Okey dokey!!!!

The JUNE CHALLENGE!!!!!!!

lose 5lbs this month
exercise 30 minutes 3X's a week
each week try some thing new eg eat 5-10 fruits and veg ( go wed to wed starting today!!)

My starting weight is 225.

Great day here. I have the afternoon off.
I am trying to get the whole house clean all at once. It has only ever happened once in 5 years,about a month ago. A big old two story house is hard to keep clean. I tidy all the time and half of the house is always cleaned, either up or down but never at once.
If i get this done today I can clean the upstairs windows tomorrow!!

Lilybutt~ my health stats are much the same. Actually healthier than most people I know my age. I am just fat....arg!! I guess it would be too much to bear if I was beautiful, clever, witty, a dynamo mom and wife and thin too, LOL!!!

Hello everyone, I'm back :dancer:

Not too much time for personals, so just an update on what I've been up to (shamelessly copied from another thread for those who don't hang around there, apologies if you do :o )

Very very good holiday. Summary, to be split into the good, the bad and the cheese...

The good:

Our studio was in a typically Greek village on a cliffside. This meant lots of steps, hills, a nice walk to the main town along the cliffside (downhill going there, very much uphill on the way back). Boy did that work my legs. :tread:

Walking up volcanoes. Also good for working the legs. I was one of the first of our (big) group to make it, and very proud of myself. :tread:

Ditto walking up to mountainous headlands to see ancient Greek remains. :tread: Admittedly we parked at the end of the road and only walked the rest, but that's because I was with my mother. I was up for walking the lot, but I can't kill her off just yet. She has many medical conditions and wasn't exactly as keen on the exercise as I was (she didn't do the volcano either).

My thighs. Not even the tiniest bit of rubbing on the days I wore skirts and dresses. The first time I've escaped that on a holiday since I was about 12. Admittedly I mainly wore shorts if I was walking a long way, but one day I must have walked for over an hour without any rubs. And I swear that when I looked in the mirror they almost looked as though they didn't touch under my skirt.

The bad:

Beer. Ouzo. Wine. :beach: I went with a vague idea of only drinking in the evening and drinking water until then. Well, that didn't work then. My resolve crumbled within the first 24 hours. Oops...

Not drinking enough water. See above.

The size of the swimming pool. I say swimming pool. I mean jacuzzi. We were on a cliff side. Just about the only thing they had space for was a tiny little dipping/jacuzzi pool. You could touch both sides at the same time. Not exactly going to get me much exercise. In truth, it wasn't really swimming weather. Lovely and sunny, but more walking around sunning yourself rather than needing to cool off every 30 minutes. So my idea of swimming lots while I was over there kind of didn't happen.

Birthday cake. :hb: Not a Greece thing, although it was my birthday while I was over there (cue Greek birthday cake). But this morning I had to do the buying cakes for people at work thing. Why did I choose cakes I really like? It struck me later that the sensible thing to do would have been to buy cream cakes which I don't really like eating rather than little chocolatey bite things from M&S. Then I wouldn't have been eating them all day.

The cheese :hungry::

My nemesis. Feta cheese and bread (my other holiday nemesis) for breakfast. Peppers stuffed with cheese for lunch (well, at least there was some veg there...) Fried cheese (saganaki is one of the most wonderful foodstuffs on earth. Shame it's essentially fried cheese in batter :nono: ). Baked cheese. We went to one taverna quite a lot (mainly due to the quality of its saganaki :hungry: ). They noticed we liked cheese (my mother would have cheese sauce on her meat. I wasn't that bad). So instead of the little glasses of sweet wine at the end with the bill. They brought us a slice of cheesecake. This cheesecake was seriously the most delicious cheesecake I have ever eaten. Ever. And I've eaten a lot of cheesecake. :hungry: So we had a few more slices over the course of the week. I think I ate more cheese in a week than I have done since Christmas. A lot more.

The damage:

2lb on this morning. I'm quite pleased with that. I reckon I must be retaining some water as I've been drinking nowhere near enough of it (trying to persuade myself that anyway!), so I'd steeled myself for about 2lb of fat and a bit more water. So no worse than I expected, and possibly a bit better if there is some water there. And I trust myself to get it back off again, which is why I let myself do what I want in the first place rather than trying to diet on holiday.

I'm in.

I already started today. Walked for over hour with GF, and went and lifted weights this morning. I will use my Tues. weigh-in as my goal. I like the nutrition part too. I am struggling with the veg's. since I am not in school all day. Will definately work on that.

I have tried to get in 2 containers of yogurt a day, and I think that has really helped my sweet-tooth, and plus the extra calcium is always a plus. Ok, Holly and Curly Let's get it going.

Sandi

Oops, forgot to say, I'm up for the challenge. I'll even go with my hypothetical starting weight of 226 rather than my actual Greece induced weight of 228...

challenge sounds great i am starting at 265

Howdie Howdie.....

I have been MIA and I apologize. No excuses, just shame. I have not been to TOPS in 4 weeks. Yes, I am up for the challenge. Starting weight 256.

Annie

When I had my blood draw the other day they gave me was a weight range that would work for my body....they said 199-179, given my height and body composition, would be a good weight for me.....this made me feel good because that is what I would say I want to be too! I have been down as low as 140 and had a terrible time maintaining it and being healthy....at 170-190 I was healthiest.....so NOT that far away! I can do it!!!!

So for the challenge......sine I will be one until the 21st of June on vacation.....I will say I will be down to 235 by the end of the month....I don't expect to gain weight in Europe....lots of walking involved......but to be realistic...that would be a major success for me!

I leave tomorrow am for an overnight trip for work....so all have a good few days!

Lilybutt

The charts say 165 for me, but i can tell ya when i got down to @ 185 i was looking like a scare crow i was so thin ( wearing 10's & 12's) and i am 5 foot 6......... but I would be dancing in the streets at 180!!!!

Good morning everyone,
Count me in for the June challenge. My start weight will be 274. I've been doing the mindless eating thing again. Don't want to slip back into that bad habit.

Curly: we have about the same build. I'm also 5'6 and look and feel good about 180

Annie: Good to hear from you.

Yp1: Your vacation sounds wonderful.

Lily: The first time my Dr did lab on me.
He was shocked. They were very good. I told him there can't be any fat flowing in my veins, it's all on my hips. At 50, I'm 100lb overweight. I am not on any meds. I always am very thankful for that.

Sandi: You're off to a great start!

Suzie: Hope all is well with you.

Holly: :) Morning.

Hello to everyone I missed.
This is my long day got to go get ready. I'll try to check in tomorrow.

Mornin'!
At my thinnest, working out 5 x's a week ,when I was 24 ,I weighed 170. Flat tummy, toned, bikini. The BMI charts say I should weigh 145. When I weighed 190 I was fit ,happy, not stressed about food and working out. That is my ultimate goal.

4th Glorious day in a row!!!
I LOVE this weather!!! 21C, sunny, light breeze.......aaaaaaaaah.
Yesterday was great!!! puttered in the house all morning. Washed bedding and hung it out. I had the afternoon off. I cleaned the whole house except the bathrooms!!
I will do those and the upstairs windows today!!
I had a good visit with Grandma. Everything is fine with her.That is what
matters. Every time I go I dig up some perennials or herbs from her yard. I
will always have a bit of what I consider my “home” here with me. I brought home some mint and lemon balm.
2 little guys and DD today. Quiet again!!
I have 6 Avon orders already. I am feeling super pumped about it!! I am an entrepeneur at heart. I LOVE networking.weeheeeeee
The cool thing is I haven’t gone anywhere or done anything out of my normal routine. I just pitch it in my daily journey. It sells itself cause people know the products. I may even make some $$$$$ at it.
Baseball tonight.
I was the loser of the month at TOPS , a 6.5 loss. I gained a bit in Apr so now I am back to where I was in Feb.
I LOVE my life!!!!!!

we are missing a few...Spores? Susie? Jody? Girlie, back from holidays yet???

Glad you popped in Annie, stay longer next time!
YP~your trip sounds devine!!! If were on a deserted island there is a good chance I would choose cheese over my DH!!
Deb~ no mindless eating today, okay??
Curly~how's today going?

HI everyone!!!! Let's get moving!!!!!!
30 min of yoga coming up!!

Forgot to say my start weight is 241.2. I am hitting the treadmill as soon as I am done here. YIPPIE. I have no idea what the "magic number" is. I am only 5'2, I am not going to let a BMI chart tell me what I feel is healthy. I am going for healthy and the 5 pounds for June.
Good luck, and lets enjoy it, not take it as dreaded thing. I sometimes think we are "dreadful" when we talk about the weight coming off (how hard it is, what has to be done, meals, excersising, staying OP, ect.). Instead, maybe we should think of it as shedding an "old" us, and looking for someone "new" to poke through. I think that is why I love JUDYDC's little photo. I see myself as a thin women in the shell of a heavy gal.

Holly--congrats on the avon. I will have to keep you in mind when I am ordering. I just got a huge order. I love the hydrofirming bio6 for day and the night cream that goes with it. I used to be a BIG marykay fan, but would get terrible dry patches on my cheeks. Someone told me about this, and I have been using it ever since. I love it. I also just ordered some dishes from there, for entertaining. It was a platter, and a relish tray thingy. I buy alot of gifts from Avon too. Good luck, Hope it all goes well.

ttfn.
Sandi

Avon has a lot of great fitness products also... they dont have my favorite thing now "Natori" perfume oooo i loved that stuff! Ihave been able to find some on ebay and u talk about a money maker! that stuff is like gold now that they dont make it anymore!

Today.. lets see so far I have been to the podiatrist, cuz my long gone heel spur has come back to haunt me! got a shot in my heel and man is it hurting!!!!!

I have to head to work @ noon... stopped at the grocery store, every time i bring a bag into the house now my dog thinks there is a treat for him in it! spoiled lil brat! of course i did get him one!

so not much happening for me today..

Good Morning Everyone!!

The lady from TOPS called me last night and said they all miss me and hurry back. Talk about a guilt trip. Sheesh. I will be going back after next week. I have a hair appt I cannot change that night. My hairdresser of 10 years is retiring, she is only 44. I am about to flip, hard to find someone you can trust. I am going to hate this.

I am 5'9" tall, and weighed 142 when I got married, I looked like a starving ethiopian. Many asked me if I were sick or had cancer. (I had gone from 186 to 142 just before I got married). My doc says my ideal weight is 160, but I look and feel great at 175. So 175 is my goal. 256 to 175, long journey and moving slowly with many slip ups. If I could put all my diet days together, I would be thin. hahah.

Holly - I was an Avon lady for 10 years about 10 years ago. I love their products and especially the earrings. You will do great. Avon sells itself.

Hello to all, have a great OP day!

Annie

Well, I'm down to 230 today! And I'm celebrating my 5lb loss by treating my self to a new workout tape that I won on Ebay! WW workout here I come.

yahoo Dakota!!!!!