Hey Girls...Im just checking back in...its great to see all the new girls!!
Jump in and let us get to know you!!
Selena :)

Good morning Everyone ;) I hope you are all going well. I feel great this morning - I did yesterday too come to think of it. I am coping well with the water challenge I love water I just usually forget to drink it. I followed my diet fine yesterday until 7pm We went out to dinner with MIL there were NO healthy choices on the menu so I had steak (with fries and salad) now the meal was huge I mean really huge and usually I would eat it all but I didnt :D and have a couple of beers of glasses of wine to go with it but I didnt :D . I made sure I was driving so I wouldnt drink and dont feel at all guilty of what I ate :smug: . The scales havent shown it up yet - but have a sinking feeling they are a bit dodgy. I will use the ones at work later in the week. I am following the diet plan so I am not stressed like I usually am about being on a diet, now I know what and when I am going to eat (usually). And I love having you guys here. man I am peppy this morning actually maybe too peppy I think I just did a hair toss. All this before breakfast :dizzy:


where do you guys get the trackers at the bottom of your posts?

Hi girls, i just logged in to say hi to you all!!!!
I'm goint to the gym now, to do my cardios.
Write you back soon!
Love,
J.-

Ps.: I've been drinking water like crazy, how about you?

As far as the weight bar.... Go to the top of the page where it says "user cp" click on that, you can alter lots of stuff to personalize this site to you, go to the one that says "edit signature" that is where you can put all sorts of deco on your name. It entertained me for quite a while. The weight tracker is in there. You can also go to this site http://www.tickerfactory.com/ezticke...r_designer.php
Then copy and paste the one you create here in your signature.

Hope that helps

Wow!
 

Hello everyone!!! :wave: Welcome to all the new ladies!! Everyone here is in the same boat sort to speak so we are a very supportive group of "chicks". I can't believe how many new people have joined us since I checked the site Sunday night. I am going to have to update my list now!! My husband has been working like a mad man on the computer and he had a deadline last night so I didn't get to check the site yesterday. :cry:

My mom and stepdad left this morning and are heading back to Kansas. It was nice to have them here, but it was nice to come home and not have company. My mom drove me nuts this weekend. Every time I would try to get on the computer and check the site she would come in and look over my shoulder. It drove me crazy. This is my personal thing that I do to help myself get through this long journey that lies ahead of me. Sometimes I tell you all things that I don't really want to share with anyone else.

I appreciate all of you and commend you on your achievements. :cb: :cb: I had to read so many posts tonight to catch up that it was just to hard to respond to everyone.

My personal goal this week is to post every night so that I don't fall behind again. I feel out of the loop if I miss a day. And I missed not being able to check in and see how everyone was doing.

I am getting nervous about WI on Thursday. Last week I was sooooooooooo good and did everything right and only lost a quarter of a pound!! Yikes, I was not a happy camper. Although I did try to look on the bright side that at least I didn't gain a quarter of a pound. I really want to be able to add another charm to my bracelet!!!!! I am also trying not to weigh myself everyday because that drives me insane. So I am trying to be very patient and wait for WI day.

My husband called tonight from work and said he had to confess that the office bought pizza because everyone was going to have to work late and he had two pieces. He said it made him feel kind of quesy after eating WW for 3 weeks. He hasn't had much choice about WW because I laid down the law that this is what I am cooking tonight so eat it or fend for yourself. I think he has actually liked everything that I have fixed. He says I have cooked more in the last 3 weeks then I have in the last 12 years. (I think he is right!)

Well I hear my children arguing so I had better go and check it out. Hang in there everyone!!!

Paige :balloons:

Check it out!
 

I was just skimming through the journals and someone mentioned a site called www.myvirtualmodel.com It shows you a simulation of what you look like now and what you will look like at your goal weight. It might be worth it if you need a little extra motivation! It motivated my husband all right. He told me to get my butt on the treadmill!!!(ha-ha)

Paige

Me!
 

Okay this is as good as it gets. The only two people that have seen me like this are my husband and my OBGYN. Unfortunatley it is a pretty good simulation of what I look like. But.... Wow!!! Look at that amazing after picture! (I don't know if these pics will show up or not)

Paige

Tess, Nice tracker!!!! :D What does the bottom one represent?

I am going to have to come back later tonight and write to everyone. Theres been a lot going on here today :)

Talk to you all later

hey guys I just wanted to check in. I did my water drinking but no exercise. I studied all day for a test. BLAH@ but i did get up alot to rush to the bathroom lol!

Hi everyone!

Welcome to all the new group members!! This group is sure taking off! :lol:

I had a good day today, stayed within my points, finishing to drink my water as I write : )

Glad to see that everyone is drinking up to the challenge!! Keep up the good work everyone! :bravo:

Paige, I love the virtual model site you gave us the link to. So I'll try to post myself (before, my first goal of 175 and my final goal of 140). What a great motivator tool!

Talk to you guys tommorrow night!

Sorry i've not been on in a while been real sick. Hi to all the newbies that joined. Feel like i've out of place already didn't check in everyday just been to sick sorry for that. It will take me a while to get to know everyone so please give me time ok. I like my elliptical someone ask me a while back.
Since i've been sick i've gain 3 pounds do that when i'm sick. I didn't put it on my weight bar just going to try to get it to post this time. Good luck to all, we can do this.
http://www.3fatchicks.com/weight-tra...b/220/145/220/

It me again I have a question about the weight bar. When i got it to show I had to copy then paste. Now when I got to my other chat rooms it can be pasted there to so how do I keep it from staying where it can be paste because my husband uses this computer to and I realy don't want him to know who I am. It would be fun if he was talking to his friends and the weight bar come up.

basic75....if you dont want to copy and paste you can write down the stuff and type it in yourself .....EXACTLY with all the symbols and everything

Well it looks like there is a lot of things going on in our little thread today. Lets see if I can keep up.... :grouphug:

:dizzy: Christine, Hope you had a great day! Got water? :cheers:

:dizzy: Selena, Not feeling so PHAT today. I judge how fat I am day to day on what my arms look like :lol: and today I was thinking more FAT. I did buy some socks that say PHAT on the ankle. :D If we ever start a new thread for this group we may need to consider that for our title :lol: Did you get your project done? Have a great night.

:dizzy: Donna, welcome. How was your day today? It sounds like you have already made a huge life change by making exercise a part of your life. Congratulations.


:dizzy: Erin, You are definately not alone now. You have all of us. And it sounds like you have a really good plan. Congratulations on your Weight loss! You are doing great :cheer:

:dizzy: JME, don't feel too guilty about missing your workout, you did have to make a lot of trips to the water cooler :lol: that has to count for something. I always have to wait for hubby to leave and baby to take a nap to get my workout in, especially if it involves contortion :D

:dizzy: Julie, glad you are here. You are not alone. We are going to be reaching our goals!!! I do ww also. Congratulations on your loss so far. You are doing great :cheer:

:dizzy: Christina, You ROCK!! I hope the scale at work was good to you. Sending good scale vibes your way :goodscale :goodvibes

:dizzy: Ellen, Welcome. I hope everything comes back looking good after your heart is checked out. It is hard to break old habits but you can do it. You are definately not sounding like Eeyore. Although I love Eeyore. I would hope that we would not be fair weather friends. Together through thick and thin. I meen really if we aren't here for each other during the rough times what good are we?

:dizzy: Jen, good for you on the water and the workout. Hope you have a great day tomorrow too.

:dizzy: Tess, hair flips huh? This is good for you!! I feel better when I am treating myself well. Stay peppy :D

:dizzy: Hi Joana, like the bee. Hope you enjoyed the gym.

:dizzy: Paige, lighter thoughts for Thursday. thank you for the link to the models. Very cool. I know what you are saying about this site being a personal thing. My DH and Ds seem to think they need to know what I am doing. I would die if anyone I knew actually recognized me. Don't you worry though you wont be out of the loop. We need you ;)

DH has spent the night making several different comments about this "girl" or that who looks good or one very pretty actess he said looked old. :mad: And I am suppose to believe he thinks I'm beautiful? What does he think I'm stupid???? So made me feel bad for sure. But thats okay cuz I'm gonna be WILF again someday soon. he better be nice to me now. Once when I met a guy he worked with years ago he said to my DH "you didn't tell me you had a trophy wife." At the time I was annoyed. What I would give to hear that again. I avoid meeting people he is going to school now. I know I shouldn't but I do. With how much being over weight affects my life you would think I would be willing to do anything to lose this weight. I am doing what I am suppose to, not going over on points but I want to be thin NOW!!! I keep thinking if I cut my cal drastically I could get there faster. I have to keep fighting with myself. Yesterday I ate almost nothing. Then today I was starving all day. But I didn't binge. I just got back on track. I tried the DDR we got last week. I now know how truly uncoordinated I am. I meen I always knew but now my son knows too. It will be a good workout though if I don't hurt myself :rofl: I drank all of my water today. And I feel so thirsty. so I must finally have myself hydrated enough that I actually know I am still very dehydrated. Well you all take care.

Wouldn't it be terrible if I lost this post. It's happened before :o Hee hee copy....

basic75, You would have to check this on your computer but on mine it only saves the last thing I copied to paste. so after you have copied your weight bar into your siggy copy something else. Anything. Then try pasting, the last thing you copied should be what pastes? Maybe copy a smiley or something after you are done then that is what will paste when he uses it next?

Good to see you by the way. Hope you are doing great!!!!

Good morning all!!!!

Today i didnt went to work cause toninght i have a midterm exam, and i stayed home to do some studing.

So yesterday i went to the gym, made 15 mins. in the stair master, and 15 more in the elliptical, that's a total of 30 mins. of cardios!

I'm really stress about that exam, so if you feel like im down, that might be the cause :(

Basic 75, hope you feel better soon, dont worry about not catching up with us i'm sure when you get better you'll be ahead fo us! :lol:

This test its driving me crazy :dizzy: , and i cant stop thinking of it, its so annoying!!!. I didnt want to go studing without first saying hello to you girls.

So maybe tonight i'll log on to write something really decent! ;)

Take care of you all, and dont stop drinking you'r water, i wont stop drinking mine!!!

Love,

J.-

http://www.3fatchicks.com/weight-tra.../130 lbs./162/

I've noticed I tend to drink most of my water at night, and the more I drink, the more thirsty I get.

I'm going to have to go through this thread again and add all of the newcomers, but for now, I better get moving and working out. I made my February goal of 8 pounds lost so I started on my St. Patrick's Day goal :D

Michelle, Congratulations on your loss! you are so close to having to change out your weight loss chick!!! :dancer:

Joana, Good luck studying!! Hope your exam goes well.


Thought I would add a quote for the day:

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
--Unknown


"Can it be a mistake that "STRESSED" is "DESSERTS" spelled backwards ??


Hope you all have a great day.

Hello girls. I have been so busy today have not had time to post. I was feeling guilty because I was rushed for time and ate a very snacky lunch......until I read your last post Selena. Your right......live for NOW!! I will not let it get me down. I will work harder tonight with my workout. I did not get my cardio in lastnight but got in some strength exercise instead. I do not have internet at home so the only time I have to post is at work. Will be getting internet again soon at home then will be able to keep up with posting.

Good News..............I got all my water in yesterday (65oz) and almost there today. I am getting plenty of exercise between the water cooler and the bathroom. LOL.

Will try to check in with you all before I leave for the day. Hope you all have a great day and remember together we can all do this!!!!

hi my name is Lisa. i am going to be 32 on friday.i have three step kids and one five yr old daughter. i have been married to a sometimes wonderful man for 7 years.He is very supportive of this weight loss project. i am 5'6 and 246.5 lbs i am going to lose about 90 lbs total using e-diets. I hope everyone has had a wondefully losing day.
Lisa

I went to the grocery store today and did pretty well. Damaged the checking account some, but stuck to my list. I even left the ice cream alone!
I got my water in today, and worked out last night. So again, I will work out tonight. I hope you know that it is because I tell you that I'm going to do it that I do. Otherwise, it could easily be put off, but I want to keep my word!
Lisa, I love the part about the "sometimes wonderful man." I have been married for 26 years to a "most of the time wonderful man." For me, it has just gotten better. I have to remember that I am probably not always so "wonderful" myself! Me? No, never!!?
Take care all, and keep up the good work!
Peace,
Jen

well ladies just checking in one more time before I leave for the day.

Welcome Lisa...You will lose that weight with your great attitude. There is alot of support and motivation in the ladies here.

Speaking of Floating....I am right there with you Selena. I have 60oz down so far and have all evening to go. I am getting lots of steps in because the Restroom at work is located at the other end of the building and I am visiting it VERY often.

Hope you all have a great evening. I am gonna try to get housework done early so I have more time for my workout. Got to get some cardio in tonight.

the bottom one is my mini goal to get to under 100kg I call it operation 100 ;)

Rapid start day 7
thurs 24th feb
today is starting out hard. I couldnt face another egg so I had extra muesli instead. I start work at 2pm in a department I dont like today ( I go back to normal tommorow) so I feel quite blah about the whole day, but in true fashion I am embracing my melancholy day. I will do a pilates tape so I dont have to go out for a walk before work. I will take some jack johnson cds in to listen to at work and dr phils book to read in the breaks. Dr Phils rapid start diet is really working but I cant wait to start ww points so I can eat easier meals at work I am working pm shifts all this week and I dont like eating dinner at lunch time.


basic I hope you are all better now.

Joana, Good luck Hope your exam goes/ went well

welcome Lisa

well done all of those drinking all their water :coffee:

much love and motivational vibes to everyone mwah

:dizzy: good evening ladies. Thank you so much for the great welcome. As far as the water challenge goes i have drank abot 60 oz today 20 more to go. If anybody has any ideas on extra exercises i can do please let me know. i ride my resitance bike atleast 10 min every night. i need something else to brake up the pace. I also try to walk a mile when the weather is good. other than that i am at home with my little one chrissy. or at school on tuesdays. again i thank u for the warm welcome.

Can I join?
 

Hey guys!

I found 3fatchicks a while ago and was motivated by the stories I found here and the many fab posts by all of the determined ladies here, but I was still quite wishy-washy about starting my diet and sticking to a plan. I think I might finally be on the road to a successful trek this time.

I am 26 and married to a wonderful man named Darnell. We don't have any kids but we have a cat named Goldmember. I am full-time grad student and I work at a library. I currenly weigh 266 pounds. I have been dieting for about 5 days and, truthfully, I've only dieted one other time in my life to drop from 192 down to 162 when I was 19 (I did it the BAD no carb way in 3 weeks).

I thought that seeing the scale go to 270 pounds would be the catalyst to get me off of my butt, but that didn't do it. What finally motivated me to start is that my Aunt Brenda (who I am very close to) had a stroke two weeks ago at the age of 53. She's been over 200 pounds since my childhood days and was probably somewhere around 230 when she had her stroke. At first, we didn't even think that she was going to make it, but now she is opening her eyes and squeezing our hands, but still for two weeks she has been on that bed and for most of the time she has not been conscious.

I know that there are a lot of risk factors for stroke and her stress level played a major part in her own health problems, but I realize that this is something that runs in my family. I did a little research and found that I have 4 of the 7 risk factors for stroke. I need to do something right now!

Sure, I want to look good in a pair of jeans, but honestly, even at 270 pounds my size 20 jeans look pretty good on me! I can make myself look good no matter what I weigh and I have a lot of self-confidence, but I want to be healthy. I want to live a long life and be active and enjoy that life.

So, I have been doing well sticking to my own wacky plan for the last five days. I feel less lethargic and as if I am making a good start. I could definitely use some of the encouragement that this site and you guys have to offer!

welcome jeanessa. I am new here as well but everyone seems really supportive. I started on e-diets about one week ago and i am not really following it, it's kinda complicated i could go on the internet and find the stuff as well. and i come here for support and a place to chat. So again i say welcome. Oh by the way guys i finally got all the way up to 15 minutes on the bike, its the first time i have been able to do that. i will write again later.

Well I have had a bad week at work, and tody was the worst. I have let it affect me and am not going to the gym tonight - when I usually take a class and do 30 minutes on the treadmill.

Woe is me,

Marie

tommorrow is a new day Marie and i bet it will be better. we all have our bad days i find that it's better to just sit and read a book on those days.

aww Marie, dont let not going to the gym make you feel worse about the day, sometimes work just sucks. I hope it all gets better for you.

welcome jeanessa good to meet you.


I am starting WW points now - I have 2 weeks of 2pm to 10pm shifts and dr phils is too hard - I have thought about it and I dont want it to get soo hard that I chuck all the effort in. I can eat fozen lean cuisines at work m- much easier. I always planned to go onto WW in a week anyway.

maybe WW is for me, too
 

Thanks for the welcome guys!

happyterror - I'm thinking that perhaps WW is the WOE for me, too. I tried it for like two days a few months ago and I really had no problems with it. My DH liked it a lot because it was very adaptable to what I normally ate as far as potions, etc. He called it just a different (easier) way of counting calories.

The only thing that I know for certain is that if I don't come into the day with a plan (i.e. food prepped and ready to go) I fall by the wayside by mid-day!

What a day!
 

Today has been horrible! If I ever wanted to "stress eat" it would be today. I had an employee's mother call to say that I had hurt her daughters feelings. Mind you her daughter is almost 30!!!!! Her daughter is a true drama queen and I'm done with her. I have invested so much time in getting her where she needs to be (and she is not there). I think it is time for her to find greener pastures somewhere else. There are days when the teachers are more of a problem then the kids. I had to talk to her about it today. I had to suck it up and apologize for "hurting her feelings" when that was the last thing I wanted to do. She is not a very good teacher, does not have good discipline management, and is a "whinner". So if she thinks she can find someone else willing to put up with her nonsense...then good riddens!!!!!

Ok, I am done venting.

I hope everyone had a better day then I did. I just got home from my daughter's dance class. It is soooooooooooo cute to see a bunch on 4 yr olds do tap and ballet. I plan on getting on the treadmill as soon as they go to bed. As a matter of fact it is almost 8:30 now. I haven't done as well on my water this week as I did last week. I think I have had about 48 oz. today plus 2 diet cokes. I was doing really well staying away from the diet soda. Until today, I guess the stress factor kicked in today and along with it came the diet coke. Weigh in is tomorrow, Ugh........ Not looking forward to it. I have been doing really well staying on plan but I'm not happy with the weight loss amount. Last week I only lost a quarter of a pound but I think that was because I wasn't eating all my points and I wasn't using my bonus and exercise points. This week I have tried to use every point I have...I just hope I didn't go overboard. Our WW leader says we have to eat our points or we won't lose any weight. I guess I will find out tomorrow.

Time to put the kiddies in bed. I hope everyone has a great day tomorrow and may you all have the willpower to stay focused on your goals.

Paige :balloons:

Ww
 

Happyterror and Jeanessa- Just wanted you to know that I have done WW for a month and I have found it very easy to stay on. My husband who could stand to lose a few pounds is actually liking the food also. I usually cook the entrees on the weekends because I am just so busy in the evening that I don't have time to get it all together. This way I warm up the entree and fix veggies or a salad and we have dinner. Good luck with what ever plan you chose.

Paige :balloons:

Hi everyone,

Welcome to the group Jeanesa and Lisa!

Another good day, I stayed within my points, but I didn't exercise, it was a social night with a friend coming over with her kids which are the same age as mine. But since I didn't get to stay sitted more than 5 minutes in a row, maybe I did get my exercise! ;)

It's the end of my first WW week and i'm pretty happy of how it went. I ate well, could do better by including more veggies, but followed the ww program and stayed within my points. I also incorporated more water in my diet and cut down on soft drink consumption. My next step now is to incorporate more exercise (a few more walks and weight trainning), almost daily hopefully.

We had a work/life balance conference at work today, very interesting and it confirmed the importance of taking good care of myself so that I can take better care of my family. All he said was so me, like how I feel selfish and/or guilty for taking any time for myself, even if it is for something as important as exercising... How if I don't eat right and exercise, I will be more tired/have less energy and it would make it harder to cope with the demands of work and family life.

Anyhow, I'm tired and rambling a bit :tired: ... I'm off to bed and will post tomorrow night after my ww weigh in :goodscale

ok i think i finally have this forum thing down. i had a great night tonigh i got in all of my water and i did and extra 5 min o the bike. i am so psyched about all of this. i want to be in a pair of size 18s by april.i will be in them by april. thanks guys for the inspiration.

Hi my girls! :)

First of all let me welcome Lisa and Jeanessa!!! :grouphug:

2nd, thank you 4 all the good luck you wished me on my exam!, it really worked!

So, after my exam my boyfriend and some of our friends went to Outback Steack House to have a yummy dinner. I had a huge salad and a glass of ice tea, and let me tell you i dont feel too guilty about it, cause i really was hungry and that exam got me all afternoon long nervous!

I'm drinking my water, so far i'm drinking 1/2 lt., how much its that in onz???, i've got to find out!

I'm willing to get a english/spanish dictionary, that way i can be more fluent with my posting, cause sometimes i feel like my english its poor :dunno:

Anyways it's late and i have to get to my beautiful bed :lol:

Have a good night and resting sleep you all :wave:

Take care.

Love,

J.-


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