I would really love to get a program going though. I have resistance bands and a ball too. *sigh*

RHighlan86:

:hug:I'm so glad you and your family are OK. What a scary accident! Yikes!

LodyAngel & Other Southern Gals:

Are you cooling off any yet? Hope so :-)

TheSlimMe:

Thanks for the reminder about Vit. C being necessary for the body to absorb iron. You're right - that's what my Dr. says.

Re: Weights I have one 5 lb. weight. Fitness for Dummies says weight training is highly desirable to lose weight and get muscles toned. What kind of weights do you have, or do you go to a gym? I can't afford to join a gym, and even when I belonged, I hated going. Weights at home I'd do.

Nothing wrong with a slow & steady weight loss! The turtle won the race anyway :-)

Jasmine31:

1500 minutes of exercise? Good for you! :carrot: And congrats on the compliment :whee:

Re: Cast iron skillet: I have fibromyalgia and a very weak right shoulder (arthritis? bursitis?), so I avoid anything heavy, even heavy coffee cups. Sometimes I have to limit pc time cuz typing makes it hurt worse.

I know the iron skillet is good for iron going into food, but ... besides, my mom had a set and they were a bear to clean, you always had to dry them right away and separate them with paper towels (to prevent rust).

Fri. & Sunday we walked. Today was weed wacking, raking, hard work. My yard work jeans are loose, even with a belt. :cool: Calories are 12-1500. I'll weigh myself tomorrow.

Hey everyone. Seriously fell off the wagon the last two days. Now I'm stressed it will continue. I also haven't exercised the last two days. I've been sooooo good for the past few weeks, but I'm also not losing weight. I'm sure I'm in starvation mode and I got depressed. Exercising an hour a day and 1000 calories a day and how much did I lose in 3 weeks? 1 Pound!!! Jasmine, I'm with you, I'm getting rid of my scale!!!!

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Well my sore throat bloomed into a major cold by yesterday afternoon. I am keeping myself doped up and moving along. Today was busy and i only got in 30 mins of biking. My calories were over 1600, I shoot for 1500, but am not gonna beat myself up over it.

Tomorrow morning is Day 2 of week 5 C25K. My workout will go like this:
Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
Jog 3/4 mile (or 8 minutes)
Walk 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)
Jog 3/4 mile (or 8 minutes)

That is actually mild compared to what is coming on Thursday...a 20 minute run...with no walking!!!! :yikes:

Well i am off to bed. I am way tired :tired: and just want some shut eye!

Jasmine: Congrats on the exercise goal. :cheer: You Rock! :cb:

jasmine - kick it with the workout time and the compliment! it's great to know that other people are seeing the results of your hard work. =)

i did go jogging yesterday... not today, today i worked late and although i went in later i spent the morning lazing around in bed snuggling. however i did NOT binge today, by my estimate i ate around 1400 cals, so i'm still content with that.

Good Morning, lovely ladies! I hope everyone is starting their day with a good, healthy breakfast. I'm sitting here having a piece of 12 grain, high fiver (6grams of fiber) bread and peanut butter. I try to have a small bit of protein every meal. It keeps you from getting hungry and it helps keep your insulin under control.

As for the weight lifting, I have a set of weights that I use at home too. I've belonged to Gym's before but always ended up not going. A combination of reasons. I don't like the co-ed gyms, especially. I use 5-8-10 lb. weights that I bought at a garage sale. But you can buy them almost any place, and if you catch them on sale they aren't expensive. I got a weight tape at the library and I hae my own routine that I do in front of the TV every other day. The books say that you are supposed to have weights that are hard to lift over 15 times. Those last few lifts are supposed to be an effort. One of the reasons us older ladies find it so hard to lose weight is, we have lost muscle tone. Muscle burns calories, helps speed up your metabolism, and tones up those arms! Start now and by summer you will have arms and shoulders that you don't mind showing off.

Melody, (I hope that's your name) I hope you're feeling better today.

Freda

The scale says I've lost NO weight in the last two weeks!:( I find that really hard to believe, as I've been eating even better than before and walking a longer route every two days.

I was surprised how quickly the first 14 lbs. came off (maybe "water weight"). Or maybe by now I'm building more muscle (which I think weighs more than fat?).

Tho I'm surprised, I'm still feeling very good about everything. I can see (in my full length mirror) the difference and just feel so much healthier in general. In the last 7 days I've only had one candy bar and one apple fritter. Other than that, all have been 'good' calories. :carrot:

I still don't own a scale. If I did, this non-weight loss would rate a smirk, or maybe a gentle "accidental" nudge with my foot ...

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Thanks for all of the good wishes. We are all ok, I have been in physical therapy already and when I went yesterday he said I needed to get my hip readjusted from it. All was good afterwards though.

Jasmine - My boyfriend and I have been together for nearly 2 years. When we do get engaged it'll be for the whole time we are both getting our masters. Or at least we get our lives in order lol. Whichever comes first I guess.

Hope everyone is doing good today

StopEating:

Here are links you might wanna check out, as far as how to calculate the # of calories you need daily, for your activity level, height, etc. Pls note the mentions of not falling below a certain # of calories:

http://www.healthrecipes.com/calories.htm

You could google "Calculate daily calorie needs" for more.

I'll check Fitness for Dummies tonite and see what they say about calculating cal's.

One thing: I'm no expert on weight loss by any means ... but I so far every source I've read says 1200 calories is a MINIMUM # for women per day.

So, if you are eating 1,000 cal's per day AND exercising for one hour .... your body might be screaming for more energy and hanging on to every ounce -- not to mention that it may be flat out unhealthful as well *worries for Stop's lack of calories*.

to those of you who've been discussing weights - i like to go to the body works class at my gym (LA fitness). it's an hour long and you use light weights (2.5 or 5 usually) as well as your body weight and work out to music. it's nice because the class has always been all female... not that men aren't welcome, but they never come.

i do agree with some of your sentiments on gyms, though - if i am elsewhere, like on the treadmill, i feel like everyone's eyeing me up. my gym is honestly a bit of a meat market. i usually try to look as frumpy as possible so i can sweat and be basically ignored.

Okay ladies I will get to comments maybe tomorrow. uggghhhhI feel like I am dragging. I am doing great with cals and walking, idk. I just want this weight gone YESTERDAY. You know?

I LET myself eat 1741 cals yesterday but both days before were 1200. So it was TIME. My tummy was hurting too so I definately think that is TOO low for me!

My plan for today is in the 1440 range. I even got on a bike last nite for 30 minutes and loved it!!! A year ago when I tried I could barely get around the block before stopping and coming home! All this walking has seriously increased my leg muscles.

I am thinking of going tonite as well.

Any bikers here??

Please PLEASE tell me that biking is a tummy helper. I am getting to the point where I think I am looking great, even my tummy, BUT I feel like it is the HUGEST thing on me!!!!

arrrgggghhhhhhhh....slinks back in the hole that is the waiting for this weight to LEAVE!......

Oh and just in this last week I have noticed my tummy going down again so something is going right.

I just want it gone completely!

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NOT "gone completely" but you know, whatever is supposed to be "normal size"

congrats, jasmine! =)

it's really an inspiration to know that some of you are doing well... my week hasn't been good at all, but i'm trying to make it better from here on out. tuesdays are my unofficial first day of the week because i work for a CSA so i get all my veggies on tuesdays and know what i have to work with for the week.

SOunds good iris! I have found the fewer food choices I have the better!

Lunch: peanut butter and 2 slices ww bread, OR beans, lil cheese and 2 ww (50 cal) tortillas

Dinner: chicken, chicken, chicken! hahahahahahahahahahahha

Yes, I have lost it! ;)

Okay so

Sat 1200 (90 minutes walking)
Sun 1172 (90 minutes walking)
Mon 1743 (90 minutes walking30 minutes bike riding)
Tues 1681 (60 minutes walking)

= 1449 Average calories for 4 days, not bad right?????????? Why am I feeling guilty over today being 1681? Sheesh!!

LAdiibug: I have fibrimyalgia too. Isn't it such a weird disease. Mine is usually mot too bad. If I don't take care of myself and get run down I will get those awful body aches (like the flu). I have arthritis in all my joints except my shoulders. I just deal with ti as best as I can. Now that I workout regularly it is actually alot better...almost non-existant!

Today was good. i think calories were about 1500...I got tired of inputing my food and guesstimated the last few items i ate. Exercise today was day 2 of week 5 of C25K. Did well, ran all the intervals except the darned spot on the inside of my left shin was hurting again. Darn it! I want the pain to be over! I did 35 minutes of Tae~bo bootcamp tonight. I am certain I will be sore tomorrow as i easily did over 50 squats! So that puts me at my 60 minutes tonight! Whoo Hoo! Weight this AM was 213, which is still a pound down but I wanna see 212 or even 211 tomorrow! My water has not been the best. Don't understand what is up with that. It used to be drinking water was effortless...

Tomorrow is my Off day from exercise in preparation for the 20 MINUTE RUN on Thursday. Tomorrow I will drink, drink, drink, and ice the leg. I don't want that damn wimp on my shoulder again telling me I can not do it!

melody - just flick the wimp off your shoulder. you can absolutely do it. =)

i'm not safe yet today, but i did avoid my usual wednesday binge triggers, so i'm really happy. i'm set on today being a good day.

last night i picked up an issue of Self magazine and there's a one month makeover challenge kind of thing with four options - i'm trying goal #4: run without huffing and puffing. this means today i'm going for a nice easy jog before yoga. cos i'm set on still doing yoga, in fact, i want to do it more often. it makes me feel sooooo good.

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Today was so good.I'm finally getting my classes in order and I like them all. It's nice being a senior now and actually having classes that I want to be in. The good thing too is that I have a half an hour trip to class and thats because I'm walking. Two miles is cut out by taking the PRT (personal rapid transit for the school) and then the rest is walking to the PRT and then 30 minutes back. I calculated just my walking from apartment to class and around and then back from and it was 9000 steps. Thats not even including afterwards walking around. Another great thing is today I only had 2 classes in the same building tuesdays and thursdays I'll be doing more walking as I have more classes in seperate buildings.

As of yesterday I have been sticking well with my calories (1500-1600) and I've been drinking a lot more water (cause I've been soo thirsty after walking everywhere). Today when I weighed myself I was also down 2 lbs making me at 187.

All in all i said it's been a good day

Rhiglan: Congrats on 2 pounds down! Whoo Hoo! :bravo:

Iris: I LOVE self magazine!

SD Gal: Great job on the workout! :cheer:


jasmine: Where are you?

I am so stressed. I know it is because TOM is coming, but this is ridiculous. My classes began on Monday. I have an education class and a math for teachers class. The first assignment is to do a lesson plan. I don't know why but I am completely stressed out about it. I have just done one lesson plan thus far and now they act like we are suppose to be freaking experts at it or something. That is the problem with online classes, they completely do not give you enough guidance. I also don't have my books yet. I will buy them on friday just in time to do my homework before it is due on Sunday. Gosh I hate being poor!

I over ate a little today. I did not count calories today so I don't know my exact numbers. Today was also my off day for exercise. In the morning is the dreaded 20 minute run. I know I can do it. I just gotta get my head in the game and be in it to win it come 6 Am tomorrow morning. I can do this! There can be no doubt!

Well hello ladies, I have been reading the posts for the last long while, it does not pay to not have a computer at the cottage.

I got home today around 4pm to find out I was locked out, gave my key to my cousin's last weekend, they went home (6 hrs away) and are coming back this weekend to do another show (they make coats faux fur, hats, gloves, purse dividers, poncho's, some really neat stuff) they could not stay due to appts. anyhow, luckily daughter was home and gave me her key, so finally in, have just completed 4 loads of laundry and did a little grocery shopping and showered and my son came by with his new car, so took pic's. Busy night.

Welcome to all the newcomers, persistance pays off (I am not always good at it though)! Jasmine has lots to share of different foods and support on the boards is A+, so many new faces, its hard to believe it was just SD Gal and myself for awhile back a couple months ago, so pleased we have so many new faces and input.

SD Gal, as of yet my son is not engaged, it is my daughter I am talking about, she has changed her mind and is getting married here, rather than down South. So we have two showers in the works, plus a Stag and Doe, she has her dress, (2) bridesmaids, still have to get there's and we all need shoe's. Tomorrow she is coming over to get dh to help her with printing invites on the computer, she has special paper and he a program for it. So at the moment I am playing the game of "tell me what you need and I will do it" as I think you are aware, my daughter can be a little difficult at times, so this saves the fighting.

My son is still dating the not so nice girl, she was telling him tonight as they drove away in his new car, what he was going to put in the console and what he wasn't and if he did put things where she didn't want them, he would not find them there when she returned the car. Nice one aye! And he is paying for the car and the ins. I am leaving it in God's hands as I cannot deal with her. Last time after his birthday I was litterly sick.

And now down to the food, I have been doing pretty good, cutting back and trying to do the walking tape every second day, so my knee will permit me to walk, I think I have lost some, but will have to remember to weigh myself tomorrow. Water has been terrible, have to keep plugging away at it, funny as I used to drink water all the time before.

Will check in before I leave for the cottage tomorrow evening, have some running around for Dad to do, during the day and am taking my daughter's cat up to the cottage, we will see how her's and mine get along (she is on vacation and going to his time share next week, leaving Sat.

Deepest sympathy to the girl who lost her grandmother at 97, my Dad is 95 and still a smart, loving and kind man. I am his only daughter, he has (3) son's.

Also sorry to the other girl in the accident, that was awful, glad you were okay. Hope the ins. pays out for your parents.

Sorry ladies, read so many posts and forgot to write down names, my apologies.

SD Gal, what did you work at before? I went from an office job, to babysitting, big difference in money, but at least I enjoyed the kids. Also is it feisable to go to the gym during the day if hubby is not planning on going at night. I am surprised that cops down there do not get paid very well, my son's girlfriend (believe it or not) is a cop and gets paid extremely well. They should they endanger there lives for us!

Have a good day ladies.
Sharon S.

Jasmine, forgot to take my book with the ww calories with me to the cottage, so will take it this time for sure, then have a better idea of where I am at. Thx.