Merry Christmas!
 

:rudolph: :santa:

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to drop a quick note before the end of the day. I'm going to be away until December 27th (won't be online).

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and enjoy your time off from work (I certainly will be!).

Good luck with the families and sick kids (poor baby!) and all of that Santa stuff. I still have alot of shopping to do (yes, I'm a big procrastinator!!).

Take care. I'll pop back in next week.

Lisa

:carrot: Down 2 pounds :goodscale this week! :carrot: That makes 6 pounds since Thanksgiving, not the 11 I wanted, but a nice amount non the less!

Lisa- We'll miss you! Have a Merry Christmas! :ginger:and :newyear:

Nancy- I'm also strangely looking forward to Christmas being over, so that I can really focus on weight loss without all the temptations.:tread:

Dawn- :bravo: I'm so glad you bought yourself a new outfit!

:barbell: Discovery Challenge- Chelle, Nancy, Amanda, Michelle, anybody else interested? Amanda will you be in charge of letting us know when to sign up, etc.

:gossip: Happy Thursday! Only 3 more sleeps until Santa comes! :hohoho:

Updated the ticker, we are so close to a group loss of 30 pounds for this month!

It's me again!

Michelle - congrats on the weight loss! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, too!

I have to say, this lady at the gym really made me mad today. I commented that I hadn't seen weight loss on the scale yet, only in my clothes. She said well you have to diet, too. I was so mad. Guess she assumed I just workout and don't diet?? Why do people say such dumb things.

Sorry to vent, just irritated.

Take care.

Lisa :carrot:

Lisa- All you have to do is smile at the stupid people! Just smile really sweetly and say "Why thank you, I really should have thought of that." The stupid person will not know if you are sincere or you think they are an idiot!

Lisa, I hope when I lose all my weight I don't lose the fat necessary to make mental funtction possible. Sorry for your bad experience. Experiences like that are what people drop their gym membership.

For my birthday, one year I decided to treat myself and have a mini-spa day. Pedicure,eyebrow waxing and a manicure (which I never do). Well, I went to a new spa and was having a lovely time when the girl said in a back handed comment, "You know Amanda, your are just too pretty to be so fat"!!!!!!!! I never returned to the spa and I hope I got her fired. I called the next day talked to the owner, explained my experience and let her know I would be retelling the tale several times over.

:goodscale:2.5 pounds down from last week. 181!!!!!!!!!!! 1 pound away from my Christmas goal of 180!!!!!!!
This makes my bad week a whole lot better.

Off to get Oliver's 1st haircut. I tried to do it yesterday and stopped after 1 clip.

Amanda

Hey Amanda that's going to put us at our group goal. We still have that .5 to add from your last weigh in so we will be down another 3lbs when I update the ticker.

Congratulations to you!!!

Good luck with Oliver's haircut, his little curls look so cute in the picture!

Updated ticker! Whoo hooo to Amanda for those last few pounds to get us to goal, and we still have a week left in December!

It's the eve of Christmas eve. The excitement is running a little high in my house! We took the kids to the science center in Seattle today, they had a blast. The trip to McDonald's on the way home, didn't even phase me, I stayed on plan with no problem.

Merry Christmas to those who will be away from the boards this weekend. :hohoho:

Oliver's haircut was a huge, terrifing mistake. He cried and the old man cutting it was incredibly grumpy. Next Time, I am going to do it. Oliver has a huge chuck cut out of his hair. I cried. But I got him home and gave him a bath and he was fine. He looks like such a little boy not a baby.

I have been very slack on the working out this week. I have kept active and obviously still lost weight but I need the rejuvination of working out to keep me mentally on track. I think that is why I was so bummed about the car etc this week. Well, Christmas Eve or not I am back on the NordicTrack tonight!!!!

:cheer: Staying on plan at McD's way to go Lisa!!!!

:xcheer: :wreath: :clause::ginger: :clause: :rudolph: :coolsnow: :hohoho: :gift2: :present:

Merry Christmas,
Amanda

Merry Christmas Eve! I got up early and worked out and now I'm ready for whatever the day brings. We have a family get together this am, and one this evening. Plus watching football this afternoon. The kids are super excited, and hyper. I've still got to go to the grocery store to get a few last minute things.

Have a great day everyone!

December 25th 2005
 

:present: Merry Christmas!:hohoho:

:stardav: Happy Hannukah!:dreidel:

:snowglo:

My Christmas gifts today- Two 15 lb weigths, a workout outfit, new workout shoes. Those were what I already picked out. Then I got some other things that I didn't know about, including my very favorite item, a Rothlisberger jersey. Have I ever mentioned my crush on the Steeler's Ben Rothlisberger?

I hope everyone is having a Merry Christmas!

Good Monday Morning! I hope everyone gets to come out and play today. I miss all of you!

30 Something Support
 

Hello all, this is my first day on this site and thought that I may benefit from a support group. I am well into my 30's and have had slow progress with my weight loss. I work out 3 to 4 times a week and eat reasonably healthy. I have remained at a plateau for some time. I am 5ft 4, weigh 143lbs. I injured my knee while running and have not been as active due to injury. My goal is to lose at least 20 lbs. I have been told that I do not need to lose any weight, but it is my goal and it is difficult. I would like to know what can I do to overcome this plateau. I have lost 8 lbs over a 2 months...HELP!

Lacey:carrot:

:welcome: Lacey! Somethings to break a plateau are first of make sure you are eating ENOUGH calories,especially since you are working out. It seems strange, but if you are not giving your body enough fuel to build and keep those muscles, it will not release the fat stores! Another idea is to rotate how many calories a day you eat, check out the info on the "Wendie Plan" on the weight watchers board. Also if you have been eating mostly the same foods, and doing the same types of workouts, changing those up can bring about a change. Our bodies are marvelously adaptable, and we have to keep "shocking" them if we want to change their shape! :dizzy:

Good luck and I'm so glad you joined us on our journal towards being healthy and "hot!"

I have battled my weight for as long as I can remember... It has always been an issue. I have always had low self esteem and poor body image. Even at my lowest, there were things to change... I know this is my quirk, I can deal with that... Here's a bit of my story....

In Sept '03, I met my wonderful husband. I was about 160 when we first started dating. After 3 months, I had back surgery... WOW, what an exercise program killer... I wasn't allowed to do anything for 9 months... I put on a bunch of weight... I was about 185 3 months before my wedding. I lost 16 pounds and got into my dress... after that... I was still using the "back surgery" excuse...

Well, it has been a year since my wedding and 2 years since my back surgery. I am now 187 pounds.

I am starting back with Tae Bo tomorrow and I am moving the treadmill back into the livingroom (it is way too cold for me to walk outside).

I just need something for a little encouragement. My husband has great encouragement for me but not a real motivator, he loves me as I am, but has no idea how unhappy I am.

I am a Phys Ed and Health Teacher and have been involved in athletics all my life and I coach 2 sports. I just need something to share experiences with and help motivate me along.

I know we are all here for the same goal and hopefully something will click and help me out here.

I am looking to lose at least 30 pounds, I know it won't be easy, but I have done it before, it is totally up to me.

My details: I am female (I am sure you guessed that already) 5' 8.5", 33 years old, married, school teacher, coach, and need your help!!!

:welcome3:Deanna and Lacey, I hope we can help and motivate you along your weightloss journey.

Oh Michelle, I am so sorry you were lonely without anyone to play with. But I am back!!!!!and I hope alot of us make it back after the holidays.

Lacey, I think Michelle's suggestion were good. I never before realized that you have to eat to lose weight. Who knew. I think that is why I have been successful this time as opposed to other times because this time I am eating and not starving myself. I think that is also why I haven't binged. Also, when I have felt weak I have reached out here for support and loggin on has gotten me through.

Famous last words but I think I have overcome the sweet monster. I hav no craving what so ever to eat any holiday sweets. Crazy, I know but I ma just not interested. We went to my Grandmother's house last night (Cake and Cookie Headquarters) and I was fantastic. I only ate 1 piece of toffee and a small piece of Rocky Road and didn't want anymore!!!!!!Now if I can just curb the carb monster I would be set.

My goal tonight is to get on the NordicTrack. All excuses why I haven't but I really need too. I need to release some tension (cracked radiator).

I cracked 180 as my holiday goal but came pretty darn close at 181 so I am happy after all it was revised from 184 my original goal.

have a great day,
Amanda

:welcome2: Deanna, I'm glad you joined us over here! :D I asked you on your introduction thread, but I'll ask here too, what grade(s) do you teach?

Amanda :encore: bravo on defeating the sweets monster at your Grandmother's.

DH went back to work today, 5am seemed really early! :yikes: I've done my workout for the day, I'm back to trying to get in 100 oz of water everyday. The kids are playing with their new lazer tag guns, that make what seems like constant beeping noises, thank you so much dear brother and sil! :no: No real plans today, except to just keep enjoying winter break! :carrot:

Here I am!!!
 

Hi all!!! I have finally found time to check back in. Christmas has been soooooo busy with family and all that but life is starting to get back to normal. Do you know that it is possible to still enjoy the holidays while only getting 3 hours of sleep??? I found that out the hard way. I am surprised to still be functioning!! All I have done since Friday is work and shop, then open presents, work an shop. I think that I may actually get some sleep tomorrow before we all go to the movies with my folks. Then everyone will be leaving my house on Thursday. YEA!!!!!!!:cb: :cb: :cb: Right now I have my parents, brother, sil, nephew and my family all at my house and it is a little crowded! I cannot wait to get back to normal and have my house back.

Anyway, I finally got a new scale and decided that Monday will be my weigh in day. Do we have a group weigh in day or are we just posting when and what? I also got new sketchers!! They are so pretty, orange and white with sparkley silver. My dh thinks that are too little kidish but I don't care. I love sparkle sketchers and they are my feet anyway. As soon as my family leaves, I am going to try them out on my treadmill.

Well, I just wanted to post and let you know that I am still alive. Welcome to all the new people! Glad to see you!!!

:hug: Chelle it's good to see you here. When do you get your house back? Your new Sketchers sound cute, enjoy them! :p

We don't have a group weigh in day, just weigh in on whatever day, and then check in. My weigh in day is Thursday, tomorrow! :goodscale

The kids and I have rehearsal tonight, and I keep having this totally irrational fear that I am going to forget. I'm not sure why, maybe it's because Wednesday is not our "normal" theater day??? :?:

I have to, absolutely have to go to the grocery store today. I've been putting it off for to long!

Happy Wednesday Everyone! :snow4:

Michelle--- I know that we have met our goal but I am down 2 lbs!!! Yeah!!!!

Chelle-
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I will add it to the group ticker here shortly!

Group ticker updated with Chelle's -2 lbs.

I'm back from rehearsal tonight, I think this is the shortest rehearsal we've ever had. Anyway a show tomorrow, and then closing night is Friday.
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I have weigh in tomorrow morning. :goodscale

Weighed in this morning. Stayed the same, so I have to take a look at what I'm eating. I really think I just plain ate to many carbs this week. I stayed op points/calories wise, but my food choices were low quality. That laziness in going to the grocery store showed up on the scale.

Hi everyone,

Welcome to our new members! This is such a great place for support!!

Hope everyone had a very merry Christmas and good holiday!

I was out sick for the past two days from work. I'm still trying to get back into the swing of things. I've got bronchitis/bad cold. I just took a nap for lunch. I'm still not feeling well at all.

Thanks for all of the support about the comments that lady made at the gym. I also think sometimes I'm too sensitive, which doesn't help things at all.

I better get going. Take care.

Lisa :D

Hello everyone!!

I'm glad to see that everyone has had a good Christmas.......I hope that New Years is also good to everyone.

Our Christmas was good except that all 4 of my children have Strep throat. I can't tell you how often I have been used as a Kleenex the last few days.


So, I haven't weighed myself, and frankly I am not planning on it till the Jan 1. I am soooo not looking forward to that:o

I am looking for a good family friendly healthy cookbook ---- any suggestions? At the drs I found out that my 9 year old weighs 100lbs and my 12 year old weighs 155lbs. :( I have let them down. I can't believe I allowed this to happen. A big part of our problem is that there is a Burger King 1 block from our home. It is so easy to say, oh lets just get BK for dinner/lunch.....well, it has had its impact on our family. Thankfully the house we are building is nowhere near a fast food place. That will help. But in the meantime, my focus is getting my family healthy. Not a size 0 or 2, but get my girls back to a healthy weight. Without pushing them into an eating disorder.

Oh, I didn't mean for this to become a book!!
Everyone have a wonderful and safe New Years Eve :D

Nancy

Lisa- I'm sorry your sick, I hope you feel better soon!

Nancy- I'm at a loss for words here. ediets, which is an awesome site, has a 12 week Trim Kids program. I haven't looked into it much, since my kids tend to be underweight, but it might give you a good place to start. Here is their family nutrition page-
http://www.ediets.com/news/family-nutrition-news.cfm

As for fast food, well during the school week, with sports and theater etc. the kids and I eat at McDonalds at least once a week. It is possible to make healthier choices there. The kids get apple dippers instead of fries, and water or milk to drink. I usually eat a double cheese burger minus the bun, and a side salad with half a packet of ranch dressing, and the apple slices from the apple dippers, with water to drink.

Good luck on your whole families fitness journey!

Thanks Michelle!!

I went on the ediets and I joined it. The recipes for kids are definatly something my children would eat, and n *not* feel deprived.

Thanks again for the tip!

Nancy

Good Morning!!!!!!

I never thought I would say it but I am looking forward to going back to work. I need the structure that it gives me to stay on plan. I am not drinking enough water and not excersizing. Bad girl. It showed up in the scale not a single oz lost!!! Still 181:p Shame on me. So Michelle, don't feel bad.

Nancy, my little one is only 1 so I don't have much wisdom about this but have you thought about taking them and yourself to a nutritionist. There they can hear from someone else about portion size, food choices, retraining their tastebuds. I feel for them. It is so hard being a young budding tween. I remember at our gym weigh-in in middle school and being about 25 pounds larger than all the others and of course it was just yelled out, being so embaraced. You need to do it for you whole family. These things just stay with you way into your adulthood.

:cheer:Way to go Chelle, 2 pounds!!!!!!!!

Amanda

Today is day one, I weighed in for the first time this morning. I was just a little surprised by the number. It was a little higher than I thought. I am not going to dwell on before I am going to just go forward. I am really glad I found this website, it has really helped get me energized. I am not ready to say what I weigh but I will say I have not seen onederland in a very long time and want to see that a great deal.
I am 35, I have 3 children, a boy 12yo, a boy 9yo, and a girl 7yo. I have been married for 14 years. I work full time as an accountant and I recently started at an online school in hopes of earning an MBA. I live in Florida. I belong to a gym called Circuit Works it is alot like Curves I like it quite a bit but haven't been so good about going in the last 3 weeks but that is going to change on Jan. 3rd when I go back to work.

Hi Trudei! It's day 1 for me too and was hoping to join the group. My name is Kat I'm 35 in Chicago with 2 kids (3 yrs & 10 mo). I work full-time & we just moved in to a new (old) house this fall. We have a lot going on right now but the baby weight from the last little one is just not going away. I think if I don't start making some changes now the scale is just going to creep up and up and up. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone. Have a happy New Year!
Kat

http://www.smilieland.com/graphics/welcome4a.gif Kat & Trudei! Glad you joined us!

Trudei- I also have 3 children, a girl and two boys mine are 10, 8(almost 9), and 7. Good job facing scale, now you know where your starting and can focus on where you want to go!

Kat- That baby weight does seem to want to stay attatched to us sometimes! :D Yes now is the time to take action!

Amanda- Let's focus girl! You will be in the 170s soon, and I'm heading for the 180's.

Nancy- Keep us updated on how it's going with the kids. I know I definetly could be being better about how healthy my kids eat! My youngest still lives on chicken strips.

Lisa- Are you feeling any better?

Last night after our show, I went out with some friends which was fun. Today I re-committing to to doing what I need to do to accomplish my goal!

TGIF!! http://www.smilieland.com/graphics2/belleblazen4.gif

This has become quite a cohesive group. I am going to move this thread out of Buddy Up and into Support Groups. See you there. You can just start a new thread in there for January or add to this one.

Hi there!
 

Hi there,

Thanks stagemom, yes, I do feel a bit better. We get off work 2 hours early today, too, so that's pretty awesome.

Trudei - welcome to our group! I hope you find the support you need.

I hope everyone has a very happy and healthy New Year!

I'll be back online on Tuesday. Another three day weekend - gotta love it!!

Take care.

Lisa :hug:

Glad you found the new spot!

Happy Soon to be New Year!
 

Hi Everyone,

:welcome3: to all the new ladies.

:sunny: Congratulations to everyone on their wl. I'm soon hoping to add to the ticker.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas. We had a good Christmas here, lots of loud presents!!:(

I'm so excited :cb: , up until now I haven't tried losing weight only not gaining anymore; however, I just got my new wl program in the mail the other day. I'm going to take a stab at the 6 Week Body Makeover by Micheal Thurmond. I was watching an infomercial a while back and ended uop ordering it. I know there are probably people out there that don't think it will work, but I'm going to try. It says you can lose upto 30 lbs in 6 weeks, I don't think that's healthy so I'm not concentrating on the numbers just the actual diet plan itself. If anyone here has tried it can you let me know. I'm exicted to start this plan that's why I know I'll suceed this time. THis is exactly how I felt the first time I did WW and lost 25 lbs in 12 weeks.

I start on Monday (they recommend that) so I'll let you know how I'm doing by the following Monday.

Well Happy New Year everyone! :newyear:

Talk to you soon.
Dawn

Dawn- I'm not familiar with The Body Makeover, but if your excited about it, and give it 100% effort I'm sure you will do well!

So, just to be clear, we are going to start a new board every month? I think that is the easiest. I just want to know where to find everyone in January.

See you next year!!lol