Hi everyone.
I have been so busy with work and school. It has been crazy. I am still finding time to workout but I have slipped up on eating. As you all know I usually have my one cheat day. Well this week I have cheated a lot. Monday was Mexican, Tuesday was a turtle sundae, Wednesday and Thursday was pizza. Bad, bad, bad!!! I did make it to the grocery store last night and I stocked up on some healthy food. I plan to geet on track ASAP. I have my vacation in May and I am also seriously considering getting offf the pill in July so we can start trying to have a baby in September. Sooooo....just more reasons to lose weight. I just wanted to let you all know that I am thinking of each of you and I plan on posting more as soon as my orals are finished next weekend.

NBK, take it easy with your working out. You do not want to hurt yourselves. Do not pay attention to the girls in your gym Who cares what they think? I wish you well in your recovery.

Red, I am sorry that you are still not totally well. Hopefully, it will start to warm up soon in your area. How is the working out coming? I know you are taking care of your animals, but are you taking care of yourself?

Doin- Glad you are still working out. I am sure that you will lose. I am sorry that you are still not feeling well.

Shan- Great job eating and exercising. I am very proud of you.

CG-We are thinking of you. I hope all is well.

Well ladies, I'll be in and out in the next couple of weeks. I have mucho studying to do! I hope everyone keeps up the good work!

Heh guys. I am here. Just not feeling good and having so much work that needs to be done that I can't justify coming in here to post. It does take a lot of time and all. But I'll be back. Sure wish there was more action around here. Take care, all!

Red,
I hope you feel better soon. I know how it is to have too much to do and not enough time. I hope that you get to go out and ride Heidi today. Despite all the work that needs to be done try to make time out for yourself. I have oral exams this weekend but last night we went out to eat and went bowling with some friends and this morning I got up and worked in the yard. Now it is time to hit the books again. Just remember we never know when our life will be over so just try to make the most of time here.

I want to thank each of you for being so encouraging and being such a blessing in my life. Have a wonderful day and avoid living a mediocre life.

Thanks Stormy, for the encouragement and support. Yes, you certainly must know what's it like to have too much to do and not enough time. I will take my inspiration from you and a dose of your energy if I may! I still feel rotten, and am thinking I will just have to give up the day's pay in exchange for a bit of saving grace or rather time. I don't know. I hate doing it because it seems to be make no sense to lose the pay if it's only to recoup from the work I did in order to be able to get to work today. Will I ever get ahead? Still working on the story here. . . just gotta keep fighting I guess. Best of luck to you storm. :sunny:

shanberg, you there yet? Crime girl, thanks for checking in, good luck! NBK, you up and at 'em this Monday morn? Anyone else, what is this, the March doldrums or what!?! Let's kick some A, even if our kicks barely make it knee high! :dancer:

well, it's weigh-in sunday and I've been avoiding posting.

i am ashamed of myself. I started the week with such high hopes.

I _did_ exercise, the WHOLE tae-bo tape four times.

I _also_ polished off the bag of hershey's miniatures.

SIGH.

So...I only ate poorly because I have no structure. I was eating okay when I wrote everything down. But only okay...I have decided to be more ascetic. I am very frustrated with the lack of structure in my day.

THIS MUST CHANGE.

I'm calling in the big guns. It's slim fast time. If I only eat the one thing, and all other things are simply off limits, it is more clear. I think I can do that.

I have also come up with a more rigorous schedule for myself. I will get up at 8:30 (which is still plenty late) do my excersize, eat my shake, and LEAVE THE HOUSE. I will go to the library and write for 2 hours (not that long, really) and then come home and work on other projects.

One of my problems is I am home, so I never quite work hard and I never quite relax. I need to remedy the situation.

We'll see. I hope to have more structure. It doesn't have to be perfect, just persistent...
here goes...

doinmybest, I'm a little leery about trying to lose too fast with fasting and such but if that's what you need to kickstart your loss then you go for it! I like your attitude! Remember, consistency is king! or queen!!!! Good luck!! :cheer: You CAN do it! :strong: :dancer: :cb:

Hi Red, if you need to take the day off, take it off. Get back into the groove, relax, get a massage, sleep in etc. You need some rejuvination. Well we have two more weeks in this challenge. I do not think I'll meet my weight loss goal. I think my goal was to lose 8 pounds. I'll have to look it up, I did write it down. How are you progressing? BTW, you are so right, consistency is the key!

Doin-You can do it! Forget about the Hershey Minis. So what? You blew it....move on. I ate so bad this past week. Lots of eating out. I am just starting this new week out right. I am so proud of you doing the Tae Bo tapes! That is wonderful and is a great first step. I love your plan for writing this week. I, too, have trouble studying at home some time. I try to find anything to distract me. Yesterday it was cleaning. My hubby finally said "STOP, you need to study!" Anyway your plan sounds great. Don't be too hard on yourself!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day.

Just a very quick post to let everyone know that I am around. I am running behind this morning because I had to go get blood work done early this morning and ended up being an hour late to work! I will come back and do a better post when I get everything back on schedule!

hee hee..Stormy, I was just telling my mom that the house is never as so clean as finals week. Nothing like having to do schoolwork to make you clean the house!

Red- I will be eating the "sensible dinner" portion of the slim fast. I just need to have some limits! Being home and being free to eat whatever I want whenever is too much for me. Maybe once I get the snacking under control, I will eat regular foods but for now, I need some regimen. Thanks for you concern.

So, I confess...Up a pound last week. THIS week I will do better

Okay. I have a few minutes, so I thought I would pop in and see what everyone was up to...guess, nothing...either that or you all are so busy you haven't had time to hop on yourselves!!!

I have a quick question. I usually exercise at night, around 7 or 8 pm. It is pretty much the only time I have that I can squeeze it in. I am worried this is not a good thing. I know that I could burn more calories if I exercised in the early morning, but that just isn't always possible. If I set aside the time at night, I KNOW I will exercise. I know it is better to exercise than to not, right? As long as I am doing something, then that is what counts?

I have been doing really, really good. I am actually a little scared by how good...Satuday, I had another birthday party (my third weekend in a row!). I made sure to watch what I ate and only had a very, very small piece of cake. Later that night, a friend of mine asked me if I wanted an ice cream or a blizzard from Diary Queen...I said NO..me, I said NO. I couldn't believe it!!! Yesterday, I got hungry, but have not been to the grocery store, so my pickings were pretty slim. Usually, in this situation, I would either call Dominos or go buy fast food...I didn't!! I actually made me something with what I had!!! Today, I had to go have blood drawn for my physical next week, so I was in a hurry when I left. I threw a can of soup in my pack and left. When I was getting ready to eat, I really didn't want the soup. I thought of how easy it would be to just run to a fast food place or order from one of the places that will deliver. I sat here, thought about it, and ate my soup!!

I am really worried! I have never, I mean NEVER been this good or this productive. I am afraid I will do something to sabotage myself. It is extremely errie. Whenever I start to give in, I think of my goals and going to Six Flags. That immediately stops me. Again, this has never happened. I can usually talk myself into things..into cheating, if you will. Now, I find myself talking my way OUT. I am not sure how to take it. I realize this sounds kinda crazy, like I am a mad woman or something. It is just, like I said, not something I have ever been able to do. I don't want to screw up! As we all know, it is so much easier to allow ourselves to mess up and I am afraid I will jump back on that bandwagon and blow these past few days.

I am hoping by putting this down in words I will be better able to keep my momentum moving. Maybe if I vocalize the issues, they won't be so powerful. It's a thought, right?

Okay, enough about me.


Red - I am sorry you are not getting better. Here, there is some weird strain of flu going around. It lingers forever! When I was getting my blood drawn this morning, the nurse told me that it has been really bad there and that there are a lot of people in the hospital as a result of this stuff. Since it lingers for so long, people are having a hard time shaking it and it spreads really easily, too! I advise you to take really good care of yourserlf over there. If you have this stuff, then that is the only way you will be rid of it! Don't get too overwhelmed with work. Make sure you are taking breaks from your work as well. I know what it is like to have to work, even when you aren't feeling at your best! Since you can work from home, take those breaks. Nobody will know to say anything to you, so break away!!

Hope you get to feeling well soon!!

Doinmybest - Can you actually get full on a slim fast shake? I have never tried that diet because I wasn't sure if I could just drink the shake and be done. It wouldn't really do me very good to drink the shake and then eat a few minutes later! At least you have identified your problem That right there is fifty percent of the battle. You now have a plan, so I am betting you will be back in control before you know it!!

Good luck with the writing at the library. I'd be too disctracted by all the books!!!

Stormy - Hi! You are the busiest person I know!!! I still can't believe you drive so far to take classes!

Don't worry too much about going off plan last week. It does a person good to give in to temptation for a while, then get back on. At least, when you start eating healty again, you might just shock your body into losing all those extra calories you consumed last week!! And, of course, I can definately understand the Mexican cave-in. I LOVE Mexican. It is such a hindrance to my diet!! The worst part for me is I can eat it every day for every meal! If only I got tired of it!! Oh, well....

I know this is weird, but I am excited for you wanting to have a baby. I love children! I can't wait to have one of my own, but have to wait at least another year before I start down that path!!!



I hope Crime Girl is okay. I wonder where NBK and LGH got to? And Subpremeprincess???

Alright, back to work. Have a great day everyone!!

Greetings and Salutations
 

Hello everyone! Sorry I haven't posted in so long. I really missed everyone's support and encouragement. I have been really busy around here and the snow is not making it any easier. You have all been so busy, but the important part is that you are all still here and I appreciate that very much. I will try to post more often. Does anyone have any favorite workout videos that they would recommend? I would appreciate your input :) If your day stinks, have a better one :cb:

Ok - still catching up BUT!
Stormy, what the **** is a turtle sundae? I have a very bad picture of a turtles shell filled with icecream and nuts and chocolate with a poor little turtle head sticking out the top.. please tell me it's not true???

Shanberg - my embarassment with the whole weights thing also comes from the fact that before the whole operation thing, I was doing huge weights (bigger than the guys) in my weights class, and most of the skanks saw me.. also there are a couple in the past that have known my bf and made passes at him.. being a small town everyone knows everyone elses business.. and I just hate having people ***** about me.. (I don't know if I am making sense here).. anyway I have put in a request for some exercise equipment out here where I am working now..

Red - how's heidi??

Well back to catch up reading
Tiff

NBK, you crack me up. A turtle sundae is vanilla icecream with nuts, hot fudge and caramel. I have not clue why they call it a turtle sundae. I love animals and sea animals so there is no way I would eat a sundae with a real turtle :( How are you feeling?

Shan-I love kids too. We have been married 9 years and it has always been just us. We like to travel, we both have graduate degrees, etc, and we have independent since we were 17. So since I want at least three kids I figure we probably should start trying within the next year. It will be scary b/c it is a life changing event. Anyway, I need to finish school first. Has your brother lost any weight yet with those videos?

Subp-I love the Crunch Cardio boot camp, Tae Bo, Tamee Lee I want that Body. There are tons of great videos out there.

I hope everyone is going well. I just got home from work and I need to study before I head to a meeting, so I will be back tomm.

Remember to stick with your goals and live well!

I know why they call it a turtle sundae...There is a kind of candy called a turtle. They take four nuts and cover it with caramel, leaving a little out to make it look like feet, then they cover it in chocolate. They are called turtles, which is wher they get the name for the sundae.

Hey everybody! Welcome back, princess~!

I am doing well. I LOVE my new plan, we'll have to see how long lived it is. It's only day two, so I'll have to use a little persistence to see how it turns out.

Shan! Good for you. Don't question it, just be glad. Sometimes, things are easy. They don't stay easy forever, but it happens. You may be getting in the groove, feeling the effect of good eating and are therefore able to stick. Yay for you!

As for the slim fast...It keeps me from being too full. No, I am not exactly hungry, but I'm not exactly full. It actually makes me feel kind of energized. If I get so hungry that it distracts me, i have another shake. Mostly, though, when I start to feel hungry, i say, "just do this one last thing, and then you can have something". I end up being distracted and forgetting to be hungry~! I am feeling very energized.

I have a big meal at night, when I'm ready to be tired anyway. So far, it feels like it's exactly the right thing to be doing. Yay and Yay! I needed some kind of groove.

I'm actually starting to think about other health shakes. Maybe I should go for one that has more health to it...I'm eyeing a few at the Whole Foods here. I just wish I knew which of the THOUSANDS they sell taste good.

Okay, kids...Back to work!

Ah yes, doin, that IS why they are called turtles. I remember those chocolates from way back.
Just a note here, am trying to do other work but have you considered making your own shakes. They would be much more healthful and cheaper no doubt. There are many recipes on the Net. Most of those storebought things don't have much in them. In fact, I like the idea myself, might start making one of my meals a shake. Easy, fast, hmm, may be the thing.