Hi Ladies, Good Morning Everyone! Its time to see what we're made of. Lets make our will to be healthy stronger than our will to stay on the couch. I have basically given every excuse in the book not to walk for the past two weeks, which puts me way behind schedule. Its still doable to reach 100 miles though and I will get it!~I'm at 208 and really want to lose these last few before the wedding, still doable also if I stop eating a ton of cereal at night before bed , I swear I'm stress eating big time. I still have tons of details to work out. I'm gonnna keep on plugging away at my to do list and be prepared for the wedding in no time. I am very excited but I'm so nervous that it will look stupid or cheap. I have never done a wedding before or even been to one at a reception hall. with my limited budget , lack of a decorator and lack of experience I am frightened to death that It will be a huge embarrassment. I keep pushing that thought to the back of my mind because It still will be pretty nice to finally be marrying the most awesome man ever. I love him so much I also want to be proud of what I have put together without any help from my girlfriends or mom , they're all far away and the ones that are here are I guess not really that much interested, at first I was super sad about that but now I just dont have time to be sad about it.
Starting today to finish the 47.5 miles I have left I need to walk 30 minutes (1.5 miles) in the morning and another 30 at night every single day including the morning of the wedding. I just wont be happy if I dont reach my goal that I set.
Dee- I live in south central florida about 3 hours north of miami right on the coast, our weather has been a mess, very hot and humid in the day but freezing when you first wakeup in the mornig, (not freezing by northern standards but 46 is nearly unbearable when your'e used to being in the 80's/90's for 9 months straight.
Susie- don't worry girl, you got this, 2lbs will be gone in no time.
I love that you go look at before and after pics , I do the exact same thing. It totally gets me going . How's your walking going?
Carri-is your pup all healed up? I see you're still struggling wth the soda, have you tried to use mind over matter and drop it cold turkey? I think the first few days will be the worst but once you get through the first three you will be ok with out it. Also I think eating carbs/starches will trigger more cravings for it after so you might want to keep those to a minimum for a bit.
Spunk- I do the atkins stuff too but I find it really hard to not sit down and eat like 3 bars at a time when I get a craving lol they are delicious, and I tell myself. its ok! They're diet food, ha! I'm such a diet dork. No more of that I'm gonna get smart this year and do much better.
Misti- Hi, I hope you're doing well. Whats going on in your life any new plans for this year?
I'm going to *try* to RUN my first 5k in March. I have walked them before but I want to start training to run right after the wedding. its called color me rad and they throw powdered or some type of paint at the runners, it looks super fun.
Everyone
What is your measurable goal and your non measurable goal for 2013?
My Goals are:
1. To be a better mom, Make more time for my babies and love them , listen to them, make them feel like they are all the best thing in the world every single day.
2.To Be a good wife, cook more and make my husband feel like he wouldnt want anything else from me.
3. Take better care of myself this year , all around, I mean see a dentist for the first time ever, walk more because I care about myself not because I'm trying to make myself smaller, get my manicures because its relaxing , things like that.
4. MEASURABLE with numbers goal, Walk 700 miles this year , hopefully running will help me reach this faster.
and get under 170 by 2014 I know thats not very ambitious but I simply do not have much faith in my ability to lose weight.
I would also like to try to complete the work out programs that I bought and have never 100% finished them, so that I can justify buying the Insanity workout program. I have to finish p90x, turbo fire and brazil butt lift before I buy that so it is a long shot since I HATE p90x and turbo fire. lol
I know I went on forever but I haven't had time to talk to you guys in a while and I just dont talk to ppl in my life about this stuff very often.
Again I want to thank you girls for being there and listening and letting me into your lives even if its only a small part here online it means so much.
Take care girls and get moving!!!
-victoria
NEW YEAR 
Girls 
for the prayers all U gave me. I was very sick like Carri was in December. Last night I was in the ER & they gave me 2 breathing treatments & let me come home instead of admitting me, my oxygen level was critically low. Today I feel so much better. Honestly it would not have happened if my dh would've let me get the breathing inhaler RX that the doc ordered for me. My dh said he wouldn't 'waste paying $60 RX, the co-pay' on it because I know how to breathe. I'm on 3 generic RX meds for a few more days... Husbands can b unkind sometimes... Using the inhaler would've helped me to heal sooner & w/o my pain & sickness for the last 6 days & I wouldn't have been @ the ER last night, that doc told us. 
We r soooo happy for your New family uniting. R u taking a honeymoon? I know U prob go to Disney World often because U live in Florida but it would still b fab to honeymoon there. 17 yrs ago my dh & I had a candlelight church ceremony & then flew to Vegas & stayed @ the Luxor for 5 nights & saw a concert each night: Smoky Robinson, Hall & Oates, Jon Bonjovi, Rightous Brothers & ZZ Top. I'm lucky picking slot machines & won concert tickets to 2 shows & won $4,900 while there including losses. Maybe U r too young to know those singers, but trust me they put on fab shows & we had great tables w drinks/hordeurves. I wish I could go to Florida yearly like Carri does, its such a great state to U live in, I've only been there 4 times.
@ your house after reading that. Because I'm sick, my dh ordered a pizza & I ate chocolate covered peanuts, dill pickle Pringles & drank Ginger Ale on N.Yrs eve after we got home from the ER & watched a Leonardo DiCaprio dvd & I slept-in till 8:30am. 
I've been drinking & eating w/o any rules while being sick & I gained 3# over the holidays when the ER nurse weighed me. We'll get it back-off in a week together 
& w your military past I know U will b Successful w your jobs 
Everyone here will b in a smaller size, sizes 10-16 on Christmas 2013 
But begin w achievable goals of maybe 10 lb in 8 wks= 60 lb off in a year 
Lose more if your body agrees.
DeeDee
