HOCKEYCHIC--Good to see you. Glad it's only been technical difficulties that have kept you away. Good for you for braving the cold and going for a walk! I'm still trying to figure out those darned k-counts, but I should have meals planned for a week and I plan on starting Kinetix tomorrow. When is the Lefenetwork show on?

HEFTY--Your stew sounds good. Kind of similar to the soup recipe I have to figure out for you.

TRIXI--I hope you like the WATP program. It is easy to follow--not too "dance" oriented like some aerobics tapes. I can actually do this one without getting my feet muddled up!

My eating has been good so far. But like usual, I put off eating for too long. I actually know I have to eat when I get light headed--means my blood sugar has dropped too low.

Gotta go get DS ready for a party.

Morning Everyone :wave:

Trixi, overindulged in the wine did we? :dizzy: :lol: hope you feel better in the morning :)

Hockychic, i saw a lot of the last series :) i liked Kathy she was funny :lol: i did'nt know there was another one on..i will check that out. It used to be on on Monday nights and repeated on Sunday morning but i've just looked and there is no listing :( so maybe its not being shown here.

Glen, Well Done with the weightloss :cp: that stew sounds good :T

BTW, that evil soul did'nt catch me :lol: I was an :angel:

Well I was good yesterday but felt really sick. Today I was much better I even did the walking dvd...just the one mile today but it was easy so in the morning before work I am going to do the 2 mile one. I felt really good afterwards. Today I spent alot of time cleaning and doing laundry.

Cat....You are an angel!! and I am going to be one for the next long while. I want to really remember how bad I felt for falling off the plan. I had a great time that night but yesterday was a killer.

Tomorow is supposed to be my weigh in but I keep thinking that if it doesn't show any loss I might lose my motivation so I am diliberating on wating until next monday...two weeks into the plan mnus one day should show a loss even if its a small one right? I don't know, I guess I wll decide in the morning :)

Hope you all had a great weekend and hocychic it's great to see you back!!!

Trixi

I'm walking on Sunshine, even if it's not out!
 

I am SOOOOOO EXCITED! I just got off the scale and I've lost 5 lbs!!!!!!! :D :cb: I don't remember exactly when I last weighed, but it must have been about a week ago when I had to get new pants because I couldn't fit into the ones I had (good thing I didn't spend too much on the new ones and I know how to alter them :) )

I'm very surprised by the big loss. I'm usually a very slow loser due to other medical inconveniences. But hey, I'll take the loss!

So I guess the donuts didn't do any long term damage! I have been eating pretty good the past couple of days. I had 2 grapefruits for a snack last night :D I've been drinking lots of water. Now I've just got to get the exercise going and continue eating well. I might just fit into my party clothes for the Valentine dance in 3 weeks! :cp:

TRIXI--Glad you like the WATP DVD's.

CAT--Glad the :devil: didn't catch you. Keep being good!

Gotta go get DS ready for school. Have a GREAT day everyone!

P.S. I'm gonna have to change my sig!

Zanne, That's Wonderful!!!!! You must feel really great. I too but the bullet and weighed myself this morning. I have lost 6 lbs this weeks!!!!!! Yay us!!!!

I feel better now that I weighed in and am still motivated to continue. I stared at the scale for about 5 minutes beofre I got the nerve to get on it.

I hope everyone has a fabulous day!!!! Post more later.

trixi

Hey Everyone,

Cat90 - Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad to hear that someone else had some wobbles at christmas. I put on 5lbs over christmas, which isn't too bad. But I have lost 3lbs this week so I'm slowly getting back on track. Good luck this week.

Zanne - Thanks for the idea about the club soda with lime, I've never had this before but it seems like it could easily pass for an alcoholic beverage. I know this strict regime is only temporary so I have no problem giving up some stuff for a while for the benefit of my health. Plus, I too have felt the wrath of the Krispy Kreme donut, those little buggers are so good and they go down so easily. I've been there to so I wouldn't stress about it too much. Thanks again.

Trixi - I definitely still need the motivation of hearing from all of you. I seem to be in the "I'm half way there stage" and I need a little extra push to finish this challenge. Lucky for me I have a super supportive roomate who eats the type of meals I make just to help me and to create a healthy way of eating for herself even though she doesn't need to lose weight. Thanks for your thoughts, good luck with this week.

Woa Girls :yikes: whats with the weightloss? :eek: Susanne 5lbs! :cb: Trixi 6lbs!! :bravo: and Helpneeded 3lbs!!! WTG CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THREE OF YOU :D
Now just what the heck are you doing to lose like that? Well, i know what Trixi is doing so what about you Susanne? and you HelpNeeded? I would really like to know because i'm counting cals and fat grams and i exercise EVERY DAY but i'm not losing like that :cry: spill the beans buddies :^:

Hmmm :chin: i've just looked at my journal and its only Day 8 on program for me :rolleyes: so its early days yet..i guess i'll just have to be patient :bubbles:

:wave: wtg zane and trixt on the loss. i hate this snow. i had lunch at my parents yesterday. mom served ham and meatballs with rice. i had too many nuts and bolts.
:) glen

Oh Glen :nono: never mind it could have been worse that Nuts n' Bolts :lol:

I am sure thats a free card when you have to eat at your parents!!!! Can;t be rude can you? You'll do better for the rest of the week glen...I have faith in you!

Cat your turn is coming too. Didn't you post a loss last week? It all comes around. I wonder how MeRoMo is doing? Besides you are head of us on the scale and we want to catch up!!!! :lol:

HelpNeeded we are all here for each other than. You have the right way of thinking that its not forever and this is the hard part. Once we are in the maintaining portion of our diets we can eat some of what we have been missing. Imagine how great it will tatse, especially when we know that we can have it without feeling guilty. I am hoping that once I am there I will know that I can only indulge once in awhile and eating healthy is a lifetime choice (with a few treats in between!!!)

Zanne, We are exactly even on the scale....lets keep it that way and having it get smaller and smaller. We can evenutally shop for jeans together and borrow each others :)

Hope you all have a great evening!!!

G'Morning everyone!

Sorry I haven't been around lately. Had a very busy weekend!

I don't have very much time right now, as I'm at work, but I'll be back tonight when I get home.

BTW, a donair is something you get in a pizza place, I think it might just be a Nova Scotia thing, but its made from hambuger but its...well its hard to explain. It comes in a pitta and its covered with this sweet sauce and it has onions on it...

http://www.astro.umd.edu/~petitpas/Links/Donair.html

this link has a recipe for it, the picture is really small, but thats what it is :) its a diet no-no!!!!

Cheers,

M.

Morning!
 

Hey Everyone!

Now, did this storm get everyone from one end of the country to the other? I'm just curious. Hope everyone faired ok with the snow.

I've got yet another virus! Sore throat and a bit of a fever. Seems like I'm prone to throat things this year. My DS has been coughing since yesterday, so I kept him home today.

Even tho I felt kind of lousy, I still did my Challenge day 1 exercises. I love doing weights. :strong: Today may prove more difficult as it's a cardio day. I actually felt good after working out last night and was full of energy--so I did a good cleaning of the living room and one bathroom.

Eating was pretty good. I've found with these throat infections that my taste goes off tho, which puts me off eating. I know I have to try to eat every couple of hours to keep my blood sugar constant, but that gets difficult when you don't feel like eating. I did heat up some chicken broth and added some hot sauce to it--that really seemed to help a lot!

TRIXI--Congrats on the 6lbs gone! I hadn't yet changed my sig to show my new weight, so actually, I'm down to 170 now. I'm usually a slow loser, so I'm sure you'll catch up to me real soon!

HELPNEEDED--your strength to stay away from tempting situations is amazing. I don't have that much will power. You're doing great!

CAT--Thanks for the Congrats! I'm very surprised at such a big loss. I'm usually a very slow loser. Maybe it was those Krispy Kremes that helped! :lol:

GLEN--Don't dwell on a little stumble. I've actually taken my own food with me to places--including my parents'! I haven't gone out to get the veggies for the soup yet--as soon as I make it, I'll post the recipe.

Well, I'm thinking I better go out and start shoveling. Does that count as cardio? :lol:

MEROMO--we were posting at the same time. Sweet sauce on meat? I've never heard of that before. It definately sounds like somthing we shouldn't eat. I guess it's just not the same without the sauce, eh? Thanks for explaining.

Zanne,

WOW that even better!!!! Congratulations again. MeRoMo we were just talking about you. Besides the Donair (which I had visions of but they were totally different then what you explanined) hows the rest of your week been? Do you weigh in every Wednesday?

I went to work this morning and at around 11:00 am all the power went out (OI work on bay Street) There were quite a few buildings out. We found out that it would be at least 5-7 hours before it could be restored so we closed down and left. I am going to do some work from home and try to get in the WATP's because I was really sore today I didn't do it this morning. What's weird though is that I really want to cheat today and I think it is because my routine has been disrupted with being home so early. I am having some major cravings (yes, its fries and gravy again :)) but I am not going to give in (I hope).

Gotta do some work now I will post more this evening and see how I fared.

Trixi

Hello again everyone,

Well, I guess this week wasn't too too bad, weigh in is tomorrow (yes its every Wed) so we'll see how bad I actually was this week. I up'd my water today, (in hopes that it would flush out some of the last minute fats/pounds) but I think its just wishfull thinking. My guess for weight loss this week (I really really hope its a loss and not a gain...) is 2lbs. Not as much as the last two weeks, but any loss is a good loss.

This week has been a week of cravings! (and fries and gravy sound really good...) but other then my yummy donair :( I guess I did good. We had a little mishap with the pipes freezing last night, and didn't have any water...and got really mad!!! So we ordered a pizza, which I guess isnt' the worst food I could be eating, but probably not the best...but it had pineapple on it...fruit is good for you... :)

Well I guess its time to get into the shower and get ready to make fun of all the singers on American Idol (I know, really mean of me...but you just can't help but laugh!)

I hope everyone has a good WARM night, and I'll check in tomorrow to let you know how I did regarding the Weigh in (Keep your fingers crossed :) )

Night-Night

M.

Hi Girls :wave:

M..i know what you mean :lol: is it me or are this bunch particularly bad :?: i laughed my head off when that one last week threw water over Simon :rofl: and the girl that actually went to the mall to prove that she could sing ??? what the heck was she thinking? i've never watched it before but i'm watching it now because of these losers :lol:

Susanne, i was watching the news earlier and it seems like this place is about the only part of Canada that is'nt freezing :lol: we've got a bit of rain thats all :)

Had a good day today..got lots of cleaning done and walked 4.25mls on my treadmill :cb: let myself have a couple of beers tonight but i've worked for them ;)

Hi everyone,

Wow congrats everyone on the weightloss, that is amazing. Keeps you motivated.

Cat90 here in Ontario. Talking it off use to be on Thurs but now on Weds at 9 on the life channel.

Well I am going to delv into the world of low carbing. I know so many people that are losing on it I just want to give it a try. That K-count thing was to difficult for me to do so i am giving this a whirl. Is anyone else low carbing???

What a beautiful day here in Ontario after all those snow storms we have been getting, will have to get out for a walk after work.

Well you all have a super day and will check in more often.

Hi!
 

Good Afternoon!

I had a pretty good day but it was the night time that got me. All that talk of fries with gravy got to me! Sounded really good, but I didn't have any at home. I made a plate of nachos instead. Bad Zanne! :devil:

I just had a bowl of the soup I was talking about. Here's how I made it:

1 large tin stewed tomatoes
1 package California style frozen veggies
1/2 package onion soup mix
2 big handfuls bagged coleslaw mix
about 1/3 bottle Mott's Garden Cocktail (can use V-8 instead)
about 1 cup chicken broth (only cause I had one of those boxes of it open--you don't need to use)

I just threw it all in a big pot and let it simmer. If you don't want to put in the chicken broth, add a bit of water or a bit more veggie juice. You could probably cut the ingredients in half to make a smaller batch. The stewed tomatoes have a bit of added sugar, but I like all the spices in them.

My DS could smell it cooking and he just had some too and said it was good. I keep leftovers in a rubbermaid container in the fridge and scoop out a mug of it and microwave it whenever I get hungry.

HOCKEYCHIC--I found figuring out the k-counts kind of difficult too. I got a book with a food count guide and I think that will help a lot. I started on Monday, but I think this week will be a "practice" as I have another stupid throat virus and don't have much energy for anything let alone exercising.

Time for a nap. (good luck with that since DS is home from school supposedly sick too). I wanted to get the soup recipe posted before I forgot the quantities of stuff.

Have a good day everyone!

Rain? What's rain? You mean snow right? :)

So I wasn't AS bad as I thought I was this past week. Not AS good as I would have liked but oh well...a loss is still a loss...even when it's only 0.8 lbs :( BUT I know what I did wrong...and it won't happen again (At least I hope so...)

I'm still at work (1.5hrs to go!!!) but I'll check back in later tonight.

Cherio.

M

Hi everyone,

I've been crazy busy with school, midterms and papers are coming up fast...so I haven't been in here for a few days.

Cat90- I'm on a pretty strict diet that I find really works (if you can do it, which sometimes isn't easy) and I lose weight pretty consistently when I stick to it. I have tried everyday diet and weight loss program in the world to try and lose weight because I've always been on the heavy side even as a kid. Then last year my roomates mother went to herbal magic. Now I was pretty skeptical because I would never take anything that was harmful, like ephedra, or anything that would make me sick. But her mother had such success that I went to find out for myself. Basically its a low carb, high protein diet with supplements that help stimulate digestion but everything is all natural ie. cayenne extracts, seaweed and cactus. You are not allowed any sugar, alcohol or salt. So nothing canned can be eaten, it has to be all fresh. Your allowed so much from each food group per day and lots of water. Too be honest I don't even excersise as much as I should but I'm slowly building up more time exercising. I'll be glad for the spring when I can walk again. So that's how I do it but it really has been the first program that has taught me how to eat healthy and to lose steadily. The only downside is that its really expensive but in a way it motivates you to get the weight off as quickly as possible so you can get rid of the expense.

Atleast we will all get some extra excersise this week digging ourselves out of the snow. I can't wait for my all inclusive vacation to the Dominican Republic over Reading week, has anyone ever been to Puerto Plata??? I've never been anywhere warm, if anyone has any advice on what to bring etc... I would love to hear it.

Hi Girls :wave:

M, No..i mean Rain :rain: we have'nt got any snow here and it is'nt cold either :) Congrats on the weightloss :cp:

HN, that diet sounds interesting but i doubt that i could follow anything that strict myself :) I've never been to Puerto Plata but i've been to the Cayman Islands and Florida which are both hot :D i just made sure that i had plenty of Cotton stuff to wear to try and keep cool and of course wear a hat..i don't like wearing them but my head burns along the hair parting if i don't wear one :lol:

Susanne, i was really really bad today :o i've had pizza, a beer and 2 mars bars :yikes: thats what i get for going shopping on an empty stomach :lol: i enjoyed my :ink: out and will get straight back on plan tomorrow :wave:

Hi :)
 

Hi Everyone,

My name is Heather, I'm 28, and my goal is to slim down and start living the life I've always wanted to. I've been exercising and eating healthy since Oct 03, and have lost 31 lbs. :cb: I have a long way to go yet though. I look forward to reading posts and getting to know y'all. :)

:thanks: for listening,
Heather
Nova Scotia
Dartmouth

Hi Heather, welcome! I'm from Dartmouth too!

Ok, so today is a horrible day, and all I want to do is go home, curl up on the couch with a glass of wine and my slippers :( I'm not even sure why today is so bad..I just want it to be over :(

M.

I have been a very bad girl. Zanne and Cat90 I think this is the week for us. I did it again last night I allowed myself to give in and have beer!!!! BAD TRIXI!!! Today I am serious I know that I must stick to this and lose this weight. I have tried to convince myself its only for a little while and than I will be able to give into cravings once in a awhile. But staying motivated 24 hours a day is really really hard.

I am going to be good until at least Valentines day. There is no way I am weighing myself until then.

Heather WELCOME!!!!

I am at work now and will post more tonight after behaving all day!!!

Trixi

You can do it Trixi!

I gave myself a goal of loosing 10lbs by V-day...which is probably not going to happen, but one can hope.

After the disaster that was last week, I am SO going to be good this week! Except for last night... :) We had Chinese food (opps...) but it was weigh in day, and its the only day I feel "safe" to have a treat :) So my goal this week is 2-3lbs!

Does anyone have the WATP DVD? I'm thinking of getting it tonight...any opinions?

Cheers,

M.

MeRoMo

I just got the WATP's last weekend based on Zanne's recommendation and I love it. I bought the 1 mile and 2 mile ones. The one mile is super easy but the 2 mile one is great. The moves are really simple and you dont feel like one foot is over your head while the other is up your a@#. The 2 mile one makes me feel like I excersized without killing myself.

MeRomo : We have more than hope we have each other!!!! and our stupid diets :) I hope your day gets better and better.

Have a great day!!!

Thank you Trixi (and everyone else!!) for the support! Today was just one of those days...

I think I'll pick up the DVD tonight! Thanks for your input.

Only 50 more mins to go until I get to go home (now that's enough to put a smile on anyones face :) )

Cheers,

M.

Hi MeRoMo, and gang!

Thanks for the welcome. :) I had a day like that yesterday :( I perserved though :sumo: , and did my exercise, although half way through I was thinking, screw this. :dizzy: I'm thinking its the mid-winter blues. Not much to look forward to (except summer!) and its cold dreary.. blah. I was reading in Shape magazine its called something like SAD, seasonal-something-something and its related to this time of year. Hopefully it will pass soon for all of us. ;)

I have the 2 mile walkaerobics DVD, and its been great for me. I got the 1 and 3 from the library and to me they seemed outdated (hair, clothing). It doesn't matter much in comparison to the workout, but for me, I usually can't get past all the neon and big hair. :eek: I definately recommend the 2 mile. There seems to be quite a few out there, the one I have is shown here (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASI...536761-8281905).

I got my aerobics out of the way today, so all thats left is our nightly walk. It doesn't look too cold out there so thats very happy :cp:. We've been out there in some doozies.. :)

Heather :wave:
Nova Scotia
Dartmouth

Hi Girls :wave:

Hi Heather..welcome to the group :grouphug: WOW, you have done really really well to lose all that weight already :D Congratulations!

Well, after taking a sleep aid last night to help me sleep (which it did'nt) i got up today and felt terrible..headache..tired :tired: no energy :( so i have'nt exercised and the "diet" went out the window again :rolleyes: did a lot of comfort eating :( and did'nt really enjoy any of it :shrug: i'm just hoping i feel better tomorrow so i can get back to it :D

Cat, I know exactally how you feel. Yesterday was just one big bad day :( I hope by the time you read this you'll be having a better time!

I didn't get up to the mall last night to get the WATP DVD, but I'm headed there after work so I'll let you all know how that goes...:)

Cheers,

M.

Today IS a new day, and a great one at that...Friday! I give myself the weekends off of exercise so its a real big deal to me, but they always go by so fast! :cry: Oh well! At least the weather LOOKS warm. One more walk and aerobics session to go, to which I am procrastinating on as we speak. :dz: Nothing new there. I like to give a consequence for not doing my exercise, which for me happens to be it getting dark. I workout in my living room and when it gets dark people can see in (sheer curtains), which means them seeing me jumping around like a freak :sumo: so I try and get my exercise done by 5PM everyday...at least the aerobics part. The walking my husband and I do every night with our dog. We don't have people freaking out on us about the dog peeing on their lawns at night. :nono: :lol:

I've been using Nytol Natural Source sleep aids for my sleeplessness lately. I'm a seasoned sleeping pill person, have always used them, but not to the point of addiction. I found that the natural ones didn't give me that awful groggy feeling in the morning that the medicinal ones did. And they seemed to work better than medicinal ones did too, faster. Just a thought anyway. :halffull:

Today I'm feeling mostly good. Hubby's home so I may have to fight for the tv, which is rare since he never uses the tv, but for some reason he's in there. :chin: That's okay, aerobics take priority over any "casual" tv watching anyway. :cool:

Yesterday I stayed within my limits (closer to the high end of my calories). All of my numbers were good except for my fiber :rollpin: :stress: which is always too low it seems.

Time to start thinking about meal prep, I'm :hungry: and breakfast is the most important meal of the day!

Good luck to everyone today. :coach: Stay motivated!

Heather
Nova Scotia
Dartmouth

Hi Girls,

Well, today was no better i've had stomach and kidney pains all afternoon :( i just had a soak in a nice hot bath and that seems to have helped a bit..i'll be lying on the sofa in a min with a hot water bottle in my lap ;) don't know why i get this problem from time to time :shrug: needless to say i have'nt exercised again :( hopefully i'll feel up to doing some tomorrow :D I weighed in this morning and that pesky varmint is trying to tell me that i've GAINED 3LBS!! :rollpin: I can't believe it :?: will weigh in again in the morning for a second opinion :lol: I'm thinking about trying W.W. again next week, i'll decide over the weekend :wave:

Hi everyone.

Yaaaa it is the weekend. Sounds like a few people have had a bad week. With all this cold and snow I am sure there are alot of us feeling tired and blah. On the bright side January is almost over so we are 1 month closer to the summer.....yaaaa

Well good news for me, I met my 1st goal. I day late but I will take it. Since Jan 4th I have lost 9 pds....my next goal is another 9 by the end of Feb. I am trying for 9 lbs a month which is only a little over 2 pds a week. I know that is alot and will get harder once I start losing but since I have alot to lose it worked for January anyways. I want to be at 145 by the May long weekend so I have to try and push it.

Well gotta go, as usual daughter has a hockey game. Everyone have a great weekend.

Way to go Hockeychic!! :bravo: :cp: :cheer: Congrats!

I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. I'm actually drinking my weekend h2O which has been somewhat difficult, so maybe this will be a good week.

Cheers,

M.

I am having a lousy weekend for motivation anyway. I have been really bad for the last four days and I can't seem to stop. Tomorrow I HAVE TO get back on track. I just got the stretchy bands to go with the WATP dvd and I vow to start again tomorrow. I am all set. I bought a new scale (ditigal) and all my vitamins, fish and the rest of the food for the week. I AM going to be good all week and I am not stopping.

I hope eveyine is faring better than me at this point.

CAT I am sorry your feeling so bad I use to go through that alot until I had my hysterectomy. I would be bedriiden for at least 3 days a month. I hope you feel better soon.

Hockeychic CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! on making your goal..Thats great!!!!!

MEROMO Kepp up the great work with the water!!!!

Trixi

:wave: wtg hockychic
cat hope you're feeling better soon
i stayed the same at the scale today. :) glen

WOW! I just finished my first WATP workout...I really like it! It's hard, but no so hard that you have to stop half way through it.

The stretchy band part was a little tough but I fought my way through. I feel so good right now!

I hope everyone is well :)

Cheers,

M.

Hi All!
 

WHEW! It's been a while since I was here. Not very much going on with me. I still have a stupid virus, but it's not as bad as it was. I AM GOING TO START MY CHALLENGE TOMORROW--NO MATTER WHAT!!!!!

Figuring out "k-counts" has been difficult, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. So I've been doing a little planning of meals.

I'm quite happy because when I got on the scale this morning, it was still at 170. I am amazed because TOM is here and I usually bloat up about 5 lbs. (Mind you, I'm having a REAL easy time this month--I can totally relate to the being in bed for 3 days)

SORRY GLEN for the "female" talk.

My eating has also NOT been the greatest. I even caved last night and got some fries and gravy to make for dinner! My water consumption has been really good tho, so maybe that's contributed to the weight staying where it was instead of going up.

My only exercise this week has been shoveling the snow and today the family went toboganing! That was a blast!

So I REALLY have to get on track tomorrow. Less than 2 weeks to V-day! I've gotta look good in whatever I'm wearing.

TRIXI and MEROMO--The stretchy bands sound interesting! My DVD's use hand weights. Glad you like WATP.

HOCKEYCHIC--That's a great loss! Sure and steady. Keep up the good work.

CAT--Hope you're feeling better now.

MSBEDHEAD--WELCOME!

Hiya Girls and Glen ;)

:thanks: for the well wishes ;) i'm feeling better but still not 100%, i'm going to do some exercise today as i've not done any for the last 4 :( i hate it when i start to miss as it takes me so long to start back up again :lol: will have to weigh in in the morning as i know that i've gained i can 'feel' it :( i still feel bloated and sore but not as bad as it was.

Susanne hope you are feeling better too :D

Hockychic..well done with the weightloss :bravo:

Trixi, that makes 2 of us that have had 4 lousy days :lol: i've got to get back on track too :D

Hi Glen, well done on maintaining :D

I just did this whole huge post and lost it all because of my stupid computer....I must go to bed and I will post it again tomorrow....I just wanted to make sure I said hi all..