[Shalia]

I haven't been so good for the last few days. *sigh* Haven't exercised enough, made bad food choices. I think I will have to start compensating for a med I take that frankly sucks for weight. It nearly guarantees weight gain. So... I think I'm going to have to work twice <if not more!> as hard. *sigh again*

Oh, well, today is another day. <Scarlett O'Hara syndrome here. *grin*> Nice to "meet" you naughtyangel.

[squiggly]

Well, I'm so happy. I have finally seen the scales go down. I weigh in at 252. I lost one pound since my last official weigh in. I had weighed in at 255 on Wednesday so this is a very pleasant suprise. I also lost 3 inches.

[Naughtyangel]

Where is everyone....I can't remember who it was that suggested we weigh in on Saturdays but I thought atleast one person would have checked in. This is supposed to be a place for support and everyone who joined us said they were in it and commited.........
I just don't understand how we are supporting each other when no one is ever around.
Here is a GREAT BIG ((((((((KICK)))))))) and that goes for me too. We have got to kick this thing up in high gear before our thread falls apart. You don't have to write a novel to check in just drop in and say that you are doing ok and are on top of things or not.

Is there anyone still with me other than Shelley???Great job on dropping those pounds girl, Keep up the great work.

BTW.....

I weighed in this morning at 239 WOO HOO!!!! down 2 again, if this is my magic # then I will take it.
How is everyone else doing....get your butts in here...LOL

[quyana21]

Just a quick reply before I go to bed
I weighed in this morning at 235. Woohoo!
I'm glad everybody else is doing well. Today I was very bad, went to a family picnic and ate a LOT of food. Oh well, today is over and I'll start again fresh tomorrow.
Everybody keep up the good work!

Karla

[eeyoredja]

Sorry I haven't been here, I weighed in at 254, which is the lowest my weight has been in over a year, so i am very excited about it!! We had both of our trucks break down this week, so I haven't been on the computer as much as we have been running wround everywhere getting parts to fix them, lol! Keep up the good work ladies, just got out of the pool, need to change, bye!!

[Shalia]

I weighed in today at 225. *happy dance* I'm nearing 20 lbs. lost. I told my hubby I get a small clothing budget at 20 lbs lost.

I've been terrible today. *sigh* I was doing REALLY well till my sister brought over the brownie cheesecake. Again, tomorrow is another day.

I got a book called "Run for your Life" and it's actually made me want to try this running thing. The only time since pregnancy I've been thin was in boot camp and right afterwards because I was running in the Navy. Running keeps me thin. I *do* do Dance Dance Revolution for aerobics, but it's starting to get easy and you can always kick up running if it gets easy. And this is a minor miracle cause I have always HATED running with the heat of a thousand suns.

Now to convince myself to get up in the morning, cause frankly the only thing less likely than getting up and running is doing it when it's 100 degrees outside.

There's a fun run in my town in the end of August. Since that's really non-competitive and you can walk it if you want <and it's only $25> I'm tempted to sign up for it so I have motivation to go running. After all, I can't have paid that money and *not* run, right? It's tempting... And if worst comes to worst, I'll just walk what part I can't run and get in 3.1 miles of exercise that day and take my t-shirt, right? <This is where my husband rolls his eyes at me, but I could really use the pat on the back...>

Good luck to everyone, and I'm so glad to see those who are here. *hugs* And it's great to see everyone continuing to lose! *woohoo* Isn't it great to see that scale finally move DOWN?!?

[Shalia]

Originally Posted by eeyoredja

Sorry I haven't been here, I weighed in at 254, which is the lowest my weight has been in over a year, so i am very excited about it!! We had both of our trucks break down this week, so I haven't been on the computer as much as we have been running wround everywhere getting parts to fix them, lol! Keep up the good work ladies, just got out of the pool, need to change, bye!!

*happy dance* for you!! Lowest weight in a year deserves it's own celebration!!!

[HourglassLass]

Hey there everyone. Well, I was perusing 3FC today and found this thread so I hope you don't mind if I crash your party I definitely have more than 100lbs to lose, as my ticker confirms, so I think I'll fit right in - you all seem very nice. Let's see.. as for the info..

First name: Alisha

Geographical location: Florida

Age:34

Marital Status: Divorced/single (and lovin' it!)

Children/Ages: None, zip, nada

Occupation: Associate Contract Support Specialist (trying to become a teacher)

Pets: 3 very friendly Siamese cats - Louis Blue, Pandora and Logan

Hobbies/Interests: Music, clubs, festivals, concerts, clothes, jewellery and art from the 1920s - 1940s, corsetry and anything by Agent Provocoteur!

Height: 5'3"

Eye/Hair Color: Brown/Black

Starting Date of Weightloss Journey: June 29, 2005

Starting Weight: 260

Present Weight: 249

Goal Weight: 110

Biggest hurdle to overcome in weightloss: Obssessive compulsive/binge eating.

Following any specific plan: Medifast (I LOVE this plan!!!)

What is different this time in your weight loss efforts than in the past: Well, I'm getting a lot of support through forums like these (although the main forum I moderated on just had to be shut down thanks to a very negative jerk), I'm also following a dead easy plan that requires NO cooking and NO grocery shopping - two of my worldly hates. I also see the diet working at a steady and more rapid pace than most, so that gives me motivation.

Something you're passionate about (besides food): Music and dancing

Worst craving(s): Fast food, i.e. Burger King, Pizza Hut

Favorite healthy thing to eat: Shrimp

Favorite type of music: Alternative

Favorite movies: Lord of the Rings, X-Men, The Crow I & 2, Dirty Dancing, Gone with the Wind/Scarlett, old classic movies

Favorite TV shows: Law & Order (all), CSI, The 4400, Without a Trace, Cold Case

Last book you read: Talon of the Silver Hawk by Raymond Feist (still reading)

Last thing you ate: My Medifast meal replacement shake (Swiss Mocha) at 9:15am.

Last time you exercised: Friday at Curves (I'm only allowed 2x per week on my diet)

What are some of the things you can't wait to do after you reach your goal weight: I can't wait to make a grand entrance into the Tampa night life scene with my new body! I can't wait to order lingerie from Agent Provocoteur, I can't wait to fit back into my royal blue satin Vollers corset!!!

Anything else you would like to share with us: We can ALL do this! It may take time, patience and some ups and downs, but the end is worth the means to get there.

An Inspirational Quote: Just DO it! -Nike

[squiggly]

Naughyt, I suggested we weigh in on Saturday. I did post on Friday when I weighed in this week. I weighed in a day early because I knew I was going to be so busy on Saturday that I wouldn't make it on. I had a yard sale yesterday morning and a demo derby last night to go to. I'm still here. I agree that it has been quiet. Thank you for the kick. I am planning on getting my exercise in today. I am going to try to do 30 minutes before the night is over. I've not eaten well yesterday and probably won't tomorrow either. I'm taking my child to Indiana Beach. I'm on my last vacation for the year so after tomorrow things will get easier because i have no plans for the rest of the week so there will be no excuses for me getting things done.

Shalia-I think the fun run is a great idea. It'll get you motivated and will be a sure fire way to get your exercise in for the day. YOu have one of those husband's who like to roll their eyes. I do too. He is helping me though. I'll want something that I can't have and he'll tell me I can't because i'm on a diet and he's holding me to it. IT has saved me from ice cream quite a few times and from pop alot of the times.

I hope everyone has a good week. Let's all try to update at least every other day. I know I can do that.

[Naughtyangel]

Hello Everyone......

Welcome to our thread Alisha. I am very interrested to know more about Medifast. Is this one of those doctors prescribed fasts? Is it expensive?
Sounds like you are off to a great start, keep up the good work.

Shelley....did you get your 30 mins in???

WOW...looks like everyone has been successful...I think we all deserve a great big pat on the back. Any loss is a great thing so keep you head held high even though there may be days that you are not proud of.

I think someone is still missing.
April, Kristy and vanessa where are you??? I hope everything is okay and you are still losing.

Have a great day!!!

[squiggly]

I'm still working on my 30 minutes. I do it in intervals because I still haven't worked up to doing a huge amount of time at once. I've got 10 minutes in so far.

[quyana21]

Somebody was talking about running and I thought this might be a website you all would be interested in.
http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml
It's a couch to 5k running plan, helping people get off the couch and on the road.
I haven't personally done it, but hope to give it a shot after I check with my doctor.
Hope everybody is keeping to their goals.

Karla

[Shalia]

Well, got my butt out of bed this morning. Can't rightfully call it "running" cause I think I ran only about 20% <MAX> of it, but I got out of bed at 4:30am to do it. Now to keep it up. I am TIRED. I couldn't sleep till about midnight so that's just not enough sleep unless I am FAR more manic than I am now!

I've read the cool runnings site. I'm thinking I may try that method. I went and got some shoes yesterday. I need to get a stabilizing thingy for my ankle cause it's kind of weak, but the shoes are great. I don't know, maybe I'll have more stamina tomorrow cause we went on a nearly 4 mile hike yesterday and didn't get back till 8 pm so it didn't give my muscles *much* recovery time. And I didn't stretch much cause I was SOOOOO tired. I stretched more today and I'll have 24 hours recovery time. So hopefully I'll do better tomorrow. Or I'll check that cool runnings site and see if I'm supposed to rest tomorrow. I could really use some sleep!

I had mocha coffee this morning. Not really diet food. But I'm so so SO sleepy! <Caffeine is something I'm not supposed to have either. Oh well.>

Weighed in this morning. 224.5 now. Booyah! I think I'll have to change out my siggy thingies again soon. I'm too lazy to do it for every pound but at the next half pound I think I'll do it again. I won't actually make my short term goal <a week in the hospital kind of blew it for me> but I'm going to be close enough that I can take my next short term goal. Yay!!! Especially if I stick on this running program! *insert cheerleader here* I need to stay on this. Have to. I'm tired of being out of breath in 1 min when chasing Tyler. Since doing DDR I was able to keep up on most of the hiking yesterday. I like feeling healthy.

[squiggly]

I didn't get my 30 minutes in yesterday. I did get 20 minutes in though so it wasn't a total washout. Today will be a lot of walking. We are going to Indiana Beach. I'm sure food won't be great but the exercise will come in. I got on the scales this morning and the numbers were awful. I started getting depressed but then remembered that my monthly is due to start tomorrow so the high reading is expected. I will stay off those blasted scales until it passes. I hope everyone has a great day.

[Shalia]

Nah, I try to avoid weighing myself when TOM rolls around. It's only depressing. on the 20 min. though.

I'm less tired now that I've eaten breakfast. I think part of me was so exhausted cause I was so HUNGRY. Had one egg w/ a bit of shredded cheese and some oatmeal. Not too great, but not too bad either.