And we're off running~~
 

Hi Everyone!

Well, here's to a great start! I'm pretty excited and very happy to see our little group come together. If anyone else is interested in joining us, please do.

Kandice, so good to see you again! Wow, you lost a whole person in those inches!! :bravo:

Cole, you asked what we did on New Year's... Well, I live in fabulous Las Vegas, where New Year's is BIG, so first we went out to dinner, then partied at Green Valley Casino (a plush hot spot for locals), then saw the fireworks along the strip and stayed out until 2:30 am. Hubby and I had a great time!

Now it's back to business. I'm counting my cals on fitday.com, have gotten my Slim in 6 exercise dvd to play today and am going to drink my 8-10 glasses of water.

Kandice, yes, we will weigh and/or measure ourselves on Monday and report our progress.

Good luck, everyone!
Hugs,
Dena

Happy New Year, ladie!
 

I completely forgot to weigh myself so I will post weight tomorrow. Sorry! Anyway, here's the past three days:
Saturday-On point (OP), 35 minute walk, 8 glasses of water
Sunday-OP, 60 minute walk, 8 water
Monday-under point, 60 minute walk, 8 water.

I feel like I'm truly back on track now. I have another thread in which we weigh in on the 15th and 30th so I'll have to remind myself to weigh in weekly for this one!

Dena-congrats on your Christmas challenge weight loss! Way to go! :cp: :bravo:

Bonnie-congrats to you as well! :cp: :bravo: You two ladies are inspirational for me!

Kandice-When is the wedding? Hang in there. I'll bet you meet your wedding goals w/no problems. 44 inches? WOW! You're doing great! Kudos to you! :cheer:

Cole-forgot to say welcome last time I was here. How are you doing? Hope things are going well for you.

Florafee-welcome back! Like you, I have a feeling that this is the year that I will finally meet my weight loss/healthy lifestyle goals. We will thrive in 2005! How does that sound? :D

Well, ladies, gotta get to work. Hope everyone is having a good health day. Remember the words of Winston Churchill-Never give in. Never, never, never give in! We can do it!

Susan

skinny- congrats on staying OP or UP for the weekend.

I'm planning on exercising at lunch in 10 minutes- my gym bag in in the car so no excuse! will be my second time this year. I'm made a personal goal for myself to exercise at least 200 times this year. (at Curves) they track your visits so I should have 300 or more by the end of the year. 5x a week for 52 weeks= 260 So I'm allowing myself some "fudge" :lol: factor when we go on vacations and things like that.

wedding's in 8 weeks= March 5th, 2005. 2 months from tomorrow. It's coming so fast! I sent out the invites yesterday and finishing them today and tomorrow (the ones that we were planning on hand delivering for one reason or another) My dress is already altered but I'm seeing the most change in my thighs so those don't affect the dress. I bought a bikini for the first time ever for our Honeymoon March 13th to the Bahamas. Chris already saw it when I was trying it on and he liked it very much. :o

that's it for now I guess. Talk to everyone later!

Kandice, only 8 weeks until the big day--Wow! Congratulations on your bikini. A Bahamas honeymoon sounds heavenly. :sunny:

Skinny-B, you’re off to a great start. I agree that it feels good to be back on course and working toward healthy goals. Yes, we will thrive in 2005!

The last of our holiday company leaves tomorrow. I enjoyed having everyone here, but now I am quite ready for things to get back to normal. A week ago, when the second wave of guests arrived, I moved my exercise bike to the garage. I intended to use it out there, but it remained out-of-sight and out-of-mind. Tomorrow morning after I return from dropping people off at the airport, the bike comes inside and I’ll start pedaling up a storm.

Have a good day, everyone. :flow2:
Florafae

Well, it sounds like everyone is off to a great start to the new year. I love "thrive in 2005", that is perfect. Hopefully this will be the year that we will all make our goals!

Dena-Las Vegas? Wow, that sounds like fun. So, I guess life is never boring there! That sounds like so much fun. Sounds like you are back on track and ready to go. I am the same way, I have stuck to my weight watchers points and hopefully it will show on the scales!

Skinny butt- You are doing so good. I see you are also on Weight Watchers points. I have found this to be the best way to change my eating habits, because you can eat what you want as long as you stay within your points! And a walking club with your family is a great idea, you can get some Q.T. with your family and everyone gets excercise! I am trying to make my mom walk with me when I get home from work. She is just really tired and trying to make dinner, so she dosen't ever want to go, but it is so much quicker and more fun when someone goes with you. Oh well, I will have to stick it out by myself until she comes around :mad:

Kandice-that is a great plan to bring your clothes to work, I might have to start doing that, then I will not have any excuse not to work out! Sounds like you are almost ready for that wedding-how exciting, and to be so skinny, too :) I am sure that your fiance is so proud of you. I know that you will meet all of your goals and have a perfect body for that bikini ;)

Florafae-I know what you mean about getting back on track, it is hard when you have company around, you feel like you are imposing on them if you leave to go work out! But, it sounds like you are ready to commit again and make your V-Day goal and I know you will do a great job.

Hope everyone is having a good day. I have stuck to my points today, had a heavy lunch, so I will have to be careful at dinner. Biggest Loser season finale is tonite, does anyone else have that guilty pleasure? Good luck for the rest of the day~Nicole

so here's our goals:

Dena- 8 inches
Cole- 8 lbs
Skinny- 7.5 lbs (between 5- 10)
Bonnie- 5 lbs
Flora- 12 lbs (2 lbs/ week)
Kandice- 9 lbs
Sweetpea- 15 lbs
DewCan- 10 lbs

Cole- Yup I watch the Biggest Loser- love it! I got Chris into watching it too. He actually reminded me "today is the show" :lol: Not the finale though is it? I thought there were 2 more shows? A little concerned about how fast they're losing and how hard they're working for it because it doesn't seem to be realistic or able to maintain it. How many people- us even- work out for 4 hours spinning? My 30 minutes a day is fine by me!

May I be a Valen-"tiny", too??
 

Hi Valentines,
I am new to 3FC and have been spending the last 4 days trying to find my way around! I would really love to settle down into one group before I get lost forever! I love the idea of mini goals/challenges. Looking at a smaller picture works best for me!

Sweetpea's Challenge:
I will stick to my diet daily.
I will achieve 30 minutes of aerobics and 30 minutes of strength training every day.
I will drink 64oz H20 every day.
I will lose 15 pounds by Valentine's Day.
I will log in to this Thread daily and be a positive support member for fellow Valen-
tinies!



http://www.3fatchicks.com/weight-tra...rts/lb/0/15/3/

Week 1
 

Well,sounds like everyone is doing great so far.

I'm doing a combination of counting cals and The South Beach Diet, where you don't eat many carbs. So far so good. I also plan on heading to the gym right after I type this. Need to get back on the treadmill. I find I sleep better when I do. I'm on my 3rd glass of water, so 5 more to go.

Kandice, thank you for bringing us up to date on our goals. It's good to see everyone's plans. And we shall accomplish those! Also, congrats on your wedding plans. It sounds so exciting. I remember I was a wreck by the time my wedding date came around with all the stuff that needs to get done. Sounds like you are doing everything right! Especially losing weight and taking care of yourself! :^: And the Bahamas sounds wonderful!!

Cole, I walk by myself a lot, except for weekends, when hubby and I walk together. Otherwise, I have to motivate myself to get out there. Before we got too busy with the holidays, I would get up early and go for my walk first thing. I got to get back to that habit again. Let's motivate each other. :^: I also watched Big Fat Loser on TV before the holidays. Who is winning? Blue or Red team?

Flora, glad everyone is going home. I know what you mean... before Christmas it was easier to get going. Now it's time to get inspired and get back on our statonary bikes, treamills or just start walking. It's nice to get back into our regular routines.

Susan, congrats to your for being back on program and on track. Together it will get easier! You're doing a great job!

OK, ladies, gotta run.
Bye for now.
Hugs,
Dena :cool:

:coffee: Good morning, everyone! Hope everyone had a good nite. I stayed right on points and even got a walk in when I got home from work. It helps to have a dog, they get to where they expect to be walked and if you don't, you feel guilty!

Kandice-I thought last night was the season finale, I can't keep up b/c they didn't even have the show on for 2 weeks, that really confuses me. I wonder why they do that, they are doing that with desperate housewives too. (obviously you see a trend, my guilty pleasure is silly tv shows-lol) I enjoyed watching last night's show,but agree with you. If I were put on the ranch with a trainer, controlled environment, and endless time to workout I would lose 50 pounds too. Don't know how healthy it is and how they will do in the real world, but I guess we will see. Who do you want to win? I like Gary, I think he has come the farthest with his attitude. But, I saw a picture of all of them in people magazine and it looks like Ryan will be the Biggest Loser-you could barely recognize him!

tobaccygirl-Good luck with that Christmas and V-Day weight loss. I am right there with you. I had originally set a Christmas goal for myself, but then lost track of things once family came in town and a big plate of sweets was set in front of me. I also had a bit of a gain, but we will just have to work extra hard to get it off-we CAN do it

Sweet Pea-Welcome! I know you will do great. It is important to have a support system like this to help you along in your weight loss journey. I am hoping that this will make the difference for me!

Dena- I know what you mean about the walking, it is hard but I am going to have to force myself to do it when I get home from work or early in the morning. It is like there are not enough hours in the day, I swear if I had one more hour I would use it to work out! :lol: On the biggest loser, they don't have teams anymore it is all personal weight loss now, but I think overall the red team won, prob. b/c their trainer kicked their butts!

OK, back to work! Everyone have a great and healthy day ;)

Cole- I want Gary to win- his attitide is a big thing. I really thought that Kelly was going home last night. Moe looks wonderful! 20 more lbs and wanting to lose 100 in 2005! I think Ryan will win too- he looks good too of course but I don't like his do anything to win attitude. Poor Moe should have won the treadmill.

Dena- don't get me wrong- I'm am stressed with the planning but it all seems like it's coming together pretty much on it's own. we were engaged for 13 months and started early. actually bought my dress 16 days after getting engaged and booked the chapel and reception hall that same weekend. So we've had the luxury of having a few off months.

Sweetpea- of course! welcome! Hope you enjoy our group!

Bonnie- I didn't count that because I know you'll lose the christmas weight in no time! keep going! :cheer:

back to curves at lunch time- my bag's in the car again...

Good morning, ladies
 

Hope everyone is having a great health day! I was under point again but only by 1.5 pts. Don't worry; we're ordering pizza here at the office tomorrow for someone's bday so I'm sure I'll use them all tomorrow! :D Again, don't worry-I definitely won't go overboard but I will probably use some flex points. Cole-I'm sure you understand what I'm saying but hope I'm not confusing anyone else! Anway, walked 60 mintues yesterday as well. Also on track w/water. However, stepped on the scale and I haven't lost anything yet. Bad scale; bad, bad scale! Oh well, I'm just beginning. It will come off soon.

Kandice-I hope the next few weeks are as stress free as possible. I was matron of honor for my best friends wedding last year and she drove me crazy! :crazy: However, the girl has serious OCD issues! :) It sounds like you guys have things pretty much under control. Just be aware that last minute stuff does come up. Usually it's small stuff so it's no big sweat. My DD was in my sister's wedding a few years ago. She was dressed and ready when I realized I hadn't seen her for a few minutes. I found her in the ladies room crying. I asked what was wrong and she said-I'm going to ruin Aunt Mary's wedding! I asked what she was talking about and she said I have a runner in my tights! Poor baby. So we ran out and got her new tights and the day was saved. Anyway, hope I didn't scare ya! :) Congrats on the bikini. Doesn't it feel good?

FLorafee-I understand what you said about company. Feeling that very thing towards my adult son that's sleeping on our couch! He moves out in March so I get my living room back! Yeah! Was glad we could help him out of a tough spot, though.

Cole-congrats on your walking! How are you doing w/your points? I just love WW. It helps me learn smarter choices but doesn't exclude anything. I look forward to it working soon!

Sweetpea-welcome! Glad to have you. You will find great encouragement and understanding here. Check in as often as you can! Look forward to getting to know you.

Bonnie-I walked at the Y last night, and like yours, it was covered over. I wondered how many people were there due to resolutions and how many would stick w/it. I totally agree about kids on the machines. I didn't let mine get on them until they reached the right age or got their gym pass. Oh, well.
I hate walking at my Y as it takes 16 times around the track to make a mile. It feel like FOREVER to get my four miles in! Ugh. But machines were all busy and it was raining. So, I popped in some music and walked anyway.

Dena-thanks for this challenge. I will try to help w/your motivation to walk. I walk some w/my DD's and some by myself right now. DH cannot keep up yet and he doesn't want to "slow me down" so he made me promise to walk at my normal speed instead of staying w/him which means, of course, that I end up leaving him. Oh, well. He'll soon be to the point where he can keep up w/all of us.

Well, gotta run. See ya in the funny pages! :D

Hi Everyone!

I got up early this morning and went for a brisk walk. Boy, is it cold out there! Next time I'm wearing gloves! Yesterday I was planning on going to the gym, but misplaced my card, so I ended up walking in the mall instead for an hour. Hubby and I walked a little last night, too. It feels great to be back in control! I did well eating-wise and drinking my water yesterday, too. This is how it should be. :)

Sweet Pea, welcome to the group. I don't know how I missed your message. Maybe we were typing at the same time. In any event, I think you'll like it here. Lots of support, motivation and inspiration. I love your goals!

Bonnie, somehow I missed you, too. I hope you have a great time with your relatives. We always miss you when you leave. :( I know you'll continue to do well!

Florafae, Kandice, Susan and Cole, you are all doing such a great job! I'm so proud of all of us! (Susan, stay off that scale. It doesn't always motivate us. I know it discouages me a lot.)

Take care, everyone!
Hugs,
Dena :cool:

Hi, I'd like to join your Valentinies group if I may. I joined the Christmas group, but we had a death in the family and that's why I dropped out of your group. I'd like to give it another try.
My goal for Valentine's Day is 10 pounds.
I will do this by
1. exercise 60 minutes
2. do situps
3. drink 8 cups of water
4. eat less
this is my daily goal.

I've been reading some of the earlier posts, and there seems to be a lot of you that are taking vacations. Sounds wonderful.It's so cold and snowy here, a beach with sun and sand would be a definite spirit lifter. I hope you all enjoy these trips.