I am really excited about the new weekly challenges. I NEVER drink enough water! now I have a new way to motivate myself on it!

Goodmorning! Just getting off work. Survived the weekend! Didn't do as well as I wanted but didn't do bad either. It really is hard because the people I work with have food around ALL of the time. Last night ordered pizza. So I ate two peices. It was chicken white pizza. The good thing is that one of the girls brought in cupcakes and I didn't make a point that I wasn't eating mine I just put it in my lunch box and brought it home for hubby. Yay!!! I didn't eat the cupcake at least.

Today is suppose to be my weigh in. Right now actually. But after being on my feet for the past 12 hours my legs are VERY swollen. I really don't want to be discouraged. So I am putting off my weigh in. I will have to look and see when I can go again.

But today I am going to get in all of my water and try to get rid of some of the extra water weight I'm sure I put on this weekend. It really is rediculous how intimidated I am by the darn scale. :chicken:

:angel: Hi Paige! How did your weekend go? I hope you had a wonderful weekend? Was it busy for you? How are you doing today? I hope you are having a wonderful day.

:angel: Marie, you are so right about it being okay to eat the junk once in a while if within points/cal. I appreciate you saying that. Sometimes I think I get so fixed on being perfect that I finally give up because I'm not perfect. I agree the challenge should be posted the day before so we are prepared the day of :D I am so impressed with your workout routine. Wow!!! You do great. Have a great day.

:angel: Hi Ann, It sounds like you did great eating well under pressure. :D It is difficult now to eat out or have special occasions. At least for me. But I think that might get easier also. Hope you all had a wonderful day celebrating DH bday.

:angel: FMinPA, goodmorning. How is your day going? I hope great. How was yur weekend? Busy?

:angel: Selena, I'm sending good scale wishes your way.:goodscale I hope your weigh in goes great. And hope you enjoyed your workout. Have a good day at work.

:angel: Christine. The weekends are hard for me too. Don't really know why. I am sorry you are struggling with those two pounds. that has to be so hard for you. You sound like you are really sticking to your guns though. It sounds like you are doing so good. Yay!!!!!

:angel: Hi Michelle, thanks for starting that great challenge thread. That is wonderful.

:angel: Christy, Goodmorning. Hope you are having a great day. The challenges are exciting. I need to get my water now.

Just so you all know if you want to you can change your settings so when you open a thread it goes to the most recent posts first instead of the post at the begining. So you can start on this thread from here instead of where you have already read. It is in you user cp under settings I think???

I think I am going to get a charm bracelet also to reward myself. I love that idea. Does anyone else have a reward system? I can't wait until I start wanting to go clothes shopping again. that is going to be a huge reward to give myself. Not even buying just having the desire to go.

Does everyone here have a special weigh in day or do some of you just weigh whenever?

I will check in later. I look forward to hearing how all of you are doing today.

Check out our thread. It has reached new status. It is now a "hot thread" :D

We ROCK!!!! :cool:

Hey Everyone!! WOW!! Our little thread is kicking!! I LOVE IT!! :cb:
I weighed this morning and was a little disappointed..I lost 1 pound...but decided a pound is a POUND!! That's "7" pounds in 2 weeks...now how can I be disappointed in that!!??? ;)
I love the water challenge thing...and will definitely post over there in a minute...I have such a HARD TIME getting all my water in...I should drink at least 100 oz per day...eekkkkkkkkkkkk...I feel like I am floating today all ready...I've gotten down 48 oz...and still going!! Whew!!!
I will be back after lunch!!
Selena :)

Hello ladies....My name is Jamie, i am 29 yrs. old. Married for almost 6yrs (been together almost 13yrs) We have 2 sons. JJ is 5 and NJ is 11. I have been slowly gaining weight for a few years now. I noticed the weight gain and tried to diet and exercise to lose it but was unable to. I found out last week that I have hypothyroidism and high blood pressure. I must lose this weight. I am now on medication for both. My husband has been with me through it all. He is supportive but I can not talk to him like I would a girlfriend. I am looking forward to checking in with you all daily.

Ok so I started dieting last week because of the visit to the doctor. I have lost 4# so far. I know I will not lose that much each time but it felt GREAT this morning to see the scale go below 190. I have been stuck there for a couple of yrs now. For exercise I have been getting up early and working out to the Fit Tv channel. I do not have any workout tapes or anything to watch and I like this channel because it is not the same workout all the time. It gives me the variety I need. I am looking to lose around 60lbs. In the summer we go camping every weekend on property we have located on the Illinois River. Yes we go boating alot. I did not even put on a swim suit this past year. I would wear a tshirt and shorts instead. I really would love to put on a suit this year and see the look on my hubby's face. LOL

Talk to you all later. Have a great day.

PS sorry for making my reply so long. Sometimes I can't shut up!!! LOL

hey Jamie! good job on the weight loss! 4 lbs! way to go! in case you dont know we are having little weekly challenges for all us newbies. This week is 48oz of water a day. Doesnt really seem like a lot, but if you are like me and dont drink alot of water it can be tough, I am doing pretty good today, I am already half way there and it isnt even noon!

I caught bits and pieces of the challange but was not sure what it was. I will gladly participate. I have been giving up my soda for water so I will have to see if I can do it. I have had about 20oz today so far. Let the fun begin!!!LOL

Hello everyone .........I think I had a pretty good weekend I ate sensibly and have had no pepsi since thursday .....and I do not really miss it ....I've been drinking water and ice tea w/ splenda (that satisfies me ) ......yesterday I did THE FIRM abs workout 1 in the afternoon and workout 2 in the evening and then I jogged down my block and back which is a HUGE hill .....its easy to run down but then you gotta come back up ....my hubby dared me to do that after dinner and I did and think I'll do it every evening ........felt good to work of my meal ......Although I do work on tues and weds evening so on those days I guess I'll have to do something else .........We have a gym at work which is free to employees but I am not sure it is unlocked at 11 when I got off my shift .....I used to go to it when I worked the daylight shift .....I used to work fulltime daylight ( I am a nursing assistant ) .....just recently I started working on a casual basis where I make my own hours .....now I work mostly evening and some daylight on weekends .......I am supposed to be strating college next semester as long as all my grants and loans are approved so I can afford it .......So not only am I embarking on this weight loss journey but my entire life is going to get really crazy here pretty soon .......But I always said when my kids got older and started school I was gonna go to college and become a nurse .......Lots of changing are coming my way ......but I think I am ready to take control of my life

oh I forgot .......I dont own a scale at home soooo I have to use the scale at work .....I have always done that in the past ....so I will weigh myself tomorrow when I work ......I havent seen a scale since I started this last week

Ok girls.......how often do you all weight in??? I usually try to do it weekly. Is that what most of you do?? Just wondering if i do it to often.

Need advice.....My husband has been working out of state for a while. We live in Illinois and he has been in Virgina for a couple of months. He is coming home tomorrow. It is very hard to lose weight with him around. I do not like to exercise when he is around unless it is walking. Food is horrible with him and the kids. They do not like much. They are all picky eaters. They would live on burgers and fries if I would let them. I need help. I get so tired of making 2 meals so I can lose weight. I have tried South Beach before and was doing good until money got tight. I think that is my biggest down fall. It is cheaper to buy the bad things. Does anyone else have to make their meal apart from their families???

jme, i can relate. i don't have a dh to please, but i am trying to get the whole family to eat healthy. It it not easy. But when we go food shopping we look at the boxes and I taught them how to look at fat grams and sodium. I do not make 2 meals, i just eat what they eat (usually) and if they want something in addition to the healthy food, then I make that for them. Eating good does mean a higher grocery bill for us too.

So, get the kids to eat better overall then work on hubby. Good Luck!

christine

Jamie, Hi! Welcome. There seems to be a LOT of super supportive ladies posting in this thread so I am so glad you are here to now. Congratulations on your progress so far. 4 pounds is wonderful. It sounds like you are working really hard on this. I really know what you are saying about the kids and husband being picky. I swear my family really makes it hard sometime. I talked to my husband this weekend when he brought home KFC for me. I told him that I really needed to lose weight for myself so I could have more confidence in myself and be a better wife and mom. He felt bad for bringing me the KFC and said he is just trying to be nice. He then asked me to make him a list of foods I can eat so he can suprise me with dinner on the nights I work. I thought that was the sweetest thing. He is trying really hard. He also said he would try to eat the nutritious food I cook. But he thinks vegetables are the enemy. I have been looking for recipes that are low cal low fat that I could sneek the nutrition to family. If I have any I think you might like I will PM them to you if you would like?? It is sooooo expensive to buy good groceries. But I figure so is a lot of the junk food and fast food that we buy. So that is how I justify the groc bill?

I had to laugh when you said you didn't exercise in front of your dh. I don't either. I don't know why but it makes me very self conscious. I was glad to see someone else felt that way. We got the DDR game for the Xbox and I was going to do it with my son. My dh keeps telling me all weekend to get it out and I was trying to find a reason to tell him no without him knowing it was because I was too embarrased with him there???? Sad huh?

Thank you for introducing yourself and sharing so much. You definately didn't write too much. It was nice to get to know you.

Selena, Yay!!!!!! :dancer: :cp: One less pound to go to unveil the PHAT chick inside!!!! That is wonderful. I know it seems like it will take forever with one pound at a time. But every week you will lose differently, some more some less. You already know that of course. You are close to having 10 pounds gone forever! and after only two weeks. You ROCK:cb:

I bet you are close to losing a size already too.

Congrats :bravo:

FMinPA, it sounds like you did really well this weekend. You are going to be dropping the pounds with how dedicated you are. :cp: It sounds like you are making a lot of really big changes in yourself. Thank heavens you are going to have a little time to adjust to eating well before you start school. Hopefully you will be set in your thin healthy ways when school starts and you have a new challenge to face. Congratulations though on going to school. That is great!

and good luck on your weigh in tomorrow. Sending good scale vibes your way :goodscale . You wont need them though because you are doing so great.

Take Care and have a great night.

That is so impressive! My mom always worked from home when we were younger, but by the time my youngest brother hit high school, she was ready to follow her own dreams. She went to college and became an RN, something she had wanted to do since she was 12! It's no wonder my mom is my hero, huh?

Good luck to you!