Good Afternoon Everyone,

I’m just about caught up with work and ready to join in the discussion again. I didn’t check in at all last week, and it took me while to read all the messages. Wow, what a great group!

I didn’t report in last Monday, so my combined weight loss for last week and this week is 4.5 pounds. Two pounds a week is what I’ve been aiming for, so I’m right on target. There was one week in early January that I didn’t lose anything and stayed the same (the week of the big storm), but other than that, I’m doing well.

Reading so many posts all at once, instead of one at a time, the thing that jumps out at me is how we all have our highs and lows, good days and bad days, triumphs and discouragements, and through it all the other members of the Valentinies are there to listen and offer encouragement. I guess that’s why it’s called a Support Group. :balloons:

Have a good week everyone,
Florafae

P.S: Dena, I really like the logo by your name. I think it’s a good fit.

Hello, my friends!
 

Just checking in. Busy week last week so no time to talk. I am doing well with my exercise and water goals. I stepped on the scales this morning and was down another pound! Woo-hoo! That's four pounds gone. 3.5 for Vday goal. I have set the goal of being under 200 by my bday in May and, by golly, I'm just stubborn enough to do it! :D

Congrats to all the other "losers"! Keep up the good work.

Welcome to our newbies as well.

Keep up the good work, ladies. We can do it. Thanks for all the posts. It's very encouraging just to know we are not in this thing by ourselves! Have a great day. Be kind to yourself.

Hi Everyone!

Checking in to say I just came back from the gym, where I spent 30 minutes on the treadmill, 30 minutes with the weight machines and "11" minutes on the elliptical!! 30 minute goal on the ellliptical here I come. :D

Hugs,
Dena :cool:

Hey all you fellow losers! :D
 

Hey everyone! Sounds like you all are right on track! Cool!

Well, I took a deep breath today and registered to be in Houston's 96.5 radio Biggest Loser challenge. Wish me luck that I get chosen! (Although, we do have four million people here and only eight get to do it.) :?: So we'll see. We'll have to be at Bally's at 7pm to work out with our teams. Two teams of four. No one gets kicked off. We all stay til the end. Winner gets a trip to Florida all paid. Second gets a year at Bally's. I think I would be fine with that one. Dunno about a trip. But I want the membership..lol.

I have done ok this week. I'm sick with a cold and three of my five kids have been sick for days, fever, coughing, sneezing, vomiting (one). Uggh! So needless to say, I barely hit 5,000 steps today (but managed 10K on the other days). I'm out of it. I hate being sick. :(

Hello Dollar! Nice to meet you. Congrats on your loss!

Florafae, Yay! 4.5 lbs gone! You are doing great!

Skinny, You'll hit that Onederland goal. I'm right with you on it too. I'm aiming for April - 199 lbs. We'll see! :D

WTG Amy! 9lbs. gone! Great!

Thanks Kandice and Amy for the good advice. ;)

Kandice, how can you stand that scale. I hate them! :mad: I'd go nuts watching it bounce around. I do know eventually I'll break down and get one though. :lol: But I'll want a good one. A doctor's type.

Mary, keep it up. You are doing very well. I'm not doing a specific diet. Just low fat, average calories, 1500 or less usually. Exercise often. More water, etc. Working ok so far! Hope it doesn't turn on me. :^:

Dena, cool! Up to 11 minutes! Yay! :cheer:

Well, if I missed anyone, I'm sorry. Just trying to keep up with all of you! We all seem to be moving right along. Before we know it, our thread will be named. Been There, Done That, Now Let's Maintain!

Bye for now! ;)

Wow to everyone!

Amy- 9 lbs! holy moly! you'll surpass your goal! way to go!

Dollar- 3 lbs this week! Excellent!

Flora- Congrats on staying right on track! 4.5 lbs in 2 weeks! :cheer:

Skinny- every lb is a lb closer to Onederland! you'll get there!

Dena- congrats on the 11 minutes! you must be so happy (motivated!) with your improvement!

Selina- good luck on the biggest loser! I played survivor in college one weekend and I loved it- I was the last 3 too! :D not the same I know, but the small spinoffs can be so fun! When do you find out?
And the scale- I do hate to see it bounce along, but it's been long enough now that I "know" my bounces- it's usually within 3-4 lbs of each other and then I'll drop. Like this weekend- 172, now I'll go between 172 and 175 for a week or so- never up to 177 or more again. and if I do get up there then I know I have to adjust my eating habits. I'd rather face up to it day by day then wait a week and then be shocked at the end of the week and be stressed- "wow- I gained 5 lbs this week!" I think it gives me more of a true number, just in case if I happen to weigh on a fat day.

Have a great day everyone! (and selina- I love the "been there, LOST FAT (a play on done that), now lets maintain" challenge!)

Morning Everyone!

Just wanted to say hi from sunny Las Vegas (around 60 degrees today). I've been going for my morning walks again now that the weather is better.
And yesterday I did "12" minutes on the elliptical with my usual treadmill/weight machine workout. Maybe today I'll try for 13! Still doing good on my eating plan and water.

Glad to hear we are all doing real well. Keep up the great work, everyone!

Kandice, congrats on your new low! :)

Selina, I hope you get well soon. Sorry you and your kiddies are sick. :(

Skinny, congrats on another lb. lost! :)

Florafae, wow, 4.5 lbs!!! :D

Dollar, glad to see you back! Good for you for sticking with it with a busy schedule. :)

Amy, congrats on the 9 lbs.!! :D

Have a great day, everyone!
Hugs,
Dena :cool:

so I changed my ticker (finally!) Today was my third day at 172 and I weighed at curves and I was 176.5 and I'm not going back up, the ticker will hold me accountable- as you ladies do too!

1.5 more lbs to the valentines (and my wedding day) goal! I would love to get there next week!

and next monday I'm going to get my wedding dress altered again because Carrie at Curves told me I had lost 16 lbs since my alteration! :eek: but YAY! I want the dress to look like it was made for ME and fit ME perfect!

Morning ladies!
You know I just had to say that no matter how skinny I get I am never going to look like that lady on the side panel in the jeans, lol. When I was in high school and my very fittest (I played basketball and was naturally small) I never looked like that! I only weighed 105 pounds! My thighs always touched though. See how her's don't even touch all the way up? I will never have a body like that and it's okay! That is the problem with this world. Everyone is trying to attain a body like that and if you are not genetically formed that way it's nearly impossible to get a body like that!

Okay, sorry, time to get off my high horse, lol!!! I am doing okay today. I feel down for some reason. Sometimes it feels like my progress is so small and that I have such a LONG way to go. It can get depressing. I know that I am smaller than I was and I feel great about that, but I just have such a long way to go!!!

Amy

SW: 192
CW: 183
GW: 135

Hi guys!

I did 16 minutes on the elliptical today! :D Plus the usual treadmill and weight machines. And I don't know how but I hurt my knee. :mad: So it may be just all treadmill tomorrow. We'll see.

Hope everyone had a great day.
Hugs,
Dena :cool:

wow- bonnie! show us pictures! glad you had a good trip. a lb and a half is NOTHING! I hope that's all I gain on the honeymoon (and wedding cake and grooms cake- made of Krispy Kreme doughnuts) :lol:

and by the way- Go PATS! :lol: I'm a Yank, born and bred! (last year was interesting being my first year down south and the pats and panthers!)

hi to you all,
it's a fabulous friday. it's been another week of no contact. i don't know if am even contacting people or if my messages are going to "lost in space." this is all so new. i have never been on a site like this. i don't know what i'm doing. i hope you are all doing well. isn't life great. i just keep plunking away at the keyboard hoping someone is out there. i love it. we are in this together. on step at a time. with a little help from those who are in the same position. i care about you because your are worth caring about. just because i can't see you doesn't mean you have been forgotten. or who have been there. loving life is a great challange when som many things go one nationally and at the locat level. the news can make things look pretty bleck.

yup- the grooms "cake" is KKs. We're big simpsons fans so we got homer and marge made for a grooms cake topper (with our colors- Marge is carrying a purple and white bouquet) and we're going to make a pyramid of KKs... mmmmm. My fam has never had KKs- it's all DD up there- so they'll be in for a treat!

hold on- let me see if I can find a pic of them... I was so happy with the guy that made them for us.