195.2 today, so still up about a pound. TOM should be visiting any minute now. Once he passes through I am hoping to lose some significant weight. Maybe I can get down to 191 or so.

Susie- Good to see you back on plan. I got my new stuff at Target. It is pretty cute too. Keep up the good work.

Kelly- Hope you had a good time for the little one's birthday. Get ready for a good Jillian A** whooping tomorrow.

I didn't get to the gym today because it was a snow day. I found Jillian's 30-day shred (level 2) on demand and did it (after an hour of Wii Fit). My legs are fried and I don't think I am going to be able to walk tomorrow. ack.

My eating has sucked all week-end and today. Must.do.better.

Good job, girls! Keep it up.

Wow. It feels like forever since I have been here. My niece and nephew were here for the weekend and I think my niece was on the computer 99% of the time. I didn't work out Sat. or Sun. because my husband and nephew were playing XBox the entire weekend and hogging the TV. Oh well. Back on track today..sort of. I ate pretty well considering it was my daughter's birthday and we went out for dinner. We went to an IHOP type place and I had breakfast. An omelet with onions, peppers, mushrooms, ham, and cheese, and 2 pieces of toast. I figured the veggies were better than the other greasy options on the menu. Then I came home and did BL Yoga for 45 minutes. Levels 1 and 2. Level 2 was new for me, and boy was it tough. My wrists feel like I need carpal tunnel surgery! My weight is holding steady, although I wish I could stay on routine and see a drop. Yesterday I saw 181 even. I would like to see it again, since I was at 182 today.

Ward--Just out of curiosity, what kind of weather do you get in Atlanta that warrants a snow day? How was the pool party? Put the fork down!!!! You don't want that 12 pounds to come rushing back, right? It is not worth it!

Susie--I am sorry about the gain last Thursday. You are so determined. I bet it was a lot of water weight. You keep going and show those 4 pounds who's boss.

Mindy--Had fun at the Y. I can't remember the last time I played any basketball, but it was fun. It gives me inspiration to play basketball in the driveway with my family this summer. I'm glad to see your # coming down. I hope I am ready to get my butt kicked by Jillian tomorrow. I wasn't feeling as strong as usual tonight, so I can tell I need to get back with the program.

See you ladies later!!

Hi Ladies,

Sometimes my body makes me so mad. I just get to doing well with food, workouts and such and then I get sick or something. Yesterday was "or something". I had a UTI. I woke up yesterday morning in horrible pain. I was praying it was a UTI and not a IC flare--they feel the same. I have some meds for the UTI and I'm feeling much better today. In 48 hrs I should be back to normal.

Ward: Is the snow still on the ground? The Shread workout sounds killer!

Mindy: We have a new Target opening...I'll have to check out the workout stuff.

Kelly: Good to see you back and good job at IHOP.

I better get to work and I need to go get some water and start drinking that. It's good for me and my UTI.

Why does this happen?? I have been working hard for 2 weeks to get that gain back off. Yesterday I only had one pound to go. Then today I gain 2. WTF??? TOM should be starting today, but nope. That could explain the gain, but come on. 2 pounds???

Ward- Shred level 2 just about killed me the first time I did it. Now it is much easier. Now it is her new one kicking my butt. Blast fat, boost metabolism. We did it at school today and we all felt like death warmed over.

Susie- Sorry about your situation. I understand how you fee. Sometimes you just feel like you're being ganged up on. Keep up the good work though.

Kelly- Good job. Are you breathing yet??? Ready to give the next one a try tomorrow??

Susie, feel better soon! I love the C9 brand of workout stuff that Target carries - it's made by Champion. Pretty much all of the snow is gone; there's a little bit on the deck still. The roads were completely clear yesterday morning, even early, so I don't know why they closed the schools. Maybe they have to decide the night before, I don't know.

Kelly, today I was in the grocery store looking at the ice cream (I know!) and I remembered you saying to put the fork down before I gain the 12 pounds back. I walked away, and just wanted to thank you for being in my head today. :)

Mindy, just throw that scale out the window. It'll make you feel better.

Today I did an hour on the elliptical and Group Ride. My legs and sides are still toast from yesterday, though. Amazing how switching it up can make such a big difference. Eating was on plan (a miracle)!

See you tomorrow.

Hello,

I'm looking forward to my lunch time workout today--it's Zumba..my favorite.
I wish I could say that my eating is going well. It's not bad but just not all the nutritious as it could be. I'll get it worked out eventually.

I'm still dealing with some effects of the UTI. I feel much better than Monday but it has my IC stirred up and I've got to get that calmed down now. It's ALWAYS something.

Ward: Because you and Mindy are recommeding Target for the workout wear, I'm going to check it out on Friday when I get paid. I'm so proud of you for walking away from that ice cream because Kelly was in your head. That's what is some awesome about this board!

Mindy: I hope that increase yesterday went away today. Hang in there

Kelly: Looking forward to hearing from you. Stay strong and on track.

Have fun at Zumba, Susie! I am glad you're feeling well enough to work out.

Today I did 40 min on the elliptical, then left the gym to take my son to school. This is usually about a 15-min round trip, but today I got stuck in horrible traffic and it took 40 min. So I only did 3/4 of Group Power, and then did 20 min on the bike after. I guess this is going to be my week of crappy workouts - tomorrow I have to cut it short to take my son for his 5-yr check-up. Eating is on plan.

See you tomorrow.

Some of that gain came off, I was back to 195.8 today. I am still wondering where the heck TOM is. I know I won't lose anything significant until that moves through. I feel so far behind today. Just got back from running some errands, scarfed Subway, need to post and workout, and watch American Idol. YIKES!!

Susie- I would love to try a Zumba class. Is it fun?? Glad you are feeling a little better. Good luck with the workout clothes.

Ward- Your day sounds sort of like mine. Rushed and not working right. :p

Kelly- Hope you get a workout in tonight.

Rush, rush, rush! This is the month from **** for me, even though it seemed like February was very busy, too. In our family it is birthday season, which means a lot of eating out and family get togethers. My daughter also has hockey tournaments 3 out of 4 weekends this month (luckily they are all here in town, so no traveling), but it makes it hard to get anything done. My job has me pulled out two half days this week to work on our school's plan for next year, so I keep having to write substitute teacher plans which take forever. Anyway, I am starting to get stressed, and it is not pretty when I get stressed. Everyone look out!! Still holding fairly steady, waiting for TOM to go away and take a pound or two with it. I can't wait for life to slow down a bit so I can get some regular workouts in.

Mindy--I had great intentions to get a workout in tonight, then got home and realized everything I need is at school. Weights, shoes, the whole nine yards. I'll have to find something. Maybe I'll do donkey kicks and tricep dips while I watch tv! Let's keep our fingers crossed I don't have to stay too awful late tomorrow and I can still work out.

Ward--Good job staying away from that ice cream. I know how hard it is to stop binging once you start. I am glad my voice was in your head that day!!!

Susie--I'm so sorry to hear about the UTI. Do you always get sick in the winter so much? I seem to remember you being pretty sick last winter, too? Good luck with the workout clothes--there are certainly some cute ones out there!

See ya later!

Sounds like we are all very busy - but still taking the time to exercise! Yay, us!

I did 30 min elliptical, ran 2.33 mi (23 min) and Group Ride today. Then I took Kevin to the ped. and did not much else for the rest of the day. I am getting ready to take him to t-ball now, though. Eating is on plan.

See you tomorrow.

Ward- Is that like 2 hours at the gym??? I have been doing a minimum of 45 min/day and some days close to an hour. Don't know where I'd find the time to do much more.

Kelly- I know you are really bummed today. :hug: We both understand how hard this has gotten lately. I'm not willing to quit, or settle. I don't think you are either. Have you been logging all your food and counting it? I know you guys like to eat out a lot, but maybe you just need to cut it way down. Just a thought. Hang in there. You know something has got to give......eventually.

Whoops. Had to come back and talk about myself a little, even though there isn't much to tell. TOM is still MIA so the weight loss is getting nowhere fast. I think since I am older, it is tougher. Hormones, no metabolism, onslaught of menopause. I must get this weight off. Did Jillian's Trouble zone workout tonight. 1 hour of torture.

Yes, I'm still logging everything in. I know my eating is not as vigilant as it was a year ago. I know we need to eat out less, but apparently my time management sucks lately, and we are so busy, sometimes eating out is our only choice. That is why I have been trying to figure out better food choices at restaurants because there are many days that I just can't avoid eating out.

Mindy--Sorry about giving up today. I just couldn't take any more. Tomorrow is another day and I will be ready to give it my all again. Let's hope that protein shake does something!

Ward--2 hours at the gym just rocks! I can't even imagine. I gave up after maybe 30 minutes today.

So, does anyone pay attention to protein, fiber, or anything like that? I am curious to know if anyone sees results when watching that stuff. Someone at work was talking about it today and I just keep thinking I should start looking at nutrition a little bit more.

See you tomorrow!

Hi Ladies,

I didn't realize I hadn't posted yesterday until now. I guess I was pretty busy too yesterday.

I am happy to report a 2 lb loss at the scales last night. I would have liked to get the other 2 from the week before off as well, but I'll take what I did have and that was with the UTI problem, so I'm happy overall.

I've made a goal for myself for this week. It's a 3 lb loss, and with it comes that I will journal in my feeling journal every day from Friday-Thursday AND I'm not only going to log my food but I will strive to stay in my range of 1600-1700 calories each day. That means I have to look it up..and count it. I'm just not that good at it, but it's a habit right? and you learn a habit by doing.

I"m working out at lunch today. I plan 20 min cardio, the rest of the time for weights. That leaves me 35 min for them.

Ward: I'm glad you called out that even though we are busy we are working out...might not be the workouts we planned but we are doing something..moving every day. That is a huge thing for all of us. We have made it a lifestyle change and that is what will get us to that maintaining status someday.

Mindy: I hear you with the age thing. I keep thinking, I just can't be like this when I turn 50 and that's only 6 years away. Hope TOM shows up for you soon.

Kelly: It sounds like you had a tough day all around yesterday. I'm so proud of you for coming and posting. We eat out a lot too. It's just the way it goes with our life. Keep looking for those best choices and I will to and we can share them.

You know, now that you mentioned it, I do seem to get sick a lot in the winter. I know it's a time of the year that I dislike very much and I feel like I drag though it. I'm going to remember that for next year and maybe talk to my doctor about it and see if there is some sort of thing I can do to keep my immunities boosted. Sometimes I know my B12 gets low so maybe that's a problem.

Ok, I've got to get back to work. I'll be around some this weekend. We have a lot of things planed. A jazz concert and dinner with some friends on Sat. night. A birthday dinner on Sunday--I'll be eating out a lot Kelly..so I'll think of you and my calorie range and make good for me choices.

Have a great day! It's going to be in the upper 60's here in Ohio and that makes me happy!

Susie, congratulations on the loss and I hope it continues. Sounds like you are going to have a busy (fun!) week-end.

Kelly, I am sorry you had a bad day. It happens and sometimes we just need to take a step back. I hope things have turned around for you now.

re: your question: I log my food into the bodybugg website and there is an analysis of protein, carbs, and fat. I do pay attention to it, and have a goal of 25% P, 50% C, 25% F. I got those percentages from a friend who is a dietician; she said that those were the ratios they used for their diabetic patients. I don't often meet that goal, but I try to eat a lot of protein and not a lot of fat. However, there was an article published recently that kind of says that the ratios don't matter and that it all comes down to calories. Here it is - http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/25...ref=newssearch

Mindy, did TOM show up today? I have forgotten how old everyone is. I'm 44 (and sometimes feel like I am 100). I never got into seriously good shape until I was in my 40's, though. I was always too busy working and had a long commute. Now that I stay home and the kids are in school most days, I do spend a couple of hours a day at the gym. Well, the goal is 2 hours, anyway and I do as much as I have time for between appointments and errands and whatnot.

Today I did 30 min on the stair mill, Group Power, and 15 min on the bike. Eating is on plan. See y'all tomorrow.

Good morning,

I'm up early, starting laundry and paying bills. I want to get started on the house in just a little bit. My plan is to have everything done by noon--hubby will do the grocery shopping, he likes to do it and I don't.

I want to get done by noon so I can talk a walk in the neighborhood and get in some exercise since I won't be able to do my regular Sunday workout tomorrow afternoon.

Ward: Thanks for the article. It was very enlightening. It also reminded me of my 1 week goal to look up the calories to what I've been eating.;)

Mindy & Kelly: I'll be looking forward to your postings.

Have a good, on plan, day everyone!

I didn't post yesterday, infact I didn't do much of anything. I was tired, grumpy, mad, you name it. No TOM and more weight. I couldn't even believe it. I was all the way back up to 198.6. I really don't understand. Now this morning I am down about a pound and TOM is finally here. I hope I am on the downhill road now.

It is so hard for me to handle these wild swings up and down. Then I feel like I am making no progress at all. I so wish I was more like Kelly who will just maintain for a long period and then lose a pound or two. This wild ride that I'm on is too frustrating.

Anyway, enough of my complaints.

Ward- Thanks for the article. It makes me feel better about what I'm eating. Now I just question how much I should be eating. That is still a mystery. Good for you that you get that 2 hours a day.

Susie- Happy to hear about your loss. Keep at it and you will meet your goals.

Kelly- Have a good weekend. Get in some workouts.

Susie, have fun this week-end.

Mindy, I'll be celebrating along with you when TOM is over and the pounds are gone again.

Today I did Group Ride and one hour on the elliptical. Eating is on plan. See you tomorrow.

Hi,

It was so nice to get that 30 min walk in yesterday and do be able to do it outside in such nice weather. We had a high of 70 yesterday. Today it's a windy, cool March day but I'm happy because yesterday was so nice.

I had a nice time at the jazz festival and I did pretty good with my food choices with the exception of some onion rings from a shared appetizer. I had about 4. It was truly mindless eating and so today when I go to the birthday party I'm going to be more aware.

Ward: You got a great workout in yesterday and I'm glad to see that your eating is on plan. You have been staying away from binging now for awhile....as a binger myself I know how hard it can be to keep it under control.

Mindy: It sounds like hormones were raging yesterday. When that's happening it's good to lay low like you did and just take it easy....usually the next day things are better and it looks like they were. This is what your body does....don't be so hard on yourself and just use the time in between that to continue to work hard like you do.

Kelly: I hope you are having a good on-plan day!

I've got to get moving so I can be ready for that party. Talk to you all later.

Susie

Susie, have fun at the party.

I ran 8 miles this morning, in about 90 min. I will probably spend some time running after my daughter on her bike this afternoon, too. Eating is on plan (day 6). I am also grumbling about daylight savings time. ;)

Kelly & Mindy, I hope you guys are having a good week-end.

Ward-- I too am grumbling about daylight savings time. Usually it is no big deal, but today I had to get up at 6:15 (really 5:15 :mad:) to get ready to leave for a hockey game. I am glad to see you have been back on plan for a while now and keeping up on those great workouts. Thank you for the article. I really do feel better about what I am eating after reading it.

Susie--Glad you had fun at the jazz festival. Don't worry too much about the onion rings now. Just get back to saying "no thanks" and you won't even miss them.

Mindy--I am so sorry about the gain/lose game. I don't know how you manage to deal with it. You are extremely determined. We all know I would have given up long ago if I was in your situation. I am very proud of you for continuing on this journey. I still wonder about those hormones. It is getting to be that time in life.

I was down a little today. I worked really hard to stay on plan yesterday, since weekends are my downfall. I was successful at staying in my calorie range. Today, we had a birthday party for my daughter, and I had 2 pieces of pizza. No breadsticks, no cake. That was difficult. I almost felt like I had to eat the cake to not disappoint her, but then I pushed the thought aside and busied myself doing other stuff. Hope everyone else is having a good last few hours of the weekend.

Hi,

We have sunshine in Ohio today--it really helps me to feel better in both mind, body and spirt.

I did well with my food yesterday; I even passed up birthday cake. I really was full from my dinner and the cake was chocolate (which bothers my IC and ever since the UTI, the IC is all crazy..didn't need to make it flare even more).

I usually work out at lunch time on Monday's but I have a few errands that need done and so I'm going to do them at lunch today and then walk in the neighborhood tonight; since it will be light later due to daylight savings (I grumbled about it yesterday too when it was time to wake up--in fact, I skipped church and went back to sleep!--I NEVER do that).

I did pack my lunch so I wouldn't be tempted to driver through someplace. Eating out with family and friends and enjoying the food and the company is one thing and to me it's worth a bit more of my daily calories..running through a drive-through at lunch is not worth that to me!

Ward: 8 miles is amazing and day 6 of on-plan eating--you go girl! Let's go for day 7!!

Kelly: Good for you for buckling down on the weekend--doesn't it feel good come Monday morning? As you can see I passed up birthday cake too-you are not alone! :hug:

Mindy: How's it going? Hang in there..you are one tough & determined lady. You have no idea how many times when I'm disappointed by those scales that I think of you and your determination and I get right back on track.

It's almost time for lunch and my errands. I'll see you all tomorrow.

First and most importantly. Thank You for your words of encouragement. I sure need them sometimes. It really is hard to keep my head in the game when I face these drastic swings on the scale. God knows I'd like to quit at times, but I want this so bad that I must keep going. It really helps when you guys say such nice things and encourage me to keep going. THANK YOU!!!

TOM is better today. At least the cramps have subsided. My scale was down a tad today, 196. I really want to get close to 190 before the next "wild swing". I am going to give it all I've got.

Susie- A few rings will not wreck your whole day. Good for getting right back on track. That is something I'm sure has gotten us all in the past. Getting off track and staying off. But we are learning how to get over that blip and move on. Way too much rain here. I feel the need to build an ark.

Ward- GOOD RUN!!! Kelly and I did a little running tonight. We alternated walking a lap, then jogging a lap. On the last jog lap I said, let's sprint. We ran, as fast as we could anyway. That was kind of fun.

Kelly- See you can be a runner. I think we both need more of that pure cardio workout. We should do it more often.

Hello,

I am doing well. Food and exercise are on track. I have scaled back the exercise intensity a bit; I'm looking for more ways to work out without jarring my body so mcuh so that my bladder doesn't get going due to the vibrations. The elliptical helps--I just can't do the ramp as high as I would like. I've been walking a lot...just on level group but it's still a good workout.

I can only dream of running some day--I don't think with IC this will ever happen.

Mindy: I'm glad you are feeling better in so many ways and that number on the scales looks good better to you.

Ward & Kelly: I'm looking forward to your posts.

Hey there. Just hanging in there today and doing my thing. I am looking for some weight loss action to happen around here. Not really seeing it yet. I feel like I have been stuck here forever. Hopefully this week something good will happen.

Susie- Good for you to keep moving. I was telling Kelly, I think we just need some pure cardio workouts without weights and stuff. An elliptical would be great. Have fun with it.

Ward- Hope you're doing okay, no binging.

Kelly- Nice workout. Tomorrow is Wed. You say you always lose on Wed. Good luck.

Nope, no binging. Just too much stuff going on. Yesterday I did Group Ride, then Group Power. Today I did an hour on the elliptical and Group Ride. Eating is on plan. Gotta go - Biggest Loser is coming on. You guys keep up the good work!

Mindy--We'll see about the loss tomorrow. I am not feeling very optimistic. After breakfast and lunch catered by school today, I have no clue how to count calories for that stuff. I did eat a salad with some chicken on it, and a piece of garlic bread for dinner hoping that would be ok with the other stuff I ate today. Not sure. Good workouts the last couple of days. We should sit down and write up a routine sometime. We've been talking about it, but haven't done it.

Ward--You are doing great staying on that horse! Has the scale been moving for you lately? Is there anything left of that 12 pounds from before?

Susie--I am glad you are continuing with your workouts even though you have been having some problems health-wise. When you were talking about scaling back the intensity and not doing a lot of stuff with jumping, it made me think about the Jillian DVD we did tonight. She makes a comment about the kickboxing stuff and how if you have any lower body injuries you can keep your cardio up with some of the kickboxing stuff like the punches. You can get into a deep squat (which helps your legs burn like crazy), and just punch it out. If you keep it up, your heart rate will definitely go up and keep you working hard without jumping and hurting yourself. Just a thought on some more modifications you could make! P.S. Good job on the birthday cake!

I am holding steady at 180 today. I am waiting for the ball to drop. I have been here for 4 days. I am either going to go up and be sad, or finally see the 170's and be super happy. So, Mindy, if you see me skipping down the hall tomorrow, you'll know why. If I come into your room fuming, you'll know why. See you all tomorrow!

HI Everyone,

Our warm weather in Ohio has come and gone....it sure was nice while it was here. I did my Body Pump class last night and then went for a walk on the outside track that night.

I've got to share something funny with you. My hubby bought some vanilla ice cream. I was mad because he knows I can get in BIG trouble with ice cream. Well, last night, because it felt so much like summer I thought I would have a scoop on a cone. I went to get it and I looked at the calories and it said 100 per serving. He bought the low-fat kind and I know he doesn't know he did because he says he can always tell when it's that and he doesn't like it. It's hard to see it on the box so I know he doesn't know. Even though it's low-fat, I won't be having a lot of it; maybe another scoop on Thursday night after my weigh-in.

Did you watch the BL last night? I felt so sorry for the Blue Team. I was SHOCKED at the way the Black team acted on their 24 hours of luxurey.

I have Zumba at lunch today. I'm looking forward to it.

Ward: I know you watched the BL..what did you think about the show?

Mindy: It is good to switch your exercise routines up. I hope you have a loss today.

Kelly: Thank you for the tip on the squats and the punches. I'll add that sort of thing to my routines. I hope you are skipping down the halls today!

I was down to 195 today, 2 pounds from yesterday. I must keep it going and get as far away from 195 as possible before gain time. I really want to see 192, maybe 191. I'm giving it my best shot.

Ward- Good to see you are still on plan and working hard.

Susie- I get a few low cal ice creams or yogurts from Schwan's and they are delish. Don't even miss the other stuff. I don't think anyone can believe how stupid the black team was. Have they learned nothing at all???

Kelly- You may not have seen the 170's, but you didn't go up. You will be there before you know it.

Ditto the blue team. They keep voting off the strongest players and soon there won't be anyone left. Guh - so much bugged me about last night's episode.

Mindy - :cheer2: 195 is awesome! Keep it up!

Susie - how was Zumba? And yum - ice cream.

Kelly - what happened?

Today I ran 4.75 mi (47 min) and did Group Power. I also raked leaves for about 45 min. Eating is on plan.

See ya tomorrow.

Well, I wasn't exactly skipping down the hall today, but I wasn't fuming either. I went up a half pound to 180.5. It would really be nice to see those 170's.

I agree with all of you, I felt bad for the blue team last night. They totally deserved to win. The black team is so cocky and makes comments about how they can do whatever they want because they win everything anyway. They are just ridiculous. Apparently they have forgotten the true reason they are there.

Ward--I wish it was warm enough to rake leaves here. The wind chill was below 10 degrees today, so the kids couldn't even go outside for recess.

Susie--I am noticing how much you are really paying attention to the calorie content of food. Good for you! Once you start looking at that stuff, it kind of becomes an obsession, and you can't stop looking at the labels on everything! I have found some really good ice cream stuff, too. The Weight Watchers ice cream bars and little bowls of ice cream are delicious, and only 130-140 calories. That is about how much I usually save for a snack in the evening, anyway.

Mindy--I am glad to see those 2 pounds come off. They were just hanging on for no reason. Send some of that losing energy my way, would you please? I would like to lose another 5 pounds (175) by Spring Break. Then, maybe another 5 at least by the time school is out. It sure seems like I can't set my goals very high anymore.

See you ladies tomorrow. I have to go catch up on American Idol.

I only lost 1 pound this week! Because the last two days I ate too much on my friend's wedding ceremony.

Hi,

Well..tonight is my weigh-in. I hope those scales are kind to me and show a loss. I'll take any number, as long as it is a loss.

Ward: It looks like you are doing well. You have so much energy!

Mindy: I'm glad those scales went down for you.

Kelly: 1/2 a pound is not really a gain....so don't worry about it too much, just dig in and next week it will be gone along with others.

WELCOME to Sindy: Some weeks a pound is a good loss. Just get back on your plan and more will come off the next week.
I hope to see you posing again really soon. We would love to support you and be supported by you.

I'll see you all tomorrow.

Kelly, I agree with Susie. 1/2 a pound is not really a gain. It's probably gone already. Or it will be if you drink just one extra glass of water.

Susie, good luck with the weigh-in tonight. You deserve a good number.

Today I decided I wanted to try something different, so I did a step class. For me it was more like a "stand around and try to figure out what to do" class, but it was fun. Maybe I'll start doing it once a week, instead of spinning all the time. Can't hurt, right? Also did 30 min elliptical and 30 min running (3.08 mi). I only got about 1/3 of the back yard done yesterday and I want to get out there again. I need to get the back cleaned up so the kids can play back there. Eating is on plan.

Sindy, glad you decided to join us! :wave:

See you guys tomorrow.

Susie- Good luck on the weigh-in. I'm so rooting for you. You really do deserve a good loss. Our weigh-in at school is tomorrow. I hope I am at least back down to my lowest. I went up a little today. I have regularity issues. I went down 2 pounds yesterday because , well I cleaned out the ole system. Now for 2 days, nothing, so I was up some this morning. 195.6. Need to find a way to correct that. Anybody have ideas, besides Activia, which I have just started.

Ward- Something new is always fun. I understand the stand around and try to figure out. Kelly and I tried a new DVD the other day and I was lost. Once I started to get the move, she quit and did something different. You don't feel like you get much of a workout until you really know the routine. That's probably why we stick to what we know.

Kelly- You know that the 170's are just around the corner and you will see them any day now. Just keep working and the reward will come. Hope you enjoy the pampering party tonight.

I should be losing like crazy this week, but I'm not. I feel like I am pulling teeth around here.

Hi,

I am happy to report a 2 lb loss at the scales last night! :carrot:
I was so happy and now I'm ready to work hard and do it again. In a perfect world I would loose 2 lbs every week and then at the end of the year I would be very close to my mainting goal #.

I'm about to head to the gym for my lunch time workout. It will be weights and cardio today.

I'll be around this weekend; for once I don't have a lot planned. I'm looking forward to it.

Ward: I used to do Step and I thought it was fun. I think it's always good to try something new. Give it a whirl..it will keep your workouts fresh and your body will be surprised because you are doing something new.

Mindy: I hope those scales are good to you today!

Kelly: A night of pampering? I can't wait to hear all about it.

Hey, it sounds like a good week at the scales for us. I am back to 194 today. Now to just get a little lower before gain time. I need to get my 2-3 pound loss for the month.

Susie- Way to go!! Keep it up and you will be getting closer to that goal.

Ward-hope you gotyour workout in today and stayed on plan with food.

Kelly- You are almost there. Be strong this weekend so you can make that goal.

So, yesterday I went up another 1/2 pound, but today I went down the half, so I am at 180.5 today. I just can't stand to see anything higher than my lowest number anymore. I need to get used to the up/down game, but I just can't. Still waiting for those 170's. A couple people were joking with me today that they had a hard time picking me out of a crowd of fifth graders because I am as small as them. I guess that's ok as long as I am not as sassy as they are, right Mindy? My night of pampering last night was a spa party. They did hands, feet, a mini face lift, head massage, the whole nine yards. It was fun and relaxing, but I spent way too much money on just a few products. Those parties get ya every time.

Mindy--Don't worry about your day. I wonder what that kid would have called you if he would have been in your class last year. Now he is showing his ignorance. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you to lose tomorrow after doing P90X. Of course, if my theory is correct, you'll see the loss on Sunday ;).

Susie--Nice loss at TOPS! Keep up the good work!

Ward--Ooh..a step class. I think that would be one I would like to try sometime. I like the step game on the Wii Fit! Let us know if you see any results!

Hi Gals,

Life has a way of throwing curveballs. My husband, along with 2 others at his company were terminated yesterday! It was very strange. The company that my husband worked for for 15 years was bought last year by another company. Yesterday they let all three of them go do to work performance, they said they were over on time for the jobs they were doing. It's very strange that they worked for this company for more than a year and just 3 weeks ago they were given a warning about production times and now they all three are gone and that it happened within a year of the exact date that they were bought and became employees of this company.

So, now we start looking for jobs and also hope that he will get his unemployment easily and that we don't have to fight his employer for it.

Talk about stress. Here's the good thing...when I'm under this type of stress I do not eat. I mean, I eat, but I eat for fuel, not for comfort.

I hope you all have a good onplan day. I'm planning on it.

Susie, I am so sorry to hear that. I hope he is able to find something quickly.

Kelly, is that a new reality show - Are you smaller than a fifth grader? LOL

Mindy, hope you see the loss you're looking for.

I got hit by the binge truck yesterday. I ran for 25 min, did Group Power, biked for 15 - then ate everything in the house. Today I have a food hangover, and tried to make myself feel better with an hour on the elliptical and Group Ride. Breakfast was on plan, and hopefully I can keep it together today. I have to go to Chuck E. Cheese later for yet another birthday party. Just kill me now. It's raining and chilly and there will probably be a billion kids in there.

See ya tomorrow.