Hey Girls ...I know..I know...it's been awhile....I have been sooo busy with remodeling the store during the day and with the puppy and kick boxing at night that I just can't seem to fit intime to visit on the computer....I had a wedding cake to make (actually it was a 60th Anniversary cake)for my Aunt and Uncle this weekend and have been so busy running around getting groceries and weekend chores,it has been CRAZY!!!
My eating was not so good this weekend,just not enough time to plan proper meals...but I will do better this week!!!
I woke up this A.M with a fever and the chills...truthfully I think I am over tired from burning the candle at both ends....BUT such is the life when your a Mom... !!!
WELCOME My choice!!!This a great forum I am sure you will find it helpful and there is always support and a few laughs along the way!!
I just got back from a walk it is beautiful here today!!!
Anyway the hubby and the boys are gone fishing the puppy is napping and I think I am going to lay down for awhile and catch up on a few ZZZZZ's!!
Hello everyone, I'm still around. Busy week at work last week, this week too. Clients will be here all month long and I'm basically the gopher LOL!
Well, I guess bad habits are hard to break. I have eaten terribly the past week, not to mention...I haven't been to the gym since Tuesday night! Almost a week! It feels weird. This is where I have to make it stop. I bet I have gained five pounds back. I wouldn't know, of course, cuz I haven't been to the gym! I'm going tonite with my husband...I'm taking to the airport in Chicago tomorrow...he's going to Europe for almost two weeks. I want to do a great job and feel better by the time he comes back.
All of you are doing a great job. Don't get down, RACHEL - you could be gaining muscle. I only have maybe two good weigh ins a month, when I'm doing the right thing, that is...because of TOM and all other crazy things.
Hi Girlie (and everyone else!)
I'm new but I wanted to respond to your post.
It's so easy to let life get so busy for us and when it does, we are usually the last thing that we take care of! (why do we do that?!!)
Don't worry about what you might have gained. Today is a new day and you are going to the gym tonight..that's what's important, we can't do anything about yesterday.
I've not been to the gym since Wednesday (and I usually go 6 days a week!), but the little break has renewed me and I'm ready to hit it again! Enjoy your workout tonight and tell yourself it's something special that you are doing...just for you. That's what I'm going to do.
Also, you have a little mini goal right in front of you...your hubby is going to be gone for 2 weeks (I'm sure you will miss him and he will miss you!), but just thinks you could be down 5 lbs by the time he gets back and hopefully he will notice!
Have a good day everyone. I need to get back to work. I'll check in later.
It sounds like we've all been super busy! Congrats to those who are still losing and maintaining. My weigh in is tomorrow and I am hoping to still be at least 193.
Just a fly by post this time, wanted to let everyone know I am still around and the highway dept is still digging up our road! They are at my drive this morning!
Just a post to let you all know I'm still here....I didn't get a chance to post all weekend and now I've been none stop busy here at work all day...Go figure!
I'd just like to say welcome to the newbies, Keep you chin up to Rachel, and Girlie I think mychoice is right about seeing it as a mini goal to work hard and see what you can lose by the time your hubby gets back
Well, my weekly weigh in showed no change from last week so it looks like I may have hit a plateau. I'm going to step up the exercise this week and try cut down on the amount of carbs whilst upping the amount of protein I eat to see if this might break the plateau.
That is exactly what i did the last time I hit a plateau....step up the exercise or even change to something new for a week or so...your body is tricky and can adapt to the same thing after a while..also dropping your carb intake a little or not eating too many carbs at supper can be good too....it is just good to see you not get down because of it..just recognize it for what it is and work through!! I think we are all doing GREAT especially with this forum to come to and talk to all of us that are going through the same things!!!
Anyway I am just getting ready for kick boxing...I am feeling better I slept about 16hours between Sunday and monday and feel renewed energy!!
talk to everyone tomorrow!!!
Well. The weight is down to 218 again. I cut back on sodium and upped my cardio (an hour on the eliptical 3 days in a row oy I almost died). I've started adding a couple sets of situp/pushups before bed and getting more calcium and sleep. just to maybe speed things along.
I think it was just bloat. but whooo knows. My body is wacked out right now. And either way... that weird adding of weight aside. I've been busting my proverbial balls for a while now and ZERO loss has been made. Frruuustration.
Rachel - Give it a few more days. At least you got back to your starting weight which is a plus...In my first month on going to the gym, I gained 2.5# right away and all I lost in that month was 2.5#... If you keep up the exercise that you've been doing, you should definitely start seeing the pounds melt away! Keep believing in yourself... you CAN do this and you WILL see results!
School's out for summer--and I'm ready to get going!
Good morning everyone,
I did my final speech last night for class and I'm not taking any classes this summer. It gets to be alot with working full-time, trying to get to the gym and eat healty, but hey that's life, and there will always be things like that to deal with while I'm losing weight and someday when I'm "on maintence". Nevertheless, it's going to be great to have the summer to focus on my weightloss and hopefully the lbs will fall off a little more quickly.
Everyone is racing themselve here! I finally got back down to 199, but I'm still here because it is such a great thread and the girls on here are so awesome! I love to read about their successes and share mine with them. I also have to keep offering them support and encouragement as they head to 199# because they gave it to me!
Welcome Tardy,
I'm pretty new here too. I've been dieting for most of my life. I had one brief stint in high school where I was thin. It was because I didn't hardly eat anything! Looking back on it, I don't know how I survived! I know that I ruined my health and let me tell you, I'll take healthy anytime over being thin!
I liked your comment about a "girl weight", that's how I think of anything under 200...that's why I'm in this "race". I think we've come to a great place to be encourged and to encourge.
I also have a low thyroid that I take medicine for, along with some other health problems that affect my taking off weight, the main one being Interstitial Cystitis, there are a slew of things I just can't eat! like fruit, and yorgut, but then again I can't have chocolate or soda, so it helps too!
Just wanted to say welcome and I look forward to seeing you around the boards.
hi there
CRAZY!!! 
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I think I am going to lay down for awhile and catch up on a few ZZZZZ's!!
good evening girls
